Jiang Lili looked around at the customers coming and going at the stall, and said to Shopkeeper Chen with a smile, "I'm here to discuss something with you, Shopkeeper. Can I have a moment to talk?"
Shopkeeper Chen suddenly thought of a possibility for Jiang Lili's visit. Could she be here to cancel an order?
The princess doesn’t want their golden pheasant anymore?
Shopkeeper Chen gestured to the room behind the stall, which was separated by a curtain, and said, "Please come this way."
The two of them came into the inner room one after the other.
Jiang Lili sat down on the armchair. Shopkeeper Chen poured her tea and asked cautiously, "Are you the steward of the Princess's residence?"
He put on a smile, but felt uneasy inside: "But what's the problem with the golden pheasant I sent here?"
Jiang Lili shook her head. "The golden pheasants the shopkeeper sent are fine. I even asked Butler Liu to order an additional quantity."
She came to see Manager Chen not just to see how the golden pheasant stall she invested in was doing.
Jiang Lili took a sip of tea and glanced at Shopkeeper Chen.
Shopkeeper Chen has a square face, a small mustache, dark skin, and looks a bit unattractive, but in fact he is not just a chicken stall owner.
He was He Xiuzhu's confidant. Before taking over the chicken market stall, he was in the medicinal materials business in Nanzhao and had quite a few connections in Nanzhao, so He Xiuzhu trusted him to develop the new business.
Seeing that Shopkeeper Chen was still trembling with fear, Jiang Lili lowered her voice and said the codeword: "Heavenly King Covering Earthly Tiger."
Shopkeeper Chen paused when he heard this, then suppressed his joy and continued with the codeword: "Chicken stewed with mushrooms?"
Jiang Lili nodded, "I feel relieved to see that Shopkeeper Chen's business is booming."
Shopkeeper Chen was beaming with joy. Shopkeeper He Xiuzhu had told him that this secret code was created by the powerful Shopkeeper Jiang. It turned out that the girl opposite was Shopkeeper Jiang's person.
Now it makes sense why the Princess's Mansion asked them to place a large order.
Shopkeeper Chen felt more and more in awe of Shopkeeper Jiang. Shopkeeper Jiang actually had connections in the Princess's Palace of Nanzhao Kingdom!
Since this girl is not here to do work for the Princess's Mansion, she must have other purposes.
It is probably related to the situation in Nanzhao. Manager He said that Manager Jiang would send people to protect the safety of these merchants in Nanzhao.
Shopkeeper Chen asked with great insight, "Sir, is there anything I can help you with?"
"To be honest, I have something important to discuss with you." Jiang Lili said straight to the point, "I need a large amount of Nanzhao specialty medicinal herbs. Does the shopkeeper have any way to buy them?"
"Of course there are ways to buy them, but I don't know which herbs you want?"
Shopkeeper Chen didn't dare to make any big promises. The situation in Nanzhao had been tense recently, and the eldest prince had been strictly controlling the flow of medicinal materials into and out of the pharmacy. If the purchase amount of some medicinal materials exceeded 20 kilograms, detailed registration had to be made with the shopkeeper, and there was no room for compromise.
Jiang Lili took out the written list of medicinal herbs from her sleeve.
Shopkeeper Chen took the list and looked at it. There were Gynostemma pentaphyllum, Dragon's Blood Drain, Wild Dendrobium, Smilax glabra, and Man-faced Fruit.
All of them are strictly controlled medicinal materials, and the quantity required is more than a hundred kilograms. Shopkeeper Chen suddenly looked troubled and told Jiang Lili about the recent regulations of most pharmacies in Nanzhao.
Jiang Lili's eyes were filled with doubt: "Are these the rules set by the eldest prince?"
Seeing that Jiang Lili looked like a newcomer, Shopkeeper Chen explained to her, "The bulk of the Nanzhao medicinal materials business is controlled by the eldest prince."
He dipped his finger into the tea in his teacup and drew a map of Nanzhao on the table. The eldest prince controlled the eastern part of Nanzhao, which bordered Dasheng.
The second princess controls the west and southwest, while the third prince's power is entrenched in the center.
Shopkeeper Chen pointed to the east and said, "The eldest prince currently controls the eastern part of Nanzhao. The northeastern part is a plateau, and the southeastern part is a rainforest."
"Although there are not many people living in the east, the resources are rich. Most of the medicinal herbs produced in Nanzhao come from the eldest prince's territory."
"Even 70% of the herbal medicine shops in Hai Kui City are connected to the First Prince. To offend the First Prince is to cut off their source of income."
After listening to the explanation from Shopkeeper Chen, Jiang Lili understood that the eldest prince had monopolized the medicinal materials. This happened after Sheng Zhixing fled Nanzhao.
When Jiang Lili first arrived in Nanzhao, she faced the second and third princes, and knew very little about the eldest prince.
@Jiang Lili: What's your eldest son's personality like? What kind of person is he? @Sheng Zhixing
@Sheng Zhixing (senior detective): Nanzhao's eldest prince, Sheng Wei, is an extremely violent maniac. He's incredibly agile and arrogant, possessing a strong desire for conquest and a love of thrills. At fourteen, he single-handedly killed a giant python in a rainforest, and at sixteen, he skied off a cliff in the snow... He loves pushing his limits to prove his ability to conquer the world. He's incredibly arrogant.
Jiang Lili suddenly felt that it was not easy for the old Nanzhao emperor to sit on the throne until he was over fifty years old. He was not angered or killed by his three children with strange personalities. He was so tenacious and it was not easy!
As an enthusiast who likes to challenge extreme sports, Jiang Lili has a picture of the eldest prince in her mind.
She suddenly thought of a key point. If the military camp in Haikui City suffered from vomiting and diarrhea, a large amount of medicinal herbs would definitely be needed for treatment.
A series of plans gradually took shape in Jiang Lili's mind.
"Girl, are you in a hurry to use these herbs?"
Shopkeeper Chen was scratching his head and giving Jiang Lili some advice.
"If you're not in a hurry, I can send some small dealers to various major pharmacies to collect the goods bit by bit. It's no exaggeration to say that I, Old Chen, am familiar with every large-scale pharmacy in Nanzhao and can transfer the goods in bulk. We can accumulate small amounts into large quantities."
"If we're really in a hurry, we can buy it on the black market. The price might be a lot higher, but don't worry, I, Old Chen, am a good bargainer and can save you some money."
——"Don't bother with that."
Jiang Lili took a sip of tea and gave a mysterious smile.
She had a way that would not only cause a bloody fight between the Second Princess and the First Prince, but would also save a hundred percent on the money spent on buying medicinal herbs.
Jiang Lili looked at Shopkeeper Chen, who had a puzzled look on his face, and smiled. "Shopkeeper Chen, if you can tell me the location of the eldest prince in Haikui City and the major pharmacies and drug warehouses around Haikui City, you can save me money."
Shopkeeper Chen was still confused after hearing this, but he still found a pen and paper and wrote down the information Jiang Lili needed in detail. "Miss, I want to know the approximate number of employees and scale of these pharmacies, as well as the warehouse inventory situation. Do you need it?"
Jiang Lili didn't expect that Shopkeeper Chen knew all this so well. "Of course I need it. The more detailed the better. It would be even better if I could also know the security situation of their warehouse."
"I can find out about this, but it will take some time..." Shopkeeper Chen replied while concentrating on writing.
His hand holding the pen suddenly stopped: "Girl, you don't mean to..."
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