Zuo Ling took out the list he had prepared, showed it to the third lady, and asked her if she could buy all these goods in Bansheng City.

The third lady looked at it and only recognized a few of them, most of which she had never heard of, especially the list of herbs, which she looked like a book from heaven.

The third lady called the military doctor Ba Teng and asked him if there were any of these herbs for sale in Bansheng City, and Ba Teng only recognized two-thirds of the medicinal materials, and the other third was also unheard of by him.

Zuo Ling expressed helplessness, too many resources were wasted on the prairie.

"Don't ask us, I'll accompany you everywhere when the time comes, buy what you see, and I'll accompany you to ensure that no one dares to lie to you." The third lady said to Zuo Ling with a headache.

Zuo Ling wants her words, but in fact, these lists have not written all the things she wants to buy. There are many things that she is not sure of what she can buy, but she can only see if she is lucky and how many she can come across.

She knows that this time in Saiwai is basically a hammer deal, and it is almost impossible to come to Saiwai to shop in the future, unless she can do a good job in the relationship between the three ladies, let the three ladies help buy the goods, and then transport them into the customs.

Besides, seeing the third lady is a fierce gift, what he has is this heart, since those powerful families can do business outside the plug, why can't he? Leather goods, jewelry, and wool are still secondary, and what he cares about most with Zuo Ling is the medicinal herb business.

According to his thoughts, he asked Zuo Ling to take a large sum of silver and pack all the medicinal materials from the large and small medicinal herb shops in Bansheng City to buy them back, even the most ordinary medicinal materials. The same medicinal herbs, grown in the special environment outside the plug, have better curative effects than those in the mainland, this reason cannot be explained, but the actual situation is the case.

After this purchase, it is estimated that it can support the manufacture of medicines for at least a few years, and as for whether they can purchase medicinal materials from outside the Saiwai in the future, it depends on how the relationship between the imperial court and Tatar develops. If the war continues, even if the little prince and the third lady do the internal response, the trade route may not be smooth. If the story of the Tatar soldiers coming to Beijing repeats itself again, it is estimated that even the business of those powerful families will be ruined.

"Mrs. Zuo, why don't you hand over all the people in the swarm to us, and then we will pay for you how much money you need for these things on the list." The third lady smiled.

Zuo Ling smiled: "I can't be the master, and I really haven't counted how much money I need for these things on the list, I guess if you really pay for it, I will have to die of distress." ”

"Is it that expensive?"

The third lady was a little unconvinced, she looked at the list of nothing more than some leather goods, wool, herbs, these are not very valuable things, there should be no swarm of people expensive, right?

She had already estimated with Hassan that a swarm of people would definitely not be able to buy 100,000 taels of silver, and if they couldn't get it, they would have to double it, could it be that the items that Zuo Ling wanted to buy would exceed this price?

Zuo Ling didn't know how much the things she wanted were worth, anyway, the more the merrier, the more money she spent, the more things she bought, and after bringing it back, the profit would have to multiply several times, she had already prepared 500,000 taels of silver, and she felt that it was not enjoyable. She still had 200,000 taels of silver in her hand, and if she could, she would spend them all.

Of course, she didn't have so much cash, and most of the five thousand carts she brought were in demand, and they were all very expensive. This is how the silver comes from.

"Sister Zuo, I heard that you have brought a lot of medicines and want to sell them here, can you let me take a look at the list first?" The third lady suddenly thought of this, and it was the military doctor Ba Teng who reminded her.

"You want to buy medicine?" Zuo Ling was a little surprised.

"I'm not sick or sick, and whatever medicine I buy is for our tribe." The third lady said.

"If there is a good medicine, I will buy a batch as well." The previous saintess, who had been silently beside her, suddenly spoke.

"Okay." Zuo Ling waved his hand, and a maid came over and handed over a stack of lists.

"Look, you two, this is the medicine we brought, but the price is not discounted." Zuo Ling said apologetically.

She didn't raise the price much this time, that is, the price in the mainland plus the freight.

"What kind of discount do you need for such a bargain?" After the three ladies and the saint saw it, they both felt a little incredulous.

The price of the medicine marked by Zuo Ling was nearly ten times cheaper than the price they usually bought, and they almost suspected that they had read the wrong price.

"Why is it so cheap? It's ten times cheaper than ours. The third lady felt that something was wrong, as the saying goes, cheap is not good, she also knows this truth, so she thinks that there may be problems in too cheap drugs, either expired drugs or cutting corners.

"Our medicine is not expensive, the price I give you is only the original price plus freight, of course, this price is only for the princess and Her Royal Highness the Holy Maiden, if it is someone else, it may be several times higher." Zuo Ling smiled.

She was also shocked in her heart, she knew that a lot of her medicine had flowed into the outside of the plug, but she didn't expect the price to rise to the sky, ten times the price, how much silver did these middlemen make? The underground trade between the two places is so fat that it is no wonder that the powerful families have no regard for the interests of the country and will never cut off this trade route.

What is disgusting is that this is still the conscience price given by the middlemen to the king of Alta, in fact, in other tribes, the price of many of the medicines shipped from the interior has not increased tenfold, but dozens of times. Even so, many over-the-counter medicines are still priceless and not available at all.

"Then thank you Sister Zuo, but the medicine is fine, right? Sister Zuo, don't blame, I just can't hide what I want in my heart, I have to say what I want. The third lady still asked cautiously.

Zuo Ling smiled: "Of course there is no problem, I don't know why Her Royal Highness the princess thinks so, our prices in the mainland have always been like this, the princess may not know much, Her Royal Highness the Holy Maiden should know, right?" ”

The third lady looked at the previous saintess, and the previous saint shook her head slightly, indicating that she didn't know the specific situation. Although the White Lotus Sect collects all kinds of intelligence information in the mainland, no one collects the price of the medicine, and I feel that this is not a military matter, and there is no need to write it on paper at all.

A maid of Her Royal Highness the previous Holy Maiden came over and looked at the list a few times, and then said with a smile: "It's about the same, the price in the mainland is slightly lower than the price written by Mrs. Zuo, maybe because of the freight." ”

The previous saint was surprised: "Do you know the price of these medicines in the mainland? ”

The maid bowed down and said: "Back to Your Highness, my subordinates once asked the brothers in the mainland to bring back some medicines from Mrs. Zuo's store, so I know the price of some medicines, in fact, many people know that it is not as complete as it is written." ”

The previous saint nodded, she knew that there were many people in the sect who asked the rudder in the mainland to buy all kinds of materials, and the medicine was naturally included, but she never used medicine, but she never did it. Besides, she just uses medicine, and she just opens her mouth, and she doesn't have to worry about where the medicine comes from or what the price is.

The third lady pouted and said: "Startle me, it's so cheap, I thought that the medicines my sister brought were all unsalable goods that couldn't be sold in the mainland, it seems that my sister is wrong, but why didn't my sister mention the price, even if it rises several times, it can be sold?" ”

Zuo Ling said with a smile: "Our medicines are calculated from the cost plus a fixed profit, and we will not mark the price indiscriminately, let alone increase the price casually, so our medicine will not be sold." This time, in order to come and buy goods, I specially brought a lot of medicines, and I also hoped to bring good news to the people. ”

The previous saint and the three ladies are a little puzzled, although they don't do business, but the business is also clear, the items can be sold at a high price when they are in demand, and the price will naturally drop if there is more, there is no fixed price? But Zuo Ling is also a businessman, how can it be sold at a fixed price no matter whether it sells well or not, what kind of business is this?

In fact, most of the over-the-counter drugs developed by Zuo Ling are best-sellers, only some very ordinary drugs belong to the common sales, and they will not be unsold, as for the price, it is the same, what price is at the beginning, and it will be this price in the future. What's more, what he and Zuo Ling think about is not how much money to make in the short term, but to create a golden signboard, which is a century-old plan.

"Our business is different from other people's, as long as it is our medicine, our store, no matter where we buy it, the price is the same, and the quality is the same." Zuo Ling continued to explain.

"My sister is really the best businessman. It is said that there is no treachery and no business, and it seems that there are exceptions. The third lady praised from the bottom of her heart.

Zuo Ling said: "No treacherous business, it's just a saying of the world." I know that there are many long-established shops that have always adhered to the rules of their ancestors, doing business honestly, never playing tricks, and always pursuing the ancestral motto of customer first. This is the right way to do business, and we've been working hard to learn. Well. ”

The three ladies and the previous saint both nodded, they didn't know much about the business circle, and they couldn't say anything, but in their impression, businessmen were synonymous with cunning and cunning, at least the businessmen they came into contact with were almost like that.

However, they don't know that doing business outside the Cypriot is much more difficult than in the mainland, not to mention how many relationships need to be dealt with and how much money is spent to get out of the mainland, and there is also the danger of being attacked by rogue bandits outside the Cypriot Islands. Can these people who do business with their heads in their hands treat every purchase and sale as if it were the last time, and not raise the price to the sky?

Moreover, this time they came with a large army, and they were attacked by a swarm of bees and grass flying, of course, they miscalculated each other's strength, and as a result, they all became prisoners of the other and were taken to the auction table. If it were an ordinary caravan, it was entirely possible that the entire army would be wiped out in the hands of a swarm of bees, and this kind of thing happened more than once.

Fortunately, the army brought its own salary, otherwise, if the cost of this Wanjin clothing guard was included, the price of the accompanying goods would have to be increased tenfold to make a profit, otherwise he would have to pay to his grandmother's house.

Besides, it's not that he hasn't calculated this account, he has not raised the price of patent medicine much, and the price of other goods is still quite high, especially high-end products such as porcelain, silk, and tea, as well as controlled commodities such as salt, which are all big profits. The price of the medicine does not increase, which can be regarded as his ancestral precept of pursuing the family practice of medicine.