Li Yanqing did not take his father to heart about the two competitors, he felt that as long as Baoyanzhai continued to innovate, abide by quality, and accumulate steadily, he would definitely be invincible, and today he saw the Yujin Lou rouge shop opened by the Wang family with his own eyes, and he suddenly realized two other important factors, that is, power and capital.

The site of the Yujin Lou Rouge Shop should have been Yao Santuanzi Pastry Shop, which is a famous pastry shop in the capital, and now it has become the Yujin Lou Rouge Shop, which is obviously the result of the rampant power, the store has not changed, but the door is rebuilt, built to be splendid, and the brocade is tied into a variety of flowers, which looks like a cluster of flowers, particularly eye-catching, and it is actually a two-story shop, which is more magnificent than Bao Yan Zhai.

The shop was crowded with rouge buyers, but most of them seemed to be ordinary people, and they were noisy and shouting, like a vegetable market, and there was no gorgeous and arrogant lady to be seen.

Two beautiful female clerks greeted customers at the door, and two very small tents were also built next to them, one selling balsam and the other convenient for men to buy rouge, completely modeled after Bao Yan Zhai, without any creativity themselves.

Li Yanqing walked to the front of the men's shop, and inside were two young women dressed very charmingly, and beckoned to Li Yanqing in a coquettish voice: "The official should buy a treasure box for the lady!" ”

Bao Yan Zhai's rouge treasure box is divided into two kinds of blue treasure box and red treasure box, they are also used in the east, divided into two kinds of gold treasure box and silver treasure box, the gold treasure box is slightly expensive, twenty yuan one, silver treasure box only ten money, there are a lot of dazzling inside, from rouge to perfume, from eyebrow pencil, eyebrow ink to powder, as well as lip grease, sachet, everything.

"Bao Yan Zhai costs fifty yuan for a red treasure box, but your gold treasure box only costs twenty yuan, can the contents be compared?"

One of the female clerks pouted, "How much does Baoyanzhai make you with a red treasure box, our things are not worse than it at all, but we don't make money for the time being, and the officials want to be the wrongdoer, just go to Baoyanzhai." ”

"Alright! Bring me a golden treasure box. ”

The female clerk immediately smiled all over her face, took out a cloth bag and put a golden treasure box for Li Yanqing, "The official gives it to you!" ”

Li Yanqing handed them a twenty-pass meeting, carried the bag and walked to the Zhu Skull Teahouse next door, and the two female clerks shouted behind them: "Welcome to the official again!" ”

Li Yanqing walked into the Zhu Skull Teahouse, and immediately felt cool, there were large water tanks filled with ice cubes in the four corners of the lobby, which made the temperature in the store much lower than outside, and there would be a little maid behind each guest with a fan, and the cool breeze was blowing, of course, the wool was out of the sheep, and the minimum consumption of the teahouse also rose from five taels of silver to six taels of silver.

As soon as Li Yanqing walked into the lobby, someone suddenly shouted, "Yanqing! ”

This voice was very familiar, Li Yanqing immediately saw it, there was a big fat man sitting in the corner of the room, it was Zheng Rongtai who had not been seen for several years, Zheng Rongtai jumped up excitedly, stepped forward and hugged Li Yanqing tightly, almost strangled him out of breath.

Li Yanqing pushed him away hard, "On such a hot day, you kid shouldn't be so affectionate!" ”

I haven't seen it for a few years, Zheng Rongtai has darkened a lot, and his body is strong, although his body is still so big, but he was originally obese, but now he has become fat and strong, and his body is much more flexible than before, and he can actually jump up just now.

Li Yanqing punched him in the shoulder and smiled: "It's right that I advise you to go to sea!" ”

Zheng Rongtai smiled, "It's really good to be able to sleep with all kinds of women when you go to sea!" ”

"You kid is a little promising, okay!"

"Nature! What does it matter. ”

Zheng Rongtai said as he pulled Li Yanqing to his table and introduced him to his companion who was drinking tea together, a yellow-faced man in his twenties, "This is Sun Daya, you should have seen it in Taixue before." ”

Li Yanqing suddenly remembered, it seemed to be Cai Jing's godgrandson, a well-informed person with hands and eyes, it turned out that he was also a student, Li Yanqing hurriedly hugged his fists and smiled: "It turned out to be Brother Sun, I haven't seen him for several years." ”

With Li Yanqing's fame now, Sun Daya does not dare to slack off, and he himself is also very active and very good at dealing with people, he quickly got up and returned the salute with a smile: "Brother Yanqing has always been a hero I worship, and when I meet today, my younger brother feels very honored." ”

"Heroes can't be talked about, we're all classmates and friends!"

"That's right! Right! Right! They are all classmates who have learned too much, please take a seat! ”

Li Yanqing sat down, and Zheng Rongtai asked with a smile: "I heard that you went to Ezhou to be a county magistrate, when did you return to Beijing?" ”

"Only came back yesterday! Chubby, what about you, when did you come back? ”

Li Yanqing casually said 'little fat', which made Zheng Rongtai feel very cordial, he squinted his mung bean eyes and said: "I haven't gone to sea this year, hey!" I've gained a lot of weight, and if you had seen me last year, I would have looked different, tall and strong, but now I listen to you, and I swim in the water for an hour every day, and I'm starting to lose weight again. ”

At this time, Li Yanqing felt a cool breeze blowing behind him, and he was suddenly refreshed, and when he turned around, it turned out to be a teenage girl fanning him.

Sun Daya smiled: "The lobby is cooler than the elegant room, and the elegant room is a little stuffy." ”

Zheng Rongtai's eyes were very poisonous, and when he saw the treasure box of Yujin Tower in Li Yanqing's hand, he was surprised: "Why are you holding the treasure box of Yujin Tower?" ”

"I only came back yesterday, and I heard from my father that there are two more competitors, Yujinlou and Yuyantang, so I bought one and took a look."

"What's so good-looking, my mother doesn't look down on it at all, she said that this is a low-grade product used by women in the market, and she only recognizes Baoyan Zhai."

Sun Daya also smiled: "Yujinlou and Yuyantang are indeed very wrong, they actually want to use low prices to squeeze down Baoyanzhai, but they have left themselves with the reputation of low-grade goods, real big families, high-ranking officials and nobles, who cares about that little money, so you look at the Yujintang next door, it is made brilliant, and it turns out that it is full of market women." ”

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "It's not bad to take the civilian route, it's a small profit but a quick turnover!" ”

He opened the treasure box, took out the balsam inside and wiped it, although it was also smooth, but it still lacked a warm and delicate feel, and stole the process of Baoyan Zhai, but he did not learn the essence, Baoyan Zhai's balsam is made of tallow, so the cost is very high, and this should be made of pork fat, the same raw material as Li Ji rouge.

Li Yanqing took out another bottle of perfume, the grade of the porcelain bottle is low, Baoyan Zhai uses a glass bottle, and the taste of this perfume is unusually strong, the incense is too much, it can only be said that there is a problem with the vision, this rich fragrance is really liked by women in the market, and the ladies of Daguan prefer a faint fragrance, which is the manifestation of lack of heritage, although the Wang family is willing to invest money to expand the scale, but they have not worked the quality, let alone carefully study the psychology of customers.

Such a rouge shop still wants to squeeze Bao Yan Zhai, it's just a daydream, and when Bao Yan Zhai buys an ancient brand, he starts to make cheap rouge, and sees who can squeeze who in the end.

Li Yanqing suddenly lost interest, and casually handed the treasure box to the little lady who was playing a fan behind him, "This is for you!" ”

The little lady was so frightened that she was at a loss, and only timidly took the treasure box after a while, ran away with a smoke, and soon ran back with a red face, and fanned Li Yanqing even harder.

Li Yanqing took a sip of tea and asked Zheng Rongtai with a smile, "What are you doing now?" ”

Zheng Rongtai sighed, "What else can I do, inherit the ancestral business and run the house!" ”

"This requires a lot of capital!"

"Not only the capital, but also the vision, to be honest, I admire your father the most, he actually bought so much land and houses in Hangzhou, he has the courage, and the big tooth also persuaded me to buy a house in Suzhou and Hangzhou."

Li Yanqing was a little surprised, and asked with a smile, "What does Brother Sun think?" ”

Sun Daya said slowly: "Yanqing has been in the south, may not know much about the situation in the north, now there is a saying in the government and the opposition, the Song army's 250,000 army of the Northern Expedition was defeated by the 40,000 weak brigades of the Liao State, exposing his weak foundation to the Jin State, and once the strong Jin State destroys the Liao State, it is likely to take advantage of the situation to sweep south, Hebei is a plain, there is no danger to defend at all, if it is winter, the Yellow River freezes, and the tiger wolf Jin soldiers will kill the capital in one go, everyone is very worried, so now the housing prices in the capital have begun to fall, You can go to the various tooth shops to see, there are a lot of houses for sale, Brother Zheng wants to take the opportunity to eat, I will persuade him to understand the reasons for the fall in housing prices, and it is best to go to Suzhou and Hangzhou to buy houses and land. ”

Li Yanqing nodded secretly, this Sun Daya is worthy of being a well-informed person, very discerning, and he has actually seen the signs.

Li Yanqing also smiled: "It is indeed a wise move to buy a house in Suzhou and Hangzhou, especially by the West Lake, and the house price will more than double in the future." ”

Zheng Rongtai said happily: "Since Yanqing also said so, then I will go to Suzhou and Hangzhou tomorrow to have a look." ”

At this time, Sun Daya smiled at Li Yanqing again: "I have a piece of news, maybe Yanqing will be interested." ”