Liang Chuan put down the teacup and said seriously: "If the medicinal materials are spoiled, you must find out the cause of the spoilage, and then the right medicine can inhibit the spoilage of the medicinal materials. As for the reasons, there are too many reasons. The wind, sun, high temperature, rot, damp, mold, mouse, ant, insect pests and other reasons will cause the medicinal materials to spoil!"

Seeing that Liang Chuan was talking seriously, Zhuang Xiang knew that this was not easy to deal with. However, since Liang Chuan said that, he should have a scheming in his heart, otherwise why would he say that?

Liang Chuan said: "Some medicinal materials such as prepared decoctions can easily dissipate when exposed to the air, and the efficacy of the medicine will be greatly reduced. This medicinal materials must be made and used immediately. When not in use, it will be easier to achieve this."

Zhuang Xiang deeply agrees.

Liang Chuan said: "By the same reason, if some medicinal materials are processed in midsummer and hot weather, they need to reduce the amount of use and storage. If they really need to be stored for use, they need to choose to use a ventilated and cool place or a cool ground kiln for storage. Precious medicinal materials can even be built to store them. However, in the south, one or two ice and one or two gold, it is a bit too luxurious."

Zhuang Xiang asked in surprise: "Brother Liang Chuan has learned medical theory before? Otherwise, how could he have such a deep understanding of drug properties and pharmacology? My father was also at the level of this medicine at the time. How could he have such a detailed understanding of Brother Liang Chuan? And you can't see this view even in ancient medical books, and it is really clear!"

Liang Chuan said, "I don't know what this is. This is just a copy of the principles of doing business to your pharmacy. I usually have to manage some goods, such as pickled vegetables in a cool place when the temperature is high in summer, otherwise it will go bad. Besides, I can't take winter goods to the summer to sell them. If I can't sell them, I will be completely ruined. Isn't this going to lose money? Hahaha!"

Zhuang Xiang pondered for a while and said, "In summer, we need to reduce the heat and heat prevention, and winter should be to keep warm and freezing, right?"

Liang Chuan said appreciatively: "It is this reason that the medicinal properties of medicinal materials determine how to preserve them. For example, if you have Dendrobium root, the fresh medicinal materials are full of moisture and will inevitably become frozen in winter."

Zhuang Xiang said: "If I met Brother Liangchuan earlier, I wouldn't have to say that I had made money by myself. Even if I share it with Brother Liangchuan's method of buying this storage method!"

Liang Chuan smiled and said, "I don't plan to go to the medical road. Besides, I don't understand either. I just know some basics. It's a waste to me. It's better to let Brother Xiang make good use of it. It's also good for the people of Qingyuan. I just don't know how much profit your pharmacy will have in one year?"

Zhuang Xiang missed his father's life in the past. At that time, he had no worries about food and drink and lived a good life of luxury. Now that he took over this pharmacy himself, he realized that everything was not easy: "I can probably get tens of thousands of dollars a year."

Liang Chuan almost spit out a sip of tea and asked with a stuttering question: "How much...?"

"I don't have the medical skills of my father, nor do I have the business mind of my father. You can see this scene after I took over this shop. I'm so busy with it. I'm losing money. The loss of these medicinal materials in the warehouse alone is more than a few thousand guan."

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Zhuang Xiang is now in a state of ignorance and has no help. Unexpectedly, Liang Chuan actually offered to help him. He bowed and said thanks.

Liang Chuan helped him up and said, "You can't be greedy for too much medicine. You also need your own space for medicinal materials. Leave enough ventilation gaps to avoid mildew or dampness. It's too dense. Have you been covered with many medicines before?"

Liang Chuan looked at the several herbs he bought, which were all expensive medicinal materials, but they were stored very casually. He said with pain: "You can pack ordinary medicinal materials in sacks, but precious medicinal materials such as musk and deer antlers and ginseng are not so bad. Go buy some wooden box and porcelain jars with good sealing properties to pack them. The smell will not dissipate, and the medicinal effect can be stored for a long time. Even if mice and insects and ants want to get rid of them, there is no chance."

Zhuang Xiang smiled bitterly and said, "The rest you said is easy to deal with. Spending some money can improve the current environment. However, the problem of insects being eaten by insects is a headache. We have tried to put the medicinal materials in a can box before, but the insects from where they are still not empty!"

Liang Chuan knew the reason. The source of the insects was nothing more than two places. One came from the outside world. Since it was isolated, it was not from the air. It should be the eggs in the medicinal materials themselves. However, there was no sterilization technology in ancient times, and Liang Chuan was also in trouble. However, he had heard of a method, but he was not very clear about it. He just said: "I don't understand the pharmacology very much, but I heard that the medicinal properties will also be incompatible! Worms like one medicinal material but the other medicinal material will inhibit this type of medicine. Even if the two are put together, they cannot tolerate it, which can have the effect of mutual restraint. Uh... I was a little dizzy."

Zhuang Xiang was well versed in pharmacology, so he could understand what Liang Chuan meant by just one little bit. He said overjoyedly: "I understand what Brother Liang Chuan means. Brother is indeed an expert who is familiar with the great way. He used one example to store all scorpions and peppercorns, and Qi snakes and garlic together can be mutually repelled. Many medicinal materials are really correct, so the insects will naturally disappear!"

It was getting late outside, and Liang Chuan said, "Brother Xiang, calculate how much these medicinal materials cost. I have to go back when it gets late."
Chapter completed!