Travel to ancient times and make a fortune

The shopkeepers and managers of these two shops all came directly from Haiguo. They know the situation in their own country best, so they know better that Li Xiao's idea is unrealistic.

Li Xiao did not stop the shopkeeper from talking. He just waited for the person to finish speaking and then said with a smile: "In fact, in the final analysis, as long as the ice problem is solved, the shopkeeper's worries can basically be solved."

"This is actually not a big problem. Everyone eats first. When you are full, I will take you somewhere." After saying that, he took the lead in eating.

After the meal, Li Xiao took the two shopkeepers and four stewards to the backyard of Jixiang Restaurant, a shady former storage room.

When a few people arrived, Shopkeeper Lu from Jixiang Restaurant was already waiting there with two waiters.

"Hello madam, everything is ready." Shopkeeper Lu said respectfully.

"Well, let them start." After saying that, Li Xiao asked the others to follow Shopkeeper Lu, while he found a chair and sat down lazily.

Half an hour later, the six of them walked up to Li Xiao with surprised expressions on their faces.

"Boss, are you making ice now?" The person who spoke was the shopkeeper of the seafood shop.

It turned out that Li Xiao brought a few people over to witness the "miracle" of ice making.

In this world, ice cubes are stored in winter and used in summer.

In April and May, when Li Xiao and Ouyang Yiyun were in Jiangnan Mansion, they found some saltpeter in the other courtyard and took the opportunity to make ice.

Seeing a few people surprised at this time, he smiled and said: "Having seen it with your own eyes, how can it be false?"

"I know that you are all capable subordinates personally selected by my uncle, otherwise you would not be sent to Dali. Whether you are about Haiguo or the shop, you must know better than me. In the future, our shop's business will , I have to continue to rely on you all.”

“However, since I have taken over the shop, I hope they will get better and better in the days to come. I also hope that through the shop, more and more people can learn about Haiguo’s tea and Haiguo’s tea sets. , and seafood from Haiguo.”

"As you can see, the ice problem has now been solved, and I might as well tell you that all the auspicious restaurants in Dali will use this method of making ice."

"Tomorrow, each of you choose two trustworthy people to come to Jixiang Restaurant and learn how to make ice. As for saltpeter, all Jixiang Restaurants can use it for a fee."

In the following days, the business of the two shops was carried out in an orderly manner according to Li Xiao's plan.

On October 25, the two people who learned how to make ice at the seafood shop returned to Haiguo with the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper was worried and insisted on making the first trip in person to ensure that there would be no problems with the seafood shipment in the future. At the same time, he had to help Hai Tea House buy more tea sets.

As for the store, it was left to two stewards. Anyway, there wasn't much going on at the seafood shop until the new goods arrived.

On October [-], there were [-]% more customers in Hai Tea House than in the past.

On the first day of November, the top three spenders of Hai Tea House's first month-end special event took the notice sent by the tea house in advance and went to the tea house to pick up the tea sets early that morning.

And today, more people came to the tea house to drink tea. The private room was full. Many ladies and ladies came together and drank a cup of milk tea in the private room.

Then the next day, Hai Tea House’s milk tea became popular.

On the fourth day, Hai Tea House began to allow takeout of the milk tea series, which can be picked up by yourself or delivered to your door. A running fee will be charged for door-to-door delivery.

In the first three days alone, Hai Tea House's income was more than in the previous six days, and milk tea was still half price during these three days!
Compared to the Sea Tea House, the seafood shop's business has not changed much compared to the past because new products have not arrived.

Li Xiao, on the other hand, took a lot of things from the shop and prepared to cook in the small kitchen when he had time during the day.A few days ago, the shopkeeper of the seafood shop had some dry seafood dishes cooked for her. After Li Xiao ate them, she could only say that for her who has a slightly heavy taste, Haiguo's dishes were too light. .

So soon, thanks to his wife, Ouyang Yiyun was able to eat heavy seafood for several days.

Stir-fried dried squid, spicy and sour dried squid, spicy shrimp skin, spicy shrimp, spicy and sour oyster soup, braised dried abalone, etc. Anyway, all the dried seafood that Li Xiao brought back was used by her to try various heavy-tasting recipes. .

In the end, because Ouyang Yiyun got angry after eating for several days, Li Xiao made some light seafood soup.

On November [-]th, the seafood shop owner and his team finally came back!
Fortunately, we took the water route, so this time the shopkeeper transported a lot of goods at once.

The entire ship was chartered, less than one-third of the goods were tea leaves and tea sets for Hai Tea House, and the remaining two-thirds were all kinds of frozen seafood and cooked food products requested by Li Xiao.

All the goods are packed in special boxes. Those boxes are specially made to facilitate ice making at any time on the road.

Li Xiao went to see it in person, and there were all kinds of salmon, giant eels, mackerel, sardines, pomfret, swordfish, lobsters, shrimps, various sea shells, various conches, etc.

As for the cooked seafood products, the shopkeeper only brought a few of each, considering that the taste might be different. Li Xiao planned to use them for cooked food testing.

As soon as the new goods arrive, the seafood shop also starts to work on it.

First, the store launched activities such as tasting of overseas-style cooked food, buying frozen goods, and delivering dry goods.

Later, Li Xiao took out a batch of each seafood and sent it to Jixiang Restaurant. Jixiang Restaurant launches four seafood dishes every day, two heavy dishes prepared by Li Xiao, and two light dishes with maritime flavor. .

Once the seafood dishes were launched, they became the signature dishes of Jixiang Restaurant in just two days. Immediately afterwards, the business of the seafood shop also improved.

Soon, the stocks of the cooked food that had been brought were exhausted.

In late November, Li Xiao suddenly came up with the idea of ​​"store linkage".

So soon, the stores under Li Xiao's name and the stores under Ouyang Yiyun's name began to cooperate on a large scale and across fields.

For example, if you spend at a seafood shop or small vegetable shop and reach the designated limit, you will receive a corresponding point card. With the point card, you can deduct it when dining at Jixiang Restaurant.

For another example, if you go to Jixiang Restaurant or Hai Tea House and spend the designated amount, you can get coupons for down jackets. When you buy down jackets at Jinxiu Pavilion, you can get discounts based on the coupons.

Etc., etc.

The shops under the names of Li Xiao and Ouyang Yiyun are far more than these.

All of a sudden, all kinds of coupons, discount coupons, and point cards were flying all over the capital.

There are even people who are familiar with each other and exchange cards according to their own needs.

Throughout November, Li Xiao and his wife made a lot of money, and Li Xiao felt like he was floating every day when he walked.

In early December, because November had been fruitful, Li Xiao originally planned to "strike while the iron is hot" and "take advantage of the victory." However, an unexpected news disrupted her plan to make money...

(End of this chapter)