Chapter 972: Insufficient Flower Offerings
People live to have something to pursue, to continue to struggle and struggle, so that life can be more meaningful, but also more energetic, but sometimes do not have to be too persistent and more serious, just work hard, even if you do not succeed do not have to mind too much, after all, even if you have all the resources of the entire planet, but you can't escape the fate of turning into a piece of loess, in the end, everything you have is just temporary, so, why bother?
However, although the truth is very simple, but people at different ages have different pursuits, when you are young and vigorous, when the body is strong, it is very difficult for you to let a person give up fighting, especially ambitious people, will not give up competing for interests, and when it comes to old age and decrepitude, this fighting spirit will be greatly weakened, and even, when it is time to die, only to find that everything you are fighting for is just nothing, everything is not brought to death and not taken away, All the matter of a planet belongs to this planet, not to any individual as small as dust.
Of course, there are also some people, even if they are about to enter the earth, they are still unwilling to give up everything they have worked so hard to get, and want to have what should not belong to them forever, so some monks were born to comfort these people, advocating immortality, fabricating things in the underworld, and creating another world after death for no reason.
So there is a huge group of tombs since ancient times, ordinary people have very limited resources, can only be simply buried, it is enough to set up a small mound, and the emperor with huge resources, but can build a large-scale tomb of the emperor, for example, Qin Shi Huang's terracotta warriors, the scale is staggering, this is still the burial of the terracotta warriors, everything in the underground palace is more, this ambitious old man, delusional has always had a huge wealth, but in fact, he is now just a pile of dry bones, And the large number of terracotta warriors that accompanied him were just a tourist attraction for later generations, and all his thoughts were just extravagant hopes.
Li Linfu is not an emperor, but he is also a powerful prime minister, his life has been strong, even when he is about to enter the earth, he does not forget to seek the final benefits for his children and grandchildren, because only when the children and grandchildren are rich and live better, he can feel at ease in another world, and when he celebrates the New Year, he can receive more paper money and get more tribute.
However, the reality is very not optimistic, he has offended too many people in his life, he is very worried that if he dies, someone will pounce on his children and grandchildren, and even, his own body is difficult to keep, of course, because he has not done anything rebellious, as long as he does not commit this great sin, the court has no reason to move his grave, this is not too worrying, but the future of children and grandchildren may indeed be implicated.
He also understood what Li Xiu said, and it was a good way to drive out some children and grandchildren who had no contribution and only knew how to live in another place, and he could even openly expel these guys from the house, so as to protect them and prevent them from being implicated in the future.
"It's to give them a wake-up call, tell these bastards, and if they dare to violate the family rules, they will be expelled from the house immediately, and only give them a hundred acres of thin land and a house."
Li Linfu finally made a decision.
"Yes, father, I'll take care of it."
Li Xiu nodded and walked down.
In any era, at any time, there are people who are happy and some people who are sad, Li Linfu is worried here, but on the Yang family's side, he is happy.
The first batch of perfumes was sold out as soon as they were sold out on the market in Chang'an City, which made Yang Yurou and several people happy that they didn't fall asleep all night, however, in addition to being happy, they also had some worries in their hearts, that is, the manufacture of perfume must be made of flowers as raw materials, but the opening of flowers needs seasons, it is now autumn, there are a lot of chrysanthemums, but once the weather continues to cool, chrysanthemums will wither, and there are not no flowers in winter, but the types and quantities are too few, And this will greatly limit the production progress of the Yang family's perfume workshop.
In order to solve this problem, Yang Yurou and her two sisters got together to discuss that they must come up with a good way to get the best of both worlds, so that they can earn more money.
"It's only been three days, and the first batch of perfumes we got on the market has been snapped up, and many ladies have already given orders, urging them to buy them? As far as the current situation is concerned, our output cannot even meet the needs of Chang'an City, let alone Luoyang City and other cities. ”
"What's more, the weather is getting colder and colder, once the chrysanthemums wither, in the winter, where do we go to buy flowers, and with the price of perfumes rising, many vendors selling fresh flowers have also raised the price of flowers, and the cost of collecting flowers has increased a lot."
"It's not a bad thing that the price of flowers has increased, so that we have enough reasons to raise the price of perfumes and sell them at a higher price as a matter of course."
"This is really, however, the lack of flower raw materials is serious, this is the biggest problem, the weather is getting colder and colder, the flowers that can be received near the capital and Luoyang are becoming more and more insufficient, so we can only buy them from the south, however, the south is too far, if we can't transport the flowers back in time, then our losses will be great."
"Qiongzhou, Yazhou around the four seasons like spring, there is no shortage of flowers all year round, from there to purchase flowers, there is no need to worry about the supply of a lot, the problem is that the time and cost of transportation is too high, even if you take the fastest train, it will take two or three days to transport to the capital, but the freight is too high, after a car of flowers is transported to the capital, the cost has increased several times, too much loss, even if the cost is added to the selling price, it is not appropriate, try to reduce the cost is what we should consider."
"It seems that the best way at present is to relocate the perfume workshop in the capital to Guangzhou, so that the perfume can be made directly in the south, and then the finished perfume will be shipped back, so that the transportation cost will be greatly reduced, which is a good way."
"It's not difficult to move the workshop to Guangzhou, but in this way, we can't inspect the workshop all the time, in case the people below are not reliable, then our perfume industry is not dangerous, and many things can only be assured as long as we are under our own noses."
"Otherwise, the three sisters take turns to sit in Guangzhou and personally supervise the day-to-day operation of the workshop, so that this problem can be eliminated, after all, the only way to move the workshop to Guangzhou is the lowest cost."
"In this way, our sisters are going to live apart for a long time, in order to earn more, let our sisters separate, is it really necessary?"
"Yes! We have all been canonized as Mrs. by His Majesty, and we are not short of money, and we will go to Guangzhou in turn for this time, and Your Majesty and the concubine will be unhappy when they know about it. ”
"In this way, we can only spend some more costs, and transport flowers from Guangzhou to Beijing, and it is not impossible to increase the price of perfume a little, so that customers know that we ship flowers from Guangzhou, so that the price can be accepted even if the price is high."
"It seems that it can only be decided like this, along the railway line to buy flowers everywhere, unified transportation to the capital, the workshop must always be under our noses, only in this way can we ensure that nothing goes wrong, even if there is something wrong with the workshop, we can also ask Li Shilang to help in time."
"Yes, yes, that's it! Don't toss around, we are used to it in the capital, and it is really uncomfortable to go to Guangzhou. ”
The Yang sisters got together and discussed.
If a large number of people can't fill their stomachs, it is naturally inappropriate to develop the perfume industry, but today's Datang is already an era of abundant products, and the people do not worry about eating and drinking at all, and many rich people are rich and flowing, so it is natural that it is time to develop luxury goods.
After all, the Yang family's workshop needs a large number of fresh flowers, and such a huge amount of fresh flowers is unlikely to be prepared by themselves.
Collecting flowers is a physical work, which requires the unremitting labor of every flower picker to obtain, that is to say, the normal operation of the Yang family workshop is inseparable from a large number of ordinary workers who collect flowers, without these laborers who work hard to collect flowers, there will be no large number of perfume products on the market, and at the same time, these flower pickers also get a remuneration of their own.
That is to say, when developing a perfume workshop, everyone is profitable, ordinary laborers who pick flowers can get a certain income, and the second-class dealers who are responsible for collecting flowers can also earn a small amount of money, the Yang family earns more money, and the craftsmen recruited by the Yang family workshop also have income, and the imperial court has taxes on the workshop, and they can also get an income, and the perfume needs a special glass bottle, and this will benefit Li An, and the craftsmen in Li An's family will naturally benefit, and finally, the noble lady who came to buy perfume, I can also get perfume products that I am very satisfied with, and I am also happy.
In this way, the perfume industry is almost a large circle of people, and everyone is very happy and excited, so who is the one who suffers?
Some people think that it is a lady who spends a lot of money to buy perfume products, or the lady of the family, but in fact, it is not, we all know that it is the lady who can buy perfume, since it can afford it, it means that there is no shortage of money at home, since there is no shortage of money, then, as long as you can buy products that satisfy yourself, it is a very happy thing, the lady will never be soft on herself in terms of buying cosmetics, and the husband of the family, in order to please his wife, will not have any opinions, besides, his wife's body is fragrant, Staying at home is also more comfortable, as for spending some money, it's not a thing, if you don't spend money, you will become a miser.
Therefore, Ang Lee launched the perfume industry in this era, which is very correct, everyone can get benefits, the only one that is slightly impacted should be the incense powder industry, however, the impact should not be large, the lady who bought the perfume will not give up the perfume powder, and it is not indispensable to use it together, besides, perfume is a liquid, except for the smell, there is nothing, and the perfume powder has a certain thickness, which can be applied to the face, making the face look more beautiful and moving.
However, although there are many people who benefit and almost no victims, this industry is not satisfactory to everyone, especially those who are jealous, and they are jealous in their hearts, for example, people who spend a huge price to buy battery technology are very disgusted with the Yang family's easy access to perfume technology.
But these people can only be angry in their hearts, because this technology was developed by Li An in his own home, and did not use any resources of the imperial court, the technology completely belongs to Li An personally, so, whether Li An dedicates the technology to the imperial court, or gives the technology to others, or even keeps it for himself, that is Li An's final say, what qualifications do they have to make irresponsible remarks, even if it makes trouble with the imperial court department, they are unreasonable, so, they can only endure it if they have opinions in their hearts, and there is no way, even if they are dumb and eat coptis, I can't say anything about my suffering.
However, everyone knows in their hearts that Ang Lee, a great talent, will definitely develop more and better things, for example, the Wanli Transsion Project that makes many people feel magical, once this plan is successful, it will be simply epoch-making, if they can participate in it and obtain the technology of this plan, it will be a great wealth, so many people are watching this project, and they can know as soon as there is a wind and grass.
It's a pity that the difficulty of this plan is not small, Li An dismantled the various parts needed to make the telephone, and let the craftsmen study and manufacture, so that even if all these parts are leaked out, outsiders can't figure out what Li An is going to do, looking at this strange part, as long as people who have never seen the phone, they will definitely be confused, and if they can understand it, there will be ghosts.
Li An knows very well in his heart that this Wanli sound transmission plan cannot be completed in a short period of time, so Li An is not in a hurry, while studying this equipment, he also does not forget to study some gadgets, and at the same time, he is also constantly guiding craftsmen to improve the existing advanced machinery, so as to create more sophisticated machinery and equipment, and serve the construction of more advanced equipment in the future.
Soon, under the full guidance of Ang Lee, various achievements of the R&D center have been blowout, and various products that are of great help to real life have been developed and mass-produced to meet the basic needs of ordinary people and allow them to live a better life.