When he received the news, Wu Qilong was drinking wine in a brothel. Although it was afternoon, it was not as lively as in the evening. Due to the success of a series of tricks during this period, he felt very proud.
While drunk, a waiter hurried over.
"What did you say? The cloth is faded...which cloths are faded?"
Wu Qilong was confused for a moment and suddenly became more awake.
The waiter said: "Canjinjin:..."
Wu Qilong sat up straight: "The golden brocade...is it the ones piled in the corner? A few days ago, Luo Shenzhen said that it was probably not dyed well. It was put in the corner and got damp, and it faded a little. I know this.
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The clerk was also a little impatient and even explained the situation in the warehouse with gestures.
Wu Qilong was a little unbelievable for a moment. He understood every word of the boy's words, but he felt that he didn't understand them. There were only twenty days before the delivery of the first batch of goods, and now something went wrong with the cloth.
He was stunned for a while, then woke up instantly, and the drunkenness disappeared without a trace.
"What's going on? How much went wrong?"
The clerk said: "To tell you back, sir, originally it was just the scraps that were fading, so I didn't pay much attention to them. In the past few days, other cloths have also begun to fade one after another. Luo Shenzhen did not dare to neglect, and asked me to come to you immediately."
Wu Qilong rubbed his forehead: "Why didn't you tell me earlier...have you blocked the news?"
The boy said: "It's been blocked. It's been blocked from the beginning. Only a few people know about it."
Wu Qihao nodded: "We must block the news and not spread it outside. Take me to see it first."
Although he didn't see the cloth, he had a vague premonition. After thinking about it for a while, he couldn't think of any omissions. After all, the cloth was new, and some minor problems were normal.
If there is anything wrong, now that I think about it, it is too easy for the imperial merchants of the Wu family to come, and victory comes too easily.
After all, the Su family is a long-established cloth merchant in Jiangning. In terms of connections and connections, they are not much worse than the Wu family. This time, the Su family, who is competing for the throne, is making a big show of publicity, but privately they have not found any connections or consumed any connections.
This was only discovered after the Wu family successfully obtained the imperial merchant.
Under normal circumstances, the Su family and the Wu family must be in a fierce battle, comparing relationships and connections. Even if the colors of the fabrics between the two families collide, as long as the connections are strong enough, there is still the possibility of a comeback.
The Wu family had already prepared a response to this. Unexpectedly, the Su family did not find any connections. It was a good fight between dragons and tigers, but in the end, the Wu family won too smoothly.
He didn't think it was anything before. After all, Su Boyong, the head of the Su family's main house, was ill in bed and could not take charge of the affairs. After all, Su Tan'er was young and inexperienced, and was not familiar with the connections in the family.
Now think about it, am I thinking of people too simply?
Thinking in his mind, the carriage drove all the way to the workshop. In the car, Wu Qilong raised the curtains a little irritably, and the sign of a Su's cloth shop came into view. These days, every time he saw the sign of Su's No.
They are all a little proud of his plan.
At this time, when I saw Su's brand, I felt a little uneasy, so I simply put down the curtain, out of sight and out of mind.
"It can't be related to them. It's been more than a month..." He thought silently in his heart.
The carriage arrived at the workshop all the way. At this time, work was still in full swing inside, and the bright yellow fabric was fluttering in the air. It was so bright and beautiful that it didn't look like there was anything wrong with it.
When Wu Qilong came in, the steward of the workshop quickly put down his teacup, looked dedicated, and shouted: ""Take it easy, be careful, there won't be any problems. We are making fabrics for the current emperor..."
If something goes wrong, I'll take your heads."
Wu Qilong suddenly felt a chill hit his bones, and he didn't dare to think about the worst.
He glared at the steward fiercely, did not enter the workshop, and turned into the nearby warehouse.
Arriving at the door of the warehouse, the place has been closely guarded. Including Wu Qilong, several other top managers of the Wu family have also arrived. These are the senior members of the Wu family who are responsible for various processes.
In front of them were rows of opened boxes, and many of the fabrics were indeed faded.
Wu Qilong felt cold in his heart: "Uncle Luo, what's going on?"
Luo Minzhi shook his head helplessly: "I don't know the reason, but..."
As he spoke, he pointed to a row of boxes containing cloth and said: "Come and take a look. This piece of cloth was made today, and this piece of cloth came out a month ago. The two pieces of cloth are exactly the same, and there is no sign of fading."
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Then he pointed to another batch of sermons: "This batch of cloth was made more than one month and five days ago. Some have not yet faded, some have already shown signs of fading, and some have already faded. It seems that they are in order of time.
It's faded. I just looked at the scraps of fabric and it's almost the same situation."
Wu Qilong's mind was a little confused, and he said after a while: "What's the problem? Is there something wrong with the dye formula?"
There was silence.
At this time, Wu Qihao also hurried over and answered: "It's impossible."
"The Su family has been preparing for Huangshang for several years. It is impossible to make a fake formula and spend several years laying it out just to deceive us. What is the benefit to them? If they have this time to get Huangshang's hand, there will be more benefits."
Wu Qilong said: "We have arranged for more than one person in the Su family. It is impossible for them to get the wrong recipe. Could it be that the Su family didn't study it?"
Wu Qihao said: "Probably not. On the day of the election for the imperial merchant, the Su family used this kind of cloth. If there was something wrong with their formula, how could they dare to take it out? This is for the royal family. If there is a problem, they are not afraid of being blamed?
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Wu Qilong said: "Then what's the problem? Could it be that we ourselves have the problem."
"Uncle Luo!" He turned around and said: "I'm telling you to block the news. In addition, let the masters in the dyeing shop check the work and analyze possible problems. Maybe there is something wrong with our process, or maybe it's the use of
If there is a problem with the materials, these must be carefully checked."
"As for the delivery, don't rush it. My father will communicate more with Mr. Dong of the Weaving Bureau and postpone the delivery date. The Weaving Bureau handed over the imperial merchants to my family, which is a sign of trust in my family and will not sit idly by in the future.
…I, Wuzhi, have gone through many difficulties over the past decades and have overcome them... I will leave the matters here to your uncles.”
The two brothers Wu Qilong and Wu Qihao walked out of the warehouse. In the workshop, the weavers were busy and the cloth was still being made, as if nothing had happened.
It's just that if you work hard on something in the wrong direction, the foundation is wrong. The more you do, the more mistakes you make.
Wu Qihao thought for a long time and finally couldn't help but said: "Brother, is there someone secretly dealing with us?"
Wu Qilong frowned and shook his head in confusion: "It shouldn't be! We took every step right. We won the battle between the emperor and the merchants. Why is this happening? I just hope that something went wrong on our own. Otherwise...
…That…"
As he spoke, he frowned and remained silent. He could not see any enemies. Before the battle between the emperors and merchants, the Su family was in the front. They kept a low profile and never felt any hostility. After the battle between the emperors and merchants, as the winner, even if
Some of the hostility has also settled.
In the process of capturing the imperial merchants, they were like a tiger. The prey had no time to resist, and was eaten with lightning speed. The whole process was perfect and smooth, without any problems. But now he found that there were wounds on his body, or
A fatal wound, a wound that was injured by someone unknown when.
"Who is it... Su Boyong? Su Tan'er? Some of the shrewd and capable old shopkeepers of the Su family?"
Wu Qilong shook his head: "No, it's not like they can set up a trap. If they had this ability, they would have been the number one organizer in Jiangning. Who is plotting against us?"
Wu Qihao said: "Brother, could it be that Xi Junyu betrayed me?"
Wu Qilong shook his head: "He is not the only internal agent we have, and we also took more than one share of the formula from him. What's more, you think too highly of him. This kind of person has the ability, but he can't create such a thing.
Bureau."
Wu Qihao sighed softly: "It was going smoothly, why did this happen?"
Wu Qilong: "Don't think about it, you are messing up your position, go back and check it out first, and then talk about it after you check it out."
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On the other side, as the weather gradually turned colder and the floods disappeared, Li Mu became leisurely again.
I teach every day, go shopping, or go to the Qinhuai River to listen to Nie Yunzhu playing the piano, drink tea, and discuss the development of Zhuji.
Now, the framework of Hulu Valley has been completed, and some workshops have been set up. The first one to be built is a brewing workshop. Next, some high-quality liquor will be brewed to test the market feedback. If it fails, it will be combined with Qingmuzhai and sold to the north.
The second one to be built is the soap workshop, which is currently in trial production and is now being sold in surrounding areas and will be expanded in the future.
The third workshop is used to produce glass. Li Mu plans to launch a mirror first. If he cannot make a silver-plated glass mirror, he will make a more primitive one. He will stick tin foil on the glass surface and then pour mercury. The effect will be close to the current one.
Mirror.
Compared with the expensive bronze mirrors in ancient times, this clear and lightweight glass mirror is definitely a killer.
In the future, when the scale expands, we can introduce some glass products, glass cups, glass beads, magnifying glasses, telescopes, etc. as appropriate...
In addition, Li Mu also built a small blast furnace using local methods in the valley. Although many tools and methods were primitive due to the limitations of the times, they were already extremely advanced in this era and at such a technical level.
With such novel products, the development of Zhuji has been put on the fast track. Many people have realized the prospects of Zhuji, and it has become easier to recruit people.
Li Mu didn't interfere too much and just let Zhuji develop slowly.
On the other hand, the Su family became more and more confused after Su Tan'er failed in the competition for the Royal Merchant. They even pointed the finger at him, saying that if it hadn't been for his support, Su Tan'er would not have been so aggressive in running for the Imperial Merchant, resulting in the Su family falling into
current situation.
Similar things are likely to happen in the future. In order to prevent Su Tan'er from taking over the Su family, he is obviously within the attack range of these people.
Not only that, with such a rare opportunity, even Grandpa Su couldn't speak for Su Tan'er. The second and third bedrooms, together with many clan members, are planning to hold a clan meeting to discuss the problems that have arisen in the family during this period.
At the same time, they will also re-discuss whether Su Tan'er, as a woman, is suitable to take charge of the Su family.
Li Mu and Su Tan'er just watched quietly, watching the demons dancing wildly and adding insult to injury. It could be considered a big screening in advance.
If Su Tan'er wants to take charge of the Su family, the sooner these people jump out, the better, lest there is any trouble in the future, and they will follow the second and third bedrooms to make small moves behind the scenes.
In the early morning, Su Tan'er used the Jade Girl Su Xin Sword once, and Li Mu nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, you are getting started with this sword technique."
Su Tan'er held a sword flower on her arm and smiled softly: "It's all good teachings from Xianggong."
After chatting for a while, Li Mu said: "How are your arrangements here? The Wu family has probably realized that something is wrong by now."
Su Tan'er said: "Dad has supported me with a group of manpower, all of which he has trained. I am also selecting manpower here. Now there are all kinds of people outside. It will take a few more days to gather enough reliable manpower. Weaving
A large number of new workshops have also been built and will be put into use soon."
Li Mu nodded and said: "Don't worry, this time I will swallow up one-third of the Wu family's business even if I don't say anything. Be more practical in your preparations and stay with the Wu family for a few more days before we have a showdown with them!"
Su Tan'er said: "Well, listen to your husband."
Li Mu continued: "The second and third bedrooms are jumping up and down during this period. Has the time been set for the clan meeting?"
Su Tan'er sighed and said helplessly: "It's decided, we will hold a clan meeting in seven days. Most people in the clan support it. It seems that our acting is too real and they can't help but stand up.
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Li Mu said: "In my opinion, whether it's a family separation or not, even if you reveal the truth and let this clan meeting end without any problem, it will only delay the conflict and not resolve it."
"In the future, as long as you take over the Su family, the second and third bedrooms will always be unconvinced, dragging their feet behind you, and make all kinds of little tricks, which will outweigh the gains and losses."
"Actually, as long as Dafang swallows one-third of the Wu family's property this time, the scale will no longer be smaller than the current Su family. Except for the old lady who has some properties, the second and third families actually have so much property. They want to
Just divide the family, so as not to make trouble behind the scenes every day. With their ability, they will be defeated sooner or later. If you don't want them to suffer, it will be better to just spend money to support them than now."
Su Tan'er nodded: "This is also a once-and-for-all solution. The two-bedroom and three-bedroom property can only be equal to our big house if we add one. They are afraid that I will take over the Su family and interfere with their property. In fact, even if I take over
After joining the Su family, they also focus on the big house industry and coordinate the industrial development of the entire Su family. The two-bedroom and three-bedroom industries are still under their direct management."
"However, since they want to separate the family so much, it's okay to do whatever they want. Let them try their own skills. I'll go discuss it with dad later."
Li Mu nodded: "Is everything going well with Shopkeeper Liao?"
Su Tan'er said: "I have replied to the letter. It arrived eight days ago. Things went smoothly. The Wu family also has a cloth shop in Tokyo. I asked shopkeeper Liao to go shopping there more. He is our old shopkeeper and I know him.
He has many people, and as long as the Wu family is serious about it, they cannot be ignored."
Li Mu laughed and said: "That's good. After a while, the big show will kick off, and the whole Jiangning will look up to Tan'er's grace."