Chapter Fifty-Eight: Liu Lan Opens a Shop
Liu Lan came to the hall, put the burden in her hand on the chair, looked left and right, and said strangely: "What's wrong with you two?" Big-eyed? Quarreled? ”
Luo Jian shook his head.
"Look at the two of you, didn't you win two big battles today? Those who don't know think you've lost a great battle. Are there any hurdles that can't be overcome? It's all the boss's person, I don't know how to do things step by step, is it useful to be in a hurry? Liu Lan glared at the two of them.
"Okay, okay, Brother Luo, the new clothes are ready, come and try them. Uncle Shi, oops, no, no, Brother Shi, I also have yours. I designed it myself, and if you don't wear it, you won't give me face, and the proprietress in the store will say it's good-looking. Liu Lan said as she opened her bag and took out the new clothes she had just made.
Liu Lan took out a set first and handed it to Luo Jian, "Go up and change it for me to see." ”
Luo Jian took his clothes upstairs, Liu Lan turned to Shi Kefa and said: "Brother Shi, if Brother Luo makes you angry, you have a lot of adults, don't worry about him, he is just straight-tempered, and he can't hide what he has to say." ”
Liu Lan's words made Shi Kefa laugh, "You little girl, it's not what you think." ”
"Is that both of you angry? Then it should not be. The two of you join forces, only you bully others, who dares to bully you? ”
As he spoke, Luo Jian changed his clothes and walked down. I have never seen Luo Jian wearing a military uniform, but today I suddenly saw Luo Jian change into a Tang uniform, and Liu Lan only felt that her eyes lit up.
This Tang costume is Liu Lan with reference to the "Benshan costume" of later generations to make some modifications, Luo Jian's figure is obviously much better than Uncle Benshan, wearing it has both a simple taste and a masculine temperament.
Liu Lan walked around Luo Jian, and the more she looked at it, the more proud she became, but the combat boots on Luo Jian's feet were a little out of tune, and she had to make him two pairs of cloth shoes tomorrow......
"Brother Luo, you have to take the time to help me be a model in the future, it's a pity that you are not a model in shape, I will pay the salary."
"What is a model?" Shi Kefa saw that Luo Jian was wearing this Tang costume, and compared with wearing that colorful military uniform, he showed a completely different temperament, and he was secretly surprised in his heart. The scholars of the Ming Dynasty used to wear long shirts, which can certainly reflect the elegant temperament, but they lack the taste of uprightness.
"Cut, I don't know, the model is the clothes rack. Brother Luo, I told the proprietress that we will open a clothing store together, I am responsible for design, and she is responsible for production and sales. You give me a thousand taels of silver, and I will cover all the expenses of the house from now on. ”
"By the way, Brother Shi, this set is yours, you go to Brother Luo's house to change it and let me take a look, if you want to sell this dress, sell it to you officials and rich people first, you take the lead in wearing it, and it will be easy to sell in the future."
Shi Kefa was willing to change clothes at someone else's house, took the clothes and said, "I'll go home and change." ”
"No, no, no, I have to change it immediately, if it's not suitable, I have to change it." Liu Lan said that she was about to go up and drag Shi Kefa, but Shi Kefa had no choice but to go upstairs with his clothes.
"I've made several sets myself, and I've changed them for you to see." After Liu Lan finished speaking, she ran upstairs again.
Shi Kefa came down quickly, obviously he changed quickly and urgently, and the clothes on his body were worn crookedly, and the housekeeper Luo next to him saw it and hurriedly stepped forward to help him straighten out his clothes.
The potential of the designer of Liulan is really good, Shi Kefa's outfit does not show that he is not tall, but also gives people an elegant temperament, Luo Jian said yes when he saw it.
Seeing that Shi Kefa, who had changed into new clothes, was a little uncomfortable, Luo Jian smiled and said, "This Daming's official uniform is really not good-looking. Brother Xianzhi wears this set of spirits a lot. ”
"I'm coming." Liu Lan came down from upstairs.
Luo Jian saw that where was the previous Liulan, it was clearly a great beauty of the Republic of China. Liu Lan's hair is combed into two braids and hangs down on the chest, the upper body is a light blue three-quarter sleeved oblique cardigan, and the lower body is a navy blue long skirt, which reveals Liu Lan's good figure and gives people a subtle and dignified Oriental female beauty.
Luo Jian said yes again and again, and even antiques such as Shi Kefa looked at it and expressed his appreciation again and again.
"Brother Luo, silver!" It's a pity that Liu Lan's pouting and reaching out to Luo Jian to ask for silver destroyed this beauty, and Shi Kefa couldn't help but see it.
"How can I have any money, you ask Steward Luo for it."
Steward Luo had a look of embarrassment on his face beside him. "Master, miss, there is not much money in the house, and I can't take out a thousand taels."
"Then I'll ask Xiao Liu to borrow it, he has more there." As soon as Liu Lan heard that there was no silver in the house, she immediately became anxious.
"No, Xiao Liu's money is not allowed to be touched, the public is public, the private is private, and it can't be mixed together. Steward Luo, it's really not good, you pulled some canned food out and sold it, right? ”
"Hmph, if it were up to you, everyone in this family would starve to death, and they would have to do a lot of work, and they wouldn't have a penny in their salary." Liu Lan said angrily.
"Xinghua don't worry, the reward given to you by the imperial court is coming in these two days, how can there be a thousand taels of silver." Shi Kefa saw that Luo Jian was going to sell something, so he hurriedly stopped it.
"Hmph, you are all officials, I don't have anything, this reward is not allowed to move any of you, it is all mine. In the future, the school will be expanded, and no one will allocate money, so it will only be self-reliant. Liu Lan was very dissatisfied with the imperial court not giving her the title, and she had said it several times, hearing Liu Lan say this, Shi Kefa showed an appreciative look on her face.
"Okay, it's all yours, you have to open a clothing store, and then you will make a chain store all over the country, then you will become a rich woman." Luo Jian said with a smile.
He supports Liu Lan's idea of opening a store, and there will be more and more people in the house in the future, and if a few people only rely on the court's money, life will be really tight.
"What a rich woman, it's so ugly, am I that old?"
Liu Lan made a fuss now, and the atmosphere in the hall became relaxed, and even Steward Luo, who was standing next to him and didn't dare to come out just now, had a smile on his face.
"Brother Xian, what happened to Zhang Zezhi of Jiangdu County?" Luo Jian thought of the county official who lived in the Qinglou after returning from Yangzhou.
"I have already written a letter of impeachment to the court, so I don't know how the court will deal with it." Shi Kefa's words were full of helplessness.
"Brother Xian will worry more about the affairs of the army tomorrow, I will go to Jiangdu." Luo Jian's words surprised Shi Kefa.
"Xinghua, you have completely offended Li Zhan today, why do you have to wade into this troubled water again?"
"What are you afraid of? For this kind of person, you have to clean it up fiercely, Brother Luo, I support you! Liu Lan said with a small fist. She heard Luo Jian say about Jiangdu,
"Brother Xian, don't worry, I won't go alone. By the way, Liu Lan, do you only have one set of clothes? Luo Jian pointed to the clothes on Shi Kefa's body.
"Also, I've made several sets, but I haven't changed them."
"Give me a set, I'll be useful tomorrow."
"Xinghua is looking for Ruan Dacheng to go with him?" Shi Kefa reacted quickly, Ruan Dacheng's figure was about the same as him, and the clothes that Luo Jian asked for must have been prepared for him.
"Xinghua, you don't know this Ruan Dacheng, if he suffers a loss and is deceived, he will remember you for the rest of his life."
"Just remember it, I'm afraid he won't make it?" Liu Lan was very active tonight, and what she said didn't match the clothes she was wearing.
"This Ruan Dacheng is an understanding person, he knows that if he wants to be his official in this small court, he will not openly offend us, for his own sake, and he will not stand up for people like Zhang Zezhi. Even if he wants to play some small moves in the future, we are not afraid of him, Brother Xian, you can rest assured. ”
"Alas, then you can go, you can rest assured that I am here outside the city. You need to be safe and bring a few more guards. Shi Kefa was a little helpless about Luo Jian, and he felt both admiration and some worry about Luo Jian's jealous and hateful character.
"Brother Luo, will you take me tomorrow? I'm suffocating to death at home every day. When Shi Kefa said goodbye and went back, Liu Lan couldn't wait to say.
Luo Jian thought that Liu Lan was originally a lively and active character, and she couldn't stop a day when she was a reporter before, but now it was a little difficult for her to take classes at home for so many days.
"And what about your class?"
"Brother Luo, you don't know yet, that Xiucai Wang Xu is really good, much stronger than that lifting person Li Ting. I gave him the preparation materials and let him study them on his own, and he was learning so fast that he was almost done with my preparation materials. I'll ask him to help me with the lesson tomorrow, and it should be fine. ”
Luo Jian knew that Xiucai at this time was not only learning Confucian doctrines such as the "Four Books" and "Five Classics", but also some other miscellaneous sciences were often dabbled in.
Like Li Shizhen of the Wanli Dynasty, after taking the Xiucai examination, he failed to take the examination one after another, so he gave up the road of the imperial examination, and it was in this way that a generation of great medical scientists was created. The contemporary Song Yingxing failed to pass the Jinshi examination several times after winning the promotion, and then he turned to natural science research.
"By the way, Brother Luo, you have to find a few more like Wang Xu in the future, then Li Tingke is annoying, he often finds Wang Xu, shakes his head and tells him that he has learned 'crooked reasoning', 'strange tricks and tricks', and 'the way of non-saints'. Fortunately, Wang continued to ignore him, if it wasn't for his good Chinese class, I would have chased him away. ”
"Take your time, most of the current scholars are like Li Ting, seeing one is not the way, we have to do more work, let them get in touch with scientific knowledge, it will attract them."
Luo Jian comforted Liu Lan, knowing that if you want to change this kind of thinking, it must be a revolution in the ideological and cultural circles, and it cannot be done in a day or two, and it is not easy to find people like Wang Xu who are naturally interested in natural science.
"Brother Luo, then you promised to take me there?" Liu Lan asked happily.
"Go ahead, you didn't have a good time last time you went to Slender West Lake, it's good to go out for a walk." Luo Jian looked at Liu Lan with some heartache, this girl was brought here, and she lost the love of her parents and brother all of a sudden, and she was strong enough to be in this state.
Beckoned Steward Luo to say hello to Zhao Quan, and asked Zhao Quan to prepare civilian clothes and go together tomorrow.