Chapter 161 Fishermen want food but not money
Director Zhang laughed when he heard this:
"It's not that we don't sell, it's that we don't have much inventory at all in our supply and marketing cooperative. Who will we sell the isinglass to when we collect it? We can't do a loss-making business. Any loss will be a loss to the country."
After chatting for a long time, Lin Sanqi realized that the reason why the supply and marketing cooperative did not accept isinglass was actually the same as the abalone from Nanri Island and the shark fin from Pingtan Island.
Once the exploiting class is eliminated in the country, there will be no market for these high-end tonics.
As for exports, some imperialists are determined to destroy themselves and are desperately trying to block our country. The export market has almost disappeared. In 1959, they could not even export to Xiangjiang.
No one bought it, and it was difficult to preserve, which resulted in the isinglass rotting in various fishery production cooperatives. The supply and marketing cooperatives were not interested in purchasing it anyway.
As a result, the once glorious Isinglass has completely become an "abandoned child", and it will have to wait another 30 years for its next success.
Lin Sanqi sat there, eating delicious yellow-lip fish meat, but she felt bad in her heart.
We talk about natural disasters, but in fact there are also man-made disasters in addition to natural disasters. So many good things in our country cannot be exported to earn foreign exchange and can only rot in the fields. What a waste.
If these seafood products could be exported and exchanged for more food, fewer people would starve to death.
At this moment, even young people like Lin Sanqi who don't care about national affairs or pay attention to history feel a little sad for our country. That era was too difficult, but luckily we got through it.
Seeing that the distinguished guest Lin Sanqi was suddenly silent, Zhang Xingbang decided to liven up the atmosphere:
"Dr. Xiaolin, I have another good news to tell you. The two tons of Andrographis paniculata you need have been purchased.
In addition, don’t you want to go to Meizhou to buy Phyllostachys sibiricum? You don’t have to go there in person. I have arranged for comrades in the cooperative to buy it for you. Now Andrographis paniculata and Phyllostachys sibiricum have been stored in the Xiamen Railway Station warehouse of our supply and marketing cooperative. You When will it be checked for acceptance? ”
Lin Sanqi was overjoyed upon hearing this:
"Oh, Director Zhang, you are so fast. I didn't expect it to be completed in 5 days. Thank you so much."
Zhang Xingbang, an old supply and marketing veteran, is indeed a well-rounded person and very good at getting what others want. He knew that Lin Sanqi would not want to waste time for his daughter, so she 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 treat her illness.
"It's just a joke. I'm in charge of the procurement work of the supply and marketing cooperative. It's not difficult for me. As for the Pien Tze Huang you mentioned, Lao Huang has already said hello to Zhangzhou Pharmaceutical Factory, but you need to pick up the goods in person. They want Check relevant documents ”
State-owned factories are formal and everything must be followed according to procedures, unlike those in rural cooperatives, where food is enough to be a mother.
Huang Liqiang also joked: "Zhangzhou Pharmaceutical Factory wants to give me a banner because I helped them complete the task target for this quarter, haha."
At the dinner table, the three of them chuckled.
Lin Sanqi once again felt that the country and people in 1959 were unfortunate, but he was too lucky.
So many treasures of future generations are all treated as cannon fodder in this era, and no one cares about the unsalable warehouses, which gives me an opportunity to take advantage of.
If you traveled back in time to the Republic of China, warlords were fighting everywhere, the country was falling, wars were everywhere, and bandits were taking over the mountains as kings. If you wanted to travel north and south in that era, you might have to risk your life on the way.
If we travel seven years later, it will be even harder to go shopping. After all, it is still unknown whether the hospital will be open, and how many doctors will be working when it is open is also unknown.
If you travel back in time to the 1980s and 1990s, when reform and opening up was already in place, and people were not hungry at all, then your time travel golden finger would be useless, and it would be impossible to exchange rice for precious medicinal materials.
So no more, no less, the time travel happened in 1959, when the people were hungry, which gave me the opportunity to take advantage of the loopholes.
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 from Section Chief Zhang.
On the east coast, Nan'ao Mountain Peninsula.
Nan'ao Mountain 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 number of fish caught every year.
Therefore, Nan'ao Mountain is also one of the places that has produced the most fish maw since ancient times.
As a result, success means fishing, and failure means fishing.
After all, the strength of rural cooperatives is limited. The tonnage of fishing boats is there, so they cannot go far away to catch the economic fish species needed by the country. In addition, due to the lack of refrigeration equipment, the fish caught cannot be preserved.
At this time, the supply and marketing cooperative was unable to purchase large quantities of fish due to financial difficulties, and the Nan'ao Mountain Fishery Cooperative fell into economic difficulties.
If no one comes to buy fish, the villagers will have no money to buy food.
This dilemma is the same as Nanri Island, or it is a common dilemma among coastal fishermen.
Mountain people can also go up the mountain to dig some wild vegetables and hunt some game to survive the famine. If that's not possible, they can also chew tree bark.
But anyone who has traveled to Hu Jian knows that the beach in Hu Jian is all bare of rocks. Let alone growing food, there are not even many trees, and you can’t even eat the bark of the trees.
So when Lin Sanqi, an out-of-town buyer, suddenly appeared from the sky, everyone in the Nan'ao Mountain Cooperative was excited.
Liang Haisheng, director of the cooperative, looked at a letter of introduction from Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and a letter of introduction from Hu Jian Supply and Marketing Cooperative and nodded repeatedly.
"It turns out they are comrades from the capital. That's great. We are really looking forward to the stars and the moon, hoping that you can come to our Nan'ao Mountain to purchase, haha. It's just 500 kilograms of isinglass. Isn't this one missing?" Lin San Qixin wanted to write 500 kilograms just to silence Zhang Xingbang and others. If you give me 50,000 kilograms, I will take it all.
But he couldn't say it so straightforwardly. Lin Sanqi also saw that it was a buyer's market now, and when people begged him, he would definitely have to fiddle with it a few times.
"Director Liang, it's like this. The leader of our unit told me when we set off that if it's high-quality goldfish glue, like Xiaoxu goldfish glue, we'll take as much as we have."
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"Money fish maw? This is very expensive. How much is your Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine prepared to bid?"
Lin Sanqi thought that since she was purchasing for an unit, she definitely couldn't give a sky-high price, so she referred to the previous purchasing price of the supply and marketing cooperative and said:
"1 yuan per catty."
“Only 1 yuan?”
Liang Haisheng was dissatisfied when he heard it. It's not like he didn't know that the golden anchovy maw was a treasure. That is to say, we have been in trouble in recent years. If it were back then, if you didn't have 100 yuan for a piece of fish maw, Dayang wouldn't sell it at all.
Liang Haisheng, who felt that he didn't have much luck, was disappointed and prepared to deal with it casually.
Arriving at the warehouse, Liang Haisheng pointed to a pile of isinglass and said: "Comrade Lin, our isinglass is all here. You can choose which pile you want."
Lin Sanqi, who was thinking about picking up the leak, stepped forward excitedly, picked up the isinglass and inspected it, but then she was also a little disappointed.
Because these isinglasses are quite messy and are piled together without being classified according to fish species.
There is indeed goldfish maw in it, but it is relatively small and freshly dried. It will not be sold at all in 2023.
This result was obviously not what Lin Sanqi wanted. He stood up and looked around and found that the warehouse rooms were connected one after another. It was definitely impossible for such a large fishery cooperative to have no "big goods".
The only possibility is that the other party thinks that the quantity purchased is too small and the purchase price is too low, and they are too lazy to come up with good products.
"Director Liang, the quality of your isinglass is not very good. It can be used as food, but it cannot be used as Chinese medicinal materials."
Director Liang had a smile on his face, but he was very contemptuous in his heart. He thought, what do you want to do with this purchase price?
"Comrade Lin, the main reason is that the purchase price of 1 yuan per pound is too low. We will provide any kind of isinglass at any price you give us. If you can raise the purchase price again, we will not be short of good products here."
Although the brand of Capital Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital is great, if they really don’t give you face, they won’t give it to you.
Lin Sanqi was not upset after hearing this. After several transactions, he had already figured out the minds of the fishermen. They were not money-minded people, but they could never withstand the temptation of food.
Lin Sanqi looked at the warehouse and saw that there was no one around, so he tentatively said:
"Director Liang, this purchase price is the national guideline price, and our Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine cannot change it easily. However, we finally came here because we definitely want to purchase the best isinglass for the people of the capital."
Liang Haisheng heard something strange and looked at Lin Sanqi with bright eyes:
"Oh, what does Comrade Lin have to suggest? If you want better isinglass, you have to get something good in exchange."
Lin Sanqi thought that this Nan'ao mountain village was more confident than Nanri Island and Pingtan Island. The person in charge of the cooperative was also more slippery and more like a businessman. He was not easy to fool and would not let go of the rabbit until he saw it.
Lin Sanqi also whetted the other party's appetite 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, and then asked tentatively: "I want the best isinglass, how are you going to exchange food?"
"Rice?"
"Yes, rice!"
Liang Haisheng was a little surprised, thinking that this person from the capital was so wild? Can you actually get white rice? Then this opportunity cannot be missed.
"Comrade Lin, if you can get rice, I will decide, the best isinglass in our cooperative..."
"I want red-mouthed catfish maw, white fish maw, and house maw. I only need golden catfish maw that is more than 20 years old."
"Okay, I guarantee that they are all the best red-mouthed fish maw, white fish maw, and house maw. One pound. Just give me 3 pounds of rice for every pound!"
After saying that, Liang Haisheng quietly observed Lin Sanqi's expression, thinking that although asking for food directly was like a lion asking for food, what if it happened?
Lin Sanqi didn't say anything. He felt that Liang Haisheng was too shrewd and he had better inspect the goods first. If the rice was given away by then, he would be in trouble if he got back a pile of garbage isinglass.
"Director Liang, there is no problem in principle with the rice exchange, but I need to inspect the goods first. After all, you know how precious food is now. I can't even go back to the work unit to explain the slightest loss."
Liang Haisheng's eyes lit up.
Comrades, I am uploading late today, mainly because I had a wedding banquet in Shanghai last night. It was a rare occasion to see many relatives, and I accidentally got drunk. Nowadays, every time I have a diaphragm, I still smell of alcohol. Drinking is really a waste of time.
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