The road to the emperor begins with farming

Luo Zhan raised the general banner of Chiyiwei, because there is no Chiyiwei in Lingjiang County, he should have been transferred to Yueping Mansion.However, the imperial court noticed that Lingjiang County was not peaceful recently, so they ordered him to garrison here first.He was also assigned two small flags and ten school lieutenants, who temporarily borrowed from the county government office.

In addition to helping the court with errands, Luo Zhan also began to secretly investigate the affairs of their Luo family.Luo Yu couldn't help for the time being, so he went to study in the school.

After more than two months of study, Luo Yu finally finished learning "Three Character Classics", "Thousand Character Classics", and "Children's Learning Qiong Lin". He was greatly relieved and could finally study the Four Books.

Luo Yu is smart and has a good memory, and he has a tablet computer as a big cheat, so he can easily deal with the endorsement interpretation.Anyway, he didn't plan to take the imperial examination, he only needed to understand the allusions and meanings in the books. As for how to break the topic and write essays or poems and sentences, he could just learn it casually. He didn't think he would do anything in this regard.

The only thing that troubled Luo Yu was practicing calligraphy.After drawing red for a period of time, the husband asked him to practice calligraphy with a copybook.But he has a wild temper, always likes to move but doesn't like to be quiet, and can't concentrate on writing for a long time, so the homework left by his husband is mostly for coping. Anyway, he thinks writing with a pencil is quite good.

In Luo Yu's view, practicing brush calligraphy is mostly to cultivate sentiment.And now he has neither the time nor the energy to cultivate his sentiments, so he might as well think of ways to earn more money. After all, his brother is investigating his family affairs, and there will be more places to spend money in the future.

Although his other two businesses, Dingwei Shipu and Dingwei Western Restaurant are doing well at present, one is for the common people and the other is for the rich, but the speed of making money is far from enough.

In case his family was murdered by the emperor, wouldn't he and his brother have to recruit troops and rise up to overthrow the tyranny?Rebellion requires a lot of money!

Luo Yu's ideas can be said to be very outrageous in this world!

After much deliberation, Luo Yu decided that he should just open a supermarket.There is no online e-commerce these days, and it certainly cannot impact physical stores.Besides, it's so convenient to have a supermarket, and it saves the common people from having to run from home to home when shopping, which takes up a lot of time, not to mention tiring, and his supermarket is also for the benefit of the people.And in addition to daily necessities, he can also invent and create some small things to sell in the store in the future.

Luo Yu felt that He Weixi was a very good partner. For example, since the two of them opened this western restaurant together, he almost didn't have to worry about it. He could also hand over the supermarket to He Weixi in the future.

Taking advantage of Xiumu, Luo Yu went to the western restaurant to discuss with He Weixi.

Luo Yu briefly explained the supermarket. He Weixi thought for a while and asked, "Sell all types of goods in one place? Is it similar to a small grocery store?"

"Almost." Luo Yu nodded, "But the supermarket I'm talking about is much bigger than a grocery store. Customers can choose their own products, and finally check out at the cash register. Of course, anti-theft measures must also be done well, we need to find more people to watch Yes. By the way, in addition to purchasing daily necessities by ourselves, we can also invite some special businesses to settle in, such as wine shops and dim sum shops. They only need to pay a certain venue fee. If they sell things in supermarkets, they will naturally bring them in. Dude, we can also hire fewer people."

"Businesses settled in?" He Weixi's eyes widened, "Isn't that a business without capital?"

"As long as we make our name known, I believe the merchants will be happy to cooperate with us." Luo Yu continued to draw a beautiful blueprint, "In order to prevent people from following suit, we will also be a chain supermarket in the future. The chain supermarket means that all supermarkets They must all be called by the same name and managed in a unified manner. Lingjiang County is the base area. In the future, every prefectural city will open a supermarket, and a large place like the capital may even open a few. When the people get used to going to our supermarket, others will not be able to imitate it. There is too much impact on our business."

"Okay, I'll do as you say." He Weixi was stupefied by Luo Yu, looking at him was like looking at a gold ingot, "I don't know how your brain grows, why do you have so many ideas. What do you think you are still studying, you can start a business with me seriously."

Luo Yu rolled his eyes at him, "I'm just studying, so I won't miss out on partnering with you."

He Weixi rubbed his nose, it seemed he did too.

After that, the two discussed for a long time. He Weixi was responsible for finding a shop, recruiting staff, and purchasing goods, while Luo Yu was responsible for decoration, customizing shelves and other things that required brains.

As for the signboard, Luo Yu felt that it could no longer be called Dingwei, and the two of them worked together for a long time before deciding on the name "Sihai Supermarket".

Because He Weixi has to wait for He Weixi to confirm that the shop can be renovated, so there is nothing wrong with Luo Yu for the time being.However, in order to increase the popularity of the supermarket, he decided to make something small to attract customers.For example, he has always used good pencils, which are easy to make and easy to use.There is also a fountain pen that can be made. I believe that with the fountain pen, my husband will not have to let him practice calligraphy every day.

However, the manufacturing process of the fountain pen was relatively complicated at this time. First of all, its ink bag was made of plastic, and Luo Yu has not yet planned to invent plastic.

So he decided to make something simple, like a dip pen.

So Luo Yu went to a carpenter who had worked with him many times and asked him to help make some pen holders; he also went to a blacksmith and asked him to help make nibs.Finally, the pen holder and the nib are inlaid together, which is very simple.As for the ink, just grind the ink and put it in a small bottle.

Luo Yu went to order another batch of ceramic ink bottles. The only disadvantage is that the lids are not easy to get, and they are not sealed. It is best to use rubber pads, but unfortunately they are not available now.

Because he was not sure how the ancients would accept pens, Luo Yu did not order many, only 100 pieces. If the response is good, they will be mass-produced.Of course, he still hopes to make a fountain pen with an ink cartridge.

In addition, Luo Yu also plans to mass-produce some soaps.After he came to this world, he used soap locust at the beginning, and he always felt that he couldn't wash it clean.Later, I took a look at the method of soap, but I didn't expect it to be quite simple. The materials needed are oil, caustic soda and water, all of which are available here.

Luo Yu did it according to the method. He dissolved the caustic soda in water and stirred until the water became transparent.After the caustic soda is completely dissolved, gradually put the lard in while stirring.The soap solution can be poured into the mold after being stirred until it becomes thick.Put it on for another day or two to let it produce a chemical reaction, then cut it into small cubes and put it in a ventilated place. After more than a month, it can be used.

Luo Yu made about ten yuan when he was free, and used it to wash his face, bathe and wash clothes. It is very useful, and now everyone in his family uses it.

But since I plan to sell it, I can't make it as rough as usual.The method is still the same, but you have to add something to it, such as mint, aloe vera, green tea and the like.Spices can also be added inside, this is Awang's strength, his nose is more powerful than Wangcai.

Luo Yu later asked Awang and found out that his father used to be a small businessman selling spices, so he could be regarded as hereditary.

After that, Luo Yu became more and more busy. After He Weixi found a shop, he was busy with decoration, going to school, and making soap. He was so busy that he never touched the ground.

Luo Zhan was afraid that his younger brother would be exhausted, so he went to buy a few more servants.Because Yueniang and Mrs. Xie take care of the housework, I bought a butler and three servants this time.

The housekeeper's surname is Li. He looks in his 40s and less than [-] years old. He is of medium build and slightly thin, but his face is kind and everyone is smiling.The three servants were all about seventeen or eighteen years old, and they were diligent in their hands and feet, and they were very respectful to Luo Zhan.

Luo Zhan asked the two servants, Wu Xing and Sun Lin, to make soap, and Luo Yu was good to be the guide.Another boy, Zhou Fang, was in charge of delivering goods and doing chores, and freed Awang to run errands for Luo Yu.The butler is responsible for the food and clothing in the house.

Luo Yu did not object to this. If someone did the work, he would naturally not want to do it himself.But he has to do the decoration of the supermarket himself.

What He Weixi was looking for was the two shops that had been connected. The space was enough, and it was not far from the western restaurant.This shop, Luo Yu, is divided into two areas: the daily necessities area and the food and grain area.In addition, a place has been prepared for the settled businesses.

Luo Yu took the old carpenter to the supermarket to measure the size, and customized double-sided and sloped shelves and counters.The old carpenter and his apprentice worked for ten days and finished it.In addition, Luo Yu ordered a batch of bamboo baskets from the countryside, specially for the common people who came to shop.

After everything was ready, they began to distribute goods in the supermarket. The food section was rice, noodles, oil, salt, vegetables, eggs, etc. Of course, Luo Yu didn't forget his stewed vegetables counter; the daily necessities section was something that people often use. , pots, dishes, and the like, as well as soap and pen ink made by Luo Yu.

Luo Yu asked He Weixi what happened to contacting the settled merchants.

He Weixi grimaced, "Ah Tang, what if there are no merchants willing to come? They don't believe that our supermarket will have business, and the 30.00% entry fee is too high."

Luo Yu said: "Don't worry, once the supermarket's popularity spreads, those merchants will come to beg us."

At the very beginning, Luo Yu naturally had to stock up on some things to sell, because the quantity needed was large, so it was relatively cheaper to buy.When the supermarket becomes famous in the future, anyone who wants to sell in his supermarket will have to pay 30.00% of the entry fee, which is not cheap.

Of course, pre-publicity is also indispensable. For this reason, Luo Yu specially made a promotional page, and contacted the bookstore to print more than 500 copies.

Although limited by the conditions, this promotional page is relatively simple, but it is very eye-catching, for example, there is a big hot on the top!Grand opening bonus: 38% discount on everything, and you can draw a lucky draw once you spend over [-] Wen!The biggest prize can be spent at Dingwei Western Restaurant, with optional lunch and dinner.In addition, there are food specials, which are even lower than [-]% off.

Just a few days before the opening of the supermarket, Luo Yu asked the waiter in the western restaurant to distribute the leaflets to the dignitaries who came to eat, and introduced them in detail.There are also some people who arrange for guys to distribute them on the street to those who seem to be rich and can read.

After everything is ready, wait for the supermarket to open.