Although the imperial court lifted the ban on sea trade, because the journey was long, risky and time-consuming, merchants often only picked rare items to bring back for sale.
Children's toys like building blocks, which do not require any special technology, cannot find a place in their limited cabin.
However, Western toys have been very popular in Beijing in recent years, and every family has children. If we can make a batch of such building blocks, it should be easy to open up sales.
So when Qin Hexuan went to Linglong Pavilion yesterday afternoon, he asked the shopkeeper a few simple questions.
After hearing this, the shopkeeper was quite interested and said that if the workmanship was really good, he would definitely give it a try.
So when Qin Hexuan had nothing to do, he started to work on some drafts.
He already had some plans for this business in mind, so he said to Qingtian, "Your previous suggestion is very good. I'll ask someone to talk to your third uncle. If he wants to do this, then we can cooperate."
"Okay." Qingtian's thoughts were simple. He was just happy that Qin Hexuan recognized his idea. It would be even better if his third uncle could make money by making building blocks.
Since he had decided to do this, Qin Hexuan took action without any delay.
After all, it is almost the end of the year. If we can make a batch of building blocks before the New Year, we might be able to sell them at a good price during the New Year.
He handed the pattern he had drawn to Mu Zheng, explained his ideas one by one, and asked him to go to Fengle County to discuss the matter with Ye Laosan.
Ye Laosan is still working in the carpentry workshop.
That day, everyone was taking a nap in the room, and Menzi suddenly came to him with a strange expression.
"Brother Ye, the young master wants you to go to the flower hall."
Upon hearing this, Ye Laosan quickly stood up, put on his clothes and followed the doorman to the flower hall.
He has been here for a while now and has learned a lot about how to deal with people.
When they reached a deserted place, he immediately took out a few copper coins and stuffed them into the doorman's pocket, whispering, "Brother, can you tell me what the young master wants to talk to me about?
"But what haven't I done recently?"
"Third Brother Ye, it's not the Young Master who's looking for you, it's someone from the capital who's looking for you.
"And they are accompanied by the Chief Constable. The Young Master is entertaining them in the flower hall right now!"
After Menzi finished speaking, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Brother Ye, tell me the truth, what is your family's background?
"It's fine if he knows Mr. Jiang's family, but how come he also knows someone from the Qin family in Beijing?"
"Someone from the Qin family is coming? What are they here for?" Ye Lao San was even more confused.
He has been working in the carpentry workshop all this time and knows nothing about what's going on at home.
Menzi saw that his expression was not a disguise, and after spending some time together, everyone in the carpentry workshop knew that Ye Laosan was an honest man.
"Perhaps the Qin family has some valuable furniture that needs repairing, and they heard of your fame, so they came here!"
But after saying this, not only Ye Lao San, but Menzi himself didn't believe it.
The capital is a place where there are all kinds of talented people, including crouching tigers and hidden dragons.
Besides, with the Qin family's capabilities, apart from the royal craftsmen, what other craftsmen can't they hire?
There is no need to send someone here specifically to find Ye Lao San.
Ye Laosan came to the flower hall with a nervous mood.
He had met Mu Zheng once before, so he immediately relaxed a little when he saw it was him.
"Master Mu, the young master." Ye Lao San walked into the room and greeted him.
Upon seeing this, the young master immediately stood up and said to the captain, Hu Yuanren, very tactfully, "Captain Hu, I heard you like drinking tea. My father just found some good tea a while ago, but we don't know much about it. Why don't you come and help us taste it?"
He said this just to find an excuse to take Hu Yuanren away and give Mu Zheng and Ye Lao San space to talk.
Hu Yuanren had come to prove Mu Zheng's identity and had nothing to do with this matter. Upon hearing this, he immediately stood up and said, "Then I won't be polite. I'll ask for a cup of good tea from your family."
After the two men left, Mu Zheng explained his purpose.
Ye Laosan was stunned.
When Qingtian said this before, he didn't take it to heart at all.
I didn't expect that this kid would be so concerned about it that he even went to ask Young Master Qin about this matter.
After Mu Zheng finished speaking, he took out the blueprint that Qin Hexuan had drawn from his pocket, handed it to Ye Lao San and asked, "Can you draw a pattern like this?"
Ye Lao San immediately said honestly: "Although I did make the box of building blocks for Sunny Day, someone else painted them."
"Who is it?"
"He's from our carpentry workshop too. Do you want to call him over?"
"That depends on whether you mind having him do this business with you.
"If you don't mind, then of course you can. If you want to do it yourself, then you don't have to."
Ye Lao San said very honestly, "When it comes to painting, I'm really not as skillful as Brother Wang.
"Although it's possible to practice slowly, it just wastes too much time."
Mu Zheng nodded and reminded: "Do you want to be a partner with him or hire him to work?"
Ye Laosan was even more confused when he heard this.
“Is there any difference between the two?”
"If you become a partner with him, you have to split the profits proportionally. The more you earn, the more you give him.
"But if you hire him to do something, you just need to pay him."
After hearing Mu Zheng say this, Ye Lao San finally understood.
He was just about to say that of course they were in partnership, since they were all brothers and of course they would make money together.
But Mu Zheng said, "I suggest you don't reveal too much to him. Just hire him to do the job."
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