James shrugged his shoulders, "You people in the Qing Dynasty are very strange, to say that you are smarter than anyone else, and to say that you are conservative are also very conservative, but you people are smart and not conservative. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Then thank you for the compliment. We also want to stay here for a few days and see what else is left to do. ”

"Okay, too, you two have a long-term vision, this is a place for people of all nationalities and countries, and doing business here will definitely make money. We call it border trade. ”

"Border trade? It's a good word, and we might as well do some border trade. ”

"You're not performing? It's a pity that such a good repertoire is not performed, too? ”

"The purpose of our coming out this time is not to perform, but to make money. Our country is still very poor, and we have to make money and hand it over to the emperor and send it to the treasury, so that the treasury has as much reserve as possible. ”

"God, are you angels?" Mr. James kept drawing a cross on his chest.

James had to return to the capital and process the crafts he wanted in the palace. The last time it was done in the palace, because there were many maids in the palace, and there were nearly a thousand people in the two mansions combined. This time, it takes manpower and time to process 100,000 flowers. Cher can do it too, but can she recruit seven hundred? It takes 10 days and a half months just to recruit workers, and they have to be trained. James can't wait. In fact, if the small lady is shipped by air after processing in the house, it will save trouble, and James will not have to go to the capital. But how to explain it? There is no way to explain the problem of manpower and time. had to let James go to the capital. In addition, there are other goods in the house to sell him, so that he will not run away in vain.

They talked very carefully and specifically, and Cher wrote a secret letter. Bing'er also wrote a secret letter to the emperor and asked James to bring it back. Tell the emperor about the current situation in Yunnan, including the living conditions of the common people and the situation of Wu Sangui.

The straight-line distance from Kunming in Yunnan to the capital is 2,100 kilometers, that is, a distance of more than 4,000 miles, which is actually a road of 5,000 miles. It took James a month and a half, anxious to rush north, he handed over the recruitment of female workers to the Yunnan friend, asked him for help, and the old couple contacted without saying a word. Nearby villages ask from house to house, and families with young girls and daughters-in-law are naturally willing to increase their income and learn a trade. All registered. There are still a few places that are not enough, and Cher means that it is a two-pronged approach, and people should not be idle here. Train out some little sisters first, maybe when there will be processing orders.

A month and a half later, when Mr. James arrived at the gate of King Rui's Mansion in the capital, it was already dark. James and his entourage were tired and tired. I'm afraid of disturbing Prince Chitose, so I want to find an inn to stay in first, and then come to the house tomorrow morning to visit in a regular manner. But they were so tired that they wanted to take a break in the car, and who knew they fell asleep. But Qiao Tianliang came out to give people away, and when he saw the carriage parked at the door, he asked the soldiers standing guard: "Whose carriage is this parked at the door?" ”

"Back to the chief steward, the big Western nose on this carriage has been to the house, and it is the person who has bought a lot of goods from the house. He originally wanted to knock on the door, but I don't know why he went back to the car again, and there was no movement for a long time.

Tian Liang opened the sedan curtain and saw that James was asleep inside. I guessed that he might be from Yunnan, and he was looking for the prince for something, or maybe the princess and the princess sent them here, and he was afraid of delaying things, so he woke up the handlebar style, and it seemed that the handlebar style was tired enough. The handlebar quickly woke up James, and James saw that it was the person he was looking for, and hurriedly handed the letter to Tian Liang. Tian Liang said: "Don't go to the inn, you will go to the mansion for one night." There is a spare room in the house, and it is not cold right now anyway, so I will give each of you a set of luggage. ”

"Sorry to disturb too." James said apologetically.

"It's really hard for you to come all the way to deliver letters."

"My lord, I take the liberty of asking, I was beside the little fairy when she wrote the letter, and the words she wrote were the English letters, but I did not know what she wrote. Is this kind of writing also from your Qing Dynasty? ”

"It's something we learned from another country when we were travelling. It is limited to a few people. It can't be popularized ......"

"I see, I see! The little fairy is so smart! Clever too! ”

Tian Liang didn't explain much to him, so he took James and the others into the garden, and ordered someone to serve James and the others to wash their faces, eat, bathe, and rest. Then go to Feiyun Tower to discuss with Yun'er and Xuan'er.

Xue'er felt that it was more convenient to process the goods James wanted in the house, and there were quite a lot of living materials in the house. There are nearly 1,000 maids in the two houses, all of whom participate in the task of crochet flowers, 10,000 feet of lace, and 100,000 handbags, and each person is evenly distributed to more than 330 products.

There are a total of more than 20 people who are qualified to use sewing machines, and Fujin and Yun'er have status and cannot participate. Hearing that the house had received the task of 100,000 handbags, Ling Juan couldn't sit still, so she came to Yun'er's room and asked Ying to fight. Then count this into one hand.

This time, a large number of processed products are under the command of Yun'er, and all the people are arranged in an orderly manner, divided into several operation groups, each operation group is responsible for a process, and the sewing machine completes the first process: molding, and then adding various auxiliary materials as embellishment, and the spice filling in the sachet is also specially responsible for the final stitching. Then there is the inspection, and the unqualified ones are thrown out for revision.

More than 20 sewing machines, running non-stop, just do the molding process, and the other processes can also be hand-needled. Not to mention the seven hundred girls and grandmothers, even a few side Fujin and their group of people also went into battle.

Fortunately, when Mr. James came to the capital, he would definitely buy other things, and when he waited for the goods, he would go out and buy them when he met the right things and could make money when he went back. This will not expose the other goods in the house to him, Fu Jin means to see if this foreigner is reliable, she is a little uneasy. Xue'er didn't tell Eniang about James in detail, people of Fujin's age are quite wary of people, especially James is not like a scholar of the Qing Dynasty, nor is he like a martial artist, for fear that his beautiful daughter will be deceived.

Originally, James took 100,000 handbags to the Ruiwang Mansion for processing, so the old couple did not have to recruit female workers. But on the third day after James left, the Indian lady who had bought a lot of Cher goods at the market came to look for Cher.

The goods she bought from Xue'er were very miscellaneous, with everything, most of them being fabrics and headdresses. Crochet flowers were found in the fabrics to decorate the handbags. I liked it very much, so I inquired about Cher's place of residence and came to order. Yun'er learned that she was also based in Yunnan to do border trade, specializing in silk business. Why is China the land of silk? It is because only China's climate can raise silkworms, and with silk can there be silk. Regardless of the country, the upper-class women like Chinese silk. She was in charge of the silk trade, but she was not limited to the silk business. Daqing's handicrafts are also very good, if you can find very high-end handicrafts, no matter what it is, you have to buy it back, she immediately took a fancy to the crochet flowers on Xue'er's handbag, and felt that if this beautiful flower is sewn on a young woman's clothes and skirts for embellishment, it must be very beautiful, so she came to order with Xue'er.

This lady ordered a large quantity, five thousand. But she doesn't have a line, so she needs Xue'er to bring her own white line, and the price of one or fifty yuan a flower is limited to one month to complete.

Cher found James's friend, an old couple, and asked them to help continue recruiting female workers, and wrote a recruitment notice:

"Miss Luo from the capital wants to recruit 20 female workers to teach crochet techniques on the spot, and those who have completed the study will participate in processing orders with foreign businessmen, and the labor fees will be generous. Those who are ingenious are preferred, until the quota is full. ”

Bing'er and Xue'er both thought that Yunnan was a remote province, and most of the young women were illiterate, and they had never heard of the crochet technique, so few people must have signed up, but the announcement was posted the next day. There are Manchus, Han Chinese, Bai people, and Dai people. None of these people's families are very wealthy, so when there is an opportunity to make money, many people will sign up.

Xue'er also learned the interview method of Xiaoeniang, looking at herself and talent. After screening, fifteen girls were accepted, the oldest was twenty years old, and the youngest was twelve or thirteen years old, all of whom were intelligent, quick to react, and relatively receptive. There are also six Ami sisters, and twenty local girls who are on standby.

Some of the recruited female workers often do handicrafts for people, and only pay four cents for a pair of soles, which can not be completed in one day, at least two days, so they only earn two cents a day. Two pennies can only buy one liter of rice, and one catty and two halves are one liter. It's barely enough for the whole family to drink porridge, and I have to say that I have a job. Cher's pricing is temporary, and if you order a large amount in the future, everyone will make a lot of money. Don't be afraid of hard work, just be afraid of not hard work, women in Yunnan are very able to endure hardship. In this way, you can earn 25 cents a day, which is more than 10 times the soles of your shoes. It is possible to buy twelve liters of rice! One by one, they were eager to try and were full of interest. If you learn a craft and support your family, why not?

Just do it, Aunt Ruan has a lot of thread here, bought by Xue'er, tried how many threads each flower wants, and sent the thread and crochet to these Yunnan girls, although the language is a little unclear, but teach everyone that crochet flowers can be done without mouth. Although these girls have not read a book, their ability to accept them is not covered. On the first day, there are very decent flowers hooked out, and on the second day, all of them are passed, and on the third day, the products are officially processed.

These little sisters of different nationalities like the beautiful Miss Luo very much (Love Xinjue Luo's Luo) and do things seriously every day. As more and more proficient, the speed is getting faster and faster, not that the speed is slow and the quality is good, the hook is faster and the stitches are more uniform, as long as the number of stitches is correct. The three hundred beautiful, white flowers were inspected for no substandard products, and after counting, they waited for the lady to come and pick up the goods. Xue'er learned a small amount of mother, when ordering, to write the content of the contract clearly, not to give the other party the opportunity to take advantage of the loopholes, to pay half of the order fee in advance, otherwise people have worked hard to finish the processing and you say you don't want to do? After paying the order fee, you say you don't want it, you unilaterally tear up the contract, and you can't refund the order fee.

The Indian lady who came to order the goods, whose name was Latika, came to pick up the goods very punctually, looked at the hooked products very carefully, was very satisfied, paid the other half of the payment and left.

Xue'er paid all the processors: 25 girls participated in the crochet flowers, 5,000 flowers with an average of 250 flowers per person, and the processing fee cost 2 cents per flower (after deducting the material fee and Xue'er's teaching fee), and the processing fee for 250 flowers was 500 wen! In a poor family, 500 wen can buy more than 300 catties of rice! More than 300 catties, save a little enough for one person to eat for a year!

These girls were so moved that they kowtowed to Xue'er, and they couldn't pull it up. For them, money is life-saving rations, and if they don't have money, they will starve to death. Wu Sangui dragged a large number of young and middle-aged men to serve as soldiers. There is no man in the family, and life is even more difficult.

Mrs. Latika came again on the third day after she had taken the crochet flowers, and came again to order one of the handbags she had seen at Cher's stall. It is also hooked. A contract was signed for the processing of five hundred handbags, each of which was four hundred wen (including materials), and a total of two hundred taels of silver, in the quantity demanded by Mrs. Latika. Cher tells her that this kind of bag is much more difficult than hooking a single flower. Each bag requires eight flowers to form a carrying bag, a tightly hooked one-inch-wide strip to make the bag thick, and two straps. It is best to hook the square flowers, and they will be square when connected. The inside should also be lined, otherwise the handbag will be pulled out of shape, and then it will be decorated with a little colored beads on the outside, which is troublesome. Mrs. Latika had bought this kind of handbag, but Cher had to make it clear to her that it was not to emphasize the objectivity of asking for more money, but to be really troublesome. A handbag takes more than ten times more time and uses more than ten times more materials than a simple flower. Mrs. Latika said, "Then can I give you a processing fee of 420 yuan per handbag?" ”

"Then you don't have to. I don't mean to ask you for more money, or 400 wen each. I'm telling you the specifics, which means the processing time is a little longer. A handbag takes a minimum of two days. Five hundred will take a thousand days. Of course, we have 25 people working at the same time, so it is done in 75 days, and we try to finish it in two months, what do you think? ”

"Yes, you can." Mrs. Latika slapped a silver ticket of two hundred taels in front of Xue'er and smiled: "If you don't pay the order fee, I'll give it all to you." ”

Xue'er noted in the contract: "The payment for the goods will be paid in one lump sum, and the silver ticket of Huitong Yinzhuang will be two hundred and two whole." "People talk about righteousness, we also have to talk about credit, and it's not okay to be confused and confused.

Aunt Ruan still has a lot of James's white threads on her hands, and according to the previous price, she also paid it all at once, and Xue'er told the little sisters how to make each handbag and the processing fee very openly. 500 handbags and 4,000 square flowers, each of whom has to hook eight flowers every two days and a belt of the thickness and a strap for carrying a rope, and sew the lining inside and the colored beads on the outside.

The little sisters were very happy to hear the hook square flower, which was a hook round flower before, and now it is a hook square, which means that there are new skills to learn. There are also thick belts, hanging linings and nailing colored beads, which are much more complicated than a single round flower. The processing time is not particularly tight, and Cher has room for it.

If you are skilled, you will be fast. It will be completed in two months, so you can get the processing fee half a month in advance.