Chapter 153: How can there be no mistakes in doing business?
Madam Xie was very busy. Su Wan watched her for a while and left with satisfaction. She was the best at judging people and using tricks. When it came to doing business, wasn't it easy for her?
Please allow her to be a little narcissistic.
As Madam Xie said, Su Wan took Su Chen and Su Yi to the city gate to find a carriage.
When Su Wan was doing business, Su Chen and Su Yi followed her like two little followers, helping her run errands and carry bags. They went wherever she went and protected her silently.
The flower farm is about twenty miles outside the city, and it costs two taels of silver to rent a carriage for a round trip.
They rented a very ordinary carriage, and the three siblings arrived at their destination after wobbling along the bumpy road.
From a distance, I could already smell the fragrance of flowers. When I opened the curtains, I could clearly see the farms. Several farms together covered an area of several hundred acres. The whole area was covered with flowers of various varieties.
Red, yellow, white, pink.
The seasonal flowers in April include peonies, peonies, magnolias, azaleas, lilies, and Clivias.
Su Wan planned to load two trucks with each different variety, take them back, and then distill them into floral dew to mass-produce floral-scented goat milk soap.
You can directly extract a large jar of pure dew for each fragrance, so you will never have to worry about running out of it.
I randomly found a farmer and discussed with him about ordering flowers.
The farmer took her on a tour of his farm, and the flowers in the field were in full bloom.
When the flower farmer heard that Su Wan was going to transport a large number of flowers back to Qinghe County, he told Su Wan about the problems he would face.
Su Wan learned that if these flowers were to be sent back to Qinghe County fresh, they would have to be uprooted.
If we only had the flower buds, given the fragility of fresh flowers, I'm afraid they would have withered before even reaching Qinghe County.
However, Xiangzhou Prefecture is too far away from Qinghe County, and even if the flowers are uprooted, the freshness of the flowers cannot be guaranteed.
Unfortunately, there are no farmers growing flowers in Qinghe County, so we can only come to Xiangzhou to place orders.
This became a difficult problem that troubled Su Wan.
If she grows flowers herself, it will definitely take more than a short time.
When Su Wan came out of the flower field, his brows were almost twisted into a rope.
Su Chen and Su Yi went in together. They heard every word the farmer said just now, and naturally knew what Su Wan was worried about.
Su Wan didn't want to just make ordinary goat milk soap, she wanted to innovate. The most important thing was that the hair soap must use floral pure water to make the smell better.
The floral goat milk soap and hair soap can be sold at a high price. Thirty cents a piece is not too expensive. The profit is huge, and the profit is much higher than that of ordinary goat milk soap.
If she wanted to go mid-to-high-end, she had to make floral soaps and hair soaps.
But the problem now is that the flower farm is too far away from Qinghe County and cannot provide supplies.
When flowers wither and rot, their smell will be affected to a great extent, so they must be fresh.
Just when Su Wan was at a loss, Su Yi gave her an idea.
"Wanwan, in my opinion, if you want to do a good job in the goat milk soap business, you might as well move directly to Xiangzhou Prefecture and set up a workshop and hire people to work. There are large flower fields here that can provide an unlimited supply of flowers. You don't need to bother traveling back and forth between Qinghe County and Xiangzhou Prefecture. After the flowers are delivered, you can directly make them into floral dew, and then make them into soap to sell. Xiangzhou has outstanding people and beautiful scenery. It has everything and can supply everything. In the future, when this business is established, Xiangzhou will also be your main business place. Since you will have to move out sooner or later, why not come to Xiangzhou now?"
Su Yi thought that if Su Wan came directly to Xiangzhou to do business, she wouldn't have to run around so much, which would save her a lot of trouble.
He also didn't want to see Su Wan running back and forth like this every day, it must be so tiring.
"But, Wanwan just bought some land to grow flowers and build a workshop. Now she decides to come to Xiangzhou. Wouldn't that be a waste of money?" Su Chen considered the effort Su Wan had put into buying the land before.
If he rushed to Xiangzhou all of a sudden, all those lands would have been bought in vain.
"There's no such thing as a business without mistakes. After buying that land, we can grow crops anyway. We won't lose money anyway."
Su Yi saw it clearly. He knew that no matter how much he bought of this kind of grain land, he would not lose money. With the land deed in his hand, even if he went bankrupt one day, he could still come back and make a fortune by farming.
After listening to what his fifth brother said, Su Wan reflected on it. He realized that he had indeed not considered things comprehensively before. He acted impulsively and bought land in a hurry to grow flowers and build a workshop. Now that he was stuck because of the flower supply issue, he realized that his previous decision was full of loopholes.
If he insisted on setting up a workshop at home, not to mention that the flowers could not be delivered remotely, which was already a big problem, it would also be inconvenient for Su Wan to go out to talk about something or buy something.
In the countryside, it is inconvenient for many suppliers to come to her.
"Actually, I just took into consideration that our new house had just been built and they had to move away after only a few days. My parents were reluctant to let them go, so I thought of opening a workshop in the countryside. It's true that I didn't consider it comprehensively. In fact, those fields are not difficult to manage. I can use them for other things. I'm just afraid that my parents won't want to come to Xiangzhou with me."
Su Wan was a little depressed. She was too confident before, so when she realized that she had made a wrong decision, she felt a little aggrieved.
I am still too young. I don't consider problems and things comprehensively enough. I act rashly and I have to change my bad habits, otherwise I will suffer a great loss in the future.
Seeing her so lost, Su Yi pulled her to sit down on the grass at the edge of the sky and gently removed a dead leaf that had accidentally stained her shoulder.
"Wanwan, you want to do great things. Just like you said, those who accomplish great things don't pay attention to small details. How can they be hesitant? You haven't even tried it, so how do you know that your parents don't want to come to Xiangzhou with you?
Think about it carefully. If you come to Xiangzhou, how much trouble will you save? Flowers and almond oil are nearby and can be delivered to you on time without any delays. When you need something, you can buy it in Xiangzhou Prefecture without having to search everywhere. Moreover, if your goat milk soap business grows in the future, the flowers on the three acres of land at home will not be enough to supply it. Not to mention that we don’t know how to grow flowers, if we can’t grow them well, it will also cause trouble. Unlike Xiangzhou, here we have such a large flower farm, with flowers for you to use all year round. Isn’t it wonderful?"
Now, it was Su Yi's turn to comfort her. Su Yi was just that kind of person. He always had a slight smile on his face. He was very gentle, neither arrogant nor impatient, and didn't talk much.
But he was really careful. He took into account everything that Su Wan had not considered.
He had wanted to tell her before, when Su Wan wanted to buy land to plant flowers, but he didn't say anything because he was afraid of hurting her self-confidence.
Su Yi thought, if she discovered the problem herself and learned her lesson after suffering a loss, she would think carefully before doing anything next time. Wouldn't that be more instructive than him deliberately reminding her?
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