At least half of Lou Qingxi's statement was deliberately revealing timidity and deliberately confusing the audition from the beginning. Lou Qingxi knew, and besides, he wouldn't think that Ye Tao couldn't hear it. The so-called invitation to Ye Tao to show his means to subdue Shang Baotang and make Shang Baotang's life not so sad is just a relatively acceptable way to invite Ye Tao to fight. How should Ye Tao fight, and what can he do if he doesn't fight? If Ye Tao fights but can't suppress Shang Baotang, but he is still embarrassed, when the time comes, no one will sympathize with him, but will say that he doesn't know how to restrain after several successive appearances, and finally planted a heel in a field that he is completely unfamiliar with. At that time, no matter which aspect it is, it is a person like Lou Qingxi, and his Shang Baotang, who will take advantage of it.

Even though he knew this, Ye Tao still smiled and agreed as if he hadn't seen anything. He also agreed in detail with Lou Qingxi on the method of the competition. Ye Tao was reluctant to make three things that challenged his technical limits and put them on stage to compare with Shang Baotang's things. The limit of technology is not the limit of technology, but the bottleneck of technology, and to that extent, the level of craftsmanship is exquisite, and ordinary people will not understand it at all. Shang Bao Tang is known for its jewelry design and production, which is a gorgeous thing that entertains people's ears and ears, and it is very suitable for everyone's mind and can be very pleasing to everyone. Since Ye Tao has responded to the battle, he will simply have to fight-for-tat, and defeat Shang Baotang in a flattering and ingenious way.

With their own minds in mind, the two sides finally agreed on a rough agreement on the method of this exchange. Ten years later, at the same time as Shang Bao Tang opened, the first work began to be exhibited, and Ye Tao had three days to make things for comparison. If the industry agrees that what Ye Tao made is not good, naturally there will be no need for the second and third rounds of competition. If you win the first round, ten days after the first Treasure of the Town Store is exhibited, the second one is on display, and after another ten days, the last one is on display. For the second work, Ye Tao has five days, and for the third work, Ye Tao has seven days. In this way, Ye Tao almost set an extremely terrible time limit for himself, leaving no room for anything. At that time, if you can't come up with something decent within the time limit, everyone will not sympathize with Ye Tao. But isn't craftsmanship always a slow work? Even if the time set by Ye Tao is tripled, Lou Qingxi feels that he may not be able to make anything of sufficient magnitude, but Ye Tao seems to be extremely confident. In this way, the suspicious Lou Qingxi was a little uncertain. With a stomach full of doubts, Lou Qingxi went back.

Immediately, the display of the treasure of Shang Bao Tang's town shop and the news of the victory or defeat of the three battles between Shang Bao Tang and Ye's Workshop also spread.

"If you lose, see if I don't beat you all over the place." Ye Tao rashly took over the battle without discussing it, and Tan Weixin was a little unhappy. However, she has a lot of confidence in Ye Tao, but she just thinks that Ye Tao doesn't discuss this kind of thing with her, and the feeling of being ignored is not good, and she is just a little complaining.

"What fun stuff do you do? Can you give it to me after winning the battle in Shang Bao Tang? Tan Weiying said. But her flickering eyes made it impossible to think of any words of refusal. After being looked up to by the younger girl at forty-five degrees of purity, the boy retreated gorgeously and reluctantly agreed.

"Cut, what are you afraid of? He Shang Baotang didn't care about making giant crossbows and bows and arrows, and he couldn't build catapults to rush cars. It's just some playthings, what does it matter if you win or lose? Lu Dan listened to Ye Tao's instructions and prepared all kinds of supplies and materials, and said very disapprovingly. And his statement is still quite marketable in Dongping's squishy circle.

But Ye Tao is obviously not as open-minded as Lu Dan, if he really loses, I'm afraid life will be really difficult. He gathered all the apprentices and apprentices of Ye's Workshop who followed him to Danyang, cleared out a special workshop, prepared the workbench and tools very carefully, verified all the precision measuring tools, and even tried to adjust everyone's state to the best and the most able to do water grinding kung fu calmly and patiently. It's just that such efforts are somewhat insufficient. After the Flying Eagle passed the book, the Yicheng headquarters of the Ye Workshop would immediately dispatch the strongest forces to rush as quickly as possible, including the only female student worker in the Ye Workshop, the Greek girl Kassandra, who was originally a dancing girl and is now a pattern designer, and Ye Tao's senior brother Suo Yong, who had worked hard in fine craftsmanship and had made great achievements in craftsmanship. As for those apprentices who had learned a lot of fine crafts from Ye Tao, they were even more enthusiastic to sign up, and finally under Suo Yong's careful selection, ten people were selected to come to Danyang together.

For this matter, the old man Qi Zhentao showed unusual interest, he directly sent a large number of jewels from the South Seas or from the hands of pirates, large pieces of emeralds, agate and other things abound, several generous and high-quality jade rough is even more valuable. Although there was only a small batch for Soyon and Kassandra to come with in advance, when the things arrived after that, to meet the needs of the second and third rounds, and to subdue Shang Baotang in terms of material quality, it would be absolutely no problem.

As for the safety of transporting large quantities of valuables, there is even less to worry about. After learning of this, Min Yue, who was supposed to return to Beijing this year to report on his work, ordered a thousand soldiers and horses to set off two months in advance to escort this batch of raw materials. Only bandits who don't have long eyes will break ground on Tai Sui's head.

Time flies when everything is happening at such a fast pace. Ten days have passed in a blink of an eye, and the opening of the Danyang branch of Shangbaotang has arrived.

Shang Baotang's posture of entering the Danyang market is so high-profile, in order to catch up with the pace, they have strong financial resources but surprisingly did not build their own building, but bought the original Danyang's largest jeweler Lu Ni Ge's real estate, and opened with a little decoration. The location that was originally familiar to everyone suddenly changed owners, which had a greater impact on these old residents of Danyang City. However, after the redecoration of those capable people in Shangbaotang, the current Shangbaotang Danyang branch shows a lot of bearing than the original Luni Pavilion that has regained its brilliance, and the difference between them is as strong as that of three generations of rich and nouveau riche.

Everyone came here with a complicated and incomprehensible mood, and most people were a little happy that there was also a Shang Bao Tang in Danyang City, but what they were more concerned about was the gambling between Shang Bao Tang and Ye Tao. The so-called three masters of Shang Baotang, everyone has heard of their names for a long time, and the jewelry from the hands of these masters is engraved with the names of these masters on the packaging box. On the other side of the gambling fight, since everyone knows far less about Ye's Workshop than they know about Ye Tao, they can only ignore this powerful group and focus on Ye Tao, who has really caused too many topics recently.

Although he came to Shang Baotang and walked into the lobby surrounded by Tan Weiying, Huang Wan and others, as the center of everyone's attention, Ye Tao did not have any unnatural expression. His faint smile fully shows his inner peace and confidence.

Luo Qin and Song Yu did not appear on this occasion, while Lou Qingxi fully showed his communication skills. He entered Danyang in a high-profile manner, but many people felt like a spring breeze.

Ye Tao's arrival immediately attracted Lou Qingxi's attention, and he said hello to several officials who were chatting and pulled out. After saluting the princess and others, he confirmed with Ye Tao that Lou Qingxi smiled and said, "Then let's start." ”

In everyone's ardent anticipation, Ye Tao said very gracefully: "That's natural, just about to see Shang Baotang's methods." ”

Lou Qingxi smiled, cleared his throat, stood in the center of the hall, and said loudly: "Everyone, everyone." Those who came to participate in the opening ceremony of Shangbaotang's Danyang branch today are all famous figures in Danyang, which really makes our name shine. Of course, hairpin bracelet jewelry is popular with everyone, but presumably everyone who came here today should want to see the handwriting of the three masters of Shangbaotang, right? Everyone, please come with me, this first treasure of the town store has been waiting for you in the garden for a long time. Everyone, please go this way. ”

The atrium garden has been rearranged, and the surrounding corridor has not changed much, but the small world in the middle has been almost completely transformed. A small pond and a few sturdy bamboos have become the theme of the atrium garden landscape. The flowers and trees that are not very precious seem to grow in the right place, and they are properly pruned. On the ground, where there are no plants, they are all paved with delicate white stones, not showing a little soil, except for a winding path paved with a little moss and some wet bluestone in the middle. A few dragonflies fluttered in the courtyard, and one dragonfly perched on a strangely shaped stone by the edge of a small pond, its wings slightly open and closed. This small courtyard seems to be touched in the slightest.

Everyone stood in the corridor around the courtyard, wondering where was the so-called first treasure of the town store? In this natural courtyard, there seems to be no room left for a thing full of splendour.

"Boss Lou, ...... are you?" A little surprised, there were many people who couldn't hold their breath, and soon some people raised their own questions, and the tone was still very angry, as if they had been teased.

With a smile on his face, Lou Qingxi walked slowly into the courtyard on the bluestone path, picked up a dragonfly from the mountain rock in the eyes of everyone, held it on his finger, and slowly turned around so that everyone could see it clearly. He said loudly: "This is the first treasure, this is it, haven't you noticed it?" This dragonfly is handmade with green jade as the main material, supplemented by other materials! ”

Isn't this a real dragonfly? None of you saw it just now. Shang Baotang is really not to be underestimated, their craftsmanship seems to be able to give life to these stones, and they can actually make these hard things show the demeanor of living creatures. Thunderous applause and cheers rang out, as if to cater to everyone's applause, and the jade dragonfly in Lou Qingxi's hand actually flapped its wings slightly......