The ancient life of the master craftsman

31-40

Chapter 31

However, most of these drawings were women's clothing, hairstyles and hair accessories. It seemed that he knew women very well, which made Hu Fulang feel strange.

After he finished reading, he was reluctant to return the drawings to Li Enbai. There were two styles that made him, a young man, feel a little moved, not to mention the beautiful women. "

Lin Feng's painting skills are superb. If you take these drawings to other stores, you can sell them for a high price..." Hu Fulang knew that he could not give a high price, but these drawings were worth a high price.

Not wanting to take advantage of his younger sister, Hu Fulang endured the regret and recommended other stores to Li Enbai, which was the store where he sold clothes before, Liu's Cloth Shop.

Li Enbai shook his head, "Mr. Hu, please listen to me first, it's not too late to make a decision then."

"Putting aside other things, Mr. Hu should know that I will take the examination for a student in February next year, right?" Li Enbai saw him nod, and continued, "If someone finds out that I make a living by selling these drawings at this time, do you think I still have a chance to take the imperial examination?"

The emperor of the time valued civil officials over military officials and attached great importance to the imperial examination. Although he also vigorously developed the economy, there were always some strange rules and regulations for literati, including the idea of ​​not competing with the people for profit.

This sentence can be said to be broad or narrow. If you just use your own agricultural products to exchange for the necessities of life, no one can find fault. However, if you cooperate directly with merchants like Li Enbai, once you are discovered, it is easy to cause bad public opinion.

It is not Li Enbai

's fault for being cautious, but there is Chen Yingcai, an ungrateful person in Xinglong Town. He is used to preparing for a rainy day, rather than mending the fold after the sheep have bolted. Hu Fulang also agreed with him. The teachers in Xinglong Academy often made remarks about the inferiority of merchants. This is also the behavior that Hu Fulang despised the most, that is, a bunch of poor ghosts hating the rich.

If the merchant class was not considered a lowly class, it is estimated that those people would say more. But isn't it still a white dress and a poor life?

Hu Fulang does not admire scholars as much as many ordinary people. He likes to keep things separate. Scholars may have poetry and books, but without merchants, everyone's life will not be as convenient as it is now.

He felt that no educated person had to be sarcastic and criticize the business class. Even the emperor said that businessmen were not inferior and were no different from ordinary people. Why did these people who had read a few books want to make some bad remarks...

After thinking about it for a while, he came back to the present. "If it's inconvenient for you, I can help you sell it. Liu's Cloth Shop is the shop of Mr. Liu, the richest man in our town, and the price he gives is always fair." Hu Fulang strongly suggested.

Xinglong Town is not big. There are no more than five cloth shops and clothing stores. Among them, Qianxiu Pavilion and Rumeng Embroidery Shop are small shops that can only make a living but not make much profit, so they can't digest so many new styles. The other two are Liu's Cloth Shop, and the other is Zhang's Cloth Shop.

Liu's Cloth Shop just divides Xinglong Town from the south to the north, and Zhang's is in the center of the town. In addition, the owner of Zhang's also has a restaurant, which is Chen Yingcai's father-in-law.

Therefore, Hu Fulang didn't mention Zhang's at all. He didn't want Lin Feng to give money to Zhang's!

Li Enbai shook his head again, "No, Hu Fulang, Lin Feng thinks that it is most appropriate to give this draft to you. You will keep it secret for Lin Feng, right? You should be able to see the value of these drafts. If possible, Lin Feng does not want anyone to know that these drafts are from my hand."

He spread the drafts flat and showed them to Hu Fulang, "The people in the paintings cannot be painted by me." If

a scholar draws a bunch of portraits of women, it will not be a good story if it is spread out, but it will directly brand him with the impression of being lustful.

This is the most important but also the most unspeakable.

Fortunately, Hu Fulang understood it at once. If the things in the drafts do not make money, it is fine. Once they make money, someone should dig deep into the source of the drafts. In that case, if he sells it to others, it will be the same trouble as keeping it for himself, but the benefits will be different.

If he keeps it for himself, he can get a chance to revitalize the store. If he sells it to others, it will only be Li Enbai himself who gets some money.

What Li Enbai wants is to bind interests. As long as his interests are consistent with Hu Fulang's, he does not need to emphasize the confidentiality, and Hu Fulang will do it well. There is no harm in this for Hu Fulang, so why not cooperate?

After thinking it through, Hu Fulang no longer hesitated, "Okay, then I will shamelessly leave the drawings behind!" He added, "But, Lin Feng, how are you going to sell the drawings?"