Chapter 60: Trivia about the Medicine Shop
Song Jin went to Jifang Pharmacy the next day.
Jin Ling was stunned when she saw her, "Miss, did you not have a good rest after returning to the countryside? Why do you look thinner?"
"Have you lost weight?"
Song Jin touched his face and said, "I haven't had much appetite these days. I think it's because of my pregnancy."
"You're pregnant?"
Jin Ling asked in surprise, and hurriedly walked around the counter to help Song Jin.
Song Jin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Don't be so nervous, it should be because of the hot weather."
Jin Ling helped Song Jin into the inner room.
Yin Long also came over after hearing the news and felt Song Jin's pulse. "Young lady, would you like me to prepare some meals for you for a few days?"
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Aunt Long."
Song Jin accepted the other party's kindness.
Then Song Jin wanted to go to the cooking room, but Yin Long stopped her. "Young lady, don't go there at this time. There are some things that pregnant women can't smell. For example, I have musk, cinnabar, and silkworm in my room. Wait until I clean it up."
These words stopped Song Jin in his tracks.
She didn't think about these when she came here.
I simply sat aside and waited for Xing Lun to come.
I have been living in Qinjiagou for some time and I don’t know how the pharmacy is doing.
Xing Lun's injury has healed.
Zhou Wei, on the other hand, had to recuperate for a while after a 100-day injury. However, he could not rest, so he came to the medicine shop early to work, and asked others to do the heavy work for him.
"Boss!"
Xing Lun hurried over and bowed when he saw Song Jin.
Song Jin saw that he looked exhausted and asked, "What did you do?"
"It's autumn now, and some of the herbs in the medicinal fields can be harvested. We have been busy with this recently."
Collecting medicinal materials is not that simple.
First, you need to understand the medicinal materials, and second, you need to inspect the goods.
Wait until you have counted the good and the bad before weighing.
Some medicinal materials are very similar, and making a mistake may result in a loss-making deal.
Xing Lun talked about the number of herbs he had collected recently, and said with some worry: "Boss, it's not so bad now. In a month or two, there will be more herbs dug up from the herb fields. Will we be able to prepare them by then?"
"Too busy."
Song Jin knew that if he followed the current method.
With her, Yinlong and her husband as the chefs, they would most likely be overwhelmed. You have to know that the Song family's big pharmacy was able to prepare a large amount of medicinal materials in an orderly manner.
You can imagine how much workload this is.
If medicinal materials are not processed in time, their medicinal properties will be lost.
There are also not enough storage warehouses.
Whether it is for storing newly harvested medicinal materials or for storing processed medicinal materials, the warehouse is full.
"How is the warehouse now?" Song Jin asked.
Xing Lun answered truthfully: "I can still put it aside for now, but I won't be able to do that in September."
"In the future, have the people from Shunan take away the prepared herbs in time to make room for us."
Song Jin was glad that he had Shunan’s help.
Xing Lun wanted to ask if this was troublesome, but when he thought about it, he realized that this was the only solution and it was a good solution to the problem of warehouse shortage.
Once Shunan settles the bill, they will have money to expand.
"Hey! Stop the car!"
"Come down, come down, quickly put the herbs into the warehouse!"
"Go to work, you bastard! Do you still want to save money to get married?"
See Zhou Wei coming back from outside.
Behind him followed ten mule carts loaded with newly harvested medicinal herbs.
Zhou Wei directed the workers to move into the warehouse of the pharmacy.
Song Jin saw thirteen young men carrying things.
Xing Lun had picked them out from the herbal farmers before. They all seemed to be doing a good job and there was no sign of anyone being dishonest or cunning.
"Did you pick those people from the herbal farmers?"
Song Jin remembered that he had asked Xing Lun to go to the herbal farmers' homes to pick when he was short of people.
At least we know the person's background and are more trustworthy than hiring someone from outside.
Xing Lun smiled faintly and responded, "Yes, it's the thirteen families you mentioned. My family wants one. They are all hardworking and diligent young people. They will do whatever they are asked to do."
"Ask around to see if there's anyone who knows how to prepare it, and ask if they'd like to work in the pharmacy."
"Okay, I'll go ask later."
Behind every herbal farmer there is a family.
There are more than 160 herbal farmers under the name of Jifang Pharmacy, more than 90 of whom were previously owned by the Song family.
Most of them are trustworthy people.
Song Jin thought about it more deeply.
These people are more like the forces left over from the Song family.
In her previous life, she didn't gather them in time, so people's hearts were scattered by 80%. Maybe she could try to use it in the future.
Song Jin went over to check the newly harvested herbs.
There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!
They are all fresh and have not yet been washed or dried.
When other drug dealers in Huizhou Prefecture collect medicinal materials, they usually ask the herbalists to process them and dry them before collecting them.
Song's Pharmacy focuses on collecting fresh medicinal materials.
Insiders know that some medicinal materials need to be dried in the shade, air-dried or oven-dried, and they even consider how dry they should be to best preserve their medicinal properties.
A layman cannot distinguish these and will just put them under the sun to dry.
Jifang had previously continued to follow the Song family's approach.
This is good, but it's too much work.
Song Jin suddenly said, "Xing Lun, Zhou Wei, from now on, please ask the farmers to dry the common herbs before collecting them."
"Boss, the medicinal properties..."
"It doesn't matter. It won't have much impact. If they don't understand, you can teach them how to do it. The herbal farmers can make more money, and our herbal shop can save trouble, right?"
Song Jin made a sudden decision.
Xing Lun and Zhou Wei looked at each other in bewilderment.
When the Song family did this before, they had to do every step by themselves, in order to preserve the medicinal properties and not let some things get out. Song Jin made this decision, obviously without such scruples.
They both said yes.
They cannot question the boss’s decision.
Just do what your boss tells you to do.
At the same time, Song Jin changed the method of preparation.
While maintaining the efficacy of the medicine, they try to use simple processes to prepare it. Ninety percent of the methods that require a long time will be abandoned by Song Jin. Those that require complicated processes and require experience are left to Song Jin and Yin Long.
Most people can’t do it well.
The slightest mistake can ruin the medicinal material.
Of course, with the exception of precious and rare medicinal materials, Song Jin will personally prepare all those containing ginseng, ganoderma lucidum, etc.
Give orders one by one.
Clear and feasible.
After Xing Lun and Zhou Wei heard what Song Jin said, they looked at Song Jin with eyes full of admiration.
You need to know this period of time.
In order to solve the problems they were about to face, Xing Lun and Zhou Wei thought day and night but could not come up with a solution unless they transferred the newly harvested herbs.
But they both felt heartbroken when they saw the fat meat that was right in their mouths was given away.
Now that's good, if we do as Song Jin said, most of the problems will be solved in one go.
He really deserves to be the boss.
My way of solving problems is much more sophisticated than theirs.
…
Wait for Xing Lun and Zhou Wei to leave.
Yinlong had already put away the things that were not good for pregnant women and locked them up.
Song Jin was looking through the drugstore's roster.
Finally, it landed on the list of existing medicine boys in the pharmacy.
The medicine boy has the indenture in his hand, so there is no need to worry about them betraying him.
Moreover, through being exposed to the outside world, they know more about medicinal materials than ordinary people. If they learn how to prepare medicinal materials, it should be easier for them to get started.
(End of this chapter)