"Why does the shopkeeper only ask for tiger bones? Don't you need anything else?" Jiang Qinyu asked with a smile.

When Shopkeeper Zheng saw that it was a young man who was speaking, he went to look at Meng Tianze. As a result, Meng Tianze looked like he was waiting for Jiang Qinyu to make the decision. Shopkeeper Zheng immediately understood that the young man in front of him was the one who could make the decision among this group of people.

"It's not that we don't need it, but my father suffers from a strange disease. A few days ago, a famous doctor in the city told me a folk remedy that requires tiger bones as medicine, so I am a little anxious." Manager Zheng bowed.

Jiang Qinyu thought about it quickly, then smiled and said, "Boss, can we check in first? We've been traveling for several days and are really tired. What do you think..."

"Okay, okay, Gun'er, you take care of it for the guests." Seeing that they were exhausted, Manager Zheng knew that this was not the time to discuss business, so he quickly gave orders.

The waiter, called Gun'er, immediately told Jiang Qinyu about her previous request. Shopkeeper Zheng agreed without hesitation with a wave of his hand.

Chen Shao and others drove the carriage to the backyard first, leaving Jiang Qinyu and Meng Tianze to talk to Manager Zheng alone.

"Can you two let me see the tiger bones?" Shopkeeper Zheng couldn't keep his composure when he thought of his father who couldn't get out of bed.

He knew that it was easy to be cheated if he rushed into such a deal as in the last game, but he couldn't help it.

The tiger bones had been processed separately and Jiang Qinyu had put them in a bundle, which she happened to be carrying in her hand.

Seeing the shopkeeper so anxious, Jiang Qinyu didn't keep him waiting and simply laid out the tiger bones. "Here are the bones of a whole tiger."

Shopkeeper Zheng had seen tiger bones before and could tell whether the bones Jiang Qinyu took out were real tiger bones. He quickly confirmed that this was what he wanted.

"Please give us an offer!" Shopkeeper Zheng bowed with an earnest look in his eyes.

Jiang Qinyu and Meng Tianze looked at each other. In fact, they had not had time to discuss the price. After all, no one expected to meet a buyer who wanted to buy tiger bones as soon as they arrived in the capital!

But since the business has been delivered to their doorstep, they can’t refuse it, right?

"The shopkeeper is obviously a very honest man," Jiang Qinyu said. "Our tiger bones are also very complete. I don't need to tell you the price. To thank you for letting so many of us stay in the carriage in the backyard, please name your price!"

They only rented one room for so many people, and sleeping in a dormitory was not profitable, so Jiang Qinyu and the others were actually taking advantage.

The most important reason why Manager Zheng's store has not been able to grow over the years is that he is too honest, methodical and kind-hearted. Otherwise, Kangyue Inn would not be in its current state.

"It's okay, it's okay. I don't have many customers here anyway, so I'm just giving you a break." Shopkeeper Zheng waved his hand nonchalantly. "I can see that your tiger bones are good stuff, but not many people buy tiger bones these days, so they might not fetch a good price in Yukang Mansion."

He paused, looked at Jiang Qinyu, and said, "I won't beat around the bush with you. I'll just give you the actual price. Eighty taels of silver for a whole set of tiger bones. How about that?"

Hearing eighty taels, Meng Tianze fainted. Only Jiang Qinyu was still conscious. "How about the shopkeeper give us an auspicious number, eighty-eight taels? It's not easy for us to come all the way from Yongshan County, and we are many people, you see..."

What I mean is that although eighty taels seems like a lot, it won’t be much after they get it.

Shopkeeper Zheng thought of his old father, gritted his teeth and nodded, "Deal!"

"Then, boss, would you like some of our other game?" Jiang Qinyu saw that the inn also provided meals, so she might be able to sell some of it.

Shopkeeper Zheng, holding the bundle of tiger bones, felt relieved, his mind at ease, and smiled warmly. "You have the most mutton, right?"

"Yes, there are also wolf and wild boar meat." Jiang Qinyu added.

Shopkeeper Zheng thought for a moment and said, "My shop is small, so I can only take one sheep. For the others, you'll have to ask elsewhere."

"I wonder if the shopkeeper has any place to recommend? We are new here and not familiar with the place." Jiang Qinyu immediately followed up the conversation and asked.

Shopkeeper Zheng was a truly good man. Thinking that someone had sold him tiger bones, he recommended several large restaurants in the city.

"The owner of Zuixianju is not easy to talk to. You should go there last. Let's go to Shiweizhai first. They mainly sell all kinds of fresh food. You can go to other shops later if you want."

Jiang Qinyu was overjoyed when she heard this and stood up and said gratefully, "Thank you, shopkeeper!"

Manager Zheng waved his hand and hurried home to get medicine for his old father.

Jiang Qinyu and Meng Tianze took the silver and went straight back to the room they had just opened.

After the rest of the people settled in, they also squeezed into the room.

"How's it going? Did you sell anything?"

Facing everyone's questions, Meng Tianze smiled so hard that his teeth were exposed and his eyes were invisible. "I sold it. A whole set of tiger bones."

"How much silver?"

This is the issue that everyone is most concerned about.

Jiang Qinyu smiled and laid out a fifty-liang silver note, three ten-liang silver ingots, and the remaining eight liang of silver.

"So many?" Everyone gasped.

How much silver is a whole tiger worth? Tiger bones can be sold for 88 taels?

Jiang Qinyu smiled and said, "We've met a distinguished person. Normally, we wouldn't get this price."

Those who know the business will naturally know how to use tiger bones, but those who don’t will not care about it.

"A Shao, pinch me, our luck is too good, isn't it?" Liu Yazi said to Chen Shao dizzyly.

Chen Shao slapped him on the back of the head and said, "Wake up, Mrs. Lu said that we are lucky. We don't know how much the other things can sell for."

"Speaking of this," Jiang Qinyu thought after hearing this, "Let's set a price first. This is mainly for mutton."

There is less wolf meat, pork and tiger meat, so they should be able to be processed quickly, but there is too much mutton, and I don’t know how much the big restaurants like Yukang Mansion can take. They have to sell the rest themselves.

Meng Tianze has experience with this. "Before, when I was in Yongshan County, I sold a whole sheep for about fifteen taels. The most expensive price was about sixty wen per pound of meat."

A wild goat weighs more than 200 kilograms, so the price is not expensive.

"Sixty cents?" Jiang Qinyu shook her head. "No, it's hard to sell at this price."

There are several thousand kilograms of wild sheep meat in total, and we have to find a way to deal with it.

"How about this? Let's go to various restaurants and eateries tomorrow to ask about the situation. We'll sell as much as we can, and then we'll set up stalls to sell the rest at 45 cents per pound. How about that?" Jiang Qinyu looked at everyone and asked.

Meng Tianze nodded first, "Just listen to my sister-in-law. Only when you sell things can it be counted as money. If you keep them in your hands, they are nothing."

After things were settled, Meng Tianze arranged for the others to rest. Jiang Qinyu also went into the space to wash up before going to bed.

The next morning, Jiang Qinyu and others started their business in Yukang Mansion.

According to Manager Zheng, Jiang Qinyu and his group split into five groups and headed to five restaurants respectively. Each of them drove a carriage loaded with different types of meat.

Jiang Qinyu and Meng Tianze came to Zuixianju, where the owner was said to have a bad temper.

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