Chapter 1512: Killed in an Accident (6)
Yang Ruxin nodded, glanced at Gu Qingheng to signal that she had finished asking her questions.
After sending the guests away, Gu Qingheng turned to Yang Ruxin: "What are your thoughts?" The Mongol army may have been driven off, but the war had left profound scars. In actuality, post-war reconstruction was even more challenging than taking back the city.
"Well, since I have a caravan, I could set up another one in the future that could operate through Border City. We could transport goods from Changhuai State over here, then take wine and vinegar back, and there are also medicinal herbs and wild fruits here that we don’t have, like the Tiger Tail Grass. If cultivated artificially, it could also become a source of income..."
Tiger Tail Grass, also known as Dioscorea, is a rather precious Chinese herbal medicine. It works wonders for treating cough, asthma, spitting of blood, and can also cure hernia, stimulate lactation in women, and so on — its uses are wide-ranging, and its price isn’t low either.
Both the "Collection of Hundred Herbs" given to her by Wang Zhenggang originally and the medical texts that Dao Xuzi later asked her to memorize, contained records of this herb. Fresh Tiger Tail Grass, for instance, was purchased by Hechun Hall for two hundred wen per jin.
Actually, she still felt it would be best to open a customs market, that is, to allow trade between tribes, so that direct business with the nomadic people could take place. This would facilitate the exchange of necessities. Daxuan was abundant in food and could trade for furs or medicinal materials from outside. Thus, even if a natural disaster struck the grasslands, which herdsman didn’t own some livestock? At that time, exchanging for food would prevent panic and avoid resorting to war over a disagreement.
However, she couldn’t voice these thoughts, as they concerned Imperial Court affairs. For a country girl like her, knowing too much wouldn’t be good.
Three days later, the unconscious girls began waking up one after another, and after a few more days, most of their health gradually improved. However, an incident occurred: one of the girls who woke up didn’t have the joy of having survived. Instead, one evening, she took advantage of the others’ inattention and fatally ran headfirst into a wall.