Chapter 1374: Finding a Different Way

According to Liu Yan's arrangement, the Youzhou gentry have temporarily given up the Xianbei market.

After turning their attention to Yongzhou and Liangzhou, the Youzhou gentry began to get busy.

The undercover craftsmen who have been quietly collecting information have rarely seen the Youzhou gentry come to the workshop to inspect recently.

And the soap workshop has not stopped production, and it is still producing as usual.

Then they reported the news to Shopkeeper Zhou.

After receiving the news, Shopkeeper Zhou began to pay attention.

At the same time, his Xianbei merchant friend also told Shopkeeper Zhou that the Youzhou gentry did not contact the Xianbei merchants again to mention the sale of soap.

Of course, they did not return the deposit they received.

Now the Xianbei merchants who paid the deposit are busy selling soap in various tribes, and no one immediately goes to the Youzhou gentry to ask for hundreds of taels of silver.

Shopkeeper Zhou understands that the task assigned to him by Bai Feng and Cao Jie is considered to have been completed by 80%.

However, the Youzhou gentry neither sold soap to the Xianbei nor stopped their own soap workshops. These two pieces of news made Shopkeeper Zhou confused for a while, what exactly the Youzhou gentry were selling.

As a cloth merchant, Shopkeeper Zhou could not quickly contact the Youzhou gentry and get news from them.

Shopkeeper Zhou, who could only choose to wait and see, finally decided to send the news back to Hanzhong and wait for Bai Feng and Cao Jie's arrangements.

Although the letter took a long time to go back and forth, Shopkeeper Zhou had no good solution at this time.

After sorting out the current situation, Shopkeeper Zhou asked a guard from the Hanzhong Marquis' Mansion who escorted him to Youzhou to send the letter back to Hanzhong as soon as possible.

Bai Feng, who was in Hanzhong, was naturally waiting for the news from Youzhou.

Bai Feng still had great trust in Shopkeeper Zhou's ability.

The main thing was how the Youzhou gentry would respond, which made Bai Feng a little unsure.

After all, they dared to reach out for their own interests, and Bai Feng was really unsure about what they would do next.

Soon after, Shopkeeper Zhou's letter was delivered to Bai Feng.

After calling Cao Jie to the study, the two read Shopkeeper Zhou's letter together.

"Well, Shopkeeper Zhou did a good job. These Youzhou gentry's soaps are now not sold, hahaha!"

When Bai Feng read half of the letter, he couldn't help but smile at Cao Jie.

"Great, let these Youzhou gentry be ignorant of the world, now they should be sober."

"Husband, if Liu Yan and others come to beg for mercy, how will you deal with it?"

Cao Jie also felt that he had let out a breath of anger in his chest, and then asked Bai Feng.

"If Liu Yan really pleads with me on behalf of the Youzhou gentry, then of course I have to give him face, but he can forget about the inside!"

"The inside?"

"Well, we can still let the Youzhou gentry invest in the soap workshop. It just so happens that the workshops over there are all ready-made, and we can put them into production with a little modification."

Then Bai Feng talked about the arrangements after Liu Yan's plea.

"However, the Youzhou gentry who invested in the first two years did not receive dividends, and they will only receive dividends starting from the third year!"

Bai Feng wanted the Youzhou gentry to contribute manpower and land, and then work for the soap workshop for free for two years.

After two years, even if these Youzhou gentry can start to receive dividends, the output of Youzhou soap will have increased several times by then, and the highest profit period will have long passed.

This is the price they should pay.

After hearing this, Cao Jie nodded with satisfaction and said:

"Well, my husband's idea is very good."

"As long as these Youzhou gentry want to make money on soap, they must follow our rules."

Then the two continued to read the letter.

At this time, Bai Feng's expression gradually became serious.

The operation of the Youzhou gentry was indeed beyond Bai Feng's expectations again.

Originally, Bai Feng thought that after his precise attack, the Youzhou gentry should wake up and apologize to him.

But according to the information provided by Manager Zhou, the Youzhou gentry did not want to surrender.

"Husband, what other ways can these Youzhou gentry have to sell the soap in their hands?"

Cao Jie did not expect that the Youzhou gentry would be so stubborn and go against them.

"I think they should wait until our batch of soap is sold out by Xianbei before selling the soap in their hands."

"However, the soap workshop in Youzhou has not stopped production, which means that in addition to the above plan, the Youzhou gentry have other ways to be confident that they can sell the soap in their hands."

Bai Feng said here and began to think.

He put himself in the perspective of the Youzhou gentry. If he faced this situation, how should he deal with it?

First of all, admitting the mistake will definitely lead to losses, but the cost of the soap in hand will continue to increase.

After a moment, Bai Feng had an idea in his mind.

The Youzhou gentry sells soap to more than just the Xianbei!

Liangzhou and Yongzhou have not built soap workshops yet. Some of the soap from Yizhou will be shipped to these two states for sale, but the quantity is not large.

"Jie'er, is it possible that the Youzhou gentry want to ship this batch of soap in their hands to Yongzhou and Liangzhou for sale?"

Then Bai Feng asked Cao Jie.

Cao Jie was thinking about how the Youzhou gentry could compete with him for the Xianbei market. After Bai Feng's reminder, Cao Jie also felt that this possibility was very high.

"Husband, I think this is really possible!"

Then Cao Nod nodded and said to Bai Feng.

"But if the Youzhou nobles sell soap to Yongzhou and Liangzhou, plus transportation costs and the market price of soap in the two states, they won't make much money."

After Cao Jie's analysis, he came to the above conclusion and began to feel a little uncertain about the practices of the Youzhou nobles.

Bai Feng kept nodding after hearing this. If the Youzhou nobles wanted to maximize their profits, they would definitely compete with Hanzhong for the Xianbei market.

"Perhaps the Youzhou nobles thought they were unable to take back the Xianbei soap market from our hands, so they made this move."

"In this way, it can be explained that the soap workshops in Youzhou have not stopped working. It should be that the nobles in Youzhou plan to make small profits but quick sales in Yongzhou and Liangzhou, otherwise they will face losses."

Bai Feng believed that his judgment was close to the actual thoughts of the Youzhou nobles.

In fact, the Youzhou nobles did this.

"Husband, even if they want to open up the soap market in Yongzhou and Liangzhou, we can't let them succeed!"

After hearing this, Cao Jie spoke directly.

If the Youzhou nobles make a bad start and the following states and counties follow suit, it will be a big deal!