Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 184 Died before leaving the army

West Market.

Inside a shop.

Liu Tao held the teacup with a smile on his face and sipped the tea slowly.

Boss Zhang, who was sitting opposite him, had a melancholy look on his face, holding the letter in his hand, silent.

Liu Tao put down the teacup in his hand and said calmly, "Boss Zhang, have you finished reading the letter?"

Boss Zhang nodded, put down the letter, and said slowly: "Of course there is no problem in giving you the shop, but the things mentioned here..."

Liu Tao: "As long as Boss Zhang agrees to transfer this shop to me, I can guarantee that I will help you solve this little thing."

After thinking it over, Boss Zhang sighed heavily and said, "Okay, bring me the contract and I'll sign it."

Without Liu Tao's words, Wang Mian took out the contract he had prepared in advance and placed it in front of Boss Zhang.

After just a quick glance, Boss Zhang was stunned. "Thirty taels of silver?"

"Boss Liu, you must have made a mistake. Didn't we agree on three hundred taels of silver? How come it has become thirty taels of silver now?"

"That's right, that's right."

Wang Mian said with a smile: "Do you need to do something to help your son avoid punishment?"

"My master is kind-hearted and worried that you would not have enough money to return home, so he gave you thirty taels of silver."

"you……"

Boss Zhang suddenly became angry.

Liu Tao said calmly, "Boss Zhang, you don't want your son to be thrown into jail, do you?"

Boss Zhang couldn't help but clench his fists, thought about it again and again, and finally wrote his name on the contract.

Wang Mian put down a bag of silver, picked up the contract, blew away the ink, and handed the contract to Liu Tao for inspection.

Liu Tao nodded, "Boss Zhang, this shop is mine now. I hope you can leave as soon as possible and not affect our arrangements."

Boss Zhang glared at Liu Tao with hatred, picked up the money bag, and said, "I hope you keep your promise. If my son cannot escape from prison, I will make you pay."

"please."

Liu Tao smiled and gestured for invitation, and Boss Zhang turned and left.

After watching Boss Zhang leave, Liu Tao said slowly, "Take the contract to the government office to get it corrected, and ask some people to come over to vacate the shop and replace it with new furniture."

"it is good."

Wang Mian responded and strode away.

Liu Tao turned around and sat back in his chair, picked up the teacup, and looked around the store.

Liu Tao believed that their low-priced soaps would be able to quickly gain a foothold in Chang'an City, and with their low prices, they would be able to snatch business from Wen Xianglai.

Once these soaps open up the market in Chang'an City, they can then use their own channels to expand the soap business throughout the Tang Dynasty and even the Arab Empire!
As for Roshan's soap business, it will certainly not be able to withstand the impact.

soon.

Wang Mian took the revised contract documents and came to the store with a group of assistants.

"Master, the contract has been revised."

"Ah."

Liu Tao nodded, "Let's get started."

"Yes!"

Wang Mian called on all the servants to get busy.

Many useless things in the store were dismantled and discarded one by one and replaced with new items. Under Wang Mian's arrangement, everyone proceeded in an orderly manner.

In just three hours, the decoration inside the store had been completely renewed.

After Liu Tao took a quick look, he ordered people to clean it up and took Wang Mian to the workshop.

"boss."

"How many batches of soap have you made?"

"Twenty thousand copies have been prepared and are ready for sale."

"very good."

Liu Tao nodded and said, "Order the soap to be delivered to the shop in the West Market and it will open tomorrow."

"Yes."

At dusk that day, horse-drawn carriages pulled boxes full of soap into the new shop.

Simultaneously.

At Liu Tao's instruction, the shop's plaque was changed to "Tianxiaxiang".

After finishing all this, the sky had already darkened.

Liu Tao stood outside the shop, looking at the plaque covered with red silk by the shop assistants, with a slight smile on his face.

Early the next morning.

Liu Tao then brought Wang Mian and Liu Qi to Tianxiaxiang.

"From today on, Liu Qi will be the head shopkeeper of Tianxiaxiang. You must all obey his arrangements."

"Yes."

Each of the guys was very respectful.

Liu Tao glanced at Liu Qi, who stepped forward with a smile and said, "Everyone, from today on, we will work together to do a good job in the soap business."

"I can assure you that as long as you work diligently and conscientiously, your monthly salary will definitely be more than the agreed amount!"

"Thank you, Boss!"

Liu Qi nodded and said, "Open the door and start a new business."

The closed door was opened by the waiters. Liu Qi glanced at Liu Tao, who smiled and nodded. Liu Qi strode out of Tianxiaxiang with the waiters.

Liu Tao brought Wang Mian to the second floor to check the situation.

Seeing the groups of passers-by gathered outside, Liu Tao couldn't help but frown.

Wang Mian couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Master, we have been advertising the soap since early this morning. How come there are only a few people here today?"

Liu Tao shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

"How about I go and ask around?"

"……it is good."

Liu Tao pondered and nodded.

With him here, there will definitely be no major problems.

Besides, Liu Qi is also an elder of the Liu family. He has been the head manager for many years and is very experienced.

Wang Mian quickly went downstairs and went outside.

Liu Tao frowned as he looked at the passers-by gathered in groups of three or four downstairs. He always felt irritated and uncomfortable.

In just an incense stick of time, Wang Mian came running over in a hurry, "Master, something has happened."

Liu Tao frowned: "What happened?"

Wang Mian: "The price of Wen Xiang Lai's soap has dropped."

Ah.

Liu Tao chuckled, thinking that he was worrying too much. "It's not like the price of Wen Xianglai's soap has ever dropped before, right?"

It is nothing new to sell soap at a low price in the past in order to promote soap and increase sales.

He has also had such business moves.

Besides, their new store opened with great success and the prices were kept very low.

No matter how cheap his scented soap is, can it be cheaper than theirs?
Wang Mian said anxiously, "No, sir, they have lowered the price very low this time."

Liu Tao still looked calm: "I remember the last time it was sold at 20% off, how much is it this time?"

"30% off, 40% off?"

"Thirty percent off!"

"what?"

The calmness on Liu Tao's face disappeared, his eyes widened, staring at Wang Mian, "Say it again?!"

"Thirty percent off!"

"Master, they are really selling it at 70% off!"

Wang Mian was almost crying.

The soap is 70% off. This is simply a loss-making scheme. How dare they smell the fragrance?
"impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

Liu Tao stood up suddenly, paced back and forth in the store, and shook his head repeatedly, "With such a low price, there is not much profit at all. Why would they do this?"

Wang Mian: "I heard that Wenxianglai posted a notice outside, saying that in order to give back to the love of the majority of users, Wenxianglai specially reduced the price and gave rebates to consumers or something like that."

"and."

"They also said that they specially added some gifts for this visit."

"What gift?"

"Sulfur soaps that have been personally certified by Dr. Sun from the medical school! They said that these sulfur soaps have been approved by Dr. Sun and other doctors, and can greatly prevent bacteria from getting close, and can well guarantee the health of the user."

Liu Tao was overwhelmed.

Sulfur soap?
Ensure the health of users?

"Are you kidding me?"

"Weren't they selling sulfur soap before?"

"If sulfur soap had such an effect, there would have been huge crowds of people buying it. How could it be that its sales have been so mediocre all along?"

Wang Mian said bitterly, "I was also very surprised by this. I specifically inquired about it. It's not that the sales of sulfur soap are not good, but that the sales of sulfur soap in Chang'an City are not good. In Jiannan Road, the sales of sulfur soap are much better than other soaps!"

"At the same time, several merchants from Jiannan Road ordered a large batch of sulfur soap this afternoon. They said that these sulfur soaps have certain antibacterial effects on wounds caused by mosquito bites and can prevent the occurrence of serious diseases!"

"The big bosses of Jiannan Road all spoke righteously, and the large number of orders they made makes it hard for anyone to doubt this."

Bang.

Liu Tao farted and slumped down on the chair.

The price is 70% off, and there is a sulfur soap gift. It can be seen how low the price of sulfur soap has been pushed!
Although they made a batch of soaps, the cost was at most equal to that of the scent!
Now that Wenxianglai has lowered its prices, the price advantage of their soaps has disappeared in an instant.

Want to start a price war with Wenxiang...

It's like lighting a light in the toilet, asking for death!
No wonder there were so few people coming to support the business today. It turned out that they were all attracted by the cheap soaps that smelled good!

Why didn’t they lower the price earlier or later, but just when they opened, the soap from Wen Xiang Lai was reduced in price?
This is too much of a coincidence!
"Come on, follow me to smell the fragrance!"

After thinking it over, Liu Tao suddenly stood up, but his legs suddenly became weak and he almost fell to the ground.

"Master, be careful."

Wang Mian was quick to act and grabbed Liu Tao.

"No need to help!"

Liu Tao pushed Wang Mian away and strode outside.

Come to the outside to smell the fragrance.

Liu Tao was stunned by the scene before him.

There were crowds of people, shoulder to shoulder.

How could this be?
Liu Tao murmured to himself, still unable to believe what he saw.

Because soap was so popular in Chang'an City, many people came to buy soap. However, as most people in Chang'an City used the soap, the number gradually decreased, and finally remained at a certain amount.

after all.

Everyone is using it, and those who come to repurchase it are those who use up the soap for daily consumption at home.

But why are there so many people suddenly appearing now? !

Just because they lowered their prices?

"Dr. Sun said that this sulfur soap does have some antibacterial effects, but what exactly are bacteria?"

"I don't know, but what Dr. Sun said must be correct."

"That's right, you guys weren't there just now, but I saw it with my own eyes. Those merchants with Jiannandao accents spent tens of thousands of dollars at a time. It was so scary."

“If they buy so much, can they sell it?”

"Hey, you don't know this, right? I heard that Jiannan Road is full of mountains and rivers. There are many mountains, water and trees, so there are a lot of mosquitoes. Taking a bath with this sulfur soap will leave a smell on your body, which can effectively repel mosquitoes!"

"real or fake?"

"Of course it's true. I also heard from the merchant that even if you are bitten by mosquitoes, you won't catch a cold if you wash it with sulfur soap. You don't know how many people in Jiannan Road were bitten by poisonous insects and either died of fever or had to lie in bed for a month or two without being able to get out of bed..."

Trust!
They must have been arranged by someone who smelled the scent!
Looking at those chatty customers, Liu Tao clenched his fists.

If it weren't for these agents, how could these customers love sulfur soap so much and be so eager to buy a whole batch?

Wang Mian has been following Liu Tao for a long time. What kind of business scenes has he not seen?
Now, after seeing those people, I immediately realized that something was wrong.

"They are agents, don't trust them..."

Liu Tao immediately felt something was wrong and hurriedly stopped Wang Mian, but Wang Mian's words attracted the attention of passers-by around.

Before those agents could even open their mouths to talk about Wang Mian's remarks, the others could not help but laugh at him.

"Don't we know whether sulfur soap is useful or not?"

"It only costs a penny to make sulfur soap, which can protect us from mosquito bites when we work in the fields. Isn't it worth it?"

"Even if it's sulfur soap, it really can't stop mosquito bites, but it washes clothes clean and leaves a light fragrance, which is enough!"

"That's right, this is such a cheap and easy-to-use sulfur soap, and you still say they are a shill?"

"You're so stupid..."

Wang Mian was dumbfounded.

Even those talkative agents couldn't help laughing at this moment.

That is.

Is it true that soap is good or not, people who have used it, don’t they know?
"you……"

"shut up!"

Liu Tao shouted coldly. Wang Mian looked at Liu Tao, but was met with Liu Tao's cold eyes. "Isn't this embarrassing enough?"

"Walk."

Liu Tao turned and left. Wang Mian glared at those people angrily and followed Liu Tao away.

"Hey, isn't that Mr. Liu from Mingyan Newspaper?"

"Don't tell me, it's really him!"

"Could this person be here to cause trouble on purpose?"

"Yes, yes, yes, now that you mention it is true. I heard that they also opened a soap shop in Xishi today. It seems that they want to compete with Wen Xiang..."

(End of this chapter)