Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 348 Trip to Foshan ([-])

This approach is very attractive to some firms with relatively large capital flows, especially firms that want to purchase goods in Guangzhou, which avoids the danger of sending people to travel with large amounts of cash.

Liu San was fortunate to be the first user of the Delong bank draft in the crossing group.

In the early morning of the next day, Liu San met Huang Tianyu, a representative of the Industrial and Energy Commission who was also going to investigate at Bopu.It just looks awkward and unnatural at all.

They were sent to wait on two boys of thirteen or fourteen—it was hard to imagine that these two kids were future intelligence officers.One of them is Gao Di.

The intelligence network organized by Gao Di in Guangzhou, with the children of the Gao family's servants as the main members, has become less and less effective as the situation in Guangzhou has become bigger and bigger.His advantages of being familiar with the servants of Gao Ju's family and the environment of Haopan streets have gradually disappeared.Gao Di's activities are too active, which makes Gao Ju and some other people wary of him, and the effectiveness of the intelligence network is getting worse and worse.

At this time, Guo Yi's own intelligence system was gradually taking shape. From the perspective of intelligence work, Gaodi was no longer of great value.Guo Yi felt that although Brother Gao was smart and reliable in his work, he had not received the brainwashing education of the time-traveling group after all, and his professional level was also low.He was born and bred like this, and he has a group of younger brothers under him. If he is allowed to continue to operate in Guangzhou, the future situation will be difficult to predict.

Plus his father who has never been very reliable.Guo Yi simply reported to the executive committee: the whole family was relocated to Lingao, the couple was resettled to work in Bairen Commune, and Colgate assigned Wang Luobin as "secretary".After Gao Di completed the literacy education, he joined the intelligence work class and became a student.

Yang Shixiang also brought two family members here. Liu San introduced him to Huang Tianyu who was beside him, saying that he was a friend of his who was in the ceramics business.It is said that there are more people on the road, which is not only lively but also safer.Yang Shixiang readily agreed.

A group of people boarded the Guangding.The ships of Gaoguang Shipping Co., Ltd. are all cargo ships, and there are no passenger cabins. Passengers on the ship will lay berths in the cargo hold below the deck.The air is turbid and stuffy, and you have to worry about the bags around you.Yang Shixiang is a person who is used to going out, so he doesn't think it is hard.On the contrary, Liu San and Huang Tianyu felt a little overwhelmed.

All the way without incident, Yang Shixiang and Liu San talked about the many thresholds in the pharmacy business.

The business of traditional Chinese medicine used to be extremely profitable.Although there are many types of traditional Chinese medicine, except for a few rare medicinal materials, most of them are crude goods bought at a price of 60 pounds.The gross profit margin is huge.General decoction pieces, the gross profit rate will not be lower than 200%, and nourishing drugs such as ginseng and deer antler, the more expensive the more profitable, the gross profit rate is more than [-]%.Therefore, unless the pharmacy business is poorly managed, it is easy to make a fortune.

However, operating a pharmacy requires a lot of capital, which is a cost-heavy industry.A drug store always stocked between [-] and [-] kinds of medicinal materials, and the types of stocking were mainly based on "Compendium of Materia Medica"--this book was already very popular at this time--no matter how small the raw medicine shop was, it prepared [-] kinds of herbs. The above commonly used drugs are also necessary.

After the medicinal materials are purchased, they need to be processed differently according to the requirements, which consumes a lot of labor.Some medicinal materials cannot be used that year and must be stored for a period of time, ranging from a few months to a few years.Pharmacies are no different than other industries. It doesn’t matter how many items are missing. The most important thing is that the medicinal materials are complete. Therefore, some powerful pharmacies go to the drug market to purchase directly.Large pharmacies also have huge warehouses dedicated to storing various medicinal materials, and some even have to store enough goods for several years.A large stock of medicinal materials takes up a lot of funds, so even if you open a small drugstore, you need to have a capital of two to three hundred taels.

"Speaking of which, opening a pharmacy is still not easy."

"It's easy to say. My ancestors built a good foundation. As long as you do things with conscience in this business, if you don't encounter any natural or man-made disasters, you can make money." Yang Shixiang sighed, "Don't look at my Runshitang. At first glance, it is deserted, and ghosts don’t come to the door, if it wasn’t for the fact that pirates robbed a ship of medicinal materials back then, which seriously injured my vitality, it wouldn’t be so troublesome that I have to ask others for advice when I add musk and ice flakes.”

Liu San saw that he was talking, so he took the opportunity to ask him about "Liaodong goods".

Yang Shixiang said: There are roughly five kinds of Liaodong goods handled by pharmacies: pine nuts, ginseng, deer antler, amber, and honey.

Needless to say, ginseng, deer antler, and amber, the sea pine nuts produced in Liaodong—that is, the modern red pine nuts, are an excellent tonic in traditional Chinese medicine; The honey in Liaodong is famous for its pure taste.Most of the pine nuts and honey used by the drug dealers came from Liaodong, and some came from North Korea. Since Guangning was withdrawn from the town, not only the source of Liaodong was cut off, but even the goods from North Korea were rarely imported.

"Nowadays there is a lot of chaos outside the pass, and the imperial court has stopped the exchange. Merchants can't go out, and the medicinal materials and goods of the Tartars can't come in. These things are used a little less. North Korea's Korean ginseng is almost as expensive as gold. I heard people say that Qizhou There has been no Liaodong ginseng on the drug market for a long time."

Compared to gold, this is intriguing.Even Huang Tianyu, who had nothing to do with business, moved his eyelids.If you do business with Jiannu, wouldn't it be a big bonus to earn?It can also exploit North Korea along the way.

A group of people boasted, chatted and played leaf cards to pass the time, and they arrived in Guangzhou in four or five days.

The ship arrives at the wharf of Gaoguang Shipping Co. - also Qiwei's industry.This escort agency is now well-known in Guangzhou and its surrounding areas.In addition to bodyguards, the business tentacles have been widely extended to the four major industries of "vehicles, boats, stores, and feet". Qiwei covers all aspects of travel needs.In ancient times, it was extremely difficult to go out and do business. Not only was it tiring to travel and travel, it was inconvenient to board and lodging, and most of the merchants they dealt with were known for extortion and cheating tourists. ".Qiwei started from here, reformed the past, removed the bad rules, and adopted many modern methods in the way of operation, which was praised by tourists and passers-by.

Among them, the figure of the traveler is everywhere: Guangzhou Station not only provides a lot of financial support; it also directly intervenes in the operation.In order to solve the interference of various city foxes and social mice in the city who originally occupied these businesses for profit.For the first time in Guangzhou Station, the gentry's network established in commercial activities such as jewelry trade and deposit taking was extensively used, and the gentry's influence was used to escort.At the same time, the most vigorous opponents who jumped up and down disappeared without a trace. The word "Qiwei" is already "like a thunderbolt" in the city of Guangzhou.

Although there were noisy voices on the pier, it was in good order. Passengers, carts, porters, and livestock formed their own ranks without interfering with each other.Originally, there were inn clerks from various inns on the wharf to welcome the passengers. When the guests got off the ship, they would swarm up, competing for each other, and even directly pulling the luggage of the passengers.Now, the soliciting buddies of these inns are all gathered in a row of shophouses along the street, with their own nameplates hanging on the door, and the young buddies wearing clean blue cloth coats on the counter are always smiling.

Liu San strolled over with people, browsing one by one——of course he wanted to stay in Wei's inn to support his own business.Next to the service desk of the inn is the foot travel agency. A group of porters, sitting or standing, are waiting for customers. They are wearing vests of the same style, with a black word "foot" on the front chest and a big Chinese number on the back.There is a special accountant to contact the moving matters, and the counter pays and collects the money. After the porter carries the money, he takes back the money, and then goes to the counter to check out and get the value.Everything is in order.Opposite the pavement house is a large open space and warehouses, full of various goods.Cargo consignment office here.Handle cargo consignment business in all parts of Guangdong Province.There is a big sign hanging on the door of the locker room, densely indicating the arrival location, arrival date, and pricing method...it seems clear at a glance.

As for all kinds of other service facilities, even the toilets are greatly repaired, and they are clearly marked with signs.There are many young men with short sticks on the whole pier patrolling to maintain order.Not only did Yang Shixiang find it fresh, but even Liu San and Huang Tianyu found this clone of Daming quite interesting.

Liu San directly found the cabinet room of Qiwei Inn and asked to stay in it.

"You are always astute! You have chosen our Qiwei Inn, and you will not regret it," the receptionist said with a smile on his face. "May I ask the masters, do you live in the city or outside the city?"

"Why, your inn still has a semicolon?" Yang Shixiang asked.

"Yes, there are a total of eight inns inside and outside the city," the man said proudly, "Which one do you want to live in, the smaller ones can be arranged here!"

Liu San thought that the purpose of his trip was to go to Foshan, and it didn't matter if he entered the city or not, so he said, "There is no need to go to the city. We will leave for Foshan tomorrow morning. Is there anyone nearby?"

"Okay," the clerk took a rough-edged paper ledger from the shelf, flipped through it, "Tongjin Nanqiao Store is just right. There are six masters and servants, how can I live here?"

"Three upper rooms." Liu San said.

The clerk wrote down the list, tore off a sheet, and immediately called the young man who was waiting at the side: "Find three sedan chairs, and send the gentlemen to the Tongji Bridge store. Also find a porter to help the gentlemen carry their luggage!"

The Tongji Bridge branch of Qiwei Inn is located not far from the wharf, very close to the official road to Foshan.As soon as they entered the door, everyone felt that this place was different. It was quite different from the courtyard-centered layout of traditional inns, but similar to modern inns.

(End of this chapter)