Tong Cheng'er really didn't expect it to be for this reason.
The sofa business hasn't even started yet, but we already have customers. It seems like this sofa sale is bound to be a great success from the start.
With that in mind, Tong Cheng'er could already foresee that she would have a large sum of money coming in again in the future.
Even though I have plenty of money, this feeling is great!
Then, Tong Cheng'er became less indifferent to the flood of posts, realizing that these posts were all from clients.
So Tong Cheng'er selectively chose two posts, thinking she should participate and give it a shout-out first.
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Meanwhile, after the young ladies in the palace received the sofas, Yinzhen went to the Qianqing Palace to talk about the business he and his brothers were doing together.
Just as Yinzhen thought, there was no reason not to accept money given away for free.
Even when Emperor Kangxi heard that they needed capital, he wanted to provide some financial assistance, but Yinzhen refused. He was now wealthy and didn't need his father's small contribution.
In addition, Yinzhen was thinking about what his young wife had said: that his father was poor, at least much poorer than him. So Yinzhen was also taking care of the "poor".
When Emperor Kangxi saw that Yinzhen didn't want the money, he didn't force him to give it to him. He just felt that his son had grown up and knew how to be filial.
Little did he know that behind his back, his dutiful son and daughter-in-law were using him as a "poverty alleviation" target!
The first banquet Tong Cheng'er attended was a flower-viewing banquet hosted by the wife of a prince of the imperial family.
Because Tong Cheng'er said she would go, quite a few people attended the banquet.
When Tong Cheng'er attended the banquet, she experienced for the first time what it meant to be the center of attention. These wealthy ladies could say anything nice to her if they wanted to.
They made you feel comfortable and not embarrassed at all. Only then did Tong Cheng'er realize what the charm of language was. She had been ignorant and narrow-minded before.
After experiencing being the center of attention like this, Tong Cheng'er could understand why some people wanted to climb the social ladder.
With such a high status, she was fawned over wherever she went, and the meticulous care she received was something Tong Cheng'er genuinely enjoyed.
Fortunately, Tong Cheng'er wasn't really a little girl in her early teens; after a brief moment of distraction, she returned to reality.
Because Tong Cheng'er understood these people's intentions very well. They only treated her this way because they wanted something from her or because they could profit from her. People should know their own limitations.
Tong Cheng'er felt that it was about time, so she spread the word that the sofa would be available for purchase soon.
Then, Tong Cheng'er clearly felt neglected.
Although it's human nature to change things so quickly, it really caught Tong Cheng'er off guard.
Fortunately, she was mentally prepared; otherwise, a girl who was only ten years old would probably have felt really uncomfortable.
After all, no matter how human nature dictates, it's still a matter of human relationships. The "warmth" was only briefly followed by the "coldness," and the sense of loss was truly extraordinary!
Most people really couldn't stand it.
Tong Cheng'er was very glad that she was not an ordinary person.
As a result, the number of invitations sent to the Fourth Prince's residence suddenly decreased, and even abruptly so.
She finally has some peace and quiet.
People in the capital began to look forward to it.
After about half a month, the pencil was ready.
Pencils first appeared in the Imperial Study, and then in Emperor Kangxi's rewards to his ministers.
Emperor Kangxi had Liang Jiugong investigate and found that there were ministers in their families who needed to start their children's education. He then bestowed a batch of pencils upon them, saying that they were for writing.
The pencils bestowed by Emperor Kangxi were made with exquisite craftsmanship and materials; even those made of wood were of rare and precious quality.
It is said that what the superiors do, the inferiors will follow, and so pencils began to become popular from the top down.
From the Imperial Study to princes and nobles, then to high-ranking officials, and finally to wealthy merchants and gentry.
Finally, there are the ordinary people below.
Pencils come in expensive and cheap varieties.
Some are worth a fortune, after all, they are novel items that have just come out and are full of hype.
Especially the wealthy merchants, who have no shortage of money, naturally wanted to give the best to their own children when they heard that princes and nobles were using it.
Inspired by Tong Cheng'er, the Ninth Prince took the idea and created a batch of pencils similar to the "Royal Collaboration" series.
They made people speculate on pencils.
Then, this limited batch of "collaboration" items became extremely popular and sold out instantly.
There are also cheaper pencils made of ordinary wood, which are affordable for ordinary people.
Moreover, Emperor Kangxi issued an imperial edict that pencils could be used instead of brushes for early childhood education.
After the imperial edict was proclaimed to the world, many people knelt down in the direction of the imperial city to express their gratitude and shouted "Long live the emperor!"
Emperor Kangxi was genuinely surprised by the feedback below.
This is the most direct expression of gratitude that Kangxi could feel from the people towards him as emperor.
He had previously issued numerous orders to reduce or exempt taxes, and the memorials submitted by his officials all claimed that the people were deeply grateful to him. However, he knew that much of this was exaggerated.
If three-tenths of what's in the document is true, that's already pretty good.
This is different now. He had someone investigate secretly, and the people are genuinely grateful to him.
Emperor Kangxi aspired to be a good emperor and hoped that the people of the world would recognize him as their emperor and genuinely believe that he was a good emperor.
He aspired to create a prosperous dynasty, and he was confident that he could do it. However, the pencil incident made Kangxi realize that he could do even better.
So, what was originally just an experiment with pencils and not taken too seriously, Kangxi has now begun to take it seriously.
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