Chapter 77 Huge Profits
Zhou Wulang and his friends didn't even have a scale, so in the end the woman had to get a scale from the kitchen to weigh the food.
They dug up a lot of yams from this bush, and since they had just been dug, they were very heavy, weighing a total of 25.6 jin.
Manbao was very generous and said that he would give them the six taels as well.
The lady glanced at Zhou Wulang and saw that he had no objection. She knew that this young lady was the one who made the decision. She smiled, counted out the money and gave it to them, saying, "Next time if you have any more yams, send them to our house. Our old lady loves yam cakes, so she'll accept any amount."
Zhou Wulang happily agreed, thinking that selling the medicine to wealthy families would be even more profitable.
Manbao also felt the same way, and secretly suspected that the seemingly amiable shopkeeper was a liar.
The system then said, "Host, the price offered by Manager Zheng is reasonable."
Manbao asked, "Isn't the price offered by the Fu family unreasonable?"
The system said: "It's reasonable. Not to mention twenty cents, even fifty cents, as long as you can sell it, it's reasonable."
The system said, "Yam can be grown, but it's not cultivated artificially in your area. So you can buy dried yams at the medicine shop, but raw yams are hard to come by."
"And Jishitang buys medicine for business. They also deal in medicinal herbs themselves. They buy herbs from you, and besides using them themselves, they can also resell them to other pharmacies or higher-level pharmacies," the system said. "The ratio of dried yam in prescriptions is usually two or three qian. I scanned it at the pharmacy, and their price is one qian of yam for one penny."
Manbao sat on the cart and counted on his fingers: one catty was sixteen taels, one tael was ten coins, and one coin was one penny...
Manbao kept counting, and his eyes gradually widened. The dried yam that cost twenty cents per pound was sold for one hundred and sixty cents by Manager Zheng.
Manbao couldn't help but mutter: "Swindler!"
Zhou Wulang, who had just finished a candy deal with Qiuyue, heard this and immediately covered her mouth and whispered, "My little ancestor, how can you say that about your own brother? I've already spared her several candies, how can you be treacherous?"
Manbao pulled his hand away and said, "I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about Manager Zheng."
Zhou Wulang thought for a moment and nodded, "He's quite cunning. The raw ones are already 20 cents, and he also charges us 20 cents for the ones he makes. I won't sell to him next time."
Zhou Wulang felt sorry for the yam he had given away and said, "You shouldn't have given him yams just now. It would have been much better to sell them. One yam weighs more than a pound."
Manbao turned his back to him and stopped talking.
Zhou Wulang didn't mind. He carried her to the cart and sat her down. He said happily, "Never mind. Today is a great harvest anyway. Manbao, let's go buy some meat. Buy more."
Manbao ignored him and continued talking to Koko in his mind.
The system reminded her when Manbao said that Manager Zheng was a profiteer, "Think about the book in your arms."
So Manbao is struggling, not knowing whether he should define Manager Zheng as a profiteer.
Seeing that she had given up on worrying, Keke explained, "The prices of medicine sold by pharmacies are basically the same, especially for large pharmacies like Jishidiang, where the prices are basically the same in all places."
Manbao was puzzled, what next?
The system said, "The cost of transportation is very high. For example, if he wants to transport a batch of medicinal herbs from here to Hebei Road, it will take about two months on the road. He needs to be accompanied by an escort, and he needs to pay for food, drink, accommodation, and transportation. In addition, there are wages for the workers, and the medicine shop must also make a profit..."
Manbao felt much better after doing the math.
The system said, "Of course, the profit margins on medicinal herbs are still huge, but the price he gave you is reasonable because it is the general purchase price. So, host, for your own benefit, I suggest that in the future, these medicinal herbs that can be used for daily meals do not need to be sent to the pharmacy. Selling them directly locally is a very good idea."
It also gave an example, "For example, Centella asiatica, although light, is everywhere and sells for a good price. This is because this herb is basically purchased and consumed locally, without any transportation costs, so the price is actually generous."
Manbao asked curiously, "What other medicinal herbs can be used in daily diet?"
Koko said: "This depends on the host to discover it himself."
Manbao rolled his eyes and felt that he should take Keke to the mountains for a walk when he had time.
Having found good things in the mountains twice in a row, he could not only earn points but also copper coins. In Manbao's eyes, the mountain was now a treasure mountain.
It seems that there are many treasures hidden inside.
Manbao made up his mind and began to hum a tuneless song.
Zhou Wulang pushed her to buy meat.
There are not many stalls selling meat in the market. People at this time do not like to eat pork. Instead, mutton is the most popular. Moreover, it is almost winter and the weather is getting cold, so more people eat mutton to warm their bodies.
Zhou Wulang led a group of children to the mutton stall, picked out a piece, and asked the stall owner to cut two kilograms for it.
Manbao was responsible for paying the money, using the fifty cents given by Zhou Dalang.
After buying the meat, everyone happily gathered together. They felt that the county town was not so attractive anymore. They wanted to go home and eat meat!
So they stopped shopping and pushed their carts around the county town quickly, going back to the grain store to find Zhou Dalang and his brother.
There was no one in the grain shop, so the group turned around and went to the cloth shop not far away.
Manbao, Daya and Erya ran the fastest and rushed into the cloth shop, where they saw Zhou Erlang holding a ball of cotton and bargaining with the shopkeeper.
Zhou Erlang was a little hesitant when he saw Manbao rushing in like a calf. Manbao had grown a little taller after this spring.
Maybe it's because she eats well, or maybe it's genetics, but she is already three heads and a half taller than girls of the same age. The clothes that she had her mother make smaller last year are now too small. Now part of her wrist is exposed, and when she stretches her hand forward, half of her forearm is exposed. She doesn't think it's a big deal now, but she will get cold in a month when the weather gets even colder.
Zhou Erlang gritted his teeth and said to the shopkeeper, "Give me another pound and five feet of cloth."
The shopkeeper agreed with a smile, glanced at the child who rushed in, and said with a smile: "Your little lady is really good-looking."
Zhou Erlang smiled at them and reached out to touch Manbao and Erya's heads.
After buying the cloth and cotton, Zhou Erlang was reluctant to eat in the county town. He asked a nearby store for some boiling water and soaked the cakes in it for them to eat.
Because Datou and his men came in at the last minute this morning and did not bring enough dry food, Qian gave them an extra handful of copper coins so that they could buy some food in the county town.
They didn't expect that selling medicine would go so smoothly. It was only past noon, so Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang tightened their belts and planned to go home first.
It’s not cheap to buy food outside.
Although they were dry biscuits that had been soaked, Manbao ate them with gusto. Seeing that her eldest and second brothers were just pouring water into their mouths but not eating anything, she slipped off the cart and turned around to run to buy some sesame cakes.
But she had just taken two steps when Zhou Dalang grabbed her and said sternly, "Don't run! What if someone takes you away? Just sit still."
(End of this chapter)
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