Chapter 209 She has changed a lot
Hu Fenghua quickly said, "Then I'm not afraid of him. In this matter, it's not like whoever is smart will have the upper hand."
Li Ruanruan glanced at Hu Fenghua and said, "That makes some sense."
"Right, as long as we are firmly together, no one can separate us, not even him."
Hu Fenghua looked at Li Ruanruan, then asked softly: "Then Ruanruan, when will you marry me?"
Li Ruanruan didn't answer.
Hu Fenghua walked up to her. Due to the thick winter snow, there were not many people on the street. He walked backwards and asked as he walked, "When will Ruanruan marry me?"
He tilted his head. "Hmm? Hmm?"
"Then we'll have to wait until the old prince agrees."
"So you're going to marry me?"
Hu Fenghua surrounded Li Ruanruan: "Is it? Is it?"
Li Ruanruan was amused: "Then I want to marry you. Can you come and marry me tomorrow?"
Hu Fenghua looked very happy: "As long as Ruanruan doesn't follow him, I will marry you next year."
"I won't go with him."
Before Hu Fenghua could smile even brighter, "You're not going with him, so you're going to marry me!"
Li Ruanruan was amused: "Marrying you may not be the answer."
She said this and walked quickly forward.
Hu Fenghua still had a smile on his face. He froze for a moment, then caught up with Li Ruanruan: "That won't work. You just promised me."
Hu Fenghua rushed forward, held Li Ruanruan in one hand and carried her on his shoulder, then walked forward.
Li Ruanruan was startled by him and hit him on the back twice: "Put me down!"
When Li Runrun stood up, supporting herself on Hu Fenghua's shoulders, she saw Ye Yunchu standing at the door of the restaurant across the empty street.
The strange thing is that the street is too straight and there are too few people, so they can see each other at a glance.
She was stunned for a moment, then she didn't look at Ye Yunchu anymore, but lowered her head and said to Hu Fenghua: "My waist hurts, why don't you put me down!"
When Hu Fenghua heard her say this, he was afraid of hurting her, so he put her on the ground with one hand and supported her.
"I don't care, you are mine."
Li Ruanruan pushed him away: "Stop it. Meeting the herbalist is important. I also want to ask them to help me get some seedlings. Some of our land here is not suitable for growing crops, but it can be used to grow medicinal herbs."
Medicinal materials are more valuable than grain. If you have money, you can buy grain from outside.
There are always places where grain is abundant, but there are few places suitable for growing medicinal herbs.
You have to find a way for the people under your rule to make a living. If the people's lives are better, then your political achievements will come.
In the past, when Hu Fenghua saw Li Runrun talking about serious matters, he would put away his playful smile. Since he took office, he has been doing his job as a prefect in a proper manner.
But today he felt a sense of crisis. No matter what Li Ruanruan said, he insisted on asking her, "Are you mine?"
When he arrived at the government office, he was still like a child asking for candy, making a fuss whether he wanted it or not.
Li Ruanruan was really afraid that when she was negotiating the price with the drug dealer, he might interrupt and say, "Ruanruan, tell me quickly, you said you are mine."
Merchants are very smart, and those who can do business here must be from a business family with a long history.
If they feel that the prefect is unstable and just a figurehead, these businessmen will be very cunning.
Although Li Runrun also has a way to deal with them, it will take a lot of effort.
The border is still too far away. It takes two or three months to go back and forth. If we miss this group of medicine dealers, I am afraid that the spring planting will be delayed.
So Li Ruanruan had no choice but to coax the young prefect: "If it's yours, it's yours. No one can take it away from you, okay?"
Hu Fenghua stopped making trouble immediately, and stood where he was, looking at Li Ruanruan with deep affection in his eyes: "Okay."
It was like a noisy little wolf was coaxed into a puppy.
Li Ruanruan went to the living room and instructed Hu Fenghua on the way: "Don't laugh or talk for a while, just keep a serious face and follow my gestures."
Hu Fenghua was very familiar with this routine and immediately said, "If you hold the teacup, I'll look you in the eye and nod. If you knock on the lid, I'll get angry and slam the table and curse them. If you slam the teacup on the table, I'll tell them to leave."
Li Runrun nodded. She didn't bring many people to talk to these businessmen. Her main goal was to be casual.
If you bring too many people, the other party will think that you really want to discuss this deal and take it very seriously, and will inevitably raise the price.
There are many tricks involved here.
Let them think that it’s just a casual game, it doesn’t matter if the deal fails, and they are not indispensable.
Give them the illusion that if they don't make concessions or agree today, there will be a lot of people queuing behind them.
These drug dealers are honest.
Li Runrun has her own ways to deal with these old foxes.
After all, it is the government that is poor, so money must be spent wisely.
Li Runrun first showed these drug dealers the rare and good medicines dug from the mountains and asked them what price they offered.
The representatives of these drug dealers were honest and offered very good prices without deliberately lowering the prices.
But that didn't stop Liruanruan from raising the price by another 50%.
The leading drug dealer turned the beads in his hand and said, "This, this price is too high."
"The price is a bit high, but you have all seen the quality. Medicinal herbs of this quality cannot be bought outside. You are all businessmen, and you know that the greatest value of medicinal herbs is not money."
Medicinal materials of this level are not in the hands of ordinary people, but are often found in powerful and wealthy families, who have no shortage of money.
Li Runrun didn't think she had opened it too high.
He even smiled nonchalantly: "I have no problem selling these medicinal herbs. I just want you to help me get some medicinal herb seedlings. Otherwise, I won't sell them."
Li Ruanruan placed the teacup heavily on the table.
Hu Fenghua slammed the table and said with a stern face: "I don't have that much time to waste on you. Since you are not sincere in talking, please go."
The tall and strong official standing behind him crossed his arms, walked up to the drug dealer and glared at him, as if he was going to chase him away.
Hu Fenghua sneered again.
Li Ruanruan said casually, "Before, a group of merchants offered me a higher price than this, but I didn't sell it. I was thinking of using it to make some seedlings. What a pity."
Hu Fenghua replied naturally, "It's not a pity. It's spring now and there are more merchants. You can ask them to bid for the price then. It won't be a loss for you."
The leading drug dealer had cold sweat on his forehead and was wiping it with a handkerchief.
Hearing this, he hurriedly said, "That's not what I meant. We'll buy it at the price you just quoted. We'll bring you the seedlings of any medicinal herbs you want before spring next year."
When Hu Fenghua heard this, he was happy and thought that the matter was done.
Li Ruanruan is smart.
I was just about to agree.
Over there, Liruanruan knocked on the tea lid.
Hu Fenghua sat up straighter immediately, and slammed the table in understanding: "When did it become your turn to make the decisions on business? You do it when you say it will, and don't do it when you say not to. Don't you take me seriously?"
Li Ruanruan lowered her eyes and listened to him finish scolding.
Those drug dealers were so frightened that they knelt on the ground, not daring to breathe.
The leading drug dealer, fearing Hu Fenghua would kill them in a fit of rage, offered, "It's my fault, sir, please calm down. I'll raise the price by another 20%."
Hu Fenghua is waiting for Li Ruanruan's letter.
Li Ruanruan used the tea lid to stir the tea for a while before saying with a smile, "How can you make Boss Wang lose so much money? How about this, let's keep the previous price."
Li Ruanruan said this.
But Hu Fenghua did not give any order to these drug dealers.
The merchants were indeed clever. The leading medicine merchant immediately said, "We will give you the medicinal herb seedlings and seeds you requested for free, as an apology for what happened just now."
Li Runrun seemed to be thirsty after talking for so long, so she picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, then looked at Hu Fenghua again.
Hu Fenghua then spoke: "Get up."
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