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"Husband, the clothes in our Nishang Clothes House are about to be snapped up!"

One day after dinner, the family sat by the fire playing chess and chatting, and Meng Wan showed her credit in front of Chen Xu with excitement on her face.

"Wan'er is amazing!" Chen Xu praised with a smile, "That must have made a lot of money!" ”

"That's natural, from the opening of the commercial building to today, we have sold more than 600 sets of dresses and made more than 100,000 yuan!"

"Yes, yes, Wan'er is so capable, in the future, our family will rely on you to earn money to feed!" Chen Xu nodded while eating.

"My husband makes fun of me, although our clothes sell well, but they are not as good as selling a few crystal glasses on the first floor!" Meng Wan stuck out her little tongue to express her dissatisfaction.

"How can it be compared, clothes are daily consumer goods, and people will buy them every year, and crystal porcelain and other items, a set of goods has to be used for many years, and no matter how rich you are, you can not use porcelain glass, but you must wear clothes, so clothing is a big business!" Chen Xu smiled and comforted.

"What the husband said is that clothes are a must, indispensable, and the rich family has to add many sets every year in spring, summer, autumn and winter, Wan Niang has to design more new styles, develop clothes in different seasons, and will definitely make a lot of money in the future!" Ying Shiyan was on the side to help.

"I want to too, but the weavers and students of the college are too late to make it, and the printing and dyeing fabrics are very complicated, and the embroidery patterns are also very slow, and it is a pity that many customers from other places can't buy our clothes recently!" Meng Wan held her chin with her hands and sighed a little depressedly.

Shui Rou shook her head with a serious face and said: "Wan Niang, you are a concubine, your status is noble, and selling clothes can only be a joke, how can you deal with people like a gangster in the market every day, which will make your husband embarrassed!" ”

Although all three of them are Chen Xu's wives, Shui Qingrou is Chen Xu's first wife and the oldest, so after saying it, Meng Wan and Ying Shiyan didn't dare to speak, and the atmosphere in the room quieted down.

"What Sister Shui said is that Wan'er did something wrong, and ask her husband to punish her!" After a short silence, Meng Wan whispered to the water softly and Chen Xu admitted her mistake.

"I ...... I also think that we should not do business, in the past, the clothes house was opened at the entrance of the college, just to let the cut version of the students have a place to practice, but now the clothes house is so big, the students have no intention of learning, deviating from the original intention of the husband's teaching! Ying Shiyan also lowered her head with flushed cheeks.

"Shiyan and Wan'er don't need to blame themselves, women's business is not a big deal, but it will indeed cause criticism, I have heard some market rumors recently, but Ben Hou said, I will support any ideas you have, how can Ben Hou's wife and concubine be equal to ordinary people!" Chen Xu opened his mouth to comfort.

"But the identity of the husband is not what it used to be, and the husband must not be too pampered!" Shui Qingrou has always been very protective of Chen Xu's identity and face, so she did not echo Chen Xu's words.

"That'...... Then if I don't do it in the future, I'll leave it to someone else to do it! Meng Wan's eyes turned red, and she began to wipe her tears aggrievedly.

Shui Qing's words made her feel at a loss, but she could only admit her mistake and compromise.

"It makes sense to be gentle, it's okay not to do the clothes house, but Wan'er must not be sad, the tailoring class is to learn clothing design, not to make clothes to sell yourself, you can design dresses with students in the college in the future, and then sell the design drawings to ready-to-wear stores, so that no one will make irresponsible comments!"

Although Chen Xu does not agree with the words of the water gentle, but in this era, as a left-hand minister and a secretary above ten thousand people under one person, some things still have to follow the ancient etiquette of superiority and humility, and the biggest disadvantage of the collapse of etiquette is that people will become more and more snobbish, and when everyone starts to talk only about money, social morality will slowly collapse.

Merchants are born for profit, even if they loosen the law of commerce to develop business, but in the eyes of the people, merchants are still just a group of mercenary class.

Although it is said that business can promote the development and prosperity of society and the country without business, if he ignores the sentiments of the people and the court, and allows his wives and concubines to specialize in business, it will inevitably cause a very bad atmosphere among the people.

The direction of the development of human civilization is not commerce, but morality, when business is developed to the extreme without moral constraints, the collusion between officials and businessmen will soon corrode the country, and laws and regulations will often become a dead letter.

"Wan'er listens to her husband's arrangement, but what about the house?" Meng Wan nodded twitchingly.

"I heard that Sister Caiwei has always wanted to open a chain store like Qinghe Store all over the country, but Sister Caiying refused to help, and the two seemed to be quarreling and making a lot of trouble, or I think I will hand over the Lishang House to Sister Caiwei to take care of it, so I can rest assured!" Ying Shiyan hesitated to speak.

Chen Xu's expression was slightly stunned, and the situation when he first met Fan Caiwei at the bridgehead of the Weihe Bridge instantly appeared in his mind, and he recalled several simple interactions on weekdays, frowning slightly.

"Husband, I don't like Sister Caiwei's help!" Ying Shiyan was a little nervous.

"Sister Cai Wei is from a merchant family, and Sister Cai Ying is generally proficient in business, if you hand over the Ni Clothes House to her to manage, it will definitely be better than us!" Meng Wan also lowered her head and whispered.

"Alas~" Chen Xu sighed, "Let's arrange it like this, this matter will be told by Wan'er and Cai Wei, you tell her that in the future, the clothing counters of Ni Clothes House and Qinghe Store will be merged, and she will be responsible for the clothing in Qinghe stores across the country, and I can fund her to set up a special garment factory, and give her full authority to sell the clothes designed by Wan'er and the Women's College, and the money will go to her!" ”

"Husband, isn't two percent too much!" The water whispered softly.

"Not much, Qinghe store now has more than 30 stores in the country, to integrate all of them together will be a very complicated and tiring thing, Wan'er is right, Cai Wei is from a merchant family, and the business will definitely be better than our own, and money is something outside the body, what I hope to see is that the clothes designed by Wan'er can lead the trend of the entire Daqin clothing, which is more happy than making money!"

Hearing Chen Xu say this, Meng Wan burst into tears and laughed, arching in Chen Xu's arms to be coquettish, and when it was time to go to bed, this coquettish naturally got Chen Xu's opportunity to flop the card, and was pampered by Chen Xu all night.

Early the next morning, Meng Wan couldn't wait to take the car to find Fan Caiwei and told her about Chen Xu's letting her run the Nishang Clothes House and the clothing counter of Qinghe Store.

A few years ago, he was arranged by the head of the family to come to Xianyang to take charge of Xianyang's Huaxia Money Village, but because of his stubborn temperament, he was forcibly deprived of the position of supervisor by Fan Caiying, and then he stayed in Xianyang with nothing to do, and he did not dare to go back to his hometown to see the head of the family.

Because Fan Yan's original mind was very clear, that is, he was going to stuff her to Chen Xu as a concubine.

Although Fan Caiwei and Fan Caiying are sisters of the same mother, their temperaments are completely different, they are simply different, Fan Caiying is not only older, but also has an unusually delicate and mature mind, and also knows her identity and low status, so she is bent on completing the task given to her by Fan Xu, so that Fan can climb to Chen Xu, the suddenly rising marquis.

Although Fan's starting point was very disdainful of Chen Xu, but after a few contacts, Chen Xu was also very happy to accept Fan Caiying, this woman's business acumen and vision finally came into play, and became his indispensable arm for reforming Daqin, and Fan Caiying's gentleness on the bed also made Chen Xu can't put it down, this peerless stunner-like woman finally conquered Chen Xu with her appearance and ability to get everything she wanted, and even became a strange woman in the business world who is now in Daqin, not only has a good reputation among the people, which has been repeatedly praised in the court and even in the mouth of the emperor.

Today's Fan Caiying has become the pride of all Daqin women's circles.

But this honor and achievement are inseparable from Chen Xu's strong support, without Chen Xu, Fan Caiying would only be like an ordinary businesswoman who would become the plaything of rich officials.

And Fan Caiwei is completely different, she didn't want to marry Chen Xu as a concubine at the beginning, but because of the arrangement of the head of the family, she didn't dare to marry, and now she is over twenty-one years old, and she may still be studying in college at this age in later generations, but in this era, this age is an outlier and joke in the people's conversation.

She didn't like Chen Xu originally, and Chen Xu had many wives and concubines and didn't bother to provoke this sister-in-law, after a few years, Fan Caiying began to not wait to see this sister, because Fan Caiying knew that her status was low, so she didn't dare to persuade Chen Xu too much, for fear of angering Chen Xu and expelling her from the house, so the ending waiting for her was naturally extremely miserable, and she would definitely be killed by the Fan family.

Concubines are like slaves, and they have no status at all.

Therefore, in this environment, Fan Caiwei has been extremely lonely and depressed in the past few years, except for occasionally going to the women's college to play with Meng Wanying Shiyan and others, most of the time she hides at home in a daze, but there is no way.

The news brought by Meng Wan made her finally understand.

His brother-in-law did not completely forget her, perhaps he was using this method to accept her and give her another way of life that could show her face.

"Please ask Concubine Hou to go back and tell Master Hou that Cai Wei will definitely run the Nishang Clothes House and Qinghe Store well!" Fan Caiwei wiped away her tears and saluted Meng Wanfu.

With the increase of age and the maturity of her mind, she also slowly understood that in this era, a weak woman with a low status should not have too many extravagant hopes and pursuits of her own no matter what, and being accepted by Chen Xu is the best ending of her life.