As the actual person in power in Yunnan, the Duke of Guizhou naturally knew everything that happened in the city.
The day after Huo Xi opened, he went in to see it in person.
I admire Huo Xi's brain very much. How could he come up with such a business method? Not to mention others, even he likes to buy things in such a shop.
Normally there were people coming and going on the street. As long as he went out on the street, the people would surround him and make him unable to walk. He had no chance to look at the goods and choose the goods.
He wanted to hold something in front of him.
It made him lose a lot of fun.
He often recalled the joy of shopping in the bustling streets of the capital when he was a young man living in Beijing as a hostage. He lamented in his heart countless times the inconvenience his identity had brought to him.
But now the North-South Cargo Store has solved his problem.
First of all, at the entrance, there will be guards to check the gate. The first gate will stop the gangsters, beggars and suspicious people from the door. The number of people entering the shop will also be controlled based on the flow of people in the shop.
There are no crowds when wandering around inside.
Moreover, the number of goods in each warehouse dazzled him. He had never known that there were so many kinds of cloth, and that baskets were not only made of various materials, but could also be made into so many shapes. Even fans had dozens of kinds, each of which
It's different. It's really eye-opening.
He never knew that there were so many countries on the other side of the sea, and so many strange things were shipped there.
He could spend half a day looking at a foreign goods warehouse.
The Duke of Guizhou couldn't care less about Shu. He truly experienced the joy of shopping. His favorite thing to do in his spare time was to wander around the North and South Stores to look at and pick out goods.
So when he heard Jun Xiangjie cry to him, saying that Huo Xi had broken the rules and caused everyone to lose business, and asked him to order the closure, Duke Qian frowned.
He knew the origin of this daughter-in-law. When she was a child, she was raised outside because of the change of imperial court. She started a business to make a living, and returned to the family ten years later. Her business was also registered with the emperor. He did not
There was no way she could stop.
Moreover, he visited both the perfume store and the North and South Goods Store. Not only him, but also all the officials and staff praised Zhang's brains and said that she had skills and means.
Perfume shop, with his status, he has a large bathhouse in the mansion, so there is no need to go outside to bathe. He has no feelings about the perfume shop, but all the officials and staff highly respect it. Now everyone does not like to go to the perfume shop.
When talking about things in a restaurant, I like to go to the perfume store in groups.
Moreover, the North and South Cargo Stores were also an eye-opener for them. Not only him, but everyone also liked to go inside to look at and select goods.
As for Zhang's opening of a shop, merchants lost business...
"If the goods are in good condition and the price is right, how can we lose business?"
Jun Xiangjie secretly murmured that with a status like the Duke of Guo, how could he understand the hard work of a businessman.
But he didn't dare to show it on his face. He just cried with a bitter face: "Master, the Crown Prince's wife has broken the rules. She has done all the business by herself, and can buy everything from her, and
It has a rest area, provides free tea and snacks, and has items delivered to your doorstep. Who doesn’t like to buy things there?”
How can other people do business?
"Then can you also learn something? If the service improves, you may get business? I've seen the tea that the North and South Stores give away for free. A little tea foam can make a big pot. How many coppers can it cost? Desserts too
Instead of giving guests all-you-can-eat, just a small piece of flower cake. Isn’t that worth a lot?”
If every merchant is willing to learn a few tricks, how can there be no business?
Jun Xiangjie was speechless for a moment.
Is this a matter of money or not? This is a broken rule! This has never been done! Zhang does this and that again, resorting to tricks frequently and snatching away all the customers. How can others do business!
"These are all trivial matters. The most important thing is from Madam Shizi. She purchases all kinds of goods in large quantities. The purchase price is already cheap and the selling price is also cheap. So who would buy from our shop? We can't do business.
Are you cutting prices to suppress your peers?”
"Then her purchase price is low, so we can't ask her to sell it at the same price as you, right?"
It didn't make sense, not even to the Duke. Jun Xiangjie felt even more chest tight and breathless.
If he brings up the matter of door-to-door delivery by the North and South Goods Stores again, will the Duke ask them to learn to do the same?
That means Zhang has someone on his hands! Zhuang Bing, raised by the prince, has been hired by her to be a janitor. What's the problem with delivering goods?
If they made money, they would be willing to hire someone to deliver the goods to their door. It seems wrong to think so. Didn't they make money before?
Jun Xiangjie shook the thoughts from his head. In short, Mr. Zhang broke the rules.
When the Duke of Guizhou saw that he was still sulking despite his age, he felt that his tone seemed wrong.
According to his observation, since its opening, there have only been a lot more customers coming to the North-South Store to pick and buy goods. Zhang has the manpower and fleet, so she has a natural advantage in buying goods from the North and South. This will indeed make some small businesses unable to do so.
Got business.
The Duke of Guizhou pondered for a moment and comforted the king: "Every businessman has made great contributions to the prosperity of the local economy. As the Duke, I cannot just ignore everyone's difficulties. I will talk to the Crown Prince's wife."
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"Thank you so much, Mr. Guo."
After Jun Xiangjie left, the Duke of Guizhou called several people to understand the situation, and also called in officials and staff to discuss...
In the evening, after the North and South Merchant Stores closed their shops, Huo Xi returned to his mansion and was called to the study by the Duke of Guizhou.
"I've met the Duke."
"No need to be polite." Duke Qian looked harmonious, glanced at Huo Xi's belly, and looked away.
"Our house has a large courtyard, why don't we ask your uncle to live in the house? This shows that we have no sincerity in hospitality."
Huo Xi smiled and said, "I left a yard for my uncle in the east courtyard. There are too many things going on in the shop recently, and it's a bit too busy. I can help keep an eye on it if my uncle stays outside."
"That's good, don't wait any longer." "Yes."
"You are in heavy health now. Some things can be left to the people below. There is no need to do it yourself. You should put the child in your belly first."
"My nephew-in-law understands. Every day I just sit in the shop and look through the books. There is nothing tiring. There are many servants around me and they take good care of me. Thank you so much, Mr. Guo, for your concern."
"That's good."
The Duke of Guizhou hesitated for a moment, then asked about the situation of the shop, and said: "I heard that the business of the North and South Goods Store was very prosperous, and several commercial streets in the city suddenly lost business. Mrs. Zhang, do you have any solution?
Law?"
The Duke of Guizhou naturally wanted to protect his family in front of an outsider like Jun Xiangjie. Moreover, the perfume shop was indeed popular with the people. Even he liked to shop at the North and South goods store, so he did not want them to close down.
But prospering the local economy cannot be done by one person. If the business in the city loses its vitality and causes a large number of people to emigrate, that is his fault.
His father immigrated Han people and attracted businessmen from all over the place to operate here. It took decades of hard work to achieve the current results. If the opening of the North-South Goods Store attracted a large number of businessmen to move back to the south of the Yangtze River and the Central Plains, all previous efforts would be wasted.