The most secure job in Dajin

Chapter 196, Location

Hua Changxi didn't like to interfere too much in other people's affairs, but thinking of the friendship between Pharmacist Xu and himself for many years, he still asked about Xu Ling's situation: "Uncle Xu, is Lingling still helping you run the pharmacy?"

Pharmacist Xu's eyes flickered, and he smiled and nodded without saying anything else.

Seeing this, Hua Changxi said tentatively: "I haven't seen Lingling for a long time. I'll find some time to go to your shop and talk to her."

Pharmacist Xu said with an "ah" sound, then smiled awkwardly, "Lingling usually has to go out for training, I'm afraid she won't be there when you go."

Hua Changxi was surprised after hearing this: "Going out for training? Where does Lingling go for training? I usually can't find a place to go out for training."

Nowadays, the revival of spiritual energy has only been in the public eye for less than two years. Before that, the ruins, secret realms, and mountains and rivers with rich spiritual energy that were exposed were all controlled by the royal family, the powerful, and the aristocratic families. Ordinary people could not get involved at all.

After embarking on the path of cultivation, her experience was seriously insufficient. In addition to the fact that she didn't like to go out and always worked behind closed doors, she also didn't know where to go for training.

Pharmacist Xu hesitated for a while before saying, "Most of the time, we go to Qingzhou Five Fingers Mountain. You know the Five Fingers Mountain? It's open to cultivators, and even ordinary people can go in to look for opportunities. Lingling loves to go there."

Hua Changxi: "Five Fingers Mountain, I know, it is indeed a good place for training. If Lingling goes to Five Fingers Mountain again in the future, I can go with her."

Pharmacist Xu laughed and did not respond. Instead, he changed the subject: "By the way, Jiu Niang, I came here this time not only to bring you tea, but also to talk to you about the Qihuang Hall."

Seeing that Pharmacist Xu had changed the subject again, Hua Changxi was too lazy to ask more questions, "What happened to Qihuang Hall?"

Pharmacist Xu: "Doesn't every hall have to hand in thirty bottles of first-grade elixirs every month? You were away in November, and the hall couldn't produce elixirs. I took the spiritual herbs and plants that were allocated to our hall to find Master Zhou, whom I knew before, and exchanged them for thirty bottles of first-grade elixirs and handed them over first."

Hua Changxi nodded: "You did a good job."

Pharmacist Xu: "Nineth Lady, the spiritual herbs and plants allocated to each hall are only enough to refine 60 furnaces of first-grade pills." In other words, the higher-ups require that each Qihuang Hall have an alchemy success rate of over 50%. If the failure rate exceeds half, they will have to add spiritual herbs themselves.

"According to the rules of the Medical Bureau, you need to pay extra fees to ask an alchemist to make pills. Generally, you need to pay three portions of spiritual medicine to make one batch of pills. So, our hall now owes Master Zhou thirty portions of spiritual medicine."

After hearing this, Hua Changxi asked curiously, "Have all the other Qihuang Clinics handed in all their elixirs?"

Pharmacist Xu nodded: "All handed in."

Hua Changxi fell silent. After taking over the No. 13 Qihuang Clinic, she had only seen the medicine boy assigned there, and she knew nothing about the others. She couldn't help but ask, "Do you know the situation of the 18 Qihuang Clinics, the owners of each Clinic, and the medicine boys in each Clinic?"

Pharmacist Xu smiled and said, "Since you trust me so much and let me take care of the No. 13 Qihuang Clinic, I will definitely find out more about these things."

"The head of the No. 1 Qihuang Clinic is Director Gu's third apprentice, Mu Qingying. The eight medicine boys under her are all pharmacists from the Medical Bureau. Two of them are said to be able to make pills, but they have not yet successfully made a magical pill."

"The owner of the No. 2 Qihuang Clinic is Director Gu's eldest disciple Xie An. The eight medicine boys were all pharmacists from the Second and Third Streets. They all know how to make pills."

"The head of Qihuang Pavilion No. 3 is Huo Yunxiao, who was sent by the Minister of Heaven. The head of Qihuang Pavilion No. 4 is Wen Lanzhou, the eldest disciple of Tianshi Zhang Tianshi from Tianshi Mansion. The head of Qihuang Pavilion No. 5 is Yan Qianying, the third son of Dong'an Palace. All the medicine boys assigned to them can make pills."

"The head of Qihuang Hall No. 6 is Director Gu's apprentice Yuan Tianchou. The eight medicine boys are all pharmacists. I heard that four of them can already start refining pills."

"The owner of Qihuang Pavilion No. 7 is Master Jiexian of Xiangguo Temple; the owner of Qihuang Pavilion No. 8 is Lin Ruohong, the eldest disciple of Sanqing Palace; the owner of Qihuang Pavilion No. 9 is Tang Yufeng, the eldest grandson of the Tang family, the first family in Beijing. Their eight medicine boys can also make pills." "The owner of Qihuang Pavilion No. 10 is Gu Jinfan, the seventh lady of Duke Xin's Mansion. Four of her eight medicine boys can make pills, and four are pharmacists."

"The owner of Qihuang Hall No. 11 is Shen Qianfan from the Disciple Hall. Six of the eight medicine boys are from the Disciple Hall, and two are pharmacists. It seems that no one knows how to make pills."

"The owner of the No. 12 Qihuang Hall is Zhu Qinghuan from the Apprentice Hall. The eight medicine boys are all from the Disciple Hall, and none of them knows how to make pills."

"We belong to the No. 13 Qihuang Clinic. Even eight medicine boys cannot make elixirs."

"The owner of the No. 14 Qihuang Pavilion is the Seventh Prince Chu Junhao, and all eight of his medicine boys can make pills."

"The owner of the No. 15 Qihuang Hall is the Sixth Lady of Duke Wei's Mansion, Duan Yuyan. Three of the eight medicine boys can make pills, and the other five are pharmacists."

"The owner of Qihuang Pavilion No. 16 is Yue Heng, the fifth son of Xiping Palace. The owner of Qihuang Pavilion No. 17 is Feng Che, the second son of Beizhen Palace. The owner of Qihuang Pavilion No. 18 is Wei Xiao, the ninth son of Nanding Palace. Their medicine boys can also make pills."

After listening to Pharmacist Xu's introduction, Hua Changxi took a deep breath. Among the eighteen Qihuang clinics, except for the nine people who received the wooden plaques, the other nine Qihuang clinics were all divided up by powerful and wealthy families.

No, even those who got the wooden plaques were mostly powerful people.

The personnel arrangement of the 18 Qihuang Clinics is, in essence, a redistribution of power resources.

Of course, we have to exclude her from the Menial Services Hall, Shen Qianfan from the Disciple Hall, and Zhu Qinghuan from the Apprentice Hall.

In front of the children of powerful and wealthy families, the three of them really stood out.

From the small to the big, from the personnel arrangements of the 18 Qiyan Clinics of the Medical Bureau, we can get a glimpse of how serious the monopoly of resources by powerful and wealthy families is.

Hua Changxi thought of the Qisheng Palace. They would rather hide in the dark and develop slowly than show up to recruit outstanding talents. She didn't quite agree with this approach before, but now she understands it a little.

The Medical Department has been infiltrated too badly by various forces!

Although the Medical Department is not the Alchemy Temple, if the Alchemy Temple wants to develop and spread the art of alchemy, it ultimately has to rely on alchemists, and now the most powerful alchemists are all gathered in the Medical Department.

When the Alchemy Temple appears in the future, will it be able to drive out all these alchemists?
In order to not be controlled by the Medical Bureau, it is necessary to quickly train a large number of highly skilled alchemists, which is extremely difficult.

When he thought about the future constraints imposed on each other by various forces in Dan Sheng Temple, and the fact that Dan Sheng Temple also had the responsibility of guarding the town's eye, Hua Changxi's desire to become the master of Dan Sheng Temple completely disappeared.

For a moment, she didn't want to get involved in the affairs of the Qihuang Clinic anymore.

However, after leaving the Hua family, she had to find a foothold in society, and she now needed the social identity of the owner of the Qihuang Clinic of the Medical Bureau.

In the future, she will inevitably have to deal with other monks. Having such an identity will help her demonstrate her value and make friends with others more easily.

Gu Xing had asked her before if she had found her position in the Medical Department?
She now has the answer. She is in the Medical Department and is the owner of Pavilion No. 13!