Tian Liang knows all the goods well, but he has never connected them with himself. It is said that the thing was bought with his father's silver, of course, it should also belong to Tian Liang, he didn't think about it at all, and he still asked Yun'er about the cloth.

Yun'er said: "Then you can find some small flower cloth that can make gowns for women, and the cotton that is not eye-catching, similar to the fabric of the Qing Dynasty, or cotton and chemical fiber, will be sold by the eldest brother first." ”

Yun'er also wanted to take advantage of the fact that people were not paying much attention to it now, sell more cloth, and sell it with less care, so as to save spoilage and insect bites. asked Tian Liang and Nalan to take two small flower cloths with white pink flowers and blue flowers from the No. 2 courtyard of the Suzhou Mansion next to their father and sent them to their cousin's cloth village. The exotic cotton cloth is not really pure, it has more or less chemical fiber components, but the proportion is smaller, and there is no itchy feeling when worn on the body.

Who knew that there were a lot of "eyeliners" here, and the long queue was lined up before the cloth was unloaded. Many large families like the cloth of Yulong Cloth Village, and buy it immediately as soon as there is a new sample of goods. It's not that you want to buy a lot, but you buy a lot. You have to buy a little bit of any new breed, and these new kinds of cloth are very good for children as dowry and dowry. And the shopkeeper Chen is very talkative, although it is stipulated that each person is limited to five feet, but he explained to him that he wants to use it for the marriage of his children, and he can buy double copies.

It is still a limited purchase, and each person can buy a five-foot length of flower cloth. In foreign lands, the retail price of such a flower cloth is generally about 15 or 6 yuan a meter, a thicker one is 20 yuan to 25 yuan, and there are better ones at about 35 yuan to 40 yuan, and there are few more than 40 yuan a meter, of course, silk brocade and the like are not in this case. In the Qing Dynasty, it had to be calculated by the foot, according to the retail price. In other words, it can't be sold cheaply, and it can't be sold too expensive. Because the Qing Dynasty was very poor, the common people were still in the stage of recuperation. The prince is very wise, that is, the antiques themselves have already been earned. The Qing Dynasty sold 20,000 taels of silver in foreign lands for several million taels, but they were exchanged for goods of equal value. and then give some profits to the people in the house and the people who run them, and a little capital and to the emperor. In fact, you have to keep the capital, and if you don't even keep the capital, it will be incomprehensible. What kind of business doesn't even need capital? Isn't it too weird? Don't talk about the queen mother, the emperor will also be suspicious. It must be thought that there is an intention, or an ulterior motive.

In fact, there are many expenses that should be included in the capital, such as the rent of three adults and two children in a foreign land, water and electricity, transportation, communication expenses, daily necessities, the cost of inviting guests to eat, the transportation cost of purchasing goods, gifts to the emperor, brothers, nephews and mansions, and goods that cannot be sold for money, such as cement, red bricks, tiles, etc., are used in the renovation of the kitchen. There are also some materials for ice cellars and greenhouses, kitchen equipment, cooking utensils, drinks, etc., as well as a large number of sugar, salt, washing, makeup, bathing and other supplies, as well as those for advertising, those labor protection, cart tires, tarpaulins, ropes, gasoline, diesel, transportation, computer facilities, etc., etc., which cannot be sold for money. These things add up to more than 10 million yuan.

The prince is ready to accumulate it, and hand it over to Emperor Kangxi when he makes up a whole number. There is another reason: the prince of the exotic "History of the Qing Dynasty" has read it, although it is not a space, it is also similar. Since Kangxi's accession to the throne, natural disasters have been continuous, such as droughts, floods, locusts, smallpox, typhoid, tuberculosis (tuberculosis) and other epidemics. The prince is going to buy some grain and store it, and after the natural disaster, there will definitely be an influx of victims into the capital. If there were another starvation death, there would be all sorts of epidemics. So try not to die and to die as little as possible. These people also had to eat when they entered the city, and the imperial court had to give relief to the victims, and they had to open warehouses to release grain and porridge. This kind of grain is not 3,000 catties or 10,000 catties that can solve the problem. The prince's brain was opened by the master, and his memory was quite good, he didn't bring back the "History of the Qing Dynasty", and he knew when the disaster would happen just by memory. Prepare before it happens, and prepare the medicine, but you can't prepare too early, the medicine will be invalid half a year in advance; Grain can also deteriorate if it is stored for a long time.

Most of the cloth brought back by the three princes was at a price that the common people could afford, and it was converted according to the retail price of an exotic land. Because these cloths are wholesaled at the factory price, there is already a difference between wholesale and retail prices. Just make up a whole number a little bit up, in order to settle the account.

These two pieces of floral cloth are very suitable for young women to make gowns, whether it is Han people, Manchu people, women of any nationality can use it. It looks fresh and clean. This is Yun'er's vision, which is more traditional and somewhat conservative. But if you buy the irregular, overly painted or very strange patterns of the exotic land, no one will dare to buy them.

The cloth of the exotic land is a hundred meters per horse, that is to say, three hundred feet. And it's double-width, so that a piece of cloth is a big round cloth roll, very heavy. When selling cloth, two guys stand inside and outside the counter, measure it with a ruler, and cut it off with scissors. It can't be like tearing the plain weave of the Qing Dynasty, cutting a hole and tearing it off. It's not that it's hard to move. If there are more people who buy it, the guy's physical strength can't stand it.

As soon as the flower cloth was put on the shelves, it became a fast commodity. The people standing in the queue instantly became a long line. Ruiqian asked the people in line to line up from the gate to the courtyard at the back, so as not to occupy the road and affect the traffic.

The 200-meter-600-foot small flower cloth was sold out in one afternoon. is still limited to five feet per person to sell, so some people are dissatisfied, shouting: "Who is it not sold to?" ”

Rui Qian brought a chair, stood on the chair, and saluted the person who bought the cloth, and said: "Everyone, you are the shopkeeper of this cloth house, don't you know how to sell more and make more money?" But the owner of the next family is a Buddhist, and he is very charitable. These cloths were brought back from far away, and the price was not increased, just so that more ordinary people in the Qing Dynasty could buy this kind of high-quality and inexpensive flower cloth. These cloths are not produced in our Daqing Dynasty, and both the textile level and the printing and dyeing level are superb. Didn't make much money, but you know what? For these goods, the proprietor's people were once kidnapped by gangsters and almost couldn't come back! If you use such a thing to turn it upside down, you will be too sorry for the owner. Thank you for your understanding. ”

Ruiqian's words brought tears to the eyes of many women.

The next day, there was no flower cloth to sell, and it was already eye-catching, so it was enough to stop.

Chen Ruiqian's cloth sold on behalf of many repeat customers. It may have tasted the sweetness of wide cloth. The ladies of large families who rarely go shopping are increasingly frequenting Ruiqian's Yulong Cloth Village, and characters such as ladies, young ladies, young grandmothers, and housekeepers often linger in front of the counter.

Don't look at the common people in the Qing Dynasty who were very poor, there were still many rich people. Many families were very rich in the Ming Dynasty, and their homes hid gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, which were quite profound. Some of these people were officials and businessmen during the Ming Dynasty, or they were themselves century-old nobles. In the more than 280 years of the Ming Dynasty, a large amount of wealth was accumulated, and now it is not spent on "Chongzhen Tongbao", and gold and silver are also hard currency. Don't underestimate these people, they have a lot of purchasing power. It's just that it's usually very low-key, and the widows of the Ming Dynasty still know how to hide their wealth. The young masters and ladies of these families are very well-educated, and they usually don't go out much, but if they encounter goods that can appreciate in value or can be emulated and used to make money, they are very generous.

The wide-faced cloth of "Yulong Cloth Village" is not only strong, but also very smooth, and it is also very cheap, and some people want to hoard a little, and in the future, this cloth village will be out of stock, so they can take out the hoarded and sell it at a high price. Therefore, there are people of different identities who linger in and out of the cloth village all day long, pretending not to know as soon as there is a new kind of goods, and buying all kinds of cloth according to the store's requirements for a maximum of five feet.

In fact, Ruiqian has already noticed this situation. These people wandered around the inside and outside of the cloth village, chatting together when they were not buying cloth, and pretending not to know each other when they stood in a row. It must be buying fabric. Fortunately, I didn't bring a lot of cloth, and the shopkeeper on the counter spoke after I couldn't sell it: "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry everyone, the cloth is sold out, can I come back another day?" ”

"Hey, it's not an inch, it's gone when you get to me? I don't believe it! Shopkeeper, you must still have it in the back room. "That's what a young man like a guy said.

"This guest officer, please go to the back room and have a look."

Hearing what the shopkeeper said, the young man was embarrassed to go to the back room. So he asked, "What's next?" ”

"This ...... It's really hard to say in the next. These fabrics are sold on behalf of relatives, and when the goods are delivered, I will put the new fabrics on the counter. ”

"Won't you stock it yourself? Why wait for ready-made? ”

"What you said, I don't wait for ready-made, I don't have that ability. These cloths are all from abroad. ”

"Foreign? But as far as I know, foreign countries, that is, those big-nosed countries in the West do not produce silk. ”

"I didn't say that the goods in the store were from the West."

"Where is that produced, can you tell me a story or two?"

"No comment, please understand."

Yes, I told you, how do people do business?

During this period, Yun'er taught the grandmothers a new embroidery method, which Xiaoli taught her. It is embroidered with the smallest injection needle. At the tip of the needle, drill an eye with a small drill, sew the thread into this hole when embroidering, and pinch the needle up and down. Of course, it is to follow the pre-drawn pattern. The stitches left behind are similar to towels. After piercing, use scissors to cut the top flat, and the effect will be fluffy. This is to cover the velvet embroidery machine. Not everyone can use the velvet embroidery machine, but the needle embroidery is cheap, and the new needles that are disposable and vacuum-packed are wholesaled. This thing can't be cheap, and it can't be used in hospitals, there are bacteria.

Seeing the needle, Yun'er remembered that she should have planted cowpox for the children in the house. According to the data, it is best to suck a little pus from a small pox bag with cotton and dry it out. It is then put into the nose of a person who can suffer from smallpox, a method called human pox. Smallpox was rarely contracted by people from other lands, but cattle did, so they had to get smallpox pus from cows, which were inoculated by injection. It seems that this type of injection is more acceptable.

This matter cannot be forced, and the consent of adults is required for planting children and the consent of individuals for planting adults.

Mr. Chen discussed with Wang Ye that he had to communicate with Doctor Zhu about this matter, otherwise he would have ideas when he found out. The prince agreed, just to rest in the Fujin room, and told Doctor Zhu to come in the afternoon when he asked Mama Zheng to go home for dinner at noon.

Doctor Zhu was very punctual, and came to the reception room of Yiran Building on time according to the time said by the prince. The prince took off a sleeve of his shirt, revealing a cowpox scar for Mr. Zhu to see, of course Mr. Zhu didn't understand. The prince said: "You are a very credible and good person. I'm telling you, this is the scar we got from an exotic breed of cowpox. Fujin, you bring the baby Beibei over. Doctor Zhu, please see, they also have such scars on their arms. There are also Mr. Tian and Master Yun, we have all planted, and if we plant cowpox, we will not get smallpox, and we will be immune for life. People in foreign lands, newborn children have to plant. After planting, some people may have a little fever, and some people will pass without feeling anything. ”

"Oh, Lord Wang, you are doing good deeds and accumulating virtue! In our Qing Dynasty, many people die of smallpox every year. There is no distinction between young and old, and if you get it, you won't have half a life. If this is ......"

"You mean that it should be popularized, and this king thinks it is not easy. In fact, cowpox was invented by the Chinese and learned by Westerners. The method is very simple......" The prince explained in detail the method of planting cowpox, and then said, "Do you think the queen mother can approve it?" Would he think that the king was going to harm her son and then plot to usurp the throne? ”

Doctor Zhu's face turned pale at that time, and the grievances of the past came to mind. said very solemnly: "Xiaguan understands, you mean to give the people in the house first, then Xiaguan is the first to plant." The lower officials are responsible for every race in the house. I really didn't expect you to bring back such shocking good news. ”

Dr. Zhu was really a man who dared to speak and act, and he went alone to a suburban village where smallpox had spread some time ago, and extracted a vaccinia vaccine from a cow that had suffered from smallpox. When I came back and dried, I planted it for myself. After three days a slight fever and discomfort, it returned to normal in two days, and then went to that Zhuangzi again. I thought it was to extract the vaccine from people who had smallpox, but those who had smallpox should be damned, and it should be fine, the epidemic has passed, and only a small number of cattle still have pus pockets of smallpox. He also has immunity in his body, so he boldly extracted enough vaccines from the cow to be vaccinated by more than 400 people, and came back to plant it for his little grandson first. It was also a few days later with fever and discomfort, and a few days later, it was better again. I planted it for Shizi, Rui'er and other children with confidence.