Chapter 38 of the Flying Dragon Chapter 38 (2)
[Serving my wife's confinement, even more slowly, forgive me, ask for a ticket]
"Does the guest want to see jewelry or utensils?" A guy followed Wang Xingping closely, not slacking off because he came alone.
"Just take a look at your utensils, the things used by women are not very interesting to my son." Wang Xingping replied noncommittally, to say that there is no shortage of men in women's clothing in this Guangzhou city, especially among the children of rich families, there are those who like to dress up, but it is completely different from the customs of Guizhou.
However, the lobby of the store of this Baoli Pavilion is not like the store decoration style seen in Guangzhou today, the new counters of a water cluster are all glass frames, except for him, the rest of the merchants who have entered here are mostly a trace of surprise flashed on their faces, presumably they are also lamenting that the store is so generous, after all, although the glass is not too rare, but such a large piece of flat glass is still very eye-catching.
The glass cabinets are furnished with some women's jewelry, the style is all beautiful and refined, at first glance it is not the common shape at this time, which has a lot of later design techniques, but the occasional gold and silver embellishment is not much, and some glassware are daily utensils, nested together and look much more valuable. In contrast, the few coral and ivory carvings in the corners of the hall are truly pure decoration.
Just standing at the door, the momentum in the entire hall can be seen, and the inscription of Tian Shengjin next to the four big characters of 'Huiqia Sanjiang' on the lobby seems to be more eye-catching.
"Last year, my shopkeeper Ye had an appointment with your proprietor Gu ......," Wang Xing said flatly.
The guy was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then suddenly said, "Son, let's go to the private room with the villain for tea." ”
After a while, the position of the two has been moved to a box on the second floor of the hall, this box is very elegantly decorated, and there is a pair of hanging scrolls hanging in the room, which is said to be the masterpiece of the local calligraphy master Kuang Xiucai, and there are many books on the shelves on the side.
As soon as the guy introduced him into the room, there was a subordinate who brought fruit drinks, and the most seasonal at this time was naturally lychee, and the guy said that all the guests in the private room were successful or not, even if the guy didn't know what was familiar with the owner's Ye shopkeeper, but in the opinion of Wang Xingping, who didn't know the inside, it was no wonder that the reputation of Baoli Pavilion would be so good by word of mouth, and even the porter who sent him over was praising it, and naturally the things here would not be too cheap.
Wang Xingping was sitting on a soft chair wrapped in cowhide at this time, the comfort of his close waist made him rarely find a long-lost feeling, and his heart couldn't help but relax for a while, and the guy from Fang Cai was still waiting by his side.
"This sofa is well done, I don't know which craft."
The guy was shocked, "What? Childe recognizes this noble chair? ”
When no one was around, this chair guy had also secretly sat on it once, and when he first entered the Baoli Pavilion, he had also heard the rather mysterious Gu proprietor mention the name of the sofa in private, so he had some impressions, so now he was quite surprised to hear someone call out this name. This guest official claimed to be a merchant from Guizhou, saying that he had an appointment with Gu Dongzhu, but he had never seen it, and he did not look like a local person in the southwestern official dialect, but although this person was not old, he was very generous and had extraordinary knowledge, so his attitude became more respectful.
Anyway, he has gone to ask people to go to the back to ask the shopkeeper, as long as he is good to serve first.
Wang Xingping tried the feeling of the sofa again, and he had some bottom in his heart, and said: "Look at this process, if it is not possible for a craftsman in Guangdong to make it." ”
The guy seemed to grasp the topic, and said with a smile: "The guest officer doesn't know that the spring iron in this noble chair is indeed made by an Australian masterpiece, but the cowhide on the outside and the lining in the middle are all locally produced. ”
Wang Xingping thinks about it, the whole sofa is transported from Nanyang, it is too consuming, but this spring is not something that the blacksmith in Foshan Town can easily imitate, which not only involves the process, but also the nature of the iron itself, and the formula involving ironmaking is naturally not so easy to learn from the outside world.
Since coming to this time and space, Wang Xingping's biggest feeling lies in this, material science is indeed worthy of basic science, many commonplace utensils, the internal structure Wang Xingping also knows a thing or two, that is, because there is no material at hand, it cannot be made. Just like the nail clippers he had always wanted to make, the tiny barb at the middle pillar could not be made because of the material, so he gave up after a few trials in the workshop. Now when it comes to this sofa, it is still the case, those soft lining fillings can even be made in ancient Egypt, the key is this spring, which involves a series of industrial systems, which can not be easily imitated, maybe this is the so-called core competitiveness.
The guy doesn't look too anxious, anyway, this is a one-to-one service, and a guy like him has nearly twenty people on duty every day. Seeing this, Wang Xingping was no longer restrained, and casually picked up a copy of the latest compilation on the bookshelf and flipped it up, he was in a hurry all the way, but he was not in a position to know about current affairs, and since it was delivered to him now, it did not prevent him from taking some time to understand it a little.
Just glanced at it and swept to the one three months ago, April Jiachen, Jianzhou Nurhachi led an army of 3,000 to raid Fushun under the guidance of 30 people from Shiyi, and the thousand general kings of the army in Fushun were killed in battle, and the guerrilla Li Yongfang led the people to surrender Kaicheng a day later. Now that Qinghe Fort and other places around Fushun have all been occupied by Jiannu, Wang Xingping suddenly wondered that the patrol press in Guangdong had to write a book to talk about Liao affairs, and the doubts he had in Tian Shengjin before had also been explained. Judging from the Di newspaper, Li Yongfang's defection to the enemy had a great shock to the government and the opposition, and in the past, there were also those who died and were captured in battle by the Ming Dynasty and Jiannu, whether they were Huairou or with soldiers, but this was the first to take the initiative to open the city and surrender, so since April, there have been many people who have written to the governors and ministers to talk about Liao affairs, after all, the nature of the incident is indeed worse.
Wang Xingping thinks that the first strategic decisive battle between Jianzhou and Daming may not be too far away, and maybe this time he will be able to meet in Beijing.
In this way, it seems that if this place is really a stronghold of the traverser, it would be great to be able to connect, no matter what happens in the future, at least he doesn't have to be afraid of a black eye on this trip to the north, the traverser has a 'database' in his hand, thinking of this, he casually picked up the cup of drink and took a sip.
"Huh?" Wang Xingping frowned and took another sip, "This is iced tea?" ”
The guy was surprised when he heard this, "The guests are really well-informed, this iced black tea is the first creation of the disdainful Huang Niangzi, and it is used exclusively to entertain guests, and it has only been out for a few months in this Guangzhou city." ”
"I just have a good sense of taste." This tea itself is nothing, there are a lot of sugars added to the soup in Guangdong, I believe that it will not take a long time for this sugared black tea to be seen on the market, but it is actually chilled, which is quite hard, but in the early summer to have such a cup is indeed pleasant, but this taste is indeed familiar, because it is more determined.
After reading the copy of the house and drinking tea, he picked up another book of "Jin Gentleman Record", which records the appointment and dismissal of officials in the court and the general situation of local families in the recent period, although they are all public information, but there is not only one person who made this book, and the news channels are also different, so there are still a lot of differences.
It wasn't until the end that he Shi Shiran picked up the album of goods, just looking at the printing technique and the meticulous line draft of the goods on it, he was already a hundred assured, the Australian Caidong behind this Polaroid Pavilion is undoubtedly a traverser.
He asked about the situation in the store while reading the book, and the guy had a reasonable expression, it seemed that he was not the only one who cared about the background of the store.
"Several proprietors don't come to the store often on weekdays, and they probably have more than one industry in Guangzhou. As for Gu Dong's master, he is still in Nanyang, and I am afraid it will take some time before he can return to Guangdong. ”
This is not a secret, the traversers have set up a business in Guangzhou since last year, and the relationship with both the government and the merchants has been extremely good throughout the year. This guy is also a little tentative when he mentions Gu Ziming, after all, Gu Ziming's name is quite loud now, and the guy is also curious about Wang Xingping's origin.
Although he doesn't know the joints, the business of this Baoli is indeed extravagant, especially the ladies and ladies of the big families in Guangzhou are frequent customers here.
Now the women account for nearly half of the more than 20 guys on the counter is to do the business of these women, I heard that not only jewelry, but also the new women's clothing here should be able to do, the yellow lady is also looking for money to let the top brand in the Qinglou help try it on, for a while, this Baoli Pavilion thing in Guangzhou City also has a bit of a fame, it is not slightly worse than Su Xiang.
Wang Xingping was interested, pointed to the book and asked: "I heard that the Australian mercury mirror is a masterpiece in the world, but I haven't seen it in your album, is it out of stock or is it like me and others have no chance to see it?" ”
"What did Childe say, in fact, this mercury mirror is now underwritten by the Gao family Fuping, but we don't have it here, even if there are guests who want to order, they have to place an order on the Fuping side."
"It's a real nuisance."
"Why do customers want to buy mirrors?"
"It's not, I'm just very interested in your owner." Saying that, the king took out a piece of silver from his arms, and he saw that the guy glanced at it, and there were about five points, and a trace of joy flashed in his eyes, and said, "Speaking of which, my shopkeeper and the proprietor of your name were just a side relationship at this time last year, but they were quite fateful, so I came here this year to pay a special visit, but I have not seen the proprietor of your name, how can he still hope that the little brother will say a word or two for me, and the other treasurers and shopkeepers of your account also seem to be quite interesting." ”
The guy was careful about the money, and said with a smile: "This is easy to say, although Gu Dongzhu has not come back from abroad, Guangzhou is actually Huang Niangzi and Mr. Jin are in charge, and the two of them are also Australian maritime merchants, and there are a few who are not often seen outside, but they have only gone to Xiangshanao in the past few days, and they will not return in two or three days." ”
"And who's in charge here?"
"On weekdays, he is the head of Liao's shopkeeper, and there were originally two foreign affairs gentlemen, but those two gentlemen have not been here for a few days to participate in the township test this year."
As the two were talking, they heard a hearty laugh outside.
The person who came was dressed in a green cloth himself, with a white face and eyes, and three long hairs under his chin, and he saw Wang Xingping and arched his hand first: "In Xia Liao Enxu, I heard that the distinguished guest is familiar with Gu Dongzhu?" ”