Wen Da jumped up in anger upon hearing this.
"What's our relationship? Don't talk like we're best friends. You even swindled a thousand taels of silver from me!"
"What do you mean by 'tricked'? You lost because you yourself! Wen Ruyu and Grandma Wen can both vouch for me!"
"Exactly! Brother, don't be so rude. If you lost, just admit it. Stop dawdling like that. I'm ashamed of you!"
"You, you, you, you all..."
"Hey! Look what this is!"
Xie Yushu couldn't stand Wen Da's rambling any longer, so she directly pulled out the Imperial Merchant Token, which was so golden that Wen Da's eyes widened in disbelief.
"This...this..."
"Imperial Merchant Token! This is an Imperial Merchant Token!" Upon seeing the token, Master Wen jumped up, pushed aside the questioner, and examined the token repeatedly.
"Yes, the Emperor was very satisfied with the batch of glass sent to the palace. He has already invested in the company and given me a token of imperial merchant status, hoping that my glass will help fill the national treasury!"
"So, now you believe me?"
Wenda shut up this time, but the next moment he turned into a screaming chicken.
"Alright! You've come here today on purpose to show off your glass and entice the Wen family to partner with you, haven't you!"
I knew you were a cunning girl!
"Oh! So you're saying you don't want to do this glass business anymore?"
Then I'll go find someone else!
Originally, I thought I got along well with Grandma Wen and trusted the Wen family's reputation in Jinyang City, which is why I thought of the Wen family first. But since Young Master Wen doesn't want to sell, then forget it!
This is clearly a hot business. Whether you look at the prospects of the product itself or Xie Yushu's background and connections, this business is a sure thing. After all, even the Emperor strongly supports it. Even if the Wen family only operates a small share, their status in Jinyang City will rise to a higher level!
Once this news gets out, who knows how many people will be begging and pleading to give Xie Yushu money to partner with her!
When Master Wen saw Wen Da still babbling on and on, he was so angry that he wanted to kick him twice.
Fortunately, although Wen Da was a bit neurotic, he still knew what was important. When he heard that Xie Yushu wanted to find someone else, he quickly changed his tune.
"No, no, no, I admit it! Damn it, I'll let you screw me over, I'm willing to let you screw me over! How do we cooperate? You tell me!"
“Yes, yes, it’s rare for my niece to think of the Wen family so kindly. Just tell me how we want to cooperate. Don’t worry, I won’t let you suffer any losses!” Old Master Wen added.
Xie Yushu said
"Then I'll be frank. I won't go into the future prospects of this thing, but let's talk about merchant cooperation!"
I won't give you the top-grade ones. Don't blame me for being blunt, but if I did give you the top-grade ones, I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to keep them.
You'll specialize in selling the same specifications used by merchants. I'll offer you the lowest price: two taels of silver per piece of glass, and three taels of silver per tea set, including a teapot and ten teacups!
Mirrors are also three taels of silver each; it's your skill to sell more!
However, for the top grade, I'll sell it for at least six taels of silver. For the lowest grade, which is for ordinary people, six coins are equivalent to one of yours. It's even thinner than this and not as sturdy. We're going for a low-profit, high-volume business model to benefit the people. It only sells for twenty-five copper coins. You can get a general idea of the price so you can set your own price!
Now that this area has been given to you, from the capital northwards to Tai'an Prefecture, there won't be a second distributor competing with you! How much you can sell depends on your ability. However, I will find one more distributor each to the east, south, and west of the capital.
"Manager Sun, come here and get acquainted with Uncle Wen and the others."
Xie Yushu called over Sun Chongren and introduced him.
"This Manager Sun Chongren is the head manager of our resort. You can contact him for any goods you need in the future!"
After Sun Chongren got to know Master Wen and Wen Da, Xie Yushu continued...
"Although I can make this glass, I don't have enough start-up capital at the beginning. I hope you can give me a deposit first, at least one-third of the amount of glass you order. The payment will be settled upon delivery!"
Otherwise, I won't be able to keep my cash flow!
Furthermore, I need to focus on producing the first batch before March, so you'll have to wait until May to receive your goods!
"Hey! No problem at all! As for the deposit, it doesn't have to be a third or even a fifth. I'll just give you 50,000 taels directly, and we'll refund or charge you when we pick up the goods. We trust you!"
As for getting the goods, there's no rush. We'll wait until those officials have bought them all and their reputation has spread, then they'll sell even better, and we won't even need to advertise!
As Master Wen spoke, he instructed his attendant to fetch the silver notes from the accounting office.
Xie Yushu didn't expect things to go so smoothly. She immediately signed a cooperation agreement with Master Wen, and the first deal was completed!
As expected of the richest man in Jinyang, he took tens of thousands of taels of silver without hesitation! He truly lives up to the saying "wealthy and powerful," and Xie Yushu is happy to cooperate with such a person. It's great!
The deal was finalized, and Grandma Wen ordered the kitchen to prepare a feast. Xie Yushu ate there, discussed the details of supply and delivery, and only after confirming that there were no problems did she set off back to the villa.
Before leaving, Madam Wen gave her a pair of gold ingots, saying they were New Year's red envelopes for her!
The gift that Master Wen gave her was even more extravagant: a pure gold Pixiu the size of her palm. When Xie Yushu opened it at home, she was truly shocked. She thought it was made of jade or some kind of fine wood. She never expected that the taste of the rich would be so simple and unpretentious!
Okay, she's in love!
Now that she has 50,000 taels of silver in hand, plus the 30,000 taels invested by the Emperor, she has enough start-up capital and plans to build a temporary furnace to process the goods at the same time.
Moreover, Nanxing and the others went to select more people, and soon there will be sixty more people, so several more rows of dormitories need to be built.
The stones in front of them were almost used up, and they needed to stock up on another batch. The donkey carts in the manor were all in use, and Xie Yushu thought that since she was now a village lady, she should get a horse-drawn carriage. So she asked someone to order one.
Now we just have to wait for the craftsmen to build the villa.
Qu Xiaodie could arrange things like building dormitories and adding stoves. As for building the villa, Han Zhongyu said he was looking for the youngest son of the Vice Minister of Works, but he didn't know when he would arrive. Since there was nothing else to do, Xie Yushu thought about making pills from ginseng and snake gallbladders, and also using some steamed buns as an experiment to see if she could extract penicillin.
Having made up her mind, Xie Yushu asked Zhou Shuo to make her several cups with lids and several test tubes that very day, and began to experiment.
Anti-inflammatory drugs like penicillin are actually a type of mold. Before the name penicillin existed, ancient books recorded it as "ashes at the widow's bedside!"
The straightforward meaning is that widowed women in ancient times spent their days alone, mostly with their doors and windows closed, and their rooms were dark and gloomy all year round. Over time, a kind of fungal ash would form, and this ash could cure some diseases.
Later, it was given a specific name: antibiotics, and penicillin is just one type of antibiotic.
Initially, penicillin was extracted by fermenting steamed buns and other similar materials. Xie Yushu had done experiments on this, and the process was not difficult. So she simply asked someone to steam several batches of steamed buns for her and let them ferment on their own. She then processed the snake gallbladders, snake venom, and ginseng.
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