lcionline Chapter 400: Establishment of Province
Chapter 400: Establishment of Province
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 that was separated by a curtain and said, "Please come this way."
The two of them came to 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 mansion?"
He smiled, but was worried: "But what's the problem with the golden pheasant I sent here?"
Jiang Lili shook her head: "The golden pheasants sent by the shopkeeper are fine. I also asked Butler Liu to order more golden pheasants."
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 shopkeeper of a chicken market stall.
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 secret code: "Heavenly King Covering Earthly Tiger."
Shopkeeper Chen paused when he heard this, then suppressed his joy and continued with the code: "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 made by the powerful Shopkeeper Jiang. It turned out that the girl opposite was Shopkeeper Jiang's person.
Now it makes sense why the Princess Mansion asked them to place a large order.
Shopkeeper Chen became more and more in awe of Shopkeeper Jiang. It turned out that Shopkeeper Jiang even 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 another purpose.
It is probably related to the situation in Nanzhao. Shopkeeper He said that Shopkeeper Jiang would send people to protect the safety of these merchants in Nanzhao.
Shopkeeper Chen asked very perceptively, "Sir, is there anything I can help you with?"
"To be honest, I have something important to discuss with you." Jiang Lili got 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 boastful promises. The situation in Nanzhao had been tense recently, and the eldest prince had strict control over the flow of medicinal materials in 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 of the pharmacy, 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 Jelly, Wild Dendrobium, Smilax glabra, and Man-faced Fruit.
All of them are strictly controlled medicinal materials, and the required quantity is more than a hundred kilograms. Shopkeeper Chen was immediately troubled and told Jiang Lili about the recent regulations of most pharmacies in Nanzhao.
Jiang Lili looked puzzled: "Are these rules set by the eldest prince?"
Seeing that Jiang Lili looked like a newcomer, Shopkeeper Chen explained to her, "The bulk of Nanzhao's medicinal materials business is controlled by the eldest prince."
He dipped his finger into the tea in his teacup and drew a map of the situation in Nanzhao on the table. The eldest prince controlled the eastern part of Nanzhao, which bordered Dasheng in the east.
The second princess controls the west and southwest, and the third prince's forces are entrenched in the center.
Shopkeeper Chen pointed to the east and said, "The eldest prince now controls the east of Nanzhao. The northeast is a plateau, and the southeast 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 territory of the eldest prince."
"Even 70% of the herbal medicine shops in Hai Kui City are related to the eldest prince. To offend the eldest 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 from Nanzhao.
When Jiang Lili first arrived in Nanzhao, she faced the second prince and the third prince, and knew very little about the eldest prince.
[@江麗麗: What is your eldest son's personality like? What kind of person is he? @盛执星]
[@盛执星 (senior detective): Nanzhao's eldest prince Sheng Wei is an extremely violent maniac. He is agile and very arrogant. He has a strong desire to conquer and likes to pursue excitement. At the age of fourteen, he killed a giant python in the rainforest alone. At the age of sixteen, he skied and jumped off a cliff in the snowfield... He likes to challenge his limits to prove his ability to conquer the world. Anyway, he is very crazy. ]
Jiang Lili suddenly felt that it was not easy for the old emperor of Nanzhao 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 a fanatic who likes to challenge extreme sports, Jiang Lili has an image of this 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 chain 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 are not in a hurry, I will send retail investors to various major drug stores to buy the drugs little by little. It is no exaggeration to say that I am familiar with all the drug stores of Nanzhao that are of a certain scale and can transfer the drugs in bulk. We can accumulate little by little to make a lot."
"If we are really in a hurry, we can buy it on the black market. The price may be much higher, but don't worry, I am good at bargaining and can save you some money."
——"Don't bother."
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 100% of the money needed to buy medicinal herbs.
Jiang Lili looked at Shopkeeper Chen who had a puzzled look on his face and smiled: "Shopkeeper Chen, if you tell me the location of the eldest prince in Haikui City and the major drug stores 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, the approximate number of people and scale of these medicine shops, as well as the warehouse reserves, 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..."