Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

To be fair, Li Ziqian's children and grandchildren are quite serious.

Just counting those who came to this house, there were 4 sons and 11 grandsons. And judging from how Li Yajing addressed everyone, she probably also had three or four uncles and several brothers who were not in Anguo's area.

However, it's not hard to tell from the conversation among Li Yajing's brothers that Li Ziqian doesn't just have one wife, but several. They kept mentioning things like "third grandmother" and "fifth grandmother."

Of course, Wang An only listened to these things from the sidelines and did not ask any questions out of curiosity.

Wang An generally has no interest in inquiring about things that don't concern him.

The only puzzling thing is how Li Ziqian's family got through those special years.
You have to understand that they were really ruthless in those years, especially when it came to rich people like Li Ziqian, who suffered terribly.

However, the answer was soon found in their conversation: the Li family, this branch of the family, had been living in Hong Kong all along.

Things calmed down here for the first few years, so they came back from Hong Kong.

It has to be admitted that these rich people are incredibly shrewd and have a remarkably forward-thinking perspective.

Just thinking about this made Wang An's teeth ache again.

Of course, it wasn't just a toothache, but also a pain in my heart, liver, and lungs—it hurt everywhere.

The main problem is that Hong Kong was rented out to Yingzi by that old vixen, Empress Dowager Cixi. It was called a rent, but in reality, it was a loss, and it hasn't been returned yet.

Of course, as a nobody, Wang An could only feel indignant about these things, because there was nothing he could do.

However, what pained Wang An was that Xiao Yingzi used an enormous amount of perfume.

So, barring any unforeseen circumstances, some of the musk sachets that Wang An sold to Li Ji will definitely be shipped to Hong Kong and then sold to Xiao Yingzi to make perfume.

Therefore, Wang An felt that he had sold his musk at a loss, a huge loss indeed.

Damn it, even though he was reborn, Wang An found that he still couldn't outsmart someone as cunning as Li Ziqian.

Fortunately, Wang An felt much more at ease when he thought about how high Li Ji's costs were and how much risk there was in transportation.

Of course, these were all guesses by Wang An from their fragmentary remarks, and the actual situation remains unknown.

However, what is certain is that the reason why Li Ji Pharmacy pays much higher prices for various high-end medicinal materials than other pharmacies is that their market is not limited to China.

Wang Anke knew that back in the 1990s, the price of pure natural wild musk had already reached a high of four or five thousand yuan per gram abroad.

Even artificially farmed ones cost five or six hundred yuan per gram, and even artificially synthesized ones cost a few yuan or even more than ten yuan per gram.

Even now, the price of pure wild musk from abroad is around six or seven hundred yuan per gram, or even seven or eight hundred yuan.

That's right, the price of musk is just that outrageous, absolutely outrageous.

It's impossible to say it's not outrageous, because Li Ziqian bought it from Wang An for nearly 300 yuan per gram. Who would believe he didn't make a profit?
But as I said before, how much money someone can earn is their own ability, and it has absolutely nothing to do with Wang An.

As Li Ziqian's children and grandchildren arrived at the house one after another, a whole sack of iron gallstones and grass gallstones were being inspected one by one, and the inspection was carried out very quickly. In this way, in less than two hours, all the iron gallstones and grass gallstones had been inspected by these 15 people.

Next came the time to settle the accounts.

The total weight of the 6 dried ginseng roots with five leaves is 220.8 grams, which is 215 yuan per gram. With a 10% premium, the price is 52220 yuan.

1根80年以上5品叶鲜人参1万5千块钱。

A fresh ginseng root with leaves of grade four and over 70 years old costs 7,000 yuan.

3根60年以上四品叶鲜人参，一根6千，三根总共1万8千块钱。

另外3根50年以上四品叶鲜人参总共162.4克，25块钱1克，加一成溢价，作价4470块钱。

还有3根不足50年三品叶总共95.5克，20块钱1克，加一成溢价，作价2千块钱。

102.3 grams of bezoar, 30 yuan per gram, plus a 1% premium and a 1000 yuan compensation, totaling 4380 yuan.

Eleven musk sachets were sold without being weighed. Each sachet cost 11 yuan. Including the 8% premium and the 3 yuan compensation from Li Ziqian, the total price was 99800 yuan.

The price of bear bile powder was basically the same as the amount Wang An and his two companions had calculated at home.

The total price of the dark brown iron gall powder, the dark green iron gall powder, and the grass gall powder was 339260 yuan, which was only 600 yuan less than what Wang An and his two companions had calculated at home.

This is normal, since when Wang An and the other two were calculating at home, they did not remove the gallbladder before weighing it, and the weight of the gallbladder of each bear bile is different.

In the end, because Li Ziqian priced the fresh ginseng separately, plus various compensations, Li's Pharmacy had to pay Wang An and the other two a total of 542130 yuan, which was 4 yuan more than Wang An and the other two had estimated at home.

When it came to cash transactions, Li's Pharmacy's actions once again gave Wang An a fresh perspective on the Li family.

Because the more than 54 yuan in cash was not all taken from Li's Pharmacy, but the vast majority was in the hands of Li Ziqian's children and grandchildren.

Each of Li Yongrui's four sons brought 40,000 yuan in cash, while each of his 11 grandchildren brought 30,000 yuan. The remaining 52,000 yuan was taken from the pharmacy's safe.

After helping the pharmacy inspect the bear bile and counting the money they had brought, Wang An and his two companions loaded a sack of yuan onto the cart. Then, Li Ziqian's children and grandchildren each took some bear bile and ginseng and left.

The Li family's actions perfectly exemplify the saying, "Together we are a blazing fire, scattered we are countless stars."

This method is undeniably ingenious, as both money and goods are stored in a dispersed manner.

If someone were to be watching Li's Pharmacy, they would be completely baffled.

No wonder they've been able to stand strong for so many years; their way of managing wealth is something that ordinary people can't learn.

It's no exaggeration to say that if something unavoidable happens, it's impossible to completely eradicate them; you'd be lucky to even manage to get rid of a small part of them.

After Wang An and his two companions loaded a sack of cash onto the gas stove, they arranged to meet Li Ziqian again at 9 a.m. the next day, and then drove away. (End of Chapter)