Chapter 63 Chapter 63 The higher the unit price, the higher the profit. big……
The higher the unit price, the higher the profit. There was a huge gap between the rich and the poor in the Jin Dynasty. Ordinary people could barely get enough food to eat, so where did they get the money to spend?
Shen Xuan studied financial management at Modern World University, and his family has a family business. When doing business, I never thought about small profits but quick turnover. All the money I make is from rich people.
For example, Sheng Ruzhi bought a set of soap by herself, spending twelve taels of silver.
These twelve taels of silver might be a month's food ration for an ordinary family in Beijing. To Sheng Ruzhi, it was just some pocket money.
Sure enough, in the afternoon, Sheng Ruzhi came again, and brought a few siblings from the Sheng family.
"Ruzhi? Is this the soap shop you mentioned? It looks different."
"What a nice smell! It's really sweet and pleasant. I've been here for a while and I can feel my hair becoming fragrant."
Sheng Ruzhi bought a set of soaps from Xuanzifang in the morning. Before lunch, she took them out in front of the whole family and showed off in front of her siblings and relatives.
The Sheng family has been a prosperous family for hundreds of years. They have a huge cloth business and one of their relatives is a fifth-rank official in the Ministry of Revenue.
The Sheng family’s members had already started using soap, and some even specially used coconut oil soap shipped from the south. However, this kind of soap in Sheng Ruzhi's hand is the first one she has ever seen.
"This soap is really rare. It looks crystal clear, has an exquisite shape, and smells nice." The old lady of the Sheng family couldn't help but praise it when she saw it.
Sheng Ruzhi's mother was well-known for her filial piety. After hearing what the old lady said, she immediately said, "Since you like it, I'll give you this set of soap for you to use first."
Sheng Ruzhi also said immediately: "Mother is right, this soap is a gift from your granddaughter to your grandmother. It is not very expensive, so please do not despise this gift as cheap."
"I don't mind, I don't mind." Old Mrs. Sheng immediately smiled when she heard what her granddaughter and daughter-in-law said.
This little bit of soap is only a little over ten taels of silver and is not considered a valuable item. But she was very happy that her daughter-in-law and granddaughter were filial and caring.
Because she was in a good mood, after dinner, the old lady asked someone to take out some silver from her small treasury. I also called my brothers and sisters to go buy some soap together, just for fun.
The old lady of the Sheng family was rich, and she gave each of them twenty taels of silver as pocket money, which was enough for them to buy a set of soap with some left over.
So the younger generations of the Sheng family came together to the Xuanzifang on Zijin Street to purchase Chen Xuan's soap.
"I want to buy a set for my mother and sister-in-law as well." Sheng Ruzhi said.
She was a perceptive person. As a legitimate daughter, she was not short of money. Seeing that her mother and sister-in-law were also very fond of the soap, she simply bought a set for each of them as a favor.
Even the less favored illegitimate son of the Sheng family bought a set of soaps with the reward money given by the old lady.
However, in just half an hour, Xuanzifang sold another ten sets of soaps, with a total turnover of one hundred and twenty taels of silver!
The employees of Xuan Zi Fang were so busy collecting money that they never expected that this newly opened shop would make so much money!
After the Shen hour, Shen Xuan went to check the accounts again. It was discovered that Xuan Zi Fang sold 86 bars of soap in just one afternoon and earned 172 taels of silver, which was several times more than what they made in the morning!
Of course, the reason why I was able to make so much money in the afternoon was mainly because of big orders like the Sheng family’s.
Such big orders don’t come often, but as long as there is one every few days, you can make a lot of money!
There are many such famous families in Beijing. If the use of soap becomes a trend among them, someone will come to purchase it, and they will become Shen Xuan's largest and most stable source of customers.
Later in the evening, when it got dark, most of the decent men and women on Zijin Street had gone home, the courtesans in the brothels started to go to work, and the shops had almost no business.
Chen Xuan simply closed the shop before the hour of You, allowing the employees in the shop to rest a little longer at night.
The first day of business was a great success. Shen Xuan sold 115 bars of soap throughout the day and earned 230 taels of silver. After deducting the cost of about thirty taels of silver, the net profit was about two hundred taels!
Such a good profit made even Shen Xuan, who was usually calm, a little excited.
He took out two taels of silver and rewarded a few servants to buy a table of wine and food. He then rushed back to the Shen family with the golden branches and golden osmanthus.
Since today was the first day of opening, Shen Xuan returned a little late.
As soon as he arrived home, he was caught by Mother You who was guarding the door and started to interrogate him.
"Brother Chen, where did you go today?" asked Mother You.
Jingui at the side said hurriedly: "I went to the Gold-Digging Street for a walk, had a cup of tea in the teahouse, and went to the theater to watch a play. It was a little late."
"You are the fiancé of the Xue family now, and you are the face of the Xue family." Mother You heard this and said, "How can a boy come home so late? Take the place where you often go to play, there are many brothels and bars. How would you look if someone saw you?"
"I will definitely report today's incident to my wife. If she knew you came back so late, she would definitely not be happy. She might even confine you. You'd better be more vigilant in the future!"
Mother You has been taking care of her son for a few days since she went back last time, allowing Shen Xuansong to be fast for a few days. Just five days later, he returned to the Shen family and began to show off his power in front of Shen Xuan.
I don’t know what Bai told her after she went back last time. After she came back, she started to enter and leave Shen Xuan’s room without permission.
There were two other times when Shen Xuan came back and saw her standing in the study. She said she was helping Shen Xuan clean up the study, but in fact, no one knew what she was looking through.
I guess it was because the noise I made in the Ye family's enclosure before was heard by Bai, which made her alert, and that led to these noises.
Originally, because he didn't want to alarm Mrs. Bai, Shen Xuan had been very patient with Mother You. However, as his business grew, he needed more space to move around freely, and Mother You became more and more annoying.
Today, Shen Xuan was originally in a good mood, but after being scolded by her, he could no longer bear it.
He thought that since Bai had become suspicious, there was no need for him to keep such a spy around him. He might as well get rid of her and put an end to it all. This would also save him from having to listen to her nagging every day.
"Mother You, are your son's legs and feet healed?" Shen Xuan suddenly asked.
Mother You was stunned, not knowing why Shen Xuan suddenly asked this, and shook her head and said, "I sent someone to see a doctor, who said that he had injured his bones and muscles and needed to recuperate for at least three months."
"Really?" Shen Xuan raised his eyebrows and said, "I see that the New Year is coming soon, so I will give you a holiday and let you go back to celebrate the New Year. Come back when your son's legs and feet are fully healed."
"Brother Chen, what do you mean by this?" Mother You was shocked when she heard this, and immediately frowned and said, "I was sent here by the Madam, are you trying to drive me away?"
"Mother You, please don't talk nonsense. What do you mean by driving away?" Shen Xuan laughed coldly, "It is precisely because you are the powerful mother beside the Madam that I gave you a long vacation. Besides you, wasn't the golden branch and golden osmanthus also sent by the Madam? Aren't they also serving me closely?"
"Yes, Mother You." Upon hearing this, Jin Gui immediately stepped forward and said, "I see that you have nothing to do every day, so you might as well go back and take care of your son's leg injury. Chen Ge'er has Jin Zhi and I to take care of him, so there is nothing to worry about."
Jinzhi also reacted at this time, and quickly followed Jin Gui and said, "That's right, we are used to serving Brother Chen, you should go back and serve your brother Bao!"
"Jinzhi, Jingui. You pack some New Year's goods tomorrow and let Mother You take them back. It will be like I let her go back early to celebrate the New Year." Shen Xuan said.
The golden branches and golden osmanthus immediately agreed in unison, not giving Mother You any chance to speak at all.
Mother You looked at Shen Xuan's eyes again and realized that this boy who usually seemed to have no opinion of his own was not timid at all, but very tough. It was obvious that he had made up his mind to send her away!
Mother You was shocked and felt very puzzled. Why did Brother Chen, who had been obedient to her before, suddenly change his attitude?
Since Shen Xuan came to the capital, Bai has been asking her to brainwash Shen Xuan. Tell him that the only family with backing in the capital is the Bai family, and that the prince and the Ye family are unwilling to let him in.
This Brother Chen had also looked frightened when he heard about the Ye family before, and it was obvious that he was planning to join the Bai family. Now they suddenly turned against each other, could it be that they have someone else to back them?
Mother You had no idea that Shen Xuan was just pretending to be weak to her before, but instead carefully recalled what Bai said to her when she went home last time.
After Chen Ge'er was invited by Madam Ye to go to the enclosure last time, he heard that Xue Fenglin had also taken a temporary leave from the Imperial College during the visit, and he was very concerned about him during the meal.
Bai asked Mother You to go back and keep an eye on Shen Xuan to prevent him from being bewitched by Xue Fenglin.
Could it be that Xue Fenglin pretended to be very caring towards him, making him believe it and think that he could just rely on Xue Fenglin in the future?
When Mother You thought of this, she showed a look of sudden enlightenment! He immediately attributed the reason for Shen Xuan's falling out to this place.
No wonder Xue Fenglin gave that boy expensive clothes as a token of his goodwill during the last Mid-Autumn Festival. It turns out that this was his plan!
Mother You secretly cursed Xue Fenglin for being cunning, and at the same time thought that Shen Xuan was a fool who was deceived by Xue Fenglin into turning against her with just a few words.
The next morning, Jinzhi Jingui picked out some inexpensive New Year's goods such as bacon and dried vegetables from the warehouse, packed them up, and sent Mother You back to the Xue Mansion.
As soon as Mother You returned home, she went straight to Bai and reported to her about Shen Xuan's sudden change of attitude.
The weather was already cold at this time, and silver charcoal was burning in Bai's house. She was lying on the chaise longue, being served by Qiongzhu while she ate the newly harvested kumquats from the south.
"Madam, it's me who is useless." Mother You knelt on the ground as soon as she entered the room, and said to Bai with tears in her eyes, "That brother Chen has grown wings now, and he thinks he has a backer, so he drove me out of the Shen family."
"He is so bold! How dare he drive you away when he knows you are mine?" Bai asked with a frown.
"Madam, he went to the Ye family banquet last time, and I don't know what the eldest young master said to him. He probably thinks he has a backer, so he doesn't take the words of this old servant and Madam seriously! And the golden branches and golden osmanthus who serve him, I don't know what benefits they have received, but they all help him speak, so how can this old servant have a say in the Shen family?"
After hearing what Mother You said, Mrs. Bai got angry and threw the kumquat in her hand away, saying, "This tactless idiot is really from the countryside and has no knowledge at all! Does he really think that Xue Fenglin is attracted to him by showing such a considerate and gentle face?"
Qiongzhu on the side hurriedly said: "Madam, that Chen brother is a country boy. How could the eldest young master be interested in him? Even if he really likes him, the Ye family will not agree. This must be their delaying tactic."
Bai looked at Qiongzhu and said, "You understand this principle, but that country boy doesn't."
"I originally thought this guy was a sensible person, but I didn't expect Xue Fenglin to control him with just a little favor. He is really useless!"
After Bai said this, Mother You looked at her face and asked, "Madam, what should we do about Brother Shen now?"
Bai thought for a moment before saying, "Call back Jinzhi and Jingui first, and then pick two more trustworthy attendants to go with them."
After she finished speaking, she called Butler Zhao over and asked him to pick out two more attendants who were close to the Bai family and then replace Jinzhi and Jingui.
But when Butler Zhao heard this, he said with some embarrassment: "Madam, it is easy to send someone over, but this golden branch and golden osmanthus may not come back."
"As the mistress of the family, I asked them to come back. Can I let them be beaten or sold as they please?" Bai got angry when she heard this. He glared at Butler Zhao and said, "You are getting more and more inefficient in doing things now, but a few servants are also making excuses! Is it that the benefits I gave you are not enough?"
At this time, Housekeeper Zhao said with sweat on his forehead, "Madam, you gave me the management right of my family's farm in the suburbs of Beijing. I am grateful in my heart. It's just that the indentures of the Golden Branch and Golden Osmanthus and their family were taken away by the eldest young master a few days ago."
"What! When did this happen? How come I don't know anything about it?" Bai was even more furious when she heard this. She immediately stood up from the chaise longue and overturned the fruit plate on the table.
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