What favor are you fighting for?The empress's harem has won a lot of business

Chapter 183 Who is the boss?
There is no problem with the cloth shop, Xie Chenyu went to the tailor shop in person again.

The ready-to-wear shop with its full shelves was suddenly empty yesterday, the proprietress' eyes were red from crying, and the clerk at the side was writing a closing sign.

"Don't come, didn't you see that we are closed?"

The arrogant proprietress is like a defeated rooster, complaining and dissatisfied every now and then.

Xie Chenyu walked in slowly: "What's wrong? You can't even do business? Mrs. Wei?"

The proprietress squinted at him and recognized him immediately.

"It's you?"

"What are you doing here, you just want to buy my old lady today and you won't sell it anymore"

"why?"

Xie Chenyu took out an ingot of five taels of gold from his bosom, and the gold shone brightly.

Boss Wei's eyes were straightened, she had seen a lot of silver, but it was rare to see gold.

She immediately put on the most enthusiastic smile, introduced her own ready-made clothes habitually, and fell silent as soon as she opened her mouth.

"My mother said that I will not do business today, and it is closed."

"Let's go" with a sore expression.

Xie Chenyu still pushed the gold ingot in front of Mrs. Wei.

"As long as you tell me why, this ingot is yours"

"Really?"

Mrs. Wei rolled her eyes and pulled him to a corner to tell him.

"It's the superiors who don't allow the sale. As long as the goods are fading, whether it's cloth or ready-made clothes, they all have to be removed overnight."

"It's pity that I open the door to start a business. How much money do I have to spend to make these ready-made clothes? It's not like that cloth shop, which can take the cloth back and process it again."

She quickly put the gold ingot into her arms, wiped away her tears and spat hard.

"I'm just a common man, and I can't even drink soup if the people above me eat meat. Where can I go to reason?"

She wished she could sit on the ground and pat her thighs and cry.

Xie Chenyu thought for a while, then handed over another ingot of gold.

"Who is the superior? If you tell me, this ingot is also yours."

Madam Wei stopped crying instantly, looked at Xie Chenyu, then at Jin Zi.

She didn't dare to take it, and took two steps back, her voice trembling slightly.

"who are you?"

"Who are you? What is your purpose?"

"I...I don't want it anymore"

She threw out the gold in her bosom, fled to the back door in a panic, and called all the clerks away before leaving, and the shop was empty in an instant.

Xie Chenyu looked around, then turned and left.

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On June 25, there was a rain at night and the weather was even hotter.

It has been the fifth day since Xue Xiang was summoned, and all the garment shops in the entire city of Suzhou were closed overnight.

The cloth shop was replaced overnight with the latest materials, all of which are the best silk, without fading, not even ordinary silk.

The people in the city talked a lot about whether some high-ranking official came to investigate.

"It's a good thing"

"We will never wear faded clothes again"

"Spending the same money, why should we buy a bunch of defective products?"

"This is all made by Xingsheng Dyeing Workshop. I heard that it is the dyeing workshop opened by Mr. Xue's brother-in-law. Ever since Mr. Xue was promoted to the prefect..."

"Hey, can you say that? Be careful with your head..."

It took Xie Chenyu five days to finally find Xingsheng Dyeing Workshop.

It's a pity that all the guys in Xingsheng Dyeing Workshop are tight-lipped, and Zhao Hai can't pry their mouths open with ten ingots of gold.

In the study, Zhao Hai was crying.

"The slaves only found out that their shopkeeper's surname is Zhu, who is in his 30s. He doesn't know anything else. Those guys seem to have never seen him. All the affairs of the dyeing workshop are in charge of the management of the dyeing workshop."

"Then arrest him and interrogate him."

Zhao Hai took the order and left.

Lin Ximeng came in with lotus seed tea.

"The weather is sultry, drink more to get rid of the fire"

Xie Chenyu put the thick accounts in front of Lin Ximeng.

"This thriving dyeing workshop is so capable that it annexed all the large and small dyeing workshops in Suzhou in just a few years, leaving only two small workshops still struggling."

Lin Ximeng opened the account book.

The glorious performance of Xingsheng Dyeing Workshop, astonishing figures, busy traffic, and all kinds of fancy weaving and dyeing skills are impressively written on it.

"It's amazing. I only know that Suzhou's silk is paid tribute every year, but I don't know that there is so much knowledge in it."

"There are more than 70 names of colors alone, tsk tsk tsk"

"There are still samples, so beautiful..."

Xie Chenyu stared at her coldly, Lin Ximeng felt guilty, and hurriedly apologized.

"The concubine is ignorant and ignorant, please forgive me the emperor"

"but……"

Lin Ximeng spread the account books in front of Xie Chenyu, and asked why the back of the dozen or so kinds of blues was empty, without any introduction.

"What's the reason? Could it be that it can't be dyed?" Lin Ximeng rested her chin.

Xie Chenyu Of course the king of a country doesn't understand, and understanding doesn't mean he doesn't pay attention.

He immediately ordered someone to investigate, and in the evening there was news that the secret recipes for these colors were in the hands of another dyeing workshop.

"Rongde Dyeing Workshop? What's the last name of their shopkeeper?"

Zhao Hai scratched his head, of course he didn't dare to say that he didn't pay attention, and racked his brains with a mournful face.

"It seems that... the surname is Su, but the servant doesn't know the name."

"Oh"

Xie Chenyu inadvertently continued to flip through the ledger, but suddenly stopped.

"What's the matter with you, Your Majesty?" Lin Ximeng asked.

"It's nothing, continue to investigate the shopkeeper behind Xingsheng Dyeing Workshop, there must be something wrong"

Lin Ximeng's eyes lit up.

"Wow, it takes so many processes to dye a piece of cloth. No wonder the garment shop cuts corners and the price is so expensive. They are making a lot of money."

In her previous life, a small price comparison expert went online, and Lin Ximeng went through the account books while rambling, as if possessed by an aunt.

"Tsk tsk tsk, there is no end to black-hearted money."

"It's too much. Do you only dye clothes that fade so badly once? Obviously, you have to dye them ten times."

"This is not saving costs, is this directly cutting costs?"

"They can obviously grab it and give us a set of clothes."

Xie Chenyu poked her head.

"It's only a few dozen taels of silver, how can you learn to be so petty?"

Lin Ximeng opened her eyes wide and saw that Xie Chenyu had a smile on her face.

"Your Majesty, what joy have you encountered?"

"nothing?"

Xie Chenyu almost burst into a smile, wrapping her long arms around her neck.

"Leave this matter to Xu Jingzhong, and I will take you to a place tomorrow."

Lin Ximeng was puzzled: "Master Xu is already busy enough, I saw him dark and thin last time"

"Since the emperor has nothing to do, you might as well check it out yourself"

"Bold!"

Xie Chenyu raised his eyebrows: "I have many talented people under my command, how can I use my majestic king of a country?"

Lin Ximeng wrapped his arms around him.

"Idle is also idle, the emperor should experience life, not to mention the concubines don't want to be bored in other courtyards all the time"

General Lin's daughter really has ambitions.

Xie Chenyu has a heart of cherishing talents. If Lin Zhenyue is alive, she will be happy to see that her daughter is not a woman.

"The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, you have overstepped," his voice cooled down.

Lin Ximeng took a step back in fright.

"The emperor forgives the sin, the concubine is really willing to share the worries for the emperor and the people"

"Please enlighten the emperor!"

(End of this chapter)