Chapter 309
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Chapter 309: Jade
When Luo Ji first took in Shadow, he specifically asked Burigude about the points to note for raising an eagle.
Burigude’s answer was to raise it casually.
This was the descendant of a divine eagle from the plains, it should not be pampered, or else its sharpness would be blunted, and it would become an ordinary bird.
Under this premise, Luo Ji indeed raised it quite casually.
After feeding it a few pieces of raw meat, he casually made a gesture.
“Go out and move around.”
As if understanding Luo Ji’s words, Shadow spread its wings, and with a clear eagle’s cry, it vanished in a blink of an eye.
“Do you think Shadow will catch anything today?”
Luo Ji asked his guard, standing beside him, with a look of interest.
After its feathers were fully grown, Shadow had recently been frequently catching prey and bringing it back, and what kind of prey Shadow would bring back each time had become one of Luo Ji’s anticipated events.
After chatting with his guard and finishing lunch, Luo Ji took a short nap.
After waking up in the afternoon, he continued to handle official business.
Spread out before him now were the assets seized after sealing the mansions of those Great Zhou nobles.
The quantity was surprisingly astonishing, causing Luo Ji to sigh with emotion.
“Your Majesty, Sun Shan, the supervisor of the printing workshop, requests an audience.”
“Let him in.”
As he spoke, a plain-looking young man quickly walked in.
“Your humble servant Sun Shan greets Your Majesty.”
“Rise.”
As Luo Ji spoke, his gaze was fixed on the object in Sun Shan’s hand.
“Sun Shan, is that a printed book you’re holding?”
“Reporting to Your Majesty, this book in my hand is indeed a book printed according to Your Majesty’s instructions.”
“Present it.”
After ordering a guard beside him to bring the book to his hand, Luo Ji quickly flipped through a few pages, then a clear look of satisfaction appeared on his face.
“Well done, I am very satisfied. Use this as a standard and print 1,000 copies first.”
“In addition, Sun Shan, the supervisor of the printing workshop, is rewarded 10 strings of cash for his commendable service in printing books, and the salaries of the other employees will be doubled this month.”
“Go and receive your rewards.”
Sun Shan was overjoyed, immediately bowing and thanking him.
“Your humble servant thanks Your Majesty for the reward. I will take my leave.”
After Sun Shan withdrew, Luo Ji flipped through the book in his hand again.
If there were flaws, there certainly were, and in his modern eyes, there were many.
From the paper material to the printing technology, if Luo Ji wanted to find faults, he could pick out a huge list of them.
However, one could not use the quality of a modern book as a standard to demand the same quality from an ancient book, expecting ancient people to produce books of the same quality.
Such a person would either be deliberately difficult or mentally ill.
After a quick glance through the book, confirming that the content and text were correctly printed, Luo Ji put it aside and continued to review the remaining reports on his desk.
As evening approached, a notification sound indicating a new message rang in his mind.
Luo Ji opened it and saw it was a message from Ye Qingxuan.
“I’ve had a batch of the jade wares and ornaments you wanted made. There are 31 pieces in total.”
“That should be enough for now, right?”
As a professional merchant, Ye Qingxuan’s business acumen was clearly much sharper than Luo Ji’s.
Jade wares were indeed considered top-tier luxury goods in ancient times, and a good piece of jade could be worth cities.
In other words, very few people could afford them.
31 pieces of jade wares and ornaments carved from good jade, in her estimation, would be enough for him to sell for several months, even if Luo Ji’s civilization had people so rich they had nowhere to spend their money.
“Probably.”
To be honest, Luo Ji didn’t know if jade wares and ornaments would truly become popular in his civilization, so he couldn’t be too certain about some things.
“Anyway, send them over first.”
Ye Qingxuan likely sensed the uncertainty in Luo Ji’s words.
While trading over the jade wares and ornaments, she sent another message.
“If you want jade wares to sell well, it’s actually quite simple.”
“What?”
Luo Ji, a bit overworked recently, was too lazy to think further and directly threw the question to Ye Qingxuan.
“Promotion and endorsement! Didn’t you wear that black jade carp I gave you close to your body?
“Even if your generals and civil officials don’t copy you, they will definitely become interested in jade ornaments and wares if you, the Emperor, wear jade ornaments. And once they’re interested, won’t business come knocking?”
“I see.”
Although he was exhausted, Luo Ji was still a modern person.
After Ye Qingxuan prompted him, he instantly understood.
“Oh, and regarding pricing, I don’t know much about jade. What’s a suitable price range for this batch you sent?”
“First, tell me the prices of some iconic goods in your civilization. Prices, you see, need comparison to be set.”
Luo Ji did not hesitate and promptly reported a string of prices.
About 10 minutes later, Ye Qingxuan directly sent 31 quotations, with each piece of jade ware and ornament having a different price.
It was only when comparing prices that Luo Ji noticed the 31 jade wares and ornaments Ye Qingxuan had traded him were surprisingly diverse in style and type.
Just the jade ornaments were divided into six types: pendants, bracelets, bangles, jade pendants (for belts), jade rings, and thumb rings.
As for jade wares, besides jade cups and jade pots, there were also various exquisitely crafted jade decorative pieces like ruyi scepters, tripods, mountain sculptures, and horse figurines, making Luo Ji feel a bit dazzled.
After a great effort, having finally matched all the prices one by one, with the aim of promoting jade ornaments and wares, Luo Ji also spent considerable effort to clearly write down the benefits of wearing jade ornaments and wares.
He even created individual descriptions for each jade ornament and ware.
For example, that circular jade ornament was called a ‘peace buckle,’ symbolizing dispelling evil and avoiding disaster, and ensuring safe travels.
And this jade scepter, its meaning was good fortune as one wishes.
Regardless of whether the buyers understood it or not, at least the perceived status was definitely there!
After writing these, Luo Ji also specifically sent people to find two jade shop assistants who were loyal enough and relatively sharp-minded.
It would be even better if they were literate, even if not, they had to memorize all the content so they could eloquently explain everything when customers asked, which would appear professional.
Compared to these two matters, the storefront was the easiest for Luo Ji to arrange.
With almost a single command, a space could be cleared in the commercial district of Mirror City in minutes.
After over a week of preparation, Luo Ji’s first jade shop in the Myriad Worlds Civilization officially opened for business!
