In August, as the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, there is a big gathering in Yangzhou city.
The pace of life in an agricultural society is slow, and coupled with the self-sufficiency of the small-scale farmer economy, ordinary people do not buy things several times throughout the year.
In order to stimulate consumption, merchants will select one or two days every month to sell goods at lower prices to attract people to buy.
As time goes by, people will come to the market every day to sell their own specialties and buy some daily necessities, which has become a scenery.
Early that morning, Zhao Tai arranged for more than a dozen of his subordinates to take up positions in the market.
Zhao Tai gave each of them a table with a basin on it, as well as props such as white cloth, grease, and ground ink.
Early in the morning, Yangzhou became lively inside and outside the city. People gathered outside the city and there were street stalls everywhere.
Because the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, people from various villages and towns bring their rice, silk, cotton, beans and other items to sell, hoping to sell them at a good price. Then they go to the city to buy some oil and salt, and then pull a few feet of cloth back.
At this time, it was extremely lively outside the city. The butcher was slaughtering pigs and sheep on the spot, and a large group of people were waiting around, preparing to chop several kilograms of meat back.
People and vendors gathered everywhere, bargaining around goods and stalls. Laughter, shouts, and shouts were full of life.
Zhao Tai's stall is not located outside the city. People coming from villages and towns are not the consumer group he targets.
Zhao Tai's more than ten stalls are located on the streets of the city and in front of the square of the temple fair in the city.
At this time, just after morning, the city residents who had eaten came to the market and the City God's Temple to visit temple fairs and watch various performances.
Several of Zhao Tai's subordinates were extremely nervous as they looked at the people passing by, feeling that it would be even harder than letting them go into battle to kill the enemy.
"Everyone, everyone, guests!" Zhao Hu was so nervous that he stuttered, and his voice changed.
However, after the first shout, the rest was fine. Seeing that his voice attracted the attention of several passers-by, Zhao Hu took out a white cloth, poured ink on it, and shouted, "Don't miss it when you pass by, everyone." Guests, please see, such a dirty white cloth, once washed with my soap, it will be clean immediately..."
Residents passing by felt strange when they saw it, especially the aunties. Seeing that such a dirty cloth was cleaned quickly, they couldn't help but gather around.
When they saw Zhao Hu's demonstration, the person in the crowd who paid for it spoke up, "This thing is really convenient for washing clothes and quilts. How can I sell it, little brother?"
Zhao Hu gradually entered the state, "Madam, this is called soap, and it is a tribute to the imperial palace. If you buy one piece, it only costs 80 coins and can be used for two or three months!"
"Oh! It's still a tribute! Isn't that something for the official family!" The person who arranged the arrangement immediately took out eighty coins and said, "Give me a piece!"
Zhao Hu happily accepted the money and gave the aunt a beautifully packaged soap.
At eighty cents a piece, it was not cheap for the people in Yangzhou City. They were hesitant at first, but when they saw someone buying it, they immediately became interested and started buying.
Seeing how popular the stall was, the businessmen nearby also gathered around to watch.
Zhao Tai brought a lot of goods, but he only prepared 500 yuan for each stall and did not intend to sell more.
Soon these soaps were bought by those families with relatively strong financial resources, as well as those arranged by Zhao Tai.
This speed surprised other vendors. They saw the crowd of people who had not bought anything were still gathered in front of the stall, unwilling to disperse. The quick-thinking people squeezed in and got close to Zhao Hutao who was closing the stall.
"Little brother, where did you buy this stuff? You sold out so quickly, you must have made a lot of money!" A small businessman stepped forward with a smile.
Zhao Hu said: "This product is difficult to get, you have to have connections to get it!"
The small businessman saw that Zhao Hu was packing things and not caring about his own stall, so he helped Zhao Hu clean up, "Brother, let's go have a drink, I'll treat you."
Zhao Hu reluctantly said, "Okay then!"
At that moment, the small businessman helped Zhao Hu close the stall and put the received copper coins into a big box.
Many businessmen around were dumbfounded. Those who reacted quickly helped and lifted the box onto the wheelbarrow.
Zhao Hu first pushed the cart to the bank, exchanged the copper coins for forty Guanjiaozi, and then went with them to the outside of the wine shop.
Everyone put their things outside the store, sat down in the lobby, ordered a few side dishes, and ordered a pot of rice wine.
"My name is Zhou Ronghua, Zhou of Zhou Dynasty, Ronghua of glory and wealth. How do you call me little brother?" The little businessman poured wine for Zhao Hu with a smile on his face.
Zhao Hu said: "My surname is Zhao and my name is Hu!"
"Oh! What a great surname: Zhao!" Zhou Ronghua picked up the wine glass, "Brother Zhao, let's have a drink."
After Zhao Hu drank with him for a while, Zhou Ronghua began to ask insinuatingly about soap. The merchants at several nearby tables also pricked up their ears.
Zhao Tai trained Zhao Hu's adopted sons as cadres and would spend an hour every night teaching them something.
The content he teaches involves literacy, espionage, art of war, performance and other aspects. Since there are no teaching materials, he almost teaches whatever comes to mind.
Although Zhao Tai is not proficient in all aspects, and many of them only know a little bit about it, the content he teaches is still quite effective for young people like Zhao Hu, broadening their understanding.
Zhao Hu deliberately didn't say anything at first. After a few glasses of wine, he said slightly drunkenly: "Brother Zhou, let me tell you, my purchase price for this soap was only 40 cents, and each piece sold for 80 cents. In just a short time, it was all Sold for 500 yuan, net profit of 20 yuan."
"Twenty strings?" Zhou Ronghua couldn't help but exclaimed, and the surrounding vendors were also shocked.
Small businessmen like them couldn't make twenty guan in a month, but this boy made 20 guan in less than half a day, which made them red-eyed immediately.
Zhou Ronghua couldn't help but approach Zhao Hu and lowered his voice, fearing that the next table would hear him, "Brother Zhao, can you tell me where you got the goods from?"
At this time, the merchants around saw that Zhao Hu was a little drunk, and Zhou Ronghua talked to him in a low voice, so he couldn't help but sit over and said, "Little brother, where do you buy the goods from?"
Zhao Hu said drunkenly, "I bought the goods in the city."
"Which company is it?" someone asked anxiously.
When Zhao Hu saw so many people gathered around him, he seemed to suddenly wake up. He stood up and said, "We still have things to do at home. Let's drink again when we have a chance!"
After speaking, he stood up in a hurry. Zhou Ronghua wanted to keep him, but he left the wine shop directly.
"Little brother, you haven't said yet, where can I get the goods?" The businessman who had just sat over couldn't help shouting to his back.
Seeing this, Zhou Ronghua said angrily: "Old Zheng, what do you mean? I was just about to ask, what are you doing here?"
The businessman surnamed Zheng said: "Old Zhou, you won't tell us if you ask. Of course I will come and ask."
Zhou Ronghua said angrily: "If it weren't for you, I would have asked. Now, no one knows how good it is. That's a net profit of twenty guan in half a day."
The businessman surnamed Zheng said: "There are only so many shops in the city, so we just ask each one."
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