The medicine dispensing guy was also polite, and returned a salute to Jiang Saburo, "What is the matter with the guest looking for my shopkeeper?" ”

Jiang Saburo said bluntly: "There are some golden ears in a certain family, I want to ask if you accept them?" ”

The guy was stunned for a moment, looked at a few people, and said, "It depends on the condition." If the condition is good, of course it is received. ”

Jiang Saburo hurriedly took the back basket and put it on the counter, "Then please take a look at this." ”

The guy picked one up and looked at it over and over again, sniffed it, and pinched it again.

He didn't say yes or no, and said to Jiang Sanlang: "You wait first, I'll go and ask the shopkeeper to come." ”

The man asked the medicine boy next to him to come over to take care of him, and he turned around and went to the inner hall.

Not long after, a middle-aged man in his forties with a long beard came out with his buddy, with a proud expression, and swept the three brothers lightly. "You sell golden fungus?"

"Yes." Jiang Saburo clenched his fists.

The shopkeeper paced over, picked up a golden ear and looked at it, and said, "This kind of golden fungus, we have one or two pounds of silver here." ”

"What?" Jiang Saburo was stunned for a moment, his face was a little unsightly.

Li Langzhong paid ten taels of silver a catty, but he didn't expect that this medicine hall would only pay one tael.

Jiang Dalang and Jiang Erlang glanced at each other, but they were not very disappointed.

You must know that a pound of rice is only three yuan, and mutton is only eighteen yuan a pound.

This little golden ear can be sold for one or two pieces of silver for a pound, that is, a thousand Wen, which is a lot of money, and it has caught up with their farmer's income for a few months.

But didn't the third brother say that it was ten taels per catty, how could there be such a difference? Jiang Dalang was confused.

Although Jiang Saburo was annoyed, he didn't have a good seizure, so he only reminded: "Is the shopkeeper wrong?" I'm a golden ear, and I sold it for ten taels of silver a pound a few days ago. ”

The shopkeeper looked impatient and said, "This is the price we buy, do you like to sell or not." ”

After saying that, he turned around and left, passed by the guy, and glared at him.

The guy was full of embarrassment, and said to Jiang Sanlang: "That is the shopkeeper of the medicine hall, since you don't accept the price of one or two, please go back." ”

Jiang Saburo said nothing with a calm face, packed up the golden ear and left.

Sakura Bao glanced at the guy faintly, and sighed in his heart.

This guy is the shopkeeper of Jiukang Pharmacy more than ten years later. Alas, he was still a powerless young man at this time, and he couldn't do anything.

Several people came out of the Jiukang Medicine Hall and discussed beside the donkey cart.

Jiang Saburo: "Do you want to go somewhere else?" ”

"That's fine. I see that there are a lot of pharmacies on this street, let's go to two more and ask for the price. Jiang Erlang said.

Jiang Dalang: "Yes, yes! Ask a few more and know in your heart. ”

So, the three brothers went around the county for a long time and asked several pharmacies, but they were all unsatisfactory.

Although the price has been asked from one tael to two taels, Jiang Saburo is still not satisfied.

Obviously, Li Langzhong gave a price of ten taels and one catty, why did he get so little less when he arrived in the county seat?

I'm not reconciled.

Jiang Saburo was sullen, but there was nothing he could do.

Finally, when passing by a large shop with flying eaves and corners, Jiang Saburo paused.

Fu Ruifeng Commercial Bank.

Isn't that the address reported by the customer who bought the fish last year?

He had promised him that he would send the sturgeon when he caught it, but after a lot of things, he didn't go fishing again.

I didn't expect to pass by here today.

Jiang Saburo hesitated to go in and take a look, after all, there was the word "business house" on the signboard, and it was probably doing some kind of business.

Just as he was hesitating, a middle-aged man came out of the gate, wearing a blue robe with a group of longevity patterns, and carried the hem of his clothes down the stairs.

When I looked up, I let out a sigh and walked over quickly. "Aren't you a fish seller? What, did you catch a sturgeon? ”

Jiang Saburo arched his hand to him, "Jiang hasn't fished recently, and he happened to pass by here today, and he wanted to go in and have a look." ”

The middle-aged man regretted slightly, "Oh, then you can go in." "Let's go.

Jiang Sanlang hurriedly said: "Actually, I brought some dry goods and wanted to sell, can I ask Lang Jun to help you refer to the details?" ”

The middle-aged man paused and asked, "What dry goods?" ”

Jiang Saburo revealed the golden ears in the back basket, "This is it." ”

The middle-aged man touched the short beard on his chin, his eyes flashed, and he said, "Then come with me." ”

After that, he took a few members of the Jiang family to the backyard of the trading house.

After entering a spacious room, the middle-aged man invited a few people to sit down, and then instructed the waiter to look at the tea, and then asked, "Can you let someone take a look at your goods?" ”

Jiang Saburo hurriedly handed the basket to the middle-aged man, "This is the golden fungus made by my family, and it took a lot of effort to make it." ”

The middle-aged man took a look at it and said, "It's okay to preserve, I don't know what price you want to sell?" ”

"It's true." Jiang Saburo said: "Before I came, I sold a batch in a local pharmacy, and I gave ten taels of silver and a catty in the hall. I just don't know how much the price is? ”

The middle-aged man groaned, "Ten taels is too high, it is estimated that Na Langzhong will give you the selling price according to the pharmacy." ”

Seeing Jiang Saburo's disappointed face, the man said again: "Our firm also has to make money, and it also has to travel long distances to transport, moisture and insect prevention, zero scale loss, and the risk is quite large, so the price of the firm to buy the golden fungus is at most three taels and one catty, and it can't be more, even if you send it to Fucheng to sell, it will not be higher than this price." ”

"Moreover, if you take these golden ears to the pharmacy for sale, they will charge a maximum of one or twenty catties, and they will not ask for more than that, the trading house is different, we will receive the goods, and naturally the shipments from Tiannan and Haibei will definitely be more than the number of pharmacies, and it will be long-lasting."

What he said was sincere and reasonable, which made Jiang Saburo waver.

With a long sigh, Jiang Sanlang said: "That's it, three or two is three or two, I don't know Lang Jungui's surname, but the business house is a family?" ”

The middle-aged man smiled and said: "A certain surname Zhou, the single word Mao, is not the second manager of Fu Ruifeng, and he can still call the shots when purchasing the goods." ”

"It turned out to be Zhou Steward, disrespectful and disrespectful." Jiang Saburo hugged his fists and said: "A certain surname Jiang, Xingsan, this is my eldest brother and second brother, and my eldest daughter Yingbao." ”

Jiang Dalang and Jiang Erlang hurriedly bowed their hands, and even Yingbao called Uncle Zhou glutinously.

Zhou Mao also stood up and saluted back, saying, "I don't know how many golden ears the three Jiang brothers brought?" Why don't you bring the scales together? ”

He saw that the Jiang family brother had brought a donkey cart, and there were several large back baskets faintly resting on the donkey cart.

Jiang Sanlang: "There are still a few baskets, our brother has weighed them once at home, and Jiang will go and get them to be weighed again." ”

Zhou Mao waved his hand, "You don't have to be busy, Zhou can just ask the waiter to bring the donkey cart in." Then he told the boy to go out and lead the donkey cart.

After a while, the donkey cart was led to the door of the house, and Jiang Saburo and his eldest brother carried the basket and placed it in the same place as the previous basket.

Zhou Mao had already instructed the boy to bring the basket and weigh them one by one.

"A total of forty-five pounds and eight taels." The waiter reported the number.

Jiang Saburo nodded and put his mind at ease.

It seems that this business house is very well-behaved, and it has not deducted two catties, and the number of the waiter newspaper is about the same as that of his own scale at home.

Zhou Mao used it to calculate, and quickly gave the amount of money: "Forty-five catties and eight taels, I should pay you one hundred and thirty-six taels of silver, plus five hundred yuan." ”

Jiang Saburo was not very happy when he heard the number of money, but he was also relieved.

Although the price was much less than expected, it was also content.

In previous years, I came to the county seat to find a job, carried sacks and transported goods for people, and I was tired and half dead, but I only earned one or two hundred yuan, and this time I earned money that my father and mother couldn't earn in their lifetime, and what was not satisfied.

Zhou Mao said again: "If the third brother Jiang still has it at home, you can send it to Zhou." If Zhou is not there, go to the front hall to report a certain name. There will be someone to receive when the time comes. ”

Jiang Saburo nodded.

In a short time, the boy brought in silver, ten taels and one ingots, a total of thirteen ingots and six thousand five hundred denarii.

Jiang Saburo and his two elder brothers put away the silver and copper coins and said goodbye to Zhou Mao.