Chapter 67: The Deal in the Sleeve
Zhao Chuan finished writing, and the southern pharmacist finished reading it, and the pharmacist breathed a sigh of relief after reading it.
Wang Decai, the shopkeeper of the pharmacy, was a little confused after seeing it, but when he saw the southern medicine merchant smiling at him, he didn't say anything.
Wang Decai said that there are a lot of these medicinal materials, and I don't know how many copies of each one are needed, and the price is different, so let's negotiate the price first.
Zhao Chuan and Wang Decai sat next to each other, with only a coffee table in between.
Wang Decai said, put down the sleeves that were rolled up, he looked at Zhao Chuan's sleeves, and saw that he was wearing a child's shirt with tight cuffs, paused, and looked up at a certain place on the counter.
When the innkeeper standing by the counter saw it, he glanced at the counter, and hurriedly picked up a folded silk cloth on the counter and sent it to Wang Decai, who nodded approvingly and smiled at him.
Wang Decai shook off the silk cloth, covered his right hand, looked at Zhao Chuan and smiled.
Zhao Chuan didn't understand what Wang Decai meant, and he also smiled at him.
Wang Decai stretched out his right hand and grabbed Zhao Chuan's right hand, and pulled the silk cloth with his left hand, covering both right hands.
Zhao Chuan was a little stunned.
What is this king going to do when he gets rich? And in front of so many people.
Is it a ceremony that wants to show the gift of friendship?
"There are so many medicinal materials, and there are no two catties at the back of each one, what does Zhao Gongzi want?" Wang Decai asked.
"This, everything......" Zhao Chuan paused.
Under the silk cloth, Wang Decai grabbed Zhao Chuan's fist, and Zhao Chuan thought it was a friendly gift, so he stretched out his fist and held the other party's palm.
Wang Decai smiled and asked, "Is this number a pound or measured by two?"
"Press the pound, you can do it." Zhao Chuan shook the other party's palm and shook it again, indicating that you were joking. Who can prescribe medicine to two catties, and the weight of how much money can be used is not counted, calculated by catties, is this a cure for cattle?
Wang Decai's eyes widened, "Are you sure?" ”
"Well, that's a small thing." Zhao Chuan said with a smile.
"What about the price?" Wang Decai asked again, still holding Zhao Chuan's palm, "Do you want to negotiate the price according to the same medicinal materials on the list?" ”
"Hey, what do we have to do with it, you look at it, people come from all the way, we can't let people lose too much. Just add a little more at the usual price. With that, Zhao Chuan shook his palm again.
In fact, Zhao Chuan didn't know the original price of these medicinal materials.
It's funny to think about, this is talking about business, this is making a game.
Wang Decai's eyes widened, and the palm holding Zhao Chuan tightened, "Zhao Gongzi is really bold and righteous!" What do you say about the price of the OK? ”
Zhao Chuan wanted to withdraw his hand, but the two big men kept holding their hands, what did they look like, and shook it vigorously, "Sure, sure, okay, so be it." ”
Zhao Chuan finally withdrew his hand and secretly scolded you for being a wealthy king, just shaking hands and pulling so hard.
"That's it!" Wang Decai also withdrew his hand, very excited, and said to the two southern pharmacists to go back and prepare.
"When will it be delivered?" Wang Decai asked Zhao Chuan.
Zhao Chuan took a look at the inn and said that he was not in a hurry, in two days, I would go back to the inn to deal with some things first, and then get up and leave.
"Then, I'll prepare the medicinal herbs I ordered for you tomorrow? You're coming to the store tomorrow? Wang Decai hurriedly said.
"Okay, see you later!" Zhao Chuan made a gift and went out of the store.
Xiao Er hurriedly followed Zhao Chuan and left.
"Little Master, you turned out to be a purchaser of medicinal herbs?" Xiao Er asked as he walked.
Zhao Chuan said no, he was just a doctor.
"Then why do you want so many medicinal herbs?"
At this time, it is almost time, and many stalls on the street, including shops along the street, are ready to close or close.
"I don't want much." Zhao Chuan replied casually, "It's just that it's usually used to show people for illness." ”
"Not much, huh? The shopkeeper of the pharmacy said before that there would not be so much, and that it would be enough for the whole town to be sick every day for ten years. You want more medicinal materials, I'm afraid it's enough for the entire Nanfeng County to eat for ten years! ”
The exaggerated expression of the inn's shopkeeper made Zhao Chuan feel amused, "Let's go, it's not early, it's time to go back for dinner." Zhao Chuan said.
After walking a few steps, Zhao Chuan suddenly stopped, "You go back to the inn first, I have to go back, I have to go somewhere else, and I'll go back later." ”
Xiao Er said That's okay, you give me the money for the coffin in the morning first, the shopkeeper of the coffin shop has been waiting for me in the store, so that I was scolded by my shopkeeper to find you.
Zhao Chuan smiled awkwardly and said I have no money on me, the reason why I want to go somewhere else now is to borrow money, you go back first, I will go back later.
"No, little master, is there only thirty taels of silver? Then the medicinal herbs you asked for just now cost tens of thousands of taels of silver, where did the money come from? Xiao Er was stunned.
"Tens of thousands of taels of silver? My goodness, won't you? Zhao Chuan's head was a few big, "When do I want tens of thousands of taels of medicinal materials from others?" ”
"Look at you, you talk to the shopkeeper of other pharmacies about business, and when you close the deal, you use sleeve language in pricing and quantity, right? From your expressions and the changing contours of your palms and fingers under the cloth, I can guess what the price is. I've worked as a guy in a trading house before, so I can understand it. ”
"Sleeve language?" Zhao Chuan was stunned, "What is sleeve language?" ”
Xiao Eryi stomped his feet, "Little master, aren't you pretending to be confused, you talk about business, don't you even understand sleeve language?" ”
Zhao Chuan secretly screamed badly, he really didn't know what to do with the sleeve language, although his adoptive father used to be the shopkeeper of the Zhao family firm in the Zhao Mansion, but he had never talked to him about this knowledge, and he had never gone out with him to talk about business.
Zhao Chuan said that I am just a doctor, I am an expert in medical skills, I know a lot, and I am really a layman when it comes to talking about business.
Seeing that Zhao Chuan really didn't understand this, Xiao Er explained to Zhao Chuan on the spot:
When the buyer and seller negotiate the price, they will clearly mark the price and bargain with their mouths, which will be inconvenient, so both parties put their hands in their sleeves or cover them with a piece of cloth and negotiate by pulling their fingers.
When negotiating the price, you will use a handle to trade, that is, you will reach out to open a price, and then the buyer will make a counteroffer, everything will be negotiated privately in the sleeve, in order not to let others know their price, use the common gestures in the firm to compare the price, when the buyer and seller are agreed, you can make a deal.
Pinch your index finger to indicate one; Pinch the index and middle fingers to indicate two; The index and middle fingers plus the ring finger represent three; The index finger, middle finger, ring finger and little finger represent four; The five fingers are fully extended, indicating five ......
"Okay, okay, according to the rules in the sleeve you said, the palm I just stretched out means four?" Zhao Chuan asked.
"Not only does it mean four, but you also shake it back and forth three times. If the number is repeated, then shake it in the sleeve, shake the number of copies you want before, indicating that you want to 44 catties per share, and you repeat the shaking twice when setting the price, indicating that the price is increased by 40% on the ordinary price. Xiao Er moved his hand to show Zhao Chuan.
"Alas, let's do the math, so many medicinal materials, little master, can't it be tens of thousands of taels of silver? Now they may be planning to have people ship from the source again! Xiao Er looked at Zhao Chuansheng's loveless appearance and sighed.
Oops, I have such a good face, and I pretend to be a big-tailed wolf. Zhao Chuan regretted it, he asked for so many medicines, and every family in this town couldn't use it to open a medical center.
Xiao Er saw Zhao Chuan stunned and thought about it, sighing to himself that he was unlucky, so he went back empty-handed, not only to be ridiculed by the shopkeeper of the coffin shop, but also to be scolded by the shopkeeper of his own house, alas, the life of the past two days is really miserable.
Xiao Er sighed What is the origin of this little young master, he looks like a young master, but he says that he is a doctor, and he has no money and wants to order sky-high medicinal materials......
Anyway, now I can't even take out thirty taels of silver, and it seems that Zero is not a rich lord.
When Xiao Er thought of this, he planned to go back by himself, because Zhao Chuan said that he was going to borrow money from other places.
Xiao Er walked a few steps, suddenly remembered something, and turned around to stop Zhao Chuan, who had walked out of the distance.
"What's the matter?" Seeing Xiao Er running over, Zhao Chuan stood still.
"Your little henchman is back." Xiao Er said.
"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Zhao Chuan blamed, "My money is all on her, now that I have money, let's go together." ”
Xiao Er was also happy when he heard this, and hurriedly followed behind Zhao Chuan and walked in the direction of the inn.
"Oh, that little attendant of yours was brought back by a Dao aunt, who called herself Hun Yuanzi and said that our inn was not clean, so our shopkeeper even quarreled with this Dao aunt." Xiao Er followed behind and said.
Zhao Chuan turned around sharply when he heard this, and grabbed Xiao Er's arm, "Can you finish together?" That Daogu calls herself Hun Yuanzi? When did you come to the inn? What does it look like? How old are you? ”
"Oops, pain, pain!" Xiao Er grinned, "After the afternoon, forty or fifty years old, very ugly, and relatively tall. ”
It should be her, Zhao Chuan spread Xiao Er's arm, turned around and hurried away.
These seven girls ate the medicine given by the people in the brocade boy, and were abolished and cultivated, and now they were caught by the Hun Yuanzi, and it seems that they are destined to be more auspicious.
Thinking about this Hun Yuanzi, Zhao Chuan hated it so much that the roots of his teeth itched. Last time, if it wasn't for herself, these seven girls were killed by this Hun Yuanzi, and that time Hun Yuanzi also sealed his own middle dantian and middle acupoint, causing him to be bullied by others everywhere without cultivating for a long time.
Zhao Chuan was windy at his feet, and soon came to the door of the inn.
At this time, it was the middle of the unitary hour, and the front hall of the inn was full of diners.
Xiao Er was out of breath after him, "Little Master, you are walking too fast, I forgot to say a word: That old Taoist aunt came to the inn and left after a while." ”
Zhao Chuan didn't care about Xiao Er's verbosity anymore, and immediately asked him, "How many people come and how many people leave?" ”
"When they came, she and your attendant, and when they left, they were also two, and the woman who lived next door to her guest room was the so-called princess she saved last time, and the woman who had been unwilling to eat and drink."
Zhao Chuan didn't say more, walked through the front hall of the inn, and went straight to the guest room on the second floor.
Just went up to the second floor, a little fat man was squatting with his head down at the door of the guest room, not very old, but twenty or thirty years old.
Seeing Zhao Chuan coming up, he hurriedly stood up and asked, "But the distinguished guest who used my coffin in the morning?" ”
I really obeyed this shopkeeper, and I can wait for someone to ask for an account like this, and the little shopkeeper of this coffin shop is a bit stupid.
Zhao Chuan ignored him, opened the guest room and walked inside, but there was no one inside, and there was no one in sight.
"Guest, do you live in this house?" The little fat man asked again.
Zhao Chuan didn't answer and asked, "When did you come here to wait?" ”
"After breakfast...... The most hourly hour. The little fat man said.