Urban Sims

October is the golden autumn.

Barley in the field and apples in the orchard after harvest.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the "First Congress of the Free Trade Union" to be held in Grandland, Zhou Ming personally took a messenger and traveled all over the 72 member territories of the Free Trade Union, sending the barons and earls of these territories They are all invited (the lord will send an important representative if he does not come), to participate in this significant congress.

Prior to this, Zhou Ming took the servants to tidy up the inside and outside of the castle after drawing the design.

First of all, after scraping off the many moss and gray spots on the outer wall of the castle, the outer wall was painted with lime mixed with pigments, and the whole body was painted in a soft and warm yellow; After scraping a layer of white, the indoor light suddenly became brighter; the masonry floor in the corridor bedroom was covered with a layer of mahogany floor, and then a layer of non-slip carpet was laid.

Then, the real highlight came. In addition to the living room and bedroom where he lived, in the hundreds of guest rooms prepared for the representatives of the business alliance conference, Zhou Ming had people replace them with dozens of new types of furniture produced by the furniture workshop, etc. The representatives of the business alliance lived in these rooms, and he dared to guarantee that they only needed to stay for one night. These representatives who participated in the conference would not be willing to leave without buying a few sets of furniture to go back.

At the end of October, the agreed date for the meeting arrived.

The lords and lords, members of the Free Trade Union, came to Granland one after another.

The ones who arrived a few days earlier were naturally the three barons from Youcan, Nathan, and Patton who joined the business alliance first.

As soon as these three barons stepped into the newly decorated castle, no matter whether they were of good or poor mental quality, no matter whether they were broad-minded or poor in knowledge, the three barons were like bumpkins deep in the mountains, suddenly came to the center of the bustling city The commercial street seemed to have traveled through time and space, and was completely shocked by the layout of the living room in front of him.

Flat and flawless white walls, mahogany floors with glossy textures, white and soft square wool blankets, sofa chairs with weird shapes and low heels that make people want to lie on them, coffee tables with simple structures and practical functions, and lattice-shaped cabinets beside the walls The high-end utensils placed, the silver-plated candlesticks hanging from the top of the ceiling... In the living room, except for the fireplace, no changes were made, and other layouts have undergone earth-shaking changes.

If the three barons want to enter the living room, they have to take off their smelly shoes and boots with the help of their servants, put on slippers, and change the armor that shakes off the iron filings at any time. They go to the bathroom on the third floor of the castle, where the servants After taking a comfortable hot bath under the company's service, he changed into loose and comfortable home clothes and walked around the castle.

For three consecutive days, the three barons who had moved into the castle in advance maintained a consistent silence on the various facilities of the castle, without expressing any opinions.

This made Zhou Ming very strange. Originally, he was expecting their expressions of amazement... He had to ask the three barons at the sumptuous dinner on the third day if they had any comments on the castle's living facilities.

"No objection, very good, everything is good!"

Baron Howard buried his head in eating the steak on the silver plate, thinking to himself that after returning to his own territory, he must have a more comfortable living environment than this!

"Dear Edward, you have done such a good job here, but I am not used to it. The chairs you sit on are too soft, and my back hurts after sitting for a long time. The bed is too flat at night, and there is nothing to rest on it. It's not very comfortable to sleep in, and it's too clean. If I want to use it, I have to run to a toilet far away and sit on that toilet, right! On top of the toilet, I have to pull down the rope after using it. Flushing...it's troublesome, it's really troublesome."

Baron Sean, who was telling the truth, began to complain. He felt that the various living facilities in the castle could not be said to be bad, but it was too troublesome to use.

"Knight Edward, I have no objection. I have to say that the bathhouse on the third floor of the castle is really nice. I go there and take a dip every day. When I go back, I will build one in my castle."

Baron Romond gave a thumbs up and said, living in the cold north, he rarely took two big baths a year. This was his first time as a guest in Glenland, so he soaked in the bathhouse for a long time and scrubbed it off with a hard-bristled brush. After getting rid of the dirt on his body, he found that he was floating when he walked, and gradually became obsessed with this feeling of taking a bath.

Zhou Ming, who didn't hear the answer he wanted to hear, was very disappointed. He stopped beating around the bush and asked them directly: "What do you think of the various types of furniture in the castle? What if I take out these styles of furniture and sell them to the outside world?" , do you think it can be sold?"

The words fell silent.

Howard raised his head and said, "Why can't you sell it? Give me a set of all the furniture in this castle! However, don't sell it too expensively. The maximum price is 100 gold coins per set. It is sold by traveling merchants." The furniture is about the same price, so don't kill me."

After hearing this, Baron Sean became anxious and immediately said: "Mr. Howard, how can the furniture sold by traveling merchants be compared with the furniture here? The furniture sold by traveling merchants are all made of ordinary oak. The furniture here , the worst ones are all made of red pine, and some are made of precious wood. In terms of materials, craftsmanship, and quality, they are much better! The sofa chairs we are sitting on are covered with thick fur. fur, not only 1000 gold coins, 100 gold coins, at most a small wooden chair."

"Knight Edward, how much does the furniture you have here cost approximately? My Patton Territory was robbed by savages a few months ago. It cost a lot of money to rebuild the territory. If the furniture you have here is too expensive, I can only buy a little bit."

Baron Romon said that he originally wanted to buy two sets of furniture to decorate the castle, but was shocked by Baron Sean's price of several thousand gold coins per set. After thinking about it, he gave up the idea and bought a few for a cheaper price. Just take a comfortable chair and go back.

Hahaha.

Zhou Ming laughed in his heart.

He was just worried that the sales of the furniture would be a problem, but now he was no longer worried, and said to them with a smile: "Don't worry, I will give you a preferential price, a set of fur sofas, the price will not exceed 500 gold coins. A large carved bed will cost no more than 300 gold coins, and a set of tables and chairs will cost no more than 100 gold coins. However, since you are the first to join the Merchant Alliance, I can give you a 50% discount on the basis of this preferential price. You should be able to afford it now, right?"

In fact, excluding the salary expenses of the craftsmen, the furs exchanged for food, and the wood cut from the surrounding areas, the cost is at most a labor consumption, and the actual cost of these furniture will not be reduced after mass production. , generally dropped to 10-50 gold coins (there are many gold and silver mines in the world, 1 gold coin = 50 silver coins, an ordinary farmer family will not spend more than 10 gold coins a year), the external selling price must of course be above the cost , multiplied by at least ten.

"You can afford it! It's so cheap. There will definitely be many people buying it. Sell me a few sets of furniture first, and don't let other lords rob them all!"

"Dear son-in-law, except for the bed that I'm really not used to sleeping on, sell me a set of other furniture. My wife Ailian will probably like these furniture..."

"Knight Edward, in addition to furniture, you can also arrange for a mason to go to Patton Ring to help me design a bathhouse. One with constant hot water in winter. I need this very much..."

"Okay, okay, it's okay."

Zhou Ming nodded repeatedly. Looking at the three barons who were so enthusiastic, he felt relieved. There is a chance. Now there should be a chance!

…

After a few days.

The first Business Alliance Congress was successfully held.

As expected, the more than 70 lords or lord representatives who came to Glenland were first deeply shocked after staying in the high-end and extremely luxurious castle, and then they became interested in the various living facilities and furniture in the castle. I was extremely interested and learned that the furniture workshop in Glenling now has a large number of castle-like furniture for sale. They all bought ten sets for you and twenty sets for him, and placed orders for thousands of sets of furniture in total. The amount is over 150,000 gold coins.

Not just furniture. During the first Business Alliance Congress, at a large open-air celebration banquet held on the lawn in front of the castle, Zhou Ming had a large T stage built for dozens of male and female models with outstanding figures to wear stylish clothes. All kinds of fashionable fur coats, furs, leather shoes, leather boots, belts and other clothing products produced by Lanling Garment Factory staged an unprecedented show on the runway for the representatives of the business alliance who can see straight. gorgeous fashion show.

On the same day, the representatives who came to Grand Collar changed all their outfits from inside to outside, from head to toe. Thousands of finished garments in Lanling Garment Factory were snapped up. After paying more than 60,000 gold coins in cash, they also placed an order for more than 100,000 gold coins and 2,000 pieces of fur clothing. These orders are enough for the garment craftsmen in the garment workshop. Let’s work at full capacity for one month!

Furniture, fur clothing, these two types of commodities are currently only the two lowest-end commodities in the industrial chain planned by Zhou Ming, and his large-scale workshop industrial base has only taken a prototype.

When there are enough various resources (such as grain, meat, coal, iron ore, gold and silver, etc.) in hand, a large number of workshops built around these resources will produce a large number of secondary and tertiary resources after deep processing of raw materials. High value-added products are sold to the interior of the business alliance and the surrounding territories, and after making huge profits, they then purchase a large amount of primary raw materials from the interior of the business alliance or the surrounding territories, thus constructing a complete consumption cycle...

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