Chapter 97: Annoyed

Chapter 97

Bang!

Wang San'er slammed the door shut and couldn't help but laugh.

Wanting to buy the soap Mother made, and still asking Mother to go see them herself, they really think we are beneath them!

Keep practicing archery.

Xiao Quanzi was left outside with the closed door. Revealing his identity only to be ignored by a country bumpkin, he was so angry his teeth itched. Cheêck out latest novels at novelhall.com

"Just you wait until the young master teaches you a lesson!"

Returning to the inn, Xiao Quanzi exaggerated and depicted the Li family as vicious villains.

"Young master, your servant being cursed at is nothing," Xiao Quanzi said aggrievedly, "But for a commoner to be so rude and disrespect an official like you, it is truly an unforgivable crime!"

Huang Daoqing had thought he could take a nap at the inn and complete this business trip, but an incident occurred and he was quite angry.

So he immediately went to find Jia Zhanliang and Liu Yuan to discuss what to do next, but was told they went into town to wander about, not knowing when they'd be back.

Huang Daoqing smacked his forehead, damn it!

What is there to wander about in destitute Baichuan County?

These two must have secretly slipped away to He Wan village to negotiate with Li Yao first.

"Those treacherous merchants!"

"Xiao Quanzi, ready the carriage!"

...

Bang bang bang!

Xiao Quanzi had just stepped out when more people came knocking on the door.

"Excuse me, is this the Li Yao, Lady of He Wan village's home?"

Hearing the visitor speak politely, Wang San'er opened the door a crack, "Who are you? What business do you have with my mother?"

"Oh ho, so it's Young Master Wang," Jia Zhanliang laughed amiably, "We are merchants from the capital here to discuss a business cooperation with Lady Li, please introduce us."

Seeing they spoke politely, Wang San'er opened the door and invited them in.

"But this price is too low," Liu Yuan said, "100 wen per bar, the difference from before is too great, I'm afraid there would be no profit."

"How many people are there in the whole world?" Li Yao asked.

"Over 30 million."

"Even if each person only used 1 bar of soap per year, and we only made 20 wen profit per bar, how much total profit would that be?"

Jia and Liu could still calculate this.

Over 600,000 taels of silver!

Even for them this was an astronomical sum.

"But can we really sell that much?"

"That's why we need to swiftly capture the market," Li Yao said. "My business is not just one city or prefecture, but the entire world. If you're willing to join, sign the contract. If you feel it won't work, I won't see you out."

Jia and Liu were left speechless by Li Yao's momentum.

How could a woman who had never left the rural countryside of Baichuan County have such vision? She really was an extraordinary person.

"Signed!"

The two swiftly signed the contract.

To celebrate everyone boarding the ship of friendship, Li Yao personally cooked today, slaughtering the lamb Liu Yuan gifted and setting up a temporary stove in the yard to roast a whole lamb.

Then without any distinction between host and guest, everyone gathered around the fire pit, cutting meat with knives while chatting about news from all corners of the world.

Gradually the two realized Li Yao seemed to know more than they did, and couldn't help but sigh in admiration internally.

While the latecoming Huang Daoqing could only eat closed doors, fuming till smoke came out of his seven orifices.

Li Yao's agency contract with Jia Zhanliang and Liu Yuan had already divided the country into north and south regions, becoming the two major general agents.

If he still wanted to do the soap business, he could only become a subordinate agent, eating others' leftovers.

Traveling thousands of miles yet gaining nothing, Huang Daoqing was extremely annoyed.

"Go to Yi Prefecture to find Prefect Hu!"

"No matter what, we must seize this business!"