Shui'er said, "You're right. The master girl was very scheming, Donggui left with the front foot, and let the maid who was rescued with the back foot follow Donggui and followed him all the way home. Then the parents of the master girl brought a lot of gifts to thank Donggui. We learned that this master girl is a young lady, Ama is a lifter, and my uncle is a third-grade official. Not only do you have backers, but you also have money. I thought that this matter was over, but who knew that the young lady actually fell in love with my third brother, and knew that he had not yet decided to marry, so she told her parents that she wanted to marry Donggui. Do you think her parents will say yes? Not to mention that Donggui is a merchant who walks the streets and alleys, even a carpenter with a little craftsmanship is not worthy of a young lady who lifts others. But this Miss Fucha actually went on a hunger strike. On the third day of hunger, the old couple softened. They have three sons, and there is only one daughter, who is usually very docile, and it is enough to be stubborn. If you don't agree to the marriage, you can't starve your daughter to death, right? The old man said that his three sons together are not as good as this daughter, sensible, filial, and quite intimate with their parents. In fact, it is understandable that the old man does not agree to this marriage, and the family is too bad. But this old man is not pedantic, he said on the day of his in-laws, he is optimistic about the character of my family, and he can't agree to this family affair if he changes people, who knows if the three disciples will do kung fu? People have kung fu, and the three of them don't beat him down? Killing is possible. His daughter's innocence was preserved by him, and it would be nice to marry him. If only the status was a little higher, it would be nice if he wasn't a member of the Shortcoat Gang. ”

"You mean that this young lady has already married your little brother-in-law?"

"Yes, it's already a small decision, and the autumn is a big decision. In fact, we also know that the wife of the lifting man and Miss Fucha's brothers don't agree with this family affair very much, especially Miss Fucha's third brother, who still wants to use his sister to change his future. A few days ago, he ran home to say that he wanted to quit his family, and promised his sister to a prefect as a concubine, and he lost weight for this Donggui brother, and he liked this girl very much. My mother-in-law is very optimistic about this Miss Fucha, likes her knowledge, and does not dislike the low lintel of my house, there are too few such girls, my mother-in-law is everyone's lady, because she had to marry her father-in-law who was the head catcher, she had a falling out with her mother's family. I'm sorry, but the more the slave talks, the more she talks. ”

"It's okay, it's okay, let me ask you, if your brother-in-law is willing to help sell these exotic goods to the prince, and give them a price, if they sell well, rent a storefront and let your brother-in-law be the shopkeeper, how about it? The prince will not treat him badly. ”

When Shui'er heard this, she immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Yun'er three times: "The slave and maid thank the master on behalf of my third brother!" ”

"Why do you say kneel and kneel, get up quickly." Yun'er helped Shui'er up and continued. "You also know that the prince can't go out to sell goods in person, and neither can I, and the guards and eunuchs can't. Your brother-in-law is the best candidate. As you know, the prince came down from the battlefield and was idle for several years. The emperor said that he should recuperate from his injuries, but how could he recuperate from his injuries for several years? You all know how the emperor treats the prince, even if the prince saved the emperor back then, he should be a courtier and brother. When we were in a foreign land, we saw that people were much richer than us, and the emperor was troubled by the emptiness of the treasury. We learned a little bit of skill in a foreign land, exchanged some money for some antiques that we brought with us, bought some goods that were not available in the Qing Dynasty, and sold them to the emperor and sent them to the treasury. But starting from the prince, who is in business in our house? I had to trouble Donggui's younger brother to touch the situation first. The things we brought back were not valuable, but they were not in the Qing Dynasty. As the saying goes, scarcity is expensive, and maybe someone likes it. If you think it's okay, I'll take you home with two days off, bring you a few boxes of goods for the season, and let your brother-in-law sell them on behalf of the merchant on the merchant's shoulder, and rent a shop if the market is optimistic. Then let your brother-in-law be the shopkeeper, how about it? Let's find some Donggui brothers' merchants to be usable, and work hard for him to try to sell and test-sell. If you can't sell it, you will get it back, and you won't let your uncle pay for it. ”

"Master, don't worry, my third brother will help with this."

"You tell him that we will give him as much as the remuneration should be."

"Master, what are you talking about? He's just selling on behalf of the agent, what kind of remuneration do you want? ”

What do you mean by that? Where is the white branch? It doesn't make sense. Your brother-in-law is not a little servant in our house, and even the prince can't shout at others casually, right? Isn't Donggui's younger brother tired of carrying the merchant? You must not tell anyone about this, don't wait for the whole world to know about it. Today, the prince and Fujin may have told the emperor that the emperor's consent is the only way to cross the road, understand? ”

Several maids and girls hurriedly said: "Understand, understand, master rest assured." ”

Yu'er was very worried and said: "Master, it is said in the laws of the Qing Dynasty that officials are not allowed to do business. ”

"The law of the Qing Dynasty says that officials are not allowed to do business, and officials are not allowed to have a job and run a business for their own benefit, he is completely for personal reasons, our prince is making money for the treasury, not for himself, do you think the emperor will oppose it?"

"But the prince, Fujin and you are not businessmen, and there are Shinong industry and commerce, and the status of businessmen is the lowest......" It seems that the fish from everyone understands better than others, and they have great concerns, and they whispered.

"Does the prince still have the problem of social status when he is in business? The emperor won't exempt the prince from his title just because he is in business, right? The prince is making money for him! ”

Shui'er's father opened a blacksmith shop, and the size was also a business, and he was also very worried and said: "How to calculate the cost of doing business?" ”

"What's the point? Don't I have all these materials in my room that I can use? There are so many more in the hall downstairs. There are 200 girls and grandmothers in our house, all of whom can make needlework, and I also bought so many fabric samples, and sold them when they were ready. My dad got a few antiques when we were leaving, so we don't have to look for them everywhere, right? ”

Yu'er asked puzzledly: "Do you mean that the goods in the hall and the ones in your room and the hall are all exchanged for the antiques of Master Chen, and they are used as capital?" ”

"Then you want to ask the emperor for capital? He didn't have any money to reel in himself. The prince is a Buddhist layman, and Fujin, me, and Liangzi are all Buddhist laymen. Even if you are not a monk and are also cultivators, cultivators shouldn't value money so much, right? For example, Tang Seng learned scriptures, and the four masters and apprentices walked for more than ten years in wind, frost, rain and snow, and slaying demons and demons, isn't it just to obtain the true scriptures? Who gave them the money? However, the girls and grandmothers in our house can't be treated like that. We bought raw materials, and also bought some samples, of course, the raw materials are not as expensive as the finished products, and the samples are not also finished products? This difference is the money earned. The prince wants to keep a part of the capital for reprocessing and reproduction, and then give some of the profits to the emperor, and the rest to the processors and operators. The processors are the girls and grandmothers who participate in the work, and the operators are the ones who help us sell the goods, understand? ”

"Understood, understood. Do you mean that the girls and grandmothers in our house will make some money outside of the monthly calendar? Can the slaves and maids participate? The fish asked.

"Naturally, everyone will do their own errands well, and the rest of the time can participate in the processing of fabrics. The girls in our house don't have to be sneaky in processing fabrics, because they are making money for the emperor. ”

Only then did the little sisters understand that the boxes in the hall and the boxes in the master's room were all materials for use, and they also understood that they could participate in making money in the future, so they immediately came to the spirit. Who wouldn't want a little more income?

So the fish's question came: "Master, what are you talking about fabric?" ”

"Fabric is delicate needlework, such as making sachets, first of all, it must be made small and exquisite, and there must be some decoration, which makes people feel magnificent. The soles of shoes are not considered fabric, right? The three of us have each learned a few skills in the foreign land, and we have come back to teach you, which we don't have in the Qing Dynasty, and we are estimated to be able to make some money. ”

"Master, master, can you tell the slave maid what skills you have learned? Can a slave learn? "Yu'er has the most problems, Yue'er and Lian'er don't dare to ask a single question, the level is too low.

"Roughly there are fabrics, weaving, beads, cold drinks, pastries and paintings. What I teach you is cloth art, weaving and beads, which everyone can learn, cold drinks and pastries may only be learned, and painting is my own business. ”

"What does fabric consist of? And what do you mean by weaving and beads? The fish asked very seriously. Even Shui'er didn't dare to ask like this, for fear of annoying the master's question.

Yun'er didn't bother, she had to tell them sooner or later: "To put it simply, cloth is a product with cloth as the main material, which is processed artistically to achieve a certain artistic effect." To put it bluntly, it is to make something beautiful and delicate, such as embroidering beautiful flowers on clothing, shoes and hats, bed nets, sachets, purses, handkerchiefs, or adding teeth are all in the category of cloth art. There are quite a lot of fabrics in foreign places, such as curtains, bedding, kitchen supplies, hanging bags, headscarves and so on. Bead strings are all kinds of beads strung into Buddhist beads, bracelets, necklaces, bags, and so on. Weaving is roughly divided into three kinds, one is the weaving of wishful knots, which is what we call the yarn in the Qing Dynasty, the second is crochet, and the third is rod needle knitting. I'm just giving you a rough idea, if you're interested, you can learn a lot, and you can have a few more bowls to eat in the future. ”

As soon as Yun'er said this, the eyes of the little sisters lit up. What the master said seemed to be that they could all learn, and they were all in the category of needle and female red.

"And when did you start teaching the slaves?" The fish are starting to jump.

"You're in a bit of a hurry than I am. Let's sell these finished products I bought back first, that is, ready-made fabrics, to know if our people in the Qing Dynasty can accept these things. If the Donggui brothers test sell successfully, we can do more. Our task now is to prepare, and we still need to select a few teaching grandmothers to teach the class, and learn from me first, and then they are responsible for teaching a few or dozens of people, and I teach 200 people alone, so I can't be busy. ”

"Yes, the slave is waiting."

"You guys have to help me pour something. In the future, no one in the house will want to be idle. However, everyone will not be busy in vain, and the prince will not forget everyone when making money. You may work harder in the future, it is better to be busy than to be too idle, and people will rust if they are too idle, doesn't it mean that the more you are lazy, the more you eat, the more gluttonous? ”

Ling Juan interjected: "Can I learn from you?" ”

"As long as you are willing to learn, why can't? I'm afraid that you won't have time to develop your major. ”

"I try my best to learn, doesn't I say that Yiduo is not pressing?"

"It's good if you're not afraid of hard work."

Yu'er didn't dare to ask any more, she had too much to ask. The master is an anxious person, and I'm afraid that asking too many questions will upset her, anyway, the master is back, let's talk about it behind my back. It's just that Yun'er said a few words very simply, which is enough for fish, water, yue'er, and lotus. The skill of that era was a rice bowl, and to learn to shave your head, you had to give the master two years to make a white envoy. Hold the child for the master's mother, brush the pot and sweep the area and pour the night pot, and when the time comes, I won't teach you all to keep a hand, or the master will starve to death. The master has brought back so many skills, you must learn them well!

Shui Er held back for a long time before asking, "Master, can you tell the slave how many bundles to pay?" Slaves and maids prepare first, or ......"

"What kind of restraints? Everyone has learned, in addition to the money earned as the capital, there is also for the emperor, it is to help the prince, and it will not be tied to you. ”

"How embarrassing is that? Studying with Mr. is also a constraint, isn't learning art taught by the master? ”

"Don't think about it so much, just study hard. The prince is also going to eradicate the illiteracy of the illiterate people in the house. It's just literacy, and if you learn well, you may be able to be a little shopkeeper and a little steward. Sister Shui'er, if your brother-in-law performs well, he may be a shopkeeper in a long shirt. ”

Shui'er hurriedly knelt down and hurriedly kowtowed to Yun'er: "The slave and maid thank the master for Donggui's younger brother!" ”

"Hurry up, didn't you say don't kneel when you don't move?"

It's not that Shui Er wants to kneel at every turn, it's that she has no other way to express herself. Thinking that the brother-in-law has another money-making job, the family life will be richer, and the old house will hopefully be overbuilt, and Miss Fucha will also be a daughter-in-law for her mother-in-law with peace of mind. The house is too broken to say anything.

The matter of selling goods on behalf of the prince must be instructed by the prince, and Yun'er does not dare to call the shots without permission. It is necessary to find out the things to prepare, so as not to get on the sedan chair and prick the ears and eyes.

There are many kinds of goods bought by Yun'er from the arts and crafts factory, such as sachets, bags, wallets, bedspreads, embroidered pillows, silk scarves, plush toys, crystal glass jewelry, aprons, cushions, and so on. There are also some glass, ceramics, crystals, metals, jade products, shells, bamboo weaving, clay sculptures, silk screen flowers, cross-stitch, straw weaving, resin, wood carving, beading and other handicrafts. But there aren't many of these things that can be sold on the merchant's shoulder. Since it is a merchant, it is carried by people, and it cannot be too heavy, and it is relatively small and light. In addition to festive goods, there are also women's headdresses, hairpins, rings, bracelets, woodcarved waist wears, and flower cards worn by girls. The smaller the body, the better. There are also small amounts of exotic handkerchiefs, balms, toilet water, nail polish, eyebrow pencils, lipsticks, and more. Needless to say, there are many hairpins, in a train of Yiwu small commodities, all kinds of hairpins are countless, so beautiful that people are reluctant to blink.