Chapter 206 Opening Business

Whether it was the commissioning of the chemical plant, the construction of employee dormitories, or the decoration of the flagship store, everything went very smoothly.

In less than five days, except for the employee dormitories which have not yet been built, the chemical plant has produced two batches of products.

There are regular soap and scented soap, as well as a large amount of moisturizing glycerin, which also comes in regular and scented types.

As for the flagship store, it was renovated according to Wang An's idea, and a group of veterans with unrestricted movements were selected. They put on repaired and brand new mandarin duck battle jackets, and paraded through the city with banners that read "Warm congratulations on the grand opening of Wang's Chemical Flagship Store", "Big sale for new store, enjoy 20% off when you enter the store", "Soap for bathing is clean and fragrant", etc., and beat drums and gongs.

Not only that, Wang An also specially hired some prostitutes who were dressed up in fancy clothes from the brothels and distributed them to passers-by with pre-printed bed sheets.

These Yao sisters had all taken a bath with real fragrance soap in advance, and also applied fragrance-enhancing moisturizing glycerin on their faces and arms, so the fragrance was everywhere they passed.

The confused men on the street were attracted by the sex and the soul. Some bold and experienced women even put their noses close to her and sniffed while asking: "You smell so good, young lady. Who is she?"

Whenever this time comes, the Yao sisters are not afraid of the stage, and say with a smile: "Do you want your wife to smell this good? Hurry up and go to Wangji Chemical Flagship Store to buy fragrance-enhancing soap and moisturizing glycerin. I guarantee that your wife will smell as good as me!"

The men were so bewitched that they lost their minds and souls. They only stopped when they were tired and hit the flyer in Liang Qi's hand.

In addition to the same slogan printed on the banner, the sheets also have images of real soap and moisturizing glycerin, with the fragrance and price written under each image.

These men who used to visit brothels without a qualm were shocked when they saw the prices. A palm-sized piece of scented soap actually cost six cents of silver.

Many low-level workers only earn seven or eight coins a month.
But when his eyes moved downwards, he immediately smiled again.

Because underneath the slogan was a line of words: "Wangji Chemical Flagship Store Grand Opening Sale, the first 100 customers every day enjoy a 50% discount!"

The old perverts twitched their nostrils, imagining that their own yellow-faced wives could be as fragrant as the prostitutes. They had some inexplicable reactions and rushed to Wangji Chemical Flagship Store according to the address on the bed sheet.

It’s not necessary to buy anything, the main thing is to join in the fun.

It’s not that there weren’t parades in ancient times, but they were usually carried in prison carts and pig cages, with the most evil people or adulterers and adulteresses paraded through the streets.

At most, you can be the top student in high school, who can ride a tall horse and parade through the city with a red flower.

How could an ordinary businessman do this, and use the Ming army?

Of course, the common people don’t know that these old soldiers are all retired and are just wearing their old clothes to bully others.

However, even so, if the city inspector reported Wang An for impersonating the Ming army, it would be enough to get him into trouble.

Fortunately, Wang An is now a well-known businessman with a background, and he is no ordinary small-time scoundrel.

He had long relied on his reputation as Man Gui's sworn brother and bribed the commander of the Five Cities Army through Liu Zongzhou's relationship, and of course the difficult city patrol censor.

This is equivalent to opening up the city's security system in advance and making a record of it, so naturally no one will pay attention to his behavior of taking advantage of the power of others.

However, the common people didn't know so much. When they saw this Wangji Chemical Flagship Store, which actually had the Ming army helping to beat drums and gongs, they immediately felt that this flagship store was very high-end.

At the same time, I was very curious about the so-called soap and moisturizing glycerin. Although the price of scented soap and moisturizing glycerin was very high and ordinary people could not afford it, the price of ordinary soap on the bed sheet was quite affordable, and one penny could buy three pieces.

Although the consumption level is still not low for ordinary people, at least they can afford it if they grit their teeth.

They just wanted to take a look, so wherever the parade passed through the streets and alleys, all the people who saw it couldn't help but rush to the address on the bed sheet out of curiosity.

When the people arrived at Zhengyangmen Street, they immediately found a place where people gathered. When they walked over and took a look, they saw a storefront with peculiar decoration.

There were many flower baskets on both sides of the gate, all colorful and vying for beauty. Red ribbons were hung on the flower baskets, and they were filled with words written in ink.

A scholar came over to take a look and was immediately shocked.

Others who saw this became curious and urged him to read out the words on the ribbon.

The scholar seemed to be a student who had never seen any big scenes. His face flushed and he swallowed his saliva as he pointed to the words on the ribbon and read them one by one.

"Shuntian Prefecture Governor Liu Zongzhou congratulates Wangji Chemical Flagship Store on its grand opening!"

"Wu Keqin, the commander of the Dongcheng Army, congratulates Wangji Chemical Flagship Store on its grand opening!"

"Datong General and Prince Taishi Man Gui congratulates Wangji Chemical Flagship Store on its grand opening."

"Datong Prefecture Deputy General Sun Zushou congratulates the grand opening of Wangji Chemical Flagship Store!"

However, what was most jaw-dropping was that on a prominent flower basket ribbon, it was clearly written:

"The Great Mongol Khan Borjigin Lindan Batur congratulates the grand opening of Wangji Chemical Flagship Store!"

The entire crowd suddenly began to boil as if a frying pan had been dropped with cold water, and everyone was talking in disbelief with expressions as if they had seen a ghost.

"What the hell, what is the origin of this Wangji Chemical Flagship Store? Why would the Mongolian Tartar Khan Lindan send him a flower basket?"

"Could it be that the owner of this store is a relative of the emperor?"

"This is incredible! The owner of this store is definitely not an ordinary person!"

Some people also expressed doubts, "Is this a lie? He is called the Khan after all, why would he make friends with a businessman!"

However, some people also asked the skeptics, "If the flower basket sent by the Mongolian Tartars to this store is fake, then it can't be that the flower baskets sent by our Shuntian Prefecture Governor Liu and the commanders of the Five City Military Command are also fake, right?"

"Yes, yes. Lord Liu and the commanders are all in Beijing. If the owner of this shop was playing tricks and used the names of the lords, the soldiers of the Bingmasi and the three shifts of yamen runners of Shuntianfu would have come and demolished this shop long ago!"

The words were undoubtedly very convincing, and after thinking about it for a while, the crowd suddenly felt that they made sense.

Not to mention the commander of the Five Cities Army, the position he held in the Ming Dynasty was similar to that of a later generation's Chengdangju. As long as anyone opened a shop or stall in Beijing, there was no one who was not afraid of him. Which merchant was so bold as to use their names?

(End of this chapter)