A doctor who travels through two eras

Chapter 49: Suspected of being a fake ginseng

In the side hall of the ancestral hall, the atmosphere at the ginseng trading site was not very good.

Why?

It’s not that the wild ginseng from Lin Mu Shen is bad, but that it is too good, too good. This has caused Master Wu of Xiangjiang Miao Chun Tang a lot of trouble.

This 27-gram wild ginseng is textbook standard in terms of its whiskers, stems, skin, texture, body, as well as its agility, stupidity, oldness, tenderness, horizontality and straightness.

However, such textbook-like wild ginseng is nowhere to be found in the current Chinese medicinal materials market.

Master Wu has been engaged in the medicinal materials business for decades. According to the information and knowledge he has, there is no such top-quality wild ginseng in Hong Kong.

There is definitely still century-old wild ginseng produced in Northeast China today.

But this kind of top-grade wild ginseng is impossible to enter the market. It has already been secretly bought by rich and powerful people. How can it be the turn of Lin Musen, a quack doctor?
According to this logic, the source of this wild ginseng is questionable. It is hard for Master Wu to believe that the wild ginseng in front of him is real?
But if you ask him to tell you where the lies are, he can't tell you, and his professional ethics don't allow him to say anything.

Southern businessmen attach great importance to their reputation, so they are in a dilemma.

Seeing that Master Wu looked constipated, Lin Heming asked anxiously:
"How is it, Master Wu? My nephew's wild ginseng is of good quality, right?"

Master Wu wiped his sweat and said awkwardly: "Uh, not bad, not bad, this, this, I'm a little unsure..."

"what?!"

Lin Heming and Lin Musen both stood up, one with a look of surprise and the other with a look of anger.

Each industry has its own rules, just like the jargon in the antique market, once the appraiser says he is not sure, it often implies that the goods are fake. Otherwise, he should say "open the door wide".
Lin Heming was surprised that his nephew dared to deceive him? How bold was he? The Lin family was famous for their unity. Over the years, there had never been such a scum who defrauded his own family.

Lin Musen was furious. This ginseng was bought by his son from the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 59, and it was personally guaranteed and selected by the dean and the director of the pharmacy. How could it be a fake?
Seeing that both Lin Heming and Lin Musen changed their expressions, Master Wu became even more embarrassed.

Lin Heming asked with a gloomy face: "Asen, what's the matter with this ginseng?"

Lin Musen also looked at the Hong Kong people with a gloomy face:
"Master Wu, you said you couldn't tell the difference. Then let me ask you, what's wrong with this wild ginseng that made you so confused?"

Master Wu thought to himself, it wasn't that there was something wrong with the ginseng that he couldn't tell for sure, it was that there was nothing wrong with it.

"Well, this is mainly because Mr. Wu is not very good at medicine, and this hundred-year-old wild ginseng is really rare. I also have too little experience so I can't tell for sure. Sorry, sorry."

Although Master Wu's words were polite, it still did not change the fact that he believed the 27-gram ginseng was probably fake.

Lin Heming was angry, but he didn't want to lose face, so he was ready to leave.

But Lin Musen refused to do it.

If Lin Heming goes out today and tells this to the old man in the village, tomorrow the whole Shilou Village, and even the whole Huadu, will be filled with the scandal that Lin Musen is selling fake medicine and cheating his own people.

Dongguan people value integrity and regard reputation as more important than anything else.

If a person has a bad reputation, then the entire city of Huadu will have no foothold.

Even more seriously, Lin Musen's family would be removed from the family tree because they deceived their fellow clansmen for a huge amount of money. After their death, they would not be able to be buried in the ancestral tomb and would become wandering ghosts.

This is undoubtedly something that Lin Musen's family cannot bear.

Moreover, Lin Musen knew that the ginseng his son brought back was definitely fine, so he had to ask for an explanation. "Uncle Wu, please slow down. Master Wu, you said you couldn't tell the difference between this ginseng and the one I brought back. If I bring out a better wild ginseng, can you tell the difference between them?"

Master Wu was a little surprised: "You still have some?"

Lin Musen said expressionlessly: "Yes, it's better than this one!"

Lin Heming also stopped at this time. Seeing that his nephew was so determined, he decided to give him a chance to explain and not wrongly accuse him.

"Asen, since you have a better ginseng, take it out and let Master Wu take a look."

Lin Musen nodded, walked out of the ancestral hall, and then waved to his son who had a sad face:

"Qizi, go home quickly and bring the other ginseng from home. Xiangjiang's uncle wants to see it!"

Lin Sanqi came running over. This was related to a business worth millions. Whether the Lin family could turn things around depended on this ginseng. Of course, he was excited:
"Dad, how is it? Is Fifth Uncle very satisfied with the ginseng and willing to buy it at a high price?"

Lin Musen snorted softly:
"Your fifth uncle brought a master from Hong Kong, and the master said that this hundred-year-old ginseng is not reliable, which means it is fake."

"Damn it!" Lin Sanqi was angry.

"So you bring another 48-gram wild ginseng from home over here, and let the Hong Kong people take a look. They treat it as a treasure, but we treat it as grass, a piece of fake ginseng."

Lin Musen was obviously really angry, as his reputation was almost ruined.

Lin Sanqi nodded: "Okay, Dad, wait for me, I'll be back soon."

Seeing Lin Sanqi running away, Lin Musen walked towards the furious village chief and whispered a few words in Uncle Lin's ear.

Uncle Lin understood and asked, "Asen, are you sure the ginseng is real? Were you deceived?"

"I am sure it is true. Please, Grandpa, be my witness."

"Okay, this concerns the reputation of you and our Shilou Village. I will be the witness. Let's go to the ancestral hall and wait for Qizi to come back. You idiots, kneel down and kneel for two hours before you can stand up. Humph!"

Lin Sanqi ran very fast in flip-flops, ran into the house, and took out 48 grams of special century-old ginseng from the deepest part of the cabinet.

Just as he was about to run to the ancestral hall, Lin Sanqi suddenly thought that the reason why Hong Kong people look down on others is because the Lin family is an ordinary family with no background.

If today's ginseng trading takes place at well-known Chinese medicine clinics such as Ruijuntang, Shuyitang, Guangmingtang, Lushoutang, Yuanfentang, etc., would these Hong Kong people still question it?
"Since the outside world has doubts, I will shock you to the end!"

Thinking of this, Lin Sanqi changed into a set of clothes from 59 and traveled directly to that year.

Back in 59, it was 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and Lin Sanqi rushed to the Chinese Medicine Hospital again.

Fu Muxiang had just arrived at work when she saw her brother-in-law coming again. She was surprised: "Qizi, why are you back again?"

"Sister-in-law, how many ginsengs do we have in our pharmacy now?"

"Oh, that's a lot. In normal years, it would be several sacks. Do you want so much ginseng to eat?"

"I don't want the younger ones. Please give me some older ones like 20, 30, 50, 80 years old..."

(End of this chapter)