Regarding the launch of the third health product, Lawrence obviously had some hesitation before. Compared with the first two medicines, the effect of the third medicine is not as reliable as the first two.
At least in some anonymous double-blind tests, only about half of the people claimed that these drugs had a significant effect on them.
If we consider that this medicine targets some unspeakable secret, those who claim that the medicine is useful to them may not be telling the truth. Therefore, according to Lawrence's judgment, this medicine can at most treat 1/4~1/3
people have an effect.
After getting this data sheet, Lawrence even planned to give up selling three health products. Because he believed that when these health products were first launched on the island, selling one health product was not that effective.
It may affect the overall reputation.
But after discussion, Lawrence was finally persuaded by the island staff, and he finally accepted everyone's suggestions and approved the sale of the third health product.
The reason why everyone supports the sale of this drug is also very simple, because everyone except Lawrence believes that the effect of this drug is indeed very good, at least almost an order of magnitude better than similar items on the market.
As for the reason why it is better than similar drugs on the market, it is also very simple, because the Rat Man has indeed accumulated a lot of research in this area, so he does have some expertise in the production of this kind of drug.
And in addition, even from a purely placebo perspective, medicine for several people has some special advantages.
As for why this is the case, it is easy to explain. To give the simplest example, the rat people are one of the most fertile races among the civilized races. Therefore, the medicines made using their technology are very effective even if they sound good.
It inspired some users' confidence.
"Did you buy a lot of fish oil this time?" The baron who had followed all the way from the Sea of Stars asked with some confusion as the barrels of iron barrels with a strong smell were transported to the ship.
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"But if I remember correctly, your New Sauer Island is our largest seafood production area, and it should produce a lot of fish oil. Even I thought you bought fish oil for lighting lamps. So why are you running away?
How about ordering fish oil here?”
"Because I plan to make some health products——" Lawrence naturally did not need to hide his plan at this time.
On the one hand, this is because this kind of mass production of health care products requires a series of industrial foundations, which are basically impossible to produce at the level of other places.
On the other hand, agreements between nobles are much more effective than agreements between ordinary businessmen. As long as they are negotiated well beforehand, those people will not regret it even if they know that Lawrence can make a lot of money through these fish oils.
"So that's it!" After hearing Lawrence's summary of what he was going to do next, both the baron and the Viscount Surrey showed a clear expression.
Because only in this way can we explain why Lawrence spent money to buy a batch of similar products here when there were a lot of similar products in his hometown.
After all, in this world, things about nourishment also contain a lot of metaphysical elements. Some of these metaphysical ingredients are indeed an extraordinary part of this world, but most of them are just ordinary people's conjectures.
But even so, a large number of people still believe in these metaphysical contents, which makes the selection process of many potions confusing.
At least Lawrence had seen a similar situation more than once in the pharmacy when he was a student at Eagle Castle. For example, a certain medicinal wine for treating jaundice was specifically stated to be soaked in gold coins from Britons.
According to the pharmacy at the time, after drinking this wine soaked in golden gold, the unhealthy yellow color on the body will disappear and the disease can be cured. The reason why the Briton gold coin was chosen was because of the color of the gold coin.
Closest to body color.
Under such circumstances, it is naturally easy for people to accept Lawrence's choice to transport fish oil all the way from the north instead of using the seafood that is a specialty of his hometown.
Although the main reason Lawrence chose the fish here is that the fish living in the cold zone contain higher and better active ingredients, he also believes that there will definitely be many outrageous legends about this matter outside.
"I have a curious question." Just after everyone had finished laughing about this matter, the baron who came from the Sea of Stars asked as he looked at the barrels of fish oil barrels being transported to the ship.
"Such a large amount of fish oil means that the local fishery industry should have a certain level, so why don't we solve the problem of famine through fishery?"
"I know this, because the fish in this area are not very suitable for eating." Before the Viscount of Surrey could explain, Lawrence said based on what he had discovered in his previous investigation.
"Perhaps due to the cold climate, the specialty fish around this area are fatter fish, but unfortunately the fat on those fish is difficult for people to eat."
When Lawrence was testing these fish oils, he accidentally discovered that the fat in the fish in this area has one thing in common with the oily fish in his previous life, that is, accidentally eating too much can easily lead to severe diarrhea.
The only good thing is that if you only consume a small amount, such as just one or two grams at a time with a small spoon, there will basically be no problems, and you can achieve the effect of strengthening your body.
However, in this case, the edible parts of these fish seem to be a little less. If we also consider the fact that the local population is sparse and the low temperature makes it impossible to produce salt on our own, all salt can only be imported.
You know that although there is a fishing industry on this island, there are really not many ways to store and eat seafood on a large scale. It cannot make up for the food gap on the island.
"Yes, this is indeed a big problem." Viscount Surrey nodded, then pointed to the fishing boats parked on the other side of the port. "In addition, the overall low level of our fishery here is also a problem.
Fatal question."
Hearing this, Lawrence immediately turned his head and looked at where the Viscount of Surrey was pointing. As a result, he saw five or six boats parked on the side of the pier away from the cargo ships being loaded and unloaded, with fishing nets hung on the sides.
However, unlike those fishing boats affiliated to the fishery cooperative that form a system of large, medium and small fishing boats of different grades under Lawrence, the displacement of each boat here will not exceed 150 tons.
"These boats look a bit small." The representative baron expressed his feelings at once. As a noble of the Star Sea, he was quite familiar with the level of fishing boats.
"But we can only afford this kind of fishing boat here." Viscount Surrey shook his head helplessly and said, "And compared to other lords on the island, my fishing fleet is the largest on the island.
It is also the team with the best equipment.”
In the next ten minutes, through Viscount Surrey's narration, Lawrence and the others finally figured out what was wrong with the fishery here.
Compared with the calm sea area around the Sea of Stars, the sea conditions around Green Island are very complex. Fog, drifting ice, huge waves, etc. can be said to emerge in endlessly.
Therefore, if you want to develop any marine industry here, the price and cost you need to pay are far greater than the cost of developing the same industry in the Star Sea area.
Due to a shortage of local manpower, various items for building and repairing ships can only be solved by importing a series of problems, which makes it impossible to develop a large-scale fishing industry.
To make matters worse, due to the harsh sea conditions in the surrounding ocean, it is difficult for these small-tonnage ships to travel too far from the coastline to carry out fishing operations, so they can only maintain some small-scale offshore fisheries offshore.
Although seaside lords with seaports like the Viscount of Surrey would also try to develop the fishing industry in the ocean, various restrictions made it impossible for them to develop this industry.