super wormhole

Chapter 5 Curiosities and Treasures Pavilion

"Quiet! Don't make any noise!" Li Hao shouted loudly.As soon as these words came out, the scene was so quiet that fallen leaves could be heard.

Li Hao said: "Those who can write "Thousand Characters" stand up!"

Everyone stood still, and no one stood up.Li Hao was stunned. Although he was mentally prepared for the literacy rate in the Song Dynasty, none of them could write "Thousand Characters". The number of illiterates is too exaggerated. "

Li Hao looked at the crowd, and asked again: "The one who will plan to stand up!"

This time someone finally came out, not many, only five.

"Very good, five of you go over there first, and I'll see your plans later." Li Hao passed the screening and recruited twenty articulate guys, among whom the quickest planners would be the cashiers.

Some of these long-term workers came to the city from the countryside to look for jobs. Li Hao let them live in the servants' rooms of Li's mansion. Ruoda's house was finally full of people.

Next, Li Hao rented a spacious shop through Cui Ji Ya, and found a housekeeper. [

The housekeeper is more important to Li Hao, because he has to return to live in the main world from time to time, and the affairs of the Northern Song Dynasty world must be taken care of by the housekeeper.Li Hao was dissatisfied with the "interview" of several housekeepers, and finally Cui Jiya accepted a housekeeper Ding.

The butler Ding was named Ding Fu, and he was nearly half a century old. Most of his hair and beard were white, but his eyes were still piercing.He used to be a housekeeper in an official family. He was able to read and write, was familiar with the world and the etiquette of the big family in the Northern Song Dynasty, and had a certain management ability.

Li Hao hired Ding Fu, offered a high salary of 6 yuan a month, and promised that there would be a "year-end bonus" before the Chinese New Year.As for the year-end bonus, it depends on Butler Ding's performance.

Li Hao conducted intensive training for the guys in the store. Since they were selling modern small commodities, the guys didn't know much about it, so "pre-job training" was necessary.

The shop assistants were divided into two groups, and three shifts would be implemented in the future.

After the guys clarified their working hours, they felt that the boss who had returned from overseas was really nice. They were divided into shifts, and the working hours for each person were not long, and it did not affect the eating and resting. On the contrary, they received more wages than others.In contrast, the guys cherish the job.

However, Li Hao felt that the workers in the Song Dynasty were really useful. They had a sense of superiority and inferiority, and they obeyed the orders of their employers. In the 21st century, how can you find such hardworking workers? The workers in the main world are better than each other, and the boss will be fired if he is not careful.In this world, it is still not easy to find a stable job, and the employees cherish it very much.

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Four days later, a new store opened on the busiest street in Quanzhou.

The entrance of the new store is very large, and there is a large plaque directly above it that reads "Qizhen Treasure Pavilion" in five flamboyant characters.A red silk ribbon tied with flowers is hung on the plaque, and the two ends of the red silk hang down from both sides of the large plaque, fluttering in the wind.

"Dong dong dong", amidst the rhythmic drumming, two dancing lions are shaking their heads and tails.Pedestrians stopped to watch and pointed at the two dancing lions. A group of children walked in and out of the crowd, looking at the lion heads excitedly.

Lion dance has a long history and became popular in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, especially in the Song Dynasty.However, lion dances are mainly held during the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival or temple fairs, and there is no habit of lion dances in openings. This trick immediately attracted several pedestrians.There was a lack of entertainment in ancient life, and lion dance was very attractive to them.

Li Hao and the housekeeper Ding Fu also stood aside and watched.Ding Fu sighed: "Young master, how did you come up with the way to open the lion dance? This trick is really powerful, and it immediately attracted a large number of passers-by. The store is very busy on the first day, which is a good sign." The ancients were very particular about business. It is an omen, and lion dance also has festive and auspicious meanings.

Ding Fu admired this young master very much, why couldn't he think of this?

Li Hao secretly laughed in his heart, the lion dance was just a routine when opening a business, unexpectedly, in the eyes of Ding Fu, it was actually a moderate innovation.Aborigines are aborigines, 800 years of civilization have accumulated, and the differences between the two sides are too great. [

The sound of firecrackers sounded, and the store officially opened for business.The onlookers swarmed into the store, they were full of curiosity about the store.

At this time, a young scholar walked by with a book boy, looking at the five big characters "Qizhen and Yibao Pavilion" on the plaque, he frowned and said: "The owner of this shop speaks loudly, Qizhen and Yibao Pavilion, who dares to say that he is Every item sold is a rare treasure?"

But there were bursts of exclamation in the store from time to time, and people were admiring from time to time, it seemed that the goods inside were really not simple.

The bookboy asked curiously: "Let's go in and see what rare treasures it is, shall we?".

The scholar was also aroused with curiosity, he nodded and said: "Okay, if it's an ordinary thing, let's smash his signboard." Saying that, he entered the shop with the book boy.

Li Hao just heard what the scholar said, he smiled and said to Ding Fu: "You actually want to smash my signboard, let's go, let's follow him in and see how the scholar reacts when he sees overseas treasures."

Ding Fu smiled and said, "Master, all the treasures you brought back from overseas are rare treasures. The name of this store is the most appropriate, and the name of the Pavilion of Rare Treasures is well-deserved."

The scholar and the book boy walked into the Pavilion of Rare Treasures, and there were already crowds of people inside.However, the owner of the Pavilion of Rare Treasures seemed to have anticipated this situation, and reserved a lot of space, and the counters were far apart.

The scholar's name is Mo Fan, he is a well-known talent in Quanzhou City, and his father is one of the best businessmen in Quanzhou City.

When Mo Fan came to the first counter, he saw a clerk holding a round object in both hands: "Everyone, this is a secret crystal mirror, priced at 50 guan."

Mo Fan was startled and said, "A mirror sells for 50 guan, it's a money grab. Could it be that your mirror is not made of copper, but gold?"

The guy smiled and said: "The mirrors in this store are really not made of copper, they are completely different from the commonly used copper mirrors, otherwise I wouldn't dare to sell them at such a high price."

The book boy squeezed over and shouted, "Let me see, let me see."

The guy held the mirror in both hands and asked the book boy to look at it, and the book boy yelled, "Ah!"

Mo Fan shouted: "Reading to nourish one's spirit, one should be calm when encountering problems, and yell at every turn, what's the proper way?"

The book boy pointed at the mirror and stammered, "That mirror, that mirror..."

The store clerk held the mirror and asked Mo Fan to take a look at it, and Mo Fan exclaimed: "Ah!" The cry was louder than the book boy, and he had long forgotten what he taught the book boy. "This mirror is amazing. I don't know what it is made of. How can it illuminate people so clearly?"

"This is a secret treasure of our store. Only the boss knows, and the villain doesn't know what it is made of." Of course, the guy couldn't answer.

Mo Fan looked at it for a while: "I'll buy it."

The book boy was surprised and said: "This is 50 guan."

Mo Fan said: "It will be my sister's birthday soon, and I am worried about not having any presents. This crystal mirror is good. It is far more popular with my sister than jewelry."

The book boy took out a stack of banknotes and paid, and the guy said to Mo Fan: "This mirror is similar to the most expensive porcelain, and it is a very fragile and fragile treasure. You must be careful at ordinary times. If it breaks, the store will not accept it." compensation."

After the book boy paid the money and came back, the waiter wrapped the mirror in silk and handed it to the book boy carefully, telling him to handle it with care.The book boy held it tremblingly, for fear that if he was not careful, the 50 pennies would turn into running water.

Mo Fan went to another counter, only to hear a clerk chatting endlessly: "This is a rare treasure of our store, called a magnifying glass. Why is it called a magnifying glass? Because when you look at things through this, they look many times larger than they actually are. Even tiny things can be seen clearly."

The onlookers spoke one after another: "I don't believe it, how can there be such a miraculous thing."

"What are you kidding, you can make things bigger? That's unheard of."

"I bet it's not true. If I lost, I'd eat that thing."

"You have a good idea. If it is true, then the stuff is worth 20 coins. Are you willing to eat something worth 20 coins?"

The clerk asked a customer to look through the magnifying glass, and the customer was dumbfounded: "My God, it's true, the fingers look as thick as the arms."

Mo Fan had long since lost the gentleness of a scholar, he squeezed to the front and shouted: "Let me have a look, let me have a look."

The guy put a hair on the counter, held a magnifying glass a few inches above the hair, and motioned for Mo Fan to look at it.Mo Fan took a closer look and said in surprise: "Is this still hair? It's as thick as wool!"

The guy smiled and said, "How about it, buy one, even the tiniest things can be seen clearly."

Mo Fan just bought a mirror for 50 guan. Although he also likes this magnifying glass, he dare not buy it right away.His family is very rich, but it is inevitable that his father will scold him for spending so much money.

At this time, the guy faced the crowd, and suddenly brought the magnifying glass a few inches in front of his eyes.When everyone saw a huge eye, they couldn't help but exclaimed, and some people backed away a few steps in fright.

The guy laughed and said with joy, "In addition to magnifying things, this magnifying glass can also gather sunlight into a point and ignite paper and leaves. The number of magnifying glasses is limited. If you want to buy it, you must buy it as soon as possible."

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