Ninety years ago, the Blue family struggled to survive amidst the ravages of war.
At that time, they were already a century old dynasty of traditional medicine.
There were ancestral healing arts, the secret formulas for salves and remedies, and the ancient medical records in the study; the hundreds of herbs in the front apothecary cabinets carried their fragrance for miles.
But when the artillery fired, everything was destroyed.
The family apothecaries suffered varying degrees of damage. Precious medicinal herbs were looted by rebel soldiers or burned to ashes.
The ancestral copper cauldrons used for brewing medicine for generations were smashed and deformed.
Most of their medical texts were ruined, reduced to mere fragments.
The ancestors of the Blue family had no choice but to lead their people into the deep mountains. However, they did not abandon their livelihood.
The clan members carried woven baskets into the mountains to gather herbs. They brewed remedies for healing wounds in clay pots. By day, they treated the injuries and illnesses of the common folk. By night, they burned the midnight oil to restore their medical texts and organize their prescriptions.
Soon, the Blue family regrouped and restored their honorable reputation.
When wounded soldiers retreated from the front lines, they lacked doctors and medicine, left with nothing but their own endurance. The Blue family stepped forward. They delivered brewed medicines and healing tonics. They even risked their lives venturing into battle zones to set bones and perform acupuncture for the resistance fighters, shouldering the responsibility of aiding their homeland.
Gradually, the Blue family prestige was restored.
They also slowly earned the trust of the higher authorities.
However, the heavier the burden on their shoulders, the greater their responsibilities became. The Blue family gradually felt the strain. To save their country, they needed more medicinal supplies and greater financial resources.
So they had to look overseas. They wanted to start a medical trade, importing more supplies back into the country to treat more wounded soldiers and donate more wealth.
The Blue ancestors provided their ancestral herbal samples and simplified formulas, entrusting the Morgans to establish distribution channels and handle customs clearance overseas.
The Morgans used their local connections and language advantage to run the docks and negotiate with foreign trading firms. They successfully secured several stable import lines for the Blue family medical supplies.
During those days, the Blue family relied on these supplies to continuously treat wounded soldiers on the front lines and civilians in the rear, further elevating their prestige.
The Morgan family also used the cash flow from the medical trade to accumulate capital. They leaped from a family of dockworkers to a prominent local trading firm.
Remembering their shared heritage and the Morgans' contributions, the Blue ancestors gave them exceptionally generous profit margins. They even shared their extensive knowledge in identifying and processing herbs, laying the foundation for the Morgan descendants to build an authentic pharmaceutical business.
In the eyes of the Blue ancestors, this was simply a bond formed by huddling together for warmth in chaotic times, a destiny of mutual success.
What they did not even know that hidden in the eyes of the Morgan ancestors were calculations they had never perceived.

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