Chapter 460: Preparing to Raid the Luxury Goods of the European Market
Victoria's proposal made Alice's eyes light up.
I have to say, it's a great idea.
Lovely Lisi still has some worries, and that is that they don't have a sales channel.
"Your Majesty should have it there!" "Doesn't the Manufacturing Bureau have to trade on a large scale with European countries every year? We can ask the emperor to let the manufacturing bureau also sell our clothes to European merchants.
No matter how bad it is, we can call Wilson and Pierre and give us orders, and they will be happy to help us connect with European merchants. ”
Victoria and Alice were not only the imperial concubines of the Great Zhou, but also the princesses of England and France, the most powerful countries in Europe.
The peculiarity of their identities represents the relationship between Da Zhou and England and France, and Victoria believes that as long as they speak, Wilson and Pierre have no reason not to agree.
But first, they still have to ask Zhang Lingyang's opinion first.
If Zhang Lingyang was willing to help them, they naturally didn't have to seek help from Wilson and Pierre.
Victoria and Alice were also resolute, and after reaching an agreement, they talked about it after they served Zhang Lingyang comfortably that night.
When Zhang Lingyang heard this, he smiled and said: "This is a good thing, don't worry about the two concubines, tomorrow I will bring Xiao Wuzi, the commercial supervisor, over and listen to the orders of the two concubines." ”
"The emperor is so good!" Victoria and Alice glanced at each other, and seeing that the goal had been achieved, they naturally served Zhang Lingyang even harder, so that Zhang Lingyang did not get up until noon the next day.
After returning to Chen'an Palace, Zhang Lingyang called Xiao Wuzi over and said what Victoria and Alice requested.
In the end, Zhang Lingyang instructed Xiao Wuzi: "You must strictly implement the requirements of the two imperial concubines, and the clothes must be made of the best fabrics and choose the best tailors."
In addition, in addition to clothes, some of the better jewelry can also be sold to Europe. ”
Xiao Wuzi has been in charge of the commercial supervision for many years, so he naturally knows very well that the profit from selling ready-to-wear clothes is much higher than that of silk. The emperor's order is undoubtedly to increase his political achievements as a commercial eunuch.
So after leaving the Chen'an Palace, Xiao Wu Zihuan happily ran to the bedroom of Victoria and Alice to wait for the dispatch.
Zhang Lingyang was tired last night, and Victoria and Alice, who were serving Zhang Lingyang, were even more tired. So after serving Zhang Lingyang at noon today, he got up, hastily ate a few bites of snacks, and went back to the dormitory to rest.
In a daze, Victoria heard the personal maid reply that Xiao Wuzi was coming, so she hurriedly woke up Alice on the side.
After a brief freshening up, I met Xiao Wuzi in the hall.
At the beginning, Victoria and the others asked Xiao Wuzi about the sales channels of Xiao Wuzi's commercial supervisor in Europe, and Xiao Wuzi also answered them one by one.
But as he answered, Xiao Wuzi felt that something was wrong, because the two imperial concubines in front of him only asked some questions about the sales channels of the commercial supervisor in Europe, and did not say the slightest question about clothes.
Therefore, Xiao Wuzi boldly asked: "Two mothers, I don't know if the design drawings of the clothes have been prepared?" ”
At this moment, Victoria and Alice were completely embarrassed.
Because the two of them came to their senses after seeing Xiao Wuzi, they were too excited to produce any design drawings, so they hurriedly submitted their pleas to Zhang Lingyang.
However, Alice's brain reacted relatively quickly at this time, and when she saw Xiao Wuzi asking, she said: "It's nothing more than some cheongsams, skirts, suits and other clothes."
However, the Europeans are relatively tall, so all the clothes designed by the two of us according to the figure of the Da Zhou women were scrapped.
You wait a few more days, arrange the preliminary work first, and in a few days I will order someone to send the drawings to the commercial superintendent. ”
Hearing this, what else can Xiao Wuzi do? I can only retire obediently.
After Xiao Wuzi stepped back, Victoria and Alice hurriedly found pen and paper and began to draw slowly.
Painting, like the piano, is one of the talents that aristocratic women must learn in Europe, so whether it is Victoria or Alice, although the level of painting is not necessarily very high, there is still a certain foundation in painting.
This is similar to Da Zhou.
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, women from aristocratic families do not necessarily need to be proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but they still have at least the foundation and appreciation level.
Otherwise, I don't dare to go out at all.
If it is a later life, women will compare clothes, jewelry, bags and other things. But in this era, whether it is Europe or the Great Zhou, whether it is men and women, what they compare is artistic attainments.
Otherwise, so many dignitaries and nobles spend so much gold and silver every year to raise so many customers, isn't it to show face for themselves?
So just a little comparison, it is not difficult to find that the ancients were still more forceful than the current people.
Just like the United States before and after World War II, there are many wealthy people in their country, but there are not many marriages with each other, because they marry with a consortium of equal strength, they are more willing to marry women from European aristocratic families, even if many nobles have declined.
Why is that?
Isn't it because this can show off your compulsion?
So as long as this point is clearly distinguished, it is not difficult to find the difference between the rich and the noble.
The rich people of later generations paid attention to food and clothing, and they opened and closed their mouths to talk about all kinds of brand-name luxury goods, and people could also see wealth from them, but they could not see a trace of luxury.
Because among the real aristocrats, they talk about elegant music and beautiful poetry and painting every day, and it is self-evident that they are forced to be qualified.
Therefore, it has also led to many wealthy people beginning to collect antique jade, famous calligraphy and painting to show their own style, but in the end, most of them are painted tigers and not anti-dogs......
In just three days, Victoria and Alice drew more than a dozen sketches of their costumes, and then ordered someone to send them to the commercial superintendent.
As for the rest, just wait to collect the money.
Silk is a luxury, and in Europe, it is a luxury among luxury, so Zhang Lingyang is not worried that the clothes designed by Victoria and Alice are not marketable.
Because as long as the clothes designed by Victoria and Alice, the two most noble princesses in Europe, were jointly designed, there was no worry that no one would buy them.
Even for this reason, Zhang Lingyang also ordered Xiao Wuzi to select people who are good at serving, jewelry, and hairstyles to follow the royal caravan to Europe together, and teach the barbaric Europeans how to match the service and hairstyle.
Of course, the main thing is to better sell clothes and jewelry......