Chapter Seventy-Seven: Turmoil in the Court
The leader is a little embarrassed, he is the chief steward of the house, and he helps the master take care of affairs on weekdays, and even has access to official affairs.
This time, the old man felt that snowflake salt was very important, so he handed over the task of buying it to him.
"I was sent by our master to buy snowflake salt, in order to successfully complete the task, I didn't sleep last night, I came early to wait, when I came, the curfew was not over, and I also passed the inventory with the waist card in the house."
As soon as he said this, the four people behind him all nodded, indicating that their experiences were the same.
"Then the five of you come in together, you are all buying snowflake salt, come in and tell me how much you want to buy." Xu Jiao beckoned to them and let them in.
All five of them gave the number they had ordered before their master came.
"I want fifty pounds."
"I want eighty pounds."
These people either bought fifty catties, or eighty catties, and one hundred catties.
Oh Huo, as soon as she opened today, she made a fortune, a total of 288,000 taels.
After collecting the silver ticket, the guards in the backyard quickly moved the boxes out, and they each walked briskly back to their homes.
Although the things are heavy, but the task is successfully completed, they are very brisk, from the inside out.
Snowflake salt was gradually discovered, and after another two or three days, the number of people who came to buy snowflake salt even exceeded those who bought third-class salt.
The five thousand catties were sold out quickly, and she earned four million taels of silver just by buying snowflake salt, which was much more than selling fragrant dew.
These nobles are still consuming salt very quickly, so it's not just a one-shot deal, but a business with countless repeat customers.
There were also people from large families who came to the door and asked for fifty catties of snowflake salt, which they bought the day before yesterday, and the old lady wanted to send some to her daughter who was married to another place, so she sent him to buy more.
The reply to him was not an affirmative reply, and: "Sorry, our snowflake salt is sold out." ”
Sold out?
As soon as these words came out, the people in line behind heard it and panicked.
"Boss, when will it be there?" Someone in the team asked, and this is also a question that everyone wants to know.
Xu Jiao said embarrassedly: "I don't know, the manufacturing process of snowflake salt is very complicated, and we have said before that if the output is not high, it may take a while." ”
She did say it, but everyone watched her sell dozens of pounds and dozens of pounds, and gradually stopped taking her words to heart.
If you know that it will be sold out, some people will definitely buy more, and there is no limit to this purchase!
These days, Xu Jiao's craftsmen and guards are constantly making salt, and the third-class salt has made another 500,000 catties. The previous 65,000 catties of third-class salt had already been sold out, but it was immediately in stock.
Although she doesn't make much money from third-class salt, she bought this mainly for publicity and momentum, and she also wanted to make ordinary people live a better life and eat better, and her raw materials were not expensive.
Snowflake salt has actually been made for 20,000 catties these days, but she plans to be out of stock for a while.
The reason is not that she wants to starve marketing, but that her second-class salt is unsalable.
20,000 catties of second-class salt, these days have only sold a total of more than 1,000 catties, and the sales volume of the other two kinds of salt is completely incomparable, she has also produced another 50,000 catties these days, how can this work?
Sure enough, many people who didn't buy snowflake salt could only set their sights on second-class salt.
Even the third-grade salt is comparable to the previous fine salt, not to mention the second-grade salt, after accepting it, they also perceive the benefits of the second-class salt.
Not to mention anything else, a pound only costs ten taels of silver, which is much better than snowflake salt.
However, many people still eat second-class salt, thinking about snowflake salt, after all, they can afford to buy it, so they will always think about it, regretting how they knew so late in the first place?
The wind of Jiweiju blew more and more fiercely in the royal capital, alarming the palace.
"Your Majesty, recently, the people of the royal capital have gone to a place called Jiweiju to buy salt, and the price is extremely low, does Your Majesty know?"
He really didn't know about this matter, but it was just a shop opened by a businessman, and it was worth worrying about as a king of a country?
Seeing His Majesty's expression, the official who reported it knew that he didn't take it to heart, and explained more carefully: "Your Majesty, the salt in this shop only sells for two hundred wen a catty, and the color is exactly the same as the best fine salt we used before. ”
Hearing this, King Qi's expression straightened slightly, and he motioned for him to continue.
"When the minister heard about it, he was also a little suspicious, and he personally went to a few places to buy salt, which was divided into three grades, and the best salt ministers couldn't believe that it really existed in this world, and the minister brought all this salt to His Majesty."
The personal minister brought the three boxes from the official's hands to King Qi, and King Qi opened them curiously.
"This, is it salt?" Rao is monarch of a country couldn't help but be shocked by what was in front of him, and many of the courtiers who had bought it showed a wry smile, and when they first saw this thing, their reactions were more exaggerated than His Majesty.
"Yes, Your Majesty. When the minister first saw this snowflake salt, his shocked eyes were about to fall, and the minister believed that such objects should be in the hands of the state, which was a major matter related to people's livelihood. ”
Sixian Hou snorted coldly, walked out of the column to the right, and first glared at the official before he began to speak: "What kind of livelihood, I think someone is greedy." No matter how much the shop opened by a little girl can affect the livelihood of our entire Qi country? Don't be someone who sees other people's little girls make money, saliva is going to fall, and they look ugly! ”
Sixian Hou came forward, and the official didn't dare to reply, just looked at His Majesty.
King Qi came forward: "Sixian Marquis is reasonable, the shop opened by a little girl does not need to rise to this level. ”
His Majesty was standing at Sixian Hou, and the officials didn't dare to say anything, and the rest of the officials who were about to come out to get a piece of the pie also silently withdrew their feet.
They were indeed very greedy, and it was fragrant dew and salt, and they didn't know if the girl had anything more valuable.
King Qi took in their reactions, and when it was time for the next dynasty, he asked Sixian Marquis to go to the imperial study alone.
"What? How can you get out of your head for a little girl today and have such a big temper? King Qi leaned back in the chair and leaned back on the chair and asked him with a smile.
In private, the relationship between the two monarchs and ministers is very good, they grew up together since childhood, and the Marquis of Sixian has also been His Majesty's companion, and the relationship is not comparable to others.
"The minister doesn't hide it from you, that little girl is a good friend of Zhan'er, and she saved his life, she lived in our house during this time, can you say that the minister can't speak for her?"
"Besides, just a little girl's tossed something, the minister doesn't believe that it can really affect people's livelihood? Oh, let the people eat good salt at a low price, can it shake the people's livelihood? I think it's their own greed. ”
Sixian Hou accused those officials sonorously, Zhan'er asked him a few days ago to protect the little girl, his son never asked him to do anything, he must do this.