"Especially for businesses that want to purchase goods in Guangzhou, this eliminates the risk of sending people to travel with large amounts of cash. [Read the full text]
Liu San was fortunate enough to be the first user of Delong Bank Draft in the Cross Travel Group.
Early the next morning. Liu San met up with Huang Tianyu, a representative of the Workers' Energy Commission who was also on the inspection trip at Bopu. This person was also wearing Mingren's clothes, and also had a false bun and a gauze scarf. It just looks awkward and not natural at all.
The two boys sent to serve them were two boys of thirteen or fourteen. It was hard to imagine that these two children were actually future intelligence agents. One of them is Gao Di.
The intelligence network organized by Gao Di in Guangzhou, with the children of the Gao family as its main members, became less and less effective as the situation in Guangzhou became bigger and bigger. His advantages, namely, familiarity with the servants of the Gao Ji family and familiarity with the surrounding streets, have gradually disappeared. Gao Di's activities were too active, which made Gao Ji and others wary of him. 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, Gao Di's value was no longer great. Guo Yi felt that although Gao Di was smart and reliable, he had not received the brainwashing education from the Time Travel Group and his professional level was low. He is so born and bred. He has a group of younger brothers under him. If he continues to be allowed 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 moved to Lingao, and the couple were placed to work in Bairen Commune. Colgate assigned Wang Luobin as a "secretary." After Gao Di participated in literacy education. So I joined the intelligence work class. Became a student.
Yang Shixiang also brought two family members. Liu San introduced Huang Tianyu to him, saying that he was a friend of his who was in the ceramics business and would also go to Foshan this time. I'd like to have some company along the way. It is said that if there are more people on the road, it will not only be lively but also safer. Yang Shixiang readily agreed.
A group of people boarded the Guangding. The ships of Gaoguang Shipping Company are all cargo ships. There are no passenger cabins. Passengers take bunks on the ground 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, who is used to going out, does not find it difficult. On the contrary, Liu San and Huang Tianyu felt a little bit too much.
The whole trip was uneventful, so Yang Shixiang and Liu San talked about the many hurdles involved in the drug store business.
The business of traditional Chinese medicine. It 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 by the pound, processed and resold by drug stores, and they are calculated based on the penny. The gross profit margin is huge. For ordinary decoction pieces, the gross profit margin will not be lower than that of Famous. Tonic medicines such as ginseng and deer root are more expensive and more profitable. The gross profit is above. Therefore, unless the drug store business is poorly managed, it is easy for the family to become rich.
However, running a drug store requires a lot of money, because it is a cost-heavy industry. A drug store always stocks between 800 and 1,000 kinds of medicinal materials. The types of medicines stocked are mainly based on the book "Compendium of Materia Medica", which is already very popular at this time, no matter how small the herbal medicine shop is. It is also necessary to prepare more than 300 kinds of commonly used medicines.
After the medicinal materials are purchased, they must be processed differently according to requirements, which consumes a lot of people. 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.
Drug stores are no different from other industries. It doesn't matter how many items they lack. The most important thing is to have a complete supply of medicinal materials. Therefore, some powerful drug stores go to the drug market to purchase goods directly. Once they enter, they have to stock up on hundreds of commonly used varieties that can last for one or two years. Large drug stores also have huge warehouses dedicated to storing various medicinal materials, and some even store enough goods to last for several years. A large inventory of medicinal materials takes up a lot of funds, so even if you open a small pharmacy, the cost is only two to three hundred taels.
"That being said, it's not easy to open a pharmacy."
"It's easy to say, our ancestors have built a good foundation. In this business, as long as you act according to your conscience, you will make money if you don't encounter any natural disasters." Yang Shixiang sighed and said, "Don't look at my Runshitang It's inconspicuous, deserted, and ghosts don't come to the door. If it hadn't been for the pirates who robbed a ship of medicinal materials, which greatly damaged my vitality, I wouldn't have been so troubled that I had to ask for advice from others for some incense and borneol."
Liu San saw that he was chatting, so he took the opportunity to ask him about the "Liaodong goods" Zhuo Qing.
Yang Shixiang said: There are generally five types of Liaodong products handled by drug stores: pine nuts, ginseng, deer bark, amber, and honey.
Not to mention ginseng, deer bark, and amber, sea pine nuts produced in Liaodong are also known as red pine nuts in modern times. They are an excellent tonic medicine in traditional Chinese medicine; honey is used in medicine shops to mix pills. Honey from Liaodong It is famous for its pure and rich taste. In the past, most of the pine nuts and honey used by drug dealers were from "Shilade". Some were also obtained from North Korea. Since the settlement in Guangzhong was withdrawn, not only the source of the pine nuts and honey was cut off, but also very few goods came from North Korea.
"Nowadays, there is a war and chaos outside the customs. The imperial court has stopped the mutual trade. Merchants can't go out, and medicinal materials and goods from Lezi can't come in. Use less of these things. Korea's Korean ginseng. The price is simply as good as gold. I heard people say that Qizhou Liaodong ginseng has not been available in the medicine market for a long time.
Price compared to gold. This is intriguing. Even Huang Tianyu, who had nothing to do with trade, moved his eyelids. Wouldn't there be a lot of profit to be made by doing business with Jiannu? You can also record your visit to North Korea along the way.
The group of people killed time by bragging, chatting and playing leaf cards, and arrived in Guangzhou in four or five days.
The ship arriving at the dock of Gaoguang Shipping Company "is also a prestigious industry. This escort agency is now famous in Guangzhou and surrounding areas. In addition to escorts, its business tentacles have been widely extended to the four major industries of "cars, boats, shops, and footwear". Qiwei is involved in all aspects of travel needs. In ancient times, it was extremely difficult to go out for business. Not only was it tiring to travel, but food and accommodation were inconvenient, and most of the merchants we dealt with were known for extortion and defrauding tourists. The so-called "car" , boats, shops, feet, teeth, all innocent people deserve to be killed. "
Starting from here. We have reformed old practices and adopted new ones, eliminated old rules, and adopted many modern practices in our business methods. Travelers and pedestrians expressed their gratitude.
Travelers are everywhere in this: Guangzhou Station not only provides a lot of financial support; it also directly intervenes in operations. In order to solve the interference of various urban foxes and rats in the city who originally occupied these businesses for profit. For the first time, Guangzhou Station made extensive use of Shishen's relationship network established in jewelry trade, deposit-taking and other commercial activities, and used Shizhong's power to protect them. At the same time, he clicked so hard that several of the most energetic opponents who were jumping up and down disappeared without a trace. The word "qiwei". It is already "like thunder" in the city of Guangzhou.
Although there was a lot of noise on the pier. But it was all in good order, including passengers, carts, and porters. The animals form their own rows and do not interfere with each other. Originally, there were hotel clerks from various inns on the pier to welcome guests. As soon as the guests got off the boat, they would flock to them. You fight for it, and even force passengers to carry their luggage. Now, the solicitors of these inns are gathered into a row of paved houses along the street. Their respective font sizes are hung on the door. The young man at the counter wearing a clean blue cloth coat was smiling widely.
Liu San walked over with his people, browsing one by one. Naturally, he wanted to stay at Qiwei's inn to support his own industry. Next to the service desk of the inn is the porter's agency. A group of porters are sitting or standing waiting for guests. They wear the same style of vests, with the word "foot" on a white background and black on the front and a large Chinese number on the back. There is a special accounting room. The husband contacted about the moving matter, paid at the counter and collected the chips. After the porter carried the money, he took back the chips, and then went to the counter to check out and get the value. Everything was in order. Opposite the shop house was a large open space and warehouse, filled with various goods. . This cargo shipping office handles cargo shipping business throughout Guangdong Province. A large sign hangs at the door of the locker room, which clearly indicates the arrival location, arrival days, and pricing method. It seems clear at a glance.
As for all other service facilities, even the toilets are very large and clearly marked with signs. There are many strong men with short sticks hanging on their waists patrolling the entire pier to maintain order. Not only did Yang Shixiang find it fresh, but Liu San and Huang Tianyu also found this clone of Ming Dynasty quite interesting.
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Liu San directly found the locker room that Qiweike was looking for and asked to stay in the hotel.
"You really have a sharp eye! I guarantee you won't regret it if you choose our Qiwei Inn." The waiter who greeted the guests smiled brightly and said, "May I ask some gentlemen, do you live in the city or outside the city?"
"Why, your inn still has a semicolon?" Yang Shixiang asked.
"Yes, there are eight inns in and outside the city." The waiter was very proud. "Wherever you want to live, we can arrange it here."
Liu San thought that the purpose of his trip was to go to Foshan, and it didn't matter whether he entered the city or not. Then he said: "There is no need to go into the city. We will leave for Foshan tomorrow morning. Is there anyone close to the road?"
"Good advice." The clerk took down a rough-edged paper account book from the shelf and flipped through it. "Tongji Nanqiao store is just right. There are six masters and servants. How can I stay here?"
"Said Liu San, the superior of the third room.
Guy writes the order. He tore off one piece and immediately called the boy waiting aside: "Find three sedans to take the gentleman to the Tongji Bridge store. Find another porter to help carry the luggage for the gentleman!"
The Tongji Bridge store of Qiwei Inn is located not far from the pier and very close to the official road to Foshan. As soon as they entered the door, everyone felt that this place was different. It was very different from the traditional layout of the inn with the courtyard as the center. It's almost like a modern hotel. ! ~!
