Chapter 560 [First Update] 560
Liu Tan flipped through the suggestion book. The handwriting on it ranged from delicate to sharp, from soft to as slow as a dog's crawl, but the meaning was the same.
The entire suggestion book was filled up, and according to the feedback from the slaves in the beauty salon, those ladies were very dissatisfied with the small number of entries in the suggestion book.
Liu Tan was a little dazed for a moment. He wondered if he should be glad that he had not unlocked the "add one" function yet, otherwise his suggestion book would be filled with "add one"s from beginning to end.
He looked at the suggestion book in his hand and was really confused.
He didn't choose the young man before because he was worried that it would not be suitable, after all, there would be real skin contact.
But he thought about it and realized that women these days, especially married ones, seemed to be quite outspoken.
There are definitely not many people who cheat on their spouses and keep mistresses, but when they meet a handsome boy, they will still get close to him.
Liu Tan thought about it and decided that for the sake of the beauty salon's safety, beauticians and makeup artists could not use Xiao Langjun. He was worried that the husbands of those women would get jealous and come and smash the beauty salon, or even come to the beauty salon to cause trouble.
And even if we want to use it, we need training, which is too late in a short time.
On the other hand, regarding the consulting service, it was said that the servants were simply too busy to handle the work. Some of them even became hoarse and there was no one to take their place. Liu Tan immediately sent people to select another group of official servants, emphasizing that they must be good-looking.
In fact, Liu Tan didn't choose any particularly good-looking beauticians and makeup artists. Most of them were just pretty.
This is also for the sake of the customers. If someone spends a lot of money on makeup and beauty treatments, but finds out that they are not as pretty as a servant after the treatment, they will probably become psychologically unbalanced on the spot.
But in the beauty industry, being too ugly is not acceptable, so Liu Tan chose those that are more delicate, so as not to make people suspect that all the people in your beauty salon are ugly, and how can the products look good?
It won't be too depressing for everyone. Of course, those who are too ugly... just... comfort themselves.
It doesn’t matter for the young man, since he is of the opposite sex and it is just a consultation, so this is much easier to handle.
So within two days, the ladies who came for beauty and makeup treatments saw that the information booths were almost equally divided between men and women.
Then there were a lot of people at the consultation seats for male slaves, but there were... immediately fewer people at the consultation seats for female slaves.
Of course, there are not no one at all. Those unmarried young ladies are more reserved.
When Liu Tan listened to the reports from his subordinates, he began to wonder whether he should divide the beauty salon into two parts - one part for married ladies, and the other part for unmarried young ladies.
Otherwise, with such a mixed crowd, I’m really worried that the young lady will be led astray by them.
However, when Princess Li Chang learned about Liu Tan's idea, she couldn't help laughing.
"Hey, brother, why are you so cute?"
Liu Tan's eyes immediately changed to: I'm not happy, but I won't say it.
Princess Dangli suppressed her smile and said, "You, do you think those people change once they get married? We've been exposed to those things since we were young, but before getting married, we always have to restrain ourselves a little. You don't have to think too much. By the way, how are the beauticians and makeup artists being trained?"
Liu Tan knew what she was asking about, and said expressionlessly, "No, there's only the young lady. You can use it if you want."
He felt that his tone was very fierce, but he didn't expect that Princess Dangli would burst into laughter again, and Liu Tan laughed so hard that he lost his temper.
Liu Tan said helplessly: "No, I came here to ask if there is anything that can be improved. Please don't interrupt me."
Princess Dangli thought for a moment and said, "The Four Seasons series is too limited to count."
Liu Tan was helpless: "Next."
Princess Dangli added, "There are too few items, especially the beauty treatments. Why is there only one facial mask? And you can't use it every day."
Yes, the pearl mask Liu Tan decided on cannot be used frequently, and should be used about once every three days. So the beautician’s job is actually much easier than the makeup artist next door.
Liu Tan also knew that there were not enough beauty items, but it was not easy to add more. The only relatively simple one was probably... essential oil massage?
After all, essential oils have appeared these days, so it’s not impossible to do an essential oil beauty project, and add a milk bath, and yes, it’s not impossible to add hair care.
Although milk baths and hair care require coal and water to wash, it doesn't matter. The coal used in beauty salons must be supplied at a low price and then sold at a high price.
Liu Tan can even get the excess milk from the Northern Border!
Speaking of milk, he really has to thank his ordinary little genius sister. She sent him a lot of dairy cows before, and Liu Tan kept them at that time. It turned out that these cows were quite fertile, and now he has quite a few of them.
As for the Northern Country... I don't know if it's because Liu Tan promoted it too much, but everyone likes to drink soy milk more than milk.
Of course, this may be more because the beans are grown by themselves, and the cost of self-production and self-sales is relatively low, while milk needs to be bought, and ordinary people cannot raise a cow just for drinking milk.
As a result, milk in the Northern Border Country was unsalable for a time, and had to be sold to the Huns or the Western Regions.
If there is a demand in Chang'an now, it would be better to send it to Chang'an.
It’s true that the journey is long and the price is high, but it’s better than selling it to others at a loss in the Northern Country, right?
Who in the countries in the Western Regions could be short of milk?
Liu Tan immediately ordered a batch of milk to be sent from the Northern Border Country, intending to conduct a trial run. If everyone liked it, then he would have found a new way to make money for the Northern Border Country.
Because cosmetics were selling well before, Liu Tan directly ordered Huo Guang to open a synthetic petroleum workshop in the industrial zone, and the asphalt was used to build roads. Anyway, the Northern Border Country now has only a few official cement roads, and there are many places where roads can be built. If a big war really wants to take place, this amount of asphalt will not be enough.
The by-products are all useful, so running a workshop does not mean losing money. Not only does it not mean losing money, it even makes money.
A rough estimate shows that the Northern Country has made a lot of money in the past two months just by providing paraffin and glycerin.
This time, the beneficiary was Beidi County.
This county has always been relatively unknown in the Northern Border Kingdom. Because it is far away from Shuofang City, they cannot enjoy the benefits after Shuofang City is rebuilt. At the same time, Beidi County is not within the scope of the Silk Road, so they did not enjoy the benefits of the Silk Road.
Moreover, Beidi County is considered the hinterland within the territory of the Northern Border Kingdom. Apart from the counties on the Silk Road mentioned earlier, Liu Tan will focus more on the border.
Beidi County remained unknown all this time. The prefect of Beidi County was neither better nor worse than the others. He was not disliked by Liu Tan, nor was he outstanding enough to be remembered by him.
Originally, the mayor of Beidi County thought that he would live his whole life in a muddle, but he didn't expect that a pie would fall from the sky one day!
Huo Guang directly chose Beidi County as the location for the artificial petroleum workshop!
The fundamental reason is that Beidi County is close enough to Chang'an. If there were not so few pastures in Beidi County, Huo Guang would probably want to transfer all the dairy cows to Beidi County. However, even so, he set up a transfer center in Beidi County.
Huo Guang originally thought that Liu Tan would not be able to cause any trouble since he was kept in Chang'an by the Emperor and Empress. He was already prepared to spend the quietest autumn harvest since he arrived in the Northern Border Kingdom.
Unexpectedly, their prince really couldn't calm down and actually came up with something again.
What else could Huo Guang say? He was really tired, and he was really bald, but he was making money.
The money Liu Tan earned this time was more than the taxes paid by all the people in the Northern Border Country through their hard work in farming in a year combined!
Even if Huo Guang was exhausted, he had to grit his teeth and meet his requirements. What's more, Liu Tan had already prepared all the things here. He only needed to choose a suitable place, have someone build a workshop, and arrange for transportation.
If he can't even do this, he can simply resign.
Because the beauty salon was established not long ago, Beidi County has not shown any increase in income, but at least the people have one more way out. And this time, without Liu Tan's reminder, Huo Guang took the initiative to ask people to study how to pave the road. At least the road between Beidi County and Chang'an, as well as the road from the industrial zone to Beidi County, should be built. This will greatly reduce the wasted time in transportation and reduce the waste of materials, which all costs money.
Huo Guang's efficiency is truly beyond words. If it weren't for Huo Guang, it would probably have been impossible for the beauty salon to open within just two months.
However, ever since Liu Tan solved the young man's problem, a new problem has arisen at the beauty salon - the salon is too small and there is a queue every day. Some people who live far away have to come a long way to queue up, and sometimes they may not be able to get in even after waiting for a whole day, and then they can only go back reluctantly.
Liu Tan didn't expect the beauty salon to be so popular. He really underestimated women's demand for beauty.
After all, there was no place for such comprehensive maintenance in the past.
Liu Tan turned around and told Chen Ajiao that these beauty salons belonged to Chen Ajiao anyway, so Chen Ajiao must be made aware of the current situation.
After learning about this, Chen Ajiao waved her hand generously: "Why not just open a few more? There are plenty of shops anyway."
Liu Tan: ...
Why did he remember that Chen Ajiao sold all her shops at low prices, but why are there so many of them now?
Could it be that these shops can revive again?
Now he thought that this shop was specially left behind by Chen Ajiao because she was reluctant to leave this geographical location. Now it seems... isn't it?
Liu Tan looked at Chen Ajiao with a puzzled look on his face: "Where did the Queen Mother get so many shops?"
And they are all places with good geographical locations.
Chen Ajiao sneered and said, "I really wanted to sell it at the beginning, but whoever dared to buy it must have ulterior motives. His Majesty punished them a few days ago, so these shops are back again, aren't they?"
Liu Tan: ???
Is this okay?
Facts have proved that this really works, at least there is no problem with the emperor and empress.
Liu Tan didn't dwell on this issue for too long. Since the geographical locations were all good, he directly chose two more places. They happened to be in a triangular shape with the shop he opened before, with almost the same distance, and they took into account most of the families with purchasing power in Chang'an City.
As for civilians...that would have to wait until the beauty salon reached a certain size.
Ordinary people may not have much demand for beauty. The biggest demand should be cosmetics. Beauty is really too expensive and most people can't afford it.
But even beauty makeup is not possible, he really doesn't have that many people.
And after opening these two stores, he really has to pack up and leave, otherwise he might not be able to leave.
As a result, while the two stores were still under renovation, Miao Rui suddenly ran over and said, "Your Highness, Zhao Pingjun and a group of young men are blocking the entrance of the beauty salon."
Liu Tan's ears twitched after hearing this: "He's causing trouble again?"
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