Lord, he is not a man [infrastructure]

The opening day of Bailu Grocery Store was very lively, and a kind of leaflet called paper was distributed all over the city.

Although the leaflet was only in black and white, the exquisite paintings that looked like real objects, the words that only nobles could use, and the very beautiful price all caused a sensation in the entire royal capital.

The grocery store is located in the commercial street of the rich area, and the products inside are also aimed at wealthy people in the capital, so the whole store is decorated magnificently, and the entrance is a screen made of mirrors.

Not to mention anything else, just this mirror screen shocked everyone who entered the store.

Fortunately, the receptionist standing at the door warned the guests in advance, telling them not to be afraid when they see the mirror later, saying that the mirror is just a clearer shining object than the water mirror.

If not, at least [-]% of the guests would scream in fright when seeing one or a group of real figures suddenly reflected in the mirror screen.

Even so, many guests were too frightened to approach the mirror.

There was a salesperson next to the mirror who was in charge of introduction. With their explanations and reassurance, the guests finally put away their horror and began to comment around the mirror, and many people gathered in front of the mirror to look at themselves.

"So I actually look like this!"

"Gosh, what's this on my teeth?"

"My eyebrows are crooked? Why didn't anyone tell me?"

"This dress on me doesn't fit me at all."

"What the hell is this? How was it made? Is it the magic mirror of the demon clan?"

"Will it take away my soul? My God, I feel so dizzy, have I been under the magic of the demons?"

"Whether it is related to the demons or not, how do you sell this magic mirror?"

"No matter what the price is, I want this magic mirror!"

The salespersons were all trained, and they didn't panic in the slightest when they saw this situation—similar incidents had already happened in the Bailu Shopping Center in Bailuling, and they were very skilled in dealing with them.

"Dear guests, this is not a magic mirror produced by the demons. Its name is the mirror. Its function is not to seduce the soul. It is simply used to help you see your face and organize your clothes. As for the price , there are other mirrors in the store, you can browse slowly, all the prices in this store are clearly marked, and we will not ask anyone for a high price, nor will we give a low price just because we know each other.”

"Dear guests, please come inside!"

Some customers did not want to pile up at the door, so they entered the store.

then……

"Wow!"

"Oh!"

"My God!"

"Gods above!"

"This store... how can this kind of store be called such a low-grade name as a grocery store!"

The store is very large, but there are not many goods in the store, and the goods are not piled up everywhere like a grocery store, and there is no place to leave the store.There are only shelves like display cabinets here, and countless candlesticks are lit in the store during the day.

The candlelight on these candlesticks and the glass products and mirrors in the store complement each other, making the huge store shine like a god's world.

The customers who came in couldn't find suitable adjectives to describe the layout of the store, and the only words they could think of were God Realm.

Are these transparent cups polished with the most precious gemstones?Or is it using some precious material that people don't know today?

What are these exquisite notebooks that seem to have almost the same function as parchment paper?Why is it so smooth and delicate to the touch, yet so white and thin?And it smells lightly, instead of the unpleasant leathery smell that cannot be removed like parchment.

And this one has a strange shape, but the color is really nice... Is this a knife?Stone knife?Metal knife?It doesn't seem like it.

There are too many good things in the store, and the customers who come in are dazzled.

But don't worry, there are many salesmen in the store, and they are also responsible for guiding. When they see customers, they will smile and come forward, leading them to see the same products and explaining to them what these products are useful for.

A water bladder that has no smell, can be used for a long time, and does not leak?purchase!

Not only can the waist be tied to show the waist, but also a multi-functional belt that can be inserted with a knife, a money bag, etc.?purchase!

Glass cups, glass plates, glass bead curtains... You have to buy, buy, buy!

Pottery, buy!Porcelain, buy!

Unique and beautiful jewelry, buy it!

White Bamboo Powder unique to Bailuling, buy it!Never seen yuba, buy!

Savory fried broad beans that can be used as snacks, buy!Stewed dried tofu, buy!

Book with drawings, definitely buy!

Paper, pens, ink, more to buy!

What?Not enough money?Then... come next time.

All the customers who entered the store couldn't help but buy at least two or three items, and there were so many that they couldn't wait to buy every item in the store.

In less than two days, the reputation of Bailu Grocery Store was spread to almost everyone in the capital.

Everyone mentioned it: that magical shop, the products there are like rewards from the gods to the world, and each piece is extremely exquisite, even beyond people's imagination.

Before these commodities came along, there were a lot of things that people didn't think they would come out.Or have longed for it, but didn't expect it to happen.

But now they really appeared, they were there, and anyone could buy them.is the price is a bit high.

But everyone took it for granted that the prices of the items in that shop were high, and that such precious products must be extremely complicated to make, not to mention the raw materials. Anyway, they couldn't figure out how most of the items here were made.

There are also low-priced ones, such as some small snacks, which are packed in paper bags in small bags, and a bag only costs fifty copper coins.Although it is still expensive compared to other snacks, compared to other products in the store, this value is simply free.

Many customers who can't afford the products in the store will buy a bag or a few bags of snacks, and then take a leisurely look in the store.

This has also led to the high-priced snacks selling very well, and it has also made some middle-class civilians with little money dare to enter the store to open their eyes.

Thanks to these customers, they will try their best to brag about what they saw when they go back, so that more people will be curious about this grocery store.

Such a popular store, such rare commodities, naturally, His Majesty the King, Queen, and princes and princesses also know about it.

The king and queen would not patronize such a shop because of their status, but the prince and princess didn't care. They went out in plain clothes and went shopping with their servants.

The king and queen stood in front of the full-length mirrors in their respective palaces, wearing exquisite jewelry made of glass, and holding tall glasses in their hands, constantly admiring their own images in the mirror.They also coveted the things of that shop, especially the income.

But... Although the products of this store are provided by the little White Hart Collar, its other partner is the Marquis of Thunder.

Even if His Majesty the King has no management skills, he still knows that he can sit in this position and can sit so firmly, which has a lot to do with the Marquis of Thunder he promoted.He will not offend his own strong support if he offends anyone.

Besides, Tang Bo, the lord of the White Deer Lord, is not easy to provoke, not to mention other things, with his sacrificial healing technique, he can only be begged by people, not to offend him rashly.In the past five years, he can protect himself carefully, but after five years, who can guarantee that he will not get sick or get injured?

The princes and princesses also knew who was behind the grocery store, and they were very helpless. How stupid would they be to snatch him from the Marquis, who holds the largest military power in the country, even if their parents don’t want to offend him? money-making business?

As for Tang Bo who can sacrifice healing skills, they don't want to offend easily.Their father and the Marquis are getting better, and they can see it. Although as princes, they don't want Tang Bo to treat them well, but there is such a noble pharmacist who lives and dies, and it is better than killing him. Good job.

Even the king and prince didn't dare to do anything, how could the others dare to stretch their claws no matter how greedy they were?

So this White Deer grocery store established itself in the capital, and its daily revenue was a figure that made the Marquis of Thunder swallow his saliva.

After the initial fresh period, Marquis Thunder thought that the sales of this store would drop, and there were indeed relatively stable figures for a few days, but after those days, the sales began to rise rapidly again, and there was no How did it come down.

It turned out that the names of various products in the White Deer Grocery Store had been spread. Apart from people from the royal capital, people from other principalities and even other countries also began to buy rare products in this store. As long as they came in, no matter who he was, he would definitely be caught by the shop. The products are attractive, don't buy all of them, but also buy one or two.

And although the price they buy here is high, when they bring it back to China, they can at least double the price.

One copper coin doubles, but two copper coins.

But if one hundred gold coins is doubled, then one hundred gold coins can be earned.Who can resist such huge profits?

The White Hart Collar caravan would not allow such huge profits to be made by other merchants for nothing. Their merchant ships began to go to other countries. Because the White Hart Collar had insufficient protection troops, the Marquis of Thunder sent his personal guards very generously. Three hundred fully armed elite soldiers escorted the merchant ships, and ordinary bandits and robbers would not dare to come when they saw it.

And under the banner of the Marquis of Thunder, the big shots of other countries will also consider the Marquis of Thunder's revenge before they want to rob these merchant ships.

At first, Gu Ding felt that Tang Bo gave half of the profit to Marquis Thunder too much, but later he had to admit that if the share was less, how could Marquis Thunder be so proactive and work so hard?

What's more, the contract signed by Tang Bo and the Marquis of Thunder stipulated that half of the net profit would be shared.

Tang Bo showed Marquis Thunder his cost price list, a glass sold for ten gold coins at the White Deer Grocery Store, the cost price was around six gold coins.A disk sells for three gold coins, and the cost price is around one gold and five silver.A palm-sized notebook sells for two gold coins, and the cost price is around one gold coin.

In order to convince Marquis Thunder of the cost he gave, Tang Bo swore an oath to ensure that his cost was true.

Marquis Thunder did not doubt the cost price given by Tang Bo, in fact, in his opinion, these cost prices are already very low.

Moreover, Tang Bo also told him that these cost prices did not include the cost of workers.The Marquis of Thunder also believed in this. The slaves did not need to be paid for their labor, as long as they were provided with food and shelter.

Actually?

Tang Bo did not lie. If the research and development expenses are counted, of course it is a lot.The cost of these initial products, plus R&D price, machine price, labor price, technology price, raw materials, etc., is indeed higher than the cost price he quoted.

So he dared to swear, but he slyly didn't say that the cost price of future commodities would be the same.

He has a complete set of mature skills for the things that Tang Bo brings out. He just needs to find the raw materials and copy them.Although it needs to be developed for a period of time according to the environment, labor and materials, etc., it is better to re-deduce it again when the answer and the known answer process are known, than to develop a new product on the basis of complete ignorance. Much less effort.

In the beginning, these commodities needed to be made one by one by hand, but as the skilled workers became proficient, with the appearance of simple machines, such as paper, pottery, porcelain and glass products, they could already be mass-produced.

Although the amount of this kind of mass production cannot be compared with the real industrial period of the earth, it is definitely far beyond the amount that can be produced by hand at this time.

For this reason, when Tang Bo opened this Bailu grocery store in Wangdu, the cost price of all the goods in this store has been so low that if people find out, they will definitely kill him regardless of whether he is a divinely favored person or not. .

On the face of it, Tang Boming distributed a lot of profits to the Marquis of Thunder, but in real terms, the net profit he distributed to Marquis of Thunder was only [-]% to [-]%.

But even so, the Marquis of Thunder's mouth was about to crooked.When he signed the agreement with Tang Bo, although he saw some products, he never thought that this small shop could bring him such a huge profit.Nisin box gold can not be described!

What's more, Tang Bo is also very generous. As long as he sends someone to protect the caravan, Bailuling will give him [-]% of the total sales of the caravan's trip this time - this was suggested by his housekeeper. It's all up to Bailuling, so it's better to ask for a part of the sales directly.

During this period of time, the Marquis of Thunder really received money and received soft hands, which made Tang Bo more pleasing to him and more willing to help him in various places.He even suggested that he could send troops to help Tang Bo get Sita County.

If Bailuling can expand production, the price of imported raw materials can be cheaper, and Bailuling can earn more, won't he also earn more?

As for whether to snatch the craftsmen and technology from Bailuling to produce these products?

The Marquis of Thunder had to admit that he had really thought about it. It would be better to only take part of the profit than to keep it all for himself.

But Tang Bo has saved his life. If he even snatched the money-making secrets of his lifesaver, who would trust him in the future?

What's more, Tang Bo already gave him a lot of share, and it's not a good thing to be too greedy.He is a general who will go to the battlefield. If he is seriously injured again in five years, who will save him then?

Under the deliberate escort of Marquis Thunder, Tang Bo's business started steadily.

With money, Tang Bo can buy all kinds of supplies, including food, before the trade roads are blocked.

There are riots in the Luma Dukedom, and the price of food is soaring every day. Naturally, Tang Bo will not buy food in the Luma Dukedom. He asks the caravan to buy a large amount of raw materials and food locally every time the goods are sold.

Sometimes he and Gu Ding will go to other countries with the ship, and wherever Gu Ding has been to once, he can use space shuttle to go there next time.

One of them knows the space shuttle technique, and the other has space, which can save time and travel expenses to the greatest extent.

If you don’t consider the labor of the two of them, if they go shopping for a trip, it is equivalent to how much they spent in the local area, and how much they will pay when they come back. There is no need to add shipping and loss fees, and even taxes can be exempted.

With a huge income, and cheap raw materials and food, Tang Bo can finally start to think about expansion.

Before he got the Four Towers County in name, but he didn't actually get it, and he didn't fight for it, because he didn't have the manpower and energy for the time being.

Now he is not in a hurry, so he is advancing towards Sita County step by step in a particularly safe manner.

The construction of the White Deer Territory has almost been completed, followed by the Red Mountain Territory and the Red Taro Territory, including the reclamation of farmland on the other side of the virgin forest.

If you want to build it, you need a lot of labor.

Before Bailuling was limited by food restrictions and management manpower, Tang Bo did not dare to open his mouth to accept refugees.

But now he can widen the opening a little bit.

"Gu Ding, in addition to continuing to bring back young and strong, if you see abandoned children outside, bring them all back." Tang Bo can now proudly say that he can support the entire Bailu leader.

Now the population of Bailuling has exceeded 12, and it is running towards the number of [-].

Such a large population has already caught up with a large territory, that is, the population of the entire Sita County may not exceed 20.

Gu Ding suddenly hugged Tang Bo.

Tang Bo put a question mark on his face and patted his arm, "What's wrong? Is something wrong?"

"You want to train them?" Gu Ding asked in a low voice.

Tang Bo: "Yes. If a power wants to develop, talents are an indispensable and important part of it. You see, how many people are willing to come here and truly be called talents? Some people are just I can write some characters, and I have noble blood, and I can’t even calculate addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division within a hundred, so I dare to say that he can help me manage the factory or even the entire territory. There are quite a few such people.”

Tang Bo couldn't help but laugh when he thought of some talents he had seen before.

"If someone better than me appears among those orphans in the future, will you treat him better than me?" Gu Ding hugged Tang Bo from behind, not letting him see his face.

Tang Bo couldn't help laughing: "Are you jealous?"

As a result, before Gu Ding could answer, Tang Bo clapped his hands and said, "I almost forgot that we can add soy sauce and vinegar to our external products, and we can also bring out our boiled miso. Wait for more food , we can also brew some high-purity wine and sell it, and the price of wine has always been high."

Gu Ding: "..." let go of Tang Bo helplessly.

Tang Bo turned around, faced Gu Ding, pinched his cheek: "You are different."

"Huh?" Gu Ding's eyes lit up.

Tang Bo: "You are my apprentice, the successor I cultivated. You work hard and try to let me retire in two years. You will follow."

Gu Ding wanted to laugh again, but couldn't help muttering: "I'm not your apprentice."

Tang Bo said smoothly: "What are you not my apprentice?"

Gu Ding opened his mouth, and was afraid that what he said would anger Tang Bo and cause him to alienate him, so he could only swallow the truth that was about to be spit out, and said with a hippie smile: "I am your big baby, the closest, most trusted and most worthy of you." people to rely on."

Tang Bo: "...Didn't you always want to kill me?"

Gu Ding laughed, and hugged Tang Bo's shoulders regardless of age: "That happened so many years ago. I was still young at that time. You treat me well, so I don't want to kill you."

"Really, what if I treat you badly in the future?"

Gu Ding shrugged, confidently and shamelessly said: "How could you treat me badly? I am so kind and love you so much."

Tang Bo felt as if a handful of dog food had been forcefully stuffed into his throat, and it was his own.However, he didn't take Gu Ding's love into his heart. Boys and girls of this age on the earth like flirting, and they always say I like you and I love you.Gu Ding also has an outgoing personality, so it's not surprising that he would say such things baldly.

After Gu Ding said those words, his heart was pounding, but Tang Bo didn't respond at all, which made him very depressed.

Boiling frogs in warm water is good, but too slow.And if he can't keep an eye on it all the time, maybe the frog in the pot can be fished out by others.

"I plan to come back. There is no need for me to do more in the principality, and it is very chaotic now. This year, the grand duke will double the food tax of each territory, and he will recruit a large number of soldiers in each territory. It will definitely be more chaotic by then. I will help you take down Sita County when I come back, and if refugees come over in the future, let them farm and build houses and build roads in Sita County. The mercenary union can also be established in Sita County."

"Are you going to join me publicly?" Tang Bo rubbed the boy's short hair.He suddenly realized that Gu Ding, who had been unable to grow up in the past, was taller than him now, and he was no longer so thin. His body looked much stronger, and his muscles were hard.

Gu Ding will not slap Tang Bo's hand away now, he can't wait to grow old with Tang Bo like this: "Yes. You have made so much money, and the territory has increased so many people, Luma City will never let you go , They have to scrape off a layer of oil on you no matter what, we will start to use all our strength on defense now."

Tang Bo nodded: "If you don't come back, I plan to let you come back. Those mercenaries can also be transferred back temporarily, just say that I paid for those mercenaries to protect Bailuling."

Tang Bo still had nothing to say, he asked Gu Ding to bring back the mercenary team not only to protect Bailuling.He also wanted to take this opportunity to make a fortune, not just to make money, he also wanted people and various resources.