Yan Shupeng couldn't help but say: "Father-in-law, the son-in-law is just going to take his wife and children out for a few years, the county lord said that he will come back in less than ten years, how did the father-in-law gather the family?" ”

The eldest master of the Wen family, Yan Shupeng's father-in-law said: "Uncle Peng, you don't know, it is not only your luck that you are fortunate to be recruited by the county lord of Wen Hui, but this is also a great opportunity for our Wen family." ”

Yan Shupeng was a little puzzled and asked, "How can it be a big opportunity for the Wen family?" ”

The Wen family on the side began to have the same doubts as her husband, but after listening to her father's words, she understood a little, and said, "Father thinks that we finally have a chance to find the same opportunity for development as the Lan family?" ”

Master Wen glanced at his daughter very pleasedly and said, "Yes." Shu Peng, you are from a scholarly family, and you know less about business, and even less about our silk industry. In our silk industry, the best satin is from Suzhou Province. Of course, the best is made on the top, and the weaving of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Suzhou is the best. These silk silks were made as tribute to the palace. Even high-ranking officials and nobles may not be able to use it, and it is exclusively for the use of the royal family. ”

This Yan Shupeng understood and nodded.

Master Wen continued: "However, Suzhou weaving will also make money, so they also sell some every year, and these satin that can flow in the market of the Internal Affairs Office is the capital, and there are also the objects of competition among the world's officials and nobles." Generally, only a few large silk merchants in the capital and a few large silk merchants in Suzhou City have the goods in their hands. In addition to these top-notch satins, the silk supplied by several large satin merchants in Suzhou Province is the best. These are the best goods. Distributed to all parts of Dachu, our Wenjia is the first batch of distributors in Huzhou. Therefore, the silk merchants of the entire Huzhou have to rely on the breath of our Wen family. ”

However, after all, these Suzhou satins are a minority, and the silk used by the people still depends on the silk produced in various places, so that it is the way for silk merchants to make money. However, after all, such silk is a medium or even low-class goods, and it cannot make a lot of money. Therefore, the status of our Wen family has always been very high. For more than 100 years, we have been mainly engaged in Suzhou silk and satin. Bring some local satin for sale. But. The market is different now. ”

"First came the cotton. In the past, the Lan family was our distributor in Anseong, and the relationship with our family has always been very good. Their family got acquainted with Xiao Chen's family by chance and got the cotton cloth franchise. became the largest cotton cloth merchant in Dachu. Fortunately, after they became rich. Didn't forget our home. He also gave our family the right to distribute some cotton fabrics, so that our business has been better in recent years. Of course, it is also taken care of by the in-laws. But. There is a new change in the market. ”

"Now, there are textures, colors, and even more than Suzhou silk Yizhou Island satin, Japanese satin, Nanyang satin. As soon as these overseas satins appeared, they occupied the high-end satin market of the entire Dachu with high quality. It's a big impact on our business. We all wanted to get the general distribution rights of these overseas silks, but we haven't gotten them yet. You can only rely on sea trade to get the goods little by little. ”

"Shupeng, you know. These overseas silks are actually run by one family, that is, by Xiao Chen's family. Especially the Nanyang silk, the best is produced by the silk and satin workshop of the lord of Wenhui County in Qingchun City. At present, their family does not have a general agent of Da Chu. If you can catch up with the county lord of Wenhui, help our Wen family to say good things in front of the county lord of Wenhui, and get the general distributor of overseas silk, even if it is only the general distributor of Qingchun City silk Huzhou Province, our supply of goods will increase, and it will not be able to make the family's business more prosperous. So, I said this is a big opportunity for the Wen family, isn't it? ”

Now Yan Shupeng understood. The Wen family wants to take the same route as the Lan family.

When they talked, the Wen family was almost there, and Master Wen was busy telling Yan Shupeng about being recruited by the county lord of Wen Hui. Suddenly, the atmosphere in the entire main room became warm. Everyone talked about it, and they all envied Yan Shupeng, some of them stammered, some of them were envious, that is, some of them had high hopes.

Yan Shupeng couldn't parry it for a while.

When Master Wen saw this, he coughed heavily, and suddenly the whole room fell silent. Yan Shupeng couldn't help but sweat.

Master Wen said: "You all know everything, this is a big opportunity for our Wen family. Our next step is to look at this opportunity. However, Shu Peng has also just met the county lord, if you want to let Shu Peng introduce us to this opportunity in the future, we must help Shu Peng gain a foothold by the county lord's side. That's what we're going to do now. Shupeng, tell me if there is anything you need our help with. Despite the opening, whether it is important people or money, our Wen family is fully supportive. ”

After saying this, Master Wen looked around the room. Yan Shupeng is his son-in-law after all, and he wants to tilt his resources to his son-in-law, so he still has to look at everyone's opinions, so he called everyone over to talk about this matter and see the opinions of each head of the house.

As soon as Master Wen's words landed, the smart Wen family understood, and they all admired the brightness of the long house, and the people at the head of each room hurriedly expressed their attitude, saying that they would support it wholeheartedly.

Master Wen San of the third room said excitedly: "I think that the Lan family used to be just a small distributor for us, but now they have become the No. 1 cotton cloth merchant in Dachu, and we were pulled down a few streets away at once. Of course, the Lan family treats us well, and we have made a lot of money in the past few years by relying on the Lan family. But these changes are all because of the relationship between the Lan family and the Xiao Chen family. If we can seize this opportunity, we can also take the big tree of the county lord, with the background of our family, not to mention comparable to the Lan family, at least several times stronger than now. ”

The fourth master of the fourth room also nodded and said, "Yes, this is all the blessing that Shu Peng has brought us." Shu Peng, you must be loyal to the county lord, and you must gain the trust of the county lord, so that we can also follow suit. The county lord is the most generous person, everyone in the mall knows it, and following Wen Hui County will never make people suffer. Just look at the Lan family. ”

The eighth master of the eighth room was younger, and he also said: "In the past, we wanted to befriend the county lord of Wenhui, but there was no way, but now it's okay, Shu Peng, our Wen family has to rely on you this time." ”

Master Wen waited until the eight heads of the room had expressed his position, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Since everyone agrees, then it's decided." Shupeng, you first tell me what you need us to do. Let's see how much can be done and what else is there to add? ”

This situation made Yan Shupeng startled, originally it was just because his wife wanted to stay away from Qingyang City with him, so he wanted to come to his father-in-law's house to talk to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, but he didn't expect that the Wen family was so excited, and he suddenly put the revitalization of the entire Wen family on his shoulders, which really made Yan Shupeng at a loss.

Yan Shupeng smiled awkwardly and said: "Actually, when I came, I didn't think about it so much, I just thought that our husband and wife would leave Qingyang City with their children for a few years, the property in this house should be entrusted, some of my business should be dealt with, and I would take the children and tell my father-in-law and mother-in-law, I didn't think so much." ”

Master Wen was about to speak, and Wen Fifteen, who was in the seventh room of the Wen family on the side, hurriedly said: "If my brother-in-law wants to get rid of the two inns and two teahouses in Qingyang City, I want to take over, and the price will be set by my brother-in-law." ”

As soon as Yan Shupeng said this, he was originally here for this, and sure enough, what his wife said was not wrong, Wen 15 of the seventh room was willing to take over and said: "The price is according to the market price, and you also know it." It's just that I have two requests. First, I hope that after you take over the inn and the teahouse, you will still abide by the rules I set to help the people and poor scholars. Second, my personnel, I hope you take a good look at it. If I do these two things, I am willing to give up on the price. ”

Wen Shifu hurriedly said: "There is no problem with this. Put it in my hands, brother-in-law, don't worry, I am also a person who has read books, so I naturally understand. The price does not need to be reduced, just according to the market price, I estimate that it is worth about 50,000 taels of silver. I'll send you a silver ticket tomorrow. Hello, use the silver to buy things to the northwest. ”

Yan Shupeng hurriedly said: "Where can it be worth 50,000 taels, at most 40,000 six or seven." If you will follow my two words, I will let you go if I am willing to give up 40,000. ”

Wen 15 also wanted to say, but Master Wen waved his hand and said, "This is a trivial matter, you will talk about it later." Now let's talk about the entire family business of our Wen family. Shupeng, let's do it, if you go to the northwest, you will definitely need a lot of manpower, and our Wen family can give you manpower, manage things, and the children of the Wen family will use it for you. As for the money, I can pay you 200,000 first. Have you seen enough? ”

Yan Shupeng was taken aback. What can I do that requires so much money as 200,000 taels of silver? Although Yan Shupeng was born in a stabbing historian, he was also bluffed.

Master Wen said: "200,000 yuan is reserved for you to go to the northwest to operate." As for the county lord? Small money, it is estimated that the county lord can't look down on it, I see how about taking out 500,000 taels. You look at the purchase. ”

Yan Shupeng was even more frightened.

The second master Wen on the side said: "Big brother, just the silver, the county lord of Wen Hui may not be able to take a fancy to it." Anyway, Shu Peng has just arrived at the county lord's side, and it will take a while to introduce our Wen family in the future. We can prepare a few more things. In addition to 500,000 taels of silver, it is best to prepare some gifts. Well, I heard that the painting hall was built by the county lord, she herself likes to paint, she is very accomplished in painting, and she also likes to collect ancient and modern famous paintings. ”

When Master Wen heard this, he was happy and said, "Well, this is a good idea, or the second child has a brain." So be it. (To be continued......)

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