After sending thirty mirrors to the emperor, the emperor gave some of them to ministers, which attracted the attention of many people, and the demand for glass mirrors gradually emerged. Li Zhi could sell more than ten of them every day in shops in Beijing and Tianjin.
Although it was not possible to sell out all the mirrors produced by Li Zhi, it also brought Li Zhi considerable profits.
In March alone, Li Zhi sold 324 small mirrors, 137 large medium-sized mirrors, and 28 larger dressing mirrors.
The best-selling product is the small mirror. Although it is only about the size of a palm, it is cheaper and can barely meet the needs of women for dressing up. Far fewer people buy medium-sized mirrors. These days, thirty taels of silver can buy half a small mirror.
In the courtyard, there are not many people who are willing to spend thirty taels for a medium-sized mirror. After all, there are still only a limited number of rich families. And those who spend hundreds of dollars to buy a dress mirror are all powerful and wealthy businessmen. There are twenty-eight customers who buy a dress mirror.
When I come to buy mirrors, I always send family members to buy them, and the family members I send always cheer for me.
In March, the mirror brought Li Zhi a profit of eleven thousand taels, which was equal to the profit of a textile factory and was very impressive.
However, Li Zhi felt that the profits of this mirror should still increase. On this day, he was thinking about how to increase the sales of mirrors in his store in Tianjin Acropolis. He saw Cha Yunke, the nephew of the governor Cha Dengbei, riding a horse with two servants.
Okay, come over.
When Zha Yunke saw Li Zhi, he jumped off his horse and said loudly: "I didn't find the guerrilla general in Fanjiazhuang, so the general is here!"
Now that Chadenbei has become the governor, his relatives and family members have followed the chickens and dogs to heaven and become important figures in Tianjin. Although the governor's nephew does not have an official title, the business he runs is actually the business of the governor Chadenbei, and his influence is also
More than ordinary officials. Li Zhi did not dare to neglect, and said with a cupped hand: "Li Zhi came to the Acropolis to check out the store, but he didn't expect that Mr. Cha was left running around!"
Zha Yunke smiled, walked to Li Zhi's shop and looked at the mirror again. He took a look in front of the mirror and said, "This mirror of the guerrilla general is really a rare and good thing."
Li Zhi smiled and said: "Master Cha, do you want to buy one?"
Cha Yunke said: "Buy one side and buy one side. I also look at myself from time to time!"
Li Zhi was delighted that the business came to his door. He was about to ask someone to help Cha Yunke pack the mirrors when he heard Cha Yunke say: "Guerrilla general, I'm here to discuss business with you!"
Li Zhi asked with a smile: "What business are you talking about?"
Cha Yunke said: "I will buy a thousand medium-sized mirrors with you this year and sell them to Japan."
The mirrors Li Zhi sells are cheaper than Western mirrors, and the products are competitive in the Japanese country. Moreover, the Japanese country is rich in silver and prices are quite high. Cha Yunke used to make a profit selling mirrors.
Li Zhi was happy when he saw a big deal coming to his door, but he said calmly: "Master Cha, does he need so many mirrors?"
Cha Yunke said: "Guerrilla General, please make a price!"
"Twenty-eight ounces, no more."
"The guerrilla general deceived me. I made a thousand coins at a time, and you only gave me two taels less?"
Li Zhi smiled and said, "My mirror business is getting more and more popular. It is estimated that the price will increase in two months. Twenty-eight taels is not high enough for you!"
Cha Yunke spat: "The guerrilla general regards future predictions as the current harvest! Use the predictions to negotiate the price with me."
"Then how much did you say?"
"Twenty-five taels, no more!"
"Master Cha, are you kidding me?"
Li Zhi smiled and bargained with Na Cha Yunke for a long time, and finally decided to sell him a thousand medium-sized mirrors at a price of twenty-seven taels a piece. The business was settled, but Li Zhi did not have so much inventory.
Zha Yunke was not in a hurry, saying that he would not go to sea until June, so he could just ask Li Zhi to prepare all the goods for him before June.
Cha Yunke shipped 20% of the goods, 5,400 taels, as a deposit the next day. Li Zhi asked the five workers in the mirror workshop to stop the production of large coat and crown mirrors and concentrate on producing medium-sized mirrors.
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The demand for glass mirrors is still growing.
Huan'er, a maid from the Chen family in the pottery shop, was sitting in the young lady's room that day, chatting with her while eating cucumber slices.
"Miss, do you know that the third lady of the Liu family next door bought a large glass mirror for thirty taels of silver."
Miss Chen asked: "Is it such an expensive mirror? Is it better than a bronze mirror?"
Huan'er swallowed a piece of cucumber and said: "There are three types of glass mirrors, the small one is as big as a palm, which is ten taels; the big one is as big as a human face, which is thirty taels; and the largest one is one hundred and fifty taels. I heard from Cui'er of the Liu family,
That mirror is much better than a bronze mirror. Not only can you see people's faces clearly, but you can also see eyebrows and eyelashes clearly." Huan'er pinched another piece of cucumber and stuffed it into his mouth, and said: "That mirror was made by the Li family in the east of the city, and they sell it.
The Li family in Soap’s east city.”
"The things made by the Li family in the east of the city must be pretty good." Miss Chen thought for a moment and said, "Huan'er, go to the Liu family and lend me a mirror. If it's good, we'll buy one too."
Huan'er was stunned and said, "What if the Liu family doesn't lend me such an expensive thing?"
Miss Chen said: "No, the third sister of the Liu family likes to show off the most. If she has good things, she will definitely be willing to lend them to you for display."
When Huan'er heard this, she thought about it, gave up the cucumber slices, and went to borrow a mirror from the Liu family. She found the third sister of the Liu family, explained her purpose, and heard the third sister say proudly: "Since I bought it,
If you get this mirror, the people who come to borrow it to look at it will have to cross my threshold, and I can't stop it. Come on, Miss Huang just happened to return the mirror, so I'll lend it to you for a look."
The third sister asked the maid Cui'er to fetch the mirror, covered it with a piece of red silk and handed it to Huan'er, saying: "This is a mirror worth thirty taels of silver. Please take it carefully and don't drop it on the ground and break it!"
Huan'er agreed wholeheartedly, happily took the mirror and walked back to Chen's house.
Halfway through, Huan'er couldn't help but secretly opened the red silk and took a look. When she looked at the glass mirror, she saw her own eyebrows clearly printed on the mirror. Huan'er had never seen that before.
Seeing her look so clearly, she screamed in surprise and almost dropped the mirror to the ground.
It turns out that if I look carefully, I look quite good-looking.
Huan'er happily walked back to the lady's boudoir, handed the mirror to the lady, and said: "Miss, it's just like what you said. The third sister of the Liu family lent me the mirror."
Miss Chen smiled, put the mirror on the table, and uncovered the red silk.
After taking a look in the mirror, Miss Chen screamed out.
"It turns out this is what it looks like when I look closely!"
Huan'er came over and looked at the small mirror and said, "Miss, you are very beautiful. If you look closely, you look better than me!"
Miss Chen's eyes rolled and she spat: "Looking more carefully, I look better than you? How do you know what you look like when you look carefully? Did you peek secretly on the road?"
Huan'er was stunned for a moment before she realized that she had spilled the beans, and said sarcastically: "I just took a sneak peek."
Miss Chen snorted and stopped lecturing Huan'er. She looked left and right in front of the mirror for a long time and said: "With this mirror, you can only know how to apply rouge when applying eyebrows. It won't be like looking at a bronze mirror."
It was so blurry back then.”
After thinking about it, Miss Chen said: "This is really a good thing, but we don't need such a big one. One as big as a palm is enough. Huan'er, go to the box and get ten taels of silver and buy a side of ten taels."
Here comes the little mirror!”
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