A doctor who travels through two eras

Chapter 161 Fishermen want food but not money

Director Zhang laughed when he heard it:

"It's not that we don't want to sell it, but we don't have much stock in our supply and marketing cooperative. If we collect fish maws, who can we sell them to? We can't do business at a loss. If we lose money, it will be a loss for the country."

After chatting for a long time, Lin Sanqi found out that the reason why the supply and marketing cooperative did not accept fish maw was actually the same as that for abalone from Nanri Island and shark fin from Pingtan Island.

If the exploiting class is eliminated in the country, these high-end nutritional products will no longer have a market.

As for exporting, some imperialists are still determined to destroy us and are trying desperately to blockade our country. Our export markets are almost gone. In 59, we couldn't even export to Hong Kong.

No one buys it, and it is difficult to preserve, so the fish maw has rotted in various fishery production cooperatives. In any case, the supply and marketing cooperatives have no interest in purchasing it.

As a result, the once glorious fish maw has completely become an "abandoned child", and it will have to wait another 30 years for its next glory.

Lin Sanqi sat there, eating the delicious yellow croaker meat, but he felt unhappy.

Let’s talk about natural disasters, but in fact, besides natural disasters there are also man-made disasters. So many good things in our country cannot be exported to earn foreign exchange, but can only rot in the fields. What a waste.

If these seafood products could be exported and exchanged for more food, many people would be saved from starvation.

At this moment, even young people like Lin Sanqi who don't care about national affairs and history feel a little sad for our country. Those times were so difficult, but fortunately we got through it.

Seeing that the distinguished guest Lin Sanqi was suddenly silent, Zhang Xingbang decided to liven up the atmosphere:
"Doctor Xiaolin, I have another good news to tell you. The two tons of Andrographis paniculata you need have been purchased.

Besides, you are going to Meizhou to purchase Phyllanthus urinaria, so you don’t have to go there in person. I have arranged for comrades in the cooperative to purchase it for you. Now Andrographis paniculata and Phyllanthus urinaria are stored in the warehouse of our supply and marketing cooperative at Xiamen Railway Station. When can you go to inspect them?”

Lin Sanqi was overjoyed when he heard this:
"Ah, Director Zhang, you guys are so quick. I didn't expect it to be done in just 5 days. Thank you so much."

Zhang Xingbang, an old supply and marketing manager, was indeed a very versatile person who was very good at pleasing others. He knew that Lin Sanqi would definitely not want to waste time for his daughter, so he helped him complete the purchasing task in advance.

In this way, Lin Sanqi can stay in Fuzhou with peace of mind to help his daughter with her treatment.

"It's no big deal. I'm in charge of purchasing for the supply and marketing cooperative. This isn't difficult for me. As for the Pien Tze Huang you mentioned, Old Huang has already contacted the Zhangzhou Pharmaceutical Factory. But you need to pick up the goods in person. They need to check the relevant documents."

State-owned factories are formal and everything has to follow procedures, unlike those rural cooperatives where whoever has the grain is the boss.

Huang Liqiang also joked: "Zhangzhou Pharmaceutical Factory wanted to give me a banner because I helped them complete their quarterly targets, haha."

At the dinner table, the three of them chuckled.

Lin Sanqi once again felt that the country and the people were unfortunate in 1959, but he himself was very lucky.

So many treasures from later generations were all treated as cannon fodder in this era, with unsold goods lying in warehouses with no one interested in buying them. This gave me an opportunity to take advantage of.

If you were to travel back in time to the Republic of China, where warlords were fighting each other, the country was falling, smoke of war was everywhere, and bandits were ruling the mountains, if you wanted to travel around in that era, you would probably die halfway.

If I had traveled through time 7 years later, it would have been even more difficult to go out to purchase supplies. After all, it was still unknown whether the hospital would be open or not, and it was also unknown how many doctors would be at work if it was open.

If I travel back to the 1980s and 1990s, when reform and opening up had already begun and people were not hungry at all, then my golden finger of time travel would be of no use, and it would be impossible to exchange rice for precious medicinal materials.

So it was exactly the right time to travel through time to 1959, when ordinary people were starving, which gave me the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

The next day, Lin Sanqi left three bowls of medicinal soup and went to some fishery cooperatives to do business with the letter of introduction written by Section Chief Zhang.

On the East China Sea, Nan'ao Mountain Peninsula.

Nan'aoshan Fishery Cooperative is composed of several nearby fishing villages. It ranks among the top in the province in terms of the number of fishing boats and the amount of fish caught each year.

Therefore, Nan'ao Mountain is also one of the places that produces the most fish maw since ancient times.

As a result, success or failure depends on fishing.

After all, rural cooperatives have limited strength. The tonnage of their fishing vessels is limited, and they cannot catch the economic fish species needed by the country in the deep ocean. In addition, due to the lack of refrigeration equipment, the caught fish cannot be preserved.

It happened that at this time, the supply and marketing cooperative was unable to purchase large quantities of fish due to financial difficulties, and the Nan'aoshan Fishery Cooperative fell into financial difficulties.

Without anyone to buy fish, the villagers have no money to buy food.

This dilemma is the same as that of Nanri Island, or it can be said that it is a common dilemma for coastal fishermen.

People in the mountains can also go up the mountain to dig some wild vegetables and hunt some game to survive the famine. If all else fails, they can even chew tree bark.

But everyone who has traveled to Hujian knows that the beach of Hujian is bare and rocky. Not to mention growing crops, there aren't even many trees, and you can't even eat tree bark.

So when Lin Sanqi, a foreign buyer, suddenly appeared out of nowhere, everyone in the Nan'aoshan Cooperative was excited.

The director of the cooperative, Liang Haisheng, looked at a letter of introduction from the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and a letter of introduction from the Hu Jian Supply and Marketing Cooperative in front of him and nodded repeatedly.

"So you are comrades from the capital. That's great. We have been looking forward to your coming to our Nan'ao Mountain to purchase. Haha. It's just 500 kilograms of fish maw. This, this, isn't it a little less?" Lin Sanqi thought that he wrote 500 kilograms just to shut Zhang Xingbang and the others up. I would take 5 kilograms even if you gave me kilograms.

But he couldn't say it so bluntly. Lin Sanqi also realized that this was a buyer's market and people were begging him, so he would definitely have to use some leverage.

"Director Liang, it's like this. Our unit leader told me when we set out that if it's top-quality golden croaker maw, like the small-bearded golden croaker maw, we'll take as much as we can get."

"Golden sturgeon fish maw? This is very valuable. How much are you prepared to pay for it at the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine?"

Lin Sanqi thought that since he was purchasing for the company, he definitely couldn't pay an exorbitant price, so he referred to the previous purchase price of the supply and marketing cooperative and said:
"One yuan per catty."

“Only 1 yuan?”

Liang Haisheng was dissatisfied when he heard this. He knew that the golden croaker maw was a treasure. It was just that it had fallen into poverty in recent years. If it were back then, you wouldn't sell a golden croaker maw unless you had 100 yuan in cash.

Liang Haisheng was disappointed as he felt there wasn't much profit to be made and was prepared to just deal with it casually.

Arriving at the warehouse, Liang Haisheng pointed to a pile of isinglass and said, "Comrade Lin, all our isinglass are here. You can pick the one you want."

Lin Sanqi, hoping to pick up a bargain, walked forward excitedly, picked up the isinglass and examined it, but then he was also a little disappointed.

Because these fish maws are rather messy and are piled together without being classified by fish species.

There are indeed golden sturgeon fish maws in it, but they are all relatively small and newly dried, and they cannot be sold at all by 2023.

This result was obviously not what Lin Sanqi wanted. He stood up and looked around, and found that the warehouse rooms were connected to each other. It was impossible for such a large fishery cooperative to have no "big goods".

The only possibility is that the other party thinks that the purchase quantity is too small and the purchase price is too low, and is too lazy to provide good products.

"Director Liang, the quality of your fish maws is not very good. They can be used as food, but they are definitely not suitable as Chinese medicinal materials."

Director Liang had a smile on his face, but he was full of contempt in his heart, thinking, what the hell are you expecting with this purchase price?

"Comrade Lin, the main reason is that the purchase price of 1 yuan per catty is too low. We will provide you with the fish maw you offer us. If you can raise the purchase price, we will have no shortage of good products."

Although the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine has a great reputation, they won’t give it to you if they really don’t want to give you face.

Lin Sanqi was not annoyed when he heard this. After several transactions, he had already figured out the fishermen's minds. They were not the kind of people who were greedy for money, but they definitely could not resist the temptation of food.

Lin Sanqi looked around the warehouse and saw that there was no one around, so he tried to test it:

"Director Liang, this purchase price is the national guidance price, and we at the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine cannot easily change it. But we have come here with great difficulty, and we must want to purchase the best fish maw for the people of the capital to use."

Liang Haisheng noticed something was wrong and looked at Lin Sanqi with sharp eyes:

"Oh, Comrade Lin, what's your suggestion? If you want better fish maw, you have to exchange it for something good."

Lin Sanqi thought that the Nan'ao mountain village was more confident than Nanri Island and Pingtan Island. The person in charge of the cooperative was also more cunning and more like a businessman. He was not easy to fool and would never show his hand until he saw the rabbit.

Lin Sanqi also kept the other party on suspense and asked, "What do you need most?"

Liang Haisheng blurted out without thinking: "Of course it's food. Who in the country doesn't want food now?"

Lin Sanqi pretended to be embarrassed for a moment, then asked tentatively: "I want the best fish maw, how are you going to exchange it for food?"

"Rice?"

“Yes, rice!”

Liang Haisheng was a little surprised, thinking that this person from the capital was so wild? He could actually get white rice? This opportunity should not be missed.

"Comrade Lin, if you can get some rice, I'll take charge. We have the best fish maw in our cooperative..."

"I want red-billed sturgeon maw, white fish maw, and house maw. For golden sturgeon maw, I only want stock that is more than 20 years old."

"Okay, I promise that they are all the best red-billed sturgeon fish maw, white fish maw, and house maw. One pound, and you just need to give me three pounds of rice!"

After saying that, Liang Haisheng quietly observed Lin Sanqi's expression, thinking that although asking for food directly would be a huge ask, what if he succeeded?
Lin Sanqi didn't say anything. He felt that Liang Haisheng was too shrewd. He'd better check the goods first. It would be troublesome if he gave the rice but got a bunch of garbage fish maw in return.

"Director Liang, there is no problem with the rice exchange in principle, but I need to inspect the goods first. After all, you know how precious food is now. I won't be able to explain the slightest loss to the company."

Liang Haisheng's eyes lit up.

　Comrades, I uploaded it late today, mainly because I was at a wedding in Shanghai last night, and many relatives were rarely seen. I ended up getting drunk by accident. Now my mouth is full of alcohol when I take a nap. Drinking really ruins things.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)