Liulang and Datou lowered their heads together.

When Lao Zhou saw his youngest son like that, he became very angry. He touched his shoes and couldn't help his temper.

Mrs. Qian glanced at him and said: "This matter is not urgent. Let the children find it themselves. If it doesn't work, we will make a decision directly in a few years."

Qian looked at Zhou Lang and said, "Do you want to take a look at it yourself, or can your family decide directly for you?"

When facing his father, Zhou Liulang could make jokes and run away, but he didn't have the courage to face his mother, so he weighed it and said, "I, I'll take a look for myself."

"You are about to reach your age. I will give you three years. Even if you are not happy after three years, I will choose a wife for you."

Saturday Lang lowered his head and responded.

No one dared to express their opinions when Qian was speaking. In recent years, Qian's power in the family has become more and more powerful.

Qian made the final decision, "Let the fifth follow. The eldest and the third have to stay at home to take care of the fields, and the medicinal materials on the mountain cannot be left alone. The second will follow the fourth to bring the shopkeepers of the medicine shops in Yizhou City."

Once you're familiar with it, I'll hand over the job to the second child next year, and the fourth child will go to the capital to replace the fifth child."

Zhou Lang happily promised: "Mom, I am also very good at managing the shop. When I go to the capital, I will definitely manage the shop well."

Man Bao: "It's better to leave it to Li Jun. You don't know how to manage accounts."

Zhou Lang was not happy anymore, "Leave it to Erya, then I'll go to the capital to have a free meal."

"You can continue to sell medicinal materials," Man Bao said: "The medicinal materials in Yizhou City are higher than those in Luojiang County, and the ones in Beijing are definitely more expensive than those in Yizhou City."

"That won't work." Zhou Lang is not stupid. He doesn't even need to count on his fingers to know that it's not cost-effective. "I can transport the medicinal materials at home to Yizhou City in one day, but how many days will it take to transport them to the capital? No food or accommodation is allowed on the way.

Are you not allowed to pay taxes in a store? The road is so long and people will be robbed, so how much money will it cost. No matter how high the price of medicine in the capital is, I won’t do this loss-making business."

Manbao has been in Jishitang for more than a year and has met all kinds of drug farmers and drug dealers. She has been doubting it for a long time. Unfortunately, when it comes to drug dealers and drug farmers, shopkeeper Lao Zheng is not willing to communicate too much with her. After all, this is her family.

supplier.

But Manbao is smart, and he also has a very rich knowledge reserve in his mind. She asked him if he didn't understand, and if he didn't know, he would scan the encyclopedia, and Manbao figured out the secret.

Years ago, she wanted to talk to her fourth brother when she saw her bringing fresh ginger, dried old ginger, prepared Ligustrum lucidum and Huaishan slices to Yizhou City.

It was just that there were too many things going on at home for the New Year, so she forgot about this matter before it stayed in her heart for too long. Now that she remembered it, she put on a show and wanted to talk to him.

"Fourth brother, do you think the drug farmers are richer, or the drug dealers?"

"Nonsense, of course it's a drug dealer."

Man Bao: "Then do you know that Jishitang is not only a drug store, but also one of the largest drug dealers in Jin Dynasty?"

Zhou Lang nodded, and then shook his head. Of course he knew that Jishitang was in the medicinal business and that he was a druggist, but he really didn't know that he was one of the largest druggists in Jin Dynasty.

Man Bao said: "Today, in the eyes of Jishi Tang, our family is just a medicine farmer. Although our medicinal materials are sold not only to Jishi Tang, but also to other medicine shops in Yizhou City, with this kind of output, we are just a medicine farmer. I

You have all seen it. At the end of the year, many families deliberately left ginger pieces in the ground, which will grow into old ginger in another year. At the beginning of the year, some people came to their homes and asked for seeds and branches of Ligustrum lucidum.

Planting, right?”

Zhou Lang looked up at his three older brothers.

Zhou Lang nodded, "Many people asked about it, and Mom asked us to give it to them all, and even taught them how to plant it."

Zhou Zuorang said: "There are people from other villages who secretly went up the mountain and broke a lot of our branches and damaged a lot of our trees. At the beginning of the year, my eldest brother and I even went up the mountain to guard it for a while."

Man Bao said: "Think about it, if we leave so many branches and seeds out this year, there will be other families competing with us for business next year. By the year after that, and the year after that, all the people in the village and nearby villages will

There will only be more and more people growing Ligustrum lucidum. Will our Ligustrum lucidum still be sold at a high price in Yizhou City?"

Zhou Lang, who was already very experienced in doing business, shook his head repeatedly.

"Not only can't we sell our ligustrum, but other people's ligustrum may also not be sold. What will we do then?"

Thursday Lang: "What should I do?"

"If a drug dealer comes and offers five or six cents per catty, will you sell it?"

Zhou Lang's eyes widened, "How is this possible? A pound of fine Ligustrum lucidum now costs sixty-five cents, and he doesn't even give me the change?"

"But there is no shortage of Ligustrum lucidum in Yizhou City, Luojiang County and the surrounding counties and towns. When the drug store buys it back, there are only a limited number of patients who need Ligustrum lucidum. They can't just pile the medicinal materials in the warehouse to get damp, right?

Man Bao asked: "Just asking you, do you want to sell it for five or six cents per catty or not?"

Zhou Lang hesitated, and Wu Lang on the side said: "I won't sell it!"

Man Bao looked at Wu Lang.

Wu Lang said: "I would rather make fertilizer in the dung heap than sell it."

Lao Zhoutou couldn't help but turned around and said to Qian: "This is really a waste of money."

Qian also hesitated and said, "I can't sell it. I'm just giving a small change. It's better not to sell it."

Lao Zhoutou said: "It's worth it if you can earn a little."

Zhou Lang also nodded, "Yes, you can earn a little bit."

Man Bao nodded, and did not say who made the right choice, but said: "So, in order to prevent the Ligustrum lucidum from selling for five or six cents per kilogram, and prevent it from being composted, we have to use the other family's maiden

Find other sales outlets before Sadako comes out. The capital is a good place."

Man Bao said: "What is a medicine farmer and what is a medicine dealer?"

"Drug farmers are people who sell traditional Chinese medicines who can only wait for drug dealers to set prices. Drug dealers are people who can influence the price of medicines," Man Bao said, "To put it bluntly, in the future there will be drug dealers who come to the villagers and try their best to squeeze the villagers' medicines.

If the price is high, we will create a path, and everyone will have a chance to fight back."

"If someone charges ten cents for medicine, we can charge twenty cents. We buy the medicine and transport it to the capital. Even if we can only earn three or four cents per kilogram, it is still a profit. After all, we are responsible for the price of our medicine.

Calculate, so that we won’t be completely passive.”

Everyone in Lao Zhou's family was stunned for a while after hearing this. Most of them didn't understand, but there were also some who were thoughtful.

Man Bao patted his butt and stood up and said: "Anyway, you have a lot of subordinates now, don't you? Then when you go to Beijing to replace the fifth brother next year, you can take them with you to Beijing for a ride."
Chapter completed!