Chaos on the temples: You can't escape if you provoke treacherous ministers

Chapter 319 Talking about cooperation

In this way, on the tenth day, the top ten poems and essays were selected, and the paintings were presented in public, and the top fifty presented pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and this grand event came to a successful conclusion.

The account was calculated in front of Pei Rong, after deducting the 15 taels for bidding for the ten paintings and various expenses, there was finally 5 taels left.

Seeing the last number dropped on the abacus, Pei Rong couldn't help applauding: "I admire it!"

She cleverly took advantage of the dissatisfaction of the scholars, and probably regarded the Yaji as an imperial examination, and those who wanted to compete for the top ten were far more than they wanted to be.

The top ten are posted every day, which arouses the fighting spirit of the scholars.

"But in fact, for Nan Mozhai, this is just the beginning, and the road ahead is still difficult." Liu Yunxiang said.

Pei Rong nodded, "Even if you make a good start, there are many who fail later."

"So, I want to cooperate with Boss Pei."

Pei Rong raised his eyebrows, "Cooperation?"

"We jointly operate Nanmozhai, and in the end, you will be six and I will be four."

"But there is already Qingxiangzhai."

"If you cooperate with me, Nanmo Studio will definitely surpass Qingxiangzhai. Of course, we can also cooperate with other studies. By then, it will not be our own family who will overwhelm Qingxiangzhai."

Pei Rong lowered his eyes and pondered for a while, then raised his head: "I'm afraid this is not Boss Liu's ultimate goal?"

Liu Yunxiang nodded, "Nanhonglou, I also want to cooperate with Boss Pei. I have Yunjin, you have channels, I have signs, and you have connections."

Doing business must be profitable for both parties. It depends on whether her conditions are attractive enough to make him willing to offend An Hong.

Pei Rong looked at Liu Yunxiang: "To be honest, at the beginning Boss Liu said he wanted to do business with me, and the first thing I worried about was Boss Liu's ability. Now Boss Liu has eliminated my worries, but..."

Liu Yunxiang interrupted what Pei Rong was about to say, "Boss Pei, let's think about it first."

Pei Rong thought for a while, "Okay, let's think about it for a few days."

Coming out of Tianxiang Building, Liu Yunxiang returned to Nanmo Studio. There were many customers inside, all dressed in plain robes, so a woman in a brown cotton skirt was very conspicuous in front of the counter.

"Ma'am, what do you think of this square inkstone?" The waiter pushed a plain inkstone to the woman, "This inkstone is a high-quality Duan inkstone, but its style is simple and not very eye-catching. If you like it, I will give you a cheaper one. Five taels of silver."

Duanyan usually costs ten taels of silver at least, and five taels is indeed very cheap.

Liu Yunxiang didn't pay much attention, walked to the back, and called Chen Chong to him, "Tomorrow you will go pick up the goods with the shopkeeper of Qingxiangzhai, then he will introduce you to some workshop stewards, you take them to find a restaurant, while drinking Negotiate the purchase."

Pei Rong did not agree to cooperate with her, but shared Qingxiangzhai's purchase channel with her, which solved the first problem Nanmozhai faced.

"That's great. The goods are easy to import, but it's difficult to have good quality and favorable prices. The little one is worrying about this!" Chen Chong said happily.

Liu Yunxiang nodded, and just as he was about to leave, a waiter came over and asked, "Master, Shopkeeper Chen, that lady only has [-] to [-] Wen, and asked if we can sell this inkstone."

Chen Chong frowned, "When we got it from Qingxiangzhai, it was only five taels. We didn't earn a cent from her, so how could we sell it at a loss?"

Liu Yunxiang looked at the woman, and saw that she was weak and weak, her complexion seemed not very good, she coughed and counted the money in the handkerchief, at the end of the count, her brows frowned even deeper.

"Sell it to her." Liu Yunxiang said.

The man responded, took the money, wrapped the inkstone and gave it to the woman.The woman's face showed joy, and she couldn't help thanking her.

The man pointed to Liu Yunxiang to the woman, probably saying that she was their boss who sold her to her.

The woman turned her head and looked this way, Liu Yunxiang was slightly startled, she nodded gratefully at her, and Liu Yunxiang also nodded to her.

Watching the woman leave, Liu Yunxiang exhaled slightly. There was a scar on the left side of the woman's face, which should be hot.

Liu Yunxiang came out of Nanmozhai and went to the prison of Jingzhao Mansion. She brought clothes and food for shopkeeper Hu, and stuffed a coin of silver for the guard before he was willing to send these things in.

After leaving the prison, Liu Yunxiang walked towards Jingchuan Garden, and when she passed the market, she saw the woman again.The woman was selling rice cakes, and when someone passed by, she yelled twice, but her voice was probably hoarse because of illness.

Sitting next to her was an old woman in a brown cotton skirt with a blue forehead wrapped around her forehead. Her eyes could not be closed, and the whites of her eyes were exposed. She should be blind.

"How much is left?" the old woman asked.

The woman coughed first, and said, "There are quite a few left."

As soon as the woman finished speaking, the old woman slapped her on the back, "You have long legs, your eyes are squinted, and you are running around. If you can't sell these, don't eat tonight!"

The woman coughed again, "How about I take you back first?"

"This time and again, people have dispersed, and I don't think much every day!"

"Cough cough!"

"I didn't ask you to grab the medicine, did you drink the medicine or not? It's as if our Xi family abused you!"

"Mom, I drank it."

The woman spoke very softly, even though she was beaten and scolded by the old woman, she still had a soft smile on her face, her eyes were moist, she was a woman as gentle as water.

It was getting late, and the pedestrians in the market had begun to disperse. The woman comforted the old woman, and her face could not help but look sad.

Liu Yunxiang stepped forward, "I want all these rice cakes."

The woman was overjoyed first, looked up to see Liu Yunxiang, hesitated for a moment, and said, "It's you!"

Liu Yunxiang looked at the woman, smiled and nodded at her, "Well, what a coincidence."

"There's still a lot left, do you want it all? Can you finish it?"

Just as Liu Yunxiang was about to answer, the old lady gave the girl a quick shove, hitting her chest, "If someone wants to buy it, you should quickly dress it up for them. Why do you ask so many questions?"

The woman is very weak, but the old woman is very strong, so she was hit by this blow, and her body swayed backwards.

Liu Yunxiang frowned, "Who is this?"

The woman said awkwardly: "She is my mother-in-law."

"It turned out to be mother-in-law."

Looking at it like this, she must be an evil mother-in-law!

After eating enough of the wicked mother-in-law's crying, Liu Yunxiang felt a little sympathy for this woman.

The woman wrapped the rice cakes in oiled paper, made five big bags, tied them with rope, and handed them to Liu Yunxiang.

Liu Yunxiang gave her a piece of silver, and the woman looked at her in embarrassment.

"I can't find it."

Liu Yunxiang handed it to her, "There's no need to look for it."

"How can I do that? You bought me so much at once, and you already take good care of me. Absolutely not..."

Before the woman finished speaking, the old woman interrupted: "This lady doesn't care about this little money, but it's too much trouble, so hurry up and stop talking."

The woman shook her head and pushed back firmly.

Liu Yunxiang smiled, "Then you fold the rest into rice cakes and send them to Nanmozhai tomorrow."

"But you've already bought so many..."

"We have many families."

Only then did the woman catch the broken silver and thanked her repeatedly.

Liu Yunxiang left and walked more than ten steps to the courtyard. She looked back and saw the woman carrying the basket and supporting the blind mother-in-law. Her body was as thin as a wicker, as if it could be blown away by a strong wind.

She sighed, there are many suffering people in the world, her little suffering is probably nothing.

Thinking of this, she felt a lot lighter, and headed towards Jingchuan Garden.

But as soon as she arrived in the backyard, she saw an eunuch and several guards coming out of the vertical flower gate, so she hurriedly hid.

The eunuch clicked his tongue: "Go back and report to the Holy Majesty, I'm afraid this one will die."

(End of this chapter)