Su Luo not only wanted to place the advertisement at Fu Man Lou, but she also wanted to post it on every street and alley.
As long as the promotion is done well, there's no need to worry about Changping soy sauce not selling.
Nangong Qing leaned slightly closer to Su Luo, looking at her painting, wondering what it was.
"Luo Luo, are these vegetables you drew?"
The only thing Nangong Qing saw was a person cooking, with a jar next to them labeled Changping soy sauce.
Next to the pot were several plates, on which were a few blobs of black ink drawn by Su Luo, the contents of which were unrecognizable.
"It's a dish. This is braised fish, Dongpo pork, tofu and eggplant. These are all dishes from our Fumanlou restaurant. How could you not recognize them?"
Ah Xu peeked over and chuckled mockingly, "If you hadn't said it was a dish, I would have thought it was a plate of charcoal."
Su Luo's brush painting skills were not good, and fearing that Nangong Qing would not know, she also wrote words in the painting.
"That's roughly it. Can you draw it?"
Nangong Qing picked up Su Luo's painting with both hands and blew on the ink that was still wet.
"What you want, I can definitely draw."
Su Luo looked at Nangong Qinghua, and she was very satisfied that he had actually drawn the scene that she could imagine in her mind.
After saying goodbye to Nangong Qing and A Xu, it was already dusk when Shopkeeper Xu went with her to Changping Village to get soy sauce.
Three Fu Man Lou (a type of liquor) were ordered, totaling 500 jin (250 kg).
Three hundred catties will be transported to restaurants in Anchangzhou tomorrow, and the remaining two hundred catties will be left to two restaurants in Yongle County, one hundred catties to each restaurant.
When the first batch of soy sauce was sold, people from all over the village came to watch.
After witnessing Manager Xu hand over fifteen taels of silver to the village chief, Wang Dehou and Chen Ping'an weighed the soy sauce and poured it into the jar that Manager Xu had brought.
"Village Chief Li, congratulations on your grand opening! I wish your village a booming business."
The village chief burst into laughter: "Thank you, Manager Xu. Our Changping soy sauce has sold so much on its first day of sale. It's a great start."
"Changping Village has a bright future; your village will definitely be a treasure trove in the future."
With the ability to produce soy sauce, Manager Xu could truly imagine how prosperous the village would become in the future.
"Hahaha... Well then, I'll take your kind words, Manager Xu. I'll give you a gift..."
The village chief and the villagers were very happy. Forty or fifty people escorted Manager Xu and his group to the village entrance before returning.
Bamboo is everywhere in the village now. If someone comes to buy soy sauce, even if it's only a pound or two, they can use bamboo tubes to carry it.
The villagers were overjoyed; the village chief held fifteen taels of silver in his hand—their village's first large sum of money.
"Village chief, I have a suggestion. We earned fifteen taels today, so let's go to Yongle County and rent a soy sauce shop."
This way, soy sauce can become more widely available, and we can increase our sales.
The village chief had also thought about this problem; how could they possibly have so many orders just by taking big ones each time?
Soy sauce can only be considered truly successful when it's used by ordinary households.
"Su Luo, you make the decision on this matter. Everyone in our village will listen to you."
"Okay, as long as everyone is united and trusts me, I will not let you down."
Su Luo and the village chief got the fifteen taels of silver and rented a shop in Yongle County for ten taels of silver for six months.
Then go to the teahouse and ask the storyteller to blow the soy sauce out.
The two teahouses cost four taels of silver, and Su Luo used the remaining one tael to buy candy for all the children playing.
They even composed a children's song for them. As long as they sang this song along the street and came back, they could come to Su Luo's place to get candy.
Within just a few days, everyone in Yongle County knew about Changping soy sauce.
I also know that soy sauce should be added to stir-fries and noodles.
A soy sauce shop called Changping quietly opened on the street.
Especially at Fu Man Lou, everyone who comes to eat is surprised to find that the food there is even better than before.
Out of curiosity, a familiar customer asked the waiter.
"Waiter, has Fu Man Lou changed chefs again? The dishes are getting better and better."
The waiter answered with a smug smile.
"Sir, you are joking. We haven't changed our head chef; we've just used Changping soy sauce to season all our dishes."
That's why the food you're tasting now tastes even better than before.
The waiter pointed to the advertisement that Nangong Qing had drawn for Su Luo on the wall.
"Sir, please see, we used Changping soy sauce."
The guest looked at the picture; it was in color, and the artist had drawn all the food with remarkable realism.
Just by looking at the painting, one can almost feel how delicious the food in it is.
"I see. I saw a Changping soy sauce shop on the street. Is it the same as your soy sauce?"
"Yes!"
"Then I'll go buy some soy sauce later to cook with at home!"
Wang Dehou was the seller of soy sauce in Yongle County.
The transportation was done using Li Niu's oxcart. Due to transportation and rental costs, soy sauce cost 35 wen per jin at the Changping Soy Sauce Shop in Yongle County. If you went to Changping Village to buy it, it would be the wholesale price of 30 wen per jin.
Top-tier restaurants like Fumanlou use Changping soy sauce, not to mention small noodle shops and food stalls.
The village chief and Su Luo sat in front of the soy sauce factory, and everyone in the village who had free time came to maintain order.
The villagers arranged where the horse-drawn carriages would come in and where they would go out.
At the entrance of the soy sauce factory, more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages were there to buy soy sauce.
"Village Chief Li, I'm from Pi County. I heard that Fu Man Lou uses this soy sauce in their cooking."
"Of course, our Ming'an Tower in Pi County also needs it. Give me 100 jin first."
The village chief was beaming from ear to ear: "Good, good, good, we have it all, we have it all..."
Su Luo collected and counted the silver, Chen Ping'an and five or six villagers filled the soy sauce containers, and the village chief was in charge of receiving guests.
Li Niu gave up his oxcart, and he stopped making tofu for the next few days.
Aunt Li is about to give birth, and in the past few days, Li Niu has not dared to leave the house for a moment.
Otherwise, with the soy sauce factory so busy, he would have rushed over long ago.
Wang Dehou worked at the Changping Soy Sauce Shop in Yongle County, and he would come back every day to get more soy sauce to restock.
Soy sauce was selling so well that every night when he came home, his trunk was full of heavy silver.
Everyone was exhausted at the end of the day, but they were happy to see the money flowing into their hands like water.
I felt it was all worth it. Before the end of each day, I would do the accounts and count the soy sauce in the soy sauce factory.
This was the village chief's job, but in the first few days, Su Luo stayed with him to keep herself from losing her composure.
"Village chief, the soy sauce has been selling very well these past few days, and its reputation is gradually growing."
But we're not just selling this batch of soy sauce. You also need to find a reliable villager to go out and collect soybeans, not just soybeans, but also black beans and red beans.
We need to keep doing this to ensure we always have soy sauce. We've already completed the first step.
Now that we have the initial capital, we must work hard to continue.
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