Su Chen drove a carriage with four hundred goat's milk soaps placed in the carriage. The carriage was very spacious, and Su Wan and Su Yi could just fit inside, so it was not too crowded.
Su Wan carried two hundred taels of silver notes with him, as well as dozens of taels of broken silver.
The first stop is Hejia Manor. When you approach their village, you will find that there are apricot trees planted on several surrounding mountains.
A large Zhuangzi stands in the valley, and their workshop is adjacent to the Zhuangzi.
"Wan Wan, it should be here!"
The carriage stopped, Su Chen said hello outside, and Su Yicai and Su Wan opened the door and walked out.
Su Chen jumped down first. When Su Wan was about to go down, he thoughtfully gave her his hand and asked her to help him down:
"Slow down, Wanwan!"
Su Wan grabbed the third brother's arm and landed steadily.
Looking at the big village in front of him, Su Wan knocked on their door.
Soon, the door opened and a young guy walked out.
"Who?"
The waiter's voice was a little impatient. When he saw that there were three young boys and girls dressed in ordinary clothes, he yawned and became even more impatient.
"You are here to ask for water. Wait outside and I will get you some tea."
Perhaps people often passed by begging for water, so the guy subconsciously thought that Su Wan and the others were here to beg for water.
"Brother, we don't drink water, we are here to order almond oil."
Su Wan was not annoyed and stopped him politely.
Hearing this, the little brother turned around with a little embarrassment on his face. He was here to order oil. His attitude was bad, and his expression changed quickly. He turned back and bowed to Su Wan:
"Ouch, I'm offended. Please forgive me for being clumsy. Please come in quickly."
He quickly invited everyone in. Su Wan and Su Chen looked at each other. It seemed like she, as the boss, should dress up in a decent outfit to avoid being looked down upon by others.
The waiter took them directly to find the steward. Except in summer, when the masters would come to escape the heat and stay for a while, the rest of the time were guarded here by their servants.
The steward takes care of the village and the workshop.
At this time of year, the apricots are not ripe yet, so everyone is not busy and there are not many orders.
The main reason is that the demand for almond oil from ordinary people is really not big. The first half of the year is their most leisure time.
The steward met Su Wan, and the waiter also prepared tea for them.
The person in charge was an uncle in his fifties, tall and thin, but with a kind face. When he arrived, he directly asked Su Wan how much oil he wanted to order.
"Girl, a pound of almond oil here is six cents. How much do you want to order? We will deliver it starting from 100 pounds."
"We want to order oil for a long time and hope you can deliver it regularly." Su Wan replied.
When the manager heard this, he was a little confused. He never had many almond oil orders here. When grain and oil shops in various counties came to order, they would only order a few hundred kilograms at a time, which could not be sold out in a year.
But this girl said she wanted to place a long-term order, which was a big order.
"Girl, the almond oil we have here is a craft that has been passed down for hundreds of years. It can be eaten with confidence. But you said you want to order it for a long time. Could you please tell me in detail how to order it?"
"We deliver it once a month, about three to five hundred kilograms at a time. If necessary later, we may have to ask for more. I wonder if your family can supply it?"
After Suwan opens the way to Xiangzhou Prefecture, it will develop to other prefectures.
There are a total of eight counties in Xiangzhou Prefecture. If they are all connected, the almond oil consumption of 300 kilograms a month will be fully calculated, maybe more.
When the goat milk soap business reaches three state capitals, they can contract the almond oil for the entire He family workshop.
"Supply comes naturally. Our Hejia workshop has three apricot mountains and several apricot mountains in Qingquan County. It can produce tens of thousands of kilograms of almonds every year and can produce tens of thousands of kilograms of almond oil. The inventory in the warehouse is sufficient. , more is available, but almond oil is not as easy to sell as rapeseed oil on the market. I wonder, what does the girl use so much almond oil every month?"
The manager was very curious. Except for some pastry shops that use this almond oil to make pastries, ordinary people buy it infrequently, so it has almost no use.
He was a little curious if she wanted so much at once or every month.
"Uncle, I want this almond oil to have its own uses. It's not for doing bad things anyway. Since you can supply it, let's set up a receipt. Starting from next month, on the 15th of every month, I'll go there on time. My family will send you three hundred pounds of almond oil."
Su Wan was in a hurry to go to the state capital and wanted to settle the almond oil matter quickly.
She knew that it was much more cost-effective to go directly to the source supplier than to order from a grain and oil store, which was a full two cents a pound cheaper.
The person in charge is simply curious, but if someone doesn't want to tell them, he won't keep asking.
There is business to be done, and the almonds from the old year piled up in the warehouse have no provenance.
Three hundred kilograms a month is equivalent to eighteen taels of silver. According to the rules, if you order for a long time, the workshop will prepare the oil for oil extraction. After signing the contract, you need to pay a deposit.
According to the order, Su Wan left a deposit of ten taels of silver. When the almond oil is delivered on the 15th of next month, the balance of eight taels will be settled, and then the deposit of ten taels for the next batch will be paid, and so on.
Once the receipt is established, the fingerprint is pressed, the address is left, and the deposit is paid, the order is completed.
The supply of almond oil was settled. The manager took Su Wan around their workshop and showed her the raw materials.
Since he wants to do business for a long time, Su Wan also wants to see their quality.
After all, goat milk soap is used on people's skin. If there is a problem with the raw materials and something goes wrong, the damage to the reputation is secondary. I am afraid that people will have problems and they will not be responsible.
The almonds that the He family took back last year were all fried and well preserved. When she opened the warehouse to show her the goods, there was a very fragrant smell of ripe almonds floating inside.
The manager said that these almonds can only be stored for a long time after they are fried, and they must be in a dry environment, otherwise they will easily get damp and get worms.
After Su Wan visited the workshop, he didn't stay any longer and got back into the carriage with Su Chen and Su Yi and continued on their way to Xiangzhou Mansion.
Because I was delayed for a while at Hejia Workshop, it was already late afternoon when I arrived at Xiangzhou Prefecture.
After going into the city after the investigation, Su Wan wanted to find an inn to stay. After thinking about it, he asked the third brother to drive the carriage to the street of Yueman West Tower.
After arriving, she did not check in at Yueman West Building, but stayed at an ordinary inn on the same street.
There is a room price formula sign on the counter in Yueman West Building. The luxury rooms that Jiang Yu arranged for their family last time were priced at ten taels per night. The most common ones were the wing rooms, which were five taels per night.
I can't afford it, I can't afford it. Even now that he has a small amount of assets, Su Wan still can't bear to build it like this.
