Although it is only May, Nanjing's mosquitoes have reached the point of "flying into the city, gathering thunder", and it is thanks to this "natural advantage" that Shi Yiwen has just created the "invincible" mosquito coil industry, which has become very prosperous as soon as it is put into the market.

Compared with the layman in the production of soap, Shi Yiwen has already considered the problem of large-scale production when making mosquito coils, although there are only a dozen workers in the factory, but the daily output is enough to produce more than 100,000 plates. Of course, this surge in production has a lot to do with the small mold he made, the so-called mold is very simple, it is a wooden box, there are ten incense trays on the mold, and then the medicine mud prepared according to the formula is filled into the disc-shaped mold box, and then compacted hard, and then buckled on the table, ten trays of mosquito coils tightly surrounded by each other are made......

Then it only needs to be sent to the oven to bake, and it only takes a few minutes for the mosquito coils to be freshly baked.

As for the sales side, it is even more smooth, and it is not even like a new thing like soap, and you still need to hire a "salesman".

Perhaps, Liu Nengde is not good at business, but as an intelligence officer's sensitivity, he chose to sell mosquito coils in the Guozijian on the side of Chengxian Street, because Guozijian is close to "Houhu, there are many mosquitoes in the summer and summer, and the land is humble and warm, the water and springs are dirty, and the prisoners go to the other side, and they will die of diseases", compared to ordinary people, these prisoners don't care about so much money, as long as they can drive away mosquitoes, and these prisoners who like to read at night with candles are themselves suffering from the smoke of mosquito smoke, listening to smokeless mosquito coils, Naturally, I am willing to spend a dozen dollars to give it a try.

This trial is not careful, but in just a few days, the reputation of "invincible" mosquito coils has spread all over Nanjing, and there are even scholars who specially wrote poems for it, smokeless and can repel mosquitoes "Invincible" mosquito coils, almost immediately replaced mosquito smoke that relies on smoke.

"All invincible" mosquito coil was quickly recognized by the market as soon as it was listed, compared with the old-style mosquito smoke, its smokeless effect may be very popular with the people, but what is more welcome is that it is extremely resistant to burning, a mosquito smoke two pennies, at most can only burn for one hour, and tobacco and better effect of mosquito coils, a plate can be burned for more than three hours, only four pennies can not only avoid the pain of smoke, but also burn longer, naturally let it quickly accept by the people.

Those who sold "mosquito smoke" in the past have also changed to sell mosquito coils, and every morning, outside the mosquito coil factory, there will be hundreds of hawkers lined up, waiting to buy mosquito coils to sell everywhere in the streets and alleys, for them, selling mosquito coils is their livelihood, they not only sell in the city, but also to the nearby markets, villages, it is also by these hawkers, mosquito coils this new type of thing quickly spread around Nanjing.

A box of ten plates of mosquito coils only costs 40 yuan a box, but 4 yuan can generally be lit all night, there is no smoke of mosquito smoke, only a faint fragrance. With such a high-quality and inexpensive thing, the market is naturally getting better and better. It was a prosperous time, and no one cared about these pennies. After all, a pound of firewood costs eight cents (1).

In just ten days, the turnover of the newly established "All Invincible" incense factory is actually thousands of taels, and after deducting costs and wages, the profit is still more than 1,000 taels.

In the face of such huge profits, Liu Nengde was frightened, especially when he heard that Shi Yiwen was going to expand production, in the face of soaring income, he didn't agree to the fifty-fifty split that he had said before, there was too much silver, and he didn't dare to ask for it. In the end, at his insistence, Shi Yiwen reluctantly agreed to divide the three-seven shares, and Liu Nengde accounted for thirty percent of the shares in the incense factory.

In fact, the reason why he resolutely gave up two percent of the shares was because Liu Nengde was intimidated by the windfall profits of mosquito coils.

"That, that, Childe, according to what you say, the factory will be expanded?"

Swallowing his saliva, Liu Nengde asked.

"Of course, we have to expand, take advantage of the hot sales, sell mosquito coils to other places outside Nanjing, this business is very seasonal, miss the opportunity, we have to wait for next year, if we don't expand production now, will we have to wait for next year? In a few years, mosquito coils will not be sold. ”

For the first time, Edwin discovered the potential for business in him, and he even thought of another thing when he mentioned its seasonality.

"Well, we still have to think about the business in a few months, the workers in the factory can't be idle, Brother Liu, otherwise, let's think about other deals? As for the sharing, it is still according to the previous agreed points, what do you think? ”

Looking at Liu Nengde with a smile, Shi Yiwen did not forget to continue to give Xiaohui, it is the people's hearts that have not changed for thousands of years, and if you want to win the hearts of the people, the easiest way is to allow people to be rich and prosperous, today we can partner in making mosquito coils, and tomorrow we can also partner in other businesses. Backed by hundreds of years of knowledge ahead of his time, it is just a gesture to make a small fortune for the people around him.

"So, so...... Thank you so much! ”

In the face of the generosity of the son, Liu Nengde naturally looked grateful, and even became more and more grateful to Liu Jinjiang, thinking about how to help him get a thousand households.

Facts have proved that even if it is a new thing, as long as it is needed by the people, it will soon sell well and become popular, and the fluency and even spread of mosquito coils far exceed that of soap, firstly because it is cheaper, and secondly, because it is indeed very easy to use. Even ordinary people, who usually use homemade mugwort mosquitoes, will buy a few plates of mosquito coils.

This is still the case for ordinary people, let alone a wealthy family?

When the faint fragrance spread in the room, Song Renjie, who was reading a book, frowned sometimes when he looked at the mosquito coil on the table.

"With it, you don't have to think about being bitten by mosquitoes anymore, this person's intelligence is indeed beyond the reach of ordinary people, such a one-in-one buckle, a plate of incense actually turned into two plates, just this thought, ordinary people may not really think of such an idea......"

When he praised the ingenious production of mosquito coils, his brows frowned again, and his eyes staring at mosquito coils became more and more complicated.

After pondering for a moment, he once again set his eyes on the table, looking at the soap on the table, his eyes flashed, and he couldn't help but exclaim.

"This niece of the Tang family is really not simple!"

After talking to himself, Song Renjie stood up and paced back and forth in the room, and after a long time, he suddenly slapped his palms as if he had made a decision.

"Perhaps, that's a good idea......

Immediately shouted outside the door.

"Defu, come over ......"

(1) "Zhejiang Academic Journal" 2016 No. 2 "Price Fluctuations and Consumer Expenditure in the Ming Dynasty - and the Quality of Life of Ming Dynasty People" recorded that firewood is worth 800 wen per 100 catties.