Chapter 258 The Liu Family Comes to Buy Medicinal Materials
When Song Jin was checking the accounts.
Merchants from Shuntian Prefecture came to pick up goods one after another, and Xing Lun went out personally to meet with them.
"Brother Xing, can I buy on credit?"
A manager asked shamelessly.
Xing Lun smiled and shook his head. "Our boss has set a rule that we don't accept credit. I hope Mr. Feng will understand. This is a small business. If we accept credit, how can we make ends meet?"
"I want to get more goods, but I don't have that much cash at once."
"Take as much goods as you can afford."
Xing Lun refused to give in.
Seeing Xing Lun's attitude, other merchants who were ready to make a move gave up their thoughts.
Some local merchants would unite to try to lower prices to some foreign caravans. This was the case when Song Jin and his team went on a business trip last year. As a result, Song Jin would rather spend more money and contact the merchants again than sell to those merchants who wanted to cheat them.
Those people can't eat it.
Song Jin sold all of it to Shunan Trading Company at a price that was 10% lower.
Love or not.
These goods are all imported.
It is a hot commodity in Shuntian Prefecture and there is no worry about not being able to sell it.
This is how business works. If you take a step back, they will ask you to take a second step back. I'm afraid it will never end.
Before dark.
Qin Qi asked Song Jin if he wanted to go back to the city.
Song Jin shook his head and stayed on the boat.
Qin Chi is now taking part in the palace examination. Although the formal examination lasts for one day, it takes several days for the tribute students to enter the palace and leave the palace, and for the ranking to be determined and the results to be announced. It is not possible to complete all the procedures in one day.
There is plenty of time left for Song Jin.
It won’t be too late to return to the capital after she has dealt with the cargo on the ship.
Two more days passed.
The cargo on the ship had been almost sold out, with only two holds of medicinal materials left.
Xing Lun said: "It's hard to get medicinal materials from Shuntian Prefecture."
The reason is that this is the capital city.
Every year, medicinal materials from all over the country would enter the capital through various channels. The imperial court had certain standards for the quality control of medicinal materials, so the inspection of medicinal materials entering the imperial city was particularly strict. After being inspected locally, they would be inspected again when they arrived in the capital.
Song Jin is not afraid of inspection, but is afraid of trouble.
The quality of the product has to be decided by the inspectors, which wastes a lot of money.
Song Jin flipped through the account book of medicinal herbs and said, "This batch of medicinal herbs will not be shipped ashore. Contact the local drug dealers and exchange them for a batch of local medicinal herbs."
This is what we did last year.
Opened up some medicinal materials markets in Shuntian Prefecture.
When they come, they bring two ships of herbs, and when they leave, they bring three ships of herbs. They can make a profit by reselling them in other places.
After hearing this, Xing Lun immediately did as he was told.
More drug dealers arrived one after another.
"Hey, Master Liu, what brings you here?"
Xing Lun led his men to meet them.
At this time, a woman said loudly: "I heard that the medicinal herbs here are good, so I came here to take a look."
Song Jin understood what he meant immediately after hearing it.
This is Liu Jianfang's voice!
Hearing this voice again three years later still made Song Jin dazed.
Xing Lun said calmly, "Where did you hear this, sir?"
"There is a Liu family clinic in the capital." Liu Jianfang's source of information was the clinic, and he later contacted a familiar drug dealer of the Liu family to find this place.
Most of the Liu family members are doctors.
They could barely be called a family of doctors, with at least three generations of doctors. However, no matter how good the medical skills are, they must be supplemented by good medicinal materials. Without good medicine, the best medical skills are useless.
Upon hearing that there were good medicinal herbs, the Liu family came.
Liu Jianfang added: "I am not here to buy medicine for the herbal medicine store this time. Our Liu family needs a batch of medicinal materials."
"This is the list of medicinal materials. You can take a look at it first. Please point out what medicinal materials you need and I will have someone go to the warehouse to get them." Xing Lun immediately handed a thick booklet to Liu Jianfang.
There are rows of medicinal materials names written on it, and the shipping price is also indicated at the back.
Before Liu Jianfang could say anything, the manager who followed her frowned and said, "This price is too high."
“It’s too much higher.”
Another steward also said, "Manager Xing is not honest."
"Then you have wronged me."
There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!
Xing Lun protested directly, but with a gentle and polite smile on his face, "Clearly marked prices, unified prices, are the rules of our fleet. You should have asked before you came here, or introduced someone who has been here before. Didn't I make it clear?"
As he said this, Xing Lun looked at a drug dealer next to him.
The drug dealer wiped his sweat and said, "I forgot to mention this. The price I bought the small one was also this."
Xing Lun and his team never lower their prices.
They don’t worry about the products not being sold, as they have Shun’an Commercial Bank and the Song family’s branches to back them up.
The drug dealer had actually told the Liu family a long time ago, but the Liu family didn't listen at all. They always thought that the Liu family was special. After all, among the merchants who came to the capital to do the drug business, how many would not give the Liu family a face? If the Liu family said that the other party's drugs were not good.
It’s really not easy to sell in this area.
Seeing this situation, the Jifang caravan did not buy into the Liu family's account. The price list they gave was still the same, and no special treatment was given.
"I need to check the herbs first."
Liu Jianfang spoke.
The price, of course, depends on the quality of the medicinal materials.
Xing Lun immediately asked people to bring out some of the medicinal herbs that Liu Jianfang pointed out.
After the examination, Liu Jianfang found that the medicine was indeed slightly better than those on the market, but its efficacy would only be known after a doctor used it.
But it cannot be denied.
These medicinal herbs are the best quality Liu Jianfang has seen this year.
It was so good that she wanted to store it in her herbal medicine storehouse.
When these herbs enter the herbal medicine storehouse, they may be rewarded. However, the herbs that want to enter the herbal medicine storehouse must have a clear origin and the inspection is very strict. The most important thing is that the price given by the herbal medicine storehouse is not high.
If you want to collect it, you might have to use your power to pressure others? Liu Jianfang didn't say anything yet.
The manager who came with her had already discussed the price with Xing Lun.
Moreover, the price was kept very low, which made Xing Lun very embarrassed.
"Master Liu, you work in the herbal medicine storehouse, so you should know the price of these herbs best. If you give us this price, let alone making money, it will be a complete loss-making deal."
"Tsk! Do you think we don't know the price?"
Liu Jianfang didn't say anything, but a manager of the Liu family next to her spoke up with an arrogant attitude, "This medicinal material is more than enough in the local area at this price."
Xing Lun said in a good-tempered manner: "You also said it was in the local area."
When saying this, Xing Lun's smiling face remained unchanged, but the smile in his eyes faded a lot.
The Liu family understood the truth.
It’s just that everyone wants to buy good things at a low price.
The Liu family has always been the target of drug dealers’ flattery. When there is any good medicine, the first family that comes to mind is the Liu family.
Therefore, the Liu family's steward took it for granted that Xing Lun would do the same. As for Xing Lun not sending anyone to the Liu residence to tell them, the Liu family just thought he was a newcomer who didn't know the rules.
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