It was the right decision to hand over the construction of the workshop to Fang.
In just five days, a workshop that Li Yi was extremely satisfied with was completed.
When it came to building houses, the men in the stockade were all experts. Even the houses that they were currently living in were built by them.
Now that the workshop was completed, they only needed to purchase the raw materials before they could start producing a new batch of Ruyi Dew.
Before this, Li Yi had spent all the money he had saved from renting the shop on renovating the shop.
The floor was paved with wooden flooring, and the counters, tables, and chairs were all new and custom-made. On the walls around the counters, Li Yi had personally drawn a few landscape paintings. Of course, they were all 3D, and they were so lifelike that one would feel as if their eyes were about to sink into them.
If someone were to walk into the shop, they would probably be stunned by these paintings at first glance.
Since they had decided to go for the high-end route from the beginning, they could not be frugal in these areas. Even the porcelain bottles that contained the Ruyi Dew were very exquisite, and they had cost a lot of money when they were purchased.
Seeing the money being spent like water, Fang often showed a pained expression on his face. If this business were to fail, his dream of having a beautiful wife and a big house would never come true.
It was very likely that he would have to return to two months ago and continue to live a life of eating dirt …
After all, he had a share of the shares of Ruyi Dew. Although he did not know what the "shares" were, Fang could still understand why his son-in-law said that he would have a share of the profits from Ruyi Dew.
"Son-In-Law, have you thought about the name of the shop?" Fang knew that he was not good at making money, so he changed the topic.
"I still need to think about it." Li Yi shook his head and said.
The name of the shop was the signboard. Once it was decided, it could not be changed, and the decision could not be made easily.
Now, all the preparations were in place, and everything was ready. All that was missing was the name of the shop.
"Why don't we call it Six Gods Workshop?" Li Yi raised his head and wanted to ask for everyone's opinion.
Fang's face darkened. He couldn't understand why his son-in-law would fall in love with the name "Six Gods".
The young maidservant stood beside Li Yi and saw Second Young Miss giving her a look. She immediately said, "Son-in-law, I think it sounds better to call it 'Ruyi Fang'."
"Ruyi Square?"
Li Yi looked at Liu Ruyi. This matter clearly had nothing to do with her. Why did she have to take advantage of him every time?
If Ruyi's became popular in the Jing Kingdom in the future, and every major city had a Ruyi's store, would people think of Liu Ruyi or him?
No, no, this was a huge loss. Li Yi felt that it was better to call it "Six Spirits Lane".
For the sake of her being his sister-in-law, he had already given her a lot of face by naming the floral water in this world as Ruyi's Dew. This time, he was determined not to give in.
"Ruyi Fang …" Fang muttered the name, shook his head and said, "This name is not very good. We are doing serious business. Ruyi Fang, Ruyi Fang … It sounds like a new brothel in the prefecture."
Li Yi was keenly aware that as Fang spoke, the surrounding atmosphere suddenly became subtle.
Clang …
This was the sound of a sword being unsheathed.
Feeling the two cold eyes behind him, Fang couldn't help but shiver, and cold sweat rolled down his forehead.
It was only at this moment that he realized why he had a bad feeling when he spoke just now.
He straightened his chest, and his expression became solemn. He looked at Li Yi seriously and said, "Young master, I suddenly feel that the name Ruyi Fang is very good. Since we are selling Ruyi's Dew, the name of the store should naturally match it. I think there is no more suitable name than Ruyi Fang."
Li Yi couldn't help but sigh in his heart as he looked at the righteous Lao Fang. How did that resolute man from back then turn into such a person?
"I also think that it's better to call it Ruyi Fang," Liu Ruyi said with a smile.
Although the name of the store was ultimately up to Li Yi, the public opinion was obviously on Liu Ruyi's side. Li Yi couldn't be arbitrary. He looked up at them and said, "Are you really not going to consider Six Spirits Lane?"
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In order to fully promote democracy, the name of the store was decided.
On the same day, he and Fang ordered a signboard in the prefecture city. In order to further enhance the store's prestige, Li Yi found all of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy in the library. After digesting them, he found the three words "Ru", "Yi", and "Fang" and wrote them out personally.
Of course, even if he had such a heaven-defying cheating device, he only needed to copy it. He wouldn't be able to reach Wang Xizhi's level, but being able to copy 80 to 90% of it was enough to shock many people.
At least, the shopkeeper who made the signboard was shocked by the elegant semi-cursive script.
He had been running this ancestral shop for several decades and had made countless plaques. He had seen many authentic works of famous masters. Under the influence of what he had seen and heard, even though the shopkeeper's calligraphy skills were not very profound, few people could compare to him in terms of his ability to appreciate calligraphy.
It was just three words, but it was enough to show that the calligraphy skills of the person who wrote it were profound. Without decades of practice, it would be impossible to achieve this.
This level of skill could probably be compared with several calligraphy masters in the world.
However, which one of those people didn't have decades of accumulation in order to achieve what they had today?
If the scholar hadn't written in front of him, he definitely wouldn't believe that such wonderful calligraphy could be written by such a young man.
Li Yi wasn't surprised by the shopkeeper's shocked expression.
That was the Sage of Calligraphy, Wang Xizhi, who had influenced Chinese calligraphy for more than two thousand years. How could his calligraphy be ordinary?
Of course, Li Yi was still very happy that the shopkeeper insisted on not taking his money.
Now was the time for his career to start, so he should save as much as possible. The Sage of Calligraphy really deserved his reputation. Looking at the shopkeeper holding the piece of paper as if it was a treasure, Li Yi couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
The opening of the new store was supposed to do some publicity and marketing, but Li Yi wasn't in a hurry to do that. He still had some confidence in Ruyi Lu.
However, this confidence was shaken on the first day of the store's opening.
After half a day, not even a bottle of Ruyi Lu was sold. A few people entered the store to take a look, but when they heard that such a small bottle of Ruyi Lu was sold for one tael of silver, they immediately left as if they were escaping before Li Yi introduced the function of Ruyi Lu.
"Could it be that I set the price too high?"
After half a day, even Li Yi began to doubt it.
One tael of silver was not a small amount for most people in the prefecture. Although they could afford it, they wouldn't be so extravagant as to buy such a bottle of something they didn't know the function of.
"Where are the local tycoons …" Li Yi sat behind the counter and saw that there were only him and the young maidservant in the entire store. He couldn't help but start to call out in his heart.
The young maidservant sat by the table with one hand supporting her chin. She looked out of the door and watched the passersby with boredom. At a certain moment, two figures stopped in front of the door for a moment and then walked in.
The young maidservant came back to her senses and immediately stood up from the chair and ran over.
"Ladies, welcome to Ruyi Workshop!" She bowed and said with a clear voice.
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