Chapter 15: Pearl Salt
The Sang family counted two generations, the ancestral house was in this small county, and later moved to Luoyang, and gradually developed into a huge merchant family, Sang Yanghong himself was smart since childhood, only thirteen-year-old Sang Hong Yang was famous for "good at mental arithmetic" in Luoyang, and Emperor Jing was elected to the palace when he was still in power.
And has been Emperor Wu's companion for a long time, because mental arithmetic is really powerful, and his outstanding business talent has gradually become Emperor Wu's right-hand man.
However, because of his merchant birth, his official position is still only a servant (a casual position directly assigned by the emperor in the palace officials under the Shaofu), because of his deep trust in the emperor, although the official position is not high, but the status is very high, and many important things let him participate in making suggestions.
The Sang family is also getting stronger and stronger, and the Chinese people attach great importance to their hometown, so the ancestral house of the Sang Mansion in the county is built very grandly, and those who celebrate the New Year will also come back.
At this time, the person in charge of the Sang family in the county town is Sang Hongyang's nephew Sang Tianliang, when he first knew this name, Huo Guang repeatedly confirmed with Huo Zhongru several times, and made sure that he heard it correctly, there is nothing wrong with the name, but it doesn't sound good with this surname, but he doesn't feel strange at all when he looks at Huo Zhongru, maybe there is no problem with this word at this time.
Although Sang Tianliang is Sang Hongyang's nephew, the age difference between him and Sang Hongyang is only three years old, and he is older and younger.
Huo Zhongru and Sang Tianliang greeted each other warmly, as if they were old friends with a very good relationship, but in fact, they were meeting for the first time.
"Huo Shaofu, Huo Gongzi, please." Sang Tianliang warmly invited the two to enter the door.
This time Huo Guang entered the door, and he really had the feeling that Grandma Liu had entered the Grand View Garden.
Looking at the Mulberry Mansion from the outside, it is quite big, but as soon as you enter it, it feels bigger, countless houses, courtyards, beautiful houses, and family members are constantly passing by with their heads down.
"Makes the two of you laugh." Sang Tianliang saw that the two had never seen such a house, but he did not laugh at it.
With their family's ability, it was easy to find out why Huo Zhongru could be promoted to the county junior mansion in charge of money, how could he laugh at Huo Zhongru, it was too late to please him.
In terms of official position, their family's family Sang Hongyang is a small official, and it is far worse than Huo Quai, not to mention the emperor's favor, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Huo Qubing to treat him as his own son.
Soon, Huo Guang saw Sang Jin and Sang Yu in the main hall again.
In this era, women in the boudoir generally can't see people, and it is indeed the same in the capital, but in this small county, the rules are much smaller, Sang Yu likes to eat and often plays in the back kitchen of her own restaurant, and her sister Sang Jin doesn't go out much, and she still came to see Huo Guang today.
In the middle hall, Sang Jin hugged the little girl and smiled softly at Huo Guang.
"Ah Guang, we meet again."
Before Huo Guang could speak, Huo Zhongru had already greeted him with a smile on his face, and said hello: "Miss Sang Jin has met again." ”
"Uncle, just call me Ah Jin, and Huo Gongzi can also be called that."
"Contact will be indispensable in the future, then I'm not welcome, Ah Jin, you all tasted the fine salt that Ah Guang gave you last time, it's good."
Sang Jin's beautiful eyes flowed, and her big watery eyes had a shallow smile: "Uncle, Ah Guang's salt is indeed of good quality, if there is any more, I am willing to buy it at a high price." ”
"Female ...... Son-in-law, my salt ......"
"What is the name of the son-in-law, she gave birth to some points, and she was called Ah Jin along with her father." Huo Zhongru interrupted Huo Guang on the spot.
Huo Guang was speechless in his heart, but in order to avoid embarrassment, he said, "Ah...... Ah Jin, this kind of salt is actually refined from the salt on the market, and my tools can be refined on a large scale after they are made. ”
"Refining?" Sang Jin repeated the word with some confusion: "Is it the same method as alchemy?" ”
"Almost, after a few processes, you can turn the kind of salt on the market into the fine salt that was given to you before, which is better looking and healthier."
The daughter of a merchant family, she has a very high sense of business.
"Ah Guang, I heard that you are going to open a salt shop, is that what sells this kind of salt? Can we hand it over to our Sang family's salt shop to sell together? We have a way to sell it all over the country. ”
Sang Jin was very enthusiastic about cooperating with Huo Guang.
Is this the treatment that the male protagonist should have? The women wanted to pounce on them.
But now that you can use the sales channels of ready-made large commercial houses, you can indeed get the greatest benefit to Huo Guang in a short period of time.
Opening a shop in a small county town is far less profitable than supplying a large commercial house as a supplier.
But you can't completely rely on the sales network of the Sang family, because in fact, it is not difficult to purify the technology of fine salt now, as long as the whole process is seen, it will be learned, if you completely rely on other people's sales network, you may make two or three months of money is gone, and you still have to find a way to build your own sales path.
Treat customers like girlfriends, and you can hold them in your hand to feel at ease.
"Ah...... Ah Jin. Huo Guang is still not proficient, he is not as familiar as Huo Zhongru: "If you can sell it, I can share a part of the pearl salt." ”
"Pearl salt? Is this the name of this salt? ”
"yes, I did."
If you want something to sell expensive, you have to come up with a good name first, and if the name sounds cheap, do you want to sell it expensive?
Like what Asalh Lake pearl salt, Himalayan rose salt, you can sell it at a price when you listen to it, and the packaging is very important, although now Huo Guang has only simple fine salt, but the name must be good, think about it, it is called pearl salt.
In this era, the price of pure white pearls was high, and they were all decorations that could only be used by dignitaries, so it was already very expensive to call pearl salt.
Sang Jin nodded: "Very nice name, Bai Ruo Pearl, Ah Guang How much is the output of these pearl salts now." ”
In order to ensure the price of pearl salt at the first stage of listing, Huo Guang planned to starve marketing and control production, thought about it and said: "According to the current progress, it is only half a jun a day (one jun = thirty catties), and half of it can be distributed to you." ”
Sang Jin immediately shook his head: "It's too little, Ah Guang, do you have a way to increase production?" ”
Huo Guang immediately said: "I try my best but not much, I can divide you a little more as much as possible, and give you ninety percent of the daily output, but at the same time, in this county, you can't sell pearl salt, so as to avoid conflict with my own salt shop." ”
Huo Guang said this, Sang Jin and Sang Tianliang looked at him in surprise, a little surprised and a little appreciative, both of them noticed the correctness of Huo Guang's approach, he wanted to ensure his own interests, and at the same time ensure that there was room for cooperation with a big salt merchant like the Sang family.
They knew that Huo Guang had never been in business before, so it could only be attributed to his keen business acumen.
Sang Jin immediately made a decision: "Yes, I should do this, but how to calculate the price of pearl salt?" ”
"I have seen the salt on the market, each stone (one stone = four jun = one hundred and twenty catties) is six hundred yuan, with the market fluctuations, I plan to sell pearl salt for six thousand yuan per stone, of course to give you the cost of three thousand yuan per stone, but you have to sell it according to the price not lower than the price I set."
Ten times the price, even Sang Jin was stunned.