"Haha, it can be seen that several shopkeepers are not convinced by me, but since I am the big shopkeeper appointed by shopkeeper Li, you two need to obey absolutely. If you can't obey, then just reduce it to an ordinary clerk. .”
After saying that, Liu Qingge began to write a letter of appointment and dismissal.
It was completely unexpected that Liu Qingge would not give the two of them any face, and wrote the appointment letter as soon as he said it was written.
When Liu Qingge handed the appointment letter to the two of them and stamped it, both of them were still in a daze.
"Big shopkeeper, we can be considered the elders of the Liu family. You can't justify driving us away in disguise, right?" Shopkeeper Liu was the first to question.
"That's right. For such an important appointment, you need to at least inform Shopkeeper Li. If you make the decision without permission, be careful that Shopkeeper Li will come to settle accounts with you later."
Liu Qingge said disdainfully: "You two listen to Shopkeeper Li's words so much. Why do I, the boss appointed by Shopkeeper Li, not believe it so much?"
Shopkeeper Liu immediately retorted: "If you have been working in our Liu family business, we know each other to a certain extent, so naturally there will be no doubts, but obviously we don't know each other, and we have never met before, let alone talked about it. Do you think it is appropriate for you to instruct us two elders to reform?"
"It's not easy to recruit female clerks, and you have to hire so many people. This is not an additional cost. We all had many years of business experience before opening Liujia Store. You have increased the cost of labor so much. , what’s the point of talking about profit? This is not increasing profits, but reducing profits!”
"Well, how about I make a bet with the two shopkeepers?"
"What are you betting on?" they both asked together.
"Just a bet, what if I can build this cloth shop and rouge shop?"
The two looked at each other and asked, "What's the bet?"
"Just give me half a year's salary."
"Okay! It's settled then!" The two agreed happily.
Liu Qingge started recruiting workers that day. The salary was high and it was a position rarely faced by women. Many civilians who came to Beijing were eager to try.
Under a heavy reward, there must be brave men. In just three days, Liu Qingge recruited good people and trained them well.
New embroidery samples and rouge products are emerging one after another.
The two shops reopened and soon attracted a large number of young girls.
"This new embroidery pattern is really beautiful."
"Yeah, the price is really astonishingly high."
"Yes, this piece of clothing costs thirty taels. How many people can afford it."
"But this dress does look good."
"Oh, no matter how beautiful it is, what's the use, it's still unaffordable."
"Wrap these up for me." A bold female voice said in the hall.
The noble ladies stood on tiptoe and looked over there, and they all said in surprise: "Who is that person? He is so elegant. So many clothes cost almost a few hundred taels of silver."
"Yes, that young lady is really pretty. I've never seen her at a banquet before. She must be a newbie from outside!"
While everyone was guessing who the woman in front of them was, a handsome attendant smiled and said, "Princess Jingxiu, this is your receipt. You can pick it up at your door in three days."
"What? That person is actually Princess Jingxiu?"
"What the hell, is it true?"
"I heard that Princess Jingxiu is a fat person. When did she become so good-looking?"
"Yes! Did the store admit his mistake?"
"Are you kidding? You'll lose your head if you mistake the emperor's relatives. How could the Liu family make such a low-level mistake?"
"But... I heard that Princess Jingxiu has never been favored because of her ugly appearance."
"That's just what you heard, without any basis. After all, have you ever met Princess Jingxiu?"
"never seen it."
"I haven't seen it either."
Seeing Song Jingxiu walking out, each of them stared straighter than the other. They didn't believe that Song Jingxiu was such a beautiful person.
It is undoubtedly a subversion for them.
Soon rumors spread that Song Jingxiu was as beautiful as a fairy.
Cui Liu stayed upstairs with Liu Qingge, watching the scene downstairs, and was completely shocked: "Big shopkeeper, why do you want Princess Jingxiu to show her face?"
"Of course I want to tell the whole world that Princess Jingxiu is no longer the ugly princess she used to be."
"Does that have anything to do with our business?"
"Why not? Not even with the blessing of the royal princess?" Liu Qingge asked.
The two of them were talking about the girl downstairs, and they began to choose clothes one after another. You and I started buying each one one by one.
"The big shopkeeper really got it right!" Cuiliu said excitedly.
"Just wait, when these ready-made clothes are produced, more and more girls will come to our house to choose clothes."
"The clothes designed by the big shopkeeper are so beautiful. I have never seen those beautiful embroidery patterns, and I don't know where the big shopkeeper learned them."
Cuiliu Wuxin's words made Liu Qingge choke.
These embroidery samples of hers are all styles that will be popular in a few years. How can they not be attractive? Taking advantage of this opportunity to recruit a few more capable embroiderers, I believe that the cloth shop will soon be on the right track.
"Let's just wait and see. I can't continue doing this kind of embroidery forever. I still need to seize the time to recruit more embroiderers."
"Yes, big shopkeeper."
After everyone rushed to buy, the room became more and more lively. She stared at the figure walking at the back of the crowd, her eyes getting colder.
That person was Qian Chuxue. When Song Jingrong became powerful, the Qian family had always wanted to marry Qian Chuxue to Song Jingrong. They wanted to give Qian Chuxue to him even as a concubine.
But since Song Jingxiu lost power, even with the marriage grant from Emperor Song Ming, the marriage between the two families was still delayed.
It is said that Qian Chuxue should have left for Xishu at this time, but he has not left yet. It seems that something happened in the middle.
"Bring me some of your best fabrics."
"this……"
The female escort is in a dilemma, because the fabrics in the cloth shop have basically been sold, and even the unsold fabrics are being looked at by other noble ladies. Although the female escort does not know who Qian Chuxue is, she is wearing expensive fabrics. , obviously not ordinary people.
Seeing the embarrassed look on the female escort's face, Liu Qingge said directly: "Chujiu, please bring this young lady upstairs."
When Chujiu heard this, he immediately nodded and said, "Miss, please come upstairs."
Qian Chuxue frowned when she heard the name Chujiu. After all, her name also had the word "Chu" in it, but due to her identity, she did not have an attack and followed Chujiu's lead upstairs.
Liu Qingge introduced: "The fabrics upstairs are all the finest fabrics from our cloth shop. Miss Qian can see if there is anything you like."
Qian Chuxue looked at Liu Qingge's attentive look and called out his last name, thinking that he was just a man who wanted to talk to her. Seeing that Liu Qingge's face was quite handsome, Qian Chuxue didn't have an attack and just said calmly: "Well then, please introduce me."
But Liu Qingge directly called Chujiu up and said: "Chujiu, come and give a good introduction to Miss Qian."
Qian Chuxue originally thought that it would be Liu Qingge who would introduce her to her, but she didn't expect that it would be Chujiu again. She said displeasedly: "I don't like this woman. Find someone else."
Except for Chujiu, there were no free escorts in the entire building. Liu Qingge said: "Okay, Miss Qian. If you don't mind, I will introduce you to Miss Qian."
"Then tell me." Qian Chuxue said lightly, with a hint of contempt in his eyes.
Liu Qingge didn't care. He introduced every piece of fabric in detail.
After listening to Liu Qingge's introduction, Qian Chuxue said, "Okay, just send these three most precious pieces of cloth to my Qian Mansion."
"Okay, Miss Qian, please pay the money."
Listening to Liu Qingge's cold voice, Qian Chuxue was stunned. After all, the young masters who approached her before paid the money generously. What happened to Liu Qingge? She chose the most expensive three. Each piece of fabric cost almost 500 taels. She didn't have enough money.
Immediately he said: "After you are sent to the Qian Mansion, your money will naturally be indispensable."
After saying that, Qian Chuxue left.
"Big shopkeeper, do you want to send this fabric over?" Chujiu asked. Although there was a custom of sending fabrics before, they were all ordinary fabrics. For such expensive fabrics, you usually have to pay first, because every time Each piece of fabric is exclusive and cannot be resold if it is returned.
"The Qian family is also a powerful family. If you don't give me the money, just take the materials back."
With Liu Qingge's approval, Chujiu immediately went to arrange the delivery.
It didn't take long for the fabric to be returned.
Chujiu looked at Liu Qingge's calm expression. After struggling for a long time, he said, "Big shopkeeper, Qian's family has no money to pay for this fabric, so we returned it."
Of course, the Qian family couldn't possibly have no money. There must be some quarrel between Qian Chuxue and the Qian family. It seemed that it was Qian Chuxue who changed his mind and didn't want to marry Song Jingrong, not the Qian family.
Although the fabric was returned, it could not be sold again, so Liu Qingge simply asked him to make some clothes and give them to the Siyingwei.
Liu Qingge thought this was an insignificant matter, but he didn't expect to see Qian Chuxue coming with someone not long after.
"Where's that Chujiu!" The maid next to Qian Chuxue said loudly.
Just as Chujiu was about to walk up, she was stopped by Liu Qingge. She asked, "Miss Qian, what's the matter with you?"
"What's the matter? You actually have the nerve to ask! Where is the fabric my lady asked you to send?!"
Liu Qingge said lightly: "You guys returned the material."
"How is it possible? Our lady has never seen these three pieces of material at all. Did you sell them to others?"
Liu Qingge snorted coldly and said, "Supposedly, you have to pay a deposit for this fabric first. I authorized this fabric without paying a deposit. I didn't expect it to be returned by your Qian family."
"You're still quibbling, but it's clear that the fabric has not been delivered at all!"
"Yes, our Qian family can't even afford a few bolts of fabric?"
"It's just over a thousand taels of silver, can't my Qian family afford it?"
"I'll pay the money, take out the ingredients, and apologize to Chuxue." At this time, a man next to Qian Chuxue said.
