"It's them again?" The shopkeeper of Buhang stared at him and said to himself. Then, without waiting for other shopkeepers to ask, he stood up and walked out of the room to the backyard.
In the room, a group of shopkeepers were left staring.
The shopkeepers and managers of all sizes here are actually not completely ignorant of the conflict between their own families and the Xiao Family Firm!
There are even well-informed people who have vaguely heard that the events of these days are all caused by the Xiao Family Trading Firm behind the scenes!
It’s just that this thing is too shocking!
Who could believe that a medium-sized trading house that had only been established for a year or two could stir up trouble in the land of Yangzhou and almost overthrow the Yangzhou Clothing Bank with a history of hundreds of years?
"Hello? Raw silk, is it really all gone?"
After a moment of silence, a shopkeeper in the room frowned and asked the steward who came in last.
The steward looked back cautiously, but did not find the figure of the big shopkeeper. Then he turned back with a sullen face and answered: "It's really all gone! Even if there is some, it's raw silk from small households, and the quantity is small and not enough."
Said, the quality cannot keep up..."
After hearing what the steward said, the shopkeeper's eyes flashed a few times, and then he said: "How could this happen? Didn't those silkworm farmers in the past always sell silk to the weaving workshop under our name?"
When the steward heard this, he sighed and said: "Yes! In the past, no matter what year they were, they always sold us the drawn raw silk! But this year when it's time to collect the silk, aren't we all busy exchanging it for copper coins?
In fact, when it was time to collect the silk a few days ago, I took the time to go see it! But at that time, people would kill me for no money. I thought that the copper money at home was tight, so I planned to wait for two days and wait until I had more money to go. But the result was again
If you go, they will say that it was all taken away, and you still have to pay the bill with copper coins."
Having said this, the manager responsible for purchasing raw silk sighed heavily.
He now also knows the seriousness of this matter.
If they can't get the raw materials for this season's spring silkworms, not to mention how to deliver the customer orders that have been placed long ago, the dyers and weavers in the workshop alone will have no work this year.
!
These people are all technicians in the city, and their families have no land at all! They have no work to do, which means they have no money to make! How will they survive this year?
All the shopkeepers and stewards in the room thought of this at this time. For a moment, sighs were heard everywhere, and there were also a few whispers of curses mixed in. It was not clear who they were cursing.
Unlike these shopkeepers, in the backyard, the young man still looked lazy after hearing the report.
"Haha, I got tens of thousands of copper coins, but all of them were spent here? Isn't he afraid of the money and will lose it all in a while?"
Lying comfortably on the recliner and turning the folding fan in his hand, the young man suddenly looked at the big shopkeeper who stood solemnly and asked: "Do you know how many weavers there are in the Xiao family?"
Hearing this, the shopkeeper of the cloth shop pondered for a moment and then replied: "The Xiao family used to buy the finished silk from the weaving mill in Yangzhou and then sell it outside. There were not many weavers in our own country, even if there were some,
He’s not a master either.”
When the young man heard this, he immediately became happy: "Haha, isn't that the end of the knot? What's the use of just silk without making anything? Originally, I wanted to give him a courtesy, but now I don't have to! Let's just watch on the side.
Let’s see if he has hoarded so much raw silk, will he be able to eat or drink it in the end?”
Seeing the young master smiling happily, the big shopkeeper of the cloth shop also grinned silently, and then frowned slightly: "But, the weavers, printing and dyeing masters under our name..."
The young man's laughter subsided and he said calmly: "Keep raising them, don't let them go, otherwise they will be recruited by the Xiao family."
"good!"
The chief shopkeeper of Buhang received an accurate answer here, nodded, and happily accepted the order and left.
The door was gently closed by the shopkeeper. The moment the door closed, the fan in the young man's hand also stopped.
"Gathering raw silk? Could this man's head be kicked by his donkey? Xiaohe? Xiaohe!"
Staring at the closed door, the young man muttered something in a low voice, then smacked his lips and called Xiao He at the top of his voice.
"Master, you called me?"
Soon, Xiao He came from nowhere and looked at the young man with a dull expression.
When the young man saw Xiao He coming, he was not polite. He stood up and put his fan on his belt, then grabbed his purse and said, "Come on, I'm bored here. Let's go out and have a look!"
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Yangzhou in April is the most beautiful season of the year.
Flowers everywhere, green grass, pedestrians, beauties like clouds...
Ahem, there are a lot of beauties in Yangzhou, but you can't look around! Although the defense of men and women these days is not as good as that of the Ming and Qing dynasties in later generations.
But if someone is accidentally taken as a protégé, a good beating is indispensable.
In this harmonious spring scenery, Xiao He followed his son as he walked through the streets.
Coincidentally, Xiao Han was also strolling on the street with Xue Pan.
"Xiao Han, what have you been busy with lately? Manager Xue hasn't been seen all day long, and you've been running off to nowhere."
After strolling slowly to a shop selling gouache, Xue Pan stopped and casually picked up the powder box put out by the shopkeeper, and asked Xiao Han with some dissatisfaction.
Xiao Han was about to help Xue Pan choose gouache. Hearing this, he put his outstretched hand in the air for a moment, then grinned and said, "Aren't you busy? Are you going to play with you today?"
"Bah, who wants you to accompany me?" He spat lightly, but the smile on Xue Pan's face became stronger and stronger.
Xiao Han curled his lips, then deliberately put on an annoyed look and said: "You don't want me to accompany you? Then I can go and accompany others!"
"you dare!"
Xue Pan's expression changed quickly, and she transformed from a weak woman into a tigress in an instant! Her nails were still stained with gouache, and she took advantage of the situation to reach towards someone's waist.
Before poor Xiao Han could react, he only felt a heartbreaking pain in his waist! It hurt so much that he hurriedly turned around and begged for mercy: "Oh, ma'am, please be gentle, it hurts..."
"Haha, let's see if you still dare!"
"Don't dare, don't dare! I will accompany you alone!"
Laughter like silver bells rang in the street, attracting many pedestrians to look sideways. As for Xiao Han, he completely gave up his face and accompanied Xue Pan to fool around.
The most ambitious time in a woman's life is when she is pregnant! Xiao Han feels that it is worth losing some trivial face in exchange for a happy smile from his wife.
As for the overt and covert fights in the shopping mall, if you can handle them yourself, why should you worry about others?
Men, no matter how wronged they were outside, or how miserable they were beaten, before going home, shouldn't they wipe the blood on their faces, pretend to be victorious, and make their family happy?
