It was just after noon, and most of the families in Daomen Village had already had lunch. However, a small house near the mountainside had just put tables and stools, a vegetarian meal of three dishes, one soup and a pair of bowls and chopsticks.
Sitting in front of the table was an old man with a very old face. His hair had fallen out and his face was covered with age spots. The teeth are actually pretty good. Sit at the table and eat the food on the table slowly. Standing next to the old man were two young women dressed in plain clothes. They were the two daughters of Li Longcheng's family.
"What's wrong? Don't you two always chatter non-stop? One moment, the son of this family is so handsome, and the next moment, the skirt outside is so beautiful. Why are you mute today?"
The old man was joking with the two women while eating.
The two girls were not shy. They were used to the old man's way of speaking, but they did not dare to be presumptuous, so they bowed slightly and said, "Master Pan, today we sisters are entrusted by our father to report something to Master Pan. Please ask Pan." Master, please don’t blame me.”
"Your father? Li Laoliu? Haha, okay, they are all afraid of me, so they don't dare to bother me if anything happens, so they let you two girls come? Tsk tsk, you are all cowards. Okay, let's talk, Let me see if Li Laoliu can come to me for anything."
Only then did the two women carefully tell everything exactly what their father had told them.
At the end, the two women added: "Master Pan, the situation outside is very chaotic now, and medicinal materials have long become scarce. If you want to use money to buy them, let's not talk about how much you can afford after the price has increased. Even if you have money, You may not be able to buy it. So if you refuse, I’m afraid it will have a big impact on Master Pan’s supply of medicinal materials.”
After finishing speaking, the two women shrank their necks subconsciously, but they knew that the haggard-looking old man in front of them had a fiery temper hidden under his skinny skin. The most annoying thing on weekdays is when others influence his alchemy. Now they are still talking about the supply of alchemy materials, which is somewhat annoying. In fact, they were all prepared to be scolded by the old man.
However, to the surprise of the two women, the old man didn't mean to be angry. He kept using the chopsticks in his hands and slowly finished the food on the table one bite at a time.
After wiping his mouth, the old man said: "It means that you want me to help you get benefits, is that what you mean?"
The two women could no longer answer the conversation. I could only stand by the side submissively and didn't know how to answer for a while.
The old man smiled, and naturally he would not embarrass the two women. First of all, he was twice as old as Li Longcheng, and he was more than enough to be the grandfather of these two women. It would be a shame to have trouble with them. Secondly, the two girls are just the messengers, so how can they know too much?
"Go and call Li Longcheng and Li Tianfang, and I'll tell them directly."
"yes!"
The two girls seemed to have received an amnesty. One was left to clear the dishes on the table, while the other trotted off to call for help. Not long after, tea was served in the small courtyard, and Li Tianfang and Li Longcheng came.
"Master Pan, do you think this can be done?" Li Tianfang was also cautious when facing the old man. But I felt a little more hopeful. If the other party is willing to come to them for negotiation, that is the basis for agreeing to the transaction. Otherwise, they would just refuse directly, and Li Tianfang and the others would not dare to say anything.
The old man held the tea, took a sip, glanced at Li Tianfang, rolled his eyes, and said speechlessly: "You all find someone to give me a message, saying that if you don't do this business, I will lose it." of medicinal materials. What else can I use?"
"No, no, no, no, Master Pan, please don't misunderstand me. It's not that I want to cut off the medicinal materials in your hand, but if this business goes bad, it will have a certain impact. It is by no means cut off, please don't misunderstand me."
"Okay, okay, don't explain. Aren't you just still thinking about your daydreams? You have been dreaming for decades, and now that the chaos outside the mountain has begun, you are still not impatient? It just so happens that the other party has something else in his hand. Supplies and even ordnance can be obtained, so why not do this?
Even if I reject your request, you will definitely find another way to lobby me. It's better to be happy than to do this, so as not to bother you later. "
As soon as the old man said these words, Li Tianfang and Li Longcheng immediately burst into laughter, and they didn't care about the teasing in each other's words. After all, they themselves knew that their ambitions in the village were no different from daydreams to anyone. Moreover, the old man has a special status and he is on the same side. What else can he do if he teases him a few words?
But before Li Tianfang and Li Longcheng could say anything else, the old man continued: "I can accept this business. I don't ask how many ordnance you want from the other party. That thing is of no use to me.
I just want medicinal materials. They give me enough medicinal materials, and I give them enough elixirs. Either Xiao Pei Yuan Dan or Zhuang Gu Dan will do. But there is one thing that needs to be said first, that is, the medicinal materials must come first and then the elixirs. "
While talking, the old man took out a piece of paper from his sleeve. Although it was folded in half, the dense writing on it was still vaguely visible.
"These are the list of medicinal materials I want. If they send a sufficient quantity, I will give them five small Peiyuan pills and five bone-strengthening pills. You can figure out the rest of the profits for your copycat by yourself."
When Li Tianfang heard this, he didn't dare to interrupt immediately. He quickly opened the medicinal materials on the list and looked through them. He said with a troubled expression: "Master Pan, are these too many?"
"Too many farts! They are all commonly available medicinal materials. I didn't write about any of the old medicines from the previous year. If I hadn't been able to cut off the medicinal materials now, how could I have made it so cheap for them? Okay, that's it. They can Just bring the medicinal materials and make a deal. It’s up to you to decide how much benefit you can get in the process.”
After saying that, the old man stood up and left. He didn't care about Li Tianfang and Li Longcheng, and went back to the back room and closed the door.
Li Tianfang and Li Longcheng looked at each other and smiled bitterly.
Back at Li Tianfang's mansion, there were still people waiting for news in the hall. When Li Tianfang and Li Longcheng came back, they all stood up and asked about the results.
Li Tianfang pushed the list in front of everyone, and then there were sounds of gasping from below.
"Brother, although these medicinal materials are similar to those that Master Pan asked for before, are they too many? If we act as middlemen, we may not be able to reap the benefits!"
"Master Pan, there's nothing you can do to persuade me?"
Li Tianfang shook his head and said: "It's already very rare for Master Pan to agree to this order. What else do you think? This order has not been changed. Let's think about how to get more ordnance from it."
"Brother, in fact, the other party wants bone strengthening pills and we have a lot of money in hand. And our village can actually get a lot of pills from Master Pan. If we really can't negotiate, we can use some of them ourselves. Now. The most important thing is to get enough weapons."
(End of chapter)
