tkworld 0186: The Elf Who Sneaks In.
0186: The Elf Who Sneaks In.
Qiao Ji bid farewell to the old doctor, and took Lei Nai back to his home on the third floor.
"Tap Tat Tat..."
"Crackling."
"Master, welcome back. Xue Nai has already seen the carriage downstairs, and has been standing at the door waiting for the door to open.
The white cat girl stepped aside, allowing Qiao Ji and Lei Nai to walk in.
"Are you obedient at home today?
Qiao Ji entered the house, pampering the white cat girl's head.
When he just got off the carriage, he looked up at the window on the third floor, where the white cat girl was lying there waiting.
Qiao Ji's eagle-eyed talent can clearly see the situation on the third floor, just in time for Xue Nai's sparkling eyes.
"I've packed the house."
Xue Nai's fair and tender face flushed slightly, and she said shyly, "Master, there is still half an hour before we can have dinner, the oily and spicy noodles we are eating tonight.
She just learned this delicacy at noon, and those who failed all went into her stomach.
So much so that the white cat girl is very full in the afternoon, not wasting food is what she has always done.
"Our Xiaoxue is getting more and more capable."
Qiao Ji showed a warm smile, stepped forward and sat down in the living room.
Xue Nai's scallion and jade fingers kept twirling the end of her hair, blushing blushingly and stammering, "It's all...it's all thanks to the lord.
"Boom boom boom..."
While the two of Qiao Ji were talking, there was a knock on the door.
"It should be Miss Peishan." Xue Nai immediately got up to open the door.
"Crackling."
"Thank you, Xiaoxue." Peishan walked in holding a book made of more than ten pages of parchment paper.
She usually lives on the second floor of the perfume shop, and now she comes back to report the situation of the shop.
"Lord."
Under Qiao Ji's instruction, Pei Shan sat down opposite the latter and placed the parchment on the table.
"It's been hard recently." Qiao Ji cared in a gentle voice.
"My lord, don't worry, I'll report the sales of Qianxiang Pavilion in the last half month."
Peishan adjusted her sitting posture, picked up the parchment book, opened it, and reported, "Now there are 300 bottles of perfume in Qianxiang Pavilion every day, and they were all robbed in less than half an hour."
"Yeah." Qiao Ji listened carefully with her chin resting on one hand.
"Perfume costs 9.9 gold coins per bottle, and the income of 300 bottles of perfume a day is more than 2,900 gold coins, and after half a month, it is more than 4,500 gold coins...
Peishan held the parchment in her snow-white hands and reported very professionally.
………." Qiao Ji didn't interrupt the legitimate loli's report, but just listened quietly.
"Master, the income needs to be deducted from the cost. The 300 bottles of perfume per day include labor, bottles, essential oils and alcohol, etc. The cost of each bottle is about 20 copper coins, which needs to be deducted..."
Pei Shan took a sip of water and paused for a moment, her eyes flickered in shock, "Our store is free, labor is also very cheap, and our profits are terribly high.
The first such lucrative business.
How to make so much money?
After hearing this, Lei Nai was shocked inwardly. He earned tens of thousands of gold coins in half a month. Perfume is really a huge profit business.
"Not bad." Qiao Ji nodded in satisfaction, and asked, "What's the situation with inferior perfumes now?"
"My lord, the second-class perfume started selling eight days ago. Before that, it was about a thousand bottles a day, and now the number is increasing every day..."
Pei Shan blinked her blue eyes and continued to report.
The reason why the number of inferior perfumes is increasing every day is that the workers who make pottery bottles are becoming more and more skilled.
In another half a month, when more people are recruited, the product may reach 10,000 bottles.
"Well, continue." Qiao Ji analyzed.
"My lord, the price of the second-class perfumes in Qianxiang Pavilion is based on the popularity, and the price fluctuates around 1 to 5 silver coins."
Peishan carefully looked at the data on the sheepskin, looked up and smiled, "Nowadays, many small wealthy businessmen and families can afford it, which is also one of the reasons for the continuous increase in turnover.
"It doesn't take half a day for a thousand bottles of perfume to be sold out, which is a good speed." The corner of Huan Ji's mouth raised a nice curve.
Of course, second-tier perfumes earn a fraction of what premium perfumes do, but they make more money than many businesses.
"Is there any major problem with Qianxiang Pavilion recently?" Qiao Ji asked.
Since the launch of perfume sales, it has become a very hot topic in the imperial capital during this period.
Regardless of men and women, as long as you don't wear perfume when you go out, you will attract stares.
After all, perfume is expensive, and those who can afford perfume must have a good family background, and an invisible chain of contempt has formed over time.
Who makes some people not like to take a bath, it is difficult to cover up the smell of the body with a sachet.
"It's fine for the time being. The knights of the inspection department are patrolling. They don't dare to make any small moves." Pei Shan reached out and fiddled with the hair that was blown by the wind.
"That's good."
Qiao Ji felt relieved for the time being, and asked with her eyes blinking, "By the way, Peishan, how is the sachet business on No. 1 Avenue of the Imperial Capital?"
He also remembered the Reed Bran thing.
"It's very poor. I have observed it. I can't sell a few sachets in a day."
Pei Shan covered her mouth with a light smile and said, "Those shops selling flowers have little influence."
The impact on sachets has been overwhelming since the launch of the second-best fragrance eight days ago.
In the past, there were hundreds of people going in and out of the sachet shop a day, but now there are only a few dozen people.
"As expected."
A sneer appeared on the corner of Qiao Ji's mouth, and he ordered, "Lei Nai, let people pay attention to those flower fields, if there is a riot or something like that, they can prepare to buy them.
Shops that sell flowers can't consume much inventory in a day, and sachets are the main force for consuming flowers.
Nowadays, sachets are no longer available, and flowers will inevitably accumulate a lot of inventory.
"Yes." Lei Nai couldn't help but covered her mouth and smiled.
Now she thinks of Reed Bran's face, combined with the current situation that the sachets cannot be sold, she feels very happy.
"My lord, there is one more thing. There are nobles from other places who want to sell our perfume." Peishan said, fluttering her thick eyelashes.
Of course, not only the aristocrats came to ask, but also many wealthy businessmen came to ask, but she didn't pay attention to them.
Compared with the nobles, the price that the rich merchants can offer is still far behind, and the privileges are also far behind, so there is no point wasting time on these people.
"Who's there?" Qiao Ji raised her eyebrows curiously.
"There are Viscount Orin, Earl Mocha..." Peishan opened the parchment and recorded the names of the visiting nobles.
Among them, the viscount and the earl visited the most. The marquis and the duke were one of the few in the empire.
"Reject them all." Qiao Ji shook her head without hesitation.
As for the foreign market, he still wants to keep the perfume as a bargaining chip to open up channels, so it's not worth handing it over now.
Qiao Ji is not the kind of person who only cares about short-term interests. It is wise to take a long-term approach to catch big fish.
"Understood." Peishan was very business-minded, and after thinking about it for a while, she knew that it was a loss at all.
Immediate interests are not big interests.
LILA J...
"Zizizi..."
While Qiao Ji and the others were talking, a strong fragrance came from the kitchen.
Xue Nai poked her head out from the kitchen, and said in a soft voice, "The oil-splashed noodles are ready, it's time to serve.
"I'll help." Lei Nai immediately got up and walked into the kitchen.
The two brought out four oversized white porcelain bowls from the kitchen. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are vegetable serving bowls, because they are really big.
"Ah..." Pei Shan was stunned for a moment.
She couldn't believe her eyes at this moment, why did she use such a precious big bowl as tableware?
Qiao Ji saw the legal loli's mouth opened in astonishment, and explained with a smile, "It's nothing, I must use the best for my own use.
He can make as many of these porcelain bowls as he wants, and he doesn't care or feel distressed.
..." Peishan still didn't realize it, she just nodded blankly.
She thought in her heart, if such a large porcelain bowl was placed in the store just for display, it would probably attract a lot of people to come and see it.
Qiao Ji ignored Pei Shan who was standing still, and took a mouthful of oily noodles with her chopsticks.
He chewed it a few times to show a satisfied expression, and praised, "Xiaoxue's cooking skills have improved rapidly, and it's really delicious.
The spicy and fragrant feeling of oil-splashed noodles is brought into full play in this bowl of noodles.
"It's great that the master likes it." A satisfied smile appeared on Xue Nai's soft face.
At that time, you can teach this oil-splashed noodles to the people in the small restaurant, and then you can open another store.
"Peishan, don't be dazed, come and eat quickly."
Qiao Ji beckoned, and if she didn't stop doubting the legitimate loli in her life, her face would turn cold.
"Yes, my lord." Pei Shan patted her cheek lightly before recovering.
"Boom boom boom..."
Everyone was eating dinner and there was a knock on the door suddenly.
"Huh?" Qiao Ji frowned slightly, and said softly, "Who will come over at night?"
The main reason is that Lian Xin hasn't come recently, neither has her god-sister, if she wants to come, she will come through the window.
Besides, is there anyone else?
"I'll go and have a look." Xue Nai put down her chopsticks, stood up and opened the door.
"Crackling."
As soon as the door opened, Liya slipped in directly.
"It's you, why are you here so late?" Huan Ji remembered the elf girl in front of him.
"Ah...this...that...that..."
Liya looked at the dining table greedily, pointed her two index fingers at each other, and said falteringly, "I smelled a very fragrant fragrance downstairs, so I'm a little curious."
After the elf girl smelled the fragrance downstairs, she sneaked up while others were not paying attention.
"Come on, let's eat together.
Qiao Ji instantly understood, this is a little greedy cat.
He looked at Xue Nai, smiled and said, "Xiao Xue, go prepare an extra bowl."
"It just so happens that there is still a kitchen." Xue Nai's white eyes smiled into crescents.
Fortunately, she knows that everyone in the family has a big appetite, and she will prepare more every time she cooks.
"Is it really possible?" Liya showed a cute smile.
"Of course." Qiao Ji nodded 610.
Xue Nai also came out of the kitchen at this moment, holding a bowl of hot oil-splashed noodles in front of the elf girl.
"Then I won't be polite, you are really good people." Liya's emerald green eyes showed a beautiful crescent arc in her smile.
"I'll eat more later." Qiao Ji looked at the elf girl with a pretty smile.
"My God, why do you use such a good baby to pack food?"
When Lia was about to eat, she found the porcelain bowl with noodles.
She held a large white porcelain bowl and looked at the crowd, her jewel-like eyes blinking non-stop.
Leah just thinks this bowl is very white and beautiful, and it feels delicate and smooth to the touch.
The elf girl has heard people say before that pottery needs to be fired many, many, many times before it will look good. This pottery must have cost a lot of gold coins, right?
"Hahaha... hurry up and eat, the noodles are fast
It's cold. "Qiao Ji won't reveal too much to the elf girl.
After all, the two of them are not familiar with each other, at most it is only a few encounters.
"Oh, yes."
Only then did Liya come to her senses, and lowered her head while holding the chopsticks, and began to eat heartily.
Of course, she is not used to using chopsticks, but this does not prevent her from eating noodles.
"Everyone eat quickly too.
Qiao Ji looked at the elf girl's eating appearance, smiled and shook her head, thinking that she was really cute.
"It's delicious, I've never eaten such delicious food."
Liya's cheeks were stuffed like a little squirrel, and she said in a funny voice, "My mouth is numb after eating, but it's delicious......
The elf girl didn't forget to eat while boasting, her cheeks were always round.
"Eat more, there are more." Xue Nai poured a glass of water for fear that the other party would choke.
"Okay." Liya felt from the bottom of her heart that Qiao Ji and the others were good people.
Because a person who can make such delicious food cannot be a bad person.
Liya would look at the porcelain bowl while eating, never seen such beautiful pottery.
"Eat slowly." Qiao Ji looked at the elf girl who was eating in the storm and smiled.
Half an hour later, everyone was full.
"I...I'll leave first." Liya was embarrassed to stay any longer.
"Thank you for the food, Hiccup..."
She was full of food, hiccupped while leaning against the wall, and stood up slowly.
I ate two full bowls.
The appetite of elves is similar to that of ordinary humans.
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