Chapter 122
When she really understood Tan Wenshi's intentions, she couldn't help but have mixed feelings in her heart. was relieved because he finally saw the other party's tricks, and he was annoyed by Tan Wenshi's unexpected way.
She didn't expect that Tan Wenshi did not choose to separate her relationship with Liu Yiru, but chose another path, Tan Wenshi planned to support Liu Xiangfan to challenge Liu Yiru.
This Liu Xiangfan is Liu Yiru's junior sister and Liu Yiru's cousin, who worshiped Lin Hanhai a few years ago. When Liu Xiangfan apprenticed, Lin Hanhai was very old and rarely taught in person, and most of his disciples were taught by his brothers and sisters to his younger brothers and sisters, so almost all of Liu Xiangfan's skills were taught by Liu Yiru.
Later, Lin Hanhai completely retreated, almost no longer saw anyone, and his disciples also set up their own doors, and Liu Xiangfan has been following Liu Yiru and working as a helper under Liu Yiru. However, as time passed, Liu Xiangfan became more and more unwilling to live under Liu Yiru, so Liu Xiangfan colluded with outsiders and set a trap for Liu Yiru.
After Liu Yiru fell into the trap, Liu Xiangfan took advantage of Liu Yiru's failure to turn over, and publicly accused Liu Yiru of not doing so, saying that Liu Yiru had been suppressing herself for many years, and announced that she would sever her relationship with Liu Yiru and set up her own business.
After a period of dark time, Liu Yiru gradually recovered his former vitality, and Liu Xiangfan relied on the skills learned from Liu Yiru and the fame of being born under Lin Hanhai, and also broke into a big world and won a foothold.
Over the years, Liu Yiru and Liu Xiangfan have completely regarded each other as strangers, and they have never intersected again, and they have never even mentioned each other's names in public.
Liu Xiangfan wants to try it with Liu Yiru, and wants to fight with Liu Yiru completely.
Liu Yiru calmly cut the flowers and leaves, while slowly talking about his grievances with Liu Xiangfan, and finally resolutely told Ning Ningqing: "There should be a break between me and Liu Xiangfan, so this flower meeting is no longer as simple as you thought before, and the guests and scale will be multiplied several times." Naturally, the cost will also multiply several times. ”
Liu Yiru looked at Ning Ningqing and said frankly: "This flower meeting was originally said to be funded by Ning Dang's family, but now that the grievances between me and Liu Xiangfan are involved, naturally Ning Dangjia should not be allowed to bear the cost." Thank you Ning Dangjia for your love, if I still have the opportunity to hold the next flower party, if Ning Dangjia is still interested, you may as well contact me then. ”
Ning Xia Qing shook his head: "Since I have already said that I will sponsor this flower party, whether Liu Xiangfan is involved or not, whether it is one person showing flower art or two people competing in craftsmanship, I will definitely sponsor it, and Master Liu does not have to meet me." ”
Liu Yiru looked at Ning Xia Qing and suddenly smiled: "Are you afraid that I won't be able to use the 'merit consummation'?" Rest assured, since I have chosen to use 'Merit Perfection' as a mandala from the beginning, I will naturally not change the commander on the spot, whether you give money or not, this will not change. ”
Seeing that Ning Ningqing's expression was a little frozen, Liu Yiru walked up to Ning Ningqing and whispered in an elder's tone: "Actually, I also know what you want from this flower party, just like Lord Gu said, when the water is clear, there are no fish, so I don't want to worry so much, and I don't mind fulfilling your little thoughts, but you still don't want to get yourself involved." ”
Ning Ningqing stood up and said seriously: "Since I have said this, I admit that I do have selfish intentions and want to use this flower fair to sell 'merit consummation'. But since I choose to cooperate with Master Liu, I will naturally always stand with Master Liu, no matter how much money I spend, no matter how much money I win or lose, it will not change my will to cooperate with Master Liu. ”
Liu Yiru suddenly laughed, laughed for a long time, looked at Ning Ningqing's eyes also changed and changed, and finally patted Ning Ningqing's arm and said, "Okay, okay, you said it like this, but it made me relaxed." ”
Liu Yiru said: "Everyone else says that I have a strange temper, and I admit that I do have some quirks, but after all, I am at this age, and I am not ignorant of the world." Just like Master Gu said, what you want and ask for is nothing more than to support your family, but there is nothing wrong with it. Now that you speak up in front of me, I think you are honest. ”
Liu Yiru looked far away, and sighed: "When Liu Xiangfan was a little low in front of me, in fact, he always resented me in his heart, which I really didn't expect back then. This made me feel extremely disgusted with those who were duplicitous, so I would rather have all the ugly things in front of me. ”
"Now that you admit your selfishness, I can trust you, since you have to get involved in this troubled water between me and Liu Xiangfan, and want to be in the same boat with me, I don't mind." Liu Yiru sighed heavily and admonished, "But you have to prepare in advance, because this battle is very difficult to fight." ”
Ning Ningqing, who had gained Liu Yiru's trust, first breathed a sigh of relief, and then couldn't help but be puzzled, and asked in surprise: "Why do you say that?" Aren't you sure you'll be able to beat Liu Xiangfan? ”
Liu Yiru picked up the scissors and continued to prune the flowers and leaves, and said in a normal tone: "Although I hate her, I admit that she does have the ability, but after all, she learned the craft from me, and I am sure that I want to beat her." It's just ......"
Liu Yiru stopped moving, sighed, and whispered: "Using the 'Merit Consummation' to make a mandala flower, you laymen will look good, but when it is used for our insider competition, it is not a wise choice." ”
Ning Xia Qing frowned slightly, and asked curiously, "How do you say this?" ”
"When we are experts in making floral art, we rarely use finished materials, because the hardness, gloss, color, hue, transparency and other qualities of the finished materials are almost difficult to fully match with natural petals, so we experts actually prefer to choose silk weaving cloth in order to get the most suitable materials for our requirements."
"This ......" Ningxia Qing couldn't help but hang his head: "I saw Master Liu's craftsmanship that day, and I only felt that it was ingenious, and it couldn't be better, but I didn't know that in the eyes of insiders, the 'merit consummation' could not meet your requirements for floral raw materials......"
"Yes, so I use 'merit perfection' to make a mandala, which is a natural disadvantage." Master Liu suddenly smiled and comforted: "However, my skills are taught by me, if I compete with her ordinarily, it will be like bullying her, but if I can still beat her despite being disadvantaged, I can convince the public." ”
After coming out of Liu Yiru, Ning Xia Qing planned to cover the cost of this flower party as agreed with Liu Yiru, so in the next few days, she has been shrinking in Huacai Garden, seriously calculating the cost.
It's not that I don't know, but after calculating it, because Liu Xiangfan was involved, the cost of this flower party soared from five hundred taels at the beginning to two thousand five hundred taels.
Ning Xia Qing sat at the counter of Huacaiyuan, with a sad face. Dong Zizhen ran in from outside and told Ningxia Qing a news in a hurry, it turned out that in the entire Meigong County, the news that the two Liu masters were going to fight had already spread! And the people who learned about the grievances of the two Master Liu back then regarded this flower meeting as a wonder of their lives, and they couldn't sit still!
Ning Xia Qing straightened his waist when he heard this, was stunned for a moment, and then went down listlessly. You don't have to think about it to know that it must be Tan Wenshi's momentum. Tan Wenshi was afraid that Master Liu should not be Liu Xiangfan's war letter, so he let out the news first, so that people had great expectations for it, so that Master Liu had to agree, it seems that Tan Wenshi is determined to win this flower meeting.
Ning Xia Qing smiled bitterly in his heart, isn't Tan Wenshi just determined to win.
A more clever way than cutting off the other party's financial route is to take the other party's financial route as your own. This is Tan Wenshi's plan. Tan Wenshi knew that Ningxia Qing wanted to use Liu Yiru to push the "consummation of merit", and Tan Wenshi concocted this method in the same way, wanting to use Liu Xiangfan to push his material.
Tan Wenshi Bacheng is planning to customize a new material for Liu Xiangfan, the softness, luster, color and hue, and transparency are all in line with Liu Xiangfan's requirements of the new material, to ensure that Liu Xiangfan is better than Liu Yiru. And Tan Wenshi can not only use this to make this new material famous, but also suppress the "merit consummation" of Ningxia Qing and Ning Er.
This is a method of killing two birds with one stone, which is much more clever than separating Ningxia Qing and Liu Yiru.
Dong Zizhen saw that Ningxia Qing had no spirit, and couldn't help asking: "What's wrong?" Is it sick and not well? ”
Ning Xia Qing shook his head and sighed: "I have calculated the accounts, and I think it is too risky and too expensive to hold this flower party......
Dong Zizhen leaned over and said, "Boss, in fact, I wanted to say it a long time ago, let's just withdraw and don't hold this flower party." In case Master Liu loses, Steward Tan will definitely spread rumors outside, saying that Master Liu will lose because he has been dragged down by the "merit consummation", and then our "merit consummation" will be sold, and the second master will have to hold a grudge because of this. ”
Ningxia Qingdao: "Tan Ye is building momentum like this, but also to let me see his ability to build momentum, since he can make the rumor of Douhua spread so powerfully, once I lose, he can also completely wipe out the reputation of 'merit consummation'." He just wanted to make me scared, so that he would be able to retreat, so that he would be more sure of winning. ”
But Ning Xia Qing still straightened his waist, his eyes lit up all the time, and he said word by word: "But this flower party still has to be held." Now that the other side is pressing forward step by step, as long as we take a step back, the other party will gain an inch and will never give us a room to breathe. Therefore, we must not have any illusions that we are in a safe corner and live in secret. ”
Moreover, because of the addition of Liu Xiangfan, the scale of this flower meeting has expanded several times, and there are more nobles who can befriend, once Liu Yiru wins, Ningxia Qing will be able to get more favor from nobles and get more foothold capital, so this is worth Ningxia Qing's risk.
And Ning Xia Qing is indeed ambitious, she once vowed to gain more fame and fortune, because she not only wants to beg for the whole family to eat under the suppression of her family, but she also carries the death suspicion of Ning Wangping and Ning Yongda, only if she ascends to a high position, she has the opportunity to uncover the truth.
Ningxia Qing paid 2,500 taels from the account to Dong Zizhen, and asked Dong Zizhen to send it to Master Liu.
She also instructed by the way: "Shopkeeper Dong, after you come back from Master Liu, go to the second master's side by the way, tell the second master about the shareholding, and settle it with the second master." She had already had this intention, and even before she was involved in the trading of this batch of net satin, she had thought about taking a stake in the second master's workshop.
Dong Zizhen was stunned for a moment and asked: "At this time, things on Master Liu's side are like walking a tightrope, is it appropriate for us to talk to the second master about this at this time?" ”
Ning Xia Qing smiled slightly: "It is most appropriate to talk at this time." ”
Ningxia Qingdao: "Now not only do I have a sense of crisis, but the second master has a sense of crisis more than me." If we lose this time, the 'Merit Consummation' can't be sold, and Hua Caiyuan doesn't have the inventory of the 'Merit Consummation', so we won't be affected, but the second master's material will be completely smashed in his hands. At this time, he was more anxious than me, so he could only choose to join me. ”
Ning Xia Qing said: "Besides, the second master focuses on skills, not good at communicating, when the three masters of the Ning family have not yet begun to seize power, the communication is done by the other two masters, and the second master is only responsible for studying weaving skills." Later, they broke up, and the second master gradually fell behind his two brothers precisely because he had no connections. ”
Ningxia Qingwan smiled: "And I can fill the gap in his network." What's more, he is different from his two brothers, he does not have a competent steward by his side, and his son Ning Zhiqi also follows his axial temperament, and he has no chance of winning alone. So he had to choose to partner with me, otherwise his workshop would be a dead end. ”
Ning Ningqing didn't forget to tell Dong Zizhen: "My second cousin uncle has a temperament, so you have to take a little trouble to explain the stakes to him." ”
"Don't worry, I can't guarantee anything else, I still have confidence in the kung fu of persuading people." Dong Zizhen patted his chest and was about to leave, but was stopped by Ning Ningqing.
Ning Xia Qing beckoned Dong Zizhen to his side, and said in a very low and low voice: "Did you say before that although Master Gu is the Gu family, he is not the same as the Gu family, and there are other forces behind it." ”
Dong Zizhen was stunned for a moment, and said in a very low voice: "Yes, but I heard a little bit of wind by chance, I'm not sure if it's true or not......"
"Since there is another force behind Master Gu, this has given me the opportunity to further get closer to Lord Gu." Ning Xia Qing hurriedly instructed: "If you reveal this matter to the second master a little, the second master can understand the stakes, and you will be more confident to persuade him to let me participate in the shares." ”
After all the things about the second master were ordered, Dong Zizhen nodded, suddenly remembered something, and said very worriedly: "In charge, the matter of the second master is not the most tricky. The trickiest thing at the moment is still the flower club, since the boss has decided to fight, what tricks can he come up with to win? ”
Ningxia Qing smiled and didn't answer, only said: "Tan Ye is determined to win this flower party, and I am also determined to win this flower meeting." Even if everyone is so confident, we might as well make things bigger. ”
Dong Zizhen was puzzled: "How to make it big?" ”
Ning Ningqing's eyes shone with a strange light, and he said arrogantly: "Let's start a bet, bet on the victory or defeat of the two Master Liu, and involve everyone in this matter!" ”