Jiang Yimian poured the other person a cup of flower tea and said with a smile, "This is peach blossoms that we dried ourselves, with honey added. Why don't you try it and see how it tastes?"
Various flowers bloom on the mountain all year round. They were originally meant to be used for food, but now she uses them to make tea.
Lin Zhaozhao was somewhat surprised. She took a sip of the flower tea in her cup and smiled, saying, "It tastes good. It has the fragrance of peach blossoms and the sweetness of honey. It tastes better than some flower teas sold in shops."
Jiang Yimian smiled and said, "If you like, you can take a few packs back with you."
Lin Zhaozhao readily agreed, and only after putting down her teacup did she become curious about Lu Cijian, "Sister Jiang, who is that Young Master Lu?"
Her brother has been too busy with the shop lately, so as his sister, she naturally had to lend a hand.
At the very least, we need to find out who her brother's rival is.
Jiang Yimian casually replied, "People who fled the famine with us."
Lin Zhaozhao responded, guessing that Zhao Dashu and the others Xiao Fu had mentioned were the same people. She breathed a sigh of relief and didn't ask any more questions. Instead, she brought up the soap.
"Sister Jiang, you were right when you said you could make the soap famous in just one day."
After Song Miaoyin received the soap from Huichuntang, she couldn't wait to hold a banquet at her residence, praising the few raccoon-shaped soaps in various ways, implying that the soaps were unique and showing off in every way.
Although it wasn't something people liked, it really piqued the interest of the ladies and young women, and they sent someone to Huichuntang to draw lots the next day.
In addition, the incident of the Song siblings causing trouble during the lottery the day before had spread widely in Qingshui County, and the shop was packed with people for several days in a row.
The queue stretched from Huichuntang to East Street, creating a lively scene.
You didn't see the spectacle! I saw just how many people were on the streets during last year's Lantern Festival!
Lin Zhaozhao spoke with sparkling eyes, her gaze towards Jiang Yimian filled with admiration.
Moreover, the fact that the place was packed was not the reason for her surprise.
Because there are so many people at Huichuntang, if there were a lottery, who knows who would get the soap?
So all the ladies and young women wanted to buy it for thirty taels of silver. As more and more people offered, no one wanted to let anyone else have it, and they all started bidding against each other.
Just as Jiang Yimian said, everyone started offering high prices to get the soap.
They initially thought it couldn't possibly be unique and decided to wait and see. However, when Huichuntang started bringing out different soaps every day, they regretted it, causing the price of the soaps to skyrocket from the base price of thirty taels to fifty taels.
With such high prices, the shop is always packed.
She had never dared to think of these things before, and when she heard about this method from Jiang Yimian, she only thought that the other party was talking nonsense.
Jiang Yimian had anticipated all the possible scenarios and successfully spread the soap's fame throughout Qingshui County and even Jincheng Prefecture.
His brother has been busy with this recently, and the shop in Beijing has opened smoothly.
It is estimated that the soap business will be able to get off to a good start in Beijing within half a month.
Those wealthy ladies and young women are far more enthusiastic about this kind of thing than the people in these counties.
Seeing that Jiang Yimian's expression was calm and she showed no curiosity whatsoever, Lin Zhaozhao continued helplessly, "Sister Jiang, the bidding you mentioned has started. They really are bidding for those soaps. You are truly a prophet."
Jiang Yimian raised an eyebrow, not particularly surprised, and simply smiled and said, "That's good, then we won't have to worry about business anymore."
These were things she had thought of from the very beginning.
What those ladies and young women care about most is something unique and special. As long as you can get them to fawn over it, money will be within your grasp.
If you encounter someone with a collecting obsession, they certainly won't miss the daily auction sessions.
It's somewhat like skins in modern games, with new ones released every season. As long as they're not too ugly, whales will always buy them.
With many whales gathering together to bid, the price will naturally not be low.
Seeing Jiang Yimian's calm expression, Lin Zhaozhao admired her even more and said with a smile, "Sister Jiang is so calm. Besides telling you that the soap is selling well and you don't need to worry, there is another thing that should make you happy."
Jiang Yimian looked at her, finally showing a hint of curiosity, "What is it?"
Lin Zhaozhao smiled and took out two contracts from her sleeve, saying, "These are new contracts. It's really too much of a loss for Sister Jiang to only get 10% profit. Although our Lin family are businessmen, we are also honest and can't let our partners feel disheartened."
It was her brother who suggested it; it had nothing to do with feelings, but he was simply captivated by Jiang Yimian's methods of making a name for herself.
When her parents heard about this, they readily agreed and kept asking her about Jiang Yimian, extremely curious.
Jiang Yimian took the contract, looked at the 30% profit margin on it, paused for a while, and then smiled and said, "Not only do you give me 30% of the profit, but you also cover the workshop's costs. Doesn't this mean I haven't done anything and I'm making a net profit of 30%?"
Thirty percent profit is quite a lot, especially considering it covers costs; she basically only offered suggestions.
Lin Zhaozhao simply smiled and said, "Sister Jiang's soap and the idea of a lottery and bidding are worthwhile."
Jiang Yimian smiled, which saved her the trouble of trying to trick Lin Yan'an.
Thinking about it, she handed over the written agreement she had made with Lin Yan'an a few days ago. Just as she was about to look for the ledger recording the workshop's work in the past few days, she suddenly realized that it seemed to still be with Lu Cijian.
She forgot to collect the money after the other party put it in the account last time, so she guessed that the other party kept it.
Lin Zhaozhao glanced at the document and said with a smile, "This is my brother's business. He'll be here in half a month at most. He can bring you the money then."
Seeing this, Jiang Yimian simply responded, put away the document, and then remembered Baozhitang.
"What happened after that Baozhitang sent someone to ask me for the prescription?"
Upon hearing the mention of Baozhitang, Lin Zhaozhao frowned instantly and hesitated for a while before saying, "Baozhitang in Qingshui County has been shut down by the government. I heard it was because the medicinal herbs they sold were counterfeit."
Jiang Yimian was somewhat surprised, and it took her a while to say, "Why was it suddenly shut down?"
Baozhitang is, after all, a century-old shop in the Great Jin Dynasty. The people behind it must be high-ranking and powerful. How could it be so easily shut down?
Although Baozhitang in Qingshui County was just a small shop, it shouldn't have been able to get the authorities to find fault with it.
Lin Zhaozhao shook her head, then nodded, and after a while, she said mysteriously, "Sister Jiang, have you heard of the Ink Pavilion?"
Jiang Yimian shook her head.
Since coming into this world, she has hidden herself in the mountains, busy farming and finding food every day. When she finally came down from the mountain, she was always busy doing business. She had no time to learn about these mysterious forces.
Besides, these things are too far removed from her life.
Lin Zhaozhao lowered her voice and whispered, "I heard that the Baozhitang incident was the work of Moge. Recently, Baozhitang in other counties and the capital has also been shut down, either for selling fake medicine or for using their power to suppress the people and prevent them from reporting to the authorities and causing trouble because people died from their treatments."
In short, Baozhitang acted extremely arrogantly, quite unlike its previous practice of operating under the guise of a charitable organization, which angered many.
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