Looking at the soap in hand, although it is an ordinary soap, Wu Kai is very excited, today is a special day for Wu Kai, because he belongs to the first batch of ordinary people who eat crabs, seeing the propaganda of Qianxing Commercial Bank, Wu Kai, who is only twenty-one years old, sold his property and bought 200 taels of soap to sell to Sichuan, 200 yuan means the starting point of Wu Kai's career,

It was the beginning of his future creation of a huge business empire all over the world, and it would be a lie to say that he was not excited, but he could still be so calm and calm at this time, which has proved that his concentration is not ordinary.

However, in addition to the excitement, Wu Kai couldn't help but feel a little uneasy and longing, after all, it was a big gamble for him.

In the late Qing Dynasty, the commercial activities in the southwest were never oriented to ordinary people, because the vast majority of people were self-sufficient, men and women weavers, and these people had no need at all, at most they just pulled a few feet of coarse cloth during the New Year's holidays.

And the real consumer group is the rich family, although the number of these people is not much, but the purchasing power is amazing, and now, these customers are distributed in a few big cities, which makes many businessmen frown at the same time, there are also people who take the opportunity to see the business opportunities contained in it, like Wu Kai when everyone runs to Guangdong, Hangzhou, Suzhou and other places when he runs to Sichuan, no competition is the best deal.

Holding the mule all the way through the mountains and rivers lasted a month, starting from Tongren through Zunyi to Luzhou and finally reaching Chengdu Mansion, paying the fee for entering the city, finding an inn to live in, moving all the soap into the room to be at ease, to have a meal, sit down and look at the carriages coming and going outside the window, pedestrians dressed in different clothes, all show the tolerance and prosperity of the city.

Wu Kai is still clear about the truth that wealth will not leak out when he goes out, so he took twenty pieces of soap and went to Dongdajie. Because in the process of eating, almost everyone was discussing how grand and lively the burning lanterns on East Avenue were.

The prosperity of Dongdajie began in the Tang Dynasty, and it was already a prosperous commercial street at that time. Until the rise of commercial fields and Chunxi Road during the Republic of China, East Street was the richest street in Chengdu and was known as "the first street in Shuzhong". The whole East Street, starting from Yinghui Gate and ending at Yanshikou, is divided into six sections from east to west: Lower East Street, Middle East Street, Upper Middle East Street, Chengshou East Street, West Middle East Street and West East Street, which coincides with the 15th day today. Every year, in these days, the Taishou has to go out of the yamen to have fun with the people, set up a banquet in Daci Temple and Wumen Loujia, and drink all day long.

After nightfall, the lanterns in the area of East Street are towering like a mountain, Ambilight, tourists are like a tide, and it is very lively. Looking at the dream-like scene in front of him, Wu Kai couldn't help but rub his eyes, and then pinched himself a few times, until he grinned in pain, he didn't believe that all this was true.

It was really crowded, because not only people from the city rushed to watch, but also people from the suburbs flocked to East Street. The whole city does not wait for anyone's notice, and at night, they have to hang out the lanterns and light them transparently. The lanterns of the shops on the East Street are the most exquisite, and there are many, four of each, and there are glass paintings, and the most beautiful ones are always silk paintings. And each family competes for victory, some paint "Three Kingdoms", some paint "West Chamber", "Water Margin", or "Liao Zhai", "Dream of Red Mansions", and some paint drama scenes, not necessarily all of them are craftsmen, most of them are from famous hands, which can be appreciated by the elegant and vulgar. So at night, when the lights are on, tourists will rush around and watch. …… The archway lamp should also count the top of the East Avenue at most good-looking, and the lamp surface is painted, and it is updated every year. And there are many firecrackers, and East Street is the first. ……。 In the East Street, there is a flow of people every night, the tide passes, the tide comes, there are many tourists, and all kinds of related small businesses naturally flourish. In the lantern market, selling fireworks, selling firecrackers, selling lanterns, picking lotus boats, playing stilts, playing flute, burning dragon lanterns, dancing dragon lanterns, playing lions, guessing lantern riddles, performing hundreds of skills and juggling are wonderful, and the lantern market activities and commodity trading complement each other.

Adjust your mentality and find a seat where there is no one, put out the soap and shout: don't miss it when you pass by, take a look at it, wash the foreign soap, who uses it knows.

"Oops! Boss, what is this Western soap for, and how is it sold? "

"Miss, you're asking the right person, I'm afraid I'll sell this Western soap in Jinzhou City, this is a good baby, Miss I can wash your hands, wash your face, take a bath, after using this skin is smooth and delicate and has a fragrance, come and try"

As the number of onlookers increased, Wu Kai immediately felt distressed and took out the plate soap from his bag and took out the water bag.

The woman took the soap suspiciously and tried it

The woman looked at the washed hands more white and delicate with a fragrance, and exclaimed, "Wow, wow, wow, it's really white, it's much more delicate."

"How much is the boss, I'll buy a piece"

"Girl, this one and a half pieces of silver"

"Boss, you're too black-hearted, aren't you, so small and so expensive?"

"Hehe, miss, you're joking, it's not expensive. Come to think of it, I bought this soap at a pretty high price, and I don't have a lot of stock here. Think about it, if you don't want to spend money, you won't be able to buy it later. "

"Alas! Look, there are so many people waiting behind you, Miss! If you don't buy it, I'll sell it to someone else."

Someone behind the girl urged, "Boss, this soap is one and two halves, so let's wrap four pieces for Miss Ben."

Wang Kai said to the man, "Oh, girl, you really have a vision!" My soap is unique! This kind of soap is the only one I have! "

The young lady in the back looked at the first girl and said, "Little sister, if you can get this bag of soap out, buy it." If you can't afford it, the girl will help you pay the bill~"

"Humph!"

"The boss wraps up this girl," said the girl

As more and more people watched the excitement, of course, that piece of trial had been sacrificed honorably, and twenty pieces of soap were sold out in a while.

In the concern of a group of resentful women, Wu Kai returned to the inn again and took out all the soap to come to the scene, but it was all sold out in less than an hour.

In the eyes of resentment, Wu Kai fled from East Street. When he returned to the inn and looked at the silver on the bed, the excitement and excitement poured out of his mind like a flood that had burst the embankment, and he could no longer hide his joy.

His heart was excited, his happiness could no longer be expressed in our shallow language, as if every hair on his body had a beating joy.

He earned 98 taels of silver in just one month, which was something he couldn't think of before, looking at the nearly three hundred taels of silver on the bed, he happily counted the silver in the quilt over and over again, until the sky was slightly white and he fell asleep contentedly.