Chapter 1371: One Strike and It's a Disaster

Youzhou.

In the soap workshop, Xiao Cai, an undercover craftsman from Hanzhong, was counting the number of soaps in the warehouse.

Although the soap production efficiency here is much lower than that of Hanzhong, it is only about 60% of that of Hanzhong Soap Factory.

But after more than twenty days of continuous production, there are already thousands of soaps stored in the warehouse of this soap factory alone.

The nobles in Youzhou City have built a total of twelve soap workshops. Xiaocai calculated based on the output of the soap workshop where he is located. Now, the total number of warehouses in each soap workshop in Youzhou is between at least 10,000 and 15,000. quantity of soap.

And according to Xiao Cai's observation, the number of visits to the warehouse by Youzhou nobles has increased significantly in recent days.

"This batch of soap should be ready for sale."

Xiao Cai thought in his mind that he was going to find a time in the evening to see Shopkeeper Zhou and report the situation to him.

Shopkeeper Zhou was sent to sell soap to Kebineng and Budugen, and now he collects information in the exchange market as a cloth merchant.

That night, Shopkeeper Zhou met Xiao Cai.

After receiving this information, Shopkeeper Zhou revealed the next day to a Xianbei businessman who was familiar with him that he had a batch of soap that he wanted to sell.

The Xianbei merchants were naturally overjoyed when they heard this.

Soap was in short supply among the Xianbei tribe, so the Xianbei merchant asked Shopkeeper Zhou at what price he wanted to sell the soap.

"My batch of soap was shipped from Hanzhong. The quantity is large and the price is fair!"

Faced with the Xianbei merchant's inquiry, Shopkeeper Zhou said straight to the point.

The Xianbei merchant was overjoyed when he heard this. If he could purchase this batch of soap, he could make a small fortune back in Xianbei.

So the Xianbei merchant said to Shopkeeper Zhou:

"No matter how much soap you have in this batch, I want them all!"

In the eyes of Xianbei merchants, shopkeeper Zhou, a cloth seller, is already quite a lot if he can have hundreds of soaps on his hands.

"really?"

Shopkeeper Zhou couldn't help but ask after hearing this.

“As long as the price is fair!”

Xianbei merchants have done a lot of business with Youzhou merchants in the mutual market over the years, so naturally they will not keep their words to the letter.

Shopkeeper Zhou then smiled at the Xianbei merchant and said:

"Hahaha, this batch of soap in my hand is worth 20,000 yuan!"

"The price is 70% of what's currently on the market!"

When the Xianbei merchant heard this, he was shocked on the spot by the quantity of soap and the selling price told by Shopkeeper Zhou.

"What?!"

"Twenty thousand bars of soap?!"

"Or 70% of the current market price?!"

The Xianbei merchant, who felt that Shopkeeper Zhou was telling a joke, asked back and then said to Shopkeeper Zhou:

"Shop Manager Zhou, please stop joking with me."

"How about I buy as much soap as you have in your hand at the market price?"

Seeing that the Xianbei merchant still didn't believe his words, shopkeeper Zhou didn't say anything and directly took the Xianbei merchant to his mansion.

The Xianbei businessman who came to Shopkeeper Zhou's mansion thought that Shopkeeper Zhou had agreed to sell all the soaps in his hands to him, and he couldn't help but feel very good.

But when shopkeeper Zhou opened the door to the wing, the Xianbei businessman was completely shocked and speechless.

I saw that the entire wing was filled with neatly stacked soaps, costing at least two thousand yuan!

Shopkeeper Zhou then opened all the doors of the remaining four rooms. Each room was the same as the first one, with neatly stacked soaps inside.

"Everything shopkeeper Zhou said is true!"

At this moment, the Xianbei merchant only had this idea left in his mind.

Twenty thousand pieces of soap, that is tens of thousands of taels of silver, which a Xianbei merchant would never be able to afford.

"I guess you can't buy so many soaps by yourself, so why not?"

Shopkeeper Zhou saw the Xianbei merchant's shocked look and began to reveal his true purpose.

"You introduce me to King Budugen Khan or King Kebineng Khan. After selling these soaps, how about I give you a thousand taels of silver as a reward?"

The Xianbei merchant who was in shock suddenly woke up when he heard the reward of one thousand taels of silver.

"make a deal!"

After leaving Shopkeeper Zhou's mansion, the Xianbei businessman believed that Shopkeeper Zhou was definitely not an ordinary cloth merchant.

How could an ordinary cloth merchant transport 20,000 pieces of soap from Hanzhong to Youzhou?

We also need to be able to trade directly with Budugen and Kebi!

However, for the benefit of the one thousand taels of silver, the Xianbei merchant was naturally sensible and did not ask Shopkeeper Zhou any more. He just told Shopkeeper Zhou that he must have a way to help him meet Ke Bineng and Bu Dugen.

For some things, it's better to ask less and just get the favor fee.

After sending away the Xianbei merchants, in the past few days, undercover craftsmen from other soap workshops passed news to Shopkeeper Zhou.

After synthesizing the information, shopkeeper Zhou understood that these Youzhou nobles had already produced 10,000 pieces of soap and were about to sell it to the Xianbei people.

"The Hanzhong Hou and his wife are right, you can keep these soaps for your own use!"

Shopkeeper Zhou has obtained the exact information about the previous Xianbei businessman and will take him to see Ke Bineng and then Bu Dugen in three days.

During this period, the Youzhou nobles also began to build momentum in the mutual market.

All Xianbei merchants already know that the soap workshops established by these Youzhou nobles will start selling soap in large quantities in two days.

Some Xianbei businessmen have already come to ask for reservations.

Thinking that they would make a fortune soon and recover the cost they had invested in the soap workshop, the Youzhou nobles had been drinking and having fun every night these days.

Everyone thought that a better life was coming soon.

Just one day before the Youzhou nobles were about to start selling soap in large quantities in the market, Shopkeeper Zhou, led by his Xianbei merchant friend, met Kebi Neng and Budugen successively.

After the meeting, Shopkeeper Zhou directly stated his identity and purpose, and the batch of soap in his hand could be sold to them now.

In the end, Kebi Neng and Budugen bought 10,000 pieces of soap from Shopkeeper Zhou at 60% of the Youzhou market price.

Budugen and Kebi Neng naturally used the soap produced by Dawei for a long time.

Then, in the tribes of Budugen and Kebi Neng, soap was finally no longer in short supply.

Their respective tribes also bought better quality soap at 70% of the market price.

Manager Zhou then handed over 1,000 taels of silver to the Xianbei merchant and invited him to go to the restaurant in Youzhou City to drink.

That night, the two were in a good mood and drank a lot.

In the private room next to the two, the Youzhou nobles were also drinking.

But they didn't know what they would face next.