Three days later, the sun rose, and today, which was about the same as yesterday, began. The always bustling Qianmen Street is still the same as usual, and the shops open early. Ruiqian also removed the window panels and door panels as yesterday, as did the two silk houses opposite.

Suddenly, from an alley on the east side, there was a festive sound of suona, followed by gongs, drums, and firecrackers. Then there was a group of lions to open the way, moving closer and closer, in front of Ruiqian's shop to make a scene, the golden lion continued to dance, jump, shake their heads and tails, people on stilts dressed in colorful clothes, holding silk fans in their hands and twisting with the beat of the drum. There are also those wearing the costumes of the four Tang monks and apprentices, and the eight immortals are also twisting.

"What's going on? Look at the shopkeeper, why did these Yangge gongs and drums stop in front of the shopkeeper Chen? Asking for food? The two shopkeepers on the other side muttered again.

"It's not like it, it's interesting. Let's take a look. ”

Rui Qian arched his hand on the steps: "Everyone, everyone, you are ......" It seems that he doesn't know what is going on.

"Boom! Phew! The gong that opened the way struck loudly.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! A young man dressed in the costume of the imperial guard shouted loudly: "Everyone let go, Li Tingzhang and Gonggong Li in the palace came to read the holy decree!" ”

At this time, it was already a street of people watching the excitement. One by one, their faces were full of surprise, and they looked at each other and asked, "What's going on?" ”

A large sedan chair carried by eight people stopped steadily in the crowd, and a hemp face without eunuchs dressed in the costume of the chief eunuch came down, holding a holy decree with bright yellow brocade and embroidered dragon patterns in both hands, and walked towards the door of the store of Yulong Cloth Village with steady steps.

"Where is Mr. Chen Ruiqian, the shopkeeper of Yulong Cloth Village?" The characteristic eunuch's voice rang out in a very high-pitched voice.

"Coming, coming, coming down, may I ask ......"

"Our family is the eunuch Li Tingzhang, the consul general of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who came to read the holy decree and escort the golden plaque on the order of the saint today, and he didn't accept the decree quickly!"

"Grass man Chen Ruiqian takes the order!" Rui Qian shouted to everyone in the store: "Come out!" Receive the emperor's decree! ”

The people in the store, including the customers and everyone watching the excitement outside the store, knelt down. Everyone kneels before the Divine Decree!

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, Chen Ruiqian, the shopkeeper of Yulong Cloth Village, is cautious in his business, and Tong Su is not bullied...... The heart of benevolence, with a sense of obscurity, gave a gold plaque to the emperor...... The people of the capital shall not extort or oppress for any reason...... In case of violation, it can be transferred to the Criminal Department. In addition, a yellow coat was given to show the emperor's grace. Chin this! ”

Chen Ruiqian kowtowed three times, and said in a loud voice: Grass man Chen Ruiqian, thank the emperor for the reward, long live the emperor, long live, long live! With that, he took the decree and the yellow coat with both hands.

"Shopkeeper Chen, please get up! From now on, you can operate with peace of mind, and no one dares to come to harass! Hang a plaque! ”

Behind him, the four imperial guards carried a plaque wrapped in red silk, and Rui Qian hurriedly ordered Dazhang: "Go and get the ladder!" Take two! ”

"Yes!" Da Zhang didn't dare to slack off, turned around and ran into the backyard, and then suona and firecrackers rang out. The Yangge team was active again, writhing vigorously around Gonggong Li's sedan chair.

There were automatic helpers and Dazhang carried two sets of ladders, and the Ouchi guards personally took off the previous plaque, and the sound of suona, gongs and drums, and firecrackers rang out in one piece, and the new plaque was properly hung in the middle of the gate. Lifting the red silk, it is the emperor of Shunzhi who is now the saint of the emperor personally wrote the imperial title "Jade Dragon Cloth Village" four rich and powerful blue ground mud gold face body big characters. Although the inscription is smaller, it is very eye-catching, "Shunzhi Emperor Imperial Seal", and then the imperial treasure gold seal. This is an honor, it is usually a seal directly after the big characters, but now there are these six words, which is really a rare honor! The meaning is deep, it is the imperial merchant who can't be moved!

Fortunately, Rui Qian was prepared, and he prepared a silver ingot of ten taels in distress: "Thank you!" Thank you, Holy God, thank you, father-in-law. This little meaning is accepted by the father-in-law. The second half of the sentence was very low, and at the same time, he stuffed the silver coin into Gonggong Li's sleeve.

"The politeness of the shopkeeper Chen, our family will not shirk, and there is still official business, farewell!"

"Congratulations to my father-in-law!"

"Shopkeeper Chen stays."

Gonggong Li returned to the sedan chair with the unique steps of a eunuch, and a guard shouted: "Get up the sedan chair!" ”

Father-in-law Li's sedan chair had just left in a flash, and a carriage covered with a large cloth came one after another. The three "military masters" who caught Ruiqian appeared. knelt down in front of Rui Qian and kowtowed: "Shopkeeper Chen, your lord forgive us a lot, we have sent you all the cloth we took back, and we will not dare to alarm you in the future!" "Knock again.

"Stop! Can you tell sù what the hell is going on? If you say that my cloth is of unknown origin, and that you slander my cloth from five feet to three feet, tell me who instructed you! Ruiqian just wants to clear his name in public on this occasion.

"This ...... This ......" the three of them stood up.

"You don't say yes, do you? Okay, I'll find someone who understands. "Saying this, Ruiqian himself felt that the clouds and mountains were foggy.

"Shopkeeper Chen, it's the family members of Lord Shilang who have taken a fancy to your fabric, and their relatives have a ...... for this business Your subordinates know this, please raise your noble hand......"

"Okay, well, you also obey orders, so I won't embarrass you below. But there's one thing to say. No matter who buys the lasagna cloth below, they have sued him in the next cloth, this kind of cloth is afraid of heat, can not be scalded with boiling water and cannot be baked over an open fire, you are deliberately scalding it with boiling water to slander the next cloth, and what cloth is unknown from here. It has already been said below that it is foreign. I hope that such people will create something out of nothing and ruin their reputation! ”

"Yes, yes, my subordinates have been taught, and they will never come to make trouble in the future."

"Please."

Watching the lively people is full of tubes, and an ordinary merchant of the Han people actually got the plaque of the emperor's imperial pen himself, which is really a bit out of line. The two shopkeepers of the silk village on the opposite side were dumbfounded, it was already rare to be able to go home safely from the prison of the Criminal Department, and they actually got the emperor's royal gold plaque. That is to say, from now on, people will be imperial businessmen, they will be untouchable figures, and they will make money doing business for the emperor!

The shopkeepers of the nearby merchants all came to congratulate Ruiqian, and the two shopkeepers opposite naturally couldn't slack off. Even the shopkeeper of the merchant on the other side of the overpass came to congratulate him, which was completely unknown to Ruiqian. Some of them deal in silk and cloth, and some of them simply do not hang on the edges.

Ruiqian's "Jade Dragon Cloth Village" was immediately called on the street of Qianmen, and almost no one knew that the merchant of Yulong Cloth Village was an imperial merchant, and the three words Chen Ruiqian were also well-known to everyone. People who had never been to this small shop came here one after another. There are even so many people that Cheng dù can't squeeze in.

The one on the right is the newly opened shopkeeper of the cloth village who calculated Ruiqian, and was arrested the night Ruiqian put him back. The one on the left offered to give up the store, saying that he was going to the south to deal in tea. This tea and cloth don't seem to be offended, and it is unknown whether they are afraid of the imperial plaque or if they really want to go to the south. Ruiqian was a little too careless, and gave the shopkeeper the highest price for the tea business. The landlord of the house on the right came, saying that the arrested shopkeeper had not given him rent until now, and asked Ruiqian if he would rent it, and if he rented it, he would rent it to Ruiqian. In this way, the store of Ruiqian's Jade Dragon Cloth Village has tripled compared to before. The original location was for cotton fabrics, the shop on the east side was for silk, and the one on the west side was for fabrics. The prince sent ten personal soldiers from the palace to support. One is that Rui Qian may have difficulty hiring several guys at once, and the second is that these pro-soldiers can be bodyguards.

After the renovation of the storefront, on the eve of the opening, the emperor instructed the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send Ruiqian hundreds of brocades of various colors, which were much better quality than the silk that Ruiqian had previously operated. The ladies of the official eunuchs and wealthy merchants' families in the capital still like high-grade and high-priced silk, silk and yarn, and they don't care about the price.

As soon as the blue and white dots and white dots and white flower cloth sent by Tian Liang and Nalan came to the counter, people flocked to it. But each person can only buy five feet, saying that they can buy things to take care of the people of the capital

In fact, the cheap cloth is to prevent speculative businessmen from buying and selling. Then all kinds of colored stripes with checkered and different colors and plaid sheets were also put on the counter. The people queuing up to buy cloth lined up at Zhengyangmen! The soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army maintain order, and the smashing of the field can't be done, which ruffian dares to call a battle with the Royal Forest Army? Two people who ate women's tofu in the crowd were caught and thrown directly into the prison of the Criminal Department.

Chen Ruiqian's "Jade Dragon Cloth Village" did not go bankrupt because he went to the prison of the Criminal Department, but instead expanded its façade and got the plaque inscribed by the imperial pen of today's saint. The surrounding businesses cast a vision of Chen Ruiqian with envy and politeness. was originally an ordinary small cloth village, but suddenly it became an imperial businessman.

It is not that the emperor inscribed it must be the imperial businessman, but the tribute sent by the Internal Affairs Office clearly told Chen Ruiqian's peers: "This Chen shopkeeper is selling goods for the emperor." "Selling goods to the emperor, isn't that still an imperial businessman?

The social status of merchants in the Qing Dynasty was very low, and "Shinong Industry and Commerce" was the last. But the imperial merchant is not in this case, can the person who makes money for the emperor be ranked last?

Tian Liang and Nalan sent him two pieces of wide-faced twist cloth and two polyester cotton cloth after Chen Ruiqian was ready to reopen. These two kinds of cloth are popular fabrics of the Qing Dynasty, but they are produced in foreign lands, and they are strong, do not shrink, and do not fade, and the format is still very wide. The market has been opened and there are repeat customers. The people living in the capital are still the majority of the common people, since they are commoners, they are not so wealthy, and the cloth is also bought in the cheap, sturdy focus, plus the width of the width, is more than twice the cotton cloth of the Qing Dynasty, but the unit price is only slightly higher than the cotton cloth of the Qing Dynasty.

Ruiqian crossed the East Street there are two silk villages next to each other, "Hengsheng" silk village Qiu shopkeeper and "Maoyuan" silk village Sang shopkeeper are chatting at the door, Qiu shopkeeper said: "Don't you think it's strange that the Sang shopkeeper is there? The shopkeeper Chen of Yulong Buzhuang is also Han, right? Why do I think that guy seems to have hands and eyes? It didn't take a few hours to get back into the punishment department, and I didn't hang up at all, which is very strange. ”

"That's what you said, it's a Manchurian world now, he's a Han and a businessman, how can he be so lucky? Supposedly, he won't have relatives in high positions in the imperial court, right? ”

"It's hard to say, just for the lasafra he sold, this man is also a well-connected person. Where do you think his lasagna came from? Why don't we buy off his guys, let's go to the place where he buys some goods? With such a wide format, how big a loom, but his façade is not much bigger than ours, how can he get four or five feet of wide cloth? It's not expensive to sell. ”

"I advise you to think less, right? We are selling silk and satin, don't look at the mountain high. ”

In Cining Palace, the Queen Mother was losing her temper: "Su Moer, what do you say is going on with the emperor of our Great Qing Kingdom?" Bengong wants to catch Prince Rui a handle, give him a fault, and then give those cloths to the Internal Affairs Office to operate, obviously for his good, why don't you appreciate it? As soon as he caught the shopkeeper of Yulong Cloth Village, he let him go! also gave the title a plaque, isn't this a heart against the palace? I've spent most of my life on him, and he still dismantles the platform of the palace! ”

Su Mo'er smiled and said gently: "Queen Mother, you also know that anger hurts your body and dissipates your anger, the slave thinks you are thinking too much, how dare the emperor go against you and dismantle your platform?" ”

"It must be Prince Rui who entered the palace to find the emperor."

"Shopkeeper Chen is the cousin of Fujin on the side of their mansion, can the prince be indifferent? This makes sense. You want someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to handle the cloth of the Ruiwang Mansion, and you want to raise the price a little. But if you raise it too high, no one will buy it, right? ”

"Bengong is too anxious to get money for the emperor, isn't his brother's money the emperor's money? Lord Rui doesn't know how to do business, why do you still hold the cloth that can make money and protect it? ”

Su Moer really didn't know how to answer.