Baoyuan Bureau.
While Zhu Yuanzhang was talking to Liu Bowen, Mu Ying had already arrived with Su Jing.
Su Jing was quite surprised when she came here.
He originally thought that Zhu Yuanzhang would just provide some tools and places, but he didn't expect that Zhu Yuanzhang would make such a big move.
He actually asked Mu Ying to take him to the arsenal.
Here, Su Jing does not need to consider costs or manpower.
In Baoyuan Bureau, all personnel in the firearms manufacturing department can be commanded by Su Jing at will, and he can have whatever he wants.
Su Jing had never felt this way before.
"Mr. Su, if there are any needs that cannot be met here, just tell me. My adoptive father has told me that I will not let Mr. Su encounter any problems other than himself."
Mu Ying said to Su Jing very seriously.
Mu Ying knew the importance of the transformation of the fire gun.
"Okay, I understand, brother Wenying."
Su Jing nodded.
Muying, Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted son, still made Su Jing feel very comfortable.
It's no wonder that he can always sit safely in Yunnan, even the Jingnan War did not affect him.
"Mr. Su, then I won't disturb you."
Muying immediately left Baoyuan Bureau.
Here are professional people doing professional things, and other people's intervention will only slow down the progress of things.
Su Jing immediately began to command these great craftsmen.
Compared to Su Jing, they are far superior in terms of craftsmanship.
Su Jing only needs to draw a picture and tell the craftsmen the formula, and then they can make a perfect object.
Although there is no high-precision equipment like a lathe, Su Jing's precision requirements can basically be met thanks to the skill of the craftsmen.
These master craftsmen were not at all dissatisfied with Su Jing's command.
This was not only because of Su Jing's noble status, but also because of the shock that Su Jing had previously transformed from the flintlock-style fire blunderbuss.
Mu Ying just told them that Su Jing was the creator of the flint-hair gun, and their eyes were full of reverence when they looked at Su Jing.
As craftsmen who make firecrackers all day long, they know the structure of firecrackers very well.
The design of the flint-hair gun was simply beyond their imagination.
Su Jing is not arrogant either. These master craftsmen are all treasures.
In Baoyuan Bureau, everything was going on in full swing.
At this time, Zhu Xi's soap also officially started selling the first batch.
Sure enough, according to Su Jing's idea, once the soap was withdrawn, it immediately sold out.
Make the soap into various exquisite shapes, and then add various spices to directly make it fragrant.
This thing is too lethal to the female dependents of the civil and military officials in Yingtian Mansion.
Zhu Xi’s price is not low, but for the soap’s target group, price is not a factor at all.
In Prince Qin's palace, Zhu Xi looked at the account book, the excitement on his face was beyond words.
"Mr. Su is really amazing. A person like me, who has never done business before, can be so successful when doing business for the first time!"
Zhu Xi said to himself.
The profits on the ledger are naturally nothing compared to the support Zhu Xi can receive.
But this was not given by Zhu Yuanzhang, but earned by Zhu Xi himself.
For Zhu Xi, the meaning of this money is very different.
That is to say, with Su Jing's endorsement, otherwise Zhu Yuanzhang would never agree to the idea of a prince doing business with Zhu Yu.
Because in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind, after he became the emperor, his royal family members should receive support.
All royal children are not allowed to engage in any profession.
As an emperor, he must always provide some benefits to future generations.
Su Jing's previous theory about royal support bringing down the Ming Dynasty made Zhu Yuanzhang realize that it was impossible for the Ming Dynasty to continue to support the exponential growth of royal descendants.
So he reduced a lot of offerings and reduced the levels of offerings.
This means that there must be some royal family members who need to support themselves.
Zhu Yuanzhang changed his mind from the idea that the children of the royal family could not engage in any profession.
"Second brother, did Mr. Su teach you this soap?"
The third child, Zhu Fan, was also in Prince Qin's mansion at the moment, holding a piece of soap and asked curiously.
He really didn't understand how Su Jing, the second brother with such advanced knowledge of materialist dialectics, could go into the soap business.
"Yes, Mr. Su taught me how to make soap and gave me all the business skills. It was only the first day of selling, and I have already made a lot of profits."
Zhu Xi happily shared it with his third brother Zhu Fan.
He knew that Zhu Fan and Zhu Di must have learned different things from him, and they were probably much better than doing business or something.
But Zhu Xi doesn't care. The soap business is now a great success, and that's enough.
"That's true, but did Mr. Su tell you that this business can easily be copied by others?"
Zhu Fan said to Zhu Xi.
Just by seeing this soap, Zhu Fan already discovered that although soap is a very attractive improvement, for other competitors, this thing is too good to copy.
The soap itself is an improvement on soap, and the method of making soap has long been known to everyone.
Zhu Xi's soap will naturally attract the attention of many customers when it is launched, but when others react and follow suit, the market will experience saturated growth.
In this way, either the price of soap will be reduced, or Zhu Xiang's soap will be hoarded and no one will buy it.
Zhu Fang smiled and said: "Third brother, don't worry, Mr. Su has already calculated everything, I'm afraid no one will copy it."
This made Zhu Fan stunned. Someone copied the business. If they weren't competing with each other, how could they sell this soap?
"Second brother, Mr. Su has told you what to do?"
Zhu Fan asked Zhu Xi.
Zhu Xi nodded and said: "Yes, but I can't tell you what Mr. Su has taught me now. Just watch, second brother."
As the saying goes, shopping malls are like battlefields, but Zhu Xi still pays great attention to the confidentiality of strategies.
"Don't worry, second brother, I won't ask, I'm just curious. The method Mr. Su teaches you must be very powerful."
Zhu Fan said immediately.
Zhu Feng chuckled and said, "Well, Mr. Su's business is so awesome!"
…
Many imitators soon appeared in Yingtianfu's soap market.
But at the beginning, not many people could shake the advantage of Zhu Ping, the pioneer.
After all, Zhu Xi was the King of Qin, and the craftsmen who carved this carving were from the Ministry of Industry. The shape of the soap was exquisite, far surpassing those of imitators.
At the same time, when it comes to the selection of spices, Zhu Xi also has some information advantages because of his early research work.
Zhu Xi’s soap is still outstanding.
The daily income was all in vain, which made Zhu Xi feel very happy.
at the same time.
In Kunning Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma were having a night chat as husband and wife.
"Pang'er's soap business has been really successful recently!"
Queen Ma said to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Both father and mother are very concerned about Zhu Xi's business.
After all, Zhu Xi's previous performance was not outstanding among the princes.
Now that he has been granted the title of King of Qin and has his own Palace of Qin, the first thing he does is to determine what he can accomplish.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Yes, the second brother is quite capable. If he can put down his careless demeanor before, this King of Qin will be worthy of his name."
Empress Ma looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said: "If you think highly of Chen'er, then praise him in person. You always say it in front of me. What's the use? Chen'er can't hear it."
Needless to say, Queen Ma's grasp of Zhu Ping's psychology is quite accurate.
What Zhu Xi needs most is the affirmation of his father Zhu Yuanzhang.
But obviously, this is a bit difficult for Zhu Yuanzhang.
"If he can really do it this time, I can praise him. As for the way he acted before, if I praised him, he wouldn't go to heaven!"
Zhu Yuanzhang said a little angry.
With so many sons, Zhu Yuanzhang was quite worried.
Because Zhu Xi is the second child and Zhu Biao's eldest brother.
Zhu Biao is the prince, and when he becomes emperor in the future, the people he can rely on and trust most are his younger brothers.
As for the second brother Zhu Ping, he is the oldest and should set an example.
But Zhu Ping's example was really average.
Even so, Zhu Yuanzhang still conferred the title of King of Qin on Zhu Chong. In all dynasties, no ordinary person could receive the title of King of Qin.
This is actually Zhu Yuanzhang's ardent hope for Zhu Ping.
Empress Ma walked up behind Zhu Yuanzhang, rubbed his shoulders and said: "With Mr. Su's guidance this time, I am sure he will succeed. Pinger, in fact, he really needs success once. After success, you... When he receives praise from his father, he will not continue to do nothing as before."
After all, she is a woman who perceives her son's emotions more clearly.
If Su Jing heard this, she would have to call her an expert in parenting psychology.
But, it is a pity that Zhu Yuanzhang is in charge of education.
"snort!"
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said: "If you want my praise, you have to rely on your own true ability. Success is never so easy to obtain."
Frustration education is what Zhu Yuanzhang most advocated.
Because he worked hard all the way, summed up experience through constant failures, and finally succeeded.
Even Zhu Biao was often taught "stick" by Zhu Yuanzhang in education.
However, people's physiques are different. The educational method that works well for Zhu Biao may not work well for Zhu Ping.
"Okay, don't talk about Ping'er. You'll get angry if you talk too much."
Queen Ma finally rubbed Zhu Yuanzhang's shoulders, stood up and sat on the bed.
Zhu Yuanzhang immediately said: "Sister, that's what I'm saying. I don't look down on the second son at all. Otherwise, why would I make him the King of Qin?"
Queen Ma looked helpless at Zhu Yuanzhang who had different opinions.
"Okay, anyway, I know that you are like this, that is, thanks to Mr. Su, otherwise I really don't know what Ping'er would do."
Queen Ma said quite happily.
Zhu Yuanzhang was a little unhappy when he heard this. He had taught Zhu Xi for so many years and paid so much attention to him. How could he not be as good as Su Jing who taught him for one day?
"Sister, Su Jing only taught the second child for one day, and she also taught him business. It's not as mysterious as you said."
Zhu Yuanzhang retorted.
Empress Ma said calmly: "Then you said it might not be possible, but now what do you think? Let alone hundreds of taels, I think it is possible for Ping'er to earn ten thousand taels."
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were startled and he said: "So many? Is this soap so easy to sell?"
Although I knew that Zhu Xi's soap business was very profitable, I didn't expect it to be so profitable.
Zhu Yuanzhang was usually busy with state affairs, so he only knew a general idea about Zhu Ping's business, but didn't know the details.
Now when I heard Queen Ma say this, I was a little scared.
"Fuss."
Empress Ma scolded her, then turned around and took out a piece of carved soap from the cabinet: "Here, look, this is the soap made by Ping'er."
Zhu Yuanzhang took the soap and looked at it carefully.
He had seen soap before, and he originally thought that the difference between scented soap and soap was just the word "fragrant".
But when he saw the actual soap, he realized that his idea was way off base.
This thing is very different from soap.
"This soap is expensive."
Zhu Yuanzhang asked while watching.
Queen Ma nodded and said, "Yes, the price is thirty times that of soap on the market, but even so, many people still buy it."
Thirty times!
Zhu Yuanzhang was immediately shocked.
Good guy, soap is already expensive because it is made with lard.
But now it has suddenly increased thirty times. Even if the shape has been changed, spices have been added, and the cost has increased, it is still a huge profit!
Is this thing too profitable? Even Zhu Yuanzhang is a little tempted.
"Why is it so expensive?"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked curiously: "Is anyone buying this?"
Although he is an emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang actually does not have luxurious habits most of the time.
For things like soap, he really couldn't understand the reason why they were so popular.
Empress Ma smiled and said: "Of course there are people buying it, Chongba, do you still remember what Meng'er said before about using the people's newspapers to publicize it? What was said above is great. It is spread by word of mouth. There are too many people who want to buy it. .”
People's Daily!
After Empress Ma reminded him, Zhu Yuanzhang realized that Zhu Xiang had used the People's Daily.
In this era, the so-called advertising and marketing methods have not yet appeared. The most common method is to hand out flyers and shout to passers-by at the door of the store.
The radius of publicity is very small.
And with the people's newspaper, the speed of the spread of the news is extremely fast, and the coverage area is also quite huge.
Since there is only one Minbao, there are no other competitors. Is this publicity effect bad?
"Also, I really don't know about this. The second one did a good job!"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.
Queen Ma said: "Mr. Su taught me well. This people's newspaper was Mr. Su's idea. I'm afraid Mr. Su already had the idea of using people's newspapers to promote products. Mr. Su's brain is really amazing!"
The more successful Zhu Xiang's affairs are, the more powerful it is that Su Jing is demonstrated.
The things he created casually actually had profound meanings.
Zhu Yuanzhang's shocked expression returned to normal, and he said: "We still have to wait and see. It's just starting now. Maybe there will be any changes later."
(End of chapter)
