Zeng Zuoze saw that Feng Zishan was so envious of his new clothes, so he stood up and said: "Seeing is believing. Since Brother Feng likes this cloth, why not come with me to Dongjia Cloth Store to buy it before it is sold out?"
How many feet is he here?" After a pause, Zeng Zuoze added: "I heard from the people at the Dong family cloth shop that although the cloth is locally produced, the Dong family wants to sell the cloth to Gyeonggi, Shandong and even Jiangnan.
The share given to Tianjin locals is not much. If Brother Feng wants to buy it, he must do it quickly!"
Although Feng Zishan was poor, a scholar valued face the most, and he was willing to buy several feet of cloth for decent new clothes. He really liked the fineness of the Li family's fine cloth, which showed the delicacy of a scholar, so he stood up and said: "Brother, lead the way."
, I will go buy him a few feet, and I will also make a decent new crew neck like this with my dear brother."
"Haha, let's go right now!"
Li Zhi's fine cloth is sold well all over the world, of course Li Zhi knows it. However, he has already made a lot of profits with his spinning jenny and flying shuttle loom, and he is determined to make this fine cotton cloth have a reputation, so he is not in a hurry.
Price increase.
On this day, Li Zhi went out with two servants and was about to walk to the textile factory when he saw Cui He walking quickly down the alley in the workshop with a maid, followed by Xiao Guangwei.
"Cui He, wait for me!"
Cui He was very disgusted with Xiao Guangwei who was clinging to him. He turned around and said, "Xiao Guangwei! Don't chase me!"
Xiao Guangwei finally walked up to Cui He and said with a smile: "Cui He, I'm not chasing you, I'm inviting you to go on an outing to see the peach blossoms in Amituo Temple!"
"What peach blossom? If you don't want to go, you won't go!"
As soon as Li Zhi saw this situation, he knew that Xiao Guangwei was chasing Cui He again. Although the social atmosphere was open in the late Ming Dynasty, after all, men and women were different, and young men and women would still keep a distance from each other. People like Xiao Guangwei who pestered Cui He
, it is still not good for Cui He's reputation if word spreads about it.
Xiao Guangwei knew this but still clung to Cui He. It seemed that he wanted to cause rumors that Cui He was in love with him, and he had evil intentions.
Cui He cursed Xiao Guangwei a few times, turned around and walked back into the workshop, only to see Li Zhi with two servants. Seeing Li Zhi, Cui He seemed to have seen a savior and ran quickly to Li Zhi.
"Li Zhi, come and help me!"
Li Zhi pretended to be confused and asked: "What can I help you with?"
Cui He said: "Help me get rid of this fly-like Xiao Guangwei!"
Li Zhi smiled and then looked at Xiao Guangwei who was chasing him.
Xiao Guangwei finally caught up and saw Li Zhi standing in front of Cui He. He thought about it and frowned and said, "Li Zhi, Cui He and I have something to say. You should go away quickly."
Growing up, in Xiao Guangwei's eyes, Li Zhi was always the idiot from a poor family, stupid and willing to be bullied. Although Li Zhi suddenly became smart recently and paid back the money he owed the Xiao family, and I heard that he even made a soap
workshop, but Li Zhi's image in Xiao Guangwei's heart has not changed much for the time being.
So when Xiao Guangwei saw Li Zhi, he told him to go away. Seeing that Li Zhi didn't listen to him, Xiao Guangwei cursed again: "Don't think that you will feel proud just because you paid back my family's money! Just look at how poor your family is.
The dilapidated yard is completely different from my family and Cui He's family! Get away!"
The Xiao family deals in South Sea pearls and makes a few hundred taels of profit a year. The family builds a decent house. Xiao Guangwei looks down on the dilapidated and disrepaired house of the Li family. As for the profits of Li Zhi's current soap workshop, Xiao Guangwei is not sure, but the Li family
The yard was so dilapidated that Xiao Guangwei subconsciously felt that the industry created by stupid Li Zhi could not be too big. As for Li Zhi's new textile factory, the young and ignorant Xiao Guangwei had no idea at all.
Xiao Guangwei's mindset of looking down on Li Zhi, which he formed over more than ten years, is difficult to change at once.
After taking a look at the arrogant Xiao Guangwei, Li Zhi said calmly: "Xiao Guangwei, you chased young girls on the road, which is against moral integrity. Do you know that you are wrong?"
Hearing that Li Zhi stood up for him, Cui He happily tapped his toes and clapped his hands childishly.
"Li Zhi said it well!"
Xiao Guangwei was stunned when he heard Li Zhi's words, and then cursed: "Li Zhi, are you crazy? Do you dare to teach me a lesson? You don't even look at the difference between your family and mine. It will be in vain for me to slap you."
Fight, do you believe it?"
Xiao Guangwei also regarded Li Zhi as the fool he used to be. He could bully Li Zhi at will because of his family background. He was also very arrogant when he spoke.
After listening to Xiao Guangwei's words, Li Zhi blew angrily and cursed: "Xiao Guangwei, please open your eyes and see the situation clearly."
After waving his hand, Li Zhi asked the two servants following him to walk up, one on the left and the other on the right surrounding Xiao Guangwei.
The two servants were recruited by Li Zhi according to the standards of thugs. They were half a head taller than Xiao Guangwei. Moreover, these servants had been training martial arts in the past few months. They were very strong and had an imposing manner. The two of them moved towards Xiao Guangwei from the left to the right.
As soon as he stood next to him, Xiao Guangwei was immediately surrounded.
"Xiao Guangwei, if you chase Cui He again, don't blame me, Li Zhi, for asking someone to beat you up!"
Although Xiao Guangwei was arrogant in Jingbianfang, he was timid. Surrounded by Li Zhi's people, he was frightened and took a few steps back. He looked nervously at Li Zhi's servants and said loudly: "Li Zhi, you
Don't be arrogant, if you dare to touch me, my father will ask Father Chen from the Qing Military Hall to kill you!"
When Li Zhi heard him show off his relationship, he couldn't help but ask: "What about Father Chen?"
Hearing Li Zhi's inquiry, Xiao Guangwei proudly said loudly: "Dad Chen, the torture chamber official of the Qing Military Hall! He is a friend of my father, and he drank with my father last month. If you dare to hit me, Dad Chen will not let you go."
Pass you."
Only then did Li Zhi understand that the Xiao family's biggest relationship was with the subordinate staff of the Qing Military Hall in Tianjin.
Subordinate officials were staff in the Ming Dynasty government other than officials. They were similar to civil servants in later generations, but no examination was required for recruitment. Officials in the Ming Dynasty were basically selected under the imperial examination system, while subordinate officials were directly selected from the private sector.
The so-called clerk of the criminal chamber of the Qing Military Hall in Tianjin is the head of the subordinate staff in charge of criminal matters in the "Qing Military Hall" in charge of civil affairs in Tianjin. Once a major criminal case occurs, Mr. Chen can report it to his colleagues in the Qing Military Hall.
Suggestion: For some small cases that Mr. Tongzhi is too lazy to ask about, Mr. Chen can handle them directly.
Speaking of which, Father Chen can be regarded as a powerful subordinate. If the former Li Zhi had learned about the relationship between the Xiao family, he would have avoided it and kept a low profile.
But for the current Li Zhi, the execution department is too small. Li Zhi is a man who paid 2,000 taels of filial piety to the governor. If something goes wrong, he goes to the governor to congratulate him. With a little more money, he can do whatever he wants with his fingers.
How can you be afraid of Xiao Guangwei if you suppress this old man Chen?
