Chapter 199: Investing Money
When Xue Xu and his group left, they drove away four carriages, two of which were fully loaded with medicinal herbs.
They had two or three carts of medicinal herbs before, which they purchased with the four thousand taels of silver Qin Sheng gave him as a reward after he found the private warehouse of the leader of Qinglong Village. These medicinal herbs were of the best quality and had never been sold.
People in later generations all know that selling raw materials actually makes the least money. Rough processing can make more money, and the most profitable thing is to deep-process the product and give it added value. In this way, the value and price of the product will go up.
Generally speaking, medicinal materials that have not undergone any processing cannot be sold as profitable as Chinese patent medicines.
It’s just that they were always on the road before and didn’t have the conditions to produce medicine.
Now that Xue Xu had gone to Longcheng, Lü Songli had him take two fully loaded carts, leaving only a quarter of the goods. She also gave him three pharmaceutical recipes, telling him to put the pharmaceutical business on the agenda after arriving in Longcheng, whether recruiting or buying workers.
She wrote down everything about the preparation of relevant medicinal materials, the steps of making medicines, etc., and even prepared the difficulties they would encounter in the process of making medicines.
After entering Liaoxi County, Lu Songli and his group had consumed more than half of their food. Together with the carriages they had previously purchased, they actually had ten empty carriages!
Perhaps because their previous medicinal herb business had made them rich, the brothers paid special attention to the quality and price of local medicinal herbs.
This attention is of great significance. Western Liaoning and eastern Liaoning are treasure troves of various high-end medicinal materials, including ginseng, gastrodia elata, gentian, angelica, ganoderma lucidum, Polygonum multiflorum, and cordyceps sinensis, all of which are fine goods favored by the nobles in Chang'an.
They inquired about the price and found it was really cheap.
After inquiring, they all drooled over these precious medicinal herbs.
They live in Chang'an, so they know the prices of these medicinal herbs. Here, they are really cheap, and some of them are almost free.
Looking back at the ten empty carriages, they felt itchy. What a waste!
Yang Wei was urged by his brothers to find Lu Songli, wanting her to take them to collect medicinal herbs again.
"Sixth Young Master's wife, the herbs here are really too cheap. It would be unfair to them if we didn't take them back."
The brothers are all listening with their ears perked up.
Upon hearing this, the soldiers of the reconnaissance team nodded in their hearts. Chief Escort Yang was right. That was exactly what he said. It didn't matter whether they made money from the price difference or not. The main thing was that they couldn't bear to see the pearl covered in dust.
The brothers from Yang Wei's escort agency nodded repeatedly upon hearing this. Their boss was right. They weren't planning to collect a batch of herbs and resell them back in Chang'an City to make a fortune. They just couldn't bear to see the carriage sitting empty. It was such a waste.
Lu Songli smiled and said, "I won't take the lead on this matter. Let Wu Ren take the lead this time, and you guys assist. I can provide technical support and help you with the review and so on."
We were already in western Liaoning, so we shouldn't make too much noise. Besides, her attention would be distracted by other important matters.
Letting Wu Ren lead this project would, firstly, give him some training and allow her to see the results of his teaching for so long. Secondly, it would allow them to make some money.
Asking him to take the lead? Wu Ren suddenly felt a huge pressure. To be honest, he felt that he was still very young and had a lot to learn.
Yang Wei hesitated, "Wu Ren, is he okay?"
Lu Songli: "Give it a try. It's better for him to come than for you guys to come on your own."
Yang Wei thought about it and realized that if he didn't let Wu Ren come, he felt that he would not be able to hold back and take action.
Everyone decided to do it and started investing money.
"One hundred taels!"
"Two hundred taels!"
"Four hundred taels!"
"Eight hundred taels!"
Wu Ren was in charge of recording. While doing so, he kept urging everyone to be more cautious, "Brothers, please throw less."
"Stop talking nonsense and just write yours!" Hu Guangcong directly threw down one thousand taels.
They voted not only for themselves, but also for the brothers who went to the North Territory and Dragon City. Otherwise, they would probably be beaten to death once everyone gathered together.
"Yeah, just record it!"
They only invested this little, what does it mean?
They originally thought that the Sixth Young Master's wife would take the lead again this time, and the money was ready, and they planned to go all in again.
It was only when Wu Ren took over the lead that they contributed only a quarter.
Wu Ren said with a bitter face, "I'm afraid I can't handle the big responsibility. If I make you lose all your money, I will really die to atone for my sin." The business of medicinal materials is very complicated. He is not his master, so his experience is still shallow.
"Pah, pah, pah, don't say such unlucky words!"
"Since the Sixth Young Madam says you can do it, you have to do it even if you can't!"
"Yes, we don't trust you, we trust the Sixth Young Master's wife's judgment."
"Mooncake, Sixth Young Lady has been guiding you for so long, you have to show your worth to others. Don't embarrass Sixth Young Lady."
This nickname of mooncake was accidentally called out by the wife of the Sixth Young Master one time. Later, everyone called it Wu Ren, although they didn’t know what kind of mooncake it was.
"I'll also bet one thousand." Lu Songli threw down a piece of gold worth one hundred taels.
"Sixth Young Madam, you come to join in the fun too." Wu Ren said helplessly.
Lu Songli and he have a master-disciple relationship, and he can only change his words after a formal ceremony.
Lu Songli smiled and patted his shoulder, "Do a good job, I believe in you."
After Lu Songli invested, Qin Heng, Qin Zhao, Yang Wei, Xu Zheng and others also invested one thousand.
Over there, the team members were investing enthusiastically.
Here, Qin Jia, Qin Han, Qin Yu, Qin Zhen and other children came to find Lu Songli again and said that they also wanted to invest money.
They were to take out half of the gold they had with her and keep the other half.
Lu Songli asked Qin Jia, "What if we lose money?" Among the brothers and sisters, Qin Jia was obviously the one who made the decision.
Qin Jia replied, "Then we still have half of the money we have with you, Sixth Aunt, so let's use it together."
At the rate Yudi was spending, she'd calculated that it wouldn't be long before the gold he'd deposited with Aunt Six wouldn't cover his debts. She figured they should pay off Aunt Six's loan soon. Besides, they still needed money to make money, and she felt this was a great opportunity.
"That's fine, just make your decision."
"Sixth Aunt, please take out my share and Yudi's share."
"If you withdraw the money in advance, the interest cannot be calculated at 7 points. And Xiaoyu, since you have no collateral, I need to forcibly recover the loan and the related interest." Lu Songli found that Qin Jia was a risk-taking and generous child.
Qin Yu said, "Okay."
When Lu Songli placed two pieces of gold of different sizes in front of them, Qin Yu opened her mouth wide, "Sixth Aunt, this is all the gold I have left?"
Compared to his eldest cousin, how come he is missing a big piece!
Lu Songli smiled and asked him, "Do you need me to calculate how many times you've borrowed from me and how much interest you've incurred?"
Qin Jia looked at Qin Yu helplessly. She had already calculated it. After counting his gold, she said, "Sixth Aunt, there's no need to calculate. It's correct."
Qin Jia took the younger ones to Wu Ren's place. On the way, I don't know what she said to Qin Yu. Qin Yu turned around and looked at his sixth aunt, covering his mouth with his hands, his eyes wide open.
Lu Songli watched them leave with a smile, boy, if your eldest sister wasn't smart, in a while, you would be owing money to your sixth aunt and then working for her!
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