Like Chang Pingping, I haven't seen much of the old man from a wealthy family in Dalian since I was a child, so I am naturally a little curious about those big families.

Ah Xiu knew that she just casually asked for her knowledge, but she could say too much about the previous things, and she was afraid that she would not match the front and back and reveal flaws.

Fortunately, Lu Bao, who was catching the car, opened his mouth and broke the questioning in the carriage.

I only heard him let out a long breath, touched his stomach and said: "I ate a bowl of noodles in the morning, and now my stomach is deflated, I can't catch the car, and I can't lift my hands a little." ”

Lu Bao turned his head and sighed again at the carriage behind him.

Chang Pingping was holding a piece of millet cake in her hand, and choked when she heard it: "I said a bunch of nonsense, I think you are greedy." ”

She lifted the curtain in front of her and cast a disdainful look.

Lu Bao smiled helplessly and began to beg for mercy, "Sister Pingping, I heard you say that it is so delicious, I will appreciate a small bite." ”

There were only curtains in front and back of the carriage, and Lu Bao could naturally hear what the two of them said inside just now.

"That's a good thing you heard."

The person who often quarrels changed his name to sister, and Chang Pingping was also very useful, so she wrapped two pieces of pastry in a handkerchief and handed it to him.

"Thank you, sister." Lu Bao took it and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Thanks, it's not like I'm looking at you in a car. You have to be careful when you're full now......"

These two don't seem to have a good relationship, but it's actually not as bad as rumored.

At noon, the car went to the city and Ah Xiu didn't go down, so I asked Chang Pingping to buy something for lunch, and then went to Wanxing Silk Village when she was full.

Shopkeeper Liu heard that there was a chief steward from the embroidery workshop to replace the shopkeeper Song, so he didn't delay and personally drove them to Cao's mansion.

The carriage came to the door of Cao's mansion, and the shopkeeper Liu knocked on the door to explain the situation, and there were also small servants inside to report.

At this time, Ah Xiu, who had been bored all morning, finally helped Chang Pingping's men get out of the carriage.

Shopkeeper Liu, who was preparing to see the courtesy next to him, was stunned, didn't he say that the person who came was the steward who replaced the shopkeeper Song, how could he be a young man who looked about ten years old.

"Shopkeeper Liu."

Ah Xiu took the initiative to arch his hand to him.

Shopkeeper Liu replied with a salute and asked tentatively: "Now that Shopkeeper Song is not here, you are the one who replaces the director of the embroidery workshop?" ”

Ah Xiu shook her head with a smile, "The affairs of the embroidery workshop are taken care of by my mother and others, and I came here today to be entrusted by her to bring some words to Master Cao." ”

It turns out that this is the case, it seems that the little boy in front of him is the son of the mysterious embroidery girl.

Shopkeeper Liu didn't dare to stay slow, and led a few people into the mansion to see Cao Xu.

At that time, Cao Xu heard that there was an embroidery workshop manager, and thought of the embroidered handkerchief that he brought to them yesterday, so he cleaned up and went to the front yard to meet the guests.

At that time, Ah Xiu and they have been invited to the living room to rest and drink tea.

Cao Xu entered the door and took a look, and was stunned when he saw Ah Xiu dressed in men's clothes.

The other two have already met him yesterday and know their identities, so the person in charge is this kid?

Cao Xu had doubts in his eyes, and at the same time, Ah Xiu had already put the lamp and stood up, and he was also looking at the old man who was over half a hundred years old in front of him.

She heard Song Ercai say that Master Cao is now retiring to Pingyang to be idle, and most of the business outside has been handed over to his two sons to take care of, but in his dream, he will return to the "old business", and he has also cut off a lot of business for those people.

Shopkeeper Liu introduced Ah Xiu's identity, Cao Xu nodded, and when he saw Ah Xiu saluting him, he asked, "Dare to ask the little brother's surname." ”

"Don't have your surname Fang, Master Cao can just call me Ah Jin."

Fang Jin, a pseudonym for external use.

The voice of this little "childe" was brittle, Cao Xu knew that it was wrong when she heard it, glanced at her ear porch, and arched her hand: "Ah Jin, please come with me, talk inside." ”

An old man and a young man entered the inner compartment, and Cao Xu didn't ask her why she wanted to dress up as a man, and when someone served tea, she asked what she thought of yesterday's embroidered handkerchief.

The things produced in the embroidery workshop are all brought to Fucheng for sale, and this matter is clear.

The Cao family has two shops in Fucheng, which is not big or small, and it is considered the middle and upper reaches of Fucheng, and its reputation has risen recently because of exclusive embroidery.

This is a good thing, Cao Xu also arranged for his two sons to take over the business over there, in case anything goes wrong, he never thought that the market would just open the imitation and come out.

This kind of thing can't be prevented, those people don't learn the same thing, but they have a full trick, which has an impact on the guests on their side.

After all, the ladies of rich families don't want to get the same color as those inferior products.

But it is impossible to prevent the pattern from being copied.

"Master Cao, my mother also said about the tricks, and there is no other way to do this except to keep drawing new tricks. In the future, if the Fucheng side finds that any pattern has been copied, they will report to us, and we can change the appearance or abandon the pattern. After all, there are a hundred flowers in the world, so you can't shrink back on this. ”

Cao Xu nodded, before he was afraid that the embroidery girl behind him would learn a limited amount of things, and soon Jiang Cai was exhausted, but now it seems that it is not, it is he who underestimates people.

In this way, this matter will be done according to Ah Jin's words. In addition, I have seen the shawl you sent yesterday, I don't know if your mother has thought about developing in the direction of ready-to-wear and Jinping, and now the small things in our hands have limited profit margins after all. ”

It seems that this person is in line with his own thoughts, Ah Xiu smiled: "There are ideas, but my mother has something to ask." ”

"Ah Jin, but said that there is no defense."

Ah Xiu nodded, "My mother said, I don't know what Master Cao's plans for future development are?" If our embroidery workshop produces dresses and ornaments, where will it be sold? ”

"Large-scale items and ready-to-wear garments are naturally sold to other cities, led by rich places such as the capital and Jiangnan."

Even if it is a prefecture city, it is only a small county town in the southwest, how can it afford those things.

"What Master Cao said is that such a plan is naturally correct."

Ah Xiu continued: "But Master Cao, you also have to understand that our current stitching method comes from Jiangnan, and there is also a large number of embroidery products like ours, and the scale is larger and the things are more complete. Their business occupies half of the frontier territory, and it has long been entrenched, and we can still occupy a position advantage in these remote places, and we will only be vulnerable when we go out of the capital city. ”

"Moreover, the background of those big families is not simple, only those with status can compete with them, and those who have no mountains to rely on are like ants under their feet."

Ah Xiu made a loud voice, and the meaning of the words hit the point.

Cao Xu was stunned, after living for decades, he felt that he was being taught by a little girl at this time.

Yes, she is right, his Cao family still has some connections available in Fucheng, but there is nothing to rely on when he goes outside.

He once thought that the business was outward, and the network was also built little by little, but he ignored one point, the thing used the Zhuo family needle method, and it was obvious that it had infringed on the interests of some people, and whether it was a real conflict, whether it was big or small, those people would not hesitate to destroy it.