Chen Yi felt that he had expressed his suggestions as tactfully as possible, but when he saw the smile gradually fade from Xiao Wan'er's face, he could not help feeling somewhat sorry.
At the end, he motioned for Xiao Die to make tea and pour water, then coughed and said:
"This proposal is actually quite commendable, but the Xiao Family's several Medicine Halls are already too much of a burden. Compared with Hundred Herbs Hall, they do not yet have the conditions to expand outward."
That was indeed the truth.
For a traditional Medicine Hall to expand, it needed not only physicians and apprentices capable of holding down the shop, but also supplies of all kinds of Medicinal Herbs.
It could not be compared to Hundred Herbs Hall's simple model, which focused on tea beverages and prescriptions using common medicinal herbs.
Training physicians alone was no task that could be accomplished overnight, let alone spending vast sums of Silver Coins stocking Medicinal Herbs that might not sell for who knew how long.
In short, Xiao Wan'er had been wrong from the start to base this proposal on the Xiao Family's Medicine Halls.
At least, the current Xiao Family could not support such a burdensome Medicine Hall model.
After hearing him out, Xiao Wan'er thought for a moment and said, "Brother-in-law is right. I was thinking too simply."
"Not entirely..."
Before Chen Yi could comfort her, Xiao Wan'er pursed her lips and said, "You needn't comfort me. I truly did not think things through before."
"Now that I think about it, the physicians among the five Medicine Halls who can truly be presented are still the ones sent by Hundred Herbs Hall."
Xiao Wan'er paused, then asked, "According to what you just said, if we wish to expand Hundred Herbs Hall,