Lin Fu scooped up some light yellow medicinal powder with a small wooden spoon and put it to his nose to smell the strong medicinal fragrance. He dipped his fingers into some medicinal foam and put it on the tip of his tongue and licked it, which gave it a slightly bitter taste.
Wu Yanqing's prescription is different from ordinary topical knife-tip medicine (Jinchuang medicine). This medicine can be applied externally or taken orally. It has the effect of stopping bleeding and analgesia, and even has obvious curative effect on ulcerated wounds. Take Lin Fu's perspective from later generations.
Look, the medicine prepared according to this prescription has strong anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects, which is much better than the knife-tip medicine that uses ground animal bones as the main medicine. It also has obvious effects on accelerating the healing of fractures and internal bleeding.
Wu Yanqing was famous for treating bruises and bruises in Jiangning. This prescription was obtained by studying the medical books of his predecessors and summarizing decades of experience in treating bruises. He passed it down to his descendants rather than his disciples. At this time, Wu Yanqing not only gave this prescription
Zi Xian came out to open a medicine shop for Lin Fu, but he couldn't get away from it. He also dragged his eldest son Wu Jiye into the medicine shop to work in the medicine shop.
Lin Mengde walked behind Lin Fu, feeling very emotional. He thought that there were as many officials in Jiangning as carp crossing the river, and Lin Fu was just a small ninth-grade scholar. His official position was nothing, but there were still a few officials in Jiangning.
Can someone like Lin Fu make people willing to use him for his own use? Even if Gu Wuchen doesn't have as many people around him that he can really use with confidence, there are far fewer people than Lin Fu.
Lin Fu didn't know what Lin Mengde was thinking. He held his chin in his hand and stood aside seriously watching Wu Yanqing's son Wu Jiye instruct his apprentices to prepare the medicinal materials.
The most commonly used medicinal ingredient in Wu Yanqing's recipe is Pueraria lobata. Jiyunshe purchased sliced and dried Pueraria lobata slices. The pharmacy also simmers the bran and grinds it into powder before mixing it with other main ingredients.
Lin Fu can recognize more than ten kinds of healing herbs that can be found in the wild, but he doesn't really know much about traditional Chinese medicine. He can't make any better suggestions for Wu Yanqing's prescription, but he can improve the efficiency of preparing medicines.
, I am afraid that the common sense knowledge of future generations will be much better than that of the current generation.
Although the assembly line did not have much significance before machine production replaced manual work on a large scale, the production efficiency has also been significantly improved from the traditional manual workshop to the more detailed division of labor and more specific factory handicrafts; this is Lin Fu
Knowledge learned in junior high school.
The medical clinics and herbal medicine shops of the current era also prepared medicines for sale to the outside world. However, the medical clinics and medicinal herb shops of the current era could be said to be standard handicraft workshops, with most of the workers employed being apprentices.
Apprenticeships in medical clinics and medicinal herb shops are free labor. Before the apprentices leave the profession, they rely on the medical clinic for food, clothing, housing, and transportation. Their other remuneration is extremely limited, and they also have a strict personal dependence relationship with each other.
"Master and apprentice are like father and son", this sentence is not used to describe the friendship between master and apprentice, but according to the "submission" laws of the world, the master's authority over his apprentice is similar to that of a father, and it is a crime for the apprentice to beat the master.
Even if the master accidentally beats his apprentice to death, he will only be sentenced to a misdemeanor of imprisonment or less. Of course, the master also has many obligations to his apprentice.
Because of these factors, even if a medical clinic has apprentices who can work for free, due to the number of people, the scale of preparing medicines for external sales is also very limited.
The medicine shop that Lin Fu wants to set up in Hekou, even though the people it recruits are apprentices in name, in a strict sense it is a formal handmade pharmaceutical factory, and the people it recruits are paid monthly wages. Although the apprentices cannot be used in vain.
, On the other hand, it does not teach them the responsibility for completing their studies and other obligations, and there is no strict limit on the number of people recruited, making it possible to expand production.
To put it in terms of junior high school textbooks, the emergence of this actual employment relationship in Hekou Pharmacy represents the true sprout of capitalism.
Lin Fu will not care about capitalism and non-ism. His real concern is to make all operations in Hekou more efficient, so that he can use the small area of Hekou to gather more people and power.
Lin Fu talked with Wu Jiye and asked him to break down and refine the many steps of preparing medicine. It is not necessary for all apprentices in the medicine shop to be familiar with the properties of medicine. Except for the master who prepares medicine, other apprentices only need to master their own part of the work.
That’s it.
In this way, hiring a person can be used to do things with only a little training and guidance, and the part of the work he is responsible for will be easier to master, less mistakes will be made, and the efficiency will naturally be higher.
The medical center uses ten skilled apprentices who have been trained for several years to prepare various powdered medicines according to the complete process and can make 500 packets a month. The Hekou Pharmacy uses ten ordinary people with a little training to work under the guidance of a person who is familiar with the properties of medicine.
Under the guidance of skilled apprentices and strict division of labor, it is said that one thousand, two thousand or even more bags of powdered medicine can be prepared in a month.
Lin Fu also suggested that Wu Jiye could use a wild mouse in Jiangning to test the medicinal properties so that he could continuously improve Wu Yanqing's prescription.
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"Mrs. Gu, Mr. Gu, and Miss Gu are here. The carriage has just arrived at the gate..."
Lin Fu stood under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree in the atrium of the medicine shop and was talking to Wu Jiye about the preparation of pharmaceuticals. Someone came over to report that Gu Wuchen's wife, Mrs. Gu, and her daughter Junxun had arrived at the mouth of the river in a carriage. Zhao Qinmin and Gu Siming had already gone to greet her.
"Then let's go there first." Lin Fu took Lin Mengde and left the medicine shop together. When passing by the thatched cottage, he saw Gu Yingxiu, the third lady, the sixth lady and the young lady Ma, who were all ready to greet Zhao Xulu in the thatched cottage.
After getting ready, Lin Xulu didn't know whether to run to the south gate of the fence to greet him. He stood outside the thatched cottage and waited for Lin Fu to come back. Lin Fu pulled him over with him.
Today is the seventh day after Lin Tingxun's death. Although he has not yet been buried, the Lin family still invited Taoist priests and monks to the mouth of the river to perform the "first seven" rituals. Lin Fu sent a message to Mrs. Gu three days ago, mentioning Lin Xulu and the Lin family
It is intended to resolve the old grudges between the Lin family and the Gu family. However, the Lin family is wearing mourning and is unable to visit. I hope Mrs. Gu can come to Hekou in person.
Mrs. Gu had already received a letter from Gu Wuchen from Dongyang, and she sent it to Lin Fu, saying that she would come to Hekou to worship on the "First Seventh Day" and also visit her niece Gu Yingxiu and others who had fled to Jiangning for refuge.
Others take care of their families.
Lin Fu and Lin Meng arrived at the south gate of the fence. Lin Xulu, Zhao Qinmin, Gu Wuchen's cousin Gu Siming, and Gu Siyuan riding a tall horse were walking in, surrounding the carriage riding by Mrs. Gu and Gu Junxun.
"Lin Fu should have gone to pick up Madam and Sister Jun Xun from the city in person, but now it's too late to come out to greet them. Damn it." Lin Fu bowed to the carriage.
"Why are you so polite? If you are busy, just go ahead and do your business. Why don't we have legs ourselves?" Mrs. Gu lifted up a corner of the gauze curtain. Although the weather was already scorching hot, the wealthy family was very particular about their women not showing up.
, Mrs. Gu opened the curtain to talk to Lin Fu, no longer treating him as an outsider.
Lin Fu smiled and didn't say much. He followed the carriage to the thatched cottage and then welcomed Mrs. Gu and Gu Junxun out of the carriage. Naturally, the female family members came to receive them, headed by the seventh lady, together with Liu Yue'er, the third lady, the sixth lady and the young man.
Mrs. Ma, Lin Xulu, Gu Tianqiao and other wives surrounded Mrs. Gu. Gu Junxun went directly into the inner hall. Lin Fu, considered a junior, went in with Gu Tianqiao, Gu Siming and others to say hello, chatted briefly, and then went to the outer house.
In the front hall, he accompanied Gu Wuchen's son Gu Siyuan to speak.
Gu Siyuan had a grudge against Lin Fu and was surrounded by everyone in the front hall. He deliberately left Lin Fu aside and did not talk to him. He talked very frequently to Gu Siming and Zhao Qinmin. Lin Fu didn't mind either and whispered to Lin Xulu at the side.
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In the Gu Mansion, there were some things that Gu Wuchen couldn't even make the decision about, and Gu Siyuan couldn't stand up in front of his powerful mother. The highlight of today was in the inner house.
"Old Seventeen," Lin Xulu said in a low voice, "the three aunts finally nodded and agreed to allocate a total of 24,000 taels of silver for three years to my father at once. Although Dongyang Mansion is not in chaos, there are many bandits.
How to transport this money back to Dongyang, I would also like to ask you, Seventeenth, to make up your mind for me."
Lin Fu had other things on his mind. The Lin family's money to support Xiangyong should be controlled within 10,000 taels per year, and Lin Tingli in Dongyang would have to take away 8,000 taels per year. So Jiangning only had 2,000 taels for support.
Xiangyong can only support about a hundred people. The Lin family has more than 300 Xiangyong in Jiangning, which means that nearly 200 people will be laid off.
"Is there any conclusion on how to reduce Xiangyong in Jiangning?" Lin Fu asked.
"Except for the Xiangyong who were previously transferred to Jiangning to serve as military guards, there are only a hundred or so Xiangyong who took refuge at the mouth of Jiangning River with the ship this time. These Xiangyong have no merit but hard work for the Lin family. The Lin family cannot treat them badly. Other townships
The second eldest Yongdu was killed and left behind in the village camp after being attacked and defeated. The second eldest son was killed by Zhao Neng's traitorous slaves. The Lin family was tolerant enough not to hold these village yong responsible for their failure to protect their master. Naturally, they would not
If I keep raising them for nothing, I plan to disperse them after today's first seven days——Old Seventeen, what do you think?"
When the Xiangying camp was attacked, Zhao Qingshan, Lin Jiyuan, and Chen Shouyan led 300 Xiangyong soldiers to follow Lin Fu and others at Luoyang Lake. There were nearly 400 Xiangyong soldiers left in the Xiangying camp. When the camp was attacked, the real horse thieves led by Zhao Neng killed them on the spot.
Perhaps only fifty or sixty people were seriously injured and died afterwards. Most of them were scattered and fled. As of now, there are one hundred, fifty or sixty people in the fleeing villagers gathered by Lin Fu at the mouth of the river.
There were nearly two hundred people scattered outside.
"Second uncle and third brother were polite, so they told me about the important events in the clan. Of course I support the decision made by second uncle, third brother and several ladies." Lin Fu said, thinking that this is fine.
Some of the Xiangyong were broken up and reduced to the Lin family, so it would be easier for him to train them.
Mrs. Gu had lunch in the thatched cottage and chatted with the female family members for a long time about home affairs. When the sun set in the west and reached the corners of the eaves surrounding the turret, she called Lin Fu over to talk.
"La Yingxiu talked a lot just now. Since the Lin family has bought a family property in Hekou, I thought that the seventy or eighty people from the Gu family who came to Jiangning would also settle in Hekou. Not everything in the city is convenient. I support
I'll give you five hundred taels of silver, and you'll be responsible for helping me get things done." Mrs. Gu said.
"I don't have any arrangements here for the time being. I don't know if Mrs. Gu has other ideas. There are indeed many inconveniences in the city. In this case, leave it to me..." Lin Fu said. There are several people in the Gu family.
While the female family members were in the house, he didn't mention in person whether he wanted money from the Gu family. In short, he wouldn't be short of five hundred taels of silver, but a good man would still do it for Mrs. Gu.
Mrs. Gu, Gu Junxun, and Gu Siyuan returned to the city. Lin Fu rode a horse and Gu Yingxiu rode a carriage to personally escort them into Donghua Gate.
When they arrived outside the Donghua Gate, Mrs. Gu insisted that she did not want Lin Fu and the others to send her away again. She raised the curtain and said to Lin Fu: "Yingxiu refuses to live with me in the city. She really needs you to take care of her at the mouth of the river. She wants to have a baby at the mouth of the river."
If you make a mistake, it’s not that I can’t forgive you.”
"Please don't worry, Mrs. Gu." Lin Fu said without squinting.
After watching Mrs. Gu and her entourage enter the Donghua Gate, Lin Fucai rode his horse around and walked next to the carriage Gu Yingxiu was riding, chatting quietly as he walked.
"After chatting with my aunt in the afternoon, I realized that Jun Xun has not married yet..." Gu Yingxiu opened a corner of the car window screen and sat in the carriage watching Lin Fu speak.
"I know this," Lin Fu said, "She is seventeen years old, it's time to worry about her."
"Don't pretend to be a fool, you know what I mean," Gu Yingxiu said coquettishly, "Jun Xun used different methods to find topics to talk about your affairs today. If you don't have any objections, I will go to the city with my aunt the next day.
Bringing this up——Jun Xun is really beautiful, not much worse than the two in your house, I can't humiliate you."
"To be honest," Lin Fu sighed softly, "I'm worried that your uncle and I won't always walk on the same path in the future..."
"Are you afraid that Jun Xun will be caught in the middle and it will be difficult to be a good person?" Gu Yingxiu looked at Lin Fu with her beautiful eyes and asked, "Why aren't you worried that I will be in the middle and it will be difficult to be a good person?"
"..." Lin Fu smiled and said nothing.
"The current situation is corrupt, and we are all drifting apart. Maybe in a few years, my uncle will hit a wall again and get blood all over his head. You will never form a life-and-death feud with my uncle. What are you worried about in the future?" Gu Yingxiu said.
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"Alas," Lin Fu shook his head and sighed, "In any case, I am just a descendant of the Lin family. My fame is only a scholar, and I am only a scholar. If you want to say that I am a good match, I am not worthy of Jun Xun.
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"I don't believe my uncle would care about this?" Gu Yingxiu said.
At this moment, two fast horses came towards us. They were the two guard soldiers who were staying at the mouth of the river. When they saw Lin Fu, they got off their horses and reported: "The Lin family is going to abolish the Xiangyong. When the news got out, more than a hundred Xiangyong gathered and made a commotion.
Please return to the mouth of the river to deal with it..."
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