Transmigrated To Another World: General, I'm Not Your White Moonlight - Chapter 27

Chapter 27: Selling Medicinal Herbs (2)
Due to the rarity of medicinal herbs, sometimes the price of medicinal herbs is several times higher than that of medicines. In addition to being rare, medicinal herbs are also easy to use, which is not the case for medicines where they are final products.

The servant had a smile on his face, made an invitation gesture, and said, “Please come in, Young Lady.”

Following the servants, Duan Yixin and Chi Xinru walked into Chang Shou Pharmacy. The servant took the two of them to a side room and said, “Young Ladies, please wait here for a moment. I will call the shopkeeper.”

Duan Yixin nodded, and the servant left the side room. Chi Xinru sat on an elegant wooden chair, looked around the side room, and said, “Everything in this room looks expensive.”

Hearing what she said, Duan Yixin looked at the furnishings in the room and said, “Is that so? I just think that the person who decorated this room wanted to provide a calm and relaxed environment for the guests.”

Just when her words fell, a man’s voice came from the door, “Young Lady has good eyesight.”

Duan Yixin and Chi Xinru looked at the door and saw a man in his thirties walking in with a polite smile on his face. The two looked at each other for a moment, then stood up from their seats.

Seeing that, the man smiled and said, “Please take a seat, Young Ladies.”

After saying that, he motioned to the servant to pour them a cup of tea and said, “Welcome to our Chang Shou Pharmacy. My name is Tan Lidan, and I am the shopkeeper here. Can I ask the names of the two young ladies?”

Duan Yixin smiled slightly and said, “My name is Duan Yixin, and this is my friend Chi Xinru.”

Tan Lidan nodded to them and said, “I heard from the servant that Miss Duan and Miss Chi want to sell medicinal herbs. Can I take a look at the goods?”

Duan Yixin nodded and then took out the medicinal herb sample from the bamboo basket. She placed the medicinal herbs on the tray brought by the servant and said, “These are common medicinal herbs used to treat colds, fevers, bruises, and external wounds.”

When the servant placed the tray on the table next to his chair, Tan Lidan picked up a stalk of medicinal herb. In the next second, his eyes widened in surprise. He carefully inspected the medicinal herbs one by one.

When he put down the last stalk of the medicinal herb, he looked at Duan Yixin and asked, “Miss Duan, may I ask, who is the person who processed these medicinal herbs?”

Duan Yixin was confused listening to his question. She brought these medicinal materials. Isn’t it obvious that she processed them?

After her initial confusion, Duan Yixin said, “It’s me. Is there something wrong with the medicinal herbs?”

Although she asked this question, Duan Yixin was very confident in her skills. There should be no problem with the medicinal herbs. The reason why Tan Lidan asked this question must be related to the way she handles the medicinal herbs.

And just as she expected, Tan Lidan had a look of surprise on his face when he heard her answer. After a moment of silence, he asked, “May I ask, why don’t you dry the medicinal herbs completely?”

Duan Yixin didn’t know that the common method of processing medicinal herbs in this world is to dry the medicinal herbs completely. However, by doing so, the medicinal properties of the medicinal herbs will be greatly reduced in the process.

She thought Tan Lidan was just asking for a formality, so she answered truthfully, “If I dry the medicinal herbs thoroughly, their medicinal properties will be lost by more than half. Considering the time required for transportation and distribution before the medicinal herbs reach patients, the semi-drying process is better.”

“In addition to keeping the medicinal herbs fresh longer, the medicinal properties of the medicinal herbs can also be completely preserved. When the medicinal herbs reach the hands of consumers, they are completely dry but still fully retain their medicinal properties. In this way, medicines produced from these medicinal herbs will be more effective.”

After she said this, she was surprised to find Tan Lidan looking at her in astonishment. Feeling awkward from his gaze, she asked, “Is there something wrong with my way of handling the medicinal herbs?”

Hearing her question, Tan Lidan came back to his senses. He coughed, covering up his embarrassment, and said, “Miss Duan’s medicinal herbs are of very good quality, and I want to buy them all. How about fifty copper coins for one jin of medicinal herbs?”

Sitting on the chair next to Duan Yixin, Chi Xinru gasped in surprise when she heard the price.

Duan Yixin glanced at her and thought, ‘Judging from Xinru’s reaction, fifty copper coins should be a high price for one jin of common medicinal herbs. Since one jin is equal to five hundred grams, then I can earn one hundred copper coins from one kilogram of medicinal herbs. This isn’t a bad deal.’

Thinking about this, she looked at Tan Lidan and asked, “Are the prices of all kinds of medicinal herbs the same?”

Tan Lidan was not surprised by her question. Since she could find a way to preserve the medicinal properties of medicinal herbs, he knew that Duan Yixin also knew the difference in the rarity of medicinal materials. He was sure that her medical knowledge far exceeded those of the physicians working at other branches of Chang Shou Pharmacy.

Tan Lidan had a business smile on his face and said calmly, “Of course. It’s a common rule that the rarer the medicinal herbs, the higher the price.”

After speaking, he picked up a stalk of medicinal herb from the tray and said, “But the medicinal herbs Miss Duan brought today are all ordinary medicinal herbs. The price I offered to Miss Duan is already very high compared to the average market price. I’m afraid I can’t offer a higher price than that.”