At dawn, Chen Feng drove back to the Marine Patrol Division and then took a boat to Whale Island.
In the next three days, Chen Feng and Shuangyi piloted the destroyer, turned on radar and thermal imaging throughout the entire process, and searched for traces of pirates in the Somali Strait, but ultimately found nothing.
The monsters that attacked the warship formation seemed to have disappeared from the world.
"The Monty Empire rebelled because of the attack on the Knights? Did they let you back so easily?"
"I must have sacrificed something! How can those old princes be so easily deceived?"
"Huh?" Shuang Yi looked at him curiously.
"I promised the princes to deliver five million kilograms of grain to the empire through overseas trade within a year. If I fail to fulfill my promise, I will kill myself to apologize." Chen Fengyun said calmly.
"Five million catties? It's almost equivalent to three years of food reserves in the Monty Empire. It's about equivalent to thirty years of food reserves in the Dragon Clan. Is it so arrogant? When the time comes, I'll help you sharpen your sword. When you kill yourself, you can die more completely."
"Oh, the world is still uncertain, you and I are both dark horses, so please see how I earn back five million catties of grain?"
After searching to no avail, Chen Feng had no choice but to land in Yunhai Town.
But the scene in front of them shocked both of them. The men in Yunhai Town were all wearing sexy stockings, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and purple, in various colors, paired with hip-length shorts, wandering in the streets and alleys.
"You see, stockings can absorb sweat and cover leg hair. They are very cool to wear in summer and can prevent mosquitoes."
"The new products just released by Lao Xingtou are sold in limited quantities. If you go late, you won't be able to buy them."
They regard this as a new fashion and show it off to their relatives and friends.
"Uh, what a good thing you did?"
Seeing these stockings, Shuang Yi remembered that Chen Feng secretly hid her knee-high socks.
The current bizarre scene must have something to do with Chen Feng.
"I just said it can cover the leg hair, but I didn't say it was for men?" Chen Feng was stunned and froze on the spot.
Although stockings and high heels were originally created to serve aristocratic men, after seeing countless beautiful girls wearing stockings, Chen Feng could not accept the scene before him.
"I swear, I would rather go bare legs than wear stockings from now on." Shuang Yi shook her head like a rattle.
"As long as you can make money, it doesn't matter who you sell it to."
Chen Feng went straight to Lao Xingtou's tailor shop.
"Brother Chen Feng, you're here after all. The stockings are selling like crazy. The money I've made in the past few days has almost caught up with my total income for the whole year. I have to say that you young people are the ones who understand fashion."
Xingtou was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.
The money box next to him was filled with copper plates.
"How much is it?"
"I work day and night, but I still can't meet the demand. Every money I make is in this account book. You can tell at a glance." Old Xingtou handed the account book to Chen Feng and was busy greeting the guests.
There was already a long queue outside the tailor shop, and it was so crowded that it stretched all the way to the opposite street.
"A total of 67,800 copper coins, with a daily income of over 10,000, it seems that the performance is very good! The success of Yunhai Town means that stockings will become a new best-selling commodity in the Xueyue Empire in the future."
Thinking of this, Chen Feng planned to mass produce and put more tailors together to form a factory assembly line.
"Old Xingtou, I think we should take advantage of now to expand the scale. In addition to Yunhai Town, we must also quickly open other markets in the Xueyue Empire."
"Brother Chen Feng, don't say anything else. From now on, this tailor shop and I belong to you."
The huge profits from stockings gave Lao Xingtou the idea of wanting to hang out with him.
"Let's do this. Invite all the tailors you know to Yunhai Town, and I will pay them five thousand copper coins every month."
"What? Five thousand!" Old Xingtou's eyes widened.
You know, the highest salary in a single round is undoubtedly the salary of the mayor Bai Zhanbo, but it is only 1,400 copper coins. Those highly skilled tailors only have an average of 200 or 300 copper coins.
But as soon as Chen Feng opened his mouth, he directly offered him a salary of 5,000 yuan, which really made people jealous.
"Isn't it enough? Then increase it to eight thousand. If it's any higher, I'll lose money. You have to let me make some money."
"Brother Chen Feng, you have misunderstood me. What I mean is that the salary of five thousand is too high. It is higher than the national salary of our town chief."
"Only when the salary is high can we recruit tailors. Let's just say it's 5,000 for an ordinary tailor and 10,000 for a top tailor. That's it.
As for you, continue to be the owner of the tailor shop, and I will be responsible for external sales.
According to the agreement, we will divide it into 40 and 60."
"Forty-six is too much, let's go with one-nine, I'll take one, you take nine!"
Looking at how popular this business is, you can earn at least several million copper coins a year, and 40% of it is over a million. Old Xingtou never dreamed that one day he would be able to earn a million yuan a year from making clothes.
But the drawings and inspiration came from Chen Feng. He took the money to account for the loss, so he took the initiative to ask for a reduction of 10%.
Even if it is only 10%, it is still hundreds of thousands of copper coins, which can guarantee food and clothing for half a lifetime.
"Just 40%! This is our earliest agreement and cannot be changed. However, there is one requirement. I am behind the scenes and it is not convenient for me to show up or reveal my identity."
"I understand. I will do my best to serve you and make the stockings sell well all over the country."
Under Lao Xingtou's lobbying and the temptation of high salary, in just a few days, 400 tailors were recruited, all of whom were craftsmen from all over the country.
Chen Feng spent huge sums of money to build factories in the name of Lao Xingtou.
Large-scale assembly lines allow stockings to be produced at a daily output of 100,000 pieces, with more novel patterns and brighter colors. It is amazing that such efficiency can be achieved without machinery.
Vendors rushed to buy and sell them all over the country.
It is cool to wear in summer, can also cover leg hair, and has many practical functions, so it is very popular among men.
Especially the nobility and royal family, they need to care about their own image. They cannot go out bare-legged on the streets. It is really humiliating to their status. Even in the hot summer, they can only wear heavy trousers.
But stockings perfectly solve this problem. They are very thin, very comfortable, and can be worn as if they are not worn at all. When paired with shorts, they are very cool to wear in hot weather.
In just half a month, it has firmly dominated the national market. There are 8 million adult men in the Xueyue Empire, with an average of five and a half pairs of stockings per capita.
Wearing stockings has become a trend.
If you are a noble and don't have stockings, it means you have no status.
But among the female consumer groups, none of them were sold. The reason is very simple. Both the Monty Empire and the Xueyue Empire were thousands of years behind the modern times.
This is true whether it is civilization or thought.
Women cannot be naked or expose their bodies, not even an inch of skin. Wearing stockings will always give people a very frivolous feeling. If you find out, you will be drowned in a pig cage.
Even in the more civilized Monty Empire, only Leah dared to wear it, and it was paired with a floor-length skirt and she did not dare to be exposed outside.