Ningxia Qing thought about it and said, "Mandala flowers? I read it once in a book and I remember...... It's pretty beautiful, but it seems to be poisonous, and it is said that some temples in Yunnan like to grow this flower...... That's all I know. ”

Ning Ningqing turned to ask: "If you can find out, others can also find out, it is estimated that many people have already tried to find a way to get this flower, right?" I guess, Shopkeeper Dong has already thought of a way for this, right? ”

Dong Zizhen smiled and said: "I can't think of a way, but when I passed by the flower market, I went in to take a look, and sure enough, I met a few shopkeepers I knew, all of whom came to find this flower." ”

Ningxia Qing asked, "What is the result?" ”

Dong Zizhen sighed and said: "A flower farmer said that even if people buy flowers, they buy peonies or chrysanthemums, and no one buys mandalas, not to mention that this flower is still poisonous, and those who have children at home are afraid that children will eat it by mistake, so they dare not buy it." So, ah, there are only a few people selling it! Even if someone sells it, it's just a pot or two! ”

Ning Xia Qing smiled bitterly: "If every household has this flower, wouldn't this flower be rare, then how could it still enter the eyes of Yao rich businessmen?" Tell me, can we get one? ”

"Don't think about being in charge!" Dong Zizhen immediately waved his hand and said, "I inquired, there are thousands of taels in a pot, and they have all been set up." Let's not say that we can't get this money, even if we have money, we can't get it! ”

Ning Ningqing was a little embarrassed: "Since it is impossible to do what he likes, then what should we do?" ”

Dong Zizhen pondered for a moment and said, "It seems that we still have to find a way to get the ingredients and attract Yao Sanxing's attention." Just where to get it? ”

Ning Xia Qing pondered: "Alas...... In fact, if you want to avoid the sphere of influence of your family, it's not completely impossible, for example, there are many small workshops that work alone, and your family is too lazy to take care of it, so we can try. But the goods in those workshops are average, even if we buy those goods, we can't get into the eyes of Yao Fushang. ”

Dong Zizhen nodded: "The master is right." If you want to buy good goods, you still have to find a powerful and large-scale family workshop. For example, the Shu brocade of the Luo clan in Zizhou County, the silk satin of the Ning clan of Meigong County, the cloud brocade of the Xiang clan of Meigong County, and the imperial satin of the Xiao clan, of course, the people do not dare to resell the imperial satin......"

Ning Xia Qing was a little frustrated: "But if you want to get the goods of these companies, how easy is it?" Without some arrangement, it is impossible to take it down in a short time. ”

Dong Zizhen smiled heartily: "Don't worry. It's not the boss who knows Wansheng, the boss is the Xiao family, let him help pull the strings. Isn't it true that the head of the house also has a friendship with the Gu Mansion, as long as the Gu Mansion comes forward, the goods of the Luo family and the Xiang family are not a problem. ”

Ning Xia Qing shook his head and excused himself: "Although I can ask them for help, once I ask them for help, I owe them a favor." I can't owe too much debt, I have to use all these connections where they matter most, and I am not at the point where I can use them right now. ”

Ning Xia Qing thought for a moment, and then asked, "How is the third master?" This time, because Yao Sanxing came over, the third master is gearing up, right? ”

"That's natural, how could the third master miss this opportunity to make money." Dong Zizhen said: "By the way, I also heard about the third master. The third master bought a workshop a few months ago. ”

"Bought a workshop?" Ning Xia Qing felt a little familiar, recalled it, and asked hesitantly: "Could it be the Lu family's workshop?" ”

"yes!" Dong Zizhen shouted in surprise: "I haven't said it yet, how did the owner know?" ”

Ning Xia Qing thought about it again, and suddenly remembered why it felt familiar! In his previous life, Master Ning San bought the Lu family's workshop.

Master Ning San bought this workshop, naturally to balance Ning Er. After Master Ning San bought the workshop, he used various methods of coercion and temptation to poach many old craftsmen from Ning Er's workshop.

The most pressed product at the bottom of the box in Ning's workshop is Ning's silk satin, and it is the group of senior craftsmen who have made silk satin for decades that Ning San has poached. caused hundreds of people in Second Master Ning's workshop to resign together, or simply disappeared. It hurt that Second Master Ning's workshop was completely empty.

Master Ning San used this method, and the patriarch also turned a blind eye. The craftsmanship of those high-level craftsmen and the industry of the workshop just flowed from the hands of Ning Er to Ning San, anyway, the fat water does not flow into the fields of outsiders, and the patriarch will definitely not uphold justice for Ning Er Master.

And Master Ning San took this opportunity to completely defeat Second Master Ning together with Master Ning.

Speaking of which, this idea was still given by Tan Wenshi to Master Ning San, and in the end, Tan Wenshi used some tricks to take the Lu family's workshop into his own, Rao is Master Ning San is harsh on Tan Wenshi, but Tan Wenshi can always tear a lot of things from under the ruthless minions of Master Ning San like this!

But that's a year later!

Ningxia Qing didn't understand why this matter was brought forward.

She asked with some concern: "Were the craftsmen under the second master poached by the third master?" ”

Dong Zizhen was even more surprised: "How do you know that the master knows again?!" Yes, just recently, the third master poached a lot of experienced craftsmen from the second master's workshop. Ning's most famous is high-grade silk satin, and it is this batch of silk satin that the third master poached. Just because of this, the second master has been anxious these days. ”

She couldn't help but murmur: "No wonder when Huacaiyuan opened, only one Ning Zhiheng came to make trouble, and the rest of the clan didn't react. It turns out that they themselves are fighting in full swing, and they don't have time to pay attention to our side. ”

Dong Zizhen nodded: "It should be because of this." ”

She asked again: "In this case, this time Yao Sanxing came to Meigong County, it should be more than the third master who is making efforts, and the second master should also want to seize this opportunity to turn over." ”

Dong Zizhen said: "That's nature. If the second master doesn't seize this last opportunity, I'm afraid there will be no chance to turn over after that. But how easy is it to seize the opportunity? If there are no craftsmen in the workshop of the second master, there will naturally be no materials. He didn't even have the material, so how could he talk to Yao Sanxing about business? ”

Ning Xia Qing frowned slightly, she had to help the second master, and she couldn't let the second master collapse. Not to mention that she and the second master have already formed an alliance in secret, not to mention, she has always been counting on being able to cooperate with the second master's workshop after taking back the mulberry garden, if the second master collapses, her hope will be gone. She said in a deep voice: "I'll go to the second master first." ”

Dong Zizhen was very surprised: "The head of the house is going to go to the second master?" ”

After all, Dong Zizhen didn't know the agreement between Ning Xia Qing and the second master, so he would naturally be surprised by Ning Ningqing's sudden intervention, and Ning Xia Qing didn't explain much to Dong Zizhen, but just told Dong Zizhen to continue to stare at the workshop that Ning San bought and tell her whenever there was any movement.

When she came out of her little broken carriage, looking at the Ning family workshop in front of her, she couldn't help but be stunned, and felt a little emotional, it turned out that Ning Er Master was already in such a difficult situation.

Although it is said that Ning's is based on the mulberry garden, Ning's workshop is also an important part of Ning's, and it is here that Ning's silk satin, which is exported to the world and is branded with Ning's brand.

In the past, every day before dawn, the workshop began to be lively, and craftsmen came here one after another, starting a day of sweating for life. It didn't take long for the sound of the loom to be heard. Here, at least thousands of looms come into unison every day, a sight that will move everyone who sees it.

Now, at this hour, the neighborhood of the workshop is frighteningly quiet, and there are even sparrows on the tree at the entrance of the workshop, which usually avoid this place, and the sparrows are chirping above. She walked into the workshop, and the sunlight came in through the window, shining on the thousands of empty textile wheels.

She thought no one was here. Actually, Second Master Ning was still here, because she heard the sound of Second Master getting angry from the warehouse not far away.

She followed the voice suspiciously to the door of the warehouse, and looked in tentatively, the second master saw her, she saw that the second master was so angry that his face was red, so he asked softly: "What happened to the second cousin?" If I don't come at the right time, I'll come back another day. ”

When Second Master Ning saw that it was her, he couldn't help but sigh and ordered, "Wei San, you take this girl to the hall and wait, I'll go over later." ”

Wei San took Ningxia Qing back to the place where he was entertained, and ordered someone to bring tea to Ningxia Qing. Ning Xia Qing asked, "What happened to the second cousin and became like this?" Is it because of the matter of the third master digging the craftsman? ”

"Alas...... It's not like that......" Wei San was full of sorrow, and said: "There is a guest who came to buy the goods, it was negotiated before, and even the price was set, who knew that he came to the door today and wanted to lower the price." ”

Ning Xia Qing picked up the tea brought by his subordinates, took a sip and put it down, took some silver from his purse, and handed it to Wei San with a smile: "You have also worked hard, this is the cost of tea." Tell me what's going on? ”

Wei San squeezed out a smiling face after receiving the money, and then his face became sad again, and he replied with his hands: "That's the case." Before, someone ordered a batch of clean silk satin with the second master. ”

"Pure silk satin?" Ningxia Qing was puzzled: "On the market, the sales of net silk satin are average." ”

"Who's to say it isn't." Wei San said: "But the man wants to clean his face by name, and he must use the best silk to weave it." Let's finish this batch of goods in a hurry, who knows, that person suddenly doesn't want it! The man would rather have a deposit for nothing than this shipment! Girl, you say, isn't that person pit our workshop! ”

Ningxia Qing frowned and said: "On the market, the price of silk satin is determined by the pattern, and the more gorgeous the pattern, the higher the price, so the price of net silk satin is low." But the second uncle's batch of materials is woven with the best silk, and the cost is not low. The other party is reluctant to ask for it, and the second cousin is not easy to do now. If it is handled cheaply, it will definitely lose money, and if it is not cheap, no one will take over. ”

Wei San said: "The girl is right. The second master finally found a guest who was willing to take over, and it was negotiated before, and even the price was set, who knew that the other party came to the door again today, and wanted to lower the price, and the whole second master said this in the warehouse. ”

Ning Ningqing suddenly realized: "So that's the case." ”

When Ning Xia Qing and Wei San were talking, the roar of Ning Er's master was still heard in the warehouse not far away, even if Ning Xia Qing was sitting here, he could hear it very clearly. Second Master Ning roared: "The cost of this batch of materials is only eleven taels, the previous person was set by sixteen taels, and I have reduced it to thirteen taels for you, what else do you want!" ”

Then there was what the other party was saying, and Ningxia Qing couldn't hear it clearly.

Second Master Ning shouted again: "A few days ago, we all made it clear, you don't mean what you say, what about your credibility!" ”

The other party was obviously anxious, and even raised his voice: "You can't say that, the net silk satin is sold in the shop for twelve taels, and the purchase price of the net silk satin is basically less than eight taels, I gave you a price of ten taels, and I have taken care of you for the sake of the previous friendship!" You just say yes! ”

Second Master Ning's voice was even higher: "If you think thirteen taels are expensive, then what did you promise two days ago!" Keep your dog's eyes open and see, can my material be the same as other pure silk satin? This is the best silk weaving possible! It's still the latest weave! Not out there! It must sell for more than twelve taels in the shop! It's not a thing that can be bought in ten taels at all! ”

The man said: "Your goods are really good, but no one has sold them before, no one knows if they can sell it, if I spend a lot of money to buy the goods, but I can't sell them, isn't it smashing my hands?" Okay, you can give it to me in ten taels, if you don't give it to me, no one else wants to ask you for this batch of materials in your hands! ”

"Get out of here!" A roar came from the warehouse, startling Ningxia Qingdu, who was drinking tea, and almost knocked over the teacup. Ning Xia Qing hurriedly walked to the warehouse with Cuiyu, wanting to see what the situation was now.

I saw that the second master Ning was chasing the buyer with a murderous face with the door bolt that he picked up casually, and the buyer ran away with his head in his hands, and scolded while running: "If you don't sell it to me today, just wait to smash it in your hands forever!" Second Master Ning immediately scolded back angrily.

Wei San on the side smiled bitterly and whispered: "Girl, our second master has a bad temper, I'm afraid I ...... today Why don't you go back and come back another day......"

Before Ning Xia Qing could answer, the second master Ning walked back angrily while scolding his mother with the door bolt, and suddenly saw Ning Xia Qing who came to see the situation, and then asked loudly: "What are you doing today?" ”

Before Ning Xia Qing could speak, Second Master Ning roared angrily again: "What are you doing with your crooked eyes again?" Want to take advantage of this time to make a fortune? I'm telling you, you don't want to take half of my money! ”

Ning Xia Qing felt that the jade holding him was obviously frightened and trembled a few times, and Ning Xia Qing said with a wry smile: "I heard about the third master digging people, so I came to see if the second cousin was good, but I didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing." ”

Hearing her say this, Second Master Ning's face softened slightly, waved his hand, and said as he walked towards the warehouse: "I'm not good, but I'm not dead yet!" Go back! ”

Ning Xia Qing hurriedly called Second Master Ning: "Second Uncle Wait!" ”

Second Master Ning roared impatiently: "What else do you have to do?" ”

Ning Xia Qing said with a smile: "I heard that the second cousin has pressed a batch of clean silk satin in his hand, I really want to see that batch of materials, and I want to see if I can help the second cousin." ”

"You?" Second Master Ning looked back at her in disbelief, his brows furrowed to the point of being a piece.

Second Master Ning's eyes narrowed into a slit, and he questioned without hesitation, "Can you help?" ”

Second Master Ning immediately waved his hand: "I heard that your Huacaiyuan business is good, but this batch of materials is not suitable for Huacaiyuan, you are dead of this heart." ”

"Second cousin, wait, I didn't say I had to sell it myself. Even if it is not suitable for Hua Cai Yuan, I can find someone I know, and maybe I can help the second cousin get this batch of goods out. Ningxia Qingwan smiled: "What's more, I heard that this batch of materials is the latest weaving method, so I am also very curious and want to open my eyes." ”

Second Master Ning frowned, and said loosely: "It's okay, then you can take a look." ”

She followed Second Master Ning into the warehouse, Second Master Ning pointed at it, and then she looked at the easternmost shelf, and was instantly stunned in place.

That shine is so beautiful.

That kind of luster is like the cheeks of a girl in front of makeup in the morning, like the lake blown by the wind in the sunset, like a fan in the hands of a beauty, like the phosphorescent light on the wings of a butterfly, like the slight glow of bamboo leaves after the rain, like slippery water, soft smoke, flowing clouds, and blurred ink......

Such a beautiful luster appeared in front of Ning Ningqing's eyes, she even imagined a beautiful woman, the woman's face was blurred, only revealing a reclining back of the boudoir, the end of the willow weak flowers, graceful, black hair waterfall like a waterfall draped vertically on the shoulders, hair ends hanging down on the couch knotted, delicate, but infinitely soft, the silk satin in front of her is like a beautiful woman.

The silk satin in front of me has such a vague and simple sense of life.

She approached, stretched out and touched slightly, using her fingertips to identify the texture of the batch. She only felt that the ice-clear and jade silk seemed to come to life again, as if she could hear people's hidden thoughts, but she was always silent, and buried all her secrets in the deep courtyard in the idle garden.

Her fingertips slid slightly across it, only to feel that the heat that had just been born from the excitement of her heart was cooling down little by little. This silk satin is extremely smooth, and the touch suddenly feels cool, and the mind is clear.

It's like being in a deep rainy alley, holding a Sulan's umbrella, poignant and sad, ethereal and resentful, and sighing.

Look at people calmly, never flattery, never evade, but also calmly. Just looking at those eyes, they are peaceful and forgetful of the past. A little cigarette is drunk and soft, and it is dyed into the spring water color of Jiangnan.

It's like reaching out to pick a lotus flower in the pond on a midsummer day, and the cool feeling spreads throughout the body, and the fresh breath of the lotus lingers on the fingertips. As a result, the noise of the cicadas gradually diffused into the depths of Bitan, bringing a certain kind of accumulation in people's hearts to begin to surge, which was a thick ice and jade, full of summer and wanted to overflow.

It's like walking into the boundless jungle, the dew on the rocks of the wild road has not dried, and the cloth-soled shoes that are easy to fall on it must be very careful and careful. Lin Feng passed through the hairline, ruffled his sideburns, and let the strands fly gently. The wind seemed to be able to fall on the eyes of the people, turning the whole person into an insignificant green leaf in the forest

……

Now it is late autumn, the weather has long been cool, she just a little bit of heat faded, suddenly felt that the silk under the fingertips is very cool, cool as if it is in the river water of the autumn night, if you raise your head as if you can still see the plum blossoms that bloom early, the single plant is in full bloom, such as silver carved jade, innocent, proud of the snow and frost, and in the moonlight, there is a flute sound gradually distant.

She looked at the silk satin in her hand and saw that the color was also quaint.