Hong Kong was founded very early, and coupled with a fully Western-style education, Western medicine is still the main method of treating illnesses.
The status of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Hong Kong is "supplementary medicine", and its main focus is conditioning and nourishing.
This kind of thinking is just like Hong Kong people’s love of making soup for nourishment.
If there is really a disease, people in Xiangjiang City would rather go to a regular large hospital for treatment. After all, the welfare is guaranteed and medical treatment costs almost nothing.
However, if a person feels weak and damp, or a man has lost his virility, or a woman has irregular menstruation, etc., then Hong Kong people are willing to get some Chinese medicine to supplement their health.
Remember two words: "replenish".
Instead of "cure".
Just like when Uncle Lin Wu and Uncle Lin Liu first arrived in Hong Kong and opened the Lingnan Hall Chinese Medicine Clinic, business was very slow in the beginning. During the mainland's large-scale retreat in 1949, a large number of famous Chinese medicine practitioners fled to Hong Kong.
Therefore, Hong Kong had no shortage of Chinese medicine practitioners in the 1960s. There were even very capable ones, such as the "imperial doctors" who served the four major families at that time.
When Lingnan Hall first opened, there were not many patients and it was difficult to maintain. In the end, Uncle Lin Wu and Uncle Lin Liu had to rely on the nearby red-light district to regulate the menstruation of prostitutes in Portland Street and provide erections for the clients. Only then did they gradually gain business.
However, for the most common gynecological inflammation, prostitutes still go to the clinic to get penicillin instead of seeing a Chinese medicine doctor for treatment with traditional Chinese medicine.
This is the biggest difference between Chinese medicine and Western medicine.
Finally, Lingnan Hall became extremely popular thanks to its four secret medicine recipes, especially "Duan Xue Liu" and "Aoao Jiao".
These two medicines have miraculous effects and are only sold at Lingnan Hall in Hong Kong. As it has an exclusive monopoly, the business is naturally booming and the queues are very long.
However, the market for traditional Chinese medicine in Hong Kong is limited; it is only a "city" after all. The sudden emergence of Lingnantang Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic with its secret prescription medicines has blocked other people's path to wealth.
Traditional Chinese medicine has always played a supporting role and its market size is not large. Now Lingnan Hall is going to cut off a large piece of the pie. How can local Chinese medicine clinics in Hong Kong tolerate this?
When Uncle Lin Wu expressed his inference, everyone in the room felt that this was the most reasonable explanation.
So the question now is, which Chinese medicine clinic is behind this?
Lin Sanqi pondered, "From the perspective of who benefits, if our Lingnan Hall goes bankrupt, which Chinese medicine clinic will benefit?"
Uncle Lin Wu and Uncle Lin Liu immediately started thinking. They had been in Hong Kong for several years and were relatively familiar with the situation.
"The largest Chinese medicine clinic in Hong Kong is Ruijuntang, but Ruijuntang is located on Hong Kong Island and serves local wealthy people. They don't take our Lingnantang seriously at all."
At that time, the wealthy people in Hong Kong were basically concentrated in Hong Kong Island. There was no undersea tunnel connecting Kowloon and Hong Kong Island, so there was not much competition between them.
Moreover, Lingnan Hall is still in its grassroots stage, serving the middle and lower class citizens.
The real rich people all have their own trusted "royal Chinese medicine practitioners". These Chinese medicine practitioners are fixed and will not be easily changed, and the current Lingnan Hall cannot take away their business.
Therefore, the top Chinese medicine clinics in Hong Kong can be ruled out as they have very high standards.
Uncle Lin Wu continued to analyze:
"Then the most likely candidate is one of our colleagues in Kowloon. Currently, the three largest Chinese medicine clinics around us are Xu's Chinese Medicine Clinic, Gu Sheng Tang, and Kang Rong Tang. But which one is it specifically?"
The Lin family members all held their chins and thought about it. As usual, because the Lin family was new here, they knew too little about the information of their peers.
Especially among the other three Chinese medicine clinics, no one knows which boss is the most insidious and the least law-abiding.
Lin Kucan thought for a while and shook his head:
"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be one of these three companies. But we can't arbitrarily accuse people without evidence. If we open fire indiscriminately, we will become the public enemy of all Chinese medicine practitioners in Hong Kong."
Bullying outsiders has always been a tradition. But if outsiders bully local snakes, it will arouse public outrage and be so unfair.
Of course, since you are an outsider who has just crossed the river, that’s a different matter.
Lin Sanqi was unhappy:
"Let's not worry about who the mastermind behind this is. We can always find out if we investigate slowly. If that doesn't work, we can find out which Chinese medicine clinic has the worst reputation and doesn't follow the rules of the underworld. And who is the most suspicious.
"Our most urgent task right now is to resolve the issue with Anle. They gave us three days, and tomorrow is the third day. I guess they didn't take action before because they were afraid they couldn't defeat us. Three days is enough time for them to prepare."
As soon as these words were spoken, the Lin family became worried again.
Qi Lianyong's eyes were shining. His "pharmaceutical workers" had just obtained the most advanced weapons in the world. Now they needed people to have them, guns to have them, and money to have them.
When had Old Qi ever fought such a prosperous battle?
As soldiers, they are definitely afraid of chaos in the world and are itching to take action. Now that someone comes to provoke them, they must fight back resolutely. This is the only way to demonstrate their value.
"Boss, the big boss was hesitant before, so now you're here, it's perfect. Give the order, and I'll deploy immediately overnight. We'll pile up sandbags on Temple Street as cover, set up machine guns and rocket launchers, and prepare 20 snipers on the rooftops.
I don't believe this He Anle-chan society can get away with it. If one comes, I'll kill him, if two come, I'll kill them both. I'll just keep killing people until they're all dead. I'll make He Anle avoid Temple Street and never dare to set foot there again!"
Lin Sanqi was also excited when he heard it:
"Yeah, damn it! I've been preparing for so many days, using so many connections, and even went to Israel to buy weapons. I've been waiting for this day."
When Lin Kucan heard this, he almost spit out a mouthful of salt soda. The Lin family is a kind family, how could they go on a killing spree?
"No, no, it hasn't come to that yet. Besides, the Hong Kong police have always turned a blind eye to street fights. But if both sides use guns and artillery, the nature of the situation will be different, and then our Lingnan Hall will be in trouble as well.
The key point is that He'anle, as a society, has 200,000 members in Hong Kong and Macau. Even if they brag that they only have 50,000 or 60,000 members, we cannot kill them all.
If they keep sending people to assassinate us, we will only have 500 people after all, and they will be able to kill us with their 49ers. Then we won't be able to open our doors for business, and we won't even be able to guarantee the safety of our entire family."
Lin Sanqi thought so too. Hong Kong movies are always full of huge street explosions, car chain explosions, etc. After all, they are film and television dramas.
It is only 1962, and Hong Kong has not yet started the return negotiations. The Hong Kong Eagles and the white people certainly do not want Hong Kong to be in chaos.
Lin Duzhong was dissatisfied at this time:
"Dad, what should we do? We have weapons but can't use them, and we can't outnumber Anle. Are we just going to flee back to the mainland in disgrace?"
Lin Sanqi looked at Qi Lianyong:
"Deputy Manager Qi, do you have any ideas?"
Qi Lianyong was also overwhelmed:
"Boss, if we don't use weapons, it's no problem for 500 of us to fight 1,000 gang members. But if we fight one against four, the casualties will increase if we fight 2,000 people. A strong outnumbered team is very disadvantageous to us.
The only way now is to lure the people from He Anle to Lizhi Wo. There are few people here and there is only one road for attacking. In this way, we can use advanced weapons and we are not afraid of a massacre.
At worst, we can prepare some more cement and diesel drums, put the bodies in them and throw them into the sea. This way, no one will know and no one will get any evidence."
Uncle Lin Wu shook his head again when he heard this idea:
"These gang members are very cunning, and each gang has military advisors like Master and White Paper Fan who give them advice. They must have seen the difficulty of attacking Litchi Wo, so they will definitely not take risks casually. After all, this is not a life-and-death feud.
For He Anle, destroying and burning our clinics and pharmacies in Kowloon City and shutting us down would be the greatest success, so their focus is definitely on Temple Street."
When Lin Duzhong heard this, he punched the table hard:
"This won't work, that won't work. Then wouldn't it be in vain for me to recruit so many veterans and buy so many advanced weapons?"
Qi Liantong also became a little angry at this time:
"Another option is for us to take the initiative and not wait for He Anle to come to Temple Street to cause trouble. We should first eliminate their branches in Kowloon, or even the main branch, and then decapitate their leaders or their chiefs." (End of this chapter)
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