Luo Changan said warmly: "Your Majesty, today is the day for bidding on the spring clothes. The bidding has already begun, and the place is in the inner hall of Bu Pavilion."
"The Ai family is feeling depressed right now. Why don't we invite the concubines to come and watch the fun together? You order people to put out fruits and snacks. Let's go. It will be fun to watch as a competition."
Luo Changan hurriedly said, "Yes, I will prepare now."
The spring clothing competition became more grand with the participation of the queen mother and concubines.
The people on duty in Bu Pavilion, led by Lin Ke, were all cautious. Lin Ke looked at Luo Changan with admiration in his eyes. Shopkeeper Luo was a celebrity close to the Queen Mother, and she was the one in Bu Pavilion.
The number one position is quite reasonable.
Song Panyan was drinking tea in the palace of a palace concubine, so she was present this time, but she stayed in the back and did not move much under the eyes of the Queen Mother, because it was obvious that the Queen Mother did not like to see her.
She didn't want to get into trouble either. Her motive for coming this time was very clear, just to see Luo Changan make a fool of himself and be disliked by the Queen Mother.
There were more or less thirty companies participating in the spring clothing bidding. The competition was divided into five rounds. Each round was a competition on the toughness, color, transparency, craftsmanship, and advanced level of craftsmanship of the cloth.
Five and five groups, a total of six groups, elimination promotion competition, each round eliminates two companies from each group. After the first round, only fifteen companies will advance, and after the second round, only five companies will advance.
After the second round, these five companies form a group. After the third round, if two companies are eliminated, three companies will advance to the fourth round. Because there are only three companies left, then one company will be eliminated in the fourth round, and only two companies will advance.
In the fifth round of the final round, the final winner can take over the cloth and ready-made clothes in the palace within the next year.
Lin Ke called out the names of each company loudly, and the contestants below agreed one by one.
Finally, when the call was called to arrive at the Xiao family, no one answered, and Lin Ke said loudly: "Xiaoyu, have Xiao Shaodong's family arrived?"
There was silence below, and suddenly a whisper came out.
"Recently, there have been rumors in the market that all dye shops have sold out of the required dyes. Although the Wu family of the dye shop has dyes, they are not willing to sell the dyes to Xiao because they have a deep quarrel with the Xiao family for unknown reasons.
Home!"
"The Xiaojia Cloth Shop didn't even participate in the competition this time. It probably didn't even buy dye!"
"I must give up!"
"How can he deserve the respect of the Queen Mother? The Queen Mother personally called him to teach him to compete, and this is the result?"
"It's like the mud can't hold up the wall. Even the higher-ups can't help him even if they want to."
Liu Qin, the shopkeeper of Baijia Clothing Store, and Song Panyan exchanged glances, and both of them laughed secretly. This time, the Baijia will definitely win the spring clothing bidding!
Even the Xiao family wants to compare with the Bai family and is not overestimating their own capabilities. The Xiao family, like Luo Changan, is a second-rate creature inferior to others!
"Manager Lin, the competition time has come, can we start? For those who have given up and gave up the competition without pursuing anything, there is no need to wait any longer."
Liu Qin urged in a loud voice. The nights are long and the dreams are many. Once the competition begins, the Xiao family will have no chance and will forever be defeated by me, Liu Qin!
Lin Ke glanced at Luo Chang'an and thought that although I received kickbacks from the Bai family, shopkeeper Luo had high hopes for the Xiao family. If I didn't call the Xiao family by their name a few more times, shopkeeper Luo would be in trouble if he suspected me of being a hindrance.
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It is true that I, Lin Ke, love money, but I will not do evil things secretly. In the past years, I only gave wool to the winner. The Bai family won by strength and was not something I could control.
He said impatiently: "According to the rules, I have to call my name five times and no one responds before I have given up. I only called my name twice. Why are you anxious?"
Liu Qin was slightly stunned by the drink and stopped talking. He would not expose Lin Ke's kickbacks on his own. Exposing Lin Ke would be of no benefit to him.
Lin Ke then called Xiao Yu's name twice more, but still no one answered, and Xiao Yu's seat was also empty.
The Queen Mother couldn't help but frown, "Chang'an, what's going on with Xiao Shaodong? Why did he quietly stop coming to compete? It's so irresponsible. It's disappointing the Ai family."
Luo Changan smiled slightly and said: "The Queen Mother, Xiao Shaodong is more at ease when working as a slave. If he really can't compete, he will definitely send someone to reply. Since there is no reply, there must be no problem."
Song Panyan couldn't help it anymore, so she muttered in a low voice: "Tsk, why are you so shameless? Are you here to make people laugh at you? It's no wonder it's okay!"
I couldn't help but feel very proud, look at how Luo Changan managed to get off the stage this time! If you fight with me, you're still far behind!
Lin Ke cleared his throat and shouted loudly: "Xiao Shaodong's family, it's the fifth time the roll call has been made. If you don't show up, you will be eliminated!"
After Lin Ke finished speaking, he heard orderly footsteps coming from outside.
"Sorry, sorry, Xiao is late."
With that said, Xiao Yu walked into the inner hall with a loud smile, and then asked people to carry two large dye vats filled with dye.
After the dye vats were put down, he knelt down in front of the Queen Mother and said: "The Queen Mother, the common people heard that the masters were all here today, so they asked people to bring up two dye vats, and demonstrated the process of dyeing cloth to the masters on the spot.
Let’s have some fun.”
When the Queen Mother heard this, she couldn't help but be interested, "Xiao Shaodong, your idea is excellent. We have only seen ready-made cloth, and we really don't know what the process of dyeing cloth is."
Xiao Yu and Luo Changan nodded. It was Luo Changan who came up with the idea. It must be said that Luo Changan really had great ideas and knew what his masters needed.
"Masters, if you have time today, you can try dyeing two pieces of cloth yourself."
"Okay. It must be interesting." The Queen Mother was in a good mood.
The concubines were also eager to try it and started talking about it one after another.
"This owner really knows how to do business."
"Thanks to his daring to think and act, he actually brought the dye vat in. We were so surprised. This is my first time seeing a dye vat!"
The Queen Mother added: "The competition in previous years was boring, but this year suddenly coach Xiao Shaodong brought new ideas. Young people must have such innovative minds, dare to think, dare to do, and have the courage to break the rules!"
Xiao Yu bowed deeply and said, "It's just a small thing for ordinary people. In fact, it still depends on whether the quality of the cloth is excellent."
Luo Changan's eyes glanced at Song Panyan and Liu Qin. Seeing the astonishment on their faces, Luo Changan couldn't help but sneer. From today on, there will be no place for the fake Bai family in the industry!
Liu Qin and Song Panyan looked at each other in shock. How could Xiao Yu have obtained the dye? What went wrong? He couldn't have come to participate in the competition!
Under the organization of Xiao Yu and Luo Changan, the Queen Mother and the concubines had fun dyeing cloth with their own hands for a while. Everyone experienced the magic of dyeing cloth by doing it themselves, and their faces showed joy.
After waiting for a while, the Queen Mother said happily: "The competition is still a competition. Let's start the competition, keep having fun, and make others think that the Ai family has reserved a quota for the Xiao family."
As he spoke, he laughed loudly.
Everyone present praised the Queen Mother for a while as the most fair and righteous person.
Song Panyan's face turned black and she glared at Luo Changan fiercely. However, she was so angry that her lungs exploded!
Xiao Yu said loudly: "Mother, before the competition begins, the common people feel that there is one thing that needs to be clarified. There are some evil-minded people who are evil and heretical. They are not qualified to participate in the competition. Such people should be expelled!"
"What do you mean?" the Queen Mother asked puzzledly.