44. Peony Cushion
Recently, Heng's car manufacturing business has been much faster.
Although Heng Yu's eldest son Heng Huai is not as good as his father and younger brother in carpentry skills, he is quite good at management and is also good at dealing with people. Now Heng Yu has basically avoided the back. All the previous things are left to his eldest son, who is fully managed.
Recently, Heng's car manufacturing company has recruited a lot of people, dividing its own car manufacturing compound into several different areas, each area is responsible for different parts, handlebars, and pedals, each performing its own duties.
In this way, every worker doesn't need to learn a lot of skills. Just know how to do the same job. If you can't do fine work, you just ask them to do rough work. If you have the skill, Heng Huai will sign a contract with him, asking the other party to do his job for many years, grow his salary, and then raise his position to be responsible for relatively meticulous work.
In this way, the work efficiency has been greatly improved. In just one month in August, Hengshi Car Manufacturing has issued two orders, each order is thirty Yan'erfei.
This order quantity was discussed with Luo Yong before. In order to achieve the greatest publicity effect in the shortest time, Hengshi Car Manufacturer refused to accept large orders in the short term. At most, one order would be thirty vehicles.
Speaking of which, Yan'erfei also has many limitations. First of all, the load is limited and cannot be used to carry heavy objects, otherwise the gear chain will be easily damaged.
Secondly, I am more afraid of water, so it is not easy to use on rainy days. The most important thing is the two wheels, the sheepskin is not very waterproof. Once the thousands of layers of the bottom there absorb enough rain, it will become very heavy.
Next is comfort, which is not a big problem. Most people in later generations are used to flat roads and comfortable riding experiences. People at this time are different. Yan'erfei can help them speed up their itinerary, and everyone feels nothing, especially for many people who can't afford to buy cattle and horses.
Basically, as long as the weather is good, the road quality is not particularly bad, and there are no heavy objects to carry, Yan'erfei is still a very good transportation tool for people at this time.
As Heng's car manufacturing business increased, the price of Yan'erfei in Lishi County gradually dropped. Unlike before, people shouted for prices everywhere. Now, as long as a Yan'erfei can be sold for 500 to 800 yuan, it is quite good.
Generally, people who come from afar and plan to buy Yan'erfei from here cannot be satisfied with the one or two cars, so most people still have to wait for the Hengshi Car Manufacturer to ship according to the order.
Yan'erfei's business did not need Luo Yong to worry much about it. What he is more concerned about now is the business of wool socks and wool felt cushions.
Since the beginning of last year, Du Xi took away a batch of wool socks and cushions from him, Hou Lin and others sent people to buy it, Ma Feiyang bought it, Guo An and his friends also bought it, and only the next few times were mainly wool socks, and the cushions were never opened.
Luo Yong guessed that Du Qilang brought those wool socks back last time, which should have been popular in Chang'an City, but the cushion did not become popular for some reason.
I don’t know if it’s because in this era, women’s consumption capacity is not as good as men. Just like those who came to him to buy socks before, they are all men with certain financial abilities. The main ones they buy are men’s socks. Occasionally, they bring a few pairs of women’s socks, and they should also buy them back and give them to their own women.
In addition, it may also be related to insufficient publicity. After all, the cushion is not like socks and can be worn outside and wander around.
So, how can we increase the exposure of this thing...
Luo Yong has been working hard on this matter recently. On the one hand, he asked his disciples to start making some cushions with green pine and green bamboo, intending to try to develop a market for those literati and poets.
On the other hand, I also led two disciples to make a large circular cushion with a peony pattern. The diameter of the cushion is about one meter two meters, and it can basically be called a carpet.
Just a while ago, after teaching the knitting techniques of wool socks to the girls in the village, Luo Yong also taught the making techniques of the wool felt carpet to his disciples. He is now a little open-minded. After all, his time and energy are limited. After all, he is busy all year round, and he can't make many mats at all.
He was not worried that some disciples would start a new job after learning this craft. The road ahead was still long, just a craft of making wool felt seat cushions. If he could tell a person's loyalty and treacherousness, it would be worth it.
"Master, the price of mutton has increased again in the past two days." On the afternoon of the same day, a disciple of Luo Yong rode Yan'er into his yard. After getting off the car, he handed Luo Yong a small piece of mutton tied with straw in his hand.
Nowadays, Yan'erfei's value is not low, but since we have this car, it has been much more convenient to come and go, and some people are reluctant to sell it.
"It's okay, when the goats grow fluff, everyone will be willing to kill the sheep." Luo Yong took the piece of mutton and handed it to Si Niang who was looking at him. Si Niang happily took the piece of meat and entered the kitchen.
Recently, many people in their place have heard that cashmere can spin and weave clothes, and the woven things are soft and warm, and the price is high. Therefore, many people who raise goats at home have refused to kill sheep recently, and just wait for the sheep to grow fluff to kill them before they are willing to kill them. Therefore, the price of mutton during this period is a bit more expensive than usual.
"At this time of the coming year, you can exchange pork for it." His disciple smiled.
"That's true, mutton is expensive, and pork must be easy to sell." Luo Yong also laughed. He recently cooperated with someone to buy some piglets and sprinkle them. By this time next year, it will be the time to kill pigs.
After asking the price of this piece of meat, Luo Yong immediately gave the money. Although he often asked his disciples to help bring things, the money was calculated very clearly. He would not take them in vain if he had nothing to do on weekdays.
The disciple collected the money and went to the yard next to him. He still had a half-finished mat there. He continued to do it now. After finishing it, he took it over and handed it to Luo Yong. Luo Yong would record it for him. When the mat is sold, he would settle the wages to him.
Not everyone can make this mat. Those who have the skills that are really not good, Luo Yong refused to ask them to waste the materials. Although wool is not a valuable item, wool dyed with color is more expensive.
Those disciples who could not make cashmere cushions were disappointed, but they could only blame themselves for being too stupid. Luo Yong treated them equally. The reason why Heng Yu was able to make Yan Erfei with the guidance of his master was that he had the skills of a carpenter. Now Luo Yong taught them to make cushions again. Some people learned it, while some people didn't. It all depends on their personal abilities.
Among Luo Yong's disciples, three of them are the most famous. One is Liu Huo, who plays pigs. He now rides the swallows through the streets and alleys, spreads the benefits of playing pigs everywhere, often plays pigs for free, and then resells some groceries to make money.
After a few months, many people have learned about the benefits of slaying pigs. Liu Huo, who is slaying pigs everywhere, has also received the nickname "slaying pig Liu".
Recently, Na Hengyu has also been very famous because he is a carpenter himself, so he has won the title of "Carpenter Heng".
In addition, Xu Erlang is also quite famous. He has no name at the moment, but Luo Yong is more interested in him, and other disciples also vaguely take him as the leader, so everyone basically knows him.
The other disciples also took these three people as examples, hoping that one day they could earn a name for themselves. Even if they were like Zhu Zhu Liu, it would be considered as a waste of time to come to this world.
Many local people also talked about the stories of Luo Coffin Baner and his disciples.
However, once this story spreads far, it will sometimes become a little distorted: "In the past, there was an old man named Luo Chou Baner. He could slap pigs and burn dirt. He also had many apprentices, one of whom was called Ji Zhu Liu, who specialized in slapping pigs. He had the same tool in his hand, and the slap was so long that it was thinner than chopsticks..."
Luo Yong didn't know that he had been circulated from the coffin board as an old man, and he was only thinking about how to promote his own cushions so that he could find a good sales route and sell them at a good price.
If you want to do a good job in business, you naturally cannot leave any publicity. Speaking of which, the people of the Tang Dynasty actually knew hype very well. In order to make fame, many people tried their best to make friends and visit friends, and do business papers. A group of scholars and talented men went out to drink, write poems and stroll around brothels. Don’t think that people are just playing, many people have promotional purposes. Better smart, there is also the story of Chen Zi'ang making a name for himself. Although he doesn’t know the truth or falsehood, he can also gain a glimpse of the social atmosphere at that time.
After thinking about it, Luo Yong also decided to hype up his own wool felt cushion. There was no idea where the literati and poets should start for a while. I think there should be some opportunities.
The master and apprentice worked hard for several days, and the peony cushion was finally completed. The rich color and bright petals were like ordinary women sitting on it, and they would be intoxicating with fragrance. If there was a woman who was good at playing the piano and singing, sitting on the peony cushion and singing lightly, she would probably be full of charm.
Chapter completed!