Reborn under the White Mountain

Chapter 147 The Problem of Counterfeit Medicines

Yun Song hired Zhu Zi, Hu Zi and Shuan Zi to help him. He went up the mountain in the middle of the morning and finished work in the late afternoon. He was paid [-] Wen a day, regardless of food.In this winter, they are all idle at home. They can only do three and a half hours of work a day, and they can get twenty cents, which is a good job that cannot be grabbed.Moreover, Yun Song also said that the tree heads and branches that were cleaned up could be used as firewood for them to take home, and now the three of them were even happier.Earning money, and being able to get firewood at home along the way, this is a good thing that can't be imagined.So the three of them worked hard.

At home, Fang finally decided to ask Zhuzi's daughter-in-law to come and help.Her old lady happens to be at home and can cook and so on.Guizhi came early in the morning, and got it in mid-morning to help wash the bean sprouts.After the bean sprouts are washed and sent away, I help pick the beans.It is also at the end of the day that I go home, take care of a meal in the morning, and pay twelve cents a day.Guizhi felt that it was too much, and the work was not tiring. She and Zhuzi could earn more than one or two taels of silver a month.Fang said: "The job of Zhuzi may not be done for too long, only a month or two. I can work until the end of February. I am looking for everyone. You have three boys waiting for you." As for spending money, twelve cash a day is not too much."

"Sister-in-law, thank you for still thinking about my family. That's right, the three brats in the family are growing up day by day. In a few years, it's time to talk about the daughter-in-law. Everyone is waiting to spend money. My family is not like Yumei. Well, her family has a solid foundation. Well, sister-in-law, I will come to your house tomorrow, and my mother-in-law can also cook at home, and I will go back to cook in the afternoon." Guizhi was naturally very happy, and in winter It's not bad to be able to earn [-] yuan a month.After making an appointment to go to work tomorrow, Zhuzi's daughter-in-law went home.

"Mom, can we find someone to help deliver the bean sprouts? Big brother goes every day, it's too wasteful. Why don't you spend time at home to go hunting? Besides, it will delay big brother's study." Yuxian remembered this again.

"It's okay, but I don't know who to turn to? We can't find those unreliable people for this matter. What should we do if we don't pay the money?" After listening to her daughter's words, Fang felt that it made sense. Lang went to send it off, which really delayed the child.

"How about letting the third uncle go? Their family has just separated, and I'm afraid they are short of money. Besides, my aunt still has a child, so she can't do other jobs. If the third uncle goes, he will leave at the end of the morning and come back at noon, back and forth. It's only two hours. In this way, it won't delay work in the afternoon, and you can go to pick up firewood or something." Yuxian thinks that Yun Hua and his wife are not bad, and they can give a job to outsiders, so it doesn't make sense for her Relatives don't need it.

"Sure, then I'll talk to your aunt later to see if they are willing." After saying that, Fang put down what she was doing and went out.

Yuxian was at home picking beans with Chunmei and the others, "Sister Chunmei, didn't your brother come to see you?"

"I came here one day, when Miss went to town." Chunmei told Yuxian without hiding it.

"Oh? He's been here, what did you say?" Yuxian didn't expect that when she was not at home, that bastard brother really came, and Yuxian became a little annoyed.

"Both my elder brother and second brother came back to our house. My elder brother said that his marriage has been settled, and they will get married in Dongyue. My second brother said that he also wanted to talk about marriage. The money for selling us is all in the elder brother's hand." He didn’t have any money in his hands. He asked me to find a way to get him money, and he wanted to say his wife. He also said that he was not at home when we sold us, so it didn’t count.” Chunmei said, with a miserable look on her face. Chun Xing next to her couldn't help but shed tears. "Miss, tell me, why is our life so hard? We finally arrived at Tong's house, where we had enough to eat, warm clothes, and were not beaten. But after a few days of peace and stability, they came to make trouble again. "

"It's okay, with my father and brother here, I'm not afraid. If your brother comes again, we'll beat them out. As long as you two don't feel bad about it then it's fine." Yuxian wished for them to come, and then let the third brother beat them hard pause.

"They also threatened us that if we couldn't find a way to get the money out, we would sell my mother as well, and sell it to those old widowers to fill in the house." Chun Xing also said bitterly.

"This matter is really difficult. If you say that my family can't buy your mother, then your brother can't kill me again. But you two have always been fighting for work from my family. I told you to do your best in whatever you do, but it’s not good to ignore the face of the two of you. Alas, I’m so sad." Yu Xian was also quite embarrassed, she couldn’t see others suffer.

"Miss bought us and freed us from that kind of hard life. We can't have the cheek to let Miss take care of my mother. I think no matter how bad my brother is, he won't beat my mother. If they really dare to betray my mother If it’s a big deal, I’ll sue the officials. I don’t believe it. There is no law yet? However, if there is such a person who treats my mother well, it’s fine if my mother is married. At least she can live a stable life. Now she is at home by herself I have to do everything myself, and my brother and the others will be angry with them when they come back. I’m afraid my mother will be even more angry when my brothers marry their wives. Who will be good if they can fall in love with my brother?" Chun Mei wiped away her tears and said. "You don't need to worry about this matter. Everything depends on my mother's fate."

"Well, that's all I can think of. I hope your mother will be lucky. If your brothers go too far, you can sue the officials." Yuxian couldn't think of any other good way.

Just as Fang came back from the outside, Yuxian hurriedly put her mother on the kang. "Mom, what's the matter? Does my aunt agree?"

"Well, I agreed. I originally said that your third uncle would come to help, but later I said it would take several months. Finally, it was decided that three hundred yuan a month will be enough. If there is any work in the future, we will do it more. Just take care of them." Fang is also very happy, so that Dalang can not delay his studies.

The mother and daughter were chatting, and Da Lang came back with bean sprouts. "Mother, little sister, you are all here. Little sister, I went to Jishitang today, and my uncle told you to go there in two days, and I have something to discuss with you." It was snowing outside, Dalang There was still snow on his body, so Fang hurriedly picked up a broom to sweep the snow for him.

"Oh, okay, I just haven't delivered the snow clam oil to Master yet. Let's go with Big Brother tomorrow." Yuxian couldn't guess what Master was looking for her.

The next day, Yuxian brought sixty catties of toad oil and went into town in a bullock cart.Of course Haoyu still followed, every time Yuxian came into town, he would follow.Now it was Yunhua who drove the car, they went to Juxianlou first, and sent the bean sprouts to Boss Yue.A few days ago, Yu Xian asked Yun Song and Da Lang to weave a few large baskets out of wicker, and now the bean sprouts are delivered in large baskets.This one can be packed much more than a wooden barrel, and it is lighter.Some old quilts were placed around the two large baskets, so that the bean sprouts would not be damaged by freezing.A total of four such baskets were made, two of which were at Boss Yue's place.Send these two every day, then put them there, and bring the other two back.In this way, the bean sprouts will not be broken too much without turning back and forth.

Yunhua took back the two empty baskets and quilts, and Yuxian happened to tell Boss Yue that Dalang would come to pay the bill every once in a while.Boss Yue also agreed, which can save a lot of trouble.

After finishing all this, Yuxian and Haoyu went to Jishitang.Fang Yun was seeing a doctor, and when he saw Yuxian, he asked them to nod and let them wait for a while.After a while, the patient took the medicine and left, and Fang Yun led the two to the back hall.

"Yuxian, Shunzi sent a letter saying that Tong Ren Tang's Angong Niuhuang Wan was counterfeited, and someone took the fake one to the store to make trouble. Shunzi looked at the medicine and said that it was not made by us at all, so he also invited it." A few old doctors gave me medicine, and it has been determined to be fake. I came to you to ask you if there is any way to prevent this from happening.” Fake medicine has always been the biggest pain for pharmaceutical manufacturers.

"Master, this matter is really difficult. As long as there is greed in people's hearts, there will be counterfeit things. It's just that what we make is medicine, and if we don't make it well, it will kill people. Master, the medicine we bought contains Instructions?" Yuxian didn't expect that counterfeit medicines would appear so soon.

"Instructions, what is that? No." Fang Yun didn't understand.

"Master, the instruction manual is just an introduction to the medicine, such as the symptoms it is suitable for, the dosage of the medicine, the method of taking it, and the contraindications of taking the medicine." Yu Xian explained to Fang Yun that in the previous life, the instruction manual also had The formula of the medicine is only part of it, but this is definitely not to be written now.

"Yuxian, I understand what you're talking about. But we ship a lot of medicine every day. If we write every box, it will take a lot of work." Fang Yun shook his head.

"Master, it can be printed. Is there no book printing in the capital?" Yuxian remembered that movable type printing was invented by Bi Sheng in the Northern Song Dynasty. Could it be that there is no movable type printing in this time and space?

"Printing, how slow is that? Isn't it necessary to engrave a version for every manual? It's not as fast as writing."

"Master, don't you have movable type printing?" Yuxian thought to herself, didn't the old traveler in the previous court make movable type printing?Can't.

"Movable type printing, yes, but this thing is only available in government-run printing workshops, and private ones outside are not allowed to use it." Fang Yun thought for a while and said.

It turns out that there is already movable type printing in this time and space, so it will be easier to handle. "Master, do you have a way to find this kind of government-run printing workshop and print some instructions for us?"

After hearing this, Fang Yun thought about it carefully, and said: "There is a way, but the manual alone can't solve the problem? We can print it, and others can imitate it."

Yuxian calmed down her thoughts, and then said: "Master, it's not just the instructions, let's find someone who makes movable type, do me a favor, make some movable type for numbers, and of course there are other symbols. On each instruction manual, There are information such as the date of manufacture of the drug represented by these numbers and symbols. In this way, when the drug is sold, our buddies must write down the batch number of the drug. Even if someone comes to ask for trouble, we will know that it is the account. It’s not that someone came to make trouble.” This time and space already has Arabic numerals, which should be promoted by the person in the previous dynasty.But there is no pinyin and English.Maybe we can drill a loophole here.

"Actually, our ordinary medicines should only have instructions. After all, the selling price is not high. If they want to imitate them, the cost will be too high and it is not worthwhile. We should pay attention to those expensive medicines, such as Angong Niuhuang and Such as Liushenwan. We can find a place to make a special card, which can be made into a silver card by means of silver plating. There are a set of numbers and symbols on the card. In this way, if customers buy medicines that meet our standards, they will send A silver card. We have a special person to record some information of the guests. If you use this card to buy medicine in the future, you can enjoy a [-]% discount. I believe many people will be willing to ask for such a card. Wait until they buy it again A certain amount of medicines can be upgraded to a gold card, and the purchase of medicines only costs [-]% off. I believe this will attract a large number of wealthy families. After all, there are many such families in the capital, and they are also the people we must pay attention to. As long as they don't make trouble, I believe that ordinary people will not have the courage to make trouble. With these things, I think ordinary people will go to Tong Ren Tang to buy medicines instead of buying them from counterfeit drug dealers outside. In this way, Fake medicines can’t be sold, so there will be fewer of them in the future, and our reputation will spread.” What Yuxian said was a marketing method that was often seen in previous lives.

Fang Yun was fascinated by what he heard. He never thought that Yuxian had such a talent in business. This method can be tried in various industries and can achieve good results. "Yuxian, I really don't know how your brain grows. This idea is good. But, what kind of symbol are you talking about? How can we ensure that each symbol can only represent What do you mean?" Fang Yun had never seen English before, so naturally he didn't understand it.

"Master, I have seen a set of symbols before, which can be combined into various meanings. However, if you want to learn this thing, you must teach it by hand. You shouldn't be able to do it just by telling you. I understand it. And even if you understand it, it’s not you who actually operate it, it’s Shunzi and the others.” English and pinyin, for people at this time, are no different from heaven.Yu Xian didn't dare to give too much hope.

"Little sister, I have been listening to you for a long time here, and I don't understand some of them. However, for this medicine, it is necessary to print the instructions. This is reasonable, after all, the cost is lower. , is it too wasteful? This is all money, is it worthwhile to spend such a large amount of money in order to sell medicine?" Haoyu has not opened his mouth, and now he feels that something is not reasonable, so he said it.

"You don't understand Haoyu. Yuxian said that you have to buy a certain amount to get a silver card, and you have to spend a certain amount of money on a gold card. In this way, we have already earned the fees for those cards." " Fang Yun understood.

(End of this chapter)