The salted fish couple is fleeing famine

Chapter 149 Jigsaw Puzzle
The other group of four who accompanied them watched with their own eyes. Yuan Wenjie and Yuan Wenwu drew the comic strips. In the past, what they got was sold in bookstores.

Only after close observation can I know that the production process of a book is both difficult and difficult (the main thing is to have content), and simple and easy (there are only a few words on a page, all supported by pictures).

But when everyone heard it, the money the brothers earned from the first three books made their eyes green. Even the crown prince didn't have so much cash in hand!
Cai Hanwen's expression was the most exaggerated. He was the poorest of them all, and his eyes were red with envy: "You guys actually made so much money? Me, can I write too?"

The Cai family is famous for its cleanliness. All the valuables in the house are calligraphy and paintings, and they are not allowed to sell. His monthly money is only 5 taels of silver. He dares to say that this brother of the Yuan family has more savings than his father!
Qin Ke scratched his head, he was given by the palace for food and drink, 50 taels a month, he didn't have any expenses, and when he was out of the palace, he just went to Yuan's mansion to buy some snacks for his younger brothers.

Gao Qianli and Gao Wanli are not short of money, but not as many as these two big households, so everyone is staring at Yuan Wenjie and Yuan Wenwu, eager to get some inspiration and make some money!
Boys in their teens can appreciate the beauty of having money in their hands.

Yuan Wenwu smiled, as if he had already prepared, he took out several flat square wooden boxes and opened them for everyone to see.

"Isn't this a jigsaw puzzle for Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu?"

"That's right, we can all play with this complicated one all morning!"

"Then tell me, if we make more of these puzzles and put them in bookstores, will they sell well?"

Yuan Wenjie also took over what his younger brother said:
"We can use the first three volumes and this volume to pick some good-looking pictures and use them as the prototype of the puzzle. We can also take out the two dogs separately and change them into clothes of different colors and shapes. The children are playing hard."

"Well, my mother said that this is the peripheral product of the comic book. Those who are willing to buy our comic book should also be willing to buy this puzzle!"

"Why do you have such brains? Fifth brother, sixth brother, just say, how much money do you need to invest? Fourth brother, I don't matter, all my money will be given to you!"

Qin Ke doesn't understand business, but he understands investment. This puzzle is interesting to watch, and he has meat to eat with his younger brothers.

Gao Qianli and Gao Wanli looked at each other, ready to move, but still reserved:

"This, isn't it good? You drew the comic strips, and Uncle Zhongqin made the puzzles. Aren't we taking advantage of your family?"

Cai Hanwen nodded. Originally, he wanted to make up stories and make comic strips by himself, but right now, this puzzle seems to be better. However, this is really taking advantage of others, and his family's upbringing does not allow him to act like this.

Yuan Wenjie said: "Let's call His Highness the Crown Prince again. We can make up how much money we can make. This business, to put it bluntly, can make a quick buck. Believe it or not, as long as this jigsaw puzzle is on the market, it will be profitable. Within a few days There are many similar ones coming up."

"Yes, after all, our brothers have limited financial resources and manpower, and my mother doesn't care about us. If you don't participate in this puzzle business, we can't do it!"

The words have already reached this point, the rest of the people can only accept the good intentions, Xia Yan heard this, and became interested.

"Have you all made up your mind?"

Several people nodded, and he thought for a while: "Let's do this, Yuan Wenjie and Yuan Wenwu count technology as shares in the idea and selection, and find someone to make puzzles to count as orphans. You can buy shares with money. One civil and military person gets [-]%, and the four of you each get [-]%, is that feasible?"

"Yes, no problem!" Gao Qianli and Gao Wanli said in unison.

"It's a lot!" Cai Hanwen felt ashamed, and now he even took advantage of His Highness.

"Great, I have a total of 2000 taels in deposit!"

"I only have 1000 taels!"

Cai Hanwen was the hardest, he murmured for a long time before saying, "I, I only have 500 taels!"

It was her mother who secretly slipped it to him, fearing that he would need to take care of something when he entered the palace.

"Actually, it doesn't take much at the beginning. You can pay 500 taels per person, and 2000 taels of silver is enough. The cost of these is labor, wood, and paint."

"Well, it's lonely to find people and pay for labor, you guys just pay for wood and paint!"

"Thank you Your Highness! Thank you fifth and sixth brothers" "That's great! Hahaha"

The seven-member team is all excited, this can be regarded as the first major event they have done together, and it is also related to making money, which is of great significance!

Speaking of which, the idea of ​​making jigsaw puzzles came from Uncle Zhongqin, but the craftsmanship was from old Yuantou.

Now that there are acquaintances to do things, the prince's personal eunuch, Xiao Mozi, took the letter written by Yuan Wenjie and went to Zhongqinbo's residence.

"What? Ask my apprentice to find someone to make toys with?" Old Yuan didn't expect that the wooden blocks he cut out according to his son's words, which were used for playing with his grandchildren, would now be made into toys for sale!
However, on the way to escape from famine, they made their fortunes all the way through gadgets, so they can understand that children's money is easy to make.

Then you must support the grandson's business!Old Yuan didn't eat any food, and took little Mozi to Dali Village.

Old Yuantou's two apprentices are now taking a lot of money, and they are the main force in making furniture for the courtyards in Dongcheng.

Zuo Laishun and Zuo Laicai, cousins, men in their twenties, because they learned old Yuantou's craft and earned a lot of money in Uncle Zhongqin's project, now the orders in their hands are soft.

However, when they heard that the master was in need, the two honest men immediately patted their chests and wanted to work for the master first.

Old Yuan's eyes glared: "Which told you to leave the list in your hand? This jigsaw puzzle does not require much complicated craftsmanship. You can find a dozen of them with good character and trustworthiness, and the labor and management will take them to make it!" "

Old Yuan is eager to have something to do, he doesn't want to make money, he just wants to have a job to do, he is free and happy!
"Master, a dozen people are probably not enough! It's better to find more." Xiao Mozi thought about his master's confession, this first wave, to seize the market, no matter what, they have to make [-] sets.

"Well, we don't have enough people in our village, let's find people from Zaozi Village and Hongguo Village, let's gather 50 people first!"

This job was placed in the front yard of Yuan's Mansion in Dali Village. In three days, two apprentices gathered 50 people for Lao Yuantou, bought a lot of cheap cork, and started working in full swing. .

The wooden pieces of the jigsaw puzzle only need the thickness of bamboo. Each picture is disassembled into wooden pieces ranging from ten to 100 yuan, and the size and shape of the wooden pieces are also different.

Carpenters need to make wooden blocks of different sizes and shapes according to the samples.

It is not a carpenter who makes a complete picture, they can choose different shapes, repeat it, and do assembly line work.

As long as the final finished wood block can be dug into the graphic hole of the mold shape decomposition smoothly, it is completely qualified if it passes through without gaps.

Old Yuan was too lazy to go back to the capital, so Mrs. Ma was worried and followed the old man back to Dali Village.

Cuihua arranged for her parents-in-law's old maids, maids, and servants to serve them in the village, and Ma just had to be her old lady.

Hei Wa was triumphant: "Daughter-in-law, don't tell me, the two of us have the demeanor of their father, and know how to find partners in business!"

"You have fed the food to your mouth, if they don't know how to swallow it, they are fools!"

"You are just too demanding. Think about it, what were we doing when we were ten years old?"

"Hmph, aren't you being bullied every day? You don't dare to go to school without food!"

"You, daughter-in-law, I was wrong!" The daughter-in-law is too vengeful, no good, no good!
In Xiumu this month, the prince and six companion brothers went to Dali Village. After a few days, they made [-] sets of jigsaw puzzles, and everyone expressed their satisfaction.

The running water mat operation is fast!

For the coloring work, several people planned to do some by themselves, wearing the apron specially made for them by Mrs. Zhongqin, holding small brushes, and carefully painted one by one according to the colors of the puzzle.

After the pattern content in the puzzle is decomposed, the description is more concise, and they are easy to draw.

Old Yuan looked at it from a distance, that was the prince, who actually followed the two grandsons, smearing paint with his buttocks up, Lao Huai was very relieved: his grandsons are friends with the prince!

How many people in this Manchu dynasty are as promising as his grandson?Really, this mood is so good, people will be full without eating!
"Be careful. After sawing these pieces of wood, they will be smoothed. This is for dolls to play with. Dolls have delicate hands, so don't get stabbed by wooden thorns!"

"Grandma, don't worry!"

"Old man, we are still waiting to get the wages and go back to make the mother-in-law look good, so we won't be careless!"

"Yeah, you don't know, these women are now in the noodle shop, earning more monthly money than the men, and they don't want to do housework when they go home. Let's be serious, they don't have to eat!"

"We can hope that this puzzle business will last for a long time, and this job is not difficult. Don't worry, we won't smash your signboard!"

Only then did Old Yuan nodded in satisfaction. His main job now was security checks. He had to check every piece of wood himself, so he couldn't embarrass his grandchildren.

I also participated in the part of the business I invested in. Several investors felt very fulfilled. In the end, they each picked out a few sets of puzzles that they had painted by themselves, and wanted to take them back home to give to their younger brothers and sisters.

Although at the end of the work, my neck and waist are sore, but I am tired and happy!

A few young men still have no idea about money. For 2000 taels of silver, the wood they buy can be made into millions of sets. How can this be considered a small business?
For a diligent and thrifty housekeeper like Lao Yuantou, every piece of wood can be given to you, and the arrangements are clearly arranged, so there will be no waste!
The prince also found ten craftsmen with painting skills for the workshop to do the last process.

"Two Black Dogs on the Road [-]" has already printed [-] copies, [-] in color and [-] in black and white. It will be released together after the puzzle is finished.

Qin Ke couldn't help but look forward to it: "You said, what are we going to do with the big money we made?"

Cai Hanwen was unequivocal, and said with great determination: "I want to bring all those books that I have been reluctant to buy back home!"

Yuan Wenwu felt that he had nothing to buy, and after thinking for a while, he said, "I want to save my capital, so that I won't be blinded when I encounter more profitable ways in the future!"

Yuan Wenjie obviously had an idea long ago: "I want to use it to buy a shop and collect rent as a charterer!"

"Wow, Mr. Baozu, that sounds amazing, fifth brother, take me with you!" Qin Ke felt that this sounded like the most suitable one for him, and it didn't take much brains!
Gao Qianli nodded, this is fine, but he has another idea: "It's okay to buy Zhuangzi, my family grows peppers this year, and they sold a lot of money!"

Gao Wanli made a summary: "We don't know how much we can earn in the end, we have more arrangements, and less plans!"

Prince: You are not short of money. What can you use the money you earn?Gu can still buy land and shop by himself?You have to ask your mother about it!
(End of this chapter)