The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 165 New Product Launch

This day was Bai Yutang's rest day, he practiced in the courtyard after he got up, and saw four cats standing on the courtyard wall after the practice.

There is one big one and three small ones, Da Mao takes his children.Da Mao grabbed a kitten and jumped off the wall.The kitten on the top of the wall scratched the edge of the wall and looked down, meowing.

Da Mao jumped up again and continued to grab the other two.Then lick their bodies one by one, and bring back the kittens that want to run away from time to time.

The place where Bai Yutang lived was exactly where Da Mao was stationed, and Da Mao's den was also here.The three kittens have been two months old, and I found three homes among the government officials in Kaifeng that needed cats.

However, everyone has discovered that Da Mao may be a mother for the first time, so he loves the three kittens very much, never separates them, and sleeps with them every night.

Bai Yutang knew why everyone refused to do the job of sending the three kittens away, and he was the only one left in the end. At that time, he agreed coolly, but now he hesitated.

The sun rose, and the warm sunlight shone on the ground. Da Mao hugged the three kittens, yawned and fell asleep.

Bai Yutang knelt down to touch Da Mao, Da Mao just glanced at him, then went back to sleep.

Bai Yutang thought that Yunyan had given him something back, but he had thrown it away casually, so he ran back to the room and turned out the puppet in the shape of an elephant—it is said that this was given by the eighth princess.

Bai Yutang gently pulled out the three sleeping kittens, and then stuffed the dolls in. Da Mao didn't notice, and continued to sleep soundly holding the dolls.

The three kittens were not as vigilant as the big cat, and they left their mother's arms and were still sleeping.

Bai Yutang picked up the kittens, put them in a basket, and took them to their new owners.

The new owner gave Bai Yutang a string of small fishes worn by wicker, and he passed them on to Da Mao.

When Bai Yutang went back, Da Mao had already found out that the kitten had changed hands. It was looking for the kitten in the yard, but found nothing. It jumped on the wall and meowed again, but there was still no response.

There seemed to be a trace of bewilderment in Da Mao's eyes, and he didn't know what was going on.

This place has always been safe, and it has always lived here with peace of mind, but why did its child disappear?

Bai Yutang couldn't bear it anymore, and suddenly he didn't dare to go there, but after standing for a while, he still walked under the wall.

Da Mao screamed miserably and jumped down.

Bai Yutang put the fish in front of it, and said in a low voice, "This is their betrothal gift for you..."

Cats are easy to leave home. If they are not raised at a young age, they will not be familiar with them. Moreover, these three kittens have been weaned, and Da Mao may take the initiative to drive them outside soon.

And when they are cooked in the new home and then go home, Da Mao will not remember them.It should be said that long before that, not long after today, Da Mao will forget.

But now, Da Mao tilted his head to look at the little fish, seemed to understand, and bit the little fish.

But it didn't understand, because soon, it dragged the remaining small fish and prepared to save it for the kitten to eat.

Da Mao searched for Kaifeng mansion for a long time, but there was no trace. Finally, it came back, lay down in the nest, hugged the elephant doll, and fell asleep exhaustedly.

In the afternoon, Bai Yutang saw this scene from the window, wondering if he should be thankful for the puppet that Yunyan sent back.The way Da Mao sleeps with the puppet in his arms really makes him feel uncomfortable.

In order to get rid of such emotions, Bai Yutang decided to go find Yunyan.

In fact, Yun Yanhui also invited many friends to the shop of "Hao Shao Se" today to participate in an incense tasting meeting jointly held by them and the spice shop.However, in the Kaifeng mansion, it happened to be only Bai Yutang's turn to rest today.

……

Bai Yutang came to Haoyaose and took out his invitation letter.

The idle man at the gate saw it and immediately invited Bai Yutang in.Looking inside, Bai Yutang found that Gongsun Ce was also there, so he simply walked up to him, "Mr. Gongsun, you are here too."

"It's Yutang, you're here too." Gongsun Ce smiled slightly, "Brother Yan told me that I would regret it if I didn't come, so I came here. I thought it wasn't very popular here, but now that I see it, we don't need it." Support the scene, it seems that Brother Yan is telling the truth."

Bai Yutang thought to himself, is he the only one who doesn't think so much?

They entered the back room together, the front is the place for business, and today's incense is in the back.

When I arrived, I found that there were many incense vessels of different shapes in the house, and they were exquisitely made. Some were surrounded by mountains, some were lotus flowers, and some had Chang'e backed by the moon, all of which were different.

Gongsun Ce looked around with great interest, and found that many people present were both expectant and puzzled, and were still discussing in low voices.

"Didn't you say that this new incense device is the style used by the Queen?"

"Yes, I heard that all the nobles in the palace have been replaced."

……

Gongsun Ce does not doubt this point, it should not be bragging, Brother Yan has always taken the upper-class route, but he is very curious, why is he good at cooking compared to those workshops in the palace?Although these incense vessels look exquisite, they don't seem to be able to surprise the royal family, right?

At this moment Boss Hao came out, seeing that the crowd was almost there, he closed the door, ordered someone to light the incense, and then clapped his hands again, at this time someone came out with wine jugs one after another.

It also included Yun Yanhui, who walked to Gongsun Ce and Bai Yutang's table with a wine jug, poured wine for them, and then sat down.

When everyone looked at it, they were all surprised, because the jug didn't have a lid, and it was one piece.

When the jug was tipped over, the rice wine dripped out of it, making people admire it, but they don't know how the wine got in.

"This is a backflow pot." Boss Hao lifted up the pot and showed it, "The water inlet is at the bottom of the pot."

——Rather than a fragrance meeting, everyone now knows that this should be a new product launch event.

Only then did everyone see that there was a small hole in the bottom of the pot, which was not blocked, but it would not leak.

"Wouldn't it all leak out from the mouth of the pot when you enter the water from below?" Someone asked.

Boss Hao smiled and said nothing, everyone naturally knew that this was a commercial secret.

Bai Yutang knew that there must be a universe inside, but he couldn't see it for a while. He looked at Yun Yanhui, and found that Yun Yanhui had a smile on his lips, so he wanted to ask Yun Yanhui when he turned around.

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted, "Hey, look at these incenses!"

Bai Yutang and Gongsun Ce looked to the side. They were engrossed in the wine vessels, but then they realized that at some point, the incense and cigarettes burning on those incense vessels changed direction and began to float downwards!However, at this time, there was clearly no wind in the house!

"Could it be that there are impurities in the fragrance, so it sinks?" someone questioned.

Bai Yutang also looked at those incenses suspiciously, he didn't believe that Yun Yanhui would have such a trouble - no, Yun Yanhui was still smiling.

Gongsun Ce took a closer look, but concluded: "No, this is intentional. Look at the scene caused by the flow of cigarettes."

Everyone looked carefully, and only then did they discover the beauty.

Among the mountains that stood quietly, there are more clouds of smoke, like white clouds, wrapping around the mountainside, like a fairyland; the petals of the blooming lotus are also full of light white smoke, making it a bit more ethereal ;Even on the moon wheel behind Chang'e, who was originally a little dull, there are more white clouds, like flowing clouds, flowing obliquely downward...

At this moment, everyone held their breath, for fear of breaking the beauty in front of them.

Boss Hao explained at this time: "This is the reverse flow incense. After burning the incense, the cigarette flows downwards, so it got its name. Like the reverse flow pot, it is a new product of our shop."

The scene was silent for a while before someone shouted with a split voice: "How much! I bought it!"

——This is considered to have broken the situation in front of them. Everyone rushed to reach out, asking to buy one, two, three or four to go back.

Boss Hao's eyes narrowed with laughter, "Don't worry, this incense burner needs to burn special incense, I have to explain to you first..."

"It's ok!"

"That's right, that's what it should be!"

"This incense vessel is too exquisite, if you ask me, it should burn anything."

"...what to do, I want every one!"

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Bai Yutang and Gongsun Ce were probably the calmest people besides the boss, mainly because they knew Yun Yanhui quite well.But even so, it took a while for Bai Yutang to come back to his senses, and praised, "What a delicate incense vessel, what an interesting backflow incense!"

Gongsun Ce also praised: "Brother Yan is getting more and more incredible, no wonder he can..."

I didn't say anything later, but everyone knows that it was to find an official to advertise.

In fact, the biggest purpose of the merchants to make their own things become imperial offerings is not to "advertise", if the royal family uses them, it proves that it is the best.In this era, the royal family is the biggest national idol, attracting everyone to follow suit.

And Yun Yanhui just advertised with a purer heart—although he said to the public that good things should be dedicated to the officials—it doesn’t matter to him to glorify his ancestors and become famous, he thinks that the advertisements by officials are really effective. It's exceptionally good, better than his laborious marketing...

And his success is entirely due to the excellent quality!Officials are all willing to do so!

Boss Hao found Yun Yanhui in the crowd, exchanged glances with him, and bowed to him from afar.

Although I had thought that it would be very popular, Boss Hao was still very excited after seeing it.Just by looking at these people, you can know the situation after the new product is launched.

In fact, this day has indeed become a day for the family brand of Hao Shao Color to soar.

After the first International Food Festival of Daxiangguo Temple was successfully held, Haoyaose has successfully gained national recognition.And from this day, from the day when the backflow pot and backflow incense burner were launched, Haoyao color has established its position and reputation in the industry.

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After the new product launch event was over, Yun Yan went back to Kaifeng Mansion with Bai Yutang and Gongsun Ce, and when he walked out of the shop, heavy snow fell in the sky.

Yun Yan looked up, "The winter in Bianjing is getting colder and colder."

The Little Ice Age has not yet passed, and there are still many such winters.

Gongsun Ce nodded, "This year's relief has been distributed earlier than in previous years, and I hope the situation this winter will be better than last year."

There are many vendors on the side of the road, setting up stalls to sell things. Seeing the weather like this, many people packed up and went home. Only a few of them refused to leave. They just borrowed the eaves of the roadside shops and moved under their eaves.

When Yunyan returned to the three of them, she saw a woman and two emaciated children, eight or nine years old, struggling to carry things together, going to continue to do business under the eaves.

Their footsteps stopped at the same time, and then turned in a different direction. Instead of rushing to hide from the snow or go back, they went to help the woman carry things.

With the help of three big men, everything was moved there in no time.

The woman saluted with the child, "Thank you three gentlemen, I am very grateful."

Seeing the two children wearing thin clothes, Yun Yan squatted down and shook their hands, which were cold and showed traces of labor, so she asked: "In such a cold day, the lady should take the children back, isn't the government Have you distributed food and charcoal?"

The woman smiled wryly, "The charcoal is only enough to burn at night. There are sick and elderly people in the family who can't stand the cold, so they need to earn more money to buy charcoal. The government has already helped part of it, and the rest has to be done by ourselves."

In this world, there are many reasons for poverty, some are poor because of laziness, and some are poor because of illness.Listening to the woman's words, and looking at the calluses on her hands, and the handiwork of the goods on the booth, I can be sure that it is the latter.

However, looking at her piled up needlework, business may not be very good.

With Bai Yutang's temperament, he couldn't see it, he touched his bosom, and was about to give generously, but Yun Yan pressed his hand back.

"I'll come." Yun Yan replied.