Although the store of Changle dress has been opened and the signboard has been played, the real design is far from begins. Of course, because it started with second-class clothes, and most of the people involved in the second-class were the wives and daughters of Zhuwu, and the business of the store was not good.

The shopkeeper obeyed my instructions and replied to Princess Anding that although the store can be selected and tailored according to the style of clothes, the general clothing color is determined by the "designer" rather than the customer, and the small store is newly opened, and the clothing style has not yet been launched, please wait for February to choose again, of course, if you pay now, you can get the first batch of "limited editions" in February.

With the temper of these noble ladies nowadays, most of them will be angry when they hear this, but the good temper of Anding is far beyond my expectations, and the store received a fixed payment for her five sets of clothes that day, and the shopkeeper also brought a message, saying that Princess Anding "waits for new clothes".

I don't know if I smelled something, but Mrs. Zhao Guo, who was Aunt Qinghe, also sent someone directly to my mansion the next day, saying that she wanted to book clothes, and the people who came to listen to me euphemistically convey the meaning that business matters were carried out in the store, even if I went back to the house and took out a thousand official copper coins, I paid off a set of "limited edition" money in full.

The third class "Changle Expensive Clothes", the fourth class "Changle Expensive Clothes" are also opened in the city, Changle Expensive Clothes are located in the north city, not far from the palace gate, mixed between the kings and public mansions, Changle Expensive Clothes are located on the bank of the Tianjin Bridge, the courtiers must go to the province on the road, these two stores are also like Changle dresses, there is no style for the time being, only accept reservations.

Starting with the two royal princes, the third and fourth class stores have also come to make up some of them, mostly one or two sets of appearance, the pricing of my clothes is very simple and rude, a limited edition of Changle dress is a set of 1,000 guan, a limited edition of Changle expensive clothing is a set of 500 guan, a set of Changle Chinese clothes is a set of 100 guan, under the Chinese costume, the price of the fifth and sixth class is not far apart, and many clothes of the sixth class are even more expensive than the fifth class, the price ranges from several to dozens of guan, the lowest is consistent, all transactions only accept the official money of Zumo, and are not subject to silk cloth, rice and grain.

With gimmicks such as "limited edition", "pre-order" and "no first look at the style", "Fengtian clothing" soon became a hot topic of discussion among the people in the city, and from December to February, there was an endless stream of people who came to me directly or indirectly to inquire about the news, and even my mother couldn't help but ask me: "When will I be able to sell the first batch of clothes?"

Usually at this time, I just laughed and didn't say anything, and I didn't even want to reveal it to my mother and Ah Huan, but they could more or less guess something, and they didn't ask much.

I roughly according to the division of responsibilities in the princess's mansion, the Fengtian Clothing Bureau is divided into six divisions: lawsuit, production, shopkeeper, account room, warehouse, accounting department, and selection, corresponding to the six divisions of pavement looms and various raw material supply, production arrangements, store sales, finance, warehousing operation and inventory, inspection and auditing, and personnel. Embroidery and other maids, half of the employment of good family women, whether it is slaves or women, every month to give the money money, the money is divided into two parts of wages and dividends, according to the assessment standards of their respective ministries and divisions, all people provide three meals a day, slaves and maids provide dormitories, if a good family wants to stay, you can also pay a very low fee to apply, whether the supervisor or the worker, eat in the canteen, work every day shall not exceed five hours, do nine days off, one day off on the big festival, three days off on the first day.

At the beginning of February, the Fengtian Clothing Bureau behind the venue, looms, embroidery and other things were fully funded, and the second, third and fourth limited editions were also preliminarily done - the first second-class limited edition was planned to produce ten sets, the third-class limited edition was proposed to be one hundred sets, and the fourth-class limited edition was proposed to be one thousand sets.

The middle of February was my mother's birthday, and on this day I got up very early, dressed up, and entered the palace from outside, before the courtiers ordered the wives to visit my mother.

My mother was sitting in the hall wearing only deep clothes, and when she saw me, she smiled: "At this time, don't you offer your clothes?" Looking at the only two people behind me holding objects, she deliberately showed a displeased look: "You, the Fengtian Clothing Bureau, have been open for a few months, won't you only make two sets of clothes?"

I smiled: "A-Niang's holy birthday, the child naturally wants to give a big gift, how can it be perfunctory with clothes alone?—— here is the same clothes dedicated to A-Niang, and the same is a congratulatory gift prepared by A-Niang." ”

My mother was aroused by me, leaned over and smiled, "Yes, besides clothes, what other good things are there?" Before I could answer, I first asked someone to take the box to me, and took the contents in my hand, and became more and more curious: "What is this?"

I said, "The name of this thing is 'abacus', which is a substitute for calculations. He bowed down and showed his mother, who immediately understood the benefits of the abacus: "Calculate faster and more clearly than calculates—on a good day once a year, you will use the utensils of the merchants' families to perfunctory, huh?"

I smiled and said: "A-Niang is wrong, this abacus is not only the utensils of the merchants, but also the utensils of the prime ministers, the country's great plan, from money and grain to official positions, all need to be carefully calculated, the so-called workers want to do a good job must first sharpen their tools, and the child offers this abacus is to add more tools to the country's ministers in the world." With the wisdom of Your Majesty, the work of the public, and the benefit of this instrument, what is the matter in the world?"

When I said, "A-Niang is wrong", my mother's face changed left and right, but my mother's face was calm, and when she heard some solemnity behind her, she reached out and took the golden abacus in her hand and looked at it carefully: "It's so delicate, isn't it a craftsman from the Central Plains?" When I said "yes", I raised my eyebrows and said lazily: "Although the golden abacus is exquisite, after all, it is not a thing of the Central Plains, if you are really worried about me, instead of offering a golden abacus, it is better to offer a hundred wooden abacus - and the person who will use this abacus." ”

I didn't hurry and said: "In addition, there are also 1,000 pieces of wooden abacus for His Majesty's life, and there are not many people who can use abacus, only ten, but this thing is very easy to use, with one to ten, to ten to hundred, between ten months, there can be thousands of people can use." ”

This abacus was invented much faster than the chaise longue, and it was successfully made in a few months, and it was used in the same way as the arithmetic, so all the slaves and maids who learned arithmetic in my house could use it, but there were only a few who used it well, and the rest still needed more practice.

When my mother heard what I said, Fang smiled and bowed, and ordered someone to take the clothes to see, and when the clothes were unfolded, she was stunned, squinted and said, "Pomegranate skirt?"

What I am offering is a pomegranate skirt, named "Ruyi Niang", taken from the poem made by my mother in the past, this skirt is only different from the current clothes, the first is that the skirt is extremely close-fitting, outlining the body clearly, most suitable for tall and tall like my mother, The curvy woman, the second is that this skirt looks like two skirts from top to bottom, but in fact it is a whole piece, which is very light when worn, which is most suitable for summer, and the third is that the hem of this skirt is a gradient of one color, separated by a gradient curve in the middle, and it flows like water waves from a distance. The reason why I want to explain these three differences is precisely to sell my limited editions - in order to distinguish the clothes of the Fengtian Clothing Bureau from those in other places, in addition to the "trademark" specially designed by me on each piece of clothing, and the name of each embroiderer on the second and third class clothes, I also specially launch a batch of limited editions every season, or the name of "the same style of the Son of Heaven" According to the current etiquette, these clothes naturally cannot be exactly the same as those worn by the mother, but they can have exactly the same characteristics as the mother's clothes, such as gradients, such as false two, such as fitting the body.

These limited editions of the "same style of the Son of Heaven" are the most distinctive feature of the Fengtian Clothing Bureau, and they are also the place where no one else can replace me - after all, not everyone has a close relationship with the emperor's mother.

Mother was stunned and reached out to stroke the pomegranate skirt, since she ascended the throne, her daily behavior has become more and more sparse and atmospheric, but at this moment it seems to have suddenly returned to the girlhood, revealing a gentle look mixed with attachment and longing, after a moment she smiled, one hand brushed the side of the cheek hair, and said softly: "Today's congratulations, just wear this." 166 Reading Network