Chen Wenhui looked at her mother with a strange face and said, "Mother, what do you mean?" It's very contradictory that I am reluctant to marry into a wealthy family and suffer crimes, and that I want to shine in the spring banquet. ”

Bai said with a smile: "Do you know why all the girls in this year's Spring Banquet care so much about making clothes so early, and don't hesitate to spend money?" Because, everyone knows the news, and I am also the news that your eldest aunt in the palace gave me, and the concubine Niangniang will be selected at the spring banquet, and the outstanding beauties selected will enter the palace to serve the emperor. ”

Chen Wenhui was anxious: "Mother, I'm only ten years old, you don't want to send me to the palace, right?" The emperor is equal to my eldest uncle? ”

Bai pouted and said: "Even your second aunt is reluctant to send her own daughter to the palace, but to marry Wen Jin to the prince of Jinxiang, but she sent in the concubine born to her aunt, am I not as good as her?" Could it be that parents love Ronghua so much and exchange their daughters for wealth? Don't worry, you are now the county lord, a county lord with a title, according to the laws of Da Chu, you can't enter the palace as a concubine. Therefore, you can rest assured that in the future, it is possible that you will marry anyone, but it is unlikely that you will be a member of the clan. This has been handed down from the previous dynasty. It seems that it was set by Emperor Guanglie, and he said that close relatives are not married. ”

Now Chen Wenhui understood. Fusu came from modern society, so he naturally knew the disadvantages of marriage between close relatives, and it was reasonable that he would make this regulation. That's good, no wonder my parents were so happy after I was named the county lord. They still love themselves the most, and they are reluctant to be sent to the palace to suffer.

Chen Wenhui was still a little worried, and asked: "Mother, although I have the title of a county lord, but I don't have the blood of the royal family?" I'm the daughter of the Chen family, not surnamed Liu. ”

Bai said: "Do you think that the county lords of Dachu and the county lords are all surnamed Liu? Let me tell you, even princesses have foreign surnames. We are Da Chu. The emperor's daughter is naturally a princess, the prince's daughter is the county lord, the county king's daughter and the clan's daughter are the county lord, and some are even the township lord's. Those are the clans of distant relatives. These are all girls surnamed Liu. And a few more. For example, the county lord of Shuyuan, she can become the county lord because her mother is the eldest princess. The descendants of the princesses generally have county lords and county lords. There are also some righteous daughters who are accepted by the royal family. Most of these people are fathers and grandparents who have contributed to the court, and they will also give favors to their daughters, those who are county lords, those who are county lords, and even princesses who are crowned by the previous emperors. Although there is no blood relationship like this, she is considered the righteous daughter of the Liu family, so naturally she can't marry the clan surnamed Liu. ”

Now Zi Wenhui understood and said, "Since it is impossible for me to marry the clan. You can rest assured and boldly strive to shine at the spring banquet. Even if you don't take the first place, you have to achieve the Cheng dù that everyone praises. Isn't it? ”

Bai smiled and said, "Of course, my daughter, although she is a little younger, she is still very beautiful." Coupled with the fact that you are tall and look like a child of twelve or thirteen, you will definitely be praised by these noble ladies in the capital. ”

Chen Wenhui smiled.

Bai Shi was very interested and said: "Well, this has to be customized clothes first, I will ask someone from Cuijin Building to come and customize the most fashionable style of the season for you." And this jewelry also has to find the best silver building to do, anyway, not afraid to spend money. Be sure to keep the latest styles. ”

Chen Wenhui stopped Bai and said: "Mother, have you thought about using the latest style for everything, then everyone thinks so, and they are all wearing a one-glance style?" What's new? How can it be eye-catching? ”

Bai Shi thought about it and asked, "Then what should I do?" ”

Chen Wenhui smiled and said, "I have to design the clothes myself." Don't use the usual clothes, you have to use the new flower-colored clothes produced by the Heijia family on Yizhou Island, which is not bought by many people in the capital, and it is full of exotic customs. Coupled with the chic design, it is sure to be refreshing. Also, where do we use the house called Yinlou to make zuò jewelry, don't we have the black family's gold and jade hall? I'm going to design a few pieces of jewelry to match my clothes, so that the people of the Black Family can make them. When the time comes, it will definitely be different from someone else's. At that time, if someone asked you, where are my clothes and jewelry made from? Mother must take the opportunity to sell our black family's shop in the capital. ”

Bai laughed: "I said why did you agree so happily, you are really a monkey spirit, you want to use this spring banquet to attract business for the Hei family's shop." ”

Wen Hui smiled and didn't speak.

That night, after Chen Wenhui finished eating, she began to draw design drawings in her study. Wen Hui often does this kind of thing, and the maids around her are used to it.

After Chen Wenhui designed it, she went to the black family's shop the next day. First went to the Golden Jade Hall. It happened that Tang Guanghui was reconciling in Jinyutang, and he was very happy to see Wen Hui coming, and the two of them chatted while drinking tea.

Tang Guanghui said: "There are really a lot of rich people in the capital, during this period of time, we have sold a lot of goods, and I have already asked the caravan to replenish, but it is not until summer that new goods can come." ”

Chen Wenhui nodded and said, "This is, what sells the fastest?" ”

Tang Guanghui said: "The fastest is the order of the carriage shop. I won't be able to finish the order I have received until the fall. There are also a lot of orders for Yuefengtang's furniture, but now that I don't accept orders, it will not be completed until the summer. The other thing is that the things of Jinmingpu are selling fast. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "In that case, Jin Yutang's business is average. ”

Tang Guanghui said: "Actually, Jinyutang's business is also very good, but the general large families are still accustomed to making jewelry in those old silver buildings, and the silver buildings that have been going back and forth for decades are to do it, so as to rest assured." ”

Wen Hui thought about it, so she said, "Don't worry, it's going to be better soon." I'm going to give Jin Yutang a little more effort. I have a few drawings here, which are jewelry, you go and get some good gemstones, and I'll pick them out and see if I want to change them according to the gems. ”

Tang Guanghui hurriedly called the shopkeeper of Jinyutang to get the gems, and after the order, Tang Guanghui said: "Wen Hui, do you plan to make jewelry that Zuò wears at the Spring Banquet?" ”

Chen Wenhui asked curiously: "How do you know about the Spring Banquet?" ”

Tang Guanghui said with a smile: "To do business is to be well-informed. Some of our Jinmingpu's silk and satin, as well as Jinyutang's jewelry, have been sold a lot because of the Spring Banquet. Our fellows sue me. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "I was about to tell you about this, and I also wanted the rare fabrics of Jin Mingpu to make clothes." Later, I'll pick and choose and match it with jewelry. ”

Tang Guanghui said: "Where to go to the warehouse to choose, I will let people pick the good, the first-grade, fresh colors to send you over, anyway, the two stores are very close." You just stay here and pick and choose. ”

Chen Wenhui thought about it and agreed.

Tang Guanghui hurriedly instructed the shopkeeper to do it.

After explaining, Tang Guanghui did it again.

Chen Wenhui said: "Tang shopkeeper, you just said. There are too many orders for Blastwind Hall and Yuefeng Hall to be completed, right? Didn't the Hei family have a lot of disciples this time? ”

Tang Guanghui said: "There are many disciples who come here, and they are all good hands, but there are too few apprentices and too many orders. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Then the Tang shopkeeper, do you want to recruit apprentices in the capital, if you have good qualifications, accept them as apprentices first, first, you can complete the order, and second." You can cultivate it extensively, even if one out of ten can be a disciple of the black family? You can persuade such talents to go to the Hei family to join the Hei family and then study in the Yizhou Island system in the future, isn't this a big Bang family? ”

Tang Guanghui thought about it and said, "Well, the matter of accepting apprentices can be carried out. In this way, the order can be completed faster. However, it is not easy to accept people as disciples of the black family. The disciples of the Hei family are going to live on Yizhou Island. People are from the capital, where are they willing to go overseas? ”

Chen Wenhui remembered that in her previous life, the Chinese people were all squeezed to go abroad, and they did not hesitate to go abroad, which was a little funny.

Chen Wenhui said: "The capital is prosperous, but not everyone is rich? Aren't they all big families? The most are ordinary people. Although it may be better off than the average local population, the poor are still the majority. If you can become a disciple of the Black Family, you can move your whole family to Yizhou Island. Build a house for them, and the whole family can find a job, and they can also be assigned to the black family's land to cultivate, or enter the black family's shop. Working in the workshop, not worrying about food, not worrying about clothing, and after a few years, you can save a family business, which is better than in the capital. And. How good the climate of Yizhou Island is, much better than the bitter cold of the capital. When you recruit apprentices, try to recruit those who seem to have good conduct and have poor family conditions. Even if one out of ten people can be a disciple of the Black Family, ten out of a hundred people can come out, how can five of these ten people be willing to go to Yizhou Island. Didn't we just earn it? ”

Tang Guanghui thought about it, and he didn't ask all of them to succeed, even if five of the hundred people could go to Yizhou Island to be disciples of the Hei family, this would also strengthen the Hei family.

In fact, for the black family, it is more important to strengthen the team of the black family than to make money. Because the black family is more important about inheritance.

Tang Guanghui thought of this and hurriedly said: "Wen Hui, what you said is very true, I will ask someone to recruit disciples." In my opinion, the two of us, Yuefeng Hall and Swift Wind Hall alone need to find three or four hundred apprentices, and there is no shortage of people in Jinyutang at present. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "It is also true that the business of Yuefeng Tang and Rapid Wind Tang is good. But why doesn't Jinyutang recruit people? ”

Tang Guanghui said: "Jin Yutang is still profitable, but there are not many orders, and now the daily output is enough to buy, and sometimes there is a surplus." ”

"Business will get better and better, but these craftsmen who make jewelry and ornaments can't be trained overnight," Chen said. It's better to recruit as soon as possible, after the business of the province is good, the order can't be completed, isn't it a delay? ”

Tang Guanghui said: "Well, what you said also makes sense. So be it. I'm going to prepare to recruit apprentices, and I must recruit four or five hundred. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Recruiting apprentices can't just recruit such a once, with the expansion of our business in the future, more and more people are needed, it is better for Tang Shopkeeper to formulate a charter and recruit apprentices regularly in the future, so it is good." ”

Tang Guanghui said happily: "Yes, it's like Black Iron City. Let's do it, in this way, our black family will definitely expand day by day. ”

While he was really talking, the shopkeeper of Jin Yutang and the shopkeeper of Jin Mingpu had already brought the gems and clothes over, waiting for Wen Hui to choose.

ps：

The second is to ask for support.