Li Yanqing did not take the matter of the two competitors his father said to heart. He felt that as long as Baoyanzhai continued to innovate, adhered to quality, and accumulated strength, he would definitely be invincible. Today, he saw the Yujinlou Rouge Shop opened by the Wang family with his own eyes. He suddenly realized two other important factors, namely power and capital.

The site of Yujinlou Rouge Shop should have been Yao Santuanzi Pastry Shop, a famous pastry shop in Beijing, but now it has become Yujinlou Rouge Shop. This is obviously the result of the rampant power. The shop has not changed, but the door was rebuilt and built magnificently. It is tied into various flowers with brocade. It looks colorful and eye-catching. Moreover, it is actually a two-story shop, which is more magnificent than Baoyanzhai.

The shops were filled with women buying rouge, but most of them looked like a city-state, clamoring, just like a vegetable market, and none of the gorgeous and arrogant ladies could be seen.

Two beautiful female clerks welcomed the guests at the door, and built two very small tent shops next to them, one selling balm and the other convenient for men to buy rouge. They were completely imitated by Baoyanzhai, and they had no creativity at all.

Li Yanqing walked to the male customer account shop, and there were two young women dressed in charmingly. He waved to Li Yanqing in a coquettish voice and said, "Officials should buy a treasure box for your wife!"

Baoyanzhai’s rouge treasure box is divided into two types: sapphire box and ruby ​​box. They are also divided into two types: gold treasure box and silver treasure box. The gold treasure box is slightly expensive, and each silver treasure box costs only ten coins. It is full of colors, from rouge to perfume, from eyebrow pencil, eyebrow ink to powder, as well as lip fat, and scent bags.

"A ruby ​​box in Baoyanzhai costs fifty stakes, but your gold treasure box only costs twenty stakes. Can the things inside compare with each other?"

One of the female clerks his lips, "How much money do you want to make in Baoyanzhai a ruby ​​box? Our things are no worse than it at all, but they don't make money for the time being. The officials want to be suckers, so they can go to Baoyanzhai."

"Okay! Get me a gold box."

The female clerk immediately smiled and took a cloth bag to put a gold treasure box for Li Yanqing, "The official will give it to you!"

Li Yanqing handed them a twenty-stop book, and walked to the Zhu Skull Teahouse next door with a bag. Two female clerks shouted behind her, "Welcome to the officials again!"

Li Yanqing walked into the Zhu Skull Teahouse and felt a cool feeling. There were large water tanks filled with ice in the corners of the lobby, which lowered the temperature in the store much lower than outside. Behind each customer there would be a little maid with a fan, and the breeze was whispered. Of course, the wool came from the sheep, and the minimum consumption of the teahouse also increased from five taels of silver to six taels of silver.

As soon as Li Yanqing walked into the lobby, someone suddenly shouted, "Yanqing!"

The voice was very familiar. Li Yanqing immediately saw a fat man sitting in the corner of the room. It was Zheng Rongtai who had not seen him for several years. Zheng Rongtai jumped up excitedly and stepped forward to hug Li Yanqing tightly, almost making him unable to breathe.

Li Yanqing pushed him away, "It's such a hot day, don't be so intimate!"

After not seeing each other for a few years, Zheng Rongtai has become much darker and has become strong. Although he is still so big, he turns out to be obese, but now he has become fat and strong. His body is much more flexible than before. He can actually jump up just now.

Li Yanqing punched him on the shoulder and said, "It's right for me to advise you to go to sea!"

Zheng Rongtai smiled and said, "It's really good to be able to sleep with all kinds of women when going to sea!"

"You guy is a little promising, okay?"

"It's natural! What's the relationship?"

As Zheng Rongtai said, he pulled Li Yanqing to his table and introduced him to his companion who was drinking tea with him, a man with yellow face in his twenties. "This is Sun Daya, you should have seen him in the Imperial Academy before."

Li Yanqing suddenly remembered that it seemed to be Cai Jing's godson, a well-informed person with great hands and eyes. It turned out that he was also a student. Li Yanqing hurriedly clasped his fists and smiled: "It turned out to be Brother Sun, he has disappeared for several years."

With Li Yanqing's fame now, Sun Daya dare not neglect, and he himself is also very active and good at dealing with people. He quickly stood up and returned and smiled: "Brothers Yanqing have always been the hero I admire. When I meet today, I feel very honored."

"There is no hero, we are all classmates and friends!"

"Yes! Yes! Yes! They are all sitting together from the Imperial Academy!"

Li Yanqing sat down, Zheng Rongtai asked with a smile: "I heard that you went to Ezhou to become the county magistrate. When will you go back to Beijing?"

"I came back yesterday! Xiaopang, when did you come back?"

Li Yanqing casually called out 'Little Fat', making Zheng Rongtai feel very kind. He squinted his mung bean's eyes and said, "I haven't gone to sea this year. Alas! I've gained a lot again. If you met me last year, I would have looked different, tall and strong. But now I listen to you, swim in the water for an hour every day and start to lose weight again."

At this time, Li Yanqing felt a cool breeze blowing behind him, and he felt refreshed. When he turned around, it turned out that a teenage maid was fanning him.

Sun Daya smiled and said, "The lobby is cooler than the Yashi Room, and the Yashi Room is a little stuffy."

Zheng Rongtai's eyes were very poisonous. He saw the Yujinlou treasure box in Li Yanqing's hand at first sight. He said in surprise: "Why are you holding the Yujinlou treasure box?"

"I just came back yesterday. I heard from my father that there were two more competitors, Yujinlou and Yuyantang, so I bought one to see."

"Why do you think of me at all? She said this is a low-end product used by women in the market, and she only recognizes Baoyanzhai."

Sun Daya also smiled and said, "Yujinlou and Yuyantang are indeed very wrong. They actually wanted to squeeze Baoyanzhai with low prices, but they gave themselves a reputation as a low-end product. A real wealthy family and a nobleman, who would care about that little money? So look at Yujintang next door, which made it brilliant, but it turned out to be full of urban women."

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "It's good to take the civilian route, it's small profit but quick turnover!"

He opened the treasure box, took out the balm inside and applied it. Although it was also very smooth, it still lacked a warm and delicate feel. He stole the craftsmanship of Baoyanzhai, but did not learn the essence. Baoyanzhai's balm is made of tallow as the raw material, so the cost is very high, and this should be made of lard, the same raw material as Li Ji Rouge.

Li Yanqing took out another bottle of perfume, and the grade of the porcelain bottle alone was lower. Baoyanzhai used a glass bottle, and the perfume tasted extremely strong and the fragrance was too strong. It can only be said that there was a problem with the vision. The rich fragrance of women in the market really liked it, but the noble ladies prefer a faint fragrance. This is a manifestation of lack of background. Although the Wang family was willing to invest money to expand the scale, they did not work hard on quality, and did not study the psychology of customers carefully.

Such a rouge shop wanted to squeeze Baoyanzhai out of his way, and he was just dreaming. When Baoyanzhai bought the old brand, he started making cheap rouge to see who could squeeze who in the end.

Li Yanqing suddenly lost interest and handed the treasure box to the little girl who was fanning behind her, "This is for you!"

The little girl was so scared that she was at a loss. After a while, she took the treasure box timidly and ran away. She soon ran back with a red face and fanned Li Yanqing even harder.

Li Yanqing took a sip of tea and asked Zheng Rongtai with a smile, "What are you doing now?"

Zheng Rongtai sighed, "What else can I do? To inherit my ancestral property and run a house!"

"This requires a lot of money!"

"It not only costs capital, but also looks. To be honest, I admire your father the most. He actually bought so many land houses in Hangzhou. He has the courage. Daya also advised me to buy houses in Suzhou and Hangzhou."

Li Yanqing was a little surprised and asked with a smile: "What do you think Brother Sun?"

Sun Daya said slowly: "Yanqing has been in the south, and may not know much about the current situation in the north. There is a saying in the government and the government that the 250,000-strong army of the Song army was defeated by the 40,000 weak brigade of the Liao Kingdom, exposing his weak foundation to the Jin Kingdom. Moreover, once the powerful Jin Kingdom destroys the Liao Kingdom, it is likely to take advantage of the situation to sweep south. Hebei is a plain and there is no danger to defend. If it is winter, the Yellow River freezes, and the tiger and wolf Jin soldiers will even kill the capital in one go. Everyone is very worried, so now the housing prices in the capital have begun to fall. You can see that when you go to the various fangs, you will know that there are many people listed for selling houses. Brother Zheng wants to take the opportunity to make a living, so I advise him to understand the reasons for the decline in housing prices. It is best to buy houses and land in Suzhou and Hangzhou."

Li Yanqing nodded secretly. Sun Daya is worthy of being a well-informed person and has a good vision. He has seen the signs.

Li Yanqing also smiled and said, "It is indeed wise to go to Suzhou and Hangzhou to buy a house, especially by the West Lake. House prices will more than double in the future."

Zheng Rongtai said happily: "Since Yanqing said that, I will go to Suhang tomorrow."

At this time, Sun Daya smiled at Li Yanqing again and said, "I have a news, maybe Yanqing will be interested."
Chapter completed!