After farming, I opened a family tree

The soap market in the local area is quite good, so there are slightly more wealthy businessmen coming from Lin'an Prefecture.

The wealthy businessmen we knew looked at each other, then quickly raised their signs.

"One thousand one hundred taels!"

"Ten thousand two hundred taels!"

"1500 taels!"

The wooden sign was raised very quickly. Just as they were chatting enthusiastically, they were now filled with hatred.

"Twenty thousand taels!"

A wealthy businessman with a rich figure and ruddy face spoke loudly.

Twenty thousand taels!

The other merchants from Lin'an Prefecture who were bidding on the same stage fell silent instantly.

Many people were calculating in their minds that twenty thousand taels, including the shop and other expenses, would cost eight thousand taels per year.

At least several thousand pieces of soap must be sold every year, and most of them must be high-quality soaps in order to make a profit.

Many people hesitated, thinking that spending 20,000 taels to buy the agency rights was really not cost-effective.

Although there is no shortage of rich people in Lin'an Prefecture, what if the rich people become interested in soap on a whim?

Therefore, after the bid of 20,000 taels was made, there was silence in the reception room for a while.

Finally, the city of Lin'an was bought by a businessman named Hu for 20,000 taels.

Hu Jiacai was a cloth merchant in Lin'an City. He noticed the soap because Mrs. Hu accidentally bought a piece.

But the one I bought was originally used for washing hands and clothes. This soap has a light herbal scent after washing clothes.

Moreover, the color of the fabric was not affected.

In today's market, dyed cloth will be affected more or less its original color after washing.

Clothes tend to fade and turn white easily after being washed many times, but soap will not do that, and the colors of the clothes will remain as bright as before.

He originally came here to buy more for his own workshop and shop, but when he arrived in Qingshan Town, he found that the purchase limit was six pieces per day.

Just as I was about to leave, I heard that Tang Ji was looking for a partner.

After all, since I'm here, I might as well take a look.

Hu Jiacai was thinking of buying a shop and selling what he could. If he couldn’t, he would use the money for his own cloth shop.

After Hu Jiacai obtained the agency rights for 20,000 taels, he felt as if a huge stone had been lifted from his heart, and he felt more relaxed sitting among the businessmen.

At the same time, I also have to admire Shen Tang's business talent.

But who can blame them for having their own exclusive recipe?

"The next auction is for the capital city, Jinling City. The starting price is 10,000 taels!"

Jinling City is not far from Lin'an City and is also one of the most prosperous places in Jiangnan.

There are quite a few businessmen in Jinling, so there are two of them here.

It was basically a game between two people, and in the end, Jinling City was acquired by a wealthy businessman named Wang for 18,000 taels.

"Next is Jiahe! The starting price is ten thousand taels."

Wei Cheng quickly raised the sign in his hand.

Looking around, fortunately, he was the only one from Jiahe.

In the end, Wei Cheng obtained the agency rights of Golden Harvest with a starting price of 12,000 taels.

"Boss Wei, good luck."

This is true. In the previous auctions in nearby prefectures, more or less people from the same hometown bid together. The lowest price was 15,000 taels of silver.

Wei Cheng indeed paid the least money for the bid.

"Next, let's bid for the agency rights for the county seat. However, the agency rights for Qingshan Town and the four surrounding towns have already been taken away by Madam Xiang, so you can only bid for other places."

There are slightly fewer merchants at auctions in the county town than in the provincial capital, but there is still a small amount of competition.

After some of the local bosses present here have obtained the agency rights in their hometowns.

Shen Tang smiled slightly.

"I know that many of the people I've spoken to haven't secured agency rights yet. Next, I'm going to talk about non-local agency rights."

"All of you bosses have large businesses, and I'm sure many of you have expanded your businesses not only locally but also elsewhere. I wonder if any of you are interested in opening soap shops elsewhere."

Before the auction, Shen Tang received the household registration of all the participating merchants from Xiang Niangzi.

The previous ones were all filmed with the agency rights of their own places, but there were actually not many people coming, and there are still many places that have not been released.

Sure enough, after Shen Tang finished saying this, the eyes of the remaining people lit up.

They still have a chance.

Shen Tang looked at the places on the table that had been checked off, and found that there were still several empty places.

These are the businessmen who gave up their agency and left earlier.

Since they don't want it, give it to those who do.

The merchants who came this time were actually all from the vicinity of Lin'an City, so it wasn't far away.

"Boss Shen, please tell me quickly, where else do we have opportunities?"

Among the businessmen who didn't take pictures, there was an impatient one who couldn't hold back and started asking.

"The next item to be auctioned is Taizhou Prefecture City, with a starting price of 10,000 taels!"

As soon as the words fell, someone couldn't wait to raise the sign.

"Fifteen thousand taels!"

Xu Hua didn't want to bid multiple times, so he just raised the price directly.

The reason why he wanted Taizhou Prefecture was simply because his family also had property in Taizhou. He might not be very interested in other places, but he was determined to get Taizhou Prefecture!

Sure enough, after Xu Hua called out half of the bids, no one else made any more bids.

The prices of the next few prefectures were not high, and they were all sold between 12,000 and 14,000 taels.

After all the merchants present had purchased the products and obtained the agency rights, Shen Tang asked someone to bring up the samples.

A branch of spring was placed on top.

"I'm sure you all know that a while ago, Yizhichun also brought out a collection of poems. When the collection is finished printing, I will leave a copy for you all, if for no other reason than to share this elegant thing."

Everyone applauded.

"The soaps you see in front of you are the types of soaps we are selling on the market now. In addition, we have also developed a new soap product during this period."

As Shen Tang spoke, Shen Li brought a tray with a soap bar the size of a fingernail on it.

"It seems like the smell of peach blossoms!"

Someone sniffed and spoke.

Yes, it is indeed the scent of peach blossoms, and the scent is from the peach trees transplanted from Uncle Li’s house.

Shen Tang asked someone to bring in more water and let everyone experience it.

The whole living room is filled with the fragrance of peach blossoms.

"From now on, we'll wash our hands with soap before we go out. Let's see who will still say we stink of money!"

Someone spoke with a smile.

"Yes, yes, yes."

"First, let me talk about pricing. Bosses in the county, a piece of fine soap costs eight taels of silver, while ordinary soaps cost between two and four taels of silver. Fine soaps are not allowed to change their prices without permission."

"As for the bosses in the capital, there are many wealthy families in the city. The price of high-quality soap can be increased based on eight taels of silver, but the maximum cannot exceed one tael of silver. Ordinary soap is also between two and four taels of silver."

Unified pricing is also intended to facilitate market balance and prevent people from reselling products.

"Here's the contract. Boss, take a look. If there's no problem, we'll sign it."

Shen Tang said this and took out a stack of deeds.