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

The vicious man was afraid of the official after all, and he dragged the woman beside him away, cursing.

Shopkeeper Sheng immediately apologized for the bad experience that had just occurred to everyone.

Originally, the couple was in the wrong, so no one said anything bad about it.

Li Yu stood aside and listened for a while, then left with a smile.

Mr. Xiang has done a good job in training. The store owner and the clerks are all smart people with quick reactions and are suitable for doing business.

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the following few days.

As soon as the workshop opens, there will be people signing up in the store.

The two hundred cotton dolls that Li Yu asked Mr. Xiang to prepare were not enough, so the embroiderers added some more and supplied them.

During this period, there were still other people who tried to register through improper means.

There was a woman who didn't believe it and impersonated the store. After the original owner found out and reported it, she was blacklisted from the store and could no longer participate in any competitions in the store.

Some people also try to make the fakes look real. Knowing that the dolls produced by the workshop have their own unique marks, they also imitate the embroidery marks.

But there are many ways to distinguish genuine and counterfeit cotton dolls, and the imprint is only the simplest one. Whether the doll is genuine or not can be known by a careful look by the shopkeeper and the clerk.

They ruthlessly pointed out that the other party was a fraud, and then in order to deter others who had the same idea, they reported it to the authorities.

Under normal circumstances, the government would not care about such a small matter, but Shopkeeper Sheng paid the silver to the officials.

In return, the officers walked around the store and said a few harsh words, successfully intimidating those who had ulterior motives.

Since then, no one has attempted to register in violation of the rules.

After the registration ended, the store clerk counted and found that a total of 568 people had signed up, and 347 dolls in the store were sold during this period.

Nearly half of them were servants of high-ranking officials in the city.

Perhaps because their masters were kind-hearted, or because they had gained face in front of their masters, they had the opportunity to participate in this competition.

Li Yu did not make any judgement on this. The clothing-making competition was open to everyone, and anyone could participate as long as they were willing and met the requirements.

Now that the registration is over, the next step is to arrange the follow-up matters.

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There are many people competing, so we have to find a larger competition venue.

There was no place in the capital except the Imperial Examination Hall that could accommodate so many contestants, but the Imperial Examination Hall was simply not open to ordinary people. Li Yu investigated for a few days and finally decided to hold the competition outside the capital.

It is already March, the weather is clear and the air is fresh, so there is no problem in having an outdoor competition.

There are many open spaces outside the capital for people to play, which they can use.

However, since there are many people gathering for the competition, we have to report to the authorities in advance.

Since Li Yu couldn't show up, Mr. Xiang thought about doing it himself.

Then there is the competition rules.

Among the more than 500 people who registered, 223 signed up to make clothes for boy dolls and 345 signed up to make clothes for girl dolls.

Li Yu planned to separate the male and female doll clothes according to the original plan, and then divide the male doll clothes into 15 groups, and the female doll clothes into 15 groups. During the competition, the people will select the two best people in each group.

After the people have made their choices, a special judge will make the judgment. If the judge has no objection to the people's choices, the choice will be followed. If the judge has an objection, the judge will discuss with the people and finally select the two most suitable people.

Before, when Li Yu competed with others in Beizhou Prefecture, it was also the people and the judges who judged, but at that time the people were auxiliary and the judges were the leaders. This time it was reversed.

It’s not that Li Yu looks down on the judges, it’s mainly because there are many people in each group, and it would be a waste of time for the judges to judge first, so it is more convenient to let the people choose.

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Finally, it was time for the competition. Because there were thirty groups on both sides, the competition was divided into three days, with ten groups each day, five groups in the morning and five groups in the afternoon. The first day and a half was for the female cotton doll group, and the second day and a half was for the male cotton doll group.

After the three-day preliminary test, the second round of competition will be held two days later.

As for the judges, Li Yu planned to find a few famous or prestigious women in the capital.

With them, the competition seems more formal.

Li Yu already has a candidate in mind, but to outsiders, she is not the owner of the workshop and has no qualifications, so she cannot come forward. Therefore, she has to let Mr. Xiang report it and the Crown Princess will send someone to handle it.

But she also has something to do, which is to work with craftsmen to make new toys.

This cotton doll competition is particularly famous in Beijing. There will definitely be a lot of people watching the competition. When the results of the competition come out, they will launch new toys, which can kill two birds with one stone.

She didn't need to buy things like needles, thread, and cloth; the Crown Princess would arrange for someone to take care of them.

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Li Yu was busy with his work as planned. Other imitating shops in the capital were also thinking about the competition.

They felt that they had already imitated it once, so it would be no big deal to imitate it again.

A few imitators were reluctant to give out the prizes, or they had little money available, so they were very stingy in setting the prize money. Except for those who had already bought the cotton dolls from them, no outsiders were allowed to participate.

There are also those who are wealthy and powerful, and set up rules similar to those of Li Yu and his team, and even the time of the competition is the same as that of Li Yu and his team.

This move attracted about a hundred people to sign up.

After Li Yu knew about it, he didn't say anything.

The capital is so big that it is normal for there to be a few shameless people like this. There is no need for her to be angry.

After all, being angry would hurt her body, so instead of being angry, she might as well try to make the competition perfect.

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Two days before the competition, Mr. Xiang and Li Yu had their last meeting before the competition.

"The cloth and needles and thread have been bought. I bought six colors of cloth as you asked, and the needles and thread are of various specifications. In addition, the tables and chairs are also ready."

Li Yu looked at the items listed on the paper, nodded, and then asked, "Have you found all the judges?"

"I have found them all. There is the wife of Wei Hesong, the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, the youngest daughter of the current imperial tutor, Miss Jiang Zhaojiang, the mulberry picking girl from Qingyuefang, and Miss Zhu from Yanyun Embroidery Shop, the most famous embroidery shop in the capital. The last one is Princess Jianing."

The first four were chosen by Li Yu. After more than a year in the capital, she had heard of several of them’s reputations in needlework, but Princess Jianing... why did she think of doing this?

Mr. Xiang was also shocked when he learned from the Crown Princess that Princess Jianing would be the judge, but the Crown Princess's reasons dispelled all his doubts.

"The Crown Princess said that if Princess Jianing is the judge, when Tingyu Handicraft Workshops are opened all over Dayu, those who are not on good terms with the Crown Prince will not associate him with them. After all, Prince An's Mansion and the Eastern Palace have already broken off."

Li Yu had already guessed the reason and nodded.

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The next day.

All participants in the competition draw lots at Tingyu Handicraft Workshop to determine their competition time.

Undoubtedly, everyone who signed up to make doll clothes did not want to be scheduled until the morning of the first day. They would rather compete at the end, so that they could learn more about the competition and be more prepared for any unexpected situations.

But with so many people, there has to be a first match on the first day.

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Finally, March 30th arrived.

Early in the morning, Li Yu did not rush out of the city, but asked someone to announce the names of the judges of the competition.