"That's a good business!" After attending the party again today, Lin Liu, who came to check the accounts by the way, said with some surprise.

He knew that there was a certain market for matches, but he didn't expect the market to be so big, how long has the store been open, except for the two big heads of silver that bought the Zhuangzi shop to buy out the workers' deed of sale, the usual expenses can be balanced.

Although Lin Liu's purchase of matches is mainly aimed at the middle and high classes, so the price is not the price of cabbage like lighters in later generations, but his cost is also a lot higher, because Lin Liu is not a completely copied match in later generations, he did not use a paper box but a wooden box, and the wood is not worth much now, otherwise the cost will go up.

This is not because Lin Liu lacks heart and eyes, but in ancient times, the cost of cardboard boxes was much more expensive than wooden boxes, and Lin Liu's capital was not enough, so he naturally chose to be cheaper.

As a businessman with a bottom line, Lin Liu set a standard wooden box with 30 candle sticks, which can be used for at least half a month, they have only opened the store for more than half a month, there should not be many returning customers, and it should be a month or two before the business improves, so Lin Liu felt quite surprised, could it be that Gu Ming is a business genius?

Gu Ming herself also felt that she had done a good job, so in the face of Lin Liu's surprised expression, she quietly straightened her chest and said with a smile: "Second Master doesn't know, in your eyes, this candlestick is used to light candles and firewood, but in front of others, this candle stick is used to light tobacco." ”

Needless to say, Lin Liu, who was an old smoker in his previous life, instantly understood why his business was so good.

Chinese people know about smoking, probably during the reign of Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty. The Portuguese live in Macao, and the Portuguese have been smoking for a long time, and it has been said that it is a fact that they have not changed their habits when they come to live in Macao. However, although tobacco was known to exist at that time, no one had imported it directly, and no one smoked it.

The trend of smoking began in the time of the Myojin sect, when traders described tobacco as a cure-all for all diseases, attracting people to smoke it. Later, Emperor Chongzhen believed that the whole country was planting tobacco, which was a thing that shook the national foundation of the farming country, and once banned smoking, and the Qing Dynasty in history has always banned smoking on the bright side.

But in the Zhong Dynasty, the imperial court did not ban smoking, because Zhong Taizu thought that smoking was a personal behavior, how could he not smoke if he didn't smoke, and it was useless to ban what he wanted to smoke.

However, although the Zhong Dynasty did not ban smoking, because it was afraid of shaking the country's foundation, the land was taken to grow tobacco, so it was specially divided into several areas for planting, and the cultivation of tobacco was strictly prohibited in other places.

Therefore, the smokers of the Zhong Dynasty are not said to be comparable to later generations, but there are many of them. In particular, people from meritorious families of royal relatives can't put it down, many of them are old smokers, even if they know that smoking is harmful to health, they still can't help but smoke.

But in ancient times, there was no lighter, everyone usually smoked with a flint to light a candle or an oil lamp, and then directly put the tobacco on the cigarette stick near the candle or oil lamp to light the tobacco, and the powerful or a little more particular about the family first used an open flame to light the cigarette eyebrows, and then used the ignited cigarette eyebrows to light the tobacco.

But where is it convenient to have matches, you have matches in hand, and you can suck them wherever you want. Especially when the smoking addiction comes outside, others have to toss all kinds of tosses, or forcibly endure it, but they can indifferently take out a match and lightly swipe the first to light the tobacco.

As long as there is one person who tastes the sweetness, there must be countless followers behind him.

Lin Liu forgot about this when he opened the store, although Master Lin also smoked, he was not addicted to smoking, and he never smoked in front of Lin Liu and Lin Ruhai. In addition, he collected a lot of money before he crossed, and many people liked snuff bottles, which were in small bottles, and naturally Lin Liu didn't think of this stubble.

Hehe, unintentionally inserted willows into the shade!

Lin Liu's heart was happy, no one was too happy with this kind of unexpected good thing, so he asked quite casually: "What do you say directly?" ”

"The second master has two things, one is that some businessmen come to the door and say that they want to cooperate with us, they want to buy this candle stick in large quantities at a low price, I went to inquire, these people want to sell it at a high price." Gu Ming's work is still in place.

This kind of thing is not strange at all, the businessmen are a group of sharks who rush up when they smell blood, if it is the Lin family standing behind Gu Ming, I am afraid that these businessmen will not come to the door to ask for cooperation, but directly rob it.

"Well, there's one more thing!" Lin Liu asked.

"Another thing, I accidentally saw, the candle sticks we sell are all packed in wooden boxes, but I saw that after someone bought them back, they secretly changed their appearance and replaced them with gold boxes, I wonder if we can also get some candle stick boxes that look like they can get their hands on." Gu Ming is indeed very business-minded and very flexible.

Indeed, the wooden box is really not up to grade, and it is not enough to take it out and put it in place! And their household is the lowest-grade wood, if they replace it with rosewood and huanghuali, it will be enough grade.

Lin Liu thought for a while and said: "Cooperation can be discussed, it doesn't matter if the quantity is large and the price is discounted, small profits but quick turnover, but we can't let them play our signboard." As for the matter of the box...... "What Gu Ming said was indeed another negligence of Lin Liu.

After thinking about it, Lin Liu said with a big brain: "You can indeed try to use other materials to do, such as gold, silver, copper, porcelain, wood, bamboo, jade, bone, etc., which can be painted or carved out of all kinds of patterns, and the shape of the box can also be various, such as triangles, hexagons, cylindricals, diamonds, etc., and you can also refer to the purse sachet to make a box that is convenient to put on the body. ”

There is no need to reply, it does not mean that Lin Liu will completely ignore this matter, he will still check the accounts, although there are now masters of accounting, but Lin Liu was an expert in this area in his previous life, and he can't deceive him in this matter.

After listening to this, Gu Ming almost wanted to kneel down for Lin Liu, he didn't expect that just by mentioning it, his second master would be able to say so many ideas, and he would be the first to say.

At this moment, he can be regarded as completely relieved, even if the second master will be suppressed by his wife and uncle in the future, and he will not be able to become an official, but he will not starve to death with this business talent. It is best to follow such a master, you not only have a future but also a way out, how good!