Chapter 17: Twists and turns
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, people still remember the festive atmosphere. However, Ye Yu was busy at the moment, transporting the hundreds of pieces of cloth that had been dyed to the neighboring counties.
When Pan Yue, the old man of the Pan family, understood Ye Yu's true intentions, it was already too late. But the Pan family didn't seem to care too much about this, but let Ye Yu's new cloth flow into various cloth villages.
In the main hall of the Pan family's mansion, the lights are shining brightly. There is an old man sitting in the first place, and this person is Pan Yue, the old man of the Pan family.
Pan Yue, who was over sixty years old, had already had a white beard, his eyes were sunken, and he was holding a pear blossom wooden cane in both hands, and he was silently staring at the two middle-aged men in the hall.
"Father, why do you take that kid to heart, how can my Pan family's cloth business be something that his small workshop can compete with!" The person who spoke was the slightly chubby man on the left-hand side, who was Pan Chengjun, the son of the Pan family.
The middle-aged man with a slightly dark complexion on the right hand, although he is thin but extraordinarily energetic, this person is the second son Pan Chengfeng, and he also echoed at this moment: "Yes, father, there is a big brother in charge of my Pan family's cloth business, who can shake it in the four counties of Chuzhou?" ”
Pan Yue was silent for a long time, his gray beard trembled slightly, and finally gently knocked on the ground with a pear blossom wooden staff, making a crisp sound: "My father never thought that he would make waves, and the Pan family has your two brothers in charge of the cloth and grain business, how can you not worry about your father?" ”
Having said this, Pan Yue coughed lightly: "There are eighteen shops in four counties in Chuzhou, and most of these big shops have been made, and the supply of cloth is from my Panjia dyeing workshop!"
My Pan's cloth is the credibility and the guarantee of quality! Even if Ye Yu secretly sold it everywhere by means of retreating and advancing, he forgot a little, even if there was a market, it was impossible for the people to buy it or not! ”
"What my father said is that my Pan family has been clothing and satin for more than ten years, and this reputation and guarantee are incomparable to some small dyeing workshops, and the final fate of this Ye Yu will be the same as those who tried to share a piece of the Pan family in the past!"
Pan Yue saw that his eldest son Pan Chengjun was so conceited, so he pointed to the two pieces of fabric on the table, sighed and said: "Having said that, but Chengjun, you have also seen that my Pan family's cloth business has been running for more than ten years, and the cloth dyed is not as good as a milky kid!" Cheng Jun, shouldn't you introspect? ”
"Uh...... My father taught me ......"
Pan Chengjun, who was still full of confidence, suddenly turned a lot grayer after Pan Yue said this. He raised his eyes and glanced at the two pieces of fabric on the table, and he also felt helpless.
He has been immersed in the dyeing industry for more than ten years, and now, as his father said, if the dyed cloth is carefully observed, it is indeed inferior to the cloth dyed by Ye Yu's dyeing workshop.
And the most important point is that the cloth dyed by his Pan family will only fade after washing ten waters, but the cloth dyed by Ye Yu will not fade after soaking in water and washing it with twenty waters.
This made the Pan family proud of the technology that did not fade, and suddenly let a hairy boy compare, which was really unacceptable to him.
"Cheng Jun, if a business is gone, you can talk about it again, and if you don't have a family business, you can earn it again, Ye Yu, this kid, doesn't care about his father, but as long as he has this recipe for dyeing cloth, if there is an opportunity in the future, a recipe is worth tens of thousands of family assets! By that time, my Pan family's more than ten years of operation will probably be crushed! ”
His father's words made Pan Chengjun deeply convinced, and the reason why his Pan family's cloth business was able to become a leader in Chuzhou was because of the technology that the cloth did not fade.
This kind of thing can make people start from scratch, or it can make people rich and rich! Now the people recognize his Pan family fabric, which is the reputation accumulated for more than ten years, but what about the future?
Pan Chengfeng on the side showed a face full of disdain, and then sneered: "Since my father is worried about this, it is better for the child to take it and return it to my Pan family in the future, and my father can rest easy!" ”
"Put away your mind of forcible robbery, my Pan family is a businessman but not a thief!"
Pan Yue glared at Pan Chengfeng fiercely, and then said to his eldest son Pan Chengjun: "Let's take a look first, and when that kid is exhausted, you go and talk to him!" As for how much he offered, as long as it wasn't too much, he would be answered! ”
"Yes! The child wrote it down! ”
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At this time, after Ye Yu learned about the sales situation in various places, he frowned and couldn't let go. The situation is as Pan Yue said, the cloth was sent out as scheduled, but it was difficult for these cloths to be sold in various cloth shops.
Whether it is a squire, a dignitary or an ordinary person, the first choice of the fabric they buy is the fabric of the Pan family, and the cloth provided by Ye Yu can only be placed on the shelf......
At this moment, Ye Yu understood that doing business was really not as simple as it seemed, at first he simply thought that as long as the fabric was in good condition and the price was low, it could sell well. But now it seems that I really have to learn this knowledge myself.
In a month's time, many shops have asked for returns, and Ye Yu can only take back the fabric. In the face of these unpleasant things, Ye Yu felt that he should think of an emergency solution.
Therefore, he chose a quiet wing room in Tianxiang Restaurant, and today he was going to meet someone.
Ye Yu sat quietly in the wing, and with the sound of footsteps one after the other on the stairs, he knew that today's guests were coming. The door opened softly, and an old man in black walked in from outside.
At this moment, Ye Yu was already smiling, and said politely to the visitor: "Lord Liu, are you okay recently?" "The person who came was Liu Yuanshan, the county lieutenant of Qingliu County, but today he was dressed in black civilian clothes.
"Drag your blessing, your body is quite tough......," Liu Yuanshan responded lukewarmly.
"Please!"
Liu Yuanshan sat down and glanced at the wine and food on the table, but frowned slightly and said, "Ye Yu, you are entertaining this official like this?" ”
A plate of fennel beans, two pots of rice wine, a table, that's all!
"Lord Liu, don't joke with the grass people, no one in the county knows that you are an honest official, and the most taboo is to take bribes to eat and drink, if the grass people change to delicacies, wouldn't it be boring to be self-deprecating?"
Liu Yuanshan nodded, and said in his heart, you kid is really interesting. But he didn't want to let Ye Yu go lightly today, so he wondered: "It's good to know the style of the official, but you are too shabby, this is your hospitality?" ”
Ye Yu smiled heartily, and then said solemnly: "This fennel bean with rice wine, but one of the Shaoxing delicacies, it is rare to eat it in this county, as the saying goes, 'Ten beans over rice wine, the aftertaste is endless!'" 'Lord Liu, don't take the school grass people anymore! ”
"Then get straight to the point, you invited this official to come today, I don't know why?" Liu Yuanshan couldn't help Ye Yu in his words, so he lost his original patience, he has always been straightforward, so he doesn't like to take twists and turns.
"The grass people invited Lord Liu today, but in fact, they have something to ask for...... Ye Yu made Liu Yuanshan so happy, he didn't want to talk about his lips and tongue more, so he wanted to say what he requested.
But as soon as he was halfway through his words, he was interrupted by Liu Yuanshan's words: "This official was invited to come here because of your help last time!" As for you to ask for something, I'm afraid that the official can't help it! ”
Ye Yu was blocked by Liu Yuanshan like this, and suddenly felt that this Liu Yuanshan was too unkind, and before he finished speaking, he had already blocked the road, and he was really an old man who didn't get in with oil and salt.
"You have a prejudice against Ye, what does Ye don't want to argue with? But Ye hasn't said what he wants, so you veto, is it too unkind? ”
The clay man still has three points of anger, not long ago Liu Yuanshan ridiculed him in the market, he didn't take it to heart, but now he didn't even give him a chance to speak, Ye Yu's face suddenly became gloomy.
"Humph! This official has always been like this, and coming here today is enough to give you face, since you have already come, it is not considered that the official has broken the appointment, and he has left! Liu Yuanshan didn't back down at all, and got up to leave as he spoke.
Seeing this, Ye Yu poured a glass of rice wine to himself, changed his previous modest attitude, and teased with a slight displeasure in his tone: "In the past, I heard that Lord Liu had great ambitions, saying that 'if you can take charge of the people's livelihood, you will definitely ensure that the people of one side have no worries about food and clothing', but now, as the county lieutenant of this county, you can be regarded as fulfilling your ambition in the first half of the sentence, but have you done it in the second half of the sentence?" ”
Although the voice was flat and weak, it was like a fixation method for Liu Yuanshan, and Liu Yuanshan, who was about to leave, was fixed in place. Liu Yuanshan turned around slowly, and said with an angry face: "What do you know about the yellow-mouthed boy, how easy is it to do this!" ”
"That's not necessarily the case, if Lord Liu agrees to the request of the grass people, the grass people can assure you that by the end of your term, everyone in Qingliu County will have clothes to wear!"
"Really?"
Ye Yu did not answer Liu Yuanshan's question head-on, but said to himself: "As far as the grass people know, the government lowered the price of cloth by 25 yuan for one piece of cloth. However, the price of local cloth and even the sale of private businessmen is 35 yuan, such a high price, how can everyone afford it? ”
Listening to what Ye Yu said, Liu Yuanshan moved his steps back, then sat down, and said helplessly: "Layers of checkpoints, layers of taxes, and the intention of merchants to raise them, this makes the price of cloth high!" The official has also thought of some methods, but it is difficult for people to speak softly, and it is difficult to reach the heavens to listen......"
"The grass people have a way, as short as three years, as long as five years, you can make the price of cloth in the world control at fifteen yuan, and at that time the people in the world have something to keep out the cold, but ......" At this moment, Ye Yu played the technique of Tai Chi and detour, and he wanted to speak and stop just taking the bait for fishing.
"Just what?"
Ye Yu's words immediately made Liu Yuanshan interested, and he was able to lower the price of cloth set by the government by ten yuan, which really made him feel unbelievable.
Therefore, in addition to being surprised, he still had great doubts, after all, in his eyes, Ye Yu was just a milky child. The authenticity of the words is really up for debate.
Ye Yu saw that Liu Yuanshan was skeptical, so he took out a stack of papers from his sleeve, and then handed it to Liu Yuanshan: "Lord Liu, everything is in it, and the grass people can trust you, so they tell me selflessly!" ”
Liu Yuanshan took the paper suspiciously, first glanced at it inadvertently, but then he couldn't move it for a moment, and as the speed of flipping through the paper accelerated, his expression became pleasantly surprised.