Chapter 269 One Hundred Taels of Silver
"One... one hundred taels of silver???!!!"
"Brother, when did you become so rich? You even have banknotes. Didn't you give me all your money? Brother! You actually learned how to hide your own money. Why don't I have any?"
Xiao Jin looked at Bu Bu's depressed eyes and coughed lightly, "No, sister, I learned how to make hemostatic pills some time ago, so I borrowed money from mother to buy herbs to make pills. After selling the pills, I paid mother back and bought some things for grandfather. This is what's left."
"Dad said I have to learn how to make money so I can take better care of Mom and my sister in the future. Dad also said I should learn to be prepared for danger in times of peace and learn more about making money."
"This hundred taels of silver was originally prepared for you in case you saw something nice when you went out. Don't worry, I will work hard to earn money. When you get married in the future, not only your parents, but I will also prepare a beautiful wedding dress for you."
Bu Bu ran over with red eyes and hugged Xiao Jin: "I misunderstood brother. Keep your money for yourself. Bu Bu will earn money on her own."
Bu Ruo held her daughter in her arms and said, "Spend it, why not? They earn money for us, mother and daughter. If we don't spend it, the little vixens outside will spend it for us, understand?"
"What is a vixen?"
Bu Ruo thought for a moment and said, "A vixen is like...the Third Princess of Beining who wanted to marry your father, and Xu Xiangdie, the daughter of the Prime Minister who wanted to marry your father."
"Bu Bu knows. They are the women who twist and turn when they see Dad walking."
Bu Bu thought for a moment and looked at Xiao Jin: "Brother, you have to learn from Dad in the future. You have to sit... sit... sit in my arms without even looking!"
Xiao Yulan: "She remained calm even though she was in my arms."
"Yes, yes, that's right, just sit still and remain calm."
Xiao Jin nodded with amusement: "Okay, brother, now that I know, I will definitely remain calm."
After knowing where Xiao Jin's money came from... Jin Congcong lost his composure.
"Are you saying you're refining Hemostatic Pills today? Isn't that the most basic type of elixir? How could it sell for so much silver? How many did you refine today? Aren't you tired?"
Xiao Jin shook his head: "Not tired, I just refined five and sold them for two hundred taels. After paying my mother back, I bought a few new medicine furnaces for my grandfather and had one hundred taels left."
Jin Congcong looked at Xiao Jin in shock. "No... I don't know how to make pills, but I know how much a hemostatic pill can sell for. I can make the hemostatic pill, and I go to many pharmacies and they sell it for one or two taels of silver each. How come you can sell it for forty taels..."
"Oh, I see. You must have sold it to your own pharmacy. The silver was secretly subsidized by Ruo'er or the prince, right?"
Doctor Du stood up and slapped him hard on the head: "You're right, what the hell? How can that crappy thing you made compare to what I made today?"
"The price they give for that rubbish you refine is high, and that's all because of my recipe and the herbs used in it! You only have a success rate of one pill out of ten, so if you can make a few copper coins from one pill, then go ahead and be happy."
"The hemostatic pills I refined today are of top quality. Forty taels is too little because you don't understand the market. I would sell them for a hundred taels of silver each. Even so, there are still many people in the martial arts world scrambling to buy them!"
"Come, come, come, I still have a hemostatic pill you made before and one you made today and some time ago. I'll show you the difference now."
As he spoke, Doctor Du turned around, took out two porcelain bottles from the medicine box, poured two pills into each bottle and placed them on the table, so that everyone could see it clearly.
"Look at this thing you made. This is the best one I picked out. I remember it clearly. It took me four furnaces to burn and eighteen herbs to make it."
"This thing, the medicinal fragrance is almost indistinguishable, but look at this... What kind of shape is it? If you don't have the ability to make it round... couldn't you just rub it with your hands when you first took it out? If you could just sculpt it into a round shape, it would sell for a few more copper coins!"
Jin Congcong looked aggrieved: "Rub it with your hands...it's too hot..."
Doctor Du: ...
"Okay, okay, look at the luster again. It's black and bald, and there are so many bumps and uneven spots on it. I'll sell you a few dozen taels of this broken thing. Do you want it?"
"Come, come, take a look at what I refined today. The color is bright, the shape is plump, and the medicinal fragrance is fragrant. Moreover, today I only have one batch of herbs and the furnace didn't explode. How can I have trouble selling such a hemostatic pill? Those people are trying to buy it with a high price!"
"God knows what I'm doing. I taught you three the same thing without hiding anything from you. The difference... look at the difference... That's why I can sell one for forty taels of silver today, but yours can only be sold for one tael."
Jin Congcong was not convinced: "You can't blame me for that, you have to blame my dad. It's my dad who gave birth to me so stupid, so there's nothing I can do about it."
Doctor Du couldn't help but kick him again: "Even if there are indeed talented people here, do you think everyone can learn it in one go?"
"When I was teaching Jin and Bu, they were so young that they would just sit there and study on a small stool. They were also there every time I was refining pills. They would watch me every day I was refining. They would watch me whenever I was refining."
"How hot should the fire be, when to add which herbs, how much dosage, which should be added first and which should be added later, if she knows more words now, she will take a notebook and write it down. Even if she can't write as many words as today, she will draw them if she encounters one she can't write."
"What about you? What were you doing when I was teaching you? Dozing off, sleeping, counting ants with your head down... When I asked you to refine the elixir, you didn't care about the temperature. You just followed your heart and threw whatever you could find into the elixir furnace when you thought the time was right. You couldn't even make a simplest elixir out of dozens of herbs. I almost wanted to throw you into the elixir furnace!"
Jin Congcong was scolded so much that he couldn't even lift his head: "Then...then it's not that I don't like this. It's so boring that I don't like it at all."
Doctor Du's beard stood on end with rage. "Hobby? Like? Do you think Dian'er and Bu Bu like it? How could two such young children like such a boring thing? Aren't they just forcing themselves to learn and improve?"
"Forget it, forget it. I don't want to scold you anymore. Anyway, I have Jin'er and Bubu now. You can fend for yourself. You deserve to be sold for only one or two taels of silver for one of your pills. You deserve to have less money than even two children!"
Seeing his master angrily returning to his room, Jin Congcong dared to jump up and down and mutter under his breath.
"So what if I can't compete? I can't compete, so what? If I have too much money, I'll die faster. Anyway, Ruo'er said she would give me a clothing store in the future. If I have a store in Kyoto, I won't starve to death!"
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