Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 34: Going to the City to Sell Medicine
On the morning of the second day, the four of them simply ate some dry food, and then Liu He picked dozens of various medicinal herbs, almost half of the mature herbs in the two herb gardens.

Liu He carefully wrapped the herbs in several pieces of rags, and the three of them held them in their arms and went to the county town together.

It takes more than 20 miles to walk from Huangshui Township to Langdiao County, and part of the road is mountainous. The three of them walked and stopped along the way, with Liu He telling stories from time to time and stopping to practice martial arts from time to time. It was not until noon that they arrived at the gate of Langdiao County.

According to what Liu Qian had said, the three of them wandered around and finally found a drugstore in the north of the city that looked quite large, called Huaian Hall.

Liu Qian said that he had sold medicinal herbs dozens of times in Langdiao County and had changed seven or eight pharmacies, but this pharmacy was the most reliable.

The three young men, each holding a bag of herbs, walked into Huaian Hall. A well-mannered middle-aged man behind the counter came forward to greet them.

"I wonder if you three want to get some medicine or..."

The man originally thought that the three people were here to get medicine, but when he got closer, he smelled the scent of herbs, so he didn't continue talking.

Liu He placed the cloth bag in his hand on a table and bowed to the middle-aged man.

"Excuse me, but is Shopkeeper Xu in the store?"

This Shopkeeper Xu was the owner of the medicine shop that Liu Qian had contacted several times when he came to sell medicinal herbs. Before the three of them left, Liu Qian repeatedly told them to find this Shopkeeper Xu.

The middle-aged man was stunned at first, then he bowed and said, "My name is Xu, and I am the owner of this medicine shop."

Liu He was overjoyed. Seeing that the man was gentle and polite, and indeed just like what his father described, he felt relieved and quickly stated his identity and purpose.

Shopkeeper Xu showed a look of delight. He took a look at the cloth bags in the hands of the three people, and quickly led the three people to the backyard of the drugstore to avoid being seen by too many people. Then he opened the cloth bags.

"Hiss... the quantity you brought this time is really huge. I have been the owner of a medicine shop for many years, but it is rare for me to receive so many medicinal materials at one time."

However, as an old man, he is wiser. He certainly knows that there is no need to care too much about such things, otherwise it will only arouse the suspicion of the guests.

Shopkeeper Xu held the numerous herbs in his hands one by one and looked at, smelled and tasted them.

"Danggui, Panax notoginseng, Gastrodia elata, Chuanxiong..."

It took Shopkeeper Xu a full quarter of an hour to finish tasting everything.

"Haha, not bad, not bad. These seventeen kinds of herbs are the same as the ones your father brought before. They are of excellent quality. Moreover, the variety and quantity this time are several times more than what your father brought for sale every time before. He hasn't been here for several months, and I was worried that you might have found another pharmacy. It's really rare to find such a high-quality source of herbs as yours."

After hearing what Manager Xu said, the three of them were very happy and thought to themselves that they had found the right person.

"Then may I ask Shopkeeper Xu, how much are these herbs worth in total?"

This is the issue that Liu He and others are most concerned about. No matter how beautiful the words are, it will be useless if no money is made.

Shopkeeper Xu took out the abacus and spent a long time calculating.

"According to the price agreed upon by your father and I, the total price of these herbs should be 94,700 coins. However, there are more bandits this year than in previous years, and there are also many injured and sick people. The price of herbs has risen. I will charge you 100,000 coins. What do you think?"

Liu He was very satisfied with the price. Moreover, since Manager Xu took the initiative to inform them about the price increase of herbs, it showed that he was an honest man and trustworthy. Therefore, he agreed immediately.

Seeing that Liu He was so straightforward, and considering that the transaction amount was not small, Shopkeeper Xu also had a higher opinion of Liu He.

"But one hundred thousand is indeed not a small amount, and our small shop cannot gather the money for the time being. Let me send someone to report to the boss and have him fetch money from another branch store and two clinics in the city. I'll trouble you three to wait here for a while, and I'll have someone bring some fruit to entertain the guests."

Liu He quickly stood up and thanked him. "Don't be polite, Manager Xu. We will just wait here."

After Manager Xu left, a shop assistant soon came up with some fruit plates.

Zhu Ye came to the county town many times, and Liu He had considerable experience in his previous life. Only Zhang Yong looked around, picked up the fruit snacks in the fruit plate, stared at them for a long time but did not dare to eat them.

"Um... Sir, can this be eaten?"

Before Liu He could say anything, Zhu Ye couldn't bear it anymore.

"Hey, come here, I'll teach you how to eat it!"

After saying that, he picked up a peach from the fruit bowl, put it directly into his mouth, and took a bite. It was so juicy and delicious that Zhang Yong was drooling at the sight, so he quickly picked one up and started eating it.

"Wow, this thing is so delicious!"

For people like Zhang Yong who come from a family with a little misfortune, even having enough to eat is a problem, and fruits and pastries are even more of a luxury. Now that he has tasted the delicious food for the first time, he was so excited that he could hardly stop eating.

"Sir, you should eat it too, this thing is so delicious!"

"Yes, big brother, you're welcome. It's free anyway, so why not eat it?"

The two of them vied to pass the fruit to Liu He. Liu He took one and took a few bites. He found that this ancient fruit was not only small in size, but also tasted much worse than that in his previous life.

"I wonder if there will be fruit cultivation method books or something like that after the system is upgraded. If I can cultivate the kind of fruit I had in my previous life, hehe, I can make a fortune just by selling fruit!"

Liu He was thinking about these messy things while eating.

The three of them waited for more than half an hour and ate up all the fruit plates and cakes before Manager Xu came back.

There were four assistants behind Manager Xu. They were carrying a wooden box together. It looked quite heavy and they were so tired that their faces turned red. When they approached Liu He and others, they quickly put the wooden box on the stone table. The four assistants gasped as if relieved.

Shopkeeper Xu opened the wooden box and saw strings of Wuzhu coins neatly arranged inside.

"It's exactly 100,000 yuan. Would you like to order some?"

Whether it was Zhu Ye, Zhang Yong, or Liu He, it was the first time for all three of them to see so much money. They were all stunned for a moment until Manager Xu reminded them.

"Oh, no need for that. My father has praised the reputation of your store, so I can trust it. Now that the transaction is completed, the three of us will take our leave!"

Then he gave Zhu Ye a look, and Zhu Ye understood. He exerted force with both hands and picked up the wooden box.

When Shopkeeper Xu saw it, he was immediately shocked.

"Alas, I am indeed short-sighted. I didn't expect you three to be such young heroes. This wooden box weighs at least 700 to 800 kilograms. It's so hard for the four of us to lift it together. I didn't expect you to be able to lift it all by yourself!"

In fact, Zhu Ye was not at an easy task either. Although he was much stronger than when he was ten years old, it was still quite strenuous for him to lift the box weighing seven or eight hundred kilograms. At this moment, he was just holding on by relying on his last breath.

However, this was what Liu He had agreed on in advance. This way, the store owner would pay more attention to him. Even if the store owner changed in the future, the successor would not dare to bully him.

The first famous historical general will be revealed in the next chapter!

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(End of this chapter)