Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 356

After the farming ceremony, Zhu Yuan's main energy turned to the "Distribution Chapter" of "Economics" that Lao Zhu confessed to finish as soon as possible. However, many things around him still cannot be let go.

February twenty-sixth.

The head of the pontoon bridge on the north side of Longwan Wharf came early today to see off.

Quite a large team.

The leaders are Xue Shu and Wen Zao, who are about to rush to Gansu to take up their posts, with one article and one military.

Speaking of which, Xue Shu and Wen Zao are both going to leave today, and the other Gansu officials selected by Lao Zhu, except for Zhuang Muduan who also rushed to take up the post in the letter from Shaanxi, the others are still dawdling.

Obviously, it is still due to the concept of traditional distribution.

This made Lao Zhu a little dissatisfied.

In addition to Xue Shu and Wen Zao, there was also a surveying and mapping team carefully selected by the imperial court and sent to Gansu, led by Xu Yin, a fifth-rank surveying and mapping department doctor.

Xu Yin also came from the earliest Surveying and Mapping Department of the Yinghai Division. He went north with Tu Xiao as an unranked official, and after going through life and death, he was able to come to the present.

The original official position was still the sixth rank, but this time he took the initiative to invite Ying to go to Gansu. Lao Zhu was so happy that he was promoted two ranks in a row, and Xu Yin was promoted to the surveying and mapping department doctor of the fifth rank, who was fully responsible for the surveying and mapping affairs in Gansu.

Furthermore, in the surveying and mapping team this time, Zhu Yuan also found another guy who was only slightly impressed.

Wei Zhong.

The teacher who originally hid in the primary school affiliated to the Medical University to teach children was accidentally discovered by Zhu Yuan and hoped that the other party would annotate his "Sketch Techniques". Wei Zhong did so, but he still expressed his attitude of not wanting to be an official.

Zhu Yuan didn't force it, but asked someone to print the "Sketch Technique" that the other party had proofread and annotated, without signing it.

Unexpectedly, it was still 'digged' out by Lao Zhu.

This time, in one sentence, directly 'distribute'.

If you don't want to be an official, just paint.

There is a kind of artistic conception of Song Renzong's "let's fill in the lyrics".

Ok.

Then, there was a team of teachers sent by the imperial court to Gansu.

It was mainly the scholars who participated in the imperial examination last year. In order to encourage these people to go to the frontier to support education, Lao Zhu is also generous. As long as they are willing to go, they will be directly awarded the official position of the ninth rank. Central Plains.

Compared with most of the scholars who can only start from unranked officials, such conditions are still very attractive. Therefore, there are quite a few people who voluntarily signed up. In the end, 60 people were selected based on the best. It is planned to go there. Start a school.

Not only were these people equipped with a team of ten servants, but they also brought a sum of money and a large number of study books.

The posture of doing a big job.

In addition to the three official teams, there are also two caravans.

The first is a caravan that Zhu Yuan cooperated with Jin Yiwei and Shaanxi Zhuang's.

Because they voluntarily gave up on tea, the Zhuang family’s caravan this time mainly consists of silk, medicinal materials, and porcelain. However, when they arrive in Shaanxi, they will also add salt and iron wares. This is also approved by Lao Zhu himself.

Therefore, it can also be seen that this "Hexin Foreign Trade Company", which was also recently registered with the Ministry of Commerce, has just started, and has already shown an oligarchic posture.

Not only are they engaged in large-scale trade involving people's livelihood, but the key is...to be comprehensive enough.

You can do whatever you want.

Of course, the condition is...a certain 'Jinling Dongcheng Asset Management Company' holds [-]% of the shares in this trading company. In addition, the Commerce Department of the Ming Dynasty took the other [-]%. up to half.

The third largest shareholder is Zhu Yuan, accounting for [-]% of the shares.

Of the remaining [-]%, half was designated by Lao Zhu to the nobles of various families, including [-]% for Tang He, [-]% for Guo, and one or two points each for the other generals who were confirmed to be stationed in Gansu.

The other half is shared by the Zhuang family and others.

This is also the strategy given by Zhu Yuan.

Since it is not suitable to carry out too much reform of business tax in a short period of time, mainly due to the lack of sufficient execution power, random reform will only lead to the suppression of business development. It is equivalent to collecting taxes indirectly.

In the caravan, there are more than [-]% members of Jinyiwei.

The person leading the team was named Rong Xun, a fifth-rank Jinyiwei Qianhu, and he was also a member of the Gongwei Division who guarded Tu Xiaobei to spy on him.

Zhu Yuan was also touched by this.

It is said that there is no old friend from West Yangguan, this group is probably "West to Yangguan", and, vaguely, it seems to be threaded together by a thread, they are all old friends, and they can take care of each other.

Ok.

That's right.

This thread is Zhu Yuan himself.

For many things, Zhu Yuan has never done it too deliberately, after all, he has no other ideas, but after making moves and moves, unknowingly, a certain corner of the chess game may become a piece.

Finally, the caravan of the Yunfeng Tea Trading Company led by the tea merchant Gao Shi was the most inconspicuous one.

Fifty thousand catties of tea leaves are just a test of the water.

In any case, the total number of people in the entire team exceeds 3000, which is also arranged by Lao Zhu. Among them, 1000 officers and soldiers are regarded as guards.

These days, Zhu Yuan has repeatedly said what should be explained.

At the moment, I just told them to pay attention to safety and take care all the way, and watched Xue Shu, Wen Zao, Xu Yin, Rong Xun, Wei Zhong and others get on their horses or ride in cars, hanging behind the big ones who had already started to cross the bridge. gradually go away.

Inexplicably sad.

Traveling in this era, no matter how old you are or what your physical fitness is, may never return.

There are too many uncertainties.

Still need to speed up the progress.

As long as we can enter the industrial age and build a railway that runs through the country, no matter how slow the train is, it will be much faster than it is now.

Seeing everyone gradually going away through the pontoon bridge, Tu Xiao, who also came to see him off, took a look at his husband with his hands in his hands, and stepped forward: "Sir, go back, don't be blown by the wind."

Zhu Yuan responded, and seeing Chen Xu, the commander of Jinyiwei, also approached, he smiled and said, "It just so happens, let's go to the machinery factory together."

After the plowing ceremony, the machinery factory... or, in other words, the manufacture of steam engines, was promoted to a more important position by Lao Zhu.

It is higher priority than the various projects in the first 'three-year plan'.

Therefore, the two major machinery factories are expanding and recruiting people recently.

After discussing with the 23rd generation grandson of his own treasure, His Majesty the Emperor also decided on a new plan. It doesn't have to be a skilled craftsman, as long as he is smart, studious, and... a little bit of foundation, whether it is an iron foundation, or a wooden foundation. As a basis, you can recruit them all.

Then, adopt the assembly line operation method.

The assembly line is naturally proposed by Zhu Yuan based on the experience of later generations. A team is only responsible for the manufacture of a certain part. In this way, craftsmen can get started as soon as possible without caring about the overall situation, and mass production can be achieved as quickly as possible.

Recently, everyone has been paying close attention to the affairs of the machinery factory, and after hearing what Zhu Yuan said, they all agreed.

We got in the car and rushed to the machinery factory at the southern foot of Shogunate Mountain together.

It's really lively here.

The expansion of the factory, the recruitment of personnel, and the orderly factory team despite being busy, give people a sense of vitality.

Lao Zhu was actually a little worried at first, worried that the hundreds of thousands of craftsmen in Dadu might not be able to settle down after they arrived.If several 10 people are left idle, it would be too wasteful.Therefore, when Xu Da wrote to ask the last craftsmen to stay in the north, and out of the idea of ​​​​managing Dadu in advance, Lao Zhu agreed.

However, the current situation is that it is simply not enough.

Not enough!

Fortunately, because the salary level of 6 stone is 1% higher than the average [-] buckets of rice for ordinary craftsmen at this stage, there are also many private applicants.

Zhu Yuan and his team arrived, and also met the old man who was appointed by Zhu Yuan to join the machinery factory at the last plowing ceremony. His surname was Gong. Although he was 67 years old, he was still in good spirits. After being very good, he simply pulled all the young people from the whole village over.

The Gong family is originally a family that is good at crafting in the local area, but they got started quickly.

Even the old man was confident. In front of Zhong He and Jin Sanhu, he didn't hide it at all. He hoped that after mastering the craft, he would lead his young people to set up the third machinery factory and compete with the other two.

Zhu Yuan is the kind of person who is happy to see competition, of course, the premise is healthy competition.

After expressing his support for Mr. Gong, Zhu Yuan also elaborated on his philosophy again, that healthy competition and mutual promotion must be made, and absolutely not to be a stumbling block for others.

Afterwards, he discussed the detailed plan with the current leaders of Kim San-hoo.

The idea of ​​the two is that after this increase in scale, they hope that by the end of the year, the two factories will be able to achieve a daily production scale of 30 steam engines.

Zhu Yuan puts more emphasis on durability.

It is necessary to continuously improve the process and improve the stability of the machine during operation. Otherwise, if a steam engine will break down every few days, no matter how much production is, it will be useless.

Of course, there is also the issue of materials.

The Taiping Iron Ore Company, which has also started operation, will cooperate as much as possible to provide raw materials for the machinery factory, and even basic forging craftsmen.In any case, steam engines made of steel, even without cost, are definitely better than copper machines in terms of durability.

I have seen the machinery factory here, and when I got home, it was past 12 noon.

After dinner, it's time to meet guests again.

Wei Zan and Gu Zhongren from Jinling Paper Company visited together, but what they talked about was the issue of planting mulberry trees on Shogunate Mountain.

His Majesty the Emperor has included "pro-planting" in the pro-cultivation ceremony. The matter of planting trees seems simple, but whether it is Zhongshu or related government departments, such as the Greening Department, such as the paper industry that needs to build raw material bases The company didn't dare to underestimate it anymore. Even Kang Maocai, the camp envoy who had already gone to Shandong, deliberately found Zhu Yuan for a chat before leaving, about issues related to planting trees while farming in Shandong.

After sending off Wei Zan and Gu Zhongren, Zhu Yuan returned to the inner courtyard.

Xie Yi and Luo Shui came together, hesitated a little, but still said: "My lord, Sister Qing is behind...today, I left Cha Niang for dinner... Do you want to meet?"

Zhu Yuan just moved to sit on the sofa in the Westinghouse, but he didn't expect that Xieyi would mention this.

I do know.

In the morning, the green tea girl also went to the pontoon bridge to see her caravan off, but she stayed in the carriage and didn't show up.

Zhu Yuan and his party then went to the machinery factory, but unexpectedly, this girl came here just in time.

Smiling, Zhu Yuan said: "It's gone, tell her to leave after eating, don't disturb his mother's rest."

Freehand agreed softly.

Zhu Yuan said that after stretching on the single sofa, he got up again: "Take a nap."

So a group of girls surrounded their adults and came to the master bedroom in the east room.

After taking off his clothes and lying on the bed, Zhu Yuan couldn't fall asleep for a while, thought for a while, and said, "Let me be cute and come here."

Xieyi nodded subconsciously, but when she realized it, she was stunned for a moment, agreed again, and ordered a maid to call for someone.

The expressions of the girls around are also weird.

Especially a few Cipai girls.

This time...not right.

Shouldn't it be called that half... um, the Xu family, or that Zhuang Liu'er?

How obedient and clever.

That pair of girls... are not as old as them.

Zhu Yuan happened to be able to notice the expressions of a few girls and just smiled.

I thought of it a long time ago.

I can't let you figure out my preferences, my lord.

hum.

The pair of twins that Fang Guozhen sent arrived soon, hugging the cat-like pair, Zhu Yuan didn't do anything else, and soon fell asleep.

Here, I confirmed that my lord had rested, explained freely, and went out with Luo Shui.

Freehand to the backyard.

A certain green tea girl was still waiting, and she was a little disappointed to learn that the adults had already fallen asleep, but she couldn't continue to wait for a certain boy Pingzhang to wake up, it would be evening, and before she left for home, it might be night.

This is not good.

In the end, he left in dismay.

On the other side, Luoshui is going to Cuizhou to the east of Liangzhou.

The opening time of Guanjufang is getting closer and closer. Both the luggage workshop and the jewelry team are very busy recently.

this time……

Although it is not necessarily true, but in any case, you must be fully prepared, and you can’t be like last year’s Zhiyongzhai, where it was swept away on the opening day, and there was an embarrassing scene of no goods for sale.

Even if that kind of scene will only make other businesses envious, it is embarrassing after all.

But, of course, don't oversupply too much.

My adults also mentioned a saying, what is it called... hunger marketing.

Appropriately showing the out-of-stock status is good for a store, because people's minds are like this. The more you can't get something, the more you want it. It's too easy to get, but it will be boring.

Therefore, Luoshui already has some plans.

It is certain that the stock cannot be out of stock on the opening day. However, some categories, such as the unique customized models, whether it is jewelry or bags, must be supplied in limited quantities. Wait a few more days, or... book in advance.

After seeing the preparations of the luggage workshop here, Luoshui returned to the Liangzhou mansion, and some servants had already taken various samples and stocking data from the jewelry workshop on the north shore.

Regarding jewelry, at the beginning, Guanjufang was still a bit stretched.

Whether it is craftsmen or materials, it is not so easy to find because of the high requirements. However, after Zhu Yuan discussed the equity distribution with his ancestors, especially after Lao Zhu accepted the concept of his precious 23rd generation more and more, things went smoothly. a lot of.

The result of the [-]-[-] split is that Lao Zhu personally ordered that materials can be obtained from the royal treasury. At the same time, some top craftsmen who were originally only making utensils for the royal family were also allocated.

Even Lao Zhu ordered to relax the restrictions on some materials.

For example, the most basic gold and silver. Originally, in this era, not everyone can wear gold and silver jewelry, let alone some sensitive utensils.Although folks wear them secretly, they are always hidden from view.

Now, let go, as long as you can afford it, you can buy it!

This is of course also the theory given by Zhu Yuan.

It is better to let go than to let the people sneak around and be unclear, so that the court cannot justly benefit from it.

At the same time as letting go, it is the official camp.

Then, if you want to wear and wear it, just pay a high price.

In the evening after being so busy, Luo Shui hurried to the kitchen of the inner house to check on the preparations of his adults' dinner.

After the other two women became pregnant, because of their adults' instructions, and because of the two women's own caution, they suspended various housework, which made both Xieyi and Luoshui feel much busier.

In today's kitchen, besides Wu Sanniang, who became more in charge after being personally instructed by my lord, and several other women who are good at cooking, there is one more, the most special one around my lord... Mrs. Xu.

In private, there are always girls talking about 'milfs' or something.

That's not a good word.

Xie Yi also reprimanded her, but after the reprimand, it spread more and more.

On the other hand, this woman... After a period of time, she also became more and more resigned to her fate.

Maybe there are other ideas.

Perhaps... I can also feel that it's actually... very good to be able to come to the mansion of the boy Pingzhang.

In the huge Pingzhang mansion, many women read books and paint pictures every day, and at most help their adults to copy and proofread some books. There are more and more, but gradually there are more monks and less porridge.

I just talked about it, one by one, more and more lazy.

However, it was just nagging.

Of course there are women who want to be busy, but...the four of them, Xie Yi, will certainly not allow other women to get busy.

If they get busy, what should they do?
This is also the fact that there are too many monks and too little porridge.

After dinner was ready, it was getting dark, and while ordering the food to be taken to the dining room in the west wing, Luo Shui came to the main room.

My adults have already taken a nap, and they are nestling on the sofa, flipping through the fifth chapter of "Dream of Red Mansions" that a group of girls have just finished recently, which will be released next month.

On the left and right side are two identical little girls, like two well-behaved boneless kittens, soft and greasy.

Seeing Luo Shui coming in, he knew that dinner was ready, but Zhu Yuan didn't get up, and continued to hug a girl on one side, while beckoning the little girl on the other side to turn the page for him, and asked with a smile: "Where are you going at Guanjufang?" How is it?"

"I just sorted it out this afternoon." Luo Shui stepped forward and said, "All kinds of bags, jewelry, embroidery, and scattered crystal buttons are all enough, and there will definitely be no such thing as Zhiyongzhai last year." embarrassment."

Zhu Yuan nodded, thinking of another question: "What about the person in charge, this is also a very important question."

"I've been choosing for a long time," Luo Shui said, "It's a servant girl we brought back from Mingzhou. Her surname is Mei, and her name is Liu Niang. The Mei family was also a scholarly family before, but it fell into decline. Mei Liu Niang has studied. She can also manage the accounts, the key is that people have their duties, so I thought, let her bring some other maids and servants to the second floor of Guanjufang to be the shopkeeper, and at the same time take charge of the store's accounts."

Luo Shui said so, Zhu Yuan remembered.

There is such a woman in charge at home, she looks about 30 years old, and her appearance is still upright, but she was bought as a servant girl and brought all the way to Jinling. Big and small women have a lower status.

Since it was Luoshui's choice, Zhu Yuan was relieved, but after thinking about it, he still said: "In the inner house, if you find time to ask, if someone is willing to go out to do things, they can go out. I never thought that always Detain them at home."

Luo Shui paused, but still agreed.

As it should be.

There are so many at home, according to the practice of that big family, it is time to release some regularly.

but……

Ok.

Other big families, let alone women who are 30 years old, even if they are over 20 years old, they may be sent out in batches, and my family... well, I can't think so.

I am also between 20 and 30 years old.

this……

It should be 30 up.

Correct.

Luo Shui muttered in his heart, and said a few words to his adults, and Xinyi also rushed over, before Zhu Yuan got up and came to the dining room in the west wing.

Therefore, I also saw Xu by accident.

I asked a few questions with a smile, and tasted the pastries made by the woman. Although I still don't like sweet ones, I still think they are good.

So he smiled and said there was a reward.

award……

Well, tonight.

I also plan to pick two more, with three flowers at the same time.

Lily or something, the most loving.

Living like this, the last few days of February will pass quickly.

The time entered March of the second year of Hongwu.

On Jinling's side, there has been more and more discussion these days, that is, the imperial court will soon confer titles on the kings.

This is proposed by the Ministry of Rites.

It is said that His Majesty the Emperor even specially issued an edict to explain this. It is probably because all the meritorious men accompanied him to conquer the world. They have worked hard and made great achievements. They should have been conferred as soon as possible. There is no canonization yet, and it is impossible to rush to confer titles on all the heroes.

It's not polite.

Of course, the ruling and opposition parties have no objection to this.

The most talked about is actually another... the time of passing on the title.

It is said that in order to prevent the clan from being too bloated in the future, His Majesty the Emperor took the initiative to say that he would limit the time for the succession of the kings. Some rumors are that... even the prince can only be passed on to twelve generations.

The prince passed on to the twelfth generation, let alone the county king and the like.

For this point, under the guidance of public opinion of some scholars, the common people are very in favor of it.

His Majesty the Emperor is also thinking of the people of the world.

However, some other people felt something was wrong.

Noble group.

Obviously, even the prince can only pass on the words of the twelve generations, how many generations will they, the nobles with the most dukes, only pass on?

Everyone has worked hard and conscientiously for so many years, don't you just want to rest with the country?

Now, if it can only be passed on for a few short generations, the wealth will be gone... Is this too heartwarming?
Of course, I only dare to say this in private.

On a rational level, everyone understands that His Majesty the Emperor is thinking about the Great Ming Dynasty, not to mention, isn't there a saying called 'The Ze of the Gentleman, beheaded for the fifth generation'.Let’s read the history books for a while. After the founding of the country in the past, how many people can really live together with the country?

Many of them just passed one or two generations, or three or five generations, and then declined.

because……

The cunning rabbit is dead, the lackey is cooking!

There are too many titles confiscated. On the one hand, the country cannot afford to support them. On the other hand, it is also a strong destabilizing factor for the continuation of the dynasty. If it is not possible, the Marquis rebelled today, and the Duke rebelled tomorrow. , the life of the court is not enough?

Therefore, if you can enjoy the wealth and honor for several generations in peace and stability, perhaps, it is not bad.

Compared with other people's comments, Zhu Yuan already knew some of the results, and even this matter itself was promoted by Zhu Yuan.

From a selfish point of view, Zhu Yuan certainly hoped that the title would be hereditary, especially after the two women around him became pregnant, so he couldn't help but think that in a few generations, his descendants would lose their title and become ordinary people. Even worse than the common people, that would be bad.

Can……

From a rational point of view, Zhu Yuan knew that decreasing titles was the best choice.

Good for all.

At least, hundreds of years later, my descendants are scattered all over the place, and if something happens again, they will not be traced by others.

Don't even say hundreds of years later, just a few generations later...

Thinking of the nobles whose titles are decreasing one by one, at that time, someone sitting on the dragon chair will no longer be so anxious, not anxious, and will not think about cutting the clan, cutting the clan, cutting the clan, etc. That way, everyone can be safe and sound.

So it's the third day of March.

Guanjufang officially opened.

Just like last year, the store started preparations from the night before. Early in the morning, at the time carefully selected, the plaques were hung up, and the streets were filled with the sound of lively drums.

The men and women who arrived early waited for the store to open, and immediately poured in.

Some are specially sent by each family to hang red congratulations.

More, it was also aimed at a certain young man Pingzhang, and even the royal family behind him, to spend money exclusively.

Some people with relatively powerful supernatural powers have found out that the shares behind this Guanjufang are split [-]-[-], with the royal family holding half and Zhu Yuan holding half.

With such a background, it doesn't cost money or please, what else do you want?
After all, it is a store that sells women's products. At first, I thought it might be awkward. However, after entering the store, everyone quickly discovered that female customers can go upstairs, and there are special maids to entertain them, while male customers can choose from downstairs. However, some congratulatory guests turned to the backyard to drink.

Order can be described as orderly.

There was no embarrassment as imagined, so, of course...

buy!
The same 1888 taels of limited-edition satchel, tsk... the embroidery on it, the inlaid gems, and the materials... dragon skin, which is rare, and the cultural background behind it...not to mention, it is different from that Zhiyongzhai's theme pen is the same, and it is the only one.

worth it!

I said hello earlier, and today, the butler of Guo Xingjia, the governor who came here on purpose, waved his hand after listening to the guy's brief introduction: "Here, these six... limited editions, I want them all, hurry up and wrap them up for me." .”

As soon as these words were spoken, someone else became dissatisfied: "Guo Dong, I let you buy them all, what should we do, you guy...you can buy half at most, and the remaining three will be taken care of by my Liao family."

The housekeeper named Guo Dong saw that he was the steward of Liao Yongzhong's family, so he had no choice but to compromise: "Old Liao, half of each person is half of each person, but... have you brought enough money? If not, I Still have to take it all."

Before the manager of the Liao family could answer, someone had already said, "Old Liao, Lao Guo, don't you take our Feng family seriously?"

Look past.

Feng Shengjia, the right deputy general of Zhenglu, also came.

This……

Facing a group of gods fighting, some wealthy businessmen who came here with the same intention to please, even if they want to spend a lot of money, don't extravagantly hope to get into the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor, even if they are noticed by the young Pingzhang.

just now……

How can you speak!

Can't do it.

However, some people found another way, Chen Qi, a certain Guangdong maritime merchant who has been active in the capital these days, took the initiative to chat with the stewards of these noble families.

Others quickly found out and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Does this work too?
As people continued to come over, the backgrounds became deeper and deeper, and they refused to give in to each other. At the stall that was about to fight again, words came from upstairs. It was a woman in red, wearing a veil, standing in the middle of the stairs, slightly He was a bit condescending, and his tone was neither humble nor overbearing: "Everyone, we are all distinguished guests when we come to Guanjufang. If the hospitality is not good, I hope you will forgive me. Besides, regarding the shopping, Guanjufang also hopes that you can let go of the purchase. It's a pity that some of these products are complicated in craftsmanship, small in quantity, and take a long time to produce. Therefore, in order to allow more customers to buy them, the owner specially explained that each person can only buy one, and whoever sells them will not sell them. , for the sake of fairness, it is also based on first-come, first-served, whoever speaks first will be given. Here... Liu Niang also asks everyone, this bag is sold out today, and there will still be some in the future. Everyone's kindness is even stronger. Expensive, you can't hurt it."

The woman's thoughtful words, coupled with the hints between the words and even the condescending standing on the stairs, made the guests in the hall quiet down.

Inevitably also remembered...

Here, it is definitely not a place to make trouble.

Different from Zhiyongzhai, here, half of it belongs to the royal family.

So he agreed again and again.

I can't help guessing, the identity of this red-clothed woman...well, from the appearance...she was wearing a veil, so I didn't see it, but from the age... I'm afraid it's someone close to that young Pingzhang again.

The preferences of young Pingzhang are also well known.

The order was restored, and the hall became orderly. The woman in red didn't leave immediately, but told the shop assistants that after all the distinguished guests finished their consumption, they must take them to the back and drink a few glasses of water and wine.

After explaining this and confirming that there was nothing else, Mei Liuniang, who was dressed in red, went back upstairs.

After warmly entertaining the ladies upstairs again, many of whom were the wives of nobles in the court, Mei Liuniang turned to a compartment behind the counter here after a bit of busy work.

Luo Shui is here.

Luoshui also rushed over very early, but since she arrived, she has been hiding here, not to mention the first floor, and even some ladies from the Xungui family on the second floor have not been entertained.

This is also for the sake of maintaining one's identity.

If it is at home, as the concubine of one's own adults, it is appropriate to entertain guests.

But, here at Guanjufang, this is shopping.

If it's a small household, it's okay for the shopkeeper's wife to come forward, but... on the side of the young Pingzhang and even the next imperial county king, Luoshui's appearance will be a bit self-deprecating.

I shouldn't have come today.

However, because the entire Guanjufang is managed by himself, and her adults do not restrict her from showing up, Luo Shui couldn't hold back, and really wanted to come and have a look.

When Mei Liuniang entered, Luo Shui was flipping through the invoices that kept coming in, and making records in the form himself, while there were maids and servants constantly delivering them.

Noticing that Mei Liuniang in red entered the door, Luo Shui raised his head: "Have you dealt with it?"

Mei Liuniang nodded: "Okay."

I still remembered just now.

Standing in the middle of the stairs on purpose, and those words were not taught by Luoshui, but Mei Liuniang thought of them herself.

Perhaps... a bit of a pretense, but Mei Liuniang also knew that the reason why Luo Niang chose her was of course that she liked her good at handling things.

Luo Shui was really relieved of Mei Liuniang, and after confirming a word, he didn't ask any more questions, and continued to record with his head lowered, but in his heart, Luoshui was not as calm as he appeared on the surface as he watched the numbers rapidly add up in the account book form. .

My lord...

So what, regarding the ranking of spending power, women are the highest and men are the lowest... Well, now it seems that it is true.

Last year's Zhiyongzhai, on the first day of opening, although there were many people who wanted to please their own adults, the single-day revenue of more than 1 taels shocked everyone. Although the annual sales volume It didn't add up as much as it did on the first day of opening, but the overall size of a store is still amazing.

This time, this Guanjufang...

At the very beginning, Luoshui couldn't help thinking in private that on the first day of opening... Since women's spending power far exceeds that of men, on the first day, it should be no problem to double that of Zhiyongzhai, right?

But, actually...

Where will it only double!

……

Zhu Yuan also entered the city today, at ten o'clock in the morning, arrived at the imperial city, first went to give a lecture to His Highness the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince took priority, this has never been forgotten, and then was left behind by His Majesty the Emperor at noon After eating together, Lao Zhu also asked about Guanjufang.

However, it has only been open for half a day, and the result has not yet appeared. Zhu Yuan can only promise that in the evening, the data will be sent to the palace as soon as possible.

He left the imperial city at one o'clock in the afternoon, and did not return to the north of the city. Instead, he came to his family's house by the Qinhuai River. He planned to live here today. Before taking a nap, he specially ordered Luoshui to send the results to him in the evening.

After giving orders, he stopped.

When I woke up again, it was already dark outside again.

Surrounded by one big and one small.

Last time... the inspiration from Xu's three flowers juxtaposed bloomed sequentially.

Ok.

So, this time it was the sack girl and Zhu Erniang.

The two women with great strength, beside Zhu Yuan, are both soft and soft like two kittens, very contrasting and cute.

Even almost couldn't hold back.

Still held back.

Before Wang Jue landed, and before Qingniang and Liu Bai, they really didn't want any more accidents.

It is still in a small two-story building overlooking the Qinhuai River.

After getting dressed, before getting out of bed, Luo Shui has already walked up with an account book, put down the account book, and followed up to serve.

Zhu Yuan looked at the girl's weird expression, didn't bother to ask more curiously, and directly signaled: "Let me have a look."

Luo Shui then stopped his movements again, turned around and took the account book, held it in the hands of his lord with a bit of a gift, and opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything in the end.

Zhu Yuan opened it, and did not look at the final result in a hurry, but browsed through various subdivision items with great interest.

Soon saw six consecutive large consumption.

All are 1888 taels.

Song Ci series satchel.

Zhu Yuan knew that compared to the same 1888 taels of fountain pens, this satchel is actually very cost-effective, because both the material and the workmanship have reached the extreme of this era.

This is also the strategy that Zhu Yuan mentioned to Luo Shui very early on.

A luxury after hundreds of years...the workmanship...if it breaks after being used, it will be real, and if it is too durable, there is a high probability that it will be fake.

reason……

Because what people sell is the brand, not the product itself, so the quality...is really not that important anymore.

If you want to save face, no matter how expensive it is, you have to buy it.

As for it being broken after use...

Of course, it's not that the quality of your own products is poor, but... Do you want to use them twice?

Is it so cheap?

Ok……

To use a certain term, this is also a PUA.

However, at the moment...not possible.

Even if there is a plaque inscribed by the empress herself, even if the royal family holds half of the shares in it, even if the entire store is planned by Zhu Yuan, a young man who is a master of the world, but...if the brand has not yet been established, if If you just use some defective products to fool people, then others may start to cheer, and after that, don't even think about it.

No one is a fool.

Our money is not blown by the wind.

Therefore, relatively speaking, the premiums of various products in Guanjufang are far lower than that of Zhiyongzhai.

Although it has only been one year, the brand of Zhiyongzhai has already been established.Of course, Zhu Yuan did not rush to kill the chicken to get the eggs because of this. For a long time to come, the quality still needs to be improved.

Thinking this way, I turned page after page, and soon, I came to the end.

Even just now, he subconsciously calculated mentally, so he expected it, but Zhu Yuan was still surprised by the final result.

On the first day of Zhiyongzhai's opening, the income...equivalent to 6.1 taels of silver.

This……

Just one day, that's more than 6 taels of silver.

Equivalent to one-fifth of Ramadan income.

As for why there are so many, because...the 1888 tael satchel is not the most expensive. The most expensive is today's three limited edition headgear, each priced at 6888 tael.

Coupled with many other things, accumulatively, in just one day, one store sold 6.1 taels.

Even though it is understood that this is still unsustainable, it is conceivable that Guanjufang's annual revenue will definitely far exceed that of Zhiyongzhai.

Million level, definitely no problem.

Ok.

That's how it was.

One is just a pen, and the other... is a lot of women's accessories, and they are all luxury items, so there is no comparison at all.

Thinking about it this way, Zhu Yuan closed the ledger and quickly ordered someone to send it to the palace.

Lao Zhu is still waiting.

After all... I own half of the shares.

I also looked at the ledger, and then... the couple in the palace didn't fall asleep until late at night.

This……

Grab money!
No.

This is faster than stealing money!
(End of this chapter)