Top white, rich and beautiful, the princess is reborn and the revenge story

Zhao Yuanqing returned to the princess's mansion, dismissed all the maids, locked himself in the room, and did not allow anyone to come in.

The Dragon God Pearl turned into a Crescent Moon Scimitar, solving her urgent problem, but how could she change it back?

Zhao Yuanqing looked at the knife left and right. Soaking it in water didn't work. Then he smeared it with his own blood, but it still didn't work. Zhao Yuanqing was so anxious that he muttered to himself, "Change it back, change it back, change it back!"

A strange thing happened again. A white light flashed, the Crescent Moon Scimitar disappeared, and the Dragon God Pearl appeared, lying quietly in the palm of Zhao Yuanqing's hand.

"Huh? That's it? Then... I want the knife to come out? The knife comes out, the knife comes out!"

The white light flashed again, and the Crescent Moon Scimitar appeared again.

After a few times, Zhao Yuanqing figured out the pattern. As long as he silently recited in his heart, the Dragon God Pearl would turn into a knife. If he recited again, it would turn back, even in water.

Zhao Yuanqing felt that he had picked up a treasure. It could walk on water as if it were flat ground, and it could also be turned into a sharp weapon. It was really a great thing for killing people and robbing!

She put the Dragon God Pearl back into the golden ball and hung it around her neck. Such a good thing must be carried with her.

Next, Zhao Yuanqing called Wu Rong and ordered him to send more people, refine more fragrant dew, and prepare it to be taken to Longyou Road after a period of time.

You can't just let the horse run without giving it grass to eat. In order to stabilize Wu Rong and others, Zhao Yuanqing promised to give them a commission for every ounce of fragrant dew sold. The more they sold, the more commission they would get.

Wu Rong showed joy on his face. After thanking Zhao Yuanqing, he stood there without moving, looking as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Zhao Yuanqing asked, "Do you have something to report?"

"Your Highness, our fragrant dew has been selling well recently, and many people have come to us to poach our employees. Two masters have already left, and no matter how hard I try to persuade them, they refuse to stay."

"Did you give them a raise?"

“It has increased, but no matter how much it increases, they won’t do it.”

"Then it's not a matter of money. I guess he has other plans."

Zhao Yuanqing had thought about this problem a long time ago. Selling perfumed dew has huge profits, and others will sooner or later take advantage of it. This is because Zhao Yuanqing is a princess. If she were an ordinary person, she would have been robbed long ago.

"How many kinds of fragrant dew can those two masters make?"

"I only know a few common ones. The expensive ones were made by me and a few master chefs. Princess, what should I do?"

"Don't worry, this will happen sooner or later. The Daqing market is so big that we can't take it all by ourselves. It may not be a bad thing if more companies enter the market and compete together."

"What if they steal our fragrance formula and sell it? What will we do if we suffer losses?"

This is indeed a problem, but this is how business is done now. Once one company becomes popular, other companies will imitate it. Some unethical companies will steal the formula and then produce it themselves. The court has no regulations that prohibit the sale of the same things.

Zhao Yuanqing pondered for a moment and asked, "How many steps are there in refining this fragrant dew, and how many people are involved?"

"It's usually four or five steps. Except for the spice grinding, which is done by a group of workers, all other steps are done by one person."

"How about this? Separate the steps. All craftsmen are divided into different levels according to their proficiency, starting from level one and with no upper limit. Each craftsman can only refine a few types of fragrant dew, and each craftsman can only participate in one or two steps. They are not allowed to participate in the entire process. Will this prevent the theft of the formula?"

Wu Rong understood immediately and nodded happily, "Yes! This way, even if a craftsman leaves, he can only take away a few of the fragrance dew recipes, not all of them. All the fragrance dew recipes are only in the princess's mansion!"

In this way, Zhao Yuanqing assigned a few more people to cooperate with Wu Rong to classify the craftsmen into different levels. Each level corresponds to a different salary. The higher the level, the higher the salary.

A monthly examination system has also been established, with examinations held every month. Those who fail the examination will be demoted. If they cannot even reach level one, they will be expelled from the team and will not be allowed to work as a master chef again.

At the same time, various awards were set up, such as the Innovation Award, which rewarded ten taels of gold for refining a new scented dew, and the Quality Award, which rewarded additional prizes for selling a lot of the scented dew.

After these awards were given out, the enthusiasm of the craftsmen immediately increased. In the past, they all ate from the same pot, and no matter how much work they did, they received about the same amount of money. Now they can eat based on their abilities, and whoever has the greater ability will get more money. Everyone's enthusiasm increased a lot.

However, rewards alone are not enough to manage the entire team of craftsmen; punishments are also necessary.

Wu Rong and his colleagues also formulated various punishment systems, especially for those who stole or sold the formula. Once discovered, the innocent people would be escorted to the government. If they had sold their indentures, they would be beaten to death with sticks and their families would be driven out of the capital.

After this series of moves, those who were restless became obedient.

Zhao Yuanqing attaches great importance to Zui Xiangfeng and personally supervises these matters. No matter what she does in the future, she cannot do without money. Once a war breaks out, not only she needs money, but her grandfather's army also needs money. In the future, Zui Xiangfeng will be their treasury and must be protected.

She saw the potential of Zui Xiang Feng, and others saw it too. A few days later, several fragrant dew shops popped up in Chang'an City. They were all on Zhuque Street, not far from Zui Xiang Feng, like a fighting arena.

Zhao Yuanqing sent people to check. There were very few fragrant dews in the store. Some were the same as Zui Xiangfeng's, and some were different. But from the details, it can be seen that they also found a way to refine the fragrant dew.

Anyone who dares to challenge Princess Zhao Yuanqing must be no ordinary person. After some inquiries, Zhao Yuanqing learned that this was the property of the third prince Zhao Yu.

Zhao Yu is Zhao Baozhu's biological brother, and he also doesn't get along with Zhao Yuanqing. With new and old grudges added together, he might as well steal her business.

Zhao Yuanqing sneered. After taking care of his sister, his brother couldn't escape either. He would take his time.

Behind Zhao Yu are Concubine Hui and most of the civil service group. They are rich and powerful, and they are fierce when they act.

Soon, a force emerged in the capital and began to recruit merchants from the Western Regions, gathering them together and trying to force them to buy the spices.

This was a sore spot for Zhao Yuanqing, because spices were the raw materials for making perfume. Mastering the spices was equivalent to controlling the perfume. The only lucky thing was that Zhao Yuanqing had stored a lot of spices before, so it wouldn't have any impact for the time being.

The price offered by this force was not low either. Merchants valued profit, so they would sell to whoever offered the highest price. Therefore, merchants from the Western Regions chose with their feet and sold most of the spices to them.

Everyone at Zuixiangfeng became anxious, and Wu Rong and the others were also anxious. Without the ingredients, how could they make the fragrant dew?

Zhao Yuanqing was not so anxious. She already had the answer to this question, and this answer was inspired by the perfume she had sold.

She gathered several key personnel together and pulled out a data sheet. "This is the quantity of various fragrances sold in the last ten days. Take a look. What can you find?"

Everyone passed the paper around and offered their opinions. "Mid-range prices sell the most."

“Those with floral notes in their names sell more.”

“The most expensive ones actually sell less.”

Zhao Yuanqing nodded and said, "Wen Qian pointed out a very crucial point, that is, more products with floral scents sell. This shows that women still love flowers the most. The closer the fragrance is to the original flower scent, the more people like it. Most of these fragrances are made from flowers. This also gives us an idea. We can reduce the use of spices as raw materials and use flowers and plants as raw materials to develop more authentic fragrances."

Everyone felt enlightened by this statement. "That's right! Flowers and plants are easy to obtain and cheap. This way, we won't be restricted by spices in terms of raw materials, nor will we be restricted by those Western Region merchants!"

Wu Rong disagreed, "But flowers are only available in spring and summer, not in winter. Besides, there are so many different kinds of flowers needed, and the supply at the market is not enough."

"It's not a big problem. If there are no fresh flowers, I can ask people to plant them. If there are no fresh flowers in Chang'an City, we can go to Nanzhao to find them. In winter, we can also use dried flowers."

After discussion, everyone felt that this approach was feasible, as it could not only reduce dependence on spices but also reduce costs. If this approach could be straightened out, it would be much easier to follow than the previous one.

In this way, Zhao Yuanqing's fragrance dew territory expanded again and became five parts: one is the collection of spices, one is the planting of plants and flowers, one is the refining of fragrance dew, one is the sales of fragrance dew, and the other is the management of future branches across the country.

Each block was assigned a manager, who was directly managed by Zhao Yuanqing, and the Xianglu business was on the right track.