Rebirth of the little landlady

Chapter 247 Yuan Bao's New Target
Fortunately, the time-space cloth is made of natural materials, and the techniques of dyeing and cleaning are also very limited, so the clothes, especially the high-end materials such as silk brocade, are not only easy to be damaged but also easy to fade. It can be said that the life of clothes is very short. Thinking of this, Yuan Bao breathed a sigh of relief. Maybe she is too pessimistic. The expected sales decline may not come, but stagnation will definitely appear. .

But this is not enough, Yuan Bao clenched her fists lightly, since Ni Yuze gave her the highest authority, she would check the ledger from time to time, and she would know that Ni Yuze made a thousand dollars this year without looking at the year-end summary More than 100 million taels of silver.

Yuan Bao still remembers that when she first mentioned the double-entry bookkeeping method in front of Ni Yuze, Ni Yuze once said that if she was given a 5.00% profit commission, it would be about 20 taels a month. If you look at it, you can easily find out that according to Ni Yuze's estimation, his current annual profit should reach more than 18 million taels, and his dock was presumably built based on this income.

According to this calculation, the progress of Ni Yuze's treasure ship building has not been completed since the day he started. He has been ill for the past three years, and his subordinates will naturally reduce their contribution to the treasure ship building when business is not good. After all, the most important thing is to keep the business going, especially last year, when the fleet was shut down, the shipyard did not make any other investment except to ensure that the important craftsmen did not run away, and it was basically in a state of complete shutdown. state.

That's it. In three years, the total investment in the dock has reached more than 400 million taels, but this year, Ni Yuze didn't spend a tael of silver on the treasure ship. It's not that he is not in a hurry and doesn't want to invest, but because he really has no money. The reason why the treasure ship is still barely maintained is all from the investment of Yuanbao. So far, the silver she has invested has reached more than 180 million taels.

This month, Yuan Bao received more than 18 taels of dividends last month, which is quite a lot. In the next few months, as the dealers continue to increase their stores, her income will be even more .

On the surface, the money is almost the same as what Ni Yuze promised to Yuanbao, but Yuanbao is not satisfied, because at least [-]% of it is the [-]% of the income she got from Nishang. This shows that Ni Yuze's income is growing slowly. If the status quo is maintained, in the next few years he can provide very limited investment in building treasure ships, and the main investment will still come from ingots.

Although Ni Yuze didn't express anything because of this situation, Yuan Bao could feel the pain in his heart. In the past year, Ni Yuze had hardly checked the dock's account books.

"Woo——" Yuan Bao rolled on his bed, "It seems that the profit of the fleet is really astonishing, even a wizard like me can't do it!" Yes, after such a sum of money, such a year of hard work After paying, Yuan Bao deeply felt what is called "windfall profit". Compared with the income generated by the fleet, her colorful clothes are really nothing!
"No!" Yuan Bao jumped up from the bed, "I must find a new point of profit growth, and I must get back my qualification as an imperial merchant!"

Ni Yuze came back from the lunch, as usual, as soon as his car arrived at the gate of the mansion, the servants reported, "Miss is in Zeyuan." So he drove forward, and he jumped out of the car until the gate of Zeyuan's courtyard, and the cloak was also worn. Don't wear it anymore, walk in quickly.

When the maids saw him coming back, they didn't know anything, they just saluted and said, "Miss is in the main hall."

"Yeah." Ni Yuze nodded, with a faint smile on his face, and a slight blush on his face. He looked very energetic. He drank three glasses of light wine today and was slightly drunk. Since Dr. Zhao four months ago After he was allowed to resume martial arts, his body became healthier, and this little wine would not affect his health at all.

Yuan Bao stood in front of the huge "national beauty and heavenly fragrance" screen in his main hall, staring blankly, motionless, with obsession in his eyes.

Seeing it for the first time, Yuan Bao felt its extraordinary, but she didn't have the chance to watch it carefully at that time. Later, when she moved to the Hou Mansion, she found it was not brought with her. She was very sorry, so she asked Ni Yuze about it, and Ni Yuze saw that she liked it. , simply moved to her main hall.

"Hey——" A chuckle came from behind Yuan Bao, and Ni Yuze said, "No matter how good the thing is, I'll get tired of watching it for almost ten months. I don't want to change it for the new year." The decorations in the room , Furnishings, the exquisite people change it every season, the worst thing is, it should be changed once a year.

Yuan Bao didn't look back, but just asked, "Having such skills in Kesi weaving, does it mean that you should definitely be selected as Huangshang?"

"Kesi" is also called "kesi" or "kesi". According to the historical knowledge mastered by Yuanbao in his previous life, it seems to have appeared in the Song Dynasty, and reached its peak in the Qing Dynasty and produced the highest level.

Kesi adopts the method of "passing the warp and breaking the weft", that is, the longitudinal warp threads of the cloth are connected root by root, but the horizontal weft threads are constantly changing in color and length due to the needs of the pattern. Directly weave complex and unimaginably gorgeous patterns, replacing embroidery with weaving.

The patterns of Kesi are displayed with the thinnest filaments of only a few tenths of a millimeter, which are thinner than human hair. It can be seen how delicate the patterns are. Once embodied, how could it not be lifelike?

The surface of Kesi products is smooth, and the joints are difficult to see. The gaps produced are cleverly used, which has become its biggest feature and is also the origin of its name. Its colors are bright and rich. Thousands of gradual colors may appear on an area the size of a square scarf. , In the absence of modern printing and dyeing technology, it looks amazing.

Kesi is known as the "sage of weaving" and represents the highest level of cloth manufacturing. Because weaving is not easy, there is also a saying that "one inch of Kesi equals one inch of gold". Silk face handbags, even if they are of average quality, can sell for nearly 10 yuan. It is not uncommon for a cheongsam with only part of the pattern to sell for several [-] yuan. It is normal to pay high prices of several million, tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of yuan, and the value of treasures is even more difficult to estimate.

It is said that in ancient times, an emperor ordered the prohibition of excessive weaving because Kesi was too extravagant. It can only be used on special occasions, and it has been selected for royal use many times.In addition, it has been mentioned in historical records and a large number of literary and artistic works. Some emperors of the Song Dynasty wrote poems specially for it. "Dream of Red Mansions" also mentioned Jia Baoyu's peacock fur and Wang Xifeng's azurite carved silk eight-group Tianma skin coat... …

Yuan Bao was once obsessed with it, and consulted a lot of related text, pictures and video materials on the Internet. However, until her death in her previous life, she had never seen a real piece of silk tapestry with her own eyes—that kind of consumption level is really far away from her. up.

Now that she has the opportunity to own a Kesi screen like "Tianxiang Guose", how could she not put it down?

Moreover, "Heavenly Fragrance and National Beauty" is different.The Kesi weaving method it adopts is called "Through Kesi" or "Double-sided Kesi". Simply put, no matter which side of the work you look at, the pattern is exactly the same. In fact, I was afraid that it would be reversed when it was placed, and it would cause a joke.Such skills are rare even in Kesi.

Yuan Bao once tested the price of this screen with supernatural powers, and it reached more than 3 taels of silver, which is more than [-] taels of gold, far exceeding the legendary "one inch of silk, one inch of gold", which shows its preciousness.

Ni Yuze turned around and sat on the grand teacher's chair, and replied flatly, "This kind of thing has won before, but our family's imperial business is all in the emperor's whim." There is no more grievances and complaints, just stating the facts.

Yuan Bao's figure froze, that is to say, besides the Ni Mansion, there are other people with the same skills. This is indeed a good thing for art inheritance, but it is really not good news for the competition for the qualification of the imperial merchant.

How to do it?Can she let the Ni Mansion use the top-level skill of Kesi to regain the qualification of the imperial merchant?Can her idea work, and will it achieve the effect she expected?
No matter what, I have to give it a try, Yuan Bao thought.

Yuan Bao turned around and walked towards Ni Yuze, "There is always a way to convince others. This emperor merchant, I am determined!" Only in this way can the fleet go to sea. Just think about the huge amount of money the fleet earned from going to sea, Yuan Bao feels Her whole body was full of fighting spirit, and she didn't dare to imagine how much the progress of building treasure ships would be delayed if the fleet was suspended for ten years in a row.

Ni Yuze looked at Yuan Bao and asked, "What's the matter? I don't want to be your designer anymore, but plan to become a weaver instead? Kesi is not so easy to weave."

Yuan Bao said, "Who said designers can only design clothes? Didn't I also design a lot of patterns?" In order to reduce the pressure on fabric supply for a certain period of time, Yuan Bao thought of a way to add embroidery to clothes appropriately. It prolongs the production cycle and increases the added value. Even if the sales volume of neon clothes declines, the profit will continue to grow.

Later, the pressure of cloth inventory completely disappeared, and Yuanbao simply combined embroidery and decoration, which made the design methods richer and more flexible, and produced a large number of excellent works, and the market acceptance was better than that of decoration alone, which brought a new round of hot sale.

"Then I can also design Kesi!" Yuan Bao walked up to Ni Yuze, frowned and asked, "Why are you still drinking?"

Ni Yuze stretched out his long arms, pulled Yuan Bao into his arms, buried his face in Yuan Bao's neck and said, "Happy!" Then before Yuan Bao came to push him, he let go of Yuan Bao first, looked at Yuan Bao's angry expression, and smiled Like a cat that has succeeded in stealing.

Yuan Bao can't really annoy him because of such a trivial matter. Besides, such a naughty and childish Ni Yuze is very rare, so he had to tell the servant girl, "Don't go get those soups." Ni Yuze's daily drink is still medicinal soup. , "It's bad if you collide with alcohol, just make a pot of hot tea." He gave Ni Yuze a hard look, how could this person be so indifferent?
Ni Yuze smiled apologetically. On a whim, he forgot that there were servants around him, but it was not a big deal. He waved and said, "No, I'll just drink this. You all go down!" Picking up the warm teapot on the ingot table, poured a bowl for myself and drank it all in one gulp, well, it is moderately hot and cold, very quenching thirst,
Yuan Bao's daily drink is boiled water, which was her habit in her previous life. However, the water she drinks now is different. It is no longer boiled tap water, but natural spring water. Not only does it taste pure and sweet, but it is also very nutritious Value, of course, the price is also expensive, and if it weren't for Ni Yuze's identity, he might not be able to drink it if he had money. It is a real "exclusive offer"!
Yuan Bao felt that drinking this kind of water was better than drinking tea, so he didn't stop Ni Yuze's behavior, but continued to complain, "I heard you coughing yesterday, why didn't you even put on any clothes when you got out of the car? It's freezing cold, It is the easiest to catch a cold, especially after drinking..." Although he felt that it was a bit dangerous to be close to Ni Yuze, he still stretched out his hand uneasy, felt the temperature on his forehead, and felt a slight chill, so he was relieved. Sat across the table.

Ni Yuze listened patiently to Yuan Bao's nagging, and did not make any other movements when she touched his forehead, but narrowed his eyes comfortably, until he felt that what Yuan Bao had said was almost done, and then changed the subject quietly, "I want to design Kesi, that is a test of painting skills!"

Many Kesi screens and decorative Kesi paintings imitate the calligraphy and painting works of famous contemporary masters. If it is a new pattern on the Kesi fabric for wearing, it is better to give it to Nishang directly. You know, the weaving of Kesi The time is too long, which has completely suppressed the sales volume. In terms of the design value of new patterns alone, ready-to-wear brands like Nishang can better create the economic benefits they deserve.

After Yuan Bao heard this, his face fell down immediately, and even his shoulders drooped. Nuonuo said, "I know." Otherwise, why didn't she even dare to tell Ni Yuze what she thought?
Yuan Bao spent just over a year studying painting in this time and space. If it wasn't for her talent and hard work because of her sincere love, her paintings might not be seen by people until now.

Even so, in the process of designing products for Nishang this time, Yuan Bao also suffered a lot due to the limitations of her painting skills. When using a lot of decorations on clothing, it is good to say that she can opportunistically paint directly on wooden models. It's finished, but it won't work until you use a new pattern, you have to draw it!

You can't embroider without patterns, and if the drawing is not good enough, the embroidering is naturally not good enough. Yuan Bao is very troubled by this, otherwise, how could Li Nan's arrival make her so excited? !
But after a while, Yuan Bao discovered that Li Nan's painting skills could not meet her requirements, and it was not until Ni Yuze took action that he solved the problem, which made Yuan Bao feel ashamed!
Ni Yuze couldn't see Yuan Bao's stricken look, and persuaded, "It's okay, at worst, I'll help you modify the design all the time."

It is very troublesome to modify the design drawing. It is necessary to communicate with the designer. When seeing the preliminary drawing, it is necessary to fully understand the design concept and not be limited by it. Drawing a new one can convey the designer more vividly than it does. In terms of the pattern of inner thoughts, Ni Yuze drew a pattern more than [-] times at the most, and spent a lot of time communicating with Yuanbao during this period. However, the tacit understanding between the two was established in this way.

Yuan Bao looked up at Ni Yuze, and said lightly, "No need, you can hire a gentleman for me. I always have to learn to draw by myself. This is a basic skill that a designer must have."

Ni Yuze raised his eyebrows, is he being rejected? !Actually, Ni Yuze guessed right.The pattern Yuan Bao is going to design this time is not an ordinary pattern, not to mention that Ni Yuze can't draw it at all, even she herself can't describe it in words.

Ni Yuze saw Yuan Bao's thoughts, but he didn't point it out. He just said softly, "I thought about it at first, but now I'll be free now, so you can take a good rest."

So far, the various clothing styles of Nishang have reached more than 450 styles, and the number is still increasing, which can be said to be quite amazing. Among them, more than [-] styles are independently designed by Yuanbao.

It takes a certain period of time for the clothing itself to go from production, stocking, mass production, and popularity to falling into clichés and being rejected by people. Except at the beginning of the business, it is not the wisest way to launch a large number of new models all at once.

The new styles owned by Yuanbao studio are enough to last three to five years for neon clothes, so Yuanbao can enter a state of idleness in the future, as long as he occasionally designs new styles.

And this kind of living condition is exactly what Ni Yuze expects Yuanbao to have. The little Yuanbao works so hard every day, which really makes him feel very heartbroken. It hurts unbearably.

Yuan Bao replied, "Yes, because of this, I want to use this spare time to do what I like to do, such as learning painting," and asked Ni Yuze, "Do you need my help?"

Ni Yuze thought for a while, and Yuan Bao was right. As a lady, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are necessary skills, but as long as one of them can be mastered, it is enough. The rest is just to understand. Now it seems that Yuan Bao is outstanding This one is naturally painted, and it is rare that she is so obsessed with it, which is indeed a good thing.

The essential skills of ladies also include female celebrity and housekeeper, and there is no need to learn female celebrity ingots, so Ni Yuze said, "It's a little bit, can you help me with housekeeping? It's the Hou's mansion." Thinking about this idea It's nothing to Yuan Bao, but it's just to let her intervene in advance to get familiar with the situation and adapt to her identity.

Sure enough, Yuan Bao immediately nodded in response. She only thought that there was only one master like Ni Yuze in the Hou Mansion. She is guiding her step by step to the position of the main wife.

(End of this chapter)