Chapter 33: The Big Sale
Li Shen returned to the harem from the Taiji Palace. Take the remaining four gift boxes to Wei Guifei and leave them for Wei Guifei to give gifts. I learned that my son went to the court today to give a gift.
And this box costs fifty yuan, Wei Guifei was surprised. Over the past year, his son has become more and more powerful.
Now her treasury has tens of thousands of dollars of money earned and rewarded by Li Shen, and she is the richest in the whole harem except for the internal funds managed by the queen.
In addition, the queen has asked her to manage many things, and she is now rich and powerful in the harem, which was brought to her by her son.
The next day. Wang Hongfu opened the door early. According to the flower baskets on both sides of the gate explained by Li Shen, the door is covered with thickened linen dyed red. There was a lot of joy. There were two welcoming maidservants standing on both sides, and Wang Hongfu was also standing at the door. Several strips of red cloth fell from the second floor. It stands out all over the street.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, a carriage came from afar and stopped at the door. A woman got out of the car, and the maidservant helped the woman to get out of the car and walk into the boutique pavilion.
"Welcome," said the maidservants on either side, bowing to the woman, startling the woman. Wang Hongfu also greeted him.
"This lady need not panic. This is a kind of welcome ceremony for the guests of the small shop. Wang Hongfu explained
"I heard you have good wine to sell here," the woman asked softly. She is the wife of Zheng Yuan in the Ministry of Rites, and I heard his master say that there are gift boxes for sale here. Let her come over this morning and buy some. His master is only under the fifth grade. I hope to upgrade half a level in this year's assessment. So give gifts to Shangguan.
"Back to Mrs. Hui. Exactly, but it's more expensive. And the best ones are only 100 boxes, and each box costs 10 yuan," Wang Hongfu replied.
"Ten dollars? It's so expensive," Mrs. Zheng said in surprise
"Ma'am. The shop also has cheap regular gift boxes. The price is only five dollars. Two jars of wine per box. And this wine is better than the Cui family's immortal drunkenness. The price is the same. Look which one you want," Wang Hongfu smiled and introduced the ordinary model
The conversation room has entered the lobby. The maidservant placed two gift boxes on the counter. The lid is open for display. Mrs. Zheng looked at it for a while. Gritted his teeth and said, "I want these two boxes of high-end ones." ”
A box for the Ministry of Rites. A box for the squire. For the sake of his master's future, just twenty times is nothing. Their family also has other industries. Otherwise, how could her master be able to spend a five-grade Yulu. The big house at home. A whole bunch of people.
"Alright, ma'am, take it. The man sent the lady right away. Wang Hongfu smiled and called the man. There is a dedicated person who is responsible for helping guests with their things.
Wang Hongfu respectfully sent Mrs. Zheng away. I have fun with it. And there was another carriage at the door. As soon as Wang Hongfu looked at the carriage, he knew that it was also an official eunuch. Greeted warmly.
In this morning, one after another, horse-drawn carriages came to the door of the store. And not only the families of officials, but also businessmen.
The sense of smell of merchants is sometimes more sensitive than that of the imperial court, and many merchants know what is going on when they see people coming and going.
After that, the first thing they thought of was that this was a way to make a fortune, and if it was shipped to various regions, the price would definitely double, especially the merchants who came to Chang'an to sell or buy goods, and they were about to go back.
are ready to buy a few boxes and double them when they go back to the local area. A box is a profit of a few dollars. They are not afraid that they will not be able to sell. This is a gift from the nobles of Chang'an. Everywhere will surely follow suit.
Most of the merchants are running merchants, making a difference in the price between the two places, and they are all small merchants.
So I bought all the ordinary models, this one bought two and that one bought three, but I couldn't stand the crowds, and the store was crowded.
Wang Hongfu hurriedly arranged for the workers behind him to change into the clothes of the guys and come out to maintain order and prevent anyone from making trouble. Don't let these businessmen collide with the families of officials, many of them are women's dependents.
It was just noon. 500 boxes of ordinary gift boxes and 100 high-end gift boxes were sold out. But there are still many people who have bought it. Wang Hongfu shouted as he stood on a stool on the counter
"Ladies and gentlemen. I'm really sorry. Both boxes are sold out. ”
"None? I've been queuing for half an hour."
"yes. If there is no more, hurry up and restock. ”
"Yes, my lord is still waiting to give it away."
Everyone started to let Wang Hongfu buy the goods with a word.
"Ladies and gentlemen. It's really out of stock today. Our wine requires a lot of processes. So the production is limited. There may be another one tomorrow. If you want. Come early tomorrow. Wang Hongfu said
Sending away guests at all. Wang Hongfu asked the guy to close the door. Then go up to the second floor and enter a private room. Stone was sitting by the window watching the crowd leave.
"Gonggong Shi, please go back and tell the prince that he needs a large number of gift boxes. Today, three of the barrels of our own wine have been fermented, and two barrels will be fermented every day in the future. After the factory building that the prince asked him to build was completed. We don't have to be so little every day. Wang Hongfu said to the stone
"Well, shopkeeper Wang, I'll tell the prince about the gift box when I go back. But the prince also said it. Later, the output was larger. The price of wine will not be so high. The prince still hopes that the people of Datang can drink good wine. It's just that the prince now wants to make some expensive money first. If nothing else, I'll go back to my life first. Stone said
"Then I'll send Gonggong Shi" Wang Hongfu didn't dare to offend this little father-in-law. He heard that this was the prince's playmate scholar since childhood. The most trusted person of the prince.
After Shi returned to the palace, he revived Li Shen for today's events, and told the shopkeeper Wang about the gift box.
Li Shen asked the stone to go to the division room, and asked the division room to put down all the other work in his hand and make every effort to produce gift boxes. The whole company will enter 100 people, and work overtime in the afternoon and evening. The production of ordinary 1,000 gift boxes, high-end 200 gift boxes should not be a problem. In fact, the gift box is not that complicated.
In fact, Li Shen did not consider the sales volume of the businessman, and it can be said that he ignored it.
That's why I didn't prepare so many gift boxes, and the drinks should be barely enough at present, but Li Shen didn't plan to sell them all if they weren't too large.
Scarcity is expensive, and how long it has been sold has been worthless. At least in September, you can increase the sales of ordinary liquor. First of all, the impact on the Cui family little by little, his ordinary wine is better than the Cui family's immortal drunkenness, and when the time comes, he will definitely turn back and impact the Cui family.
The next day, Shi carried the gift boxes of more than a dozen carriages from the division house to the East Market. When he arrived at the boutique pavilion, Wang Hongfu was already looking forward to it, and the guys helped unload the car, and the stone pulled Wang Hongfu to the side and whispered.
"The king's shopkeeper, the prince has commanded. After that, 500 boxes of ordinary boxes and 100 boxes of high-end ones were sold every day.
And try to sell to those merchants first, especially those who are far away. The prince said that it is now the fourth year of junior high school. Merchants from afar are in a hurry to go home to join the group. We want to think about our customers. Do you know what the prince means? The stone said to Wang Hongfu meaningfully
After hearing this, Wang Hongfu pondered and understood what Li Shen meant, the first is that the merchant buys it and sells it before the Mid-Autumn Festival, so that it can be sold at a good price. And Xungui is in Chang'an, not so urgent, and the merchant has to be on the road for many days. Second, Li Shen was afraid that the businessmen from afar would not be able to wait to leave in order to go home, and it would be a loss.
"It's still the prince's opinion, Wang remembers. But if you want the merchants to ship back to various places early, why do you need to limit the quantity? Wang Hongfu asked
"The prince said, scarcity is expensive, and more is worthless. And the prince estimates that it won't be so hot for a few days, and it will be almost the same when the officials have bought it.
The rest are some noble families, and the prince said that the gift box will be sold until August 14, and then the prince will come over to arrange the next step," the stone said again