Zhao Yuanrang was a little confused. Did his grandfather and uncle really take away all the money from the family? Instead of leaving them a sum of money?
Zhao Yuanrang and Zhao Yuanji looked at each other and pretended to be calm. They were people who had seen the world and could not embarrass their sister.
"Steward," Master Jiao stepped forward and said, "The ginseng is less than one pound, one or two short."
In Zhao Luoyang's mind, Shi Jiu said calmly: "The items exchanged in the system's wealth area are all weighed according to the algorithm here. They will never be less. This is because the people at the drug store have tampered with them."
Zhao Luoyang naturally believed in the system: "The flour I redeemed was all right. After mixing it so many times, I sold exactly thirty kilograms, so it can be seen that there is nothing wrong."
"I exchanged a pound of Atractylodes before and sold it to Han Langzhong. Han Langzhong weighed it himself. It weighed exactly one pound. When it came to him, it was one or two short."
What are the ideas of people like Guangrentang? They have no way of hiding from the system.
Shi Jiu said: "I don't know how many people their pharmacy has deceived by using this method."
Zhao Luoyang said: "Then we have to see who can deceive whom today."
After Master Jiao finished speaking, the steward looked at the girl from the Zhao family. The girl from the Zhao family was startled, and then she became panicked: "We weighed it at the Chinese medicine shop in the city when we came out. It weighed more than a pound. How could it be a pound shorter?"
Two? Chief steward, I really didn’t lie to you. If I did, I would give this ginseng to you without taking a penny from it.”
"Don't worry, don't worry," the steward reassured Zhao Luoyang, "Maybe the medicinal materials were not dried too much when we left. There will inevitably be losses along the way."
Zhao Luoyang looked at the ginseng: "Then I'll take it back and ask Nai and Dad about it."
The little girl's eyes were red, as if she was about to cry.
The steward said: "With all this trouble, how can you have time to sell medicinal materials?"
After saying this, the steward sighed, with a look of concern and pity on his face, and looked at Zhao Luoyang's basket: "How much Atractylodes did you bring?"
Zhao Luoyang said: "Ten...more than ten kilograms."
The steward sighed: "Maybe there aren't that many Atractylodes skills left, but... for the sake of your difficulty, I won't deduct two taels of Atractylodes from your money if I lose one tael of Atractylodes, but I can't give you this ginseng."
Twenty-two taels, I can only give you twenty-one taels."
"Boss," Zhao Luoyang raised his eyes, "You won't lie to us, will you?"
The manager smiled: "Tan has been here for many years and has never deceived anyone. Even if you sell medicinal materials to me, you can always come to me if you think something is wrong."
The clerk also followed suit: "Guangrentang is an old pharmacy that has been in business for decades. With this plaque, you can rest assured. We can't destroy our own sign."
Zhao Luoyang lowered his head and thought for a long time and said: "Then if you cheated me, you must give me money as compensation, at least..."
Zhao Luoyang stretched out his finger: "Pay me four dollars."
These are all outsiders. They will leave here soon. Can they come back and join in with one or two of the people he cares less about? The steward smiled and nodded: "Okay."
When the ginseng was put into the warehouse and I asked him for it, he would not take it out.
The steward ordered someone to get the money.
"We don't want silver," Zhao Luoyang said. "We want copper coins. Someone from home will come to help carry them away in a while."
The steward nodded again. It seems that the little girl's family has also come to the city. I wonder what the little girl's family is thinking. How can they feel at ease when the little girl holds such precious medicinal materials?
The steward looked at Zhao Luoyang: "Now it's time to call these white arts."
Zhao Luoyang held the basket and did not let go. He waited until the guys from Guangrentang brought twenty-one silver coins, and then looked at Zhao Yuanrang and Zhao Yuanji.
Zhao Luoyang said: "Go and count the silver coins to see if they are enough."
Zhao Yuanrang nodded, but he did not dare to speak for fear that his voice would vibrate when he spoke.
Twenty-one. God, he has never seen so many copper coins in his life. Will his jaw drop when he finds out?
Zhao Yuanrang took advantage of others not paying attention and reached out to squeeze his thigh.
It hurts.
The whole person also felt much more energetic.
After a while, Zhao Yuanji also followed.
The two people looked at the copper coins in the box, their minds went blank.
Where are they? What are they going to do?
"Brother Jean."
Zhao Luoyang shouted again, and Zhao Yuanrang suddenly woke up, grabbed Zhao Yuanji beside him, and said one word: "Count."
Zhao Yuanrang found that when he was with his sister, the less he said, the better.
The two of them counted it back and forth twice before they were sure it was twenty-one.
When Zhao Yuanrang and Zhao Yuanji carried the box to her side, Zhao Luoyang also let go of his hand and asked the assistant to take Baizhu away and weigh it.
Ten pounds of fine Atractylodes.
Even Master Jiao who came to weigh the medicine looked straight at him. The manager was doing a big business. No wonder he paid such a high price for the ginseng.
Zhao Luoyang asked Shi Jiu in his mind: "How long have we been here?"
Shi Jiu said: "It's almost half an hour."
That's almost it! Mr. Song should have already acted as they discussed.
After weighing all the Atractylodes in the basket, under the control of Master Jiao, the ten kilograms were reduced by three ounces.
The steward sighed: "Although it is less than ten kilograms, as promised before, I will give you ten kilograms of silver, a total of twenty-five guan."
Twenty-five guan, Zhao Luoyang sighed in his heart, if he just sold Atractylodes Atractylodes, he could just buy a donkey, so why would he have to collect money from other people?
Shi Jiu couldn't see Zhao Luoyang's expression, but he could guess what she was thinking: "Regret?"
"Yeah," Zhao Luoyang said, "but I also made a lot of money from ginseng."
Her feeling of being able to see but not eat, and thinking about her in her heart, in a sense, made Shi Jiu a lot happier. Ever since she became her system, her health points have been deducted, and everything has been dominated by her.
Now I finally see that she can't help herself.
Even if you have a system, you still can't do whatever you want.
The waiter brought another box of money, but Zhao Luoyang still asked his two younger brothers to count it.
"Out of sight, out of mind," Zhao Luoyang said to Shijiu, "I can't see it, and it's not mine anyway." This way, you won't feel bad.
Shi Jiu said: "So you asked your two younger brothers to go?" How would Zhao Yuanrang and Zhao Yuanji feel when they saw the money disappearing?
"They are men," Zhao Luoyang said. "They should have experienced more so that they can take on important responsibilities in the future."
"Very good." Shi Jiu couldn't help but praise Zhao Luoyang.
"What?"
"It's good that you think so," Shi Jiu said, "There is a saying that a dead Taoist friend will never die a poor Taoist."
Zhao Luoyang couldn't help but find it funny, it was rare for Shi Jiu to say such a thing.
【Health value 2】
Shi Jiu looked at the flashing prompt, did this increase the life value?
What did he do?
Shi Jiu thought for a moment and couldn't figure out what happened, but he remembered to remind Zhao Luoyang: "Deal with the manager first."
Zhao Luoyang came to his senses. Before Zhao Yuanrang and Zhao Yuanji could count the money clearly, Zhao Luoyang suddenly took out the paper from his arms.
"Before selling the medicine, the chief manager needs to sign this with me," Zhao Luoyang said, "I have to take it to the government office and give it to Master Ding."
The steward had never thought about this section and was immediately confused: "What?"
"I asked the adults in the yamen to help me write it," Zhao Luoyang said. "It clearly states that after you buy these Atractylodes skills from me, when you sell them, one tael must not exceed eighty cents."
The steward didn't seem to understand and looked at Zhao Luoyang blankly. Where did these words come from?
Zhao Luoyang said: "This is how I sell Han Langzhong. Didn't you say that you should follow Han Langzhong's method to buy my Atractylodes?"
Atractylodes bought for two ounces of 500 fen per catty, but when sold, the tael must not exceed 80 fen. Isn't that a loss-making business? How could he do a loss-making business?
The chief steward immediately became serious.
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For the sake of plot continuity, I edited the two chapters together.