Zhu Yunye glanced at the desk and asked with concern: "What? Are you still studying the topic?"
The queen's face suddenly turned red, and her voice was as thin as a mosquito's cry: "Is your concubine, your Majesty, stupid?"
Zhu Yunye was stunned for a moment, but then he realized that he was being lectured by his mother again?
He smiled and comforted: "Don't care about what the Queen Mother said, let alone you. Back then, I was often scolded in front of the Queen Mother because I couldn't learn mathematics..."
"Your Majesty, are you telling the truth?" Wu raised her head and looked at Zhu Yunye expectantly.
Zhu Yunye nodded vigorously, and then said with a smile: "The Queen's talent in mathematics is so high that no one in the entire Ming Dynasty can match it. Many things that the Queen thinks are commonplace are as difficult as heaven for us. The Queen's mathematics It was taught by Duke Zhen Guo, but Duke Zhen Guo has long been no match for my mother in mathematics. If Duke Zhen Guo is like this, why do you need to compare with your mother?"
After being comforted by Zhu Yunye, the queen felt much better and timidly raised her head to look at Zhu Yunye.
"Um....."
Zhu Yunye sighed slightly in his heart. Originally, he wanted the queen to manage the bank well, but now seeing her looking under great pressure, there were no words left in her mouth. Say it.
...
The next morning.
Sun Xian hurriedly came to the house to find Han Du.
Han Du got the news and quickly came to the front hall.
"You are looking for me so urgently. Did something happen at the workshop?"
Sun Xian was drinking tea when he heard the sound and quickly raised his head, almost burning him.
Han Du stretched out his hand with a smile and sat down slowly, "Don't be anxious, speak slowly."
"Ahem..." Sun Xian lowered his head and smiled awkwardly. He didn't expect that his husband would arrive at such a coincidence, just when he had swallowed half of the tea.
"It's a good thing that you are relieved, sir. The treadle sewing machine is almost ready. I wonder when you will start selling it?"
Han Du paused as he stretched out his hand towards the teacup, "Oh? Are you almost done so quickly? How many have you done in total now?"
Sun Xian coughed and replied: "Ten thousand units have been made, and they are still being made continuously."
This can indeed be sold. If the sewing machines are not sold and there is too much backlog, it will be a great bad thing for the workshop.
But... Han Du thought for a moment and smiled: "It can be sold."
"Okay, then the student will start preparations when he gets back." Sun Xian nodded with a smile. This is the purpose of his coming today, and now he is completely relieved.
"But..." Han Du pondered.
Sun Xian was stunned for a moment and asked Han Du politely: "Sir, do you have any other instructions?"
Han Du said with a smile: "Although the pedal sewing machine is good, if you want to sell it well, you need to promote it carefully."
"Propaganda?" Sun Xian lost his voice and looked at Han Du with confusion.
Han Du nodded slowly and explained patiently: "The aroma of wine is also afraid of the deep alley. No matter how good the product is, if we don't publicize it well, I'm afraid it will be difficult for people to welcome it."
Sun Xian forced a smile and said, "Sir, I'm afraid you don't have to worry about this, right? Pedal sewing machines are getting a lot of attention right now."
"I know." Han Du nodded with a smile on his face, "But it's not enough."
Sun Xian suddenly frowned, paused and asked, "Then, sir, what else do you think we should do? What is enough?"
Han Du looked Sun Xian up and down.
Sun Xian felt an inexplicable pressure from his husband. He immediately shrank his hands and lowered his voice and asked, "Why are you looking at me, sir?"
"Have you ever been married?" Han Du said with a smile.
Although Sun Xian was very surprised that this had anything to do with whether he was married or not, he still nodded honestly: "Of course, the students have already been married."
Han Du said happily: "Then do you need three matchmakers and six hires to get married?"
"Of course it is. Who doesn't want three matchmakers and six beauties to get married?" Sun Xian nodded thoughtfully.
Han Du involuntarily tapped his fingers on the table and said calmly: "You said, let's find a way to add a pedal sewing machine to the betrothal gift. In this way, whenever someone gets married, we can sell one. You said, the whole How many people will get married every day in Ming Dynasty?"
Sun Xian was stunned for a moment, then frowned and asked hesitantly: "In this case, the pedal sewing machine will definitely be sold. However, these betrothal gifts are fixed things, how can we add the pedal sewing machine to it?" "
Han Du calmly picked up the tea cup, took a sip and smacked it: "The betrothal gift is fixed, so is the dowry fixed?"
"That's not the case." Sun Xian quickly replied, "The dowry depends on the girl's family, as long as it is a little excessive. As for wanting to give more dowry... no one will stop me. Although the red makeup is not common, , but there are some.”
"Is this going to end soon? Just follow this direction to publicize it and mobilize all those storytellers. Whether they make it up themselves or hear it from elsewhere. In a word, there must be feet in the dowry. The idea of sewing machines is engraved in people's minds." Han Du said with a relaxed expression.
Sun Xian felt that it was not easy at all to accomplish this. He forced a smile and asked hesitantly: "Sir, I'm afraid this won't be possible in a short time, right?"
Han Du spoke very quickly and smiled: "I didn't ask you to do this immediately, but you have to do it from now on."
"Okay... okay." Since time was not urgent, Sun Xian agreed first. Anyway, just do what the teacher said, and we’ll see what the results are.
Han Du added: "This knowledge cannot be achieved by just relying on yourself and the workshop."
Sun Xian was stunned and asked in confusion: "Since you know that the students can't do it, why do you still let the students do it?"
Han Du said angrily and funny: "You can't do it by yourself, but you can do it by uniting the businessmen who buy pedal sewing machines?"
"Unite them?" Sun Xian lowered his head and muttered, thinking about countermeasures.
When Han Du saw it, he waved his hand neatly and said, "Forget it, let's do this. You gather those businessmen together and I'll talk to them."
"Yes." Sun Xian stopped thinking hard. His interest was in machinery manufacturing, and he was indeed not very interested in selling these things.
The reason why I manage the workshop is because I have no choice but to rush things to the shelves.
After Sun Xian returned from Handu, he arranged for people to notify the merchants who had paid the deposit to come and pick up the goods.
Early the next morning, businessmen who received the news gathered in the pedal sewing machine workshop.
When Sun Xian came out, a large group of businessmen stood up to greet him.
"Hello, Mr. Sun..."
"Mr. Sun, nice to meet you..."
Sun Xian nodded as he walked, came to the middle and pressed his hands, and the room suddenly became quiet.
"Everyone, I know you all want to take the pedal sewing machine away immediately, but..."
Hearing Sun Xian's words, the expressions of the businessmen suddenly changed.
Before Sun Xian could finish speaking, someone asked impatiently: "Mr. Sun, why is this happening? We paid in advance, is the workshop going to regret it?"
Wow...
As soon as these words came out, the hearts of all the businessmen were lifted up. They had long been looking forward to taking away the pedal sewing machine and preparing it for sale immediately.
Everything is ready. If the workshop regrets now, wouldn't they lose everything?
"Everyone!" Seeing the crowd's discussion getting louder and louder, Sun Xian shouted quickly.
The businessmen suddenly stopped talking and looked at Sun Xian who was standing above.
Sun Xian breathed a sigh of relief, and then said with a smile very fast: "Don't worry, everyone, the workshop will not regret it. You can take away the pedal sewing machine today."
After hearing this, all the businessmen breathed a sigh of relief. A smile appeared on his face again, and he cupped his hands towards Sun Xian and said: "Mr. Sun, I have offended you so much just now, please forgive me."
"Haihan...Haihan..."
Sun Xian didn't care and continued: "However, before you take away the pedal sewing machine, the Duke of Zhen has some things he wants to tell you personally."
"My father-in-law is here in person? It's an honor for me." Several businessmen quickly replied with a smile.
Han Du came out from behind.
When everyone saw it, they hurriedly bowed and greeted: "Greetings to the Lord."
Han Du walked to the chair in the middle and sat down, laughing and saying: "You are all the parents of the workshop, please forgive me."
"Thank you, sir." This sentence simply touched the hearts of all the businessmen, and they were all so excited that they could not contain themselves.
He quickly praised: "I don't dare, I don't dare, I can't afford to be praised like this by my father-in-law."
They were a businessman, and their status in the Ming Dynasty was far different from that of the Duke of Zhen. If they accepted Han Du's words sarcastically, it would be an offense to them.
Maybe Zhenguo Gong wouldn't care, but that's their fault.
Han Du paused and waved his hand: "Everyone, please take your seats."
"Yes." The businessmen sat down carefully. Everyone only dared to touch the chair with their buttocks, and no one dared to sit down completely.
When Han Du saw it, he shook his head helplessly and said, "I came to you today just to discuss it. Everyone, please be casual."
"Thank you, Duke Zhen." When the businessmen saw Han Du insisting, they realized that what he said was true and felt slightly relieved.
Han Du then got to the point and said, "I came to you this time mainly because I want to discuss with you the sale of pedal sewing machines."
The businessmen couldn't help but look at each other as they listened.
"Logically speaking, the workshop sells pedal sewing machines to you. How you sell them is your business, and the workshop cannot interfere."
This sentence made the businessmen's minds slowly relax again.
"I know, you must be preparing to sell the pedal sewing machine at a higher price now, right? Even, not just a little bit more, but double or several times?"
Han Du paused as he spoke, his smiling eyes scanning everyone's faces.
Faced with the gaze of Duke Zhen Guo, a businessman boldly asked: "What the Duke said is true, but we are doing business after all, we can't help but make money, right?"
"Yes, yes..." Others nodded in agreement, and they noticed something strange in the father-in-law's tone.
It seems that the father-in-law doesn’t want them to make money! How is this possible?
They are businessmen, and they buy pedal sewing machines just to make money, not to do labor.
