I played as an assistant in ancient times

Chapter 255 Several Baskets

"You know a lot of cloth shops?" Xu Yun, a young girl from Xu who was also helping with the sewing, was amazed at Shen Xiaoye's connections.

"Uh..." Shen Xiaoye chuckled and said, "There are not many, but we can negotiate. The selling price is 66 cents.

For every piece of clothing sold, the store owner will receive a commission of three cents."

“Scholars are all studying hard, so why would they go to a clothing store?

Normally women buy the cloth and make it at home, so sixty-six coins is too high." Mrs. Zhu waved her hand and said, "Women in the capital are very good at budgeting.

You say your cloth is coarse cloth, but it is of medium fine quality. A piece of pure red cloth of the same kind, which is four meters long, sells for four hundred coins per piece.

A man's gown uses at most five feet of cloth, which is fifty coins, and women are unwilling to pay an extra sixteen coins to buy a finished product."

"Then sell it at fifty-eight wen each." Shen Xiaoye was a person who knew how to take advice. This kind of material, which was between coarse cloth and fine cloth, cost her only two hundred wen per piece from purchasing to dyeing and transportation, which meant that it only cost twenty-five wen to make this piece of clothing.

After giving Mrs. Zhu an extra wage and taking a cut from the store, the cost per piece was only thirty-three cents, and she still made twenty-five cents.

Fortunately, there was a well in Lu Guan's house so she didn't have to spend money to buy water, and the plates engraved by the bookstore owner were better than those in the county town, otherwise she might as well have printed the cloth in Linghe County first.

Oh! If you calculate it this way, I only earn one penny more per foot of cloth than if I sold it myself. That's too little!

Even if I sold all the 200 pieces of cloth I brought, I would only earn 40 taels, which is not enough to buy 10 or 20 cows...

Stop, stop thinking about it. Shen Xiaoye, you are getting too proud. Forty taels of silver can be converted into several baskets of copper coins.

"But, if the clothes we made didn't have the horse, the toad and the fish on the back, they could be worn as short jackets." Aunt Lin couldn't figure out the cost, but she hoped to sell more and earn more.

Shen Xiaoye nodded, "But will my aunt buy it?"

Aunt Lin quickly shook her head. She would not spend dozens of coins to buy such clothes. If her son wore them, he would be laughed at by the villagers.

It's even more impossible to use it to make clothes, white cloth is so cheap!

Shen Xiaoye knew that T-shirts were not popular among the common people here.

She said to Mrs. Zhu, “I wonder how many students there are in this workshop. Can you show these styles to their families?

If they buy it and then introduce it to others, I will still give them three cents for each item. "

When Xu Yun heard her method, his eyes lit up, "If I introduce my sisters to buy it for the brothers, can I also win three cents for each piece?"

Mrs. Zhu glanced at her daughter, but Shen Xiaoye nodded and agreed, "Of course, you can bring them directly to our house to choose."

Xu Yun: "It's a deal." She raised her eyebrows at her mother, not afraid of earning money by her own ability.

Mrs. Zhu simply stopped looking at her and continued talking to Shen Xiaoye: "There are quite a few people in the neighborhood who want to take the college entrance examination. I also know some people in both neighborhoods. I will ask them for you.

If a lot of people buy it, my mother and I will sew it, but I’m afraid we won’t have enough manpower.

Look, why not ask the girls from the neighborhood for help? "

"The more the better. I'll go back now and finish printing and dyeing the rest of the cloth." The more people there are, the better publicity it will help. Shen Xiaoye took her aunt and said goodbye and left.

After returning home, Grandpa Bai and Xuanshen saw this and both said they wanted to take it to the school gate in the outer city to sell it.

You know why they were so enthusiastic? It was because they made money after selling the 30 pieces of cloth that Shen Xiaoye had originally given them on credit.

Xuan Shen even asked Erniu to try it on, and then he said, "Miss Shen, I think you can find someone to take it to the Imperial College and sell it.

This cloth looks nice and absorbs sweat, and is most suitable for students to wear when learning horse riding, archery, swordplay and spearmanship."

"Xuan Shen, I'll give you a chicken leg for dinner." Shen Xiaoye thought it was a good idea.

So he took a few ready-made clothes and went to a familiar cloth shop to try them out. Then, seeing that it was not late, he went to the gate of the Imperial College to look for someone.

Of course, she was not looking for Zhou Wenchen, as the child was not old enough to enter the Imperial College. She was looking for Wang Chi.

As a result, the gatekeeper said that she had to prove that she was a relative or friend of a certain student before he could inform her.

Shen Xiaoye was furious and asked Xuan Shen: "Is there still such a rule?"

"It didn't exist before." Xuan Shen thought for a moment and said, "How about I go find the young master?"

"No, it's just a small matter. The day after tomorrow is a day off, come to see him tomorrow afternoon." Shen Xiaoye left unwillingly.

Little did she know that as soon as she left, Mr. Wang San came by car to look for his nephew.

On the way, she talked to Xuan Shen: "Does anyone in your village want to buy a calf? Three or four taels a head."

"How old is it? Two years old is best." Generally, a calf costs five taels, and a strong bull costs eight taels. Xuan Shen's family does not have to pay for the purchase of a calf when farming for General Lu, but the villagers nearby often cannot afford one even after working for several years.

Shen Xiaoye said, "They are almost all one or two years old." She took some time to go to the cattle and horse market and found that the cattle driven by Wu Qiye and others did not appear on the city streets of Beijing.

At this time, the first evening drum sounded, Xuan Shen accelerated the speed of the cart, and he said: "More than three taels will sell better.

If you feel comfortable, let me deliver it to the village and I guarantee it will be sold on the same day."

"Twenty." Shen Xiaoye reported the number, which frightened Xuan Shen so much that he hit the donkey with his whip.

Ang ang ang

I was walking peacefully, why did you hit me? The donkey got angry and immediately stopped walking.

Xuan Shen hurriedly tried to calm and smooth the donkey's fur, but the donkey was so angry that it just stood there motionless, blocking the cars behind it.

Amid the anxious voice of the car owner behind, Shen Xiaoye got out of the car, pulled the donkey's ears, and it was done!

"You deserve to be punished." She no longer took the car, but walked on the side and patted the donkey's back.

Passersby who saw what had just happened were amazed, but no one stopped to watch.

If you stay on the street after the curtain drum has been beaten, there is a 99% chance that you will be caught by the soldiers of the Bingmasi, and you will inevitably be flogged with willow branches and have to pay a fine before leaving.

It is indeed a typical example of harming both your body and money.

But a car stopped in the other lane and called her, "Shen Xiaoye, wait a moment."

She turned and looked, "Saihan, is there something wrong?"

"Yes, His Majesty has found me a wife from the Great Zhou Dynasty, and I was just thinking of looking for you to bring some cloth as a betrothal gift!" Saihan jumped over from the carriage, his face full of joy.

He also said: "When you get married, you and your friends should come to attend."

Shen Xiaoye didn't agree rashly: "This month or next month?"

"Neither, until October 24th.

Tell me where the cloth is and I'll get it tomorrow." Saihan was not very satisfied with the timing of the wedding. He hoped that after paying more betrothal gifts, the woman would be willing to marry him a month earlier.

In previous years, he would stay in his tent in October to spend the winter.

Shen Xiaoye gave him the address and said, "There aren't enough varieties, and the quality isn't always the best. I can get more for you tomorrow."

Saihan shook his head very quickly, "No, no, I want the best."

“On the seventh day of August, I will bring better ones to Beijing.

How about I introduce a silk and satin shop tomorrow and you can pick out some silk and brocade." Shen Xiaoye suggested.