"This lady, the taste of the wood is very good, and it will not dissipate for several years. But how many years is your life, do you only use wood incense for the rest of your life? Qi Ye sat in the bright hall and said to the women on the other side of the table with a smile.

The costumes of the women of the Song Dynasty could be very complicated, but generally speaking, they still preferred simple clothes. The women's narrow sleeves and long skirts were all cloth, and only the cardigan over the blouse was a good quality silk product. Cloth has begun to become popular in Quanzhou, and Qi Ye's own underwear is also cloth, which absorbs sweat and breathes. The women on the other side were wearing cloth clothes, and naturally they were not poor families.

The woman from a wealthy family is naturally an important customer, Qi Ye pushed the small bottle with the label of 'Muxi Perfume' down in front of the woman opposite, "This is a new Muxi perfume, because the store can't buy it in large quantities, it's just a trial." This aroma can be left for four or five days, after which it will disperse. When using other perfumes, it will not mix the smell. ”

Several women opened the bottle and skillfully applied the perfume to the pulse on the inside of their wrists. After the perfume had dried a little, they leaned in and smelled it. The rich and pure aroma of osmanthus made their faces show satisfied expressions.

"Maybe I'm a man, so I prefer the smell of this new perfume." Qi Ye pushed a vial down in front of the women again.

They opened it and applied it to the other wrist, this time smelling of citrus peel. Sweet with a hint of bitterness, but without the sourness characteristic of citrus, it feels warm and does not arouse appetite.

"Isn't this just a sample?" The woman at the head laughed.

"Of course not." Qi Ye hurriedly replied.

The women discussed it a little and finally asked for two bottles of jasmine perfume and a bottle of citrus perfume. The servants did not pay for it, but took the money themselves and bought the goods. Qi Ye's account office immediately took the money and accepted it. Qi Ye calculated clearly with a little calculation in his heart, he made five copper coins from this single transaction. This money can be used to buy a stone of good rice, and there will be a surplus after that.

was thinking in his heart, and two groups of people came in outside. One group is a woman, and the other is a servant. The servants took the perfume they had set, and the women sat down at the table and began to carefully select the perfumes from the Qi Ye shop.

Since Qi Ye returned to Quanzhou, he has been isolated by his family and given him an errand that he has nothing to do. It can be seen that this strong contender for the next generation of leaders of Jianxian Qian Zhuang is at a great disadvantage. Qi Ye had long known that he might be treated like this, so he opened a small shop selling perfume out of boredom. But unexpectedly business boomed. It is not a big deal to make five copper coins a day in Quanzhou, and it is not unusual to earn at least five copper coins a day.

Greeting the customer, Qi Ye continued to sell his goods. He even considered whether to agree to the request of the merchants on Guangnan East Road, who had come to Quanzhou a while ago, and release a large number of goods to them. In that case, he wouldn't be netting at least five times a day, on average, he would be netting at least ten times a day.

In the evening, Qi Ye closed the shop and put the perfume into the storage room dug under the warehouse with the bookkeeper. Despite making so much money, these valuable goods are very small in size. The dozens of bottles stored in the store can be stored in just a few small boxes.

In the middle of the night, the guy who was keeping vigil in the store was woken up by a puff of smoke and fire, and he raised his upper body in a daze, and saw that the front yard was already full of fire. Fortunately, the guy was trained, and he didn't care so much, so he rushed out with a quilt on top. Finally, I rushed out of the yard with smoke and fire, and when I looked back, the perfume shop was already burning like a fire hole. Thinking that if he rushed out later, he would be buried in the fire, and the man was so frightened that his legs went limped and fell to the ground.

After dawn, Qi Ye arrived at the burned perfume shop with the bookkeeper. The fire had been extinguished, leaving only charred ruins. The account room was in a hurry, and cursed the men who kept vigil carelessly. Qi Ye didn't say a word, he circled around the dilapidated house a few times, and beckoned the account room to the warehouse. The two of them removed the rubbish piled up above the storage room, and found that the boxes of perfume in the stone storage room were completely fine. After opening the box, it was confirmed that the perfume inside was indeed safe and sound, and the bookkeeper's face finally had a happy face.

Qi Ye stood up and continued to look around, although the wall behind him collapsed, there were not many traces of blackening, but the front yard with not many flammable materials was burned black. The walls outside the house are much darker than those inside the house. Seeing this, Qi Ye snorted from his nose, got up and left.

He drank and bragged with Zhao Jiaren in Fuzhou, and once laughed at Zhao Jiaren's young age, and probably didn't know how to handle cases. Zhao Jiaren said that Qi Ye was talking nonsense. So Qi Ye looked at the lights and listened to the patrol outside shouting 'Beware of the Fire Candles', so he asked how to judge that it was arson. Zhao Jiaren said very easily that the investigation should start with several signs. Even if there were only a few memories of what was discussed at that time, Qi Ye could be sure that the incident was not accidental.

There were a lot of people watching the excitement on the street, and there was a pair of eyes that kept staring at Qi Ye. Seeing that Qi Ye was busy for a while, he actually left with an obviously perfume box. There was anger in those eyes. A moment later, the man left the fire and went straight to Pu's house.

After listening to the narration of his own servant Pu Ali, Pu Shiwen was quite surprised and asked, "Oh? Didn't burn their perfume? ”

"Yes. I think that Qi Ye probably hid the perfume in the ground, so it didn't burn. Pu Ali hurriedly replied.

"This guy is really good luck!" Pu Shiwen said angrily. But after a while, Pu Shiwen said viciously: "But I'm not afraid." This time he burned his shop, and all the money he made in a year was lost. And when he saw someone, he said that his new goods were coming, and this time his ship was burned down, and I see how long he can last. ”

"That's the Zhao family's ship." Pu Ali reminded Pu Shiwen.

"This is still Quanzhou!" Pu Shiwen said with a sneer.

Seeing Pu Shiwen's appearance of working hard to the end, Pu Ali stopped talking. The most far-sighted and capable person in the Pu family is the current patriarch Pu Shougeng, and the most actionable is recognized as the eldest son Pu Shiwen. Many things in the Pu family were achieved by Pu Shiwen with almost brutal means.

On the appointed day, Zhao Jiaren's ship really arrived in Quanzhou, and Qi Ye went to greet him. After some conversation, Zhao Jiaren's ship unexpectedly left the port in the afternoon and stopped far off the coast of Quanzhou Port. This treacherous approach made Pu Shiwen's previous layout all come to naught, and after a burst of scolding, Pu Shiwen ordered, "Order the fleet to sail." ”

Pu Ali didn't dare to say anything, he went directly to inform the patriarch Pu Shougeng about it. Unexpectedly, Pu Shougeng didn't order to stop him after hearing this, he pondered for a moment, and then said, "Just let him go." ”

Pu Ali hurriedly asked, "Why?" Afraid that Pu Shougeng did not grasp the situation, he hurriedly emphasized that the people who occupied the city failed to win the Zhao family the year before last.

Pu Shougeng smiled bitterly: "Looking at Zhao Jiaren's actions, he won't stop." If he doesn't stop, we probably won't be able to do business. At this point, we're going to have to try. ”

"We can continue to burn perfume shops." Pu Ali hurriedly said.

Pu Shougeng was amused by these words, "Burn it once, others think it's just an accident." Burned twice in a row, Quanzhou Zhizhou can also know that something is wrong inside. Burn it three times, doesn't it make it clear that we did it? ”

Seeing Pu Ali's puzzled face, Pu Shougeng's face showed a resolute look, which was no longer different from the previous appearance that seemed to be an ordinary old man, "After all, this is the Great Song Dynasty, and Zhao Jiaren is not an ordinary person, but a member of the Zhao family." Although Zhao Song has always treated foreign businessmen well, it really lets people know that we have to fight against the Zhao clan, and Zhao Song still will not stand idly by. If we can't defeat Zhao Jiaren's arrogance this time, we will restrain ourselves. So we have to give it a try. ”

Pu Ali was a domestic servant and was extremely loyal to the Pu family. He had repeatedly reminded him because he was worried about failure, but now he was sure that the patriarch was ready to win or lose. He didn't say much, but said loudly in the Champa language: "It's all up to the master's orders!" ”