Chapter 225: Coaxing

The matter of Du Yun, the servant of the ministry, being poisoned, was dealt with in this way with the participation of everyone.

In the afternoon of the same day, the news was revealed, and it was so fast that it spread all over the streets and alleys by the evening, and people talked about it.

"Eh, have you heard? It turns out that Master Du died of a relapse of serious illness, not poisoned by spicy strips!"

"What? Really? But didn't you say ...... in the morning?"

"You don't know about this, right? It was a rumor before, and the subordinates of Du Mansion didn't understand anything, so they talked nonsense! I heard that the person who maliciously spread it was also dragged into a prison and beheaded ......."

When a person next to him heard this, he also came over and gossiped: "This doesn't count! Even His Majesty was shocked by this matter, and personally went to Du Mansion to ask a doctor to examine it, and only then did he find out the truth!"

When the two people before heard this, they were taken aback: "This matter has caused trouble to Your Majesty?!"

"Not only that, but I heard that Your Majesty just wanted to justify the name of the spicy noodles, so I took a break from my busy schedule, and even Your Majesty praised this spicy noodles, and I would eat a few packs every day......" replied halfway through.

One of them was immediately distracted, and a trace of saliva involuntarily flowed from his mouth, and he muttered, "Even Your Majesty said delicious spicy noodles...... How delicious this is......"

The remaining two glanced at each other, shook their heads helplessly, and expressed their admiration for the foodie.

......

Conversations like this are happening in every corner of the city, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is someone secretly stirring up the flames and deliberately spreading such news in order to divert everyone's attention.

But they chose to remain silent very tacitly, and some even pushed it easily.

Because they know: who's behind it!

As the highest point of the Tianchen Kingdom's power, since Xia Xinghai had acquiesced in this, why should they be bored?

Soon, more and more people focused on spicy strips.

Such a small bag of snacks turned out to be the fuse that stirred up the situation in the city!

Everyone's interest was immediately attracted by it, and gradually, I don't know who began to spread it, and the fact that the spicy strips cured General Gu also added fuel and vinegar to it, and spread the spicy strips to his god, saying that the cure for all diseases, the medicine to eliminate the disease, and the century-old elixir......

Finally, there are even those who tout that it makes men more durable!

wtf?!!!

If Wu Fan in the academy heard this, he would definitely be angry.

Why is God more durable...... It's a bit of a possibility!

But the authorities are fascinated!

Some of the other nobles who didn't know the ins and outs of the matter were red-eyed, regardless of the miraculous effect of the spicy strips being blown, just talking about the fact that His Majesty likes to eat them, it is worth making them restless!

If you can climb to Your Majesty with the help of the spicy line, or improve your relationship with Your Majesty...... This is a golden opportunity!

Just imagine: when His Majesty met a certain nobleman, during the small talk, he 'accidentally' learned that both of them liked to eat spicy noodles, and then the two talked about it, expressing their opinions and hating each other......

Isn't this what a living thing and His Majesty have in common?

You have to cultivate anything!

So, in the evening, there were many servants from various noble mansions in Shengchen City, and they inquired about the location of the herb shop that sold spicy noodles, and they rushed to be the first to buy it!

There was even a bounty: if someone told him the exact news, he would be rewarded with a thousand gold coins!

As soon as this bounty was taken out, not only the noble circle, but also the people of the entire Shengchen City went crazy.

Not to mention the ideal situation that if you find it first, you can store a large number of spicy noodles in advance, and then slowly raise the price to make a lot of money, but just looking at these 1,000 gold coins is enough to make the people at the bottom put down their work and desperately want to find it!

This is a family of three rations for several years or even decades!

So, in the evening, all the herb shops in the city were destroyed.

Either they were rummaged through the boxes and cabinets looking for spicy strips, or the boss was pulled out and forced to ask......

The whole store came down, and it was a mess.

It was finally cleaned up, but the second group of people looking for it came again, and the same scene reappeared......

Therefore, in just one night, all the owners of the herb shops remembered two words: spicy strips!

A boss threatened: In the future, whoever says two words in front of him again, he will chase him with a knife and cut ......

They were really tortured and miserable, even if they went to report to the official, the people in the official palace seemed to have received some will from the top, and they loved to ignore it, and only said that it was delayed.

Some nobles wanted to take a shortcut, so they secretly ran over to ask General Gu, and brought some gifts, but they couldn't even enter the door, so they could only look at the wall and sigh......

With the efforts of the people of the city, in the early morning of the next day, I finally found the remote herb shop in the southwest corner!

Li Wancai was woken up.

Yesterday afternoon, he received all the leftover spicy noodles sent by General Gu, and he put them away in the store one by one.

After a day of traveling, he was so exhausted that he fell asleep in the store, missing the changes and wonderful scenes in the city, and he didn't know what was going on in the outside world.

He only knew that he was woken up by a forced knock on the door when he was sleeping the most comfortable.

"Who's coming to buy something so early, you're sick......"

Li Wancai grunted and opened the door of the store.

The next moment, he was dumbfounded.

I saw a group of black people outside the shop, some of their faces were excited, as if they were ecstatic to finally be able to see the legendary spicy strips, some were very anxious, as if they wanted to complete the task assigned by the master as soon as possible, and some of them shook their throats and secretly swallowed saliva, needless to say, they all knew what he had in mind!

"What are you going to do?"

Li Wancai asked stunned, he really couldn't think of what so many people were going to do together?

Don't...... Are you ready to rob our old Li's spicy strips?

Woowoo......

Spicy strip baby, you are so cute, you attract everyone's covetousness

Coveted, one wave just flattened, and another wave rose again......

It seems that today, my Lao Li can't protect your safety!

"May I ask you if you sell spicy strips?"

A domestic servant Xu was reminded by his master and asked very politely.

The others also watched from behind honestly, and there was no chaos of crowd looting.

Seeing such a respectful attitude of the servant, Li Wancai's heart relaxed a little, he thought about it for a while, and replied, "I sell spicy noodles...... But also sell herbs, is there a need?"

Hearing the first half of the sentence, everyone's eyes suddenly became hot, and after searching all night, they almost turned Shengchen City upside down, and almost dug underneath!

Finally, I found a missing herb shop in this small corner of the corner......

Fortunately, they did not disappoint.

But when they heard the second half of the sentence, some people couldn't help but roll their eyes: We are here to sell spicy strips, what do you want this herb for?

There are many herb shops in the city, as for the special purchase of them from you?

Your spicy strips are on fire!

It's on fire...... Do you understand?

The servant also froze for a moment, but he quickly came back to his senses and smiled: "That's great, we just want to buy spicy noodles, what is the price? How many packs do you have?"

Li Wancai didn't rush to answer his question, but looked at the crowd behind him with a look of his own eyes, and smacked his tongue: "I'm a slot! There are so many people, even one bag per person is not enough!"

The crowd didn't understand his strange dialect 'mouth' a little bit, but that didn't stop them from hearing the next sentence clearly.

Suddenly, someone understood: I'm afraid that someone is going to return in vain today!

It's just that this person must not be himself!

Thinking of this, everyone's breathing became a little shorter, for fear that one would accidentally fall behind.

Li Wancai continued to mutter: "The price is not expensive, but there are too many of you, and it is not good for me to refuse anyone!"

Don't look at Li Wancai's honesty and honesty on the surface, as a businessman who has been running a herb shop for decades, if he hadn't been a little shrewd, he would have been eaten alive by others a long time ago!

As early as after knowing everyone's intentions, he secretly made a small calculation in his heart.

Today's scene is the moment that many businessmen dream of!

In short supply!

Odd goods can live!

Although Li Wancai didn't understand how this spicy strip became so popular overnight, it didn't affect him to think about how to sell the spicy strip more expensive and reasonable, and bring more profits to his boss......

A fool would be stupid to say the price, and then let everyone line up to come in and buy it!

Really smart people will choose to hide the price and slowly increase it until they are satisfied!

Everyone was subconsciously deceived by his honest and simple face, and they didn't even consider that Li Wancai was changing the law now......

"Tell me, how do you want to sell it, we'll all agree!"

The servant was in a hurry, and saw that he had found this herb shop, but the shopkeeper didn't seem to have a good brain, grinding and chirping, and the master was still waiting for him to go back to his life!

"How amazing this spicy strip is, I think you all know it! It not only cures General Gu's incurable and miscellaneous diseases, but also can easily wake up Master Du who is asleep! As the saying goes, 'a thousand dollars are easy to get, but a life is difficult to protect,' and life is something that cannot be measured by money......

Li Wancai tilted his head and said a lot of words, but to sum it up, a few words are very expensive!

"Therefore, when I sold it before, there was no pricing, it was all given by Gu Gongzi and Zhao Gongzi depending on the mood, I was flattered!"

As he spoke, Li Wancai also trembled with cooperation, with a look of surprise on his face.

Seeing the expression of a big swarthy man, the disgusting crowd almost vomited last night's meal.

Although the matter of spicy strips is spread widely, in fact, there are only two people who know the price, Gu Qingshan and Zhao Qinghua.

One of them accompanied his father who had just recovered from a serious illness in the general's mansion, and the father was kind and filial to his son, and the other washed his face with tears in the prison, telling that the heavens should not be and that the earth was not spiritual!

No one can debunk his lies at the moment!

Therefore, Li Wancai at this time is very confident in talking nonsense in a serious manner!

"Moreover, I don't have much stock of this spicy strip, and I can only make 300 packs a day, plus there is only 500 packs left at present, which is far from satisfying your appetite!"

"After thinking about it, I decided to let you bid yourself! Whoever gives more gold coins will give this spicy strip to whomever it wants! But in order to buy as many people as possible, each person can buy a maximum of twenty packs!"

After speaking, Li Wancai ignored everyone's reaction and went directly back to the store to move the goods.

He wasn't worried at all that they wouldn't agree.

Just kidding, looking at their eager little eyes, I'm afraid that if you don't buy it, you will have to beat it!

Li Wancai has always been a low-level figure before, and as a low-level person, if you want to survive, the most important thing is to learn to read words and looks!

Just glanced at the people outside, and Li Wancai guessed their identities as far as he could.

All dressed in coarse linen clothes, his palms are full of thick calluses, and his skin is dark, but there is a faint trace of 'pride' on his body that is different from that of ordinary people.

If you think about it carefully, you will know that it is the domestic servants of the nobles in the city!

Therefore, Li Wancai guessed at once: the people who really want to buy spicy noodles are actually the rich and rich aristocratic lords!

Since they are not short of money, Li Wancai doesn't mind slaughtering a lot of money......

If he wants to be the same as before, he doesn't dare to have this idea, for fear that he will be retaliated against by others in the future, and he will suffer himself, but after experiencing Du Yun, Li Wancai can be regarded as having come into contact with the core power circle of the Tianchen Kingdom, and even the most respected majesty He is fortunate to see!

Unconsciously, Li Wancai's mentality was affected, and he subconsciously thought: My boss can invite the vice president of the Alchemist Association, and he can also be remembered by His Majesty, and the background is very ......

In that case, why are you afraid of these nobles?

It's a big deal to invite Xu Lao again and let him come forward to settle it!

The boss said: Just look for it!

After Li Wancai entered the store, the eyes of everyone outside the store were immediately there

That was the change, and they cautiously looked at each other, speculating on the amount of gold they were carrying, to see if they would be lucky enough to grab the spicy strips.

"Oh no! My lord didn't give me the money, saying that I should take credit first and make up for it next time!" exclaimed one of the servants.

"I'm afraid he's a fool! General Gu's life-saving benefactor's shop, he dares to take credit, does he think his life is long?" the other servants sneered, but they were very happy in their hearts.

In this way, there is one less competitor.

There are also some domestic servants who changed their faces and looked at their money bags with a bitter face, their master only knew that the spicy strip was a snack, but he didn't know its price, so the money he gave was a little more than a normal snack.

If the others had brought some extra gold coins, they wouldn't have had the slightest chance of it.

There are also some domestic servants who secretly regret that they were in a hurry to leave at that time, and forgot to prepare more gold coins, and now they will run back to get it too late, I am afraid that the spicy strips will have been sold out long ago after they arrive.

All of a sudden, everyone secretly swore in their hearts: next time they must bring enough gold coins!

After Li Wancai took out five hundred packs of spicy noodles, everyone's eyes suddenly stared closely at the big box in his arms, wanting to see what the spicy noodles that resounded throughout the city looked like.

Li Wancai didn't sell it, he directly reached out and took out twenty packs and held them in his hand, and then raised his right hand high so that everyone could see it clearly.

Inside, he had already counted them, and every twenty packs were connected together so that they could be delivered.

"Huh!"

Everyone's eyes immediately swept over.

The next moment, the discussion rang out.

"This is spicy strips?!"

"What's out there? Is the packaging so weird......

"This bag is too small, I don't know how many bites I can eat......"

"This blood-red appearance is quite appetizing. ”

“......”

After a while, when everyone was almost discussed, Li Wancai said loudly: "Now start selling the first batch of twenty packs of spicy strips, and the one with the highest price will get it, you can ask for the price." ”

Everyone was stunned for a while, a little unaccustomed to this alternative way of purchasing, but soon someone came back to their senses and shouted, "Fifty gold coins!"

Everyone was shocked and secretly smacked their tongues.

MD, you're really rich!

On average, a pack of spicy strips costs two gold coins and five silver coins!

That's enough to feast on a medium-sized restaurant!

However, this was only the beginning, and immediately there was a cry from the main person who was not short of money: "Sixty gold coins!"

"I'll give you sixty-five gold coins!"

"Seventy!"

"Eighty!"

“......”

Although the people who asked for the price were all domestic servants, they used their own master's money, and they didn't feel distressed at all when they spent it.

Anyway, before leaving, the nobles told them: no matter how much it costs, they must buy the spicy strips back!

So the domestic servants couldn't hold back at all, and they shouted out all their belongings!

On the contrary, for the first time, they personally felt the pleasure of bargaining that only nobles can have, but they were very excited, and their faces turned red, as if they were their own masters at this moment!

The price climbed all the way up to one hundred and fifty gold coins in the end!

This price far exceeded Li Wancai's estimate, he thought that he could earn three or four times as much.

Now that I think about it, I still underestimate the consumption level of these nobles......

One hundred and fifty gold coins, this number made everyone present extremely frightened, as domestic servants, even if they worked hard all their lives, they were afraid that they would not be able to get so many gold coins.

This is the direct result of stratification.

No matter how hard they try, they will never reach this height.

If Wu Fan was here, he would definitely give a thumbs up to Li Wancai's approach.

It's so deep in his heart!

What he is doing now is hunger marketing, deliberately telling everyone that there is not much inventory, and the amount made every day is extremely limited, causing everyone's panic, making everyone scramble to be the first to scramble, so as to maximize the profit of spicy noodles!

Li Wancai may not have realized it, but his years of business experience invisibly made him choose the most correct way!

This is why in modern society, there are some people who are not very highly educated and do not have much ink in their stomachs, but they can make the most effective and correct judgments, far surpassing many people from professional backgrounds!

Sometimes, doing is more important than learning.

Learning is to let you avoid detours, and doing is to directly let you master it!

......

"One hundred and sixty! Please wait for my lord Xi to save face!"

One of the servants behaved markedly differently from the others, standing very upright, his face full of confidence, as if he was determined to win the spicy strip.

Xidinghou, the marquis of the Tianchen Kingdom who guards the western border alone, has a strong ability to fight, and has won the trust of Xia Xinghai, and is a hot old nobleman today.

After this name came out, the intention of retreating rose in the eyes of many domestic servants, but the master of their family was several grades lower than the other party, and he didn't dare to provoke him at all.

But there are also aristocratic servants of the same rank who are not afraid, and exclaim: "Why? Is it because you have no money to move your name to force others? Now it is fair competition, and the one with the highest price will win, and I will pay 170 gold coins!"

"Dare to ask ...... your lord is," the servant in front of him asked.

"Wenxiang!"

When the servant said these two words, he straightened his chest proudly, and he was not afraid of the opposite Xi Dinghou at all.

Wen Xiang, one of the two prime ministers of the Tianchen Kingdom, has a slightly lower status than Zuo Prime Minister, and is responsible for assisting Xia Xinghai's government affairs and managing officials large and small.

In terms of status and status, it is indeed possible to sit on an equal footing with Xi Dinghou!

"You...... Hmph (^)"

The servant of Xi Dinghou waved his hand unwillingly, but he didn't continue to ask for the price, but secretly remembered the name, and reported it to the master when he went back, and had an explanation.

"Does anyone else pay a higher price?"

Li Wancai looked at everyone excitedly, he licked his dry lips, and then continued: "One hundred and seventy gold coins at a time...... One hundred and seventy gold coins twice...... One hundred and seventy gold coins three times ......"

"Deal!"