Chen Qingqing was in a good mood, and her steps became lighter.
With Liu's Grocery Store and Anyang Grocery Store, there will be no worry about selling the raw brown sugar produced in the future.
Walking down the street, Chen Qingqing saw several traditional Chinese medicine shops and stepped inside.
"Shopkeeper, do you buy ginseng here?"
"You have ginseng?" The shopkeeper glanced at Chen Qingqing. "Take it out and let me take a look at the goods."
“Okay.” Chen Qingqing took out a ginseng she had prepared in advance from her backpack and placed it on the counter.
The shopkeeper carefully examined it, a look of satisfaction in his eyes. "Not bad, I'll take this ginseng. Here's fifty taels of silver for you."
Chen Qingqing's eyes darkened slightly. This ginseng was plundered from the Fan family mansion; it was a genuine wild ginseng, worth at least 150 taels of silver. The shopkeeper was truly heartless, only giving her 50 taels of silver.
Chen Qingqing snorted inwardly, but her face remained calm as she smiled faintly and said, "The price you offered is really unfair. This is genuine wild ginseng, and you're only offering fifty taels? That's a bit unreasonable."
The shopkeeper raised his eyelids to look at Chen Qingqing and said unhurriedly, "Young lady, the price of ginseng is subject to market fluctuations."
Logically speaking, a third-grade ginseng like yours should be worth one hundred taels of silver, but it must be intact, with the whole root and stem intact.
If you look closely at your ginseng, some of the rootlets are already broken, so the price is greatly reduced, and it's only worth fifty taels of silver.
"This is already the highest price I've offered. If you don't think it's suitable, you're free to ask around at other places."
Chen Qingqing knew perfectly well that the shopkeeper was nitpicking and deliberately trying to lower the price.
She gently shook her head and put the ginseng back. "Shopkeeper, please continue with your work. I'll go check out the other shops."
Upon seeing this, the shopkeeper's eyes flashed with a strange light. "Well then, seeing that you are a young lady, I'll give you an extra ten taels of silver. That's the most I can offer."
"Thank you, shopkeeper, but I don't want to sell anymore." Chen Qingqing chuckled and walked out of the Chinese medicine shop.
The shopkeeper watched Chen Qingqing leave, his face turning grim.
Based on past experience, anyone selling ginseng is in dire need of money, so the price can be lowered.
To his surprise, he misjudged the situation this time.
That ginseng was of very good quality. If I had known it would turn out this way, I should have paid more.
Even if you give him a hundred taels of silver, he can easily make thirty or fifty taels by reselling it.
The shopkeeper was filled with regret. A business opportunity that had come knocking on his door had now turned into a complete disaster; he hadn't made a single penny.
He blamed himself for being too greedy and slapped himself hard across the face.
Chen Qingqing went to several shops in succession, but the prices offered by each shop did not meet her expectations.
Then she went into another shop.
An elderly man was looking through the ledgers at the counter when he saw a customer. He quickly greeted her, "Young lady, what would you like to order?"
"Hello, shopkeeper, I'd like to ask if you buy ginseng here?" Chen Qingqing stated her purpose directly.
"I'll take it. Let me check its condition first."
Chen Qingqing handed over the wrapped ginseng.
The old man took it, opened it, examined it carefully, and nodded repeatedly. "It's a good second-generation ginseng. I can offer one hundred and twenty taels of silver for this ginseng."
Chen Qingqing was quite satisfied with the price; she figured she should let others have some soup too.
Selling just one ginseng was definitely not enough to open the space, so he took out four more ginseng roots and sold them for a total of six hundred taels of silver.
After receiving the money, Chen Qingqing got up to say goodbye.
She had just deposited the money from selling ginseng into her spatial storage when she heard a 'ding' sound.
"Congratulations, host, you have earned five hundred taels of silver. Would you like to activate the trading space?"
A mechanical voice echoed in Chen Qingqing's mind. Eager to understand, she glanced at the little fish beside her and said softly,
"Little Fish, I'm tired. Let's go over there and rest for a while before we continue."
"Okay," Little Fish nodded in agreement.
There are stone tables and benches under the big tree across the street.
Chen Qingqing sat down, entered the space with a thought, and selected the 'Yes' button without hesitation.
"Ding~~~ Congratulations, host! Your space has been successfully upgraded and the trading system has been successfully activated."
The template for the trading space included notes and precautions.
Tip 1: To conduct a transaction, simply issue a transaction command for the items in your storage space.
Tip 2: The system reserves the right to the final interpretation of all transactions within the space. Any unreasonable aspects will be promptly corrected by the system to ensure fair and reasonable transactions.
Chen Qingqing selected a ginseng root and issued a transaction order.
The notification sounded again: "Transaction completed. One Grade 3 wild ginseng, received 120 taels of silver. Payment has been made to your storage space. Please check."
"One hundred and twenty taels? That's the same price as the physical retail price. It seems your system is quite fair!"
"Of course, it's worth the price. The value is what it is. Only by acting in accordance with one's conscience can one live with integrity and peace of mind..."
"Alright, alright, stop getting all worked up just because you're fat. I'm asking you, how much does brown sugar cost per pound?"
"Eighty coins per catty."
"I just complimented you a bit, how come yours is cheaper than mine?"
"I'm sorry, Xiao Jie doesn't need brown sugar right now. The price of eighty coins is a family price. If it were anyone else, I wouldn't even take it for fifty coins."
"You just said you had a clear conscience, but now you've changed your tune. I think you're even more cunning than a profiteer."
"Host, don't get angry. If you want to sell, you can sell; if you don't want to sell, I won't force you. Why get angry? If you get angry, you'll have to buy nutritional supplements to recover. I have some pure wild three-leaf ginseng here. If you want it, I'll give you a 20% discount, so it'll be 150 taels of silver. How about that?"
"Are you kidding me? You're selling it for 150 taels right off the bat? Are you robbing me?!"
"There's nothing we can do; it's just the market situation. Ginseng is a scarce commodity!"
"Fine, you win!"
Chen Qingqing opened the trading system to check the prices of deer antler and cordyceps.
I was shocked when I checked; cordyceps was priced as high as 10,000 taels of silver per catty!
She sold the five catties of cordyceps in the space without hesitation.
She then checked the price of deer antler and was astonished by the result: eight hundred taels of silver per catty.
Selling ten catties of deer antler easily brought in eight thousand taels of silver.
Ginseng can save lives in critical moments, so she doesn't plan to sell it.
With the current prices of deer antler and cordyceps, there are now over 58,000 taels of silver in the space.
No matter the era, money may not be everything, but you can't do without it.
At that moment, she felt incredibly at peace, as if she could wake up smiling even in her sleep...
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