Long before the army set off, Su Chen had already received news from Lao Li, saying that Li Er had read his pamphlet and immediately attached great importance to it!
Moreover, those cannons were successfully delivered to Li Er's hands.
Therefore, in Su Chen's opinion, this battle is certain to be won!
With Li Er and Li Jingzhen in their prime, almost all the mighty generals of the Tang Dynasty came out!
With such a luxurious lineup, wouldn't it be as easy to defeat Goguryeo as adults to defeat children?
Therefore, after they set off for the Eastern Expedition, Su Chen stopped paying much attention to this matter and began to busy himself with his own affairs.
With the production of cannons completed, the blacksmith workshop in Sujiazhuang was finally idle.
Su Chen also took the time to study the iron smelting technology in detail and made several improvements.
After a little research, he understood a lot.
This improved version of the iron-making method actually has no profound principles in it.
It mainly solves one of the most basic problems of iron-making!
That's the temperature of the forge!
Why were high-quality iron products from Datang so expensive in the past?
The main reason is that the calcination temperature is not enough to remove the impurities in the iron ore.
As a result, high-purity, high-quality iron will be very rare, and it can only depend on luck.
Not only is high-purity iron difficult to smelt, there is not much high-purity high-quality iron ore.
Moreover, the high-quality iron finally smelted must be given priority to the manufacture of weapons, pins, and armor, so naturally very little of it reaches the hands of the common people.
Therefore, most of the iron farm tools used by the common people were inferior iron with too many impurities, and the quality was not much better.
If the quality of production tools cannot be improved, productivity will naturally not be improved.
Su Chen will not allow this to happen!
So, he set his sights on Changsun's blacksmith workshop.
The reason why he had this idea was mainly because the blacksmith workshop of Changsun's family was really large!
Especially those shops in remote areas that the family doesn't care about are Su Chen's main target this time.
These shops all have a common feature, that is, the goods are so expensive that ordinary people cannot afford them, which leads to poor business and bleak income.
As Su Chen learned more about this matter, he couldn't help but be a little surprised.
He discovered that the blacksmith workshop of Changsun's family was very similar to the chain enterprises of later generations!
Especially the advanced service concept!
For example, if you pay money in Chang'an, you can use the receipt to go to stores in other prefectures and counties to get the goods directly.
Not only that, you can also connect the workshop cabinet directly from the blacksmith shop.
If you don't have enough money and want to borrow money, you don't need to make an extra trip to the bank.
If the damage rate is too high, you can also replace part of it for free!
There is even after-sales service!
Changsun Wuji’s service concept is simply more than a thousand years ahead of its time!
Then, Su Chen came up with a very bold idea, which was to directly annex the Iron Shop of the eldest son's family!
Just do it, Su Chen immediately started thinking about it and came up with a good idea.
Recently, due to the Eastern Expedition, many ministers in the imperial court followed Li Er to fight against Goguryeo, including Changsun Wuji.
Therefore, Su Chen decided to take advantage of this opportunity to quickly carry out a wave of mergers, and finally strive to monopolize half of the market.
His plan is very simple, that is, to compete openly and honestly.
Changsun Wuji is the Duke of the country, and if he plays some shady conspiracy with him, it will be because he doesn't want to die quickly enough.
The blacksmiths of Changsun's family have their shops everywhere.
But the bulk of the incoming money comes from several major state capitals, such as Luoyang, Bianjing, Jinzhou, and Banzhou, which are relatively prosperous areas.
So he plans to open a blacksmith shop in these states immediately, right opposite Changsun's shop!
The business of these shops was squeezed out, and after the Changsun family noticed their shop.
Use yourself to exchange these prosperous shops for those remote shops that they think are unprofitable.
How can they refuse such a good thing that comes to their doorstep?
Just do it!
With huge amounts of money opening the way, everything is no problem!
The hoe sold by Changsun's family is 800 renminbi? The hoe sold by Su Chen across the street only costs 80 renminbi!
If so, will they still buy it?
Not only that, Su Chen also performed a series of sexy moves.
For example, if you trade in an old product for a new one, you can directly exchange the damaged iron products for new ones at Su Chen's shop at a discounted price!
Another example is to pre-recharge to enjoy preferential activities. If you deposit five coins in advance, you can buy iron tools at Su Chen’s shop at a lower than normal price!
He even launched a three-year warranty plan for farm tools!
The general meaning is that if the farm tools purchased from Su Chen are damaged within three years, they can be directly replaced with new ones!
After such a ferocious operation, the people were dumbfounded!
Isn't this an obvious way for them to plunder wool?
At this time, the people were excited. Even if they didn't buy it, they still wanted to watch the fun.
As long as they enter Su Chen's shop and are fooled and brainwashed by the smooth-talking waiter, there will basically be nothing left for them to spend!
In this way, it only took three days for Su Chen's shop to become completely popular!
In order to cope with the overwhelming orders, Su Chen directly sent out all the old housekeepers.
Recruit manpower and expand production. As production volume increases, the supply of iron ore will soon be unable to keep up.
So, Su Chen simply stopped doing it and stopped using the iron ore!
Purchase broken iron tools from the people, melt them all and make them yourself!
In this way, although the cost has increased a lot, the effect of attracting business is indeed extremely good!
The scale of these shops has been expanded several times, but demand still exceeds supply.
At this time, the blacksmith shop of Changsun's family reacted belatedly.
Because their shop suddenly became deserted and no one cared about it.
News that the business of the most important shops in Changsun's family was suddenly bleak quickly spread back to Chang'an.
Before leaving, the head of the family, Changsun Wuji, told him that during his absence, Changsun Chong would take care of everything.
Changsun Chong never expected that he, the acting head of the family, would face such a problem not long after he took office.
Changsun Chong was also used to being arrogant and domineering. When he heard that someone was trying to steal business from his family, his first reaction was to get furious!
I'm going to come right to my door to see who is so bold!
His move really scared many elders in the clan!
You know, His Majesty Li Er has just promulgated laws to encourage merchants, and there have been rumors circulating that His Majesty may cancel the status of merchants as untouchables.
If trouble is caused at this juncture, wouldn't it be suspected of deliberately going against the current emperor?
In recent years, as Changsun Wuji's status has increased, and Changsun's family is the parent family of the current empress.
