Daming King of Punishment

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After being brought to the counter, the shopkeeper looked at them with a smile on his face.

"Are you two here to buy supplements?"

As soon as the shopkeeper opened his mouth, Song Wuya and Bai Zhuo were immediately happy.

"It's really strange, how does the shopkeeper know that we are here to buy supplements?"

Bai Zhuo was very curious, did the shopkeeper ask casually, or did he get it from somewhere.

"The two gentlemen have ruddy complexions, and there is no sign of anxiety or worry in their eyes, so I feel that the two of you are here to buy some supplements." The shopkeeper immediately answered Bai Zhuo.

Bai Zhuo suddenly realized, and immediately gave a thumbs up, admiringly said: "The shopkeeper has good eyesight!"

"Young master is too good. I don't know what kind of supplements you want to buy? You two look very good, and the accent is probably from other places. Are you here to choose gifts for my old lady's birthday?" The shopkeeper looked at them. The two made another guess.

Hearing these words, both Song Wuya and Bai Zhuo couldn't help being surprised.The purpose of their coming here was completely guessed by the shopkeeper, it can be said that it was exactly right.

"The shopkeeper is really clever. We are indeed here to choose a birthday gift for Mrs. Chu." For this sake, Song Wuya also generously admitted.

Although it was somewhat embarrassing for people from the Chu family to know about this matter, they originally intended to choose medicinal materials from the Chu family's pharmacy as a birthday gift, and originally planned to take care of the Chu family's business.

"The two young masters are really early enough! It seems that the two young masters have put their heart into it, and they have taken care of our Chu family's business by the way." The shopkeeper also understood what Song Wuya was thinking and said with a smile One sentence.After he looked at Song Wuya and nodded with a smile, he suddenly changed the subject and asked Song Wuya and Bai Zhuo: "It seems that the two young masters are not in the medicinal material business?"

Hearing this, Song Wuya couldn't help but thump in his heart.Originally, he was planning to pretend that he was in the medicine business, but the shopkeeper in front of him suddenly asked such a question, which made him hesitate.The previous shopkeeper had already guessed their purpose of coming here, so it is conceivable that this shopkeeper is a very sensible person.

"The shopkeeper..." Hearing these words, Bai Zhuo had a different look on his face, and then the shopkeeper was about to continue speaking.

Seeing this, Song Wuya hastily jumped ahead of Bai Zhuo: "The shopkeeper is really astute! He can even see this. I really admire, admire!"

After being interrupted by Song Wuya, Bai Zhuo was taken aback when he heard what Song Wuya said, and looked at Song Wuya in surprise.

"That's right." The shopkeeper smiled and nodded immediately: "If the two young masters are really in the business of medicinal materials, I'm afraid they don't need to come to our store to buy them. In addition, the price of medicinal materials has been soaring recently. A birthday gift, although it can be said to be a decent thing, but people who deal with medicinal materials all year round, I am afraid that they will not choose to buy medicinal materials as a birthday gift at this time."

What the shopkeeper said made Song Wuya and Bai Zhuo a little confused.

Especially Bai Zhuo, he still didn't understand why Song Wuya stopped him from revealing his originally agreed identity.

And now the shopkeeper said something like this again, which directly made him confused.

It was the same with Song Wuya and Bai Zhuo, although he had seen before that the shopkeeper must have guessed from them, or for some reason, that they were not in the business of medicinal materials, so he stopped Bai Zhuo.But there are obviously other meanings in the shopkeeper's words, but Song Wuya really can't guess the meaning of this level.

"The shopkeeper's words make me a little confused." Song Wuya said with a smile: "I don't know why the shopkeeper said that?"

"My lord, if we continue to talk about this, it is our business. I don't think we should say more." Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper refused to answer Song Wuya's inquiry, shook his head with a smile and said nothing more.

Seeing that it would be impossible to ask clearly, Song Wuya immediately followed his previous words and said: "The price of this medicinal material has risen sharply, I am not sure about this. But the purpose of my trip is indeed to get along with you." The Chu family is talking about this medicinal material. The two of us came from the west, not far from the capital, and accidentally learned that there are many villagers nearby who collect herbs on the mountain all year round. Most of the herbs they collect are for their own use at home, and There are a lot of medicinal materials in that mountain forest, so the two of us thought about buying them, and then reselling them to make a little money. I heard by chance in the capital that the Chu family in Huai'an Mansion has a good business of medicinal materials. I just came to this Huai'an mansion. I didn't expect to come to Huai'an mansion to find out that Mrs. Chu was originally in the capital, which made us both detours. But this can be considered a coincidence, just in time for the old lady's birthday , so I want to come to the door to congratulate, after much deliberation, I finally decided to buy some high-quality medicinal materials as a birthday present."

"I see." Hearing Song Wuya's remarks, the shopkeeper nodded slightly: "If that's the case, then I'll bring some samples for the two young masters. I don't know what price the two young masters want to buy?"

"Naturally, you can do it." Song Wuya immediately said: "The Chu family is a wealthy family after all, so giving ordinary things would seem a bit disrespectful to Mrs. Chu."

"My lord, we have several centuries-old ginseng plants in this shop. Let me show them to the two lords." Hearing this, the shopkeeper nodded slightly, turned around, and beckoned to the staff beside him to bring the things.

What was once an ordinary matter now made the two of them feel a little nervous.

Not long after, the clerk of the pharmacy brought some brocade boxes.The shopkeeper slowly opened it, revealing the white ginseng inside.

This ginseng is indeed not young, the rhizome is thick and thick, and it is covered with ginseng whiskers. It looks like a good thing.

"I don't know the price?" Naturally, they don't care if this thing is good or bad. Anyway, it is a birthday gift, and the most important thing is the price.

Moreover, this is the pharmacy of the Chu family, and they selected medicinal materials as a birthday gift for the old lady of the Chu family. Presumably, the Chu family would not do anything with this ginseng, nor would they buy fake products.If this is the case, then the Chu family's business may not be able to grow so big.

"800 taels."

As soon as the shopkeeper opened his mouth, he said a huge number.

After hearing the 800 taels, Bai Zhuo's expression changed. He looked at the ginseng in surprise and exclaimed, "So expensive?"

Although they don't often touch these things, they also know that this ginseng cannot be sold at such a high price.

The shopkeeper didn't care about Bai Zhuo's surprise: "As I said just now, the price of medicinal materials has generally increased recently, and this price is already considered cheap. After all, the two young masters are also for my old lady, and I will not pay any price." You cheated the two young masters. If the two young masters think it’s wrong, you can let other people take a look. If the two young masters go out, they don’t have so much silver with them. Naturally, it will be appropriately cheaper. Of course, the two young masters don't need to worry. Although our Chu family is a famous family, we will definitely not reject the two young masters because of the frivolity of the birthday gift. Young Master, maybe you can consider other things as birthday presents."

The high price of 800 taels was indeed something that Song Wuya and Bai Zhuo hadn't considered. Looking at the ginseng in front of them, both of them were entangled in their hearts.

Chapter 9 Twelve

?Chapter 9 Twelve Gritting Teeth

"Hey! To be honest with the shopkeeper, although our brothers' family background is not considered poor, but the 800 taels is really a bit surprising. In the past hundred years, ginseng has not had such a high price. Why has it risen to this price recently? "

It's not that Song Wuya can't afford the 800 taels, it's just that the high price of 800 taels is really surprising.

The price of medicinal materials has risen, and the price has risen very ridiculously.There must be a reason why it can be so outrageous, and Song Wuya really wants to know the reason.

Because at this moment, Song Wuya suddenly felt that this incident seemed to be related to the rumored plague outside the city.

"Hey! Young Master, I can't explain this to you. We are in the medicinal material business, and this medicinal material is also purchased from other places. Recently, there seems to be a shortage of medicinal materials, so the purchase price is much higher. The price of this medicinal material Naturally, it has improved accordingly.”

The shopkeeper did not give a clear answer to the two of them, but said something ambiguous.

Hearing this, Song Wuya asked again: "Is it just the price increase of this kind of precious medicinal material, or is it the price increase of all the medicinal materials?"

"Oh, that's not true, it's just that some medicinal materials have increased a little." The shopkeeper said casually.

"Oh! It seems that this medicinal material business can indeed make a lot of money." Song Wuya glanced at the shopkeeper, then muttered indifferently, and immediately made a decision after gritting his teeth: "Since you sincerely want to do business with the Chu family , why are you reluctant to give up the 800 taels? If you can really get the favor of Mrs. Chu, you don’t know how many 800 taels you can earn in the future! It’s this one, we bought it.”

When Bai Zhuo was still thinking about whether he should spend 800 taels of silver to buy this ginseng plant, he didn't expect that Song Wuya who was beside him had already made a final decision.

He was surprised, but he couldn't speak out to persuade him here, he frowned slightly, and said nothing because of the pain.

The shopkeeper was naturally happy, and immediately asked the waiter to pack the ginseng, while he himself waited for Song Wuya to pay.

Song Wuya handed in the 800 taels of silver, and the deal was considered a deal.

After bidding farewell to the shopkeeper, the two left the Chu family's pharmacy.

After the clerk sent the two of them out the door, Bai Zhuo looked back, saw that they were some distance away, and grabbed Song Wuya.

"Brother Wu Ya, don't you feel distressed for 800 taels of silver?"

"Huh?" Song Wuya asked strangely after hearing this: "Brother Bai, what do you mean? You didn't say that before. You are not confident that we can get back the money in your hands." Is it? Why did you change your mind at this time?"

"Brother Wu Ya, this is 800 taels! Originally, I was planning to spend 80 taels, but you are lucky. With such a big hand, you just took out 800 taels!" Bai Zhuo said in pain.

Although this was what he advocated, the 800 taels really exceeded his original intention.

As for this, Song Wuya was speechless.This was originally Bai Zhuo's proposal, but now he is somewhat unwilling.