Later, I became the prince of the group

Tao Lefang invited the families of ministers and ministers from all walks of life for five days in a row. On the first day, they were still the royal family, and on the second day, they were the first-rank ministers and princes' families. Almost all the families with whom the prince had some friendship were invited.

Even when Tao Lefang officially opened for business on the sixth day, the threshold was almost broken by the family of the Beijing officials.

The son of the prince and the little princess all said good things, which family's children would not be envious?On weekdays, the children don't have much to play with at home, so I went to Taolefang to buy a set, which can coax the children and show that I have a heart for my children.

Didn't you see that the little princess took out her toys for a show at the birthday party the day before yesterday?My own children don't say that they all come with a set, but they must have one anyway!Otherwise, if the children get together in the future, it will be shameful that their own children have never played and have no experience.

As a result, the first batch of toys that were released for sale were sold out in less than seven days after opening, and the same was true for those inferior wood toys that were intended to be reserved for ordinary people. Or it's just for the boys to play.

More people can't even get second-class wood, and they can only wait in line for customization if they want it.

Chu Yan made a rough calculation, and basically all the aristocratic families have ordered a set of things in the yard, and the ministers with lower ranks just said to build a set of building blocks to play with because they could not be ranked.

The lack of manpower is okay, there are so many carpenters in the city, at worst, all of them can be hired as helpers, but there is a shortage of wood.

Which of these wealthy families doesn't want the best wood?But these high-quality timbers need to be transported from other places, and there will be a long delay on the road.

Even Chu Yan did not expect such a grand occasion, which is hard to come by. Although he was full of confidence and dared to do anything when he was about to start a business, he was actually worried that people in this era would not be able to accept such a new thing.

He believes that his toys must be fun, but as the saying goes, "Playing with things loses one's ambition", which wealthy family can allow children to indulge in toys?

So he specially sent invitations in his own name before the opening, so that in the face of "King An", the ministers would also come to join in the show.

But he underestimated the desire to compare and follow the crowd among the ministers in Beijing and China. What the superiors like, the whole capital is afraid to imitate!

For a while, Chu Yan was too busy to touch the ground. On the one hand, he wanted to buy a bigger workshop and hire more carpenters and potters.

He also specially recruited a few experienced stewards and asked them to follow the goods. By the way, he met a skilled carpenter on the way and tried to recruit them to the capital.

No way, there is no shortage of carpenters with ordinary skills, but there is a shortage of technical talents.

When the news about Tao Lefang spread to the palace, Chu Yan happened to give [-]% of the first batch of money to the queen after deducting the cost of materials and labor.

The queen thought it was an exaggeration when she heard Lipin talk about it, but now she is holding 1 taels of silver, and she is a little bit overwhelmed.

After all the calculations, it has only been ten days since the opening, and they have earned tens of thousands of taels of silver. Doesn't this cover the cost of buying the shop in just ten days, which is far more than enough?

"You...how did you do it?" the queen asked incredulously.

"Most of them are deposits. Some people are generous and trust me, so they pay the full amount directly, so they have so much." Chu Yan's tired face overshadowed his joy, and he looked extremely calm, "It is only when we just opened the business that we have such a profit. , when every household has these things in the future, they won’t be able to earn so much.”

Then, he told the queen carefully.

Take high-end building blocks as an example, the cost is only about 15 taels of silver, and Chu Yan sold them for 30 taels of silver.The wooden bird also cost 15 taels, but sold for 50 taels each.The most expensive carriage and house models are 80 taels of silver and 150 taels of silver respectively.Matryoshka is cheap, you can buy a set of five dolls for ten taels of silver.

The outdoor toys in the yard cost five or six hundred taels of silver for a complete set.This is just an ordinary price. If you want to have some unique patterns tattooed on the toy, you need to pay more. Some people will even add more money to make it for themselves first.

A well-established family spends money without blinking an eye. Although ordinary officials don't have that much money, there are hundreds of officials in Beijing, and each family can order one or two at will, and the deposit can be as much as [-].

Not to mention there are also custom-made chessboards, exquisite ceramic trinkets, and those who can’t wait to make custom-made chessboards, so they have been spending money playing "flower cards" in Taolefang since the opening five days, and those who come to play in the yard Child.

Playing in Taolefang for an hour, you have to pay two taels of silver!Just for the rent collection alone, nearly two hundred silver came into the account a day, and just like that, you had to make an appointment in advance to get in.

"I didn't expect you to be so talented in business." The queen was both happy and relieved, "Ayan, you don't have to send me any more money in the future, I only paid for a piece of land, and now I have paid back my money, which is enough , you still keep the [-]% profit."

Chu Yan smiled wearily, and insisted: "The queen mother has helped the minister a lot, how can I use the capital to calculate it, besides, the minister has never been filial to the queen mother in the past, and now he has a family and a business. See, it’s not good to stay in the palace for too long, and the mother and the queen get together less and leave more, the [-]% profit should be used to make up for the filial piety of the son.”

Hearing this, the queen was secretly stabbed in the heart, thinking about what she had done for this son in those years?But Chu Yan wanted to make up for her filial piety!It's not his fault that he wasn't around to fulfill his filial piety, it's clearly her own fault!

Her eyes became softer: "You have a heart."

Seeing that Chu Yan was always tired, he said, "Don't tire yourself too much, I see that your eyes are black and blue, but you didn't sleep well?"

Chu Yan said: "Yesterday, for a batch of drawings of customized toys, I only rested in the fourth watch, and I got up again to go to court at Maoshi."

"Isn't it good to leave these things to the servants? Why do you have to do it yourself?"

Chu Yan said seriously: "The left and right ministers don't have much to do, it's rare that there is one thing that the ministers can focus on."

Queen: "..."

Accidentally cut again.

The dignified prince can only do business every day...

She looked at Chu Yan secretly, and could only see that he had a sincere face, and he didn't mean to stab her with words.

"I also like to do it myself, so that with the money in my hand, I feel that I earned it and it is my own achievement."

The queen couldn't help but sighed with a smile: "If you can think this way, it can be seen that it will be too hard to be able to stand up to the sky in the future."

"It's not just because of the hard work of the son and minister. The mother doesn't know that all the first drafts of Taolefang's drawings are from Liu Qi's hand, and yesterday's draft is also because the drawings drawn by the newly invited master did not satisfy the customers. And because it has been delayed for several days without starting work, and other custom-made orders will also be delayed, so Aqi stayed up late to work on the pen, and he was the hardest."

The queen was taken aback: "This Liu Qi, I really didn't see it..."

"Ah Qi Nei has talent, and it will emerge majesticly after a little discovery, and he is willing to work together with me." Chu Yan's eyes gradually softened, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his expression was full of happiness, "I really want to thank you Father, Queen Mother chose such a good princess for my son."

Queen: "..."

When Liu Qi was first settled, she knew Liu Qi's reputation outside, but she thought that Liu Qi's status was enough anyway, as for being domineering and misbehaving, she didn't think it was anything... Up……

The queen was stabbed three times in a row, took a deep breath, and deliberately took the initiative to get close to Chu Yan: "Ah Yan, why don't you go after eating here? What do you want to eat, mother asked the kitchen to do it."

Chu Yan immediately realized that in the past, the queen called herself "mother" in front of him because of Chu Rui's favor, because the queen didn't want to make people see the difference.But this time he sincerely proclaimed himself, with a bit of guilt hidden in his expression.

Chu Yan suppressed the ridicule in his eyes, and when he looked up again, his eyes were clear with some anticipation: "My son is not picky about food, everything is delicious, but..."

In the eyes of the queen's encouragement, he said without changing his face: "I remember that one day the mother made a table of dishes with her own hands, and my son wanted to eat that sweet-scented osmanthus custard..."

The queen said without saying a word: "Then mother will cook for you and make some delicious food for you."

When the queen brought a group of maids into the kitchen, she belatedly remembered that she had cooked a table of dishes for Chu Rui that day, and Chu Yan came down to pay her respects, sat down and ate two bites in a hurry, only eating that Road custard.

Sure enough, the fourth knife still came.

Fortunately, when eating at the same table later, Chu Yan didn't say anything that made her feel so guilty that she wanted to dig a hole in the ground.

This time, Chu Rui, who was left alone by Emperor Chengxing after the next court, became the acting host of Xiaochao. As soon as he came back, he recognized that the dishes on the table were made by his mother himself, which was extremely surprising.

Looking at Chu Yan, he saw a chuckle on the man's face, without making a sound, and raised his eyebrows at him very unbearably.

Chu Rui: "..." I saw the meaning of revenge.

After the meal, he personally proposed to send the elder brother out of the palace, and the empress was naturally happy to see it.

Walking halfway, Chu Rui suddenly asked: "What kind of toy shop is that of yours, it's a waste of time, isn't it?"

Chu Yan glanced at him sideways: "How can it be considered a waste after earning so much money?"

"Then is it possible that you plan to do business like this in the future?"

Even the stereotypes are so obvious.Chu Yan secretly disliked it.

He said with a normal face: "It depends on what you think."

Chu Rui paused, pretending to be ignorant, and said, "Why do I want to care whether you do business or not?"

But Chu Yan made up his mind not to play around with him: "You want to regard me as your own brother, respect me and protect me, so wouldn't it be better for me to do business and be at ease?"

Chu Rui suddenly felt a little more at ease.

What Chu He said in his ear that day kept sticking in his throat. Although he refuted it back, he couldn't help thinking about it from time to time: Why on earth did he only fight for the favor of the emperor but not the queen?

He even met Uncle Jin Guo every day, why didn't he get close to his mother?

This problem is too trivial, and it seems not so important in the face of Chu Yan's active avoidance, lack of talent, unwillingness to go to court, active business, etc., but it is always difficult for Chu Rui to ignore.

It's because... the emperor's favor and the power in Uncle Jin's hands are the most important, right?

It wasn't until today that he saw Chu Yan begging for a table of dishes made by his mother himself, and then said that himself, that he felt a little thorn.

Chu Yan sighed secretly at the side: What kind of brains is this stupid boy? Do you believe any of my hints that may not be clear?

Do you believe me?

Before reaching the gate of the palace, he saw Chou Sheng running towards him, and when he saw him, he threw himself on the ground from a distance, and hurriedly shouted: "Your Highness, the Sixth Princess is gone!"