Chapter 052 Tribute Glass
Master Zhao let out a weak "ah" and said that each department should first save money and dismiss some servants, and ask the boss to run the business well. This is called increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, increasing revenue and reducing expenditure.
Zhao Sihan vented her anger at the Zhao Mansion and felt happy. After leaving the city, she said to Fan Zheng, "Let's go to the bamboo forest. She will host a reception today and treat the guards to beggar's chicken."
Her soldiers were delighted. They thought it was good to follow the Fourth Young Lady. It was easy to do the work and they could eat beggar's chicken. They immediately sent her to the White Tower like they were serving a princess.
Outside the gate, they saw four warriors surrounding Duan Xiaolin. Zhao Sihan stepped forward and shouted, "Don't bully Xiaolin."
The four warriors turned around and stared at her in surprise, asking, "Master, who is this?"
Duan Xiaolin greeted the fourth young lady first, and then told them that this was the fourth young lady of the Zhao family, the younger sister of Zhao Tuanlian of the Shenwei Army.
A skinny warrior opened and closed the folding fan in his hand twice and said, "He is the leader of the Shenwei Army. He is just a militia. What's so great about that?"
Duan Xiaolin immediately told them not to talk nonsense.
Zhao Sihan smiled and said, "Of course it's just average. Come on, come on, I'll treat you today. Let's eat beggar's chicken together." She immediately asked Duan Xiaolin to serve two beggar's chickens and two jars of grains.
Everyone squeezed into the thatched pavilion and sat around drinking together.
After Zhao Sihan picked up the wine glass and walked around three times, she said that she had made up her mind. In the future, her family would increase the price of the goods sold to the Duan family by 20%, and she would also lower the price of all the goods coming down from the Jinsha River by 20%.
Before she finished her words, several warriors jumped up immediately. What? She wants to cut our price by 20% when buying goods, and she wants to add 20% when selling goods . How can we make money?
Don’t you want the Duan family to survive?
Zhao Sihan said proudly, who asked them to bully Xiao Linzi.
The four warriors were stunned, it turned out that the girl was tying up their young master's hair.
The elegant warrior who was in the lead quickly said that there was something to talk about, and that it was okay.
Duan Xiaolin was happy and said that it was not that he didn't want to go back. It was just that he had just come out and he had to play for a while before leaving. It was only half a year, and he would go back after the Spring Festival.
Finally, everyone reached an agreement. Two warriors were left to do odd jobs in the bamboo forest and serve the young master, while the other two went back to report.
Zhao Sihan happily crossed the river to report that her money was not given away and she only spent some interest.
Her mother smiled and said that it was only a little bit of interest. If everyone spent dozens of taels of silver a day like her, they would probably bankrupt her of all the money.
Zhao Yulin said with a smile that her sister might have made money and would earn it back in minutes.
Everyone looked at him in confusion, not understanding what he meant.
Zhao Yulin dipped the tea in the water and drew a circle on the table to represent the clock. One hour is equal to two hours, and one hour is sixty minutes. My sister earned back the money in two minutes, right?
Zhao Sihan listened to his brother's exaggerated praise and said proudly, "Of course."
Everyone was having fun when Lu Youpeng arrived.
Zhao Yulin immediately put down his bowl and chopsticks and followed him to the study. Lu Youpeng handed him the information and said that the governor of Jiazhou stopped in Qianwei on his way back and the official ship was robbed by bandits.
After reading the text message, Zhao Yulin pondered and thought that these bandits were very bold to rob a government ship.
Lu Youpeng said that since the Shenwei Army took over the Yibin militia, the scoundrels in Yibin knew they had no place to stay and fled. Qianwei was located between Yibin and Jiading and had prosperous commerce, making it a good place for bandits to settle down and rob.
Zhao Yulin asked him to tell Lei Man to inspect the military camps in Yunding Mountain and Wuzi Mountain, strengthen the supervision of the garrisons in various places, and never allow the bandit problem to revive in the Shenwei Army’s garrison.
After seeing Lu Youpeng off, Zhao Yulin was writing and doing things in the study when his mother came over to see him.
His mother would never come to visit him without a reason. Zhao Yulin knew that she must have something to tell him, so he personally served her mother some light tea and sat down with her.
He asked, "Mom, do you think Fourth Sister went a little too far today?"
His mother didn't say anything, just sipping her tea. Zhao Yulin was about to speak when he heard footsteps, and then he saw Si Niang and Si Mei walking in together.
Zhao Yulin immediately served tea to his mother.
The fourth sister ran over and leaned on him as if she had made a mistake.
Zhao Yulin patted Fourth Sister on the shoulder and said that he thought Fourth Sister did a good job today. We gave them the silver, but they didn't want it, right?
He asked Zhao Sihan, and Sihan nodded repeatedly. The two sisters breathed in unison, and Zhao Sihan must be right.
He said that we can't just follow Jiangbei in everything. Our father's way of doing things is wrong. It's called feudal dregs. He will learn and inherit the good things in this world, and he will also take the initiative to abandon the bad things.
Zhao Sihan had her brother's support, so she was full of energy and said confidently, "Why should I give them money? Our money was not picked up." The third brother had been injured several times in fighting against bad guys.
Zhao Yulin smiled and said that these were all trivial matters. The key point was that it was not right. We were all expelled from the Zhao family, and we must go back to be considered a family.
Besides, they are not so poor that they can't afford to eat.
Zhao Sihan immediately agreed and said, "That's right. Dad even said that the third brother should give up the bamboo forest beggar chicken to the eldest brother. What is this? It's not the Zhao family's property."
Zhao Yulin said that as long as the Zhao family did not open the ancestral hall to accept them again, he would not support Jiangbei . This was the bottom line. He asked his mother if she had forgotten the suffering she had suffered.
His mother sighed and pulled Si Niang out.
Zhao Yulin asked her sister with a smile if she had dealt with the Duan family.
Zhao Sihan said proudly that there was no need to cut off the Jinsha River. She only put a little thought into the business of traveling back and forth, and those people were afraid of her.
After listening to her sister's story, Zhao Yulin praised Sihan for being smart. She said that she made them lose a lot of money by buying goods at low prices, and then sold them at high prices to make them consume luxury goods, which would drain their money.
If this continues, the Duan family will be doomed.
Zhao Yulin gave her sister some advice again, saying that they could talk about it next time. As long as her sister was happy, she could lower the price for them.
Zhao Sihan looked at him in confusion, not knowing why.
He said that the roads in Dali are difficult to travel, and almost all the business channels are in our hands . As long as the goods are exported to Dali, we can reduce the price appropriately to make the business more motivated. If more goods are sold, we can make back the money.
Zhao Sihan understood immediately and said that the dish she wanted to reduce the price of the most was Wu Gu Feng. The Cheng Yi Shao added so much spring water but was still sold at such a high price, and very few people could afford it.
Zhao Yulin nodded and asked his sister why Chengyi Shao was still selling at such a high price?
Zhao Sihan said it was just a sole proprietorship.
He said that was right, this is called a patent, it is a technology that we own exclusively, if everyone knew how to make liquor, then Chengyi Shao would be worthless.
The next day, Zhao Yulin convened a meeting and announced that the prices of Chengyi Winery's wine, perfume and beggar's chicken were generally reduced. The reason was that everyone was already familiar with the above three products. For example, Chengyi Shao was reduced to 1.5 liang per catty , Jiuxiang Yulu was reduced to 3 liang silver per bottle, and beggar's chicken was reduced to 4 liang silver per chicken after opening a branch. After increasing the supply of products, the profits can be recovered.
Everyone present, including Chen Zhongshun, raised their hands in agreement.
For example, for beggar's chicken, the Wang family in Jiangbei city opened an imitation shop, and the price was reduced to three taels of silver, which attracted a lot of customers.
Chen Xiaomin said that her large chicken farm raises so many chickens and has sufficient supply, so she can definitely lower the price and still make considerable profits.
He said, "Then we should lower it to three taels of silver. This price cannot be lower. If it is lower, people will suspect that we are cutting corners." Brand is still important. We can buy a store in the city and open two branches. With this layout, ordinary merchants will not follow suit.
Ma Ling'er said she would do it herself.
Zhao Yulin agreed.
Now the cities in Jiangbei are completely under the control of the Shenwei Army and are very safe.
In the afternoon, Xiaomin and his sister took him to make perfume again. This time, Chen Xiaomin was willing to invest money and even bought a huge piece of dragon incense from a Quanzhou merchant and asked him to make perfume.
Zhao Yulin thought of the old man in the Bamboo Workshop who had successfully made a toothbrush using pig bristles, and thought about making toothpaste, tooth powder, and scented soap.
He worked in the wine shop for half a month, and together with Cuiping Guigu's master, he tried to produce soap and rose-scented soap. Chen Xiaomin was overjoyed, not only did he harvest a large amount of perfume, but also new products such as toothpaste and soap. He was very proud of it.
He turned to check the production of the glass and felt that the purity had improved a lot. However, more work was needed to get the quality for making lenses. Zhao Yulin asked them to continue looking for the cause, grade the glass, and make it into glass cups and crystal cups for sale.
The craftsman proudly told him that he could use the blowpipe to make other objects, each of which was priceless.
Zhao Yulin knew it very well in his heart. It was just a piece of rotten glass. Why did he insist on treating it as a dragon ball or a night-shining pearl?
Let them deal with it.
When Zhao Yulin returned home, Chen Zhongshun said that the winery had added three triple stoves after expanding production, and the amount of wine produced had increased dramatically. Even if a batch of good wine was aged, the amount of wine produced had increased by more than three or four times on the original basis. He planned to produce wine once every two months.
These are all trivial matters, Zhao Yulin is too lazy to care about them, and only says to pay attention to confidentiality and strengthen security management.
Chen Zhongshun asked him softly when he would marry Xiaomin?
Zhao Yulin was stunned and said that it had already been discussed. It would be the second day of the Chinese New Year next year, which is a good day.
His father-in-law said that now that the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, they have to hurry up and prepare.
Zhao Yulin looked at his anxious look and almost said that time was tight and the task was heavy, but quality must be guaranteed.
The next day, a letter came from Jiangbei, and the prefect Chen Yun asked him to cross the river to talk.
When Zhao Yulin arrived at the provincial capital , he saw a large group of officials standing there. The imperial envoy read out the imperial edict in public: The emperor appointed Zhao Yulin as the county magistrate of Yibin.
The prefect Chen Yun also got promoted halfway, from acting prefect of Xuzhou to prefect of Xuzhou.
The imperial envoy spoke directly, saying that the emperor wanted him to pay tribute to ten glass cups. Chen Yun smiled and said that this was perfect. Zhao Yulin agreed with a big smile on his face.
I thought to myself, it’s just a piece of waste made of sand, it’s too simple, I can just give you as much as you want.
Zhao Yulin invited the imperial envoy to the bamboo forest to eat authentic beggar's chicken and wait for Cuipingshan to send cups over.
The officials in the yamen immediately followed Zhao Yulin to celebrate his wedding.
