Three days have opened his eyes and gained insights. But for Li Hui, a specific problem has not yet been solved.
Li Hui didn't just go shopping for the sake of sightseeing. The reason why he spent three days visiting Jiankang City was because he went there with a purpose.
Li Hui's purpose was to think about whether he could find an industry and start a business to make some money. This was originally not within the scope of Li Hui's consideration. From the beginning of time travel to now, Li Hui actually didn't think much about it.
. I have been struggling in the crisis and really have no chance to think about this matter. Until not long ago, I had to sell the horse in order to repair the old house of the Li family, until I realized that now the family has to support more than ten people.
Clothing, food, and wages. Li Hui realized that this matter was actually imminent.
The past few days since coming to Jiankang City have given Li Hui a big shock. It is not easy to stay here. Apart from anything else, if Xie Xuan hadn't borrowed a house for himself and a few people to live in, just looking for it in the capital would have been very difficult.
A place to live will cost a lot of money.
Li Hui, Azhu and others have already inquired. In a place like Changqianli, renting a two-bedroom house costs 20,000 yuan per month. It costs more than 200,000 yuan a year. If you buy it,
Up to more than 800,000 yuan.
Li Hui can understand that land in the capital is expensive. After all, every inch of land is precious under the emperor's feet. But it is outrageous that ordinary people's residences are so expensive. According to Li Hui's previous salary, one month's salary is only enough to rent a house.
The whole family has to plan carefully to have enough food, not to mention clothing, travel, buying daily necessities, and the expenses of the subordinates.
Li Hui brought more than 200,000 yuan with him. He thought it was a lot of money, but at this moment he realized that it was of no use at all. He only ate a few meals and drank on the streets for three days of shopping.
We had tea several times and bought two boxes of rouge, gouache, flower buds and other inconspicuous things for Ah Zhu. They had already spent tens of thousands of dollars. Ah Zhu was very distressed.
If we live here for a long time, wouldn't it mean that we have to tighten our belts from top to bottom and have to eat porridge and pickles every day?
Although Xie Xuan's house can be lived in, it is someone else's house after all. It can be temporarily transitioned, but it cannot be occupied for a long time. Xie Xuan is enthusiastic, but he has to know good and bad. Moreover, Li Hui is not willing to accept others'
Alms. Although the Xie family has a huge fortune, Li Hui cannot covet their things. This is not a good thing for himself.
It is a simple truth to be short-handed and soft-spoken. Li Hui does not want to be completely dependent on the Xie family and lose his autonomy. Just like he did the same thing when he was in the Gu family.
Therefore, an important purpose of visiting the capital is to find a job that can help alleviate the current financial dilemma.
Azhu also agreed with Li Hui's idea, so everyone visiting the capital had a purpose.
Li Hui's initial thought was simple. Since Jiankang City is so prosperous, it shouldn't be difficult to find a profitable career. You can make money in any line of clothing, food, housing, and transportation.
But after visiting the whole city, everyone found that none of them were within their capabilities. Just renting a shop on the street would cost all their savings. Not to mention the variety of businesses in Jiankang City
, in ordinary industries, every line of business has achieved the ultimate, and it is basically difficult to make huge profits.
Azhu's idea is that she can rent a small shop and open a small teahouse or something. She can make snacks and cook dishes, so it should be possible. But how can Li Hui agree to this? It's true that he wants to make money, but
It would be impossible to make A-Zhu busy opening a small teahouse every day. Wouldn't it mean that A-Zhu has to work hard to support the family? Besides, there are so many dim sum and tea shops in the capital, and the snacks are exquisite and taste good. What little things does A-Zhu know?
It's simply not competitive.
Li Hui once thought that if he moved the clothing styles of later generations to this era, he might be able to make an instant success. However, a closer comparison showed that the clothes of later generations were not comparable to those of the Jin Dynasty. The clothes of later generations were monotonous and boring, with no sense of beauty. T
T-shirts, large trousers and suits have absolutely no transport value. How can they compare with the colorful, elegant and elegant clothes of the Jin Dynasty? Isn't this just using the dregs of later generations to pour into the Jin Dynasty? Whether it can be recognized is not said.
This kind of cultural regression is criminal.
Li Hui understood that he had to take advantage of the information gap to create something that was not available in this era, something that would definitely be accepted by this era and become popular quickly. Only in this way would there be huge profits.
Li Hui had previously thought about popularizing the furniture such as the Taishi Chair and the Eight Immortals Table that he designed before. This thing is a historical trend, and there was no such thing as a chair before the Jin Dynasty. This business should be able to
Big fire.
But what Li Hui didn't expect was that he found out when he arrived in the capital that this thing had become popular. Yesterday in the Xie family's mansion, where he lived now, Li Hui had already seen exquisite tables, chairs and spring stools.
After visiting the capital for a few days, Li Hui and others saw a large number of carpentry workshops, making all kinds of exquisite chairs and stools. Li Hui even asked how they made and obtained these chairs.
The result almost made Li Hui's nose crooked with anger.
"This chair came from Wu County. The Gu family's wood workshop in Wu County made a batch of longevity chairs and sold them in the capital. They were sold out. Naturally, we can't watch others make money. This thing is not difficult to make.
, we took a few glances and knew how to make it. Now all the wood workshops in Dajin are making this longevity chair. Does this young man want to buy a few?"
Li Hui was filled with regret. It turned out that he was the instigator. At first, he had no idea of the commercial value of the Taishi chair, so he restored it when celebrating Gu Qian's birthday. It was originally a curious idea. In order to prove that he made it with his own hands.
, he even took out the drawings and gave them to Gu Qian.
It now seems that Gu Qian realized the value of the chair and the Gu family craftsmen made it and sold it. Now more than a year later, it has become a regular item.
Not only that, these skilled craftsmen have flexible minds and can draw analogies. Now they create Shougong chairs in various styles, add various patterns, and develop various products by inference. As the instigator, they have become the ones who marry others.
The clothes are stupid.
It's all my fault that I didn't consider the value at all at the time and missed the opportunity to make a fortune. I was really stupid.
But it was too late to regret it. Now there was no possibility of huge profits from this matter, so I had no choice but to give up.
Li Hui had another idea before, which was to bring the whitebait, shrimps, white fish, and white fish from Juchao County to Jiankang and sell them. There were also some local specialties from Juchao County, such as native chickens and geese. Li Hui originally thought
, these things must be rare in the capital.
However, after walking around for a few days, Li Hui discovered that Jiankang City had everything, so much that it was overwhelming.
Whitebait is not only produced in Jiaohu Lake in Juchao County, but also in every lake south of the Yangtze River. It is bigger, fatter and more plentiful than those in Juchao County. Whitebait and shrimps are shipped all the way from Juchao County.
It is not as expensive as in Luyang County and Liyang County.
Needless to say about the big white fish, the big white fish in Jiaohu Lake is produced in the Yangtze River, and Jiankang City is right on the riverside, so it is not a rare thing at all.
The talk about native chickens and geese is even more ridiculous. The poultry these days are all domesticated, and there is no difference. I am also crazy. I thought that like later generations, people in big cities flock to native chickens, ducks and other organic whole grains.
These days, there is no such thing.
After walking around for a few days, I got a feel for the prosperity and hugeness of the capital city, but the money-making plans I had thought about before fell apart one after another. In the end, I thought of one that was not suitable, and then I thought of another one that was not suitable, which made Li Hui feel bad.
Unfortunately, Ah Zhu was also worried and worried.
In the end, Li Hui waved his hand and simply stopped thinking about the matter. Fortunately, he still had some money from selling horses and a place to live. It should be no problem to use two hundred thousand yuan for a few months.
After all, I have to thank Xie Xuan for the horse. After all, Awang resisted everything.
On the tenth day of the first lunar month, the fifth day after Li Hui arrived in the capital, Li Hui finally received news of his official position.
Xie Xuan came to Li Hui's residence early in the morning and told him to report to the Ministry of Personnel and receive his appointment certificate.
Of course Li Hui was very happy, but Xie Xuan looked a little strange when he spoke and spoke hesitantly. Li Hui didn't pay attention at the time. It wasn't until Li Hui went to the Ministry of Personnel to obtain an official appointment according to the procedure that Li Hui understood why Xie Xuan behaved strangely.
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"Hereby appoints Li Hui as a provincial official under his command. He will be appointed as a city gatekeeper, with an official rank of six, and an official salary of 600 dan. He will take office immediately and will perform his official duties. After three years, he will be approved by the official rank committee to determine his promotion."
Li Hui looked at the document in a daze. What kind of official position is Chengmenlang? He didn't understand. It sounded a little bad.
At this point, Xie Xuan could only tell the truth.
"Brother Li, although the official position of City Gate Master is not suitable for you, it is very leisurely and does not require much effort. You only need to be responsible for the opening and closing of the city gate. At least you have been promoted from the seventh grade to the sixth grade.
You can take up your post with peace of mind first, and if there is a good vacancy later, I will find a way to recommend you. Hahaha."
Li Hui understood that this city gatekeeper was, to put it bluntly, a gatekeeper. He was the concierge of the capital, not even a gatekeeper. Li Hui felt an indescribable feeling in his heart. It couldn't be said that he was disappointed, but he just felt very sad.
It's funny, I even feel relieved.
"With an annual salary of 600 dan, I am still a sixth-grade official, and I have a leisurely official position. I am getting a big deal. This is because the court is considerate of me. It knows how hard I have lived in Juchao County, so it gave me a leisurely position.
Very good, I am very satisfied. Thank you for your hard work, brother. Please go back and thank Mr. Xie for me. Such a good official position must be your help. Thank you, thank you." Li Hui said with a smile.