Shen Jing's white sugar tasting event was a great success.
One hundred catties of white sugar were quickly snatched up.
By the end, some people almost came to blows over buying the white sugar.
This made Shen Jing sigh, 'The real estate boss's tactics are still the most effective!'
No wonder others can become capitalists!
At the end of the tasting event, Fang Liuqi also announced the address of their shop.
The shop would have a daily limited supply of ten catties of white sugar, first come, first served, while supplies lasted.
News of this tasting event spread rapidly.
Song Lianxin, who had just returned from inspecting the cloth shop, naturally also received the news.
In fact, they had received news of the tasting event two days prior.
However, many families less prominent than the Su Family had received invitations, but the Su Family had not.
This left both father and daughter feeling very displeased.
The Su Family hadn't fallen yet!
These people in Luochuan Prefecture were already starting to look down on the Su Family.
Shen Jing!
That damned Shen Jing!
It was all Shen Jing's fault!
In the past, if there was such an event, who wouldn't invite the Su Family?
This damned good-for-nothing!
Just as Song Lianxin was bitterly cursing Shen Jing, a servant from the manor rushed in, "Miss, Master wants you to come back quickly!"
"What happened?"
Song Lianxin frowned and asked.
The Su Family had encountered too many vexing things these days.
She now had a bit of a psychological shadow, fearing that something bad had happened at home again.
"This humble one does not know."
The servant shook his head, "Master only said to tell Miss to come back quickly, as there is an urgent matter."
An urgent matter?
Song Lianxin felt a little uneasy and quickly rushed home.
Rushing all the way, Song Lianxin finally arrived home.
Song Lianxin hurried to find her father and asked, full of worry, "Father, what happened?"
"Come with me!"
Song Jinshan called to his daughter and quickly walked towards the study.
Song Lianxin felt even more uneasy and quickly followed.
Entering the study, Song Jinshan said with a somber expression, "I just received news that Fang Liuqi, who organized that white sugar tasting event, is working for Shen Jing!"
Shen Jing?
Song Lianxin's eyelids suddenly twitched.
Suddenly, she understood why the Su Family had not received an invitation to the white sugar tasting event!
So that was the problem!
"So, the backer behind that white sugar business is Shen Jing?"
Song Lianxin's face suddenly turned ugly.
She had heard that the white sugar sold for two hundred taels of silver per catty, and it was still in short supply!
Although she didn't know the cost of the white sugar, she could tell with her toes that white sugar that could sell for two hundred taels of silver per catty was definitely a huge profit!
Shen Jing was actually the backer behind the white sugar business?
Wouldn't Shen Jing become incredibly rich then?
She now utterly detested Shen Jing.
Seeing Shen Jing make a fortune in silver was more painful than losing silver herself.
"Yes!"
Song Jinshan nodded, his face dark, "I estimate that this is the real reason the Su Family took a liking to Shen Jing!"
Even if Su Yourong was a husband-killer, if there were no benefits, she probably wouldn't have taken a liking to Shen Jing, that good-for-nothing.
Song Lianxin thought for a moment and nodded in agreement, "That should be it!"
"Do you have any ideas?" Song Jinshan asked again.
Song Lianxin heard this and began to ponder again.
Ideas?
She had many ideas!
However, given the Su Family's current situation, many of her ideas were unrealistic.
After a moment of silence, Song Lianxin looked up, "So, the person who previously bought a large amount of brown sugar was Shen Jing?"
"Definitely!"
Song Jinshan clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, "And he used the silver he swindled from us to buy brown sugar!"
Speaking of this, Song Jinshan felt utterly distraught.
One hundred thousand taels of silver!
They had given Shen Jing one hundred thousand taels of silver for free!
And now, Shen Jing was going to use the silver they gave him for free to earn even more silver!
This was equivalent to them investing in their own enemy!
Once the enemy had earned enough silver, not only would he not be grateful to them, but he would also try every means to deal with them!
This made him feel extremely uncomfortable, more uncomfortable than having a handful of dead flies stuffed into his mouth.
Song Lianxin's face was full of hatred, and she gritted her teeth, "We absolutely cannot let Shen Jing and the Su Family comfortably earn silver like this!"
Song Jinshan nodded, "My idea is, we should buy a large amount of brown sugar, preferably getting all of it into our own hands! If Shen Jing wants to buy brown sugar, he can only buy it from us!"
Get a share of the pie!
They must get a share of the pie!
Thinking of this, Song Jinshan secretly regretted it again.
If he hadn't been so indecisive before, they would have already gotten a share of the pie!
Song Lianxin thought for a moment and shook her head, "First, let's not talk about whether we can get all the brown sugar into our hands. Even if we could, how much silver can we earn by reselling a bit of brown sugar? If Shen Jing knew we had a large amount of brown sugar, he definitely wouldn't buy it from us. At that time, no matter how much brown sugar we had, it would all be stuck in our hands."
They hated Shen Jing, and Shen Jing also hated them.
For Shen Jing, no one could benefit from them!
"This..."
Song Jinshan frowned, "If we secretly support someone without Shen Jing finding out, that should work, right?"
"Who can say for sure?"
Song Lianxin said in a deep voice, "From what we can see, that white sugar must be made from brown sugar! If we can find a way to get our hands on the method for making white sugar, then we can truly make a huge profit!"
Listening to her daughter's words, a hint of greed suddenly flashed in Song Jinshan's eyes.
But very quickly, that hint of greed disappeared.
Of course, he also wanted to get the method for making white sugar.
But how could it be that easy?
If the method for making white sugar were in his hands, he would certainly keep it strictly confidential!
This was a goose that laid golden eggs!
"You think very well, but do you think it's realistic?"
Song Jinshan looked up at his daughter, "Trying to get the method for making white sugar is probably harder than ascending to heaven!"
Did she think Shen Jing was still the same as before?
That if she asked, Shen Jing would tell her the method for making white sugar without reservation?
Now, even if Shen Jing told them the method for making white sugar, they wouldn't dare to use it!
Because it would definitely be fake!
"Not necessarily!"
Song Lianxin gently shook her head, "Openly, it definitely won't work. We can do it covertly!"
"Covertly?"
Song Jinshan's eyes narrowed slightly, "How do you mean?"
"They must have a workshop for making white sugar!"
Song Lianxin's eyes gleamed, "Shen Jing and the others left early every day a while ago, which should have been to make white sugar! I can roughly guess where their white sugar workshop is! We can try to get the method for making white sugar. If our people can't do it, then we can tell the Prince and let him send people..."
The more Song Lianxin spoke, the more excited she became.
As long as they got the method for making white sugar, the Prince could completely entrust the matter of making white sugar to the Su Family!
In this way, the Su Family would certainly be able to earn a large amount of silver in a short period of time, and thus gain more attention from the Prince!
An opportunity!
This matter might be a bit difficult, but for the Su Family, it was also a huge opportunity!
They might even be able to use the Prince's hand to get rid of Shen Jing and the Su Family!
Listening to his daughter's words, Song Jinshan couldn't help but be moved!
Yes, an opportunity!
The Su Family had already been forced onto this path!
To completely break free from the Zhao Family's constraints, they could only try every means to strengthen themselves!
The more valuable they were, the more attention they would receive from the Prince!
"That makes sense!"
Song Jinshan gritted his teeth and nodded, "However, this white sugar workshop must be strictly guarded. We must be careful and cautious, and not act too hastily..."
Song Lianxin thought for a moment and nodded gently...