Three Kingdoms: Liu Daer Was Forced Out of the Mountain at the Beginning

In the palace, Cao Cao has also learned about Bai Feng's opening of a steam engine shop in Yecheng.

In Cao Cao's opinion, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

If Bai Feng only sells steam engines in Hanzhong, then the cloth mills operated in Hanzhong use steam looms. Over time, other cloth mills that do not use steam engines will have to join forces.

Otherwise, they would not have any competitiveness in the face of steam looms with tenfold improvements in efficiency.

This is naturally not a good thing for the entire cloth market.

Hanzhong could rely on steam looms to occupy more than 60% of the cloth market in the Wei Dynasty.

Then many cloth shops will be closed, and a lot of wealth will be concentrated in Hanzhong.

This is something Cao Cao absolutely does not want to see.

Now Hanzhong already has the meaning of a state within a state. Although Bai Feng paid both commercial and agricultural taxes to the court on time, Cao Cao did not want to see Hanzhong become more prosperous day by day.

"I just don't know how the sales of this steam engine are going."

Cao Cao was still a little curious about this.

Cao Cao has heard about the profits of soap, but the profits of steam engines are currently unknown.

One day later, shopkeeper Qian took the guys to clean the shop early in the morning.

After the sun rises, the doors open for business.

At the door of the store, there were already some people waiting.

They are basically second-rate dealers who have tasted the benefits of reselling steam engines before.

When they saw the steam engine shop open, they rushed in.

The two men who followed Shopkeeper Qian to Yecheng from Hanzhong were shocked by the battle in front of them.

Are all the guests in Yecheng so crazy?

Fortunately, shopkeeper Chen sent the guy from the soap shop to help, and he was already very experienced in handling this situation.

After all, when the soap shop opened, there were several times more people waiting to buy soap at the door than now.

"Everyone, please stop crowding!"

"Please line up to enter the store!"

Before Shopkeeper Qian was ready to say anything, the guys sent by Shopkeeper Chen to help began to skillfully sort out the customers at the door to prevent them from crowding at the door of the store.

"This time, Shopkeeper Chen helped me twice at once. After finishing the work, I have to invite him to drink again."

Looking at the skilled guys, shopkeeper Qian thought in his mind.

Soon, all the customers who were crowded at the door had arrived at the steam engine shop.

"Where is the shopkeeper?"

"Shopkeeper? Shopkeeper!"

"I want all the steam engines here!"

"Who are you, you dare to say that you want all the steam engines in the store? Shopkeeper, I want all the steam engines in the store!"

"I just want a steam engine, one is enough!"

In the store, customers of different identities spoke loudly.

Although Shopkeeper Qian is an old shopkeeper, he has seen a lot of storms.

But this was the first time he experienced this rush of buying.

Because there were many customers in the store, it suddenly became stuffy.

In order to prevent customers from quarreling in the store, shopkeeper Qian quickly reacted:

"Dear guests, I am the shopkeeper of this steam engine shop. My surname is Qian!"

The guests who were calling for the shopkeeper just now slowly calmed down after seeing shopkeeper Qian.

"Shopkeeper Qian, I want all the steam engines in this store, just tell me the price!"

Then the first wealthy businessman who wanted to buy all the steam engines in the shop came to Shopkeeper Qian and said with a smile.

"Well, I fully understand this customer's mood of wanting to buy a steam engine and his recognition of steam engines."

"But you have to buy all the steam engines as soon as you come here, so the rest of the guests have to travel in vain, right?"

"Also, steam engines are expensive and cannot be used to their full potential without being installed on a loom. Please think twice!"

Shopkeeper Qian was stunned when he heard this, and then continued to speak, tactfully reminding the wealthy businessman not to flash his tongue.

Without waiting for the wealthy businessman to answer, another wealthy businessman stepped forward and said to Shopkeeper Chen:

"Shopkeeper Chen, I only want to buy one steam engine. How much does it cost? Can I take the steam engine away directly after purchasing it?"

Shopkeeper Qian smiled at the wealthy businessman and said:

"A steam engine costs six hundred taels of silver."

"No reservation is required for the steam engines sold this time."

"After the money is delivered, the inspection can be carried out on site. Once the inspection is correct, the steam engine can be taken away directly."

After Shopkeeper Qian communicated with Shopkeeper Chen a few days ago, he set the price of the steam engine at six hundred taels.

According to the selling price given by Bai Feng, each steam engine should be no less than three hundred taels and no more than eight hundred taels.

The price selection in between is decided by shopkeeper Qian based on the current market price of steam engines in Yecheng, giving shopkeeper Qian a great deal of autonomy.

Therefore, shopkeeper Qian also gave careful consideration when setting the price.

It is necessary to let the second-rate dealers sell the steam engines in their hands while obtaining as much profit as possible.

"Five hundred taels for a steam engine? I want as many as I want!"

The wealthy businessman who first told Shopkeeper Qian that he wanted to buy all the steam engines told Shopkeeper Qian again.

The first batch of steam engines delivered by Bai Feng to Yecheng included thirty units.

This number is probably several more than the steam engines currently circulating in Yecheng.

When this batch of thirty steam engines is put into the Yecheng market, it will definitely have a great impact on the price of steam engines.

The second-hand dealers are afraid that they will all lose money.

Other nobles and wealthy businessmen who came to buy steam engines suddenly became unhappy when they heard that the wealthy businessman once again wanted to buy all the steam engines.

"You said you want to buy them all, can you buy them all?"

"Even so, I don't want to ask how many of the people present are dignitaries in Ye City!"

"I advise you not to ask for trouble!"

Then other people who came to buy steam engines began to warn the wealthy businessman.

Shopkeeper Qian felt a little dizzy when he saw the scene he least wanted to see happen. At the same time, he said before the wealthy businessman could speak again:

"I understand that everyone wants to buy a steam engine, and Hanzhong Hou also told me about this when I opened the store."

"That is, each person who comes to buy a steam engine can buy up to two steam engines. This is also to take care of everyone!"

After listening to Shopkeeper Qian's words, the wealthy businessman who originally wanted to lift his backer swallowed the words on his lips and said instead:

"Okay, since the Hanzhong Hou said that each person can only buy two units, then I want two units."

"This is the money to buy two steam engines. Treasurer, please keep it."

The wealthy businessman then handed a gold ingot to Shopkeeper Qian.

Others were speechless at this time. Some of the nobles were unhappy, while other wealthy businessmen were overjoyed when they heard this.