Anyang City.
The news of not purchasing the Yun family’s pills anymore was undoubtedly spread by the Shen family themselves.
Now, even the street vendors were talking about it, saying that the Yun family was about to fall into decline.
Many family elders used the Yun family as a counterexample to lecture their younger generations.
In the Yun Mansion, when Patriarch Yun received the letter sent by the Shen family, a smirk appeared on his face.
"I wouldn’t have thought my good son-in-law would actually try to use these to threaten an old man like me.
It’s indeed my own fault for being blind, how did I marry my daughter off to that scoundrel back then."
As he spoke, all the members of the Yun family around him also had smiles on their faces.
They were all core members of the Yun family and were somewhat aware of the family’s secrets.
During the time the Yun Mansion was closed, they had already been preparing.
The Yun family would no longer refine the previously low-grade pills.
Recovery Pill, Blood Replenishing Pill.
These pills that were previously purchased by the garrison had already been discarded by the Yun family.
Even if the Shen family still wanted to purchase these low-grade pills, the Yun family had none to sell.
The direction of the Yun family had already changed.
The core members were the most trusted in the family.
The patriarch and the uncle of the Yun family would teach some techniques for refining high-grade pills, but would hide one key step.
This step would be personally handled by the Yun family’s uncle and patriarch.
This way, even if a clan member betrayed them, missing one key step would still make it difficult to complete the pill formation.
The other alchemists who used to refine Recovery Pills and Blood Replenishing Pills.
Were taught the methods for middle-grade pill refinement.
The steps were separated, and the alchemists couldn’t grasp the full technique.
The patriarch had already selected the middle-grade pills for refinement.
Only two, Qi-Enhancing Pill and Replenishing Pill.
These two middle-grade pills were actually substitutes for Recovery Pill and Blood Replenishing Pill.
Compared to Recovery Pill and Blood Replenishing Pill, these middle-grade pills had better effects, shorter activation time, and fewer drawbacks.
The only drawback was that they were much more expensive.
With many soldiers in the army, a large number of pills were consumed daily for training and practice.
If war broke out, the consumption of these two pills would greatly increase.
With limited military funds, the army would naturally choose the most cost-effective pills.
But after refining techniques improve, the production cost of these two middle-grade pills would greatly reduce.
The materials for Qi-Enhancing Pill and Replenishing Pill were similar to those for the low-grade Recovery Pill and Blood Replenishing Pill, with many overlapping ingredients.
But no medicine-refining family had a stable pill success rate for middle-grade pills.
The usage rate of materials was low, and the refining time was long.
These two pills needed to be sold at ten times the price of Recovery Pill and Blood Replenishing Pill to recover the cost.
As a result, the cost-effectiveness of these two middle-grade pills would greatly reduce.
Soldiers in the army needed to be at least at the officer level to be eligible to use these Qi-Enhancing and Replenishing Pills.
However, using the new refining techniques and exquisite pill formulas.
The Yun family would be able to greatly lower the price of these two middle-grade pills.
In the future, when the Yun family sells Qi-Enhancing and Replenishing Pills, their price would at most be four times that of the Recovery Pill.
The efficacy is a full grade higher than low-grade pills, yet the price is only four times more.
Whether the army under the Shen family’s control would purchase them, the Yun family did not care, as these pills would definitely have buyers.
Even if all the armies of Great Wei listened to the Shen family, the Yun family would not worry.
Middle and high-grade pills were already extremely marketable.
If the army doesn’t buy, aristocratic families would surely purchase them.
Moreover, how could it be possible for all armies to heed the Shen family’s words?
"Patriarch, how should we respond to the Shen family’s letter?
Should we write a letter back to retaliate against the Shen family, vent our frustrations?"
Upon hearing this, Patriarch Yun pondered for a moment and shook his head.
"No need to argue with the Shen family; in time, they’ll regret it.