The British public bluff sells a foot of glass for ten taels of silver, and this kerosene lamp is only two taels, which is cheap enough. The source of Zhang Zhiji's glass spread in the aristocratic circle of the capital after the engagement of the second lady of his family and Wang Yue.

Xu Desheng nodded affirmatively and said, "Grandpa Guo, it is indeed two taels!" ”

Xu Yunzhen said with a smile: "Hehe, this kerosene lamp sells for ten taels and someone wants it, and it is so convenient to get up and light the kerosene lamp with a lighter in the future!" ”

Then he asked, "Then Wang Yue only sold us one, right?" ”

"Grandpa Guo," Xu Desheng said with some humility: "Then Wang Yue said, you can only sell it to us, but the price is allowed to be doubled at most." If it is exceeded, he will have to change to another buyer. And he also said that the kerosene lamps in their starting city only sold for four taels. ”

Xu Yunzhen thought for a while and said, "I understand, he's afraid that it will affect sales!" Set the price to death. And what's more, what else is good? ”

Xu Desheng continued: "Grandpa Guo, you see this is called a radiator, which is used for heating in winter, how much silver do you guess it is worth?" ”

"How much?"

"Sell by the pound, a pound and a penny of silver! Labor costs are rarely earned. He knocked on the boiler again and made a proper sound, "How is this steel?" ”

"Good steel, this is good steel!" Xu Yunzhen is also a person who loves to play with weapons, and he knows the quality of steel by listening to the sound.

He asked Xu Desheng: "What is the value of this?" ”

Xu Desheng laughed and said: "It is also a pound and a penny of silver, but it must be sold as a set with radiators." ”

"Shhh Xu Yunzhen gasped, "So cheap? ”

In ancient times, steelmaking mainly used the frying steel method and the steel filling method, followed by the hundred steelmaking method. The tapping rate is very low, and the carbon content is unstable, whether it is hard steel or soft steel, it depends on luck. Therefore, the price of steel is very high, generally nearly twenty times that of iron, and the difference between modern steel and iron is insignificant.

"Then Wang Yue is crazy? Such a good steel is also sold for a penny and a half cents of silver? Xu Yunzhen asked with a glare.

"Yes, Grandpa Guo, I bought this boiler without saying a word." Xu Desheng showed off.

"Good, well done, haha!" Xu Yunzhen was overjoyed.

Xu Desheng also laughed with him, as if Wang Yue was a Kaizi, stupidly selling steel as iron.

Wang Yue emphasized to Xu Desheng that this boiler cannot be disassembled for other purposes, and I don't know if he can listen to it, the boiler has a mezzanine, not all steel.

Xu Yunzhen was very satisfied after listening to Xu Desheng's introduction of kerosene, soap and sulfur soap. These are all unique businesses, and the goods are indeed very practical, and the market prospects are promising. Especially kerosene, as long as you buy a lighter and a kerosene lamp, you will still have to buy kerosene from the Dingguo Mansion in the future.

"Zhang Zhiji, that guy has found a good son-in-law. I heard that his glass business is booming, and he is making money every day! Xu Yunzhen said enviously.

"Grandpa Guo doesn't have to be presumptuous, the British government is the first, and we are also following closely." Xu Desheng thought to himself, don't you also have a daughter who is not married? But he didn't dare to say it.

"You've seen Wang Yue, what do you think of this son?" Xu Yunzhen is very interested in Wang Yue because this person is so special.

Xu Desheng didn't know why Dingguo Gong asked this, he carefully used his words and said: "Wang Yue is young, straightforward, shrewd, and young and ambitious, rich and rival the country. ”

Xu Yunzhen nodded and said, "I have long heard that the starting point city is extraordinary, but unfortunately because of my identity, I have never had the opportunity to see it." ”

Xu Desheng exclaimed: "As soon as I entered the starting point city, I thought I had arrived in a foreign country. The road surface is not smooth, there are high-rise buildings everywhere, especially the high-rise building in the middle of the city, which is at least dozens of feet high! ”

"He's overstepping!" Xu Yunzhen shook his head and said.

The news that the Dingguo Mansion had obtained the novelty goods from Wang Yue soon spread throughout the noble circle of the Jingshi. Then he put those items in his own shop in the Dingguo Mansion, and the sales scene became hot day by day.

The families with a bit of identity and status in the Jingshi couldn't sit still, so they sent housekeepers and stewards to the starting point city to discuss cooperation with Wang Yue. Even Empress Zhou's father, Zhou Kui, was no exception, and he also sent his own housekeeper Zhou Jie.

Wang Yue is very busy now, often running Shijingshan, and these people are always in the air. So Wang Yue agreed on a time to deal with it uniformly. In his words, this is called the first Starting Point City Commodity Fair. The venue is located in the hall on the first floor of the newly topped out municipal government building, and the hall on the first floor has been renovated. The building is still under construction, and the entire building will be completed until April next year.

The exhibited commodities include perfume, toilet water, wind oil essence, cool oil, all kinds of stoves, iron products, pressurized water well equipment, sewing machines, sewing needles, shovels and other agricultural tools, monosodium glutamate, bulk liquor, various iron pot steamers, steel nails of various sizes, kitchen knives, corn seeds, peanut seeds, etc., all of which have been produced and will be produced soon.

Salt was afraid of provoking the sensitive nerves of the imperial court, and Wang Yue was not ready to launch it, so he only retailed it internally. In addition, white sugar is also a good commodity, but it takes too long to produce it yourself, so it is not taken out.

After receiving Wang Yue's invitation, each family sent people to come, and on the day of the exhibition, those who rode horses, sat in sedan chairs, and those who sat in carriages entered the starting point city one after another.

People are full of praise for the city, it's so clean, it's so beautiful, it's so neat, there's so much they can't read, there's so much they want to buy. At the same time, they are also admiring the wealth of this place, every house is a glass window, is there any heavenly reason? One foot ten taels, tsk!

The exhibition was presided over by Li Maochang, who is now the general manager of the starting point city trading company, specializing in foreign trade.

The shopkeepers of the families of the royal relatives who came from Beijing were stunned by the height of the building, and were also stunned by the modern decoration facilities in the hall on the first floor.

"I've never seen such a tall building!" This man looked up at the roof, and his hat was gone.

"I'm dripping mother, twenty floors, covered in glass from top to bottom, is this the Crystal Palace?"

"One foot and ten taels of silver, this building is made of gold, right?"

"There's so much money to spend!"

"Come on in, it's even worse inside!"

"Is this Wang Sihua crazy? Jinluan Hall is not as luxurious as here! ”

"Tut-tut! I've lived so much of my life, and I've never seen anyone so rich! Ten million taels of silver in this building was not enough for him to build. ”

"I've heard from the Ministry of Works, this building is covered with a large piece of steel, I don't know how strong it is! Ten million taels of silver, I think it's too little. ”

"Is this still going to let people live?"

"Well, everyone be quiet, everyone be quiet!" Li Maochang was still talking after everyone came in, and he spoke and greeted. He can understand the feelings of these people, let alone these people, he feels that this building is so extravagant.

Seeing that everyone gradually quieted down, he continued: "Now I have invited the military department Langzhong, the Shuntianfu military preparation Wang Yue Wang Sihua to speak. ”

Li Maochang habitually applauded, but unfortunately no one responded, these people from Beijing didn't understand this etiquette at all. So he clapped a few times and applauded awkwardly.

Wang Yue said indifferently: "Welcome to the starting point city to participate in this commodity expo. We have prepared nearly 50 kinds of commodities for everyone, because the variety is limited, so each agency cannot act as an agent for more than three commodities. ”

"With half a year as the assessment period, if the sales of a certain company is not good, we will consider re-selecting the agent. The sales price of the goods cannot be more than double our wholesale price, and the sales scope is the area north of the Yangtze River. The area south of the Yangtze River is a free trade zone. ”

"I promise that within two years, the commodities that I will sell to you in the starting city will only be sold on my Wang Yue's private land, or in the area south of the Yangtze River, and the price will not be less than 1.8 times the price of the commodities sold. Please feel free to visit, if you have a favorite product, you can discuss cooperation with Mr. Li Maochang, the treasurer of our starting point City! ”

Li Maochang also said: "Please feel free to visit!" ”

In the areas south of the Yangtze River, especially in the south of the Yangtze River, Wang Yue did not plan to lose them all to the people of Jingshi. Now it is not as developed as in later generations, and there are not many people in Beijing who can extend their commercial tentacles to the south of the Yangtze River, so Wang Yue plans to develop this area by himself.

These people have nothing to say, Wang Yue does not compete with them, and leaves at least eighty percent of the profit margin. It is rare for people in Jingshi to go to the starting point city to buy things in order to be cheaper, this is more than 30 miles, and it is really not worth it.

After everyone figured it out, they locked their eyes on the various commodities on the surrounding platforms, ran over to watch, and asked the salesman in the starting point city in detail about the use and usage of various commodities. That's what they're here for, not this glittering skyscraper.

Of course, they would not have known that the thirty-odd miles would soon be shortened, that the roads were already under construction, and that transportation would soon follow.

Wang Yue flipped through the registered roster, and the people who came were basically nobles, relatives of the emperor and the country, as well as several businessmen who had been in business for generations, and few high-ranking officials in the court. It seems that those officials in the DPRK are very concerned about face, and I don't know if they will send people in private.