Chapter 288 Inn and Theater
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It has been more than half a month since the river embankment started.
The weather is getting warmer day by day, and the river bank is changing every day. The rough prototype can be seen from the river bank that has been long for several miles. The drainage and irrigation ditches are also being built simultaneously. The reserved steps and waterwheel entrance are also completed. The remaining are mainly earthwork and stone operations on the river bank, but this is all accumulated by manual and time.
The number of people participating in the construction of the river embankment is increasing day by day. After the spring sowing, almost everyone in the town except for those who cannot move, except for those who cannot move, including blacksmith shops, wooden workshops, and bamboo workshops, are all working hard to build and rush to make various tools. With the increase in tool manpower, the construction speed of the river embankment is getting faster and faster every day.
According to the current situation, it only takes half a month at most. The river embankment that can withstand a once-in-a-century flood in this plan will be completed. This is definitely a once-for-all cross-century project.
When Chen Xu came to inspect the work on the river bank, everyone bowed with smiles. But today, he found that everyone looked at him very much. Some people bowed and bowed all the way, but then they all bowed and whispered to each other.
"I heard that, Lidian greedy milk, held a big cow's sucked for a long time!"
"I heard about it, too!"
"Oh, Lord Lidian is so frustrated. He can't even drink a sip of milk!"
"Why do you have so many young women and wet nurses in the town who have given birth to babies? I can't figure it out!"
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Chen Xu walked along the way, his face getting darker and darker. After returning, he asked Yu Wuya to press Wang San and Wang Si to the ground and beat him hard before he felt a little better.
Good things don’t go out and bad things spread thousands of miles. It seems that I should leave Qinghe Town as soon as possible to avoid the limelight, otherwise I will not be able to explain clearly when I see Shui Qingrou when I go home.
Chen Xu thought about a scene in the future. Shui Qingrou untied her clothes and said, "Husband, you have it at home, why don't you cherish it? You have to go to the cow pen..."
Damn, Chen Xu made a big move, and then quickly urged Wang Wu and Yu Wuya and others to pack their luggage and leave Qinghe Town to Wancheng.
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It is already mid-spring February, and Wancheng is closer to the south than Zhi County, and it is also a plain area, so the climate is warmer. The green wheat waves along the way are rolling, the peach and plum blossoms are fragrant, and the willows are already full of spring scenery.
Bathed in the warm spring breeze, Chen Xu and others were riding their horses in a light clothes and riding their horses in spring. They set off in the morning and arrived in Wancheng was already close. The city gates slowly closed shortly after entering the city.
Today, Qinghe Store has become a business card for Wancheng and even the entire Nanyang County. Whether it is Wancheng people or business travelers from south to north, the topic must be about Qinghe Store.
It’s nothing more, because the things sold in this store are unique, and there is another most prominent feature, that is... expensive!
A bottle of Qinghe wine is at least 8,000 yuan, and it is a discounted price. Even if it is such a expensive wine, it sold 300 bottles in one winter, worth 2.4 million copper coins. It is more than 60,000 stones of grain for food, which is basically equivalent to the total summer and autumn tax and grain income of Zhixian County in one year. Therefore, Chen Xu now says that wealth is far from being able to compete with a country, but wealth is still OK to compete with a city.
Although Qinghe wine is ridiculously expensive, it is not something you can buy with money. Because it is covered with the crust of the fairy wine, it was bought by the rich merchants in Wancheng on the day of its opening. All the remaining ones were sold out within half a month. When there were big merchants even further away, only Qinghe tea oil and Qinghe Meijiu were left.
Therefore, the Qinghe brand also sold hundreds of bottles of tea oil and vinegar, which cost tens of thousands of dollars.
Of course, there are also sweaters, sweaters, pants and scarves that have also been sold a lot.
Sweaters, pants and scarves were knitted by women who learned to knit sweaters in Qinghe Town. Because they had just learned it, the technology was very rough and slow. More than 100 skillful women in the town sat on the kang and kept knitting every day. In one winter, they knitted all two trucks of wool. Chen Xu paid his salary according to the difficulty of the task. It only cost 30 yuan to knit a simple scarf, but knitting a sweater or a pair of wool pants would give 200 yuan, although the purchase price and sale
The price difference is ten times, but it makes the women in the town make a lot of money. They knit five or six pieces in one winter with a quick and skillful heart, which is more than one thousand yuan. Because of this, the status of women in the town in the town has suddenly increased a lot. The men in the family dare not beat people casually. They serve them with a smile on their faces every day, and the family is harmonious and joyful. The peaceful atmosphere of Qinghe Town has also improved several levels compared to before.
Only by making money can you gain status. The status of the women's compatriots is entirely due to the improvement of their status. Therefore, every day, countless girls and wives in the town can't help but glar at Chen Xu and try to hook him up when they see him.
Sweaters, sweaters, trousers, scarves and other things are seasonal products, so it is difficult to buy them in the spring. So when Chen Xu arranged for someone to deliver goods to Hu Kuan in December, he simply asked him to discount the takeout, so that he would not be able to sell it in the spring. Therefore, all the sweaters, sweaters, 3,000 and 2,000 yuan were sold out in the past, and the scarves were as low as 100 yuan, and they were sold out in the end.
As for the side dishes such as rice candies and biscuits, they are a supplement for products. Although they seem outrageously expensive, wealthy families can still afford to consume. Therefore, Liu Daichui made some of them behind the foot house for daily sales, which can also be regarded as an additional choice of tourism specialties for celebrities and merchants who came here. After all, it is not anyone who can afford Qinghe wine.
The number of Qinghe wines brewed by Chen Xu is limited, and Qinghe Town does not store much, and it will take six or seven months to wait until the new grapes come out. Therefore, it is now in a state of reluctance to sell. It is limited to 50 bottles per month. If you want to buy new goods every month, you should hurry up early. You have to pay a deposit of 1,000 yuan in advance. After paying, you will get a small paper ticket with a special number. Therefore, there are now a large group of scalpers guarding the door of Qinghe shop every day. No matter when someone comes to the store to ask about Qinghe wine, it is not. The pre-sale number has been sold to summer, but you can sell pre-sale tickets from scalpers, with each ticket being added to several hundred or a thousand yuan.
"My husbands, do you want the pre-sale ticket for Qinghe wine in June? You only need to add one thousand yuan!" Chen Xu and others just arrived on the street in front of Qinghe shop, and immediately a few scalpers surrounded him.
"Noisy~" Wang San, who was riding a horse in front, pulled out a brand new steel sword from his waist with a clang, and the black sword blade instantly rippled out a cold breath.
"Get out of here, get out of the way, blind!" Hu Kuan quickly ran out of the store, kicked and drove away several scalpers, and then smiled dryly and bowed to Chen Xu, "Hu Kuan has met Lord Lidian!"
Chen Xu twitched and jumped off the horse and said, "Look at the good things you did. What do these rascals like to be around here all day long! You have to have some face to make money!"
Hu Kuan blushed and said with a wry smile: "It's not that I'm not shameless, but that Qinghe wines are too few, and they will burst into pieces every time they arrive. Since you asked me to use this method of booking sales, someone has taken advantage of the loopholes to order and resell the receipts. Instead of letting others make money, it's better to let us make money ourselves!"
Chen Xu was also speechless. He didn't have enough wine and could only use this common hunger marketing method in later generations. However, he underestimated the wisdom of the ancients. As a result, someone began to resell small receipts soon, and he could not solve this problem.
"How is the construction of inns and theaters progressing?" Chen Xu stood on the street and looked at several large-scale renovation and renovation foothouses and private houses on both sides of Qinghe Store.
"Sir, the inn and theater have been completed. Now there is only some finishing process. You can tell by following me in and taking a look!" Hu Kuan quickly led the way in front.
Nowadays, there are two houses and two foot houses on both sides of the Qinghe store, which are both purchased by Hu Kuan. Chen Xu also drew simple drawings for the delivery convoy to send them over. I don’t know what Hu Kuan has built.
However, after entering, Chen Xu was a little surprised because it was not much different from what he expected, and it was even much better than he expected.
Originally, I was going to be named Qinghe Hotel, but later I felt that the name was too vulgar, so I changed it to Qinghe Inn. The Qinghe Inn has now expanded to an area of more than ten acres, occupying almost half a street. The two connected foot houses were connected together, forming a two-story brick and stone building, all of which have been reinforcing and renovated, the walls, floors and windows have been replaced, and the roof has also been rested again, which looks much more luxurious and elegant.
Because the two houses have yards and are relatively large in size, Chen Xu directly designed and transformed them into a theater.
It is actually an exaggeration to say that it is a theater. It is a stage more than one meter high in a huge wooden shed, and a curtain is set up to be used to perform some entertainment programs.
Now the tables, chairs, stages, curtains, etc. have all been finished. It seems to have a bit of the style of the ancient stages in the Ming and Qing dynasties. As for the details... don't be too demanding, just make sure of it.
"By the way, have you found the girls who performed the show you have found?" Chen Xu asked on the stage.
"I have found more than a dozen people. I am learning dance and rehearsing the fairy match you mentioned every day. Do you want to call them all over for you to perform now?" Hu Kuan said quickly after following him.
Chen Xu looked at Tianse and said, "Okay, you go and arrange it, let's go to have a meal first."
Chapter completed!