Poet Immortal, Poet Sage, Duke of the State!

At noon the next day, the pearls and jade arrived at the shop on time.

South Street only gets crowded around noon, and most of the shops here don't open until after noon.

Opening the shop door, rows of Qing Shuang Lu (a type of lotion) were neatly arranged on the shelves, no different from yesterday.

Pearl sighed, picked up a rag to wipe the counter, and said, "Jade, how many bottles do you think we can sell today?"

Jade shook her head and sighed, "I don't know... I hope there will be more than yesterday."

They were bored to death every day in the deep palace.

I thought this trip would be fun, but if the shops don't have business, it's no different from being in the palace.

"Why……"

"well……"

Just as the two were sighing to each other, a series of hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside the shop.

They looked up at the same time and saw a young scholar striding in. He was the same customer who had bought the first bottle of Qing Shuang Lu yesterday afternoon.

Behind him were a dozen or so young men dressed in blue robes and scholarly attire. They all rushed into the shop in a flash, filling the originally spacious store to the brim.

"You've finally opened the door!"

"We waited for a full two hours!"

"Quick, quick, get the things out!"

……

Pearl paused for a moment, and before she could speak, the scholar interrupted, "How many bottles of Qing Shuang Lu do you have left?"

Jade was stunned for a moment, but quickly realized what was happening and immediately said, "There are still more than two hundred and ninety bottles."

As soon as she finished speaking, the scholars started chattering away.

"Give me five bottles!"

"I want ten bottles!"

"I want ten bottles too!"

……

The scholars immediately surrounded the shelves and began a frenzy of buying.

The scholar who bought Qing Shuang Lu yesterday has now stocked up on ten more bottles.

He saw on the paper yesterday that this so-called Qing Shuang Lu (Clear Frost Dew) had the effect of refreshing the mind, and he also thought it tasted good, refreshing and clean, so he bought a bottle on a whim.

Actually, he regretted it a little after he got back.

Although he was born into a wealthy family, he still felt a pang of regret at spending eight taels of silver on a useless bottle.

However, when he felt sleepy and dizzy while reading at night, he suddenly remembered the effects of the floral water and tried applying it to both sides of his forehead.

He had been studying so hard that his eyelids were almost closing, but after applying the ointment, he felt incredibly energetic in less than half a cup of tea's time. He read until the wee hours of the morning and then slept soundly.

After getting up in the morning, he talked about this with his classmates at the academy and was asked to bring them along.

For those who often feel sleepy while reading, this is an essential item to carry around.

Those who can study at the academy are not short of ten or eight taels of silver.

Pearl and Jade, who had been leisurely just moments before, suddenly became busy, frantically settling accounts for these people.

A dozen or so scholars bought as many as ten bottles and as few as two, selling a total of nearly eighty bottles.

After the group left in a grand procession, before the two women could even feel happy, another group of women walked in through the door.

The woman leading the group was the same young woman who bought the second bottle of Qing Shuang Lu yesterday.

Behind her followed four or five well-dressed ladies, who immediately asked upon entering, "Miss, do you still have that floral water from yesterday?"

Pearl didn't even have time to take a sip of water before hurriedly saying, "Yes, there's more, Madam. How many bottles would you like?"

The young woman smiled and said, "Give me ten more bottles."

It's late summer and early autumn now, and mosquitoes are rampant. Her three-year-old child is often covered in mosquito bites, crying all night from the itching. No matter what she tries, nothing works.

Yesterday, she tried applying a soothing cream to him before bed, and the child stopped scratching in less than half an incense stick's time, sleeping soundly until dawn. This was the first time he had slept soundly in half a month.

Early in the morning, she told several close friends about it. They all had young children at home and suffered from mosquito bites as well. When they heard that the Qing Shuang Lu was effective, they couldn't wait to pull her over.

The women opened the samples of Qing Shuang Lu, smelled them, and then stepped forward to buy some.

They each bought three bottles, two bottles, and in the blink of an eye, they had sold more than thirty bottles.

After that group of people left, Pearl breathed a sigh of relief, only to hear another series of chaotic footsteps at the door.

A group of maids dressed in various colors, at least a dozen of them, came together.

Leading the way was a little girl with her hair in two buns. After entering the shop, she turned around and called out, "This is the place!"

As soon as she finished speaking, more than a dozen maids rushed in.

The maidservant, while taking out some silver, said, "Yesterday, when my young mistress was taking a bath, I added a few drops of the refreshing lotion to the tub. After she finished, she said she felt very refreshed. This morning, she asked me to buy a few more bottles. My mistress also said that if it works well, she'll stick with your brand from now on!"

"My young lady heard about it from your young lady and told me to buy a few bottles too!"

"My young lady is too!"

……

These maids came from different mansions.

This morning, during the autumn outing and gathering of the young ladies, Miss Zhao mentioned that using a bottle of this brand's Qing Shuang Lu (a type of lotion) while bathing not only made her feel refreshed but also kept mosquitoes away. As soon as the gathering ended, her own daughter asked them to come and buy it.

Pearl collected money and settled accounts while Jade stood by the shelf taking out bottles one by one. The two were so busy that their feet barely touched the ground, and fine beads of sweat appeared on their foreheads, but their smiles grew wider and wider.

Chen Chang'an stood at the shop entrance, a smile appearing on his face.

Good things never have trouble selling; he has never worried about that.

With so many customers in Qing Shuang Fang, it naturally attracted the attention of passersby.

"When did this new shop open here?"

"I think it opened yesterday. I wonder what they sell, but business is so good..."

"Let's go, let's go inside and take a look..."

……

People have a tendency to follow the crowd, and the constant stream of customers at this shop aroused the curiosity of many.

When they entered the shop out of curiosity, it attracted even more customers...

Chen Chang'an had originally planned that if business was still bad today, he would pay some people to queue up in front of Qing Shuang Fang to create the impression that the shop was doing well. But now it seems there's no need for that at all...

On its first day of operation, Qing Shuang Fang only sold three bottles.

The day after it opened, within just two hours, all 300 bottles of Qing Shuang Lu (a type of lotion) were sold out.

The workshops outside the city are working day and night in shifts to rush the production, and another hundred new bottles should arrive before they open tomorrow.

Chen Chang'an ordered the Pearl and Jade shops to close and put up a "Sold Out, Closed" sign.

He checked the accounts and found that after deducting the cost of materials, he had made a net profit of nearly two thousand taels from the three hundred bottles of Qing Shuang Lu.

Even after deducting the rent for the workshops and shops, there was still a net profit of over a thousand taels.

However, he cannot enjoy this money for the time being.

The most important function of Qing Shuang Lu is to repel mosquitoes and relieve itching. In late summer and early autumn, there is only one month left when mosquitoes are rampant in Beijing. After that time, the effectiveness of Qing Shuang Lu will be greatly reduced.

He must seize this window of opportunity and expand production capacity as much as possible.

Without delay, Chen Chang'an immediately went out to purchase the next batch of raw materials.

At the same time.

Inside a side hall of the Chen residence.

Chen Fu stood before Zhao Shi with his hands at his sides and recounted everything he had seen and heard on South Street that day.

Upon hearing this, Zhao's face showed shock, and she said incredulously, "What did you say? That bastard's shop can earn over a thousand taels of silver a day?"