The Journey of Two Worlds
chapter 25

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Chapter 25 – Carrot And Stick

The first batch of perfume was produced, and Li Min sold the perfume to Tong Nian at an agreed price, but Tong Nian was too old to play tricks, and the first batch only took 500 bottles of perfume, and after more than ten days, it was gone. There was no movement to pick up the remaining perfume. Therefore, Li Yin had to ask her servants to stop perfume production.

Li Yin understood what he was thinking, and it was nothing more than worrying about unsatisfactory sales and minimizing losses as much as possible. He sneered and did not reveal it.

Tong Nian, you underestimated the fatal appeal of perfume to women.

The concubines in the palace could not put it down after they got the perfume. Many concubines sent Huangmen to Prince Liang's house to return gifts and mention the perfume they bought. Li Yin was impolite. The concubines in the palace were all wealthy masters, If you don't kill him, you won't kill him. He also sold it to them for a bottle of ten guan.

In the Tang Dynasty, the noble women in this palace were the same as modern stars, they were fashion guides, what they ate, what they wore, and what they played, she said, will evoke imitation outside the palace. After the perfume was applied to them, the results were very good, there was a commotion among women and women. At this time, Tong Nian took advantage of the trend and started selling perfume as the exclusive agent of the Prince Liang House, causing a great panic in buying.

“Master, the waiters waiting outside the door to buy perfume are getting impatient. When will the next batch of perfumes arrive?”

At the entrance of the Wanli Grocery Store, a 100-meter-long human row stretched north along the grocery store. The queue was full of people dressed as servants. After getting news of selling perfume here, the wife of the head of the family told them to buy perfume here. In addition, the death order is given – if you can not buy it, you do not need to return, no one wants to compare with others.

Tong Nian pulled out her soaked dress, and cursed: “You're in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry! Didn't this already send someone to Liangwang's house to pick up the goods?

While speaking, a servant rushed in from the door, and Tong Nian hurriedly said, "How are you?"

This young man had a bitter face, and his current expression was more bitter, “Master, he said, gold Maid Wangfu said that Master and His Highness Liang Wang agreed that you can take as much perfume as you want. The perfume batch was originally about 3,000 bottles, but you took 500 bottles, and the remaining 2,500 bottles. His Highness Liang Wang said that he needed some funds to return the money to produce the next set of perfumes, so he sent all the remaining perfumes to the palace.had left!"

"Hi!" Tong Nian slapped his own face, “Tong Nian, Tong Nian, you are so smart that you are misunderstood by your cleverness. What idea did you play with His Majesty King Liang? This time will fall into your own hands!” , After finished talking, he exited the store.

"Sir, where are you going?" Seeing Tong Nian leave, the boy asked, “What we will do here!”

“Delay first! I will go to Shu Palace, His Highness Liang Wang is showing off to me. In the end, he took care of me only for the face of His Highness Shu. This time I really lost my mind!”

What Jin Daqian said was naturally taught by Li Yin. He handed the purchase of spices to Tong Nian due to the labor shortage in the palace, and Li Yin also gave him money for those spices at market price, which did not make him suffer. , and after handing over the exclusive selling rights to Tong Nian, he slightly regretted it, but what he said was spilled water, and he was unable to take it back.

Initially, it didn't matter, but Tong Nian toyed with it, which led to a serious stagnation in perfume production. The place is not Tong Nian's warehouse. If you want 100 bottles can produce 100 bottles. If you want 10,000 bottles Just work overtime to produce 10,000 bottles for you, Li Yin also needed the Prince Liang House perfume to be converted into copper coins as soon as possible, instead of being placed in a warehouse.

But the right to sell was given to Tong Nian, and he could not let other merchants sell it. Currently, the loss of the exclusive sale appeared, that is, he had to produce according to Tong Nian's purchase volume.

Li Yin regretted having learned so much from the traps, and would never engage in an exclusive sale in order to save trouble.

"Sister Huang!" Looking at Li Ke, Li Yin did not greet him with a smile this time, but instead put on a bad face.

Li Ke smiled sinisterly, and waved his hand to let Tong Nian, who followed him with a bowed neck, leave, “Tong Nian told me everything, this time it was his fault, I have reprimanded him once, I have already reprimanded him once, what should I say ?” You are also my younger brother, he is just a merchant, how can I let my younger brother suffer losses and protect him all the time, I ask him to give up any exclusive selling rights, he said, you can sell it to anyone you like. ! You If you don't like him anymore, I'll take him out of the palace vassals.

What Li Ke said was loud and sincere, but Li Min felt that he was a little narrow-minded. He said: “This is not too serious. It is human nature for a businessman to pursue profits. I just beat him to release him.” He has a long memory, and he will discuss everything with the palace first, so don't let me off guard!”

“Sixth sister says the same thing. This Tong Nian is rather relaxed as he is a guest of my Shu Palace. From now on, you don't have to worry about my face, you can deal with it as you please!”

Contrary to Li Yin's expectations, Li Ke never said a word to help Tong Nian, and all of his words were directed at himself. But in that case, why did he come alone to the palace? After thinking about it for a while, Li Yin understood that this Li Ke was making progress by retreating. Although he did not help Tong Nian in a single sentence, he was helping Tong Nian everywhere. Make things too difficult for Tong Nian. Frankly, Tong Nian was still his disciple.

Even Li Ke was severely disadvantaged, and Li Yin had to give this big brother face. How to say it, Li Ke's attention to him was still correct, but he couldn't punish Tong Nian at all. Since Tong Nian said to hand over the exclusive If he had the right to sell, then he would accept it as a matter of course, as a punishment for him, as well, lest he think that relying on Li Ke can be like a fish in water.

The two brothers chatted for a while, Li Ke got up and was about to leave, but Li Yin pretended to be unintentional and said, "Third brother, third brother, when are you going to pay back the five thousand copper coins you owe me!"

"Five thousand copper coins, really five thousand copper coins!" Li Ke looked like I had amnesia, "Sister Huang left early!" After he finished speaking, he slipped away without looking back.

"I'm not ashamed!" Li Yin squeezed out two words from between her teeth.

Li Ke left, Tong Nian was still outside the study hall with low eyebrows, Li Min waved his hand, “Oke, go to Jin Daqian to pick up an item, remember, no one can stand without trust, I will treat this matter as if it did not happen, if you order perfume in the future, report the amount to the palace first, please, and don't let the affairs of the palace revolve around you!

“Yes, Your Highness, damn the little one, I won't dare to do it again next time!” Tong Nian said carefully.

After receiving the perfume, Tong Nian was still frightened on the way home. He was careless in the past, and King Liang's laid-back nature made him ignore the status difference between the two. Moreover, relying on King Shu, he suddenly became even bolder. He did not follow the rules in the perfume matter, and now he understood that there was something that could not be broken behind the relaxed temperament of King Liang.

"Your Majesty, you are truly wise and powerful, and now Tong Nian is much more honest!" After Tong Nian left, Jin Daqian shook his head and said.

Li Yin took a sip of tea and said, "He used to eat too many carrots, so it was time to give him a big stick to taste, otherwise, his tail would not have gotten any higher!"

"Carrot, big stick!" Under the sunset, Jin Daqian tried hard to think, what is this thing?

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