Liu Haojia said: "Originally, I wanted to talk to you, but I know that your boss just arrived this morning, so I asked him to come and talk to me."
Just as the shopkeeper was about to speak, Liu Haojia said: "Think it over before you say it! If you dare to say that he is not here, I will turn around and leave! If anything goes wrong in Baohetang in the future, don't blame me for not giving you a chance!"
Since Liu Haojia chose Baohetang as one of his targets to establish his power, he naturally wanted to investigate it carefully. So he kept sending people to keep an eye on it. Their boss came to Baohe Hall today to check the accounts, and the matter was directly sent to Liu Haojia's desk.
The shopkeeper naturally knew that his affairs could not escape the eyes and ears of Jin Yiwei, so he could only go back and ask his boss. Before leaving, he also told the waiters not to offend Jin Yiwei.
After a while, the shopkeeper carefully accompanied an unhappy-looking middle-aged man out of the door. This middle-aged man is the real owner of Baohetang and one of the principals of the Zhao family, Zhao Kangyuan! All matters of Baohetang are handled by him.
Under his management, although Baohetang has not expanded as much as in the early years, it has firmly maintained its current position, which shows that this person also has some abilities!
However, this person seemed to be in a bad mood. When Liu Haojia arrived, he did not salute and said directly: "What is this gentleman looking for?"
Liu Haojia looked him up and down and then suddenly said: "Do you have an official position?"
Zhao Kangyuan was stunned when he heard this, and then said doubtfully: "I am an ordinary doctor, so naturally I have no official position."
Liu Haojia said coldly: "You have no official status, how dare you stand upright and talk to me?"
Zhao Kangyuan was furious when he heard this! He was about to open his mouth to argue, but when he saw Liu Haojia's cold eyes, he shivered in his heart! Then he thought about it and realized that he had made a mistake in his business. Standing and talking to an official in a white body was a mistake in itself. If he talked back again, he would be making a mistake even more! I'm afraid someone is going to take advantage of the topic!
So he hesitated and went on to pay homage. When I visited the shrine again, I was still thinking in my heart, after today is over, I must donate an official tomorrow!
Seeing him bowing down, Liu Haojia didn't give him any trouble. After he finished praying, he asked him to stand up, and then said: "I have always been lenient, so I will not pursue my fault this time, so you should be careful next time!"
Zhao Kangyuan became even more angry after hearing this, but he could only agree to it. Liu Haojia then said: "You know, right, that Jinyiwei collects monthly money from Baohetang, why don't you pay it?"
Zhao Kangyuan frowned and said: "How can we pay for the unnamed silver? That's 30 taels of silver a month!"
Liu Haojia smiled and said: "Do you know why your place only costs 30 taels of silver a month? Because your place is a place to treat diseases and save people, it is particularly favorable! You might as well ask how much the neighbors around you pay per month?"
Zhao Kangyuan said: "Since you know that Baohetang is a place to treat diseases and save people, you shouldn't collect monthly money from us! If this money is used to buy medicine for poor families, I don't know how many people will be saved!"
Zhao Kangyuan's words triggered a murmur of agreement among the people watching. Moreover, Liu Haojia knew that Baohetang would indeed save several poor families from paying for medicine every month. During disaster years, he also held free clinics and donated food and medicinal materials, and he had a good reputation among the capital.
Liu Haojia listened to the comments of the people around him, then looked at Zhao Kangyuan who was secretly proud, smiled, and said: "You want to use this kind of ability to suppress me, you have a good idea! But I'm afraid you used the wrong method!"
Zhao Kangyuan said calmly: "I don't dare, I'm afraid the official is overthinking it!"
Liu Haojia turned his head left and right to look at the angry eyes of the people around him, then turned back and said loudly: "I said this is a place to treat diseases and save people to give you face, but you thought it was a way to brag! Are you selling this? Didn’t you charge money for the medicine? Isn’t it a business that Baohetang does? What you do here is just treating diseases in exchange for money, it’s just a different kind of business!”
The people around him suddenly fell silent when they heard this. They all thought about Liu Haojia's words and felt that what he said made sense! But before they could figure it out, Liu Haojia said loudly again: "In addition, I will help you settle the account! Your Baohetang does have the behavior of giving away medicines for free. But I have calculated that you have not delivered more than 100 medicines every month. Ten taels of silver, did I make a mistake?"
When Zhao Kangyuan heard this, his temples immediately became sweaty! To be honest, he gave the order that the monthly delivery of medicine should not exceed 10 taels of silver. It was just to gain a good reputation. And he didn't expect that anyone would actually count these numbers, so he was a little confused!
The surrounding people were not fools either. They immediately realized that such a large business as Baohetang, which only limited the number of medicines delivered every month, was naturally used to buy reputation. So my impression of Baohetang suddenly became bad!
After all, these common people don't understand the idea of disregarding one's deeds but not one's heart. They just feel that Baohetang's purpose of doing good deeds is impure, and they don't like it in their hearts!
Then Liu Haojia continued to say loudly: "And there is also a big problem with the price of medicines sold by you Baohetang! Take Ligustrum lucidum as an example, you only buy Ligustrum lucidum dry goods for 27 yuan per catty, but when you sell it to takeaway, it costs One hundred and thirty-five, nearly five times the profit, which is really high! "
When the people around him heard this, they made another noise! To be honest, they really didn't expect that Baohetang, who flaunted his skillful hands and benevolent heart every day, would actually make such a huge profit when selling medicine! Five times the profit is definitely considered a profiteer!
Zhao Kangyuan was sweating not only on his temples, but also on his forehead! But he still argued loudly: "Some of our medicines are very expensive and are sold at a loss, otherwise many people will not be able to afford them! So part of the profit from selling high-priced medicines is to make up for that part of the deficit!"
Liu Haojia said: "Okay, tell me which drugs were sold at a loss, and I will check the accounts for you!"
When Liu Haojia saw that he was silent, he said sternly: "It seems that you are mistaking me for those stupid officials! Do you really think that I don't know? You said that those expensive medicines were sold at a loss, which is nonsense. ! Those expensive medicines are sold by you at a loss, and ordinary people cannot afford them. Only wealthy families who don’t care about money can afford them! If you dare to say that those expensive medicines are lost money, today I will really take stock. Let me show you! If you are wrong, I will compensate you thirty taels per month!"
