Through the Ring of Red Mansions

Besides, Jia Huan has suspended his post in the court this time, so naturally no one in Jia's mansion dares to belittle him anymore, even Jia Lian, Sister Feng and his wife became friendly, and the maids who regularly dress and serve each other are compared with Baoyu. case-by-case arrangement.

Aunt Zhao got a Tanhua son. Although she was more arrogant, she also obeyed Jia Huan's words, so Jia Huan said that she should just live her own life and accompany Jia Zheng at ordinary times. What's wrong with the rest? Just tell yourself, besides, Aunt Zhao has become the biological mother of Tan Hualang at this time, and Mrs. Wang can't let her set the rules in front of her again. Aunt Zhao has a gentle heart, but there are fewer troubles.

Jia Huan was free, and finally had the preliminary ability to carry out the plan he had planned for a long time since passing through, so he took his uncle Yang Xiong, who had been with him for more than half a year, and his little uncle Zhao Guoji, to take the two years With the money he saved from his own house, and some money from Aunt Zhao, he set up a small shop in an inconspicuous place in the city, and hung up the signboard of the "Jinxiu Pavilion" fragrance store to "test the water".

The first thing Jia Huan used to "test the water" was aromatherapy soap, shampoo balm, body wash, skin care oil and lip balm, etc. Although there is no industrial equipment, it is not impossible to make these with natural materials and some additives. Come out, especially since the founding of Daqing for nearly a hundred years, the country is stable and the people live in peace, so they have gradually developed the habit of folk luxury, and the consumer market for women is a huge cake no matter what age.

At that time, Jia Huan had already prepared a detailed plan, so the fragrance store opened by his brother Yang Xiong had clear signboards, trademarks, product packaging and positioning from the beginning.

All the industries are planned to be named after "Splendid Pavilion". The market positioning is to take the high-end route. He is not afraid of selling too little, but he is afraid of selling cheaply. Therefore, Yang Xiong was frowning at the beginning. Who would have thought that he would make more than 200 yuan at the end of the month? The taels of silver were more than twice the capital that Jia Huan had put out.

No wonder he was surprised. A round piece of scented rose scented soap wrapped in light pink soft paper, with the mark "Splendid Pavilion" on the bottom of the wrapping paper, and two finger-wide gauze silk on the top, which looks like a flower. The cost is only about [-] yuan, and the selling price is only one tael of silver. Yang Xiong heard from the store clerk that he was embarrassed to talk to the customers when the store just opened.

Unexpectedly, I sell a little bit here and there every day. Seeing that there are not many customers in the store, but the profit is too big. At the time of inventory at the end of the month, a total of 34 scented soaps, 25 bottles of shampoo, and 41 sticks were sold. Crystal lip gloss also has bits and pieces of body wash, rouge, etc. This is because the store has just opened and is not well-known.

Later, the turnover doubled for several months, and Yang Xiong gradually learned not to be surprised. He just stepped up to find more workers to work in the workshop on Zhuangzi, but the outskirts of the capital city became a small Zhuangzi workshop. It was borrowed from Zhao's family, Jia Huan's aunt Zhao's mother's family, and there was no land fee.

The recipes are all in the hands of experienced perfumers who are specially invited. At this time, people value reputation and recipes more than their own lives. Besides, most of them are all in the workshop of "Splendid Pavilion". The food is delicious, and it is not easy for others to poach corners.

The production line is an assembly line, so even if someone steals a little bit, they can't make something exactly like the "Splendid Pavilion".

In just half a year, "Splendid Pavilion" has opened two main stores in the capital, both of which are extremely spacious and decorated luxuriously. In the words of later generations, they look like places for high-end consumption, and the people who enter and exit are all well-dressed. Ladies and gentlemen, there is a private room in the store for female customers to choose goods, and some tea and fruit are provided for free, and the decoration is very ironic.

At the same time when Jia Huan launched the first property of "Jinxiu Pavilion", he also urged the Zhao family to send people far outside the pass to buy two Zhuangzi. Rice from outside the customs, and fur from mountain products outside the customs.

Jia Huan is now Aunt Zhao's lifeblood, and not all of the Zhao family's money was earned by Jia Huan, and the son got married too early, so the old couple of the Zhao family sent people to buy two farms outside the customs. Huan then took advantage of this line to place a person in the hands of someone who was in charge of watching Zhuangzi outside the pass, and specially collected the leather from outside the pass to transport back to the capital.

Seeing that the "Jinxiu Pavilion" fragrant goods store was on the right track of a virtuous cycle, Jia Huan replaced Yang Xiong's errand with his own little uncle, Zhao Guoji, and sent him to the shores of Taihu Lake and the Zhoushan Islands at the end of the Yangtze River. , received two pearl fields.

Earlier, when Yang Xiong saw that the business of the fragrance store had finally developed, he was secretly happy when he was suddenly replaced by Jia Huan. Shocked and speechless.

Pearls have been an extremely precious luxury since ancient times. If one day it is possible to artificially "plant" pearls, it will be a manifestation of gods and Buddhas in the sky.

Jia Huan took the opportunity to persuade, "Brother Yang is my nanny, how can I not do it for you, but this matter needs to be done with extreme secrecy, if I don't leave it to you, who can I leave it to? I don't say that Zhao Guoji and Brother Yang are close to me and who is not close to me. Brother Yang, just rest assured that I will be an official in the future. No matter how many of these shops open in the future, I still hope that Brother Yang will help me Be at the helm."

Since Yang Xiong has been with Jia Huan for the past two years, he already knows that the third master Huan is actually very smart, but he is also very good-looking. In the past, the mansion said that the second master Baoyubao, how precious, he and the others A group of little brothers felt that even Jia Huan's little finger could not compare to it. Seeing that this child is only eleven or twelve years old, and he has started to plan such a big business, Yang Xiong felt very lucky and secretly determined No matter which step the young master takes, he will always protect and follow.

Thinking about it from this, I lost everything I was worried about, and I took my two confidant brothers to the bead field for two months, and came back tanned and thin.In addition, Jia Huan also sent people to follow the fleet out to sea to pick up some Nanyang colored pearl oysters that specialize in gold, pink and purple pearls from Java and other places. As for the famous Tahitian dark green pearls, at this time even There is no shadow in Oceania, and naturally there is no Tahiti Island.

What Jia Huan and Yang Xiong decided at the beginning was to use very small pearls as foundation and put them in pearl oysters to grow pearls, so that after the artificial pearls grow, the pearls covered on the outside are extremely thick, and it is not easy for people to see the clues. , It saves the need to promote the concept of artificial pearls, and the produced pearls will not drop in price.

It’s just that the harvest of pearls cannot be obtained every year or two. Jia Huan’s idea of ​​using pearls to match the “Splendid Pavilion” clothing store at the beginning is unlikely to make as much profit as the Xianghuo store. After all, in the pearl market now The pearls produced are all genuine natural pearls, which are expensive.

Just when the "Jinxiuge" fragrance store opened its branch in Suzhou and Hangzhou, the "Jinxiuge" clothing store also opened in the capital. The Qing Dynasty did not have the experience of shaving hair and changing clothes in the Qing Dynasty, and the clothes were still worn by generations. Jia Huan just ordered the garment masters to modify the layered and gorgeous Hanfu, adding decorations such as pearls, broken crystals, and small gems and agates, and some even added fur and fur mix-match effects, and then sold them at sky-high prices. go.

The fur brought back from outside the customs, in addition to matching clothes, Jia Huan also drew pictures for people to make gloves with split fingers, leather boots, men's and women's styles in various styles, and leather handbags for women shopping, plus There are also a variety of handmade products. After they are completed, they are all marked with the "Splendid Pavilion" in an inconspicuous place.

This kind of thing is basically started by him, and those garment masters will be greatly inspired and start to use their imagination, so the clothing store of "Splendid Pavilion" later became a place for training fashion designers , these are things for later.

In addition, Jia Huan also taught Yang Xiong and others to learn the Arabic numerals 0-9 first, and then taught them some simple addition and subtraction according to the order of children's enlightenment, and then slowly added multiplication and division. Children also learn quickly, not to mention young people who keep their books and accounts all day long.

In order to facilitate writing, Jia Huan also made a quill pen. He washed the selected goose feather with a thick tube, dried it, filtered the grease in the tube, and wrote with ink at ordinary times, which was much faster than learning to write with a brush.

Chinese brush calligraphy is an art. It is beautiful to write, but learning or writing is not as efficient as the pen and pencil of later generations. Therefore, Yang Xiong and others just try to keep a record, and learn to write with a quill pen. I didn't think it was too difficult, and I got started very quickly.

The paper used for writing with a quill pen is not as exquisite as the paper used for writing with a calligraphy brush. On the contrary, the thicker the paper, the less ink smearing, and the characters can be written very small, and it is easy to see clearly.

Jia Huan understood that if he wanted to build a big business empire, he had to lay a solid foundation first, so after doing these things, he stopped trying to figure out new things, but sent people to the Nanyang area to buy some that were still there. The seeds of high-quality cotton, rice, and sweet potatoes that have not been spread to China are used to grow these things that the common people cannot accept with the farmland that the emperor rewarded him after he became a Tanhualang.

Yang Xiong, Zhao Guoji, and another distant nephew of Aunt Zhao's family named Zhao Wu took full charge of the shop outside. People with "rich eyes" pay dividends. In addition, they want to find a way to help Jia's family and prevent people from Jia's family from getting involved in the "Splendid Pavilion". Therefore, Jia Zheng and Aunt Zhao don't know much about it. These things he tossed about outside.

Seeing that "Splendid Pavilion" is becoming more and more famous, Jia Huan sees that Sister Feng, Baochai, etc. are gradually using the goods from the "Splendid Pavilion" fragrance shop. Best of all, he felt more and more that time was pressing, and he had to find a suitable way out before the people in Jia's mansion noticed it. After thinking about it, he didn't make a final decision, but he didn't want a ready-made opportunity, so he found it in front of his door.