Steel Dynasty - Chapter 53

[Chapter 53 Business Model]

It has been seven or eight days since Wang Shijie arrived in Chang’an City with Soap.

It’s just that when we first arrived, the novelty of soap did not attract the attention of the ladies. It was not until today that the situation changed. A long queue formed outside the Wang family’s store in Chang’an City overnight.

Waiting at the door were housekeepers, maids, and servants from each government, with the sole purpose of purchasing soap.

At the same time, news spread in the city of Chang’an that all the concubines in the palace were using soap. This made the ladies who usually went deep into the palace immediately unable to calm down. The thing that the queen and the empress were using seemed to drive them out like a magic spell. Purchase soap.

After the first batch of soap was purchased and used, more people bought soap the next day, and there were also many rich men among them.

“Oh, isn’t this Brother Li?”

“Brother Zhao, I haven’t seen you for a long time, are you here too?”

“Brother Li too?”

“Oh, since we are all in the same way, there is no need to be secretive. My sister bought it yesterday I brought a piece of soap back. After trying it, I felt like I was possessed by a demon. I looked at the soap all night long. I was really curious and took it to use this morning. I was immediately amazed that it was a magical thing. Today I plan to buy it and give it to Miss Liu of Rouge House. “

Brother Li actually stole it and used it?” Mr. Zhao said in surprise, “I haven’t tried it yet. It’s a pity, it’s a pity.”

“Hey, how can this scholar use the word “take, take!” said dissatisfied.

At this moment, the door of the shop suddenly opened, and Mr. Li, with quick eyes and quick hands, grabbed Mr. Zhao and ran in like a fly.

Wang Shijie stood at the door with a confused look on his face. He really didn’t expect that soap would be so popular, and he also didn’t expect that apart from the ladies from famous families, many of the main buyers of soap would be girls from prostitutes.

At the same time, Li Kaiyuan also gained a lot in the south. Although the dignitaries of Dayu were mostly concentrated in Chang’an City, the wealthy merchants were mostly concentrated in the south, especially in Jinling City.

Comparatively speaking, the prosperity of Jinling City is no longer inferior to that of Chang’an.

Because of Zui Qingzhou, perfume has already spread. These two products are particularly popular in Jinling City. Moreover, neither the Wang family nor the Qin family have perfume. He is the only one here.

And the soap didn’t keep him waiting long. After the news of the concubines’ use of soap spread here, the soap in stock was sold out in just a few days.

Nowadays, these three magical commodities are being discussed all over Jinling City. Even if he eats in a restaurant, he cannot avoid them. As soon as he sat down today, a young man at the next table started bragging.

One of them stood up with the perfume, showed it aside in front of everyone, and said, “Do you know what this is?”

All the young men came out, not knowing the news in Jinling City, and shook their heads at the same time.

The young master was so proud that he took off the cork of the bottle and turned it around in front of everyone. The young master exclaimed at the same time: “It smells so good!”

“It smells right, it’s called perfume. You know our Miss Shuang from Wanhua Tower in Jinling City

“That girl Shuang that my brother was talking about is beautiful but has body odor?”

“

That’s right, Miss Shuang failed to win the title of Courtesan of Wanhua Tower every year because of her body odor, but since she started using this perfume, her body odor has disappeared. Now, many rich men are flocking to her. “

This perfume is so magical. I don’t believe

it .”

“Brother, let me take a look.”

The young man holding the perfume proudly gave it to him, and the man took the perfume, put it on his body, and said, “I also have body odor, so it is my duty to test the medicine for my brother.”

…

Qingzhou, unlike the bustle of Prince Qi’s Mansion in previous years, this year The Qi Prince’s Mansion is very lively. Compared with the previous sparse entrance, now the entrance is bustling with traffic and there is no way to get through.

In just two months, soap, perfume and drunkenness Qingzhou became famous in both the north and the south. Merchants with sensitive sense of smell flocked to Qingzhou like cats smelling fishy smell.

When they got here, they naturally wanted to visit Xiao Ming.

These days, Zi Yuan’s hands are almost weak when receiving gifts every day. Xiao Ming receives these merchants every day when he wakes up. However, for several days in a row, the enthusiasm of these merchants has not diminished, and they have the momentum to not give up until they achieve their goals.

The Wang family and the Qin family were naturally very nervous about this matter. Naturally, they were not happy that so many people were competing for food from them. For this reason, in addition to offering profits to please Xiao Ming, they also took various measures to prevent the influx of businessmen from other places. The methods include sap, threats, and intimidation, but the effect is very little.

These businessmen are still coming one after another. The saying “people die for money and birds die for food” is vividly demonstrated in these businessmen.

“Your Highness, there is no room for these gifts in the palace’s warehouse. “These days, the entire palace is in pain and happiness.

While enjoying the specialties brought by merchants from all over the Chongqing Kingdom, the servants of the palace were busy welcoming merchants one after another.

Xiao Ming said cheerfully: “If you can’t fit it in, make some other rooms first.”

Lu Luo’s mouth was full of maltose. Now this girl no longer has to worry about not being able to eat maltose.

Almost every businessman who comes to visit will bring some pastries and sweets.

“Ninety-four, ninety-four.” Luluo echoed inarticulately.

“This is the palace of the majestic Prince Qi. It is really unbecoming and disrespectful.” Pang Yukun shook his head. In order to deal with these merchants, he called Pang Yukun to come and deal with him together. However, he saw that the servants in the palace were in a mess. Pang Yukun started preaching again.

Lu Luo shrank her head, pulled Zi Yuan’s clothes and ran away, for fear that Pang Yukun would scold her.

Xiao Ming comforted him: “Pang Changshi, the people in the palace are also happy, so there is no need to stick to trivial details.”

Pang Yukun looked serious, “Your Highness, I am not talking too much, but your Highness has received so many gifts. How should those businessmen respond? If His Highness agrees, not only the Wang family and the Qin family, but also His Highness’s own business will be damaged. “

“Pang Changshi is too worried. We need to take a longer view,” said Xiao Ming, who has only studied sages since he was a child. For Pang Yukun, a book scholar, he despised merchants very much.

Because merchants are not engaged in production, but only collect profits from the flow, and they are only interested in profit. From the bottom of their hearts, they believe that the status of merchants and moths is the same.

However, in the past two days, Xiao Ming used the huge knowledge in the technology library to argue with him several times, and then he reluctantly accepted that businessmen also have advantages.

Since Xiao Ming accepted the gift from the businessman this time, he naturally had his own ideas.

Just relying on the Wang family, the Qin family or his own trading firm, it seems that he has a monopoly on the trade of three commodities and makes a lot of money. In fact, this idea is very short-sighted.

Because the combined power of the three companies was limited, it was impossible to sell soap throughout Dayu in a short period of time. This resulted in Xiao Ming being able to sell limited amounts of silver with limited soap in a limited area.

Instead of doing this, it is better to open up the soap technology and let these businessmen build workshops in Qingzhou to produce soap. In this way, the production of soap will be greatly improved.

And Xiao Ming doesn’t need to waste his limited resources on low-end industries such as soap, liquor and perfume. After all, he is a man who wants to conquer the stars and the sea.

However, there are conditions for the opening of this technology. First, Xiao Ming’s alkali technology is not open to the public. He provides it exclusively, and the merchants are only responsible for producing soap.

Second, merchants can only set up workshops in Qingzhou and other states in his fiefdom for production.

The purpose of these two conditions is very simple. By just selling alkali, Xiao Ming can obtain a higher profit than producing soap. There is no need to expend labor to produce soap himself. Instead, these people are used in the basic chemistry of three acids and two alkali. Industrially.

The second is similar to attracting investment, in order to keep the merchants of Dayu in their own territory. He will not provide alkali for soap workshops built anywhere else.

Once these two measures are taken, Xiao Ming can not only gather the power of businessmen to develop and expand the soap industry, but he can also make a lot of money. At the same time, the gathering of businessmen is also the beginning of Qingzhou’s prosperity.

As for the worried reactions of the Wang family and Qin family, he expected them because they still didn’t understand some business models.

When I talk to them, they will understand that this time it is a win-win situation, not a loss.

(End of chapter)