Chapter 36 Positioning is high-end
When Lu Bu brought it back to Xia Pi, Chen Gong and Gao Shun came up to welcome him.
"Where have you been to Wenhou these days?" Chen Gong asked when he came in front of him.
"Regain the lost land and go to Shouchun again." Lu Bu smiled and said, "He killed Yuan Shu with all his heart."
"Yuan Shu was killed by Wen Hou?" Chen Gong and Gao Shun looked shocked.
"Killing him is not like playing." Lu Bu's confident face: "Now, I can kill in and out of Shouchun City alone!"
"We know Wen Hou's ability, but it's too risky." Chen Gong said: "Don't do this again in the future."
"I'm also planning to find an opportunity to go to Xudu and destroy Cao Cao." Lu Bu said: "Look at who else in the world dares to go against me!"
"Cao Cao is no better than Yuan Shu, and there are countless powerful generals around him." Chen Gong advised him first, and then said, "Zhang Shiping is back and has been waiting for a day for warmth."
"So quickly?" Lu Bu was stunned: "Has the toothpaste been sold out?"
"It's not just about selling it out, it's just a crazy snatch." Chen Gong replied: "He went to Xudu and planned to sell it to the wife of the Cao family's back house. However, he thought that the local gentry would buy all the money."
"I thought it wouldn't be very easy to sell." Lu Bu ordered: "Take me to see him."
Chen Gong accompanied Lu Bu to the government: "Wen Hou killed Yuan Shu, has the news spread everywhere?"
"It's spreading along the way." Lu Bu replied: "Even if Shouchun wants to hide it, it's impossible to cover up the truth."
"As soon as Yuan Shu dies, Huainan will become the target of public criticism, and Xuzhou will inevitably be affected." Chen Gong said: "It is really a bit of a risk in Wen Hou doing this."
"If Yuan Shu doesn't die, Xuzhou will be the target of public criticism." Lu Bu replied: "Now we are seeking survival in the cracks, with jackal-like eyes everywhere, which makes people feel very unhappy."
He continued: "As long as I have a chance to breathe, it won't take long to change the roles of prey and hunter. I just want to take a breath by causing trouble to Huainan."
"What if someone enters Xuzhou, what will Wen Hou do?" Chen Gong asked.
"Let's give in, when we can't get rid of them." Lu Bu said: "We admit defeat when we don't have enough strength. When the energy is restored, let them spit out all the food they eat."
Lu Bu has made all plans, and it doesn't sound like nothing wrong.
Chen Gong was very surprised by this.
After following Lu Bu for several years, Chen Gong never saw him having a strong decisive ability as he is now.
Kill Yuan Shu, lead the trouble to Huainan, and then throw away a few cities, they can earn at least seven or eight months of stability.
Seven or eight months, it is enough to plan a war that subverts the situation in troubled times.
What's more, Lu Bu must have other arrangements.
When they arrived at the government office, Gao Shun and Zhang Liao returned to the military camp, and Chen Gong accompanied Lu Bu to meet Zhang Shiping.
On the way back to the military camp with Zhang Liao, Gao Shun asked him: "Wen Hou really killed Yuan Shu?"
"Then there is still a falsehood." Zhang Liao replied: "Wen Hou is extremely fast, I almost didn't see his movements clearly. Yuan Shu is dead."
Gao Shun looked at him in surprise, with disbelief on his face.
"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it." Zhang Liao said: "We know Wen Hou's ability. Although he is extremely brave, he will never kill anyone invisibly."
"It's really like General Zhang said, who else in the world is Wen Hou's opponent?" Gao Shun couldn't help but sigh.
"Wen Hou was originally the only one in the world and could not find an opponent, but now there is probably no opponent." Zhang Liao said: "Just as he said, as long as he was given a chance to breathe, the world will sooner or later fall into his hands."
Lu Bu, who returned to the government, accompanied him to the study room at Chen Gong.
"Where is Zhang Shiping?" He asked without seeing Zhang Shiping.
"I'll settle him in the museum." Chen Gong replied: "Wen Hou can't see him in person, I'll just ask him to come."
"Okay." Lu Bu entered the study.
Chen Gong ordered the guards to invite Zhang Shiping, and then entered the house.
Spring is the shortest season of the year.
Especially on both sides of the Huai River, spring and autumn are particularly short.
The chilly early spring quietly slipped away, and the warm spring had arrived inadvertently.
Lu Bu and Chen Gong sat in the study, discussing possible troubles in the future.
The guard outside the door reported: "Report to General, Mr. Zhang is here."
"Please come in." Lu Bu ordered.
The guard gently pushed open the door and led a person in.
It was Zhang Shiping who walked in.
He bowed to Lu Bu and said, "Fortunately, I heard from Wen Hou and took the toothpaste, otherwise I would have made a lot of money this time."
"All seventy-two bottles were sold?" Lu Bu asked.
"No one bottle left, all sold." Zhang Shiping replied: "Some people even raised the price of the last few bottles to ten yuan."
"So tight?" Lu Bu was a little unbelievable after waiting for ten yuan in the price increase.
"I didn't expect it to be so easy to sell." Zhang Shiping replied: "It was sold out in just two days. When I left Xudu, someone asked when I would send the next batch."
"Who are the people who buy toothpaste?" Lu Bu asked.
"Most are the wives of the gentry family." Zhang Shiping said: "There are also some officials and gentry who buy them as gifts to give them to high-ranking people. Toothpaste has become an extremely precious gift. It is said that the black market price has reached 30 yuan per bottle."
"Even there is a black market?" Lu Bu was very surprised.
He knew that there would be a market for toothpaste, but he didn't expect it to be so popular.
With his understanding of it two thousand years later, he is very clear that every product has its own positioning and consumer group.
Toothpaste is something that is common two thousand years later.
But in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, things were precious because they were rare and no one had seen them.
Not every product needs to face ordinary people.
Just like the Patek Philippe watches in later generations, people who can afford them will choose one out of millions.
But just a few people can support the entire brand.
Lu Bu also has this mentality when making toothpaste.
He had no idea of making money from the people in the past.
How much money do the people have?
From the idea of making money with toothpaste, his goal is to target high-end groups and make money from rich people.
The cost is not high, the higher the price, the greater the profit.
"Can the general urge them to make some?" Zhang Shiping said: "I can send it to Xu Du..."
"Don't go to Xudu again." Lu Bu interrupted him: "The fewer things are, the more precious people will think. Before leaving, I will find someone to pass the place my husband will go to Xudu. Someone chases him to buy it, which is more likely to cause a sensation than sending it to the door. When will the price of toothpaste rise to one hundred and hold a bottle on the black market? The business of the husband is really done."
"If the general does business, there will be no way for us merchants." Zhang Shiping immediately understood what Lu Bu meant: "Please ask the general to prepare goods, and I will arrange other things."
Chapter completed!