Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 83 Orphan
To the southeast of Jinling City, Xuefu Street on the north bank of the Qinhuai River is named because the predecessor of Daming Guozi School on this street was the seat of Yingtian Confucianism in the Yuan Dynasty.

In the facade of a front shop and backyard less than a hundred steps to the west of Guozixue.

Zhiyongzhai's treasurer and pen workshop manager Lu Yu, Zhiyongzhai accountant Qiao Wang who is also Xieyi's father, several other craftsmen in the pen workshop, selected shop assistants and Zhu's family servants who came to help from Houhu, in order to Today's opening, almost did not sleep a night.

The day was bright, and the backyard of the shop, which had been lit with lanterns all night, soon became busy again.

Someone knocked on the back door, and Lu Yu greeted him personally.

This is the head of the percussion team with a group of gong and drum musicians.Since it is opening, even a quiet and elegant study shop must be lively.

Lu Yu carefully inspected whether the musicians were clean and decent, and let a few of them show off, and arranged for them to go to dinner first.

The kitchen was on fire early.

I'm going to be busy all day today, so I can't make people hungry.

After arranging the musicians, Lu Yan checked the table preparations from left to right.

According to the rules, when the store opens, relatives and friends from all walks of life will come to congratulate it, commonly known as "hanging red".

The head of the family was not there, so Lu Yu and Qiao Wang were worried about whether someone would come to congratulate them.However, since the establishment of the store here, there have been people asking all kinds of questions directly or indirectly, and when the opening date is set, there will be more people greeting them.

The two stewards made some calculations and decided to prepare eight tables in the backyard today.

Not a formal seat.

There will only be some preserved fruits, snacks and drinks on the table, and actresses will be invited to play and sing.Everyone came, gave red silk gifts, sat down, listened to the music, and then left.

This is also the reason why the head of the family is not there.

Otherwise, there should be a formal banquet in the evening, inviting close people to make it even more lively.

After seeing the layout of the backyard, Lu Yu came to the store again.

The shop door is still open, and the lights are on here.

Qiao Wang had just instructed his staff to fine-tune the arrangement of the pens on the shelf, and he was standing at the customer's seat in front of the hall, looking at them carefully.

Lu Yu walked over together and followed to examine.

In the middle of the entrance is a nave with only eight characters, which is also the imperial pen of the emperor.

Apply what you have learned, and combine knowledge and action.

There is an incense table at the bottom of the middle hall, and it is separated by a counter to prevent outsiders from approaching at will.

On both sides of the nave are the shelves.

At present, the shelves are basically filled with pens of different materials and styles, all of which are packed in exquisite and beautiful boxes, wooden boxes, or paper boxes, and there are also bottles of special ink for pens on some shelves.

Both Lu Yu and Qiao Wang clearly remembered a number, 316, which was the result of their stocking up after rushing to work day and night recently.It was also for the purpose of stocking up that Zhiyongzhai delayed its opening until March.

In front of the shelves is a long counter, until the turn on the right hand side, and the right wall is also a shelf.

On the left side of the entrance is an elegant room that is simply separated, for guests to sit and test pens.

According to the rules, of course, the pen can only be tested after the payment of money and goods, otherwise, the new pen must not be allowed to dip in ink at will.After paying, try the pen. If you feel that there is a problem, you can raise it on the spot, and the store will solve it.If there is a major defect, it can also be returned.

After looking at it like this, Lu Yu didn't find the problem, and was about to nod his head, when he saw a conspicuous space above the shelves on both sides of the middle hall, he remembered it and asked, "Brother Qiao, where are 'Xing Tian' and 'Jingwei'?"

The "Xingtian" and "Jingwei" mentioned by Lu Yu are the two finales that Zhu Yuan personally determined when he left.

Looking through "Shan Hai Jing" in those days, the idea of ​​opening "Zhiyong Zhai" happened to come up again, so Zhu Yuan began to conceive some ideas.

For example, how to make the pen the most expensive?
If it's just the simple treasure inlay technique that the empress and the empress said that day, and it's inlaid with all kinds of gems, it doesn't matter if it's more expensive. Today's opening will also feature ten pens with the treasure inlay technique recently prepared, but, always Almost something.

What's the difference?

Cultural heritage.

It's just blindly inlaid with gold and treasures, which is too rich.

Speaking of cultural heritage, this land is actually the most indispensable.

With a random swipe at hand, there is a copy of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas". That's it, Zhu Yuan quickly conceived a theme of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", planning to show all kinds of magical beasts in the "Book of Mountains and Seas" through a series.

Such as 'Xing Tian', such as 'Jingwei', such as 'Dangkang', such as 'Bizwing', and so on.

At the beginning, Zhu Yuan asked someone to make a simple 'Jingwei', and thought about making a 'Xing Tian' as a gift for Lao Zhu. He was worried that Lao Zhu would be angry and "dance relatives" to him, so forget it.

In short, the plan was quickly finalized.

Zhu Yuan personally guided Luoshui, who had the best drawing skills, to complete the very mythological drafts of "Xing Tian" and "Jingwei" according to the 3D drawing method of later generations of CG illustrations, and handed them over to Lu Yu and others, and ordered the pen workshop to gradually The most expensive and complicated process that has been figured out is to create two pens.

Not only that, Zhu Yuan even personally designed the packaging of the two flagship products.

Before leaving Jinling, I saw a rough sample, and Zhu Yuan personally set the price, which is much higher than what I said to Lao Zhu before, 1888 taels of silver.

Because the entire "Shan Hai Jing" series is only going to be one edition.

All unique.

Orphan!

Zhu Yuan also designed a "certificate" for this purpose, and numbered each work, "Xing Tian" is 001, "Jingwei" is 002, and so on in the future.

It is conceivable that only the 'Shan Hai Jing' series can be eaten for a year or two.

Later, "Book of Songs", "Book of Changes", "Book of Tea", "Huangdi Neijing", "Zhuangzi", "Laozi", "Mozi", "Huainanzi", "Sou Shen Ji", "Natural History" ", "Shi Shuo Xin Yu", "Tai Ping Guang Ji"... There are also inexhaustible "Tang Poems", "Song Ci", "Yuan Qu", which are not enough to press the heavy history books.

This is called background.

I used to always hear people yelling that they were stolen, stolen and stolen again, why bother?

steal?
Those who are supportive are destined to be leftovers of Chinese culture.

Besides, Zhiyongzhai's "Shan Hai Jing" series, because of the complicated craftsmanship, until the opening of the pen workshop, only two pens have been completed, which happened to be used as the finale today.

In comparison, Zhu Yuan only priced 666 taels of the "Bamboo Inlay" series, which also has a certain design and a good meaning, which is lower than what he told Lao Zhu at the beginning.

Because this series will always be done.Moreover, relatively speaking, even if it is a pure gold pen barrel and inlaid with various precious gemstones, the cost of all the materials used is really low, so low that it is embarrassing to say it compared to the price.

Anyway, love to buy or not.

After all, even if you keep doing it, there will be a limited supply every year.

What's more, Zhu Yuan sold not only his own craftsmanship, but also the golden word "Zhiyong", the trademark of His Majesty's Royal Brush. Even if other people can imitate Baibao inlay, they dare not pretend to be His Majesty's Royal Brush.

As a businessman well versed in marketing, Zhu Yuan can best understand the psychology of consumers. The style contained in the word "Zhiyong" will definitely make people flock to it.

In front of the shop hall that has not yet opened.

Qiao Wang heard Lu Yan's question, shook his head slightly and said with emotion: "That's a baby, don't let people mess around, I'll put it on by myself later."

Lu Yu nodded.

No comment.

Those two pens, as well as the matching ink bottles, nibs, certificates, and even the exquisite mahogany square box containing these, are full of luxury, even if they can't be sold, they are all brand names in the store.

In fact, Lu Yu didn't really want to sell it.

If it is sold, what else can be used to support the store in the short term?

Because the owner was going to Mingzhou for business, he had too many things to do, so he only left two sketches of 'Xing Tian' and 'Jingwei' before leaving.

Therefore, in the short term, they just want to do other things, and they have no way of doing it for a while.

After all, as for the 'Xing Tian' and 'Jing Wei' that seem to come alive on the paper, Lu Yu has never seen that painting technique anywhere other than his own.

After the two principals talked a few words, they went to look at the test room on the left.

After careful examination of the tea paper on the table and even the decorative pictures on the wall, Lu Yu suggested that a few more books should be placed for the guests to refer to when they try their pens. Qiao Wang agreed and quickly ordered someone to do it.

After constantly considering and perfecting the details, before he knew it, the sky had already brightened.

The opening date was calculated by Lu Ji from an old gentleman from the Taishi Academy. On March [-]rd, the auspicious time for opening the door and hanging the plaque is the second quarter of the day, which can't be wrong at all.

Someone is watching the time.

At about the same time, the guy came to remind me.

Finally, put the two boxes of treasures of the town shop on the table, and instruct the musicians to go around the front street of the shop from the back door of the courtyard to get ready. man open the door.

The lively gongs and drums also suddenly sounded.

Accompanied by the bustle, Lu Yu and Qiao Wang led people out of the store, and greeted the congratulatory guests and onlookers who had arrived in advance.

The shop clerk built the ladder, and the two of them climbed up by themselves, one on the left and the other on the right, and took the clerk handed over the "Zhiyongzhai" plaque with gold characters on a black background with red silk inlaid on the top edge, and hung it carefully on the mechanism prepared in advance.

The two went down to the ground, and the man quickly moved the ladder away.

Amidst the more rapid and lively sound of gongs and drums, the two principals led people to bow to the surroundings again, announcing the official opening of 'Zhiyong Zhai'.

Everyone then retreated into the store.

Each of them has their own assignments. Lu Yu stood in the hall to see them off. After Qiao Wang turned to the counter, he opened his own special account book and prepared to keep the accounts. In addition, there will be someone who will be responsible for receiving gifts and recording the guest list.

Cai Da was the first to enter the door carrying a red silk gift box.

Lu Yu had dealt with him beforehand.

This was a steward of the family of Fang Guozhen, the former great tycoon in eastern Zhejiang. It was rumored that Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youding would be unlucky after they were destroyed one after another.

Lu Yu also knew that Fang Li, the eldest son of Fang's family, was working under the command of the Patriarch of Mingzhou, so he didn't dare to neglect, so he warmly greeted him, and personally sent Cai Da to a seat in the backyard.

The second self-introduction is the family of Mao Xiang, the commander of Jiaozhou Guards.

Lu Yu was not very clear about this, but the visitor was still a guest, so he greeted him warmly.

Afterwards, several guests who came to hang out like running water came in like running water. Some of them knew each other and some didn’t. .

Lu Yu had just sent the steward of Sun Shouzhen's family, the left envoy of the Taiyuan Hospital, into the backyard. When he noticed the movement, he hurried out to greet him. He was surprised when he saw the person coming.

It turned out to be He Shou, the internal envoy and supervisor.

Because of the procurement business ordered by Lao Zhu, Lu Zhen and He Shou met several times, but Lu Zhen did not expect that He Shou would show up in person today.

You know, because the head of the family is not here, the other family just sent the housekeeper over to congratulate him.

Even if he was promoted by the head of the family to be the treasurer of Zhiyongzhai, the white Lu Yan would not dare to hold it in front of the fourth-rank emissary and supervisor. He took two steps forward and was about to salute, but He Shou grabbed him , smiled and said: "Shopkeeper Lu, today is not like this."

Seeing that he couldn't kneel down, Lu Zhen backed up a little, and said with a long bow: "Lu Zhen has seen Mr. Lingshi, and he is able to visit our shop today, and he is full of glory."

He Shou received the gift from Lu Yu this time, and took a red silk gift box from a little eunuch behind him to present it. He glanced at the people around him without any trace, then turned to Lu Yu, and raised his voice slightly: "Your Majesty ordered Yes, let me take a look. By the way, I also congratulate Zhi Yongzhai on his opening."

There are a lot of people inside and outside the shop, and everyone knows the background of Zhiyongzhai.

Not to mention that the shopkeeper behind the scenes is the worldly expert who is rumored to 'gift 500 years of Guozuo', but the plaque and the nave of His Majesty's imperial pen make people have to be cautious.

At that moment, hearing the words of this eunuch whom they either knew or didn't know, the hearts of the people around them trembled again.

O king!
It is not enough for the imperial pen to write a plaque in the middle hall, and today he sent an eunuch to support him. His Majesty the Emperor's favor for Zhu Yuan is really beyond compare!
　PS: Sorry everyone, there was only one update on the first day it was put on the shelves. The main reason is that I suddenly became anxious after it was put on the shelves. I stayed up until four o'clock in the morning yesterday and wanted to write another chapter, but I just got dizzy and brain-swollen.Today, there will be two updates, before 12 o'clock.

　　
　
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