latelenovela Chapter 271 Finding a Snake
Chapter 271 Finding a Snake
The steward had already ordered the carriage to be prepared. Ye Qing'an stepped into the carriage, and as soon as the carriage door closed, Ye Qing'an sat down and lifted her sleeves.
"What are you looking at, Miss?" Zixiao poured Ye Qing'an a cup of tea, smiling and speaking in a low voice: "Judging from Master's expression and tone, he is very satisfied with the decision Miss made earlier."
"Perhaps, if Miss manages these shops well, Master will entrust the management of the other shops in the mansion to Miss."
Ye Qing'an shook her head, her gaze still fixed on her sleeve: "No, the shops my father gave me weren't really meant for me to manage other shops. He did want me to test the waters, but he wasn't testing my business acumen."
Zixiao was taken aback, her face full of confusion: "It wasn't a test of Miss's business acumen, was it...?"
Ye Qing'an remained silent.
Seeing that Ye Qing'an didn't seem inclined to speak, Zi Xiao quickly added, "Miss, you've been looking at your sleeves. Are you looking for something?"
Find a snake.
Ye Qing'an shook her head: "It's nothing. It's still quite a distance from the manor to the shop. I'll take a nap first, and wake me up later."
"Yes."
Ye Qing'an pretended to take a nap and directly focused her mind into the illusion.
Even the Nine Heavens are not within the illusion...
Where did that snake go?
He's been gone all day; one day, she'll skin him alive.
Since it would take some time to get on the road, Ye Qing'an took the opportunity to read for a while. When Zi Xiao called her, she opened her eyes and got off the carriage.
After getting off the carriage, Ye Qing'an realized that the carriage had not stopped in front of the shop, but was actually some distance away from it.
However, Ye Qing'an noticed that there were already people queuing up in front of her.
Ye Qing'an raised an eyebrow and turned to look at Ye Qinghao: "Father, these people..."
"Ask him yourself," Ye Qinghao said.
Ye Qing'an pondered for a moment, then chose a man in front of her who looked to be in his early twenties and asked, "Young man, what are you all doing in line?"
The man, who was already getting impatient while waiting in line, was about to yell at her when he turned around and saw Ye Qing'an. His eyes immediately flashed with amazement.
Ye Qing'an was startled. She raised her hand to touch her face and realized that she seemed to have forgotten to wear a veil.
"We're queuing up to buy medicinal herbs from Huichuntang in front."
Huichun Hall?
Ye Qing'an narrowed her eyes: "Isn't that a pharmacy? Is someone in your family sick, young man? But aren't there all sorts of pharmacies in the city? Why are you queuing up at Huichuntang?"
The man chuckled, intending to strike up a conversation with Ye Qing'an, and then explained in detail: "Recently, Huichuntang invited the renowned physician Sun to prescribe several medicines, which are divided into four categories: men, women, the elderly, and children. For children, it is to improve appetite and strengthen the spleen; for young women, it is to nourish yin and beautify the complexion; for young men, it is to strengthen the body; and for the elderly, it is mainly to prolong life."
"The herbs are pre-mixed, the effect is excellent, and the price is not too expensive. Recently, many people have bought them and said they are very effective, so I came to queue up to buy some to try."
Ye Qing'an raised an eyebrow: "Is that so?"
"Yes. The main problem is that we usually have to go to see Physician Sun for a prescription. Whether we can even find Physician Sun is another matter. Besides, Physician Sun charges fifty taels of gold for a prescription. We simply can't afford it."
"Now that we have prescriptions written by Physician Sun, a packet of herbs only costs one tael of silver, which isn't too expensive. Many people buy dozens of packets at a time. It's selling like hotcakes..."
Ye Qing'an raised an eyebrow: "I see."
After Ye Qing'an finished asking about the details, he followed Ye Qinghao to Huichun Hall.
Yu Gu, the manager of Huichuntang, hurriedly came out to greet them: "Greetings to the master and the young lady."
Ye Qing'an nodded: "Manager Yu, business is good."
Yu Gu chuckled and said, "Not bad."
"I just casually asked, and they said it was because your Huichuntang invited Physician Sun to write the prescription? You invited Physician Sun to write the prescription? How much silver did it cost?"
"It didn't cost any money." A shrewd glint flashed across Yu Gu's face. "Hiring Physician Sun to prescribe a medicine is a huge expense. How could I dare to do that without Miss's permission?"
“I went directly to talk to Dr. Sun and only cooperated with Huichuntang. Originally, all those medicinal herbs together would not have cost more than one or two taels of silver. I doubled the price of the medicinal herbs and sold them to these people who came to buy the herbs, and then let Dr. Sun take 30% of the profits.”
Yu Gu chuckled and said, "If you calculate it that way, we actually made an extra 20%."
Ye Qing'an curled the corners of her lips: "No wonder, no wonder Manager Yu has been able to reach his current position, his mind is quite sharp."
“But this one won’t take long.” Yu Gu curled the corner of his mouth: “It won’t be long before other pharmacies follow suit, or they will take our medicine packs back and analyze what herbs are inside, and then sell them at a lower price.”
"Once other pharmacies start selling it, I'll think of another way. I've already come up with several methods in reserve, so I can try them one by one."
“Once this becomes a habit, the people in the city will feel that our pharmacy's products are both cheap and effective. They will be willing to walk a little further and spend more money to buy from our pharmacy. Then we will have won.”
Ye Qing'an nodded: "That's a good idea."
Ye Qinghao stood silently to the side until Ye Qing'an and Manager Yu finished speaking, then said, "Let's go, to the next one."
The next one is Mingzhutang, a jewelry shop.
Mingzhu Hall was also bustling with people, and business was booming.
"The Mid-Autumn Festival is just around the corner, and we've launched a special promotion. Anyone who purchases or orders jewelry from our store before the Mid-Autumn Festival can have their name engraved on their piece, making it one-of-a-kind."
"Furthermore, any customer who purchases jewelry from us between the first and fifteenth of August can come to our store on the fifteenth of August to draw a prize for free. The grand prize is a luminous pearl."
The shopkeeper's eyes were full of smiles: "The cost of the luminous pearl and other prizes has actually been added to the price of other jewelry we sell, but business has improved a lot."
After leaving Mingzhu Hall, Ye Qinghao turned to look at Ye Qing'an: "It seems that your 30% commission really motivated them."
Ye Qing'an smiled and said, "Actually, all these shopkeepers are quick-witted. It's just that before, they were focused on how to manipulate the accounts, but now they're focused on how to make money."
"Lets see."
Just as Ye Qing'an was about to climb into the carriage, she noticed Ye Qinghao staring intently into the distance.
Ye Qing'an found it strange, so she followed Ye Qinghao's gaze and saw a monk standing not far away...