Clan Prosperity Starting With My Servant Girls-Chapter 280: Sole Dealers

Sima Long glanced at the crude map that Lin Xuan Qi had drawn out and gave him a nod.

The locations were spread out throughout the city near the areas where the well-to-do lived.

He had no qualms with the locations Lin Xuan Qi picked.

Sima Long kept the piece of paper and said, "I will get it done soon. As for the expansion to the capital, I might need to go there to scout..."

"Any issues with that?" Lin Xuan Qi frowned when he saw Sima Long’s expression.

Sima Long’s eyes darted to his side where Zhang Jie was sitting.

Lin Xuan Qi knew Sima Long’s difficulty and he shook his head at him.

"I will keep an eye on him when he scouts for the locations for the shops in the capital." Lin Xuan Qi glanced at Zhang Jie and said to make her feel comfortable about the idea.

He himself would like to have a look at what the capital city was like.

And if possible, explore and purchase any items or artifacts that cultivators used.

No one knows him there and it would be safer for him.

Zhang Jie frowned and said, "Maybe I should go with him instead."

But this time it was Sima Long’s turn to be in disagreement.

"It’s a long journey and it might be tiring for you and our child." Sima Long said and reached out his hand to try and rub Zhang Jie’s tummy.

Slap.

Zhang Jie slapped the back of his hand and said, "Brother Lin is here with us..."

When he saw and heard that, Lin Xuan Qi quickly picked up his teacup and pretended to be sipping his tea quietly.

Sima Long scratched the back of his head and smiled at Lin Xuan Qi.

"That’s settled then. I will get the new retail stores ready for you soon."

With the soap business settled, Lin Xuan Qi went on and discussed the MSG business with him.

"The special ingredient for the food is going into production and I will want you to be part of it." He said, and it was an even bigger surprise for Sima Long.

"Really?" Sima Long couldn’t believe his luck compared to Liu Shao and Hun Xiong Kun.

They wanted to be a part of the business too, but Lin Xuan Qi had chosen to work with him for the new business.

Lin Xuan Qi shrugged and nodded his head.

The factory that he was using to produce the MSG was the property of the Sima Family.

He felt that it was right for him to do so.

But for Liu Shao and Hun Xiong Kun, he was thinking about something else.

"This time though, I would like to have other partners with us. I would call them what I call sole dealers." Lin Xuan Qi said, and it drew a blank for Sima Long.

This was his way of giving Hun Xiong Kun a chance to get a piece of the pie.

After all, Hun Xiong Kun had helped him get started in Hong Feng City, and he didn’t want to leave him out.

"Sole dealers?" Sima Long asked with a frown.

"The city will be designated into different areas, and there will be sole dealers for each area.

"We sell the product to them and they will be in charge of the distribution and selling.

"This will reduce much of our cost and hassle.

"We will have our agreements with the different sole dealers and whoever comes up with a better deal with us gets to be the sole dealer." Lin Xuan Qi explained.

It was something new to Sima Long and it took sometime for him to digest it.

Zhang Jie, on the other hand, caught the gist of it fairly quickly.

Her background coming from a merchant family helped.

"Yes, we can manage the sole dealers instead of doing everything by ourselves.

"So much hassle can be avoided." She mumbled to herself.

As an instinct for her, she began to think about all the other businesses her family could adopt with this distribution model.

Why didn’t she think of something like this earlier?

Zhang Jie glanced at Lin Xuan Qi and thought that Sima Long must have saved a deity in his past life to be so lucky to meet Lin Xuan Qi in this one.

But she wouldn’t complain.

Things were for the better for them with him.

Lin Xuan Qi saw that they were agreeable to the idea and he said, "If you have no issues with it, we shall be partners again for the MSG business, sharing the profit with each other.

"The Sima Family shall provide the properties for production and security if necessary.

"And the profits shall come from the sole dealers."

He didn’t have a name yet for the MSG and he would come up with one when he got back to the mansion.

Sima Long nodded his head and said, "Deal. I will talk with Uncle Sima Ye about it."

Sima Ye was back for Lin Xuan Qi’s wedding and he had stayed back in the Sima Mansion for the time being.

Lin Xuan Qi was glad to hear that Sima Ye was still around, as he might have some use for Sima Ye in the future.

In case he couldn’t get the Nine Fold Yin-Yang Star Iron, he would have to ask Sima Ye about it.

"Then, I shall wait for your good news on the retail stores and the MSG business."

With everything settled, Lin Xuan Qi stood up to bid farewell to Sima Long and Zhang Jie.

Sima Long quickly volunteered to walk him out of the Sima Family Mansion.

When they got out of the hall, where Zhang Jie was far enough, Sima Long nudged him with a sheepish smile and asked, "Heh. So, how was it? Was my manuscript useful?"

Lin Xuan Qi rolled his eyes at him and said, "Yeah, they were more than useful."

"Really." Sima Long nodded to himself and stood up straight with pride.

"Glad to hear that. You know how hard it was for me to search through the land for those precious manuscripts," he said while thumping his chest.

Lin Xuan Qi didn’t want to rain down on him and he couldn’t do much but nod his head and say, "I’m sure it must have been hard for you."

"It sure was."