Clan Prosperity Starting With My Servant Girls-Chapter 250: Sima Long’s Woes
While this was going on, someone familiar arrived at the retail store.
A horse carriage stopped right next to where Lin Xuan Qi was and the doors opened.
Sima Long waved at Lin Xuan Qi with a smile but Lin Xuan Qi could see that he was looking rather pale.
The cold must have made Sima Long weak and he was still recovering from it.
"You shouldn’t have come." Lin Xuan Qi came up to Sima Long and tried to help him down the horse carriage.
Sima Long shook his head and was able to step down from the stairs, slower than he usually would.
"I’m getting better now, and being cooped up at home after so many days is making me crazy." Sima Long said and he glanced at the long queue with a sigh of relief.
Lin Xuan Qi saw that he came alone and asked, "How is Zhang Jie?"
Sima Long gave him a faint smile and said, "My wife is still recovering, there are some complications but..."
He hesitated for a moment and said, "...Don’t worry, I would have done well enough for the family to put in the best resources they have for her."
Lin Xuan Qi frowned and nodded his head in silence.
Being a mortal in a cultivation clan wasn’t easy.
And it was especially so in one that has many established branches of the family.
Sima Long only had Sima Ye to help him in the family but it wasn’t enough for Sima Long to be able to enjoy much of what the family had.
By now, it was war at the queue and even with some of those who didn’t want to splurge too much on the soap, there were still many that had stayed on.
Soon, some of them thought about raising the price even more and one of them shouted over at Lu Ting.
"Make the price for one bar of the soap nine hundred copper coins"
"Nine hundred copper coins is still too low, make it a tael of silver."
"I’m willing to pay two taels of silver for each bar of soap."
They bid the price up voluntarily to have a chance at the soap with the price going up in an astronomical increase very quickly.
Lin Xuan Qi pondered for a moment.
He wouldn’t want the price to go out of reach for most and he would have settled at eight hundred copper coins.
But when he thought about the plight of his buddy Sima Long, he decided to settle for a tael of silver for a bar of soap.
A ten times increase from the price of a hundred copper coins previously.
"Alright, the price shall be a tael of silver for a bar of soap and five taels of silver for a gift box." Lin Xuan Qi made his decision and shouted at the long queue.
Those who were able to afford it grinned when they saw more of the buyers drop out from the queue.
But it was still a heated competition with more than half of the queue left.
What came next was for them to pray that their servants were much earlier in the queue to be able to get some.
Some cursed themselves for wasting their time on makeup before they came over to the retail store.
They would have been able to be much further front in the queue.
But it was too late now.
"Next ten!" Lu Ting shouted and the next ten in the queue scurried into the retail shop immediately.
Within a few moments they grabbed a gift box, paid for it and left the retail shop.
Their young mistresses were full of smiles and smirked at the other young mistresses.
"I guess I will get back home first."
"We can be at your place for tea later in the afternoon."
"Sure, we must discuss on... you know."
These chatters sounded like taunts and curses to those without a gift box of soap.
They ground their teeth and seethed with anger.
I must get one. They thought silently to themselves and waited impatiently for the next batch.
"As you can see, brother Sima Long, the business is doing very well." Lin Xuan Qi said and glanced at Sima Long.
Sima Long was nodding his head to what he saw and heard.
It was such a relief for him.
After the first batch of sale, things stopped to a halt and the Sima Family began to doubt him again.
The rebellion didn’t help and the guards sent to protect the factories and mansion of Lin Xuan Qi were done as their last deed of investment in Sima Long and Lin Xuan Qi.
For the head of the family and the elders in the Sima Family, getting results was crucial.
And luckily for Sima Long, it seems like Lin Xuan Qi had pulled it off once more.
Zhang Jie shall be nursed back to health soon, Sima Long thought with a frown on his eyebrow.
Lin Xuan Qi saw it but he kept quiet. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
The best thing he could do now for Sima Long was to ensure the success and stability of the soap business.
And on top of that maybe the MSG business might be able to help.
"I think we can think of expanding the business to other cities soon." Lin Xuan Qi said.
"Other cities?" Sima Long asked with astonishment but recalled that it was part of the plan all along.
After which he asked, "Which city do you have in mind?"
"How about the Capital City?" Lin Xuan Qi glanced at him and said.
The Capital City was where the emperor was and he didn’t want to be in a situation where the citizens of the Da Qian Dynasty had access to the soap except for the emperor.
He knew from history that most emperors had their quirks and pettiness.
Lin Xuan Qi wouldn’t want to risk it so the Capital City would be a great place to start with for their expansion.
And besides the thing about the emperor, the richest of them all were concentrated in the Capital City.
Clans and families with thousands of years of accumulation resided there.
