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

Chapter 186 Proud
Bai Yunchu turned into Su Nianbai, and he could never go back.

"Don't talk about it"

"It's getting late, go to bed first"

Su Nianbai turned around and went to the warehouse alone, took out a sack of [-]-jin madder and put it into the cauldron, took out a pack of secret medicine powder from his bosom and poured it into the cauldron.

Chopping wood, chopping wood and lighting the fire, all movements are so skillful.

Steam rises from the pot, and the madder is slowly dissolved, and the soup gradually turns red, exuding a faint aroma of madder.

This is the true red that he is most proud of.

Stay up all night, soak the plain white silk for a whole day in the morning, add coarse salt to fix the color, dye it back and forth for ten times, and finally wash and dry the cloth, and it will become the most gorgeous formal silk. red.

Everyone needs it for the bride who is getting married, and the family for the wedding.

This is the most beautiful and festive color in the world.

Every time he sees the various colored silks he dyed being worn on the body and made into decorations to decorate the beauty of the world, he will show the most comfortable smile.

For more than ten years, I have lived on this.

Even if Xingsheng Dyefang became the new leader in Suzhou, even if they colluded with Mr. Xue and forced other dyehouses to death, Rongde Dyefang was still alive and well.

Every New Year's Day, there are still countless merchants who come to customize dyeing.

They often come and go late at night, with panic on their faces, emphasizing again and again not to tell others that they have bought here.

Su Nianbai will tell them.

"Don't worry, all orders from Rongde Dyeing Workshop are confidential"

Everyone knows that Xingsheng Dyeing Factory cannot dye the most beautiful colors. This is one reason, and the other is unremitting, unremitting towards everyone.

Their cloth is sold only after being colored three or four times, and it will change color when exposed to water, and the clothes will turn into a gray and dirty old color after being washed a dozen times.

How can the people who live in the weaving and dyeing resort endure it?

There were a few shopkeepers of the cloth shop who couldn't continue their business, and they ganged up to Xingsheng Dyeing Workshop to make trouble, but there was no consequence at that time.

But within a year, those family members all disappeared mysteriously, and no one knew where they went.

Since then, all the shopkeepers of cloth shops, embroidery workshops, and garment shops have become more sensible, and every shop is full of this kind of stuff.

The common people have to buy it if they buy it, and they have to buy it if they don’t buy it.

You can't teach yourself weaving and dyeing or go to other places to buy clothes just to make clothes. Ordinary people naturally don't have such troubles.

Over time, Suzhou City has become such a trend.

Now that the emperor is coming, although he may not visit every shop in person, it is always just in case.

Xue Xiang needs to replace all the visible cloth in the city with high-quality silk within three days in order to protect his official reputation.

Prove that he is an innocent parent official who cares about the people. Under his governance, Suzhou City has a clean atmosphere and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

But he never expected that there was Lin Guiren beside the emperor, who went to a tailor shop to buy clothes the night he came to Suzhou city, and it happened to be rained and wet.

Coming out of the emperor's other courtyard, he immediately set about arranging the replacement of the goods.

I pray in my heart that the emperor will never find out, never find out.

Of course he didn't know that the majestic king of a country would personally investigate the case.

For the next few days, he was desperately investigating who the emperor would hand over this case to, so that he could clear up the relationship.

Unfortunately, nothing can be found.

Trembling every day, I want to see the emperor, but I have no orders not to go near other courtyards, it is really too difficult.

For the first time, the magistrate, who had always been so carefree, could not sleep at night.

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Su Nianbai drove the men to bed, and he worked hard all night to boil the starch and dye the cloth. By dawn, he had dyed seventy or eighty horses of the brightest red.

The first ray of morning sun shone down from the sky, and he sat by the wall, smiling as he watched the cloth flutter in the wind, glowing with the brightest red.

That touch of red is like the first morning glow in the sky, and like the sunset at sunset, gorgeous and dazzling, exuding dazzling light and color.

There was a bowl of tea in his hand, his fingers rose and fell, he couldn't make up his mind to drink it several times.

"Then let's see again"

"Father, you see, I have never forgotten the roots of our Bai family in my whole life."

"You said that the Bai family started with weaving and dyeing. I have experienced 20 years of experience in this skill, and I am proficient, not to mention superb."

"When you get to Huangquan Road, when you see your son's hand, you will definitely say, is it exactly the same as our Huang Changgong's hand?"

Huang Changgong was the most capable foreman beside his father.

Unfortunately, they all died in the end.

If Rongde Dyefang can't keep it, he will follow his father without hesitation.

Their Bai family is like pines and cypresses, they would rather die than surrender.

"Boss, you haven't slept all night, go and rest for a while, our brothers are all here, how much can be dyed?"

"Yeah, you must not be discouraged, I don't believe it, God is not open"

Liu Da took a dozen brothers with him.

Some fell asleep, and some looked tired.

Su Nianbai stood up slowly, "accidentally" kicked the teapot on his hand, he bent down to help the teapot that fell on the ground, and said with a smile, no need.

"I'll pay everyone the wages later"

"Master Xue's people will come in three days, you go as far as you have time while you still have time, and don't come back again"

"No!" Liu Dayan refused.

One or two of the guys said they would swear to follow, Su Nianbai smiled wryly.

"No, everyone, don't be stupid, you all still have a family, if you can leave, hurry up"

He staggered and turned around to get the account books and silver, and settled everyone's wages, and paid another year's wages.

"Everyone go"

Su Nianbai went back to the room alone and locked the door, allowing the guys to knock on the door without moving.

Since the dyeing workshop can't be kept, it's not bad if he can keep his staff.

It is impossible for Rongde Dyeing Workshop to dye two thousand horses a day. Mr. Xue has long disliked him, so this time the old and new accounts will be settled together.

How could he, a small shopkeeper of a dyeing workshop, win against stones.

"Brothers, if you are willing to leave, take the money and leave, if you don't want to leave, follow me to dye the cloth, we will try our best, and we will never resign ourselves to fate."

Liu Da wrapped up the money with bills, and put it at the door of Su Nianbai's room, and the others followed suit, putting down the money and dyeing the cloth.

Su Nianbai in the room clenched his fists and closed his eyes.

"Fools, a bunch of fools!"

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Xue Fu
In the study, Xue Xiang was uneasy.

"This official has always been clean and honest, but all the money I earned was handed over to Mr. Meng. This time the emperor went on tour, he didn't give me a warning in advance, so I was caught off guard."

Master Su stroked his mustache and rolled his eyes.

"My lord, don't worry, once the three days are up, our problem will be solved naturally."

"If Su Nianbai can't dye the cloth, he will hand over the secret recipe"

"If he dyes it, [-] bolts of top-grade silk in three colors of alizarin red, gardenia yellow, and indigo, plus some other simple colors dyed by Xingsheng Dyeing Workshop, all the goods will be distributed to ensure that Suzhou City will still be the same silk with flowers and brocades." Town of"

"Even if the emperor went door to door, he would never find any clues."

(End of this chapter)