There was a very popular temple in the next county, so Song Yuehua asked Ji Ming to go there on the 15th to sell Buddhist robes.
To date, I have collected a total of 30 Buddhist robes.
In order to prevent any accidents on the road, Song Yuehua also asked Duan Yidao to accompany them.
About three days later, Ji Ming, Gouwazi and Duan Yidao came back.
As soon as he got home, Gou Wa Zi asked Song Yue Hua, "How many pieces have you made in the past few days?"
"Three."
Gou Wa Zi sighed and said, "What a pity! I think if I bring 60 pieces, I can sell them all."
“All sold out?”
“Sold out.”
Song Yuehua didn't expect it to be so fast.
Ji Ming said to Gou Wazi, "Take these three items to the temple in Luoxia Village and sell them tomorrow."
"Luoxia Village? Is that temple still there?" Gouwazi only remembered hearing about it when he was a child.
Master Duan had just accompanied Zhu Yanli there last time, so he knew clearly, "Yes, there are three monks in total. It doesn't look like there are many monks, but it's not empty. There are still many wealthy families who like this kind of temple."
There was no one around, so what was he going to do? Gou Wa Zi looked at Song Yue Hua and said, "Daya, what about me?"
"There are not many pilgrims, and you don't have many Buddhist robes with you. Go ahead." Song Yuehua said.
Ji Ming smiled and said, "From now on, if you buy a Buddhist robe, I will give you 20 coins. What do you think?"
60 coins for three pieces is not a small amount. I have learned a lot from Ji Ming in the past few days. It is just right to use these three pieces to practice. Gou Wa Zi said, "Don't worry, big brother, I guarantee that they will all be sold."
Duan Yidao slapped him on the forehead and said, "You should go buy a brain first."
Gou Wa Zi laughed and ran away, saying, "I'm going to go to Grandma Wang's house to look at the Buddhist clothes first."
Duan Yidao coughed lightly and said to the two of them, "I'll go keep an eye on this guy."
Ji Ming put the bundle on the table and untied it, saying, "I'm lucky that my master is here this time. Otherwise, with these hundred taels of silver on my back, I wouldn't know where to put my eyes."
As soon as the bundle was untied, Song Yuehua was dazzled by the white silver.
"Six taels of silver per piece, a total of 180 taels here." Ji Ming counted the silver and said, "What do you think is a good wage for Granny Wang? They said before that it would be 30 wen per piece. I see their eyes are red from staying up all night. How about increasing it a little?"
Song Yuehua was so shocked that she didn't know where to start. "Six taels for one piece, how did you sell it?"
"In Buddhism, 6 is a very Zen number. It represents health, prosperity, success, and harmony..." Ji Ming explained it very clearly.
Song Yuehua asked, "Did Zhang Rushan tell you?"
“That’s right!”
"Okay." Song Yuehua mentioned the wages from Granny Wang again, "It's only right to pay more. I've been working for more than a month, I'm afraid my eyesight has been damaged. Although we made a lot of money from the sales, it's also your credit. You can give me whatever you want."
Ji Ming sighed and said, "Then let's charge 100 coins each."
30 pieces of clothing cost 3 taels of silver.
Ji Ming initially spent 2 taels of silver to buy cloth and tea, plus the 20 taels that Song Yuehua gave him later, the total cost and processing fee was 25 taels.
After deducting the stall fee below the temple, and the expenses for food, lodging, car rental, etc. for the three of them in the past few days, each of the three of them can get 51 taels of silver.
Ji Ming looked at the huge pile of silver and sighed, "It's a pity that the next batch won't be as profitable."
"We can still make a few more batches before others react." Song Yuehua said.
Ji Ming nodded and said, "It's not safe to keep so much silver on me. After I finish the Buddhist clothing business, I plan to exchange it for silver notes. Do you want to come with me then?"
"Let's ask Master Duan to go with us, but I don't want to exchange silver notes, I want to exchange them for gold." Song Yuehua said.
"Gold?" Ji Ming asked, "Wouldn't silver notes be more convenient?"
Song Yuehua smiled and said, "Gold and silver will never fail, and it's reassuring to keep them around."
"That makes sense. I'll change it into gold too." After saying that, Ji Ming picked up the other 51 taels of silver, wrapped it up, and prepared to give it to Zhang Rushan.
Zhang Rushan had dark circles under his eyes as he stared at the silver in front of him with disbelief in his eyes. "51 taels? And this is just the first batch?"
"Don't raise your expectations too high," Ji Ming said, "This kind of thing is just for the sake of novelty. After a while, when others have learned it, our Buddhist clothing business will be over."
I thought it would take at least half a month before others would imitate me, but I didn't expect that only 10 days later, Gouwazi came and said that there were already people selling Buddhist clothes under several temples, and the prices were cheaper than theirs.
"If there are two more families, how can we sell our Buddhist robes?" said Gouwazi with a straight face.
Song Yuehua gave him a little idea, and the next day Gou Wazi came back happily and said, "I have bought everything I took away before."
Ji Ming was curious about what idea Song Yuehua had given him. Gou Wazi took out a small incense burner from the basket and said, "This is it."
Song Yuehua explained, "There's no time to offer new clothes. I asked Gou Wazi to light the incense from the temple in the incense burner and smoke it for a while. Then I said it was offered for a month, and some people believed it."
"That's a good idea." Ji Ming said with a smile.
Now that they have already started, they will probably have to stop making these Buddhist robes for a while.
When embroidery workshops also follow suit, how can they compete with others?
By December, it took several days to sell one piece of Buddhist robe.
Nowadays, Buddhist robes are sold not only in embroidery workshops but also in temples. Compared with street vendors, pilgrims will of course choose to buy them in temples or legitimate embroidery workshops.
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