Chu Tianqi didn't fall asleep until late after thinking about it, and in his sleep he also dreamed about what had just happened. When he woke up, it was already seven o'clock in the morning, and after a while, the train arrived at Heyang Station, and he walked out of the train station with the flow of people.

Seeing that it was still early, Chu Tianqi went to the snack bar outside the station to have breakfast, he was going to ask the shopkeeper or the guests who were eating about some news of the Yaodu Market, but the shopkeeper only cared about breakfast for the guests, and had no time to chat at all. The guests who dined were all outsiders, and they didn't know much about local things, or their understanding was very superficial, Chu Tianqi only inquired about the location of the local medicinal herb trade.

Chu Tianqi ate early and took a taxi to his destination. The railway station is at the southernmost end of Heyang, and the medicinal herb market is at the northernmost end of Heyang.

Heyang is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Dingye City, the county seat is not very large, and the whole county is only three or four kilometers long from north to south. However, the streets are very spacious, and the buildings on both sides should have been renovated and expanded in recent years. The most eye-catching thing on both sides of the street is the billboards that are uniformly set up, and the billboards are the same height and style, but the content on them is different.

The strong smell of medicinal herbs in the wind blowing through the cracks in the taxi window reminds people of the most famous industry in this county-level city - medicinal herbs.

In the taxi, far away, Chu Tianqi saw the four big words "Northern Medicine Capital" in front of him. The car quickly stopped, and he paid to get out of the car.

When he really stood in front of the door of the "Northern Medicine Capital", Chu Tianqi found that this door was surprisingly tall. The gate of the "Northern Medicine Capital" market, the concrete doorpost alone is more than ten meters high, and above the doorpost is the arched door head of the stainless steel structure, and above the door head is the glittering "Northern Medicine Capital" four big characters. Chu Tianqi visually measured one, and the height of each word should be between three and four meters.

It's eight o'clock in the morning, and the long electric retractable door at the entrance of the market has not yet opened, and there are a few people walking back and forth outside the door, probably people who want to enter the market like themselves. Chu Tianqi went to the duty room next to him and asked the security guard about the opening time, and the answer he got was nine o'clock in the morning. Now there was still nearly an hour to leave the door, and Chu Tianqi had to wander around the area near the gate casually.

He Yang is located in the hinterland of the Hexi Plain, with a low altitude, and the current temperature is about ten degrees higher than that of Yuchi County, although it is morning, the temperature is also seven or eight degrees, so Chu Tianqi does not feel cold.

The market is located in the northernmost part of the entire urban area, and is all farmland except for the medicinal herb market, which is neatly separated by barbed wire. There was no other place to go, so Chu Tianqi had to pace back and forth along the direction of the wall.

An old man walked over and said enthusiastically, "Young man, are you going to go to the market to discuss business?"

Chu Tianqi looked the old man up and down, and saw that this person's face was ruddy and smooth, and his hair was clean. And when he spoke, his voice was loud and full of energy. The old man was dressed in gray satin fabric clothes and trousers, his white hair was tied up by a gray cloth belt, and his white beard was more than a foot long, giving people the feeling of fairy wind and bones. The old man also carried a long-handled object on his body, with a large red velvet sleeve on it, which looked like a long sword.

Looking at the old man very kindly, Chu Tianqi still had a slightly cautious vague saying, "Ah, just take a look." ”

"Have you been here before?" asked the old man.

Although Chu Tianqi was cautious, he would not lie casually, so he responded: "No." Are you familiar with this place?"

The old man let out an "oh" and said, "Of course I'm familiar with it, I was born and grew up in He Yang." It's not yet time for the market to open, so I'll introduce you to it, how about it?"

Hearing that the old man was so enthusiastic, Chu Tianqi hurriedly answered: "Okay, I also want to find out." ”

The old man stroked his beard and said: "This He Yang is not He Yang, there is also a He Yang City in the south, and that He Yang is much bigger than us here, and even richer than we are here." Our He Yang was not originally called He Yang. Later, a person surnamed He was divided here, and then the He family produced a famous medical scientist He Yang. With his unremitting efforts, he has become the medicine capital of the northern country. In order to commend him, the imperial court named this place He Yang. ”

Chu Tianqi nodded and smiled, indicating that he understood what the other party meant.

According to historical records, Heyang City was known as the "Medicine Capital" at that time and was the most famous medicinal material trading market in the whole country. Later, the dynasties continued to change, and the country's territory also changed frequently, and several large medicinal material trading markets appeared in the country, and the names were also varied. Some are called "medicine capital", some are called "medicine market", some are named "medicine city", and some are called "medicine town". At that time, in order to facilitate trade management, the state re-named the four major medicinal material markets according to the direction, and called them the eastern, southern, western and northern "national medicine capitals", and He Yang became the "northern national medicine capital". When the old man said this, he asked rhetorically, "Can you understand my accent?"

"Yes, I understand. Chu Tianqi hurriedly replied.

The old man continued: "In fact, it was chaotic to shout and shout later, especially in recent years, in order to attract attention, various places have changed their titles, what 'first drug market' and 'first drug capital' have been put on newspapers and television, and some have also bluffed out the naming certificate of a certain international institution, etc., which is the result of economic interests. There is nothing wrong with proper publicity and hype, but some of the propaganda has changed its taste, and at the same time, it has greatly reduced the public's trust in these old medicinal materials market. In particular, some unscrupulous enterprises and individuals have seen the loopholes in this chaos, and have fished in the muddy waters, which has made the pool even more turbid. ”

"yes, yes. Chu Tianqi also felt the same way, although he was not very familiar with the medicinal material market, but the bottomless hype of some industries and enterprises did hurt the feelings and cognition of the people.

"Old man, how is the order of Heyang Market?" Chu Tianqi had already developed a lot of trust in the other party from what the old man had just said.

"The Heyang market has also been chaotic for some years, and for a long time, counterfeit drugs are rampant and chaotic, which has caused a lot of damage to the entire market. In recent years, it has been much better, thanks to the attention of the local government and the strong cooperation of some conscientious enterprises, which has greatly improved the current market environment. Otherwise, the millennium brand that has been built up with great difficulty will be ruined. The old man said with relief, "The local government established a new industry association ten years ago, which is composed of relevant government departments, enterprises, consumers, and ordinary people. Moreover, strict and standardized mechanisms and systems have been formulated. ”

Chu Tianqi immediately asked, "Old man, what are the conscientious enterprises you are talking about, can you tell me about it?"

"Absolutely. The old man said cheerfully, "There are many such enterprises, and there are three main large-scale and representative enterprises. First of all, He's Pharmaceutical, He's current family is He Yang's 67th generation grandson Mr. He Jiawei, He's Pharmaceutical is a comprehensive company integrating planting, development and sales. The second is Sun's Pharmaceutical, which is mainly based on the research and development of internal medicine. The third is Fahrenheit Pharmaceutical, which specializes in surgical drug research and development. The three pharmaceutical companies are all conscientious and socially responsible companies, each with its own focus, and the three are complementary and fiercely competitive. ”

Chu Tianqi suddenly asked, "Old man, listening to what you said, you shouldn't be an ordinary person, right?"

The old man laughed: "I'm just a volunteer, just an ordinary person." With that, he turned and left.

The old man left, he did not explain his identity, nor did he carefully inquire about Chu Tianqi's origin. But judging from the old man's extraordinary conversation just now, as well as his feelings of worrying about the country and the people, he is definitely not an "ordinary person" as he himself said. Moreover, the content that the old man told just now was something that Chu Tianqi had never seen in other materials, which benefited Chu Tianqi a lot.

Chu Tianqi looked at the gate of the market, there were already many people standing outside the door, people were walking towards the market in an orderly manner, it turned out that the telescopic door had just opened. Chu Tianqi put away his thoughts, walked towards the gate of the market, and then passed through the gate with the flow of people.

Entering the market courtyard, there are bungalows with blue steel roofs on both sides, and various signs hang on the doors of each bungalow, and the contents of the signs are varied, but the names indicate that they are related to medicinal herbs.

Chu Tianqi chose a few stores to go in and take a look, all of them were stores dealing in Chinese herbal medicines. When he asked the other party if he wanted to buy medicinal materials, he got the answer that they were only in charge of sales, and the purchase was not in their hands, and the boss would take care of it. When asked other questions, the clerk stopped answering him, so he had to walk out with the store's contact card.

Looking up, at the end of these stores, there was a huge one-piece building, and Chu Tianqi walked towards it. The distance of this section was more than a kilometer, and Chu Tianqi walked for about ten minutes to arrive.

There was a sign of "Trading Market" hanging above the entrance of the building, and Chu Tianqi stepped in, and suddenly, a stronger smell of medicinal herbs came to his face. Inside the building, there were fifteen areas with hanging signs indicating the direction to the various areas. As for the difference between each area, he didn't know, so he had to wander around casually.

Each area is made up of rows of shops, each with an English alphabet at the entrances and exits, and each with Arabic numerals. These shops are also the same as the shops outside, they only sell traditional Chinese medicine villages, and each one does not buy them, but two shops told Chu Tianqi to buy medicinal materials on the fifth floor.

After turning around a few areas, Chu Tianqi realized that these fifteen areas were divided according to the types of Chinese medicinal materials sold, such as anti-surface medicines, heat-clearing medicines, laxative medicines, tranquilizers, and so on.

Chu Tianqi went to the second, third, and fourth floors again, and these three floors were mainly for the sale of Chinese patent medicines, pills, powders, ointments, and pills.

When Chu Tianqi came to the staircase on the fifth floor, a big TV on the wall was playing news programs, and a person he had just met was appearing on it, it was the white-bearded old man who had introduced a lot of content to him.