Seeing the four women looking completely bewildered, Jing Zhe couldn't help but chuckle.
"Sixth Sister, who do you think will be the first to get anxious after we lower the price?"
"Is it... Qu Family Cloth Shop?"
Zhou Ziqiong answered tentatively.
"It's not the Qu Family Cloth Shop, it's the Crown Prince of Yu!"
It is said that those involved are often confused, while bystanders see things clearly. Zhou Ziqiong's understanding was not as clear as Zhang Xiaoyu's. After being pointed out by Zhang Xiaoyu, she suddenly realized the truth.
The Qu family's cloth shop is backed by the heir apparent of King Yu, and the Zhou family's cloth shop has come to this point because the heir apparent of King Yu wanted to force Zhou Ziqiong to submit and take her for himself.
So when Zhou's Cloth Shop lowers its prices, he's definitely the one who gets anxious!
Jing Zhe nodded and then asked, "So what do you think was the first reaction of Prince Yu when he saw the Zhou family's cloth shop lowering its prices?"
"They're lowering their prices too!"
Zhou Ziqiong immediately replied, "Because the cotton that the Qu family cloth shop got from Prince Jin didn't cost them much money. Let alone 150 coins, even 100 or 50 coins wouldn't be a problem for them! But... what is the purpose of doing this?"
Jing Zhe smiled but didn't answer. Instead, he changed the subject and asked, "Sixth Sister, if we're going to use up 3,000 sanitary napkins a day, how many days would it take to deplete the cotton in our warehouse?"
"..."
This time, Zhou Ziqiong took a little longer to think about it.
Finally, he said, "It will probably take about three months!"
"So, this is far from enough! Actually, sanitary napkins are a necessity for women, needed at all times. But they sell better when the weather gets hotter!"
After thinking it over, all four women nodded in agreement.
When it's cold, because we're wearing thick clothes, even if we carry a cloth bag, the effect isn't too noticeable. But in the summer, it's so hot that even without carrying anything, it's still unbearably hot, let alone carrying a cloth bag.
Therefore, sanitary napkins are definitely in high demand at this time!
"But even though our cotton will be used up in three months, the sanitary napkins we make may have to be sold all summer!"
Zhou Ziqiong said.
Sewing 3,000 sanitary napkins a day is definitely not enough to sell them all, especially since production continues for three months. There must be a considerable amount of inventory, enough to last until the summer.
"Sixth Sister, you should have noticed through this cotton-padded coat sale that Qu Family Cloth Shop has attracted everyone to their shop simply by selling cotton-padded coats. Moreover, people have gotten used to buying cotton-padded coats from Qu Family Cloth Shop. Even if they need to buy more clothes, they will still choose to go there. This is called habit."
Zhou Ziqiong nodded. Now, people not only go to Qu Family Cloth Shop to buy cotton-padded clothes, but also to buy ordinary clothes. Apart from Huanhua Yujin, all other clothes in Zhou Family Cloth Shop are also unsold.
After all, apart from the Huanhua Jade Brocade being unique, the quality of other clothes from Qu Family Cloth Shop and Zhou Family Cloth Workshop was about the same.
"Therefore, the more cotton the better. We don't want to worry about 'possibility,' we must sell it until summer! We definitely don't have enough cotton, so we need the cotton from Qu Family Cloth Shop to come to the rescue!"
"Cotton from the Qu Family Cloth Shop... to tide me over?"
Zhou Ziqiong muttered a few words, and the more she listened, the more her head throbbed.
This is understandable, since Zhou Ziqiong had only recognized Jing Zhe a few days ago and was not yet familiar with Jing Zhe's style of doing things.
"I know what my husband is going to do!"
After his explanation, Zhang Xiaoyu, who was familiar with Jing Zhe, instantly understood.
Zhou Ziqiong immediately looked over: "Xiaoyu knows? Then hurry up and tell Sixth Sister, it's too much trouble to listen to him!"
Zhou Ziqiong pouted, somewhat dissatisfied.
Zhang Xiaoyu then said with a smile, "My husband will definitely not just lower the price once when he asks Sixth Sister to lower it, but several times in a row, thus forcing the Qu Family Cloth Shop to push the price down to the lowest possible level. Then, my husband will send someone to buy all the cotton-padded clothes from the Qu Family Cloth Shop and store them, which will be enough for us to sew sanitary napkins in the future!"
"..."
After being enlightened by Zhang Xiaoyu's suggestion, Zhou Ziqiong suddenly understood.
After a long pause, he finally said, "You're so mean!"
"But I like it very much."
Zhou Ziqiong added.
"Who told them to bully Sixth Sister first? This is what they call 'evil deeds will surely lead to one's own downfall,' they brought it all on themselves!"
Jing Zhe smiled.
Zhou Ziqiong nodded, clearly agreeing with this point. After thinking for a moment, she added, "Zhe'er, even if we can sell a lot of sanitary napkins every day, once we buy the cotton-padded clothes from the Qu family's cloth shop, the Zhou family's cloth shop's warehouse definitely won't be able to hold them all!"
"Well, if we can't store it there, we can put it at our place for now. I see there's a courtyard and an empty woodshed behind Wenxiangju. We can clean it out and use it for storage."
"That's still not enough. It might be enough at the beginning, but even if we buy all the cotton-padded clothes from the Qu family's cloth shop later on, it still won't be enough."
"At that time, they were stored directly at the Qu Family Cloth Shop."
"Stored at the Qu Family Cloth Shop?"
Zhou Ziqiong was just about to say that if they bought so many cheap cotton-padded clothes from them, Master Qu would probably be furious. How could he allow them to store the cotton-padded clothes there?
But upon further reflection, she understood what Jing Zhe meant.
Once Zhou Family Cloth Workshop's sanitary napkins hit the market, Qu Family Cloth Shop will likely be on its last legs. At that point, Zhou Family Cloth Workshop can simply acquire Qu Family Cloth Shop. Therefore, Qu Family Cloth Shop will also belong to the Zhou family.
After she finished speaking, Jing Zhe clapped his hands and laughed, "Sixth Sister is clever!"
Zhou Ziqiong pursed her lips, thinking to herself, "Compared to you, how am I even considered smart?"
After thinking for a moment, he felt a pang of regret and said, "These sanitary napkins are really good for us women! It's just a shame that our Zhou Family Fabric Shop can only sell them until the end of the year at most!"
With the current cotton inventory of Zhou's Cloth Shop, it can be sewn into sanitary napkins in three months, and selling them for half a year until summer should not be a problem. In addition, the cotton clothes that will be bought from Qu's Cloth Shop will be sewn into sanitary napkins and sold until the New Year.
However, once this cotton is used up, it will probably be impossible to buy more cotton, since Anguo did not produce cotton before, and only the western region had the conditions to grow cotton.
Now, the Prince of Jin, having somehow acquired a method, has also begun planting cotton in Jinxi. He initially sold cotton to Zhou Gui with the intention of ripping off the Zhou family's cloth workshop. If he finds that he can no longer rip off the Zhou family, he certainly will not sell cotton to them anymore.
So, although these sanitary napkins are good, they can only be sold for one year, which makes Zhou Ziqiong feel a little disappointed.
Jing Zhe, however, did not take it to heart: "Sixth Sister is overthinking it. Zhou Family Cloth Shop can keep selling these sanitary napkins."
"But we're out of cotton!"
"Of course there is! Jinxi has plenty of cotton!"
"But why would the Prince of Jin agree to sell it to us again?"
"At that point, he won't have a chance to speak!"
Jing Zhe said with a sneer.
The weather will soon be warmer. After Kadan finishes dealing with affairs in the western frontier, he will put on a grand show for me. That will be the time of the Jin King's demise!
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