At the east corner of Jiucheng Lane, there is a manor, which is the mansion built by the champion of the previous dynasty after returning to his hometown, and after hundreds of years of war, it has now become a famous place in Meigong County. Because of the grandeur of the estate, some of the county's most important gatherings are held here, as is the annual silk weaving market.

In the late autumn sky, the white clouds floated slowly like bounced wool, and the wind was not small today, shuttling unscrupulously in the huge manor garden, blowing the rows of materials that were hung high for display. The layers of material fluttered, like a fairy dressed in a thousand colors descending, moving and changing.

Under the fluttering material, there are one small pavilion after another, the tip of the pavilion is a deep jujube red, the pavilion pillar is an ancient dark green, this pavilion looks sturdy, as if it is no different from ordinary pavilions. In reality, however, these pavilions have no cornerstone, only a heavier base at the bottom of the pavilion, and the pavilion body is made of lacquered bamboo.

Not only are these pavilions much lighter than regular ones, but they are also easy to disassemble. A pavilion like this is a makeshift prop specially prepared by the Horse Chamber of Commerce in Mugong County for the silk weaving market. There are also stone tables and chairs in each pavilion, which are specially prepared by the Chamber of Commerce for merchants who come to participate in the exhibition.

At this moment, nearly 100 small pavilions are arranged in a staggered manner in the gardens of the old manor, with green trees and gurgling water, and more decorative red vines that are characteristic of autumn climb along the octagonal gate in front of the pavilion. And each pavilion has been occupied by a different merchant.

The busy businessmen are controlling the undulating materials blown by the autumn wind, while continuing to build their own signature materials on the grid in front of the pavilion, and the busy people add a bit of a hot feeling to the late autumn scenery.

Each household in the most conspicuous position is displayed is the best material, brocade cloth is gorgeous and multi-colored, satin cloth is smooth and bright, silk is neat and tight, red silk is thin and transparent, silk is light and thin, silk yarn is delicate, it is because of this strange texture, when these materials are hung up one after another, there will be such a unique staggered beauty.

Ningxia Qing had already instructed Dong Zizhen to occupy a good position for Hua Caiyuan, Ningxia Qing walked towards the position Dong Zizhen had chosen, while admiring the luster change of the material on her side, at this moment, she suddenly heard someone call her. She was familiar with that voice, and she followed the prestige, and sure enough, it was Jeruvul!

Compared to the last time she saw Jeluwu, Yeluwu had changed a lot.

In the past, Jeruwu always carried that long knife on his shoulder, but now he did not carry it with him.

Moreover, Yelu Wushu was also wearing Han clothes, even the beard was shaved, and even a silver hairpin was inserted in his head, if it weren't for that too exotic face, he might even be regarded as a Han person.

Ning Xia Qing was slightly surprised by the change in Yelu Wushu, and then greeted with a smile: "When did Brother Yelu come?" Why don't you tell me? I should invite Brother Yelu to sit in Huacaiyuan. I haven't seen you for a long time, and Brother Yelu looks different now. ”

Yelu Wushu laughed heartily and explained, "After all, I always walk in the south, and my old outfit is still a little inconvenient. I just arrived in Meigong County, and I guess you're busy preparing for the silk market, so I thought I'd not bother you, so I just looked for you at the silk market! ”

"No matter how busy I am, if Brother Yelu comes over, I should personally pick up the dust for Brother Yelu." Ning Ningqing knew that Yelu Wushu had a straightforward temperament, so he didn't keep being polite to Yelu Wushu, and quickly changed his words: "Brother Yelu came here this time to catch up with the silk weaving market, is he here to collect materials?" ”

"yes." Yelu Wushu nodded and said, "It's going to be winter in the north, and as soon as winter comes, there will be heavy snow blocking the mountains and roads, and there will be no way to transport goods back and forth at that time, so I plan to pull a little more goods back this time." And ah......h

Yelu Wushu smiled and said happily: "Moreover, I am going to be a father, and I plan to wait at home for my son to be born before going out, which will definitely be a long time before leaving home." So, I'm counting on this reselling a little more and making more money all the time. ”

When Ning Xia Qing heard this, he hurriedly smiled and congratulated: "Then congratulations to Brother Yelu in advance." ”

Yelu Wushu smiled and said, "Anyway, I want a lot of goods this time." Miss Ning, you want to leave me some good ones! I'll go to the kiosk in Huacaiyuan to receive the goods later! ”

Ning Xia Qing hurriedly thanked him, and then watched Yelu Wushu get busy.

The people in the north are not like the people here, and the people in the north have never heard of any Huacaiyuan and what "merit is complete" thousands of miles away.

A northland merchant like Yelu Wushu naturally has to look at the quality of the material before deciding whether it is enough to purchase when he comes here to buy goods. However, Yelu Wushu didn't even look at Ningxia Qing's material, so he wanted to enter Ningxia Qing's material.

Although Ning Xia Qing knew that the quality of her own materials was good, she did not dare to say that among the hundreds of horse manufacturers, her own materials must be the best and cheapest. Ning Xia Qing understood that the reason why Yelu Wushu did this was completely to give her face and take care of her business.

Because of Yeluwushu's kindness, Ning Ningqing felt very good in his heart.

As soon as Dong Zizhen saw her, he told her that the second master Ning had come here to see it once, but soon someone invited him to Liuxintang. Ningxia Qing immediately went to Liuxin Hall to find Ning Er.

Liuxin Hall was once the main hall of hospitality for this manor. Nowadays, the manor is no longer permanently inhabited, and Liuxin Hall has become a meeting hall for various activities. At this moment, the veterans of the Meigong County Chamber of Commerce are naturally in the Liuxin Hall, and many businessmen from other places have also come to greet the veterans of the Meigong County Chamber of Commerce.

The silk weaving market in late autumn is the time of the annual ranking of horses. However, after a while, the results of this year's Pi material ranking will be announced in Liuxintang. Because the merchants from the north and south were flattering each other in and out of the place, Ningxia Qing, as a businessman, was not hindered in any way, so he walked into Liuxin Hall generously.

However, after entering Liuxin Hall, Ningxia Qing found that there seemed to be some chaos here, and from time to time there were people shouting and chattering.

Ning Xia Qing frowned and walked in to inquire, only to learn that Qi Gaoyuan suddenly said that he was sick and could not come.

Qi Gaoyuan is the manager of the Chamber of Commerce, not only the silk weaving market needs to be presided over by Qi Gaoyuan, but also the horse material ranking of a meeting also needs to be undertaken by Qi Gaoyuan.

Qi Gaoyuan should have been the most faceless figure today, but he suddenly didn't come, making today's silk weaving market a little chaotic all of a sudden.

At present, this situation can only be replaced by the rest of the chamber of commerce's affairs.

Ning Xia Qing originally wanted to come to find Ning Er Ye and ask him if he had anything to explain to him in the pavilion of Hua Caiyuan just now, but he happened to hear the news that Qi Gaoyuan was not coming in Liuxin Hall.

Ning Xia Qing walked out of Liuxin Hall, Cuiyu asked if she wanted to go back to the pavilion of Huacai Garden, but Ning Xia Qing shook her head. There is Dong Zizhen watching from her own pavilion, Ningxia Qing has nothing to worry about, she wants to go to other shops to see the materials, see what her peers are buying, and see what materials are more fashionable.

If you don't know if you look at it, you will be shocked, but it is really a mountain outside the people! Ning Xia Qing just briefly looked at some of the kinds of materials they had, and at this moment, he carefully looked at them one by one, only to find that there were so many new tricks!

It's not that Ning Xia Qing has never seen good materials, she has handled thousands of transactions in her previous life, and she has seen countless rare materials, but like today, thousands of new tricks that she has never seen are placed together, which still makes Ning Ningxia Qing's eyes spent.

Not to mention jade. Jade is not as green as Ningxia Qing, Jade doesn't know where the pile of materials like flowers is valuable, and it can't be seen how much gold those materials can be worth, but the different wonderful luster exuded by those materials is enough to make Jade open her mouth wide.

Ning Xia Qing glanced back at Cuiyu, smiled, and knocked Cuiyu's chin, Cuiyu reacted, her face flushed with shame, and Ningxia Qing couldn't help but laugh at Cuiyu.

Most of these materials today are those that Ningxia Qing has never seen, but among the many materials, there is only one that makes Ningxia Qing can't help but come up and take a closer look.

It is a water-red double goose pattern brocade, and what is even more amazing is that this material is mixed with jade thread, which is buried in the water-red material, so that people can't see it, but the strange brilliance of this material in the sunlight is the unique warm brilliance of jade thread.

The jade thread is already gold, and the silk thread next to it is different, the thinner and stronger the jade thread, the thinner and more expensive, the folk say that the thinnest jade thread is comparable to a golden knife, one is to say that the slender jade thread can cut things like a blade, and the other is to say that the price of the slender jade thread is more expensive than gold.

Ning Xia Qing held this material in front of her, and the jade thread of this material was so thin that she couldn't even find it, so she knew how slender the jade thread in this material was.

"This material, it's so good-looking......" Cuiyu didn't understand the jade line, she was only amazed by the jade color of this material, and couldn't help but say in surprise: "Don't say it's our family, it's the entire Meigong County, and I've never seen anyone wear this kind of patterned material!" ”

Cuiyu hurriedly persuaded from the side: "Girl, buy a horse quickly, and when the mourning period is over, the girl will cut her clothes and wear them!" I am sure that no one in the whole of Meigong County will wear the same clothes as the girl! ”

The shopkeeper in the pavilion echoed with a smile: "This material has just come from Lingnan, and Meigong County doesn't have it!" Today is a silk market again, the material is cheaper than other times, and the girl is cost-effective to buy today! ”

Ning Xia Qing looked at the shopkeeper, only to see that the shopkeeper knew that he was from Lingnan, his eyes were sunken, his complexion was slightly dark, and he was definitely not a local when he heard the accent, so Ning Ningqing was more sure of the identity of the shopkeeper.

She smiled and asked, "Is this a double goose pattern brocade?" ”

The shopkeeper couldn't help but be surprised, and praised with a smile: "The girl is so knowledgeable! This is a new brocade that has just been made, and it has never been sold here, and the girl can actually recognize it, which is really surprising! ”

Ning Xia Qing only smiled for a moment, and then asked, "Your pavilion is the Guiqi Courtyard in Lingnan?" ”

The shopkeeper was even more surprised, and couldn't help but say: "The girl is young, and she doesn't sound like a Lingnan person, but she even knows the Guiqiyuan in Lingnan!" It's not easy! ”

Ning Xia Qing politely flattered: "Guiqi Courtyard is famous, I have already heard of it. ”

Gui Qi Yuan is indeed famous all over the world, and it is often said that the materials produced by Gui Qi Yuan can even be compared with the materials produced by the Xiao family. On the boundaries of Lingnan, Gui Qi Yuan is the only one that can barely compete with the Shaw shop in terms of reputation.

When the shopkeeper heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but say tentatively: "The girl knows so much about the material shop, could it be that the girl is also an insider?" The shopkeeper's tone was full of disbelief.

Ning Ningqing's understanding of the material shop, if you want to say that she is just an ordinary layman, no one will believe her.

But she is dressed as a girl to be married, and it looks like she should not be out of the door, so how can it have anything to do with Pi Liuxing?

Ning Ningqing knew everything about what the shopkeeper was thinking, but he just smiled habitually, and said calmly: "I am indeed in the meat business, but the shop is not a climate, and I am afraid you have not heard of it." ”

Cuiyu hurriedly answered on the side: "My girl is Ning Dangjia of Huacaiyuan in Meigong County. ”

"Ning ......" The Lingnan shopkeeper smacked it slightly, although he had never heard of Huacaiyuan, but the Ning family of Meigong County was a well-known horse dealer in the world, and the Lingnan shopkeeper immediately arched his hand and flattered: "It turned out to be a person from the Ning family, no wonder the girl has such eyesight!" ”

Ning Xia Qing nodded with a smile, picked up the water-red material in his hand, and flattered back: "I heard that this pair of goose-patterned brocade is particularly dazzling and rare, and when I saw it today, it was really extraordinary, such a strange and soft color, I am afraid that even Xiao's material can't compare to it." ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "This pair of goose pattern brocade is indeed rare, since the girl is an insider, she should know how difficult it is to weave the thinnest jade thread into the material, this pair of goose pattern brocade is woven with the thinnest jade thread, several skilled craftsmen can only weave half a horse a day, so this material is very rare, even Lingnan is rare." ”

The shopkeeper was busy selling: "Usually, if someone wants to buy this, they have to order it at least half a month in advance, and it is impossible to buy it now." The horses on display now are specially prepared by the small shop for this silk weaving market, and after the market has been open for a while, several horses have been sold! Girl, let's have one, if you miss it, I'm afraid it won't be there! ”

Ning Ningqing put down the material and said with a smile: "Since it is such a precious material, it must be able to make a splash in this year's silk material ranking!" I'm here to congratulate Gui Qi Yuan. ”

The shopkeeper of Guiqiyuan smiled happily, first modestly, and then kept saying good and obedient words to Ningxia Qing and Ning.

Ning Xia Qing smiled, and suddenly changed his words, and said: "I heard that in Lingnan, only Gui Qiyuan can compete with Xiao's shops. This year, Guiqiyuan has prepared a double goose pattern brocade to compete for the list, which seems to be inevitable. But Xiao Shi seems to have only sent imperial satin, and besides that, there is no other material to compete for the list, which is really strange. ”

The shopkeeper of Gui Qiyuan smiled and said, "The Xiao family can be brilliant for decades with a royal satin, and since this is the case, they naturally have no intention of working hard to gain fame like the small shop." ”

Hearing this, Ning Xia Qing felt that Gui Qiyuan seemed to be quite hostile to the Xiao family.

Sure enough, the shopkeeper of Gui Qiyuan whispered to Ning Xia Qing: "Seeing that the girl is an insider, I will say a few more words." This year in Lingnan, there is a lot less material from the Xiao family, not that no one buys it, but that they send it to Lingnan less. The shopkeeper's tone was full of vigilance and vigilance.

Ning Xia Qing was a little surprised, and hurriedly asked the reason.

The shopkeeper whispered: "Didn't I hear that Meigong County should pay attention to exports, so the Xiao family is now transporting a lot of materials to Meigong County." In my opinion, the Shaw family is bound to win this silk market, and intends to overpower the materials of other families in one fell swoop, so as to win the first place in the future exports. ”

Ning Xia Qing didn't answer, and looked around.

The shopkeeper couldn't help but whisper sourly in her ear: "The Xiao family has given the most materials to Meigong County this year, and they don't transport materials to other counties very much, so ah, the merchants from other counties are counting on the materials from the Xiao family in this silk weaving market." It seems that this silk market, none of us can overpower the Xiao family. ”

Ning Xia Qing smiled and didn't speak again.

After listening to these gossip of the Lingnan shopkeeper, she knew that the original Xiao family's rumors in other counties were to pull all the materials to Meigong County for export, but she didn't know that these materials in Meigong County were not produced by Xiao's own workshop, but it was a good trick to move flowers and trees, steal beams and change columns!