Farming with the get rich system

Xinghualou is the largest restaurant in Shuiyuan City.

There are scattered seats on the first floor and private rooms on the second floor, with sixty or seventy tables inside and out.

It is the only place where guests can entertain and socialize in this small town far away from the capital.

Today is a rare sunny day in the rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River.

In the private room on the second floor of Xinghua Building, Gu Shen invited all the shopkeepers of cosmetic shops in Shuiyuan City except Chunfeng Rouge.

The purpose of Gu Shen's dinner today is very clear, he wants to officially launch the first batch of soap he made to the market.

However, at the beginning of the dinner, Gu Shen did not make it clear that his purpose today was to politely toast with the shopkeepers of these shops, listen to their chats about their experience in the business field over the years.

Halfway through the dinner and wine, two boys with buns brought Xinghualou's signature dish, fresh fish cooked in oil.

Cooking fresh fish in oil, as the name suggests, is to cook fresh fish in oil, and use hot oil to lock in the freshness and sweetness of the fish.

But Xinghualou’s cooking method is different from other places. The oil-cooked fresh fish in Xinghualou is firstly selected by the customer as a big fish weighing five catties, and then the chef scrapes the scales with a very neat technique. Serve immediately.

After serving, pour the condiments in front of the guests, spread the onion and ginger, and cook with hot oil.

Cook the fresh fish directly with hot oil. After a series of operations, although the body of the five-jin big fish is cooked through, the mouth can still breathe to survive, which is amazing.

Since it was a treat, Gu Shen naturally ordered such an extremely decent signature dish.

When the big fish was served, one of the waiters was holding the prepared sauce, and the other was carrying the hot oil, which poured down like a torrent.

Before the amazing scene had time to happen, someone at the banquet heard "Ouch".

The person who called the pain was surnamed Cui Minghe, and he was the shopkeeper of the smallest of these rouge shops—Red Jade Rouge.

Just now, the man poured the oil a little too far, and just as he was getting up to get the flagon, the hot oil splashed on the sleeve of his coat.

"Guest officer! Are you alright!" The two guys hurriedly put down the oil urns and bowls in their hands, leaned over and asked with concern.

"Oops... Is this... can it be all right?" Cui He pulled his cuffs, which had been spattered by hot oil, and muttered annoyedly: "This is my wife's new clothes! New clothes Ah! It's all splashed with oil! What do you think about this?!"

It turned out that shopkeeper Cui was afraid of being looked down upon by the other shopkeepers because his shop was small, so he asked his wife to take out the newly made robe that would accompany her back to her mother's house in a few days, and promised repeatedly that it would not be dirty. half point.

Unexpectedly, in less than half an hour since he was so smug, a large piece of hot oil was blown off his cuff.

As long as he thinks of his wife's lifeless nagging, Cui He feels that his brain is about to boil.

The little guy came to apologize to him, and he insisted on having someone pay him.

Just when the two sides were at a stalemate, Gu Shen got up and separated the two sides, and said, "It's okay, Shopkeeper Cui. Fortunately, you haven't been burned, it's just a little bit of oil. If you trust me, take off your robe, and I will treat you with you." Just wash it off."

"You?" Cui He asked suspiciously: "Master Gu, my clothes are still fine, what if you wash them and ruin them?"

"If I wash it badly, I will pay the shopkeeper Cui one piece." Gu Shen nodded and looked at the people around him: "There are so many shopkeepers testifying now, can I deny it?"

"Hiss... well..." Cui He looked at his horrific cuffs with a sad face, and finally decided to be a dead horse as a living horse doctor: "If this is the case, then there is a Lao Gu."

Gu Shen took Cui He's incomparably precious robe with both hands, and immediately ordered the boy who caused trouble to bring a basin of clean water, and took out a piece of soap from the box behind him.

This palm-sized bar of soap is pure white, the same color as ivory.The square shape has a raised plum pattern printed on the smooth surface.Around the soap, there are faintly mixed with a few pieces of dried pink plum blossoms.

Gu Shen soaked Cui's sleeve that had been splashed with hot oil in clear water, then took the piece of soap that was as delicate as porcelain and wiped it on the surface of the cuff, then rubbed it in his hand a few times, and then rubbed it again. Rinse the cuffs in clean water several times, and all the oil stains attached to the cuffs were dissolved in the water without any trace.

"Shopkeeper Cui, if you don't dislike it, then ask the staff to take your clothes to the ventilated place in the backyard of their Xinghualou to dry. The sun is good today, and it will be dry in about an hour." Gu Shen said that again He twisted the cuff in his hand, flattened it completely, and handed it to Cui He: "What do you think?"

"Master Gu, what kind of treasure did you use? It's amazing." Cui He held his half-dried cuffs and showed the people on the left and right sides before handing it over to the boy to dry outside.

Cui and the two shopkeepers beside him who were also attracted by the scene in front of them couldn't help but reached out and picked up the very delicate soap that Gu Shen used just now, dragged it in their palms and looked at it repeatedly: "Master Gu, what are you doing?" What kind of precious thing? It has such a miraculous effect?"

Gu Shen didn't intend to play tricks, wiped his hands with the towel on the table, brought up the finished soap from the box behind him, and distributed them to the shopkeepers on the table one by one.

"Shopkeepers, to tell you the truth, I invite you here today just to show you this newly made thing." Gu Shen took a piece from the box, held it in his hand and said: "This The name of the product is called soap, which is made exclusively and secretly. This product is moist and soft, and has a pleasant fragrance. It can be used for washing clothes and cleansing the face. It does not hurt the hands and feet and moisturizes the skin. I wonder if you are interested in using this product Put it in your shop and sell it?"

As soon as this remark came out, several shopkeepers on the table started a whispering discussion.

After a while of rustling, an elderly shopkeeper asked: "It's a good thing, but I don't know how much it is worth? I wonder how much it is different from the saponins sold in the market right now?"

"Although this product is exquisite, the method of making it is not difficult, and the price is at least [-]% lower than that of saponin pancreas on the market." Gu Shen looked at everyone with piercing eyes: "If you are interested, then you can But if you place an order with me, I won’t take any money, and I will just share [-]% of the profit for each piece of soap after you sell it.”

Gu Shen's words sparked a discussion among the people at the dinner table again.

You don't take a penny for the order, and you only get [-]% of the profit after selling the silver. Where can you find such a good thing that the sky is falling?

However, people in the business field all believe in one sentence, that is, "greed for small gains and suffer big losses".

After a heated discussion, the old shopkeeper still raised a new question: "We all understand what Young Master Gu means, but if this thing comes everywhere, every shop will have it. Will you still buy it?"

"Don't worry, this kind of soap is not a single type. It can be molded into many shapes, and the color can be different. And the fragrance of flowers, fruits, and even pine, bamboo and wood can be reconciled. You can rely on it I come here to order according to the preferences of my customers, and although they sell all soaps, they will not compete with each other." After Gu Shen said, he added: "If you don't believe me, I can make a letter with you as proof, March For a period, what do you guys think?"

"Since Master Gu has already talked about this matter, what else do we have to worry about? Master Gu, please bring a pen and paper, and I will sign this contract." Wan Lin, the shopkeeper of Wanji Rouge Co., Ltd. Gu Shen had already found him before, and after giving him the first batch of finished soaps to look at, he signed a half-year order contract with him in advance.

In the first month of these six months, Gu Shen provided him with supplies for free, limited to 1000 yuan, and he would be responsible for selling more or less. He also made it clear that these profits were used to compensate for the liquidated damages for lipsticks that could not continue to be supplied.

From the second month onwards, he will give Gu Shen another [-]% rebate.

Gu Shen also promised him that he would supply him with products with more unique color and luster every month.

So in today's dinner, shopkeeper Wan naturally became Gu Shen's divine assist.

With shopkeeper Wan taking the lead, shopkeeper Cui's family couldn't hold back anymore, and fell to Gu Shen's side.

Then one, two, three, all the guests at the table signed and pressed their fingerprints on the contract made by Gu Shen.

However, three days later, the first batch of finished soaps were placed in the most conspicuous position on the counters of the major rouge shops in the water source city.

***

Wu Liang, the shopkeeper of Chunfeng Rouge, was excluded from this dinner.

Wu Liang himself doesn't have any business acumen, but relying on the great business of his ancestors and the secret recipe of incense powder and pancreas handed down from his ancestors, he has always disdained to have many intersections with those other shopkeepers.

It wasn't until that day that Wu Er, the housekeeper of the house, brought the news that an order had been returned, and he realized it later.

"What did you say? Why was the good order returned?" Wu Liang looked at the return list, jumped up from his chair, and asked incredulously, "Is there something wrong with the delivery? Or is the product defective?" What's wrong?"

"My lord, there is nothing wrong with our products, it's just that the merchants don't want them anymore." Wu Er frowned, wondering: "Now there is a thing called soap on the market, which is smooth and fragrant, and can not only wash clothes It can also moisturize the skin. And the price is more than [-]% lower than the scented pancreas here, so those merchants who originally ordered the scented pancreas from my Wu's house have all returned their orders and changed their orders. Today is just the first one. Subsequent orders are almost refunded."

"What?!" Wu Liang tugged at Wu Er's collar angrily: "Where did this soap come from? How could it be better than the Xiangpanzi recipe passed down from my ancestors!!!"

Trembling, Wu Er took out a piece of soap from his cuff that he had just bought, and handed it to Wu Liang: "I just bought this from Wanlin's shop today, my slave. This piece of soap Only two denarii."

Wu Liang opened the paper bag containing the soap. Inside the paper bag was a lifelike rose-shaped solid. The quality was like amber and the luster was like jade. It smelled like a faint rose fragrance.

Wu Liang looked at the rose over and over again for a long time before asking again: "Is this really only two coins?"

"If you go back to the master, this is the most expensive one on the Wanji counter. The other ones are square and round, and they only cost one penny." Wu Er said truthfully.

"Is this impossible? Where did Wanji get the prescription? How could it be sold so cheaply?!"

"My lord, it's not just Wanji. Every rouge shop in the city, except mine, has such soaps on their counters. There are hundreds of shapes of this thing, and every household sells different ones." Wu Erxiao Nodding his head, he whispered: "So the fragrant pancreas in our shop has become a commodity that no one wants."

Wu Liang suddenly smashed the bright soap rose in his hand, grabbed Wu Er's collar and said, "Since you knew earlier! Why didn't you tell me sooner! Why didn't you tell me sooner!"

"Master, please spare me!" Wu Er whispered for mercy with his fists in his hands, "I told you half a month ago that the young master of the Gu family invited the shopkeepers of the Rouge Shop to dinner, and you said they couldn't make it climate, but after that meal the market was flooded with these soaps."

"Gu Nanting! It's that damned little bastard again! I cut off his raw materials, but he dared to make this pile of things to squeeze my business! I'm really impatient! I'm impatient!" Extreme In a rage, Wu Liang threw away all the things he could drop, and still felt angry: "You! Go to the merchants who bought the incense powder and tell them that the price of the incense powder has been reduced by [-]%, but you must bring me. Fragrant pancreas from the Wu family. The price of fragrant pancreas has also been reduced! It has been reduced to half of what it used to be! Go!"

"Yes... yes... this is what my master and slave will do!" Wu Er, the housekeeper, ran away without a trace.

Two days later, Wu Er, the housekeeper, brought back even more thunderous news.

"My lord, the merchants who bought the incense powder said that if you insist on asking them to bring fragrant pancreas, they will not want both the incense powder and the rouge."

"Why?! In the past, they were all scrambling for my Wu family's incense powder! Didn't the price of fragrant pancreas also drop? Why are you still refusing to ask for it?!"

Wu Liang's dull mind could only come up with one stupid way to ascend to heaven in such a critical situation.

He even tried to use his family's most famous fragrance powder to drive the unsalable fragrant pancreas.

In his opinion, the incense powder of his Wu family is irreplaceable, and those group of merchants are obviously profitable, and he can't understand why those group of people would reject him because of this.

"My lord, the merchants said that although it is still early, within three months, there will be traces of soap in the entire Suzhou and Hangzhou area. Not only your place, but all the fragrant pancreas will not be sold. Your face powder It’s really easy to sell, but there are not no incense powders on the market that are comparable to Wujia incense powder, so you should never think about buying and selling fragrant pancreas in the future. No matter how far you reduce the price, the quality is really good. The difference is too far." Wu Eryiwuyi repeated the words of the merchants to Wu Liang.

What the merchants said was the original intention of Gu Shen to take this move.

He first used the rouge shops in the city to help him spread the supply of goods and increase his reputation.

No money is taken when ordering, which eliminates the worry about the backlog of goods in the store.

The more he sells in the store, the more he earns, so those shopkeepers will naturally find customers for him and open up sales.

Fast-moving consumer goods such as soaps are more in demand than lipsticks and are cheaper.

Gu Shen's contract was only three months except for Wanji, and after three months he became the exclusive supplier of these soaps.

At that time, the soap he produced will be sold throughout Suzhou and Hangzhou.

If those shopkeepers want to continue to sell, they can only be his distributors, and he alone has the final say on prices and shipments.

And the fragrant pancreas produced in Wu Liang's shop has long since lost any market.

Such multiple actions, Gu Shen almost effortless.

Wu Liang, who had always been proud and arrogant, was hit hard by the words of the housekeeper Wu Er. Looking at the continuous deficit in the book, Wu Liang's face sank, and he couldn't say a word.

"Master, why don't I bring some things to make peace with the young master of the Gu family? How about asking him to sell us some of those soaps? I don't think the young master of the Gu family is such an unreasonable person. If it wasn't for the old master at first If he cut off the raw material for making lip balm, he wouldn't be able to..." Wu Er poured a cup of tea for his master and said softly.

"Okay, okay, stop talking nonsense." Wu Er took a sip of tea, suppressed his anger and said duplicity: "Go tomorrow and return the pile of scrap copper and rotten iron to him. If there is something to talk about, you can talk about it." Talk, if he refuses to talk, you don't have to give him any good looks. I don't believe how much trouble this little bastard can make."

***

The next day, Wu Liang, the housekeeper, brought the servants from last time to Gu Shen's small workshop.

This workshop is obviously bigger than the last time I came, there are two new sheds, and three or four more workers with quick hands and feet have been hired.

At a glance, it is obvious that the order volume is too large, so more people are hired.

After questioning, a new worker told Wu Er that Gu Shen was not in the workshop today, but at home.

Wu Er, who took the master's order, had no choice but to rush to Gu Shen's house in a hurry.

The courtyard of Gu Shen's house was also expanded by two or three points at some point. In the courtyard, the cowsheds and horse pens were built high, and houses for poultry and livestock were also built.

The three-room blue-brick and large tile-roofed house looks extraordinarily grand among the low houses in the village.

As soon as the butler Wu Er led the boy in, Fuguier, the little dog who was dozing at the door, immediately barked vigilantly, and Fuguier's barking also attracted the attention of the people in the house.

"Who's outside?" This voice was Gu Shen's inquiry.

"Young master Gu, the villain Wu Er, you met once before. My master sent me to visit you." Wu Er was carrying things in his hands, and began to smile from the yard.

"Oh, it's Steward Wu, please come in."

Wu Er stepped into the threshold of Gu Shen's house according to his words, walked inside with his head poking around, stood in place and saluted Gu Shen and the two: "Hello, Young Master Gu, I haven't seen you for a long time, you look good."

In the small study room separated by a screen, Gu Shen and Su Yan were sitting side by side. Su Yan held Gu Shen's hand and traced the copybook in front of him bit by bit.

In the past few days, Guo Xuexue suffered from a cough and his spirit was low. Su Yan followed him for two days.

Guo is pedantic and cherishes talents, and he refuses to let Su Yan do these things of serving soup and water.So he gave Su Yan a vacation, and asked Su Yan to review some old lessons at home. After a few days, when he was in better health, he would let Su Yan come back.

Coincidentally, Gu Shen is not very busy these few days, everything in the workshop is in order, and the sales of soap are also very good.Gu Shen didn't have to follow the workers in the workshop all the time.

He also happened to be at home with Su Yan, planning their lives for the next few years.

In just one month, Gu Shen recovered nearly 3000 taels of silver, all of which were deposited in the bank in the city.

This money is enough for Gu Shen to buy dozens of acres of land, build a large yard with a distance of two to two, buy a few servants, and live with Su Yan for a lifetime without worrying about food and clothing.

Gu Shen originally thought that he would take Su Yan to the city today to choose land deeds and buy farm cattle, but Su Yan became interested in teaching Gu Shen how to practice calligraphy.

After writing stroke by stroke for a long time, Wu Er came to the door with a gift.

"Steward Wu, don't come here without any problems." Although Gu Shen promised Wu Er, his attention was still focused on the copybook in front of him: "How is your shopkeeper Wu?"

"Young master Gu, don't ask me what you know. The little one came today, so it's only because the master of the family has a pass." Wu Er's attitude of begging for help is very obvious: "I beg you to show your noble hand and save my shopkeeper."

"Where do you start with this? I have no grievances or enmity with your shopkeeper Wu, when will he need me to show his respect?" Gu Shen made it clear that he and Wu Liang had no enmity at all, and that Wu Liang was responsible for everything. It's your own fault.

"Yes, yes, the young master of the Gu family has a lot of adults, so he didn't care about it." Wu Er was carrying the gift, begging with a humble face: "My shopkeeper said that he is willing to return the raw materials of those copper blocks to Young Master Gu. Raise your hand and sell some of the popular soaps in the market with my family. To be honest, this business is really difficult right now."

"Butler Wu, let me say something that doesn't sound right. Your shopkeeper has taken other people's things and hasn't sold them yet? Could it be that you are waiting for me to report to the officials?" Gu Shen glanced at Su Yan beside him, signaling that he should feel at ease. He raised his eyes again and fixed his eyes on Wu Er: "Your shopkeeper conspired against others and harmed others first. Now that you have received retribution, just say a few good words and want me to show you my favor? He must have thought things too simply. Please go back and tell your shopkeeper that my goods are in short supply. I can’t help you with what you said. Now I have to practice calligraphy, so I won’t keep you.”

"Master Gu, you should give me some face..."

"Butler Wu, my young master's words have been made clear enough just now. He doesn't want to talk to your shopkeeper, and he doesn't want to talk too much with you. Please go back." Su Yan changed his usual soft voice: "Master, practice Concentrate on writing. If you are distracted again, this page will have to be rewritten."

Feeling frustrated, Wu Er returned to Wu's house with the unopened gift, and recounted to Wu Liang what Gu Shen and Su Yan said today verbatim.

Sure enough, another teacup in Wu Liang's house was broken.

"This little bastard who doesn't want to die, I don't believe that I am the only one who hates him in this world!"