"Shopkeeper Li, you are back. When we counted the warehouse, we found that the pile of things had not been sold yet. I don't know what to do?" Several Chinese merchants asked Li Jinde after Li Jinde returned to London City.

The bunch of things they mentioned were 10,000 smallpox vaccines brought by the fleet, but this thing has not appeared in the West and there is a very small probability of death. At the same time, no one who has been vaccinated has been infected with smallpox for several years before they can prove to the other party that the vaccine is really effective.

Li Jinde thought that there were still 10,000 smallpox vaccines for not being sold, and he didn't have much clue for a while. How to make the other party believe this new thing? If it is crowned as the "Oriental Conspiracy Theory", it may also affect normal trade at that time...

"I don't think we can sell this kind of thing with common sense. It's better to do the opposite and price it as expensive goods. The higher the price, the better it will cost at least 10 pounds per serving. Just ask them to beg us to buy vaccines, and we all have to consider whether to sell them." Li Jinde thought for a while and said.

"Will the price of 10 pounds be too expensive? Wouldn't 10,000 vaccines be 100,000 pounds? If it is too expensive, wouldn't the vaccine we bring be rotten in the warehouse?" Several directors were a little worried about Li Jinde's high-price strategy.

"Scarcity is precious. I would rather have this batch of vaccines rot in the warehouse than create an atmosphere for others to be rare. We put a batch of samples in a conspicuous place and erect wooden signs to put prices on them. If a merchant from London came to buy porcelain and silk, they asked what it was and told them. And it must be clear that one of the 100,000 people may die. If they don't want to take risks and cannot afford it, don't buy it. So, don't blame us after using the vaccine. What do you think?" Li Jinde said.

"With that being said... If the vaccine given to us by the government cannot be sold, how can we explain to the military leader when we go back?" Some people are still worried about this.

"If there is any problem, I will be fully responsible. If I really can't sell it, I will lobby their king. So what if I can avoid smallpox infection for life, what if I take a little risk? We merchants need to take greater risks when going out to sea to make a living. The risk of one person in one hundred thousand people is already very small." Li Jinde said.

When several directors of Western companies saw that Li Jinde took the initiative to stand up and carried the package, they could not help but pale in comparison, so they said: "Shopkeeper Li, you are the head of our Western trading company here. The high-price strategy is decided by our board of directors. Since this is the case, we will bear the risks together. If the price of the vaccine can be pushed up to 10 pounds per serving, the vaccine may become the signature product of our Western trading company like silk and porcelain in the future."

They thought in their mind that if the smallpox vaccine could be really priced at a sky-high price of 10 pounds per serving, then ten thousand vaccines would be 100,000 pounds, and one or two first-class sail battleships could be built. Even if only 10,000 pounds were exported each year, it would be a stable income of 100,000 pounds. The most important thing is that the vaccine is very small and does not occupy space in the cabin at all, which is similar to gold and silver.

In addition to building a large-scale construction on the land that Charles I rented to them, Western trading companies also bought several houses in the City of London as shops to sell goods shipped to ordinary Londoners. If a large merchant from the City of London came to negotiate a transaction, they would lead them directly to the warehouse to pick up the goods. The warehouse in the City of London was rented from the merchants in London.

"The plaque is crooked, raise it a little to the upper right corner."

A Chinese businessman directed a worker standing on a wooden ladder to hang a plaque of a shop. The plaque was flying and flying, carrying the three Chinese characters "Tea Leaf Row", and there was also a string of English and Latin words underneath.

In addition to tea shops, there are also porcelain shops and silk shops.

"It's a pity that there is no lion dance master to follow you, and there is no firecracker here, otherwise you must celebrate it lively. I have opened such a shop, which is the most deserted time." The Chinese businessman in charge of the tea shop sighed.

He always felt that there was nothing missing for him, but it did not mean that the opening of the store did not cause a sensation. In fact, there were hundreds of British citizens watching outside the store.

Because of the lack of employees who are proficient in Chinese and English, communication is a problem. However, price cards can solve this problem.

Chinese teas in tea shops are divided into different specifications such as bulk, packaging, box, etc., and the price is divided according to the variety. There are famous teas specifically targeting nobles, and there are cheap teas for ordinary people.

Boxed smallpox vaccine samples were placed in porcelain shops, tea shops, and silk shops. This special product has no name, but its function is indicated on the price tag - it can avoid smallpox for life.

London citizens who came to watch the opening of the shop felt a little fresh about unfamiliar Chinese-style shops. Curiosity drove some people to enter the shop to check the tea. Tea is not common to them, let alone distinguish different varieties of tea. However, this cannot reduce London citizens' enthusiasm for tea, such as tea. They can simply distinguish the quality of tea by the price tag - generally speaking, the higher the price, the better the tea tastes.

"This kind of tea is worth ten pounds per serving?" The guests who visited the store noticed the boxed smallpox vaccine in a conspicuous place.

"It's not tea. Have you not seen the words on the wooden sign? Let me see, what can I avoid for life... what can I avoid?" When the literate London city residents saw a proprietary noun, they could not match the smallpox for a moment.

"It's smallpox, which can prevent smallpox for life..." The children of a higher-educated noble or wealthy businessman understood that this seemed to be a drug related to the treatment of smallpox.

"Can smallpox be cured? As long as you eat the food here?!" Many people exclaimed.

At this time, smallpox is raging in many parts of Europe, like the Black Death. The mortality rate of heavy smallpox exceeds one quarter, and the mortality rate of light smallpox is also above one thousand. If there is a special medicine to cure it, it is a blessing for them, which is equivalent to not having to risk death and come back from the gates of hell.

Interested London citizens asked the shopkeeper of the tea shop about smallpox.

"This is not a magical drug to cure smallpox, but a magical drug to prevent smallpox. As long as this drug is used, you will never have to worry about infection with smallpox in your life. You can come and go freely even in towns and villages where smallpox erupts." The shopkeeper of the tea shop had to introduce smallpox vaccine to them. He is just a tea seller.
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