In addition to building blocks and wooden horses and rocking chairs, Liang Chuan also has many toys in his mind. Most of these toys can be made of wood, but if you want to mass-produce these toys, you will become a toy manufacturer, and this carpenter's job will gradually become different. Fading away.
Ancient craftsmen would not do this. They called it not doing their job properly.
The main reason is that the market prospect is not big enough, and the understanding of all aspects of children's education and medical care in this era is not systematic enough or comprehensive enough. Most children are free-range and not like Liang Chuan's generation, which was afraid of breaking when held in the palm of the hand and afraid of melting when held in the mouth. Baby care method.
Children's toys are mud, fish and shrimps in the river, picking out birds and touching eggs, crickets and grasshoppers. This is also the best memory before there are no industrial toys.
If Lu Liang had more apprentices, he could make a lot of wooden knives and swords and sell them at the entrance of Guandi Temple.
There are also small toys such as windmills, bamboo dragonflies, gyros, wave drummers, and carts. From Xinghua to Qingyuan, Liangchuan did not see these toys even in Fengzhou, which is known as a department store. These toys are manufactured and then obtained by himself. If you sell it in the store, the sales should be good.
It's just that the technical content of this kind of thing is not high. Once the style is designed, it is easy to be imitated by others. Then the market competition will be fierce, and there will be no way to monopolize and exclusive operations.
If the cost of production is high, but the profit is not high, Liang Chuan thought for a while and decided not to let Luliang develop in this direction. It would be enough to produce some by himself and keep it for his children to play with later.
Liang Chuan sat in Luliang's shop for a while. The income in Luliang's shop was usually calculated by Lu Liang himself and Su Wei. Liang Chuan rarely intervened. Now, whether it is Fang Tianding's blacksmith shop or Luliang's carpenter, In Liang Chuan's opinion, the store's income was a bit insignificant and was just regarded as additional income.
Fang Tianding and Lu Liang each had their own families. Even if they did something secretly, Liang Chuan would just pretend they didn't know about it. Liang Chuan knew very well that these people were honest and kind, and he would not do such a thing.
Liang Chuan also wants to popularize chess. Liang Chuan doesn't know when this native and difficult game was born in the history of the nation, but it is definitely a national quintessence. Once men, women, old and young understand the rules of this game, they will be deeply attracted by it. live.
Xiangqi is easier to learn than Go. Go has always been an advanced game only played by the upper class. Liang Chuan couldn't wait for chess to be popularized. It would be difficult for this kind of game to be popularized into a national game within a few decades, and it was meaningless if only he could play chess.
During the chat, Liang Chuan mentioned some furniture styles. In my impression, there are many typical styles of Chinese furniture, such as Song style, Ming style, and Qing style. The characteristics of furniture in each period are relatively obvious.
This is Lu Liang's old profession. Liang Chuan said it with an old face, and he was somewhat capable of wielding a sword in front of Guan Gong. Lu Liang didn't take it seriously and started discussing it with Liang Chuan.
Ming-style furniture pays attention to beautiful lines, highlighting the shape lines and wood texture lines, and likes delicate carvings and exquisite decorations. Qing-style furniture emphasizes a sense of majesty and luxury. To put it bluntly, the bigger the better.
Lu Liang said that the world highly advocates minimalism. Maybe these two styles of furniture have their own characteristics, but they will definitely not be accepted by the current mainstream.
The Song Dynasty promoted minimalism to the extreme. It may be due to the influence of Taoism that the pursuit of simplicity and naturalness without emphasis on decoration, whether it is porcelain or furniture, simple lines, pure and unique color quality, and the extreme splendor is dull.
Liang Chuan's aesthetic point of view is to be tall and elegant. The bigger, taller and more gorgeous it is, but it falls short of inferiority.
In the last few days of May, as if to avoid being called the Poisonous Moon, the scorching sun began to violently bake the earth, and the sea breeze carried a trace of heat into the alley.
Liang Chuan put three sticks of incense on the statue of Shi Gandang at the entrance of the alley, three sticks of unlit yellow incense. After a while, Yelv Chongguang came to meet him as agreed.
This was the meeting code agreed between Liang Chuan and his intelligence team. Yelu Zhongguang lived at the entrance of the alley. He told his children that if he saw that the incense in front of the statue at the intersection was not lit, he should come and notify him immediately. , the meeting place is in Tonghuai Guan Gong Temple.
If the sounding arrows were used as usual at night, the sound of the sounding arrows would be sharp. Yelu Zhongguang and his younger brother would sleep very lightly, and they would immediately reunite as soon as they heard the sound. Although it is a bit primitive, in this era without telephones or pagers, this is the fastest method.
Liang Chuan walked around the temple for a long time. Emperor Guan stared at Liang Chuan with almost squinted eyes. One person looked at Liang Chuan with a big eye and the other with small eyes. Liang Chuan knelt down and worshiped devoutly, muttering the words "Di" in his mouth. He said quietly: "Master Guan, although you are not in charge of fertility and reproduction, you have attained the Great Dao after all. You must protect my family and my family in safety. I will repay you in return. I will upgrade your Guan Gong Temple to the Emperor's Temple in the future." With all the incense in the world, it will be more prosperous than it is now."
Yelv Chongguang arrived late. The biggest drawback of this joint method was that they couldn't join together immediately.
The two pretended not to know each other and chatted with each other.
"Master, are you looking for me?"
"Well, have the brothers settled in?"
Yelu Zhongguang felt warm in his heart and said: "That's almost it. They now have their own house in the city, but most of them have gone to Fengzhou. They say that Fengzhou is quiet and they are happy without having to deal with the neighbors. Now they all have money." It’s so much that they can last for quite a few years just by eating these books. They know that following the boss will help them earn more, and they are all looking forward to finding something to do for love!”
Liang Chuan smiled and said: "That's good. By the way, what happened to the party members and the Tubo people we caught last time? Have you dealt with them?"
Yelu Zhongguang said: "For the Tubo people, we mixed some poison into the tea as our boss said and sent it back to Tubo. When they saw it, their faces turned green and they immediately surrendered."
"They won't be able to survive until the boss window is revealed, so it would be wiser to surrender."
"That day, my brother was talking about the gambling money and they heard it. These people didn't expect that you, a Han Chinese, would be so kind to us Khitans. They were thinking that if they also voted for you, would you do the same to them? I I patted my chest and assured them, lobbied for a long time, and added a strong dose of poison, and finally they were shaken."
"When did the poisoned tea leaves be sent back to Tibet?" Liang Chuan asked.
"Maybe I haven't arrived in Fuzhou a few days ago."
Liang Chuan's eyes suddenly shrank and he said: "Ask Yeluhan to lead a few people to recover this batch of tea leaves. Instead of adding poison, add some croton or something and let the Tibetan people pull it. Since they have surrendered, let's There are still places where they are useful, but if they really poison people to death, they will lose their use value."
"I know."
"Where are those party members?"
"You're a damn tough guy. Recently, someone from them is coming to receive the goods. I think I'll do what you said, boss, and pretend to be a few of them and have their heads cut off."
"Follow the plan and report any situation in a timely manner."
Yelu Zhongguang was about to retreat when he turned around and said, "My boss, there has been some unrest in the city recently. The Gunpowder Department lost some gunpowder, and even the Crossbow Department also lost many standard crossbow arrows. Do you know about this?"
Liang Chuan shook his head. When he heard the news, the first thing he thought of was that some thieves in state-owned enterprises often stole things from their own factories and sold them to make some extra money. Not many outsiders dared to take advantage of state-owned enterprises, not to mention that this was the Song Dynasty. The crossbow will kill someone.
Yelu Zhongguang added: "Also, I see that the mistress seems to be looking bad recently. Is the weather too hot?"
Liang Chuan didn't expect that even he would notice the changes in Yi Niang, and his husband even felt good: "Did you see it?"
"It's getting hotter day by day. There's not a breath of wind in the alley. It's not as cool as in the mountains. The body of a pregnant woman is hot and it's easy to get angry easily. The relationship between you and your husband..."
"In the past few days, I have been looking forward to finishing the things at hand and taking Art Niang back to Fengshan to give birth. Although there is a sea breeze in Qingyuan, I can't help but the weather is so hot. So, you prepare the carriage, and I will take Art Niang to the beach for a walk. Relax."
"Okay."
Yi Niang really likes the beach. She likes a quiet temperament and doesn't like the noisy feeling of Qingyuan. But she knows that Liangchuan does not belong to Fengshan, and he should travel in this kind of world. The two of them have come through hardships all the way, and she Not to mention asking Liang Chuan to give up the results of his hard work to accommodate himself for no reason. That would be too unfair to the third brother.
Sitting in the alley of Chengtian, listening to the morning bells and evening drums every day, although she has a very regular schedule, she has nothing to do, and everyone protects her like a baby and dare not let her touch anything. For her, it is better to go back to Fengshan to see the children. Burn charcoal and eat mountain fruits picked by the children.
As soon as Liang Chuan said he would take her to the beach, she immediately became as happy as a child. The sea breeze smells slightly salty, but it is not as hot as the city. It has a slight coolness. Watching the clouds roll in the sky and the tide rising and falling at the end of the world makes you feel good.
Liang Chuan held Yi Niang's hand and the two of them walked on the golden beach. Liang Chuan looked back at Yi Niang from time to time, looking at her smiling face, but he didn't say a word, just smiled with satisfaction.
"Why do you always look at me? Do you dislike me for being such a yellow-faced woman?"
"There's nothing I can do if I dislike it, and there's nothing I can do to return it."
"You're looking for a fight!"
The two were playing recklessly on the empty beach. Yelv Chongguang hurried over, pointed to the horizon and said, "Look, boss, what is that!"
Liang Chuanqing started to look far into the distance. His eyesight was better than others. He saw countless masts on the horizon with huge sails. Huge sea-ship fleets sailed in towards the river mouth like a fleet. The treasure ship was far away. From a distance, they look extremely huge, with countless of them connected head to tail.
"The owner is a sea-going ship, and this year's sea-going ship will enter the port!"
This is the first time Yi Niang has seen such a big ship. She has also seen fishing boats and small sampans on the Sun River. These treasure ships are more than a hundred meters long and several feet high. They are like a mountain. , that scene was extremely shocking.
"finally come."
Not only Yi Niang, Liang Chuan also felt a surge in his chest when he saw this scene. The size of this fleet a thousand years ago seemed to have more visual impact than those giant steel ships in World War II!
