Chapter 121: Lobbying
"Colleagues, you can rest assured, my Baishitang's reputation is guaranteed, and our Baishitang will definitely not reduce the price, and everyone here today has heard our guarantee, what I said is not a joke."
Hearing Shopkeeper Sun's assurance, although the shopkeeper who had the most trouble still didn't believe it, he didn't say anything.
Seeing that everyone had temporarily stabilized, Shopkeeper Sun continued to stabilize the people's hearts with a lotus flower, and when Mu Yu sent people to other pharmacies on the second day, he found an abnormality.
"You said that the other pharmacies didn't cut the price?" Mu Yu asked.
Xie An nodded, "Exactly, we sent people to visit all the pharmacies in the capital, and they still bite the price and refuse to let go." ”
"How so?" Yesterday, she gave money to the Liang family pharmacy with such fanfare, and it is impossible for other pharmacies not to be impressed, so why didn't the others react at all?
"Since no one else has responded, you can first send someone to transport the medicinal materials we purchased from the Liang Family Pharmacy to the south, and as for the other quantities, I will think of it."
Although the quantity is far from Xie Chongning's requirements, but one thing is better than nothing, she wants to see what kind of calculations these stores are making, is it possible that this Baishitang is so powerful, and it controls the market with every call.
She asked Biyue to prepare a set of extremely simple coarse cloth clothes for herself, deliberately pretending to be a man, and painted her face a few shades black, in order to make herself look inconspicuous.
"Draw a little bit darker here." Mu Yu pointed to his jaw.
"Miss, it's dark enough, don't worry, you draw like this, others really can't recognize it."
"Are you sure?" Mu Yu looked left and right at the dim bronze mirror, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that he was still himself. "If this is recognized, you will only ask when you come back."
As a result of Biyue patting her chest and assuring her, she finally gave up her insistence and slipped out with Biyue from the back door of the Xie Mansion, the purpose of the two was very clear, that is, the pharmacy in the capital.
She and Biyue pretended to be ordinary people, the purpose was to go to these pharmacies to find out how the shopkeepers of these pharmacies managed to be so united and refused to lower their prices.
"Doctor, I want to grab the medicine." Mu Yu took a random medicine list and handed it to the doctor, "I heard that the price of medicinal materials in the pharmacy has increased recently?" ”
"It's a slight change." The doctor replied nonchalantly.
"Why is the price of this good end rising, we can't afford to take medicine for sick seedlings." Mu Yu made a sad face and complained.
The doctor turned his head and glanced at her, "Now that the south has an epidemic and is in urgent need of medicinal materials, you don't know yet, all these medicinal materials have to be increased, and our price is fair and reasonable." ”
"Really?" Mu Yu said in disbelief, "A few days ago, I heard that the Liang family pharmacy made a lot of money, and I don't know who bought it, it's really a big deal." ”
"He? How much money can their family make. The doctor chuckled disdainfully, only thinking that the Liang family pharmacy was at a loss.
"I don't know how much I earned, but I've heard that the silver for white flowers is box by box." Mu Yu sighed casually, "Who do you say bought so many medicinal materials?" ”
Seeing this, Biyue hurriedly agreed, "You don't know? I heard that it is Xie Fu, that is, the Lord Xie of Dali Temple. ”
"Isn't that the big celebrity around the emperor?" Mu Yu pretended to be surprised and asked, "Eh, this Liang family pharmacy must have made a lot of money by selling so many medicinal materials to the Xie Mansion, and maybe the emperor still knows about it, so the Liang family pharmacy is about to send it." ”
When the doctor who grabbed the medicine heard this, his movements were sluggish, and his body was also a little sideways towards Mu Yu and them, as if he wanted to hear Mu Yu's conversation more clearly.
Receiving her own young lady's eyes, Biyue hurriedly agreed, "Isn't that for sure?" Not to mention how much money you can make, if you can show your face in front of the emperor, this Liang family pharmacy is worth it, isn't it? ”
Mu Yu saw that the doctor stopped and pondered, smiled in his heart, and then stopped the doctor, "Doctor, didn't the Xie family ask you if you bought medicinal herbs?" ”
The doctor who was suddenly stopped was startled, his body trembled, and he continued to grab the medicine as if nothing happened, "That's not it, Master Xie also looks to make up for our small shops." ”
"That's a pity, you can take advantage of this time for your little shop to show your face in front of Lord Xie, and Lord Xie will say a few good words to you in front of the emperor, maybe you will be tomorrow's Baishitang." Mu Yu sighed, sorry for the doctor.
"How so, how could it be." Although the doctor denied it, his mind was already alive, "This Baishitang is different from us, there are big people behind them, and we are afraid that we can't compare." ”
Biyue smiled contemptuously, "This is your self-indulgence, do you think about how powerful the characters behind the Baishitang are?" Can it be the emperor? You must know that behind this Dali Temple Qing Xie is the emperor, and if you are good friends with him, you are selling the emperor's son. ”
Mu Yu wailed when he heard this, "Oh, then according to what you say, if you offend Lord Xie, wouldn't it be ......?"
Biyue cleared her throat, "Ahem, you can't talk nonsense, you and I just talk about it casually, doctor, don't take it to heart." ”
Mu Yu smiled in response, "This is what we said in our chat, it's not credible, it's not credible, doctor, have you taken our medicine?" ”
"Grasp it, get it right." The anti-doctor handed over the packaged medicinal materials to Mu Yu, looked at their departing backs, and began to beat drums in his heart.
Having said this, this blank part, this doctor can also think clearly, offending Xie Chongning, that is, offending the emperor, as long as Xie Chongning is still a celebrity in front of the emperor, he can speak for a day.
"How's I doing, Miss?" Biyue raised her chin proudly.
Mu Yu nodded with satisfaction, "Good performance, you can accompany me to play a few more scenes, and go back to reward you." ”
The two of them walked to several shops in a row, all of them gossiped, and before leaving, these doctors who wanted to sell medicine were undoubtedly all eating with an expression that was extremely ugly.
Several suspicious shopkeepers sat together, and the more they discussed, the more they felt that this Baishitang was deliberately harming them.
There is a backer behind this Baishitang, even if the emperor traces it down because of the price of medicine, the backer can help them block it, but these ordinary pharmacies are different, if there is a disturbance, they will suffer first, it seems that this price increase has to be considered in the long run.
Early the next morning, a few suspicious characters appeared at the gate of Xie Mansion, and a few people sneakily didn't go in, so they kept wandering at the door, whether they were still looking towards the courtyard, as if they were waiting for someone.
The guards were not far away to deal with these four people, but these four people hesitated at the door for a morning, and they didn't mean to leave, so they realized that something was wrong, and the two exchanged glances and went back to report to Mu Yu.
"Madam, there are four suspicious characters early this morning, who have been hovering at the gate of Xie Mansion and have not left until now, I don't know what Madame is going to do?"
Mu Yu raised an eyebrow at Bi Yue, "It seems that my plan has worked." She took a leisurely sip of tea and said slowly, "Ignore them, let them continue to stand at the door." ”
"Yes." The guard agreed, full of doubts.
The four people at the door saw the people from Xie Mansion in the mansion coming in and out, and they never saw the people they met, and finally couldn't hold their breath and walked to the guards, "Hello adults, the grass people are the shopkeepers of several pharmacies in the city, and now I have something to ask to see Lord Xie, I don't know if you can report it." ”
The guard had a cold face and carefully examined the four figures, "Lord Xie is busy with official business, not everyone can see each other, what do you have to do?" ”
The shopkeeper hesitated, "My lord, you see that this is really an important matter for us, so you can go in and report it, and say that we are the shopkeeper of the medicine shop in the city, and Lord Xie should be able to meet us." ”
After drinking the tea, Mu Yu walked to the door casually, and just happened to bump into the scene of these people asking to see, among the four people, three of them were the pharmacy she visited yesterday.
"What's so noisy at the door, what's going on?" She took graceful steps and slowly walked to the door, saying that people were the first to speak.
The guard turned around respectfully and saluted, "Madam, these four people said that they were the shopkeepers of the city's medicine shop, and they asked to see Lord Xie." ”
The four of them glanced at each other, and hurriedly complimented, "It turns out that this is Mrs. Xie, when I saw it today, it was really a rare beauty, which really opened my eyes." ”
"Yes, I have never seen a more beautiful woman than Madame."
A few people gossiped, not at all like the shopkeeper of the pharmacy, like a long-tongued woman on the street.
Mu Yu laughed twice in his heart, and his face was still indifferent, "I don't know if you shopkeepers have anything to ask to see, my lord, he is busy with official business, if you have anything to say, just tell me." ”
"This ......" The person who started it hesitated, feeling that even if she told Mu Yu about this matter, she would not be able to call the shots.
The guard was heartfelt, "You have something to do with Madame." ”
Mu Yu smiled at the guards with a praising smile, "If the four of you are willing to tell me, then please come in, if you dislike me that I am just a little woman and don't want to talk to me, then you can continue to wait for the adults here, but I don't know when the adults will be able to finish their official duties." ”
When the others were still thinking, Mu Yu turned around arrogantly, not like leaving them a few opportunities to consider, when they saw Mu Yu leaving, they naturally didn't dare to think about it, and rushed to follow, afraid that because they were slow, they would lose the opportunity.
Mu Yu took the four of them to the hall of the Xie Mansion, and asked his subordinates to show the four of them tea, but he was silent, waiting for them to take the initiative to speak.
Several people were silent to each other, looking at each other and no one picked up the teacup, although the four of them sat quietly, but their hearts were already up and down, and they were in a mess.
"Madam, our sudden visit today is indeed a bit abrupt." One of them saw Mu Yu put down the teacup, rubbed the sweat on his palms on the corner of his clothes, and opened his mouth nervously.