Chapter 284 The First Pillar Industry
Zhang Zhang glanced at the carriages that normally carried pill sacks, and asked Yan Langzhong, "Are these pills sold to the Mongols?" ā
Yan Langzhong nodded and said, "Lord Qiyu, exactly." This is the second shipment this month, and the previous sales of chilblain pills are in short supply! ā
Zhang Zhang bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "Let's go, let's go in and talk." ā
Yan Langzhong carefully brought Zhang Zhang to the office, and the main seat was naturally given to Master Zhang to sit, and he sat in the guest seat himself.
Zhang Li glanced at the layout of the office, the room was not big, the furniture was very simple, that is, some desks, chairs, bookshelves or something, and there was a charcoal stove under the window on the west side.
Zhang Li is still quite satisfied in his heart, at least this Yan Langzhong's office is not like the dean's office in later generations......
After gathering his thoughts, Zhang Zhang spoke: "Yan Langzhong, how is the trading situation of our pills?" ā
Yan Langzhong immediately sat upright and responded: "My lord, there are accounts on the side of the Tuanshan Fort Medical Hall, but I can't read the accounts on the side of Master Ge......
Zhang Zhang nodded and understood: "Just tell me your accounts here!" ā
Zhang Li implements double bookkeeping for all "state-owned enterprises" in Tuanshanbao, which are similar to arsenals and medical centers, and third-party audit -- the civil department of Tuanshanbao dispatches a group of people to keep accounts, and the "state-owned enterprises" also have their own account books, and at the end of each month, the two sides hand over the account books to the third-party supervision department for reconciliation, so as to achieve the effect of mutual supervision.
It was not yet the end of the month, and Zhang Zhang was anxious to find out, so he directly asked Yan Langzhong about the accounts registered by their own medical center.
Yan Langzhong also attaches great importance to the sale of pills, and he is also very clear about the accounts: "My lord, we just started selling last month, and the sales are not large. But since the beginning of this month, sales have increased several times! The last time it was sent out, there were five carts of pills. All sold out. Fifteen more truckloads of pills will be sent to Mongolia later today, and it is estimated that they will be sold out. ā
A smile appeared on Zhang Li's face, after all, this pill trade was the real first pot of gold in Tuanshan Fort, and it was of great significance.
"Where are pills usually sold? The Mongols have no fixed residence, this ......"
Zhang Zhang didn't know much about the specific sales matters, which were all implemented by Master Ge and Director Yan.
Yan Langzhong smiled slightly. Lang said: "My lord doesn't know, the Mongols also have a capital!" ā
Zhang Zhang immediately understood the meaning of the "capital" mentioned by Yan Langzhong, which is the so-called political and economic center city.
"Jianchang?"
"Exactly! When our pills are sent to Jianchang, the local big commercial houses in the Mongolian Duoyan Department will eat them all, and they will distribute them themselves......"
Zhang Zhang nodded, the residence of the chief of the Duoyan Department is Jianchang, which is about three hundred miles away from Tuanshan Fort, and the distance is not particularly far.
It is equivalent to wholesale pills to first-class distributors on their own side. The rest is left alone.
Jianchang's firm must be sold at a higher price, but there is little interest in this layer of profit tension.
The small tribes of Mongolia are dotted all over the place, and it is really a thankless task to call Tuanshan Fort to deliver goods to the door one by one.
Zhang Zhang was concerned about another thing, and asked, "What about the pill pricing?" ā
Yan Langzhong was obviously prepared, and said with a smile: "My lord, I have been practicing medicine for decades, and I am very clear about the prices of various medicinal materials. We set prices according to local market conditions. ā
Zhang Zhang was a little confused: "The local market? What do you mean? Are there any pills that are sold locally? ā
Yan Langzhong smiled and said, "Definitely." My lord, you are also from Langzhong. My subordinate will explain it to you. For example, an ordinary typhoid patient, from diagnosis to cure. It takes about ten doses of decoction. If the curative effect of ten doses of decoction is equivalent to the curative effect of thirty pills, then the price of our pills will be set. ā
Zhang Zhang understands that this is indeed a good way, and the people will not feel at a loss, anyway, the effect is about the same, and the price is about the same. Pills are a hundred times more convenient!
But-
This is okay for ordinary pills, but for new drugs, then it won't work!
Nima's later Western pharmaceutical companies, the profits of special drugs are at least dozens of times!
As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Zhang spoke: "There are some new drugs and special drugs in the pill formula I gave you earlier. The price of these pills has to be sold at a high price, understand? ā
Yan Langzhong nodded: "Well, my subordinates understand." ā
After talking for a long time, Zhang Zhang suddenly felt a little thirsty, and his eyes glanced at the desk next to him.
Yan Langzhong immediately noticed it, and hurriedly got up to make tea, and kept making amends in his mouth: "The subordinates are rude!" Make tea for adults right away......"
Zhang Zhang smiled and shook his head slightly, still quite satisfied.
At present, it seems that Yan Langzhong is a person who can do practical things, and there are not so many twists and turns in his heart.
Yan Langzhong made tea and handed it to Zhang Li, who picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and asked lightly: "Let's have a cart of pills, what is the profit?" ā
Yan Lang was stunned, immediately thought for a moment, and replied: "The Duoyanwei Mongolian people are in short supply of medicinal materials, and the market is three times that of the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty!" Let's have a cart of pills, about seven or eight hundred catties, and if we deduct the cost, we can basically earn about 1,000 taels of silver. ā
Zhang Zhang bowed slightly, this profit is also good. For example, in this batch, fifteen carriages can earn fifteen thousand taels, which is not a small number.
If more special pills are launched in the future, the profit will be even higher.
Yan Langzhong's eyes flickered a little, and he seemed to be a little embarrassed: "My lord, there is another matter that is quite troublesome, and my subordinates are preparing to ask you for instructions." ā
Zhang Li's eyes narrowed: "Oh? Troublesome? Say, what? ā
Yan Lang whispered: "In Jianchang City, there are also some ...... Some of the merchants who built slaves wanted to buy pills......"
Zhang Zhang was silent, uh, this-
After thinking for a moment, Zhang Zhang made a decision: "Sell." The pill is no better than military supplies, although Jiannu is our enemy, but if we want to fight them, we can't rely on this. If we don't sell it to them, they can ask Mongolian merchants to buy it, so why bother to let the Mongols make an extra layer of profit? ā
Yan Langzhong nodded, this is indeed the truth......
After discussing the pills, Zhang Li's thoughts began to run again-
The first pillar industry of this young master's business empire is the pharmaceutical industry!
What sells glass and cement, compared with selling medicine, it is simply weak.
Think about the huge profits of those pharmaceutical companies in later generations, tsk!
Well, the cement plant is basically going to go out of business for the rest of the world......
A mountain of gold immediately appeared in Zhang Li's mind-
This is not in conflict with improving the well-being of the ordinary people under his rule, after all, Tuanshan Fort implements the medical insurance system.
The little people participate in medical insurance, and how much the medicine sells has nothing to do with them.
Sold to other external forces, that's naturally another story, hehe!
Well, it seems that we need to invest more in research and development, and open up more "special drugs". This is my strength, and I will take a few days a month to guide it.
Thinking of this, Zhang Zhang said to Yan Langzhong: "Yan Langzhong, our Tuanshanbao Medical Center is going to establish an affiliated university - well, this name is not good, let's call it the Affiliated Research Institute of Tuanshanbao Medical Center!" ā
Yan Langzhong looked stunned: "Affiliated Research Institute? It'sā"
Zhang Zhang gave a detailed introduction to the situation of the medical school affiliated to the hospital in later generations, and he had a lot of say in this regard.
After talking for half an hour, Yan Langzhong realized that Mr. Zhang's "Affiliated Research Institute of Tuanshanbao Medical Center" has two purposes: one is to recruit students and train qualified Langzhong; The second is to select outstanding people from among the trainees to develop new drugs, improve old drugs, and what "clinical medical research" does Mr. Zhang mention......
This is a good thing, it is equivalent to building a school!
Daming's school teaches all the four books and five classics, and the set of those who have won the imperial examination fame, and Master Zhang's school actually teaches medical skills? !
Yan Langzhong has practiced medicine all his life, and naturally he is also very passionate about medical skills, and tears immediately appeared in his eyes: "Lord Zhang, in the future, our Tuanshan Fort medical talents will be mass-produced!" ā
Zhang Zhang bowed slightly, Nima, this young master relied on medical skills to mix the Ming Dynasty, and the pharmaceutical industry is naturally an old business, how can you not pay attention to it?
"In the future, the teaching work of the research institute affiliated to the mountain fort medical hall will be arranged by you for the time being, and this official will take a few days of free time every month to give lectures. You think about getting some textbooks, in addition to the traditional medical classics, you also have to compile a new textbook. Hmm, let's call it "Tension Quotations" - uh, this name is inappropriate, it's called "Tuanshan Medical Research Institute Materia Medica"! ā
When Zhang Li opened a medical center in Nanjing, he had systematically taught Yan Lang the medical skills of the middle class, and now Zhang Li is talking about compiling the content that he taught before into a teaching material.
Yan Langzhong naturally understood the meaning of tension, and hurriedly nodded and promised: "My subordinates understand, more than eighty percent of those Langzhong in the Nanjing Medical Center have gone to Tuanshan Fort with their subordinates, and if we compile it together, it will be completed soon." ā
Zhang Zhang nodded, remembered something again, and asked, "How is the situation of Tuanshan Fort's participation in medical insurance?" ā
When Yan Langzhong heard Zhang Li's question about this, his expression darkened, and he said with some embarrassment: "My lord, now all public officials are insured, and the personnel of the medical hall and arsenal are also insured, but the common people don't seem to be very active!" Less than half of the people are insured. ā
Zhang Li's brows furrowed, this is also a matter of no way. After all, ordinary people don't have the concept of "insurance", so if you let him pay when he is not sick, how can he be willing? It is not enough to shout slogans and give orders from above, but to let them experience it themselves......
Zhang Zhang gently revealed the matter: "It's okay, this matter should not be rushed." The people will experience it more in the future, and there will be more people who will naturally participate in the insurance, and we can't enforce it. ā
Yan Langzhong nodded and promised: "Yes, my lord, my subordinates understand." (To be continued......)