Chen Yi thought he had offered his suggestions as tactfully as possible, but seeing the smile slowly fade from Xiao Wan'er's face, he couldn't help but feel a pang of pity.
As he finished, he motioned for Xiaodie to pour some tea, then cleared his throat and said:
"This proposal of yours actually has its merits. It's just that the Xiao Family's current Medicine Halls have a very demanding business model. Compared to Hundred Herbs Hall, we simply aren't in a position to expand."
And it was true.
To expand a traditional Medicine Hall, you don't just need competent Physicians and apprentices to run the storefronts; you also need a steady supply of various medicinal herbs.
It was nothing like the simple model of Hundred Herbs Hall, which focused primarily on medicinal teas and formulas for common ailments.
Training Physicians alone doesn't happen overnight, to say nothing of spending a fortune on silver coins to stock herbs with no guarantee of when they'd be sold.
