Jia Chen smiled:

"This matter is very important, the second uncle, as an official of the imperial court, needs to be on duty at the yamen on weekdays, and has no time to run a business, the little nephew proposed to ask the second sister-in-law to help take care of the alabaster business, I don't know what the second uncle's intentions are?"

In fact, Jia Zheng's temporary member of the Ministry of Industry is just an idle position, and he usually doesn't need to go to the Ministry of Industry to be on duty, but Jia Chen wants to use this as an excuse to invite Wang Xifeng, who is good at financial management and quite skillful, to run a business.

If a nerd like Jia Zheng is allowed to get involved in business, he will definitely not do well, and he will even be deceived by others.

Jia Zheng was used to being idle and didn't want to run the business himself, but at this time Jia Chen proposed that Wang Xifeng be in charge of this matter, so he was happy to be idle, so he smiled:

"Good idea, I'll send someone to invite the Feng girl over."

After a while, Wang Xifeng twisted his hips and swung his hips, and walked in bewitchingly.

"The daughter-in-law greets the second master." Wang Xifeng bowed his knees slightly.

Wang Xifeng is actually the daughter-in-law of Jia Zheng's brother Jia Yu, but when she salutes Jia Zheng, she can also call herself a daughter-in-law, because she is the daughter-in-law of the Jia family.

In Da Zhou, daughters-in-law often call themselves daughters-in-law in front of their parents-in-law.

Jia Chen also stood up and saluted Wang Xifeng: "I've seen Lian's second sister-in-law." ”

In front of Jia Zheng, Wang Xifeng didn't dare to throw a flattering eye at Jia Chen, but looked directly into Jia Chen's eyes and said with a smile:

"Brother Chen, don't be polite, please sit down and drink tea."

She spoke with confidence, her voice was not loud, but her words were turbid and clear, sonorous and powerful, as if she regarded herself as the master of the Rong Mansion.

With such a powerful aura and such a top-notch ability, it is no wonder that Jia Zheng and his wife entrusted her with the power to manage Rongguo Mansion.

After Jia Chen sat down, Wang Xifeng sat down, looked at Jia Zheng with a smile, and asked:

"The second master called me here, what do you command?"

Jia Zheng stroked his goatee and said with a sneer:

"Brother Chen said that he wanted to do business with our Rongfu, and what he wanted to manufacture and sell was a kind of alabaster for makeup, I can't tell you the specifics, so let's ask Brother Chen to tell you in detail."

Wang Xifeng knew that Jia Zheng was pedantic and old-fashioned, and he didn't understand popular affairs, so he told him that he was also playing the piano to the cow, so he turned his head to look at Jia Chen, and asked with a smile:

"Brother Chen, I've never heard of this alabaster cream, how do you need to make it? How much does it cost? How much is the right pricing? ”

Jia Chen smiled indifferently and said:

"Only four ingredients need to be used: beeswax, flower juice, milk and glycerin, and the ratio of these four needs to be determined after the test to achieve the best effect.

Each bottle of alabaster is only half a tael, so it is easy to calculate the cost of each bottle according to the raw materials, and the pricing cost can be increased by five times on the basis of the cost. ”

Wang Xifeng opened his mouth and asked in surprise:

"That is, the price per bottle is five times the cost? Can anyone else buy it? ”

Jia Chen smiled:

"Everyone has a love for beauty, women are pleasing to themselves, in order to make themselves look more beautiful, let alone five times, even if it is ten times more, someone buys it, but for the sake of sales, it will be five times for the time being, and when the market is opened, it is not too late to raise the price."

In Da Zhou, in order to make herself more beautiful, women dare to apply mercury powder to their faces, and they will also use cinnabar to smear their lips, cinnabar is a compound of mercury, which is highly toxic.

Women are so crazy that they don't even want their lives for the sake of beauty, do they still care about the price?

Wang Xifeng blinked a pair of rippling Danfeng eyes and said with a smile:

"This is also, it is said that it is the young ladies and daughters-in-law of the prince's house, that is, those maids in our Rong Mansion, who don't like to wear flowers and paint powder, and those daughters-in-law of ordinary people also love beauty.

I am very optimistic about this alabaster, and when the first batch is made, I am willing to buy a few bottles out of my own pocket, first honor the ancestors with a bottle, and then distribute it to the ladies of Ning Rong's second mansion. ”

Jia Chen secretly praised Wang Xifeng in his heart for being a man, not only invited and bought favors, but also took the opportunity to advertise alabaster, and the ladies of Ningrong's second mansion will be potential customers of alabaster in the future.

Jia Chen reminded with a smile:

"Although we must boast about this novel cosmetics when we sell alabaster cream, customers may not believe it, and someone still needs to demonstrate the effect in public."

Wang Xifeng's eyes rolled and said with a smile:

"This is also simple, I can ask the two younger sisters of Dongfu You's sister-in-law to demonstrate, they are both merry-looking, gentle and beautiful, not to mention applying alabaster cream to them, even if they are coated with rice soup paste, they can still fascinate a large piece."

Jia Chen knew that she was talking about Second Sister You and Third Sister You.

These two sisters are natural stunners, and they can turn all beings upside down without powder, and if they are applied with a glossy alabaster, they will definitely add a lot of color.

In the original work, there are eight words to describe Second Sister You - flowers are the intestines, and snow is the skin.

There is also a poem that describes Third Sister You - crushing peach blossoms all over the ground, and it is difficult to help Yushan when it falls.

The two You sisters can be called a double match, and they both have the appearance of flowers and moons that captivate the country and the city.

Jia Chen smiled approvingly:

"I have heard that the two younger sisters of Sister-in-law You have peerless appearances, if you can ask them to help demonstrate, then the sales of alabaster will definitely increase a lot."

Wang Xifeng's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile:

"I can't let them work in vain, in the future, we can give each of them a bottle of alabaster every month as a thank you gift to them, I wonder if Brother Chen agrees?"

Jia Chen smiled and said:

"This is natural, it costs money to hire the shopkeeper and the second child, Second Sister You and Third Sister You have helped us increase sales, how can we treat others badly?"

This is the same as inviting celebrities and Internet celebrities to advertise in later generations, and they should give people a sum of advertising money.

Wang Xifeng smiled and said:

"It's comfortable to chat with a smart person like Brother Chen, let's talk about how much capital you and Rongfu each contribute, and how to divide it?"

Jia Chen did not reveal his details first, but asked rhetorically:

"How much is the Rong Mansion willing to give?"

As soon as these words came out, Jia Zheng and Wang Xifeng subconsciously glanced at each other, and their eyes flashed with embarrassment.

Now the inner bag of the Rong Mansion is almost exhausted, and there is really not much silver to come up with.

Jia Zheng pursed his lips and grimaced, not knowing how to respond.

Wang Xifeng sighed lightly and said astringently:

"Brother Chen, don't hide it, the Rong Mansion is shy, and now he can only take out two thousand taels of silver."

In fact, there are still 3,000 taels of silver in the inner bag of the Rong Mansion, but you can't take them all out for business, right? There are also 1,000 taels left to support the daily expenses of the Rong Mansion.

Jia Chen was a little speechless, he had guessed that the Rong Mansion was now strapped for money, but he didn't expect that it would be so cold.

With the current economic situation of Rongfu, I am afraid that it is not as good as those rich people on the outskirts of Shenjing City.

It can't be compared with Jia Chen, and now Jia Chen has more than 30,000 taels of silver tickets in his hand.

Wang Xifeng saw Jia Chen's complicated face, and thought that he couldn't take out much money, so he fell into embarrassment and embarrassment, so he smiled and said with relief:

"Brother Chen's family has been poor since he was a child, and he just earned a few hundred taels of silver by selling the "Disciple Rules", and it is normal that you can't take out much silver, so you don't have to be presumptuous. You name the number, don't worry, the big head can be produced by our Rongguo Mansion. ”