As An Immortal, I Only Learn Forbidden Skills Chapter 4: Life is not easy
In the early morning, the sky and the earth are dark and the cold wind blows through the bones.
In the small courtyard with bamboo fences at the foot of the mountain, Jiang Ming was naked from the upper body, with trousers rolled up to his knees, practicing boxing moves one after another in the dark.
Soybean-sized sweat kept dripping, already wet the loess...
It was not until the sky was getting brighter, and sporadic human voices could be heard from the distant fields, that Jiang Ming came to a stop panting heavily, his body was steaming, and the muscle lines between his shoulders were faintly visible.
It has been two days since he came back from the mountains. Jiang Ming keeps practicing boxing every morning. The medicinal power of the Fire Cloud Grass and Toadstool Mushroom is still there, which makes him get twice the result with half the effort, and his body is much stronger.
Today's Jiang Ming is no longer in a weak state, and his strength is not much worse than that of an adult who has practiced twice.
"We still have to keep practicing. Although we are immortal, unknown troubles will not disappear. We need to be prepared for danger in times of peace..." Jiang Ming said to himself, in a strange world, one needs to stay awake at all times.
Scooping water from the water tank, he took a quick cold bath, and the rice porridge boiled on the stove was almost done. Jiang Ming filled a large bowl, and started to eat and drink with pickled dried vegetables.
Belly full of food, Jiang Ming reclined in the bamboo chair and looked at the distant mountains and forests. Yarn...
"Buy some more tea, make tea at the foot of the mountain and practice cultivation, and go up the mountain to collect herbs and fold flowers in your spare time... It's really a paradise in your dreams..."
Jiang Ming admired the beautiful scenery in front of him, and then sighed: "It's a pity, after all, we have to bow down for daily necessities."
The previous life didn't leave any money, so if Jiang Ming wanted to practice martial arts, he had to find a way to make money.
Whether it is to learn martial arts from a teacher, or to buy boxing pills, a lot of money is needed.
Martial arts is not a poor man's game!
Jiang Ming got up quickly, and took out a basket of fresh herbs picked in the past few days from the house, and spread them on the ground to dry.
There are also some hard-to-dry rhizome medicinal materials, Jiang Ming still needs to grow charcoal fire, and carefully dry them on the kang...
Some herbs left by the predecessor need to be further processed, poured into the pot and stir-fried on low heat to avoid mold...
When he finally finished his work, it was already sunset.
Jiang Ming gnawed on the cracked dry biscuits, munching hard while thinking:
"I can go to the drug market tomorrow morning..."
There are a lot of medicinal materials left by the predecessor, plus the newly picked ones, they should be able to sell some money.
After drinking a large bowl of cold water, he slid down his choked throat. He began to pick out the medicines that could be sold, and then tied them up with straw ropes, and carefully put them into the medicine basket...
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The next day, Jiang Ming opened his eyes as soon as it was dawn, and after a little practice of boxing twice, he pulled out the hidden medicine basket from the bedside, covered it with a piece of worn animal skin, and put it on his back. Go out the door.
The medicine market is located in an open space on the other side of Ping'an Town, surrounded by simple bamboo fences, even in the early morning, there are already many people gathered.
Jiang Ming went in, found an open space to spread out the animal skins, put the medicinal materials one by one, and squatted on the ground to set up a stall.
But before the guests came, a burly middle-aged man with a hideous knife mark on his face came over with a few gangsters and followers: "Oh, A Ming, so many goods are out today! , save money to marry a wife?”
Jiang Ming looked up, and immediately greeted the other party's eight generations of ancestors in his heart, but his face still showed awe: "Good morning, Mr. Scar!"
As he spoke, he took out five copper coins from his pocket and put them into the opponent's hand.
"Master Scar" is the little leader of the Old Snake Gang in Fucheng, and this drug market is led by the Old Snake Gang.
In Ping'an Town, every herbal collector must come to the medicine market to sell medicine.
Everyone who sells medicine in the medicine market must pay a venue fee.
This is the rule!
Someone once sneaked into the city to sell medicine, and his legs were knocked off...
"It's almost impossible for these herb pickers to stand up..." Jiang Ming sighed in his heart. The officials and gentlemen in the mansion are full of fat, but they are extremely shrewd.
With such a big business of medicinal materials, how could they let these mud-legged herb pickers get rich.
Behind the Old Snake Gang, various families and officials are indispensable...
Mr. Scar seemed to be smiling but not smiling. He used his toes to swipe back and forth on the medicinal materials, and he was about to step on a few medicinal materials:
"There are so many goods this time, the land fee is a bit..."
"Master Scar is wise!" Jiang Ming hastily smiled apologetically, and handed over three more copper coins.
"It's a good thing I didn't bring the Fire Cloud Grass back. Otherwise, don't talk about making money, I'm afraid it will be bad luck!" Jiang Ming thought to himself, with a smile on his face, watching this scarred face leave...
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After sending this Mr. Scar away, a while later, when the sky was bright, only people in twos and threes entered the drug market to purchase.
At a glance, Jiang Ming saw that most of the people who came to buy medicine were well-groomed, with tender skin, and they looked like they were from the city, and many of them were accompanied by attendants.
This is the medicine business, ordinary people can't do it, and the herbal collectors are only the bottom of the medicine chain, and can only be exploited by medicine merchants and gangs.
Jiang Ming watched the old men in the city walking around, picking and choosing, and finally an old man in a gray robe walked up to him.
"Huh? How do you sell pig lings?"
Jiang Ming quickly straightened his waist and said, "Look at Mian Shan, if you want it all, I'll count you twenty-five copper coins. It's hard to find Pork Ribs now, and the price is considered cheap, do you think so?"
Picking pigtails requires a lot of experience, and it's hard to find, but if you find the right place, you can dig tens of hundreds of catties. I was lucky enough to come across a place where pigtails grow.
In order to ship quickly, Jiang Ming kept the price relatively low.
The old man raised his eyebrows: "The boy can talk, all right, let's pretend."
He winked behind him, and immediately a follower stepped forward to pay for the medicine.
Before the old man left, he left another sentence: "Black tea medicine, water golden vine, double the price, and... fire cloud grass, find a big reward!"
Jiang Ming didn't ask any more questions, but just nodded.
This is also one of the rules. The gentlemen who come to purchase sometimes name and purchase some urgently needed medicinal materials from the herb pickers. Look for ~IndoMTL.com~ especially Fire Cloud Grass...
Jiang Ming's heart twitched slightly. This fire cloud grass was rarer than the thousand-year-old ginseng.
This year, it suddenly increased. Although it is still difficult to find, it has been heard that two or three people have found it.
"That's not counting the one I ate!" Jiang Ming's eyes flickered.
"Families and gangs in the city, the reward prices are also rising day by day, especially the Wang family, I heard that the current reward price is already sixty taels..."
If Jiang Ming had sixty taels of silver, it would be enough for him to go to the city to find a good martial arts school and study for several years.
"Unfortunately, this road is blocked..." Jiang Ming thought of the small guards in the town, Mr. Scar and those old men who bought medicines with a smile on their faces, and his heart became as calm as water.
This windfall is not something he can make now.
"Little boy, do you still have Zhuling?" A rough shout brought Jiang Ming back to his senses.
He looked up and saw that he was a regular customer, and quickly apologized with a smile: "I'm really sorry, it's all sold out."
A hint of impatience flashed in the man's eyes, and he shook his sleeves and left.
Jiang Ming shook his head speechlessly. Except for Polyporus polyporus, his other medicinal materials are not rare, and it will not be easy to sell in the future...
Sure enough, until near noon, the men who bought medicines were all gone, and Jiang Ming's medicinal materials were still half left, and no one cared about them.
In one morning, a total of 60 copper coins were sold. Excluding the exploitation by the petty official and Mr. Scar in the past few days, there were only 50 copper coins.
This is still plus the inventory of the predecessor...
"Hey, life is not easy!" Jiang Ming sighed, put the remaining medicinal materials in the medicine basket, and bought some rice noodles in the town before going home...
"Maybe it's time to try that prescription." On the way home, Jiang Ming hung his head, thinking to himself.