By the time they returned to London, the two couples had already returned to their posts. With Christina's help, I'm sure Rodriguez will be able to thrive even more in Africa."

Tucker Sr. was excited, but he refused the invitation of his granddaughter and grandson-in-law to live in Africa together.

Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, and the old man follows the young man and restricts each other.

That's old Tucker's point of view, and I naturally don't have any objections. And the flagship team really needs such an old man to sit down. There is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure, old Tucker does not say much, but every time the suggestions are very pertinent, I am naturally reluctant.

Qinglian and Yuhe have already come to Europe from the South Seas with the second batch of merchant fleets, which is what I mean. On the one hand, the East has been hot recently, and whatever it is, as long as it is stained with the word Oriental, its value will immediately soar.

On the other hand, these two girls have shown amazing business talents when they were in Beijing, and they have spent several years in a mixed East-West business district like Nanyang, and now they are more mature and sophisticated business experts.

So I asked them to come to Europe, just to take advantage of this opportunity to expand our retail channels in Europe in one fell swoop, and further open up the market, which is also something I have been thinking about for a long time.

Especially the Jade Pavilion...... This name has placed so many thoughts on my mind, and every time I think of it, it seems to return to the scene when I was in Beijing at that time. I suddenly wanted to go back and see, but I don't know why.

Sighing slightly, let's go back when I have time.

After a farewell to the years, Qinglian and Yuhe have become more symbolic, with more of a mature woman and ladylike temperament, no longer the little maid when they were in Jinan, and they have also increased a lot of shrewd and capable bearing compared to when they were in Beijing.

"Sir, it's heartbreaking that you left us in Nanyang for so long!" Qinglian poured me a cup of tea and said in a sly manner.

"Isn't it? If it weren't for the two of us sisters who were determined and insisted on holding the portrait of our husband every day, I am afraid that we would not be able to survive at this time! Yuhe brought me a plate of fruit, but said in agreement.

In fact, the two of them have long since ceased to do such service work, but when they come back to me, they still like to do these little things. I said it last time, but they said they missed the first time they saw each other, and they were willing to do so.

I was amused by the two, ate a grape, and then smiled: "I haven't seen you for a few years, have you gone to learn cross talk?" It's funny to sing and harmonize! ”

Qinglian snorted and said, "At the beginning, Mr. said that he was cultivating what kind of mixed yuan and one qi boy skill, and he couldn't break his body, but now he has already cultivated?" ”

Yuhe pouted and said, "I think Mr. will be fine for a while, but not for a while." It's not good to see our sisters, it's fake, it's true that you don't like us! ”

was sung and harmonized by these two guys, and I really blushed. After so many years, it is still embarrassing to mention this file.

So I cleared my throat and said, "Don't be poor anymore!" Another day, you and I will find a good family to marry you, and let you go to your mother-in-law's house to play poor! Look, can that mother-in-law allow you to be wild? ”

As soon as my voice fell, the two of them laughed "poof", Yuhe handed me another grape, and said softly: "Mr. doesn't want us, and our sisters just don't marry for life, just serve Mr." ”

I couldn't help but shake my head, this is really a head-scratching thing, let it go first. After eating the grapes, I continued: "What are your thoughts about reopening the Jade Pavilion in Europe? ”

Hearing me talk about work, the two immediately became serious. After sitting down across from me, Qinglian spoke: "Brother Bu regret came to the West the earliest, and the situation is the most familiar, he has already told us the basic situation. ”

Yuhe habitually said: "In terms of business scope, we plan to increase the sales direction that matches the scope of the Oriental Expo on the basis of Seiko gem processing, so as to maximize the benefits of the work done before." ”

I nodded and said, "That's right, there are two things I'm most worried about right now. The two immediately looked at me with wide eyes, wondering what I was worried about.

"One is the problem of counterfeiting. Recently, many chambers of commerce have started to impersonate us and sell defective and counterfeit products. Although the time goes by and the buyers have their own comparisons, it is still a disservice to our trade. I said lightly.

Yuhe nodded and replied: "The problem of counterfeiting has been repeatedly banned in the business circles around the country, and we are considering that on the one hand, we should intensify the crackdown on cooperation with the government, and on the other hand, we must also do our own anti-counterfeiting work." ”

I smiled and said, "Get an anti-counterfeiting mark that is not easy for others to imitate!" Try to be as elaborate as possible, and even the logo should be considered a work of art! ”

The two of them naturally responded, and now that our chamber of commerce has all kinds of talents, they will naturally go down and redesign a logo as I asked for it to be differentiated.

"The other thing that bothers me is piracy." I couldn't help frowning: "Actually, to put it bluntly, it's the Spaniards who are suspected of revenge." At this point, I will tell you no regrets, let him take care of you more, but you also have to be more careful. ”

Qinglian smiled and said, "What Mr. said is true!" Over the years, our sisters have been accustomed to seeing pirates in maritime trade, but it is only in their lives that the Spaniards have been so rampant. I only hope that Brother Wu regret can help a lot, but our sisters have been sisters for so many years, and they are not the powerless little women! Waiting for three or five pirates is not close! ”

As soon as the words fell, before I could speak, Yuhe laughed and said, "Look at what you can!" Last time, I asked someone to create a self-defense short knife for you and me, and you said that such a vulgar thing is done by a man, why did you become a woman now? ”

The two of them immediately burst into laughter, and I could only shake my head helplessly and smile bitterly.

Finally, the Qingyu Pavilion has officially restarted! This name commemorating that time has been reborn in Europe once again!

As a first step, we will open three stores. The head office is located in London, but the branches are in Amsterdam and Copenhagen. This covers almost the entire business district of Northwest Europe.

Land is not too scarce in Europe at this time, especially when I open my mouth to put forward the demand, there are still all aspects of care. Therefore, the opening of the three stores is very smooth, and all the preparations are ready for the golden autumn.

The opening of the Jade Court London store was very sold, and due to Elizabeth I's ill health, her niece and highest-ranking internal staff Isabella came to the opening scene to cut the opening of the store.

Most of the dignitaries from all walks of life came to cheer, of course, this is also related to the preferential activities we proposed on the first day of 70% off, 30% off within 3 days, and 9% off within 7 days.

In order to ensure that the Qingyu Pavilion can stand on its feet for a long time, after private discussions between me and the queen, the royal family will use reputation as capital to invest in dry shares, and enjoy 20% of the equity in the Qingyu Pavilion.

And as consideration, the Jade Pavilion can be painted with the red and white rose family crest of the Tudor dynasty on the door plate, carriage, and boat!

Although it is only a small family crest, it can make the Jade Pavilion travel freely throughout the United Kingdom. This is the franchise, the highest pass, and the scavenger who sweeps away all obstacles.

I think it's worth paying for this 20% equity.

In fact, a rough estimate shows that our raw material costs only account for two or three percent, transportation costs account for about one and a half percent, labor costs account for half percent, and other costs account for about one percent. Coupled with the 20% dry shares given to the British royal family, our profits are still above 30%.

Although 30% does not sound like a lot, it is still a considerable income over the years, and it is still very stable, so it is a sure profit no matter what.

King Morris of the Netherlands put forward a new idea, he did not want to divide or take shares, but hoped that we could sign a strategic cooperation agreement - the trade and transportation of the Jade Pavilion in Amsterdam and the Netherlands could be entrusted to the East India Company.

Naturally, I have no objection, to put it bluntly, I still have a large proportion of the equity of the East India Company, which is also to prevent the water from flowing into the fields of outsiders, and also to reduce our own transportation pressure, why not?

The Danish king did not have much appetite and asked for a dry share, and I was naturally happy to see it, so I gave him a set of high-quality Tang Dynasty fine Tang Sancai porcelain in the name of a cheap person, and everyone was immediately happy.

Several stores have been running for a while, and the end is very stable - including operations and accounts, and I gradually put my mind at ease.

Several chambers of commerce offered to join Qingyuge's sales network, but I politely refused. What I want to do is the brand, and their investment is not what I pursue.

One afternoon in the middle of spring, when I came back from running errands outside, when I passed by the headquarters of the Jade Pavilion in London, Qinglian saw me and jumped out of it and stuffed a string of sugar gourds into my hand.

"This is made by the newly recruited master, sir, you try it! If appropriate, we'll launch it next week. ”

The crisp sound made me feel a little dazed. I think back then, when I first went to inspect the Qingyu Pavilion they established, I also bought such a string of sugar gourds on the road, and then I met hooligans to make trouble, and then I met Huamei......

It's been a while since she's been home to save her family, and I don't know if she'll come back. If I come back, how will I deal with her? If you don't come back...... I'm not going to look for her, am I?

For a while, I had a lot of thoughts and stood on the spot. Qinglian called me for a long time before I came back to my senses, and when I saw her looking at me strangely, with an inquiring expression, I couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I think of some old things." ”

After speaking, he took the sugar gourd and looked at it carefully. Qinglian did not doubt him, and introduced with a smile: "This master is a Tianjin Wei person, who came here with someone to the sea last year, but he lost his capital and had to do some odd jobs. ”

"Later, we found out, so we asked him to try to make this sugar gourd. As he himself said, a big and sweet sugar pile, no money if it's not sweet! Sir, can you try it and see if he is deceiving people? Qinglian's eyes were already smiling.

I nodded, bit down on a sugar-wrapped hawthorn, and swallowed it. It's this taste! It's this feeling! Just like when we were on the streets of Jingshi, we bought and ate when we went shopping, and fed each other when we were fighting.

It's a pity that things are not people...... For a while, the best sugar gourds were eaten by me like wax.

"Isn't it delicious? Mr. Qinglian saw that my expression changed for a while, and said with a frown: "Then I'll let him go, and I'll find someone else!" ”

"Nope! Don't drive him away, let him stay. I smiled again and said to Qinglian, "It will be on sale next week!" Let these Westerners also taste the sweetness of our Orient! ”

Qinglian immediately nodded, holding half a sugar gourd, I was in a dilemma. A little boy walked by, looking at the thing in my hand in amazement, salivating.

I smiled and handed him half of the rock sugar gourd. The child immediately saluted and took it, tasted it, his eyebrows and eyes lit up, and he ran to his parents to share it.

Let him be. I smiled, turned around, and walked into the depths of the crowd......