Traveling across the heavens starting from the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 27
"Boom."

There was a loud bang.

The lead burns to ashes.

Firecrackers made with black powder exploded instantly without any squibs.

It was a success. The exploding firecrackers stirred up smoke and dust from the ground. The smoke of black gunpowder dispersed in the air, and a pile of hemp paper scraps were scattered on the ground.

A momentary explosion.

Li Ruoqiu, who saw the explosion of black powder firecrackers for the first time, was so frightened that she jumped up. Except for covering Li Huaian's ears with both hands, she threw herself into Li Huaian's arms and did not dare to show her head.

Just like a frightened little rabbit.

Li Huaian quickly patted the frightened beauty in his arms and reassured: "It's okay, this is just a firecracker, but the sound is a little louder. As long as you stay far away, nothing will happen."

"Mr. Lang, if we use these firecrackers for the opening of the shop, will it scare the onlookers around us?"

Li Ruoqiu, who was hiding in Li Huaian's arms, raised her head, her expression still a little frightened. The sound just now made her cover her ears, which was very shocking.

If such firecrackers are set off when the shop is open, it will easily scare the surrounding onlookers and will inevitably cause riots.

In this regard.

Li Huaian also thought about it.

"I definitely won't set off such big firecrackers when the shop opens."

"What I want to do is to set off a smaller firecracker made of red paper when it opens, at most as big as a little finger, or even smaller, and the sound will be much quieter. It will not be as loud as the firecrackers set off now. It is so powerful that after the explosion, there will still be red paper scattered on the ground, which will definitely look very festive and can add a bit of auspiciousness to the opening of the shop."

"Now this is just an experiment I did. I was afraid that it would fail if I made it too small, so I made it so big."

He answered Li Ruoqiu's concerns and explained his thoughts on the firecrackers to be set off when the shop opened.

"That's good."

Li Ruoqiu was relieved. She looked at the place where the black powder firecracker exploded just now, with a look of fear on her face, as if there was something terrible there.

But then I thought about what Lang Jun said, the red paper scattered on the ground after the firecrackers exploded, the scene would be beautiful.

For a moment, she couldn't help but want the day when the shop would open as soon as possible.

"Ms. Langjun, are you all okay?"

Just when Li Huaian was about to take Li Ruoqiu to make another firecracker and listen to it, the maid Taohua also ran over in a panic because she heard the sound of the explosion, with a worried and anxious look on her face. As soon as she stepped into the small courtyard, she started to look around Look for figures.

After seeing that Li Huaian and Li Ruoqiu were safe and sound, he felt relieved, slowed down, walked up to them, and asked if they were hurt.

"No one is hurt."

Li Huaian shook his head and asked again: "Taohua, you came here when you heard the noise."

It seems that the sound of firecrackers just now spread quite widely.

Probably the whole mansion could hear it.

To be honest, a very clear explosion could be heard outside the house.

but.

After thinking about it, after the sound of firecrackers reached outside the house, it was probably impossible to tell the source of the sound.
After all, the black powder firecracker just set off was not very loud, so the sound it produced should not be able to spread so far. By the time it reached the outside of the house, the sound had already weakened a lot.

"Lang Jun just heard a loud noise from the house, which frightened the maids in the house and scared the slaves. They didn't know what happened."

"After hearing that the loud noise came from the husband's private courtyard, the maid rushed to check the situation, fearing that the husband and the young lady would be injured."

The maid Taohua told the reason why she ran away.

Li Huaian heard this and asked, "Is there anything going on with those maids?"

The maid Taohua replied: "Back to Mr. Lang, I am in a hurry. I just asked some maids in the house to stay calm and not run around randomly on the way. I will check again later. I think everything is fine." of."

Li Huaian nodded when he heard this and said to Li Ruoqiu: "Ruoqiu, you and Taohua go to comfort the maids in the house. Don't let these maids get hurt again because of the explosion of a firecracker. That would be bad."

There are a lot of maids in the house. If a group of people are together, under the influence of the explosion sound, they may collide in panic. If they are accidentally pushed, it is easy to cause physical injuries.

Especially a group of maidservants with thin skin and tender flesh, who are easily injured. No man, even if he has rough skin and thick flesh, can be beaten at will without being easily injured.

"Okay, sir, let me take Taohua with me to see you."

Li Ruoqiu also knew that there could be no delay at this time. The maids and private property in the mansion were all useful and could not be damaged in any way for the time being.

So he quickly left the small courtyard with his maid Taohua, and went to comfort the panicked maids in the mansion, leaving Li Huaian alone in the small courtyard first.

After the two women left.

Li Huaian looked at the sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal remaining on the stone table, and lost interest in making firecrackers again.

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to do it. It's too much trouble."

"When the time comes, I will buy some red paper and raw materials and teach the maids in the mansion how to make them."

The remaining raw materials can be kept together with the raw materials bought again, and used as materials for the maids in the house to make ten thousand firecrackers.

There won't be any waste. Anyway, these materials are definitely not enough to make [-] firecrackers. You still need to buy a batch of materials.

Besides, if he had to handle ten thousand firecrackers alone, he wouldn't be exhausted.

Making firecrackers today is just an experiment.

See if it explodes.

Since it was successful.

The rest is naturally left to others.

Otherwise, how can he show that he is the head of the family and the one who is being served? If he is asked to do it himself, wouldn't he become a coolie?

a few days later.

The renovation project of the shop is ready to be completed.

All the furniture and items that need to be prepared in advance have been made by the craftsmen led by Old Wu Tou, and they have all arrived and been placed where they should be in the shop.

All that's left is to clean the shop in all aspects.

Just clean the shop.

Choose another auspicious time.

The shop can be opened.

then.

Li Huaian began to arrange for Li Ruoqiu and the maid Taohua to take the maids from the house to clean the shop, and at the same time let the fifty female waiters who had prepared the shop in advance familiarize themselves with the operation of the entire shop.

Everything is ready.

The [-]-ring red firecracker was also successfully made through the unskilled movements of a group of maidservants. In order to prevent moisture, it was also safely locked in a wooden box wrapped in oilcloth paper, waiting to be taken out and set off during the opening. .

leftover.

This is the most critical link.

Li Huaian wants to prepare products for sale in the shop.

Those glass products brought from the main world to the Tang Dynasty world.

Since they were brought to the Tang Dynasty, most of these glass products have been stored in the private space of the system by Li Huaian and have never been taken out.

Now, the shop is about to open.

These glass items need to be removed from the system's private space.

otherwise.

How to open a shop if there are no products to sell?In the study room.

Li Huaian took out all the glass products from his private space and planned to select a batch of items from this pile of glass products to be sold when the shop opened.

As for the remaining glass products, they will be slowly taken to the shop for sale in the future.

Because he doesn't plan to sell all the glass products in the shop at once. He plans to use the method of hunger marketing, in batches, like squeezing toothpaste, and sell them in small parts in the shop. Glass products were used in Chang'an City to sustainably squeeze the wealthy people of the Tang Dynasty.

If you don't plan to choose this sales method, there is no need to take out all the glass products and put them in the study at this time. It is the most convenient option to put them directly in the warehouse in the shop.

All this is actually due to the fact that shops in Dongshi cannot necessarily guarantee safety.

"Mr. Lang, Carpenter Wu has come to deliver something to me."

"Said Lang Jun wanted it."

Li Huaian had just sorted out some glass products for sale when he heard Li Ruoqiu walking into the small courtyard.

Hearing that Old Wu Tou had delivered what he wanted.

Thinking of the frames of the glass mirrors that Lao Wu Tou had made.

Li Huaian quickly left the study and headed to the front yard. On the way, he asked Li Ruoqiu who was following him: "Ruoqiu, has the shop been cleaned?"

"Well, the shop has been cleaned inside and out. The maids, as the shop's female clerks, are all familiar with their work in the shop. The slave family has personally inspected it."

Li Ruoqiu reported what happened in the shop today.

I heard that the maids were already familiar with the job of being female waiters in the shop.

Li Huaian felt relieved,

At this time, others also came to the front yard.

"My boss, I, Old Wu, have sent all the things you asked for to my boss."

"Ha ha.."

"My boss, come and see if you are satisfied with these wooden frames. They are all made in strict accordance with the sizes required by the boss. The dimensions of each type of wooden frame are very strict and are exactly the same."

I just saw Li Huaian appearing in the front yard.

Old Wutou quickly jumped from the guard's carriage to the ground, greeted him enthusiastically, pointed to the things he brought on the carriage, and introduced them with a smile.

"Okay, I can rest assured about what old Wu Tou makes."

Li Huaian looked at the things on the carriage, which were the wooden frames of the glass mirrors he asked Old Wu Tou to make. They were available in various sizes. Each wooden frame was exquisitely made, and the wooden boards on the back of the frame were made as thin and smooth as possible.

The surfaces of all wooden frames have been painted with raw paint for protection.

So with a smile on his face, he turned to Li Ruoqiu and said: "Ruoqiu, go get the money, settle the wages for these wooden frames with Old Wu, and take some more by the way, as a reward for Old Wu and the craftsmen. "

The wages for the renovation of the front shop had already been paid when the work was completed.

The money to be given now is naturally the wooden frame of this carriage glass mirror.

There is.

The reason why he had to tell Li Ruoqiu to get the money was not to give it to him himself.

It was because when he purchased the 120 maidservants from the brothels in Pingkangfang, it was in order to make it easier for Li Ruoqiu to use the money, so that he didn't have to come to him to get the money every time he needed it.

Li Huaian simply handed over all the remaining money to Li Ruoqiu for safekeeping, letting her manage everything in the house and the accounting room, and control the money in the house.

It also reflected his full trust in Li Ruoqiu.

"Good sir."

Li Ruoqiu responded, turned around and went to the cashier's office to withdraw money.

Upon seeing this, Old Wu Tou quickly waved his hands and said: "No, no, the boss doesn't need to pay wages. These wooden frames are considered as opening gifts from me, Old Wu Tou and all the craftsmen. Otherwise, we craftsmen don't know how to thank the boss. "

"The boss doesn't need to pay wages, I really don't need to pay wages."

Done.

Don't forget to call Li Ruoqiu to stop.

"Miss Li, come back soon, I don't dare to collect my wages."

Li Huaian disagreed and said: "No, Old Wu, you still have to get paid. These wooden frames are just part of what I want you to make. I will ask you to make such wooden frames in the future."

"If I don't charge wages this time, how can I leave this wooden frame to you in the future?"

"Besides, when the house uses craftsmen in the future, won't you charge any more?"

The wooden frames of the glass mirrors on the carriage are only enough to fit the number of glass mirrors that the shop will sell when it opens, but it is far from enough to fit all the glass mirrors into wooden frames.

Later, with the sales of glass mirrors, this kind of glass mirror wooden frame will be produced.

So he didn't want to take advantage of Old Wu Tou and those craftsmen.

"Master, this is a matter for the future."

"Anyway, I, Old Wu, won't accept the wages this time."

"It's useless what you say, boss."

Old man Wu talked about his reasons again.

"The owner's shop has opened, and we craftsmen don't have anything to give to the owner, so we craftsmen who work for the owner collectively plan to give the owner these wooden frames that the owner wants, which can be regarded as an expression of expression. Let’s express our gratitude to our employer.”

"After all, these wooden frames are really nothing compared to what I learned from my employer. How can I dare to accept money from my employer."

"If you accept it, you will be stabbed in the spine by those craftsmen when you go back later."

say what.

Lao Wutou just doesn't want to receive wages.

Li Huaian was a little helpless, but when he thought about the wages these craftsmen paid for renovating his shop, he could only think that the future would be long, and it was reasonable to take advantage of these craftsmen once.

So he stopped refusing and said to Old Wu, "Then I'll take advantage of you this time and I won't give you any wages."

"Hehe, of course that's good."

When Old Man Wu heard that Li Huaian promised not to pay wages, he seemed to have won a battle. He came to the carriage, held a wooden frame and said proudly: "Although I, Old Wu, don't know what my employer is doing with these wooden frames, but When we craftsmen were making these wooden frames, we thought about it together and realized that this should be the frame that the owner used to hold something."

"So we took the initiative and inlaid a layer of cork in the grooves designed by the owner for protection while ensuring the size."

"I don't know if we did anything wrong."

Li Huaian looked at Old Man Wu pointing at the groove used to inlay the glass mirror, and saw a circle of white cork strips inside, and said with a smile: "You guys are really attentive."

Even he had not thought of this. Cork strips could be embedded in the grooves of the wooden glass frame to serve as a buffer between the glass mirror and the wooden frame.

After all, although the wooden frame is made of wood, it is a very hard hardwood. It is hard enough to damage the glass mirror, and it is easy to squeeze the inlaid glass mirror during use.

It would be much better with cork strips.

Send Old Man Wu away.

Li Huaian asked Li Ruoqiu to tell the maid to move all the wooden frames to the small courtyard of the study.

leftover.

Just attach these wooden frames to glass mirrors and you're all set.

The east wind has arrived.

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Thanks for this: Lemon is really sour, I finally have a name, the myth of the solo elite, I am still alone.Monthly tickets for the big guys.

(End of this chapter)