Chapter 17 Turiyi Medicinal Materials Market

You must know that in all Greece, only the Dionysian League, with the full support and help of Davos, a consul who has been educated in medical knowledge for more than 2,000 years, has vigorously trained doctors, established hospitals, medical schools, and conducted in-depth research and treatment of diseases. and medicines, the medical industry of Dionia, especially Turui, flourished, and it was far ahead of other Mediterranean city-states and countries in this era. Therefore, the medicinal herbs street in the port market of Turui is popular in the whole Mediterranean world. is unique.

However, although this street is very famous in southern Italy, it is not as crowded with customers as other streets. After all, most of the medicinal materials are purchased by doctors and pharmacy personnel. Patients basically pick up medicines from pharmacies in the city, and rarely come to the market to buy them. This unprocessed medicinal material, and high-quality doctors such as doctors only account for a small proportion of Dionysian citizens.

Therefore, Nick Stratus, who had just squeezed in from the crowd, came to this street and felt a lot easier. Curiously, they visited, watched and consulted store by store one by one.

As they walked, they came to a larger pharmacy, and found that the owner was actually a Brutese, and he was haggling with customers in a blunt Greek pronunciation: "Lord Olivers, I know you are a military officer. It's true that you buy a lot of 'horse chews' from me every year, but this year you came a little too early and the quantity is so large... You know that on the Cosenza Plateau The snow has not completely melted, and only the horse chew grass that grows in the lower terrain will bear fruit. The quantity is not much, and the price is of course higher. If you think it is expensive, it is better to wait until summer to buy it, there At that time, the price of this 'horse chewing fruit' came down..."

"Come back in summer? ... I'm afraid I can't wait for that day, Mr. Caps should tell me to get out!" The customer sneered: "I'd better go to another store to buy it."

After saying that, he turned to leave.

"Wait!" The shopkeeper hurriedly stopped him, hesitating again and again, and finally said with gritted teeth: "Seeing that our Bruty warriors also participate in training often, and also need to use this fruit soaked in water to drink to quench their thirst, I am willing to do it again. Drop an Opal! Lord Olivers, I really lost money this time!"

Olivers immediately turned his anger into a smile: "Agum, isn't it just a pound less than an opal, this stuff is all over the mountains and fields in the Cosenza Plateau, and you don't need to spend an opport, it's all white. Picked it up, what's so distressing!"

Agum said with a wry smile: "Lord Olivers, picking 'horse chews' is not as easy as you said. As soon as the spring turns warmer, the women of our tribe will walk up the slippery mountain roads to pick them. , at the risk of being injured by wild beasts that came out to find food, and competing with other tribes. So far, two women have broken their legs and are lying in the hospital! After the fruit is picked, it will be dried. It is spring. It often rains continuously, so we can only use the stove to bake... The money we have worked so hard to earn has to support the lives of thousands of people in the entire tribe, it's really not easy!"

Olivers ignored his complaints and said coldly, "Do you care about your tribe? Or do you care about less money and fewer visits to brothels?"

Agum's face changed suddenly, and he said hurriedly: "Don't talk nonsense!"

Olivers patted his chest and whispered, "It's all men, I understand."

Agum looked left and right, and stopped talking.

"Brothers, choose 300 catties of 'horse chewing fruit' and prepare to take it away!" Olivers shouted, and a dozen strong soldiers came in immediately and began to squat on the ground to pick.

Agum couldn't help but said: "Don't choose, they are all real 'horse chewing fruit', and the quality is good! The port market management department will not allow us to cheat, I still want to trade here for a long time!"

Olivers looked at him and smiled: "That's right, for the sake of the leader of Saru, I should also believe you. Then you can weigh us 300 catties of fruit."

Olivers went on to say to the soldiers: "I'm going to hang out somewhere else,

After the fruits are weighed for a while, you can directly carry them back to the training camp. "

"Yes, Captain!"

Olivers walked to the door of the store, remembered something, and then turned around and said: "Agum, Lord Davos chatted with me yesterday, and specifically talked about the picking of this medicinal material. He thought, 'The picking of mountain herbs should not be excessive, otherwise It will lead to the reduction or even disappearance of these plants!'”

Speaking of Davos, Agum immediately awe-inspiring: "Lord Davos really has a long-term perspective, which is not comparable to others! However, Lord Olivers, you underestimate us Brutians! We have generations of generations. Living on the plateau, the streams, trees, flowers and plants on the mountain are all generous gifts from the plateau goddess Amala to us Bruti people, if we ask too much from the plateau, then Amala's anger will surely usher in!"

Olivers laughed: "That's good! That's good!" After speaking, he glanced at Nick Stratus and turned to go out.

Agum instructed the slaves to weigh the 'horizontal fruit' for the soldiers, and Nickstratus, Stacypus, and Lycassus took the opportunity to observe the small, hard red fruit.

"Is there any medicinal use for this fruit?" Stacypus asked politely.

"Oh, this fruit is called 'horse chewing fruit'. It used to be everywhere in our plateau, no one cared about it, only horses liked to eat it when they were tired from running. Later, the doctors in Tulii studied this thing and said that it boiled water. Drinking it can quench thirst and relieve fatigue, so it is valuable. For the past two years, the Dionysian Military Department has bought hundreds of thousands of pounds of fruit from me every time, and drank it after the citizens' military training. It is very useful! You should Not a Dionian, buy some and try it out." Agum patiently sold them.

"We are Crotones!" Nick Stratus interjected abruptly.

Agum let out an "oh", nothing special, as if the hatred between Crotone and the Brutians had long since disappeared and disappeared.

"How much is a pound?"

"Six opals."

"Give me a pound," said Stacypus, pulling out his purse.

Agum held a large handful of red fruits in both hands and poured it into a straw bag, seeing that it weighed more than a pound earlier: "With this bag, you count as seven opals."

"Row."

"What's the use of this grass?" Nickstratus asked curiously, standing beside a pile of dry grass that looked like thorns.

"That's thorn. The doctors in Turii found that mashing it up and soaking it in hot water can relieve itchy skin. It's a good thing!"

"Can this thing cure itchy skin?" Nick Stratus carefully touched the spikes on the grass with a suspicious look on his face.

"Those doctors in Turii are all of you... um, the students taught by Lord Davos, the descendant of the god of death, all of them are highly skilled in medicine, just like... just like your Greek god of medicine... As... . . . Khloe... Bee..."

"Asclepius."

"Yes, it is this Greek god. The words of these magical Turii doctors can be false, not to mention that we have tried it specially, and it does have such an effect. Now this kind of herb is often ordered by pharmacies!  … Now, the various tribes of Bruti have any ancestral methods of curing diseases, and they came to tell the doctors in Turiyi, hoping to be proved to be useful by them. I heard that the Lucanians do the same... Lord Davos As expected of the descendants of God, the wild flowers and weeds in our mountains have become treasures!" Agum said with gratitude and sigh.

Nick Stratus and Stasipus looked at each other with awe. Through these few days of study, they learned that Dionysian Medical College is far ahead of other city-states in the research of medical theory, experience in diagnosis and treatment, and operation. They did not expect to do so much in medicine. Work!

At this time, Lycasus ran into the shop and said a little excitedly: "Teacher, there is a shop next to you that sells what you said last time... what surgical tools!"

"Really?! Take me there!" Nickstratus dropped the thorn in his hand and ran out after Lycasus, and then Stacypus picked up the straw bag and went out.

After seeing the three of them leave, Agum muttered, "The Crotone people... hum..."

This shop selling surgical instruments next to the Bruti Herbal Shop occupies a small area, but it is full of various and exquisitely crafted iron and wooden tools, and they are carefully arranged in different categories.

After Nick Stratus and the others entered the door, they watched happily for a while when the owner asked, "Are you Doctor Dionia?"

"No, we're from Crotone."

"Then you can only watch, not buy!"

"Why?!" Lycasus looked at him angrily.

"These tools are designed in the style of Tuliyi Hospital and sent to the ironware workshop for special production. They put forward such a request, and the port market management office is in charge of supervision, we have no choice!" The owner shrugged helplessly. Say.

"Can't we just give more money?" Stacypus asked tentatively.

"You don't want to hurt me, I don't want to have any stains on the files of the Tuliyi household registration office." The owner rolled his eyes.

"Stasipus, come and see!" Nick Stratus picked up a sharp knife the size of a leaf and exclaimed, "This is what Mr. Helpus used to cut the skin during surgery. Knife, this is-"

Nick Stratus picked up another small tool and said, "I remember it's called a clip, it's used to hold up boiling water...well, sterilized linen...and this...this looper, used to sew Wounds. Look how delicate they are!" Nick Stratus touched each tool lovingly.