Chapter 236: The opportunity should not be missed

After having a general understanding in his heart, Chen Xie didn't care too much. Cooperation is inherently profit-driven. Jiangnan is originally someone else's territory, and in someone else's territory, Chen Xie is mentally prepared for the concessions that should be made.

"In that case, then stay for now, and talk about something tomorrow. But there is a sentence, I have to say it first, Chen doesn't want anyone to know that Chen came to Suzhou. ”

"This is natural, Lao Qian also explained in the letter, Master Chen just rest assured. The carriage and horses that came to pick up the people have been prepared, please ask Master Chen to go on the road. "Shen Gaolin made a package ticket, and the big ship also docked. Chen Xie said: "Take it for a while, Chen will explain a few words." ”

As he spoke, he turned around, walked to the boat, stretched out his hand and pulled Gu Xi, who was wearing a veil, ashore, and people came down from the big boat one after another. Cui Xin came over with the guards, and Gu Xi's girl also came over, pulling her sleeve pitifully. I don't know what to whisper.

"Cui Xin, just bring two people to follow, you don't have to make a big fuss." After explaining this, Chen Xie said to the boat lady A Yue: "Your boat is good, I have to stay in Suzhou for a few days, so I will have one or two silver a day, and the food will be counted separately, and I will charter your boat." When you turn around, take your boat back to Jiangyin. After speaking, Chen Xie went to touch the backpack and found that there was only silver yuan, so he took ten silver yuan and handed it to Ah Yue's sister-in-law and said, "This is a fixed money, do you think it is feasible?" ”

"Is this the ghost's money?" Ah Yue's sister-in-law looked at it and asked hesitantly. At this time, Shen Gaolin came over, took out an ingot of ten taels of silver and handed it over: "Mother-in-law who doesn't know the goods, this is for you." The silver yuan was returned to Master Chen. ”

Chen Xie didn't care about this little thing, and when Ah Yue's sister-in-law came, he continued, and threw it into his back pocket, and there was a series of crisp sounds.

The carriage with two wheels was uncomfortable to sit in, and the carriage was very low and cramped. Chen Xie simply walked, and only Gu Xi and the maid sat in the car. The sound of babbling axles rubbing against each other could be heard far away in the deep alleys.

Shen Gaolin accompanied Chen Xie to walk in front, and introduced the previous situation as he walked.

"The Shen family's many deals. It's all taken care of by the grandmothers. Something collaborative. The old man of the Shen family was noncommittal, the eldest young master didn't care about anything, buried himself in studying, and last year the township test fell to the ground. He didn't even go out of the door. The meaning of the big and young grandmother. I got to see Master Chen. Talk in person and then decide. What Shen Gaolin said was general. Looking at the men dressed as two family members not far behind him, Chen Xie could also guess one or two. So he remained silent. Only occasionally nodded to indicate that he was listening.

"Listening to what Lao Qian said, Mr. Chen is happy and quiet, and the area around Watergate is naturally not suitable for distinguished guests. The eldest young grandmother cleared out this garden, which used to be the place where the eldest young master studied. ”

Suzhou Gardens are famous, and Chen Xie followed him into a house. After entering the door, I found that this is a small garden, the inner rooms are scattered between the forest ravines, and when you enter the gate, you will find a screen cleverly composed of natural boulders, shaped like a magnified goose egg, with two ends slightly upturned, and there are words in the boulder: listen to the rain.

I don't know how big the garden is, and Chen Xie doesn't know much about the garden. Walk a few steps, there is a main hall in front, the stone path winds in the forest, bypass the front of the hall, stand in front of the grass hall and see the stone path going up, there is a high slope more than ten steps away, a pavilion.

An old man led more than ten people to stand in front of the hall, and Shen Gaolin introduced: "Master Chen, this is Uncle Qiu, the housekeeper of the garden. Tell him what you need. Master Chen went all the way, stayed first, and set up a banquet in the evening to wash the dust for Master Chen. ”

Chen Xie nodded and said, "There is labor!" "A housekeeper, wearing a silk clothing, the Shen family is really so luxurious?

After settling down and sending Shen Gaolin away, Chen Xie took Gu Xi to climb the heights and entered the pavilion to see the garden scenery.

Shen Gaolin hurriedly entered a big house, followed a maid and walked briskly inside, to a small lake, saw a woman feeding the fish, did not bother, stood aside and waited for the maid to report.

The woman was dressed gorgeously, and when she saw the maid, she clapped her hands and washed her hands in the silver basin held by the maid behind her. After a while, the maid invited Shen Gaolin over, and after the salute, she said, "Grandma, Master Chen of Dengzhou has arrived." ”

The woman's face was expressionless, and she snorted: "You made it clear to him?" How did he react? Shen Gaolin said: "According to the young grandmother's instructions, everything is clear." He didn't seem to react, but said that he didn't want people to know that he had come to Suzhou. ”

The woman suddenly smiled, and said in a cold voice: "He is an amorous seed, and there are many love debts on the Qinhuai River, and he is afraid that he will be tired of beauties." That's fine, receive him well in the evening, and tomorrow you take him around the city. ”

The woman sent Shen Gaolin away, slowly walked into the inner courtyard, entered a courtyard gate, and the little maid inside saw her and said, "The young grandmother is here, and the old lady is fishing." The woman said, "Take me with you." I followed the next person to a forest lake, and saw an old man in plainclothes fishing, and the woman stepped forward and said, "My daughter-in-law has seen my father-in-law." ”

The old man sighed, lost the fishing rod, and looked annoyed: "The fish are scared away by you." ”

The woman smiled and said, "Father-in-law, people have already settled, how to talk about it, you have to have a big idea." ”

The old man looked at her, stood up stupidly, walked through the woods, and said casually: "Do you think this thing can be done?" ”

The woman slowly accompanied her and said in a low voice: "Listen to Shen Gaolin, this person's workshop in Dengzhou is full of profits. The daughter-in-law thought that this statement was an exaggeration. Nowadays, the trade of Suzhou weaving industry, whether it is silk or cotton, my Shen family accounts for seventy percent. The daughter-in-law thought that for the sake of the sale of goods in the Americas, it would be enough to be polite to him. How about turning back and letting him know and walk away on his own? ”

The old man stepped into a stop, there was a purple clay pot on the stone table, and a copy of "Ming Pao" was pressed under the pot, picked up the purple clay pot, took out the newspaper and handed it to the woman: "This Ming Pao, what do you think?" ”

The woman glanced at the newspaper, and said without reaching out to take it: "Stone memory is the best book, and other daughters-in-law can't read it." ”

The old man said lightly: "Confused, with this thing, the heart of Jiangnan scholars, thirty percent into the hub." It's just a start-up now, and the impact in the future is limitless. This Chen Sihua is not an ordinary character. Returning from thousands of miles overseas alone, in just a few years of hard work, earning money to fight, nothing was delayed. Now he has put his hand into the south of the Yangtze River, opened a money bank, and ran a Ming newspaper, all of which are prosperous and invincible. Do you really think that a wanderer has this ability? See you soon! ”

"My daughter-in-law has been taught, and I ask my father-in-law to make it clear." The woman hurriedly bowed down and spoke, stood up and lowered her head.

"In any case, don't neglect others. I'll see him tomorrow and hear what he has to say. If it's profitable, why not join forces and make it bigger? Now the Shen family seems to be rich and powerful, and cooperating with it is just icing on the cake. However, people have no foresight, but they must have near-term worries. Even if you can't cooperate, you must make it clear, and don't leave it behind. Don't look at him as a martial artist, that's what people say about themselves. In today's Nanjing City, between Shilin, Chen Sihua's three words can be tight. ”

"My daughter-in-law knows what to do!" The woman said goodbye again, and after the old man waved her hand to leave, he sat on the stone bench in a daze. The Shen family in Suzhou has not produced any outstanding people over the years. There is no pillar of the huge family business, and the old man finally won the promotion back then. Although it failed to go further, the Shen family's family business also prospered. Over the years, relying on silver to open the way, he has supported some official spokespersons. However, things in the officialdom are the most difficult to grasp quickly, and those who are officials are in front of interests, but they will turn their faces when they say that they will turn their faces.

The old man was trembling, walking on thin ice, and these juniors in the family couldn't understand it at all. This eldest daughter-in-law is good, she is a shrewd and capable person. It's a pity that the insight is a little worse, and I only see the immediate benefits. In fact, the old man himself is not optimistic about the cooperation in setting up a factory (workshop) proposed by Chen Xie.

The silk weaving industry in Jiangnan has been almost divided over the years, and it is not a fun thing for him to step into it. Out of curiosity, the old man asked his daughter-in-law to meet Chen Xie to see what his true purpose was.

Two streets away, a big mansion is also talking about Chen Xie. The interlocutors were also a man and a woman, the man was an old man in his fifties, and the woman was a young woman, wearing a floral plain dress and a hosta casually inserted on her head.

"The old immortal of the Shen family, as well as the woman who thinks she is smart, will definitely not choose to cooperate. If I was replaced by a daughter-in-law, I didn't inquire carefully, and I wouldn't choose to cooperate with him. Back then, we missed the sale of American goods, and now we miss this rare opportunity, it is really stupid, no wonder others. ”

The old man smiled and said, "Since you have decided the affairs at home, then do it." Don't worry too much. The Shen family has been competing with the Zhang family for many years. The failure of the Zhang family was due to natural disasters, not a bad move. Over the years, I have worked hard to keep this 30% share, thanks to your busyness. ”

The woman said: "The family business is earned by the father-in-law, and the daughter-in-law is just helping to take care of it." ”

The old man said, "I know, you go and get busy with you." As long as the old man is still in the family, there will be no constraints. ”

The woman walked out, went back to her yard, called the maid and asked, "Where is the young master?" ”

The maid said: "The young master of the Zhou family has been here, and he invited the young master to go out together." said that he was going to a poetry club, and the young master was in a hurry, so he took a scholar Ju'an. The young woman waved her hand coldly, sent the maid out, picked up the teacup to drink, but with an angry face, she smashed the cup fiercely, and said angrily: "A group of shameless things." ”

When night fell, the courtyard of the guest room was unusually quiet, Chen Xie was sitting on the bamboo bed, with a purple clay pot beside him, looking at the small pond in front of him, and behind the pool was a bamboo forest. Cui Xin led a man in Tsing Yi over, but was stopped by the maid at the gate of the courtyard from a distance, and asked a few words before leading over.

Cui Xin didn't approach, he stopped five steps away, and the man in Tsing Yi stepped forward alone and arched his hand: "I've seen Master Chen." Chen Xie snorted, his eyes looking at the stars. The man in Tsing Yi continued: "The Shen family and the Zhang family, these two account for ninety percent of the market in Suzhou's silk weaving industry. These two young masters, one is a nerd, and the other is a rabbit master who doesn't like red makeup and loves each other. The young grandmother of the Shen family gave birth to a daughter, and the young grandmother of the Zhang family had nothing to do. (To be continued......)