61, eye-catching business(1/2)
When the sun was rising, there was a long queue at the entrance of the trans-foreign trading company and it was all the way to the intersection.
Zhao Yilin was slightly stunned when he looked at this posture. He hadn't seen him for several months. His voice became low, with the depression and hoarseness that was unique to the young man. "Uncle, why are there so many people?"
After successfully making the glass, Chen Yu went to Daying Prefecture. The ore and ore sand in Daying Prefecture alone could be enough for people in Kyoto. After the glassware was broken, it could be recycled at a discount to create glass again.
After seeing Yingsha, Chen Yu also asked Sun Zheng for advice. According to Sun Zheng, "I have seen the texture of this kind of ore sand in other places." Sun Zheng mainly records herbs and has not recorded ore, but he is sure that he has seen it in more than one place, and the mineral output is no less than that of Daying County.
After Chen Yu considered it comprehensively, the price of glass products was not high, but it was twice as high as an ordinary porcelain bowl. Ordinary people could buy a set of them, so there was a lively situation in line now.
"Let's go, I'll take you there and have a look." Chen Yu pulled his nephew into the corner door next to him.
Many people are buying glassware. In order to facilitate purchase, they directly use boxes to pack them, a box with different specifications of glass plates, glass bowls, glass plates, glass cups, etc. After making a reservation, they paid a deposit and asked someone to give it to them.
This kind of packaging method was proposed by Zhaozhao. It is divided into three types: large, medium and small. Small glassware is enough for two people to use, medium and four people to use, and large and five or six people to use. The number of utensils is about nine, eighteen to thirty-six.
For those who buy it for the first time, the servants will recommend buying a set in this way, and then they will just come here to buy it alone if they are missing.
In this way, although the team outside can rank long, the team can buy things quickly enough.
"Do you need something else?" The servant's voice is clear in the morning, and it usually becomes hoarse in the afternoon. At this time, a group of servants will be replaced. After buying daily utensils, people will be led into the front room. "There are some glass ornaments in the front room. You can go in and take a look. If you don't like it, you can come and buy it later if there are fewer people."
"Then go and have a look." Most people will not reject this suggestion.
The price of glass ornaments is naturally higher than that of current utensils, so after being attracted to the people who come to buy it, you can look at it without any burden.
Originally, the backyard was occupied, but now the location of the foreign shops is not enough, so it has been converted into a sales house.
There are three houses with glass ornaments, and there are also houses with fragrant dew.
Chen Yu took his nephew to see the glassware and took him to see the ornaments inside. The transparent glass bottle contained five-color glass beads, transparent trees made of glass, and bonsai made of glass... The price was written clearly with a charcoal pen and stuck to the shelf of the ornaments. These were much more expensive than glassware, but they were far less than gems and other items. Gripping their teeth and buying a few pieces on Duobao Pavilion, which would make Duobao Pavilion shine.
The house was specially selected to have transparent light, and even the blue tiles were removed and replaced with transparent glass. Today's sunshine was good, and the golden light fell on the glass ornaments, and even the bluestone floor was covered with fine golden spots.
In addition, the price is also friendly, most people will choose one or two ornaments. If you are really short of money, they will choose a small bottle containing colorful beads. This kind of glass bead is suitable for coaxing children.
If someone falls in love with it, the servant bends over and takes it out from the corresponding box, and then asks someone to check it without any damage and hand it over to the seller.
Most sellers stop here. If the maid comes to buy things, the servant usually invites people to another room, then picks up fragrance and place the fragrance and dew in the direction, one east and one west, and just open a door and the unique fragrance of flowers inside will come towards you.
Standing in the yard, you can smell the faint fragrance, which makes Zhao Yilin's nose feel a little itchy.
"Uncle, so you've been delaying for so long, just tossing these?"
Chen Yu nodded, "If this ore sand was in Yun'an County, I would have been back long ago. In Daying County, I have been struggling for a while."
The glass is made and you need to open a glass kiln to buy ore sand. If it were in Yun'an County, all Lin He's accounts would be made public and it was clear where they were used. However, in Daying County, the county magistrate of Daying County wanted to offer the Yingsha with both hands when he knew Chen Yu's identity. This made Chen Yu simply find Luo Ji, the governor of Jian'an Prefecture, and Pan Zengyi, the prefect of Jian'an Prefecture, and set the price. Since Daying County did not want this part of the income, it was directly divided into three parts. From the county, the government and the entire Chengxuan Government Office, the mining money was divided into three parts and entered the accounts of the three places.
In this way, the money earned by Daying County is equivalent to being under the noses of the governor and the local prefect, so there is no need to worry about using it indiscriminately.
The source of the ore sand was finalized, and then the construction of a formal glass kiln was built. Because Lin He was fair in his work, he directly established a glass kiln in Yun'an County.
Because Yun'an County built a glass kiln, it also recruited people. Now not only the entire Chengxuan Government and Envoy Department has come here, but also refugees from other places have come here. In Yun'an County, as long as you have the strength, you can work hard to survive.
Before Shen Yu left, he noticed that the number of new household registrations in Yun'an County was half of the original number.
The glass kiln is built in Yun'an County and is also very convenient. Daying County is in the upper reaches of Yun'an County and directly uses cargo ships to transport the ore sand to the glass kiln in Yun'an County.
The made glass products are transported from here to Kyoto, first by water, and then by land.
During this way, Chen Yu also went to a larger Fuzhou on the way. Now he has no money to buy a shop. The goods are transported from Yun'an later, and he can unload and sell glass products directly in the middle of the road.
After such delays, Chen Yu returned to Kyoto very late. He clearly set off at the end of May, but it was already November when he came back. If it was a little later, the canals in the north would be frozen and it would be difficult for merchant ships to move forward.
Zhao Yilin looked at Chen Yu and talked about doing business. She was so energetic that she could walk around in Daqi. In fact, the mother didn't say anything, and she had always been worried about Chen Yu's business. Now, just glass and flower dew are enough to be busy.
Especially the glass, the texture is almost the same as that of glazed glass, and it will be realized soon. Glass windows are installed in all rooms in Kyoto. In fact, this time, Chen Yu brought back a whole piece of glass and planned to replace all the paper windows in the academy with such glass windows during the holiday.
After talking about glass, Chen Yu talks about flower dew. Although the flower dew is just a small size bottle, it is just a small size of a palm, and it costs two taels of silver.
"Look at how it sells this time. If it sells well, Yun'an County will plant more flowers next year."
"Will there be insufficient food?" Planting flowers can make money, but in Zhao Yilin's view, it is necessary to grow food. As the saying goes, food is the most important thing for people, and nothing they do can do is to lose the supply of food.
"Not either." Chen Yu said, "Yun'an County is preparing to open mountains and use the land on the mountain to grow flowers and trees. For grain, I should try a plant called Yumai overseas. I have seen this type of Yumai overseas. The yield looks larger than rice. I have tried to plant some in Yun'an before. The taste is pretty good and can be used as a staple food."
Zhao Yilin was relieved. If he was not willing to pay enough public food to make money, he would not want to see him. Although Zhao Yilin had never been to Yun'an County, he was very concerned about Yun'an County through the government orders brought by his uncle and was unwilling to let Lin He take a detour to make money. [Note]
Chen Yu thought that it would be great if he could find high-yield staple food again. As the two of them were talking in the courtyard, suddenly cold snowflakes fell on their cheeks. When they looked up, they saw that it was snowing.
"Okay, I'll say hello to the Empress for me. It's already snowing, so I won't keep you."
When Zhao Yilin left the foreign trade business, his business was booming, and the team winded into the distance.
At the Qi family, Qi Mingxuan held a glass bottle in one hand. A pink liquid flowed in the colorless and slender bottle. After unscrewing it, she brought a small glass stick on it. She directly used the stick stuck to the bottle cap to point it on her wrist, and the fragrant fragrance came to her nose.
Qi Yunzhi frowned, "Is this what a foreign business sells? It's so delicious."
"Don't look at just a small bottle, it can be used for a long time, one drop at a time is enough." Qi Mingxuan pinched her eyebrows, "This is obviously a spice made from flowers, and it should be from Yun'an County."
What Qi Yunzhi cared more about glass is also used at home. The clear glass plate is very beautiful. The Shen family made a lot of money with glass, which allowed Qi Yunzhi to see the situation of the foreign business, and red acne appeared on the tip of his nose.
Because the business of the foreign trade business was good, Wang Dequan was very angry and felt that he had missed the business opportunity. Qi Yunzhi's life was not easy these days, and Wang Dequan's anger was all over the place.
Qi Yunzhi's life was not easy. Song's baby was too much, which led to the child being too fat. According to the doctor, Song's inability to have children again made Qi Yunzhi feel uncomfortable. He was already unhappy and was even more anxious when he saw the glass of the foreign trade business.
"My daughter is sure, there shouldn't be glass." Qi Mingxuan frowned, "There are also the flower sauce, rose cakes, and the two kinds of flower dews in the past. These should not be found. These are related to Yun'an County."
Qi Yunzhi said: "The county magistrate of Yun'an County is Lin He."
"What is Lin He's origin?"
Qi Mingxuan heard that Lin Shengyan had offended Wang Dequan and even the second wife of the Lin family was demoted. She remembered that this incident happened in her previous life. Lin He seemed to have no official title, so he could only rub his eyebrows.
"Dad, can I get him to a worse county?"
Qi Yunzhi pulled his lips, "This county is already very bad. You don't know that at the beginning, this county was called Yunhe County. Because the Zhou family spent money all over the sky and built all the river embankments in the county, Lin He himself was like a blessing star. He received funding from a family in Xiang'an County to build roads and did a few things. I don't know the details. It seems that the Ministry of Works, Ministry of Revenue and Ministry of War all admired what Yun'an did, so he merged the two counties into Yun'an County. It used to be Xia County, but now it is just Zhong County."
Qi Mingxuan frowned, "Wasn't this little County Magistrate Lin even caught the eyes of several adults?"
"Not. I can't move for a moment. Lord Ou, who is moved by the Ministry of Rites, will..." Thinking of the actions of the Minister of Rites, Qi Yunzhi pulled the corner of his mouth. This was the identity of the Prince's Grand Tutor. I don't know why a Minister of Rites paid so much attention to the small County Magistrate Lin. If he moves, this person will be swaying. And the worst thing is that this person has many fans, and they are all literati who are writing pens. Lord Ou moved, but I'm afraid that those literati will make trouble and write articles to mock Concubine Wang.
Qi Yunzhi has tasted the feeling of being sarcastic. I don’t know which literati wrote his storybook into a storybook, which made Qi Yunzhi so angry that he could only think of it as an unknown. He could only wait until the third prince succeeded to the throne and then call those stories to forbidden books.
"In two and a half years, Qiuwei started. I gave him a Qingyun Road and let him be the prefect of Yunzhou." Qi Yunzhi sneered. The most wonderful thing is that his daughter still knew the issue of that year. There was no fraud case, which also made this fraud a foregone conclusion. It would be better for the prince to slander his reputation in this fraud case.
Perhaps it was because this Yun'an County always ruined her good things, which made Qi Mingxuan very annoyed. She became bored when she thought of it. When she heard her father's arrangement, she nodded.
This winter, the entire Kyoto is destined to be noisy because of two kinds of flower dews and various glassware.
Fugui family ordered large pieces of glass to be used in the study room. Many people found that they used this. When the house was closed in cold weather, the house was bright. Originally, it was just used in the study room, but later someone installed glass in every part of the house. If they thought it was too bright, just put on the curtain and pull the curtain up.
In the originally gloomy winter, it became brighter because of the glass windows. Women did embroidery work without worrying about hurting their eyes. They could enjoy the warmth in the house and clearly see the fine needles. Scholars felt it was convenient and could read books for a longer time without worrying about not being able to see them. Even old ladies liked that the house was bright and less dark.
The sales volume of glass, which is not expensive, has always been very high, and the inconspicuous look of dew has also made the Shen family make a fortune.
Some people have found that this kind of flower dew can also be seasoned, and can be used with other flavors such as cloves, which can be extracted to create a complex aroma. The original rose dew or osmanthus fragrance dew is just a simple and rich flower fragrance. After fragrance with other spices, it will form a complex aroma. Therefore, this fragrance is used in the fragrance refill classes in the women's college.
This made Qi Mingxuan most disgusted. She planned to start spring and never chose the incense class again.
Gan Luwen sprinkled some homemade fragrance on her wrist and said to Miss Li next to her, "Sniff it."
Li Zhiman suffocated with her hands, "This taste is not suitable for here, it must be outside."
It was just the time to finish school, and Gan Luwen was taken away by Li Zhiman.
"Yes, that's the taste." Li Zhiman said softly, "Your fragrance is really good. It's the incense of the temple after the snow, the flowers are full of flowers, but it's also full of solemnity of the evening drum and morning bell, with a little cold and coldness, a very unique fragrance. Are you missing home?"
Ganluwen nodded, "I received a letter from a friend."
Li Zhiman said, "You can stay here with peace of mind. By the way, what did you write in your letter?"
"I wrote some things in the girls' courtyard."
"Then stop writing." Li Zhiman said directly, "You said too, you can't come to Kyoto with your handkerchief."
"But..." Gan Luwen looked embarrassed, "She seemed to want to know."
Li Zhiman said cleanly and neatly: "Isn't it written, don't you have a way to let her come and study? What is it like to write more about other things and keep around the girls' courtyard. I have experience in this matter. My grandmother raised a tribe from a side branch. She asked me repeatedly back then, but to put it bluntly, she still wanted to come to the girls' courtyard and tried hard in secret."
When Gan Luwen heard Li Zhiman say it, she also felt that the other party’s letter was too urgent, so she said, “Then let’s talk about the flower dew, and you can tell her how to make fragrant here. Yunzhou should be able to buy glass and flower dew.”
Li Zhiman was stolen by Qi Mingxuan. At first, she always felt that her things had been taken away. She felt uncomfortable when she saw Qi Mingxuan. Or Ganlu Wen enlightened her, "The ancients once said that articles are natural, and I got them by hand. If you feel uncomfortable, you should think more about how to write more poems."
Li Zhiman put down this section and planned to read and think more. The ancients often said that reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles. If you think more, you will sooner or later have wonderful sentences.
The new glass and flower dew in Kyoto all gave her new inspiration. She was not as good as the song "Call of Spring" in her heart, and it was exquisite enough. When she recited it, she smelled like a cheek.
When she saw Li Zhiman and Gan Luwen walking together, Qi Mingxuan pulled the corners of her mouth. What she noticed was that Wei Xuefei had found a partner in her previous life. I thought she would soon see her holding a knife to the brothel. Wei Xuefei was simply jealous, and she didn't look at her appearance or family background. Isn't it good to be a good wife safely?
Qi Mingxuan looked out the window with one hand on her cheek. At first, she felt that studying in the girls' courtyard was a dream that she had fulfilled her thoughts. After arriving here, she felt that Qi Mingzhao had a bad vision in the past.
She said that Li Zhiman is talented, and she thought Li Zhiman was crazy; she said that Gu Wenqing was very noble, but this was right, and her nose was turned to the sky; she also said that Jian Huazhen was gentle and generous, and in Qi Mingxuan's opinion, Jian Huazhen was boring and could only say anything good.
Qi Mingxuan got the olive branches of these girls in the girls' courtyard based on Li Zhiman's "Call of Spring", Jian Huazhen's "Ningyu", and Gu Wenqing's "Untitled". Qi Mingxuan would attend the poetry meeting, but she still felt bored. She fought for the beautiful flowers and made people yawn for the sake of the flowers being more beautiful. She always felt bored and made people yawn. Those future heroes are now all children.
Qi Mingxuan thought in her heart that she would grow up quickly, and when she was in her prime, she would be slim and the third prince could also attend these gatherings, things would become interesting.
At the end of November, because the river surface was frozen and it was difficult to walk by land, most of the glass products were delivered to a nearby prefecture, such as Yunzhou and other places. Kyoto could only be transported in the beginning of spring. People in Kyoto sighed and could only pay a deposit early. When glass comes to the beginning of spring next year, use it immediately.
In December, the Beijing was like willow catkins and fell down like a scattered catkins. The tiny snow seeds floated in Yun'an County. The deer-skin boots worn by Lin Zhao's feet and the long whip in his hand flew out like a spirit snake.
Because she was moving, she was dressed very thinly, but there was sweat on her forehead and her little face was flushed.
“Zhaozhao, it’s snowing.
To be continued...