After taking advantage of Xiao Niang's body, Liu Yuan sat in the hall with a little satisfaction, while Zhao An, the loyal old servant of the Jinyu family, reported what happened during the time when Liu Yuan was not here.

Everyone knows that Liu Yuan is the backbone of this family, and the little lady is just a name.

"Young master, after you leave, the business of the Jinyu family is fine, the young master has been gone for forty-two days, and the Jinyu family's income in these forty days is one thousand three hundred and fifty taels, deducting costs, taxes and various expenses, and the net income is five hundred and twenty two thousand eighty-five wen." Zhao An respectfully reported to Liu Yuan.

Forty-two days, after deducting all kinds of expenses, and nearly five hundred taels of silver income, it sounds like a lot, in fact, as far as the high-end jewelry of the Jinyu family is concerned, it sells one or two pieces a day, but it is not bad, ordinary small shop, a month is only ten taels or eight, that is, the time-honored Jin Yu Zhai, a month is about one hundred taels, but he has five or six masters sitting on the stage, and there are seven or eight guys who receive it alone, and the small Jin Yu family can now have more than five hundred taels, which is four to five times that of the Jin Yu Zhai next to it.

Very good.

"Well, it's not bad, Ah Zhong, Ah Yi and Xiao Qing, the three of them, have you practiced?" Liu Yuan asked lightly.

Zhao An lowered his head and said: "Yes, yes, I will supervise them to study from time to time every day, first do hygiene, do chores in the morning, and after doing it, while watching the store, while practicing basic skills such as drawing lines and shoveling copper plates, after lunch, I invite a teacher who can write and draw to give them a lesson, writing, drawing or something." ”

"Well, yes, you're doing a great job, I'm satisfied." Liu Yuan nodded, expressing his recognition of Zhao Lao's work.

As soon as he heard Liu Yuanzan, as a loyal old slave, Zhao An kowtowed again and again and said: "Don't dare, don't dare, the old slave is the young master's person, this is the right thing to do, it's just ~~~"

"Just what? It doesn't hurt to say anything straight. ”

Liu Yuan could hear what Zhao An said, so he hurriedly asked.

"Yes, young master" Zhao An hurriedly responded: "The old slave thinks that Ah Zhong is just training to do small jobs, as long as they know a few words and can count money, these old slaves can teach them, but professionally invite a teacher to teach them, this cost is not low, don't add pen, ink, paper, inkstone, brushes, rice paper, etc., these are also a lot of expenses, if you want to read and paint, we go to the slave market to buy a slave who can write and draw is also more cost-effective than this." ”

is really loyal, Zhao An himself is a slave, and he does everything possible to help Liu Yuan think about how to squeeze other slaves.

"No, an excellent jewelry craftsman, his own cultivation can not be low, improve their quality, but also improve their aesthetic concept, so that they can be more beautiful, generous, now they, like a blank paper, as I paint, this is the best training, don't care about that little money, people-oriented that is the most important."

Liu Yuan saw Zhao An's puzzled look, and he didn't understand what kind of quality, aesthetics, and people-oriented words he couldn't understand, so he didn't bother to explain to him:

"Okay, I have my own opinion on this, you just do what I say."

One is the master, the other is the slave, sometimes, you just have to carry your ears, there is no need to say everything to his understanding, this is the benefit of authoritarianism.

Zhao An hurriedly responded: "Yes, yes, master, it's the old slave who is talkative, please punish the master." ”

"Forget it, you are also loyal, what to punish, we won't discuss these little things, apart from these, is there anything else?"

"Yes," Zhao An replied dryly.

"Say!"

"Now there are two important information to report to the master, one is that after forty-two days of sales, there is not much inventory, the master has to rush out a batch to supply and sell, the second thing is that we have bought it at a low price in Chenjiayao, including slaves, but the young master is not there, I can't let them be idle, let them continue to do the original work, in addition, I also bought two craftsmen with good craftsmanship in the slave market, by the way, one of them is from Jingdezhen, it is said that it was inadvertently broken tribute, So he was beaten and thrown into prison, and then he became an official slave at auction, and I bought it for thirty taels of silver. ”

That's right, if Zhao An didn't mention it, Liu Yuan almost forgot that he still wanted to make a big career in the printing industry, and bought this mud kiln, in fact, it was to get his own printing business, and now Zhao An didn't say it, he almost forgot.

There are so many people in the world who read, but there is still a blank in the printing industry, it is simply a "virgin land" that has not yet been developed, as long as it develops itself, it can not only greatly promote the pace of social civilization, but also allow itself to make rolling financial resources, and make a good profit, the profit is definitely more considerable than that of the Jinyu family.

"Okay, well done, these people are all useful" Liu Yuan said happily: "Old Zhao, after we finish eating, we will go and talk to him." ”

Zhao An shook his head and said, "Young Master, I'm afraid this won't work." ”

"Can't do it? What, something? ”

"Yes, just a few days before the young master came back, there were three or four groups of people waiting for you, most of them were foreign accents, and they all had to discuss with you about customizing, but I don't know what he came to the door for, and he didn't say much when he asked, after hearing that the jewelry here was made by the young master, they all said that they would wait for the young master to come back."

Liu Yuan felt a thrill in his heart, and immediately didn't know who these people were, it must be the guests who saw their "Pine Crane Longevity" in the old lady of the Cui family, they saw that it was really exquisite, and they couldn't help but send someone to Yangzhou to negotiate with themselves and order their own jewelry, but when Liu Yuan came back, he missed the time, and as a result, they arrived, but the main owner has not returned.

These are all big guests, in the future generations, this is called private custom, one top ten ordinary guests, if they are really sent by those dignitaries, one of them will be their own small business full of gold and jade for a few months.

"What about them?" Liu Yuan hurriedly asked.

"All live in the inn, but I specially instructed the villain, wait for you to return, immediately send someone to inform them, they live in ~~~ live in ~~ Yes, they live in the Shunfeng Inn, I remembered, they said, the food in Tianfu Restaurant is fragrant, it is convenient for them to eat, young master, or, I will call someone to call them?" Zhao An asked cautiously.

"Of course, let Ah Zhong go, just say that the shopkeeper is back, if there is anything, you can come over and discuss it now, remember to be polite, these people are estimated to be quite big."

"Yes, young master, I'll go now."

With Zhao An's shrewdness, he also guessed the intentions of those people, and knew that these were big business, so he was in a hurry to deal with this matter.

Looking at the way he walked upside down, it seemed that it was not Liu Yuan, the master, who made money, but his own minion, it seemed that he was more anxious than Liu Yuan, and he really bought a good slave, and everything was treated as if it was his own family, and he did his best.

It is difficult to have such a person as a housekeeper and not to prosper.

Soon after Zhao An left, he came up with a chubby man with a big round face.

"Little Wang Wu, I've seen Shopkeeper Liu." The person who came was richly dressed and decorated, with a little bit of the atmosphere of a superior person, but he was quite polite and said hello to Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan was a little surprised and said, "Have you seen me?" ”

Wang Wu said with a smile: "Of course, Shopkeeper Liu shined at Mrs. Cui's birthday banquet and became the most eye-catching star, although I have only met once, but it is difficult to remember you, but the little one didn't expect that Shopkeeper Liu would return slower than me, hehe~~~"

really attracted the business, Liu Yuan was secretly refreshed: this advertisement is really effective, it will be effective so soon, he has not returned here, and the money has been sent to the door.