Standing in the newly decorated pencil shop, the willow carpenter father and son felt like a dream: two carpenters living in poverty were about to become the shopkeepers and craftsmen of such a large shop, even half a month ago, they could not have imagined!

The machine for making pen barrels is actually very simple, based on a woodworking planer, a tool that can turn out a cylindrical barrel, and a tool that can carve grooves, can achieve large-scale processing.

The cost of firing refills from graphite and clay is also extremely low, as the price of these common minerals is not high in the first place.

Last night, the father and son of the Liu family worked with their apprentices for three hours, and made a thousand pencils, and now they are all lying quietly on the counter, waiting for the guests to come and buy them.

The tail end of these pencils was also stamped with the word "Wei" (Wei's traditional Chinese characters) at the request of Qin Lin, and the father and son of the Liu family did not understand what this meant, and there were also those who stamped the goods, either "Zhang's old wine" or "Jiangnan Moon Gouache", and there was no practice of marking a separate Wei word, could it be said that this pencil was sold exclusively by Jinyiwei? There is no reason for this!

asked Chief Qin, he smiled but did not answer, and the father and son of the Liu family stopped asking.

But about the operation of the shop, they are worried:

This pencil can not be compared with the brush, whether it is official documents, literati poetry and singing, private school children enlightenment or imperial examinations, pencils are certainly not allowed to be used, so that the pencil is only used by craftsmen to draw shipbuilding patterns, architectural drawings, tailors to paint clothes, shop keepers to roughly memorize a running account and so on.

Liu Hua calculated that Qizhou plus along the Yangtze River waterway to the upstream and downstream of the sales, a year of sales of 100,000 pencils can be about the same, each earns eight copper, a year of no more than eight hundred taels of silver - in a store is a very large income.

But Qin Lin actually bought such a large yard, six shops facing the street as pencil shops, and more than 30 houses as workshops, and let them recruit more than 20 apprentices in one go, making such a large scale!

Liu Hua wrenched his fingers and counted the accounts: more than 20 apprentices, including food and salary, each person has at least two taels of silver per month, which is nearly fifty taels a month, and six hundred taels a year, not counting his father and son! The owner is at the end of the year, how much money can he still lose?

"Chenshi is opening the door and firing the cannon, whether it is a mule or a horse, it depends on this," Father Liu muttered, a little unconfident about the future, not that he was afraid that he would not be able to make money, but that he was worried that all the money he earned would be filled in the labor costs, and the owner Qin Lin would not be able to do it, so he was sorry for others.

There was a knock on the door, and Liu Hua opened the door to see that Qin Lin was standing outside the door with a smile, followed by four beautiful girls who looked like flowers and bones.

The four girls of A, B, C, and D did not wear fish scale steel armor and long swords today, and they were dressed differently, all of them were beautiful and generous, and they almost didn't dazzle Liu Huahuang.

Qin Lin took out another paper roll, spread it out and showed it to the Liu family father and son, and said it like that, and the two of them were immediately overjoyed: In the future, the pencil business is only going to be a big sale!

In the crackling sound of firecrackers, the Shuangmuji pencil shop opened for business, attracted by the sound of firecrackers, and there were many idlers in Qizhou City who came to see the opening of the new store.

The smoke of the firecrackers gradually dissipated, and the sharp-eyed people immediately exclaimed: I saw that in front of the pencil shop, four beautiful or beautiful beauties lined up in a water, one beauty wore a gorgeous palace dress like the county lord of a certain mansion, someone wore a goose-yellow skirt like a lady's show, the third beauty wore an emerald green dress that was the dress of a small jasper, and the last one was dressed in a white light Luo skirt to be dressed as a Persian orchid, which was particularly cute.

What does this do? The pencil shop also invites beautiful women to press the formation? Speaking of which, in Qizhou City, except for the flower street and willow lane in the east city, where can you see so many beauties, but the temperament of these people is far from being comparable to the women of the Qinglou.

I was surprised, and someone noticed the wooden shelf next to the beauty, on which was covered with paper, black and white, I don't know what to draw.

People came closer to see, this time it was terrible, and they all shouted hello - it turned out that the wooden shelf was supported by a painting, this painting was different, only the black lines were used to outline and render the characters vividly, four paintings, four beauties, it was lifelike, as if the person in the painting was about to come out!

Even Tang Bohu's picture of a lady is not exactly the same as a real person, and there is no difference! After all, Chinese painting emphasizes charm, and the artistic value may be extremely high, but in terms of similarity, it is not as good as sketching, which can approach or even exceed the effect of photographs.

"How did you draw this?" An old pedant asked the female soldier in surprise, if she wants to talk to a woman for decades, she can't care about it at this time.

The scarlet Shu brocade was not cut into a battle robe, but made into a palace dress, and the female soldier only felt uncomfortable, and was pulled by Qin Linqiang to be a "model", she felt uncomfortable, and when asked by the old man, she said angrily: "Pencil drawing, this shop sells pencils." ”

The old pedant didn't say anything, but went into the store and shouted, "How much does that pencil cost?" I'm going to buy one! ”

"Ten coppers, hey, the money is collected, the pen is for you, let's go!" Liu Hua made his first business with great interest.

Female soldiers B and C worked harder, one demonstrated sharpening a pencil with a knife, and the other held a pen to write and draw on paper casually, which attracted countless people to see - pencils are rare, and beautiful women are also worth seeing.

The youngest female soldier, dressed in a Persian orchid with some bearded hair ornaments in her hair, was very enthusiastic about her customers, and from time to time she posed exactly the same as the painting at the request of the customer, and at this time she always aroused a burst of admiration, and I don't know whether to praise her beauty or the realism of the painting, or both.

"Hmph, a few clothes will buy you," Soldier A complained indignantly.

After hearing this, Female Soldier B said aggrievedly: "Who is rare? We're all used to wearing battle robes! If it weren't for Miss Qingdai's order, we wouldn't have come here with the surname Qin! ”

The female soldier was very helpless: "Then you don't need to work so hard......"

There are a lot of retail investors, but after all, it is the first time to buy, and the sales volume is not large.

The commander made several of the yamen's personal soldiers rampage, pushing the onlookers to the stagger, four personal soldiers carried their shoulders, and the sick Wang Huan lay on it.

"Oops, isn't this little pervert taking a fancy to four beauties?" The people were secretly worried about the pencil shop, they didn't know that this shop was Qin Lin's property.

didn't want Wang Huan to jump off his shoulder, and arched his hand to the four beauties very politely, and some soldiers shouted in a loud voice: "Command the envoy to order 500 pencils!" According to the military order of the commander, in the future, all the military information praise paintings, grain and grass records, and all documents that are not recorded in the archives will be changed to pencils! ”

It turned out to be taking care of business, and the people breathed a sigh of relief, but the bored idlers were slightly disappointed, and they wanted to see the good show of robbing the people's girls on the street.

Wang Huan walked into the shop, Qin Lin invited him to the back hall to drink tea, and after a few chats, he realized that this was not a business purely based on favors.

Qizhou Wei undertook the transportation of the Yangtze River, and to build and repair ships, the pencil for drawing the ship pattern was obviously more suitable than the brush; And the few soldiers, marching and fighting in the field, using a pencil to write down the path and draw the terrain are far more convenient and faster than a brush.

"This is just the first business," Wang Huan was very polite: "My father said that he would buy it for a long time in the future, and recommended it to the commander of Huguang City, Si Yamen, that it is best to use pencils for marching and fighting in the future." ”

After a while, the Hu Si official of the state government was also ordered to come, standing outside the door of the shop and shaking his hand: "I came to buy pencils on the orders of the old man, and in the future, the six-room book office will pay taxes, except for the documents that are kept on file, all of them will be changed to pencils!" ”

The onlookers were so shocked that their eyes fell to the ground, and they were all guessing who the boss of this house was, commanding the envoy and the Zhizhou Yamen, and Qizhou's Yiwen and Wuwu all sold his face like this.

Unexpectedly, a mountain is even higher, and several eunuchs from the Jingwang Mansion came with the lanterns of the palace, and Zhang Xiaoyang, who was the leader, raised his voice and said sharply: "According to the decree of the Chitose Lord, buy 1,000 pencils for use in the palace, and ask for 5,000 high-quality pencils in order to pay tribute to the Jingshi!" ”

Oh my God, this little pencil is a tribute!

Not to mention the idlers who came to see the excitement, even the father and son of the Liu family were dumbfounded, Daddy Liu slapped himself, Liu Hua pinched his thigh, and then he was sure that he was not dreaming.

"The owner, the owner is terrible," Liu Hua shouted in surprise: "Our shop is going to make a fortune!" ”

Qin Linyun sipped tea lightly: "The lake pen emblem ink is a tribute, so we can't pay tribute with this pencil?" Moreover, the princes like to make some new things to pay tribute, so as to have a good fight, and it is not uncommon to choose our pencils. ”

Hu Siyi secretly said in his heart: Only you, Chief Qin, have such a big face, bring the state government, the command envoy and the Jingwang Mansion to cheer for your little pencil shop!

At this time, A, B, C, and D came up with a new trick, and Qi Qi said coquettishly: "A month later, our shop will hold a pencil drawing competition, and the winner can get a silver tattoo of one hundred taels of color, which will be held every year in the future." ”

So what are you waiting for? The literati immediately rushed in, scrambling to buy pencils, and the 1,000 that had just been made were quickly sold out.

The sound of hooves sounded, and several brocade guards in flying fish suits rushed from the long street.

The father and son of the Liu family were both excited and regretful: If you still buy pencils, there are not so many, alas~ I should have known how to process last night if I knew this!

Fortunately, Shi Wei didn't come to buy pencils, he jumped off his horse, walked into the store laughing loudly, and when he saw Qin Lin, he arched his hand and said, "Congratulations to Brother Qin!" ”

"Raised the flag?" Qin Lin was overjoyed.

"Huang Lianzu's house was transferred away through his sister, and your meritorious service was sent to thousands of households at the same time, guess what?" Shi Wei laughed and patted Qin Lin's shoulder, almost knocking his body apart: "So, Qin Zongqi, you have a treat today, let's not get drunk and go home!" ”

Jinyi Wei General Flag? Mo said that Qin Lin was taken aback, and Wang Huan, Hu Siyan, Zhang Xiaoyang and others present all felt that there were signs of dislocation in their chins.

The general banner of Jinyiwei is almost as powerful as a magistrate, and the general banner is still an out-and-out official of the seven-rank imperial court!