"After this incident, Tan'er's health is better, let's... let's make the house... "
In the rainy night, Su Tan'er choked out these words, and soon after, Ning Yi nodded.
"Uh... ugh, I didn't mean that either, but..." He smiled, "Um."
The words were submerged in this late night rain curtain. When the breeze blew in, the candle shadows shook. Su Taner didn't know how much courage it would take to express such an expression. She lay there and was silent for a while. A large part of her illness was originally due to psychological factors. After talking like this, it would probably reduce the pressure on her heart a lot. But after a while, perhaps because she thought of something, she still lightly bit her lower lip.
"If... if this time things don't go away, Xianggong... will Xianggong..."
"Could it be anything?"
"Will it be..." Su Tan'er hesitated for a while, then finally shook her head, "Forget it, let's not talk about it."
"Disappointing..." Ning Yi looked at her and thought for a while, then probably guessed some thoughts and shook his head, "I didn't say this for the sake of the Su family's well-being, things won't go well, things between us, anyway, That's it... and this time, it's actually easy to pass."
Su Tan'er nodded, and her expression relaxed a little. After a while, she smiled embarrassedly for the second half of Ning Yi's sentence: "This time... Xiang Gong is not clear..."
"Clear." Ning Yi looked back, "I have checked the accounts for the past three years. The foundation of the Su family is still stable. No matter who the opponent is, it is indeed poisonous for them to stab someone and bite back, but they can It's not the customer who plays the role. The Su family's business spreads across the country, and they don't really talk about the character of the boss who is far away in Jiangning before entering the shop. The only thing that matters is a closer partner and supplier. Shang, the Su family will be shaken in this regard, but compared to this method, it is of little significance. With the foundation of the Su family, it is difficult to directly fall down because of some links, and lose a small part at most. To play a practical role, it is mainly in the vicinity of Jiangning. In the near future, it will be the most affected, that is, the royal merchants. After the matter is confirmed, the government will consider the relationship between reputation and not cooperate with the Su family... "
"It's the royal business..." Su Tan'er murmured and repeated.
"So... the most important thing is to solve the royal business affairs."
"Xiang Gong doesn't understand..." She turned her eyes to the inside of the bed and repeated in a low voice, preventing Ning Yi from seeing her expression. Ning Yi sighed, took out the piece of cloth from his body and put it in her hand: "I don't understand the royal merchants, or I still don't understand this cloth?"
Su Tan'er turned around, looked at the cloth in her hand, and then looked at Ning Yi: "Xiang Gong... Already know?"
"To be honest, it's really not clear." Ning Yi shook his head, "Xing'er is a little embarrassed, and it's hard to speak, so I won't force her."
Su Tan'er held the piece of cloth in her hand and looked at it for a while. Occasionally she looked aside, thinking about things, and when she looked at Ding Ningyi again, there was a slight smile on her face, but her eyes looked desolate. It was obvious that she When I think about it lately, it's often this expression of about to cry, or I've secretly cried more than once.
"Xiang Gong, I can't be a royal businessman... I was thinking about this three years ago. I secretly prepared for three years. It's such a beautiful color. I thought I would be able to do things well, but it turned out to be like this in the end. … It’s as if we were deceived by someone. We did not add Zhehuang, but used a new method to formulate them, cinnabar, madder, alum, gardenia... This must be a formula that no one has used before, more than two months I used to think that taking it out this time would scare everyone, but in the end... in the end it just... "
She sniffed and bit her lips lightly. Ning Yi thought for a while: "When did the color fade?"
"It's been almost two months, I don't know why." Su Tan'er shook her head, "We've tried a lot of things since we made it, sunbathing, roasting on fire, washing with water again and again, nothing happened, still So beautiful, there was no problem at all, but in the end... it faded, I don't know what to do, after Dad fell, the other side finally couldn't help but came over and said that it might not be solved, I let them continue to try, But I also know that there is no way..."
"This color is very difficult to match, the raw materials use less yellow, and the color is much worse if the formula is slightly wrong. I don't know where to adjust it. It has bright yellow on the formula we found by accident..." She said a little After a pause, there were tears in his eyes, "I can't help it, Xianggong... I can't get it..."
The weaving industry has developed for so many years. In fact, it has its own methods for the determination of color fastness in modern times. However, in the ratio found by Su Taner, these methods obviously have problems. Perhaps it was a chemical reaction in a subtle proportion that produced that bright yellow color—certainly, he couldn't solve it technically with his current chemical knowledge.
Su Tan'er is not someone who is willing to admit defeat easily, but when three years of hard work was judged to be meaningless, the expectations for the emperor's merchants suddenly lost hope. Together, they will suddenly fall down, which is no longer such a strange thing. The mental state of a person is like this. The moment you were at the peak, even if your father fell, as long as you can get the royal business crisis, you can naturally pass. The next moment you find that you don’t have any chips at hand. When you are suddenly beaten at the peak, everything Everything will explode more violently.
However, at this time, Ning Yi was still looking at the piece of cloth with great interest, and he took it from Su Tan'er's hand: "Isn't there still an improvement on the loom? I saw in the account that you took out the money. …”
"It can't be changed much. It was originally prepared for the royal merchants, but in these aspects, a lot of money has to be invested, and the earnings are not much. If you only get the part of the annual coins, it will be a burden. On the weaving bureau, only will treat people as coolies…”
"That's enough, in the end it's still the matter of the royal merchants..."
"But it can't be solved... Xianggong..." Su Tan'er said these words, then froze for a while, looking at Ning Yi's unaffected expression, "Huh?"
"Maybe it's hard to get, but that doesn't mean it can't be solved." Ning Yi smiled, "There are solutions to not fade, and there are ways to fade. As for how to use it, you have to think about it..."
Su Tan'er thought for a while: "Xiang Gong... Could it be that you want to say that the faded ones are good? No way... "
After all, she is also a smart person. She knows that sometimes things can be said and propaganda. Ning Yi also has the name of a genius. Putting it here is nothing more than making fun of the royal family. Ning Yi also shook his head: "It's not like that. I still don't know about some things, mainly the officials of the Weaving Bureau involved in the royal business this time. Every household wants to compete for the bargaining chip of the royal business. What do we do? What happened, how far the loom has been improved... If you still have the energy, you can tell me now, and I will tell you how to do it later, but... "
He looked down at the piece of cloth: "The Royal Merchant is the crux of the matter, no matter who our opponent is, whether they show up or not, we can use this to get them out and catch them all in one go. So in any case, the matter of the Royal Merchant... We still have to fight to the end…”
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"...Why? Because we have the strength!"
In the morning, it was still raining, and in the courtyard room next door for discussing matters, Ning Yi was speaking to a group of shopkeepers and stewards. To be honest, this is the first time he has spoken in such a high-profile manner in an "official" occasion since he came to Su's house, but it seems that Qingpao Lunji still looks decent, and it seems that he does have the demeanor that a person in danger should have. At least… it looks like trying hard.
He tapped at this moment with a fan and looked around.
"... To solve the matter of the royal merchants, the plans of those jumping clowns outside, and all kinds of discussions in our family will be quelled once and for all. As for who is staring at us inside and outside, don't worry about it, others These things will be done, the old lady will solve these things, and we just do our own thing, stabilize the situation, and use any means to get the share of the royal merchants."
"So in the next month or so, I will take over this matter. Of course, I know that I have no experience in this area, and I will discuss with Tan'er on major matters. The shopkeepers are also more experienced in this area than me, and I will ask you for advice at that time. , I also hope that the shopkeeper Liao and everyone will teach you a lot..."
Ning Yi humbly clasped his fists, and then laughed.
"However, regarding the matter of the royal merchants, we will start to open up the situation. I am a scholar, and I have never been in contact with shopping malls, but there are always some things that are common in this world, and I still understand the simple rules. For example, last year's New Year, Because I guessed something, I just said a word and helped the He family's business, hehe... So, I probably know that one thing is definitely right. "
"Good stuff!" He knocked the folding fan on the table, and said, "It must be a good thing! You can put it anywhere!"
"Just like us scholars, talented people will shine wherever they are, and others will always know. So, when you want to sell yourself, you don't have to keep a low profile. Shopkeeper Liao and Shopkeeper Nie have recently taken over and weaving. We have already made it clear about the affairs of the several adults in the bureau, and everyone knows it, but I think one thing is not enough... "
"We just made it clear that we want to take the emperor's business, the Xue family and the Wu family have seen it, but we didn't clearly state our bargaining. I hope that next, the shopkeepers will treat people when they invite people to dinner. , or when talking about the next business step, you can tell others clearly that we have been preparing for this time for several years! We do not fight uncertain battles! We already have the best cloth! This is Strength, no one can catch up!"
"Now that the situation between Dawu and Daliao is tense, there will definitely be problems and frictions with the old coins. Every time this changes, it is when business opportunities come. In the past... It was like the Xue family and the Wu family, who took the matter of the royal merchants seriously. They are afraid of the road, but when they see that the situation is going to change, and that we are going to fight, they want to fight, but it is just a whim, speculation, what are they prepared for? But we are different, we have already started preparing for this a few years ago. I can tell everyone now!"
"Just tell them this, how about the Xue family, how about the Wu family, and how about us. Although we can't fully release the chips for the time being, we can publicize it like this to let everyone know that we are prepared. Come, let the adults in the weaving bureau know that we are the best and the most prepared, we already have a way to improve the loom, the efficiency can be increased a lot, and it is guaranteed that it will not affect our business, nor Influence the royal business. We have the best cloth... Oh, the next thing is to keep secrets together, but I think it can be taken out for everyone to see, Juaner, bring the box."
The little maid Juaner who was standing beside her nodded, turned around and moved a box and put it on the table, Ning Yi reached out and held the box: "Repeat, what you see next, please keep it a secret... Of course, everyone belongs to my Su family. My own people, understand these things better than I do, oh, I said it redundantly..."
After he finished speaking, he smiled and slowly opened the rectangular box, and a bright yellow silk appeared in front of everyone. When several of them frowned in amazement, Ning Yi pushed it forward aggressively, and then picked up a With the knife, I clumsily cut off a section.
The rain was still falling, the door was closed, and Ning Yi's voice came from inside.
"Fire-resistant... Washable... Sun-resistant... Colorfast... We finished the finished product two months ago... I wanted to keep a low profile, but in the current situation, I don't think I can do it... To do this, Solve all the problems... Who has such a good cloth? This color... Why should everyone panic? With this color, the Royal Merchant is not ours and whose... Although I am a scholar, I know I will do it this time, not us Asking those adults, it's the adults who are going to beg us... oh, don't say that, but anyway... we are good, they will be good, their good is bigger than ours, the obvious thing... ok, take it In the next month, I will do this with you all…”
The rain was still falling. In the bedroom, Su Tan'er looked at the rain curtain and the direction of the room next door. It seemed that she could hear some movement, but naturally there was only the sound of rain. Xiaochan entered the room and chatted with her beside the bed. After a while, she said, "I don't know what it looks like now, Xianggong..."
"Sister Xing'er came over just now and said that the uncle was talking. It was very powerful. Those shopkeepers were all convinced by what the uncle said. Well, the uncle is right..."
"Well, is that so..." Su Tan'er laughed, imagining what those "very reasonable" words would look like. Not long after, the negotiation over there was over, and the voices of the shopkeepers leaving came to me in small pieces. Of course, it was just the sound of footsteps and the sound of walking when she left. If she could go out at this time, she might be able to hear some in the rain. The whispers of shopkeepers.
"It's really a scholar's sight..."
"Something makes sense..."
"It's not that simple."
"But... that cloth is really... "
"There's no way, the eldest master and the second lady are both down, and there are some things that can only be done by the uncle. As long as he looks at him and doesn't point fingers, it won't be a big deal..."
"Uncle is a smart person, and he still understands some things..."
"But after all, I'm just a scholar, and things in shopping malls are too complicated..."
This kind of discussion gradually faded away and disappeared in the rain. Ning Yi returned to the small building, clapped his hands, and watched the figures of these people leaving the rain curtain by the window. Then, he turned and went downstairs to visit Su Taner who was sick. .
After another day, when Su Tan'er's high fever gradually subsided, Ning Yi also began to take her place. Every day, he drove the carriage out of the house, imitating Su Tan'er's previous daily appearance, as a diligent and studious young man. , and began to "point fingers" at the Su family's business...
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