Green Monster Epic

Chapter 257: Street Vending is a Skill

Although he had received support from Kaiya and Alba, Allen still felt it necessary to practice in order to truly verify whether his ideas were feasible.

No sooner said than done, Allen started the next day, dragging Redel, the temple priest, along with him to Fragrance Street to see where they made Old Tom's flatbed carts, and where they sold smokeless coal.

After some hard work, Allen quickly gathered the items needed to set up a small stall, and the money spent was only a little over 1 gold coin, not as expensive as Allen had imagined.

At noon that day, Kaiya also approached Allen to accompany him in searching for materials, obviously tempted by Allen's delicious food yesterday.

On the third day, Allen's noodle shop was set up, and he even asked Redel to help him write 'Allen's Noodle Shop' on a gray-white linen cloth according to a scene in his dream, and hung it on the handle of the flatbed cart with a wooden pole, so that it could be seen from a distance.

Next was to consider what food to make.

First of all, barbecue was excluded.

Although barbecue has a very good taste, the spiciness of chili is not something that can be fully adapted to in a short time.

The reason why Kaiya and Alba can adapt so quickly is that as adventurers and warriors, they pursue excitement, which makes them easily accept the spicy taste that stimulates the taste buds, but several goblin chefs in the Oak Temple were quite overwhelmed by the spiciness.

Steamed buns, ramen, and dumplings, these three kinds of pasta can all be tried.

The advantage of steamed buns is that they can be made in advance, steamed, and then kept warm on the steamer.

Ramen can be made very quickly, and a bowl of noodles can be served in a few minutes, and the toppings can also be prepared in advance.

As for dumplings, needless to say, they can be made in leisure time while waiting for customers to order, or they can be made on the spot, which doesn't take much time.

Moreover, selling ramen and dumplings has another advantage, which is that you can make spicy toppings and dipping sauces, and cultivate the people of Mansa City to start accepting chili as an ingredient.

The more Allen thought about it, the more he felt that his idea was not bad, and then he started working that morning, preparing the meat filling, toppings, kneading and mixing the dough.

Allen was in full swing, even treating Kaiya as a helper, specially helping him watch the heat, in exchange for letting Kaiya have a big meal after the food was made, and learning some skills by the way.

As for Redel, the dwarf goblin, after helping Allen collect a wave of materials, he found an excuse to slip away, with no intention of sharing weal and woe with Allen at all.

In the afternoon, Allen set up his stall near an intersection of alleys near the Temple Avenue, and silently began his street vending journey by hanging up his sign.

Mansa City does not prohibit the act of setting up stalls to sell goods, as long as they do not occupy the main road for business.

After all, there are hundreds of thousands of wild natives and other foreign races living in the city, and they also need to support themselves.

No tribe has the ability to support such a large group of people, nor does it have that obligation.

The aborigines who seek their own way out, those who are capable may embark on the path of adventurers and mercenaries, and those who are not capable will either find a job to do, or sell themselves as slaves to become servants of others, or like Old Tom and the others, find a small business to support their families.

In order not to give those who are secretly watching a chance, Allen did not intend to leave the sphere of influence of the temple, even if the place where the stall was set up was not a prosperous place.

However, Allen believed in his own skills.

After gaining the approval of Kaiya, Alba, and several goblin chefs, Allen felt that this matter should not have too many flaws.

Sure enough, when Allen started to set up the stall, the steaming steamer rising from the steamer made passers-by look at it, very curious about this novel thing.

As for the small pot of boiling water next to it, and a cutting board full of toppings, meat fillings, and dough, everyone was not so curious about it.

"Boss, what are you selling here?"

A young kobold smelled the rich aroma and gathered around, pointing to the display on Allen's cart and asking.

"Oh, this is a special delicacy from our Greenwood Tribe, dumplings, meat buns, and Zhajiang noodles.

Do you want to try it, brother?"

Allen was still a little restrained.

He really had no experience in dealing with strangers, especially in greeting customers.

At this time, he put on a calm face, thinking that he was performing very calmly, but Kaiya, who was helping Allen from the side, almost laughed out loud when she saw it.

Next to the steam-filled cart, Allen had some flour on his cheeks because of kneading the dough.

He was already a little pale green, and with his gloomy face, he looked like a zombie who had just crawled out of a coffin.

The kobold was frightened by Allen's expression.

He originally wanted to try something new, but at this time he also began to retreat.

"Hey, kobold brother, don't go, try this meat bun, really!"

Allen clumsily persuaded, but the more he did this, the more worried the kobold became, turned around and left, leaving Allen behind, shouting for a long time without turning his head.

"..."

Allen completely didn't understand this person.

Since he had the intention to ask, why did he leave like this?

Could it be that he could eat him?

"You can't do this, Allen."

Kaiya tried hard to suppress her laughter and began to guide Allen from the side, but in addition to guiding, her jade hand had already reached into the hot steamer, deftly took out a bun, and then began to taste it.

"You have to be enthusiastic when you shout and greet customers.

You have to have a smile on your face and a sweet mouth, so that you can attract customers."

Allen was a little embarrassed.

He thought there was no problem with smiling on his face, but he didn't quite understand what it meant to have a sweet mouth and enthusiasm.

In front of acquaintances and strong people, Allen knows how to follow the trend and show his respect and friendliness, but when facing these ordinary strangers, Allen can be polite but can't be respectful, because he feels that these people are not worthy of his respect, nor are they qualified.

"Hey, just watch me and learn how I do it."

Kaiya was softened by the food.

Who made Allen's craftsmanship really good?

She had eaten several buns just now, but she still felt that it was not enough.

Since she wanted to shamelessly eat and drink with Allen again, Kaiya couldn't just watch like this.

Seeing that Allen's mentality had not been adjusted, Kaiya decided to personally take the stage, using her flower-like beauty to attract customers and help Allen make this first shot.

"Hey, handsome guy, come and try our new meat buns, absolutely, absolutely delicious in the world!!!"

The human beauty Kaiya, with a sweet smile, greeted a passerby enthusiastically, and quickly attracted a customer.

"You, how do you sell this bread?"

A gnoll walked over carelessly, pointing to the bun that looked somewhat similar to bread, but with a strange appearance, and asked.

"This meat bun is 20 copper coins each!!"

Seeing that the gnoll intended to buy it, Kaiya quickly quoted the price, and took a wooden clip to clip out a bun and deliberately shook it between the gnoll's nose.

"So expensive?

A bread that is bigger than yours only costs 10 copper coins."

The gnoll was a little tempted, but the price made him hesitate.

"Brother, this is a bun with meat filling, okay?

It's much better than your black bread."

The appearance of oat flour is not very good, and the steamed buns made are also grayish-brown, only a little whiter than black bread, but the taste is indeed a hundred times better than black bread.

Kaiya, who has tasted it, naturally thinks so, but how would the gnoll who has not tasted it know?

"Then... I'll take one to try first."

The gnoll hesitated for a moment, but his nose was really sensitive, and he had already smelled the meat aroma oozing from the bun, and finally gritted his teeth and prepared to buy a bun to try.

"Okay, I knew you were a discerning person!

I guarantee you won't regret buying it."

Kaiya's smile never disappeared from her face, and Allen shook his head again and again when he saw it.

So this is what she meant by enthusiasm, it's really a difficult thing.

Running a small food stall is very hard work. You only understand this after you've done it. Although Allen only worked for less than a day, by the time he closed up shop in the evening, even he, with his constitution that had surpassed the limits of humanoid creatures, couldn't help but feel his arms were sore and his body was tired.

Once someone had tried the food and bought a meat bun, Allen's stall became more and more popular. By evening, some of the afternoon customers were already returning. The more than 200 meat and vegetable buns he had prepared were almost completely sold out by a dozen or so customers in less than a magical hour after opening in the afternoon. Afterwards, he relied entirely on ramen and dumplings to keep the business going. Allen was so busy kneading dough that he made more than ten trips, and he used up almost 100 pounds of oat flour. Only then did he close up shop amidst the regretful and disappointed gazes of a crowd of customers, and return to his residence in the temple.

Even Kaiya, who was helping Allen, was frightened by the lively scene. Logically speaking, even if a newly opened stall had good business, it couldn't withstand being located deep in an alley and lacking a reputation. How could strangers possibly make a special trip to patronize your stall?

But don't forget that most of the natives living in Mansha City have an extremely strong sense of smell. The customers who had previously bought a dozen buns at a time and ate them while walking were free, walking advertisements for Allen's stall. In addition, the aroma of the customers mixing the noodles and the fragrance of the noodles on the hot pot gradually spread out, as well as the expressions of enjoyment on the faces of those diners who, because Allen's stall was simple, could only squat in a corner next to a box and eat like gluttons, how could they not attract the customers coming and going on Oak Avenue to try it!

After returning to his residence, Kaiya did not leave, but just looked at Allen's simple luggage, and then sat down at the table in the simple house. Next, Allen had one more thing that needed Kaiya's help, and that was to help count the coins in the money box.

The money box was made of wood, with a lid and a bell added to the outside to prevent thieves from sneaking close and silently stealing the money from the box while he was busy. This is not just being petty, but a real reality. A level 3-4 thief can already use shadow energy to hide his figure, but does not have enough strength to venture outside, then they can only do some petty theft to support themselves. This is also the origin of the basic thief profession name.

"Clatter! !"

A large pile of coins fell on the table. The clanging sound of the coins colliding was so pleasant to the ear, but if you saw the bronze coins inside, or the occasional few strands of silver light flashing out, you wouldn't feel so good.

Copper coins are the lowest level of currency in this world. Even long-distance trading caravans will not carry these things, because their value is really not high, so Allen and their tribe rarely see copper coins during raids. However, in Mansha City, the existence of copper coins has an extremely important position, because the daily expenses of an average family of one person is estimated to be only 30-40 copper coins.

"1. 2. 3. 4… …"

Kaiya and Allen carefully counted the mountain of coins on the table, stacking each coin neatly for easy counting. However, this seemingly simple task took Allen and them more than one magical hour to complete.

"There are a total of 36 silver coins and 6389 copper coins here, which means that you are still 11 copper coins short. Today's income is only one gold coin."

"Excluding the 7 silver coins you spent on purchasing one hundred pounds of oat flour, the 21 silver coins spent on 20 pounds of beef, and other various expenses, congratulations, today you earned a maximum possible net profit of 50 silver coins after a busy day! !"

Kaiya helped Allen calculate, and finally announced to Allen loudly with a teasing tone.

"… …"

Allen was a little surprised. This income was really beyond his expectations. He worked so hard but only made so little money. It seemed that something was wrong.

"If this is the case, then the income from this business doesn't seem to be worth it! !"

Allen frowned, thinking hard, wondering if there was anything that needed improvement.

"Do you know why you feel something is wrong?"

Kaiya had actually discovered Allen's problem with this matter a long time ago, but because it was not her business, and seeing Allen's attitude when he made the decision, Kaiya did not say much, and only waited until this time to analyze it to the other party.

"… …"

Allen looked up, solemnly looking at the other party, shaking his head without speaking, but his eyes were already asking Kaiya.

"Your pricing is too low. There is one thing you must clear when doing business, and that is that you have to be ruthless! !"

Kaiya put on the posture of an old pro and began to lecture Allen: "The profit of doing business is not only calculated on the cost of your ingredients and raw materials, but also the cost of your labor, and the value of your food itself. All of these need to be considered."

"How is the taste of your food?"

"Naturally, it is very delicious, otherwise we wouldn't have used up all the ingredients I prepared after only working for one afternoon."

Allen was very confident in this question.

"If you don't do this business and go on adventure missions, how much money can you earn in a day?"

"… … This question is difficult to answer. Don't laugh at me. The mission from the City Lord's Mansion before was only the second mission I had ever taken!"

The first time was naturally when he was hired by the Shining Silver Merchant Guild to go to Thorn Castle.

"But I think, at least I should be able to earn a gold coin a day."

"Look, you yourself know the value of yourself and your food, then you should include all of these in the cost! !"

Kaiya looked like a promising student and told Allen the real problem with his business this time: "You just priced your food too low! !"

"Look at Old Tom, his fried chicken is just over ten pieces of chicken, and he dares to offer a jacket for 1 silver coin. The taste of your buns and dumplings is not inferior to Old Tom's fried chicken, but the ingredients are relatively cheaper, but this does not mean that you can only sell at a low price! !"

"Are you saying that I should raise the price?"

Allen hesitated. People who haven't done business before will only leave a little profit margin for themselves at the beginning, for fear of being said to be black-hearted or unscrupulous. Allen himself is actually no exception. Because he lacked confidence in doing business for the first time, he felt flustered when he left a 40-50% gross profit margin when pricing. At this time, when he heard the meaning in Kaiya's words, he naturally still found it difficult to accept.

"That's right, like the buns you make, you only steam about 200 in the morning, but you only sell them for 10 copper coins each. Isn't this a waste of natural resources? In my opinion, these buns should cost at least 25 copper coins each. Calculating it, 4 meat buns are definitely more than Old Tom's portion of fried chicken, and it's not considered price gouging! ! As for dumplings and ramen, increase all of them by double the price today. This should be a reasonable price."

Kaiya said her suggestion with great confidence. As for whether Allen accepts it, that is his business.

"Let me think about it!"

Allen pondered.

Here, I slightly opened the golden finger to speed up Allen's stall career a bit, but I personally think that the probability of success is very high. In a world where the food culture has not been developed, the appearance of foods such as buns, fried sauce noodles, and dumplings should be very easy to succeed. It's just that Allen can't stay in Mansha City for a long time. Running a business is a long process of managing customers, so I can only open the golden finger a little to make Allen succeed faster.

The reason for the late update is mainly because I went to watch the League of Legends game. I was so anxious watching it that I almost couldn't help but swear! !