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Chapter 701 702. The Young Master's First Job, the Two Shopkeepers Were Shocked

In other words, the private property of Yue Hanzhang's family is mainly composed of three parts: the most important are the four medicine shops, with an annual profit of about ten thousand oceans; the second is the two hundred acres of high-quality paddy fields, how much profit can be generated each year, Yue Wenxuan is not very clear for the time being; the tea shop that can generate a profit of one thousand oceans every year, although not very eye-catching, but the profit is stable, it can be regarded as a good business.

As far as Yue Wenxuan could remember, he had known for a long time that his mother's dowry included a tea shop and a small farm of 200 acres. It seemed that these two items had not changed much over the years.

Only the Baicaotang Pharmacy has changed too much. It has now grown from a local pharmacy to a large pharmacy in Shanghai, Jinling and Wuzhou. The development is very rapid. A stable profit of 10,000 yuan a year is already an excellent business.

During this period, there was no universally recognized standard for evaluating the rank of tycoons and businessmen. There was only a vague understanding among the wealthy class: assets exceeding one million oceans were considered tycoons; assets exceeding one hundred thousand oceans were considered to have crossed the threshold of wealthy merchants; assets exceeding ten thousand oceans were barely considered wealthy merchants; assets below ten thousand oceans were only considered small merchants.

Baicaotang Pharmacy can make a profit of 10,000 oceans every year, and the total assets of the pharmacy must be an extremely astonishing figure. Although Yue Wenxuan is not very clear about the details, he guesses that with such a huge profit, the total assets of the pharmacy must not be less than 100,000 oceans.

Yue Wenxuan still remembers that when he first entered the private school to learn to read, his family's Baicaotang medicine shop was not very big and the business was not very prosperous. The total assets of the medicine shop could not exceed 10,000 oceans at best.

In just a few years, the business has expanded more than tenfold. Even a business genius would find it difficult to achieve this, not to mention that his father did not seem to have any particularly outstanding business talent.

But it is also a fact that Baicaotang Pharmacy has developed to such a large scale. Combined with its own actual situation and a little analysis, the secret of Baicaotang Pharmacy's rapid development becomes obvious.

After figuring out the reason, Yue Wenxuan asked directly: "You Jin, my father should have transferred a lot of public assets to Baicaotang Pharmacy over the years, right?"

Huang Youjin didn't know how to respond when the young master suddenly pointed out the truth. After a while, he said awkwardly:

"It shouldn't be a lot. I estimate it's about 50,000 or 60,000 dollars, or 70,000 or 80,000 dollars. It can't be more than 100,000 dollars at most."

Huang Youjin was worried that the eldest young master was too young and too upright in his thinking, and might misunderstand the fifth master because of this incident, so he quickly explained:
"Master, there is no other way for the Fifth Master to do this. He is completely helpless."

Yue Wenxuan looked at Huang Youjin expressionlessly, wanting to hear how he could turn black into white.

Huang Youjin saw the eldest young master's face was as gloomy as water, and he became even more anxious. "You also know that the eldest master has paid at least 80,000 yuan to the family over the years, and the second master paid a little less, but at least 50,000 yuan.

If we let them keep losing money like this, even if our Yue family has mountains of gold and silver, they will squander it all sooner or later.

Rather than letting the two masters squander all the family assets, it would be better to transfer them to our own shop.

Although this is not very glorious, it is also a workaround. Although these public assets have been transferred, at least they remain in our Yue family.

If we don’t do this, the old lady won’t be able to make up her mind to divide the family so quickly. She will definitely have to wait until all the family assets are squandered before she can really make up her mind.”

Yue Wenxuan smiled slightly. Huang Youjin was quite smart. Although the reason he gave was a little disappointing, it was still convincing enough.

Even if the original body was still alive, after knowing this, he probably wouldn't care about it, and wouldn't have any misunderstandings about his father. After all, most people in this world are realistic.

He is not the real teenager that he originally was. His thoughts are more mature than his father's, and he will not have any bad opinions about his father because of this.

"I don't think so. I think my father did this out of filial piety, but it's hard for others to understand.

My two uncles failed in business one after another, and each time it dealt a great mental blow to my grandmother, whose physical condition is now much worse than before.

My father saw it and was worried, but since the two uncles were my father's elder brothers, he had no right to admonish them, so he could only use this roundabout way to fulfill his filial piety.

Although the money transferred from the public fund is temporarily used in our own shop, we will have to use it all in the future to support my grandmother and ensure that her quality of life does not decline.

It is also a kind of protection for my eldest uncle and second uncle.

Judging from the current situation of my eldest uncle and second uncle, they will only deteriorate further in the future. As their brother, my father will definitely not watch them slide into the abyss and will definitely lend a helping hand when necessary.

The money transferred from the public treasury is also the last straw for my uncle and second uncle, and its importance is self-evident. "

Huang Youjin listened to the eldest young master's serious narration, and an expression of admiration involuntarily appeared in his eyes.

The eldest young master is the eldest young master. Even if he doesn’t know much about the family situation, he can come up with such an enlightening and touching truth after just a moment’s thought. This is what it means to have a real vision and level of ability!

It seems that he still has a lot to learn.

Yue Wenxuan said this deliberately just to tease his long-time follower who always acted very shrewd.

He thought Huang Youjin would show surprise in his eyes, but he didn't expect to see a look of admiration instead.

Yue Wenxuan skipped this topic and continued to ask: "If you have gold, one hundred thousand dollars is not a small number. Even if it is transferred out gradually over many years, it should be difficult to hide it from the eyes of the eldest uncle and the second uncle, right?
If they seize on this point and raise questions in front of all the clan leaders when the family is divided, my father will probably lose face."

His father's face is Yue Wenxuan's face, so of course Yue Wenxuan has to consider the issue from his father's perspective.

"The chances of them doing so should be slim."

"Why do you think so? Although my eldest uncle and second uncle have not made much achievements in business, they are not stupid." Yue Wenxuan never underestimates anyone.

Huang Youjin said: "The Fifth Master and Fifth Madam have already taken precautions against this. Neither the owner nor the clerk of the medicine shop have any connection with the family, so there is no need to worry about the secrets being leaked from them.

On the surface, the profits of these four drugstores do not seem that huge. Even the shop locations, except for the first one, were reportedly rented with money.

With the help of her family in many aspects, the Fifth Madam was able to develop her own medicine shop into four over the years, which was a matter of course in the eyes of others. "

Yue Wenxuan knew that everything he did would leave traces. His two uncles might not be unaware of his father's transfer of public assets, but there was nothing they could do about it. In a noble family, the head of the household would definitely have all kinds of conveniences.

The two of them kept fighting despite repeated failures. Of course, they wanted to achieve some results, but they also had the idea of ​​gaining some benefits from it.

Everyone has the same feeling. As long as you don't go too far and as long as you don't let others catch you with any serious evidence, it won't be a big deal.

Whether his father would be blamed by his two uncles when the family was divided, and whether they would have any evidence against him, was what Yue Wenxuan was most concerned about. Since Huang Youjin thought it was okay, he didn't worry about it.

"I was originally worried that our family would have a hard time after the separation, but it seems that I was worrying too much.

Just relying on these four Baicaotang medicine shops, as long as they are managed properly, it should be enough for our family to survive.

What about our 200 mu of top-quality paddy fields? I heard that the price of land has risen rapidly in recent years. If we are going to sell our paddy fields, what price can we get now? "

Talking about his own paddy field, Huang Youjin looked proud, "Although the small farm in the western suburbs of Fifth Madam is not big, with only 200 acres of land, it is the best paddy field. Such good paddy fields were divided up many years ago, and you can't buy them even if you have money.

Land prices have been rising in recent years. Some families in our area have sold some of the best paddy fields for various reasons, but the quantity is not large. If you are in a hurry to sell this small piece of land, you can sell it for at least 90 dollars per mu. If you are not in a hurry to sell it, you will always find someone willing to buy it at a high price. I heard that it can be sold for up to 110 dollars per mu. ”

Yue Wenxuan only had a general understanding of the price of land in this era, and the price of his own land was not much different from his estimated price.

He had experienced life in the Republic of China period in his previous lives, and later looked up some relevant information, so he had some understanding of the land prices during that period.

However, his understanding of land prices tends to be global. When it comes to local details, he is certainly not as clear as Huang Youjin.

Across the country, land prices vary greatly due to different economic development levels in different regions.

In 1916, the average price per mu of land in SX Province was 6.9 silver dollars. By , it had risen to about silver dollars per mu.

In the early 1916s, the land price in Fengqiu, Xinyang and Neixiang of Henan Province was about yuan per mu. By , the price had risen to about or yuan per mu.

Also in the early 1930s, in Lujia Village, Changping, Hebei (only 20 miles away from Beijing), the average value of an acre of land was 30 yuan. Land with good soil and high terrain could be sold for up to 40 yuan, while low-lying land with poor soil could be sold for 24 yuan.

In 1930, the average land price in 64 villages in the western suburbs of Peking was: 67.82 yuan/mu for superior land, 47.50 yuan/mu for medium land, and 31.22 yuan/mu for inferior land.

In 1924, the average land price per mu in the four townships of Jiang, Su, Jiang and Ning was: 40 yuan in Moling Town, 53.9 yuan in Xiaoling Township, 65.9 yuan in Renling Township, 60.8 yuan in Xinling Township, and 71.3 yuan in Ailing Township.

According to statistics, the lowest land price in the four townships of this town is 10~19 yuan, and the highest is 120~130 yuan.

The highest land prices are in the rural areas near Shanghai.

In the early 1930s, due to the influx of a large number of foreign population, land prices in the suburbs of Shanghai soared. High-quality rice fields could be sold for 500 oceans, which was ten times higher than 30 years ago.

According to the 24 samples surveyed, the value of each acre of rice fields in these farmers' homes ranges from 100 to 500 oceans, with an average of 343.75 oceans per acre.

Of course, Shanghai is just an exception. But Wuzhou is only 100 kilometers away from Shanghai, and the price of farmland is also very high.

Before 1931, land prices in the Republic of China period generally continued to rise. Then, affected by the silver storm, they began to decline, and then rose again in 1936. It was not until the period of total war that they were hit hard.

Investing money in land will undoubtedly result in very low annual stable income. If it is in an area with particularly high taxes and levies, there will not even be much profit in a year.

The stable income was low, but the bonus from the increase in land prices was too huge. If the wealthy businessmen of this period did not have a particularly good business, they chose to invest their idle funds in land, which was an excellent investment method with high profits and guaranteed profits.

Chinese people have had a strong attachment to land since ancient times, and indeed many wealthy businessmen do the same, but in reality, it is not easy to purchase a large amount of land.

The land trading market is often in a state of having a price but no market. There are many people who want to buy, but few who want to sell.

After the Yue family moved back to Wuzhou from Kyoto, they had considered purchasing a large amount of land. However, over the years, the amount of land in the family only increased by 400 acres, and most of them were lower-quality fields. Even the number of medium-quality fields was not large.

Compared with the entire extended family, if Yue Wenxuan's father wanted to buy land, it would be easier with the help of his father-in-law, but over the years, he also did not buy a large amount of land, and only bought a few dozen acres of land in the southern suburbs by chance. For a family like the Yue family, this little increase in land is almost negligible.

Yue Wenxuan also asked some other details, and had a comprehensive and detailed understanding of the entire family, including his own small family. After integrating the memories of his predecessor, he learned that the family expenses had been reduced in recent years, and he was still a little worried.

Now that I understand the full situation, I can finally feel relieved.

After the family split up, the huge Yue family really declined for the other uncles. They were no longer able to enjoy the luxurious life they once had, and they had to learn to adapt to the hard life.

But for Yue Wenxuan's family, they will not feel any changes in their lives for at least a few years.

After all, the house is still the same house, and the family business generates more than 10,000 yuan in revenue each year, which is definitely enough for the family to spend.

Although it cannot be compared with the life of the super-rich many years ago, it is still considered a wealthy family.

Even in Wuzhou, where wealthy businessmen abound, there are no more than two hundred wealthy families with assets exceeding one hundred thousand oceans, but only about one hundred and fifty or sixty.

Compared with ordinary wealthy businessmen, the Yue family is still an unattainable and prestigious family. But compared with the old relatives and old friends, the Yue family has obviously declined and no longer has the former glory.

It would be fine if Yue Wenxuan had no ability and could only accept the reality silently, or wait until he grew up to consider reviving the family.

But he is a time traveler with cheats, and just taking out something is enough to restore the family to its former glory.

We are now in a new period of great social change. While acquiring large amounts of capital, emerging capitalists can often also obtain the same social status, or even obtain the power they deserve in disguise.

Yue Wenxuan is not lacking in abilities, and he happens to be living in a time of great social change. Of course, he does not want to let himself or his family down.

He had just arrived in this era and was not yet able to access top connections that could be beneficial to the family, but it was a very simple thing for him to help the family quickly accumulate wealth, even an astonishing wealth.

Yue Wenxuan thought for a moment and said to Huang Youjin, "Go and call the two shopkeepers of Baicaotang and bring them to my Sanshanju. I have something for you to do."

Huang Youjin couldn't guess what the young master was thinking for a moment, but the young master didn't explain in detail, so he didn't dare to ask. He could only follow his orders with a confused look on his face.

After Huang Youjin left, Yue Wenxuan did not take a lunch break, but went directly to Sanshanju to wait for a few people.

Sanshanju is a very quiet courtyard. The most distinctive feature of the courtyard is the rockery, which is a rare and strange rock. Because it has three peaks, it was named Sanshanju by Yue Wenxuan.

This small courtyard was bought by Yue Wenxuan's mother and provided to Yue Wenxuan specifically as a secluded place for him to study. It is also a convenient place for Yue Wenxuan to receive classmates and friends.

Yue Wenxuan had been in Wuzhou for so many years, and it was inevitable that he would make some like-minded friends, and it was common for them to visit each other.

But the Yue family is a big family, and it is very troublesome for classmates and friends to visit Yue Wenxuan's home. In order not to be impolite, they not only have to bring generous gifts every time they visit, but also visit each of Yue Wenxuan's elders one by one, so as not to be impolite.

Young people are naturally impatient with these red tapes. After Yue Wenxuan had his own Sanshanju, he could receive classmates and friends here. There was no one to control him here, and the students who came here did not have to be restrained. Over time, it became a place where he and his classmates often gathered.

Yue Wenxuan did not come to Sanshanju often, so he did not arrange for servants to guard the door. The servants in the house would come to clean every other day, so there was no need to worry about hygiene issues.

After opening the door and entering the yard, Yue Wenxuan thought for a moment, took out a few boxes from the space, and placed them on the table in the living room.

Yue Wenxuan made a pot of tea himself. Before he finished the tea, Huang Youjin led the two big shopkeepers into the living room in a hurry.

The two head shopkeepers seldom saw the young master Yue Wenxuan. Even though Yue Wenxuan was still young, they still greeted him respectfully.

Yue Wenxuan asked the three people to sit on the chairs opposite him and said:
"A friend of mine knew that my family had several medicine shops, so he wanted to use our Baicaotang's sales channels to sell some of the precious medicinal materials he had.

I have already negotiated a cooperation mode with him. The medicinal herbs will be sold in our shop first, and I will settle the bill with him after they are sold out.

The profit-sharing method he and I agreed on is 70% to 30%. Our pharmacy has the right to set the price of the medicinal materials. After the medicinal materials are sold, our pharmacy can keep 30% of the profits. "

At this point, Yue Wenxuan looked at the older shopkeeper and said, "Shopkeeper Qi, this way of cooperation should be okay, right?"

There are four chief managers in Baicaotang, and Manager Qi has the longest seniority. He was already the chief manager when Baicaotang was still in the hands of the Tan family.

This was the first mission assigned by the eldest young master, and the two shopkeepers did not dare to take it lightly.

Although this cooperation method sounds simple and will not cause any problems, for the sake of caution, Shopkeeper Qi still thought about it carefully before saying:

“Since the pricing power is in the hands of Baicaotang, this form of cooperation is still very beneficial to Baicaotang.

Even if it is ordinary medicinal materials, as long as the other party agrees to settle the bill after sale, a 30% profit is acceptable.

If the medicinal materials are precious, then 30% profit is considerable.”

Shopkeeper Qi thought for a moment and reminded, "Since the partner is the young master's friend, there shouldn't be any problems. But since we are doing business, it's better to complete the formalities. It's better to write a contract in black and white, and make each clause as rigorous as possible.

If the cooperation is always pleasant, this contract may not play any role, but if there is any conflict in the cooperation, with this contract, the rights and responsibilities of both parties can be clearly defined, and everyone can just follow the rules to avoid affecting the friendship between friends. "

What Manager Qi reminded us of was indeed necessary, but Yue Wenxuan would definitely not have such worries.

"I will definitely consider these mature and prudent words of Shopkeeper Qi carefully."

As he spoke, Yue Wenxuan pointed to several boxes on the table and said, "These are the first batch of medicinal herbs sent by my friend. You can take a look and estimate the price so that I can have an idea."

The other shopkeeper was named Lu. His qualifications and prestige in Baicaotang were not as good as those of Shopkeeper Qi, so everything was done under his lead.

He gave all the opportunities to speak and perform in front of the young master to Shopkeeper Qi, but of course he had to take the initiative when it came to things that required action.

Shopkeeper Lu swiftly opened the largest box. Everyone looked into the box. When they saw what was inside, they were all shocked.

The box is filled with bezoar, weighing about ten kilograms. The most important thing is that the color looks particularly bright. A preliminary evaluation shows that they should be of top quality.

Shopkeeper Qi and Shopkeeper Lu looked at each other, and both noticed the other's shocked and extremely surprised eyes.

At this moment, Shopkeeper Lu no longer cared about Shopkeeper Qi's attitude and rushed to say:

"Master, please give me all the bezoars you have. I promise to sell them all within a month, and I will definitely sell them at the highest price.

I dare not say it is too high, but the average price of bezoar is twelve dollars per gram, so I am still guaranteed."

Shopkeeper Qi smiled disdainfully, and then said, "Young Master, I have been an apprentice in Baicao Hall since I was nine years old, and I have been here for nearly forty years.

In terms of ability, I dare not say that I am the strongest among everyone, but when it comes to experience, I would modestly say that I am second. No one would dare to say that he or she is first.

If you give me this batch of bezoar, I guarantee that it will be sold out in 20 days at most, and the average price per gram will definitely not be less than 13 dollars."

Shopkeeper Lu suddenly felt a little regretful that he spoke first. If he had let Old Fox Qi speak first, he could have put the upper hand over the other party.

He was just a little more conservative in his words, and the other party seized the opportunity.

"Okay, the two of you should stop arguing. Tell me your estimate of the value of this batch of bezoars first, so that I can have a rough idea."

Of course, Shopkeeper Qi was the first to speak up when he saw this opportunity to show off, "Cow gall is too scarce. According to my personal statistics, there are more than 600 prescriptions that require cow gall.

The worst quality bezoar costs about three dollars per gram, while the best quality bezoar can even sell for fifteen dollars per gram.

Bezoar is hard to come by, so when slaughtering cattle, no one would think that there is bezoar in it. In addition, most people do not know how to deal with it, which often greatly reduces the quality of bezoar.

If bezoar is soaked in too much bile, its color will become dark. The box of bezoar that the eldest master brought was pure in color, and it was definitely the top quality that is rarely seen in normal times.

Bezoar of this quality has better medicinal effects when used as medicine, and everyone is scrambling for it even though the price is high.

If the operation is done well, it is possible that this batch of bezoar can be sold at an average price of fifteen dollars per gram."

The big box of bezoars that Yue Wenxuan took out were all products from this space, and of course their quality was top-notch.

He had already mastered the method of artificially inducing bezoar, and when taking bezoar, he could use the power of space without harming the cow's gallbladder. Not only was the yield high, but the quality was also good.

After so many lifetimes of accumulation, his space has already accumulated various precious medicinal materials that cannot be used up in many lifetimes, and bezoar is just one of them.

Even if artificial bezoar can replace a large part of natural bezoar in the future, the demand for natural bezoar will still exceed the actual output.

In this era when there was no artificial bezoar, there was no substitute for natural bezoar. In addition, there was no other Western medicine that could reduce fever at that time. The demand for bezoar in the medical community was always in a state of dissatisfaction.

The box of bezoar that Yue Wenxuan took out weighed about ten kilograms, or ten thousand grams. If it could be sold at an average price of fifteen dollars per gram, that would be a total income of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars!
This is undoubtedly an astonishing astronomical figure.

After thinking for a while, Yue Wenxuan said, "How about this, these ten kilograms of bezoar will be divided equally between your two medicine shops for the time being. If one medicine shop sells faster, then we can redistribute it according to actual needs.

Don’t be too anxious about time, and be willing to sell good things if you have them, so that you can get a good price.”

Yue Wenxuan still had a lot of bezoar in his hand, but he would not take out too much at once. First, he had to keep it steady and not spoil the market, and second, he did not want to attract too much attention.