This batch of goods was sold in Fengchunlou, the shop owner probably would sell or give a few bottles to the distinguished customers, and he would save some to research. When the time came, he could make a lot of money by himself, and then the price would slowly start to go downhill.
But this kind of thing had nothing to do with him, Zhang Fangyuan just wanted to make money from the wave in front of him.
Now that he had the money, he made up his mind to set up a decent shop and do business that didn't exist in the city now.
He had been carefully looking around the city these days, looking at the shops in the city, and recalling which profitable shops hadn’t opened yet.
After making a tour, he found that the toothbrush shop hadn’t opened yet.
Thinking back to those glorious years in the city, he also lived in a big mansion, and when he got up, he also imitated the respectable people in the city who used a ponytail toothbrush dipped in herbal ointment to rinse his mouth and brush his teeth. He was very particular about living for a period of time.
When people were rich, they liked to tinker with these things, and they paid attention to elegance and style. Naturally, when they were down and had nothing, they only cared about life and death, and they couldn't care about their stink.
Nowadays, there were no toothbrush shops in the city, so there were not many utensils for brushing teeth. Most people used their fingers to clean their teeth, or chewed wood to rinse their mouths after meals. Most of people loved cleanliness like He ge’er, but they were reluctant to use salt, so they usually only rinsed with water.
Zhang Fangyuan thought that if he opened a toothbrush shop by himself, the price would be higher, and it would be aimed at wealthy families, and he would make money.
There were shops in the city that made small profits but sold quickly. Of course, there were also those who took the expensive route. There was another advantage of being expensive, that was, some people wanted to imitate, but the high cost wouldn’t attract a large number of people who wanted to imitate, and they wouldn't be troubled by shameless business snatchers like setting up a stall.
Based on the unhappiness because of fragrance dew matter before, he went home with the money and told Xu He about it.
"This..." Xu He was quite embarrassed: "I haven't seen it before."
Zhang Fangyuan couldn't explain it to him in detail, so he said: "I went to Suzhou in the past, and it was flourishing and bustling with noise and excitement. There is everything over there, there is also toothbrush shop.”
The toothbrush shop in Siyang City also came from there, but it was not that early.
Xu He said: "Do you want to go to Suzhou to buy the goods?"
He had never been to such a far place, but he heard from people with experience in the village that he went to Suzhou to find work. Just like the landlords on their side, money was easy to make. For this reason, people in the village who wanted to go far away to make money would go to Suzhou.
Apart from the prosperity, Xu He's impression of Suzhou was silk and satin, and the silk embroidery was famous and expensive.
Siyang City was not very far away from Suzhou, if you had a horse, you could travel there in two days. It was not that he opposed Zhang Fangyuan's business, it was a good thing for a man to be motivated and love to make a living. Besides, it was unrealistic for a man like Zhang Fangyuan to keep a small stall for the rest of his life.
It was just that he didn't understand these things, so he couldn't help much.
Zhang Fangyuan said: "It's not necessary."
These things were expensive, and the cost would be raised again and again when they were brought from Suzhou. The best thing was to find someone to make it yourself.
Later toothbrushs were used by people everywhere, and they were common in the market, even the goods carried by peddlers in the streets and alleys would be tied with a lot of them for people to buy. He was a person who had experienced it, so he still could figure it out.
"It doesn't matter if we just talk about it, and we can find a time, go to the city with me and then go to look for the shop. I will find someone to make the finished product when I have free time, and I will show you what it looks like first."
This was the best way, but: "I think it's better to have a look at the finished product before setting up a shop, like what we did before when I said I was going to open a restaurant. You don't need to look too much, you probably know something in your heart. "
Zhang Fangyuan laughed: "Okay, listen to you. This is more secure."
"Then I have to find someone to make it first."
Zhang Fangyuan remembered that most of the toothbrushes only had wooden handles, and pig hair and horsetail gradually appeared on the brush. At first, the paste for cleaning the teeth was salt, followed by tooth powder.
This tooth powder had a lot to say. The precious ones were from cowry, clam, and cinnamomum camphora, ground them together into powder, which could play the role of cleaning teeth, anti-cavity and brightening.
There were also made from chinese herbal medicines such as pine resin, wolfiporia extensa, liquorice, and other Chinese herbal medicines were used as raw materials for tooth powder to rinse and wash the teeth, which could prevent internal heat, reduce fever, and relieve gum swelling and pain
Zhang Fangyuan used these things before, they were novel and exquisite, and the mouth was clean and comfortable after he used it, the benefits were in the body.
However, this tooth powder was not very easy to use. After the toothbrush was coated with powder, it was easy to fall off and was not easy to scrub. For this reason, there was a talented person who boiled willow and mulberry branches into a paste. When brushing teeth, put a bit the paste on the toothbrush, the thick paste stuck to the teeth well, so it was east to brush your teeth.
When the trend of brushing teeth was prevalent at the beginning, many famous people used Chinese herbal medicine to make tooth powder on their own. The progressive brushing method in the future allowed him to take advantage of it.
Zhang Fangyuan went to the carpenter first, and then went to the herbal hall.