allendalepharm Chapter 86 She is so proud that she doesn't care about 32 anymore
Chapter 86 She is so proud that she doesn't care about 32 anymore
"That's a lot. If you weigh it, I estimate it's less than four cents."
Shopkeeper Liu put the powder into a small porcelain box, and then a look of joy appeared on his face.
"It's winter now, and musk deer don't produce much musk. Your musk deer has produced quite a bit. Musk is very valuable and in great demand nowadays, even wealthy families need it, and you've caught up with the herd."
Manager Liu ordered a pharmacist to bring a small scale. Jiang Youzhen realized that this was not a scale for weighing silver. He had seen it before in the cloth shop.
"How much can it be sold for?" Jiang Youzhen didn't care about anything else but how much it could be sold for.
Shopkeeper Liu rolled his eyes at Jiang Youzhen and said, "You are so young, but you keep talking about money. You are a scholar, how can you be so mercenary?"
Jiang Youzhen chuckled, "Eating and drinking cannot be separated from money, and scholars can't live on a lavish diet, right?"
You are so noble. If you have the ability, don’t make money. Give it all to me!
"Hmph!" Shopkeeper Liu snorted coldly and then laughed.
"Look, it's less than four cents. I didn't cheat you."
Jiang Youzhen took a look and couldn't understand it, but she saw the scale and could only make a rough estimate. She calculated it according to her own method and it was about 3.8 cents.
"Then what price are you offering, boss?" Jiang Youzhen asked again.
Manager Liu pondered for a moment, "Some were sent to the Western Regions the other day. Now the supply is insufficient to meet the demand, so the price of musk has been raised. Now the purchase price is 75 taels of silver per ounce."
Jiang Youzhen quickly calculated in his mind, and this should be two hundred and eighty-five taels.
"That's not much! Please calculate it for me." Jiang Youzhen curled his lips. It's not bad! With more than 200 taels, it's worth coming to the county town!
It must be said that she is now too proud to care about even the nearly three hundred taels.
"The market rule is that if the amount is less than four cents but more than three and a half cents, then it should be counted as three and a half cents."
As soon as Manager Liu finished speaking, Jiang Youzhen suddenly felt bad.
Suddenly 0.3 cents is missing, that is 22.5 taels of silver, why?
Is it because there were no decimal points in this dynasty? If you don't know, then let me calculate it!
"But we are already acquaintances, and I hope you will come to me when you have something good in the future, so I will give you four cents."
As soon as Shopkeeper Liu finished speaking, Jiang Youzhen changed his face like a Sichuan opera performer. He first smiled widely, and then bowed to Shopkeeper Liu.
"The shopkeeper has always taken such good care of me. How can I thank you so much, Shopkeeper Liu? Really, you are so kind, even better than my grandparents. I don't know what to say."
Jiang Youzhen looked very moved as he spoke, and his emotion was so sincere that he almost cried.
Shopkeeper Liu: Whoever gives you milk is your mother!
"Okay, I'm afraid if I don't have enough of you, you'll have to eat me up."
In fact, he only gave fifteen taels more, but Manager Liu was indeed very generous, since it was not his money after all.
Jiang Youzhen quickly smiled ingratiatingly, "It's such an honor for me to meet you!"
Shopkeeper Liu couldn't help but smile, "You kid, you just have a sweet mouth and you only know how to coax people."
"The total is three hundred taels of silver!" Manager Liu asked the boy to go to the accounting office to get the silver bills.
Musk is in short supply now, so it doesn't hurt for the shopkeeper to give a little more. The clinic can make a lot of money by reselling it.
Jiang Youzhen naturally understood this, but that was her ability. With such a small amount, even if she wanted to sell it at a high price, it would be difficult to find a buyer, so she could only sell it in the clinic.
"How did you get this deer? I don't see any wounds on it. Did you trap it yourself?"
The shopkeeper turned the musk deer over and over and said in amazement.
"I don't have any other skills, I can only set a trap. I was lucky this time and I ran into it." Jiang Youzhen hurriedly said modestly.
"Ha! Your luck isn't just good this time, and your abilities aren't limited to setting traps." Shopkeeper Liu said meaningfully.
Jiang Youzhen just smiled foolishly, and Manager Liu did not ask any more questions. Instead, he asked, "Do you want to sell the musk deer too? Sell it to me as well! Musk deer meat can replenish the body and dispel wind. It is effective for chronic illness, weakness, and numbness in the waist and legs."
Jiang Youzhen didn't expect that musk deer meat was a good thing. If he sold it to a shop that bought game, he would definitely suffer a loss.
"This fur is also a good thing. I'm just afraid that you don't understand the market and will sell it at a low price."
Shopkeeper Liu weighed the musk deer and said, "It's about 19 or 20 kilograms. How about this? I'll give you 40 taels of silver."
Musk deer skin is definitely not as good as fox skin and mink skin. Jiang Youzhen didn't expect to get much silver from it, so she was surprised to get so much.
"It's as much as it should be. I know Manager Liu takes care of me, but I'm not a greedy person. Please give me thirty taels!"
Jiang Youzhen planned to make a good relationship with Manager Liu. It was obvious that Manager Liu really took good care of her. People have to learn to be content.
Manager Liu's expression softened. "It's fine as long as you know it, but I said forty taels, so it's forty taels. I'm not the kind of person who goes back on his word."
As he spoke, he took out a purse from his bosom, and the change and silver ingots made up forty taels.
"My father-in-law likes to eat wild game. He is not as healthy as before this year. This deer meat can be used as a gift to honor him."
When Jiang Youzhen saw Manager Liu taking money out of his pocket, he realized that he was not the owner of this clinic.
Jiang Youzhen took the two silver ingots, one large and one small, totaling thirty taels, but kept all the change inside.
"This is my way of honoring your father-in-law by treating him to a drink."
Shopkeeper Liu was very surprised, then he smiled, nodded, and put it away.
After Jiang Youzhen left, Shopkeeper Liu was still full of emotion, thinking that this kid really knew how to behave.
After earning three hundred and thirty taels of silver, Jiang Youzhen hurried to the game shop.
They went to a small shop. Jiang Youzhen didn't say anything. He just walked around the shop, observed for a while and then left.
Jiang Youzhen went to another larger shop. As soon as he walked in, he saw someone selling raccoon dogs.
Thinking of the last time she bought a raccoon, the village head gave her five taels of silver. She waited aside and found that the raccoon was a little bigger than hers, so the shopkeeper gave her four taels and seven cents.
It's almost the same, but I did get the advantage.
The shop was not very busy, with only two people. The other person was selling hares and pheasants, which are common wild animals in the mountains and easier to catch than other large wild animals.
As for the fox, Jiang Youzhen walked around but didn't see it.
When the shopkeeper had some free time, he saw Jiang Youzhen walking around the shop, and a large cloth bag was placed not far from her feet.
When the shopkeeper saw that the cloth bag was so heavy, he immediately thought of a large wild beast.
But when he saw Jiang Youzhen dressed in luxurious clothes, he was a little confused. Young masters of wealthy families rarely sell game they hunt.
They usually kept the fur for themselves or gave it to others. The best fur was sold by themselves to make fur coats. Even the inferior fur was sold by servants.
"Young master, what are you doing?" The shopkeeper stepped forward and asked cautiously.