When His Majesty Li Er reorganized the clan annals, the Changsun family was also listed as the second aristocratic family after the Li family.
Overtly or covertly, I don't know how many pairs of eyes were watching their every move.
If someone gets caught, wouldn't it lead to a big mistake?
After a lot of effort, the elders calmed down Changsun Chong.
Changsun's house, in the hall.
Changsun Chong's clan uncle Sun Heng consoled him with sincerity: "Chong'er, you must not act rashly before you understand the whole story."
"Now that the master of the family and His Majesty are away, the water in Chang'an City is very deep, so we must be extra careful."
"The head of the family entrusts you with this important task because of his trust in you. You must not be impulsive and make a big mistake!"
Changsun Chong said helplessly: "But others have already come to bully us. Can't we just watch helplessly?"
"That person's shop is right opposite ours. This is a naked provocation!"
"I don't think so."
Changsun Heng shook his head and said: "According to the information reported by my servants, those shops seem to have opened overnight."
"How can ordinary people be so capable?"
"Besides, the things he sells in his shop are ten times cheaper than ours!"
"If he says he has no other purpose, I don't believe it!"
"Losing some money is a small matter, but not affecting the family is a big deal!"
After listening to Changsun Heng's education, Changsun Chong calmed down a lot.
This is indeed not something that ordinary people can do.
After frowning and thinking for a while, Changsun Chong asked doubtfully: "I really can't figure out what the purpose of this person is for doing this!"
"According to his selling price, wouldn't it mean that he would lose a lot of money every day?"
Changsun Heng said with certainty: "In my opinion, this person is probably coming for our Changsun family!"
"He would rather lose so much money than suppress the business of my eldest grandson's family."
"It shows that he doesn't care about money at all!"
"In other words, he didn't open this shop just to make money!"
"According to my preliminary inference, those shops add up to a daily loss of at least 100,000 yuan!"
"Being able to care nothing about such a large amount of money shows that that person's status is definitely not low!"
"What you are planning is certainly not small!"
"Uncle Clan, what should we do?" Changsun Chong was a little frightened by what he said.
If it is true as Changsun Heng analyzed, then this person is most likely coming for Changsun Wuji!
Being able to become Changsun Wuji's opponent is definitely not an ordinary person!
Even if you count the entire Tang Dynasty on your fingers, the number of qualified people will not exceed five!
A junior like him would never be able to deal with these people!
"wait!"
Changsun Heng said firmly: "We don't want to do anything, just wait for that person to reveal his true intentions!"
"But in this way, we will lose countless money every day!" Changsun Chong said a little distressed.
"There's nothing we can do about it."
Changsun Heng replied calmly: "The only thing we can do now is to remain unchanged in response to all changes."
"What's more, that person's losses may not be less than ours."
"Until the head of the family comes back, all this will be revealed!"
After a moment of silence, Changsun Chong continued to ask: "Uncle Clan, do you think that person might have come to our shop?"
"Or maybe he just wants to steal business from us?"
Changsun Heng shook his head and said: "It's absolutely impossible. Someone who can spend so much money will definitely look down on the income of a few shops!"
"Since he dares to quarrel with my eldest grandson's family, it shows that he is very confident!"
"How can a person with such an identity and background lack the means to make money?"
Changsun Chong was immediately convinced and continued to humbly ask for advice: "What should we do with those shops?"
Changsun Heng said casually: "Since we are no longer making money, let's just close it for the time being!"
"Our grandson's family can afford to lose this money!"
"Just try it with that person and see who has better patience and deeper knowledge!"
Changsun Chong thought for a while and felt that what his clan uncle said was completely reasonable. He couldn't afford to lose big because of small things, so he had to be on the safe side first!
So, he gave an order to close those shops directly.
At the same time, extra manpower was deployed to keep an eye on every move in the shop opposite day and night.
Three days later, Sujiazhuang.
The old housekeeper and Su Chen reported in detail the situation in the iron shop these days.
"What did you say?"
Su Chen asked in surprise: "Are all the shops in Changsun's family closed?"
"That's right."
The old housekeeper nodded and said: "There is no room left, all are closed!"
"Why is this?"
Su Chen frowned deeply.
"They don't even want those long-term orders?"
"Yes, Master."
The old butler nodded and said: "More than 80% of the long-term orders from each family have been taken over by us!"
Now, Su Chen was puzzled.
You must know that these long-term orders from various families are the main source of income for the iron shop, accounting for almost 70 to 80% of the total income of the eldest son's family.
But they still don’t want them all?
He originally thought that the Changsun family would react quickly after learning about this incident.
To this end, he also prepared countless back-ups.
But now that the old housekeeper is talking about it, why does it feel like the eldest son's family has simply given up resistance?
Su Chen was unusually confused.
Did these ancient people deal with their competitors this way?
Not only did they not resist, they also directly gave up their business. What is the logic of this?
After thinking for a while, he still had no clue. Su Chen didn't think about it anymore and continued to ask: "How are our profits?"
"To use the young master's words, the daily sales and costs are now almost offset."
The old butler continued: "We have stopped losing money since the third day we opened."
Hearing this, Su Chen nodded.
Although the price of the iron tools he sells is ten times cheaper than that of Changsun's family, that is because his technology is more advanced, the cost is lower, and the production efficiency is higher.
If you calculate it down, his pricing is quite reasonable.
Originally, he had specially prepared a large sum of money, hoping to continue a protracted price war until the Changsun family started to fight back.
But I didn't expect that he actually thought too much...
"Okay, go ahead and keep staring."
Su Chen ordered: "Pay more attention to the subsequent movements of the Changsun family."
"Okay, Master."
After the old housekeeper finished his report, he left in a hurry.
"What exactly is going on? Are all the eldest grandson's family philanthropists?" Su Chen murmured to himself.
…
Another half month later, Su Chen's shops not only managed to break even, but also started to make a profit!
Now, Su Chen suspected that the person in charge of the eldest son's family was not very smart.
