Chapter 21 The bustle of the world is all for profit
At dawn, the "Youjian Inn" was officially opened, and the "Youjia Restaurant" stood on both sides of the street opposite each other.
At this time, the signboard with the name of "You" was completely played out, and there was an endless stream of customers every day, and the business was booming.
Five days later, in the room on the second floor of the "Youjia Restaurant", Sun Li looked at Song Daquan and began to implement further plans, "Boss Song, you can inquire about which stores are better to sell recently, and they are ready to sell." ”
When Song Daquan heard this, his face showed sadness, and he sighed and said, "Sun Gongzi, in fact, I have been inquiring for the past few days, but the situation is not very good, and none of the hundreds of shops in the entire county have the intention of selling." ”
"Really, not a single one?"
"None of them. Song Daquan's face was full of bitterness.
Sun Li's face became solemn, and he took a deep breath and asked, "Then don't care about these for now, let's talk about the stores that can meet our requirements first, and then make plans after determining the goal." ”
"Okay. Song Daquan nodded, then took out a piece of white paper full of ink characters, spread it on the table, and began to explain while pointing: "Xijiang Yueqing Building, the largest gold cave in the county, has an annual income of more than 100,000 taels......"
"Wanfulou Jinpu, the oldest store in the county, has an annual income of more than 100,000 taels ......."
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"Datongtang, a pharmacy, has an annual income of more than 20,000 taels ......"
"In the southeast, northwest, and county, there are four rice shops in the county, and the daily income is fifty taels of silver, about fifteen thousand taels a day. ”
"Huh?" Sun Li suddenly spoke up and interrupted Song Daquan's explanation, "Why is this rice shop so profitable?"
"This is also normal. Song Daquan explained seriously, "As the saying goes, there are seven things to open the door, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea." Although the shops that operate these seven things look inconspicuous, because they supply the entire county and even dozens of villages around the county, the profits are small and the money they make is not low at all. ”
"Oh. Sun Li nodded, thought for a long time, and looked at Song Daquandao, "We can't eat big shops like Xijiang Yueqing Building and Wanfu Lou Jinpu, it seems that it is more reliable to win a small shop that deals in firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea." ”
"In that case, there are about 30 shops to choose from, all of which make a living. ”
But Sun Li shook his head slightly when he heard this, thought for a while and said, "No, at least remove the salt shop." Salt and iron are strictly controlled by the government, and without the relationship between the government, even if we take it down, we will not be able to do it smoothly. ”
"Then there are more than twenty left. ”
"Tea shops have also been removed, tea is not produced around the county seat at all, and it must be purchased from afar, and the time is too long, and we can't afford to wait. Sun Li said again.
"There are nineteen more. ”
"Let's get rid of the firewood shop, it's too affected by the woodcutter, and it's not easy to control. ”
"Then there are fifteen left. ”
"Well, that's it. Sun Li nodded, then raised his head and looked at Song Daquandao, "Boss Song, you know more about the situation than I do, and you can also say all those scruples, and you can touch the stone in the future." ”
Song Daquan's face became a little strange, and under Sun Li's gaze, he took a serious look at the list of the remaining fifteen stores, and then raised his head and said seriously: "Actually, we had better not touch the remaining rice shops, oil shops, and sauce shops." ”
"Why?"
"Because this is the business of the Chen family, that is, the business of the Chen family under the county order. ”
"All of them?" Sun Li was slightly startled, and then saw Song Daquan nodding seriously.
"It seems that this Chen County Order is very domineering. ”
"It's so domineering that it's not counting, it's still honest, and it's not much of a common man, but it's just that he followed the official situation and ran a few shops. Besides, this shop is run by the eldest son of the prefectural order, and we can't say anything according to the laws of our Great Moon Kingdom. ”
"But in any case, it's better not to touch it, right, after all, the people don't fight with the officials. Sun Lidao.
But Song Daquan shook his head and said, "Not only officials, but also immortals." It is said that Chen Xuan, the fourth son of the county order, entered Jinhua Mountain a few years ago, got the immortal fate, cultivated successfully, and was quite Taoist. Even if you don't look at the face of Chen County's order, you have to look at the face of this Chen Sishao and Chen Xuan. Otherwise, he angered the other party, fell into an unknown immortal law, and didn't know how to die. ”
"Chen Xuan?" Sun Li's eyes shrank suddenly, and his voice raised slightly, "The fourth son of Chen County's order is called Chen Xuan?"
"That's right. ”
"How old?"
"When I entered Jinhua Mountain a few years ago, I was only a teenager, and I shouldn't have reached the crown yet. ”
"Oh. Sun Li was silent, and a pair of greedy and vicious eyes flashed in front of him again. Then it was confirmed that the other party was the person Nie Xiaoqian said had a conflict with her, and he was also the one who fled back to Jinhua Mountain with the heart of the tree.
In an instant, Sun Li figured out a lot of things.
Why is the other party so arrogant, why the purple-robed Taoist priest will allow the other party to return to the mountain alone with the heart of the tree, it is because the other party has a father who is the head of a county.
Ordinary people are in awe of cultivators, but cultivators also need to have ordinary people who want to be officials. Jinhua Mountain is located in Ping'an County, and many things must rely on the county order to handle, so it is inevitable to sell a face to the other party and take care of the other party's son as much as possible.
"I see. Sun Li muttered, and finally came to his senses.
On the other hand, Song Daquan looked at him in slight surprise, "Sun Gongzi, why is this so?"
"Nothing, just a few other things that came to mind. Sun Li waved his hand, and Song Daquan was not allowed to ask again, pressed one hand on the corner of the white paper on the table, and said in a deep voice: "So, leave me four vinegar shops now, right?"
"Yes. Song Daquan's face was straight, "There are four in the southeast, northwest, and northwest, distributed in the four directions of the county, and each of them is about the same size." ”
"Which one is closest to us?"
"Old Tan Chen Vinegar, just at the end of the street, you can see it when you open the window. ”
"Well, just pick him. Sun Li made a decision.
"Then how to do it?" Song Daquan looked over.
Sun Li frowned slightly, thought for a while, and said slowly: "Bow first and then soldier, it is best to use money to do it well, but it is really not possible, and then use other methods." Boss Song, please go for a trip and see if the other party can use the money to sell the store to us. ”
"Okay, I'll go. Song Daquan didn't hesitate, pushed the door and walked out.
Sun Li, on the other hand, was sitting in the room, his eyes fell on the name of the shop that dealt in rice oil sauce, and muttered, "Chen Xuan, don't let me see you too soon." ”
As the words fell, the temperature in the room plummeted.
After a stick of incense, Sun Li restrained his expression and turned his head to look at the door. saw Song Daquan walk in with a bitter face, and then spread his hands and said: "The other party doesn't want to talk at all, and there is no intention of selling at all." And let go of the words, if I dare to go again, I will break my legs. ”
"Huh?" Sun Li's two eyebrows curled, he smiled slightly, his fingers were tightened and clenched one by one, and then he looked at Song Daquan and commanded solemnly.
After half a ring, Song Daquan took steps and left the restaurant quickly.
In the afternoon, there was a small shed in front of the "Youjia Restaurant", and there was a wooden sign on one side, "There is a vat of aged vinegar." ”
In the middle of the shed, there is a large purple-black water tank in all directions, which is filled with the best aged vinegar bought from other vinegar shops.
"Boss, how do you sell this old vinegar?" someone immediately asked curiously.
Song Daquan, who was sitting in the shed, smiled slightly, and asked rhetorically: "Do you know how to sell that old Tan Chen vinegar at the end of the street?"
"Twenty pounds a pound. The man who bought the vinegar replied, then frowned and said, "Could it be that your price is the same?"
"Of course it's impossible, the old altar vinegar sells for twenty dollars, and my vinegar here sells for eighteen dollars. After all, the name of my 'There is a vat of aged vinegar' is not called in vain, and there is nothing good about the 'You' brand signboard, it is cheap!"
"That's a good idea. The person who bought the vinegar was immediately happy, "My vinegar is just running out, you can give me a catty." ”
"Okay, here you go. Seeing that you are the first, I will give you two taels more. Song Daquan said without any pain, and then handed the weighed vinegar to the other party.
When a few people who had just come out of the "Youjia Restaurant" to eat saw this scene, they thought that their vinegar bottles were not very full, and they immediately came to buy vinegar.
is in response to that sentence, if you are cheap, you don't make money, you are a bastard!
Not long after, the front of the "vat of aged vinegar" became popular, and a large group of people were around. Among them, the lean Hou Wu, who had just walked out of the "Youjia Restaurant" after eating, couldn't help but be startled when he saw a group of people who were pressed by the black pressure. And when he asked to understand, his face suddenly changed greatly.
There is no other reason, because it is the guy of Lao Tan Chen Vinegar, how can he not be angry when he sees that the business in his store has been robbed like this.
But this Hou Wu is not a fool, knowing that it is useless for him to shout and make trouble, his eyes rolled slightly, and he quietly rushed back to "Old Tan Chen Vinegar".
Then half an hour later, Hou Wu changed into a completely different suit and hurried back quickly, desperately squeezed into the crowd of vinegar buyers, and began to chant something.
As he spoke, the people vying for vinegar suddenly stopped, looked at each other, and then exchanged ears, and finally scrambled to turn around and run south.
That direction is where the "old Tan Chen vinegar" is.
And what Hou Wu said was: "The price of old vinegar in Laotan has also dropped today, as long as seventeen big dollars, it is cheaper than here." ”
So in a moment, the people in front of the shed with "a vat of aged vinegar" were scattered, but Song Daquan was not surprised, just looked at the empty street, and then smiled slightly, and said softly: "Sun Gongzi, it seems that you guessed right again this time." ”
A guy ran to Song Daquan with a little nervousness, and asked cautiously: "Old Tan Chen vinegar has reduced its price, it is cheaper than us, and I went to him to buy it, so what are we?"
"What is this, they cut the price, and we will also reduce the price. Song Daquan laughed, "'You'n' brand signboard is to be cheaper, cheaper than any one." Aren't they seventeen, then we are sixteen. ”
Saying this, Song Daquan had already taken out a piece of white paper that had been written a long time ago, and with a slap, it was glued to the bottom of the "Aged Vinegar in a Tank" brand, which clearly read: Aged vinegar, 16 Wen a catty. Quantities are limited, so get your hands on it.
It was just a while, and everyone who didn't know where to get the news ran back from the "Tan Family Chen Vinegar" store "boom", scrambling to shout: "Boss Song, come to a catty." ”
"Come on two catties. ”
"I want ten pounds. ”
"Hehe, okay, don't rush, take your time, big guy. Song Daquan said with a smile, and then glanced at Hou Wu in the corner.
Hou Wu's face was already blue, and he finally shrank his neck and ran back quickly. Then after half a cup of tea, he rushed back at a faster speed, shouting: "The price of old vinegar in the old altar will be reduced again, and now it will only cost fifteen big dollars." ”
With a "bang", the crowd shifted again. And Hou Wu snorted coldly, and looked at Song Daquan with a full face, "Boss Song, my shopkeeper said it, you don't know the fight between life and death." The old vinegar has been open for decades, can it still be lost to you? If you dare to lower the price, we will accompany you to lower it, and see who has lowered whom!"
"Huh. Song Daquan chuckled and said to himself: "Price war, haha, if it weren't for Sun Gongzi to say, I really don't know that there is such a saying in this peer competition." However, this is just the beginning, I wonder if your family is ready?"
After Song Daquan finished speaking, he took out a burst of white paper again without changing or busy, and pasted it under the wooden sign of "There is a vat of aged vinegar", on which were written a few strong and powerful characters: aged vinegar, fourteen wen a catty.
Hou Wu's face changed, he glanced at the white paper posted by Song Daxin, and then looked to the south, and he had already faintly seen the people who were about to return again.
"Dada!
And Sun Li, who was in the room on the second floor of the restaurant, was watching this scene through the window with interest, and said softly: "The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, heh." ”