Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 453, Ryukyu Candy
"Clang~clang~"

"Crackling~"

On a bustling street in the capital, drums and gongs were beating at the door of a shop, and firecrackers were going off. There was no doubt that it was a good opening.

"Everyone in the capital, pass by, don't miss it, our Ryukyu Sugar Store has opened~"

At the entrance of the shop, a man dressed as a shopkeeper smiled and said to the attracted people. Following his words, the waiter at the door also pulled down the red festive curtain, revealing a gilded plaque.

The three big characters of Ryukyu candy are flying and dancing, obviously they were also written by famous artists, and the signboard and plaque alone cost a lot of money.

"To celebrate the official opening of our Ryukyu Sugar Store, all customers who spend in our store today will get a discount of [-]%~"

"The sugar in our Ryukyu Sugar Store is the best sugar in Daming, and the price is also the cheapest, and the quality is absolutely top-notch. Please rest assured to buy."

The shopkeeper's voice was very loud, and he said to the people around him with a smile.

"Ryukyu?"

"What kind of ball is Ryukyu?"

The onlookers next to him asked suspiciously.

"Ryukyu is not a ball, it is a ground. It is located in the southeast of our Ming Dynasty, across the sea from Fujian. All the sugar in our store comes from the sugar cane grown here in Ryukyu."

When the shopkeeper heard this, he replied with a smile.

"I know, I know, it turned out to be Ryukyu Island. I heard that it is still a barren land. How can sugar cane be grown?"

Some people know Ryukyu, but in the original concept, this Ryukyu is a wild land, no one has ever set foot in the place, and now some people grow sugar cane here to boil sugar.

"That was in the past. We Mr. Liu built the Ryukyu City here in Ryukyu, recruited immigrants to reclaim the land, and planted sugar cane to boil sugar."

"In other places, this brown sugar costs eight or nine hundred yuan a catty, and some even sell it for one or two silver a catty, but here we only need five hundred yuan a catty, and we are celebrating the opening today. More than four hundred Wen a catty, very cheap."

The shopkeeper said with a smile.

"Real or fake, how can there be such cheap sugar?"

Someone said in disbelief.

"I don't quite believe it either. Can the sugar cane grown in this barren land be edible?"

Some people also doubted that in the eyes of Daming people in this era, Daming is the best, and everything is the best in Daming. As for the world outside of Daming, it is a barren land, and everything is not as good as Daming.

"Of course you can eat it. Not only can it be eaten, but the quality is very good. Everyone will know if you go in and have a look. Okay, you can try it first, try it, it doesn't matter whether you buy it or not, it's okay to join in the fun .”

The shopkeeper smiled and said as a matter of course, after finishing speaking, he also stepped out of the way.

"Come on, go in and have a look, the five hundred Wen a catty of sugar is really cheap."

"Yes, let's go, let's go and have a look. If I knew how cheap the sugar here is, I wouldn't buy sugar just now."

When the people around heard it, they immediately began to swarm in.

As everyone entered the Ryukyu sugar shop, they immediately saw mountains of brown sugar, as well as snow-white, snow-white white sugar.

"Ryukyu brown sugar, priced at [-] Wen a catty~"

"Ryukyu snow sugar, priced at two taels of silver per catty~"

Next to the sugar, there is a brand, which clearly states the brand and price of the sugar.

"Come, come, everyone can taste our Ryukyu brown sugar, it doesn't matter whether you buy it or not, you can taste it."

There was a shop waiter holding a plate, which contained brown sugar that had been cut into very small pieces, and shouted as he motioned for everyone to taste the Ryukyu brown sugar.

"I'll take a piece~ I'll take a piece~"

Hearing that there is free sugar to taste, the scene suddenly became a bit chaotic.

Sugar is a luxury in this era, and the price is extremely expensive. Even if it sells for five hundred yuan a catty now, this sugar is still very expensive, and it can only be afforded by the rich. As for ordinary people, it is estimated that only Only by gritting your teeth can you buy a catty or two to try.

"Everyone take your time, take your time, don't rush, don't rush~"

The clerk panicked immediately, but fortunately, the other clerks hurried over to help when they saw it, and asked everyone to line up and come one by one.

"Hmm~ this sugar is pretty good, it's sweet but not greasy, it's definitely the best brown sugar~"

"It's really good. At first, I thought the candy was so cheap that it must be bad. I didn't expect the taste to be so pure, much better than Xu Ji's candy."

Everyone who tasted the brown sugar couldn't help but nod their heads one after another, and they would know if they tasted it.

The raw material of cane sugar in Ryukyu City is good, and the processing is very standardized. Naturally, the quality of the brown sugar produced is undeniable.

"Xiao Er, give me ten catties~"

Soon, some people began to buy sugar. It was so cheap and tasted really good, so there was no reason not to buy it.

"Give me a catty too~"

There are some people from poor families who, after thinking about it, grit their teeth and buy a catty back. Such cheap candy, if you don’t buy some, you always feel like you’re losing money.

"Okay, wait a minute~"

All the waiters in the shop immediately started to get busy.

"Xiao Er, why is your snow candy so expensive?"

Soon, someone noticed Xuetang and asked curiously.

"This snow sugar is the best sugar. It is crystal clear, white in color and purer in taste. It is definitely the best sugar in our Ming Dynasty, so the price is naturally expensive."

The shop waiter also replied with a smile.

"Then can we have a taste of this snow candy?"

When someone heard it, he said with a smile.

"This one won't work, this one won't work, it's too expensive~"

The shop waiter shook his head repeatedly and said.

Liu Jin's pricing is obviously not random. Brown sugar is cheap, mainly because of the quantity, while snow sugar is expensive, and it takes the high-end route. As long as the quality is good enough, the price is not a problem at all.

For the really rich, there is actually no difference between 2 taels of silver a catty and 2 Wenqian a catty.

The sales are very hot, and the quality is good enough. The key is that the price is much cheaper than other candies, so with the opening of the Ryukyu Sugar Store, soon, all the young and old in the capital will immediately know that there is a sugar store in the capital. , which is not only good quality, more importantly, the price is very cheap.

Of course, not only here in Beijing, but also in Tianjin, there is also a Ryukyu sugar store opened. These two stores are regarded as advertisements, and they are specially used to show everyone the Ryukyu sugar store.

Going retail is obviously not Liu Jin's plan.

The sugar production here in Ryukyu City is too large. It is impossible to sell so much sugar if you retail by yourself, so in the end, you have to sell the sugar to other merchants, and through these merchants, you will sell the sugar to everyone in Daming. inside the corner.

The birth of the Ryukyu sugar store quickly attracted the attention of businessmen specializing in sugar business in the entire Beijing-Tianjin area.

In the living room behind the Ryukyu Sugar Store in Beijing, Li Yuanshan was talking with a businessman from the Jiangnan area with a smile on his face.

"Mr. Wu, what do you think of our sugar?"

Li Yuanshan smiled and asked Wu Lang in front of him.

“Very nice~”

Wu Lang tasted the taste of brown sugar and white sugar carefully, and then carefully looked at the color, granules, etc. of the brown sugar and white sugar. Having been in the sugar business all year round, he immediately knew that the quality of these sugars was really good.

"Of course, the quality of sugar produced in our Ryukyu City is definitely the best."

Hearing Wu Lang's words, Liu Yuanshan said with satisfaction.

"Mr. Li, I want as much candy as you have."

Wu Lang thought for a while and said, he is from the Jiangnan area, which is very rich, and people like sweets since ancient times, so the demand for sugar is very large, and it is the area that consumes the most sugar in the entire Ming Dynasty.

He clearly knew that the quality of this candy was not to mention, the price was very cheap, as long as he could get the goods, he would definitely make money, because the price was cheap, and more people could consume it.

"Mr. Wu, our output is very large, I'm afraid you may not be able to eat it, and our sugar also uses an agent system, so if you want to sell our sugar, please come to our supply on the fifteenth day Business bidding conference."

When Li Yuanshan heard this, he couldn't help but smiled and said.

"Can't eat?"

When Wu Lang heard it, he immediately felt despised, and then he smiled and asked, "How big is your output? If it's tens of thousands of catties, or even hundreds of thousands of catties, I can still eat it." of."

Sugar is expensive, mainly because so little is produced.

How could Wu Lang not know when he was in this business that he was from the Jiangnan region, and he was very capable. Of course, he could also recruit people to borrow money to make money from the candy.

"Haha, the production of sugar in our Ryukyu City exceeds tens of millions of catties. If Mr. Wu can eat it all at once, I will still have a lot of trouble left."

When Li Yuanshan heard this, he couldn't help laughing. These sugar businessmen were all similar to Wu Lang. Seeing that the sugar was cheap, they all wanted to buy it all.

However, when everyone heard that the output could reach tens of millions of catties, they were immediately dumbfounded, and their eyes widened in disbelief.

"Ten million catties?"

The same was true for Wu Lang, who was dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)