mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 135 Opening a store, but not selling it
If there is no shortage of jobs in Lugang Town, the workers will not waste their jobs and delay the construction period.

Anyway, they were busy before the snow fell.

The construction progress of Lugang Township is fast. It may not be a big place, and there are not as many people as the state capital, but everyone Edward Shawan can see is in a hurry.

He walked on a paved stone road and sighed: "Zhao, Lugang Town is the most prosperous place except the concessions in the three eastern provinces. Zhao, don't you have any words?"

Seeing that this person was considered sincere, Zhao Chuanxin told him his real name.

He felt that this foreign devil could definitely be proud of getting his real name when they met for the first time.

Words, he did not.Everyone now has a brand name, and this has been the case since the development of the Republic of China.

"I don't have words. I don't have words. I have no words. I have no words. I have no words. I have no words. I have no words. I have no words. I have no words. I have no words. I have no words. I have no words. If you have something to report, you can save it for you in this land in the northeast." some trouble."

Edward Shawan couldn't laugh or cry: "Zhao, are you a hero of the green forest?"

The words "Green Forest Hero" came out of this foreign devil's mouth, which was very awkward.

"That's not the case." Zhao Chuanxin said: "The people love me, the green forest gives me face, the government flatters me, and foreigners are afraid of me. I am not a certain group. I am invincible in all groups. Hey, invincible, really loneliness!"

A member of the insurance team passing by said to his companion: "Fuck, you're pretending to pass the salary again."

When he came to a shop, Edward Shawan looked up.

The five characters of "Lugang Boutique" are engraved on the thick solid wood plaque.

The plaques of other people's houses are engraved in Yin, only his family's plaques are engraved in Yang...

The front of the store is floor-to-ceiling windows, and the glass separated by small grids occupies the entire protruding wall.

Through the glass, you can see a brand-new bicycle clinging to the glass wall, next to a French Hotchkiss heavy machine gun, and next to the heavy machine gun is a house model made of bullet casings.

In broad daylight, the inside is brightly lit.

Going up the steps and stepping into it, Edward Shawan saw that in the exquisite picture frame on the wall, there was a picture made of birch bark, and the brown bear inside was lifelike.

In addition to the birch bark paintings and utensils of the Oroqen people, there are also the fish skin clothes of the Hezhen people, and the horned roe deer hats of Inner Mongolia.

In addition, there are all kinds of weapons hanging, recurve bows, horn knives, goose feather knives, long swords, Cossack cavalry knives, daggers...

In the glass showcase next to it, there are wood and walnut carvings on both sides, and rows of wine in the middle.

The upper cover is covered with a yellow cloud satin burden, and the lower part is exquisitely patterned lotus wine and chrysanthemum wine.There are also Shaoxing Nuerhong in jars, Erguotou and Shaodaozi, and ordinary sorghum wine...

The other row is full of foreign wines.

Silver dollars from various countries, various bone carvings, and some sketches and pen drawings are displayed.

Going further inside, a guy in a suit and leather shoes said to Edward Shawan with a smile on his face: "Welcome to Lugang Boutique."

The small shop opened by Zhao Chuanxin opened as quickly as possible, but he kept a low profile without setting off firecrackers, because he felt that it might become the laughing stock of Lugang Town.

Because he didn't intend to make money from this at all, and he probably wouldn't make money either.

Who are the rich people in Lugang Town?A member of the insurance team who was born in a peasant household, a wrinkled foreman like Zhu Jianye...they wouldn't spend a lot of money on things that they couldn't eat or wear.

He also didn't hire security or anything, Lugang Town is very safe, and this is Captain Zhao's shop, the words "Captain Zhao" are enough to scare Xiaoxiao.

So, there is only one hired guy in the store.

Walking inside, Edward Shawan saw the bar and a few small tables.

"Zhao, your store is an eye-opener for me. The decoration is more beautiful than the most boutique stores in France."

He didn't aim at nothing, the wooden boards on the walls here couldn't find the slightest flaw.Although it is decorated with wooden panels, the background wall is different from the ordinary wall. The background wall has ribs and three-dimensional reliefs. The ordinary wall also uses small mirrors to join half of the wall piece by piece, making the space in the room look twice as large.

Many decoration ideas are simply beyond the imagination of people in this era.

Edward Shawan continued: "Zhao, do you mind if I take a photo?"

Zhao Chuanxin stretched out his hand: "Please do it!"

The little old man is good at taking pictures.The buildings and scenery he photographed are ingenious in composition and tricky angles, which are by no means comparable to other coquettish sluts.

After taking pictures, I invited the little old man to drink a few more glasses.

Edward Shawan sighed: "It was a worthwhile trip. I never expected that in such a remote place in the Northeast, I could see this kind of shop that is both fashionable and ethnic. Zhao, do you sell anything here?"

Zhao Chuanxin frowned: "Oh? Which one?"

"For example, this sword is not bad."

"Oh, this one, this Longquan sword is not for sale."

"What about this birch bark painting?"

"Oh, this one, this one is not for sale!"

I asked several times in a row, and the answer I got was: no sale!
The shop assistant's face suddenly collapsed.

Edward Shawan was also confused: What do you mean by not selling anything when you open a store?
He asked, "Then what's for sale?"

Zhao Chuanxin got excited and pointed to a row of foreign wine and liquor: "All of these are sold, and these foreign goods are also sold. In addition, several pen drawings and sketches are sold here, as well as these bone carvings, wood carvings and core carvings..."

Those that are not for sale cannot be reproduced or he plans to keep them as souvenirs, while the ones that are sold are all those that are in stock and in abundance, or are simply painted and carved by himself, and can be mass-produced.

Of course, Edward Shawan doesn't need foreign goods.It’s like when Chinese people go abroad for performances, but they end up eating Chinese food all the way, staying in seven-day hotels, and taking crowded buses, so it’s better to take a stroll at home.

But Edward Shawan was also very interested in some gadgets that Zhao Chuanxin worked on himself.

"Huh? This "Woman Laundry by the River" is inscribed with your name? Ah, this "Spring in Lugang Town" is also inscribed by you, wow, it is all your works, you are such a talented young man ..."

Zhao Chuanxin: "Hey, sometimes I am also very distressed. It is not what I want to be rich."

The shop assistant's mouth twitched.

He admired Captain Zhao and his boss, but the words and deeds of the boss are really...unspeakable!

The money for two paintings and several bone carvings is the entire turnover of shop assistant Liu Jianyu today.

The boss said that there is a commission for selling things.

But today is the first time to sell something...

Zhao Chuanxin was very happy that his work was sold in a proper manner for the first time in this era.

He made a point of inviting his first customer to dinner.

After seeing Zhao Chuanxin's home, Edward Shawan was not so surprised.

But when he saw the cooked rice, he got a little interested.

"Zhao, this dog is very, very smart. I think there is a human soul living in its dog's body."

Cooking rice: "Wow, woof, woof..."

Zhao Chuanxin's face changed, and he said to Qianfan: "It's not a good habit to curse people!"

Edward Shawan: "..."

(End of this chapter)