Work deployment office.
Li Yan, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, was not interested in doing anything and seemed a little irritable.
The news of Lin Feng's return to the city had already reached Li Yan's ears. Especially Lin Feng's return to Xianyang this time is closely related to Li Yan.
The reason is simple. When Ying Jiuxiao returned from Anyi, he summoned six ministers to discuss matters for Lin Feng. The emperor's statement at that time was very simple. Lin Feng conquered Gaochang State and made great achievements. Lin Feng also made great contributions to the destruction of the Xia Kingdom. Lin Feng's contribution is irreplaceable, and he must at least be promoted to a minister.
Of course, the specific one has not yet been determined.
The problem is that among the six ministries, the Ministry of Industry has relatively little power. Compared with other ministers, Li Yan has the weakest sense of existence.
Furthermore, he is also old. Although the others are not young, they are not as old as Taicang.
Lin Feng had just entered the imperial court, and it was impossible for him to suddenly occupy such important positions as the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Household Affairs. Therefore, he was the most likely candidate to replace the Minister.
Li Yan was already prepared.
So when Lin Feng came to see the emperor, he had already arranged for people to keep an eye on him and inquire about information at any time.
The palace seems to be strict, but in fact there are not many secrets.
When Li Yan's thoughts were racing, hurried footsteps came. A minor official from the Ministry of Industry entered, bowed and said: "Shang Shu, Lin Feng has left the hall."
Li Yan asked anxiously: "Is there any result?"
"Yes."
The clerk quickly said: "According to the little eunuch guarding the door, His Majesty appointed Lin Feng to be the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, but Lin Feng refused directly and was unwilling to serve as an official. In the end, His Majesty had no choice but to make Lin Feng the Duke of the State. .”
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Li Yan breathed a sigh of relief.
He is still the Minister of the Ministry of Industry. Although Lin Feng may still serve as the Minister of the Ministry of Industry in the future, that will happen in the future.
For the time being, he remains in power.
At this moment, Li Yan felt lucky and grateful to Lin Feng. Thanks to Lin Feng's disdain for power, he continues to be in power.
Li Yan waved his hand and the clerk stepped back. When Li Yan relaxed and hummed an unknown tune, it didn't take long before another burst of hurried footsteps came. A small official came in and reported: "Shang Shu, Lin Feng is here to visit."
"knew."
Li Yan looked anxious, stood up and hurried towards the entrance of the industrial department. When Li Yan saw Lin Feng, his old face was full of smiles. Without any extra words, he directly welcomed Lin Feng into the office and sat down. At this time, Li Yan said, "Why did the Duke come to the Ministry of Industry?"
Lin Feng pointed at Song Yi and introduced: "Li Shangshu, this is Song Yi. He is good at forging utensils, etc., and is suitable for working in the Ministry of Industry. He is a talent I found from Qi State, and your Majesty arranged for him to be the doctor of the Ministry of Industry. I sent him to work at the Ministry of Works."
When Li Yan heard this, he said boldly: "Please rest assured, Sir, I will definitely let Song Yi show off his talents with me here."
Lin Feng said: "Thank you very much, Li Shangshu."
"My lord, you are very polite. It's just a trivial matter, not worth mentioning."
Li Yan answered with a smile.
Lin Feng said: "I heard that Li Shangshu is good at wine. I still have some old wine in my house, which is really good wine. When Li Shangshu is free, you can come to my house to drink."
Li Yan's eyes lit up and he said quickly: "If this is the case, I will have the shame to bother you."
At this moment, Li Yan felt happy.
Who is Lin Feng?
This is the person who can change the situation of the government.
Although Li Yan is a minister, he is far behind Lin Feng, one is in the sky and the other is in the earth. If he can catch Lin Feng's line, he will be lucky.
He looked at Song Yi and became even more happy.
This is a good man and a key figure in maintaining the relationship between him and Lin Feng.
Lin Feng looked at Song Yi and said, "Mr. Song, I won't care about the rest. If you have anything, you can ask Li Shangshu for advice."
"Thank you, Mr. Lin."
Song Yi saluted respectfully.
Li Yan watched from the side, and Lin Feng called Song Yi sir. It seemed that the relationship between the two was not simple.
In short, just take good care of Song Yi.
Lin Feng cupped his hands and said, "Li Shangshu, take your leave."
Li Yan said: "My lord, please go slowly."
Lin Feng left the Ministry of Industry, left the imperial city and went straight back to his hometown. When he returned to his house, Xu Liuli and Bai Yuyao had not eaten yet and were waiting for him to come back. Lin Feng felt relieved when he saw the two of them having a relatively intimate conversation.
It seems that we get along well.
The family had lunch chatting and laughing. Bai Yuyao stood up and said proactively: "Husband, you can take your sister to get used to it at home. I have to go to Huichun Hall if I have something to do."
"Let's not go today."
Lin Feng said: "Anyway, someone is responsible for the matter of Huichun Hall, and you are not needed."
Bai Yuyao was a little hesitant, but finally she nodded and said, "Everything depends on your husband."
Lin Feng noticed something strange in Bai Yuyao's expression and asked, "Is there something wrong with Huichun Hall, so you have to go see it yourself?"
In the past, when Lin Feng came back, Bai Yuyao would stay no matter how busy he was. Today, I wanted to go there specifically because something was obviously wrong.
Bai Yuyao said: "There are some problems."
Lin Feng said: "What's the problem?"
When he left Xianyang, everything about the Lin family's property was in good condition, and the Huichun Hall was running well.
If there is a problem, it must be solved.
After all, Huichuntang's medicinal material business is one of the most important pillar industries of the Lin family.
Bai Yuyao explained: "Husband, the current problem is that a drug dealer from Jin State has come to Xianyang City. All the pills of our Lin family can be copied and sold by the pharmacists of Jin State Pharmacy."
"I bought it and tried it. I also asked the doctor to think about it and found that the medicinal materials of the other party have changed. Of course, the efficacy of the medicine is naturally worse."
"However, the price is also cheaper."
"And our people have not left, and the other party has not come to poach people."
"I guess the other party bought our medicine and developed it themselves. This also led to a sharp decline in the sales of our Huichuntang pills. In the past two months, sales have dropped by at least 30%."
Bai Yuyao said: "According to this trend, future sales will further decrease."
Lin Feng also started thinking in his heart.
Generic Drugs.
This thing is not unusual, there will be many such incidents in later generations. Under the premise of homogenization of drugs, competition will be extremely fierce. In fact, this era is the same. In the same way as pills for diagnosing and treating wind-cold, there are many medicines that can work.
So, you want to target others?
How to target it?
They run their business in an upright and upright manner, without stealing or robbing, or using any other means. Since you want to fight back here, you have to adopt upright methods. You can't, it would be a bit embarrassing if you want to play dirty tricks or something like that.
Bai Yuyao saw Lin Feng pondering and persuaded: "Husband, it's actually nothing. Although their prices are low, we only reduce a part. Our current sales are not low, we just make a little less money."
Lin Feng said: "It's actually not difficult."
Bai Yuyao's spirit suddenly rose, her bright eyes sparkled, and she said, "What can you do, husband?"
She said she didn't care, it was just a little money.
In fact, he cares.
This is the Lin family's property.
This is the Lin family's money.
What she didn't want to give up was that she had no choice but to directly lower the price in a price war. In that case, you will eventually suffer a loss, which is a lose-lose approach.
Bai Yuyao was not happy.
Lin Feng pondered for a moment and asked, "What is the temperament of the businessmen from the Jin Kingdom, and what is their own strength?"
Bai Yuyao explained: "The name of the Jin businessman is Ling Fugui. He is a big medicinal merchant in Jin and is very influential in Jin. Ling Fugui supplies many medicinal pills in Jin. The ancestor of the Ling family has always been in the medicinal business. of."
"As for Ling Fugui himself, what we know so far is that he has good character and is quite benevolent."
"He doesn't have any bad means when doing things. In fact, when Ling Fugui came to Xianyang to do business, he visited the Lin family at the beginning and said that he would sell pills with less efficacy. He also spoke sincerely and had a very good attitude, without being domineering at all."
"This man is still upright."
Bai Yuyao sighed: "I don't know any more news. What is your husband's intention in asking these questions?"
Lin Feng said: "Knowing yourself and your enemy means you can fight a hundred battles. If Ling Fugui uses extraordinary means, we will also use extraordinary means, just use evil to fight evil. He is a good businessman, so we can't break the rules. In this case, let's fight Ling Fugui well. A fight."
Bai Yuyao said: "But it's difficult."
Lin Feng said: "It's not difficult."
Bai Yuyao said again: "Husband, please stop showing off. How are we going to fight Ling Fugui? At least we can get back everything we lost. Anyway, it's normal to fight openly."
