Because Lingnantang only sells wild ginseng and does not enter the ginseng cultivation industry, it does not interfere with other ginseng companies and gets along peacefully with its peers.
However, Lingnan Tang’s other flagship product, “Cordyceps sinensis”, faces fierce competition.
Cordyceps is not a nationally protected plant and there are no restrictions on its buying and selling, but there are too many large capitals engaged in the Cordyceps trade across the country and the competition is very fierce.
Among them, the top three companies are all local giants.
Blocking someone's path to wealth is like killing their parents. The better Lingnan Tang's Cordyceps business is, the bigger the piece of cake it gets, which is something competitors cannot tolerate.
Therefore, the situation of Lingnantang Northwest Branch is very difficult.
The manager of the branch, Lin Jianghe, who is also Lin Sanqi's cousin, usually has 10 bodyguards who provide 24-hour personal protection. This shows how much Lingnan Hall is hated in the northwest.
If our country hadn't done a good job in gun control, if we were in the United States, we would definitely be shot by hidden guns every day.
The competitors were helpless, so several capitals joined hands and warned all those involved in the Qinghai-Tibet Cordyceps trade, from herders to buyers, that they were prohibited from selling to Lingnan Hall.
The Northwest branch of Lingditang was also closely watched. Whenever herders came to sell their goods, they would be warned at best and beaten at worst. In any case, the purpose was to cut off the supply of goods to Lingnantang.
But everyone in the northwest knows that the source of Lingnantang's Cordyceps is mainly from buyers who go to the countryside to buy it themselves.
Hey, how do you limit it?
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau covers an area of 2.5 million square kilometers, which is equivalent to 25 Zhejiang Provinces. Scattering hundreds or thousands of people there would be like pouring a bucket of water into the vast ocean.
How many people do you have to keep an eye on the elusive Lingnan Hall buyers?
The key truth is very cruel. The Cordyceps sinensis of Lingnan Hall is actually from other places. How can big capital restrict it?
Yushu, Zaduo County, and simple airport.
When Lin Sanqi landed the Y-8 transport plane, the whole county was in an uproar. Countless ethnic minorities were waiting by the simple airport, looking at the big iron bird with curious eyes.
In this era when cars are rare, airplanes are definitely on the same level as UFOs for ordinary people from ethnic minorities.
When Lin Sanqi, wearing a military uniform with a gold star on it, walked out of the cabin, all the cadres in Zaduo County came to greet him.
This time Lin Sanqi came openly, and a telegram was sent in advance. The distance from Karasu Airport to Yushu Zaduo is not far.
"Commissioner Lin, hello, hello, nice to see you again."
Lin Sanqi also shook hands with the cadres of Zaduo County:
"County Magistrate Tsering, Deputy County Magistrate Huang, it's been another year since we last met, haha."
The conditions in ethnic minority areas are very difficult and they are located in remote areas, so when you work as a cadre here, there are almost no opportunities for transfer or promotion, so these are the county leaders every year.
It's quite miserable.
County Chief Tsering Wangdui hung a khata on Lin Sanqi's shoulder, then looked at the glittering golden shoulder badge in awe, his attitude becoming even more humble.
"Commissioner Lin, you're so polite. Every year, Commissioner Lin comes to Zaduo County and brings us much-needed sugar, salt, medicine, and daily necessities. These are all things that herders desperately need. On behalf of the 20,000 people of Zaduo County, I want to thank you."
Lin Sanqi waved his hand and looked at the old man and the young man at the back of the crowd.
"Village Chief Kalon Wangdui, Nima Cilun, long time no see."
These two people are now Lin Sanqi's agents for purchasing Cordyceps in Yushu. Because they have clung to the thighs of senior officials in the capital, they have high prestige among ethnic minorities and can be said to have the support of hundreds of people.
The herdsmen’s idea is very simple. They will follow whoever can bring them benefits. It’s that simple.
The village chief, Kalon Wangdui, laughed so hard that his eyes were invisible:
"Commander Lin, after receiving your telegram, I've already notified the surrounding herders. Now everyone is bringing this year's newly harvested Cordyceps to trade for supplies. Don't worry, we've arranged everything."
Nima Cilun also bowed excitedly and said:
"Brother Lin, in order to welcome you, the county has already renovated the house you live in, and all the staff of the supply and marketing cooperative and the county accountant are all dispatched. We are just waiting for your order to purchase it."
Lin Sanqi was very satisfied with the cooperation of the Zaduo people, so he waved his hand and said:
"Okay, then we'll start buying right away. There are 20 tons of supplies on the plane, so you can unload them first. I'll bring more supplies in later. Let's buy as much as we can."
The village chief, Kalon Wangdui, asked in front of everyone:
"Commander Lin, how is this year's exchange rate calculated?"
Lin Sanqi knew why the old man asked in front of everyone, so he also raised his voice:
"The exchange rate is the same as last year. Sugar, salt, medicine, cotton clothes, daily necessities, and banknotes are all accepted."
In fact, Lin Sanqi doesn't need to go through so much trouble. He can just purchase Cordyceps from the herders one by one and entrust the local supply and marketing cooperative to help purchase it. He can just pack it up and take it away.
But he also has compassion. If the sales agency is allowed to purchase the goods, the price will definitely be kept very low because the supply and marketing cooperative wants to make a profit from the difference.
Yushu Zaduo is the place where Helin Panax notoginseng started to make its fortune. It was the herders who sold him Cordyceps one by one that helped him make his first fortune.
We should have a conscience and not burn bridges after crossing them.
Fortunately, after a few years, Zaduo County has already established a purchasing team, and the process went smoothly.
A row of 20 buyers started buying with rulers in hand.
Lin Sanqi needs Cordyceps sinensis of the king level, or at least the first-class quality. Only this top-grade Cordyceps sinensis can be sold at a high price.
But due to the requests of herders in previous years, Lin Sanqi now also purchases Cordyceps sinensis.
At worst, you can make Chinese patent medicines with Cordyceps as the main raw material, such as Bailing Capsules, Jinshuibao Capsules, Zhiling Capsules, etc., and make a small profit.
Those herdsmen, dressed in tattered clothes, took out the Cordyceps they had picked and lined up devoutly to exchange for the precious supplies they wanted.
The buyer took the Cordyceps from a herder, measured its size, and then weighed it:
"There are 5 kilograms of Cordyceps King and 30 kilograms of ordinary Cordyceps. What do you want to exchange?"
The herdsman looked at the piles of supplies, swallowed his saliva, but still replied firmly:
"Just give me some fever-reducing and anti-inflammatory medicine."
The staff next to them skillfully took out the corresponding number of ibuprofen capsules and amoxicillin capsules from the shelf and gave them to the herders.
The herdsman took the medicine, carefully wrapped it in a piece of sheepskin, and gently placed it in his arms. Then he thanked the crowd profusely and left.
Lin Sanqi shifted his gaze to several other teams, and he was surprised to find that there seemed to be a lot of herdsmen exchanging medicines.
Then Lin Sanqi waved to Nima Cilun:
"Damn, why do I see at least half of the herdsmen exchanging medicine? What happened?"
Lin Sanqi's biggest fear is that a large-scale infectious disease will break out on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. That would be a huge problem, so doctors are very vigilant.
Nima Cilun smiled and replied:
"Brother Lin, you don't know that if the herders don't have sugar to eat or a washbasin, they can find ways to overcome these difficulties. But if they don't have medicine, a minor illness can take a life.
In the past, herders didn’t know the importance of medicine. But when they were sick, the herders who exchanged medicines could just take one or two pills and get better. This news spread quickly, so now herders are willing to exchange for the life-saving medicine.”
Lin Sanqi understood.
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the 1960s was even poorer than the inland areas and was almost in a primitive state.
Let’s not talk about whether Tibetan medicine is effective or not. Even if there is Tibetan medicine, it is only available to monks and tribal leaders. No one cares about the life and death of ordinary herdsmen.
The climate on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is harsh, with frequent winds and snowfalls, and people can easily get wet when grazing in the wild.
People who have been to the plateau all have this experience: the most feared thing in the plateau is catching a cold. A minor cold may develop into severe pulmonary edema or cerebral edema, which is something that even gods cannot help.
If you have a fever or cough at this time, take a piece of ibuprofen and a pill of amoxicillin, and you will get better immediately thanks to your body as clean as a sheet of paper.
And it's not just fever and colds, there are also headaches, toothaches, joint pains, etc. There is no disease that can't be solved by a pill of ibuprofen.
Even decades later, in the United States, where medicine and society are highly developed, ordinary people are still very dependent on the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen.
NSAIDs are second only to anti-infectives in sales, a testament to their widespread use. (End of Chapter)
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