hsntnovel Chapter 2053 Li Shen’s Good Idea
Chapter 2053 Li Shen’s Good Idea
According to Li Shen's knowledge, dysentery is caused by eating bad food. This is the reason why the saying "diseases come from the mouth" is true.
So after hearing Sun Simiao's explanation, Li Shen nodded in agreement:
"I see. I was just wondering, my father's food is strictly selected, how could he eat something bad?
It turned out that he drank water from the mountains.
But I still don’t understand, if the spring water should be clean, why would I get sick after drinking it.”
Li Shen has seen many videos of people drinking spring water, stream water, etc. Especially in wilderness survival, the drinking is even more terrifying.
“Your Majesty, the water from a spring is not necessarily clean, especially the stream water that Your Majesty drinks.
Although the stream water looks clear and transparent, there may be rotting corpses upstream, and drinking such stream water will naturally make you sick.
At the mildest, it can cause diarrhea and abdominal cramps, like your majesty has, or at the worst, it can cause an epidemic that spreads and causes harm to the people."
Sun Simiao explained.
"Corpse?" Li Shen frowned. "Why is there a corpse on Mount Zhongnan?"
"Your Highness has misunderstood. The corpse the Taoist was talking about might be the corpse of a wild beast." Sun Simiao knew that Li Shen had misunderstood and hurriedly corrected him.
"Oh, that's no wonder. I said that the water must be boiled before drinking, otherwise there will be problems."
Li Shen suddenly realized and sighed:
"Hey, Dr. Sun, you need to go back and study my father's illness carefully. Ordinary people don't know much about it, and I estimate that many people will suffer from this disease.
If we can find a cure, it will benefit the people.”
"Your Majesty, you are right. There are prescriptions in medical books for constipation, but they are not 100% effective. This time, the medicine did not work for your majesty.
After returning, the old Taoist will lead them to continue their research, striving to cure the constipation disease.
Many people die from constipation every year.”
Sun Simiao couldn't help but sigh that doctors are like caring parents to their patients, but sometimes they are really powerless.
"Your Highness Prince Ji, may I ask about the matter of selling sweet soil that you just mentioned..." Li Xiuwei asked at this time.
"Ahem, this... I'm not full yet, let's talk about it later." Li Shen winked at Li Xiuwei and kept glancing at Li Chengqian beside him.
"What? Do you think I'm an outsider now? I won't compete with you for it, so you don't have to be so wary of me, right?"
Li Chengqian saw all of Li Shen's little movements and was very angry.
There's nothing else on this guy's mind except money. He's even afraid that I'll steal his knowledge and steal his business.
"Haha, big brother, you misunderstood. I am indeed hungry." Li Shen smiled awkwardly. He didn't expect that he would be exposed.
"Go ahead, I want to hear it too." Li Chengqian took a sip of wine calmly.
"Brother, I..." Li Shen suddenly paused, his eyes rolled, "Of course I'm not afraid of you snatching it away, you're the prince, and you're going to be the emperor in the future.
I think it's possible, but I may need your help in the future."
"Oh? Tell me, what can you do for me?" Li Chengqian became interested.
"It's not a big deal. I just need to wait until Aye recovers and Big Brother announces the good news in the court, so I can briefly mention the treatment method.
I will be very grateful then."
What propaganda could be more convincing than curing the emperor's terminal illness?
As long as Li Chengqian said in the court that the emperor recovered by taking the miracle medicine from the medical school, the noble ministers in the court would rush to buy it.
Once the news gets to the outside world and becomes known by those wealthy businessmen, there's nothing to worry about. At that time, they can sell it for whatever price they want.
"Treatment method? Just your incense ash water?" Li Chengqian looked at Li Shen with a sidelong glance, with a look of disdain on his face.
“No, no, no, the incense ash water is just a gimmick, the main thing is this sweet soil.
Let’s wait and see what happens with the drug tester tonight. If nothing goes wrong, give it to Aye tonight. It will definitely work immediately.”
Li Shen shook his head. He believed that using montmorillonite powder would definitely stop the diarrhea within two days, and his father might even get constipated.
"Then let's wait until your medicine takes effect immediately. Tell me how to do it first." Li Chengqian wanted to hear Li Shen's ideas.
Many times, Li Shen's methods can be used in the court with just a few modifications, and the essence remains the same.
Li Shen nodded helplessly when he heard that. He was still counting on Li Chengqian to help him attack Hiroshima.
“Well, actually, we in the Ji Wang Mansion are already very familiar with this method. It’s nothing more than an added value and brand value.
The same thing, as long as we differentiate it and make it unique, it will be sought after by some people.
Because they will feel that after getting this unique thing, they will become different and superior to others.
All the goods in Prince Ji’s Mansion are differentiated for the wealthy, and the prices are different from other commodities. Ordinary people simply cannot afford them.
Coupled with the value of the name of our Ji Wang Mansion, those who can buy it will feel that they are superior and not ordinary people.
And that's the added value, it gives them a chance to show off, it gives them a chance to show their power to others."
Li Shen's words made Li Chengqian fall into deep thought. Indeed, the things in Prince Ji's Mansion were precious, and ordinary people would not be willing to buy them even if they could afford them.
For example, nowadays many people are willing to choose a mirror as a betrothal gift when they get married. A small mirror may cost them half a year's income or even a year's income to buy.
If it were a larger mirror, it would probably require the savings of these people for several or even dozens of years.
But such an expensive thing is sought after by noble ladies all over the world. If any noble or wealthy businessman does not have a mirror, he would not dare to tell others about it, for fear of being looked down upon.
This is what Li Shen calls added value. The method is simple yet very clever.
"Then what are you going to do with this Gantu? Don't forget, you just said that Gantu is not only sold to nobles and wealthy businessmen, but also to ordinary people.
How can you have two prices for the same thing?"
Li Chengqian continued to inquire, other commodities in Prince Ji's Mansion did not have two prices.
As soon as these words were spoken, Li Xiuwei pricked up his ears and listened carefully. The next step was for him to execute the order.
Li Shen took a sip of wine and said calmly:
“Brother, this is very simple. When we treat the nobles and wealthy businessmen, we tell them that there are two kinds of medicine. One is exactly the same medicine that Your Majesty takes, and the other is for ordinary people.
We only need to tell them the prices of the two medicines. Even if we tell them that the two medicines have the same efficacy, these wealthy businessmen and nobles will choose the more expensive one.
You can also tell them that one type is expensive because it is prepared by Dr. Sun himself, and the other type is cheaper because it is prepared by other doctors.
They will also choose expensive ones.
There are many ways, but they all come down to the three I mentioned: being unique, adding value, and brand value.”
(I write this because I was scammed.
I bought an item and it was sold at two different prices, with a huge difference. I felt like I was being taken advantage of.
I bought both for this reason, and they turned out to be of the same quality. I really became a fool.)