The husband is the future chief [infrastructure]

It has been seven days since the clothing store was finally renovated.

The three masters also made several samples.

Jiang Ziyan hung all the samples of the winter clothes he brought back from Lin'an in the shop.And the style drawings of these sample clothes were all handed over to the three master tailors, so that they could make clothes for customers when they took orders.

However, before the store reopened, Jiang Ziyan asked shopkeeper Chen to find a few girls with good looks and good proportions, saying that he would invite them to try on new clothes and give them back their wages.

Shopkeeper Chen didn't know what Jiang Ziyan wanted to do, so he had to follow suit.

However, just before Shopkeeper Chen was looking for someone, Jiang Ziyan changed his mind again.

He said: "Forget it, you don't need to worry about this matter, I will handle it."

So the day before the shop opened for business, Jiang Ziyan went to a brothel in the city closest to the shop.

There are not all brothels, most of them are geisha, performing arts but not selling themselves, the girls here are naturally in excellent shape.

It was the first time for Jiang Ziyan to visit an ancient brothel. As soon as he arrived at the door, he was enthusiastically dragged in by the girls who were looking for customers outside.

This brothel is small in scale, named Yanchunlou.

The old bustard of Yanchun Tower is a beautiful-looking woman in her 40s, known as Yu Mama.

Seeing Jiang Ziyan's good-looking appearance, he took the initiative to come over to say hello.

"Hey, which family's young gentleman is so handsome? The girls here are versatile, what kind of gentleman would you like to order?"

When Jiang Ziyan got close, he could only smell a strong smell of powder, which made him almost sneeze. He took two steps back and said, "Hi Mom, I want to pick a few good-looking girls to be models. "

Mama Yu paused and asked, "Model? What is that?"

Jiang Ziyan realized that she didn't understand, so he patiently explained: "It's like this, Mama Yu, I opened a ready-made clothing store on the street to the east, and made a few styles of clothes that are more popular in the city. It just reopens tomorrow. I want to invite a few girls to put on the new clothes in our store, go to the platform there, and make a scene."

Mother Yu originally thought that few girls would go to this kind of job of trying on clothes in the past, after all, the rewards should not be much.

Unexpectedly, the girls who had been huddling around heard him say this and quickly came over and said, "Mom, I don't have any appointments for tomorrow, let me go."

"I want to go too, sir, can you see me?"

……

Jiang Ziyan took a look at their appearance and figure. He came here today to choose candidates not because of good looks and body, but also based on the size of the samples.

Otherwise, even if you are good-looking and have a good figure, it is useless to wear clothes that are not suitable for you.

It's like a [-] model, asking her to wear [-] clothes, no matter how good her figure is, it won't work.

Jiang Ziyan had memorized all the sizes he wanted to choose when he came here, so he can choose more conveniently and quickly here.

Jiang Ziyan looked at them, and then said to Mama Yu: "Mom, money is not a problem. Can you call a few more girls? I'll choose them. After all, the size of the clothes is limited. I know the girls are all good-looking, but if It’s not the right size, that’s okay.”

As he spoke, he stuffed a bag of money into Mama Yu's hand.

Mother Yu weighed the weight, and immediately smiled and said, "Lang Jun said earlier, this is not easy, there are too many girls in our building, I will ask someone to call you down."

Anyway, the other party didn't ask the girl to be famous, as long as she has a good appearance and a good figure. There are too many girls in her building who can't take customers a few times a year. Isn't this a good opportunity?

Considering that there are oirans and popular girls in the building, it may not be easy to invite, so Jiang Ziyan plans to invite a few more ordinary platforms first.

The girls who come out of these buildings have been specially tuned/taught. They walk gracefully and softly. Compared with ordinary girls, they are like Yangliu Fufeng.

Mama Yu quickly called a group of people to come down, and went to a small empty stage nearby to let Jiang Ziyan pick people up.

The people Jiang Ziyan came to pick this time were all trying on winter clothes. The three newly made spring clothes were too thin, so they hung them up for now, and they will find some people to try on the spring clothes when next spring begins.

Jiang Ziyan selected six people with different heights and obesity.After giving Mother Yu a deposit, he made an appointment with them for tomorrow, and then left from Yanchun Tower.

Unexpectedly, when he was going out, someone suddenly stopped him.

"Ziyan!"

Jiang Ziyan turned around and saw that it was Fu Ling.

The last time they met was in Linzhou City a few years ago.The capital is such a big place, so both of them are here, but they haven't seen each other.

Fu Ling had also heard that Jiang Ziyan was the young master of the Hou Mansion before, and he always wanted to come to him to catch up on the old days.

However, Jiang Ziyan did not live in the Hou's Mansion, so she came to ask him where he lived, but at that time the Hou's Mansion was still headed by the Liu family, so she would not be kind enough to tell the truth.

So Fu Ling never knew where Jiang Ziyan lived.

Later, he finally found out where he lived, but he followed Lin Zhao to Lin'an, leaving Fu Ling in vain again.

Fu Ling didn't expect to meet him here today, and looked very happy.

He stepped forward and said: "I didn't expect it was really you. I managed to find out that you live in Nanyun Street, but the servants in your house said that you went to Lin'an, not in the capital."

Jiang Ziyan smiled and said: "Well, I came back a few days ago. I have something to do, so I came back. Brother Fu took the exam before Ah Zhao, so he must have already achieved fame!"

"I don't know how to be talented, and I'm only second in the list. Now I'm writing the sixth rank in the Imperial Academy."

"Congratulations, brother Fu, your career is going well."

When Jiang Ziyan heard that he was on duty at the Imperial Academy, he suddenly remembered that Lin Zhao also went to the Imperial Academy half a year ago. The two must have met, right?

He said: "Azhao was also on duty in the Imperial Academy for the first half year, and you have been colleagues for half a year!"

Speaking of this, a trace of embarrassment suddenly appeared on Fu Ling's face, and he felt uncomfortable when he mentioned this matter.

When he learned that the champion of the new division was named Lin Zhao, he wondered if he had the same name and surname, but when he saw him in the Hanlin Academy, he was sure that he was the one he met in Linzhou before.

He thought that Jiang Ziyan lived with him at that time, and now that he was on duty in the Imperial Academy, Jiang Ziyan must have also arrived in the capital.

So he went up to say hello with a good voice, it doesn't matter if the other party is lukewarm, when he asked about Jiang Ziyan's residence, the other party gave him a cold look and told him not to meddle in his own business.

Fu Ling was very angry, and he never spoke to Lin Zhao since then, even if they met in front of his colleagues, they would just meet each other and just pass by.

In the past two years, Fu Ling almost gave up inquiring about Jiang Ziyan, but he didn't expect that the flowers would not bloom if he deliberately arranged them, and the willows and willows would make shade if he didn't intend to.It was a surprise to meet Jiang Ziyan on the street today.

"Brother Lin and I belonged to different departments at the time, so we were not very familiar with each other," Fu Ling replied.

Jiang Ziyan nodded, "That's right. The Imperial Academy is so big, and Azhao has only been there for half a year. It's normal if you don't meet each other. Today is indeed a coincidence. What are you going to do, Brother Fu?"

Fu Ling smiled and said: "My aunt asked me to help her with some errands, so she took a day off at the Imperial Academy. No, I just came out of the Imperial Academy. I didn't expect to meet you here. Ziyan is going out today. What did you do?"

Jiang Ziyan was a little embarrassed. Next to him was the Yanchun Building. He had just come out from here, so it was inevitable that people would be misunderstood.It's not good if it gives people a sense of debauchery/frivolity.

He hurriedly explained: "Hey, Brother Fu, don't you know me? It's just for business. I just reorganized a clothing store in the past few days and made a few new styles of clothes, so I came here to find some The girls in the building wear it to stand on the platform to support the scene."

Fu Ling laughed, how can there be so many fancy things in other people's business, and he always surprises every time, and the business is getting better and better.

Fu Ling said: "It's better to meet by chance than to invite each other. After a few years, we still meet again. It's all fate. Why don't we go have a meal together!"

Jiang Ziyan felt that this should be the case. After all, this is an old friend in Linzhou. When we meet again now, it is really time to catch up.

It's just that he thought about the purpose of Fu Ling's coming out today, and asked, "Don't you still want to help the imperial concubine? It would be bad if it was delayed. Why don't you do it first, and we can go to dinner later."

Fu Ling looked at the sky, "Don't worry, I took a day off today. It's not too late for my aunt to do some things in the afternoon, so I won't delay our lunch together."

"Okay, let's go then."

The two talked while walking.

Fu Ling asked: "Which restaurant do you like to eat?"

Jiang Ziyan thought about it, and he seemed to seldom eat in restaurants in the capital, so he said, "I don't know much about the restaurants in the capital, why don't you recommend one?"

"Then why don't you go to Tianyun Pavilion? Their family has a very famous dish, braised goose. Let's try it together?"

"sure."

The host and guests enjoyed a meal, and Fu Ling invited the guests. After the meal, Fu Ling said: "I live in the Fu Mansion on Yanfu Lane in the east of the city. If you have anything to do, you can find me there."

Jiang Ziyan said hello, and also said his address.But after he finished speaking, he said again: "This time I came back from Lin'an and left within a few days. The next time I come back will be Chinese New Year."

"Then I'll see you at the New Year's Eve." Fu Ling said.

"it is good."

After Jiang Ziyan left, Fu Ling still sat there without moving.He looked at Jiang Ziyan's back, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Seeing Jiang Ziyan again this time, I just feel that his appearance is more beautiful, and he always speaks in a gentle voice, as if he is born with a good temper. Talking to him is like a spring breeze, which makes people feel refreshed.

Seven days later the ready-to-wear shop reopened.

The girls who had an appointment with Yanchun Building yesterday arrived early today.

Because Jiang Ziyan had explained to the shop assistants in advance, he took out the new clothes for them to change into as soon as they arrived.

After changing the clothes, shopkeeper Chen gave a lecture beside him, "Let me tell you guys, this event is very important, all you have to do is show your figure, see the red cloth outside, walk along the red cloth Bu came back after two trips, and it was done, remember?"

The girls were still immersed in the joy of the new style of clothes, and when they heard what he said, they nodded and said, "Got it." Then they chattered about whose clothes looked better.

"Be careful when you leave, but don't step on the skirt, and the ribbon hanging down, don't step on it." Shopkeeper Chen warned earnestly.

The girls got impatient and said: "I know, I know, we have specially practiced these small steps, so don't worry, shopkeeper Chen."

After everything was ready, they waited for Jiang Ziyan's order to open for business.

However, Jiang Ziyan hadn't come yet.

He got up late.

It was probably because the cold wind was blowing outside for a long time yesterday, so I felt very sleepy this morning and got up late.

By the time he arrived at the tailor shop, everyone would be ready tomorrow.

Jiang Ziyan checked again roughly, and his eyes lit up when he saw the clothes on the girls, they were indeed beautiful.

Just this headgear...

He looked at it and said, "You guys, change the color of the headdresses on your heads to match the clothes, and don't wear the ones that are too obtrusive."

Their make-up looks good, even the girls who are not well-known in Yanchun Building have outstanding temperament when they go there.

Jiang Ziyan was very satisfied.

"Is the flow of the event clear later?" He asked.

"Clear." Guys/girls/shopkeeper Chen replied.

After everything was ready, Jiang Ziyan said: "Open the door, open for business!"

There were already many people gathered outside the shop. These people basically knew about the agreement between Jiang Ziyan and Mrs. Cao seven days ago, and the decision to produce a new style of clothes.

Some of these people are there to see the new style of clothes, some are just to watch the excitement, and some are just to watch the jokes.

The open space in front of the shop is not very big, Jiang Ziyan simply stood at the door and said loudly: "The new style of clothes that I promised you before is ready, and we have prepared some models to show you."

He clapped his hands, and several well-dressed girls came out of the shop one after another on the red cloth spread in front of the shop to show everyone their clothes.

When the first one walks halfway, the latter one starts to walk forward, and after walking around, it will stand behind for everyone to see the clothes styles.

This novel way of displaying clothes aroused the interest of most people present.

Many passers-by were attracted to watch the catwalks of some girls.

This is just the first round of clothes. After a half-hour break after this round, Jiang Ziyan began to publicize the rules of the shop to the onlookers.

As long as you spend 100 taels on the first day of the store, you can become a super VIP member in the store. You can enjoy the most favorable [-]% discount and the most considerate service throughout the year.At the same time, a point system is implemented, one tael of silver is one point, and one thousand points can be offset by ten taels of silver.

For example, when members and guests come, they can rest in the cubicle prepared by them, and there will be free milk tea and snacks, which is a luxury and high-end route.

The milk tea here is the milk tea from the tea talk shop. The milk tea shop is linked with the clothing store. I believe someone will be tempted.

And if you spend 80 taels or more on the first day, you can become a gold VIP member in the store, and you can enjoy a [-]% discount on customized clothes throughout the year, and the point system is also applicable.

If you spend more than 50 taels on the first day, you can become an ordinary VIP member in the store. Ordinary VIP members do not enjoy price discounts, but the points system applies.

In addition to the first-day consumption method, if the price of one-time consumption meets the store's regulations in the future, you can also obtain the corresponding membership status.

As soon as this publicity came out, there was a burst of excitement, and everyone was discussing the membership system.

After Jiang Ziyan's introduction, the second batch of catwalks began.

The girls changed their clothes, including the headdresses on their heads, to ones of the same color, and went out for a walk.

Those styles of clothes just now were a bit more stable, and these styles of clothes were more girly, some were lively and some were bright, which made the ladies who came to watch crazy excited.

After the show was over, Jiang Ziyan gave way to the door. As soon as he finished speaking, everyone can come in and visit freely, but he was squeezed to the side of the counter by the crowd rushing in.

Jiang Ziyan really didn't expect that the ability of women in ancient times to go shopping was no worse than those women he had seen in his previous life. Sure enough, love of beauty is the same.

The former Madam Cao also came as scheduled.It's just that he came later and only watched the end of an event catwalk.

There were too many people going in in front, so she was squeezed to the back.

She has been looking forward to this dress for several days, and she doesn't know what the tailor will make for her, so she is still looking forward to it in her heart.

After entering, she found that the shop was completely different from the last time she came.

Although the place used to be big, I was tired from standing and there was no place to rest my feet. Now there is even a bench, which looks soft and not as hard as that.

The surrounding walls are also beautifully decorated, with new-style clothes hanging on them, and old-fashioned ready-made clothes hanging on the shelves in the hall.

Mrs. Cao was very surprised. She took a closer look and found that the ready-to-wear clothes hanging on the shelves were divided into different grades.

There are clearly marked prices on them, one price for each shelf, which means that any clothes on this shelf will be at this price.

Mrs. Cao hasn't looked at it carefully yet, she intends to take a look at her ready-made dress first.

Because there are a lot of customers who came in to look at the clothes today. After all, there were many people watching on the day the store closed. They knew that they had agreed with Mrs. Cao that they would give a satisfactory explanation after seven days and that some new styles would be released. sample clothing.So there are a lot of people watching the fun today.

Shopkeeper Chen changed his arrogant attitude towards Mrs. Cao that day, and when he saw Mrs. Cao approaching, he greeted her with a smile on his face, "Mrs. Cao, you are finally here. The villain is looking forward to you."

In fact, if shopkeeper Chen knew the identity of Mrs. Cao that day, he would have resolved it in a good manner.However, Mrs. Cao came to the store for the first time, and shopkeeper Chen didn't know her. Just because she was a rich lady, her attitude was a bit rude.

Mrs. Cao was very disdainful of his behavior of stepping on the low and flattering the high, and ignored him. Instead, she said to the guy on the side: "Your boss said to make me a new style of clothes. Now seven days have passed, I will come to you." Get the clothes."

The clerk glanced at shopkeeper Chen's face, and then hurriedly said: "Madam, the clothes are ready, I'll get them for you right away, you can rest at the side first."

Another clerk moved a stool with a wink. The original benches in the room were already full. Mrs. Cao had stood outside for a long time just now, and she was a little tired getting off her legs first, so she just sat and waited.

After a while, the clerk took out the clothes from the back. The style of this dress is unique, and there are many people in the hall waiting to see this custom-made dress by Mrs. Cao.

As soon as she took it out, Mrs. Cao stood up. There were not many embellishments on the clothes, but the styles were novel and the colors matched well.

The clerk suggested: "Why don't you go to the fitting room and change it for a look. If there is something inappropriate, let our master change it for you."

This remark was exactly what she wanted, and Mrs. Cao couldn't wait to put it on and try it on.

The two newly recruited guys are both women, mainly for the convenience of taking clothes for the female guests, tidying the skirts and so on.

The fitting room is in the side room, just turn right from the hall.Originally there was only one, but Jiang Ziyan asked them to build two more out of curtains and baffles, and now there are a total of three fitting rooms available.

Mrs. Cao entered the fitting room, and suddenly found that it was warmer than outside.The female clerk who followed her and helped her guard the door of the fitting room seemed to see her doubts, and explained with a smile: "Our fitting room is connected to the kang on the other side of the kitchen, and the kang burns during the day. It's just warm, our boss said that we are afraid that the guests will freeze when changing clothes, so we specially ask people to make it."

Mrs. Cao was very happy to hear the words, but her voice was still calm, "Your boss has a heart."

The fitting mirror is placed in the hall outside. This is the capital city after all, and good things are not uncommon.

Nowadays, women mostly use bronze mirrors to dress up, but Jiang Ziyan's shop has a large glass mirror.

Glass mirrors can see more clearly, but they are also more expensive.However, the better ready-made clothing stores in the capital all use glass mirrors.

Madam Cao came out of the fitting room after changing her clothes, and the servant girl was responsible for looking at her original clothes.

As soon as she entered the hall, she saw other people staring straight at the clothes she was wearing, and she felt a little complacent in her heart.

Although he hasn't looked in the mirror yet, but from the reactions of others and his surprise when he first saw the dress, he knows that the style of the dress should not be bad.

Because of the large number of people, many people stood in front of the glass mirror. Although they don't buy clothes, it is good to look in the mirror.

Seeing her walking over after trying on clothes, the others unconsciously gave her the mirror.

Mrs. Cao walked to the glass mirror and stood still. Seeing the bright person in the mirror, she doubted if it was her.

The person in the mirror is dressed in blue and yellow, with the waist tied up, and the folds of the clothes raised at the back are sewn together one after another, like butterfly wings, and some white beads are dotted on it, which can be called the finishing touch.

Because the clothes in winter are relatively thick, most of them are made straight, and the styles of this era lead to the clothes have no shape, so the whole is all in one general, the only difference is the color of the fabric and the pattern on it. embroidery.

The dress she is wearing now has a waistband, but it doesn't look bulky at all. It has been stitched with a lot of stitches, and it doesn't look out of harmony, but is very pleasing to the eye.

Mrs. Cao felt that she was ten years younger in the mirror, and compared with the clothes she wore when she came, the difference was quite obvious.

She is very satisfied with this dress.

The onlookers couldn't help sighing: "This dress is so beautiful, I want to buy one too."

Seeing that everyone was lamenting that the clothes look good, Mrs. Cao felt even better.She didn't even want to change her clothes back.

Mrs. Cao's previous dissatisfaction with shopkeeper Chen also disappeared at this time, she said: "I am very satisfied with the clothes, thank you boss for me. The clothes should not fade, right?"

Shopkeeper Chen hurriedly said: "No, no, this fabric is all brought back from Lin'an by the owner. It's genuine at a fair price. You can wear it without worry."

Mrs. Cao nodded, expecting that the other party would not lie to her a second time.

At this time, the servant girl packed up the clothes she had come to try on and came over. Mrs. Cao motioned, and the servant girl took out a piece of silver from her cuff and put it on the counter.

Mrs. Cao said: "I told you, if you make this clothes to my satisfaction, I won't treat you badly."

Shopkeeper Chen expressed his thanks again, and while saying that he had eyes that did not recognize Mount Tai, he sent Mrs. Cao out of the door respectfully.

Seeing that Madam Cao had left, the other onlookers quickly gathered around and asked shopkeeper Chen if they wanted to order the style that Madam Cao was wearing just now.

Mrs. Cao was very happy when she left the house. After all, she just got a dress that she wanted, and she could just wear it to the banquet held by Princess Qingyang in two days.

This dress can't be made in a few days, even if others want to customize the same style, it will take time.

So when she wears it out, she must be the only one in the capital.

Just thinking about the envious eyes of others, Mrs. Cao almost laughed out loud.

Jiang Ziyan is not afraid that other shops of the other party will imitate their clothes. Anyway, most of the cloth woven in Lin'an will be sold to the capital, so this style will come up on a whim. When there are more of the same style, they will take the high-end route and only customize one piece. pieces of that kind.

In fact, even if the style is the same, there are still different colors and patterns embroidered with different patterns. These all depend on the preferences of the customers, so there are not many clothes that are exactly the same style.

But these are all things for the future, Jiang Ziyan doesn't worry so much for the time being, and takes care of the most important thing right now.

On the first day, the sales volume of the ready-made clothing store was as high as more than 1000 taels, which shows that the effect of publicity is very significant.

The orders received in the shop are arranged in order to the next month.

Jiang Ziyan thought for a while, and felt that the three masters might not be enough. Just imagine, if there are too many orders and the season changes, the custom-made clothes for the season have not been worn yet, and the season has already changed when they get it. Oh no.

So I thought about recruiting two more tailors.

The three masters are all very experienced, and they probably know a lot of colleagues, so Jiang Ziyan asked them to recommend two of them.

In this way, the ready-to-wear shop is officially on the right track.

After the reorganization of the new shop was over, Jiang Ziyan began to deal with the previous matters.

Mrs. Cao mentioned the problem of fading clothes. He didn't pursue it in depth at that time, thinking about tidying up the shop first.

Now that the shop is running smoothly, he also spared time to investigate what happened.

After the shop closed at night, Jiang Ziyan called everyone over for a short meeting.

He asked: "Who was responsible for the supply of cloth in the shop before?"

Shopkeeper Chen's heart skipped a beat, thinking that this matter has already been turned over?Why are you asking again?

But he still stood up and answered honestly: "Boss, I am in charge."

"Which source did the cloth come from?"

"It's from Zhangjiabuzhuang in the west of the city. Our shop has always been bought from their house, and there has never been any fading." Shopkeeper Chen explained.