Collect crowd into immortals

"Princess, what should we do now?"

After leaving the school, naturally, several students representing Master Qingxuan gathered together.

As for Kong Zhen, Ji Mingchun, and Gong Yu, they also left calmly.

They don't know why, but they do it.

Everything happened naturally, nothing was wrong.

In the minds of Meng Huai and others, starting from today, they graduated and it was time to make a difference. It happened that the ideals of several people were very similar and they all wanted to make a difference, so they gathered together.

"It's better to go to your home. Master said that the common people are the most numerous and the most powerful in the world. We have to go and see with our own eyes!"

"Okay, then go to my house!"

……

For a moment.

Several people came to Meng Huai's home.

"Mom, these are my classmates, come and take a look!"

"Oh oh oh, come on in and sit down! Come on in and sit down!"

Seeing that her son had brought a beautiful woman over, Meng Huai's mother was so happy that she couldn't stop caring about Ji Mingyao, which made Meng Huai sweatdrop on his forehead.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Meng Huai pulled his mother to the kitchen and whispered: "Mom, she is my classmate, and we went to school with the Master!"

"We went to school together at Master's place?"

Hearing this, Meng's mother suddenly woke up.She knew that the master was not an ordinary person, and those who could study under his banner were not ordinary people either.Not to mention that the other party is a woman.

As for her Meng Huai, it was just bad luck.

Thinking of this, Mother Meng immediately nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, "Okay, okay, mother knows! Mother knows! Come over quickly and entertain all your classmates!"

But who would have expected that just a short while later, Ji Mingyao came over in person.

"Hello, Auntie!"

"Good good!"

Knowing the identity of the other party, Meng's mother seemed very cautious. She rubbed her hands back and forth, not knowing how to put them down.

Seeing this, Ji Mingyao said: "Auntie, don't be nervous. Mingyao came here just to ask about some things from my aunt! What are you usually busy with?"

After hearing the question, Meng's mother stuttered back: "There is nothing busy, just chopping firewood, cooking, weaving, washing clothes, feeding chickens and ducks, cutting grass for pigs, and so on.

If I have the opportunity, I will also take on some sewing, repairing, dusting and transportation work. "

"Then how much money can our family save every year?"

"Hey! How can there be any surplus? It's just enough to eat! I need to buy all the needles and threads, pots and pans, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar that I need in daily life. I can't save any money at all. Fortunately, the master doesn't charge for it, otherwise my family would be pregnant I must not even be able to read a book!"

"What about other families?"

"It's the same with other families! They all live barely!"

"Did you have a good time?"

"If they are good, there are some! But most of them have shops in the city or have connections. We ordinary people are basically the same!"

"Have you got a shop? Can you live a good life if you have a shop?"

"That's right. As long as you have a shop or a workshop, no matter if you are a tofu maker or a blacksmith, you can live a good life."

"Is that so..."

Ji Mingyao was thoughtful.You can live a good life if you have a shop. This is quite simple. All you have to do is open a few more.

Is this the only way to bring these people together?

It shouldn't be that simple, right?

After continuing to ask Mother Meng about daily life, Ji Mingyao returned to the courtyard.

"Is it useful to open a shop or a workshop?"

"It should be possible! I asked my aunt about it, and she said that anyone who opens a shop is doing well!"

"This? How about we ask Meng Huai and the others and see what they say. Meng Huai, Chen Mu, what do you think?"

"Princess, Brother Qian, based on my many years of experience, it is indeed a good time to open a store. However, I haven't tried it specifically. I really don't know how it will work!"

"I don't know, but opening a store requires capital, and we simply can't open it here."

"Don't worry, my Qian Shengfu is here, what are you afraid of?" Ji Mingyao said nonchalantly.They have plenty of money here.Don't be afraid of this at all.

When Qian Shengfu heard this, he pursed his lips and said nothing more.

Anyway, his family has so much money, it shouldn't be a problem to get some.

But, "But princess, everyone, let's just open a store, right?"

"It really doesn't work! Master said that there is strength in numbers, so all the people have to be organized! So the more shops you open, the better! This is called gathering momentum!"

"Then I have a question. If we open so many stores, who will sell the products we make?"

"To whom?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.

Yes, the purpose of opening a store is to sell things. They organized all the people to open the store, but what about the products produced?We can't all rot in the store!
After a while, someone came up with such an idea.

"You guys think, can it be like this? Everyone opens a store and then sells the products to each other. Doesn't this create a cycle? You need mine, I need yours, and the cycle goes on endlessly!"

"The cycle goes on and on? Is this possible? Why does it feel unreliable!"

"It's really unreliable!" Qian Shengfu said: "You may not know that any oil and cloth shop can meet the needs of a street.

If you all open stores, then unless you only open one store for each business, no one will make any money, and you may even be unable to open a store. "

"Then...then...what should we do?"

Everyone ran out of ideas.

There are at least a hundred people on their street. How can there be so many businesses open for them?

Moreover, they simply can't afford restaurants, butcher shops, tea shops, jewelry shops, etc. on one street, so opening a shop shouldn't solve this problem.

then what should we do?They can't just declare failure before they even start the experiment!
At this time, Meng Huai suddenly said: "Everyone, Master said before that the origin of good deeds comes from mutual help in primitive society.

You think, is it possible for us to follow this approach? "

"Is this the case? Aren't you still helping each other now? I remember you said it in class, and you verified it!"

"The princess doesn't know something. Our mutual help here is focused on major matters, and it's also focused on what everyone needs. It's rare for someone to give away their private property for free!"

"Private property? What do you mean?"

"I mean, what if we open a tofu shop and distribute the tofu to all the neighbors for free?"

"Free distribution, how is this possible? You are simply losing money. You won't be able to continue doing it for two days!"

In this regard, Qian Shengfu can be said to be quite unfavorable.

It’s free, and they can get it for you in one day. Are you going to do it the next day?
If you do, they will continue to receive it. How many days can you survive like this?

"I don't think it's reliable either!"

At this time, Ji Mingyao also shook his head and objected.Although she really wanted to try what Master said about gathering momentum, she had no intention of trying such a short-term strategy of giving out free gifts.This looks like there is no future!

At this time, Meng Huai added: "Don't worry, listen to me first. It is true that free distribution will not last long, but what if our raw materials are free of charge?"

"There is no charge for raw materials? What does this mean?"

"What I mean is that we can use the raw materials from our neighbors and we will process them for free!"

"Free processing? Then the people who work are doing it in vain?"

"Well, we can also make some money."

At this time, Xia Yang added from the side: "I understand what Meng Huai is thinking. What he means is that this shop can make money, but at most it will earn a little processing fee, and the rest will be given to the villagers.

In this way, the cost for everyone to buy things drops, and the same money can buy more things.

Wouldn't they live a better life this way?
Are you more dependent on us?Gather under our banner! "

Hearing this, Ji Mingyao thought thoughtfully, "It seems to make sense!"

But at this time, Qian Shengfu asked again: "What should I do if the prices in those stores have increased?"

Chen Mu said: "How is it possible to increase the price? We open that store. If we say we won't increase the price, then we won't increase the price!"

"Then what if we are no longer here? By then they have mastered every aspect of the street, and what if they all raise prices together?"

"This... this is indeed possible! But since they have raised the price, there will naturally be lower prices, so there shouldn't be a problem, right?

Besides, we can also educate them, leave them with ancestral precepts, and tell them not to raise prices. "

When Qian Shengfu heard this, he narrowed his eyes and said nothing.

Aren't these ancestral precepts meant to be violated? How can they be taken seriously?

But he also knew that this method was probably the most likely to be realized now.As for the future, let’s talk about it later!
After reaching an agreement, everyone began to work together.

It was left to Meng Huai, Chen Mu, and Xia Yang to secure the land, raw materials, and repair work for the workshop.

Qian and Shengfu were responsible for the training of workers and related tools for grinding tofu, and they also asked him to come forward to borrow a batch of money from the Qian family.

It was up to Ji Mingyao to handle the official and dark side matters, ensuring that no one would come to disturb the tofu shop when it was under construction.

In this way, several people performed their duties, and the tofu shop was soon under construction.

On the day the work started, people from almost the entire street came to help.

Because they all know that these people in their street are practicing under a mysterious master, and they will definitely be successful in the future, so they are very enthusiastic.

Besides, Meng Huaike said that he opened this workshop purely for the benefit of everyone and only collected three-thirds of the profits. So, there was no reason for them to refuse.

With the help of everyone, the tofu shop was quickly opened.

And soon, the first batch of tofu came out of the pot.

"how is it going?"

The tofu master took a bite, and then nodded heavily, "Yeah! That's it! It's almost the same as what's sold on the street. It might be better if you be more careful in the future!"

Hearing this, Meng Huai and others did not care about anything else and cut a piece to try.

Everyone nodded in praise at the end.

"It does work!"

"Come on, come on, weigh it quickly, weigh it quickly, and see how many there are!"

After a while, the waiter came and reported: "It's 98 pounds!"

“98 jins, excluding what we just ate, it’s about [-] jins.

For one hundred kilograms, we used forty kilograms of soybeans, ten kilograms of firewood, and two workers. If we include the master, that’s three people. In addition, we also have brine, and the labor and tools for purchasing soybeans. The loss..."

After a while, Shen Mu calculated the cost, "Our daily cost is about 650 Wen. If we follow the three-point profit we set before, it will be 670 Wen.

In other words, each kilogram of tofu costs six cents and seven cents. "

"Six cents and seven cents, so let's calculate it as seven cents. It's easy to calculate! And we still have to pay taxes!"

"also!"

Everyone nodded, tax must be paid, otherwise not even the government, not even Ji Mingyaoke, who was also involved, would agree.

"Shengfu, what's the price of tofu in our market? It's only seven or eight cents! About eight cents! The better ones cost nine or ten cents!"

"That's it, then it seems we shouldn't have to worry about selling!"

After discussing the price, the tofu shop started to open.

"Tofu, hot tofu, only seven cents per catty! Tofu! Tofu! Fragrant tofu!"

"Seven cents, so cheap, give me half a catty!"

"I want a catty!"

Unexpectedly, the tofu shop was overwhelmed by the crowd just after it opened.

The guys in the store were busy.

Beside, Meng Huai and others were also excited to watch.

Based on this situation, they must have taken the right step!
However, the good times did not last long. On the second day, there were far fewer people here.

After asking, they learned that they had not finished yesterday's tofu and would continue to eat it today.What's more, you can't eat tofu every day.

There was no other way, so Meng Huai and others could only push a cart and go to the street to sell.

After doing the math at home, they realized that they had lost money today (not counting their labor). Fortunately, they had a few laborers, so it wasn't too much of a loss.

After that, Meng Huai and others continued their efforts and continued to open an oil shop, a vinegar shop, a bun shop, a steamed bun shop, and also developed several other projects, such as tofu nao and tofu pudding.

After these stores were opened, the number of people working under them quickly exceeded 15, and due to the agglomeration effect, their costs were reduced a lot.

Profits increased further.

After that, Meng Huai and others once again called on the neighbors to repair the houses on the entire street.

Those who have manpower give manpower, and those who don’t have manpower give money.

Under their call, this matter was indeed accomplished.

And taking this opportunity, Meng Huai and his friends further expanded their store, and even opened a breakfast shop, a noodle shop, and a food stall.

After calculating the cost, they found that bricks, shovels, hammers, etc. were their biggest expenses, and they opened a brick kiln, a blacksmith shop, a carpenter shop, and a tableware factory.

As for the land issue, Meng Huai and others also came forward and organized a group of people to carry out planting.

For a time, the entire Osmanthus Alley joined their banner.

At this time, everyone has started to receive wages, so they are not willing to spend money, so the business of each workshop has entered a prosperous stage, and all have guaranteed profits.

Even dozens of streets around them often come to them for consumption.

For a time, Osmanthus Alley became a rising star in Chenggu County.

Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages.

Their business is doing well and they are living a good life, but the merchants who rely on these businesses to make a living are having a hard time.