Du Ruyan waited for her eldest brother to pay attention before walking over with a smile and teasing: "Brother, where is my gift? Why do you only give it light and not me? You are partial!"
"What do you want? I'll give you ten taels of silver and buy it yourself." Du Rusong took out a silver ingot from his arms and threw it to his sister at will.
Du Ruyan caught it in a hurry and complained: "Brother, look at our embroidery shop, is it empty? Look next door, the shelves are full of silk and satin! Dian and I want to find a cloth dealer to buy them. Cloth, they were instructed by Meng Zhong to refuse to sell the precious fabrics to us. The fabrics on our shelves are all light dowry. After selling her dowry, it will be gone. How can she get married in the future? Think of a way to find some sources for us, otherwise, our business will not be able to do."
Fortunately, Lin Dan only deals in ready-to-wear clothes now, and the ladies and young ladies who come to the door usually bring the fabric over and let them embroider. Although this is convenient, it is not as much as selling cloth in my own store and making clothes in my own store. Meng's Embroidery Village is a one-stop service, you can make big money and small money, and you can catch it all at once.
Du Rusong frowned, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll find a way." At the end, he added cautiously, "I will never let Miss Lin fail to marry."
Lin Dan carefully put away the folding fan and waved his hand: "It's not urgent, finding a source of goods can solve our temporary troubles, but it is controlled by others. If we can learn to weave by ourselves, or hire some female workers who are good at weaving to come back, we will It can ensure the long-term supply of fabrics, and can also greatly reduce the cost of transportation and secondary sales.”
Du Rusong laughed lightly and said firmly, "Miss Lin, just wait, I will help you find some female workers who are good at weaving." He found that Lin Dan always likes to solve problems from the root. The younger sister only wanted him to find a source of supplies, while Lin Dan was already thinking about how to master the weaving technique. She has always been independent, and rather than relying on others, she prefers to enrich herself.
"Thank you Du Gongzi." Lin Dan reciprocated, "I'll make you some winter clothes to keep out the cold for you. By the way, if your leather armor is broken, send it over, and I'll repair it for you."
"Okay, I have to switch defenses later, so I'll take a step first. If you have anything, go to the naval camp to the south to find me. I'm already a hundred households now." For some reason, Du Rusong wanted Lin Dan to know his Achievement.
"Is it already a hundred households? Du Gongzi is so amazing!" Lin Dan praised sincerely.
The exhausted Du Rusong instantly became refreshed. He couldn't help but cocked the corners of his mouth, lest he laughed too stupidly, so he could only cough lightly with his fist to his lips, and then left gracefully.
Looking at the back of his eldest brother Zhuo Erbuqun, Du Ruyan slowly covered his stomach and laughed so hard that he could barely straighten his waist. I think that there were not hundreds or dozens of women who were entangled in the eldest brother back then, but he didn't like any of them. He spoke cold and poisonous, and he didn't know how many women's hearts were hurt. However, at the moment, he clearly wanted to please Lin Dan, but he didn't know where to start. Du Ruyan's clumsy appearance was simply unsightly. This is about tofu with brine, one thing falls another thing, right
"What are you laughing at?" Lin Dan looked at her inexplicably.
"It's nothing, nothing, the guests are here, I'll entertain them." Du Ruyan made a random excuse and slipped away.
At the same time, Meng Si was standing by the window staring at Danyanxiu Village with a worried expression.
Meng Zhong sneered and said: "After setting off five strings of firecrackers, none of the guests came. It's really lonely. I have instructed all the cloth merchants in Lin'an Mansion not to do business with the Lin family. There is no cloth to sell, I'll see what they do. Open the embroidery village."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Mrs. Xu and several concubines from the Admiral's Mansion, happily walking into the Danyan Embroidery Village with a group of young girls. After a while, the two servants of the Xu family came out, one after another. Take out a lot of fabrics from the carriage, including soft smoke, green cicada wings, cloud silk, etc., all of which are precious varieties that are hard to buy in the market.
The sneer on Meng Zhong's face instantly solidified. Before he could return to his senses, the wife and daughter of the chief envoy Zhou, and the wife and daughter of the chief inspector Fang, came one after another. The Danyan Embroidery Village, which used to be a crowded place, was now full of carriages, and each one was more luxurious than the other. .
Only then did the passers-by notice the store, and they all showed expressions of surprise or envy when they pointed. How big of a background does it take to attract so many nobles? This store is not easy!
The owners of several cloth houses nearby were also standing at the door watching. They were all ordered by Meng's Embroidery Village and did not dare to sell the fabric to Danyan Embroidery Village. But what is the situation now? In addition to the governor's family, all the nobles in Lin'an seem to have come to celebrate the new store, so why do they oppose Lin Dan? If they offend a noble person indirectly, the Mengshi Embroidery Village can protect themselves, can they? They earn less money, but still have to take such big risks. Meng Zhong is treating them as fools!
Back then, as the No. 1 imperial merchant in Zhejiang Province, Lin Dafu upheld the principle of "everyone who has money makes money, and whoever has difficulties will be the best together", but unlike now, all have to listen to Meng Zhong. The Meng family is too domineering! Thinking of this, several cloth shop owners glared at Meng's embroidery shop before entering the door. In the future, Lin Dan will come to buy again, they just sell it, who cares if Meng Jiagao is not happy!
Meng Zhong gritted his teeth secretly, and said solemnly, "Treasurer Qian, hang up the horse picture that Sisi embroidered a few days ago, and hang it at the door for everyone to come and see."
"Good employer." Shopkeeper Qian immediately quit.
Meng Si frowned and said, "Brother, didn't you say that the horse picture is going to be given to Master Li? Why is it hanging out now?"
"Hang it out so that everyone can see clearly. When it comes to embroidery skills, she, Lin Dan, is not qualified to be compared with you at all. Knowing how to embroider a few butterflies is called excellent embroidery skills? It's ridiculous!"
Meng Si's clenched brows slowly loosened, and he stopped talking. In recent days, she has really been ridiculed and ridiculed. The name of the No. 1 Embroidery Girl in Zhejiang Province has also been questioned a lot. They have come to her to ask for embroidery products. There are many fewer people who customize embroidered clothes. Even Li Jiarong has not come for a long time. . I heard that Li Jiarong sent her maid to the Lin's Embroidery House to make clothes. She went there several times, but she was closed every time, and now she is locked at home and sulking.
But she couldn't do anything to Lin Dan even if she was angry. Because Lin Dan holds the orders of the Admiral's Office, the Government's Office, the Government's Office, and the Xue's Government, and other local nobles, if she forcefully intervenes, it means that she cannot get along with the female relatives of these families, not to mention that she can't get benefits, but instead It will also cause a lot of trouble for Mr. Li.
Even Li Jiarong had to endure Lin Dan, let alone Meng Si
"Brother, what if someone bids to buy my horse map?" She said after thinking for a while.
"When this picture hangs out, there will definitely be people bidding. I will sell it to whoever offers the highest price. We will hold an auction at the gate to kill Lin Dan's spirit. You can sell one of your embroidery paintings. Thousands of taels of silver, can she do it? If I want to compare with you, she doesn't urinate and looks like her." Meng Zhong's face was full of contempt.
Meng Si covered her ears and said angrily, "Brother, you should pay attention to what you say, and be careful not to contaminate my ears."
Only then did Meng Zhong laugh, rubbed his sister's head, and then strode out. When he reached the door of the store, the shopkeeper Qian had already hung a huge embroidered painting that was ten feet long on the door, and was carefully using a fine silk cloth. wipe the border.
Passers-by immediately stopped and watched, tsk tut in amazement. Someone who knows how to do it praised: "My darling, this is the handed down work of Jingchuan, the immortal painter of the Liang Dynasty. It is called "Horse Picture". It was engraved on the cliff of Mount Tai by him. It was printed, but it was not available. Because the horse map was too grand and huge, there was no such big paper in the world to print it, or only one, or only the second, and occasionally someone sold half of it. The price is sky-high. Of course, there are also many painters who copied the whole picture with the naked eye and memory, but they only have the shape and cannot get the spirit. But when you look at this work, it can be said that it has both shape and spirit, and it is almost exactly the same. The original work of Jing Huaxian has been restored! What's even better is that it is actually drawn with needles and threads, not ink and brush. If it is properly preserved, it will not fade even after hundreds of years. It is a treasure more worthy of collection than a picture scroll! "
"At that time, people said that Miss Meng's embroidery paintings are both exquisite in embroidery and freehand in ink, and they can be called artistic treasures. When I see them today, they are well-deserved!"
"It's amazing to be so accomplished at such a young age!"
Literati and writers came together one after another, either commenting impassively, or admiring it sincerely, really lingering and fascinated. The customers in the Danyan Embroidery Village also ran out to join in the fun. Even if they didn't understand how good this embroidery painting was, they still had a feeling of being overwhelmed by Meng Si's embroidery skills. Others say yes, it is naturally excellent!
"Boss Meng, do you sell this embroidered painting? I'll offer five hundred taels of silver!" There was even a call.
"Five hundred taels? You send the beggars! I'll give you one thousand taels!"
"I'll give you 1,500 taels!"
"Two thousand taels!"
"Three thousand taels!"
"Stop arguing, I'll give you five thousand taels!" A wealthy businessman from the capital squeezed the crowd away, his tone urgent.
Meng Zhong smiled and shook the teacup in his hand, as if he was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai. Seeing that the price was 8,000 miles away, and no one followed up for a long time, he stood up slowly and said, "She didn't intend to sell this work, since this guest likes it so much, I will persuade her to sell it. Sister, let her end the pain."
"Thank you Boss Meng, I don't have enough money in my hand, so I'll let the little servant go back and get it, please wait a moment." After the words were finished, the wealthy businessman in the capital waved his hand, and several strong men like iron towers were carrying them. The broadsword squeezed out of the crowd. The little gangster who originally wanted to play these banknotes ideas immediately put out his heart to court death.
Seeing that Meng Zhong's business was all messed up, Du Ruyan jumped in anger.
Lin Dan stared at the "Horse Picture" for a while, and then said slowly, "It just so happens that I also embroidered a new work. When the auction is over, let's hang up the embroidery, so that we can join in the fun."