Chapter 273: Flourishing Branches (4)

Liu Youcheng staggered off the horse and met Liu Zhong, the steward of Buzhuang.

"At this time, why are you here? But what happened in the shop? Liu Youcheng asked drunkenly, and the thick smell of wine went straight to Liu Zhong's mouth and nose.

Liu Zhong smiled: "It was the young grandmother who asked me to come...... I asked about the tamping cloth! ”

Liu Youcheng was stunned, only to feel that the wine was also a little sober.

Why do you always hold on to this!

He nodded towards Liu Zhong and walked quickly towards the inner courtyard.

When I entered the house, I saw Liang Zhangzhu sitting at the square table in the hall, flipping through the account pages while playing the abacus.

Hearing the movement, Liang Zhangzhu raised her head, and when she saw that her husband had come in, she hurriedly paperweighted the account book, and got up with a smile: "I'm back...... Why did you drink so much again......"

"I met Liu Zhong just now...... Liu Youcheng's expression was a little serious, "What happened?" What does it mean to be a young lady? ”

Liang Zhangzhu's expression was in a trance, and he said, "I went to Gongfu today......

She briefly recounted what had happened.

"I didn't expect the young lady to want to do the cloth business for this matter...... I think she doesn't know how to run a local woman's house. If you really start this business. I'm afraid that it is supported by the Yanguo Mansion. I'm afraid it's hard to sustain it...... I just want to calculate the benefits of stepping on the cloth. Let's see if we can think of a way for her to earn a little more. ”

Liu Youcheng did not say anything. He walked around the house several times with his hands behind his back. Said seriously: "I don't think it's as good as this." You go and help them, too. ”

"Ahh Liang Zhangzhu looked at her husband in surprise.

"They are a bunch of noble ladies who are ignorant and dangerous. Do things only according to your conscience. How can that last long...... If it collapses. It's not the orphans and widows who are unlucky......"

Liang Zhangzhu still doesn't know her husband. Hear the words. looked at Liu Youcheng with a smile: "Really? ”

Liu Youcheng was a little embarrassed under that smile. He said in a deep voice: "Of course." If you can break into the circle of scholars in Yongzhou City because of this. It's also a good thing for us......" He paused. "Besides. This is also a good thing to accumulate good fortune......"

Gu Xiyan stretched out her white and tender hand and touched the green leaves on the tree.

"Madame!" Mo Ju, who was following her, smiled, "The sun is a little big today, let's go back to the house!" ”

Gu Xiyan had already worn it three times in the forest, and there was fine sweat under his armpits.

She nodded. and Mo Ju went back to the house.

Yunshang waited for her to bathe, and Gu Xiyan asked, "Didn't anyone come to me?" ”

Without waiting for Yunshang to answer, Mo Ju, who came in with clothes, smiled: "Madam, who are you waiting for?" Always asking these days! ”

Gu Xiyan soaked in the bucket and did not speak.

It has been four or five days since I went to Gong's house to deliver clothes, and there has been no movement on the Liu family's side. Could it be that he did it too vaguely, the Liu family didn't realize what he meant at all; Or, people already know about their own little thoughts, and they don't want to wade into this water at all...... Or, call Liang Zhangzhu in and ask directly? Take the Liu family as a person. You must not dare to refuse...... But if the word "don't dare" is on the event, it will make people feel a little interested......

She was thinking about it there when she heard Qiu Yu saying through the curtain in the ear room, "Madam." The twelve young grandmothers of the Liu family ask to see! ”

Gu Xiyan sat up from the bathtub with a "bang" and said busily: "Hurry up and invite her in!" Invite her in! ”

She hastily dressed and went out of the ear room, and Liang Zhangzhu was already standing outside waiting for her. She bent her knees and saluted Gu Xiyan, and everyone sat down on the big kang next to the window, and Gu Xiyan found that there was a thin account book on the kang table.

"This is ......," Gu Xiyan said, pointing to the account book.

Liang Zhangzhu smiled and handed the account book to Gu Xiyan: "Madam." You mentioned last time that you wanted to set up a needlework team, and after we went back, we carefully calculated the accounts with me, this is the account book, you see! ”

Gu Xiyan opened the account book with the surprise in her heart.

The account book records in detail the materials required for each military uniform, the origin of these materials, the bulk price of each place, the shipping cost, etc., in short, it is a quotation table.

Gu Xiyan glanced at it. looked at Liang Zhangzhu and raised his eyebrows. Liang Xiangzhu smiled: "Madame doesn't know. Our Liu family has been rolling in the weaving industry for a day or two. The cost of each cloth, the shipping cost. Nothing is clearer than we are, according to the items in this book we provide, the young lady's sewing team can save three cents per robe......" Speaking of this, she paused, "Madame, don't underestimate these three cents, as the saying goes, the drop of water wears the stone, and the gathering of less becomes more ......"

The twelfth young grandmother of the Liu family is worthy of being a shrewd businessman!

Gu Xiyan smiled: "Young grandma, come to me tomorrow at noon for a light meal!" ”

She got up early in the morning and discussed the menu with Hongyu, and also opened the warehouse to take the best bone china out to put on the plate, and invited Liu Mei'er, Han Shi and Liang Zhangzhu to have lunch in the Liyuan Floor Heating Pavilion.

A simple meal of four meals and one soup, everyone sat around the round table and talked while eating.

"Making a military robe is not like anything else, it is not beautiful, it is only strong. As long as you know a little bit about needlework, you can do it. We first took over part of the military uniform business, put up the shelves, and then slowly planned to grow bigger. Gu Xiyan was the first to say his thoughts, "Among our few people, only the twelve young grandmothers have business experience, I think, the affairs of this needlework team will be handed over to her to be fully responsible, what do you think?" ”

"Me!" Liang Zhangzhu was a little surprised.

The lady of the noble clan or the general's wife was here, and she had the intention of participating, but she didn't expect her to come forward......

Liu Meier was the first to agree: "Yes, yes!" It's inconvenient for me and Xiyan to come forward, and Xiyan is going to give birth again...... The young grandmother was born in a businessman, and it is said that she followed her husband to the north and south, and she is well-informed, and she is more shrewd than us. ”

Han Shi also nodded: "Twelve young grandmothers, you will agree!" This should be done for a long time. After all, it is necessary for people who know how to operate with their hearts. Although we all have this heart, we have a specialization in the art industry. There are indeed some deficiencies in ability! ”

Gu Xiyan also smiled and said: "Young grandmother, don't worry, since we have handed over the matter to you, in the future, we will all listen to your dispatch, you say to the east, we will never go to the west, you say to the west." We will never ...... east."

Everyone was amused by her words, and the atmosphere was much more relaxed.

Liang Zhangzhu agreed with her husband's words "This is a good thing to accumulate good fortune", so she thought about it for a while and responded with a smile.

Everyone smiled with relief.

Gu Xiyan continued: "The start-up capital of the needlework team is provided by me, the twelve young grandmothers, you see, 50,000 silver is enough." ”

Liang Zhangzhu was stunned.

She didn't expect Gu Xiyan to come up with such a large sum of money.

Seeing this, Liu Mei'er thought that Liang Zhangzhu was too little, and hurriedly said, "Otherwise." I also gave three thousand taels. ”

Liang Zhangzhu hurriedly smiled: "No, no, not so much." Five thousand taels at most is fine! "It's better to have more!" Gu Xiyan smiled and said, "Master Liu's words last time also reminded us. The business of military robes, even if we take over, is only a part, and the profits are small. There is little life, and you can only maintain a belly. What I mean is that when you recruit people, at the beginning, you have to protect them in the most basic life. With more funds, you can take out some of them to subsidize the subsidy in the early stage......" Then she talked about her plan in detail.

After recruiting people in a hurry, Liu Meier is responsible for guiding these women's female celebrities, and selects some women who are smart or popular women to set up a team to take on some embroidery, clothes and other work with technical difficulties...... If the development goes well. You can also take it to do embroidery needle business. Silk Business...... She also emphasized the need to pay on a piece-by-piece basis. "You can't eat a big pot of rice, otherwise, everyone has no enthusiasm to do things, and whether to do it or not, then it is better for us to take the silver directly, so as not to be resented by others after doing good deeds."

Han Shi listened and looked very approving.

Presumably, she has learned a lesson in this regard.

Liang Zhangzhu fell into deep thought.

Since the young lady has such a decision and decision, this matter should be done! It's just that if you want to do it well, I'm afraid you have to use your brains well.

Only Liu Mei'er reacted most directly, and said excitedly: "In this way, there will be many people who have something to eat...... Gu Xiyan laughed: "You better do your thing well first...... Instructing other people's female celebrities is like being a master, you don't want to fish for three days and dry nets for two days......"

Liu Mei'er smiled proudly: "You can rest assured that you will leave this matter to me...... It's a big deal, I called my eldest sister and third sister, their female celebrity is no worse than me, and they live near Yongzhou City! ”

Gu Xiyan couldn't help but sweat on his sideburns.

The eldest sister Liu Ruer, who was once known as the first beauty in Yandi and had a marriage contract with Qi Maosheng?

I think it's better to forget it!

Gu Xiyan couldn't help but murmur in her heart.

That night, Gu Xiyan wrote to Qi Maosheng about it, but strangely, Qi Maosheng never replied to her.

Gu Xiyan waited for another two days and decided not to wait any longer.

In a few days, her due date would come, and she would have no time to worry about it.

Gu Xiyan asked Siping to contact Liang Zhangzhu and do some preliminary preparations first.

Things are going fast and well.

The Han family quickly recruited more than 50 women who were living in poverty due to the death of their husbands in battle, and they were naturally very interested in having a way to make a living.

Liu Meier took the time to go to Gongfu, tested their skills, and then selected more than a dozen people with a good foundation in female celebrities to go to her every other day to guide them in some female celebrity skills.

Liang Zhangzhu also rented a five-hall house near Shitan Hutong, purchased some items, and began to contact the person in charge of the military robe of the Yanguo Mansion with Siping.

Gu Xiyan pays attention to the progress of the time every day, and her life is busy and fulfilling.

A few days later, Aunt Gao also found out about this, and she took the initiative to ask, "Is there anything I can do to help?" ”

Gu Xiyan suddenly remembered that Aunt Gao went to Huguan, and she couldn't help laughing: "Aunt Gao, why don't you go to the needlework team to give those people free treatment!" ”

Aunt Gao naturally happily agreed.

Yan Hong has been serving Aunt Gao, followed Aunt Gao for a trip, and when she came back, she said, "It's so pitiful! There is a child who is 12 years old and has never eaten maple syrup...... It's worse than when I was a kid! ”

Gu Xiyan knew that it turned out that Yanhong's father was also killed on the battlefield, and her father was still a relatively high-ranking officer, she was embarrassed to know this!