Chapter 45 Break the Past and Look at the Future
In the dungeon of the mansion, the man's face was wooden, no one came to ask him about it for a few days, as if he had been forgotten, he originally thought that things would be very troublesome, and the people of the Mu family or the Leng family would not let him go, but a few days later, everything was still very calm, except for the disgusting smell in the dungeon and the unpalatable food, he was gradually able to endure everything now. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Outside the cell, there were footsteps gradually approaching, and a familiar feeling suddenly appeared in my mind, "Is it a lady?" Xuemei? You're here to save me? The man rushed over, grabbed the wooden fence with both hands, and the woman looked at the man opposite, who should have looked like a scholar, and when she entered the house, she also seriously considered it, the other party was young and had literary talents in the township, but in just two or three years, it became like this. Pan Jiayuan, you and I have no relationship, and you and I will be strangers in the future. The woman said coldly.
"You have to understand me, I don't want to, I just want to be worthy of you, but you don't look at me at all." There were tears in the man's eyes, and the woman in the Baihualou died in front of him, and now he could rely on Leng Xuemei in front of him, he still hoped that the other party could give him a chance, "You saved my life, and it can be regarded as fulfilling the fate between our husband and wife, okay?" ”
The woman smiled coldly, "Do you think it's interesting that you only want to be married now?" You have betrayed me more than once, almost ruined me. Leng Xuemei already knew what the other party was doing behind her back, "In a few days, someone will let you out, you follow them and leave Suzhou and Hangzhou, understand?!" ”
Pan Jiaqian lowered his head and did not speak again......
Outside the cell, someone in the carriage was looking at the accounts in his hand and saw the woman coming out of it, "Okay?" ”
"Thank you for sparing his life, and the two don't owe each other." Leng Xuemei squeezed out a smile and looked back at Li Huai, "In that case, what is Leng Xingshou going to do next?" ”
The Mu family has given up the position of the head of the line, and outsiders naturally don't know the original, but as the Mu family expected, Leng Xuemei's takeover was not smooth sailing, several cloth workshops have withdrawn from the guild one after another, and the price of cloth in Suzhou and Hangzhou has also risen all the way, and even many merchants in Suzhou and Hangzhou have scoffed at the Leng family, and the situation is not optimistic.
Today, it has been a whole month, the supply of cloth on the market is in short supply, and the price has risen to three times that of previous years. I'm afraid she won't be able to do it for long. ”
"Hey...... The Mu family swept the goods a few times, relying on the identity of the imperial businessman, no one dared to care, and the price given by others was also high. ”
The land of Suzhou and Hangzhou was originally supplied with most of the cloth needed by the Chinese Dynasty, and the Mu family wanted to complete all the orders before the beginning of winter, and now they withdrew from the guild, but there was less restraint by the rules, so they began to contact several familiar families, and the purchase in the market was large, the price was fair, and it was the delivery of cash, and no one dared to accuse for a while.
In Su Garden, Su Xiaoxiao was drinking with a few people, and all the people present were the stewards of several big families in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and they didn't have much opportunity to sit together in the past, "Now that the price of the cloth market has risen to this point, I want to buy a few of them." ”
"This is natural, Mu Lao has said hello, it has been a friendship for many years, and it is just a gesture."
"I've heard that Duke Mu has sent a letter to the prince, asking him to take care of the Li family." Su Xiaoxiao sat on the side, and wrote down the matter intentionally or unintentionally, originally she had fantasies about the son of the Li family in her heart, thinking that the other party could meddle in the affairs of Jiangnan, and maybe it could also help her get out, but listening to the discussion of several people at the banquet, she felt more and more that her thoughts were too ridiculous, and the woman in Qingyuan who had the same idea as her, since she was persecuted by Li Huai in the post station that day, she has always had a depression in her heart, After that, the Mu family gave up their position in the guild and replaced the Leng family's cloth workshop back, which in her opinion was too deceitful.
"Several, Mu Gong has just reconciled accounts with Dong Gonggong, and the cloth needed by the new army can be considered to be delivered, everyone has worked hard these days." The woman smiled slightly, closed the account book in her hand, and picked up the teacup in front of her, "It's just that this cost is indeed a lot more, did Shopkeeper Sun check it?" ”
"It's been checked, and now it seems that a few small cloth villages are shipping, and the fabric is still okay, it should have been saved in previous years." Mu Tingyu nodded, in more than a month, the Mu family has made the price of cloth rise so much, naturally it will cost a lot of silver, which is not only the effect of buying a large number of fabrics, but also the help of a few companies behind the scenes, they naturally did a lot of such things, but in previous years, the Mu family was the head of the cloth merchants, and they did it secretly.
"Let them have some sweetness now, and then take it back when the outsiders are driven away." Mu Tingyu said lightly, someone outside the house hurried over, said a few words in her ear, she let the shopkeeper in the house leave, went to the study in the backyard, the old man was receiving guests, Mu Tingyu pushed the door in, the Xu family came, the old man asked the woman to sit down, "Tingyu This is the housekeeper of the Xu family." The old man introduced, and the woman nodded to the other party.
"Mu Gong, Xu Lao has already inquired clearly, when the price of grain in the north fluctuated greatly, it was indeed Hong Ji who did it, and it was at that time that they began to open up the situation in the north, and the right minister's son and several big grain merchants had losses......" The steward told in detail what happened in the north, Mu Tingyu didn't care much at first, but since then, his face has changed, and he remembered the few small cloth merchants he had just heard from a few shopkeepers, and his heart actually shuddered.
"Tingyu, what's wrong with you?" The old man saw the change in the other party's face, "Uncle, when I was reconciling with a few shopkeepers just now, I mentioned a few small cloth merchants, and at first, it looked very similar to Hong Ji's approach. ”
The woman's words suddenly made the faces of several people in the room change, and the old man's face tightened, and he let out a long breath, "Tingyu, let people check it out as soon as possible, don't accept the cloth anymore, let's see the situation." The old man couldn't help but feel tired.
Outside the city of Hangzhou, on the edge of the house by the river, the huge waterwheel is constantly rotating, the sound of the loom can be heard outside the house, there are several similar houses, some people are busy loading the cloth, and on the outermost side, is the fence being built, some people are in full swing, and at the gate of the carriage in and out, Dong Xiaowan is taking a few people to check the cloth on the car, all of which are common cloth in the south of the Yangtze River, but wider than the common cloth on the market, and it looks closer, and the woman checks them one by one, He also filled in the number in the booklet, and at the top of the gate, there was a sign that read "Hung Kee Textile Factory".