Unexpectedly, as soon as he squeezed Master He, Master He couldn't hold back, although he didn't finish his words, he had already confirmed Zhen Qian's thoughts and had a new understanding of the Qin family. And looking at the attitude of these two craftsmen and Qin Hao, it is obvious that they are not just acquaintances, and they don't know what the connection is, but it shouldn't be as simple as Qin Hao said.

However, these have little to do with Zhen Qian, and it is very taboo for the two sides to use superfluous cooperation to inquire about each other's secrets, and Zhen Qian will not hit the muzzle of the gun.

Next, Zhen Qian talked to Master Yan and Master He about his thoughts, and asked Qin Hao's opinion and said: "These things will be done first, the first few months are mainly to train craftsmen, there are still two months left this summer, I'm afraid it's too late, but it doesn't matter, you can stock up on more goods this year, if the Qin family has a relationship in the south, we can sell the mats to the south, where it is not summer yet, it should be in time, as for the tables, chairs and benches, they can be sold at any time, At the end of the year, it is the peak season for sales, Uncle Qin, what do you think of this arrangement? ”

Qin Hao nodded helplessly, Zhen Qian had already analyzed very clearly, the sales of these things were seasonal, but no matter what he did, with the current technology of the Qin family, I am afraid that no one would want to ask for the things made, and he could only temporarily suppress the impulse in his heart: "Just do what Zhen Lang said!" ”

The corners of Zhen Qian's mouth showed a faint curvature, as long as he took the initiative to grab his hand, he could ignore other things, "In this case, I will return to the city first after a while, and go back to see the market in Zhending by the way, if possible, I will open a grocery store in Zhending, specializing in selling goods made by the Qin family, which can be regarded as a display window!" ”

Qin Hao was very satisfied with Zhen Qian's attitude, and after thanking him for his kindness, he personally sent Zhen Qian and his party out, and before leaving, he also took Zhen Qian's hand and asked Zhen Qian to stay for a few more days next time.

Zhen Qian took the opportunity to propose that he wanted the Qin family to help find sulfur, but Qin Hao didn't even think about agreeing, and even said that there were still a few hundred catties of sulfur in the village that could be given to Zhen Qian.

It was early in the morning when I rushed to Hakuba Village from Zhending, and the weather gradually became hot in the summer, but the further I walked into the mountains, the temperature became cooler, and I didn't feel any discomfort. However, when I returned from Hakuba Village, it was almost noon, and the scorching sun was high in the air, and before I got out of the mountain, I felt that the whole person had fallen into the steamer.

The group dragged several carts of mountain goods, and the speed of the march became slower and slower, and finally they simply found a shade of trees to rest.

"This ghost weather, it's hot to death, I didn't feel anything when I came out of White Horse Village just now, and I felt that the temperature had risen by more than ten degrees all of a sudden, and it was still summer, I don't know how this summer's summer was?" Zhen Qian complained.

Wang Qun wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, took out his skin bag and poured some water into his mouth, and sighed: "You haven't been here in the summer before, I forgot to remind you, back to the city around noon, this journey is the most difficult, the mountains are cooler than the mountains, so we go from the mountains to the mountains, the more we walk, the more stuffy we feel, it is better for us to stay here for a while, and then hurry after the time of Shen, so that we can enter the city before the city gate closes!" ”

Zhen Qian used to be afraid of cold and heat, but he didn't expect that even the first summer in the Tang Dynasty would be difficult, so he couldn't help but lie under the tree with his clothes open and said: "I don't even have a fan......."

"Fan!"

Zhen Qianteng sat up from the ground and patted his head heavily, how could he forget the fans of later generations, and why didn't he remember the fans when he thought of summer supplies such as mats and rattan chairs?

The fan, as a daily induction item, was originally a ceremonial tool, used by the ruling class to show its status and privileges.

Watching some TV series, if you pay close attention, you may find that the traitor and the landlord's old rich man's account clerk also likes to use a fan and stick it on the back of his neck, which looks ridiculous, but he will not remember the history of the development and evolution of the fan.

There were already fans in the Tang Dynasty, but the common folding fans in later generations appeared in the Ming Dynasty, the fans used in the Tang Dynasty were mainly brocade fans, feather fans, group fans and long-handled fans, etc., and there were also fans made of bamboo, but they could not be folded, and they were inconvenient to carry, and most of the ladies used by beautiful women, and they had not yet been accepted by the literati.

Zhen Qian immediately took pen and ink and drew the structure of the folding fan on the paper, and soon a simple drawing of the folding fan was drawn.

High-grade folding fans use precious raw materials, mahogany, ivory, jade, etc. can become the materials for making folding fans, but most folding fans are still made of bamboo, but there are many types of bamboo, bamboo, purple bamboo, southern bamboo, ink bamboo, spotted bamboo, Xiangfei bamboo, Tang bamboo, etc., but now is not the time to care about these, this is much simpler than the production of bamboo mats, and it is easier to promote, which can have an immediate effect.

"What is this?" Wang Qun stretched out his head, and saw that Zhen Qian was drawing strange things on the paper again, and his heart was already shocked at first, but he was just a little curious.

"Is this a fan?" In order to complete the lie, Zhen Qian even said that he had just come up with it in a flash of inspiration, and as for Wang Qunxiang, he didn't know if he didn't believe it.

"This fan is peculiar, it can be folded together, and it is convenient to carry it around!" Wang Qun saw the benefits of folding fans at a glance: "But the materials used for this fan are simpler, I'm afraid what price will it sell for?" ”

Of course, Zhen Qian knew that it would be good if an ordinary blank folding fan could be worth one or twenty yuan, and immediately said: "Uncle Wang, don't underestimate this folding fan, although the ordinary folding fan is not expensive, but fortunately, it can be made in batches, hundreds of hundreds are nothing, if it is tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands?" Moreover, we can also use some precious materials to make skeletons, such as jade, nanmu, ivory, etc., when a folding fan can become a play in the hands of the rich, if we can find a famous calligrapher and painter to paint on the folding fan to leave words, the price of a folding fan can be increased several times, dozens of times not worth it, although the business is small, but it is a million profits! ”

Wang Qun didn't know what to say, if this head wasn't in business, it would be a tyrannical thing!

"Then after I go back this time, I will go to Zhang to collect some valuable materials, but this folding fan requires ingenious craftsmen, do you have to buy some artisan slaves after I go back?"

Wang Qunyi reminded Zhen Qian that Zhen Qian immediately thought of the crux of the problem, the folding fan made of precious materials is not comparable to the folding fan made of bamboo skeleton, this is a new thing, no one has experience in production, and it will be a big loss to practice with precious materials. Second, the folding fan has no technical content, at most it can be regarded as a whimsy, and it is easy for others to imitate, and there is no technical patent in these years.

"Uncle Wang said this, I really didn't think about it enough, this craftsman's matter is not in a hurry, but you can buy some ingenious maidservants, don't look much more beautiful, don't have too many numbers, it's okay if you're older, buy it and send it to the Qin family valley, one can help take care of those children, and the other is to learn some crafts with Master Yan, when the Qin family makes ordinary folding fans, we make precious folding fans, not how many are the number, but they must be exquisite and ......."

Wang Qun blinked and chuckled, "Da Lang is so scheming!" Even if Qin Hao knew that Da Lang also made folding fans, but the materials were different, there was nothing to say! ”

"I have no intention of competing with the Qin family for anything", Zhen Qian said freely, the outside world is getting hotter and hotter, and the heat wave makes Zhen Qian have the urge to take off naked and jump into the river, what he wears is already very refreshing, two silk clothes inside and out, and silk soft-soled leather boots on his feet, but he has a high bun on his head, as if he has a warm pot on his head, how hot he is, and he envies the small flat head left in later generations, which is cool and convenient, unlike every time he bathes now, his long hair makes him feel helpless, and he can't wait to cut it all.

In the past, when I was in school, I laughed at my female classmates for their long hair and short knowledge, but now I am the same.

Zhen Qian poured the water in his skin bag on his head, he was almost faint from heat, and he didn't know how the ancients survived, this was his first summer in Datang, how to spend the next summer!

This is not the era when Zhen Qianqi is worried about the sky, and in the era of air conditioning and air conditioning in later generations, isn't there also people suffering from heat stroke? The rich families of the Tang Dynasty had ice cellars, and the ice was chiseled and placed in the ice cellars in winter, and taken out to cool down and dispel the heat in summer, but ordinary people did not have this treatment.

Although Tang Feng is open, it doesn't mean that you can dress casually and expose your body, if Zhen Qian wears a small vest and sways outside, the officials will turn a blind eye, and the Zhen family will jump to catch himself back.

Zhen Qian opened his clothes at this time, which had already attracted the surprised eyes of everyone around him, but fortunately, there was no one here, and it was still passable.

"That's right! Uncle Wang, the weather is so hot, why can't the ice cubes in the ice cellar at home be taken out and used? ”

Wang Qun's heat resistance is obviously higher than Zhen Qian's, even then he has to learn Zhen Qian's water to pour water on the top of his head, "In previous years, after midsummer, the weather became hotter, and Fuzhong began to take out some ice from the ice cellar one after another, but last year, the weather in the north was warm, and the ice in the ice cellar was stored a lot less, so it will not be taken out and used until the hottest weather!" ”

Hearing Wang Qun say this, Zhen Qian naturally understood, but the weather was already very hot a few days ago, and I didn't see anyone send ice to him!

"Then no one in the house uses ice during this time?"

Wang Qun shook his head and said: "This is really not clear, the ice cellar has always been in the hands of the criminal steward, although you can usually go to some ice out, if the amount is large, you have to go through the criminal steward, I will go back and inquire about this matter?" ”

Zhen Qian narrowed his eyes and sneered: "I'm afraid this is another criminal steward making trouble, after I go back to this matter, inquire carefully, if this is the case, I must add another charge of bullying to the criminal steward!" ”