Chapter 461: The Choice of the European Aristocrats
Two months later, a cargo ship loaded with 20,000 garments departed from the port of Songjiang and finally arrived at the London docks after a long journey of three months.
Since the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Da Zhou and England last year, the commercial supervisor of Da Zhou has purchased a 13-see shop in England.
Of those, five are in London.
"What kind of clothes are these?" In a royal store in London, the ladies who heard that a new batch of clothes had come to Da Zhou gathered here, and when they saw those revealing clothes, they all blushed.
The shopkeeper patiently explained: "This is a dress designed by Princess Victoria and Princess Alice, which can highlight the beauty of the female figure to the greatest extent......"
Despite the shopkeeper's patient explanation, the faces of these ladies were still a little shy, and they just glanced at them and left the shop.
This time, the shopkeeper of the imperial store was dumbfounded, because this was not in line with the previous practice at all.
In the past, no matter what fresh goods appeared in the store, they could always be snapped up in the shortest possible time.
But now people don't see these clothes from time to time, which makes the shopkeeper wonder.
You know, even in the traditional conservative Great Zhou, such clothes are still being robbed, but why is there no one to buy them in London?
Doesn't it mean that Europeans are much more open than the Great Zhou?
This doesn't fit the previous assumption at all, right?
In the shopkeeper's opinion, in a more open Europe, this kind of clothing should be more sought-after, but now the store is deserted, which has to make him depressed.
"Is there a problem with my sales method?" The shopkeeper couldn't help but think at this time.
Thinking about the initial sale of these clothes in the Great Zhou, many girls from Baihua Pavilion were hired to come, so the shopkeeper wanted to copy this method.
So, starting the next day, the shopkeeper began to run around the streets of London, and finally found dozens of models with good figures.
Yes, here in London, these people are called models.
After contacting the models, the shopkeeper asked them to assemble at the Royal Store in central London the next morning, then change into the clothes provided by the palace and start walking around the Royal Store.
Looking at the models with revealing clothes, the noble ladies passing by blushed and walked around the imperial store from a distance. As for those men, although they also paid special attention to the imperial store several times, no one dared to enter.
"Isn't that the same way it works?" Seeing that the imperial store was empty, there was no customer, and the shopkeeper was depressed.
This depression lasted straight into the evening.
"Let's close!" Seeing that the sky was already dark, the shopkeeper said weakly, and wanted to leave the imperial store.
But at this time, a middle-aged man in a light black tuxedo walked into the imperial store, looked around the imperial store, and said, "Shopkeeper, give me a set of each style of these clothes." ”
"This guest officer, I don't know what size you want?" When the shopkeeper heard that a big customer was coming, a standardized smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he hurriedly stepped forward and asked.
After the size of the tuxedo was reported in the middle grade, the shopkeeper immediately ordered the shop to wrap the clothes, and then the middle-aged tuxedo took the clothes and left.
Similar to this middle-aged man in a tuxedo, there are not only a few shopkeepers encountered in the evening.
On the contrary, from early in the evening until late at night, nearly half of the clothes in the store are sold.
That night, the shopkeeper was very tired, and after instructing the shopkeepers to replenish the goods from the warehouse early tomorrow morning, he left the shop and went home to rest.
After the previous middle-aged tuxedo left the royal shop, he finally arrived at a manor in the southern suburbs of London after a period of travel.
"Master, I've bought all the clothes!" The middle-aged man in the tuxedo put a large bag in the living room and said to a George in his fifties who was sitting anxiously waiting in the living room.
George was an aristocrat, and although he did not hold any position in the government, his influence in the aristocratic circle was indeed extraordinary.
George glanced at the clothes that the middle-aged man brought back in the tuxedo, and hurriedly said, "Hurry up and invite Julia." ”
"Yes, sir!" The middle-aged man in the tuxedo, that is, George's butler, answered, and drove the carriage out of the manor.
A quarter of an hour later, a young girl in her twenties was welcomed into the manor by the butler.
As soon as she entered, Julia embraced George and asked, "Honey, is there anything important about calling me over so late?" ”
George chuckled lightly and said, "Julia, I just bought a few of the latest styles of clothes from the Great Zhou Huang Store, you can wear them and try them out." ”
"From the Great Zhou Huang Store?" Where did Julia hesitate when she heard this? Without saying a word, I walked into the bedroom with a large pile of clothes and changed.
At this time, the housekeeper also knew what his master wanted to do, so he took the people in the hall to speak.
After a while, Julia, wearing a pale white shirt, a small blue suit and a short skirt, and black stockings, walked out of the bedroom.
George heard the noise, looked back, and was immediately fascinated by Julia.
On this night, although I didn't know how many years George had lost his life, Julia was undoubtedly the happiest day in the past few years.
On this night, similar scenes did not only take place at George's estate, but also happened in countless manors in London.
It is also said that the clothes in the store of the Great Zhou Emperor are the luxury goods of luxury for the English people, and the common families are afraid of taking out a year's savings, and they may not be able to sell a set, so only the nobles can enjoy it.
Therefore, in just three days, the first batch of clothes in the imperial store was quickly sold out.
However, these clothes are only to increase the fun of the bed, so when most customers buy them, they choose to buy them at night, and there are not too many customers during the day.
Soon, however, this pattern was reversed.
It's not because of these 'unsightly' clothes, but within a few days, a batch of jewellery was imported into several royal stores in London, and a large number of female customers were summoned.
Compared with the aristocratic women of the Great Zhou, European women generally wore a single piece of jewelry.
How so?
In Europe at this time, in addition to gold and silver jewelry, women only wore diamonds and gemstones and pearls.
But Da Zhou's packing style is not only different from Europe, but more importantly, the materials are also very different from Europe.
Although diamonds are not popular in Da Zhou, jadeite jade has made the eyes of European ladies shine.
What's more, the gold and silver jewelry produced in the Great Zhou is also more elaborate than that of Europe, so it has attracted countless female customers......