19: Chapter 19 Getting rich is an easy thing

Xia Shaoxin came out of Dawu Mountain, rested for a few days, transformed several Advanced Poisonous Insects, and made them into dried goods.

Not wanting to expose his Storage Pouch, he loaded a full cart and pushed it to Li Family Hollow himself.

He went straight to Zhang Yan's private residence and delivered them into the courtyard.

Zhang Yan was stunned.

"Brother Xia, the Golden Earth Dragon dried goods you sold me last time have only just been sent away; I haven't even received the payment yet."

He had already anticipated this situation.

"How long will it take for you to get the payment back?"

"I can discuss it with the buyer and try to make it as fast as possible, but it will still take a month."

"What about adding this batch?"

Zhang Yan's throat was hoarse as he said in a low voice: "To be honest, I'm afraid my buyer can't handle this much stock either. Your goods alone equal that of dozens of households."

"Can you team up with others to buy my goods?"

Zhang Yan frowned, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Brother Xia, if you were like other Bug Catchers, selling a few thousand or ten thousand worth of goods a year, no one would care."

"There are plenty of people in our Gu Bureau who do this privately. The Gu Bureau manages hundreds of Bug Catcher households, so it's easy for everyone to share."

"If you take out so much stock all at once, it will bring you great danger, do you understand?"

Xia Shaoxin shook his head in confusion: "I don't know."

Zhang Yan sighed: "One order from you is worth more than two or three years of work in the past. Even the Gu Bureau official can't earn that much."

"Oh, does the Gu Bureau official do this himself too?"

Zhang Yan realized he had spoken out of turn and changed the subject: "I can help you sell this batch of goods, but I have to be more careful. Don't come into the city in the future. I have a small house outside the city. If you have goods, send word, and I will send someone to pick them up."

He picked up paper and pen from the table and wrote a note for him as proof.

Xia Shaoxin didn't quite understand. Faced with immense wealth, Zhang Yan appeared deeply worried.

"Alright, take a look and see how much these goods of mine are worth?"

Zhang Yan checked them carefully and held up three fingers.

"Thirty thousand?"

"You're joking, three hundred and twenty thousand."

Xia Shaoxin smiled.

This is excellent.

He suddenly realized that making money wasn't very difficult. Why did his grandfather pinch pennies his whole life and only save up thirty thousand for him?

He unloaded the goods and intended to pull the cart out, but Zhang Yan stopped him.

"When you came, you swaggered in through the city gate. With so many bamboo cages loaded, anyone could tell you were delivering goods to me."

"You can't leave empty-handed. How about this, load a few bags of grain to take back, so people will think you came to ask for food."

Xia Shaoxin originally wanted to go to the pharmacy to buy medicinal herbs, so he had to leave pulling a cart of grain.

Passing by the pharmacy, he bought a few catties of medicinal herbs.

Returning home, he busily set to work making "seven gu detox pills."

He had entered Dawu Mountain several times this year, and the various detox medicines he had made according to past habits were basically used up.

Now that he had new detox pills, he naturally wanted to use something better.

However, even with the Shangqing Profound Mirror, the cost of making one seven gu detox pill still required one thousand coins. Compared to the detox medicine water used by Bug Catchers, it really wasn't cost-effective.

But things from the Sect definitely had their superior aspects; they couldn't be compared to those calamus water concoctions.

The miasma-repelling pills and qi and blood pills he had made before were used up, and the insect-repelling powder was also gone, so he had to make some more.

After spending about ten days, the earliest Bug Catchers to enter the mountain were about to come out one after another, so Xia Shaoxin entered the mountain again.

He put everything into the immortal's Storage Pouch, which was equivalent to five pockets, so he went in almost empty-handed and headed straight for the area near the barrier.

It was now midsummer, and the Poisonous Insects were suppressed by the Yang Qi, becoming weak and easier to collect.

After staying for ten days, the miasma-repelling pills were used up, and he returned fully loaded.

What touched him most was that he actually caught another Five-colored Scorpion.

Back home, thinking it had only been half a month since he last delivered goods to Zhang Yan, and that the guy was doing small-time business, he was afraid he couldn't return that much money, so he didn't bother him for the time being.

At home, he transformed the Advanced Poisonous Insects and made them into dried goods.

A month passed, and no longer needing to use a cart, he took his Storage Pouch and went straight to the outskirts of Li Family Hollow.

Zhang Yan's small courtyard was in a remote alley with no one around. Xia Shaoxin took the goods out of the Storage Pouch, knocked on the courtyard door, and someone came out. He handed over the note.

The person took the note, only glanced at it, and efficiently helped move the goods into the courtyard, while another person hurriedly went into the city to report.

Zhang Yan rushed over. Seeing Xia Shaoxin, he grabbed his hand very enthusiastically and they sat down as host and guest.

"This is your payment for the goods, I have already received it." Zhang Yan knew that money was the most important thing, so he immediately took out a stack and handed it to Xia Shaoxin.

He owed Xia Shaoxin four hundred thousand coins, and very thoughtfully converted them into silver notes, nearly five hundred taels.

"Hehe, straightforward!"

Xia Shaoxin put away the silver notes.

He thought to himself, if I can get five hundred taels, he should have gotten no less than this amount.

From a business perspective, Zhang Yan was extremely trustworthy; this money was his to earn.

So he pointed to the several sacks on the ground and asked Zhang Yan to inspect the goods.

Ah...

Zhang Yan rubbed his hands in excitement.

He opened the first sack, which contained a dozen bamboo cages.

Oh!

Hiss!

Wow!

He exclaimed as he looked.

As he quoted the prices, the subordinate next to him held an abacus and clattered away, counting.

After seeing everything, it totaled over five hundred thousand coins.

Xia Shaoxin let out a breath. Good, very good. Not only did he have enough for the million-coin redemption fee, but he also had enough for the one hundred thousand coin fine.

Zhang Yan frowned and said guiltily: "Brother Xia, your goods are more terrifying each time. Has something unusual happened in Dawu Mountain? You're getting this too easily, aren't you?"

Xia Shaoxin couldn't be bothered to explain.

Zhang Yan said again: "Didn't I tell you not to send goods here directly? You should have sent word, and I would have arranged it."

Xia Shaoxin naturally wouldn't reveal the secret of the Storage Pouch, so he said vaguely: "Don't worry, no one noticed me."

Since things had come to this, Zhang Yan didn't pursue it further and took out five hundred taels of silver notes.

"Brother Xia, this is all the profit from this trip, and it's all the liquid cash I can come up with right now."

He still had to sell on credit.

Now, he was still a little short of one thousand taels of silver, and there was still a fine of one hundred thousand coins, which was equivalent to over one hundred taels of silver.

Clutching the thick stack of silver notes, Xia Shaoxin was filled with emotion.

Dawu Mountain really was full of silver.

Making money was easy now, and he was a little reluctant to leave this place.

Bidding farewell to Zhang Yan, he didn't go home but walked toward Li Family Hollow.

He arrived at the largest pharmacy. Ever since he bought the recipe for the qi and blood pill here, the doctor had been very polite to him.

Xia Shaoxin asked: "Do you accept qi and blood pills?"

The doctor's eyes smiled brightly: "Of course, did you make the qi and blood pills?"

Xia Shaoxin took one out.

The doctor carefully picked it up with two fingers, brought it close to his nose to smell it, looked at it against the light, and pretended to be calm as he said: "Will you sell it for three thousand?"

"Don't beat around the bush with me, it's a waste of time. Give me a fair price."

The doctor said seriously: "These qi and blood pills are eaten by the low-level Disciples of the Sect, but the ones who eat the most are the imperial soldiers who practice the qi and blood Dao."

"They sell for five thousand each on the market in the capital. I am far from the capital here, and I have to resell them to others, so offering you three thousand coins really isn't making much."

Xia Shaoxin didn't have the patience to haggle.

Since the doctor was so honest about the sales channels and prices of the qi and blood pills, he didn't dwell on it and sold a dozen or so qi and blood pills.

"Can you accept strength pills?"

The pharmacy doctor's eyes widened like two dates, and he lowered his voice and said: "This is a forbidden drug, you have this too?"

"How much will you pay for it?"

The doctor held up five fingers.

"I'll give you five thousand each. In the Jianghu, this stuff is very popular!"

Xia Shaoxin smiled and took out ten strength pills.

The seven gu detox pill was only useful to Bug Catchers, but Bug Catchers would definitely not buy it, so he didn't even bother mentioning it.

The transaction was completed. It was already very late, and it was time to go to the Gu Bureau to see Official Liu Xinglong.