Zhao Taozhen naturally understood Qiu Sanniang's concerns and said, "I've recently gotten a feel for the consumption level in our county. As long as we can find a sales channel, Sanniang can sell milk soap and snow cream for only 200 or 100 yuan a set. One person can easily buy these two things for a month. A month has 30 days, which works out to 16 yuan a day. In the eyes of some wealthy families, is that still expensive?"

Qiu Sanniang was stunned. Before she could react to Zhao Taoying's exorbitant profit of 200 yuan, she heard this conversion theory. "Madam, you are really... a big talker. But my rouge shop was originally a small business..."

"A small business? I just asked around in the teahouse and found out there's a Peony Shop. How can it be called a small business? Are you scared, madam? Someone said earlier that the owner of the Peony Shop is a woman and wouldn't have much of a future, so they told me not to come. It turns out it's not that she has a weak foundation, it's that you're too timid, Sanniang. If this continues, I'm afraid that in a few years, everyone in the county will only know about Tianxiang Shop and not Mudan Shop."

Zhao Taozhen talked incessantly.

Qiu Sanniang's face changed when she heard this. In the past, her Mudanfang was the only one that stood out in this county. Later... a maidservant by her side learned her ways, betrayed her, and married into the Ye family as a concubine.

With the help of the Ye family, she opened Tianxiangfang. Not only did they take away her capital, they also boldly expanded the market, purchasing goods from faraway prefectures and opening up the supply. Both the quality and selection were far superior to Mudanfang.

It is reasonable that Mudanfang cannot compare.

Qiu Sanniang was also very angry at that time and wanted to go out of the county to find sources of goods, but her mother stopped her, saying that it was against ethics for women to do business. If a woman went out to find sources of goods, if something happened, it would be a small matter of dying in a foreign land, or being humiliated, which would bring disgrace to the family. Why bother to fight for a moment's pride? The Peony Shop was profitable in her hands, and there was income every day, so everyone had food to eat, wasn't that enough?

Under her mother's worried gaze, Mrs. Qiu finally compromised and decided to stay on this small piece of land and just run her own Peony Shop.

But she was honest and easy-going, and never gave in to her rivals, so he decided to let her go.

The one from Tianxiangfang was once her maid, so she was always unwilling to accept it. At first, she was only a little unwilling, but gradually, as Tianxiangfang surpassed Mudanfang, she became more unwilling to accept it.

These years, she was especially forced to close down.

If it weren't for that relationship...

Thinking of all these things, Qiu Sanniang gave up hope and gradually came to life. She used to be worried that it would be difficult for the girl to travel far away, but now that the girl was already close to her, if she still hesitated, she would be giving up on herself.

But ideas are ideas, and reality is reality.

Before Qiu Sanniang could even open her mouth to express her concerns, Zhao Taoyin had already spoken, asking, "Are you worried that it's too expensive to sell?"

Qiu Sanniang was stunned and nodded.

"It's a good thing. I can tell that my wife must have put a lot of money and effort into making it. Even if I make a little less profit, selling it for 200 yuan is still a high price..."

"If the wife of the county magistrate comes to buy in person and brings in the wealthy circles in the county, I wonder if there is a chance of a big sale?" Unexpectedly, Zhao Taoqin suddenly whispered at this time.

But it frightened Qiu Sanniang so much that her face slightly changed.

"Sanniang, you should know that things are expensive, so the best place to start is to build connections with wealthy families. Becoming the county magistrate's wife is the best way," Zhao Taozhen continued.

In fact, before she came to find Qiu Sanniang, she had already found out about Qiu Sanniang's network of relationships.

The reason why she was always targeted by Tianxiangfang, but no one dared to really touch her, was because her mother was the wet nurse of the county magistrate's wife. Because of this relationship, no one dared to cause trouble.

This is also one of the reasons why Qiu Sanniang, a woman, was able to run a stable business in her early years.

However, Qiu Sanniang was a conservative person. She felt that her family had such a relationship, but it was beyond her reach. She did not dare to ask for it and could only respect it cautiously.

But they don’t know that in this world, the brave will die of overeating, while the timid will die of starvation.