idle king

Chapter 5 Preparatory Work

The weather was still relatively cold in the early spring evening. Since coming back, Ye Tong has not left the study. Even dinner was brought to the room by Xiaochan.After eating a little, Ye You picked up the pen again and started writing and drawing again.

Because of following Ye Chu since she was a child, Xiao Chan can also read some characters, but she is not interested in these.

Seeing that the young master ignored her, Xiao Chan lay down on the table opposite Ye Chu in boredom, resting her chin on both hands, staring at her young master with big eyes blinking.But after a while, he reached out and quietly took a few pieces of snacks into his mouth, sat on the chair, dangling his feet, enjoying himself.

After getting in touch with her during this period of time, Xiao Chan can sort of figure out the young master's temper, and the young master doesn't care about the harsh rules of some big families.In the past, Xiao Chan never dared to be so casual like now.

Sometimes, when there is something delicious, the young master will specially keep a portion for himself.This alone made the older maids around the second lady jealous.They even said that they had been taken over by the young master.

Although Xiao Chan didn't understand much, the teasing between the sisters still made her blush for a long time.

"Oh, it's really inconvenient to write with a brush. It's tiring and slow. I have to admire the ancients."

After taking a breath, Ye You finally put down the brush.He had been writing continuously for an hour, and now he had almost no feeling in his wrist.

He waved to Xiao Chan who was listlessly sitting opposite, and said with a smile, "Xiao Chan, come and see these lantern riddles, if you can guess them. There will be a reward for coming out."

"What are lantern riddles?" Xiao Chan was taken aback, but she had heard of riddle games before.

Seeing the confused look on the little girl's face, Ye You finally came to his senses.

Lantern riddles only appeared after the Northern Song Dynasty, and the most famous among them is the Lantern Festival riddles.At this time, there is no such game.Moreover, lantern riddles are a word game among literati, which is a level higher than the folk riddles.

"Haha, I just put the riddles on the lanterns for people to play with." Ye You explained briefly.

After hearing the young master's explanation, Xiaochan's eyes flashed with excitement, and she said in surprise: "Hey, there are also lanterns." As she said that, she ran to Ye You, pulled his sleeves, and said coquettishly, " Master, where is the lantern? Is there a peacock lantern? An owl lantern?"

Seeing the little girl's eyes getting brighter and brighter, Ye Chu patted the back of her head angrily and amusedly, and said quite speechlessly: "I asked you to guess lantern riddles, but you are concerned about lanterns. Returning the owl , do you want scorpion and centipede?”

"Both, master, I want both."

Okay, I can't communicate anymore.Ye You rolled her eyes helplessly.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, accompanied by a voice.It was Liu Kui, the housekeeper sent by Ye Tong to do some business in the afternoon.

"Master, the things you explained are ready, and they are placed in the front yard."

Taking a stack of papers on the table in his hands, Ye Chu pushed open the door and walked out.When I came to the front yard, I saw a few servants in the mansion, each holding many ordinary lanterns in their hands.And in the center of the courtyard, a huge turntable with a height of half a person stood on the ground.

Stepped forward and stretched out his hand to turn around, Ye Chu nodded in satisfaction.

"Master, Master Li has come and is sitting in the living room." Liu Kui said respectfully.At the same time, he handed a wooden box in his arms to the young master, and said, "According to the young master's instructions, Boss Sun has only made three types for the time being, one hundred wooden cards, twenty gold cards, and five jade cards."

As the steward of the Ye Mansion and the confidant of the old man, he naturally heard that the old man seems to have completely handed over Zuixiao Tower to the young master.Obviously these things will be used in restaurants by then.But this is not the opening of a new store, what are you doing with so many lanterns.There are also these different cards, vaguely, he seems to understand something, but he feels that he doesn't understand.

Although I don't know what the young master does with these things, but even the master doesn't care, Liu Kui didn't ask much.

Ye Tong did not check it, but signaled Xiaochan to take it, and said with a smile: "Well, I'm going to trouble Uncle Liu today."

"The young master is killing the old slave, as long as he can help the young master, hehe."

I heard that the young master's temperament has changed a lot, but now it seems that it is indeed the case.The former young master, don't talk so politely, if you see him without arrogance and walk away, you can be regarded as respecting the old and loving the young.

Liu Kui sighed and retreated with a group of people.

After that, he ordered Xiao Chan to deliver the small box to her room, while Ye Chu went to the living room alone.

"Haha, I'm sorry for keeping Master Li waiting for so long. Sit down, sit down." As soon as he entered the living room, Ye You smiled and apologized to the restless Master Li.

"It should be, it should be." Seeing a thin young man coming in, Master Li immediately guessed the identity of the person, so he got up quickly, with a look of panic on his face.

Although the current Ye Mansion is no better than before, in the eyes of many ordinary people, it is still a wealthy family.

"Master Li probably doesn't know what I'm looking for you to do. Hehe, don't worry, Master Li might as well take a look at these things before we talk."

Ye Chu handed over the paper in his hand, then sat on the chair, looked at Master Li whose eyes were getting brighter and shivering all over, and continued, "I know that Master Li's craftsmanship is second to none in Jinling. I think these table and chair designs on paper should be able to be made."

"Yes, Master Ye, I'm not boasting about Haikou. As long as there are blueprints, there is nothing I can't do." As soon as Ye You finished speaking, Master Li said with red eyes, almost patting his chest to ensure it.

It's no wonder that Master Li is so excited. On these drawings, there are more than a dozen designs of tables and chairs with different shapes.

On the whole, it is divided into Taishi chair and rotating lifting table.

There are no Taishi chairs in this world today, and even if there are, they are similar to some simple three-legged and four-legged stools, and sitting on them is not comfortable at all.

Looking at Master Li who hesitated to speak, Ye Chu naturally guessed what he wanted to say, so he said slowly: "Don't worry, since I'm looking for you, these blueprints will naturally be handed over to you. But..."

Seeing Lao Li's eager eyes, Ye Chu paused, and then said: "Within half a year, we cooperate, and I will charge half of the income for each finished product. After half a year, these drawings will belong to you completely, and you can dispose of them."

After listening to Ye Chu's words, Master Li froze on the spot.

There is such a good thing?Could it be that Young Master Ye is stupid... Just now, he thought that he wanted him to spend a lot of money to buy blueprints.But if that's the case, he can't afford it at all.

"No problem, just do as Young Master Ye said." After recovering from his excitement, Lao Li immediately agreed.

We talked for a while, and after Master Li ensured that [-] sets could be delivered within two days, he left happily.

Shaking his head, Ye You was also a little helpless.To put it bluntly, these things actually don’t have much technical content.With the extraordinary copycat skills of the Chinese people, other craftsmen will definitely learn it before long.Perhaps half a year later, they will be almost everywhere in Jiangnan.

Therefore, there is no need for Ye Yu to hide it, as long as he grasps the common curiosity of people after the emergence of new things during the gap period in the early market, and attracts their attention to Zuixiaolou, it will be considered a success.

"Now, leaflets, advertisements, lantern riddles, couplets, and the storyteller's new script are all ready. The only thing missing is those custom-made lanterns and a few dishes. I don't know how good these cooks were before."

Although the selected dishes are not difficult to cook, the taste of the dishes will vary widely depending on the level of the chef.

Well, I will send people to distribute leaflets across the city tomorrow morning. If it is done by the afternoon, it will be arranged in the evening, and normal business will start the day after tomorrow!
"Do you want to prepare some poems? After all, not everyone likes couplets and guessing lantern riddles. Well, forget it, it will depend on the situation. There are already many tricks for lantern riddles and couplets. It should be enough for these people to have a headache. "

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