It turned out that after Bideng left Dadan, he wanted to go back to Hehe to do business. However, because he was a foreigner, he was despised everywhere, so he had no choice but to return to the business field.
The silks that Song Che and Tang Hulu had hoarded in Chang'an were always brought to the sales market by clerks. Biden relied on his relationship with Song Che to purchase silks on a large scale.
The purchase price of silk silk was seventy taels of silver, and when most people came to sell it, he sold it for fifteen taels. After deducting transportation, labor, and taxes, the profit of a piece of cloth could reach fifty taels.
Bideng purchased 500 pieces of silk a month, and his income could be as high as 1,500 taels, and the supply was still in short supply.
"Boss Bi, I want to buy three pieces of silk to make clothes for my wife. Can you tell me what the price is?"
"Boss Song, you are too outrageous to say that. If you hadn't given me food, I wouldn't have made so much money!"
Bideng immediately ordered someone to pick out five pieces of colorful silk and delivered them to Tuya. He also joked: "Boss Song is really a wealthy businessman. He is accompanied by beautiful women wherever he goes."
Tuya excitedly held the silk, her face flushed and covering the scar.
Biden saw the guests off: "Boss Song, next month I will go to the market to buy silk. Will you take care of the business?"
"Easy to say, easy to talk to, one letter, all done."
Meeting Biden really surprised Song Che, but it also gave him hope. Why not establish contact with the outside world through Biden and pass on his news?
Sure enough, one more friend means one more way out!
"Isn't there a limit of two horses per person? Why can she buy five horses? It's so unfair for you to do business like this!" The woman named Semin saw the silk cloth Tuya was holding and her eyes were filled with tears. envy.
Bi Deng pointed at Song Che with a smile and said, "To be honest with you, all the silks in your hands come from this Boss Song. If he is unhappy, we Hu people will have no silk to use."
What he said was absolutely correct.
"Tuya, let's go."
"Uh-huh."
Song Che hugged the beauty's slim waist and strode out of the store in full view of everyone.
Song Che was not in a hurry to go back, but let Tuya take him around the capital.
In his impression, the nomads lived a rough life, but after getting to know them more deeply, he realized that he was blind.
The Hu people's furs, livestock, green salt and other goods can bring them a lot of wealth, and their human rights are being squeezed. The gap between the rich and the poor is huge. The poor are extremely poor, and the rich are extremely rich - can they live in most cities? Most of the people here are rich and their purchasing power is not weak.
"Husband, you go to every store and don't buy anything. What are you doing?" Tuya was confused.
Song Che smiled and said, "I'm making market adjustments."
"Market survey? What is market survey?"
"Market survey means market research, product categories, prices, passenger flow, etc. After having these data, through analysis, we can figure out what business to make money."
"Husband, do you want to do business in Dadu?"
"OK."
That's right, Song Che just wants to do business!
Now that he is penniless and under surveillance all the time, he really has no sense of security.
Fortunately, Arhan did not restrict his personal freedom. He could do some small business and make some money, which would also help him prepare for his future escape.
The Great Khan of Hu State will definitely not let him go back. He has to rely on himself to leave here, but it is the cold winter season, and the grassland is blocked by heavy snow. Even if he can escape from the city, he will freeze to death in the vast snow, so We can only wait until the snow melts in spring next year.
As for doing business...
When spring starts in February next year, he will definitely escape. Big business will definitely not be considered. Doing some small business with high profits is the direction he will consider.
With small investment, low risk and quick money, only FMCG is the most suitable, and the most common FMCG does not hinder the word "eating and drinking".
The Hu people's diet is very simple, either flatbread or beef and mutton. Because the food is too greasy, every household cannot do without one thing - tea.
"Tuya, do you sell milk tea here?" An idea flashed in Song Che's mind and he asked.
"Milk tea?" Tuya thought hard, and finally shook her head, "I've heard of milk, goat's milk, mare's milk, black tea, green tea, and bitter tea, but I've never heard of milk tea."
"Okay, then let's sell milk tea!"
"This...tea is supposed to relieve greasiness. Wouldn't it be a bit contradictory when combined with milk?"
“Can’t we just skim the milk?”
"Degreasing... so what? Husband, what you say is getting harder and harder to understand."
"Don't ask, just watch the operation."
Song Che immediately returned to the silk shop, first borrowed some money from Biden, and then rented a store in front of his shop.
The reason why the milk tea shop is rented next to Bideng's shop is to facilitate future contacts without being suspected.
Then he returned to the market and bought some raisins, honey, cowhide and other items to use as ingredients for milk tea.
When I got home, it was already dark.
Song Che poured several large cans of milk into the pot and began to heat it over low heat. Gradually, a thin film appeared on the milk.
"Tuya, you see, this thin film is the fat in the milk. When it is heated and taken out, it is called 'skimming'. The milk cooked in this way will not make people feel greasy."
"I see……"
"Then boil and sterilize the milk, add the same proportion of tea, some honey, grapes..."
"Hey, what is the use of the cowhide you bought?"
"The cowhide is very chewy, so we can make it into 'pearls' to increase the taste."
"Can cowhide also be made into pearls? Then let's stop selling milk tea and just sell pearls instead..."
"Hey, this pearl is not that pearl. This 'pearl' of mine is soft and chewy, and paired with the aroma of milk and tea, it tastes delicious and delicious... In short, when the milk tea comes out, you will know it after you taste it." It’s amazing.”
In this way, one person makes the fire and the other cooks.
Master Song, who had been busy for more than half an hour, finally made the first pot of milk tea in the Hu capital. He filled a bowl and handed it to Tuya:
"Your Highness, please taste it and be careful not to burn it."
Tuya twirled her hair around her ears and sniffed it with her nose first, "What a rich aroma of milk." She tried to take a sip slowly and felt it for a moment, her eyes shining brightly: "The fragrance of the milk is mellow, the tea is astringent. The taste, the sweetness of the sugar, and the combination are so delicious!”
Song Che used a spoon to scoop out a spoonful of raisins and pearls, then fed it into her mouth with a smile: "Try this again?"
Tuya swallowed it in one gulp, chewed it twice, and burst out in surprise: "Is this... Q-bomb? What a wonderful texture!"
"Then what do you think is the appropriate price for a drink like this?" Song Che asked with a smile.
Tuya thought for a moment and then said: "Half a bowl of milk, half a bowl of tea, plus pearls and raisins, the cost price is at least three cents. If you make another five cents, it is more reasonable to sell it for eight cents."
Song Che shook his head, "If we sell a cup for eight cents, we sell a hundred cups a day, which is only eight hundred cents. After deducting the profit, it is not even half a tael. Don't forget that we are still renting a shop... According to my opinion See, a cup of milk tea like this costs at least thirty cash."
"Thirty cents!" Tuya couldn't believe it. "The big bowl of tea only charges one cent for a bowl. Even if you go to a teahouse to drink good tea, it's only fifteen cents for a cup at most!"
"Hey, our milk tea focuses on mid-to-high-end products. Thirty renminbi is still available in your Hu country. If it were placed in Jiangnan, I could sell it for 300 renminbi a cup!"
In many large teahouses in the south of the Yangtze River, a cup of good Longjing generally costs more than 100 yuan. Song Che's milk tea is a "patented drink". This one has no other branches. At 30 yuan a cup, it is already quite cheap!
"Go to the streets tomorrow for trial sales and see for yourself!"
