Those things first spread from a small workshop in the Wu family...
Jiangning's weaving industry has always had many shining figures in the eyes of everyone. Some businessmen who are good at business and calculation are active on various stages, stretching their talents." For example, Su Tan'er, Xi Junyu,
For example, brothers Wu Qilong and Wu Qihao, as well as Wu Chenghou, Xue Sheng, and even the older generation Su Yu, all have their own commendable achievements, and they have just achieved their current status.
These people are good at business and may actually be able to achieve success in any industry. In addition, there are also some people who are good at technology. Each family has its own strengths more or less, and to some extent, they also have to rely on others.
"Because of the support of these people," among them, the one with the highest reputation is probably the Wu Family's Divine Needle.
Li Minzhi of the Wu family is one of the most important elders of the Wu family, the first cloth shop in Jiangning. He was in his early 40s this year and once single-handedly pushed the Wu family's weaver technology to its peak. Today, these
In recent years, although the Su family, the Xue family, and the Wu family have their own strengths, relatively speaking, even if the Su and Xue families have strengths, they are not the kind that are very obvious and can distance themselves at a decisive level.
, and only the weavers of the Wu family can always be said to be superior to others at the high-end level." These things are all due to Ji Minzhi's efforts over the years.
Nowadays, the Wu family steward usually no longer manages too many trivial things. He likes to visit brothels, is addicted to alcohol, loves to be admired by others, and has a somewhat wild personality. Of course, he is also very talented in the field of weaving.
The Wu family gave him everything he wanted, and he only had to think about how to keep the lead in weaving. However, he has become a little busier recently.
Jing Wei is the most important steward of the Wu family. Regarding the recent matters regarding the Royal Merchant, he is actually controlling and looking after the workshops and warehouses. This matter is not so much a responsibility for him at the moment.
, rather it is an honor, because on a technical level, whether the weaver has solved the problem of printing or dyeing, what he needs to do is to watch the cloth that needs to be sent to the palace be made in the workshop, and after strict inspection
Store it in the warehouse and prepare to send it to Bianliang as the first batch of fabrics soon.
The Wu family is full of people who seem to have heavy responsibilities but can actually do it. On the surface, Li Minzhi is the manager this time. The actual work is naturally done by the stewards who are in charge of these workshops and warehouses. Li Minzhi just comes here every day.
After watching the last time, his eldest son He Xia spent the rest of the time in charge, establishing good relations with a group of shopkeepers and managers, and also making preparations for He Xia to join the management of the Wu family in the future.
Li Xia did not really inherit Li Minzhi's talent as a weaver, but he had admired his father since he was a child. He was at least remarkable in terms of diligence. Even if he was not good enough in abandoning new ideas, he was at least more than successful. He learned to be a weaver step by step.
The step-by-step shopkeeper will not have much problem with this point of life planning, not to mention that the Wu family is about to undergo large-scale development, and it is the time for him to do something.
This time he was given this responsibility by his father, so he worked hard to establish good relationships with many shopkeepers and managers to make preparations for the future. In addition, daily inspections were also meticulous - of course, even this was not much.
There are technical and practical facts to speak of. Of course, he also understands that it is normal to take care of these things and nothing will happen. His father actually asked him to come over just to let him meet and have a good relationship with the other seniors, and did not expect him to
Really do something. It’s just that the young man had worked in the Wujia cloth industry for several years before, mostly learning some small things like management in the weaving workshop under his father. This time he was finally entrusted with a big responsibility. However,
Every day was more boring than before. There was nothing he could do. He was actually a little disappointed. But on the other hand, he could only teach himself the business principle that those who achieve great things must be able to endure boredom.
Over the past month, I have been following the steps step by step, talking to several seniors every day, and they are actually talking about things about Cheng Minzhi. This time, I was able to get the Royal Merchant, in addition to cleverly getting the original one under the operation of Wu Qilong and others.
The dyeing formula belonging to the Su family, another killer copper, is because of the weaver Qi Minzhi. Otherwise, if it were just the same color of cloth, the Wu family would not have many advantages, and it would not be so easy.
The Su family was dejected after learning about the situation. At the banquet a month ago, the Su family named Ning Liheng threw his own cloth out of the window angrily because he knew this. What was really revealed was the existence of the magic needle.
"Of course." Chatting about his father all day long, the young man certainly has pride in his heart, but on the other hand, it is actually a bit boring to often talk about these things with others. Some shopkeepers told him some things about the romantic place.
Although he is not a fool in this area, he is still a bit embarrassed to talk about these things with his uncles or visit those places together. He goes to several workshops and warehouses step by step every day.
He made a circle and recorded it step by step. There were uncles and uncles in these places, so it was not his turn to point fingers. But perhaps because of his personality, one day at the end of September was the first time he discovered something incongruous.
"Dad, the golden brocades in the small warehouse over at Qinming Building look a little faded..."
When eating at home that night, he mentioned it a bit unconfidently. Fading is a big deal. Ji Minzhi was slightly stunned, and then said: "Over there at Qinming Building? Those are the first ones to come out."
Shopkeeper He of the dyeing shop also said that it might not be very good, but...where did you see it?"
"The ones in the corner."
"In the corner..., that's the scrap cloth. Well, it's the first batch, and it's also the cloth that Manager Chen and I didn't think was ideal, so we just threw it there. The corner is damp, so it's inevitable. Well, we'll go there tomorrow morning.
have a look.""
Recently, the Wu family has been preparing for the development of Huangshang after it has stabilized. As one of the most famous signs of the Wu family, he also has some banquets and entertainment throughout the day. Things have been developing for a month, and any problems should have been solved long ago.
"Many people in Jiangning Clothing Company have almost forgotten about the Su family. How could there be any more twists and turns in such a stable situation?
But Ji Minzhi is also a person who understands the importance of things." Since his son came back and said this, the next day he followed Ji Xia to the small warehouse near Qinming Building to have a look. Sure enough, the brocade had just been dyed.
He used the first batch to experiment with the weaving method and threw it away because he was not satisfied with it. The scrap cloth would inevitably become a little messy if placed in a dark and humid corner, and the fading could not be seen too much.
He comforted his son and let the matter rest.
Li Minzhi didn't take these scraps of cloth seriously, and Li Xia didn't think about it for the time being. He still walked among several workshops and warehouses every day. The emperor's business had already decided that it would be there in about a month.
The first batch of 220 pieces of golden brocade must be shipped first. This brocade is currently considered the signature of the Wu family, and it is impossible to let go of large-scale production. These small workshops are also rushing day and night."
We are still constantly trying to improve and select. Some of the first batch of brocades produced were selected due to various shortcomings. Every day, we look at weaving, printing and dyeing, and finished cloth. Those golden brocades
Color "One day" Luo Xia went to the waste cloth warehouse in Qinming Building again.
The fading of the piece of cloth in the corner has become obvious. "Although it is normal for these pieces of cloth placed in the corner to fade," some unknown premonition still flashed through Ji Xia's heart. There were actually other items on the shelf nearby.
A few pieces of scrapped brocade, these are better kept." He opened the box and looked at it. "A few pieces no longer looked that golden.
"The formula just prepared by the Su family will definitely be defective. It is impossible to show this batch to others..."
This is what his father said before. He Xia thought about it and went back to check some other finished cloths. Just like the name of the golden brocade, all the cloths were bright yellow as far as the eye could see, very gorgeous. But in
In the next few days, those pieces of faded fabric kept wandering around in his mind, making him a little dazed. The time had now entered October, and on this day he went to the warehouse.
He directly opened the brocades that had been sealed in the boxes and took them out one by one and arranged them." When Manager Qin, who was in charge of the warehouse here, came over, the brocades were stacked more than two meters high on the table, and they were almost golden.
In a blink of an eye, no one could stop Li Xia. He continued to do it, and surprisingly, several warehouse workers were also unpacking the boxes there.
"Cheng Xia! You..." Manager Qin didn't finish what he said, because he had already seen it. Among the piles of golden silk and satin, there were two horses with slightly different colors. Cheng Xia was holding one in his arms.
Pibu turned around.
"Uncle Qin, there is something wrong with the first batch of golden brocades..."
Manager Qin hesitated for a moment, then suddenly waved his hand: "Tear it down, tear it all down!"
There was something wrong with the first batch of golden brocades. When this news came to the ears of Ji Minzhi, Wu Qilong and others, they were all shocked. But it was okay." The rest were still fine. When everyone was released
When put together, those pieces of fabric faded obviously, but the rest were completely integrated. This at least proved that there was no problem with the later brocades, but it was because the Wu family was not familiar with the dye formula before and there were some minor problems.
"We still don't know where the problem lies. In the past few days, we have also made some adjustments to the formula. We can only check back to see what the cause of these problems is. Well, it is best to find out in time.
The situation has changed." The cloths that had not faded were stacked together, and they looked as golden as an unbreakable wall. Wu Qilong was relieved and ordered to start to find out the cause, and then repack the cloths.
"Small twists and turns often occur in the business world, and now the twists and turns are gone." He Xia, who discovered this matter, was rewarded for this. There are still twenty days left before the first delivery of Huangshang, and the remaining tasks have actually been completed.
Not many, several workshops were still working in full swing, and no one mentioned the fading matter again. The door of the warehouse where the cloths were placed was also closed, and the key was held by Manager Qin himself, but that was just a few days ago.
Days later, the cancer turned.
On the afternoon of the ninth day of October, when a clerk passed by the warehouse door, he found that the door of the warehouse that only Manager Qin could enter in the past few days was open. He walked inside, and the light was not very bright.
Manager Qin was sitting on the side of the warehouse. "He was a little old, and his beard and hair were all white." He looked a little haggard these days. Others only thought that he was too busy recently, but they knew that at this time, something finally appeared.
A clue came out.
Manager Qin, who was sitting there, looked at the stacked cloths on the other side with a dull look, a haggard expression, and one hand shaking. He seemed to have seen something terrible.
The waiter called him, but the old man didn't respond, so he turned around and shouted: "Here comes someone!" When he looked back at the pile of fabrics, he suddenly discovered that in the somewhat dim room, the originally unified side
The cloth wall now has some uneven contrasts. About eight or nine pieces of cloth mixed in it have changed color to a darker or lighter degree and have no longer returned to the original bright yellow. The faded pieces of cloth are mixed in the cloth wall.
It looked like a weird face, with two eyes moving up and down, and a twisted lip. A smile appeared in this room, and the sunlight seemed to have faded and was blocked outside the door.
, has been reluctant to come in. The scene that may have happened in the Sujia Clothing Workshop a few months ago is finally being reproduced here one by one, as if it was copied.
In the workshop not far away, workers were still working in full swing. New cloths were being dyed one by one. The stewards were talking and laughing among the crowd. Everyone was making plans and preparing.
Moving towards a better future...
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When he received the news, Wu Qilong and Li Minzhi were drinking tea in a gorgeously decorated teahouse, discussing the innovations that the imperial merchants should make when the second batch of cloth was ordered and the need to meet with a big cloth merchant tonight to solve the annual cloth shortage.
"There is a problem with goods and filling." A clerk came over and told him what happened in a low voice.
"What did you say?" The voice was too low, and Wu Qilong felt that he had not heard clearly, so his wife repeated it.
"Qin, Manager Qin fell ill, and... the cloth is fading..."
"Wha...what cloth is fading?"
"Those golden brocades..."
"I know it's those golden brocades! Haven't you already selected those golden brocades that have faded? I haven't found the reason yet, what on earth are you talking about...", "But..." "The man moved the workshop to the warehouse again.
The situation at the side was repeated again. Even after this time, Wu Qilong was still a little unbelievable for a moment. He understood every word, but he just couldn't form a specific image in his mind. There was still a long way to go before delivering the goods to the royal family.
"More than ten days" cloth... maybe there is something wrong with it all? Is it going to fade?
"You, what on earth are you talking about?" He tilted his head, his eyes wavered, and then turned back, "1What exactly has faded...""
A month and a half has passed." At this time, something finally accumulated strength and broke the deliberately created illusion of a paradise-like beauty during this month and a half, and then began to beat everyone hard.
Pull it back...
At this time, Ning Yi was coming out of the small laboratory next to the school, closing the door and preparing to go home in the afternoon of late autumn and early winter. He had not had much social activities recently, and even met many people at home without even saying hello.