As soon as one person poured out the golden dew, a second person followed, and many people poured it out. Soon the air was filled with a rich and fresh fragrance.
Firstly, he discovered that there was really gold inside, and was worried that there was not any in his own bottle, so he poured it out to check just to make sure.
Secondly, I heard that most of those who rushed in as a gift of gold were ordinary people. Looking at their tattered and patched clothes, I could tell that they were short of money to live and wanted to show them off to others so that they could be sold at a good price.
Now the hottest time has passed, and there is not much autumn in the northwest. In less than a month, the water will freeze again. Who doesn't want to earn more food for the family?
The northwest wind is strong and dry, the fields are much thinner than elsewhere, and grain production has not increased.
Although there was more snow last year than in previous years, this year's harvest will definitely be good, but it will also be limited.
There was no family planning these days, and every family had many mouths to feed. Some food had to be sold to buy household necessities. Whether the remaining food could last until next spring was still a big problem.
This is why Ruan Jialin proposed this method.
Miao Wan rarely went out. Taotao grew up day by day, and every day was a very fun time. Except for occasionally going to restaurants, she mostly stayed at home with her child.
But along the way, Ruan Jialin saw too many people who were poorly clothed and hungry. If they had not given them a piece of barley cake occasionally, some clean water to drink from time to time, and a roof to live in, the family might not have been able to reach Xining Town.
There are also poor families in the south of the Yangtze River, but the winters there are not so cold, and they are close to mountains and rivers, and the land is fertile. It is really not as bitter and cold as in the northwest. Ruan Jialin was shocked, and he wanted to do something.
Miao Wan was originally happy to make the people of Xining Town live a better life. She also discussed with Uncle Zhang and Uncle Wu about the land purchased by the Qiao and Zhang families and hired many villagers to do the work.
Giving them ten copper coins every day and some food after the harvest was the most direct way she could think of to help people survive the winter.
Ruan Jialin just wanted to let people receive their free discount tokens and then sell them to make some money.
Miao Wan pondered, isn't this a ready-made scalper? She couldn't miss out on the buying service.
It is said that things that are snatched away are more fragrant. If you spend a lot of effort to snatch something that you couldn’t snatch away in the first place, wouldn’t that be more fragrant?
After the two of them thought about it, and with the approval of the old fox Qiao Shengwen, the plan for opening the business was decided.
As long as you are a traveling merchant, you will know how valuable aromatic water is.
The most popular rose water sold in the capital is loved by the ladies and girls of wealthy families no matter where it is placed.
If it is diluted and sold at a lower price, even ordinary people will have to tighten their belts and buy a bottle for their wives. Going out with the faint fragrance is more decent than having a mouth full of oil.
Rose water in an ordinary bottle costs one tael of silver. If it is replaced with a crystal bottle brought by people from the Western Regions, it will be sold for at least three taels of silver. Even if it is diluted, it will cost fifty cents of silver.
Now!
Qianjinlou actually produced a scented water that was several times more fragrant than rose water!
The scent even subtly changed!
Not only does it use a crystal bottle, it’s also mixed with gold powder!!
Was it perfumed water? It was naked gold before them!
Such aromatic water can be sold for less than ten taels of silver per bottle. They might as well just use their head to walk. No wonder it is called golden dew. Every drop of this stuff is priced in gold.
But Ruan Jialin stood at the door and spoke loud and clear.
"Today is the first day of our Qianjin Lou's opening. We are entertaining sixty-six guests and adding to the festive atmosphere with Golden Dew, which is the threshold of our Qianjin Lou.
Only customers who hold Golden Dew can purchase Qianjinlou's goods at a low price. Other customers can only make reservations and purchase at full price half a month later. Qianjinlou only welcomes fifty customers per day, and customers who hold Golden Dew at the beginning of the month are not included in the calculation.
One of the merchants understood and chuckled, "No, how can you do business like this? Do you know how to run a business? Can you make money by entertaining so few customers every day?"
Ruan Jialin smiled and pointed at the blackboard, saying, "Let the guests know that the owner of Qianjinlou is the true heir of the imperial secret recipe. This golden dew is just the most basic product. There are many other good things, but this imperial secret recipe is not that good. We can't keep up with the delivery speed, so we can only entertain these distinguished guests and provide more appropriate and meticulous service."
Those who could read came to the front of the blackboard and wrote the words "name of the restaurant" in the same way as on Ju Fu Restaurant, so that everyone could quickly see the content on the sign.
In addition to the Golden Dew used for advertising, Miao Wan selected three most basic products as the main products for the business.
Qianjinlou is opening a grand promotion, all prices are calculated in silver——
Crystal Gold Dew contains gold. Apply it on the wrists, behind the ears and on the temples. It will last for six hours, with different scents at the beginning, middle and end. One bottle costs eight ounces, and you get one free for twenty bucks.
White jade toothbrush and pearl powder toothpaste, use it to make your breath as sweet as orchid and your teeth as white as snow, one set is 2 taels, buy ten and get one free.
Yu Furong shower gel, dissolved in hot water, scents the body, softens the skin, whitens and moisturizes. One bottle is 2 taels, buy ten and get one free.
Imperially made White Jade Dragon Cream, pat on face to moisturize, nourish, remove wrinkles and whiten skin. One bottle costs 5 taels, buy ten and get one free.
If you spend more than ten taels of silver, you will receive one scented soap, one soap and one perfumed soap.
If you spend fifty taels of silver or more, you will receive one soap and one scented oil.
If you spend more than 100 taels of silver, you will receive one scented oil and one golden dew.
Purchases of more than 200 taels of silver will receive membership in Qianjinlou, where you will have priority in purchasing discounts and secret new products.
Note: For all fake goods, we will compensate you tenfold, otherwise you will get a refund. If you are a VIP at the beginning of the month, you will be eligible for three half-price purchases.
Once we saw the names of people written on the blackboard, the noise became even louder.
"I'll pay you ten taels of silver for your golden dew. Sell it to me!"
"Sell me, sell me! I'll give you twenty taels!"
"Don't rush, don't rush. How about this? If you help me buy something once, I'll give you ten taels of silver. If you do it three times, that's thirty taels. How about that?"
…
The more than sixty people who received the golden dew were not all ordinary people. There were also strong servants of traveling merchants, and even a few who had queued in the middle of the night in Wa City.
Good man, as soon as they saw the familiar layout on the blackboard, they knew that this was another trick played by the butcher.
If they don't run fast enough, the butcher's family may have to suffer again.
Someone immediately turned around and ran inside, shouting, "I, I, I, I want the stall with the most purchases!"
There were also some clever ones who took advantage of the fact that some people were surrounded and slipped away secretly wrapped in rags.
If you don't sell it now, wait until the supply is in short supply and you can't buy it, then you can spread the word. Then maybe Huang Jinlu can really be sold at the price of gold!
But there were also dozens of people who were surrounded by people and their arms were pulled to prevent them from leaving. Some people dared to ask for 70% of the price, and some merchants agreed quickly and immediately pulled the people in.
When the traveling merchants entered Qianjin Building by themselves and saw the pyramid-like wooden shelves, their eyes lit up with green light.
The golden dew is in a crystal bottle, which is only produced in the Western Regions and certain mines near Xifan. The crystal bottle alone is worth one or two taels of silver!
The Jade Hibiscus shower gel was actually made of Chu Pottery with hibiscus flowers carved on it. It exuded nobility from the inside out. If it was taken to the county town or even inland, it would definitely be snatched up by wealthy families.
As for the toothbrush, although the bristles are not so good-looking, they use white jade and emerald jade handles, as well as carved wooden handles. The price is more detailed than what is written outside, and is divided into three grades. The toothpaste jars that come with it are also different, dark and translucent.
The most beautiful one is the white jade dragon ointment jar. Somehow, it is white with light green patterns, and the surface has a faint glow.
Even in Beijing, there is no such beautiful bottle, so I have to buy it just for this bottle.
Anyway, as long as the merchant is not short of money, he will buy the maximum amount as soon as he opens his mouth, so as to avoid running out of stock and having to follow others and pick up leftovers.
As for the wealthy people in Xining Town, Qiao Ruichen from the Qin Mao family had already sent them there, so there was no need to compete with others. He also took some as tribute to the General Dingbei's Mansion.
When Miao Wan heard from her father-in-law that Qiao Ruichen was invited to dinner by General Dingbei, she guessed that this was quite a fast progress and she was very happy.
Even she didn't expect that after delaying for such a long time before opening Qianjinlou, she would still get such surprises as crystal bottles and low-end blue and white porcelain.
Zhang Sanzhuang in front almost had a heart attack when he heard that the old master employed by the Yu family always asked for money.
Many times, he kept his hands on his chest and complained to Miao Wan, "Another twenty taels, is this just eating silver to eat with food? A total of nearly two hundred taels have been spent, when will it end..."
Miao Wan felt guilty and didn't dare to speak. Mainly because she had heard that the old master was very expensive, so she went to Yu's house.
The money that should be spent should be spent. If the master is stingy and cheats people, that's not acceptable. Miao Shiren's money didn't come from the wind!
When she saw the old master, Miao Wan was a little surprised. The man had a high nose and deep eyes, and looked a bit like someone from the Western Regions, but he also had a big forehead, curly hair, and it was a bit sparse. She seemed to have heard someone mention such features.
"Master's mother was killed by the Xiban people in the previous dynasty..." Yu Erqiang secretly told Miao Wan, "Later, the Xiban people burned, killed, and looted in Xining Town and Xiping County. Master hid in the countryside and had a hard time."
That's why such a skilled craftsman was invited to come home after being sought after by the Yu family.
This old master has no children and cannot even marry. It is said that a teacher is a father for life. I guess he came out of seclusion because he wanted an apprentice to take care of him in his old age.
As for why they spent nearly a hundred taels to build a kiln, in fact, they built three kilns.
The other party spoke Xining dialect even more fluently than Miao Wan. "I heard Erqiang say that making charcoal alone won't make any money. One kiln can make charcoal, and another can make bricks. I can also make pottery. I'm sure I won't let the boss lose money!"
Hmm? Miao Wan was moved. Ceramics and pottery are inseparable. If you can make pottery, how far can you go from making porcelain?
She only remembered that there were minerals like quartz in the porcelain, but there should be more than one kind, there should also be lime, borax, etc.
She told Master Gu everything in her mind, "I want pottery that is smoother and more translucent than pottery, and preferably solid and light in color, so that it will look bright when we display it in the shop."
Master Gu, who had been working with kilns for most of his life, knew what Miao Wan was talking about. "I can occasionally burn a fire, but it requires a lot of ore, and it must cost a lot of money. San Zhuang must be heartbroken."
Miao Wan: “…”
She secretly encouraged Master Gu, "Just ask him for it and tell him you want it to be a secret weapon for the restaurant. You'll definitely make a lot of money in the future!"
After all, food would definitely be more tempting if it came out on a ceramic plate.
With Miao Wan supporting him and the beautiful vision of making more money in mind, Zhang Sanzhuang covered his chest and took out the money again and again. Fortunately, Master Gu did not disappoint Miao Wan's expectations.
He first fired red Chu pottery and pure black pottery. Miao Wan was particularly surprised by the purity of the colors. The smoothness of these two pottery was already very close to that of porcelain.
She planned to use black pottery to hold white jade dragon paste and toothpaste, and Chu pottery to hold golden dew and shower gel.
When she went to Master Gu to get the red pottery and black pottery, Master Gu gave her another huge surprise.
The porcelain had not yet been developed, and Miao Wan saw glass shards on the ground.
That day, she was so excited holding the irregular glass shards that, as Yu Daqiang and Yu described, she was like this—
"It's like being struck by lightning, a series of lightning strikes. I'm almost shaking."
Yu: “…” Why don’t you hope for good luck from the God of Wealth!
Master Gu was also frightened by Miao Wan, and his explanation was a bit halting. "Well, that's just a random firing. Don't you want, don't you want light-colored pottery?"
But Miao Wan said, "I don't care! I don't want light-colored pottery anymore. I want this! This is it! Give me glass!!!"
Beauty products without glass are incomplete! Miao Wan screamed like a groundhog in her heart.
It seems that God gave her a golden finger to count the snowflakes, which were scattered all over the earth, waiting for her to find and dig them out bit by bit.
In order to live up to Miao Wan's expectations, Master Gu first researched and invented glass, and then used a ceramic bottle as an embryo and poured in glass liquid, making a glass bottle that everyone thought was a crystal bottle.
In fact, the glass bottle is not as strong as the crystal bottle, and it is obtained by chance after all. Master Gu tried his best, but it still looks a bit like brown frosted glass. After polishing with sandpaper, it looks like a light gold in the sun.
Miao Wan was very satisfied. Using a golden glass bottle to hold the golden dew was simply perfect!
Then Master Gu also fired white porcelain, which was not pure white, but a bit like ivory white.
Miao Wan suddenly had an idea and asked Yu Daqiang and his son Ada, who were good at carving, to paint some simple patterns on the bottle with navy blue dye, and then put it into the kiln to burn.
What comes out is an ivory white version of blue and white porcelain!
Just before the opening, Qiao Ruichen came back.
She lay in Qiao Bailao's arms and sighed, "God is chasing me to feed me. If I eat a little late, He is afraid that I will be hungry, so He tries His best to stuff me with food."
Qiao Ruichen: "..." Wife, don't you think what you said is a bit rude?
Miao Shiren didn't notice and punched Qiao Ruichen's chest with his little fist. "My husband, look at how blessed I am. You need to work harder! If you can't please the ladies in the harem, learn from my second cousin. Look how happy he makes the ladies at home. He who speaks sweet words wins the world, while silence only makes you a pervert."
Qiao Ruichen: "..." What does my hard work have to do with your good fortune?
He turned over and proved with his actions that silence can not only become perverted, but also explode.
The shop opened the next day, and Miao Wan, who had planned to sneak in to join in the fun, was unable to get up.
Miao Wan was awakened by her daughter sitting on her butt, and then she held her head and bit her face with saliva. Only then did she fully wake up and turned to look at the sun outside the door, which was hammering her waist.
"Ahhh!" Qiao Bailao, that bastard, can you please not work so hard at night?
Taotao's eyes lit up. Are they going to exchange secret signals?
She lifted her buttocks and sat down hard, "Ahhhh!"
Miao Wan: "...Taotao, you're already half a year old, isn't it time for you to learn to speak? Come on, call me mom~~"
Since she couldn't join in the grand opening celebration, with Qiao Ruichen and the experienced Ruan Jialin around, there would definitely be no problem. She stopped worrying about it and focused on coaxing her daughter.
Miao Wan felt sad to think about how difficult it was for Sister Chenxi to wean the baby.
He smeared mustard on the grain bag and cried out in pain.
She was staying in a hotel and watching the surveillance video. The child was crying and she was crying out of breath.
Later, when my milk stopped coming in, the baby still insisted on sucking, and the baby bit through the grain bag. It was so painful that I couldn't even wear a bra.
She didn't intend to wean Taotao so early, she just wanted to scare her and let her know that food is precious and to eat well.
Who would have thought that this naughty kid would be conquered by Geng's egg custard with gravy after just two days of searching and a few symbolic howls.
In the next half month, Taotao would always look for the food bag on Miao Wan's body when he was hungry. Even if he found it, he would not drink it, but would howl at Geng.
The meaning is very clear: Look, I'm craving milk again, grandma, please give me more delicious food to tempt me. It doesn't matter if it's more intense, I can handle it!
Geng and the others would laugh until their stomachs hurt every day watching the mother and daughter having fun.
Even Sun came over with a braised egg in her arms to watch the fun. The braised egg seemed to be influenced by Taotao and no longer always looked for the grain bag.
So everyone was happy, and the only one who was disappointed was Miao Wan, who had not yet planned to wean her baby.
But she didn’t feel lost for too long. A few days ago, she discovered that she had no milk! !
It was Mrs. Geng who told her that it was Mrs. Sun who sent the malt, and since the little guy could be weaned, he would grow stronger by eating. In order to prevent the mother from being soft-hearted, she should stop breastfeeding as soon as possible.
Aunt Geng mixed malt juice into the soup and helped Miao Wan make the decision.
So at this moment, Miao Wan looked at Taotao who was looking back and moaning while holding her chest, and her heart was as calm as water.
"If you keep digging, there's nothing left. If you can, call me mom and I'll give you some meat, how about that?"
Geng brought Taotao over to serve the egg custard.
I just made braised pork at home. The agate-colored gravy was poured a little bit on the egg custard, and the hot egg custard made it even sweeter.
Taotao immediately stuck his butt out and climbed down from Miao Wan's body, slurring his words at Geng: "Sigh!"
The author has something to say:
Taotao: Foodies never think about returning to milk! The temptation is even stronger!
Tao Foodie: Oh right, there are also comments and liquid, please come more fiercely QAQ There are red envelopes ~
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