It's just that Li Jingshan didn't know that the pendant she sold did not go into a certain lady's jewelry box, but placed it on Ruan Mingyu's desk.

"Where did this pendant come from?" Ruan Mingyu said with great interest, the pendant flipped between his slender fingers, "The sterling silver body, the polishing and polishing skills are good, and there are almost no flaws on the surface." What is the material for the finishing touch? ”

He carefully studied the two small pink crystals, but he couldn't see the material, "It's not Huangbao, dyed?" Too inferior...... Could it be an extraterrestrial meteorite? There is also a ...... Is this Acacia Bean? ”

Ruan Mingyu laughed, "These materials don't add up to two hundred dollars, how much did you spend?" Five taels of silver? He knocked on the shoulder of the shopkeeper Hong with the folding fan in his hand, and said with a teasing smile: "If you are always such a loser, I have to consider whether to let you sit in the position of the big shopkeeper." ”

Shopkeeper Hong smiled and said, "At that time, I just thought that this design was ingenious and the materials were novel. It's also very good in that kind of small workshop. And the seller originally refused to sell. I thought I wanted to get my hands on it for you to show the young owner, and I was a little anxious for a while. ”

Seeing Ruan Mingyu raise his eyebrows, he hurriedly said: "If you can find jewelry that makes the young owner unsure of the material, and you can also study it in your hand for more than half an hour, the five taels of silver will be spent unjustly." ”

"What, have you been looking at those little workshops lately?"

"Exactly. The last time I mentioned that I had a large number of handicraft workshops, I had barely paid attention to this market before, so I thought that while I was still in trial business, I would take a look at this number of customers. ”

Ruan Mingyu played with the pendant and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Hong can have this way of thinking, I didn't drink so many Meiling buds from you in vain that day." He hooked his fingers and laughed softly: "Come here, let me tell you, you actually didn't buy this pendant at a loss, and it was indeed worth the five taels of silver." ”

Shopkeeper Hong hurriedly whispered to the past, "I want to hear the details." ”

Ruan Mingyu's eyes were shining, the corners of his mouth were smiling, and he counted with his fingers: "The design is worth one or two silver, the novelty of the material is worth one or two silver, the handiwork is simple but exquisite is worth one or two silver, and the low cost is worth one or two silver," he paused, pretending to be mysterious: "There is also a tael of silver, it provides us with a new way to open up the market." ”

Shopkeeper Hong was so impressed that he threw himself to the ground, and hurriedly asked, "What method?" ”

"There's also a huge deal to do in the civilian market!" Ruan Mingyu put the chain in front of his eyes and shook it gently, "The cost of this pendant is only a few hundred yuan, but with the added value I just said, it can be sold for at least three taels of silver." Profits more than doubled. We don't have to compete with Si Zhenfang for the high-end market of dignitaries, in fact, civilian business is also promising! ”

"The young owner is smart!" Shopkeeper Hong sighed.

Ruan Mingyu's lips curled, sat back in the chair, and lifted Erlang's legs, "Of course, the premise is that the jewelry we launched is also clever in design, novel in materials, and low in cost. What about the craftsman who turned stones into gold? Did you poach her? ”

Shopkeeper Hong showed a look of annoyance, "I made a mistake." I thought she was an apprentice in that workshop, and I thought that when she was not in the workshop, I would ask his master about poaching people, but I didn't expect that she was just a passing customer, and she couldn't keep people. I'll inquire again! ”

Ruan Mingyu straightened his expression and said, "Let's go down and arrange it according to this idea." That female craftsman can find the best, if she can't find it, it doesn't matter, there are still people in our Jingbao Pavilion who can do this kind of design. As for the material...... I'll take a look at the neighboring county another day. Because there is a Si Zhenfang in Minzhou, the materials are two percent more expensive than others. Tsk, it's really a big bully. ”

"Okay, then on the day when our Jingbao Pavilion opens a store, has the young owner been chosen?"

"Hmm...... It's June 15," Ruan Mingyu replied casually, but the light in his eyes gradually sharpened, "It's a day earlier than their Si Zhenfang is in charge!" ”

"Okay, I'll go down and get ready right away." Shopkeeper Hong should step back.

At this time, they didn't know that this flash of inspiration resolution would eventually set off a monstrous wave in the jewelry industry of the Dalang Dynasty, and even rewrite the legend of the jewelry industry.

Li Jingshan naturally didn't know anything about it.

At night, she took out another pendant under the lamp and looked at it carefully, with a smile in her eyes. Although the red coral cost the five taels of silver she earned, she was still very satisfied—such a pendant of workmanship and material could be sold for at least eight taels of silver outside. In terms of their current family background, it is already worth a lot.

She chuckled softly, hoping that her mother wouldn't blame her for breaking the bill.

Suddenly, her eyes lit up - what if she designed and built her own jewelry to sell? Could it be a more lucrative business than embroidery?

She remembered the middle-aged man who bought her pendant in the jewelry shop. The man was willing to pay a lot of money for the pendant because the design happened to reflect the warmth of each other. In this way, as long as there are good creative patterns, ordinary materials can also be accepted by people, so that the cost can be reduced and more levels of customers can be attracted.

Her mind raced and she began to think about materials, workmanship, sales and other issues. The delicate face under the light exudes a slight brilliance.

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In the past two days, the Ruan family's courtyard has been quite idle.

Li Jingshan heard from Sister-in-law Zhang that Young Master Ruan went out to Linxian to "seek cooperation". The whole house was only used for daily maintenance work, and Fu Bo rearranged the duty, and each person got half a day of free time. Li Jingshan happily used this free time to draw a few more embroidery samples. Therefore, he often changed with Zhang's sister-in-law for night shifts. In this way, she can go out to collect wind during the day, finish her work in the courtyard at night, and draw for a while.

In the dead of night, when Li Jingshan is tired of painting, she occasionally looks up and thinks, what kind of "cooperation" is Young Master Ruan seeking? Are you tired of eating in the local restaurants, or are you tired of listening to the songs of the singers here?

However, just thinking about it, where is it her turn to ask about the affairs of the master's family.

On this day, she was on the night shift again. In the morning, I prepared breakfast in the courtyard, and I could get off work. She walked out of the yard and saw the smoke rising from the farmhouse in the distance, and the early morning sun slowly outlined the distant mountains and trees, a quiet and beautiful scenery.

Li Jingshan's heart moved. A few days ago, she was busy designing Dragon Boat Festival embroidery patterns, and then she painted summer patterns, and she hadn't been to the suburbs for a long time. It's still early, the sun is not strong, and it's the most pleasant time of the day.

She simply took the picture book and walked to the suburbs in the early morning dew.

Li Jingshan didn't dare to drill into the woods anymore because she had no intention of breaking Li Jingyao and the young master of the Ma family in the past, and just walked along the road in the suburbs. There weren't many people in the early morning, so Li Jingshan found a place not far from the side of the road, sat down and began to describe the early morning scenery.

As soon as she concentrated on painting, she completely forgot to pay attention to her surroundings, until she suddenly realized a pungent smell of wine beside her, and a big dirty hand stretched out next to her to snatch her painting book: "What is the little lady doing so early, to play with the master?" ”

Li Jingshan screamed and jumped up with the picture book. Only then did I see a sloppily dressed scoundrel, standing in front of him with a shy smile, staggering towards her.

"No, it'......s nothing," Li Jingshan took two steps back in horror, turned around and ran off the road. The sound of horses' hooves could be heard on the official road in the distance.

"Little lady, don't run!" The voice of the scoundrel was behind him.

Li Jingshan became more and more anxious, and her feet were mixed with wild grass and fell to the ground. She was about to get up when a large hand grabbed her arm. She yelled and kicked out hard at her feet. I don't know where I kicked it, but I heard the man snort in pain, scolded "stinky girl", grabbed her clothes and pulled hard.

With a stabbing sound, half of Li Jingshan's sleeve was torn off, she couldn't care less, screaming and running desperately to the official road. She stumbled and just rushed onto the official road, when suddenly a huge black shadow in front of her pounced, making her scream in fright and fall to the ground. Overhead, there was the gray cry of horses, and two horses' hooves trampled down beside her.

"Why don't you look at the road! Don't die! An angry voice came from overhead.

Li Jingshan looked up and saw that the person who came was a young man in brocade sitting on a high-headed horse, he was facing the sun, and his body was gilded with a layer of golden light by the rising sun, which was not real. The black-clothed guy behind him looked at her with a wary expression.

As if she saw a savior, she knelt down in front of the horse with tears on her face and cried: "Official, help!" ”

"Uh...... Girl, I didn't hurt you, don't think you can lie to me. Ruan Mingyu said helplessly.

"It's not ......" Li Jingshan just said two words, and the scoundrel had already chased after him, grabbed Li Jingshan's hair, and said viciously: "Stinky girl, dare to kick me!" The big palm was about to fan Li Jingshan's face.

Unexpectedly, his hand fell halfway, but he was entangled in a horse whip, and a cold voice came, "I hate people who beat women the most!" ”

The scoundrel was just pretending to be crazy with wine, and now he was about to scold, when he looked up and saw him dressed in brocade, his face was cold, and he was half stunned first. He rolled his eyes and shouted: "She is my mother-in-law, can you manage my wife when I discipline my wife!" ”

"It's not! I don't know him! Li Jingshan kicked and beat and struggled, and the scoundrel was restrained with one hand, and she was actually freed. She stumbled a few steps and ducked behind Nguyen Minh Yu's horse.

"Do you hear that, the girl doesn't know you." Ruan Mingyu let go of the horsewhip and hummed: "Get out of here for me immediately!" ”

When the scoundrel saw the duck in his hand flying, he was so excited that the wine swelled up, and he burped, and the wine was bold, and suddenly he roared and pounced on Ruan Mingyu on the horse.

"Ha, don't eat the toast-" Ruan Mingyu raised one eyebrow, raised his foot and pushed hard, and took out the five big and three thick scoundrels out of Zhang Xu Yuan, "-Eat and drink!" ”

The scoundrel was so carried that he fell to the ground and screamed, Ruan Mingyu couldn't help but be angry, and turned around and shouted: "Ah Mo! ”

Ruan Mo, who had been silent behind him, silently dismounted, dragged the scoundrel to a tree on the side of the road, untied his belt and tied his hands to the tree behind his back. Ignoring the scoundrel's screaming like a pig, he stripped off all his clothes and trousers, leaving only a pair of underwear. Carrying those clothes, he walked up to Ruan Mingyu and called out expressionlessly, "Young Master." ”

Ruan Mingyu pinched his nose and said, "It stinks, it stinks, let's throw it in the ditch." ”

Ruan Mo turned around and threw his clothes into the ditch, and silently returned to his horse.

Ruan Mingyu turned his head to look at Li Jingshan, who was completely stunned, an ambiguous smile appeared on his face, and he said in a long voice: "Girl-"

Li Jingshan suddenly came back to her senses, curtsied to Ruan Mingyu and said, "Thank you for saving your life." ”

"How thanks?" Overhead was the voice of banter.