flstandardbreds Chapter 424: The Broken Defense of the Medicinal Herb Merchant
Chapter 424: The Broken Defense of the Medicinal Herb Merchant
The end of July and the beginning of August are the hottest times of the year. Ye Jintang used to only dare to put one ice jar in his room, but now, at her strong request, he put two large ice jars in his room.
Fortunately, Ningchuan City has no shortage of ice, otherwise, even with his ice magic and huge wealth, he would not be able to withstand it.
"Luzhu is bringing me a bowl of ice powder."
Ye Jintang put down the bowl and felt his stomach was still empty.
"My lady, this is already your second bowl. The ice jelly is too cold, so don't eat too much."
Luzhu quickly took away Ye Jintang's bowl, fearing that he would not be able to resist and want to eat more.
"It's really strange. I didn't have much appetite recently because of the hot weather, but recently my appetite has suddenly increased. I just had breakfast, but now I feel hungry again."
"Your Majesty, please take it easy and don't eat as much as you want. Aunt Mu has been telling me to keep an eye on your diet and not to eat too much. If the two little grandchildren get too fat, Your Majesty will suffer a lot during childbirth."
When Ye Jintang heard Lu Zhu say the words "little grandson of the emperor", her brows raised slightly and she wondered when the little grandson of the emperor would become a little prince. She should quickly clean up those annoying people in the capital so that she could have a few days of leisure.
"If you can't eat jelly, then bring a watermelon, chilled."
"it is good."
Luzhu moved quite quickly and brought the watermelon over in no time, but the portion was a little small.
There were only four thumb-sized pieces on the crystal white porcelain plate.
"The watermelons in our palace are really sweet. Your Majesty should not eat too much. I will only give you a few pieces to satisfy your craving."
Looking at those slices of watermelon, Ye Jintang was about to cry. Why was pregnancy so troublesome? You couldn't eat this, you couldn't eat that, and it was inconvenient to move.
Picking up a small piece of watermelon, she couldn't help but complain in her heart while eating it.
Suddenly their stomachs tightened and the two little guys stretched.
"You two better behave yourself and stop kicking me in the belly."
Ye Jintang gently placed her hand on her belly and could clearly feel a little foot pressing against her belly and kicking out.
She touched it, and the little feet retracted, and a small fist popped out from the other side, pressing her stomach and making her feel uncomfortable.
"It seems like you two little guys also like to eat watermelon."
Ye Jintang finished the watermelon in just a few bites, but still felt unsatisfied.
"My lady, Master Qiao has something to report."
A little maid passed by the door and bowed very politely.
"Let him go to the small study. I'll be there in a moment."
"Yes."
Ye Jintang stood up. Since there was nothing to eat, he decided to go out for a walk. The longer he was idle, the hungrier he would get.
Holding her big belly, Ye Jintang walked slowly along the long corridor to the small study, escorted by six maids and old women.
Xiao Mo was not in the city recently, and Ye Jintang often had to help him deal with some official business. The study in the front yard was too far to walk to, so Ye Jintang built a small study next to her yard to meet with officials.
People feel refreshed when good things happen to them. As soon as Ye Jintang entered the study, he saw Qiao Yuan with a rosy face.
"I've met my empress."
"Master Qiao, you have just been married for a few days, why don't you give yourself a few more days off."
"Your Majesty, if I continue to leave those medicinal herb merchants alone, they will probably rush directly into my house."
Ye Jintang laughed softly.
"The herbal medicine merchants are too impatient. It's only been a short time."
"Your Majesty, you don't know that they have rented more than a dozen warehouses in the city, and now they are all filled with medicinal materials, just waiting for Your Majesty to buy them at a high price. Every day Your Majesty delays, they will suffer more."
"In the past three days alone, the herbal medicine merchants have sent two groups of people to my place to inquire about the news and ask when the queen will collect the herbs."
"Well, it looks like they've been fed up enough, so I'll just add the straw that breaks the camel's back."
Ye Jintang picked up a pen and paper, quickly wrote a new prescription and handed it to Qiao Yuan.
"Spread the word. The previous prescription is temporarily unavailable. Purchase the herbs for the new prescription first. Take as many as you can get."
Qiao Yuan was so surprised when he held the prescription that he didn't know what to say for a moment.
Ye Jintang's move was too cruel. He gave the medicinal material merchants hope, but now he crushed their hopes.
If he were one of those medicinal herb merchants, he would also go crazy.
"When the herbal medicine dealers come to you, if they want to give you the same price as before, do you want them to reduce the price by 20% and we will buy it from you."
"I want to teach them a lesson this time, so they won't dare to do evil again."
"I will follow your majesty's arrangements in everything."
Qiao Yuan hurried away with the prescription.
As soon as he released the news in the morning, the medicinal material dealers couldn't wait to come to his house in the afternoon to discuss the price of the medicinal materials.
In the end, the medicinal materials dealers sold all the medicinal materials in the warehouse to Ye Jintang at a price 20% lower than the original price.
With so many medicinal herbs being transported to the medicinal herbs workshop in horse-drawn carts, some curious people couldn't help but find out what was going on.
So within just a few days, everyone in Ningchuan City knew that Ye Jintang had taught the medicinal material merchants a good lesson.
At the same time, he also told everyone in the city not to do anything opportunistic, or they might end up losing both the wife and the army.
The medicinal materials workshop suddenly had so many medicinal materials arriving, and it became busy all of a sudden. A big red recruitment notice was posted, which solved the employment problems of many people in Ningchuan City.
After this incident, the merchants in the city finally realized that Ye Jintang was a very stubborn person. She could make concessions to the merchants, but they could not snatch the profits from her.
Anyone who dares to take advantage of her will be in trouble.
The packages of medicinal materials quickly filled up one warehouse after another, and Ye Jintang asked Qiao Yuan to prepare for his second business trip.
She had to pack the medicinal materials and ship them out in advance and make preparations in advance, otherwise it would be too late to transport the medicinal materials when the epidemic was rampant.
As things were arranged one by one, Ye Jintang felt increasingly lacking energy in recent days and she was always feeling very sleepy.
In the past, my nap only lasted half an hour, but recently, when I woke up, the sun was almost setting.
"Master, what's wrong with me?"
Ye Jintang couldn't figure out what was going on, so she didn't dare to delay and quickly asked Master Mu to come over and help her take a look.
"From the pulse, it seems that there is nothing wrong. Every woman has different symptoms when she is pregnant. Some people do love to sleep like you."
"As long as the children are healthy."
When Ye Jintang was chatting with Master Mu, there was suddenly a thunder in the sky.
Looking in the direction of the sound, I saw that the east was pitch black. It seemed that a heavy rain was coming.
"This rain came just in time. The wheat has just been dried and stored in the warehouse. After the heavy rain, we can plant cabbage and radish."
"The summer rain comes and goes quickly. I don't know if the next rain will be enough to grow cabbage."
Master Mu was still worried, so she asked Ye Jintang to use her other hand and continue to take her pulse. Only after confirming that there was no problem did she feel relieved.