Around noon, many people gradually arrived on the street.
The shouts of Shen Yuan and Jiang Yuchen's men became even more enthusiastic.
By the afternoon, Shen Yuan had sold out a sack, and Jiang Yuchen had sold out two large vats.
Seeing that Shen Yuan was able to sell so many sachets, Jiang Yuchen, who was lying on the rattan chair, raised his head and sat up.
He stood beside the wine vat and personally joined the wine-selling team.
At night, the street is twice as crowded as it is during the day.
Although Jiang Yuchen's wine was cheaper than usual, the nearby restaurants and eateries had no shortage of wine. People would order drinks along with their food when they came to dine, and very few would buy wine separately from the restaurant.
So Jiang Yuchen only sold four vats of wine in one day, far less than he had expected.
But all two hundred sachets that Shen Yuan brought were sold out.
After the people who had eaten and drunk their fill left the restaurant, Shen Yuan went up to them with sachets and tried to sell them, saying that her sachets could refresh the mind.
At first, no one believed it, but when Shen Yuan held up the sachet and waved it to everyone's noses, they smelled the fragrance emanating from it, and their dizzy heads immediately cleared up, and their headaches didn't get so bad.
These people discovered the wonderful uses of the sachets and rushed to buy them.
The sachets that Shen Yuan brought were quickly snapped up.
The moon was high in the sky when the incense in the censer burned out completely.
Jiang Yuchen received a total of 320 taels of silver today, while Shen Yuan received a total of 20 taels of silver.
The money she made from selling goods was only a fraction of what Jiang Yuchen earned.
However, the bet they made was to see who could make more profit.
As the saying goes, ten catties of grain make one catty of wine. The peach blossom wine brought by Jiang Yuchen has a complicated process and needs to be sealed in a cellar for ten years before it can be taken out of the jar. The cost of one jar of wine is five taels of silver.
Therefore, only 120 out of the 320 taels of silver were profit. Moreover, Jiang Yuchen not only sold the wine at a low price, but also offered a promotion of buying one jar and getting half a jin free. After selling forty jars of wine, he gave away twenty jin of wine, and the cost of these twenty jin of wine was ten taels of silver.
In total, Jiang Yuchen's net profit from selling wine today is 110 taels.
Shen Yuan's sachets sell for 100 coins each. She bought the sachets from a ready-made shop. They weren't embroidered, so they only cost 10 coins. The herbs inside cost an average of 30 coins each.
In total, Shen Yuan earned 12 taels of silver today from selling sachets.
Jiang Yuchen closed his fan and bowed slightly to Chen Yuan: "I made a 30% profit, and you made a 60% profit. I lost! This shop is yours!"
Shen Yuan was surprised that Jiang Yuchen admitted defeat so readily, and couldn't help but glance at him a few more times.
She smiled and said, "Young Master Su, you flatter me!"
Jiang Yuchen: "I am Yuchen, the youngest son of the Jiang family in Jinling. May I ask... if we could become friends?"
Seeing his sincere attitude, Shen Yuan also said, "My name is Shen Yuan, Yuan as in purple daphne flower, and I am from Jian'an."
Jiang Yuchen: "I remember that Ziyuan is also a kind of medicinal herb that can detoxify and kill insects."
Shen Yuan nodded, "I didn't expect Young Master Jiang to also understand pharmacology."
"I know a little bit." Jiang Yuchen paused, then said, "That's why I admire you so much. You can make a sachet have 30% of its effect, but you can make it 10%. You're eloquent, quick-witted, and definitely have the makings of a businessman!"
"Young Master Jiang has never used my sachet, so how could he know that its remarkable effects are all due to my exaggerated praise?"
Shen Yuan smiled faintly and gently deflected Jiang Yuchen's words: "In business, good products are always the key!"
After saying that, Shen Yuan took off the sachet from her waist and handed it to Jiang Yuchen: "In just this short time, you've already gotten two mosquito bites on your neck. Why don't you try wearing my sachet and see if it works?"
Jiang Yuchen's gaze fell on the sachet in Shen Yuan's hand. The sachet was embroidered with the words "affordable pharmacy" and had no other design except for a tassel. It looked rather ugly.
In the past, Jiang Yuchen would never have been able to stand wearing something so ugly on his body!
But... Jiang Yuchen hesitated for two seconds before taking the sachet and hanging it on himself.
He thanked Shen Yuan, saying, "Then thank you very much, Miss Shen!"
Shen Yuan: "Young Master Jiang, you're too kind. I'm new to Jinling, and it's my good fortune to have met you! I hope you'll take good care of me in the future!"
Jiang Yucheng: "Of course, of course! In Jinling City, our Jiang family still has a lot of influence! If Miss Shen needs any help in the future, just come to me! I don't have any other faults, except that I'm kind-hearted and always willing to help others!"
Shen Yuan: "..."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
After signing the contract with Old Li, Shen Yuan took her leave.
The contract was in triplicate, and she took two copies.
Shen Yuan sent one of the documents to the government office and paid the deed tax, thus finalizing her plan to rent a shop.
After finishing this matter, Shen Yuan took Xiao Huzi back to the inn.
Seeing that Xiao Huzi kept secretly glancing at her along the way, Shen Yuan asked him after they returned to the inn, "Speak! What do you want to tell me?"
Little Tiger was stunned for a moment, then said, "I...I think Sister Yuanyuan, you are really amazing!"
"That young master Jiang is so cunning and treacherous, but you still managed to beat him and snatch that shop from him!"
At this point, Xiao Huzi paused for a moment and then asked, "That Jiang Yuchen is really annoying, why do you still want to be friends with him?"
"Jiang Yuchen is indeed exceptionally intelligent, but he is not a bad person. Otherwise, he wouldn't have admitted defeat so easily and kept his promise to give me the shop."
Shen Yuan patiently explained to Xiao Huzi, "Moreover, I inquired about Jiang Yuchen's background from the waiter yesterday."
The Jiang family is a century-old wealthy merchant family in Jinling. They own countless shops, money exchanges in the south, and a mine outside Jinling City.
A mine where iron ore can be extracted!
That mine has not been requisitioned by the imperial court to this day, providing the Jiang family with a continuous stream of wealth!
In addition, Shen Yuan also heard that Jiang Yuchen's aunt was an imperial concubine in the palace.
That's why the Jiang family holds such a high position in Jinling City.
Jiang Yuchen, as the youngest son of the Jiang family, was pampered and acted like a little tyrant in Jinling City.
Shen Yuan planned to do business in Jinling City, so naturally she didn't want to antagonize the local tyrant.
She said to Xiaohuzi, "It's always better to be friends with someone than enemies. I don't want to be friends with Jiang Yuchen; I just don't want to make enemies!"
"Achoo!"
Jiang Yuchen sneezed, then gestured with his chin and continued babbling to his subordinates behind him, "None of you noticed, but she noticed the two mosquito bites on my neck. Do you think... she's captivated by my charm and has already fallen for me?"
The men following behind Jiang Yuchen exchanged glances, not daring to say a word.
Jiang Yuchen then asked, "Otherwise, why would she give me a sachet?"
Seeing that his subordinates remained silent, he asked himself and answered, "When a woman gives a sachet, it is usually for her lover!"
"She's interested in me, that's why she gave me the sachet. And it's the sachet she always wears! The significance of this sachet is truly extraordinary!"
Jiang Yuchen rubbed the sachet in his hand, a smug smile playing on his lips: "I didn't expect my charm to still be so great. In just two days, I've already made another young lady fall for me!"
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