Shopkeeper Wan has been with Liang Zijun for 7 years, and he has already been able to deal with all the big and small affairs. Chen Qing's heart sank slightly, could it be that there was a problem in the embroidery room?

The young man didn't know it, and when Chen Gong received the errand of teaching the embroidery girl, he couldn't help but admire it secretly, it is really rare for a craftsman to do Chen Gong like this, and he didn't see the shopkeeper no longer send him embroidery work, only occasionally invited to teach the embroidery girl?

After Chen Qing arrived at the cloth workshop, Liu Hengshan stopped people and took them directly to the warehouse where the cloth was stored. The cloth that had problems was stored in a warehouse next to it, and after a quarter of an hour, the shopkeeper Wan also put down his affairs and rushed over.

Silk yarn is a new fabric that has only become fashionable in recent years, and because of its light and transparent texture, it is mostly used to make mosquito nets, screens or fans. Silk yarn is lighter than silk, and it is white and transparent when spun with cooked silk, and it is also called plain silk because of its light and thin texture. Because the material of the silk fabric itself determines its fragility, strong moisture absorption, easy deformation and other significant characteristics, and has high requirements for the storage environment, it is extremely difficult to preserve.

The silk yarn purchased by the store this time was eaten by insects due to the dampness of several heavy rains a few days ago. Recently, the women's dresses are fashionable to use silk yarn covering to show light and elegant, and it is 100 horses ordered by the shopkeeper to store them in the warehouse. Who would have thought that the rain for days would pour a lot of rainwater into the cracks at the foot of the wall that had been in disrepair for a long time, and when the warehouse guys found that a large number of silk yarns were infested, there were many small and imperceptible holes in the fabric.

The guy blamed himself, and the face of the shopkeeper was even more ugly. There is such a big mistake, the entire batch of fabrics are scrapped, and the cost alone will have to lose half a month's surplus, if the fabric is unsalable, it is understandable, but this is the fabric that is urgently needed, and this moth will have a great impact on the cloth business.

Chen Qing couldn't help frowning when he looked at them one by one, the cost of this silk yarn was not low, and the usable part was extremely rare, even if the intact part was cut, it would not be able to recover much loss.

The sun was setting in the west, and the guys were driven out to guard the door, Liu Hengshan was ordered to guard the store, and only Chen Qing and the shopkeeper Wan stayed in the warehouse and frowned. Chen Qing first comforted the shopkeeper who kept blaming himself and making amends, and then shook off the cloth to think about countermeasures.

"Shopkeeper Wan, please open the window, I'll take a closer look to see if I can cover it with embroidery thread" Chen Qing came up with a solution that was not a solution.

Wan shopkeeper shook his head frequently, this silk fabric is the most afraid of moisture, after absorbing water, mold produces holes, even if it is barely used, it can not withstand pulling, so I have to put up the window sash first, let the light come in, "I think it is better to hurry up and buy a batch first, so as not to be short of the counter"

Chen Qing nodded, he knew that this silk yarn could not be remedied, but he was reluctant to waste a large sum of silver, so he dragged the shopkeeper to discuss the remedy. "According to your law, the things in the shop will be entrusted to you to take care of, and if the money is not enough, just open your mouth."

Shopkeeper Wan's face was a little better, and he originally wanted to ask Chen Qing to take a pen and silver from home, so he hurriedly invited someone to come. If it weren't for the owner to take 10,000 taels from the account, it would not be impossible to turn over, but there was a problem with this batch of goods, and the shopkeeper had to ask the owner for the payment.

Chen Qing looked at the light for a long time, and finally had no choice but to give up, unless a large area was embroidered, this batch of fabrics could not be sold at all, even if the price was reduced, who would buy rags to make clothes? Even if the price was equal to the lowest-grade coarse linen, no peasant household intended to use this flashy fabric to cut dresses.

The shopkeeper Wan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that Chen Qing was finally willing to give up, he thought that this silk yarn was thrown away early on, but the owner refused to give up, so he had to accompany him.

Chen Qing wailed, this year is really an eventful autumn! Not to mention catching up with the drought, he has to pay for the silver and grain, and even the dowry for marrying his daughter! As soon as it stopped, the cloth mill lost another batch of fabrics, all of which were money-losing transactions, and they were losing money everywhere!

The shopkeeper couldn't help but feel guilty when he saw Chen Qing's heartache, the owner was not there, not only did he not increase the store's surplus, but he lost five thousand taels of silver first!

Chen Qing glared at the cloth that made him lose a lot of silver, and just wanted to let go, but suddenly raised it up and looked at the window, and the shopkeeper Wan's heart tightened, and he still came? It's evening, and he has to rush back to settle the score!

"Ten Thousand Shopkeepers...... What do you think we should do with this silk yarn to make window paper?" Chen Qing asked with a twinkle in his eyes.

"What?" The shopkeeper exclaimed? Isn't the proprietor distressed that the silver is crazy? Who would use silk yarn to make window paper, not to mention that the silk fabric is breathable, how can this torn yarn with thousands of holes withstand the wind and sun?

"You see, this silk yarn is transparent, not more transparent than white paper? Anyway, it's all broken, as long as you find a way to make it impermeable, it's better than throwing it away," Chen Qing held the fabric to the window sash.

"But...... How not to be permeable to the wind? The silk yarn will be soaked in rain and snow, and the wind and sun will be damaged in less than half a month, and it will even be greater than the wear and tear of white paper."

Chen Qing remembered the oil painting of the old house a few days ago, and immediately ordered the shopkeeper Wan to bring a barrel of tung oil and a barrel of turpentine.

Tung oil has the characteristics of fast drying, relatively light, good gloss, strong adhesion, heat resistance, anti-corrosion, rust prevention, etc., and is widely used in waterproof and anti-corrosion coatings for construction, furniture, vehicles and boats, fishing gear, and can be used to make oil cloth and oil paper.

Tung oil is divided into two kinds: raw tung oil and cooked tung oil, and the raw tung oil is the oil squeezed out of the tung oil seeds, which is golden in color, relatively thin, and slows drying. Cooked tung oil, also known as varnish, is processed from raw tung oil, is a dry oil, after conclamation has a good hardness and luster. The color is darker and thicker, so it needs to be diluted with turpentine (extracted from pine trees). After application, it forms a protective film that is not breathable and thus has a waterproof effect.

The shopkeeper waited for Chen Qing to finish speaking, and suddenly clapped his hands, tung oil has strong adhesion, can tightly close the damaged fabric, and can also play the role of waterproof and anti-corrosion, solving all problems in one fell swoop.

Chen Qing cut the sash-sized silk on the window, and the two tested it on the spot, and when the shopkeeper looked at the silk tarpaulin glued to the window frame, he couldn't help but smile and couldn't help but lose his eyes.

Although the oil can temporarily stick the silk yarn to the window frame, it may fall off after a long time or a strong push, and Chen Qing pondered asking the shopkeeper Wan to hire someone to make iron nails.

"Won't the cost be too much?" shopkeeper Wan frowned and thought, iron products are mostly used to make tools and iron pots, will it be too expensive to make such a luxury of making window paper?

"An embroidery needle doesn't cost much, as long as we hit it a little thicker than the embroidery needle, the length of the nail is enough, and the end is flattened so that it can be pressed into the wooden frame," Chen Qing casually picked up a small wooden stick and explained.

"It doesn't cost much silver, and this silk screen paper is simple and easy to imitate. The cost is too high but it is not easy to popularize, if you need to fix this iron nail, we have already seized the opportunity when the opponent imitates it," Wan shopkeeper chuckled and said the pros and cons.

I didn't expect that the owner husband was also a powerful businessman, and it seemed that his vision still needed to be experienced, but he didn't find that the people who had worked for a few years under him were so smart.

"So many fabrics, you can start from the cloth shop first, and then choose a famous shop pù proofing, preferably a restaurant or tea shop, this kind of crowded territory is easy to attract attention, and when the reputation is started, there will naturally be customers to come to purchase" Chen Qing came up with another idea.

"This is easy to do, I went to negotiate with the owner of Wanle Zhai, he is the restaurant is in urgent need of good window paper lighting, and most of the people who go there to eat are rich sons with heads and faces, and they do not hesitate to spend money" The shopkeeper Wan made up his mind with a smile, and discussed the next strategy with the owner's husband.

It took two days to make the nails, and during this free time, the shopkeeper made a large amount of silk yarn into oilcloth to dry. A piece of cloth is equivalent to ten zhang, that is, more than 30 meters, fortunately, the warehouse is large enough, and the tung oil is also dried quickly, and there are more than 30 horses of oil in two days.

The use of silk to make zuò tarpaulin in the eyes of ordinary people is not only incredible, but also can be described as a ruin, how can ordinary people choose this kind of window paper? Many people heard that Liang Kee used silk to make window paper, but they did not bother to criticize this wasteful behavior, and many people who read poetry and books rebuked Liang Kee Cloth Workshop for being a tyrannical thing.

But when Wan Le Zhai also removed all the window paper and replaced it with this oilcloth window paper, everyone was stupid, so transparent window paper not only has strong light transmission, but also is not easy to break, and the whole lobby is full of sunlight, which is comparable to the effect of opening the window sash.

The snow-white silk is brushed with a thin layer of tung oil, revealing a faint yellow, reflected by the sun, in this slightly cool late autumn, the whole body is warm. Moreover, you don't have to get close to the window paper to see the outside scene, but if you look in from the outside, you can't even look carefully at who is sitting in front of the window. Such a private, well-lit window paper immediately made the people of the city boil.

The most worrying thing in winter is that you can't open the windows, which makes the house dark and damp, and when you open the windows, it will be as cold as standing outside. If you change to this kind of oilcloth window paper, you can still light up and dispel the cold of the room without opening the window.

A inquire about the price, most of the people shook their heads, not only the price of silk yarn and tarpaulin is high, but also needs to be equipped with iron nails to fix, the cost of only a window paper is as high as 3 taels of silver, all of which are reluctant, even if they are rich.

The shopkeeper Wan came forward in a timely manner and said with a smile, "It doesn't hurt if you don't change some rooms, such as the study, bedroom, or lobby, you can focus on it, even if you only change one, our cloth workshop also intends to come to work."

The carpenters standing on the side straightened their waists and cooperated with the big shopkeeper, and at this time they heard Liu Hengshan tell the story, "The study is a place for scholars and students to do their studies, the room is too dark and hurts the eyes, and it is not worth lighting wax." If the bedroom can let in some sunlight in winter, it will only be more comfortable, and the lobby is a place for hospitality, and the most important thing is spacious and bright......"

Liu Hengshan said that everyone who listened to it was itching, if only one or two doors were replaced, it was not that they could not afford to change them, but which room should they choose to change? After hesitating and hesitating, some people questioned loudly, "The bedroom is inconvenient to change, right? Even if the light is transparent, it is not as good as a blank sheet of paper to cover up the shame, if people look at the room, won't it affect the reputation of the family?"

"It's okay, we can follow the example of the lady boudoir to hang a curtain, and there are two styles prepared on the cabinet for all customers, please come here" Liu Hengshan led everyone to the inside, and there were two curtain styles hanging on the two windows behind the screen. One is the most common to pluck from the middle to the sides, which are held with ropes respectively. There is also a beam on the top, and the fabric can be pulled all the way to one side at will.

In this way, the lighting problem was solved, and it was not leaked*, and everyone placed orders one after another, and immediately took the guys home for construction.

The shopkeeper smiled and walked upstairs slowly, and then waited for the big deal to come to the door.

Liang Ji Cloth Workshop for three consecutive days continued to have a large number of customers rushing to buy silk window paper, silver snowflakes drifted into the account room, orders received softly, not to mention, the shopkeeper of Wan even proposed that the full payment must be paid before booking. Scholars and students did not hesitate to spend 4 taels of silver to decorate the study, and there were even wealthy businessmen who changed the window paper of the shop with a large amount of money, and those rich masters who had no money to spend were to change all the windows in the house to make their faces.

This style of competition has been a long time, a family behaves like this, all families follow suit, and those who have heads and faces do not want to be left behind, and they have competed for financial resources.

Leung Kee Cloth Workshop took this opportunity to make a lot of money, and the 100 rags were not damaged at all, and even sold them at a higher price. The fire in the blacksmith's shop was never extinguished, and even half of the newly arrived silk was made into oilcloth.

Three days later, the major cloth mills also put the oilcloth window paper on the counter, but the rich customers have already made orders with Liang Ji, and only some scattered customers are greedy for cheap and go to other cloth shops to customize.

Chen Qing and the shopkeeper Wan finished settling the accounts happily, looked at each other and smiled, shouting like a fan of money, "It's gone!" The profit of the silk alone will catch up with the surplus of the counter for a month, not counting the curtain rolls that have been sold!"

"I made 20,000 taels in just a few days, and it was really the most profitable business ever!"

The cloth workshop turned losses into profits to resolve the crisis, and the shopkeeper Wan admired the owner of the husband very much. Wan Le Zhai tasted the benefits first, and Li Shoucai couldn't help but wonder what kind of wonderful person was hidden behind the scenes?