Traveling to an ancient peasant family: I got rich by doing business

Li Yu wrote down the materials needed to make several things.

To be fair, of the three options available, small toys are the easiest to make.

Nowadays, most women are good at knitting and embroidery, so there is definitely no shortage of people who can do this.

However, making toys is easy to be imitated, and you can only make money in the short term, but it is difficult in the long term.

Unless you can keep innovating ahead of others.

Among the remaining options, soap and facial cream are not difficult to make, but perfume is relatively difficult.

As for colored glass, it was extremely rare in the Yu Dynasty. In modern times, Li Yu tried to make it himself and succeeded twice. But if he made it in this era...

Firing colored glaze requires 1,400 degrees Celsius, which is not possible under normal circumstances. Blast furnaces and coke must be prepared in advance, or charcoal furnaces used to fire porcelain must be used. In addition, firing colored glaze requires soda ash, which was not available in the Yu Dynasty, so a method had to be found to extract it.

No matter from which perspective you look at it, firing colored glaze is not easy.

Li Yu held the brush and thought for a while, then drew the colored glaze.

This thing is too troublesome to make, so she decided not to do it, but she could write down the materials needed for firing, the firing process, and the precautions for the prince, and let him arrange someone to do it. Apart from anything else, if he could find someone to fire it and achieve mass production, he could basically make a fortune every day.

*

Without Liuli, there are only two choices left.

Li Yu wrote down the pros and cons of both sides, and finally decided to do both.

As for small toys, we make all kinds of them, made of cloth, wood, jade, as long as we can make them.

As for facial cream, soap and perfume, she put them aside for the time being while she first got the utensils needed to make these things.

Li Yu is a person with strong action potential. As soon as she made the decision, she took out a new piece of paper and started thinking about what to make as the first batch of toys.

Cotton dolls? Building blocks? Blind boxes?

It seems that both can be done.

Li Yu thought for a while and came up with an idea when he saw the storybook on the table.

*

In a small courtyard in the outer city.

Xie Youlan was sitting by the window reading a book.

The maid A Ruo sat aside and looked at her, wanting to say something but stopping herself several times.

Xie Youlan had already noticed that something was wrong with Ah Ruo, and when she opened her mouth for the eighteenth time but no sound came out, she said, "Ah Ruo, if you have something to say, just say it."

Ah Ruo twisted her handkerchief and stammered, "Girl, didn't you say before that we would leave...leave the capital after the New Year? It's already February, are we still going?"

Xie Youlan turned her eyes away from the book, "Do you want to leave the capital?"

Ah Ruo nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

She really wanted to leave the capital because there were too many people in the capital who knew her and her daughter, which made it basically impossible for them to go out during the day. When they had to go out, they had to dress up in a way that they could hardly be recognized.

She was a little tired of this kind of life and wanted to walk on the street openly like before.

However, if her daughter doesn't want to leave, she won't leave. The most important thing is that her daughter is happy.

A'ruo's expression changes constantly, and her inner drama is rich.

Xie Youlan looked at her for a while and said with a smile: "I said I would leave the capital, and I will definitely leave. But the weather in February is still cold, let's wait until March, when spring comes and flowers bloom, and we won't have to be frozen. For this month, you have to bear with it for a while."

Ah Ruo: "Are you really leaving in March?"

Xie Youlan looked into the distance: "Yes, there are so many places in Dayu. If we have a chance to go out, we must go out and take a look."

"Then I...I'll go pack my things now." Ah Ruo clapped her legs and stood up, looking very happy.

Xie Youlan reached out and grabbed her sleeve, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "It's only the middle of February, and there are still a dozen days until March, why are you in such a hurry?"

Ah Ruo realized that she was too anxious, so she tried to change the subject, "Girl, Boss Li only came once after the Chinese New Year, and he hasn't come for a while. I don't know what he's doing."

Xie Youlan knew something about what was happening outside, and when she heard Li Yu's name, the smile on her face disappeared.

"Her brother-in-law is investigating a case in Donghai Prefecture. She must be worried and can't sleep well every night. It's normal for her not to come to us at this time."

Ah Ruo: “…”

Xie Youlan: "But we have to tell her before we leave, in case she doesn't know and can't find us..."

Before I could even utter the word "worry", there was a knock on the door, five times in total.

Xie Youlan: “…”

A Ruo was stunned for a moment before she reacted. The doorbell rang five times, which was the knocking signal agreed upon by the girl and Boss Li. The person outside should be Boss Li.

*

Li Yu stood at the door and soon heard A Ruo's voice, "Who is it?"

"Me." Li Yu said.

A Ruo quickly opened the door and invited Li Yu in.

Xie Youlan didn't expect Li Yu to come at this time. After pouring her a cup of tea, she asked her directly what brought her here.

Li Yu didn't beat around the bush and said directly: "I want to collaborate with your book again."

Xie Youlan: "Or milk tea?"

Li Yu raised his eyes and looked at her: "This time it's not milk tea, but toys."

Xie Youlan: “?”

Li Yu said: "I plan to open a store and sell some small gadgets similar to the Nine Rings. In order to increase my popularity, I want to use your storybook to create momentum."

The last milk tea collaboration was a success, which shows that Xie Youlan’s storybook has a very wide audience, so this time we can still use the storybook collaboration.

Xie Youlan understood what she meant and said, "If you want to use it, as long as it does not affect my reputation and does not harm the characters I wrote, you can use it. But what kind of toys do you plan to make this time? To be honest, the milk tea you made last year was beyond my expectations."

Li Yu: "My current idea is to make some cotton dolls. In addition, you wrote about the things that the hero and heroine like in the storybook, and I am also going to make those things and sell them.

Of course, this is just the early stages. In addition to co-branding your storybook, I will find someone to make something new and interesting."

*

In order to help Xie Youlan understand better, Li Yu took out the picture of a super cute cotton doll that he had drawn and showed it to her.

"Last time I collaborated, I drew some cute pictures. This cotton doll is similar to the one in the picture, mainly cute. But I've never made one before, so I need to find someone to try it out and see what it can look like."

Stroking the paper with her fingertips, Xie Youlan said, "Boss Li's idea is indeed novel. If you want to do it, just do it. I have written a new storybook these days, so I won't send it to the owner of the bookstore yet. When you finish the product, if it is good, I will send it to you together with the storybook, and let the owner of the bookstore promote your new store."

That couldn’t be better!

Li Yu thanked Xie Youlan solemnly.

Xie Youlan waved her hand: "It's just a small matter. Besides, if your joint name is good, it will also be good for me. I will sell more books because of it."

*

With Xie Youlan's consent, Li Yu had no worries and started to do the preliminary design of the co-branded toys after returning home.