Transmigrated To Another World: General, I'm Not Your White Moonlight - Chapter 44

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After Duan Yixin agreed, Tan Lidan asked the servant to weigh the medicinal herbs. While waiting, Tan Lidan asked, “Miss Duan, could you increase the quantity of medicinal herbs sold to us?”

Duan Yixin thought about her plan to grow medicinal herbs and said, “Maybe I can increase the quantity in the future. But now, it is difficult for me to supply more medicinal herbs since I’m working alone.”

Tan Lidan felt disappointed when he heard her answer. After a few seconds of silence, he asked, “If I send our workers to help you collect medicinal herbs, will you be willing to show them where to collect the medicinal herbs? As long as Miss Duan helps us process the medicinal herbs, we will pay you the same price.”

When he asked this, Duan Yixin raised an eyebrow at him. Tan Lidan looked at her expression and knew that his request was unreasonable, but he couldn’t afford to fail the task assigned to him by his Master.

He needs to collect more than six hundred jins of Bei Mu by the end of this month. Time was running out, so Tan Lidan could only thicken his face and tell Duan Yixin this unreasonable request.

After a long silence, Duan Yixin said, “It seems that Shopkeeper Tan is in a hurry. Why do you need to collect so many medicinal herbs? Judging from the reputation of Chang Shou Pharmacy as the number one provider of medicine in Chunshan Town, there should be enough inventory for months.”

Since he needed her help, Tan Lidan had no choice but to answer her questions.

He looked embarrassed and said, “Miss Duan may not know that we just received a large order from a customer yesterday, requiring us to prepare more than six hundred jins of medicinal herbs before the end of this month. Since our owner has accepted this large order, we can only do our best to fulfill it. Otherwise, the reputation of our Chang Shou Pharmacy will be damaged.”

After listening to Tan Lidan’s explanation, Duan Yixin nodded to express her understanding, while Jian Yi stared at Tan Lidan and thought, ‘He dared to call Master a customer. This Lidan is really tired of living.’

Tan Lidan didn’t notice Jian Yi was staring at him and looked at Duan Yixin expectantly.

After thinking for a moment, Duan Yixin looked at Tan Lidan and said, “I can tell Shopkeeper Tan the location of the medicinal herbs. But I won’t accompany you to collect them because I don’t have a fixed time about when I go to the mountain.”

Hearing this, Tan Lidan breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, “Chang Shou Pharmacy won’t take advantage of anyone, so we will pay Miss Duan for the information you gave us.”

After finishing speaking, he whispered something to the waiting servant. In the meantime, Duan Yixin waited while enjoying the osmanthus cake and tea. After a while, the servant came back with a set of four treasures of the study. He placed them on the table next to her and stepped aside.

Knowing that Tan Lidan wanted her to write down the location, Duan Yixin picked up the brush, dipped the tip in ink, and moved her hand.

Three minutes later, she put down the brush and said, “I wrote down the locations of the medicinal herbs that I knew. As for other places, Shopkeeper Tan needs to explore them himself.”

Tan Lidan motioned to the servant to bring over the paper. Taking the paper from the servant, he was surprised to find that Duan Yixin not only explained the location in detail but also drew a simple map for him.

Tan Lidan raised his eyes from the paper, looked at her, and said gratefully, “Miss Duan, I don’t know how to thank you. This time, you really did me a big favor.”

Duan Yixin smiled slightly and said, “Shopkeeper Tan can just buy my medicinal herbs at a higher price in the future. Besides, the mountain is ownerless. Anyone who has the ability and is willing to take the risk can go there to collect the medicinal herbs.”

After hearing what she said, Tan Lidan chuckled and said, “From now on, Chang Shou Pharmacy will definitely give Miss Duan a good price.”

While the two were chatting, the servant also finished weighing the medicinal herbs. They gave Tan Lidan the list and moved the medicinal herbs to the warehouse in the backyard of Chang Shou Pharmacy.

After calculating the total, Tan Lidan said, “Including the one thousand and five hundred taels of silver to buy the ginseng, the total is one thousand and nine hundred and seventy-two taels of silver. Since Miss Duan also gave us the information about the medicinal herb’s location, our Chang Shou Pharmacy will pay a total of two thousand and five hundred taels of silver.”

After speaking, he motioned to the servant to get the money. When the servant came back, he handed a heavy pouch to Duan Yixin.

Opening the pouch, Duan Yixin saw two one thousand tael silver notes, four one hundred tael silver notes, nine silver ingots, each weighing ten taels, and ten strings of copper coins, each string containing one thousand copper coins equal to one tael of silver.

Duan Yixin was satisfied, tied the pouch, and put it safely into the warehouse using her sleeve as a cover. Now that she had money, she needed to buy food and daily necessities.

She stood up and said, “Shopkeeper Tan, I still have something to do, so I will take my leave now. See you next time.”

Tan Lidan put away the simple map, stood up, and said, “Miss Duan, I will wait for your next visit.”

Seeing that he was about to send her out, Duan Yixin said, “Shopkeeper Tan, please stay. I know the way out.”

Hearing this, Tan Lidan clasped his hands and said with a smile, “Miss Duan, please go slowly.”

After Duan Yixin left, Jian Yi also left and followed her secretly.