Section 135 Trip to Foshan (1)

"Zhuge marched and dispersed 1,000 doses, and avoided the plague with 3,000 doses. Fully underwritten. Liu San had already thought about it, this batch of medicines was mainly for his own use - after all, it was a big deal to prevent heatstroke and avoid the epidemic in summer - and the minister had been asking about heatstroke prevention - medicine - things.

The second is to use it as a sample, and to test sell it to the surrounding and mainland cities, to see how well the natives of this time and space are accepted - medicine - products are things that save people and help the world, and they are far better than luxury goods such as glass in terms of expanding the influence of the travelers.

Yang Shixiang was taken aback: "Is it too much?" ”

"It's not much, how much heat medicine will be used in the city alone, there are now 10,000 people, and the committee member Wu inside said, how much such medicine is needed......" Liu San hinted to him, don't forget that the crossing group is also a huge consumer group. Yang Shixiang's business sense is too dull. By the way, he bragged about his so-called "relationship" - of course, he didn't actually need any relationship, Wu and Liu San just knew each other, but the Chinese people have always attached great importance to personal friendships, which can be regarded as reassuring him.

"Then we have to go to the subcontinent." Yang Shixiang made up his mind, "Although there are some medicinal materials in Qiongshan County, they are not enough for these portions. I have to go to the Dasheng-medicine-shop in Guangzhou to buy goods. It's just-" He was a little hesitant, Liu San guessed that he must not have enough capital, musk, bezoar, and the like-medicine-, although not as good as ginseng, rhino horn and the like, to make so many - medicine-medicine also requires a lot of expenses.

"I can pay a part of the medicine-money ......"

"No, no, no, how does this work!" Yang Shixiang hurriedly stopped, "There is no such rule!" The transaction has not yet opened, so I ask you to make an advance first. ”

"Why isn't there such a rule?" Liu San smiled and said, "In this way, even if I join a share!" It's good as a cost. ”

"This-" Yang Shixiang hesitated a little, but the temptation of this deal and the two prescriptions was too great, although he had some habits of the young master, in fact, he still hoped to make some fame with the family business in his hand. After thinking about it, he nodded.

Liu San smiled secretly in his heart, and now he has done half of the "shareholding" thing. Actually, you have to thank me, he thought to himself: now that the Crossing Group is a super potential stock, you let me take a stake, and I will wait for myself to buy a stake - the price spent is much cheaper than if I want to buy a stake ten years later - and then not only you, your children and grandchildren, but also your buddies and their children and grandchildren, will thank you for your wise decision today.

"Okay, Steward Liu." He beckoned, "Calculate according to the number of doses, how many medicines and materials to enter, how many goods are in our store, check one core, and my luggage does not have to be opened." You send someone to Bopu and book a ferry ticket. ”

The Gaoguang shipping line, which transports goods to and from Lingao-Guangzhou, has opened regular flights by taking advantage of the extra space on board to carry passengers and goods between Guangzhou and Lingao. Fares are cheap, and although the environment is a little simpler, it does attract some business travelers between Lingao and Guangzhou - but this is not a big deal, and the number of customers traveling between the two places is quite limited.

It is a good phenomenon to see that he is vigorous and resolute and does not drag his feet. Liu San took the opportunity to say: "Since you are going to Guangzhou, why don't you go to Foshan once?" ”

"What are you going to do in Foshan? This bunch of snobs! ”

"The so-called one time and that time. In the past, Runshitang's performance was not good, and you asked them for help, the so-called world is hot and cold, and the attitude is naturally cold. But now you have a big deal in your hands, and you are buying their medicine for real money. You don't necessarily have to do door-to-door business, right? What's more, they are still close relatives to each other. ”

"To say that the medicines are complete and authentic, the goods of my uncles and uncles are also excellent. It's just that," Yang Shixiang had a look of disgruntle, and he looked at a lot of people's faces-complexions and cold eyes, "I really don't want them to make this money." ”

"Money, it's better to let them earn it." Liu San was kind and instructive, "How big is the place and how many people are there?" Even if you can sell the medicine to the entire Qiongzhou Mansion, how many households can there be? Sell - medicine -, you have to go to the mainland! ”

This kind of summer resort-medicine-substance is very large in the market of Liangguang. Runshitang is trapped in a corner of Lingao, and has not been in contact with the mainland-pharmaceutical-business, and peers for a long time, which is equivalent to having been out of touch with the mainland's pharmaceutical-material market. If you want to enter the market in Guangdong, you must rely on the help of local pharmacies. Yang Shixiang naturally understood what he meant -- this was to use his relatives in Foshan to expand the market.

When I think about it, I am relieved. Yang Shixiang nodded deeply: "Thank you Dr. Liu for teaching me!" He then asked, "I don't know if Dr. Liu can walk away here, if it's convenient, how about accompanying me to Foshan?" ”

Liu San originally wanted to propose that he would go to Foshan with him, and was thinking about how to speak, but he took the initiative now, but he couldn't ask for it, and he agreed at the moment.

Liu San wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to enter the interior of the Chinese medicine and enterprises in this time and space, and observe their business models and methods. He had heard from the older generation of pharmacists and workers that they had told a lot of the past of the century-old pharmacies, but they were basically all materials from the middle of the Qing Dynasty onwards, and they were more than 100 years away from now, so the reference value was not great.

Liu San returned to his residence, hurriedly rode his bicycle to Bairen City, and reported to Shi Yuanren first. Shi Yuanren praised him greatly, saying that his work efficiency was really high, but it was a little too high - his request for appropriation had not yet been approved, and if he set off tomorrow, he would probably have nowhere to get the money. In addition, it was also learned that the Foreign Affairs and Trade Committee, which is responsible for trade, is theoretically their purview.

Shi Yuanren called everywhere and delivered documents. Liu San sat alone in the office, bored staring at the little nurses going back and forth in the corridor. An hour later, Shi Yuanren returned.

"It's all done." Shi Yuanren put the document bag in his hand on the table with some excitement, "The Executive Committee and the Foreign Business Committee both support your Jihua, in addition to allocating you four hundred taels of silver according to the application, an additional one hundred taels will be allocated." In addition, you asked for some medicines to be sampled, and the Planning Commission agreed, and each of them was given 10 boxes. ”

"Xiexie Leadership Support ......"

"Don't worry, you're not going alone, there's a team."

"Huh?"

"That's right, Foshan is a big town. The ceramics and textile industries are well developed. The Labor and Energy Committee will send individuals to Foshan to see the local industrial situation on the spot, and by the way, see if they can recruit some craftsmen to come back. Nowadays, the demand for ceramics is increasing. ”

"Okay, let's go together. But what is his identity? ”

"Just say it's your friend. Each of you will be assigned a servant by the Intelligence Committee - this is the intern of the first intelligence course. You need to pay attention to them! ”

"This, isn't this team too luxurious?" Liu San originally planned to follow Yang Shixiang on his own and easily, but now it seems that the teacher has moved the crowd.

"This is a good opportunity for the executive committee to infiltrate, and the executive committee will naturally seize it." Shi Yuanren said, "There are not many people, so you should prepare quickly." Tomorrow we will meet at Bopu. As he spoke, he handed him an envelope, "This is the fee allocated to you, sign for it." ”

Liu San signed, and inside the envelope were several mulberry paper tickets, which were beautifully printed, and the format and patterns were all imitations of modern bank checks. The head of the head is the Long Bank, and there are capital denominations below, all of which are fifty taels and new tickets.

"This is a ticket from Delong Bank, which has just been issued in Guangzhou not long ago." Shi Yuanren said, "There are not many places that can be exchanged, and this is the number and address of each company that promised to accept the bill." Saying that, he gave him a list, "Coincidentally, in Foshan Town, Long's acceptance name is a medicine-store." ”

"It's not good, it's not Yang Shixiang's relatives who opened it."

"I don't know. However, with this silver ticket, it will be very convenient to go out and run errands. Otherwise, you have to run to Guangzhou Station to get the money first. ”

After the executive committee germinated the idea of opening a bank in the Leizhou sugar war, Cheng Dong and Yan Ming acted quickly, and it didn't take much time to come up with a complete set of the bank's organizational management system, fund allocation, and exchange system. For this matter, several main persons in charge of Guangzhou Station were specially recalled to Lingao in turn to hold a meeting to discuss.

After discussion, the final decision was as follows:

Long Bank was set up separately in Guangzhou, ostensibly as an independent enterprise - because Meng Xian did not look like a Ming person, it was not easy to pretend to be a local. So the nominal owner is a relative of Shen Fan, who is a child, and his pen and ink are not bad, and he can manage copywriting in addition to his name. The actual manager is naturally Meng Xian.

The business of the Long Bank is similar to that of later generations of banks, rather than modern banks. First of all, it is not engaged in loan business, but only deals with deposit and exchange business. Of course, it was very difficult for the Long Bank in Guangzhou to absorb deposits from the very beginning of its opening -- it did not yet have a reputation and credibility. Therefore, the customers who deposit are actually only the three commercial banks under the Guangzhou Station. In addition to the principal, business funds, profits and other funds of these three companies, there are also deposits absorbed through Zizhenzhai and Zichengji.

By virtue of the management of the corporate accounts, the Long Bank effectively supervised the flow of funds at the Guangzhou Station, and also eliminated the need to transfer large sums of money between Guangzhou and Lingao -- as long as the bank account was transferred and then the electricity report was known.

In order to carry out business as soon as possible, Meng Xian first carried out a simple and original joint exchange business in the Pearl River Delta region. This is also the common business mode of Shanxi ticket number in the Qing Dynasty: in the place where there is more money flow, find a strong and frequent trade activity of the merchant big brand as the acceptance number. The bills of exchange sent out by the Rumble can be exchanged according to the code on these trade names. On the contrary, the bills of exchange issued by these joint numbers were accepted by Long in Guangzhou. Between the joint numbers, the accounts are cleared once a month, and the transactions between the two parties are settled through remittance.