Hongmen Inn.

It's as lively as ever.

Shen Wanbao, the eldest son of Shen, and more than a dozen gentlemen were gathering on the second floor for a banquet, shouting and screaming compared to their own birds and birds, fighting grubs and other playthings in the tube.

Yang Sui, the little Tai Sui of the Yang family, went upstairs, disdainful of their gadgets, and deliberately showed off and played with a glass orb the size of an egg, which was colorful and gorgeous.

When everyone saw it, they were all surprised and envious, and they asked where they bought it.

They have ordinary jewelry, but the glass orbs as big as eggs are rare treasures, and they have never seen them when they are so big.

"Yang Sui, how can there be such a big glass orb?"

Shen Wanbao was taken aback.

"Brother Shen, you still don't know? The things that Xiao Duhou Xin made up said were made with the secret techniques of the Western Regions, and sent them to the palace to please Empress Dowager Shen, Empress Cui, and Yang Guifei.

My aunt took one and gave it to me. This thing is rare, except for the Imperial Palace, nowhere else! Just such a piece, to say the least, it will cost a few hundred taels of silver. If you want, go to the Empress Dowager Shen to ask for one. ”

Yang Sui said proudly.

Now only in the palace, there is almost no relationship between the royal family and the country, and he is the first to get it.

"Xiao Duhou refined it himself? And such magical things! ”

Shen Wanbao suddenly jumped up in shock when he heard this, and hurried to the Pingwang Mansion without saying a word.

"Brother Shen, what are you doing here? The palace is on the other side! ”

The gentlemen wondered.

Where does Shen Wanbao care about them, he is not stupid, since Xiao Duhou can refine the treasure bead, he went to the palace to find the Empress Dowager Shen to ask for the glass bead for something.

The most important thing is that this treasure can actually be refined!

Glass is worth more than silk, that's a big business!

...

Shen Wanbao hurriedly came to the Pingwang Mansion, was familiar with the palace, and entered the mansion directly without reporting, and went straight to Yu Garden.

Recently, Xiao Duhou has been concentrating on the affairs of the imperial court, and he has rarely gathered with them, the sons and daughters of Jinling.

In particular, since Xiao Duhou wrote the book "Prohibiting the Illegal Minting of Copper Coins", he was scolded by the Manchu magnates, and disappeared for more than ten days.

There are even rumors that some princes want to assassinate the Marquis of Xiao Duan in revenge for the anger of cutting off the financial route.

This matter is too big, and Xiao Duhou must be hiding from the limelight in the Pingwang Mansion.

The little dusk marquis offended the princes and magnates of the city, and even some of the gentlemen were extremely dissatisfied.

As a relative of the emperor, the Shen family bought a lot of mountainous land, and there was a copper mine. Originally, there were hundreds of thousands of copper coins every month.

Now that it has been seized by the imperial court, it is naturally a painful loss.

Shen Dafu didn't scold Xiao Duhou at home.

However, dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, and there is no need for a little faint marquis! Who let the little dusk marquis have the support of the emperor and the Empress Dowager Shen above, and there is the lady of the Danyang County Lord of the Ping Palace.

There are really not many people in the world who can move Xiao Duhou. It is estimated that only those princes and kings dare to do the little faint marquis.

Shen Wanbao came to Yu Garden, found Chu Tianxiu, and found that he was doing carpenter work, and couldn't help but show a little resentment, and said: "Ouch~, boss, you are really a noble person, you haven't seen you for a few days, but you really miss my little brother!" ”

Chu Tianxiu saw Shen Wanbao coming, stopped, sat down on a stool on the side, and couldn't help laughing: "Brother Shen, what kind of wind is blowing you here." ”

Shen Wanbao was sweating profusely, panting and sat down on the stool next to him, picked up the teacup and drank it all in one go, and said sourly: "Boss, you are too uninteresting." If there is anything good, don't worry about your brother! ”

Chu Tianxiu said strangely: "What good things?"

"Glass Orb!"

Shen Wanbao hurriedly said: "I just heard that kid Yang Sui say, you have the secret art of the Western Regions here, you can refine the orb?" And sent some to the palace? Such a good thing, more money than my Shen family's silk! ”

"Oh, that's it."

Chu Tianxiu suddenly realized.

Those so-called "glass pearls" are actually experimental products in glass workshops, not official products.

He didn't pay much attention to it.

Because of the experiment, it was necessary to test various recipes repeatedly, and then refined various colors and strange shapes of glass orbs.

Glass beads, mirrors, wine jugs, cups, lamps... Decorations, all kinds of patterns.

Chu Tianxiu thought about it, and he couldn't waste it, so he simply picked out a dozen of the best ones and sent them to the palace for Empress Dowager Shen, Empress Cui and Yang Guifei.

It can not only give favors, let the palace concubines help them say good things in front of the emperor, but also play promotional advertisements.

These gifts were sent over, and when the Empress Dowager Shen, the queen, the concubine and others saw it, they were really overjoyed, they couldn't hide their smiles, and praised the little dusk marquis.

There are good things, think about the harem first, can this not be liked.

Even the faces of those eunuchs changed, and they didn't dare to speak coldly anymore, and their words showed flattery-no one would get along with rare treasures, wouldn't they.

Of course, Chu Tianxiu's gifts were not given for nothing.

The palace has always been a top-notch luxury and trend-setting place.

As soon as it is used in the palace, those princes and lords in Jinling City, and the dignitaries and ladies will soon follow suit.

As soon as the ladies follow suit, the entire Dachu will form a huge trend and compete with each other.

This comparison, only a noble lady is willing to pay for silver.

These glasses are monopolies, and the prices are all set by Chu Tianxiu himself, one or two hundred taels or more, and no one can compete.

What is luxury?

That is, the exclusive top goods, my price is here, do you like to buy it or not.

If you think about the spices of the Western Regions, you will know that the price of the top luxury goods is more expensive than gold. A handful of silver costs a few taels of silver.

And the glass will break, and it will be a consumable item like silk, and it will be bought every once in a while.

If he wants to open up the sales of glass luxury goods in the Great Chu Dynasty, he is counting on the palace to bring up this extravagant atmosphere.

Chu Tianxiu casually took out a colored glass wine glass and said, "Just this thing, it was just refined yesterday." I'll put it at home first, try to see if it works, and I don't plan to sell it yet. ”

He took out a string of round and transparent glass beads from his sleeve and played with them in his hand.

Shen Wanbao's eyes suddenly widened.

A string of glass beads in Xiao Duhou's hand is round and transparent, reflecting a confusing luster. What is especially rare is that the color and size are exactly the same, which is unbelievable.

This craftsmanship is simply extraordinary.

He Shen Wanbao had seen countless treasures, but he had never seen such a transparent, but huge bead.

"God! ... Boss, is this what you refined? ”

Shen Wanbao asked in surprise.

"It's also a coincidence that I recruited a technician from the Western Regions who fled and obtained the secret technique of glass from the distant Western Regions."

Chu Tianxiu smiled and said nothing.

Shen Wanbao was shocked, and soon he was surprised, and said with a coveted look: "Boss, you are doing a good job, take your younger brother to make some money!"

"This glass cup, a hundred taels of silver. Such a string of glazed orbs the size of a pigeon's egg costs at least two hundred taels of silver. You add a little price to it, two hundred and fifty taels, three hundred taels, and resell it to someone else. ”

Chu Tianxiu did not object to Shen Wanbao making some money, and said lightly, "I have goods, Jinling City and some big cities of the Great Chu Dynasty, I will sell this piece myself."

However, you can sell it to some remote places, the border counties of Dachu, the county seat, the road is too far, I don't bother to bother.

And the vassal states, they want to kill me, and I won't send my own people there. It's okay for your Shen family, you can sell it to them.

Coupled with other distant small countries, there are also many noble ladies of the Huns! They must have liked it. ”

The Dull Mansion is not in business and has few people.

Although there are some shops in Pingwangfu, they are actually petty fights and fixed assets, and they are not real business families.

Chu Tianxiu could only send a small number of manpower, focusing on big cities such as Jinling City.

But he didn't have enough manpower to sell these glass luxury goods to the remote county capital of Dachu. There are also local tyrants and noblewomen in remote counties, and they also like this top-level luxury.

The real number one merchant of the Great Chu Dynasty is, of course, the Shen family, a relative, and the Yang family of Yang Chu, a great farmer.

The business of the two of them was all over the Great Chu Dynasty and even the surrounding small countries.

Shen Wanbao was overjoyed, and immediately patted his chest and said: "My Shen family is engaged in silk, and there are shops in almost all hundreds of counties in the Great Chu Dynasty, and the road is very wide. As long as the boss gives me the goods, I can sell them.

However, the price is a bit high, and any one piece costs one or two hundred taels of silver, and I have 50,000 taels of silver to spare, and I can only buy a few hundred pieces.

Can you give me some luxury goods first, I'll get back to my capital. ”

Shen Wanbao pleaded.

There are hundreds of county capitals in the Great Chu Dynasty alone, and it is difficult to count the local tyrants. Hundreds of glass luxury goods, a county is only divided into one or two, where is enough to sell.

"Okay. I will give you a thousand pieces, and the average price is one hundred and fifty taels, a total of one hundred and fifty taels of silver. You pay fifty thousand taels of silver. Within five months, he made up the remaining 100,000 taels of silver.

In the future, if you take the goods from me, you can pay one-third in advance. ”

Chu Tianxiu thought about it and agreed.

The cost of this glass orb is extremely low, not much higher than the cost of a few taels of silver... The profits of this luxury item are hundreds of times higher, which is similar to grabbing money.

He snatched money from the hands of wealthy and powerful people without any psychological burden.

"Okay, Boss Xie!"

Shen Wanbao was overjoyed.

This is actually his own money, which is his own business, and he can earn this money without relying on the Shen family.

The silk of the Shen family, countless merchants are doing this business, and the competition is too fierce.

In the future, he made the luxury of glass, so he didn't have to rely solely on silk.

Chu Tianxiu asked again: "Where can you sell the goods farthest, can you go to the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions?" ”

"The thirty-six countries of the Western Regions can't do it, and the trade routes monopolized by the Xiongnu can only be done by the Xiongnu nobles.

However, I can resell the goods to the Huns.

In addition to the Western Regions, other Nanyue countries and the like often buy silk from my Shen family. I can send someone to sell these, and they should sell well.

The vassal states of Great Chu have no problem. They also often give gifts to my Shen family, and want to ask me to send a letter to the Empress Dowager Shen in the palace. ”

Shen Wanbao licked his lips and said.

"Then sell it to the Xiongnu and various princes, and it is estimated that you can receive silver from them!"

Chu Tianxiu said.