Rebirth of the Concubine Fenghua

Chapter 53 Where did the tens of thousands of taels of silver go?

Xue's cloth village occupies a very large area, so the place west of the capital is about half an hour away from the Fengfu, and it is usually a good day to walk faster, but now the snow is too deep on the road. It was difficult, and it took a full hour to rush there, and it was almost noon.

After the fabrics of the cloth shop are finished, they are pulled by horse-drawn carriages to the cloth shops in the city for the common people to buy. In the past, the horse-drawn carriages would come to pick up goods every day, but the business has been getting worse and worse in the past two years. Come on, the guys can't get their wages, and many people have already left. If this continues, the cloth shop will probably close down.

A group of people got out of the car, Feng Ruotong looked around while clasping his little hands, this Zhuangzi is really not small, the roof covered with snow reflects the dazzling light under the sun, making people unable to open their eyes.

"Mother, slow down." Feng Ruoliu thoughtfully helped Xue Shi get out of the car, and reminded softly.

Xue Shi nodded slightly, "Go in."

The three of them entered the gate of the villa, and the boss Ding Yaoxian had already heard the sound and greeted him, he was quite surprised and said, "Madam is here?"

Auntie Su has been taking care of this village for two years, and the wife has never been here. No wonder he was surprised to come here suddenly today.

Feng Ruotong looked him up and down, he was only in his early thirties, and he became the owner of the cloth shop at a young age, which showed his mother's trust and importance to him.It's a pity that Zhuangzi was handed over to Aunt Su, and he was about to be exhausted. He was not the head of the house, so it was useless to be anxious.

Xue said as he walked in, "Yaoxian, is the cloth village's business worse than last year?"

Ding Yaoxian sighed again and again, "Madam is wise, the cloth stores in the city have not come to pick up goods for almost two months, and the fabrics in the warehouses have piled up to the roof. There is no way for the small ones, and they have already stopped working."

Feng Ruotong sneered silently, don't you have to stop working? If the cloth continues to be weaved like this, the cloth shop will have to use cloth to pave the floor.

Feng Ruoliu seemed to be listening with lowered eyebrows, but she kept paying attention to Feng Ruotong's movements from the corner of her eyes. Seeing that she had a different expression, she knew that she must have seen something, so she stood beside her calmly. Standing, whispered, "Sister, what's the matter, is there something wrong?"

Could it be that Feng Ruotong didn't know what she was thinking, she was trying to set her own words, she said in a nonchalant manner, "It's nothing, I just came here, what's wrong, I don't know."

Mrs. Xue frowned even more, "Yaoxian, what's going on? The business of Buzhuang has always been very good. How can you just say no? Is it because your men are lazy and refuse to work hard?"

Ding Yaoxian looked aggrieved, "Ma'am, you have wronged me! My wife knows that the guys under me are the same as before! But they all have to support their families and cannot pay their wages. , They have nothing to do, they have already walked halfway, if this continues, the cloth village will really be destroyed!"

"Why exactly?" An angry look appeared between Xue's brows, "It's because the masters have lost their minds and can't come up with new tricks?"

"How is it possible, ma'am?" Ding Yaoxian smiled wryly, "These masters visit various countries every year, and they often walk around to understand the needs of customers. This pattern is refurbished every year, and there are thousands of them Have."

Oh?Xue's heart moved, "In this case, is the cotton not good, or the spun thread is too bad?"

"This..." Ding Yaoxian obviously cared about it, and peeked at Mrs. Xue, hesitant to speak, "Ma'am, I..."

Feng Ruotong knew it well, and suddenly said, "Uncle Ding, mother is here, so just say what you have to say, what to do without hesitation! Or do you want to see the cloth village ruined by you?" She knew in her heart that this was not Ding Yaoxian's fault, and she said this on purpose to provoke him to tell the truth.

Naturally, Ding Yaoxian knew her identity, and almost knelt down, "Miss, I can't afford it! How dare the little one ruin the cloth house, but the little one can't help it, it's not that the little one wants to do this! "

"It's not you, who is that?" Feng Ruotong asked him without giving him a chance to think.

Sure enough, Ding Yaoxian blurted out without even thinking, "It's Aunt Su—" Halfway through speaking, his face suddenly turned pale: It's bad, let Aunt Su know that he betrayed her, so why don't he pack up and leave?

Feng Ruotong secretly sneered, now let's see how Aunt Su continues to make money in this cloth shop.

Mrs. Xue had expected that Aunt Su would be tricky in managing the cloth shop, and her expression turned cold when she heard this, "What's the matter with Aunt Su, Yaoxian, just talk, don't have any worries."

Since this is the case, Ding Yaoxian has nothing to hide, otherwise, if the cloth village is really destroyed, he will not be able to explain clearly, "Well, since Madam asked, even if the younger one offends Aunt Su, he can't bear the blame for ruining the cloth village." Madam, Eldest Miss, Second Miss, please come along with me." Hearing is believing, seeing is believing, it is best for Madam to see for herself.

Feng Ruotong stepped forward to support Xue Shi, "Mother, don't worry, there is already a problem in Buzhuang, just solve it slowly, mother doesn't have to make herself angry because of these things."

Xue Shi turned to look at her, feeling more and more bad premonition in her heart, Ruotong must know something, so she reminded her like this, from this point of view, the situation is worse than she imagined?

Several people came to the warehouse, Feng Ruotong looked up, couldn't help sticking out her tongue: It really is piled up like a mountain!There are bundles of cotton on one side, some messy threads on the other, and more than half of them are dyed and printed cloths. Because they have been stored for a long time and there is no sunlight, the whole warehouse has a musty smell. It makes people want to vomit.

Feng Ruoliu slapped her nose with a handkerchief, and frowned: If I had known this, she would not have come, and I could find another opportunity to perform in front of Mrs. Xue, this place is too incompatible with her nobility.

Ding Yao first led Mrs. Xue to the bundles of cotton, "Madam, please take a look."

Mrs. Xue reached out and pulled a small ball of cotton out to have a look, and said displeasedly, "This is obviously some low-quality cotton, how could the spun thread be good!" The county cotton family orders directly, and they don't hesitate to spend a lot of money, only for good cotton, and they don't even consider low-quality cotton like this!

Ding Yao nodded first, "Exactly, Ma'am, look at the spun thread."

Xue's heart was already angry, she stepped forward and took a look, and snorted coldly, "Of course, this thread is impossible to be strong, Yaoxian, why did you buy this kind of cotton, hasn't Qingyuan County had any good cotton in the past two years?"

Ding Yao first scratched the back of his head, "Ma'am, the weather has been good for the past two years. I don't know how good the cotton in Qingyuan County is. These are not imported from the cotton family in Qingyuan County at all, but from other channels at low prices. cotton."

Cheap cotton?Xue's face turned pale with anger, "What do you mean! Yaoxian, you are smashing Xue's brand!"

Ding Yao had expected that Mrs. Xue would get angry, so he calmed down, "Don't be angry, madam, please come here and have a look at these fabrics."

Feng Ruotong secretly laughed, it turned out that Uncle Ding was always calm when faced with important events, and he was not in a hurry to explain, so he let his mother see clearly first, this method is really clever.

Xue was furious, and walked over quickly, "These fabrics are woven with threads spun from this kind of inferior cotton, can it be good?"

"Madam is wise." Seeing Ding Yaoxian like this, he almost gave a thumbs up, "Madam, these fabrics are not much better than paper."

Xue twirled it with her fingers, wishing she could burn all the cloth with a fire!What are these things, even ordinary cloth shops cannot sell this kind of cloth, let alone Xue's cloth shop!It's no wonder that even though the printing masters have new patterns, these rough fabrics are too poor to withstand the friction caused by repeated printing and dyeing. They have no choice but to use some of the simplest patterns to deal with it. It is strange that the fabrics that come out can enter the eyes of rich and noble families.

"Ding Yaoxian, what's going on here!" Xue's patience was almost at the limit, "You just said it was Aunt Su's doing, could it be that she wants you to buy this kind of inferior cotton, deliberately ruining the business of the cloth shop?"

Now it seems that the business of the cloth shop in the city is getting worse and worse, and the root cause is the cotton, so that the cloth is almost useless, but because of the Fengjia Xue's brand, it is difficult for the customers to ask for explanations. I had no choice but to stay away from this cloth village.Over time, can this business get better?

Ding Yao shook his head first, "Aunt Su didn't let us buy this kind of cotton, but she took away [-]% of the profit of the cloth factory, leaving only a small amount of silver taels for us to buy, and Aunt Su asked us to keep shipping. We have no choice but to import this kind of cotton."

What?Xue was shocked and angry, Aunt Su took away 2000% of the profit?Calculated in this way, there must be at least 4 taels of silver in a month, more than 3 taels in the past two years, and 1% of at least 2 taels. [-] taels, where did more than [-] taels of it go?

Feng Ruotong raised her eyebrows, Aunt Su, this time you made a big mess, let's see how you get it back!
"Why didn't you come and report to me?" Mrs. Xue had vaguely guessed that it must be Aunt Su who put all the extra money into her pocket. It's no wonder Mrs. Feng has been obstructing her from checking the account of Buzhuang, it turns out that there is such a trick!

Ding Yaoxian looked puzzled, "The young one also wants to report to Madam, but Aunt Su said that Madam has handed over the cloth village to her to take care of everything, and she decides everything, and the young one can't enter Feng's house, so how can I report to Madam?"

Xue was furious and knew what he said was the truth. Aunt Su and Mrs. Feng joined forces, how dare these servants resist!But why doesn't Aunt Su think about it, the business of Buzhuang has been so bad, how could she never ask!It's no wonder that Auntie Su was reluctant when she said that she wanted to come to Buzhuang just now. It seems that she knew that things were going to be revealed!
"Madam came here once or twice before, and Aunt Su asked us to weave a few bolts of good fabric and put them away to fool Madam. Madam saw that the fabric was fine, so naturally she would not suspect that there was something wrong with Zhuangzi. Tell Madam the truth, but Aunt Su..." Ding Yaoxian looked embarrassed, he was actually afraid of revenge by Aunt Su and Mrs. Feng, so he didn't dare to make such a move.He is the boss who doesn't talk, and the other guys are even less likely to be meddlesome.

(End of this chapter)