Chapter 15 Crazy Soap
Huangfu Ming looked at Shen and said with a smile, "It turns out that she is a member of Lord Xie's family."
When Shen was facing the merchants, she immediately put on the airs of a marquis' wife that she had accumulated over the years and said condescendingly, "We are no longer marquises, we are now exiles."
"It's just a temporary setback. You are still noble officials at heart." Huangfu Ming is worthy of being a famous grain merchant in 16 countries. He can be so warm and friendly to the Shen family.
Xie Yanyan had no interest in these hypocrisy and continued to sell her soap.
"A bar of soap can be used for a year, so 10 taels of silver is really not expensive."
"My soap is the first of its kind in Daqin, and is exclusively used by the nobles in Kyoto."
"There are not many, first come first served."
There were DIY handmade soap molds in the pile of supplies in the space, so Xie Yanyan took a few wooden molds to make soap.
It has gone through several generations of market baptism and was developed through hard marketing battles. The shape and pattern are all perfect. You will fall in love with it at first sight.
For this batch, she only made three colors, all of which were the colors of flowers and plants picked on the roadside. They are truly natural and have no additives.
Xie Yanyan didn't like to laugh. Her world-weary face showed three parts of indifference, three parts of disgust, and three parts of arrogance. Her phoenix eyes even had a hint of coldness, but it made people find her words more credible.
The female customer readily paid for 21 pieces, 7 pieces for each color.
Good luck with your grand opening!
Li Rong and Liu Mingjie held the heavy 210 taels of silver and smiled happily.
Time was running out and they had to hurry on their way, so Xie Yanyan said to Li Rong, "Master Li, shall we go to Ruyang City to try selling now?"
“How will the profits be divided?”
"Four-six, you guys six and I'm four, how about that?"
"Sir Li, let's do it!" Liu Mingjie and his gang were very tempted. By selling one piece, they could make a profit of more than 5 taels, which was definitely a huge profit.
The prisoners didn't have much money, and they could only get a few thousand taels after scraping together all the money. After deducting the cost, they could get a penny of the difference, so each person could get at most 100 taels.
If this soap is sold, more than 1,000 taels would be equivalent to selling 200 bars of soap.
Li Rong was silent for a while, then said to Xie Yanyan: "Two and eight, we have eight and you have two."
You are so stupid!
"No, at least 37." She could see that Li Rong really wanted to make the deal.
"Deal," Li Rong said, "Let's sell a batch and try. If we can't sell them, we won't do it anymore."
"Aunt, can I go with you?" Xie Yusheng was very pleased when he saw the table full of soaps.
"Okay, Ah Sheng, let's go together. Auntie needs Ah Sheng's help with something."
"I will definitely help my aunt." She puffed out her little chest, her sense of responsibility suddenly swelled.
Xie Yanyan changed into Xie Yong's men's clothes and combed her hair into a high ponytail, with two strands of hair in front of her forehead, making her look like a prickly boy who was not easy to mess with.
The group discussed this and that in the room and then set off.
Li Rong greeted the market supervisor of Ruyang City and put out the soaps on the busiest East Street in Ruyang City.
There is an on-site demonstration with basins of water and people are encouraged to wash their hands, faces and clothes on their own initiative. The results are not surprising and it is free of charge.
A young pregnant woman stood in the crowd, holding a little boy with greasy mouth.
"Hey, can you use this soap to wash your hands?" The pregnant woman pointed at the oil on her and her child's hands and asked, "Let me try?"
"Come here, big sister, try it." Xie Yanyan put out the basin and asked her to wash her hands with soap.
People around watched the pregnant woman and the children wipe the oil off their hands and mouths.
It was visible to the naked eye that the hands were exceptionally white and clean, without any grease at all.
"Let me try it too." A man, with a face covered in grease and mud, washed it with soap, and sure enough, his face became several shades whiter.
He patted his face and said in surprise: "So smooth and tender."
Everyone laughed and joked, "He is indeed more handsome!"
Then, more people came over to try it.
The hands were washed clean, and the thousands of years of dirt were removed, leaving them white and tender.
"Hey, how much is this soap?" the pregnant woman asked. "Will it affect the baby in my belly?"
"The purple one is made of cauliflower. It can promote sleep and will only be better for children." Xie Yanyan said it calmly, neither humble nor arrogant, but it made people feel credible.
"10 taels per piece. Once sold out, we'll be gone. This is the only batch. We won't restock."
"One piece can be used for a whole year! When giving it to relatives or elders, it shows filial piety, care and love without boundaries; when giving it to friends or superiors, it shows sincerity, walking hand in hand and the friendship will last forever."
"Don't miss it if you pass by. You can't afford to suffer a loss or be cheated. This shop will never come back again!"
Li Rong grinned upon hearing this. This Third Miss looked like someone who was not easy to mess with, but she was actually bold and open-minded, with all her tricks.
The little boy shouted, "Mom, this soap smells so good and is so pretty. Give it to grandma. She will definitely like it."
"Okay, I'll listen to Xiaobao. This is the first time I've seen something so useful. It looks good, smells good, and is easy to use."
The pregnant woman took 10 taels of silver and said, "Give me a piece of Zhuge cauliflower flavor."
"Okay." He wrapped the Zhuge cauliflower soap in oil paper, took a piece of candy and handed it to the little boy, touched his head and said, "The baby is really smart."
As soon as this one started, other people who were waiting and watching immediately paid to buy it.
The total amount was 100 yuan, and 21 yuan was bought by a female guest at the inn, leaving only 79 yuan.
You took it piece by piece and she took it away, and soon more than 20 yuan was gone.
Xie Yanyan was also very polite and gave a small piece of candy to anyone who brought a child.
A peddler looked at it for a long time, squeezed over and shouted, "Hey, bro, how much do you have? I want them all."
"There's still 55."
"Give them all to me."
The peddler paid the money and asked, "Anything else?"
"No, that's all."
"Will you come tomorrow?"
"Not coming. If you want it, you'll have to go somewhere else. How much do you want?"
"I'll take as many as you have." The traveling merchant saw the business opportunity at the first sight. He traveled far and wide and had a sharp eye.
This soap has great market potential.
"Then go to Nanyang City and wait," Li Rong said, "You will be there in about half a month."
The peddler was a little anxious and asked, "Why is it taking so long? Can you bring more when the time comes?"
"Okay, you must bring enough silver, otherwise we won't wait for you and will sell it to anyone."
In order to show his sincerity, the peddler asked for Li Rong's name and paid a deposit of 100 taels.
Seeing that he was honest, Xie Yanyan gave him a hint: "In half a month, I estimate that you can bring more than 1,000 yuan."
The peddler said happily, "Don't worry, my family and I will bring enough silver and wait for you at the largest inn in Nanyang City."
Closing the stall!
As soon as they closed their stall, the people around them immediately started arguing with the peddler: "You are a dishonest person. Since you are going to Nanyang City to get so many goods, why do you want to compete with us? No, you must give us some."
The peddler was held back and couldn't run away, so he said, "You can take it, 15 taels of silver per piece, take it or not."
When Xie Yanyan returned to the inn, Liu Mingjie stamped his feet in regret, saying that the peddler was reselling the items on the spot and raising the price to 15 taels per piece, and sold them out in no time.
"We lost money!" Liu Mingjie said angrily, "We lost 500 taels of silver for nothing."
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