Magistrate Zheng led Old Man Su and his family into Tongji Pharmacy, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
He didn't expect that he would meet Wang Zhong here.
"Mr. Wang, what are you..." Magistrate Zheng looked at Wang Zhong and asked hesitantly.
Immediately, my heart skipped a beat.
Could it be that man's body...
Wang Zhong bent down slightly to salute, smiled, and said: "Hello, Mr. County Magistrate, I'm here to grab some medicine."
Magistrate Zheng felt relieved when he saw Wang Zhong's smiling face.
If the young man had some health problem, Mr. Wang would definitely not smile.
"Mr. Wang, is Master Yang okay?" Magistrate Zheng asked affectionately.
"Thank you for your concern, magistrate. Everything is fine, young master." Wang Zhong replied in a flawless manner.
"That's good...that's good..."
When Old Man Su saw Wang Zhong, he quickly said hello.
"Haha... Manager Wang, we have bumped into each other again."
"Haha...this is fate." Wang Zhong said with a smile.
However, Su Laoer's eyes lit up and he said loudly: "Dad, you didn't come here in someone else's carriage again today, did you?"
Old Man Su, "...Yes."
"Haha... I'm on my way." Wang Zhong still smiled, as if he was really on his way.
Magistrate Zheng, "..."
Why do you just drop in every time?
He didn't believe it even when he heard it.
It seems that that man is really not very kind to the Su family.
Shopkeeper Zhang saw Magistrate Zheng and quickly stepped forward to salute.
Magistrate Zheng waved his hand.
Then, he pulled the shopkeeper aside and whispered: "Lao Zhang, this relative of mine brought some good ginseng. I originally wanted to buy it directly, but it's hard to estimate the price. In case, I
This relative has suffered a loss and is no longer beautiful."
When County Magistrate Zheng said this, he paused and then said: "So, please estimate the price, buy it for now, and send it to the county government later..."
Before Magistrate Zheng finished speaking, shopkeeper Zhang showed a troubled expression.
If it were other medicinal materials, Shopkeeper Zhang would definitely agree directly.
However, as soon as Magistrate Zheng mentioned ginseng, Shopkeeper Zhang thought of what Wang Zhong had just said.
"May I ask, your Majesty the County Magistrate, what is your relationship with Manager Wang?" Shopkeeper Zhang asked.
Magistrate Zheng, "..."
Is this relationship difficult to explain?
Although Manager Wang is just a servant, as the county magistrate, he does not dare to offend this servant casually.
"What's wrong, Lao Zhang?" Magistrate Zheng asked with a suspicious look on his face.
"To be honest, your Majesty the County Magistrate, Manager Wang just said something with roughly the same meaning as you." Shopkeeper Zhang said directly.
Magistrate Zheng, "...Give him the ginseng."
Shopkeeper Zhang, "..."
It seems that Manager Wang has an unusual status.
Even the county magistrate did not dare to offend.
However, when shopkeeper Zhang saw the ginseng that Old Man Su took out, he couldn't help but be very moved.
I really want to stay by myself.
Even just one.
It's a pity that even the county magistrate doesn't dare to offend someone, let alone a pharmacy shopkeeper.
Shopkeeper Zhang looked at the ginseng with jealousy and enthusiasm. Just as he was about to speak, two people suddenly rushed in from the door.
A young maid was supporting an elderly woman.
"Shopkeeper... do you have any ginseng here?" the elderly woman asked breathlessly, with a look of anxiety on her face.
Shopkeeper Zhang quickly put down the ginseng in his hand and said, "Madam, wait a moment, I'll go get it right now."
After saying that, he turned around and went to the back to get the ginseng.
He did have two ginsengs in his hand, but they were not very old.
The woman's eyes lit up, and her gaze fell directly on the ginseng that shopkeeper Zhang had just put down.
"Shopkeeper, I want this ginseng!" the woman said urgently.
Shopkeeper Zhang paused in his steps.
"Auntie, this ginseng is not from below, this is..."
"Shopkeeper, what do you mean by this? Are you afraid that we can't afford it?" The woman's face darkened and she said, "Can our British government not even be able to afford a single ginseng?!"
As soon as the woman finished speaking, Mrs. Su's expression changed and she couldn't help but tremble.
Immediately, he lowered his head.
However, the woman continued with a proud look on her face: "If it weren't for my young mistress, who passed by here and had a fetal contamination and needed to take a pill to die, why would she come to you to buy such things? Of course we have plenty of them in our house!"
After listening to the woman's words, shopkeeper Zhang first glanced at Old Man Su, and then looked at Wang Zhong.
Not to mention that he couldn't afford to offend the British government, and he couldn't just sit idly by when human lives were at stake.
However, the ginseng is not his, and it doesn’t matter what he says.
Although he had ginseng in his hand, the efficacy of the medicine was much different from this one.
"Sell the ginseng to this lady according to the market price." Mrs. Su suddenly said: "Please give the shopkeeper an estimate."
After Mrs. Su finished speaking, she lowered her head again.
When shopkeeper Zhang heard this, he quickly said: "This is an old wild ginseng that is more than two hundred years old. Its roots are intact. It is often expensive but not marketable. It costs at least five hundred taels of silver."
When Wang Zhong heard this, he frowned and said: "Old wild ginseng that is more than two hundred years old may cost thousands of taels of silver, but people are rushing to buy it."
Shopkeeper Zhang’s heart skipped a beat.
I understand that Wang Zhong dislikes him for saying too little.
However, in Fengqi County, there are really not many people who can easily spend a thousand taels of silver to buy a ginseng.
The price he mentioned was also based on the price in Fengqi County.
The woman must have seen the world and did not think that Wang Zhong was making things out of thin air and deliberately trying to raise the price.
However, he still glanced at Wang Zhong with an unhappy expression.
Seeing this, his face couldn't help but change, and there was a hint of doubt in his eyes.
What I originally wanted to say, I swallowed back.
The woman took out a few banknotes directly from her arms and handed them to shopkeeper Zhang.
"This is five hundred taels of silver. Shopkeeper, please count it," the woman said.
The shopkeeper took the banknote, but the woman's eyes fell on the basket again.
No way, there are still two ginsengs in the basket.
The woman's eyelids twitched.
Ginseng worth a thousand taels was put in the basket carelessly like this. Why did she feel like looking at radish and cabbage?
The shopkeeper counted the banknotes, and the woman took the ginseng and hurried out.
However, when he reached the door, he stopped suddenly and looked at Mrs. Su.
"Are you... the eldest lady?" the woman said in shock.
Mrs. Su slowly raised her head and said with a calm expression: "Madam, you have recognized the wrong person. The woman is just a country woman."
After hearing what Mrs. Su said, the woman showed hesitation on her face.
The little maid next to her urged: "Mother Wang, let's go back quickly, the young mistress is still waiting for ginseng to save her life."
"Oh, that's right, hurry up and leave." The woman no longer cared about Mrs. Su and hurriedly walked out.
Wang Zhong glanced at Mrs. Su, and something flashed in his eyes.