There was a long row of stalls across the street selling medicinal materials. He Qizhou had already seen it when he was going back and forth to the Yangang warehouse. Most of the medicinal materials in the stalls were familiar to He Qizhou. They must have been shipped from Nan Qi. When he saw customers coming to the door, the medicine dealer smiled.
Said: "My little brother is here to buy medicine for others. Don't worry, these are the best medicines."
He Qizhou looked through several herbs and muttered in his heart that they were just inferior goods, but for now he could only make do with them, "Shopkeeper, is there anything better? Angelica sinensis is fine, but astragalus is not.
And do you have any wild ginseng here?"
When the shopkeeper saw He Qizhou turning over the medicine and smelling it, he knew that He Qizhou was also knowledgeable, so he said: "Yes, yes..." while taking out a box from the camel lying on the ground behind him, he said: "People like you
Weak people must take supplements in winter. I also have wild ginseng and donkey-hide gelatin. I sold that truck of salt for a lot of money, right?"
He Qizhou smiled bitterly. It turned out that the drug dealer also knew that the Dangxiang man across the street was selling salt. When he saw that he had wild ginseng, he asked, "How much does one or two layers of ginseng cost?"
The drug dealer was stunned for a moment, then turned around and said with a smile: "The biggest one in the shop only weighs seven qian, and the price is one hundred and twenty taels!"
He Qizhou's heart suddenly fell into the ice cellar. Perhaps seeing He Qizhou's hesitation, the drug dealer whispered again: "My batch of ginseng was collected from the army, and they were all copied from the Bohai Prince's Palace! Good stuff!
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Xiaoxue, who had been silent all this time, seemed to be startled by these words and asked: "The Northern Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Eastern Zhou Dynasty?"
"Shh... it's us, the Great Zhou! You herdsmen are too brave to talk nonsense. I heard in Zhongdu that the army fought all the way to the seaside and took away Lin Hu's lair. All the people from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty retreated to Baicheng. You
How do you like this ginseng?" The druggist opened a brocade box, and inside was a wild ginseng worth about eight dollars, and the quality was so-so.
Of course He Qizhou would not believe that this was something from the palace. In Southern Qi, it was only worth forty taels at most. But he really didn't have any money around, so he said: "Forget it, I'll just pick some from the medicine outside." After that, he said.
Start picking.
"Almost all the drug dealers in the market are gone. Young man, let's think about it again. If we don't have enough money, I'll charge less just to make a friend." The disappointed drug dealer still made one last attempt.
"No, please give me some small bamboo baskets." He Qizhou frowned and carefully selected the acceptable medicinal materials from the large pile of medicinal materials.
"Hey, you are so picky, how can I sell it?" the drug dealer said anxiously.
He Qizhou really wanted to say that no one in Qi State would even throw away these medicines, but now he could only say shamelessly: "It'll be ready soon, it'll be ready soon." Finally, he picked out several herbs such as ginseng, angelica, astragalus, and atractylodes, and weighed them.
The drug dealer asked for thirty taels. He Qizhou felt sour and picked out half of the medicine he had picked. The drug dealer could no longer hold back his anger and began to curse in a low voice. He Qizhou just pretended not to hear.
"Old man! Keep your mouth clean!" Tuoba Ling'er couldn't bear the drug dealer who was packing medicine while cursing at the same time.
The two guys behind the drug dealer rushed up from the shed and glared at Ling'er angrily. The drug dealer sneered: "I used to be afraid of a lot of you, but now you three poor guys dare to show off your power here."
?The little girl is quite beautiful. If you are willing..."
"Shut up!" He Qizhou's eyes changed, and he glared angrily at the drug dealer who was about to speak out loud. The drug dealer and the two clerks were also frightened by He Qizhou's glare, but after a moment, they felt a little embarrassed about the medicine.
Shang was about to ask his subordinates to teach him a lesson.
The stall owner at the food stall next door suddenly said: "Friendliness makes money, and kindness makes money. We are all regular customers, so why bother?"
"You've already cost them a lot of money, so you're naturally happy. Are you afraid of damaging your things? Don't worry, I'll compensate you for any loss!" shouted the drug dealer.
He Qizhou turned around and saw that the Deshan family's sheepskins and dried meat were indeed in the shed of that grain store. Out of curiosity and politeness, he walked to the grain store, looked at the other party's goods, and asked: "
Uncle, how much is a bag of flour at your house?"
"Sixty taels per bag, one stone per bag, very heavy. When doing business with you Pangu people, we have always been trustworthy, so don't listen to that guy! He is just jealous." said the grain merchant shopkeeper.
"Fuck you!" the druggist said harshly. Unexpectedly, two people from the grain merchant's shop rushed to the druggist. They were taller than the druggist's clerk. The harsh words behind the druggist were ignored for a moment.
Unable to explain, the grain merchant said proudly: "Why bother? Can't we do business well?".
"Take it! Sixteen taels." The drug dealer tied several packaged medicines together with one hand, dangled them in his hand, and spread out his other hand to ask He Qizhou for money.
He Qizhou didn't want to cause trouble. After paying the money, he nodded to the grain merchant, stuffed the medicine into his arms, and took Xiaoxue and Linger to prepare to return to the inn. However, after walking a few streets, he felt something was wrong, so he took out his arms.
I found that the medicine was a bit heavier than the one I bought, so I smelled the packages one by one. These four packages turned out to be the most worthless and inferior Astragalus membranaceus. It was obvious that the package had been changed by the other party when I was walking to the grain store. No wonder.
The drug dealer stopped embarrassing Ling'er, his heart became angry, and he suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?" asked Xiaoxue, who almost bumped into Qi Zhou.
"The medicine has been transferred!" He Qizhou said with a livid face.
"Haha! How dare you cheat on us! Find a way to punish that guy!" Xu Muxue is used to running around in the world. She is the only one who plays tricks on others. This time she was also very angry.
"Okay, then let's play with them. How about using the old method used in casinos," He Qizhou said.
"Okay!" Xiaoxue and Qi Zhou looked at each other and smiled.
"How can I help?" Ling'er was also a little ready to move.
"Yes!" He Qizhou said after thinking for a while.
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The drug dealer was always proud of his method of packaging medicine. Half an hour later, he saw the three people leaving and returning without a trace of panic. This was also what he expected. If those poor ghosts dared to come and cause trouble, they would be able to take advantage of this opportunity.
Teach each other a lesson. But they didn’t expect that there was no trace of anger on the three people’s faces, and they went straight to the grain store next door. The young and charming Ling’er took off an extremely exquisite kit from his waist, and handed it to him across the cart.
The grain merchant who greeted me said, "Shopkeeper, please take a look at how much silver this jade pendant is worth. I want to buy some more grain for my uncle's family for the winter."
Zhou people like to wear jade, and grain merchants have been in this market for many years, and they are also people who know the goods. When I saw this brocade bag, my heart was already pounding. The exquisite patterns were all embroidered with gold thread. Just one brocade bag can't say much.
It was also worth seven or eight taels of silver. I slowly took out the jade pendant from it, and I was so surprised that I was speechless. The quality of this jade and the carving work were hundreds of times better than the best jade I had ever seen! "Shopkeeper,
How much silver is it worth?" Ling'er asked the grain merchant who was a little dazed in a soft voice.
"Oh, oh, this jade seems to be a bit old. It's good stuff, but the jade quality is just average. Well, for the sake of regular customers, I can give you two bags of flour." The grain merchant said with a busy smile.
He Qizhou grabbed the jade pendant with one hand and the brocade bag with the other, handed it to Ling'er and said, "This is your family heirloom, don't be fooled."
The grain merchant looked at his empty hands, as if he had lost the whole world. He was about to say something, but he saw Ling'er angrily said: "You are dishonest. My father used fifty horses in exchange for my mother's pawn."
How can the betrothal gift be worth only two bags of flour? Cousin, let’s go to the drug store and ask.”
Craning his neck like a turtle, he looked at the druggist in the grain store, wishing that the three of them would come over. The arrogance just now had been replaced by a smile on his face: "I understand jade, come on, let me have a look."
"Cousin, go back, your sister-in-law is still alive." Qi Zhou said while holding the weak Xiaoxue.
"Yes, they will obviously blackmail us, let's go." Xiaoxue said in a hoarse voice weakly, not forgetting to give Qi Zhou a blank look.
The drug dealer looked at Xu Muxue seriously, then shook his head and sighed: "Little girl, you have to believe me, medicine sellers will see a doctor. If you don't have a lot of wild ginseng to help you survive, it will be difficult for you to survive this winter."
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"Then let's see how much it's worth?" Ling'er handed over the bag of jade pendants without hesitation.
The druggist opened it and said quickly: "I can give you that ginseng and add two hundred taels of silver. Don't think about it. We don't have enough to eat now, and the prices of jade and other items are falling."
"Bring it here, I'll give you four hundred taels!" The grain merchant came out of the shed and shouted to Ling'er.
"Five hundred taels!" The drug dealer gritted his teeth and raised the price.
"Six hundred taels!" The grain merchant refused to give in.
"Seven--" The drug dealer probably thought that this was not an option. Seeing other merchants coming to watch the fun, he suddenly said: "Brother, why don't we discuss it?"
He Qizhou suddenly stood in front of the drug dealer and said, "Then please return the jade to us first."
"Yes, return the jade to others first." The grain merchant behind He Qizhou shouted hurriedly.
The drug dealer reluctantly handed back the kit, Qi Zhou handed it to Ling'er smoothly and said: "Get it now.
"The grain merchant bypassed Qi Zhou and entered the medicine merchant's wooden shed. The two began to discuss in a low voice. Ling'er held the brocade bag and said anxiously: "Have you made an agreement? Cousin, let's go find another house."
"Wait, wait, let's prepare what you want first and slowly discuss the price. Anyway, we won't lose you." The grain merchant hurriedly came out to stop Ling'er who was about to leave. The drug merchant also said: "
Young man, I can package some of the medicines you just saw for you."
"Cousin, go get some medicine first. It's always an emergency." Ling'er said.
He Qizhou turned to the medicine dealer and said: "Then give me that branch of wild ginseng. The medicine just now was too inferior. I want to buy some if there is anything better."
"Yes, yes, I'll show it to you right now, but don't go anywhere else. You won't even know if you've been tricked by others." The drug dealer opened the package on the hunchback, and the medicine inside was indeed of better quality.
A lot. In addition to ginseng, He Qizhou quickly picked three more flavors and asked the pharmacist to wrap them up and settle the accounts.