Before today, Padric never thought that the packaging unit of something like alchemy potion could be a "box".

How to package and sell alchemy potions? Ordinary small merchants would not even consider this at all, because all alchemy items are products of extraordinary power. The so-called magic items installed by the lowest level of travelers on the carriage are a few pieces of iron sheets and dried sheepskin carved with runes. The main function of this type of thing is psychological comfort, and the propaganda word is "My grandma said this is useful" - the real alchemy potions are a business that only middle and upper-level merchants can afford.

Even middle and upper-level merchants can get at most a dozen bottles of alchemy potions at a time, one can sell or stock up at a time. They will be packed in exquisite crystal bottles, filled with velvet and high-end silk cotton, and then placed separately in exquisite wooden boxes, at about the same price as the most expensive red wine.

It is said that there was a famous mercenary master who was ordered to destroy a mutant monster that endangers the border. This mercenary master relied on his extraordinary skills and more than a dozen bottles of alchemy potions to death. However, after winning, he looked back at the potion bottle he threw on the ground, and sucked to death with a "rattle" on the spot...

Of course, there is an exaggeration in this story. Merchants used excessively gorgeous packaging to hold alchemy potions to raise the price of the potions in front of ignorant nobles and rookies. However, the value of the alchemy potions itself is still visible. But now Gao Wen has brought several large boxes to move in - the boxes are opened, full of alchemy potions, and the neat small crystal bottles are stuffed with wood chips for anti-collision.

"Each box has three layers, each layer of 233 bottles. This box is a weak magic potion. This box is a disease-relieving mixture. The remaining boxes are all rejuvenation potions," Gao Wen pointed to the big boxes and introduced it to Padric, and then took out a piece of paper. "The specific price and sharing method are here, take a look. The initial price for the rejuvenation potion is sixty Cecil copper coins, or an Ansu shield-shaped silver coin, and the mana potion is two shield-shaped silver coins. The disease-relieving mixture is the same as the rejuvenation potion."

Padric took the price list a little confusedly, and blinked after hearing the numbers posted by Gao Wen. It seemed that he couldn't figure out what the price had to do with the potion in front of him for a while.

It was not until half a minute later that he hesitated and asked: "Duke... are you... these potions real?"

"Do you think I'm a fake drug seller?" Gao Wen raised his eyebrows, "Of course these are true! But I have a special way to produce the drug at a very low cost."

"Sir, of course I don't doubt your character!" Padric said immediately nervously, and he had a huge doubt in his heart. To be fair, no one can keep his mind calm in the face of such a low price and the fact that Gao Wen can easily tinker with a lot of alchemy potions. Behind this means an incredible huge wealth. However, Padric is a smart man. Although he is very bold in money, he is very cautious when it comes to life. So he did not ask for any in-depth secrets, but instead analyzed the potions that Gao Wen took out as an established fact. "Since you can really supply such a large amount of potions... I actually have some ideas."

Gao Wen nodded: "You said, you have experience in business."

Padric said straight to the point: "Sir, I hope you can add water to these rejuvenation potions."

As soon as this said, not only Gao Wen was stunned, but even Amber, who followed him into the background board, was stunned. After a moment, the half-elf lady looked up and down with an admiration expression: "You are a talent, sir..."

"Don't make trouble," Gao Wen glared at Amber, then stared into Padric's eyes. "You should know that this suggestion was not done by the honest businessman, and you should have something else to say."

"Yes, sir, add water to the Rejuvenation Potion, renamed ‘Second Healing Potion’ or ‘Inferior Healing Potion’. Disease Repellent can also be treated like this, renamed ‘Second Healing Potion’ and so on. If you think this is not in line with the spirit of chivalry, then you can make the price a little cheaper. You lower the price and declare that those potions are not as effective as real alchemy potions. This is not a deception. For the injuries that most civilians can encounter in daily life, even such inferior healing medicines are enough to save their lives. No matter how much water the alchemy potion is, it is better than the smelly ointment they bought from rural herbalists that they use to mix mud and rotten grass roots."

Padric looked carefully at Gao Wen's expression change, and the latter just nodded: "Continue, I'm listening."

"Rashly selling alchemy potions such as aphrodisiacs at extremely low prices will inevitably impact the existing market and the groups that make profits - of course, the "New Chamber of Commerce" supported by you, the Duke, can despise those small merchants and small alchemists, but even if the gutter rats cannot bite people to death, it will be disgusting to people; in addition, for civilians, being able to buy alchemy potions at low prices is not necessarily a good thing, at least not a good thing at the beginning. Those who are impacted by the new Chamber of Commerce may have no choice but to hate those poor people who are "surpassed". They can threaten those who want to buy medicine, attack those who have already bought medicine, and even simply mix the poison into the market and spread rumors - for most ignorant and foolish people, they can't tell who they are harmed."

Speaking of this, Padric lowered his head slightly and carefully added: "Sir, you are very powerful, but the brave lion must also be careful of poisonous insects."

Gao Wen kept his expression not much change, but his eyes were a little surprised when he looked at Padric. After a few seconds, he nodded slightly: "You are right. In order to avoid this, we have to do some 'disguise'."

"Yes, it's not very clever to disguise. As long as you declare that they are all inferior, or even failed alchemy potions by-products, you will have half the less eyes staring at them. You can also sell real rejuvenation potions and disease-preventing agents at the same time, but the price should be raised - it can still be cheaper than the potions on the market, but don't drop to dozens of copper coins at once. In this way, traditional merchants will temporarily paralyze, and they will only think that you want to temporarily low prices to grab a little market, or find a cheap herbal origin, and by the time they react... they can do nothing.

"In this way, you have successfully established a trade route and avoid attracting the attention of bad people too early. Even the civilians who buy water potions, they have bought useful potions at a price they can afford. It is much better than the mud and rotten grass roots they usually use, and they will be grateful to you."

However, Gao Wen did not respond, but whispered to himself with emotion: "Is it a sin for poor people to even buy a bottle of good medicine..."

He thought of the famine in the eastern region that he had seen when he read history books, and the disaster that had been starving in Ansu in 476. In that year, a severe insect disaster that affected several counts led to a large area of ​​food shortage. Several noble organizations with compassion distributed food for disaster relief. However, most of these foods were entered into the belly of the knights, treasurers, rural bullies and robbers who supervised the matter. Even the victims who were assigned food could hardly save the life-saving food at hand. The final solution was a volunteer grain merchant, whose solution was beyond everyone's imagination:

Mix sand, wood chips and even maggots in the grain.

Such food can finally be distributed safely to the victims, and it is such food that has saved tens of thousands of people.

The grain merchant was called a "kind miser". In Ansu 477, he was hanged on the highest tower in the eastern territory of Earl Tamas, for "embezzling food and poisoning the people."

"I adopt your advice," said Govin, after taking a deep breath, looking into Padric's eyes slowly, "but I hope you understand that this is temporary. If someone regards this method as his way of making money, then the law led by Cecil will be slaughtered."

Padric stood up, stroked his chest with one hand and bent down at Gao Wen: "Just as I will be faithful to every copper plate left by Viscount Kant, I will also be faithful to carry out every command of yours."

Gao Wen smiled: "In addition, I would like to remind you in advance: the new commercial organization I established is not just for selling medicines. Although alchemy potions will be its main commodity in the early stage, Cecil will have new output in the future, and I will sell more things."

Padric nodded: "This is naturally, a business group formed by a duke himself cannot have only one commodity."

"You should have understood the organizational structure of this new business organization. I hope you can first choose sincere and alert people from the merchants you are familiar with as grassroots distributors. They can establish regional sales points by themselves, but the decoration, pricing, entry and delivery process of sales points must follow my rules. People who cannot accept this should withdraw as soon as possible. In terms of higher-level regional agents and general managers... you are the general manager to build everything, but I will also send my clerks and contacts to supervise and help at each level of agents. I hope you can understand."

“It’s nature – you provide all the funds and supplies, and this organization naturally has to be under your control.”

Gao Wen stood up with a smile and picked up the teacup in his hand: "Then let's toast to the establishment of the 'Cecil Chamber' - Mr. Padric, do you mind using tea instead of wine?"

Padric also stood up and picked up the teacup. He actually wanted to say that he didn't care about anything he used to replace wine. Now he was very concerned about anything he needed to drink, but in the end he still accepted the Duke's invitation, picked up the teacup and said, "I... hiccup..."

After the talks, Padric went straight to the bathroom, while Gao Wen returned to his room.

A drawing was quietly spread out on his desk.

There is a machine with a symmetrical structure that gives people an advanced feeling. It has a rotating structure with a fan blade baffle and a circular magic device located in a circle around the fan blade baffle. Next to the drawings, there is a schematic diagram of an unfolded rune array.

"Dear Lord, I have completed the rune array design of the rotor magic engine and found that it can adjust the speed by increasing or decreasing the number of rune groups started at the same time or fine-tuning the contact area of ​​the rune trigger. See the relevant information later.
Chapter completed!