This Side-effect Is Great - Chapter 36

Chapter 36 Chaoyun Manor’s Hope

“That was fast!”

Chen Fangshu’s eyes widened as she looked at the processed herbs in front of her in disbelief. “The apprentices of our Huachun Hall usually need to study for months or even years before they can become the assistants of an official apothecary and provide them with all kinds of processed herbs.”

“I originally thought that it would take at least a few months for you to complete the task. I didn’t expect that in just a few days, the first batch of herbs would be processed.”

As he spoke, Chen Fangshu carefully checked the processed herbs that Song Ankang had brought. Soon, he was dumbfounded again. “All of them have passed. None of them have failed. They can all be used to refine various pills. How did Manor Lord Song do it? This is too amazing.”

“That’s good,” Song Ankang said with a smile. “Every Medicine Hall apprentice trained by your Hua Chuntang is proficient in the processing of many herbs. Naturally, it will take a long time.”

“But the apprentices nurtured by our Chaoyun Manor are all neutered versions. They’re only good at processing one medicinal ingredient. Moreover, these medicinal ingredients are all basic medicinal ingredients, so it’s normal for them to be able to do it so quickly.”

Chen Fangshu sighed and said, “That’s already very impressive. At least, our Huachun Hall can’t do it. Manor Lord Song has created a new medicinal herb processing model. In the future, he might even be able to leave his name in history.”

“Shopkeeper Chen, you must be joking. I just want to earn some money to help Chaoyun Manor tide over the crisis.” Song Ankang smiled.

Actually, some medicine shops in China also had this method of processing medicinal herbs. When they encountered some urgently needed pills, some medicine shops would recruit many workers at the last minute to specially process certain medicinal herbs.

However, because it did not form a scale and only appeared occasionally, it did not develop to the extent of an assembly line operation, let alone the concept of an assembly line. Song Ankang was not innovating. He was just summarizing the special situations that occasionally appeared in some medicine shops and then using it on Chaoyun Manor.

The effect seemed to be quite good at the moment, but if someone followed suit in the future, it would be easy to snatch away the business of Chaoyun Manor.

Moreover, the number of basic medicinal herbs that Huachun Hall needed was limited. If the scale of Chaoyun Manor expanded, there might be more supply than demand.

Therefore, this modern pseudo-flow model was not as powerful as he had imagined. However, it was still easy to solve the problem that Chaoyun Manor was currently facing.

In the future, Chaoyun Manor would master more in-depth processing methods of medicinal herbs and gradually form a scale. When they mastered enough in-depth processing methods of medicinal herbs, Chaoyun Manor would not be afraid of competition.

Just like a certain Kang Corporation on Earth, they relied on OEM to reach the top 500 globally and created a miracle for OEM companies.

Chen Fangshu was quite satisfied with the medicinal herbs processed by Chaoyun Manor. He immediately bought these deeply processed medicinal herbs according to the agreement. After the deep processing, the price of these basic medicinal herbs was about three times higher than before.

After that, the two of them discussed their next needs. Only then did Song Ankang bring Qiushi and Jiang Yunhe back to Chaoyun Manor.

In the processing workshop of Chaoyun Manor, ten girls were waiting nervously. Low discussions sounded in the courtyard.

“Do you think the medicinal powder and medicinal liquid we processed can be sold? What if Huachun Hall thinks that the medicinal herbs we processed are bad and doesn’t buy them?”

“If that’s the case, Manor Lord will have to suffer a huge loss. We’re only doing some labor, but the Manor Lord has sacrificed so many medicinal herbs. There are at least hundreds of them.”

“I hope that those processed medicinal herbs can be sold successfully. The Manor Lord will also give us 10% of the profits. This way, our entire family can survive smoothly this year.”

“How can you think this way? I don’t think we should take a single cent of the profits from the first batch of processed medicinal herbs. Think about how many medicinal herbs we’ve damaged in order to practice these past few days. At the very least, it’s twice the amount of the finished product. How can we still have the cheek to take the profits after losing so many medicinal herbs?”

“That’s right. We shouldn’t take the profits after the first batch of medicinal herbs is processed. It’s already good that the Manor Lord didn’t ask us to compensate him. Who would have the cheek to take the money?”

It was not just the ten girls in the workshop. Many tenants around the workshop were also paying attention to this matter, especially the relatives and friends of the ten girls. They waited nervously, hoping to receive good news.

“Can those medicinal herbs really be sold for more money after being processed? I keep feeling that it’s a little unreliable. Manor Lord, you can’t be lying to us, right? Can our daughter really get an additional gain?”

“Don’t you believe what the Manor Lord said? Our manor master is the number one filial son in the capital, and he’s knowledgeable. It’s said that he’s a talented scholar. He definitely won’t lie to us. Those processed herbs will definitely be able to be sold.”

“Isn’t it the manor owner’s job to process medicinal herbs? n the past, which one of us hasn’t worked as laborers? Does the Manor Lord really want to pay us for this?” “It’s already so late. I wonder how the Manor Lord and Huachun Hall are doing. It’s said that in order to process these medicinal herbs, those little girls damaged hundreds of medicinal herbs. If they can’t even sell for a copper coin, the Manor Lord will suffer a huge loss. We’ll have an even more difficult year.”

This was because Chaoyun Manor had never done such a business before, and there were no tenants or villagers around who did such things. In addition, everyone knew that it was very difficult to be an apprentice of the Medicine Hall, so it was very difficult to nurture one.

Therefore, almost no one believed that the workshop would be able to produce results. Most of them did not have much hope, and their faces were filled with worry.

If it weren’t for the fact that Song Ankang was the Manor Lord and could manage everything in the manor, and that he had spent last year’s stock during this period of time, someone would probably have objected long ago.

People would have all kinds of worries about things that they had never been involved in, not to mention that this matter concerned the life and death of many people in Chaoyun Manor.

Many people on Earth would be overcautious when doing business. They had all kinds of worries, and that was when their lives were not in danger. If they failed, they would only lose money.

However, it was different here. If they failed, more people in Chaoyun Manor would not be able to eat this year. At that time, the number of tenants who would starve to death would also exceed their imagination.

If the medicinal herb processing business failed this time, at least two digits of tenants would die in Chaoyun Manor this year. It might even exceed three digits.

In the face of such a big matter, even Song Ankang would be extremely cautious and not dare to make a decision, let alone the tenants of the Chaoyun Manor.