Chapter 205: A New Customer for the Pharmaceutical Workshop
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Chen Wenhui couldn't help but blush at the thought of going to Mingzhu's house to see Zhao Chongyi. Speaking of which, the rules of this Da Chu are still different from what she imagined. Originally, she thought that when she came back to the capital this time, she must be very bored, because she was going to get married, so she must stay in the embroidery room and not give it out. However, in fact, Chen Wenhui runs outside every day.
The average boudoir woman in this era is the same as Chen Wenhui thought before, before getting married, she was in the embroidery room, embroidering wedding clothes, waiting for marriage. But this ordinary woman only refers to an ordinary eunuch, a woman from a wealthy family. It does not include the daughters of ordinary people, nor the daughters of top families, but also the princesses, county lords, and county lords of the royal family. The daughters of ordinary people have to work every day, and when they stop working one day, they will go hungry, so naturally there are not so many rules.
This is the people who live at the bottom of society, and the girls who live at the top of society, to be precise, the women of the family, and the royal women, before they get married, they already have titles, their own guards, fields, shops, many women start business before they get married, and some have been helping the family to manage the family's chores. As for the wedding dress, it must be extremely luxurious, but it is definitely not embroidered by their own hands.
They are the most noble girls, and the needlework masters who specialize in embroidery for them at home, I don't know how many there are, where are they used to embroider there with a needle and a thread. In fact, many of them can't even embroider a handkerchief. Not to mention embroidering a dowry.
Chen Wenhui has a triple identity. She is the daughter of a family and the county lord canonized by the emperor, and either of these two alone can make her not have to abide by the rules of that boring girl to be married. What's more, she also has the identity of a member of the imperial court. As a member of the imperial court, it is normal for her to work when she is in Nanyang. When I was in the capital, although I didn't care about things, I still had to go to the court every time.
However, Chen Wenhui was really impatient. Then getting up early is to go to the palace to participate in the boring morning pilgrimage. She used the excuse that she was going to get married. Rested. But, did she really rest? Of course not, she has a lot on her plate. She was going to watch the construction of the Taoist temple and the construction of her garden. I often have to go to the black family's shop. I also want to get together with my friend Mingzhu. Also look at the hospital she built before. How is the development of Yangzendo?
In addition to these, Chen Wenhui also had to command her subordinates to recruit people from all over Dachu to build a new city in Nanyang.
So, she's busy. Those who are so busy can't even go to the court meeting that they can't even go to the banquets of each family.
Fortunately, she has an excellent excuse, that is, to prepare for marriage, in fact, not to mention that she is not very prepared, even the Bai family is not in a hurry. In order to prepare Chen Wenhui's dowry, the Bai family had already started to prepare early, everything was ready, and all that was left was to hold a ceremony, so Chen Wenhui and her mother were enjoying such a rare leisure time for their relatives to get together.
The Bai family is actually very busy every day, she is the queen's right and left hand, the queen has to summon her every day, she also has to participate in the meetings of those nobles in the capital, and she also has to manage the family's business and affairs. It's busy.
Chen Wenhui and Bai's were busy during the day, and at night, Chen Yuanheng went down to the yamen, which was the time for the family to get together.
Chen Wenhui and her mother got better, and after going to Bai's house the next day, they hurriedly returned to their yard, put on a new dress, spread their hair out, and let the maid comb a double screw bun again, carefully selected a few delicate ones from the many jewelry to wear, and each wore a symmetrical pearl flower on the double screw bun, and the bottom was a distraction composed of a circle of red gold leaves. It looks sophisticated and extravagant. The clothes on the body were also changed to a very romantic dress covered by rhombic yarn, which looked fluttery. That's not all, Chen Wenhui also took out the secret recipe cosmetics that she asked her family to make zuΓ², and spent a light makeup, which made her look even more beautiful. After dressing up, she got into the carriage and set off for the pharmacy.
In fact, when she went back to change her clothes, she had already sent someone to write a letter to Mingzhu. Sue SΓΉ Mingzhu went to the pharmacy to have a look, and then had dinner at Mingzhu's house. Although Zhao Chongyi was not mentioned, he was as smart as a pearl and would definitely arrange it. If Zhao Chongyi was smart, he would definitely try his best to arrange today's dinner. If she doesn't even have this ability, she is not worthy of being her fiancΓ©.
Now Chen Wenhui just needs to go to the pharmacy and Mingzhu with peace of mind.
When Chen Wenhui arrived at the pharmaceutical factory, Mingzhu was already waiting there, and the two friends met, said a few words, and went to see their own pharmaceutical factory together. Chen Wenhui also has some shares in the pharmaceutical factory, but not much. Moreover, Chen Wenhui has always given the dividends from this share to Mingzhu to help her do good deeds.
However, this does not mean that the pharmaceutical workshop is not profitable, and now this pharmaceutical factory, which was born out of the boom of the year, is already a huge pharmaceutical company. The annual profit is very objective. After a while of hard work, Chen Wenhui had already roughly looked through the general ledger. This book shows that the annual profit of the pharmaceutical factory is huge. Mingzhu is also very rich because of this, even if she doesn't use the money earned by the Liu family, Mingzhu is also a little rich sister.
After Chen Wenhui finished reading, she and Mingzhu went back to the account room to drink tea. Chen Wenhui asked: "Now that this pharmaceutical factory is developing so well, is there anyone else following suit?" β
Mingzhu said: "This is naturally there, and there are quite a few of them." To put it bluntly, it's not a difficult thing to do. Those apricot forest families are capable of starting a business. β
Chen Wenhui asked: "Will that affect us?" β
Mingzhu said, "How not? I was upset at first. However, there is no way to do it. I thought of what you said about the idea of getting rich together, and the way you did it. Your Cuijin Building is so famous now, aren't there many garment shops following suit? You are not and did not suppress others, but supported these small garment factories all the way, giving them work, such as letting them produce mouths, soles, embroidery belts, lace, etc., so that you can receive more orders and have more good karma. So, I worked with some of the pharmaceutical companies that I had friends with. Some simple medicinal materials are concocted and handed over to them, so that the speed of our production is greatly accelerated. We're getting more pills out. In the past few years, there has been a big war in the northwest, and a large amount of medicine is needed, and you also understand that with the promotion of Keigara's official position, the military department has given us more and more orders. We can't finish this part alone. So, those new pharmacies don't affect us. β
This is the benefit of being an official businessman. Ordinary Xinglin family, where can there be such a relationship?
Chen Wenhui nodded and said, "No wonder your business was so good a few years ago. But now that the war is over, isn't there no order from the Ministry of War, what should we do? β
Mingzhu said with a smile: "Although the war in the northwest is over, there are still some sporadic wars, so the military department still has to buy some pills there every year, but the order is much smaller." This small order, needless to say, is definitely ours. I had expected this situation for a long time. So, towards the end of the Northwest War, I developed a new source of customers. β
Chen Wenhui was very interested and asked, "What new customers?" β
Mingzhu said: "We are the first pharmaceutical factory, and we started with the best technology, the most business experience, and the most famous reputation. With this light, Jing Yuan rushed to the middle of the idea again, and made a match, and I have now received orders from the four major families. We don't fight anymore, but the four great families are still fighting. There were fewer wars in the north of the Chen, but there were still wars on the Silla Peninsula. Therefore, there are a lot of orders from your Chen family. There is also the Bai family, although the threat of the barbarians is gone, but they still have the threat of the Hu people, the new grassland people, so there are a lot of wars. Of course, there are quite a few orders. Needless to say, the Wang family is constantly working with the people every day. There is also the Li family, who sit on the Tibetan Plateau, and there are also a lot of wars. The dosage of these four is not as large as the previous amount of the Ministry of War, but the sum of the four is still beyond the previous one. β
Chen Wenhui said: "My sister is really good at business. This pharmacy has made it for you. It's really good. By the way, it seems that our Xiao Chen family also cares about your orders. My Qingchun City has a lot of orders from you. β
Mingzhu said: "This is. Your current order quantity is not small. Yours are better, especially your eldest brother, who has a large amount of medicine, and it seems that he has been at war with the Japanese all along. β
Chen Wenhui nodded.
Mingzhu said: "Now my pharmaceutical workshop is developing very fast, and due to the support of many pharmaceutical factories in the surrounding area, we have produced a lot of medicines, which is enough to supply these orders." So, the money is getting more and more profitable. β
Chen Wenhui smiled and quipped: "You are a little rich sister now." Why do you want so much money? β
Mingzhu said: "It is very useful. Am I not investing in your Nanyang? If you want to buy a family business there, you can't invest less. So, a large part of my money is spent on you. In addition to these, our family's expenses are also increasing day by day, and I am still saving dowries and dowries for my sons and daughters little by little. As long as I come across something good, buy an antique today, buy some fabric tomorrow, and stock up a batch of precious wood the day after tomorrow, when the time comes, I will be like my stepmother, and when the child gets married, the things around me are ready, and I can not be in a hurry. β
This point is very clear, Bai's spirit of taking precautions is really worth promoting. (To be continued......)