Three miles out of Suzhou City, the displaced people are still faintly visible.

Five miles out of Suzhou City, displaced people came one after another.

Snuggling up in twos and threes, sitting on both sides of the road, the endless corridor of pain, the dead full of flies, the living full of empty eyes, there is no hope and a future, what is the difference between life and death?

The filming in the TV series is still too subtle, and only when you see it with your own eyes will you find out how unworthy this suffering world is.

As soon as Song Che stopped the carriage, before he could make any movement, the homeless people stumbled and surrounded him.

"Give me something to eat......"

They're hungry-driven walking corpses!

Song Che protected Shen Wenjun behind him, lifted the gong and struck it three times, and said loudly:

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are here today for the purpose of recruiting workers, and listen carefully-

Due to the needs of the community, 10 male workers are now recruited, who are required to be between the ages of 16 and 35, above 7 feet tall, in good health, and as strong as possible;

Twenty female workers, required to be between the ages of sixteen and thirty, must be able to weave, preferably those who know how to embroider;

Ten maids, aged between fourteen and eighteen, articulate and good-looking, preferably able to read and write;

In this recruitment, because it is a centralized accommodation, lonely men and widows are preferred, and couples without children can be used;

Finally, I hereby promise that once I am selected, I will have full board and lodging, free learning of weaving and dyeing skills, and an additional monthly salary subsidy! ”

"I can take care of food and shelter! I'm ...... I have a lot of strength, and I can pick up 300 catties of dung! ”

"I can weave!"

"Me too!"

"Don't be crowded, there are those who meet the conditions, the male worker stands on my left, the female worker stands on my right, please follow the order, first come, first come, if there is a queue or troublemaker, no matter how many conditions are met, will not be considered!"

Song Che's meticulous demeanor temporarily shook the chaotic situation, and soon, a long queue formed in front of the carriage.

Shen Wenjun was in charge of picking people, and Song Che was registering.

A woman who is skilled in weaving, dealing with looms all the year round, who fishes in troubled waters, who meets the conditions, Shen Wenjun, an expert, can know at a glance at palmistry.

In less than half an hour, all 40 places had been selected.

"I was thirteen years old and weaving at home, almost twenty years ago, you look at my hands, all calluses, take me with you!"

"Let's make two more! Please! I'm kneeling for you! ”

The homeless who could not be selected squeezed their heads and drilled forward, crying, shouting, and even kneeling and begging.

Shen Wenjun couldn't bear it, and glanced at Song Che: "Or, let's recruit two more?" ”

Song Che shook his head decisively, dragged Shen Wenjun into the carriage and rubbed it into the carriage, and said loudly: "All those who are registered in the register will spontaneously go to the city gate to gather, I will wait for you there!" ”

"Drive!"

After speaking, he immediately rode his horse and whipped away from the displaced area.

People living in slums, when mercy and begging are not reciprocated, will do even more crazy acts-

Chasing, pleading, crying, screaming, cursing, and finally throwing stones that made the carriage "cluck".

At this time, once you stumble and fall into the human cave, you will definitely be "eaten" to the point that there is no scum left.

How old is human nature in the face of hunger?

It wasn't until the figure of the soldier appeared on the official road that Song Che slowed down, "...... exhale" He took a long breath, which was more thrilling than escaping from death.

Soon the chosen outcasts followed.

Song Che counted and checked the number of people, and after confirming that it was correct, he held up the roster and led everyone into Suzhou City.

Back at Shuiyunfang, Lu Fu had already prepared forty sets of clothes, Qin Ruo also rented three courtyards in the surrounding area, and all the splendid scenery in the lobby on the left was emptied.

After distributing the clothes to the new employees, Li Tian led the male workers, and Lu Mushroom and Qin Ruo each led a group of female workers to arrange food and lodging, and agreed to gather in the workshop at the end of the afternoon to arrange the work in a unified manner.

Song Che picked up a pen and paper and began to redesign the pattern.

The original Shuiyunfang was full of splendid embroidery, and the style was indeed dazzling, but there was always a little deep depression, but now half of it has been moved, and it is a lot more atmospheric in an instant.

Song Che measured the length and width of the shop, as well as the location of the windows, combined with all the data, drew a floor plan of Shuiyunfang, and then designed the booth according to the proportion, reserved the aisle, and reopened the window.

Shen Wenjun was not idle, rolled up his sleeves, and the few remaining buddies, according to Song Che's command, used lime to practice sketching.

"This carved window on the west side, it cost a lot of money to install it at that time, why did you tear it down?"

New pattern, new layout, of course, there are doubts, Song Che carefully answered them one by one.

"I carefully observed this window from morning to night, with more shade and less yang, and the lighting is very poor...... No matter how good the material is, it is difficult for people to notice it when placed in a dark place, but once they are glazed, the color will be renewed, and guests will be attracted to it as soon as they walk into the house. ”

"Uncle, I also have doubts, why do you want to divide the workshop into left and right? Isn't it good for us to sell in one pot? ”

"Different products, different positioning, of course, to sell separately, on the left is the 'parity area', selling goods that are closer to the public, and on the right is the 'bargaining area', selling the high-end brand of our Yunshuifang, silk and satin, Song Jinsu embroidery."

"Oh...... That's the high-price zone and the low-price zone, right? ”

"Hey! This is the reason, but you can't say that, otherwise there will be a gap in the hearts of the guests. No matter who he is, as long as he crosses the threshold, he is our patron, and he must be held in the palm of his hand. ”

"Uncle, you...... It's so fine! ”

"Fine? You don't have to! Uncle, I'm majestic! ”

……

Emaciated camels are bigger than horses.

The Shen family also runs a silk mill in the west of the city, from which any material for weaving can be directly supplied.

The backyard of Shuiyunfang is a dyeing workshop, as long as the supply of materials is sufficient, it is also very convenient to make cloth.

Regarding the knowledge of fabrics, Song Che is a layman, and after surveying and mapping the store, he pulled Shen Wenjun to the back warehouse.

"Madam, are most of the fabrics in this warehouse all brocade?" Song Che picked up a piece of cloth casually and stroked it gently, it was smooth and bright, the texture was fine, and the color was full, I have to say that this texture was higher than three or four floors.

Shen Wenjun said: "If the warehouse is full of unsalable brocade, our family has already drunk the northwest wind, the warehouse silk, Luo, silk, satin, brocade, everything, with precious fabrics." ”

"Brocade clothes and jade food, silk and satin, often hang on the lips, I don't know what the difference is between these materials?" Song Che asked.

Shen Wenjun walked and picked it up, and introduced: "Fabrics are usually divided into six grades-

The lowest is coarse cloth, which is spun from cotton silk;

the inferior is linen, which is spun from coarse linen silk;

The above two are low in price and suitable for ordinary people;

The third class is satin, which is woven from fine linen silk, with a smooth and bright appearance and very delicate;

The fourth class is silk, which is made of silk mixed with flax, silk, silk, which is generally referred to as it;

Those who can afford to wear silk and satin are not to mention how rich they are, but they must have a solid family background;

From the fifth-class ayara upwards, it is all woven from real silk,"

Speaking of this, she gently twisted the corners of her skirt, "Look, this is the silk yarn, sparse, transparent, light, cold, often used in shawls, gauze clothes, summer clothes, silk with exquisite embroidery, rich families will also frame it, as a hanging screen decoration; ”

"I'll have to take a look at this." Song Che stretched out his hand to pull the corner of his skirt, but was slapped away by Shen Wenjun and gave him a roll of his eyes: "Which girl's skirt corner can be lifted casually?"

Song Che smiled: "So, the best material is brocade?" ”

Shen Wenjun nodded and said: "Of course, the brocade cloth is mostly for princes and generals, dignitaries and nobles, even if it is a seller like me, there are only one or two, three, four, five, six or seven eight brocade clothes." ”

"What is the average price of these expensive materials?" Song Che asked again.

Shen Wenjun said: "With the pricing of major cloth shops in Suzhou, a brocade cloth costs 5,000 Wen; Ayara costs 2,000 wen; silk ranging from 500 to 1,000 wen; Coarse linen is about eighty to one hundred and fifty;

Brocade cloth is mostly produced in the south, and the price of cloth in the north will naturally be higher, and now the freight is not passable, and the supply in the north is in short supply, so there will inevitably be a premium. ”

Song Che pursed his lips and thought to himself: If he can take a risk at this time and sell the goods from the south to the north, the profit will definitely be doubled.

"By the way, where are we going for the Shen family?"

"That's a lot," Shen Wenjun pointed his finger and said: "Go south, along the coastal heron island, to the east is the imperial capital Luoyang, to the north is Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, and to the west is Chang'an...... In addition to the land of Daliang, there is also the most famous 'Silk Road', which is sold to the Western Regions, Tianzhu, and even further afield. ”

"Ordinary business, our father does it himself?" Song Che asked again.

Shen Wenjun sighed lightly: "How can the Shen family wither, and my father is very straightforward, so he doesn't worry about handing over the business to outsiders, so I am responsible for production, and he is personally responsible for business." ”

Song Che continued to ask: "With such a wide range of sales, how can my father-in-law finish it alone?" ”

Shen Wenjun said: "The expensive and expensive Splendid Daddy will do it himself, and the rest of the fabric will be entrusted or wholesaled to the rest of the small cloth shops in the city in the form of distribution, and they will resell it, and we will take a profit from it." ”

It turns out that there was such a thing as "dealer" as early as ancient times.