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"The reason why we came here today is to talk to you about the collaboration of hospital and other things, we will not speak of secrets, and you have joined forces with your manpower to suppress me, forcing me to the point where I can't even open my hospital anymore, isn't your goal being to get the formula for the painkilling medicine?"

Xia Li smiled, but the words that came out of his mouth struck the ground, making people unable to ignore him.

"That's right. If you hand over the secret recipe, we can make money together. Isn't that also a great thing?" Both of you, please take a seat. " Hu Yong pointed to the seats at the side, and laughed complacently.

If you agree, I will give you a few of my painkillers that I develop in the future, regularly every month. They will be used for your channel's sales, and the price cannot exceed a hundred silver coins.

"If Grandpa Hu finds it hard to accept, then we don't need to keep in touch anymore. I won't be opening this hospital either." Xia Li said as he pulled Sun Chun's arm, preparing to leave.

The black-robed guard who had scuttled out from the side wanted to stop Xia Li, but was kicked out by Sun Chun from the second floor. With a loud thumping sound, the guard directly smashed into the first floor's square table, then rolled across the square table and onto the ground.

Sun Chun clapped his hands, and stood by Xia Li's side, pulling her down the stairs. At this time, Hu Yong's old and heavy voice came from behind.

"Alright, I agree. Fifty percent, Lady Xia Li, come back, let's sign a contract for the distribution and cooperation of pain-relieving drugs together. After the seal of the authorities, the contract we made can be considered to be effective."

Hu Yong stared straight at Xia Li, and asked: "I wonder if Miss Xia Li is willing?"

Oh right, in the future, there will also be a clause added to the contract that prohibits both sides from using underhanded methods to assassinate their partners. Otherwise, if the other party finds out about this in the future, the matter will be exposed to the public and the one who committed the evil will be struck by lightning. "said in a low voice.

As Xia Li said this, he glanced at Hu Yong who had an ugly expression on his face, and his heart was overjoyed.

"Miss Xia Li, you really are a sharp-tongued girl. It looks like you became even bolder today just because you have the hubby to support you!"

"You guys came to my place, beat me up and gave me conditions. It seems that you are really prepared to curse me if I do not agree to Miss Xia Li's request." Hu Yong coughed, and the guard beside him immediately passed him a cup of tea.

"Then what Grandpa Hu means is, he agreed to the terms that I proposed?" Xia Li was obviously suspicious, how could this old man be so easy to negotiate with?

"I don't have any other intentions, I just want to share the profits with Miss Xia Li. Since I can't force her, working together can be considered as making friends with an enemy. The outsiders would always say that an old man like me is always bullying a little girl."

As Hu Yong spoke, he waved his hand and a black-robed guard walked over. After hearing Hu Yong's instructions, he ran out to do something.

Two hours later, the black-robed guard who had gone out returned and whispered a few words to Hu Yong before standing at the side.

"Miss Xia Li, my subordinate came back to say that from now on, the ban on the Jing'an citizens from entering the Xia Clan's hospital to buy medicine has been lifted. Can we sign the agreement now?"

Xia Li thought for a while, then replied: "Then let's sign the contract tomorrow, I'll go and check if Grandpa Hu has truly lifted the ban."

"Alright." Hu Yong said straightforwardly.

Xia Li and Sun Chun walked a few rounds around the street, and really met a lot of people who had come to buy medicine in their home's hospital. Xia Li's hospital business had recovered, and a few numbers of hospital s had also flowed in on the same day to many patients who had been treated by doctors.

In the afternoon, the two of them went to Hu Yong's teahouse.

Hu Yong clapped his hands, and in a short while, two officials dressed in official clothing walked up to the second floor and stood in the side room. A few guards brought over a long table, filled it with quills, pens, ink and paper, and a few chairs, and invited Xia Li and the others to sit down for a chat.

Sun Chun held Xia Li's hand, and pulled her to his side to protect, to discuss about the cooperation contract with Hu Yong, the two officials.

"Miss Xia Li, the terms of the contract were just supplemented by you and Old Master Hu. Take a look and see if there are any other things that you missed out on."

An official with a scar between his eyebrows passed a written contract to Xia Li.

Xia Li took the contract, and Sun Chun walked over. The two of them discussed the terms of the contract together, and after careful examination a few times, the two of them were unable to find any problems with it.

Sun Chun glanced at Hu Yong who was stroking his beard not far away. saw that the other party was happily chatting happily with a yamen runner while sipping his tea. For the time being, Sun Chun did not find anything amiss.

"If the two of you don't have any objections towards the contract, then we'll follow this one in the future." Hu Yong said with a smile.

"No problem." Xia Li nodded in agreement.

"In order to celebrate the successful conclusion of our partnership today, I have prepared a table of wine in the tavern. I have invited Miss Xia Li, Young Master Sun and the two Masters to gather together. How about it?" Hu Yong put on the host's airs and invited everyone.

"Grandpa Hu, I'm really sorry. My wife is still sick and needs some time to rest, so we won't be able to participate in the feast that you've prepared. Please allow these two officials to accompany you in a good time, so we won't disturb you any longer."

Once Sun Chun said this, he immediately frowned slightly. Rubbing his temples, his body unsteadily leaned into Sun Chun's embrace, and said softly: "hubby, I have a headache."

"Since Miss Xia Li's body is not feeling well, Young Master Sun will take her and leave first." Hu Yong smiled, his eyes as dark as the abyss, causing others to not be able to clearly see what he was thinking.

"Alright." Sun Chun bid farewell to the crowd, and supported Xia Li as they walked towards the first floor.

Just as the two of them walked out of the teahouse entrance, a carriage stopped in front of the two of them. Just as Sun Chun was suspicious, the carriage driver bowed to the two of them.

"Guests, I am following Grandpa Hu's orders to send you back."

"Thank you very much." Sun Chun politely replied, he raised his head and looked towards the second floor, just in time to see Hu Yong sitting by the window. Sun Chun politely nodded to him, picked up Xia Li, and entered the carriage.

"Xia Clan's hospital." After Sun Chun finished speaking, the carriage driver immediately understood and drove the carriage towards the hospital.

"That old man suddenly expressed his goodwill today is truly inconceivable." Xia Li whispered in Sun Chun's ear, afraid that the coachman outside would eavesdrop.

"Be careful from now on." Sun Chun also could not say what would happen in the future, so he could only advise her to be more cautious.

Once the two of them returned to the hospital, the carriage turned around and headed back to the Hu Yong Teahouse.

"How do I defeat Hu Yong? I am forced to lower my head to him, in exchange for our chance at survival. I feel especially useless!" Xia Li was exceptionally angry as his hand smashed onto the wall, causing it to become bruised.

"There must be a way before a carriage reaches the mountain. Every step you take, you will always defeat Hu Yong, and your Jing'an County will be quiet as well." Sun Chun touched Xia Li's head, calming her down, and took out the clean Si Ma to wrap around her injured hand.

Xia Li rested for four or five days in the backyard, ate the headache medicine he brought back from the capital, changed the medicine on his injured hand a few times, then arranged for Day Rui to rectify the dozen or so hospital s in his hands in time. On the sixth day, they all opened for business again.

She felt that she had been played by this old cunning fox, Hu Yong. Even though she had signed the so-called contract, her hospital business had still plummeted, and instead, she had to give them quite a few painkillers, giving away her profits to this old cunning fox. She felt even more that she was a fool!

After four or five days, Xia Li's hospital's business did not improve at all, but the frequency at which Hu Yong's people took the medicine continued to increase, and she quietly followed along. Only now did she realise that the grand occasion where everyone had lined up in front of her hospital to buy the painkillers was now revealed, and inside, there were many familiar faces.

"Stop looking." A big hand blocked her line of sight, causing the anger in Xia Li's heart to explode, "I'm just helping others right now, and I can't get anything on my own."

If I were to interrogate this old fox now, why hasn't any patient come to visit, he would definitely say it out loud, he didn't even send someone to threaten these commoners, and they didn't come to visit my hospital, what does it have to do with him, if I don't give him the painkillers, he would instead use the contract to threaten me!

Only now did Xia Li realize that she had lifted a huge boulder and smashed it against her own foot! From start to finish, the beneficiary was Hu Yong.

"No one is born to do business. You are so kind, and were forced by Hu Yong to the point where there was no way out at all. He even colluded with people from the County Yamen, and since that's the case, we can only rely on ourselves." Sun Chun comforted Xia Li.

"Also, Hu Yong will give you half of the profit just to sell a single Painkiller, but do you know how crafty Yang Xuechen is? Other than selling you 60 taels of silver for each painkillers, do you know how much he sold them for in the capital? So what if you signed a contract, could you really see Yang Xuechen doing something behind his back? Hu Yong is at least right under our noses. Every time we give him more painkillers, the amount of profits we take back will always be accounted for. "

But when we are in a difficult situation, Yang Xuechen will help us look for medicinal ingredients, so we can temporarily ignore the small advantages he has. So, you don't have to blame yourself, what you need to consider the most right now is how we can maximize our own benefits! "

Sun Chun's words were undoubtedly a light bulb as she pointed out a new direction for Xia Li to go forward. Gradually, some thoughts formed in her mind, and she hugged Sun Chun emotionally, "I know what I should do now."