After everyone had agreed on all the details, it was already past dinner time, Qin Baichuan originally planned to instruct someone to cook in the spring breeze, but Chen Heming and others resolutely disagreed, and they had to say that there was a meat and steamed bun hot pot restaurant on both sides of Jiangling, and Qin Baichuan had to be slaughtered.

Anyway, Qu Xi reserved a lot of silver in the Baihua Workshop as operating funds, and Qin Baichuan was not stingy, so he asked Meng Xiaoling to go to Qin Ji to get hot pot utensils, and instructed Chunfeng to buy all kinds of dishes, and everyone went up to help and have a lively big pot meal.

Looking at the harmony between the top and bottom of the Hundred Flowers Workshop, Tan Jiaotou felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and he even wondered if he had always followed the Lord to "do great things", and now he was a little ignoring the happiness of ordinary people? When Tan Jiaotou was thinking about it, Sun Dahai quietly came to Qin Baichuan's side: "Master Qinfang." ”

"Oh, Master Sun has something to say?" Although Sun Dahai is not good in Qin Baichuan's heart, he should use people to be long, and Qin Baichuan doesn't have much opinion of him.

"Hmm." Sun Dahai nodded, and then glanced at Tan Jiao.

"Sir, if it's inconvenient, I'll leave." Although Tan Jiaotou came to monitor Qin Baichuan, the main task was to see if he had broken the agreement, and what they discussed today was how to develop the Hundred Flowers Workshop, this kind of thing didn't matter at all, he was simply generous.

"There is nothing to say to others, since he is Qin's brother, there is nothing to hide." Qin Baichuan rejected this proposal and looked frank: "Master Sun, if you have something to say, you might as well say it directly." ”

"Yes." Sun Dahai was only a symbolic inquiry, and when Qin Baichuan gave instructions, he said: "In the discussion, the owner finally ordered that everyone will start preparing tomorrow...... Well, owner, I think it's a bit too rushed, and something is wrong. ”

"What's wrong?" Qin Baichuan asked.

"The methods used by the owners to promote are all unpredictable, and I believe that once it is put into operation, it will inevitably cause huge repercussions in Gangneung, and all parties will send orders...... But don't forget, it's the middle of winter, and although some of the Xiao family's medicinal herbs are piled up in our warehouse, there are no flowers. Sun Dahai was a little embarrassed and said: "There is still a little inventory of finished rouge products in the warehouse, but there are ...... in those samples."

Sun Dahai didn't say any more, but Qin Baichuan already understood that those samples naturally contained mercury and arsenic. After Qin Baichuan nodded and understood Sun Dahai's concerns, he continued: "Owner, according to past experience, March every year is the time for a large supply of rouge, I am afraid that the owner will invest manpower and material resources now, and it will inevitably waste a lot of silver, and besides, when it is in March, this heat will pass, and it will also affect our rouge sales." ”

Qin Baichuan nodded slightly, this Sun Dahai had just changed his master, and he made some suggestions to prove his worth. From the perspective of Sun Dahai and Dasong rouge production technology, what he said is also reasonable. If it was changed to before, Qin Baichuan would not be in a hurry, but now it is different, he must put the Baihua Workshop on the track as soon as possible, and then play with Cheng Xingyun.

"The owner, this is all Sun's shallow opinion, how the owner finally decides, Sun obeys." After saying his suggestion, Sun Dahai bowed and hugged his fists again, having been a master in the Cheng family for so many years, he was convinced of the ancient adage of "doing things involuntarily, and it is useless to die of exhaustion".

"Master Sun, you are an insider, so Qin only asked." Qin Baichuan directly asked the point: "What is the proportion of flowers in the rouge formula, and how much effect can it have?" ”

"Owner, the effect is not very easy to evaluate." Speaking of his profession, Sun Dahai suddenly had confidence: "The proportion of flowers in the rouge formula also depends on the cost, generally speaking, it should occupy 30%. In the past, the Cheng family's rouge also added flowers, but they were all ground into powder, which was completely different from the concept of distilling the essence of plants and trees proposed by the owner. After all, the owner of the workshop has just run the rouge business, and I dare not boast about the oversized Haikou, but one thing can be guaranteed, the essence of plants and trees extracted by distillation has a large demand for flowers, and it is absolutely superior to Cheng's family in terms of effect. ”

Qin Baichuan didn't speak, Sun Dahai took out a notebook from his body, which recorded all the inventory, he looked at it for a long time, and then said: "Owner, the Cheng family has laid the foundation in the Hundred Flowers Workshop, and the Xiao family has also transported a lot of medicinal materials behind, but due to the season, the big owner only provides some dried flowers. In normal proportions, our flowers can be made into a maximum of thousands of boxes of rouge, which are three times the salary during this time, according to the owner...... On average, the cost of each box of rouge is as high as two taels of silver, which is by no means affordable for ordinary people. ”

Sun probably grinned a little embarrassed, according to the meaning of the previous Qin Fang owner, now the reputation of Baihua Workshop in Jiangling is not very good, so the first task at this stage is to reduce the cost, so that more people can try to accept, and after having a certain reputation, the customers will be classified. But now the problem is troublesome, two taels of silver is just the cost, and ordinary people can't afford it.

"Brother Tan, what do you think about this matter?" Qin Baichuan really doesn't seem to treat Tan Jiaotou as an outsider, and sincerely asks for advice.

"Sir, this ......" Tan Jiaotou originally wanted to say that he didn't understand the things in the mall, but Qin Baichuan's eyes were deep, and he seemed to have prepared his rhetoric, so he could only grit his teeth and say: "As Master Sun said, if you want to reduce the cost, you can only start with the craftsman's salary." ”

Sun Dahai nodded, but Qin Baichuan shook his head: "Those craftsmen came out to make a living just to make a few more silver, and I'm not a vampire, so how can I treat them badly in order to make more silver?" ”

Qin Baichuan paused for a long time, looking at Tan Jiaotou with a smile. Tan Jiaotou also immediately understood, Qin Baichuan deliberately asked in one more move, obviously to tell him that Qin Baichuan can still be benevolent and righteous towards craftsmen, let alone to them?

"I wish Mr. Wen a high opinion." Tan Jiaotou hugged his fists.

"Brother Tan is right, deducting the salary of craftsmen is indeed a way to reduce the cost, but Qin can't bear it." Qin Baichuan emphasized, and then said slowly: "Since the salary of the craftsman cannot be moved, then start with the raw materials." ”

"Start with raw materials?" Sun Dahai frowned and said, "Sir, but you want to reduce the input of medicinal herbs and flowers?" In that case, although the quantity can be more, the amount can be insufficient, and it is inevitable that there will be a suspicion of cutting corners. ”

Qin Baichuan smiled incomprehensibly, the core of his rouge concept was asceticism, and the rest of the medicinal herbs or flowers were nothing more than icing on the cake. He waved his hand to let Sun Dahai come over with his ear, and said a few words in a low voice, only to see Sun Dahai's face was broad, and there was even a trace of horror in his voice: "Fang master, this is ...... How does this work? ”

"Why not?" Qin Baichuan asked rhetorically.

"Owner, rouge gouache is directly used on the surface of the body, if you add those messy things to the rouge, wouldn't it harm the people?" Although Sun Dahai betrayed Cheng Yangtian, in essence, he is also a technical craftsman, and he must have a serious and responsible attitude towards the products developed: "Owner, please forgive me, these things you said can certainly reduce the cost, but once there is an accident, the government will investigate it, and the Baihua Workshop is afraid that it will be closed!" ”

Sun Dahai's face was impatient, and his tone increased a few points, Tan Jiaotou didn't know what Qin Baichuan told him, and he wanted to inquire, but this thing seemed to involve trade secrets, and he couldn't speak.

"Sect Leader Tan, you help persuade the owner." Qin Baichuan smiled and said nothing, that Sun Dahai thought that Tan Jiaotou had a good personal relationship with Qin Baichuan, and when he saw that he persuaded the owner of the immovable workshop, he asked Tan Jiaotou for help.

"Let's ...... slowly" Tan Jiaotou hurriedly waved his hand and looked at Qin Baichuan as if asking.

"Brother Tan is not an outsider, let's say it." Qin Baichuan was very generous: "But it's also in vain, Brother Tan will support my approach." ”

Waiting for Qin Baichuan to agree, Sun Dahai spoke: "Tan Jiaotou, the owner just told me that as long as all the raw materials are halved, the quantity will be doubled, as for the quantity, he said that you can dig the sludge at the bottom of the river, or find some low-lying muddy places, collect some weeds and leaves, crush them, and fill them." I think that although this method can achieve the purpose of reducing the cost, it is extremely undesirable! ”

"That's ......" Tan Jiaotou was a little entangled, Qin Baichuan's approach was really unbusiness, from his point of view, he had neither the qualifications nor the need to persuade Qin Baichuan, so he could only say tentatively: "Mr. Qin, this seems to be a bit of a deception?" ”

"Deception?" Qin Baichuan smiled disapprerovingly, his method came from those modern Jianghu doctors.

It is rumored that at the time of the reform and opening up, rural farmers in some places put on white coats to act as doctors, and after receiving the patient's symptoms, they found an excuse to leave, went back to read the medical book, and then made a diagnosis. As for the medicinal materials prescribed, it is even more outrageous, collecting some bark and leaves in the mountains and selling them as medicinal materials, which cannot cure diseases and eat the dead, which is how the primitive accumulation of capital is completed.

"Brother Tan is a man in the rivers and lakes, do you know what to do after the beast is injured?" Qin Baichuan looked at Sun Dahai in turn, and then at Tan Jiaotou, and without waiting for them to open their mouths, they asked themselves and replied: "If they are slightly injured, the beasts will lick the wounds with spit, and if they are seriously injured, they will find a swamp and soak their bodies in it." The sludge has accumulated over time, and the soil contains medicinal power...... In this way, why can't Qin take sludge from the river? ”

"This ......" Tan Jiaotou and Sun Dahai were suddenly speechless, Qin Baichuan swore by it, and they had no way to refute it.

Qin Baichuan's tone softened: "By adding silt to the rouge, Qin can guarantee that the effect will be twice as good, which is also the biggest reliance for the owner of Qu Zhuang to dare to get involved in the rouge business." This is what people often say, what you don't know is not exchanged, and what you know is worthless. ”

"Owner, are you serious?" Sun Dahai still didn't believe it: "Could it be that the owner of Qu Zhuang has already tried it on his own?" ”

"It's easy to distinguish between true and false, Master Sun, do what Qin wants, and produce the first batch of rouge, so that the housekeepers and maids in the workshop can try it first, if it is effective and there are no side effects, how about promoting it?" Qin Baichuan said with a smile: "This is the biggest secret of the Hundred Flowers Workshop, and at present, only the owner of Qu Zhuang, you, me, Deputy Master Meng and Brother Tan know that once he leaks it out in the future, it will ......."

Qin Baichuan narrowed his eyes, he mentioned the sludge stubble and deliberately threw out a smoke bomb, but it was completely different in the ears of Sun Dahai and Tan Jiaotou. Sun Dahai believes that the owner told himself the biggest secret of the Hundred Flowers Workshop, that is, he did not regard himself as an outsider; But Tan Jiaotou was thinking that if he leaked the secret to himself, if he publicized it himself, even if it reached the ears of the Lord, Qin Baichuan would have to use the topic to play.

Although the two of them had their own concerns, they both nodded vigorously at Qin Baichuan, indicating that they would never leak half a sentence.