Transmigrated To Another World: General, I'm Not Your White Moonlight - Chapter 43

Negotiation
Although she was unsure how Tan Lidan judged the maturity of the ginseng, Duan Yixin did not show any thoughts on her face. Tan Lidan looked at her calm expression for a long time, but he couldn’t guess what she was thinking.

Tan Lidan took a sip of tea, made a plan in his mind, and asked with a smile, “Miss Duan, how much does your ginseng cost?”

Duan Yixin didn’t know how valuable ginseng was in this world, so she chose to let Tan Lidan set the price and said, “I believe that Shopkeeper Tan will not cheat me about the price. Shopkeeper Tan, can you tell me how much you are willing to pay to buy this ginseng?”

Listening to what she just said, Tan Lidan thought, ‘I think I can let her decide the price and then negotiate slowly. It seems that it won’t be easy to have the upper hand when negotiating with her.’

After thinking for a moment, Tan Lidan decided to give her the average price of ordinary wild ginseng to test how she would react. With the quality, size, and condition of this ginseng, he can still make a huge profit even if he buys it at the market price. After all, this kind of high-quality wild ginseng can only be sought but not bought.

Thinking of the upcoming summer banquet in the palace, Tan Lidan was determined to get this ginseng. If he gives this ginseng to his Master, his Master might present this ginseng as a gift to the emperor at the summer banquet. If his Master could gain favor from the Empire, then he would gain more favorability in his Master’s eyes and could leave this town and go back to the imperial capital city.

After making the decision, Tan Lidan smiled at Duan Yixin and said, “Since Miss Duan trusts me so much, then I will give Miss Duan a good price.”

He paused for a moment and added, “Our Chang Shou Pharmacy will buy your ginseng at one thousand taels of silver. Miss Duan, what do you think of this price?”

After saying that, Tan Lidan looked at Duan Yixin and saw her drinking tea quietly without speaking. He waited for a while, but Duan Yixin picked a piece of osmanthus cake, took a bite, and said nothing.

Upon seeing this, Tan Lidan thought for a moment and said with a smile, “One thousand five hundred taels of silver. This is the highest price I can give for your ginseng. I hope Miss Duan will take our future cooperation into consideration.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Duan Yixin put down the teacup, smiled at him, and said, “Since Shopkeeper Tan already shows such sincerity, then I can only accept this price. After all, I still hope that we can cooperate for a long time.”

Listening to her words, the corner of Tan Lidan’s mouth twitched. She only drinks tea and eats the osmanthus cake, but she can increase the price by fifty percent. Thinking of the high price of ginseng, Tan Lidan felt that his wallet had become lighter.

After sealing the deal, Tan Lidan looked at her bamboo basket and asked, “Does Miss Duan bring other medicinal materials to sell today?”

Duan Yixin was in a good mood after selling the ginseng at a high price. She nodded, then took out a stalk of Bei Mu and Qing Hao from the bamboo basket and said, “I discovered two new medicinal herbs in the mountain. I wonder if Shopkeeper Tan is interested in buying them.”

The moment Tan Lidan’s eyes fell on the stalk of Bei Mu in her hand, he immediately stood up from his seat. The sudden movement startled Duan Yixin. She looked at him doubtfully and asked, “Shopkeeper Tan, what’s the matter?”

Hearing her question, Tan Lidan came back to his senses. He coughed in embarrassment and asked, “Miss Duan, how much Bei Mu do you bring today?”

Duan Yixin didn’t think there was any problem with Tan Lidan’s understanding of Bei Mu. But what she didn’t know was that with the current level of knowledge in the medical field in this world, no one except her and Tan Lidan’s Master knew about the existence and uses of Bei Mu.

She put Bei Mu and Qing Hao on the tray brought by the servant and said, “I didn’t bring much with me today. But if Shopkeeper Tan needs more, I can find them and send them to you.”

“Then I will trouble Miss Duan to bring more Bei Mu as soon as possible.” Tan Lidan said as he finally showed a genuine smile for the first time.

While Tan Lidan was negotiating the prices of Bei Mu and Qing Hao with Duan Yixin, Jian Yi, who was hiding on the beam, was shocked to see that Duan Yixin knew about Bei Mu. He took out a small piece of paper, looked at the drawing on the small paper, and read the details of the medicinal herbs for a while.

Jian Yi lowered his head and stared at Duan Yixin, who was calmly negotiating with Tan Lidan, and thought, ‘Could it be… She is the person Master is looking for?’

Thinking of this possibility, Jian Yi’s eyes flashed with excitement. He clenched his hands to prevent himself from jumping down and instantly brought Duan Yixin back to his Master.

In the middle of her conversation with Tan Lidan, Duan Yixin suddenly shivered and looked around in confusion, not knowing that someone was observing her with excitement in his eyes as if she was a rare treasure.

After searching around and finding nothing, Duan Yixin rubbed the goosebumps on her arm and thought, ‘I just had a bad feeling. Will something happen to me today?’

While she was thinking about what would happen later, Tan Lidan said, “Now that the price has been negotiated, let’s weigh the medicinal herbs.”

After hearing what he said, Duan Yixin came back from her thoughts and said, “All right.”