Chapter 115: Chapter 115: Complintary Services
Qi Yue that day, as usual, saw patients in the morning and returned to her residence in the afternoon. After dinner, she began to write prescriptions.
The nas of traditional Chinese dicines in this world were a bit off, so she had to write them out clearly. For so herbs with similar nas, she also had to draw diagrams to avoid confusion, lest those people make mistakes.
With dicinal wine, a little error could be fatal.
After finishing one prescription, she copied more than ten more, thinking about the twenty or so people who were coming, so she copied a few extra.
Just as she put down her pen, Nanny Zhang brought over so freshly brewed tea.
“Miss, all those people have arrived and are waiting outside!”
Qi Yue picked up the tea and took a sip.
“How long have they been here? Why not let them in?”
Nanny Zhang bowed slightly.
“The miss is busy, even if they had co, they would have had to wait.”
Those words were pleasing to hear, and Qi Yue couldn’t help but look up and take a good look at Nanny Zhang.
Neatly dressed, clean-cut, with eyes that were always downturned, she never took the initiative to pry into this or that, nor did she say anything superfluous.
She was crystal clear about the affairs of Longnan County Governnt, and whenever Qi Yue needed information, Nanny Zhang could always speak sensibly and to the point, hitting the nail on the head every ti.
She was much better than the other maids who beat around the bush.
“Nanny Zhang, don’t do the heavy work from now on, just help manage things inside and out.”
As Qi Yue spoke, she reached into her bosom and took out a bottle of pills made from Spiritual Spring Water and placed them in her hand.
“You’re weak, this will help you recover.”
Nanny Zhang thanked her repeatedly and joyfully accepted the gift.
Qi Yue then gathered the written prescriptions and slowly walked out of the backyard to the front hall, where she instructed the maids to let everyone in.
Businessman Zhang and the others had already been anxiously waiting, but they didn’t dare to show any sign of dissatisfaction.
Seeing the door open, they all squeezed forward without regard for decorum, afraid that if they fell behind, the prescription would end up in soone else’s hands.
Qi Yue watched with a silent smile on her face.
Each of them was a walking ingot of silver, they must all be looked after!
“Bring stools for the gentlen, and serve tea!”
Several maids imdiately lined up neatly and brought stools over for each businessman.
The businessn couldn’t understand what Qi Yue was planning, but they all sat down.
Old Zhang, being the largest wine rchant in Longnan County Governnt, couldn’t wait to speak as soon as he sat down.
“Miss Qi, we’ve co this ti to discuss the dicinal wine recipe. You na your price, and if it’s suitable, my Zhang Family will take it.”
Qi Yue nodded with a smile.
“Sure, I’ve prepared all the prescriptions, just waiting for you! But as for the price, you should be prepared; it won’t be cheap!”
Upon hearing this, the eyes of the other wine rchants all widened.
They all wanted the dicinal wine prescription.
Not cheap? How expensive could it be?
Due to the power and wealth of Old Zhang, the wine rchants without the financial strength really didn’t dare to speak up, and they started whispering amongst themselves.
“The prescriptions are ready, but we have no idea about the price?”
“If it’s really expensive, why don’t we join forces?”
Businessman Li couldn’t restrain himself any longer!
He had already made up his mind that he must get his hands on the dicinal wine recipe this ti.
Afterwards, he could wholesale the dicinal wine to others and make a hefty profit.
What’s there to fear about the price being high? With his wealth, could he not afford a dicinal wine recipe?
He didn’t even drink the tea in his hand anymore and imdiately stood up, speaking generously, “Miss Qi, no matter the price, my Li Family can afford it.”
Businessman Zhang glared at him with round eyes and shouted, “My Zhang Family can too, Miss Qi, please just na your price!”
The rest of the guests couldn’t contain themselves any longer and they all stood up.
“Miss Qi Yue, just na your price! We’ve decided to buy the prescription!”
Seeing that everyone was so intent on having it, Qi Yue nodded in satisfaction.
“Since that is the case, I’ll speak plainly.”
She was going to na her price but instead took her ti picking up the teacup, insisting humbly to the others, “Have so tea, have so tea. This is the finest Cloud Mist new tea. Surely you gentlen don’t want to miss tasting it?”
Upon hearing this, everyone picked up their teacups.
Just as they did, Qi Yue put down her teacup and threw out a figure unexpectedly, “One million.”
“Pff…”
The rchants, who had just taken a sip of their tea, couldn’t help but spit it out.
“Cough, cough, cough… How, how much?” Mr. Zhang’s eyes were wide with disbelief.
It was the first ti he had seen soone with the audacity to ask for such an outrageous price!
“One million!”
Qi Yue repeated the amount slowly once more.
Suddenly, the great hall was abuzz with the murmurs of the rchants, as if a pot had exploded.
“Isn’t that too expensive? There has never been a prescription that costly!”
“Exactly, we might as well consult a doctor and have it prepared!”
“It’s no use, I’ve had experts try to discern it, but they couldn’t identify the ingredients at all!”
“What are we to do? It’s far too expensive!”
As the wealthiest wine rchant, Mr. Zhang had the most clout and the largest temper. He pointed at Qi Yue’s nose and started yelling.
“This is extortion! You can’t sell a prescription like this!”
Qi Yue humd indifferently.
“I set the terms for my prescription. You are free not to buy.”
“Furthermore, this prescription is the result of many years of careful research and dedication. The effort and ti I put into this are not sothing you can comprehend. One million is not at all expensive. Besides, once you buy this recipe, you can use it indefinitely. The profits you’ll make, I assu you can do the math.”
Mr. Zhang grimaced and fell silent.
He knew that if the dicated wine sold well, one million would be recovered quickly!
But now it wasn’t a question of profitability; with the contract for dicated wine from the Governor’s Office in place, failing to deliver the wine would an either death or complete bankruptcy!
The others could cope; they were just small families with little to lose in a bankruptcy.
But not him – he represented half of Longnan County Governnt’s businesses, worth many tis a million!
Thinking so, he was already sowhat tempted.
But he still couldn’t quite accept it, spending one million just for a prescription seed like a terrible deal.
If he could share the cost with the Li family, now wouldn’t that be better?
Thinking this, he gave Mr. Li a aningful look!
Mr. Li, ever so perceptive, was about to stand and speak, but Qi Yue beat him to it.
“I forgot to ntion a rule, I’m selling this prescription to an individual only, because there is an additional gift service included. If you decide to purchase collectively, I won’t provide the gift.”
“What kind of gift service?” Mr. Li asked reluctantly, not believing that a gift could be better than the item purchased for one million.
Qi Yue was too lazy to explain and simply handed a written note to the old lady Zhang, asking her to pass it around for everyone to see.
Mr. Zhang snatched the paper eagerly and began to read it on his own.
Mr. Li, anxious and scratching his head, craned his neck to peek as well.
Possibly too excited by what they read, the two of them began to read aloud.
“Free updates to the prescription for three years; included is a personalized dicinal wine prescription tailored to one’s constitution, with free updates for one year; plus a gift of another dicinal wine prescription of the sa value, with choices of: Strong Life and Health Prescription, Foundation-Strengthening and Vitality-Nourishing Prescription, Face-Nourishing and Beauty Prescription, Yang-Strengthening and Tonifying Prescription, Fall and Injury Treatnt Prescription, Nourishing and Health-Preserving Prescription, Spleen-Strengthening and Dampness-Removing Prescription…”
As they read, their breathing quickened.
“Miss Qi Yue, is the gift prescription as effective as the Rheumatism Relief dicinal Wine?”
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