Chapter 222: The Empress Merchant
As Song Xingchen expected, fruit vinegar and health vinegar set off a wave in the palace, from the emperor and queen to the concubine and the little master, who didn't buy so many small jars in the palace, it was definitely ridiculous.
Not only the palace, but also those powerful families outside the palace have been waiting for the Song family to sell to the outside world after getting the news, and without waiting for the Song family to do any marketing methods, they have already become very popular.
The more this is the case, the less anxious Song Xingchen is to sell it to the outside world, in addition to the daily amount used at home, Song Xingchen will provide it to the palace as much as possible, planning to wait for a while before selling it in the market.
Probably because the vinegar saw the effect, the emperor actually gave Song Xingchen the title of an imperial businessman, and asked her to provide fruit vinegar to the palace on a regular basis, even Spiegel's business could not make Song Xingchen get such an honor.
With the praise of the imperial doctors for vinegar, Song Xingchen felt that the time had come, and immediately started selling it according to the original plan, but the price was double that of the original plan, and Song Xingchen's hands were soft when he received the cash every day.
And this period of time for the Song family, it is a happy event, in addition to the hot business of the vinegar workshop, Song Xingchen's Spiegel Workshop has also begun to be launched in the exploration and production, Song March and Song Yue have both given birth to a son, and the full moon wine has been completed.
The only fly in the ointment is that Zhou Anxu and Song Mu have not come back yet, but they have given them generous gifts and letters.
"Fourth Miss, this is the order received today, and the pre-sale has been scheduled until the end of the year." When the young man saw Song Xingchen coming, he immediately got up and respectfully handed the account book to Song Xingchen to look at.
"Rebirth, your abacus has made it more and more slippery, and this shopkeeper is also very proficient, it was really a wise move for Miss Ben to let you come with you in the first place." Song Xingchen praised it and didn't forget to boast.
Reborn is the boy Song Xingchen rescued on the hunting ground.
With amazing perseverance and talent, he really passed nearly a hundred moves with Song Xingchen's secret guard within a month without defeat, of course, this is under the premise of the dark guard's release of water, but Rebirth can increase his force value so quickly during the recuperation period, Song Xingchen is still surprised and appreciated, so he is given the name Rebirth, hoping that he can start again.
At first, he was just secretly protecting Song Xingchen, but later Song Xingchen's vinegar business became more and more popular, and consignment was obviously not enough, so he opened this * fruit vinegar shop, and limited the purchase every day to highlight the rarity of vinegar.
But the more many people can't buy it, the more they think that vinegar is good, and they don't hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy more, or put the reserved quota forward.
"It is the fourth lady who trusts her, and she has the opportunity to stand in front of the counter again." Reborn lowered his head humbly, except in front of Song Xingchen, he was a cold master, "This is this month, those customers stuffed the silver reward to their subordinates, please look at the fourth lady." ”
Song Xingchen glanced at it, and saw that the number was a little more than last month, and he couldn't help but smack his tongue.
In her previous life, she also liked to drink fruit vinegar, but she felt that the price was a little expensive, and there were too many preservatives and other substances in it, so Song Xingchen only drank a little occasionally, but she would never waste money to buy a bottle of fruit vinegar, and sometimes she would wait for the supermarket promotion to buy it.
"This silver is still the old rule, you keep thirty percent, and the rest is used to train new people, you don't have to report to me." Song Xingchen waved his hand, but he didn't count the amount of silver.
In the beginning, Rebirth did not collect cash, but he still took advantage of the hearts of these people, often went to dinners, and heard a lot of useful news at the wine table.
After Song Xingchen found out, he simply let the reborn not refuse, just to sell something, as long as the amount is not too huge, let the reborn just slaughter them ruthlessly, don't be a fool if you have money.
"Miss Xie." Reborn puts the silver back in the drawer and locks it.
While following Song Xingchen and taking care of Song Xingchen's business, Reborn has also been working hard to practice martial arts, and is recruiting and training subordinates to provide new resources for Song Xingchen.
According to Song Xingchen's meaning, these people did not use the same set in the hunting ground to cultivate, but they are definitely practicing fiercely, and in the future, they will be masters in terms of force value.
"Where's the strawberry? I asked her to come and wait for me first, isn't she here? "Song Xingchen is just passing by here today, and by the way, check the accounts.
"She's watching the excitement on the street next door." Rebirth pointed in a direction, and the lines of his face softened a little, "It seems that Xu Wan was found to be more than four months pregnant, and was violently beaten by Qin Zishen, almost killing two corpses, Qin Weiye ordered someone to send her to the hospital, so that the doctor could save the child no matter what." After Xu Wan's mother was divorced, she has been living in the marriage shop, which will get the news, and she will also make a fuss in the hospital. ”
Rebirth is not cold, but he has experienced too much, which makes him habitually keep a straight face, and he cherishes words like gold.
But this is definitely not included in front of Song Xingchen, who makes his master a talker, and has the potential to gossip.
Song Xingchen's eyes lit up, but he thought of his identity, so he said to Rebirth: "You go and pick up the strawberries and come back, that girl is not afraid of big things when she looks lively, I am afraid that she will accidentally get too excited and cause trouble again." ”
Reborn and left, Song Xingchen was idle and bored, so he picked up the book that he had read half before rebirth and glanced at it, and suddenly found that it was boring.
I saw a piece of embroidery wrapped around the bookmark, and I knew it was a strawberry by looking at the stitch.
"When did these two ......" Song Xingchen couldn't think of any clues.
However, Song Xingchen didn't believe that this was a coincidence, you must know that letting strawberries do embroidery, it would make strawberries unhappy even more than deducting her monthly money.
Thinking about Strawberry's age, Song Xingchen also knows that she, the master, is still in the boudoir, but she ignores the age of the people around her.
At the age of strawberries and apples, they have reached the age when they should be married.
"It's okay, this is also called fat water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, it seems that when you recruit people in the future, you should also recruit some women to come in, saying that you can't solve the lifelong problems internally." Song Xingchen put down the bookmark, glanced at the contents of the book, and his face couldn't help but sink slightly.
This book is written as a travelogue, and the page of rebirth is not the Great Zhou Kingdom, but a vassal state of the Great Zhou Kingdom.
Looking at the traces of page friction, Rebirth is looking at these pages repeatedly, but Rebirth is never the kind of person who would be interested in useless books like travelogues.
Just as Song Xingchen was thinking about why he was looking at these things when he heard the sound of strawberries croaking, he hurriedly clamped the bookmark and put the book back in its original position.
Strawberry relayed the news she saw to Song Xingchen with great interest, and the enjoyable expression made Song Xingchen temporarily give up his doubts, and he was infected by her emotions, and he actually felt happy.
Xu Wan is unmarried and pregnant, and if what she said is true, the child should be Qin Zishen's only flesh and blood, but Qin Zishen is too ruthless, Xu Wan is still unconscious, and whether this child can be kept is also a matter of words.
The child is innocent, Song Xingchen doesn't want the child to have an accident, but he won't cause trouble on himself, so he will give up after hearing it.
The master and servant did not sit for a moment, and then left to get down to business.
There has been new progress in the Spiegel factory, and the craftsmen have been able to make brighter glaze according to Song Xingchen's advice, and they can make some new patterns.
However, Song Xingchen's ultimate goal is to make mirrors, so she must check them in person, and after the quality of the glass reaches a certain level, she will tell the craftsmen the secret recipe for making mirrors.
In fact, it is a secret recipe, in fact, it is to brush a layer of mercury behind the glass, this project is absolutely simple, but no one has tried it, so I think that the mirror is how rare it is, who makes the mirror purchased from overseas, are beautifully inlaid with workmanship, once you want to disassemble, those mirrors will be completely broken, no one will be willing to do that.
"County lord, this is the glass that has just been formed, please take a look at it." The manager of the workshop, when he saw Song Xingchen coming, immediately reported the news with joyful eyes.
However, after Song Xingchen took a look, he was a little disappointed, this transparency was far from enough, but compared to the previous condition, it was definitely an improvement.
"There's still room for improvement, but it's good to be able to fire such glass, let people make a batch first, we have to make a batch of mirrors before the year, and if there is no income, I won't be able to pay the wages." Song Xingchen thought for a moment, but still bowed to reality.
With the technology of this era, it is impossible to purify to the same purity as in the previous life, so I can only continue to try.
But the production of glass itself is a matter of consuming money, Song Xingchen doesn't want to keep paying for it, she makes so much of her livelihood, and nearly one-third of the total income is thrown here.
"Yes, my subordinates understand." The steward was overjoyed, and hurriedly turned around and went to order the people below to work.
These people are very aware of the value of the mirror, they have also studied the production of the mirror, but unfortunately they have never found a clue, and there is not so much silver for them to experiment, so after several failures, they completely gave up the idea of making the mirror.
Now that I have the opportunity to participate in the production of Spiegel, I am certainly excited.
After leaving the workshop, Song Xingchen wanted to buy some things and go home directly, but when he passed by the cafeteria, he saw a lot of people surrounding the door.
I saw a young man lying on the ground with a purple face, and the woman next to him kept crying, 'My son, it's these black-hearted merchants who have harmed you, my mother shouldn't have brought you to Song Ji to eat, this is the place where you cannibalize people and don't spit out bones!' 'Yunyun.
Song Xingchen's face sank, she believed that there was absolutely no problem with her own ingredients, so she asked an aunt beside her what was going on.
But after hearing the aunt's narration, Song Xingchen's face suddenly turned cold.
A spectator has already blamed the young man's death on Song Ji, so what will the other spectators think?
Seeing the shopkeeper trying to persuade the woman, he was already anxious to wipe his sweat, but the woman just wailed endlessly, and the shopkeeper had nothing to do.
Song Xingchen quietly withdrew from the crowd, summoned the secret guard to give a few orders, and asked Strawberry, who wanted to see the excitement, to take the carriage to Shuntianfu to report the case, and then squeezed into the crowd again.
"This aunt, what's going on, you always have to explain it clearly, so that everyone can give a comment, right? Don't worry, I've already asked people to report to the official, the merits have their own yamen to judge the case, it should be our cafeteria's fault, we are not ambiguous, apologize not to say, and will take off the plaque and close down for rectification, do you think this is done? Song Xingchen spoke softly.
"Who are you? What do you speak to represent this restaurant? The woman looked at Song Xingchen suspiciously, seeing that she was still dressed as a girl, and she obviously distrusted.
"I'm the owner of this shop, so I naturally have this permission." Song Xingchen replied, and instructed the shopkeeper: "Let people come over with that stool and give this aunt a rest." ”
Song Xingchen squatted down and went to the woman as he spoke, and probed the young man's pulse without a trace, but found that although the other party's pulse was beating very weakly, it was not completely absent.
"People are still alive." Song Xingchen shouted in surprise.