My domineering ex-husband is living off his wife in ancient times.

Chapter 46 even has purchase limits!

"really?!"

Dr. Zhu was so delighted that his beard almost stood on end.

Cheng Ruoan: "Really?"

Other merchants can't sell bone injury plaster, but Cheng Ruoan can!

Because she has space.

As long as the villa can hold it all, she can take as much cargo as she wants on the road.

Furthermore, the items inside the space remain fresh and will not expire or spoil; whatever she puts in, it will be exactly the same when she takes it out.

Therefore, the shelf life of the bone injury plaster and the safety of transportation are not problems for Cheng Ruoan.

Therefore, Cheng Ruoan chuckled twice: "Dr. Zhu, but business is business. This bone injury ointment of yours is something that someone else ordered but then broke the contract for, so the price..."

Dr. Zhu was amused by her deliberately shrewd businessman act and laughed twice, saying, "I understand. How about I sell it to you at my cost price, two taels of silver per can? If you don't believe this is the cost price, I can show you the account books."

Cheng Ruoan waved her hand, "That won't be necessary."

It's not that she's kind-hearted or generous; rather, as a businesswoman, one can't go too far in doing things.

In the business world, you can't just take a look at someone's books just because they say they're going to give you a breakdown of their finances.

"Dr. Zhu, as I said, business is business. I'm urgently helping you take over your slow-moving inventory, which still has an expiration date, so it's a huge risk for me. If the profit margin wasn't large, why would I go through all this trouble?"

Dr. Zhu had never heard of terms like "unsold goods" or "shelf life," but he could understand their meaning and thought Cheng Ruoan was extremely professional.

He looked at Cheng Ruoan more closely.

Although she was dressed simply in a plain cotton coat, she had delicate features, an elegant demeanor, and fair skin.

This young woman clearly had no experience in manual labor, so people immediately believed her identity as a merchant.

She truly had the means to purchase that batch of bone injury ointment!

Doctor Zhu stroked his beard. "At what price does the young lady wish to purchase it?"

"Dr. Zhu, why don't you tell me first what the price of your wound medicine powder is?"

Cheng Ruoan wanted one tael of silver per jar of this bone injury ointment.

She also wanted to get the wound medicine from Dr. Zhu's shop along with the goods.

Kang'an Hall has been operating in Huilan City for forty or fifty years. Cheng Ruo'an and his group found it by asking along the street, "Where is the best clinic?"

However, the passersby all said Kang'an Hall, perhaps not because Kang'an Hall was the largest medical clinic in Huilan City, but because the passersby could clearly see Cheng Ruoan's injured leg with a splint.

Therefore, Cheng Ruoan had no worries about the efficacy of Dr. Zhu's ointments and powders.

That must be a good product.

Since the wound medicine is not easily broken and does not expire, Dr. Zhu will not give her a discount, so you have to take everything into account when negotiating the price.

"Young lady, you still want to sell wound medicine? I have no trouble selling my wound medicine, and there's an ancestral rule that each person in our Kang'an Hall can only register to buy one bottle of this medicine per month."

Cheng Ruoan was stunned.

Dr. Zhu's family has a long history of business acumen; they even implemented purchase restrictions.

But on second thought, it makes sense.

Otherwise, how can Kang'antang maintain the clinic's "popularity" and "traffic"?

If there were no purchase restrictions, Dr. Zhu's family would probably have gone out of business long ago and would only be making and selling medicine.

Cheng Ruotong, who had been shocked the whole time, finally came to her senses and put her hands on her hips to question Doctor Zhu: "You old doctor, are you treating people differently based on their status? How come you can sell wound medicine and bone injury ointment together when you do business with those security escort agencies, but not here?"

"You're really speaking rudely, young lady! I... I didn't mean that!" Doctor Zhu was so anxious that he was blowing his beard and glaring.

Cheng Ruoan pulled her sister along, only to shake her head regretfully: "That's a pity. If I sell the bone injury ointment at a loss, I won't be able to make money anywhere else."

Since Dr. Zhu doesn't need my help, let's pretend I never mentioned it.

"Sister, let's take the medicine and go."

"Hey, hey, Madam Cheng, wait a minute! Let's talk some more, let's talk some more! Aren't all deals made through negotiation, Madam Cheng!"

Doctor Zhu was also anxious. He was afraid that Cheng Ruoan would be like those other security escort agencies, taking the wound medicine and then breaking the contract by not taking the bone injury ointment.

Cheng Ruoan hesitated for a moment, and after hearing Doctor Zhu's concerns, she was very surprised: "Don't you guys go to the county government to get a legally binding contract when you do business?"

Doctor Zhu could only sigh: "The government's taxes are too harsh. Nowadays, when individuals buy and sell goods, they just sign a private contract and that's it."

Cheng Ruoan: ...

understood.

It's still the problem of government corruption that's making life difficult for ordinary people.

Cheng Ruoan was somewhat amused and exasperated: "However, Dr. Zhu, you gave me the goods in cash, and I gave you the money in cash. How can there be a breach of contract between us? We can exchange money for goods as soon as we agree on the price."

Doctor Zhu nodded: "That makes sense, but Madam Cheng, how much wound medicine powder do you need? Do you know that just this bone injury ointment alone costs six hundred taels of silver?"

Cheng Ruoan, abandoning his previous mischievous and cunning smile, smiled kindly and said, "No, no, no, Dr. Zhu, I'm only willing to pay one tael of silver per jar of bone injury ointment. I'll pack up three hundred jars for you and take them away."

But the condition is that you have to sell me 500 bottles of wound-healing powder at a price lower than the market price.

Dr. Zhu: !!!

That smile is what a real shrewd businessman looks like!

Doctor Zhu put away the medical records on the table, took out an abacus from under the table and beat it with a few taps before saying, "Three hundred jars of bone injury ointment and five hundred bottles of wound medicine powder. I need to receive one thousand one hundred taels of silver before I can do this deal with you."

Cheng Ruoan mentally estimated the prices of the bone injury plaster and the wound healing powder.

When Dr. Zhu saw that she didn't speak, he assumed that she was hesitating because she thought the price was too high.

He quickly said, "Madam Cheng, I'm doing it exactly as you said. The bone injury plaster is one tael per jar. This wound medicine powder is one tael and five mace per bottle."

The wound medicine powder costs two taels a bottle at our clinic; you can find it anywhere. As for the extra fifty taels…”

"Alright, Dr. Zhu, I agree to this price." Cheng Ruoan raised her hand to interrupt Dr. Zhu.

This was already within her expected price range; Cheng Ruoan wouldn't leave even fifty taels for Doctor Zhu to earn.

Overjoyed, Doctor Zhu exclaimed, "Madam Cheng, meeting you is truly my good fortune!"

Cheng Ruotong: !!!

She pulled Cheng Ruoan aside and whispered, "Little sister, you're not serious, are you? We don't have a thousand taels of silver!"

"Sister, I'm serious." Cheng Ruoan patted the back of her hand to reassure her.

Cheng Ruotong felt completely stunned by her younger sister's presence today.

Didn't you say you came to see my legs?

How did we end up talking about business?

Besides, when did our family become traveling merchants?

We're not even willing to accept orders from these merchants, so what makes us think we're worthy of them?

She was stunned for a moment, then turned her head and saw Cheng Ruoan take out a 1,100-tael silver note and hand it to Doctor Zhu.

"Dr. Zhu, could you please help me move all the medicine out? We'll take it with us now."

Cheng Ruotong: ! ! ?

She looked at Cheng Ruoan in utter terror.

How come there really is one?!