Chapter 40: Suddenly it's on fire
Laishou opened his eyes and glanced at Xiang'er.
This is the servant girl next to the prince, otherwise he wouldn't have bothered to say so much, he is the shopkeeper.
"Not really, I'm confident in the mirror."
"So what's there to worry about?"
Just as Laishou and Xiang'er were talking, several carriages came in front of the Treasure Pavilion.
"Appeal ......"
"That's it, right?"
"Sure enough, it's a newly opened shop, when I went to the fat powder shop opposite to buy rouge a while ago, there was no such shop here."
"Strange, how do you feel that there is no customer in the shop, it can't be the wrong one, right?"
As he spoke, several young ladies dressed in gorgeous clothes entered the Treasure Pavilion surrounded by the maids.
"Welcome!"
The same slogan, the same scene.
These little ladies behaved the same as Mrs. Cheng at the beginning, but they soon got used to it.
After all, they are all daughters of the Xungui family, and they have seen all kinds of scenes.
"You have glass mirrors for sale here?"
……
"Shopkeeper, does the situation seem a little strange this afternoon?"
In the fat powder shop, the shopkeeper Cui is confirming the sales of the day.
"What's so strange? I think it's normal. Although the fat powder and copper mirror are better than the previous few days, it is not surprising that our copper mirror has been sold for a few days, and there are naturally more people who know it. ”
Xiao Er struggled for a moment, not knowing whether to say it or not.
"I'm not saying this weird...... I think ......."
"Don't talk a word, I'm busy, just pack up your things and go if you have nothing to do, it'll be closed soon."
……
The business of the Treasure Pavilion suddenly became popular!
"I'll have one!"
"I'll have one too!"
Although purchase restrictions were taken, and the porcelain workshop of the Chu Wangfu also replenished a batch of mirrors in time, the inventory of glass mirrors in the Treasure Pavilion was still declining at a rate visible to the naked eye.
At the same time, the sales of copper mirrors in the opposite fat powder shop began to decline after ushering in a small peak.
"What's the matter, only twelve bronze mirrors were sold all day today? Yesterday it was eighteen. Obviously, I sold more than 12 noodles in one morning a few days ago. ”
Shopkeeper Cui has been comfortably sipping tea in the courtyard behind the shop for the past few days, occasionally looking at the account book or something, and basically didn't worry about the shop.
However, the data changes in successive days made him feel that something was wrong.
If the first two days could be attributed to the factor of chance, it is difficult to summarize it by chance if it continues to be like this today.
If there is no vigilance at all, Shopkeeper Cui will not be able to sit in this position today.
Cui, who has been doing business in Xishi for decades, still has this sensitivity.
"This ...... Shopkeeper, actually, I said it was a little strange a few days ago. ”
"Little Liuzi, when did you tell me that our sales situation is very strange?"
Xiao Liuzi looked at Shopkeeper Cui and looked at him with an unkind face, and he didn't know whether to continue.
I'm just a little two, and the good and bad sales in the shop don't have much to do with me.
"Just a few days ago, I found out that the situation in the Treasure Pavilion on the other side was a little strange, and I originally wanted to report it to you, but ......"
Thinking that his family was just a tenant of the Cui family, and there would be many places to rely on Cui's shopkeeper in the future, Xiao Liuzi still didn't dare to say anything.
"Treasure Pavilion?" Shopkeeper Cui felt that he seemed to be missing something, "Our bronze mirror is not easy to sell, what does it have to do with the Treasure Pavilion?" ”
"I ...... I do not know. Xiao Liuzi felt the momentum of the shopkeeper Cui, and his face changed a little, "I just think that there were almost no customers in the Treasure Pavilion before, but in the past few days, there has been an endless stream of customers coming to the door." Once, I overheard someone say that this mirror is amazing. So...... So I think maybe the bronze mirror in the shop has become difficult to sell, and it has something to do with the Treasure Pavilion. ”
"Smack!" Shopkeeper Cui slapped the table with a slap, and he didn't care about the pain from his palm, "Why didn't you say it earlier?" This Treasure Pavilion sells mirrors? Isn't that our adversary? But now we don't even know what is going on with this opponent! ”
Little Liuzi: ......
"Forget it, it's useless to say this, you can see if the Treasure Pavilion on the other side is closed, if not, follow me over and take a look."
……
Xiang'er's mood these days can be described as two days of ice and fire.
On the one hand, the glass mirror is finally selling well, and she no longer has to worry about the destruction of the Treasure Pavilion in her hands.
On the other hand, glass mirrors are so easy to sell that there are not enough mirrors in the porcelain workshops.
I have already told the prince once, and I also asked Sister Qing'er to mention it to the prince, but at present, the porcelain workshop cannot greatly increase the output in the short term.
In fact, Li Kuan has no plans to increase production in a short period of time.
No matter what kind of luxury goods it is, once it becomes a big road commodity, it can't afford to sell for a price.
As a luxury item in this period, Li Kuan is also ready to pick up a wave of wool from the nobles.
"Take out what you're selling and I'll take a look?"
Shopkeeper Cui pretended to be calm and entered the Treasure Pavilion, although he was startled by the "welcome" at the door, but his face did not show anything unusual.
Because he wasn't sure what the Treasure Pavilion was selling, Shopkeeper Cui simply said something vaguely.
"Please, I'll take one out for you to try."
In the Treasure Pavilion, although there are relatively few male customers like Shopkeeper Cui, it is not impossible.
So these female juniors who have been baptized for a few days don't feel that abnormal.
And Xiang'er doesn't come forward to guide customers in person, and as for the fact that the shopkeeper Cui is the shopkeeper of the fat powder shop, it is even more unclear.
In fact, from beginning to end, Xiang'er never knew who was taking care of the shops around the Treasure Pavilion.
She is full of confidence in the glass mirror of her home, and none of the mirror opponents around her is worth paying attention to.
"Guest officer, this is the glass mirror of the local sales store, looking at Datang, this is the only one, there is no semicolon."
"Glass mirror?"
Shopkeeper Cui didn't understand what glass was, but he couldn't be more familiar with the word mirror.
Although he didn't open the sandalwood box that seemed to be very exquisite in front of him, the shopkeeper Cui felt a little bad in his heart.
Could it be that it was really because of the Treasure Pavilion that the sales of copper mirrors in his shop began to decline?
Shopkeeper Cui worriedly turned his hand to the box in front of him.
Not to mention anything else, this sandalwood box alone is unique in its production, and there are even carvings on the surface of each box, and there are even one or two lines of poetry left on the side.
Just looking at this box, Shopkeeper Cui felt a kind of pressure.
"Guest officer, I'll take it out and show you!"
Without waiting for the shopkeeper Cui to be mentally prepared, a middle-aged and elderly face with a white face and a very good maintenance appeared in front of him.
"Huh? This...... This seems like me? Is this me? The shopkeeper Cui's heart chuckled, and he felt cold.