"Daughters, come down, we have a distinguished guest." The madam shouted, and a dozen women immediately appeared in the attic, trotting downstairs in a hurry, looking well-trained. Wan Lei just glanced at them, but saw
They are petite, wear light makeup and plain clothes, and have the look of young girls from the south of the Yangtze River, which is in sharp contrast to the tall and powerful northern women.
"Brother Wan, how are you? I'm a pretty girl, right?"
"Not bad, little girl Biyu, but I don't know how talented she is?"
"If I dare to come to Peiping to open a store, I will naturally not bring defective goods. All of my daughters are talented and beautiful, and they are all good at playing, playing, chess, calligraphy and painting. If I don't believe it, I can give them a test."
"No, Xue'er, take them aside and demonstrate how to use our facial cream. I have something to say with Grandma Li."
"Why is it me again?" Zhao Xueer pouted. She was already very unhappy about following him into the brothel. Now she had to mix with those "sisters", and she was even more unhappy.
"You are a sales assistant, so of course you are the one to do this kind of thing. If you don't do it well, I will fire you."
"It's all about speculation. Who cares?" Zhao Xueer gave Wan Lei a roll of her eyes, but in the end she honestly said to those "sisters": "Everyone, please come here with me."
"Everyone, this is a facial cream we have launched. Its main function is to protect the skin and nourish the skin. Before using our product, it is best to wash your hands and face clean first. When applying, rub your face with your hands until it becomes warm. This can speed up the blood circulation in the face.
, slow down skin aging..." Zhao Xueer said while demonstrating with her own hands, looking a bit like a sales lady.
Wan Lei was very satisfied when he saw Zhao Xueer's success in makeup and beauty school. It seems that Interest is really the best teacher. Looking at the ladies, they were all listening quietly and imitating others, which shows their love for beauty.
It’s true that everyone has it.
"Brother, what a divine thing this cream is, why is it so valuable?"
"Things are rare but precious. Only I can make this kind of facial cream. I won't lower the price myself." Wan Lei took a sip of tea, changed the topic and asked: "Aunt Li, can you open a store in Peking?
There must be someone above, right?"
"That is, in our Ming Dynasty, business is not opened by anyone who wants to. There are not many big Buddhas in the house, so sooner or later the business will have to be closed." When the old bustard said this, his face turned bright.
"Oh, it seems that your background is quite tough." Wan Lei smiled and said, "I just like to cooperate with people who have a tough background."
Although Wan Lei came to Ming Dynasty not long ago, he also knows that "truth" is applicable to both ancient and modern times. It is the same in ancient times and later generations. It has to be relevant to set up a street stall. It doesn't matter. The urban management will chase you out of the streets. Although in ancient times,
There are no wolf-like urban management officials, but there are domineering and tyrannical government officials. They are simply an enhanced version of the urban management supervision.
It is precisely because of this consideration that Wan Lei did not dare to open his own franchise store. After all, he had no connections and no backstage. He was afraid that before the store opened, a group of government servants would come to the door in turn and blackmail him until he went bankrupt. Since he opened his own store,
There is no option but to cooperate with others, give up the sales business, and become a wholesaler yourself.
In addition, the prostitution itself is a special industry with huge profits. If the madam can open a brothel, her relationship must be very strong. Cooperating with her can save a lot of unnecessary trouble. In addition, the brothel serves the officials, gentry and landlords, and the madam works with these people all day long.
When dealing with people, the relationship must be very wide, and she may even go to the homes of officials and gentry from time to time, and the effect will be better if she is the salesperson.
In line with the principle of optimal utilization of resources, Wan Lei took a sip of tea and said: "I just said, I only sell my goods to one store, and I only supply them to you in the whole of Peiping. As for you, do you use them for yourself, or
I don't care whether you resell it at a high price or give it away, I just hope you can eat more."
The madam was so shrewd. She rolled her eyes and asked, "I wonder how much goods I have on hand?"
"You don't have to worry about the supply of goods. I can give you as much as you can eat. However, I still say that things are rare and expensive. I will not lower the price myself, and I don't want you to lower the price yourself, lest everyone can't make money.
Got the money.”
"Oh, I'll ask for ten bottles first, then we'll see what happens."
"It's too troublesome to calculate by bottles. Let's calculate by liang. One tael of silver and three taels of goods. How about that?"
"One tael of silver and three taels of goods?" The old bustard picked up a bottle and weighed it, and found that there were only four taels of goods in a bottle at most. There must not be three taels of goods in it, so he nodded and said: "Okay, then I want three taels of silver first.
catty."
Wan Lei was not surprised when the other party asked for the goods for ten taels of silver as soon as he opened his mouth. Ten taels of silver was a lot for a commoner in Shengdou, but it was nothing to a madam who could afford to open a brothel.
She has earned her money back. Now that she has good things that can keep her business running normally, she would be a fool if she doesn't order more.
Wan Lei took out a large wooden box, scraped out three kilograms of facial cream and asked the madam to wrap it up. The madam also had someone weigh ten taels of silver and take it out. However, when Wan Lei took the silver, he was dumbfounded: Is this silver?
Isn’t the silver in the TV series all saddle-shaped silver ingots? Why did the madam give herself a few gray-white things that looked like small stones?
In fact, this was the first time that Wan Lei got real silver. He didn't know that the saddle-shaped silver ingots were usually collected by the court after collecting taxes, and then the "silver dumping room" specially set up by the yamen would be used to collect the broken silver.
It is melted and then cast into fifty taels of saddle-shaped silver ingots, which is the standard form of official silver. Most of the silver ingots used by ordinary people are cut pieces.
Seeing Wan Lei staring at the silver in his hand in a daze, the madam thought that he felt that the silver was short of a pound or two, so he hurriedly said: "Brother, this is ten taels of silver. If you don't believe it, you can go outside and weigh it. I'm sure you won't."
few."
"Oh, that's not what I meant." Wan Lei then realized that he had lost his composure, and quickly put the handful of broken silver into his purse, and took out a bottle of his favorite dark-scented Aoxue from the wooden box, saying: "Li
Mammy, the creams you just bought are called Osmanthus Shili, and here is a better bottle called An Xiang Aoxue, which I will give you to try. If you think it is good, the price will be discussed separately."
"Is there anything better? I need to take a closer look, and don't make any mistakes." The madam took the porcelain bottle, opened it and smelled it, but his expression was the same as Zhao Xueer's - disappointed, and he frowned and said: "Brother
, this bottle is obviously not as fragrant as the last bottle."
"Haha, Grandma Li is a woman, and some of the thoughts of men are not something you can understand. I suggest you give this bottle to your best daughter. I guarantee that within ten days, she will be famous throughout Beiping City. In addition,
You can give it to the officials' aunts, and they will be sure to praise you."
"Is he really that amazing?" The madam looked unbelievable again.
"Hearing is in vain and seeing is believing. I will come again in five days and we will talk in detail then."
ps: The ancient market system was hexadecimal, and one pound was sixteen taels, so there is a saying that half a pound is eight taels. For the convenience of writing, the decimal system is used instead, and it is hereby noted.