Chapter 1425: We Can’t Afford Your Courage (Modified)

Huang Haizhen is a very honest person, Zhao Jun is not honest.

Seeing Zhao Jun in a daze, Huang Haizhen smiled and pointed to the west, saying: "Little brother, I will take you to our Huichuntang to have a look, okay?"

"Brother Huang, first...don't be in a hurry." Zhao Jun stopped Huang Haizhen and asked: "How do you collect pig sand in your store?"

"Cinnabar? There are grades, the highest grade is 1.21 taels..." Huang Haizhen stopped talking before he finished speaking, because Zhao Jun's face was not right, and he also felt something was wrong.

"Little brother..." Huang Haizhen frowned slightly and asked Zhao Jun: "From your accent, you seem to be from the Northeast. Did you... go to the South to get the cinnabar?"

"Ah!" Zhao Jun was startled, then reacted and said hurriedly: "Brother Huang, the cinnabar I'm talking about is the pig sand in the pig's stomach."

"Oh!" Huang Haizhen's brows relaxed, and he smiled at Zhao Jun and said: "The pig sand, that's expensive, six yuan and fifty cents."

After saying this, Huang Haizhen paused for a moment, and then said: "What I just said is , is the price of domestic pig grit. If it is wild boar grit, it is called wild boar gall in our industry, and if it is one penny, it can be sold for... eleven yuan. "

"Can you tell whether it is domestic pig or wild boar?" Zhao Jun asked curiously: "Aren't domestic pigs and wild boars the same?"

"It's different." Huang Haizhen shook his head gently and said: "Domestic pigs are salty, and wild boars are sweet."

"Ah..." Zhao Jun nodded and said: "I really don't know about this."

Huang Haizhen smiled when he heard it, but didn't say anything.

"Brother Huang, what is the price for black bear gall?" Zhao Jun asked again, and Huang Haizhen asked back: "Copper? Iron? Or vegetable?"

It's not only the Northeast that has black bears. Including Taiwan Province, there are a total of 19 provinces in China where black bears can be found.

In these places, the black bears in the Northeast are the largest and produce the largest gall. But in terms of quality, the bear gall in Yunnan and Guizhou is the best.

In the Northeast, bear gall is distinguished by the color of the gall when the bear is killed and the gall is taken out.

It is different in other places. Other places distinguish bear gall by the color of the bear gall powder after drying.

In the South, bear gall powder is called gall kernel. Yellow gall kernel is copper gall, black gall is iron gall, and green gall is vegetable gall.

Of course, if it is golden yellow, it is golden gall. But golden bear gall is too rare. Huang Haizhen has been helping in the medicine shop since he was seven years old. He has been dealing with medicinal materials for thirty years and has never seen golden gall.

"We have them all." Zhao Jun said, "There are quite a few. Brother Huang, give me a real price."

Huang Haizhen looked at Zhao Jun in surprise. He looked at Zhao Jun again calmly, but no matter how he looked at him, he didn't think Zhao Jun was someone who dealt with medicinal materials.

"If we weigh it... by jin..." Huang Haizhen thought for a moment and said, "Copper gall is 5,000, iron gall is 4,500, and vegetable gall is 4,200."

Hearing the price Huang Haizhen quoted, Zhao Jun thought to himself. According to the price given by Huang Haizhen, the average price of iron gall and vegetable gall is 4,350 yuan per catty.

Last year, Zhao Jun and Wang Meilan went to Daohua County to sell bear gall, and the price of grass gall was 3,600 yuan per catty. Later, Zheng Xuekun came to the house to buy it and gave 4,000 yuan.

The Zhaojia Chamber of Commerce bought bear gall and gave the same price as the county pharmacy, 3,600 yuan per catty. When it came to Anguo, it became 4,350 yuan, and they could make 750 yuan per catty.

"This...Brother Huang." Zhao Jun thought about it and decided to compare prices, so he said to Huang Haizhen: "I was introduced by a friend. He told me to go to Bao'an Hall. He has already contacted them. If I don't go...it's not good."

"It's okay!" Huang Haizhen waved his hand very readily, then pointed to the road to the west and said to Zhao Jun: "Little brother, follow the route I told you just now, pass by the entrance of Huichun Hall, and then go straight forward. The fourth one is Bao'an Hall."

After Huang Haizhen finished speaking, seeing Zhao Jun looking at him strangely, he smiled and said: "Little brother, when you get to Bao'an Hall, ask them what the price is for black bear gall. I guarantee that they won't pay you as much as I give you."

Hearing what Huang Haizhen said, Zhao Jun felt that he was not lying to him, but Zhao Jun still wanted to go to Bao'an Hall to take a look.

After saying goodbye to Huang Haizhen, Zhao Jun got in the car and showed Li Baoyu the way.

When the jeep arrived in front of the Baoan Hall, Zhao Jun asked the three to wait in the car, and he got off and went into the Baoan Hall to ask the price.

The Baoan Hall was ancient and quaint, and the shopkeeper behind the counter wore a long gown, which was quite stylish.

Seeing Zhao Jun enter the room, the shopkeeper stood up to welcome him.

There were still people waiting outside, so Zhao Jun didn't waste any words and went straight to the point, saying: "Boss, how much is the black bear gall per pound?"

After asking this, Zhao Jun added before the shopkeeper could speak: "I have copper gall, iron gall, and grass gall."

The shopkeeper looked at Zhao Jun with some surprise, and then quoted: "Copper gall 5,000, iron gall 4,300, and vegetable gall 4,100."

The price quoted by Baoan Hall was compared with the price given by Huang Haizhen. The price of copper gall was the same, and the price of iron gall and vegetable gall was 100 yuan less each.

Zhao Jun heard this and said, "Boss, I don't have much copper gallbladder, only two, less than seven taels. But I have a lot of iron gallbladder and vegetable gallbladder, about eight or nine jin. If I sell them all here, can you give me a two coin increase?"

Hearing Zhao Jun's words, the shopkeeper blinked and said, "This is the price of copper gallbladder, I'll give you iron gallbladder..."

Halfway through his words, the shopkeeper hesitated for a moment before continuing, "Four thousand three hundred and eighty, and I can give you four thousand one hundred and twenty for vegetable gallbladder."

After hearing the shopkeeper's second quotation, Zhao Jun was silent for about three seconds, then shook his head and said, "Boss, let me take another look."

"Huh?" The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face, and he said confidently: "Then you can walk around and take a look again."

Zhao Jun nodded and smiled and turned around and left the security hall. The boss was a businessman. Even if Zhao Jun wanted to leave, he would send Zhao Jun out with a gift.

Zhao Jun got on the jeep, raised his hand and pointed forward, saying: "Baoyu, go forward."

Zhao Jun was not in a hurry to go to Huichun Hall, but was ready to take a look around.

In this way, Zhao Jun visited Qingfeng Hall and Jiren Hall again. After going in and asking about the price, Zhao Jun couldn't help but be disappointed. The price offered by these two companies was not as good as that of Baoan Tang.

After coming out of Jirentang, Zhao Jun got into the car and said to Li Baoyu: "Baoyu, take the lead and go back."

"Ah?" Li Baoyu was startled and asked, "Brother, are you going back to the security hall?"

"No!" Zhao Jun said, "Keep going back, let's go to the Huichun Hall."

"Okay!" Li Baoyu started the car and parked the car all the way to the entrance of Huichun Hall.

The four of them got out of the car. Zhao Jun and Jie Chen, who were sitting in the back row, each carried a bulging shoulder bag.

Li Baoyu reached out and took the shoulder bag carried by Zhao Jun and put it on his shoulder.

When the four of them entered the Huichun Hall, Huang Haizhen greeted them with a smile, clasped her fists and said with a smile: "The four of you are here, the plum blossoms will shine!"

At the same time, a middle-aged man in a Chinese tunic suit walked out from behind the counter. His appearance was very similar to Huang Haizhen.

This man has black hair, a red face, and no wrinkles on his face, but he gives the impression that he should be older than Huang Haizhen, and he should be Huang Haizhen's brother.

But after Zhao Jun, Zhao Weipeng and Huang Haizhen exchanged polite words, they saw Huang Haizhen guiding the man and said, "This is my father."

"Ah?" Zhao Jun and the other four were shocked. Seeing that Huang Haizhen was about the same age as Zhao Weipeng, his father was already sixty. But shopkeeper Huang's mental state is not generally good.

Shopkeeper Huang smiled at Zhao Jun and others, and Zhao Weipeng asked tentatively: "How old is the old man?"

Shopkeeper Huang smiled, and when he raised his right hand, he held it with his ring finger and little finger, and pinched his thumb, index finger, and middle finger together, and said: "Celebrate the New Year at seventy."

"Oh my God!" Zhao Weipeng said in surprise: "Old man, you take good care of yourself."

"Okay?" Shopkeeper Huang smiled and raised his hand toward the medicine hall and said, "Let's go inside and drink a pot of tea."

After saying that, shopkeeper Huang said to the young man at the counter: "Xiaosi, you watch from the front. Call me when someone comes."

Then, shopkeeper Huang turned sideways, raised his hand, and asked the four Zhao Jun people to go to the back hall.

Shopkeeper Huang led the way, Zhao Jun and four others followed behind him, with Huang Haizhen walking at the back.

The six people entered the back hall, which was filled with antique solid wood furniture.

Zhao Jun and others sat down, shopkeeper Huang made tea himself, and then Huang Haizhen served tea to the four of them one by one.

Zhao Jun had never had the pleasure of drinking tea in his life, nor did Jie Chen or Zhao Weipeng, but Li Baoyu, who came from a "scholarly family", seemed to be very interested in it.

After sitting down, neither shopkeeper Huang nor Huang Haizhen mentioned the business. They just chatted lightly with Zhao Jun and Zhao Weipeng about domestic matters.

However, the father and son spoke very slowly and in a slow rhythm, which gave Zhao Jun the opportunity to change the topic at any time.

After chatting for about seven or eight minutes, Zhao Jun smiled at Shopkeeper Huang and said, "Old man, we are here to sell some bear bile."

"Okay." Shopkeeper Huang smiled and said, "I heard from Haizhen that there is also pig sand, right?"

"Ah..." Zhao Jun hesitated and said, "Old man, we won't sell the pig sand."

Shopkeeper Huang looked at Huang Haizhen after hearing this, and then he said to Zhao Jun: "Young man, Haizhen told you the price before. Bear bile can only be at that price, well... I can guarantee that in the eight pharmaceutical markets in Anguo, no one The price is higher than what we paid.”

Zhao Jun smiled and nodded. He didn't know about other drug markets, but in this drug market, the pharmacies he had walked through and asked about were indeed not as high as Huang Haizhen's price.

At this time, Shopkeeper Huang continued to say to Zhao Jun: "If you are not satisfied with the price of pig grits, I can give you a little more."

"Old man." After hearing what shopkeeper Huang said, Zhao Jun hurriedly said: "I won't sell the pig sand for any price. There isn't much of that, so I'll keep it for myself."

In the past year, the Zhao family has killed three pairs of wild boar and pig pellets. Among them, Wang Qiang killed the 900 kilogram king pig and obtained eight taels of wild boar pellets after drying.

Three pairs of wild boar and pig grits added together weighed one and a half kilograms.

But Zhao Jun doesn't plan to sell this thing.

The effect of pig gizzard is similar to that of bezoar, and the price of domestic pig gizzard is also similar to that of bezoar.

These days, domestic pig pig litter can be sold for 650 yuan per catty, and wild boar pig litter can be sold for one thousand yuan per catty, which is quite a lot.

But thirty years later, the price of a pound of natural bezoar exceeded one million. Zhao Jun thought that by then, even if he sold the wild boar and pig sand as domestic pigs, it would be more appropriate than selling it now.

Instead of selling the one thousand eight hundred, it is better to keep it and save it. That thing won’t break down anyway, so why not wait until the price is higher before selling it?

Hearing what Zhao Jun said, shopkeeper Huang was not disappointed. He smiled lightly and said, "Young man, let's take a look at the bear bile?"

"Hey!" Zhao Jun responded, and then called Li Baoyu and said: "Baoyu, show me the courage of our black and blind fools."

Li Baoyu stood up, took out a cloth bag from his shoulder bag and stepped forward. When he arrived in front of shopkeeper Huang, he took out a small cloth bag from the cloth bag, put it on the table, and said, "Old man, there is a copper gall in this."

Then, Li Baoyu put the outer cloth bag on the table and said, "This place is full of grass gallbladder."

"It's iron gallbladder and vegetable gallbladder." Zhao Jun added next to him. Shopkeeper Huang smiled and said, "Yes, grass gallbladder is what you call Changbai Mountain."

While talking, shopkeeper Huang took out two small white cloth bags from the small cloth bag.

Shopkeeper Huang opened one of them, took out a bear bile, held it in his hand and looked at it repeatedly for a while.

This piece of bear bile was collected by the Zhao Family Chamber of Commerce, and the person who sold the piece of bear bile was Yang Mantang, an acquaintance of Zhao Jun.

This piece of bear bile weighed three taels of gold. Zhao Youcai, who took office on his first day at that time, accepted the bear bile for 1,800 yuan, which amounted to less than 4,410 kilograms.

If it were sold at a price of five thousand yuan per catty, the Zhao Chamber of Commerce would make a profit of three hundred yuan from this bear bile alone.

After looking at it twice, shopkeeper Huang put the bear bile back into the small cloth bag, and then nodded to Zhao Jun, meaning that there was nothing wrong with the bear bile.

The second copper bladder also came from an acquaintance of Zhao Jun. It was killed by a group of Jiang Ming and Wei Lai from a blind bear. It weighed three to two six cents and was a little more expensive than the previous one.

After looking at the two copper galls, shopkeeper Huang asked Huang Haizhen to get the gall. Just as shopkeeper Huang was about to look at the straw galls, he suddenly heard Zhao Jun say: "Old man, um... if it's a gold gall, what's the price?"

"Jin Gu?" Upon hearing this, the Huang family's father and son turned their heads and looked at Zhao Jun in great shock.

Zhao Jun smiled and nodded in response. Shopkeeper Huang stood up and confirmed to Zhao Jun again: "Young man, do you have the courage?"

Zhao Jun stood up, unbuttoned his cotton-padded jacket, took out a small cloth bag from the inner pocket, and handed it to Shopkeeper Huang.

Shopkeeper Huang took it and took out a bear bile from his small cloth pocket. After just one glance, Shopkeeper Huang suddenly looked up at Zhao Jun.

Immediately, shopkeeper Huang walked to the window, holding the bear bile and looking out the window carefully.

This bear is not very bold and weighs only one liang or nine qian, or even less than 2 liang.

But if this bear bile is sold, no matter how much it costs, it will belong to the Zhao family.

That's right, it's the Zhao family, not the Zhao family chamber of commerce.

Because this piece of bear bile was obtained by Zhao Youcai from shooting a Japanese devil.

Shopkeeper Huang, who was in front of the window, suddenly turned around and walked towards where he was sitting just now.

Beside the armchair where he sat, there was a door. When Shopkeeper Huang walked to the door, he was about to raise his hand to knock on the door when he remembered something.

Shopkeeper Huang turned around, raised the bear bile towards Zhao Jun, and then placed it on the cloth bag on the table.

Zhao Jun nodded, indicating that Shopkeeper Huang meant that he left the items behind before entering the house to prevent the goods from leaving the owner's sight.

Immediately afterwards, Shopkeeper Huang knocked on the door gently twice and called in a low voice: "Dad, Daddy!"

Then, shopkeeper Huang gently opened the door and stepped into the back room.

At this time, Huang Haizhen stood up and walked to the table, picked up the bear gall and looked at it carefully.

Seeing Zhao Weipeng looking at him, Zhao Jun said with a smile: "My father killed the bear bile from the black blind man."

After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Huang Haizhen raised her head and glanced at Zhao Jun. Only then did he understand why Zhao Jun's temperament didn't look like someone who was transporting medicinal materials. It turned out that this guy was carrying medicinal materials.

After Zhao Jun finished speaking, the door opened again, and an old man walked out of the house.

The old man had a chest-length beard, his beard and hair were all white, and he was wearing a black Tang suit.

The old man's face was also glowing red. Seeing this old man, Zhao Jun couldn't help but think of the ninety-four-year-old old doctor Huang Haizhen said.

The old man walked behind Huang Haizhen, picked up the glasses hanging on his chest and put them on. Huang Haizhen hurriedly sent the bear bile to the old man. The old man raised the bear bile and looked at it twice. Then when he looked at Huang Haizhen, he shook it. Shake his head.

Seeing the old man shaking his head, Zhao Jun thought he had some objection to the gallbladder, but then Huang Haizhen looked at Zhao Jun and said apologetically: "Young man, you bear gallbladder... we can't afford it."

Zhao Jun: "..."