Ruiqian's cloth village began to flourish again, and the people who came here to buy cloth every day were under the "conditioning" of the pro-soldiers in the house, lined up in a long line of rules and regulations. One by one, without any confusion, they walked forward. The people who bought the fabric went home with a smile on their faces, and they showed off with people from time to time on the way; The hearts of those who didn't buy it were like frying on fire, for fear that they wouldn't be able to buy it.

The shopkeeper and the guys of the pù store adjacent to Ruiqian all looked at Ruiqian with a look of awe. They couldn't figure out how Shopkeeper Chen was arrested and put into the criminal department in the middle of the night, and he was released back at dawn. Even if you are caught wrong and wronged, you can't close the case so quickly, right? At least you have to be extorted some money, and none of those jailers or cell bosses are ghosts who scrape the ground, so he doesn't care if you are wronged or not.

On the opposite side of Ruiqian Street were the two shopkeepers of the Silk Village, Qiu and Sang, who watched the guests of the Yulong Cloth Village buy the cloth like flowing water, and they were so jealous that they were about to go crazy, and when they learned that the shopkeeper Chen was arrested, they gloated to death. Before they were happy, Chen Ruiqian's cloth village opened again.

The hearts of the two shopkeepers on the opposite side also rose and fell: I didn't see that this shopkeeper Chen had dealings with any dignitaries, why did he come out?

Qiu and Sang, the two shopkeepers, had never talked to Ruiqian before, but now they come to visit the door if they have nothing to do:

"Shopkeeper Chen is really hand-eyed, there must be a towering tree behind him, right?"

"There is no big tree, but I have not sinned."

"Yes, you have not sinned, you have been wronged. But after entering the prison of the Criminal Department, I was able to come back safe and sound without any color, I'm afraid it's not that simple, right? ”

"If you don't believe me, you have nothing to say." Of course, Ruiqian will not say that he has the emperor's support, low-key is his principle of life, and he never shows off like his uncle. I'm afraid that another person will go to heaven, it's too face-saving, the imperial guards picked it up, and the people behind him can't be described as a big tree, it should be said that it's a mountain. Fortunately, Ruiqian was released in the second half of the night, otherwise these neighbors would have seen him sent back by the palace guards, and gossip news would have been flying all over the sky.

The cloth of Yulong Cloth Village was continuously placed on the counter, and the people who bought the lasamen stood in a row at Zhengyang Gate. Although each person in line is only sold in a limited amount of five feet, it does not affect the enthusiasm of these people in the queue. Some large families let their families and nursing homes line up, pretending not to know each other. If you buy a five-foot cloth at a time, then several people will line up at the same time. Of course, this situation is not necessarily because you want to buy more and sell it, can dozens of feet of cloth be in business? Just look at the quality of the cloth and buy more.

When the information was fed back to the prince, the prince was strange and muttered to Fu Jin: "Didn't you say that the people of the Qing Dynasty were poor?" Even thirty-five wen and one foot are not low for them, how can they stand in Zhengyangmen? This shopkeeper Chen is really a Zhengyang housekeeper. ”

According to the analysis of the concubines, the people queuing up to buy cloth are not necessarily the poor, the families of officials, merchants, slightly wealthier families in the capital, as well as the descendants of officials in the Ming Dynasty, and various groups of people passing by, are all very profound. The cloth concubines you and Sister Yun bought back also looked at it, it is indeed better than that of the Qing Dynasty, it is all muslin. The concubine also felt that Thirty-five Wen was sold cheaply. Your heart is still the heart of a monk, but we are making money for the next emperor, not for ourselves, is it appropriate to raise the price? Can it also reduce the number of people who buy cloth? ”

"What you say is not unreasonable, but the cloth that is adjusted cannot be pure cotton, and we also bought some silk, and it is okay to raise it a little bit on the satin, because its cost is high."

"The concubine understands."

The pure cotton cloth placed in the courtyard of No. 2 East Road is decreasing sharply at a rate of four horses per day, and the cloth in the hall has been emptied by Yun'er, and it will be moved to the east side of the living room immediately, and a lot of cloth is also installed in the two rooms inside and outside. Ling Juan has been here and is very satisfied with the layout here, the room area is about forty square meters each, and no matter how big it is, it feels empty. If there is a patient in the future, the west side of the room will be used as an outpatient clinic, and all the rooms will be vacated in the future, and they will move upstairs to live, and the following will see a doctor, examination, surgery, delivery room, as well as a laboratory, physiotherapy room, and inpatient department will be placed in the wing room and the inverted gatehouse.

Several cloth villages around Yulong Cloth Village couldn't stand it, and after only a few days, there were no guests coming to the door. Don't you have to close your doors when the days go by? But they didn't even have a reason to come to the door and curse. The twist cloth of Yulong Cloth Village is thirty-five Wen one foot, which is twice the price of other cloth villages, but the width of people's cloth is two and a half times that of the Qing Dynasty, and it is still a smooth muslin. It can be said that Yulong Buzhuang did not run on anyone.

So the bosses of these cloth farms began to unite and "fight the enemy together".

More than a dozen shopkeepers of the cloth village got together to discuss how to bring down this unknown jade dragon. I thought of several ways, the first is to collectively reduce the price to make the price of Yulong Cloth Village towering;

The second is to buy the guys of Yulong Cloth Village, and get the purchase channel of Chen's shopkeeper, so he can't let his family dominate; The third was a bit of a loss, that is, to set a fire to the Jade Dragon Cloth Village, but it was quickly vetoed. Arson is tantamount to homicide, and once verified, there is no head. The fourth is a bit lacking in morality, that is, to spread rumors and smear Yulong Buzhuang, so that Shopkeeper Chen will not be able to stand in this place. But no one wants to take on the task of spreading rumors.

The next day, the price of all the cotton cloth in each cloth village was reduced. Yulong Cloth Village has new cloth on the shelves, called chemical fiber silk, since it is silk, it has to be opened with cotton bula. Yun'er's proposal of 50 wen and 1 foot was collectively rejected by the shopkeeper, account office, and guys of Yulong Cloth Village, and it was sold at 70 wen and 1 foot.

The shopkeepers who cut the price thought that the customer flow would have to flock to them now, and the price was reduced by two! Hemorrhage! The profit of cotton cloth is between one and five to two percent, which means that they can't make any money by dropping it like this.

There are more customers in Yulong Cloth Village, because those who enter the store to see the chemical fiber silk say that it is too beautiful.

All chemical fiber silk is black background, gorgeous flowers, beautiful flower shape, and the size of the flowers is just right for skirts. Soon the day began to get hot, and it was simply useless to make cheongsam with such silk!

A new round of long queues appeared, from Yulong Buzhuang to the back of Zhengyangmen, and marched directly to Chengqianmen. It's still limited to five feet per person.

Qiu and Sang, the two shopkeepers, even had the heart to kill Ruiqian. In the past, Chen's shopkeeper sold pure cotton cloth, and they had no problem, but now they sell silk and satin, isn't it robbing our business?

The storefront shop of these two shopkeepers of the silk village is directly opposite the street of Ruiqian's Yulong Cloth Village, and the shopkeepers are surnamed Sang and Qiu. A shopkeeper came to the shopkeeper of Qiu, "The business of the two can be described as a lot of money." ”

"I'll just wait for the other side to sell out. You haven't heard that his cloth is from abroad, and it will be difficult to buy it if it comes from the big-nosed country. ”

"I said you two are stupid when you two die. Shopkeeper Chen began to sell silk and satin, and the color was so beautiful that it made people dizzy! It's all on a black background, and the flowers are on it, as if they are standing. People only sell for 70 wen a meter! You two just wait for the fight. ”

This one, hooked up the fire and left, and the remaining two silk merchants jumped the tiger god.

"The surname Chen comes out, you give it to me! Do you know how to do business? Bullying people, right? You're going to have to hang us and jump into the river, right? ”

The sound of scolding on the street was quite high-pitched, and Rui Qian's ears could hear it clearly. When he arrived at the door, he clasped his fists at the two scolding street shopkeepers opposite. That means I'm sorry, I robbed you of your job, and another person wouldn't do it, but Qiu and Sang misunderstood, and felt that the shopkeeper Chen was deliberately angry with them, and his head was hot and he began to say that he was not good: "Colleagues, everyone pay attention!" The cloth of Yulong Cloth Village is carrying infectious diseases, and it came from the country of big noses. Don't be stupid to the sisters in line, it's strange that there is nothing wrong with such a cloth! Whoever wears it will get bayberry sores, rotten nose and rotten eyes! ”

This trick is too vicious, and most of the people in line are women, and they are skeptical when they hear this. Some quietly left.

There are eight people who secretly protect Chen Ruiqian, all of whom are strong guys with good kung fu, who were originally only separated by a road, and a few jumps came over. The two grabbed one and twisted their arms and sent them to Ruiqian. Rui Qian was naturally unhappy: "The two shopkeepers, I didn't carry your child down the well, right?" Why is your tongue so vicious? Are you a gentleman? Why did you even do something to scold the street? You said that there are bayberry sores on my fabric, think you wore it? Infected? Or how do you know? Chen knows that the skirt he sells will affect your income, and he wants to subsidize you a little. But the two of them were disdainful of Chen at all. ”

"Then why do you sell silk so cheaply?"

"I want to sell as much as I want, do I want to ask you for instructions?"

"Okay, you just wait for the Criminal Department to summon you."

"Okay, I'll wait."

Before he finished speaking, someone from the criminal department came. Without saying a word, he tied up the shoulders and arms of the two shopkeepers, Qiu and Sang, and threw them on a covered carriage and pulled them away.

Even Ruiqian didn't know where the people from the Criminal Department came from.

In fact, the emperor was afraid that someone would come to make trouble for the Jade Dragon Cloth Village, so he sent four soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army to patrol around the Jade Dragon Cloth Village in civilian clothes.

Shangshu of the Criminal Department has already received a good training from the emperor, and when he heard that there was a top smoke emperor who didn't know how to die, he didn't say a word, and he was arrested. So the two cowardly Qiu and Sang, who were as timid as rats and as big as cows, went to the prison of the Criminal Department. For three days in a row, no one took care of them, and they didn't send food to prison, so hungry that the two of them had their chests against their backs. The interrogation began only on the evening of the third day.

"What's going on with you two? What's the matter when you're full? Which of your tendons is hindered by people selling some silk? If you have the ability, you can also purchase goods from foreign countries! Are you tired of it? Say what you want. ”

"Your Excellency, spare your life. We scolded the street because our business was topped by the shopkeeper Chen. ”

"How do you know that he has bayberry sores on his cloth? Are you wearing them? ”

"No, no."

"If you don't have it, is it a crime of slander or rumor-mongering? You will be imprisoned for three years to set an example. "I'm leaving. was hugged by Qiu and Sang's thighs and died.

A jailer whispered something in the adult's ear, and the adult said, "Shopkeeper Chen's heart is really generous, come to protect them?" Then please come in. ”

Qiu and Sang were scared silly, they were in prison, and the family had to drink the northwest wind! I didn't listen to what the adults said, but when I looked up, I saw Ruiqian. Hurry up and kowtow, bang bang, kowtow countless times, and my brain is bleeding.

"Stop, stop, what are you two going to do?"

"Woo...... This lord said that we were guilty of slander and that we would be imprisoned for three years! I have an eighty-year-old mother in my house, and a young son who is waiting to be fed, woo woo......"

"My lord, I think forget it, if they know it's wrong, let them go."

"Thank you, Mr. Chen, you are our reborn parent."

"Okay, okay, you two look like cowardice, write a letter of guarantee, promise that your mouth will not be cheap in the future, and I will spare you for the time being."

"We write, we write!" The two of them began to snatch the paper.

"It's too cheap to let you go like this, give me a palm, twenty mouths per person, and a longer memory."

Rui Qian took two pig heads out of the prison of the Criminal Department. As soon as they left the gate, the two men collapsed into two lumps of mud - frightened.