The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

It was dark early in winter, and when Yun Yanhui and the three returned to Kaifeng Mansion, it was already dark.

After they entered, they heard someone behind them yelling hesitantly: "Is it Brother Yan?"

This was clearly Zhan Zhao's voice. Yun Yan turned around and said, "Guardian Zhan, are you coming back from work?"

"I am, what are you doing..." Zhan Zhao looked at Yun Yanhui's shape, a little puzzled.

Yun Yan touched the earmuffs on his head back, "It's cold, keep warm, this thing is used by many people in the northern part, and it's getting colder and colder in Kaifeng recently, so I can wear it if I want."

Zhan Zhao was speechless. Yes, it is very warm. However, Yun Yanhui's earmuffs have half knitted carrots on the left and right sides. At first glance, he thought he was passed by a carrot. It.

Yun Yan touched his earmuffs back, "Haha, are you looking at this? As expected of the guards, with such good eyesight, you can't see it when people pass by on the road. Is it interesting? I originally wanted to buy one. The one that the knife passed through, but someone bought it at a higher price."

Zhan Zhao thought, Bianjing's new gadgets are also increasing, and they are becoming more and more peculiar.

"...Well, but, are you Yutang and Mr. Gongsun next to you?" Zhan Zhao found that the two of them were standing next to Yun Yanhui, and they didn't turn around, but they were clearly seen from the back.

Yun Yan poked Gongsun Ce back.

Gongsun Ce kept his head down. He turned around and Zhan Zhao realized that although Mr. Gongsun did not wear earmuffs, he had an extra pair of gloves on his hands. Unlike the others, the five fingers of this pair of gloves were Separate, more conducive to activities.

However, the glove is not only water red, but also has two bells on it...

Zhan Zhao was dumbfounded.

But what made him more stunned was still behind, Yun Yan turned Bai Yutang back and turned around, "Also, this mask can keep warm and prevent dust. If you encounter a disease, it can also prevent infection. A few days later. You can buy it at Zhounan Qiaotou, and the patterns can be customized on-site."

Bai Yutang wears a cotton mask on his face with a plain bottom, but his nose and mouth are drawn with stick figures, a little pink tongue, and a few long beards. It looks like half of his face. Become a small animal.

Zhan Zhao: "..."

Bai Yutang: "..."

Bai Yutang couldn't bear it and took off the mask. "Don't go too far. I want to take care of the family's mood. What's the use of these fancy things? Clean earmuffs and masks are fine! That's it! Who wants to buy the pattern!"

As if to disentangle his relationship, he said a lot of words in one breath, and explained it implicitly.

Gongsun Ce raised his hand to look at his flannel gloves depressed, but he didn't take it off because he was old and thick. Ladies like it, and men like Yan Ge'er find it interesting."

Bai Yutang wanted to say no, but in fact, less than half an hour ago, he had witnessed several samples made by the mother and daughter, which were snatched by someone who accidentally saw them at a high price.

At that time, after Yun Yan said that he should come back, he began to describe to them what they wanted.

The first thing that came out was the prototype, without any decoration, but Bai Yutang tried it and it was really warm.

Then Yun Yan asked them to decorate them again and told them that they could be sold at different prices from ordinary objects.

The mother and daughter quickly knit their hands and completed several samples. Passers-by were busy heading back in the wind and snow without paying attention. However, the shop owner who hid the snow saw it and asked to buy it. It was the high price that took Yunyan away. The person with the "knife earmuffs" he asked to do, he thought Yun Yan had come back to buy something. "There are only a few sets left" for fear of not being able to buy them.

Moreover, the boss paid a deposit on the spot and asked them to make a few more sets.

When Bai Yutang saw this scene, he was a little bit inexplicably excited.

——Of course, when time goes to the present, he won't get excited anymore.

Zhan Zhao's expression is beyond words.

Although it is popular to wear flowers and powder, there is still a certain gap with this kind of dress...

And Bai Yutang deeply felt that this was all Yun Yanhui's malice. Because of the three of them, Yun Yan is the most normal.

"Actually..." Bai Yutang still wanted to explain.

"I see," Zhan Zhao said immediately, "you must have seen the poor selling these, so you bought some in order to get them to sell out earlier and go home."

Very caring and very considerate of others' moods.

Bai Yutang wanted to say again, but was interrupted by Gongsun Ce, "Although it is not, it is not far away. Originally, Yutang wanted to give them money directly, but Yan Ge'er suggested teaching them to make something to sell. That's it. You see, my gloves are very practical. The materials are not particularly good. Ge Yan suggested that they use a deposit to buy some silk floss so that they can be sold to the rich."

At this time, cotton had not yet been introduced to China, and the rich used to fill it with silk wool.

"I also said that you can go to the college to take out at that time. The students have stiff writing hands in cold weather. If they wear such finger-divided gloves, they will not only keep warm but also facilitate writing." Gongsun Ce talked about the benefits of those handmade products.

When Zhan Zhao heard this, he also agreed very much, saying that he would buy some to support it in a few days, not to mention that it was really useful.

Bai Yutang who was suffocated to death after a few words: _(:з」∠)_

...

The first batch of such things is the most profitable, because only one company can sell them, and there will be many imitations afterwards, and then they will sell cheaply. Yun Yanhui also said this to the woman surnamed Mao, asking them to make more of the first batch at home, and then sell it. Hurry up.

This will certainly attract the attention of some embroidery workshops. If you can take this opportunity to enter the embroidery workshop to do formal work, it would be great. This is the real stable source of income, and the embroiderers of Bianjing can make a lot of money.

About half a month later, Yun Yan had already watched the patrolling officials come back with gloves, and at this time, Boss Hao had an appointment, so he called Zhao Yunchu to go to Shao Se, and took a detour to see the family.

After the new product launch conference half a month ago, the backflow series of products have become popular in Beijing, and they are in a state of short supply. The scheduled orders have been scheduled two months later. Very much in the Bianjing area, some foreign businessmen are also making reservations in large numbers.

The principle of this backflow pot and backflow incense, as long as you are willing to smash it, you will definitely be able to study it in a short period of time.

However, Hao Shao Se has borrowed its reputation from the royal family and has taken an opportunity to establish its brand. So even if there is a copycat product, those who are a little bit after are still willing to order the pot and incense burner.

Today, in Hao Shao Se is actually a celebration banquet.

Not only does Boss Hao want to celebrate the success of Hao Shao Se, there is another big happy event.

Before Yun Yanhui paid the reversing pot and the reversing incense burner to the imperial front, the officials greatly admired him, and Yun Yanhui arched Shen Kuo out. The officials also knew his father, and later recruited him to the palace for examination.

A few days ago, there was a plan. First, Shen Kuo’s father, Shen Zhou, was appointed as an official in Mingzhou—a good place. The second is to ask Shen Kuo to work as a errand at the Ministry of Industry and take up the post today. He has an errand before his father.

This is very different from what Yun Yanhui remembered. Originally, Shen Kuo should have taken his father Yin as an official after his father died, but now he has become a government official who was admitted to the imperial court.

Anyway, the Shen family are very happy. Although Shen Kuo is going to stay in Bianjing, who doesn't want to stay in Bianjing?

So, it's actually double happiness.

When it was time to hand over, Zhao Yunchu came to Kaifeng Mansion to find Yun Yan back. The two went out together and inquired all the way. Because it was a rare object, he soon learned that the Mao family was studying in Taiyuan.

When I arrived near Taixue, Sure enough, Mr. Mao was setting up a stall there. There were a lot of goods on the stall. There were regular and deluxe editions. The deluxe edition gloves, earmuffs, and masks were all covered with silk. Moreover, she also provides tailor-made services.

Mao's two young daughters were "fully armed", wearing their home's merchandise, soliciting customers in front of the booth. Many people were attracted by the cold-proof items on their bodies.

It is practical and interesting, some are cute and some are funny.

There are many students in Taixue, and there are a lot of vendors in the street outside. It is very lively, so although there are the most students here, there are all kinds of people.

Mao's products are selling very quickly, and from time to time, people will order them. There is even a student sitting around, waiting for people to draw different expressions or patterns on the masks at any time. I don't know if they hired them or if they cooperated with each other.

Standing on the side of Yunyanhui and Zhao Yunchu, you can see many people who have just bought things and can't wait to put them on.

As a result, this street is full of people with various animal ears on their heads, or people who have been "brained" by various objects such as carrots, knives, swords, halberds, and even bricks.

There are also masks on half of the face that have various expressions, cats have them on their mouths, grinning with teeth, and drooling, and even the masks in the roaming government are painted with pouting kisses.

Some serious Taixue students are just wearing unfancy five-finger gloves.

Occasionally there are even "crazy students" masks that say "No. 1 in the monthly exam"...

These objects, written to protect against cold, and thought to be cute, have been unanimously welcomed by the people of Bianjing.

Modern objects are once again revived in the people of the Northern Song Dynasty, but there is no sense of disobedience, because the people of this era are so unconventional and pursue fashion in this way!

...

After a while, seeing that there was a gap in front of Mao's family, Yun Yan walked back and stood in front of the booth without speaking. Mao's family had already recognized it.

Mao Shi Yingying bowed down, "Gongong."

"Lady Mao doesn't need to be polite." Yun Yan avoided, and asked with a smile, "Is the business okay?"

Mao’s eyes were red, and he was indescribably grateful, "Well, if I don’t have your idea, I won’t be able to sell these things in a month. By the way, an embroidery workshop is looking for me, and I hope I will go to the embroidery workshop, and Put these in them and make them in large quantities."

"Then you are still here?" Yun Yan asked back.

The Mao family was embarrassed and said, "This is the skill you taught me. How dare I sell it without authorization. It's okay if I just go to work, but I have to sell these practices..."

"But, these are easy to imitate." Yun Yan laughed back, "They just added it by the way. Even if you don't go to work, they will be imitated in the future."

Yun Yan returned to dawn with emotion and reason, "It's a big deal, if you give you a ‘patent fee’, you can just give it to me."

When Mao heard this, he agreed.

She saw that Yun Yanhui was wearing earmuffs, but the little brother beside her was empty. She quickly pulled out two sets of masks, gloves, and a pair of earmuffs from the merchandise in front of them and handed them to them.

Yun Yan didn't turn back, but he only needed basic masks and gloves, then he smiled and said to Zhao Yunchu, "You can ask someone to draw you a howling mouth."

He started to joke about Zhao Yunchu's crying love.