Chapter 45 Preparation for the new store
"I heard that this Fang Zhen is a good man in the rivers and lakes, why is he so virtuous!" Qiu Ge looked at the groveling Fang Zhen, very disappointed, and couldn't help complaining.
Liu Han didn't think so, in his opinion, Fang Zhen deserved to be an old Jianghu, there was no mistake in today's response, he kept the prestige of the Cao Gang, and he didn't offend the Xue family, at least he could play eighty points, and the twenty points he lost were the five people who were finally expelled from the imperial capital, Fang Zhen transferred the five people from the outside to the imperial capital, it must be the purpose, with the power of the Cao Gang in the imperial capital, it is actually necessary to transfer people from other places, which shows that the candidates to do the things are very difficult, and it also shows that the ability of these five people is very strong, and now the five people are expelled from the imperial capital, which is a huge loss for Fang Zhen.
However, it was Gu Wei who made Liu Han look at him differently, as soon as Pan Jin appeared, Xue Mi couldn't get off the stage for a while because he was too full of work in front of him, so he immediately came forward to resolve the situation and let the matter be resolved smoothly, both parties did not lose face, and he also calculated his own breath.
But Xue Mi was slightly dissatisfied, this dissatisfaction was not obvious, but Liu Han still felt it, thinking of the current situation, Liu Han shook his head slightly in his heart, this Xue Mi still couldn't hold his breath, or he had suppressed it for too long, and he was too eager to explode.
The shadow of the boat has gone, the people gathered on both sides of the Changqing Canal gradually dispersed, the air was full of sorrow, but there was also a little excitement, a group of scholars poured into the teahouse, excitedly scolding, cursing sentences and traitors in the court.
All the people sent the king of Qi, the imperial capital was shaken, the government and the opposition were discussing, the people were talking about it, and the sentence became the finger of a thousand people. On the second day after the king of Qi left Beijing, a minister wrote a sentence of impeachment, and in the following days, dozens of ministers successively wrote a letter of impeachment.
Several Shangshu in charge of Shangshutai transferred the music to Yawen Pavilion, but Yawen Pavilion remained silent.
As a result, more impeachments flew to Shangshutai, and sentences became the focus of the court situation for a while.
However, for the people of the imperial capital, the sorrow of King Qi's departure from Beijing dissipated not many days, the streets were still bustling, and the imperial capital was still prosperous.
Hotter than impeachment is autumn, the withered yellow leaves on the street spread all over the street, the autumn wind together, flying all over the sky, on both sides of the Yishui Luoshui, reeds flying flowers, accompanied by singing and dancing, floating in the river, attracting the shepherd boys on the shore to stop and watch.
The red maple of the mountain after the white horse view turns from green to red, like a sea of fire, every season, here is always a good place for the nobles of the imperial capital to enjoy autumn, this year is no exception, the nobles or take a car, or take a sedan chair, or take a boat to travel Luoshui, look at the fiery red of this mountain from afar.
More scholars lingered under this fiery red, chanting poems and eulogizing the beauty that God has bestowed on mankind. The beautiful ladies of the family led the maids in groups to laugh and play under the grand red maples and by the stream, and their cheerful laughter wafted among the mountains, attracting the nearby scholars to look at each other.
The Dajin culture is open, and women don't just stay at home.
After King Qi left Beijing, Qiu Ge seemed to be busy, and he had less time to come to Liu Han, but Liu Han didn't have so much time to accompany him, and now he was busy in the store every day, and he didn't seem to care about the court situation and Qiu Pin at all.
The old store has been completely closed, all employees are on vacation, Liu Han personally supervised the progress of the entire project, he completely abandoned the jewelry store format of the past, and adopted the jewelry store design of the previous life, although there is no precious thing like glass, he still thinks of a way, the whole store is open, not the current closed way.
The openness is reflected in the use of space, the middle of the store is designed with a hollow-shaped counter, this hollow is a rectangle, no matter from that side to enter, you can take the whole store into the eyes at a glance, on both sides of the wall is designed a row of counters, the innermost against the wall, a large copper mirror is placed, the copper mirror is as bright as new.
This kind of design, especially the hollow-shaped counter and bronze mirror, is the first time to see it in the imperial capital, and this design is about to be completed, and the first feeling that customers step into Yufengxiang is refreshing.
After the renovation and renovation of the whole store, it is divided into two parts, the outer room mainly receives small customers, and the inner room is the real big customer. The decoration style of the outer room is mainly novel, and the inner room is mainly comfortable and gorgeous, the carpet from the extreme west should be spread on the ground, the teacup is a precious porcelain, and the tea must be one of the ten famous teas.
"Yu Fengxiang wants to become the best jewelry store in the imperial capital, no matter every detail of the store must be perfect, I don't allow a trace of flaws!" Liu Han told the contractor that the contractor was introduced by Xu Yuan, and he was the most famous contractor in the imperial capital, named Shu Ding, his craftsmanship is a family tradition, and he is famous in the imperial capital, not to mention Liu Han's small shop, even the palace project has also taken over a lot.
At first, Shu Ding didn't look at the project of this small shop, but the face of the owner is very big, Xiao Zhao Wang Ye came forward to do it, he had to give face, but he didn't think about it, after taking over the project, the owner gave him a very good feeling, very knowledgeable, all kinds of buildings can be said, it is obvious that he is not doing engineering, but some ideas are very wonderful, so that he has a feeling of sudden enlightenment.
"Don't worry, Master Liu, if you have always made mistakes, you took off my signboard!" Shu Ding confidently flicked the paper in his hand, which was full of various graphics and various sizes.
Liu Han felt that it was a pity, this store was small, if it could be doubled, then he could decorate a more beautiful and magnificent jewelry store, absolutely beyond this era, shocking the entire imperial capital, as long as they stepped into this store, they would have to pay for it.
In addition to the store, there are also clerks, Liu Han wants to use female clerks, this idea was resolutely opposed by Xu Yuan, there is no precedent for women to come out as clerks in Dajin, although Dajin does not prohibit women from coming out to play, but there are still no female clerks, which will cause strong condemnation from those Taoist gentlemen of Guozijian and Taixue.
"Why can't you use a female clerk? Doesn't the Imperial Capital Casino just use a woman? Why doesn't Mr. Daoxue, who is a scholar of Guozi Eunuch, object?" Liu Han was not a person who gave up easily, he asked rhetorically in surprise.
"In their eyes, the casino is a dirty place, and the women there are just like the women in the brothel of the Qinglou," Xu Yuan explained: "The owner, if you must use a female clerk, our store will also be regarded as a dirty store." ”
Liu Han shook his head, he didn't think so: "I have also seen women selling vegetables and meat in the market, making small trades, by the way, the tofu shop in the alley outside, isn't the proprietress a woman? Why aren't they the next shop?"
Xu Yuan felt that Liu Han was messing around, and they opened a husband-and-wife shop, but Liu Han asked again: "What about the hotel we went to last time? Is the shopkeeper's daughter different from helping in the store? Also, the silk shop, is it different?"
Xu Yuan opened his mouth and stammered: "That's a family, besides, you use a woman, what should we do with those guys?" Well, what should they do?"
"It's the same," Liu Han looked at it for granted: "They are still buddies, oh, by the way, I plan to open another branch in the west of the city, this emperor has a population of millions of people, how can this one store be enough, there are branches in the east of the city, west and north of the city, just a few guys, that's enough!"
Xu Yuan couldn't convince Liu Han, so he had to ask Lao Huang for help, Lao Huang thought about it after hearing it, and felt that it was interesting, so he could try it.
So Liu Han asked Xu Yuan to go to the city to select twenty female slaves, requiring a good health and image, and their height was all 1.6 to 1.62 meters, which was converted into the meter of the Great Jin Dynasty, that is, 4 feet 8 to 4 feet 95.
Xu Yuan had no choice but to buy twenty female slaves, Liu Han asked him to send these girls to the Liu Mansion and hand them over to Tianna, so that Tianna could train them in etiquette, and then find a tailor to make clothes for them, which was not the skirt of women now, but cheongsam.
The cheongsam is a novel costume, and there is no tailor in the imperial capital who can make it, Liu Han asked Mia to make it, Mia has a pair of skillful hands, and after several failures, he finally made a costume that made Liu Han feel like a cheongsam.
This cheongsam is similar in appearance to the cheongsam that Liu Han has ever seen, but the slit is very low, only to the lower part of the calf, and the waist is not closed, forming a line from top to bottom, without curves.
Liu Han didn't know how to tighten his waist, and he didn't want to buy two of the female slaves who were good at female workers, and they easily perfected the cheongsam, Liu Han called them over and asked, it turned out that they were in charge of female workers in the master's house.
"With your craftsmanship, how can I sell you?" Liu Han was a little puzzled, the skills of these two women were obviously higher than Mia, Mia was considered a good female worker in the Western Regions, but in Dajin, or, it can only be said that among Liu Han's women, she was outstanding among female workers, but when she met a real master, she really couldn't do it.
The two girls lowered their heads, and finally stammered to tell Liu Han that their master was interested in them, which caused the hostess's dissatisfaction, so the hostess sold them.
Looking at the pretty faces of the two girls, Liu Han nodded understandingly, this is just a repetition of Pan Jinlian's story, female slaves have no rights, if the male master wants to sleep with them, he can only be sleeped, the female owner has no choice but to sprinkle her anger on the female slave, this hostess is polite, vicious can beat the female slave to death, and the government generally does not care.
Liu Han left the two girls in the inner mansion and continued to let them work as female laborers, making clothes for the people of the whole house. From these two girls, Liu Han felt that he could buy a batch of craftsmen, and he told Xu Yuan about this idea, and Xu Yuan laughed at it with shame.
"Craftsmen are the most precious of all, no matter what craftsmen, the master will not sell them, unless the master family commits a crime, these two girls are just cheaper for us, but you want to buy craftsmen, that's a dream. ”
Liu Han was helpless when he heard this, thinking about it, he left the Western Regions and brought the craftsmen from the Western Regions jewelry store over, it seems that he can't count on buying craftsmen, so he can only cultivate himself.
In addition to clothing, Liu Han also made high heels for girls, he likes girls to wear high heels very much, and when he was in the Western Regions, he asked Tianna and them to wear high heels at home, in fact, high heels are not suitable in this era, high heels are only suitable for flat slate ground, and in this era, even the imperial capital can not realize the whole city of the ground paved with slates, so high heels are not suitable for good looks, there is no market, or the market is very small.
Everything in the store was in full swing, Liu Han gradually transferred the jewelry placed outside the city to the city, of course, the most important fire marble was personally escorted and transferred by him, he was not in a hurry to use the fire marble, he wanted to use this thing after he was ready.