The most secure job in Dajin

Chapter 85, Tool Man
Manager Leng brought six carts of difficult-to-clean medicinal materials. Because tomorrow is New Year's Eve, which is the day of the Spring Festival, Hua Changxi must take his ten team members to clean the medicinal materials and deliver them to the Jiu Street Pharmacy before it closes today.

Although the team members accepted Hua Changxi as their manager under Zhou Qiuyu's persuasion, they were not really convinced by her in their hearts.

Therefore, after Manager Leng left, some people heard Hua Changxi forbid them to touch the medicinal herbs and decided to go against him.

"Ah~"

Hua Changxi was counting the types of medicinal herbs when he heard a scream. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a female servant sitting on the ground. Her right hand was turning red and swollen at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The female servants in the same group all rushed over, and people from other groups also stretched their heads to look in this direction.

Hua Changxi looked at the female servant who was sweating profusely from the pain, and he could not feel any sympathy for her. His expression was rather cold.

She had already reminded them not to touch it. Since they were so disobedient, they should learn a lesson from it.

After taking a look, Hua Changxi withdrew his gaze and continued with the work in his hands.

Zhou Qiuyu looked at her sisters in the same group who were in unbearable pain and was very angry: "Didn't Manager Hua forbid us to touch the medicinal materials? Why didn't you listen?"

The maid who was burned by the herbs was named Ye Shiyin. She looked at Zhou Qiuyu with tears in her eyes: "Qiuyu, save me, I am dying of pain."

Zhou Qiuyu looked at Ye Shiyin with a look of disappointment, then turned around to look at Hua Changxi who was ignoring him, gritted his teeth, and walked over: "Manager Hua..."

Hua Changxi knew what she was going to say and interrupted her: "Everyone must be responsible for their own actions." After that, he looked at the other team members.

"Come here, I will now assign you the herbs to clean. I will teach you how to clean them. Listen carefully, otherwise Ye Shiyin's fate will be a lesson for you."

Seeing that everyone was looking at Ye Shiyin worriedly, Hua Changxi reminded them, "We have to deliver the herbs before the pharmacy closes. If we delay, do you still want to go home for the New Year tomorrow?"

Ye Shiyin's sister Ye Shiqin said anxiously: "Manager Hua, my sister is injured and she needs treatment."

"Sure, you can send her to the doctor."

Hua Changxi ignored Ye Shiqin and began to assign tasks to others.

Ye Shiqin had no idea where to find anyone to treat her sister, and for a moment she didn’t know what to do. She could only look to Zhou Qiuyu for help.

Hua Changxi knew that the herbs were poisonous, so Zhou Qiuyu guessed that she must have a way to cure Ye Shiyin. However, she did not plead for Ye Shiyin again. Instead, she asked others to take the herbs they were responsible for.

She knew that Hua Changxi was probably trying to use this incident to establish his authority, and her plea would not only be useless, but might even have the opposite effect.

Seeing that Zhou Qiuyu didn't care, Ye Shiqin was dumbfounded. She could only bite the bullet and go to Hua Changxi to beg: "Manager Hua, my sister knows she is wrong. Please help her."

"My sister works very efficiently. More people means more strength. With her help, we will definitely be able to clean this batch of herbs before the medicine shop closes."

Hua Changxi looked at her: "The mission can still be completed without your sister. She is not indispensable. Don't worry too much. She won't die. At most, she will be in great pain."

As he said this, he glanced at Ye Shiyin and said, "Maybe this lesson may be a good thing."

"If you want to work, hurry up and get the herbs. If you want to take your sister to get treated, help her leave and don't block others from working."

Hua Changxi no longer paid attention to Ye Shiqin and her sister, but began to explain the medicinal properties of the herbs to others, as well as the things that need to be paid attention to when cleaning.

With Ye Shiyin's painful lesson, everyone listened very carefully.

Seeing that everyone really didn't care about Ye Shiyin, Ye Shiqin wanted to help Ye Shiyin back to the dormitory, but Ye Shiyin refused.

Ye Shiyin looked at Hua Changxi, deeply regretting her recklessness, and reluctantly said, "I will not leave here. Go and listen to Manager Hua's explanation, and don't bother me."

Seeing that she turned pale with pain, Ye Shiqin felt a little sorry: "Sister, how about I take you out to see a doctor?"

Ye Shiyin shook her head: "The doctors out there may not be able to cure me. Even if they can, we can't afford the medicine. Okay, go over and listen to the lecture."

Seeing that Ye Shiqin was still hesitating, Ye Shiyin could only whisper: "Don't worry, Manager Hua won't ignore me. She just wants to teach me a lesson."

Ye Shiqin was stunned: "Really?"

Ye Shiyin nodded. She still remembered that last year, people from the Sixth Bureau went to the First Department to help and returned poisoned. It was Hua Changxi who saved everyone at that time.

What happened today was her fault. But she was Hua Changxi's subordinate, and as long as Hua Changxi wanted to be a good third manager, he would not really ignore her.

Seeing that Ye Shiyin was so confident, Ye Shiqin reluctantly returned to the team and followed everyone to listen to Hua Changxi's explanation of medicinal materials.

Hua Changxi saw it but ignored it. Being so close to them, she could hear everything the two sisters said.

Ye Shiyin's reaction was quick and her actions were decisive.

She didn't want to do anything to her. Now she was in charge. While establishing her authority, she also needed to show her magnanimity.

As Hua Changxi continued to explain the medicinal properties of the herbs, the expressions on everyone's faces gradually became more and more serious.

There is no other reason. This kind of knowledge and skills imparting is something they have almost never been exposed to before.

Working in the Medical Department, even if they are just low-level errand boys, they all know that the key to learning medicine is to find a good teacher.

Now that Hua Changxi is teaching them for free, they are really overjoyed.

"Okay, I've told you all the precautions for the herbs. Start cleaning them. Remember, if you're unsure during the process, you can always ask me."

Zhou Qiuyu couldn't help but ask, "Manager Hua, can I write down the medicinal properties and precautions of the herbs you just talked about?"

Hua Changxi glanced at her, seeing the desire in her eyes, and said with a smile: "Of course, if you don't understand, you can also ask me."

Zhou Qiuyu's face lit up with joy: "Thank you, Manager Hua." After saying that, he glanced at Ye Shiyin who was standing by with pain, and without saying anything, he went to wash the medicinal herbs with the others.

Hua Changxi watched everyone washing the herbs. If he saw someone made a mistake, he would quickly remind them. After making sure that everyone was familiar with the washing process for the herbs they were responsible for, he would walk towards Ye Shiyin.

Seeing that Hua Changxi finally paid attention to her, Ye Shiyin quickly said, "Manager Hua, I was wrong."

"The herb you touched is called Fire Rock Grass. If ordinary people touch it, they will be infected with 'fire poison' like you. It is easy to remove the fire poison. Just apply Ice Rock Grass to the affected area. There is Ice Rock Grass among the herbs Zhou Qiuyu cleaned. Go ask her for one."

Ye Shiyin thought she would be scolded, but unexpectedly Hua Changxi said nothing. Instead, he told her how to treat the problem of his red and swollen hands. Ye Shiyin was a little surprised.

Seeing that Hua Changxi ignored her after he finished speaking, Ye Shiyin lowered her head and reflected on herself for a while before going to find Zhou Qiuyu with a look of regret.

Hua Changxi was responsible for cleaning the three most difficult carts of medicinal materials. With her speed, she finished cleaning quickly.

Afterwards, she did not go to help Zhou Qiuyu and others, but returned to the dormitory.

Zhou Qiuyu and others followed Hua Changxi's teaching method and processed the allocated medicinal materials at 16:00 p.m.

"Manager Hua, we have cleaned all the herbs."

Zhou Qiuyu came to the dormitory and called Hua Changxi.

Hua Changxi stopped practicing and took Zhou Qiuyu and others with him: "Let's go and send the washed herbs to the No. 1 Pharmacy on Eighth Street."

When Hua Changxi and his men delivered medicinal materials to the Pharmacy No. 1 on Eighth Street, the people in the pharmacy were distributing New Year's goods and no one came out to pay attention to them.

Time is precious to Hua Changxi. She didn't want to stand and wait, so she went straight into the pharmacy and walked up to a young man who looked like a manager. "Are you the manager? The herbs you want have been cleaned. Please send someone to receive them."

The man looked at Hua Changxi in confusion: "Why did the herbs from the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall come to us? We get the herbs we need directly from the Pharmacy Warehouse." At this time, someone stood up, pulled the man to a corner, and whispered: "Big Brother, this should be the master's order."

After hearing this, Zhao Jing looked at Hua Changxi and quickly went into the upper room.

When Hua Changxi saw this, he walked to the stairs to the upper room, looking like he was waiting to be assigned an assignment.

The other people in the yard saw her like this but didn't stop her.

Soon, Hua Changxi heard voices coming from the main room.

"Master, the people from the errand hall have brought the herbs."

"So fast?"

"Master, if we need herbs, can't we just get them from the pharmacy? Why do we have to go to the errand hall?"

"Master, I have received news that after the beginning of the year, the tasks of the pharmacies in the Nine Streets will be changed. In the past, the Eighth and Ninth Streets were only responsible for refining pills for low-grade warriors, but in the future we will also be able to refine pills for high-grade warriors."

"How can this be? If we start refining elixirs for high-quality warriors, what are the pharmacies on Second Street, Third Street, Fourth Street, and Fifth Street doing?"

"They want to specialize in researching other types of elixirs."

"What category?"

"I don't know this either. The pharmacists on the Second Street and the Third Street are all very arrogant. If they can give up their original interests, the new elixir must be extraordinary."

Zhao Jing was still a little confused: "What does this have to do with us looking for the errand hall?"

Pharmacist Feng glanced at his eldest disciple and said, "Although the tasks originally assigned to the Second Street, Third Street, Fourth Street, and Fifth Street have been assigned to the Sixth Street, Seventh Street, Eighth Street, and Ninth Street, there are so many pharmacies. If you want to get a better job, you have to pay a certain price."

Because it involves the distribution of profits, the competition among the pharmacies in Jiu Street is actually very fierce.

Seeing that Zhao Jing wanted to ask more questions, Pharmacist Feng raised his hand to stop him and stood up: "The medicinal materials used by high-level warriors are not so easy to clean. Let me go out with you to take a look."

As soon as the master and disciple came out, they saw Hua Changxi standing in the yard.

When Pharmacist Feng saw that the person coming was not Eunuch Jia, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Did Eunuch Jia ask you to deliver the herbs?"

Hua Changxi replied: "Yes."

Pharmacist Feng: "Where are the herbs?"

Hua Changxi quickly asked Zhou Qiuyu and others to push the medicinal materials into the pharmacy.

Pharmacist Feng personally went forward to check the herbs. He knew that these herbs were strong in medicinal properties, so he did not touch them. He only saw that each one had been cleaned. He could not hide his surprise on his face: "Did you clean all these herbs?"

Hua Changxi: “Yes.”

Pharmacist Feng looked at Hua Changxi and his group inquiringly: "Do you understand pharmacology?"

Hua Changxi gave a vague answer: "I understand a little."

Pharmacist Feng looked at her and said meaningfully, "It seems that the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall is really home to many hidden talents."

This batch of medicinal materials was used to refine the elixir given by the Ministry of Heaven, and they were needed urgently, so he asked Eunuch Jia to clean them up, hoping to take the opportunity to bring him down.

Unexpectedly, Eunuch Jia had a capable person under his command who cleaned the herbs in just one day.

Hua Changxi also gave a meaningful answer: "Everyone just wants to earn a living."

Pharmacist Feng looked at Hua Changxi who was neither humble nor arrogant and asked: "Are you a servant under Eunuch Jia?"

Hua Changxi: “Yes.”

Pharmacist Feng knew that he couldn't find fault with Eunuch Jia this time, so he said in a bad tone: "Everyone says that Eunuch Jia has a good eye. I thought it was an exaggeration, but it turned out to be true. Okay, I have received the herbs, you can go now."

Hua Changxi did not move, and smiled at Pharmacist Feng: "Eunuch Jia has instructed that you write a note to indicate that you have received the herbs."

After listening to the conversation between the master and the disciple, she guessed that the pharmacist was trying to deal with Eunuch Jia.

She didn't want to become cannon fodder in the fight between the two, so she'd better be careful.

Pharmacist Feng looked at Hua Changxi and sneered, "Why, are you afraid that I will refuse to pay after I receive the herbs?"

Hua Changxi: "Pharmacist, you misunderstood. I am just following the instructions of Eunuch Jia. If the pharmacist is in trouble, I will ask Eunuch Jia to come over and let him explain it to you in person."

Although Pharmacist Feng really wanted to get Eunuch Raja to step down, she couldn't do it out of spite. She snorted, asked Zhao Jing to write her a note, and went back to the house.

After receiving the note, Hua Changxi took Zhou Qiuyu and others away.

After leaving the pharmacy, Hua Changxi asked Zhou Qiuyu and others to go back to the Sixth Bureau on their own, while she went to the warehouse to find Yu Hui.

"Brother Yu, I heard that on the Ninth Medical Street, every No. 1 pharmacy on each street has a noble person behind it. Is this true?"

Yu Hui looked at Hua Changxi in surprise: "Why are you asking this?"

Hua Changxi told him that Eunuch Jia had sent her to deliver medicinal materials to the pharmacy at No. 1 on Eighth Street.

After hearing this, Yu Hui frowned and asked, "Why would Eunuch Jia let you go?"

Hua Changxi: "What's wrong with asking me to send it off?"

Yu Hui lowered his voice and said, "The people in the palace have targeted the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall. Pharmacist Feng of the No. 1 Pharmacy on Eighth Street is a member of Concubine Feng's clan."

"Eunuch Sun from the First Office was originally serving Concubine Lu. Concubine Feng must have wanted to arrange for her own people to replace Eunuch Jia, so she asked Pharmacist Feng to find a way to deal with Eunuch Jia."

"Eunuch Jia actually sent you as the vanguard, letting you, a mere servant, face off against the nobles in the palace. What was he thinking?"

After hearing this, Hua Changxi narrowed her eyes. She said, why did Eunuch Jia suddenly think of her and promote her to be a manager? It turned out that he wanted her to be a tool to charge into battle.

But why her?

She is just a small errand girl. Compared with others, she is just better in medical skills, bolder and more daring.

Could it be that her reputation as someone who was not easy to mess with had become so deeply rooted in people's minds that Eunuch Jia felt that she was not even afraid of the nobles in the palace?

After knowing why Eunuch Jia gave her a promotion, Hua Changxi returned to the sixth game with a gloomy face. When Zhou Qiuyu gave her the filial piety money collected this month, she said directly: "As long as I am still in charge, our group does not need to pay filial piety money."

Hearing this, Zhou Qiuyu and the others all looked at her.

Zhou Qiuyu: "Manager Hua, this is the rule of the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall." It would be a bad idea to change it.

Seeing that everyone looked embarrassed, Hua Changxi said calmly: "Rules are made by people. Since I didn't let you hand it in, if the higher-ups blame me, I will take full responsibility."

Although I don’t know what Eunuch Jia was thinking, the purpose of giving himself the title of manager was definitely to use him.

In this case, she would be doing herself a disservice if she didn't take the opportunity to do something.

If her interests were affected, Steward Leng and Eunuch Lu would definitely report her. This would be a good opportunity to see how much Eunuch Jia would tolerate her.