Chapter 5 Rare Treasures Pavilion (1)
"Silent! Don't want any noisy people!" Li Hao shouted loudly. As soon as these words were said, the scene suddenly became so quiet that the fallen leaves could be heard.
Li Hao said: "People who can write "Thousand Characters" stand up!"
Everyone stood still and no one stood up. Li Hao was stunned. Although he was mentally prepared for the literacy rate of the Song Dynasty, none of them could write "Thousand Character Classics", so many illiterate people were too exaggerated."
Li Hao looked at everyone and asked again: "If you plan to stand up!"
This time, someone finally came out, not many, only five.
"Very good. You five will go there first. I'll see your plans later." Li Hao recruited twenty eloquent guys through screening, and among them, they would plan to be cashiers if they calculate faster.
Some of these long-term workers went to the city to find jobs in the countryside. Li Hao asked them to live in the Li family's house. Ruoda's house finally became much more popular.
Next, Li Hao rented a spacious shop through Cui Jiya Store and found a butler.
The housekeeper was more important to Li Hao because he had to return to the main world from time to time to live, and the affairs of the Northern Song Dynasty world had to be managed by the housekeeper. Li Hao was not satisfied with the "interview" of several housekeepers. Finally, Cui Jiyashi recommended a housekeeper Ding.
The butler Ding is named Ding Fu. He is nearly fifty years old. His hair and beard are mostly white, but his eyes are still bright. He used to be a butler in the family of officials. He could read and read, be familiar with the world and the etiquette of the big family of the Northern Song Dynasty, and had certain management abilities.
Li Hao hired Ding Fu and offered a high salary of 6 guan a month, promising that he would have a "year-end bonus" before the New Year. As for the amount of the year-end bonus, it depends on the performance of Butler Ding.
Li Hao conducted intensive training for the shop’s guys. Since they sold modern small commodities, the guys had no idea about this and had to conduct “pre-job training”.
The shop staff were divided into two groups, and then three shifts were carried out.
After the guys made clear their working hours, they felt that this boss who returned overseas was so good. They were divided into shifts, and each person did not work for a long time, and they did not affect their daily routine. Instead, they received more wages than others. In contrast, the guys cherished this job very much.
Li Hao felt that the workers of the Song Dynasty were really useful. They had a high concept of superiority and inferiority and obeyed their bosses. In the 21st century, they did not find such hard-working workers. The workers in the main world were more powerful than the other, and the boss was fired if they were accidentally fired. In this world, it was not easy to find a stable job, and the hired workers cherished it very much.
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Four days later, a new store opened on the busiest street in Quanzhou.
The door of the new store is very large, and a large plaque directly above says "The Gallery of Distinctive Treasures" with five big words flying and phoenixes. A red silk ribbon with flowers is hung on the plaque, and the two ends of the red silk hang down from both sides of the large plaque and flutter in the wind.
"Dongdongdongdong", amid the rhythmic drum sound, the two lions were shaking their heads and tails. Pedestrians stopped to watch, pointing at the two lions, and a group of children even walked in and out of the crowd, looking at the lion's head excitedly.
Lion dance has a long history and became popular in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and was even more popular in the Song Dynasty. However, lion dance was mainly held during the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival or temple fairs, and there was no habit of opening lion dance. This trick immediately attracted countless pedestrians. In ancient times, there was a lack of entertainment in life and lion dance was very attractive to them.
Li Hao and the housekeeper Ding Fu also stood by and watched. Ding Fu sighed: "Young Master, why did you think of a way to start a lion dance? This move is really amazing. It attracted a large number of passers-by at once. The store was very prosperous on the first day, and there was a good omen." The ancients paid great attention to good omen in their business, and lion dance also had a festive and auspicious hope.
Ding Fu admired this young master very much. Why didn’t he think of this?
Li Hao laughed in his heart. Lion dance was just a convention. Unexpectedly, in Ding Fu's eyes, it was a big innovation. Indigenous people are indigenous people. The eight hundred years of civilization deposition, the differences between the two sides were too big.
Firecrackers sounded, and the store officially started to open. Onlookers rushed into the store, and they were full of curiosity about the store.
At this time, a young scholar took the book boy by. Looking at the five big words "Qianqian Treasure Pavilion" on the plaque, he frowned and said, "The owner of this shop is such a big tone. Qiqian Treasure Pavilion, who dares to say that every item he sells is a rare treasure?"
But there were bursts of amazement from time to time in the store, and people were amazed from time to time, as if the goods inside were really not simple.
Shutong said curiously: "Let's go in and see what kind of rare treasures are, okay?"
The scholar was also curious and nodded, "Okay, if it is an ordinary thing, let's smash his sign." As he said that, he entered the shop with the book boy.
Li Hao happened to hear the scholar's words, and he smiled and said to Ding Fu: "I actually want to smash my sign. Let's follow him in and see what the scholar reacts when he sees overseas Qizhen."
Ding Fu smiled and said, "Young Master, every treasure you brought back from overseas is a rare treasure. The name of this store is the most appropriate. The name of the Qiqi Treasure Pavilion is well deserved."
The scholar and Shutong walked into the Qiqi Treasure Pavilion, and there were already people inside. However, the owner of the Qiqi Treasure Pavilion seemed to have expected this situation and reserved a lot of space, and the counter was very far apart.
The scholar's name is Mo Fan. He is a famous talent in Quanzhou City, and his father is one of the top merchants in Quanzhou City.
Mo Fan came to the first counter and saw a guy holding a round object in his hands: "Everyone, this is a secret crystal mirror, priced at 50 guan."
Mo Fan said in shock: "A mirror sells for 50 guan, which is simply a robbery of money. Is your mirror not made of copper, but gold?"
The guy smiled and said, "The mirrors in our store are really not copper, they are definitely not the same as commonly used bronze mirrors, otherwise they would not dare to sell them at such a high price."
Shutong squeezed over and shouted, "Let me see, let me see."
The guy held the mirror in both hands and let Shutong look at it. The Shutong shouted: "Ah!"
Mo Fan shouted: "Reading to nourish your energy, and when encountering things, you must be calm and yell at any time. What kind of morality is it?"
Shutong pointed at the mirror and stuttered: "That mirror, that mirror..."
The shopkeeper held the mirror and asked Mo Fan to look at it. Mo Fan exclaimed: "Ah!" The scream was louder than Shu Tong, and he had long forgotten what he taught Shu Tong a lesson. "This mirror is so magical. I don't know what it is made of. How can I see people so clearly?"
"This is a secret treasure of our store. Only the owner knows it. The villain doesn't know what it is made of." Of course the guy couldn't answer.
Mo Fan looked at it for a while: "I'll buy it."
Shutong was surprised and said, "This is 50 cents."
Mo Fan said: "It will be my sister's birthday soon. I'm worried that there will be no gifts. This crystal mirror is good. It's far more popular with my sister than jewelry."
Shutong took out a stack of silver notes and paid the bill. The guy said to Mo Fan: "This mirror is similar to the most expensive porcelain. It is very crisp and fragile treasure. You must be careful in daily life. If you break it, you will not compensate us if you break it."
After Shutong paid the money, the guy wrapped the mirror in silk and handed it to Shutong carefully, telling him to be careful and careless. Shutong held it tremblingly, for fear that 50 guan would turn into flowing water if he accidentally did not.
Mo Fan walked to another counter again and heard a guy talking nonstop: "This is a rare treasure in our store, called a magnifying glass. Why is it called a magnifying glass? Because when you look at things like this, it looks many times larger than the actual size, and you can see clearly even the tiny things."
The onlookers spoke one after another: "I don't believe it, there is no such magical thing."
"What a joke, can you enlarge things? It's unheard of."
"I bet it's not true, if I lose, I'm willing to eat that thing."
"You think beautifully. If it is true, then the play is worth 20 guan, and you will be able to eat something worth 20 guan?"
The guy asked a customer to look through the magnifying glass, and the customer was stunned: "Oh my God, it's true, the fingers look as thick as the arm."
Mo Fan had long lost the gentleness of a scholar. He squeezed in front and shouted, "Let me see, let me see."
The guy put a hair on the counter, held a magnifying glass a few inches above the hair, and signaled Mo Fan to see it. Mo Fan leaned closer and looked at it, and said in surprise: "Is this still hair? It's as thick as wool!"
The guy smiled and said, "How about it, buy one, and you can see the smallest things clearly."
Mo Fan just spent 50 guan to buy a mirror. Although he also liked this magnifying glass, he didn't dare to buy it immediately. His family is very rich, but he will inevitably be scolded by his father for spending such money.
At this time, the guy faced everyone and suddenly put the magnifying glass closer to the front of his eyes. When everyone saw a huge eye, they couldn't help but exclaim, and someone was so scared that he took a few steps back.
The guy laughed and said with a smile: "In addition to magnifying things, this magnifying glass can also gather the sunlight into a little, ignite paper and leaves. The number of magnifying glasses is limited, so if you want to buy one, you should start as soon as possible."
Chapter completed!