Chapter 49: Not Bad Money
Zhao Chuan suddenly felt that the crying next door had stopped for some time.
"Ha, it turns out that you also have times when you are tired of crying." Zhao Chuan muttered.
"Hey, why do you think this woman is crying?" The seven girls suddenly cared about the woman, which made Zhao Chuan a little uncomfortable for a while.
Zhao Chuan knew that the Seven Girls were an anomaly, even if they were interested in humans, unless the other party was also an anomaly. For example, on the luxury passenger ship in the river, it is said that the wife of Jiang Yong, the dart master of the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau in the capital, is a fox spirit, and the black rat spirit killed in Qingfeng Temple.
Thinking of this, Zhao Chuan was excited, "You mean that woman is also what kind of essence?" ”
The seventh girl said that I don't know, I haven't even seen her face.
Zhao Chuan smiled and said with a smile, don't you have aura cultivation, you can perceive it at such a close distance.
The seven girls said that the aura cultivation can be hidden, even you have learned your grandfather's concealment exercises before, and then you said that you got some illusion trick from your ghost master, and no matter how good the master wants to detect you, it is also a fog to see the flowers.
Zhao Chuan said forget it, don't care about the woman next door, you stay here and rest for a while, I'll do business first, go out to the town and go around, see if there are any people who buy elixir, and then talk about it in the evening.
The seven girls said that you have to prepare enough money, and once you see a good elixir, you can't miss the opportunity.
Zhao Chuan said don't worry, I have my own way, not bad money.
Zhao Chuan opened the door, and when he walked down the stairs, he felt a pair of eyes behind him, turned around and looked up, and saw the woman next door opening a crack in the door and looking at him steadily.
The woman's eyes were blood-red, her face was pale, and a long brown tongue hung from her chin. This is a beauty, it's clearly a hanged ghost!
Zhao Chuan was so frightened that he stepped on the empty stairs under his feet, almost fell down, and hurriedly grabbed the handrail.
When Zhao Chuan stabilized his body and looked back again, the door of the next room was closed, and a woman's crying sound came from inside.
His grandmother's, dazzled?
Zhao Chuan scolded secretly, maybe he hadn't rested well in the past few days, he had eaten poorly, and he was hallucinating.
Although Xintang Town is not big, there are only one or two streets with long dogs' tails, but because it is under Lingyin Mountain, it is very likely that there will be good elixirs, because the medicine is close to here, once a good elixir is collected, in order to keep it fresh and sell it at a good price, it will usually be sold to the nearby pharmacists on the street, and the pharmacists will give a good price according to the fineness.
Zhao Chuan was in this town last time because he wanted to find some work, so he turned around a few times in these two small streets, and remembered that there was a pharmacy in the middle, and there was a dozing doctor in it.
If you buy medicine, you should go there first, although the pharmacy only sells some ordinary herbs, and may not have the elixir that you want to alchemy, but those people are well-informed in the local area and can find valuable information.
Finding the small pharmacy, Zhao Chuan raised his leg and went in, and found that the doctor sitting in the hall was not there, only a young man was grinding the medicine powder with his head down.
Seeing someone coming, the guy hurriedly put down his work to greet the guests.
"This son, take medicine or see a doctor?" The guy asked politely.
"Hey, why are you alone, I came last time, what about the old doctor?" Zhao Chuan did not answer the rhetorical question.
"Dead! Go and see someone's doctor, and let people beat them to death. The guy replied very abruptly, and with emotion, he probably thought that Zhao Chuan was coming to see the doctor, so he spoke simply, and after speaking, he was busy grinding the medicinal powder.
Zhao Chuan was stunned when he heard this, and he was also puzzled by the cold attitude of his guy.
What's going on?
Zhao Chuan wanted to ask in detail, but when he saw that this guy was angry at the mention of the old doctor, he didn't want to ask again.
"Did you just come looking for him?" Seeing that Zhao Chuan was standing stunned and didn't leave, the guy asked again.
"No, I'd like to see if there are any herbs I want, and by the way, ask the doctor." Zhao Chuan said.
When the guy heard this, his face was much better, and he asked Zhao Chuan what medicinal herbs he wanted.
Zhao Chuan took out the list that had been written earlier, and the guy took it and looked at it, his eyebrows trembled twice, and his face changed slightly.
"Are you sure you want something from above?" The guy looked Zhao Chuan up and down again and asked.
Zhao Chuan said yes.
The guy hesitated, saying that these things were not ordinary, and there were no them in the store.
Zhao Chuan sighed, not surprised at all, your uncle, didn't put any scores, before I came, I expected that this kind of small shop may not have it.
Although the guy said that there were no medicinal materials on the list in the store, he did not put down the list in his hand, let alone return the list to Zhao Chuan.
Seeing this, Zhao Chuan was not in a hurry to get the list back, he was thinking about asking the guy where he could get these medicinal materials nearby, seeing that the guy was doing this, it was estimated that he had something to say below.
Also, it's hard to get a big customer, even if there is no medicine in the store, you have to think of letting the customer take something to make a little money or something, this guy must think so. The routine of a businessman, Zhao Chuan is clear in his heart, isn't that Jianghu Langzhong Huang Jin an example.
Sure enough, the young man stared at the list and muttered for a moment, then looked up and said that if you really want these medicinal materials, although they are not available in the store for the time being, it does not mean that they cannot be obtained. It's just that you're going to wait for me for a few days, I don't know if you're willing to wait.
Zhao Chuan thought to himself, as long as the other party could help get the medicine, he would save himself from running around, he didn't want to go to Jiangzhou City, he didn't want to meet Hou Ye's people.
Zhao Chuan said how many days to wait? I can't afford to wait for a long time, I'll wait to use it.
The guy said that it would take three days, just three days, but he had to pay a deposit first, because these medicinal materials were too expensive and not ordinary people could afford to use them.
Zhao Chuan said no problem, how much does it cost to complete it, and how much does it cost to pay the deposit.
The guy looked Zhao Chuan up and down again, and then walked to the abacus by the counter and pulled it, saying that these dozen or so medicines cost a total of 1,285 taels of silver, and the deposit should be given.
One thousand two hundred and eighty-five taels? I'm good, as the seventh girl said, these materials are really not vulgar, enough for the living expenses of a moderate family for ten years.
Zhao Chuan didn't say a word, took out a few pieces of gold and put them on the counter, thinking that he was fortunate to find the fallen gold next to the dead rat spirit in Qingfeng Guan.
As soon as the man's eyes lit up, he immediately picked up the gold nugget, first weighed the small scale of the medicinal herbs, and then used the large scale to weigh the weight.
Zhao Chuan secretly said that this kid is still a careful person, okay, such a person can do things.
"Exactly thirty taels! No more, no less. "The guy asked Zhao Chuan to go over and take a look.
Zhao Chuan waved his hand to signal that there was no need.
The man said, "This is thirty taels of gold, three hundred denaise of silver." These deposits will be collected from you first, and the rest of the medicine will be paid off, and you will open a receipt for you. ”
Zhao Chuan said, "That's it, the total medicine money is 1,285 taels of silver, and my deposit is 300 taels of silver, which is 285 taels, and the fifteen taels are considered to be a hard tip for you. ”
"Okay! Rest assured, my eyes are very poisonous, and I am very good at choosing medicinal materials. I won't tell you that the dead old doctor is my father, and his eyesight is not as good as mine! "The man was busy looking for pen, ink, paper, inkstone.
Seeing that it was a big deal, the man was overjoyed, and he was very happy, and the words in his mouth increased.
"Childe, as soon as you come in, I will see that you are a nobleman."
"Oh, how so?" Zhao Chuan smiled lightly and deliberately lowered his head to look at himself, "The nobles are all dressed in fine clothes and food, and there are groups of servants who go out, where am I like this?" ”
"Hey, what are you doing, it's all appearances, and you're a powerful person."
"Oh? How do you talk about it? Zhao Chuan said in his heart, this guy is really good at talking.
"You take out the list, I can see at a glance that these medicinal materials are not for curing diseases, who is willing to spend these precious medicinal materials for ordinary treatment? To put it mildly, these medicinal herbs are worth the life of a slut! ”
Born in troubled times, this is not bad.
"Hehe, how can I say that?" The man stretched out three fingers, and then said, "Because these materials are fortunate to be here, I am here, and I have changed to another place, and I will have to ask you for three thousand taels of silver!" Do you think it's worth a human life? Maybe there's more than one? Human life is worthless now. Then he shook his head and sighed.
Zhao Chuan nodded and smiled, feeling more and more that this guy was really a business material, in fact, Zhao Chuan didn't know how much the market price of these things was.
"That's why I said that you are a nobleman, first, you came directly to me, and I heard you say that you have been here before, and you must know my shop. The second is that you don't make a counteroffer, and you must know the price. Third, when you come in, ask the old gentleman sitting in the hall, that person is my father, at the foot of this Lingyin Mountain, within a radius of dozens of miles, which local medicine picker and medicine merchant doesn't know my father? ”
Zhao Chuan still nodded and smiled, but he wondered in his heart whether this guy was literate or not, whether he could write, why did this receipt take so long to write?
"I'll tell you the truth, I heard my father say that all the big officials in the capital have come to my small shop to look for medicine......"
The guy blew bigger and bigger, and Zhao Chuan could only smile back. He didn't care who had been here, as long as he could get what he needed.
It's just that this guy doesn't feel like he's writing, but like he's carving, and his hand holding the pen is shaking all the time.
Alas, this kid seems to have worked his lips, and it is more difficult to write a few words than to eat, I don't think I read and write well when I was a child, Zhao Chuan sighed.
However, the reality is also forgivable, how many children from ordinary families can afford to go to private school?
The guy finally opened the list, and handed it to Zhao Chuan respectfully with both hands, Zhao Chuan glanced at it and felt that this word was really difficult to compliment, maybe the shell Lang climbed better than this word.
The guy was busy leading Zhao Chuan to the side room where the old doctor saw Zhen and sat down, took the original teapot on the table to the other side, and then shouted for the insider to come out and pour good tea for the guests.
Zhao Chuan was not surprised by the completely different changes before and after the guy, on the contrary, he felt that this guy was an authentic businessman.
A businessman is profitable, and a businessman without interest is still called a businessman? It feels like there is a good interest in trading with you, of course, to treat you as an ancestor.
In fact, Zhao Chuan enjoys this feeling of being offered by others, who wants to be looked down upon?
It feels so good to have money!
Zhao Chuan sat in the wide Taishi chair, in a good mood, and was very comfortable waiting for the man's inner man to come out and serve him tea, good tea.
After a while, there was a small sound of footsteps in the inner room behind the counter.
The man's inner man was about to come out, and Zhao Chuan waited peacefully for someone to come and serve him tea.
"I've been calling you for a long time, why are you so slow, slow to treat guests, I'll fix you fiercely at night!" The guy pretended to be angry and turned to the inner man who was about to come out.
"Okay, here you go! Come on! I wish you could fix it, I'll wait for it to get dark! This snorting tone made Zhao Chuan have goosebumps on his body, and secretly said that this guy is so beautiful.
The sound is like his person, and it is estimated that this guy's internal appearance will not be much worse.
Zhao Chuan didn't squint and sat upright.
When the real body of the voice came to the front, a pair of jade hands as white as lotus roots held the tea tray and fell to the bottom of the eye, and the tea tray was placed with two teas.
Zhao Chuan hurriedly stretched out his hand to take a teacup, and his eyes couldn't help but glance at the woman.
Just at a glance, Zhao Chuan's hand with the tea almost threw the tea cup on the ground, this woman is the bewitching fox woman on the luxury passenger ship!
How did the woman get here?
Zhao Chuan had seen this woman twice before on a luxury passenger ship, the difference was that the men around her were different, the first man was Jiang Yong, who claimed to be the capital Zhenyuan Dart Bureau, and the second man was a gambler at the gambling table in the public entertainment area on the second floor of the ship.
This third time turned out to be a small town pharmacy.
It seems that the grade of this goblin is getting lower and lower, but I don't know if the men who followed her have all died.
Zhao Chuan stared at the woman's eyes in some amazement, but the woman didn't have anything unnatural, she removed the tea tray with a smile and said "slow use", and left as if she had never met before.
Zhao Chuan hid his astonishment, took a sip, but unfortunately his hand shook, and the tea couldn't help but spill out.
"Be careful, the water is hot!" Guy busy reminding.
"The water is not hot, but the heart is hot." Zhao Chuan came back to his senses and said quietly.
"Yes, yes! What Childe said is that this tea is burning to the heart. The guy laughed with him, "Childe really knows the goods, this is the best tea in the Lingyin Mountain, in the Valley of Despair, the annual output is very small, and it is as rare as gold!" I managed to get a little bit of it! ”
"Heartless Valley? And this place? Is this tea famous? Zhao Chuan frowned.
"Yes, it's called forgetful water."
Forget the water? Good tea, good tea! Zhao Chuan praised and motioned for the guy to sit down and taste tea.
Zhao Chuan took a few sips, put down the teacup and said that he wanted to ask something, but he didn't know whether to say it or not.
The man said that you are my God of Wealth, a nobleman, if you have something to ask, it doesn't matter.
Zhao Chuan asked how the business of the small shop has been recently?
Don't mention it, man, since my father died, no one has come here to see a doctor, just selling medicine can make a few dollars, and I can't earn a few taels of silver a month, I took your deal today, I can't hide it, I can't make this money in a year, this profit, I can't make this money in a year...... Hehe, Childe, where are you in your house? ”
Zhao Chuan smiled and didn't answer him, but then asked him if the doctor sitting in the hall was really his Lingzun? I've been here a few times before, but I've never seen you.
The guy said oops, look at what you said, can this be fake? I don't believe it and ask the neighbors, my name is Wang Decai, my nickname is Goujiaoer, my father gave it to me, which means that I was restless when I was a child, I loved to make noise, and ran around, so you didn't see me the first few times I came, and now that my father is dead, I came to the store to take care of it......
"Oh, then I'll call you the king's shopkeeper, how did your father die? Can you tell me more about it? The first few times I came to the store, I saw that he was in good health, very blessed, not like a short-lived person. ”
"Alas, don't mention it, it's also my fault for speaking of it, blame me for being a money junkie......"
Wang Decai lowered his head and sighed, silent, very remorseful.