Tianjin Port, warehouse area.
Today's warehouse is filled with a wide variety of handicrafts, wine, tea, cloth, jade and other goods.
If you don’t know, you might think it’s a national exhibition and sales conference for all provinces.
Minister Li of the Ministry of Health personally introduced Lin Sanqi:
"Comrade Sanqi, come here, these are specialties sent from all provinces across the country, and we are here to exchange them for penicillin.
Look at this, this was sent from Sichuan Province, Shu embroidery, Shu brocade, Wuliangye, Luzhou Laojiao, and Jiannanchun liquor.
Oh, these old wines have the years on them. These are all over 20 years old. This Wuliangye is even 50 years old. They must be incredibly delicious. You are in for a treat.”
Lin Sanqi was speechless: "Minister Li, I want to correct you. These things are not for me personally. I don't drink alcohol, and everyone in the country knows it."
The old lady rolled her eyes at him and said, "Yes, yes, yes. Everyone in the country knows that Comrade Lin Sanqi doesn't like money."
Hehehe~~~Everyone around chuckled.
A group of people walked to the counter of the next province:
"No, this is West Lake Longjing, Anji white tea, Shaoxing rice wine, Hangzhou silk, and Jinhua ham. No need to guess, these are specialties from Zhejiang Province. Comrade Sanqi, look at this Longjing, every bud and every leaf. These are all premium, export-grade teas."
The staff of Orie Province quickly introduced:
"This time, we've brought in 500 kilograms of premium Longjing tea, as well as 2,000 pieces of first-grade Jinhua ham. Our provincial leaders have said we'll do everything in our power to supply this specialty product. We hope President Lin will also take good care of Zhejiang Province and give us more penicillin."
Lin Sanqi's face turned red, and he thought to himself that he was really not a good person. Everyone was in such a difficult situation, couldn't you donate penicillin for free?
What a money-grubber!
To hide his embarrassment, Lin Sanqi quickly squatted in front of the jar of yellow wine.
"Is this the famous Shaoxing wine? It's 30 years old, wow, this is good stuff. My dad loves to drink rice wine. This batch of rice wine will be mine then, hehe."
The staff were very happy to see that President Lin liked the specialty of their province:
"President Lin, this batch of rice wine includes various vintages, the oldest being 50 years old. The characteristic of our Shaoxing rice wine is that it becomes more fragrant and mellower with age. It is especially delicious and nourishing to the stomach."
Minister Li was a little surprised when he heard this: "Your father? I heard that Doctor Lin doesn't drink either, right?"
Lin Sanqi knew that he had let the cat out of the bag. He was talking about his real father, who usually liked to drink a few sips of rice wine. After all, few people in Dongguan can get used to drinking strong liquor.
So he quickly changed the subject and asked, "Oh, which province's specialty is this?"
Next to the Zhejiang Province counter are the specialties of Jiangsu Province, which are inseparable from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai.
Lin Sanqi opened the box and took a look. Inside were Dongting Biluochun, Suzhou embroidery, Yixing purple clay, Nanjing brocade, etc., all of which were Jiangsu Province's famous specialties.
Moreover, the quantity sent was quite large, and it was obvious that they wanted to exchange it for more penicillin.
Next door is Hu Jiansheng's specialty, which is quite abundant, such as the fish maw, shark fin, and abalone that Lin Sanqi specifically requested. In addition, Hu Jiansheng brought 20,000 pills of Pien Tze Huang this time.
Lin Sanqi was surprised. "Wow, so much! It seems Hu Jiansheng has quite a big appetite."
The staff of Hu Jian Provincial Health Department laughed and said:
"Dean Lin, our Hujian has always been a place where military strategists don't fight for it. We have few specialties. Please don't despise us."
Lin Sanqi made his first fortune from Hu Jian's dried seafood, so he naturally had a very good impression of her. He smiled and said,
"Don't worry, Hu Jian and I have many old friends, and I will definitely not let you down."
"Thank you, Dean Lin, hehe."
The group walked to the counter of Yunan Province again, where several staff members stood and introduced with a smile:
"Minister, President Lin, and all the other leaders, we in Yunnan are poor and don't have anything to offer. During a meeting in Guizhou earlier this year, President Lin suggested we exchange Pu'er tea.
"Look, our province has specially sent over 10 batches of Pu'er tea, all fresh. We've also sent over 2,000 pieces of ham, a Xuanwei specialty. It's not as famous as Jinhua ham, but it's just as delicious."
After hearing this, Lin Sanqi thought that he had also watched "A Bite of China", and Xuanwei ham must be very famous and absolutely delicious.
Just looking at these 10 tons of Pu'er tea gave him a headache.
In the 21st century, the price of Pu'er tea has been driven up to the sky. A cake of so-called old tree tea can easily cost tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan.
When hyping tea, what is actually being hyped is a reputation. It requires specific tea trees from a specific region and a certain age requirement.
It’s not like the Pu’er tea that Yunnan brought this time. It has no packaging. It is just pressed into a round tea cake and stacked together layer by layer.
The pure fragrance of the tea is the same, and may be better and more natural than the teas of later generations that have been severely polluted by acid rain and industrial pollution. The problem is that these teas cannot be sold at a high price.
Lin Sanqi, unwilling to give up, pointed at the tea leaves and asked the staff:
"Which of these teas is Mansong Pu'er?"
"ah?"
"Then which one is the Iceland Laozhai Pu'er?"
"Ah, ah?"
"Then are there any distinctions between places of origin? For example, Xinfu Midi, Kunlushan, Bohetang, Tuanjie Yakou, etc."
"Ahhhh?"
Lin Sanqi slapped his forehead and said, "Alright, alright, stop it. I understand. Pu'er tea is really worthless these days, and it's not divided into such fine categories."
In ancient times, Pu'er tea was sold to nobles in the Tibetan area through the ancient Tea-Horse Road.
The Zang area is so poor, and the diet there lacks vitamins, so they don't care about the quality of your tea at all. Anyway, any tea that arrives in the Zang area is a treasure, and most of it is fermented tea.
On the contrary, the Han scholar class still prefers green tea, and they pay attention to its fragrance.
After the reform and opening up, capital began to stir up trouble in the country, just like the speculation on Tibetan Mastiffs back then, when the most expensive dog was sold for 40 million yuan.
If the price of a dog can be driven up, then Pu'er tea is even more so. It was first hyped up as miraculous. Just like the old Chinese doctors said, drinking Pu'er tea can cure all diseases.
Just do a quick search on the Internet and you will find that Pu'er tea was a tribute to the royal family and ordinary people could not drink it.
Then a group of common people who believed whatever was said scrambled to drink the magical tea that only the emperor could drink. After all, it could cure illnesses and help people lose weight.
Then the capital went to the origin of Pu'er tea, acquired a few hills and a few tea trees, and then imitated the mother plant of West Lake Longjing or the mother plant of Wuyi Mountain Dahongpao, and hyped up the concept of "old tea tree".
In other words, if Lin Sanqi wants to sell Pu'er tea at a high price, regardless of whether the taste is authentic or not, he will first ask you where the tea is from and which mountain it comes from.
I can’t tell, it must be a product from mainland China, and it sells for a few dozen yuan per pound on Taobao.
So Lin Sanqi was at a loss whether to laugh or cry when looking at the 10 tons of Pu'er tea cakes in front of him. They had transported them all the way from the deep mountains and forests of the borderland to you. It must be said that they valued them and were not sincere, right?
How could he, Lin Sanqi, refuse to accept it?
"Alright, thanks to the comrades from Yunnan, I'll trade you this tea for penicillin. But the specific price and the terms of the exchange will depend on Minister Li."
The old lady was delighted when she heard this. Now that the power of distribution was in her hands, she could control those disobedient subordinates.
Looking at the warehouse overflowing with local specialties, Lin Sanqi wondered how he would be able to sell them decades later. If he didn't sell them, how would his family ever use them all?
Just like the cloisonné sent from the capital area, it is beautiful, but it really cannot be sold at a sky-high price.
There are 4,000 pieces of ham alone. Even if the Lin family eats ham every day, they probably won’t be able to finish it in their lifetime.
Minister Li had no idea what Lin Sanqi was thinking, and he was still smiling:
"Comrade Sanqi, all the specialties from various provinces and cities have been delivered. Where's the penicillin you mentioned?"
Lin Sanqi shook the key in his hand:
"I've already shipped the penicillin and stored it in my own warehouse. This time, I brought a total of 2.5 million bottles. 2 million of them will be distributed to various provinces and cities based on their value as local specialties, and the remaining 500,000 bottles will be given to the Ministry of Health."
When Minister Li heard this, his eyes lit up instantly:
"Comrade Sanqi, are you serious? 500,000 bottles of penicillin! My goodness, how many yellow croakers could that have been exchanged for before 1949? Thank you so much! On behalf of the Ministry of Health, I solemnly express my gratitude to you."
Leader Jing, who had been watching with his hands behind his back, was delighted when he heard this:
"Minister Li, before 1949, you could exchange it for rhubarb coins. In 1961, all this penicillin was equally valuable. Comrade Sanqi, you're so biased. You're now a three-star official with two bars, so why haven't you considered creating benefits for the troops?" (End of this chapter)
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