Doctors in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 138 (14)Beijing Conference

"Oh? Brother Ruyi, do you have a wise opinion? I would like to hear the details!" Zhang Ruyi's words made Zhang Jiebin very curious, so he asked.

Zhang Ruyi clasped his hands behind his back, looked at the busy shopkeeper Du with indescribable ease, but did not say anything bluntly, but said: "Do you know, sir, why did everyone recommend me, this unknown young man, to be in charge of the temple fair?

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Zhang Jiebin thought to himself, I am still wondering, maybe there is no one in Qizhou?

Zhang Ruyi did not wait for Zhang Jiebin to answer, and continued: "Because my Zhang family is not only a medical family, but also the head of the Peking University Congress. Each of our families started in the demolition shed, and now we have firmly taken over everything."

Most of the medicinal materials are processed in the pharmaceutical market.”

"Because we started from scratch, successful businessmen like Shanxi merchants are naturally role models for us to learn from, and we can naturally better understand the secrets of their fortunes."

"That means transferring profits, establishing a contract, and forming a partnership."

Zhang Ruyi's last words not only did not make Zhang Jiebin understand, but made him even more confused, so he asked: "How do you say this?"

"These are three key points. First, everyone in the world likes to use relatives and pay attention to the fact that the wealth does not go to outsiders. Shanxi merchants are not the same. They employ talents and are willing to give profits to the clerks. Nowadays, many shopkeepers are from clerks."

"Second, pay attention to contracts, including transaction contracts, loan contracts, and partnership contracts. Be based on trust and be restrained by contracts."

"The third one is partnership. When other people do business, they mostly rely on family relatives. However, Shanxi merchants rely on the same ambition to cooperate. Although they also talk about family, the cooperation between families is closer."

"It can be said that Shanxi merchants are a large whole, and they all suffer from prosperity and loss. Shanxi merchants have transcended one family and one surname."

"These three points complement each other and jointly create the grand situation of Shanxi merchants today!"

Only then did Zhang Jiebin understand why Shanxi merchants and Hui merchants were famous in the world, rather than Wu merchants and Yue merchants.

In the prosperous land south of the Yangtze River, merchants also had the strength to do business alone and preferred to work alone. Naturally, they could not compete with the combined Shanxi merchants.

Thinking of this, Zhang Jiebin asked again: "Then why did Huizhou merchants rise?"

"Confucianism!" Zhang Ruyi said directly without thinking.

"Confucianism? I know that Huizhou is the capital of imperial examinations. What does this have to do with Huizhou merchants?" Zhang Jiebin asked.

Zhang Ruyi smiled and said: "I said before that Shanxi merchants started their business by selling medicinal materials, while Huizhou merchants started by making and selling the Four Treasures of the Study. This is one of them."

"Secondly, Confucianism and businessmen are combined, using Confucianism to do business, and using business to supplement Confucianism, complementing each other, creating a win-win situation in the academic field and the shopping mall."

"It is precisely because Confucianism is used to govern the family and conduct business based on Confucianism that the children of Huizhou have received a good education and are naturally as comfortable as a fish in water when doing business."

"Thirdly, it is difficult to distinguish the pros and cons of using people as relatives in other businessmen, but it is just right for Huizhou merchants. The reason is that in Confucianism, the head of each family takes the lead in doing business. If the brothers of each house disobey, they should be punished.

Family law to serve."

Zhang Jiebin was dumbfounded and murmured: "It sounds, it sounds like Shanxi merchants' approach is better."

Zhang Ruyi still shook his head and explained: "I think it's hard to tell them apart. Shanxi merchants and Huizhou merchants emerged almost at the same time, and both have made amazing achievements. At least for now, it's hard to distinguish between superior and inferior merchants."

"But you still chose the Shanxi business model, and it was successful." Zhang Jiebin said.

"It can only be said that under our circumstances at that time, the Shanxi merchant model was more suitable for us. Who said we had no capital? If we don't unite, how can we win over the merchants from eight provinces?"

Zhang Ruyi's words revealed his admiration for his fathers and ancestors. It took two generations of hard work to have a place as a local businessman in Qizhou today.

The two continued to chat, and Zhang Jiebin gradually learned from Zhang Ruyi that although Qizhou merchants accounted for 20% of the merchants, they only accounted for 10% of the capital.

These Qizhou merchants also started their business by erecting tents and dismantling goods, and now they are also firmly grasping the astragalus and astragalus processing market. Because they mostly gather in the Xiaoyao Market, to distinguish them from Beidada, they are called Huangqi Nandada.

The demolition sheds in Beida University are comparable to those in Nanda University. There are about 200 merchants with similar assets and 10% of the strength of the merchants.

Although there are many film studios, their scale is smaller.

Of course, in addition to these crude drugs and crude drug processing, there are also cooked medicine shops.

Most of the shops of the cooked medicine store have a front shop and a factory behind the shop, and many of the factories behind the shops overlap with the unpacking sheds. Some of the shops in front of the street not only sell medicines, but also employ doctors to diagnose diseases.

The so-called cooked medicines refer to patent medicines. Some of those who deal in cooked medicines specialize in selling ancient prescription medicines, while others specialize in selling secret prescription medicines. There are hundreds of kinds of pills, powders, and elixirs such as plasters, eye drops, and flower and willow medicines.

The cooked medicines produced in Qizhou are all printed with the word "Qi". Every year, drug dealers buy them in large quantities and sell them to various parts of the Ming Dynasty.

After Zhang Ruyi's detailed explanation, Zhang Jiebin finally moved from a layman's level of watching the excitement to a quasi-expert level who can figure out the door.

"I've been in Qizhou for three days, but it's only now that I really got to know Yaowangmiao Medicine Market." Zhang Jiebin said with emotion.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Didn't you say before that the Imperial Hospital will probably arrive today? As their senior brother and host, I should take care of everyone."

Zhang Ruyi felt that there was nothing to talk about, so he asked when the follow-up team from Taiyuan Hospital would arrive and how to cleanse everyone.

"Although I didn't go back to the inn yesterday, Brother Li and the others must have said hello to the city guards. Then they will come directly to the medicine market and meet us."

Zhang Ruyi looked forward to it and said, "I wonder if there will be any amazing juniors in this class."

"It's true. This time I returned to Tai Hospital, the changes have been really big. Not to mention Chen Shigong, Ma Shi and others, there are several people who are on the list of famous doctors accompanying me this time."

Speaking of this, Zhang Jiebin suddenly became interested and asked: "By the way, I don't know if Brother Ruyi was on the list of quasi-famous doctors back then?"

Hearing this, Zhang Ruyi shook his head slightly and said regretfully: "You also know that there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the Imperial Hospital, and the conditions for being selected into the list of quasi-famous doctors are getting higher and higher. Although I have made great progress in the past three years, I am still far behind."

"It's a pity that you, sir, were also a prominent figure in Taiyuan Hospital back then, and we admired him very much. If you hadn't left, you would at least be an official and teach in Taiyuan Hospital."

Zhang Jiebin smiled and stopped explaining. Even though everyone felt that he should pursue a career in medicine, they all felt sorry for him. But he did not regret it. Everyone has his own way. At least at this time, his way is not medicine.

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After a long time like this, Shopkeeper Du found time to apologize again and again: "I'm really sorry, today is the day of the medicine market, so I'm very busy. Mr. Zhang, no matter what medicinal materials you want, I'll give it to you at Guangsheng No.

All sold at cost price.”