The Huo family said they wanted to discuss it, but only ten days later they sent a message requesting further negotiation.
Ten days, much faster than Jiang Zhi had estimated, clearly indicating that the Huo family was more eager and impatient.
This time, Jiang Zhi appeared at Huo Family Pharmacy with Errui and Xiaoman, facing even more old men.
It seems that everyone with status in the Huo family has come, since Jiang Zhi's demands are too high and need to be carefully considered.
It turns out that the head of the Huo family was the white-haired old man from last time. This time he didn't speak, and the two old pharmacy owners asked the questions. All the key questions were about how Jiang Zhi could guarantee that there would be new products every year.
New products can open up new sources of revenue and new avenues, so Jiang Zhi's request is reasonable.
Jiang Zhi had ten days to think things through carefully.
Besides knowing the formulas for dozens of commonly used traditional Chinese medicines, what else is essential knowledge for a time traveler: skincare products, medicated soaps, bar soaps, alcohol, cologne, perfumes...
Although similar products are sold in this era, you can easily create a new product by making a few changes.
There's not even a need to change anything; just use the ancient methods and formulas directly.
This explosive amount of information is truly unimaginable for regions where knowledge dissemination is slow and narrow, and for traditional craftspeople who need to keep everything a secret.
The only challenge is how to present something without it seeming out of place, not what to present at all.
Therefore, Jiang Zhi's estimate of "developing one product per year" is already a conservative estimate.
Knowing what was going on, Jiang Zhi was full of confidence. When faced with the Huo family's questioning, she calmly said, "Since your bank first bought Banlangen granules, I have already produced several new medicines. I am currently testing several ancestral secret formulas, and there will naturally be no shortage of new products to launch in the future."
The phrase "family tradition" may sound old-fashioned, but it's sure to dispel any doubts.
Her words left the Huo family speechless.
Moreover, the Huo family also knows that Jiang Zhi currently has four new products, so they won't have to worry about supplies for the next four years.
Now that there was a new drug, the head of the Huo family raised the most crucial condition. He said with a serious expression, "If Madam Jiang wants shares in the Huo family pharmacy, then our business also has a request."
"Your Qingquanwan Pharmacy is going to merge with the Huo Family Pharmacy. From now on, we'll share both prosperity and adversity. Do you agree?"
The whole county knew that the King of Zhou had commended Qingquanwan Pharmacy. If they were to be grouped together, the Huo family pharmacy would naturally share in the honor of the two prescriptions they presented.
This statement completely confirmed Jiang Zhi's guess: the Huo family really had their eyes on the Qingquanwan Pharmacy brand.
As Magistrate Zhang said, a new technology and a good reputation are the two key factors that support his negotiations with the Huo family.
What the Huo family valued, besides the formula, was the renowned reputation of Qingquanwan Pharmacy.
They wanted to bring Jiang Zhi into the business, just like Jiang Zhi had wanted to use the Huo family's name to sell medicine. They needed to leverage that influence!
After all, as long as you have a prescription, you can make medicine in Laoyun Cliff. A medicine shop with just a few stoves and pots is not worth much at all.
Now that everyone has their own agenda, the agreement needs to be negotiated further.
Since the pharmacies were to be merged, Jiang Zhi borrowed his assistant, Ganba, from Magistrate Zhang.
They then looked for the shops and properties that the Huo family had registered with the county government and began to calculate their share.
When it comes to money, one has to put personal feelings and face aside. The Huo family naturally tried to argue their case, and the two sides started arguing as soon as they disagreed.
Errui and Xiaoman have made great progress in the past year. They are not intimidated by such a grand occasion. They argue with the old managers of the Huo family about every detail in the contract, insisting on understanding and digesting each clause thoroughly.
After two days of bickering, the allocation of shares among the various pharmacies was finally settled, and the management of each pharmacy was clarified. Jiang Zhi felt exhausted yet exhilarated.
In the future, I will only need to hand over the core technology of one new product each year, and I can get about two hundred taels of silver as a technology dividend for this one item alone.
Of course, the amount of this figure is also related to the profit of the products delivered. The larger the profit margin, the more dividends Jiang Zhi will receive.
The contract between the two parties stated that Jiang Zhi would decide what products to deliver each year, and the Huo family could not force her to do so.
Jiang Zhi accepted!
The contract took effect immediately, and Jiang Zhi handed over the mosquito repellent formula to the Huo family, something the Huo family had been eyeing for a long time.
The market is booming right now, and Xujia Village has been unable to supply the goods. Once they get the formula, the Huo family can produce them themselves and make money immediately.
As for the fever reducer that the Huo family values most, Jiang Zhi said the medicine still needs improvement and did not hand over the formula.
She plans to produce each new product herself at Qingquanwan Pharmacy for a year before handing it over to the Huo family for sale.
With this technology mature and profitable, Qiaoyun Tiantao can also firmly grasp the production process, providing a means of livelihood should any unforeseen circumstances arise.
Good things need to be given gradually; don't try to get rich overnight.
On the surface, Qingquanwan Pharmacy merged with the Huo family, but in reality, nothing changed.
Jiang Zhi would arrange what the artificial medicinal materials and the pharmacy would produce; all the Huo family needed was a franchise name.
Back in Xujia Village, Jiang Zhi built another room in Qingquan Bay and added a production line to start manufacturing antipyretics.
The new medicine was not produced by the Ma or Huang families. Instead, Jiang Zhi, along with Tian Tao, Qiao Yun, and Er Rui, produced the antipyretics and supplied them to the Huo family for sale. This place was also the most secretive part of the Qingquan Bay Pharmacy.
It is said that time flies in the mountains, and the same is true in Qingquanwan Pharmacy. Time flies by, and another autumn harvest has arrived.
Li Laoshi and Qin Shi have been married for over a year, and their affectionate relationship hasn't changed at all.
Even when Qin came to Qingquan Bay to deliver some things, Li Laoshi would come to pick her up. Jiang Zhixiao said that the two of them were a perfect match.
In the next few months, more things happened in the village.
Before Xu Genqing's daughter, Nan Nan, was even a year old, Lianhua became pregnant again.
Wang Xiaoju was so envious that she took Xu Genbao to the city to see a doctor for a check-up and prescribed medicine for them to drink every day.
This drink really worked! A few months later, now that Leiwa is six years old, she is pregnant.
This made Liu extremely happy. She had three children in her family, two boys and one girl.
Genbao only has one child, Leige. Now that Xiaoju is pregnant, they can finally have another child.
A family needs many people to be lively; what good is money alone?
Among the villagers, Wang Xiaoju's family was probably the wealthiest.
She and Xu Genbao both worked in the workshop, and Team Leader Wang earned a little over one tael of silver a month.
The land is cultivated by my elder brother Xu Genyou, and we have enough food to eat every year.
As everyone in the village added furniture, Wang Xiaoju's family added the most, and she once again became the youngest sister whom both her husband's and her own families doted on.
With the villagers' supervision, the sanitation of Shijia Village has greatly improved throughout the year, and Xu Changming is the most responsible and proactive.
That year, some people helped with farming, and others earned money in workshops. This old man didn't have to work, and he found a job for himself: a health inspector.
He was in charge of everything: whose manure pit was uncovered, whose chickens and ducks were running around, and whose children were skipping school.
Every morning, you could see him carrying a basket of dog poop, walking along every field path. If he saw anyone doing something wrong, he would come over to "talk" to them. He was so responsible that he even took away Xu Gensheng's title of "nitpicker".
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