Chapter 7: The three join forces
"Liuzi, go and buy me a porcelain workshop, a brick workshop, and a blacksmith shop secretly."
On the morning of the second day after Qinji Salt Shop was renovated and opened for business, Qin Lingyun went to Liu Zi and gave instructions.
"Master, I'm afraid this is not good. Our family has been spending a lot of money recently. If you buy three workshops and shops at once, if you let the master know about it, you will definitely not be able to eat and carry around."
Qin Lingyun's eyes widened:
"I'm in charge of the house now. If I tell you to go, you go! There's so much nonsense, hurry up, I'm of great use! Do you still want to learn how to fly?"
Hearing this, Liuzi's eyes lit up and he asked quietly:
"Master, do you plan to take over these shops and workshops and make some new things?"
Well? Yes, this kid's mind is quick enough.
"That's right, Master, I just want these three workshops. If you can find craftsmen, you can open three of them yourself. Anyway, you have to pay attention to this. Don't accept the ones that are too expensive, just find the cheapest one!"
"Okay, I understand, young master, I will arrange for someone to inquire about it."
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In the east of Qingyuan Mansion, the Fang family, the head of the family, Fang Dalei, is listening to the report from his shopkeeper.
"Master, that white salt is really much better than our green salt. I bought a few kilograms of it yesterday. Look, its color is as white as snow and its taste has no impurities."
Fang Dalei dipped some Qinji white salt on the table and put it into his mouth. Immediately, he stared at the shopkeeper with an ugly expression and said:
"I heard that this white salt is made from green salt. Is there any way we can make it?"
The shopkeeper said to Fang Dalei with a grimace and slumped shoulders:
"I have asked the people below to find a way to try it. It may not be developed in a short time. If the Qin family is allowed to continue like this, our family..."
Before the shopkeeper finished speaking, Fang Dalei also understood the current situation. Since white salt cannot be produced in a short time, all our customers will go to the Qin family.
As time goes by, even if you get white salt by yourself, will those people who are used to buying salt at Qinji still go back to their own salt shops to buy salt?
A few days ago, he was still laughing at the fact that the Qin family was in trouble. He teamed up with the other two companies to suppress them with price advantages, causing them to close their stores.
As a result, the slap in the face came so quickly that the Qin family simply flipped the table and stopped playing. I stopped selling green salt and just made white salt to kill us alive.
We can't just sit there and wait for death! Fang Dalei's eyes flashed with a stern expression and he ordered:
"Go and invite the heads of the Xu and Li families here, and tell them that I have something important to discuss with you, and you must go to the mansion to discuss it as soon as possible."
The shopkeeper stepped back and followed Fang Dalei's instructions to go to the Xu and Li families.
An hour later, the heads of the two families arrived one after another.
Fang Dalei dismissed all the servants, leaving only three people sitting in the main hall.
"You two, we have reached a critical moment of life and death. You must have heard about the Qin family's Baiyan. They want to drive us all away!"
Xu Lang, the head of the Xu family, said nonchalantly:
"Brother Fang is overly worried. I've also heard about white salt. Their business is good now, but they are selling it at a loss. When it returns to its original price, it will be twice as expensive as green salt. What will happen to the people?"
Will you still go to his store to buy?”
The head of the Li family, Li Hua, nodded in agreement and agreed with Xu Lang's point of view.
Fang Dalei sighed and handed the white salt on the side to these two idiots:
"This is the white salt. You haven't seen or tried it yet, have you? Try it first. After you taste it, you can express your opinion."
When Xu and Li saw the white salt, which was as white as snow, they tasted it in surprise. Then they looked at each other in shock. They didn't take this matter too seriously.
Over the ages, this green salt has never changed. I think the Qin family only changed the color using secret methods, and the taste must still be the same.
But now after trying it, they know that they were wrong, and they were very wrong.
This white salt is far away from the green salt. Even if it is twice as expensive, there will probably be a lot of people buying it.
If this green salt ever wants to be on people's dining tables, I'm afraid only the poor will buy it because of its cheap price.
After thinking clearly about the cause and effect, Xu Lang looked at Fang Dalei eagerly and said:
"Brother Fang, what should we do? You asked me and I to come here, you must have already made a plan! Just say it, it is exactly what you said at this time. When it comes to life and death, our two families promise to cooperate."
Li Hua also quickly expressed his stance:
"Yes, if Brother Fang has a way to break this situation, my Li family will definitely cooperate!"
Fang Dalei nodded, thought for a while, and then said slowly:
"There is indeed a way, but it can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and it can only allow our family to survive for a while longer."
"If you can live longer, it will count as a period of time. Come on, let's add it up and see if we can come up with a better way."
"My method is that the three of us will also buy white salt from the Qin family in the past few days, and sell as much as we can. Isn't he selling at a loss? The more we buy, the more he loses.
As soon as his activities were over, the three of us took out the white salt we bought from him. He sold it for 100 Wen per catty, and we sold it for 95 Wen or 90 Wen per catty.
However, this method can only be used once, and when the white salt we bought is sold out, the situation will be like this again.
Therefore, we must take advantage of this period of time to work together among the three of us to figure out a way to refine green salt into white salt."
When Xu Lang and Li Hua heard this, they high-fived and exclaimed:
"This is a wonderful plan! It will cause the Qin family to lose money while allowing us to make a lot of money, and it will also delay time. I don't believe that the Qin family can develop a method to turn green salt into white salt. With the combined efforts of the three of us
It can’t be done!”
"That's right, let's go home and gather our servants. Each of us will bring hundreds or thousands of kilograms of white salt back. Each of us will run several times a day. We must make sure that the Qin family can't afford to wear pants.
The best thing is to let this discount last for less than 7 days and then close down. Then we will see how they explain to the people of Qingyuan Mansion."
Fang Dalei looked at the two of them with approval:
"Yes, that's what I plan to do. Now you two go home quickly and make arrangements, and I will take action here immediately. You can buy as much as you can. Anyway, we don't have to worry about not being able to sell this white salt."
After the three of them made their plan, they took action individually.
At this time, Qin Lingyun did not know that the other salt merchants in Qingyuan Mansion had reacted so quickly and had joined forces to target the Qin family.
He sat in the courtyard and stared at the house in front of him, frowning and thinking.
"Die'er, my house must have been dormant for a long time, right?"
"Master, Die'er doesn't know either. Die'er entered the mansion when she was 7 years old. It's been nine years now. This house already existed when Die'er entered the mansion."
"Well, it's been a long time. Master, I think it's time to tear it down and rebuild it again."
"But Master, Die'er thinks this house is quite good, why do you need to rebuild it?"
"That's because you haven't seen anything better yet. Today I asked the six sons to go out and buy a brick house. After it is completed, Master, I will come up with something new and build the new house to look good and make people familiar with it!"
Don’t you want to live in a new house with me, young master?”
Hearing this, Die'er blushed, lowered her head, and replied in a voice as loud as a mosquito:
Chapter completed!