Chapter 513 This is the tablecloth
“Every time you buy a product from the Principality of Wesson today, the Wesson people will use part of the money to equip their troops. When the time is right, you can buy Wesson goods. The money will turn into bullets that pierce your heart!”
Baron Turgot’s hoarse shouts were drowned in the bilateral trade between the Principality of Wesson and the Kingdom of Gaul that exceeded one million gold coins.
Even for businessmen from the Kingdom of Gaul, nowadays everyone likes to discuss topics such as who signed another big contract, who opened a shop by himself, etc. At the end of the conversation, they are scolding that person for leaving. I'm just lucky, I could have done it if I had changed myself.
The one they scolded the most was Da Franche. They didn’t expect that this poor guy actually made a fortune by selling oysters. He could obviously do this kind of thing.
Some people followed Da Franche's example and went to the beach to purchase goods, but the survival rate of the oysters shipped back was too low to compete.
No one from the nobles from the Kingdom of Gaul listened to what Baron Turgot was saying.
Now that the men are fighting in the Kingdom of Tarago, Old Louis allows their wives to not pray in the church in the territory according to tradition and go to the Principality of Wesson to participate in the Universal Exposition.
Traditionally, when a man goes out to fight, his wife praying in the church is a disguised form of house arrest. The purpose is to make the men loyal. Now letting these ladies go to Weissenburg to make money will make the men more loyal. Old Louis will naturally do it. Out of choice.
There are very few opportunities to travel abroad these days, let alone to the legendary Castle of Weissenburg. The ladies left their business to the housekeeper and went shopping themselves.
By chance, they caught up with the first batch of products of the jacquard machine to be launched on the market.
Eugene returned to Weissenburg City at the end of August and is now forming a new unit. His mother Mancini wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to come to Weissenburg City to see her son. After the approval of the high command, Eugene was given three days' leave.
That day, Mancini personally cooked a sumptuous dinner for his son at Eugene's house. After the dinner, when the mother and son chatted, Mancini was very satisfied that his son had tricked his father into getting his pocket watch, and Eugene gave it to him. I gave my mother a suitcase of gifts, including new products I got through the channels.
When Mancini opened the box and took out the snow-white gift on the top, even though he was a member of a small group of nobles at the top of the Kingdom of Gaul and had seen many rare and exotic treasures, he was still surprised. Not catchy.
Today's lace is hand-woven bit by bit by skilled craftsmen. The price of the highest-end two-finger wide lace reaches one gold coin per meter. Sometimes the price of a dress is not as much as the price of a skirt. , lace on cuffs and collar.
Because of this, Frederick has been investing in people to tinker with steam jacquard machines. It took him ten years until he succeeded this year.
What Mancini picked up from the box was a round piece of colorful pure cotton lace cloth, more than one meter in diameter, with circles of various hollow floral patterns embroidered on it, and a circle of tassels on the edge.
In the past, lace cloth was only used for decorative handkerchiefs, which was far inferior to this one.
Eugene smiled to himself when he saw his mother's surprised look, and said casually: "I remember that the tablecloth on the tea table in your tea room was old, so I bought you a new tablecloth."< br>
Mancini's hands that could break the legs of a piano trembled slightly, his expression gradually turned ferocious, and he screamed and asked his son: "What! You said this is just a tablecloth?!"
Using such a large and exquisite lace cloth as a tablecloth is like using an F1 car to pull bricks.
Eugene continued to say to his mother seriously: "Yes, there are some small pieces inside that can be used to cover the tea set to keep out dust. They can also be used to cover the stationery in the study. There are a few larger pieces that can be used. Make curtains. "
Mancini took a few deep breaths to calm down, otherwise he would be pissed off by this peony-chewing brat.
Eugene continued: "There are a few quilt covers under the box. I asked someone to put the down quilt core separately. There are two thicknesses for winter and spring. Just put them on when the time comes."
Mancini carefully placed the white lace cloth on his knees, and sure enough he found several pieces of colorful cloth underneath.
She asked the servants to unfold them, then frowned.
The red and blue cloth is woven with colorful patterns, which are common flower and bird patterns. Except for purple, all other colors are available. Just from the number of colors, you can see that it takes a lot of manual work. Making clothes is no problem.
The problem is that these are really quilt covers. The inner layer is solid color, and there is an opening on the side for the quilt core. In Mancini's opinion, it is a waste of money.
"These cost a lot of money, right?" Mancini began to educate his son, "Your current income is not high, don't spend it randomly, save it."
" You are not young anymore, it’s time to think about marriage. Do you have any girls you like here? If not, I can help you look for her in Gaul.”
She paused and said, "It's okay if she is a young widow with a lot of property."
Eugene shook his head slightly and said, "Now is the most critical moment in my career. I can't be distracted. Let’s talk about it in two years.”
Mancini heard the familiar excuse again, and angrily told him to go back to work on his career early tomorrow morning, without having to accompany his mother.
The next day, when Mancini and the ladies from the Kingdom of Gaul went to the zoo to play, they folded the lace tablecloth in half and used it as a shawl. For a while, many visiting businessmen only looked at her instead of the animals.
The prince's wife travels in a pompous manner. She is followed by a line of well-trained maids. On the golden trays held by the maids are tea sets, handkerchiefs for wiping the face, several fans and perfume, all of which are Covered with white lace cloth.
When it was time to rest, she asked the servants to spread the bed covers on the grass as a mat, then set up a shelf and hung up the lace curtains to block mosquitoes and other people's sight. Those Gallic noble ladies who had just become immune to lace shawls suddenly felt dizzy. There had never been such a large lace cloth in the world. This was no longer something that money could solve.
Some people can't help but wonder, is the prince's wife going to compete with the Wesson people for wealth?
Mancini never thought about fighting for wealth or anything, he just wanted to chat with other noble ladies about the gifts given to him by their sons, and then mentioned that the family still lacked a daughter-in-law.
Eugene is not the eldest son in the family, and he is developing in the Principality of Wesson. There is no need to consider things like marriage when getting married.
Mancini's goal was achieved, and it also caused another person in the zoo to think.
A little boy of five or six years old asked his grandfather depressedly: "Grandpa, why do we have to go back early? I still want to see the orangutan who lost his things, and I didn't feed Mingxiao and Zhengyi."
The epic tailor Romon, who has served the Wesson family for decades, said to his grandson: "Grandpa has come up with a good idea. I will take you to the castle to feed Dawn tomorrow, okay? No need to line up."
Romon was the main helper of Frederick's clothing reform. For eleven years, he continued to optimize clothing according to Frederick's requirements and became the founder of a genre in the clothing design world.
He took his grandson directly back to his place of work and asked his students to go to the textile factory to get some lace tablecloths and curtains. At the same time, he asked someone to send a message to the textile factory not to sell the new products yet.
With Romon's strength and reputation in the field of clothing, various fancy lace cloths were quickly sent from the textile factory, and Maria also came over.
The Eltar family has shares in the lace cloth business. She went to inspect the warehouse inventory today. She heard that Romon wanted these, so she came over to take a look at the situation.
When Romon saw Maria coming, he immediately said: "Miss Eltar is here just in time, please be a model for once."
As he spoke, the scissors in his hand cut a piece of The lace curtains were cut directly into several pieces, and the circles of flowers on the colorful tablecloth were cut into lace, and finally fixed with paper clips.
A lace waistcoat was ready in a blink of an eye, with a circle of colorful lace on the cuffs and a circle of tassels on the hem.
Maria was wearing a pink dress suit today. After putting it on...
Later, Psyche complained to Frederick that this combination reminded her of her head teacher in elementary school. Frederick complained that she only She can cover things with lace cloth, just like an old lady.
But in this era, this lace waistcoat shows off your wealth better than hanging two pounds of gold chains around your neck.
Maria turned around in front of the full-length mirror, feeling in her heart that Teacher Psyche said that this kind of fabric can only be used as curtains and coverings. It is really a waste. It looks good when used to make clothes.
So Maria began to sway people, from Susan, Lilu, Knight Gu, to Katie, Tarot and Psyche, as well as powerful and wealthy people in Weissenburg. Girls and ladies, all come to Romon to make a lace waistcoat or blouse.
On the day of the World Exposition, all the upper-class ladies in the Principality of Wesson, except Psyche, wore lace clothes, which instantly set off the fashion trend.
As a result, the price of lace cloth, which originally cost several silver coins per square meter, rose to several gold coins, turning it back into an out-and-out luxury item.
The ladies of the Gallic Kingdom thought that these lace cloths cost at least 60 gold coins per square meter, but they did not expect that the price was one-tenth of the psychological price, so they paid for them one after another.
Businessmen in other places were also impressed and smashed out a lot of gold coins.
On the other side, Eugene looked at the documents in front of him with joy and confusion at the headquarters. He couldn't help but ask little Franz: "Why did you suddenly allocate two more golden cannon companies to us?"
The most expensive weapon in the army is the 75mm-caliber Golden Rod Cannon, which is very powerful, but because of the price, there is only a small amount of equipment.
Little Franz smiled and said: "Wouldn't it be better to increase your firepower?"
Eugene replied: "That's good, but there are only so many cannons. The other two divisions There will be opinions if there is no more. "
The division he formed has lost 30% of its backbone, and it has already been displeased. If he wants other people's artillery now, he might be in trouble in the future.
Little Franz said: "Don't worry, because you made the principality a lot of money, Miss Eltal said that she would reward you, so the high command made this decision."
Eugene scratched his head. He had been in the military camp recently and didn't know about the changes in fashion outside. He couldn't figure out where the money came from.
But this is not important. Since the headquarters dares to ask for it if it is given to them, no one in charge would think that their firepower is too strong.
(End of this chapter)