After Lu Yuan left the Tang Mansion, he returned to the Lu family cloth shop.

But what Lu Yuan didn't expect was that he thought that after his family weaved a new cloth with a better texture and longer width, the business of the cloth shop would be better.

However, contrary to his wishes, Lu Yuan found that except for a few people who bought new cloth in the Lu family's cloth shop, the Lu family's cloth shop did not improve much.

It seems that the advanced production methods have not brought great changes to the Lujia textile industry.

Lu Yuan was a little melancholy, he couldn't understand what was wrong.

Although it is now the end of the Ming Dynasty, the tenth year of Chongzhen, and the age of war and chaos, Linqing Prefecture along the Grand Canal is still not affected by the war, and commerce is still very developed.

Better quality fabrics should not be without a market here.

Lu Yuan couldn't help but wonder if the self-sufficient agrarian society was still not suitable for the development of advanced productive forces.

After all, most of the people produce their own cloth and make their own clothes, even if Linqingzhou is a commercial city, there are still many family workshops that only spin and weave for their families.

In fact.

It has nothing to do with this, Lu Yuan ignored the reasons for the off-season and the peak season.

In August, there is no New Year, and the weather has not completely turned cold, and the demand for cotton cloth in the market is not high.

And even wealthy families who want to make new clothes don't start preparing for new clothes until the end of the year.

As in the early days of opening up in later generations, the common people would prepare new clothes for their children during the Chinese New Year.

On this day, it was Lin Xiuniang's birthday, she had been thinking about making a dress for herself, and specially invited a tailor and a few good embroidery sisters to design patterns for her new clothes.

"The most popular nowadays is undoubtedly the hibiscus water pattern, but the width of these fabrics is not enough, and the stitching can not embroider the whole flower, which is really not good-looking, and can only be embroidered with a small small hibiscus flower, not to mention that it is not good-looking."

Embroidery Niang Wu said.

The embroiderer Gu also agreed: "It's not, some fabrics are not good, too sparse, and it is not easy to get a needle, and the embroidered patterns are not good-looking." ”

Lin Xiuniang smiled slightly, and only took out a spring breeze cloth: "You try this cloth?" ”

When Lin Xiuniang took out the spring breeze cloth, Wu Xiuniang was attracted by this spring breeze cloth: "This cloth is very wide, Lin Da Niang, where did you find the cloth, I haven't seen it, is it strong?" ”

Here, Gu Xiuniang had already touched it and said with a smile: "This warp and weft are very finely woven, and the embroidery under the needle is excellent." ”

"I bought it at the Lujiabu store in Xinhufang, Zhanan Street, and their store supervisor called it Chunfeng Cloth, and said that it was warmer than other clothes after wearing it, so I bought one to try."

Lin Xiuniang said that she immediately asked the tailor to make clothes with spring breeze cloth.

Wu Xiuniang hurriedly said: "I also have to buy one, this cloth doesn't look good to the touch." ”

Gu Xiuniang also arrived: "Mrs. Lin, this cloth is much more expensive than ordinary cloth." ”

"If you want to buy it, you have to go quickly, the shopkeeper said that it will be discounted these days, and the price is the same as the ordinary cloth price, and it is estimated that the price will increase in a few days later."

Mrs. Lin said.

After hearing this, Gu Xiuniang hurriedly said: "What, Mrs. Lin, I'll come back later, I'll go buy one or two horses first, and I won't eat at your place for lunch." ”

Seeing that at noon, Uncle Fei came to the cloth shop from the weaving workshop, and saw that the front of the cloth shop was still deserted, and hundreds of newly woven spring breeze cloths had been piled up in the shop, so he couldn't help but say to Lu Yuan: "Brother, why don't you let the weaving workshop stop, otherwise this cloth will not be sold, and we will not spend silver into cotton yarn in vain." ”

Lu Yuan opened his eyes and said, "Wait a little longer, I don't believe that the people of Linqing City can't see the good spring breeze cloth of our Lu family." ”

Uncle Fei sighed helplessly, thinking that even the new cloth could not make the Lujiabu shop improve, and he didn't know how the Lujiabu shop would survive and repay the debts.

At this time, several women in their midties came in front of me.

Lu Yuan hurriedly sat up, happier than seeing an eighteen-year-old girl, pointed to the women, and said to Uncle Fei: "Uncle Fei, do you think they are here to buy cloth?" ”

"How come, even if you buy cloth, it is estimated that you will only buy the Songjiang cloth of the Zhang family, and these women are not particularly poor people at first glance."

Uncle Fei said.

"I don't think so, they are looking at us with straight eyes, could it be that they are not interested in our cloth, but in you, Uncle Fei?"

As Lu Yuan spoke, the women walked over.

"Shopkeeper, we want to buy your spring breeze cloth, let's buy a few of them, can it be cheaper."

At this time, Wu Xiuniang, who was walking in the front, asked.

Lu Yuan waved his hand: "I'm sorry, aunts, our spring breeze cloth here is not easy to weave, and it takes several weavers to do it, but now it's a loss to get a nine-percent discount, if it's cheaper, our store won't be able to open." ”

"Why is it a nine-percent discount, didn't you still have an eighty-five discount a few days ago, why did it become a nine-fold discount again, aren't you bullying people! Besides, so many of us are here, aren't you embarrassed to be cheaper, if you don't get cheaper, we won't buy more! ”

Gu Xiuniang said.

Lu Yuan hurriedly apologized for this, and therefore said: "Okay, as long as your aunts are willing to buy more than five horses, I will give you an eighty-fifty discount according to the previous price!" ”

"Then I'll have five horses!" Gu Xiuniang said.

"I'll have five horses too," Wu Xiuniang followed.

"I have a lot of children in my house, and I want seven horses."

"It's my father's birthday in a few days, just make him a straight shirt, I want three horses!"

……

All of a sudden, in just a while, Lu Yuan sold thirty horses and made four taels of silver.

And this time.

Tang Ying also wore the dress that Lu Yuan made for her and came to Zhou Mingzhong's house, and Zhou Mingzhong's third daughter Zhou Yachun came to the gate early to greet her.

As soon as he saw Tang Ying come out in a plain white dress, Zhou Yachun was shocked and forgot to take back the hand waving at Tang Ying, and only said to his maid, "Fluttershy, have you noticed that Tang Ying's sister's clothes look good!" ”

"Girl, I found out, it's really beautiful, it seems to be a style I haven't seen before."

This way.

As soon as Tang Ying got out of the carriage, he was stopped by Huang Jiaer, the young lady of the deputy chief soldier's family, who also came to the Zhou family as a guest: "Tang Ying, your clothes look so good, where did you make it, this style is so beautiful!" Hey, this fabric is also good, it is natural, there is only one stitch thread! ”

When Tang Ying came to the gate, Zhou Yachun also ran over excitedly: "Sister Tang Ying, your clothes are so good-looking, can you take them off and let me try them?" ”