Chapter 167 How to Deal with It?

At this time, how could Cao Yan dare to say no?

Being locked up is the best outcome now.

Even when the servants took Cao Yan away, County Magistrate Cao's face was still full of anger.

He was really angry at this useless son.

However, the problem was not solved at the moment.

How to deal with this matter... became the most troublesome thing for County Magistrate Cao at this time.

At this time, there was a heated discussion outside.

Everyone's eyes were on the government and him.

Waiting for the government to give everyone a satisfactory explanation.

If the people cannot be satisfied, it may be difficult to quell the people's grievances.

But...

How can the people's grievances be quelled?

County Magistrate Cao thought for a moment with a cold face, and then looked at the master beside him.

At this time, the master's face was full of fear.

County Magistrate Cao glanced at him coldly: "Do you know your crime?"

"My Lord... I was wrong too..."

At this time, the master, who witnessed Cao Yan's miserable end, was so scared that he was not feeling well.

The master really...will do it!

Even his own son is so cruel, so he must be...

The master dared not think about it, and shuddered.

"Humph!"

Cao County Magistrate snorted coldly.

He was naturally furious that his most trusted master and his son had deceived him.

But at the moment, there was no one else around him who could be used.

This master had been with him for many years and was his right-hand man.

Therefore, Cao County Magistrate did not punish him for the time being.

"I will settle your account later. Now, do something for me immediately..."

The master was overjoyed when he heard it.

This... doesn't it mean that the master is no longer going to bother with him?

The master hurriedly said: "Master, what do you want me to do? Just order..."

"..."

To calm the people's grievances, the first thing to do is to solve the problem of the drugstore monopolizing medicinal materials.

Before this, Cao County Magistrate had been kept in the dark about this matter.

Now that he knew about this, he was naturally furious.

Cao Yan, the rebellious son, dared to do such a thing of oppressing the people behind his back and under his nose.

Although Cao Yan pushed all the responsibilities onto Cao Wei, with Cao County Magistrate's understanding of him, how could he not know that he was lying?

If Cao Wei did not have Cao Yan's permission, would he dare to do such a thing?

Of course, what made Cao County Magistrate most angry was that under his jurisdiction, the owners of those medicine shops were so bold.

"Catch them, arrest them all!"

Cao County Magistrate immediately ordered to arrest all the medicine shop owners who monopolized medicinal materials.

As soon as this news spread, it caused a great sensation in Ping'an County.

The owners of the medicine shops that had already closed down were so scared after hearing the news.

They tried to contact Cao Yan, their backer, but found that they could not contact him at all.

When they learned that Cao Yan had been confined to his home by the county magistrate, they finally realized that something was wrong.

Something happened!

At this time, some drugstore owners who had sensed something was wrong decided to flee.

However, most of the remaining drugstore owners were not so lucky.

The next morning, before dawn, the constables of the yamen went out collectively to start the arrest operation.

For a while, those drugstore owners who were hiding at home and sleeping in bed were caught by the constables of the yamen and forcibly taken back to the yamen.

Those monopolized drugstores were also closed down.

For a while, the people who learned of the news applauded and cheered!

Those who had protested celebrated their victory.

The county magistrate finally took action.

The county magistrate did not disappoint them.

The county magistrate was still fair.

In just two days, most of the drugstore owners were arrested and taken to the yamen.

All the drugstores were also closed down.

For most people, this is definitely great news.

In the years of being monopolized by these medicine shops, the people of Ping'an County have been complaining.

They dare not go to see a doctor easily when they are sick.

This time, all of them were finally caught. How can this not be a good thing to applaud?

However, as the government sealed up all the medicine shops, it did have a significant impact.

The people had no place to get medicine.

Although these medicine shops monopolized the medicinal materials and sold them at high prices.

Most people could not afford medicine, but for those who were sick and dying, even if the medicine was expensive, they had to get it.

However, as the government sealed up all the medicine shops, those people who were originally sick and wanted to get medicine had no place to get medicine.

Their only choice was to go to the neighboring county to get medicine.

But it would take a lot of time to go back and forth. By the time they got the medicine, they were afraid that either the disease would be cured.

Or the person would be gone!

Therefore, when many sick people were worried about this matter.

Soon, a medicine shop that had not been sealed appeared in everyone's sight.

Located in the most prosperous area of ​​Ping'an County, there is a medicine shop that seems to have just opened.

The medicine shop is not big, but the decoration is very exquisite.

There were only two clerks and a young doctor in the pharmacy.

It is said that he is the owner of the drug store.

Of course, these are not the main point. The main point is that currently, this is the only pharmacy in Ping'an County that has not been closed down.

At the same time, what surprised everyone was that the drug prices in this pharmacy... were not high.

Very low.

Ridiculously low!

Compared with the prices of medicinal materials in other pharmacies, they are simply horribly low!

For a time, the news spread quickly.

In just a few days, the existence of this pharmacy was known to most people in Ping'an County.

Soon, countless people flocked to the pharmacy.

It's great that when these ordinary people came to this pharmacy, they really found that the medicinal materials in this pharmacy... were very cheap!

It is so cheap that even people from poor families can afford the medicine.

I can afford to get sick!

Conscience!

The drug store is on fire!

It became popular overnight.

It seemed that they had not bought cheap medicine for many years, and the people in Ping'an County almost went crazy and began to rush to buy Chinese medicinal materials from drug stores.

Such a terrifying and astonishing amount of purchases made the only two clerks in the drug store feel stupid.

Good guy!

Are the people crazy?

This is a drug store!

Why do you buy so many medicines?

Are you all sick?

"..."

Li Beifeng's drug store became popular overnight.

And all this was within Li Beifeng's expectation.

After all the pharmacies were sealed, only his was still alive.

If this is not popular, it will be unacceptable.

After killing all the competitors, there will naturally be no natural enemies.

Li Beifeng's medicine shop naturally became the focus of everyone's attention.

Not to mention, the prices of medicines in his pharmacy are all normal prices. In many cases, it is even much lower than the normal drug price.

Without Cao Yan standing in the way, no one could stop Li Beifeng's prosperous medicine shop.

The medicine shop is booming, and the happiest person is none other than Shen Qingning.

When the drug store had no business at first, Shen Qingning was worried.

Nowadays, seeing more and more people coming to the drug store to buy medicine every day, Shen Qingning smiles more and more on her face.

For her, it seems to be a very happy thing that the drug store business can do well.

Even though she didn't get any benefit from the drug store, she was still very happy.

Especially when we see more and more people coming to pharmacies to buy medicines every day, and in the end it even became a rush buying trend.

The medicines originally stocked in the pharmacy were almost sold out in no time.

This forced Li Beifeng to hang a sign at the door of the drug store, saying that the medicinal materials would only be sold to those in need.

"Great, our pharmacy is finally getting better!"

In the backyard of the drug store, Shen Qingning said happily.

As if thinking of something, she looked at Li Beifeng: "Will the business of our pharmacy get better and better in the future?"

"That's natural!"

Li Beifeng nodded: without Cao Yan's troubles, and with the help of the Shen and Su families, there would basically be no problems.

Judging from today's trends, Li Beifeng's pharmacy has established a firm foothold in Ping'an County.

The reputation of high quality and low price has been established. Even if other pharmacies reopen in the future, I am afraid that the business will no longer be able to compare with Li Beifeng's.

After all, Li Beifeng had already seized the opportunity and occupied the market in advance.

Furthermore...it must not be that easy to get out of these sealed pharmacies.

"This is all thanks to that guy Cao Yan!"

Excited Shen Qingning blinked her eyes and seemed to think of something: "I heard that Cao Yan has been banned."

"Grounded?"

"Yes, I heard that his father locked him up at home and he was not allowed to come out again. And..."

As if she thought of something, Shen Qingning squinted her eyes and smiled: "I heard that he was beaten by his father... the beating was pretty bad."

"How miserable?"

"Then I don't know. I just heard it. I heard it was very miserable. His father beat him so much that he begged for mercy. He cried for his father and called his mother..."

Shen Qingning had only heard about it and was not particularly concerned about it.

Li Beifeng looked strange.

This was something he didn't expect.

Cao Yan was actually beaten?

This...good news!

Well done!

"However, it is also an advantage for her!"

Shen Qingning thought of something else, and said with a slightly angry expression: "That guy has done so many evil things, and even killed his mother... Just beating him and confining him is already a very cheap deal for him..."

Although she was a little angry, Shen Qingning had nothing to do.

After all, Cao Yan's father was the magistrate of Ping'an County.

No matter how extreme things Cao Yan did, he... was the only son of Magistrate Cao after all.

Moreover, because Cao Yan's mother died early and Cao County Magistrate neglected to take care of Cao Yan, Cao County Magistrate always felt guilty towards Cao Yan.

It is precisely because of this that Cao Yan became what he is now.

Although Magistrate Cao was fair and impartial, even if his son made a mistake, he would definitely teach him a lesson and punish him severely.

But severe punishment is one thing. What happened this time...if it were someone else who monopolized the drug store and harmed people's lives, they would probably be beheaded.

But if it was Cao Yan... just being beaten and put in solitary confinement was still too light a punishment for him.

"Taking advantage of him?"

Hearing Shen Qingning's words, Li Beifeng glanced at her and shook his head: "How can it be so good?"

"What else can we do?"

Shen Qingning sighed: "County Magistrate Cao will definitely not watch him get into trouble. He confined Cao Yan to severely punish Cao Yan on the one hand, and to protect Cao Yan on the other hand."

She seemed to have seen through everything.

Li Beifeng shook his head: "It's too early to say this now."

Shen Qingning was stunned for a moment, then squinted at Li Beifeng, her eyes gradually becoming excited: "Do you have any other plans? Come on, tell me?"

Based on her understanding of Li Beifeng, is Li Beifeng brewing some shameful plan again?

Why else would he say that?

"No hurry, just wait and see."

Li Beifeng shook his head, just smiled mysteriously, and didn't explain much.

"Things...are not over yet."

"..."

What Li Beifeng said was right, things were indeed not over.

Those drugstore owners who were arrested and brought to the yamen quickly confessed everything under the interrogation of the yamen.

They did deliberately unite to monopolize the market channels of medicinal materials, increase the price of medicinal materials, and make money from the people.

They also quickly confessed the person behind all this...Cao Wei.

All of this was directed by Cao Wei behind the scenes.

They monopolized the medicinal materials market to make money, and then divided the silver to Cao Wei, and Cao Wei provided protection from the government.

Not long after the drugstore owners confessed their crimes, Cao Wei, who was about to run away, was also caught by the government's constables.

Cao Wei, who was arrested and brought to the yamen, cried and shouted and confessed everything before the yamen's interrogation.

And this move of his was to directly drag Cao Yan into the water.

Cao Wei confessed that everything was done by Cao Yan.

He was just helping Cao Yan to do things, and Cao Yan was behind him.

At the same time, Cao Wei also provided a lot of evidence to prove that everything he said was true and he was absolutely not lying.

After hearing the news, Magistrate Cao was furious again when he saw the evidence in front of him.

He almost went back with the "dog-beating stick" to beat the unfilial son.

"Sir, calm down, you have to calm down..."

The master beside him said cautiously: "Sir, the most urgent thing now is how to solve this matter..."

After being reminded by the master, Magistrate Cao remembered the most important thing at the moment.

How to deal with this case?

Chen Xu's mother died because of this, and this matter needs an explanation.

Although so many drug store owners were arrested, the people's grievances were temporarily calmed.

However, it has not been completely resolved.

The people are still not completely satisfied.

How to deal with it?

Could it be... deal with Cao Yan?

After being reminded by the master, Magistrate Cao remembered the most important thing at the moment.

How to deal with this case?

Chen Xu's mother died because of this, and this matter needs an explanation.

Although so many drug store owners were arrested, the people's grievances were temporarily calmed.

However, it has not been completely resolved.

The people are still not completely satisfied.

How to deal with it?

Should we...deal with Cao Yan?