Princess Changle and Princess Chengyang

The rewards from the advanced lottery were quickly revealed to Lin Shen.

"Congratulations, host, for unlocking items: Common quality items: towel, thermos. High-quality items: cigar cutter, glass cup, self-heating rice (choice of flavor)."

The unlocked items were quite ordinary.

Towels, thermoses, these were all basic daily necessities.

From emperors to commoners, there was a significant demand for them.

The high-quality items surprised and startled Lin Shen.

He was startled by the fact that he had actually drawn a cigar cutter.

Could this thing be classified as a high-quality item?!

But the remaining two items pleased him greatly.

Especially the glass cup.

During this period, everyone who visited his shop handled things cautiously, afraid of damaging these precious items.

Seeing his glass display case, there was a great desire in their eyes.

Lin Shen could tell that in their eyes, there was a deep longing for glass products.

The appearance of the glass cup would undoubtedly attract the attention of the noble families in Chang'an, and even the common people.

However, what Lin Shen valued the most was the self-heating rice.

He wasn't ignorant of history and knew that there had always been a huge problem throughout history.

Food shortages!

Even in a place like Chang'an, there were still people who couldn't eat their fill.

The appearance of self-heating rice could effectively solve this problem.

This was something that would drive the people of the Tang Dynasty crazy.

But Lin Shen didn't plan to bring it out now. Selling it as a commodity wouldn't fully realize its value.

If his memory served him right, there seemed to be a locust plague in the Tang Dynasty this year.

In the Tang Dynasty, the emperor was still someone like Li Shimin, an emperor for the ages.

Lin Shen didn't intend to spend his whole life as an ordinary merchant, selling groceries and being an unremarkable richest man in the Tang Dynasty.

His blood told him that he wanted to be a great man.

The timing for the self-heating rice was perfect.

Lin Shen planned to keep this item until the locust plague struck.

When the people of the world had no food to eat, he would bring out the self-heating rice, collect a small fee from the people of the Tang Dynasty, and seize the opportunity to step into the court in a legitimate way.

Lin Shen didn't take out the self-heating rice.

He simply placed the other four items on the shelf.

The towel was priced at one silver tael each.

The thermos was two silver taels.

The soap and glass cup were a bit more expensive, priced at one silver tael each.

Lin Shen wasn't afraid of having too many glass cups, which would devalue glass—

The Tang Dynasty didn't have the technology to produce transparent glass.

As long as this technology didn't develop,

then the glass cups in his hands would be scarce goods.

He wasn't afraid of others undercutting him in price and competing with him.

He had no costs.

Anyone who wanted to engage in a price war with Lin Shen would only end up in a dead end.

After receiving the rewards, Lin Shen yawned and went to bed.

He had been busy these days.

The next day, after welcoming another wave of customers, he finally got some leisure time.

Lin Shen was resting on a rattan chair.

Then someone else walked in.

Princess Changle was still dressed simply, holding a delicate and beautiful young girl who looked a year or two younger than Princess Changle.

She was Princess Changle's younger sister, Princess Chengyang.

In the imperial city, Princess Chengyang often heard her elder sister talk about a novel shop in Taiping Square called Ruyi Supermarket.

Princess Chengyang remembered Princess Changle lying on her bed, with a look of infatuation on her face when she talked about Ruyi Supermarket.

The boss was very handsome.

The things she bought were all very novel.

The boss spoke very softly...

The food was delicious.

The boss...

The number of times she mentioned the goods was far fewer than the number of times she mentioned the boss.

Princess Chengyang was very curious, but she was timid and didn't dare to go out of the imperial city alone. So she pestered her elder sister, Princess Changle, every day to take her out to play.

For several days in a row.

Princess Changle was so annoyed by her that she finally agreed to take her out.

She also wanted to replenish some snacks.

Today, after consulting with Queen Changsun, she brought a few casually dressed Qian Niu guards out of the imperial city and headed straight to Ruyi Supermarket.

"Boss, I'm here again!" Princess Changle lightly tapped the counter and snorted.

Lin Shen squinted and glanced over, gently nodding, "You're here. What would you like today?"

She was his first customer.

The wealthy girl.

Princess Changle tilted her head and whispered, "Today, I brought my sister. Are there any new things in the store?"

Lin Shen pointed with his hand, "They're all on that shelf. Take a look for yourself."

Lipstick, glass cups, immediately caught Princess Changle's eye.

A metal product, a glass product!

Shiny.

Princess Changle picked up the lipstick, studied it for a while by herself, and didn't know what it was for.

"Boss, what is this thing?" After failing to figure it out, Princess Changle looked over with eager eyes and asked softly.

Lin Shen glanced over, "That's lipstick, one hundred taels of silver each."

One hundred taels!

This number made Princess Changle's heart tremble.

She still couldn't get her hands on the income from her fiefdom. With her monthly allowance, she couldn't afford such an expensive product.

Princess Changle carefully placed the lipstick back in its place and then pointed to the glass cup on the shelf, asking, "Boss, what about this glass cup?"

Princess Changle had never seen such a clean glass cup before.

Even the

 glass cup used by her father, the emperor, had tiny impurities inside, and some parts were still covered with faint white flakes, like mist.

The quality was even better than the one used by the emperor.

Such a cup, instead of being kept as a family heirloom, was openly displayed on the shelf for sale.

What if it were to break, wouldn't it be a pity...

Lin Shen replied softly, "That cup is one silver tael each. If you buy more, I can give you a discount."

One silver tael?

Princess Changle's mind went blank for a moment.

Such a good-quality glass cup, only one silver tael.

And you could even get a discount for buying more?

What did that mean...

Princess Changle's voice trembled a little, "Boss, how much is your glass cup if I buy a lot?"

Lin Shen drawled, "Mm-hmm."

Princess Chengyang watched dumbfoundedly from the side.

She was young.

But she knew very well what was good and what wasn't.

Things like soap and glass cups.

They were good things that even her father and mother didn't own.

But here, they were openly displayed on the shelf.

And they only cost one silver tael.

With her monthly allowance, she could buy more than ten!

Princess Changle picked up a glass cup and also took some fish tofu, slowly walking to the counter.

Looking at the several lipsticks on the counter.

She was very curious.

Although she had spent a lot of time with Lin Shen, she also understood a rule.

The more expensive the item in this supermarket, the better it was.

Like this lipstick, which could sell for one hundred taels of silver, it was probably an excellent product...

Princess Changle couldn't help but ask, "Boss, what is the use of this lipstick?"