Su You heard Yang Zifeng say that the Spirit Dao Gate came to the instrument workshop the next day, and he did not negotiate the design of the knife he wanted to build, but only booked five hundred Genghu knives, which made Lord Sun feel strange. Lord Sun didn't ask, but just told Xi Zuping that after handing over the remaining two thousand Genghu knives in the City Lord's Mansion, he would rush to make the royal family's order, and the five hundred knives in the Spirit Dao Gate would be next month.

Xi Zuping didn't seem to be in a hurry, only said that he would go to the imperial capital on the same day, if Wan Jian could send the five hundred Genghu knives he ordered to the imperial capital along with the goods from the palace, then he happened to receive the goods in the imperial capital, Sun Chongyuan said that he would arrange it and strive to send it to the imperial capital at the end of the month.

Su You also felt strange after hearing this, obviously on the night of the banquet, Xi Zuping said that he would refine a batch of treasure knives according to their requirements. Could it be that it was because of the defeat in the battle that the Spirit Sword Sect was dissatisfied, so he gave up handing over the knife to Wan Jian to build?

Due to the tight delivery time, Su You also brought a group of weapon builders to join the workshop to help build weapons. It was only this time that I came into contact with the standard equipment of the Imperial Palace. The standard weapon is a weapon specially used by the army, that is, a unified standard of bows, crossbows, guns and spears, and the armor is mainly heavy armor, including the armor of war horses. These standard weapons can only be purchased by the royal family and the Ministry of War, and handed over to qualified weapons workshops to be responsible for manufacturing.

Not just any vessel shop is qualified to receive orders from the imperial court, and it needs to obtain officially recognized qualifications, which are limited in number and valid for only one year. Therefore, in addition to competing for orders from the imperial court, the major powerful ware dealers also have to fight for the annual qualification certificate. The strength of the vessel workshop is not qualified to participate at all, the qualification certificate is indispensable to spend money, and having a qualification does not mean that you can do the order of the imperial court, and you still have to compete with other also qualified ware dealers. If you don't win an order from the imperial court, the money will be spent in vain. Of course, the imperial court will not hand over all orders to a single instrument dealer, usually divided into several parts, so that the major ware merchants will be evenly wetted.

This year, the Sun family's Wanjian family has received a share of forty percent, far exceeding that of previous years. Wanjian gets more, others get less, these shares can not be won at a low price, which involves the wrestling between the upper echelons. This time it is the result of the forces behind the second prince and the third prince working at the same time, which shows that the second prince and the third prince are all wooing the Sun family. The Sun clan did not rejoice in this, but trembled. The purchase share is not so easy to take, it has to pay a price, and if the Sun family does not express its position, it may be half of it next year.

This is also why the owner of the Sun Mansion is worried while increasing production. When Su You designed the novel coiling dragon knife and the phoenix sword, the owner of the Sun Mansion seemed to see the breakthrough of the crisis in front of him. It wasn't until Su You created the mold manufacturing process that he really let go of his worries. Opportunities are indeed coming one after another, the weaving workshop has made a flower building machine, and Wan Jian has another business, how can he not be overjoyed. Therefore, he can't wait to launch new swords, promote mold manufacturing, and seize the opportunity.

On the day of the erection, Steward Sun personally came to invite Su You, no longer to let the attendants inform. The fat on Steward Sun's fat face was even more amiable because of his smile. Compared with the first meeting, he has gained a lot of weight, and compared with his younger brother in Baiyun Town, the image gap between the two is too big. Su You is familiar with his younger brother Deacon Sun, and he has not dealt with his elder brother Steward Sun a few times.

Steward Sun first exchanged a few words with Su You and praised: "Since the two of you came to the Golden City, the changes here can be said to be changing with each passing day. It's good to be young, and with your joining, the whole commercial building is full of vitality. Then he leaned in and whispered: "The landlord has summoned the clansmen and the steward of the commercial building, and there is something to discuss, it is about the arrangement to go to the main building of Zijin City, and I will take Director Su to the council hall." ”

Su You knew that Steward Sun was deliberately courting him and told him the content of the meeting in advance. He was busy thanking Steward Sun for his care. The two of them talked casually again and walked towards the council hall. There were already several people sitting in the council hall, Ji Changfeng, Yang Zifeng, Chang Xiangyang, Zhao Guang, Xiao Qiang, and Ji Shifang, the head of Ji, and Ji Zhaorong also attended.

Su You said hello to them before sitting down next to Xiao Qiang. After a while, Deputy Butler Zhao led Bai Shan in. When Bai Shan greeted everyone, Ji Zhaorong also deliberately gave him a smile, which made him a little flattered. Bai Shan sat down beside Su You, and several people chatted about the utensils shop without a word. Several people in the room were people who knew about molds, and Ji Changfeng took the opportunity to ask Su You some questions about the structure of molds. Yang Zifeng joined the exchange from time to time, and the three had a common topic, and the conversation gradually deepened.

Bai Shan couldn't interject and listened dryly. Ji Zhaorong looked at him and said, "Assistant Bai, the few costume pictures you asked Director Su to draw on your behalf are really beautiful." As a man, how did you come up with these styles? ”

Bai Shan suddenly felt a headache, and the ghost knew how Brother Su thought of it. Seeing that Su You didn't hear Ji Zhaorong's words, he continued to talk to Ji Yang and the others. He had no choice but to smile and say, "I have been influenced by weaving since I was a child, so I may be used to it." When you see the fabric and clothes, you can't help but pay attention, maybe you have seen too much, and you have formed a fixed thinking in your mind. As long as I see a new costume interest, I will ponder it and study it, and I can't stop. I think it's a problem, alas. ”

Su You listened funny, Bai Shan did not answer directly, but talked about his interest in clothing, which was a good answer.

Sure enough, Ji Zhaorong nodded, "No wonder Assistant Bai has such a deep understanding of looms and clothing." It can be seen that interest and concentration can have incredible effects. I plan to delve into the fabric and clothing industry, and I may often come to communicate with Assistant Bai, please give me advice! ”

Bai Shan suddenly felt a huge pressure, and Ji Shifang also glanced at his daughter strangely. When Bai Shan had a headache, someone entered the council hall and relieved him. It was Sun Chongyuan's family who came in, followed by a few people, Su You knew the female weaver surnamed Guo, and the other two Su You had seen, and they were also children of the Sun family. Responsible for the operation of commercial buildings and the management of shops.

Sun Xiuyun and Ji Zhaorong are like sisters, and the two sit together.

Including Steward Sun and Deputy Butler Zhao, more than a dozen people sat down. Lord Sun opened his mouth and said: "This time I gathered all of you, mainly because there are a few things to discuss, including the distribution of the work at hand, so I will call you all to discuss." He glanced at Ji Shifang, "First of all, we still have an unfinished order from the Ministry of War in our commercial building, and the three instrument workshops are rushing to work day and night, and we will send a batch to the imperial capital in the next few days, and the last batch will be delivered in a month." ”

Ji Shifang immediately stood up and said that he would guarantee that the project would be completed on time.

Sun Chongyuan continued: "In addition, we have a new type of knife, so we have received an order from the City Lord's Mansion, and this batch of goods has basically been completed. However, we need to speed up the refining of new swords to cope with the orders that will come in the future. This is the sole responsibility of Ji Changfeng and Yang Zifeng. We will arrange for people to go to the imperial capital with this delivery and go to the main building to be responsible for the development of these new equipment. At that time, Director Su will accompany him, and the workshop will be temporarily led by the Deputy Director. ”

Although it was revealed in advance by Steward Sun, Su You still showed his surprise appropriately, and stood up with Ji Yangchang and the three of them to receive the order.

Sun Chongyuan glanced at Bai Shan and said, "Xiuyun and Assistant Bai also went to the imperial capital together, responsible for establishing a cloth workshop in the main building and manufacturing Hualou looms. The cloth workshop on this side of the sub-building will be in charge of Zhaorong and Guo Zaoshi. Sun Chongyuan looked at Sun Tianze again and said, "This time I will personally escort the goods to the imperial capital, I still have something to discuss with my eldest brother, Tianze, you stay in the Golden City." ”

Sun Tianze had already known about such an arrangement and nodded. Sun Chongyuan explained some other matters one after another, asked what difficulties there were in the projects that everyone was responsible for, and made sure that they were all right, Sun Chongyuan asked the others to go back first. He left Su You, Bai Shan, Sun Xiuyun, Ji Shifang, Ji Zhaorong, and Sun Tianze.

Sun Chongyuan said to Su You and Bai Shan: "This time, the two of you went to the Imperial Capital General Building for the construction of mold machine tools and looms, and after completion, you can decide to come back to the Golden City." It is expected to be shipped in three days, do you have anything to ask? ”

Su You Baishan glanced at each other, and Su You said, "Landlord! There is no problem with the work, but we don't know much about the emperor, can you tell us about it, so that we can be prepared. ”

Young Master Sun smiled and said, "The imperial capital is so big, what do you want your father to say?" ”

Sun Chongyuan took great care of the two of them, and said with a smile: "You have never been to the imperial capital, it is understandable to be worried, so I will tell you about the general situation of the current imperial capital......

The two of them knew that Emperor Yao Chengrui of Xinhao was now ninety years old, and according to convention, it was time to abdicate. After the original crown prince Yao Ruilin was deposed, the new crown prince has been undecided, and the emperor has been hesitant. At present, the most promising are the second prince Ruiguo, the fourth prince Ruimin and the third prince Ruitai, while the fifth prince Ruian does not seem to have the heart to compete for the throne. Of course, Lord Sun Lou would not tell them which prince Wan Jian supported, but the two of them also guessed. When Bai Shan heard Yao Ruilin's name again, his heart was a little trance-like.

The Sun family is also a big family with a history of hundreds of years, and the business of ten thousand blades is not only all over Xinhao, but also has many commercial buildings abroad. In today's era of peace, commerce is vigorously developed between countries, and the business atmosphere is strong, so businessmen are in charge. Businessmen are good at business, not only in business, but also in people, and some large and powerful businessmen can even influence the direction of national policies. After all, these big businessmen have paid a lot of taxes for the country, and it is possible to ask the state for some policies, and then dredge up and down some relationships, and thousands of interests are intertwined, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the means of businessmen are all over the world.

The owner of Sun Lou mentioned that the four seas commercial building, which not only operates the equipment and cloth industry, but also involves other industries, and takes a completely different business model from Wandao. In addition to commercial buildings with a large industry span like Sihai, he also casually listed some business leaders in various industries, such as Wanjian in the Qixing Mine, Ma Clan in the horse breeding industry, Ten Thousand Beasts Gate in the butcher shop, Jin Clan in the restaurant catering, Lu family's cloth and clothing, Ji family's grain, oil and food, Chen family salt industry, Yi nationality medicine store, Qin nationality books, Nanguo family's shipbuilding, Wen family's wine shop and tea house, Confucian nationality Qinglou casino ....... These big merchants have strong backers behind them, and they all have their own allegiances, and behind them are all royal relatives and nobles, and even princes.

Su You thought about it, in his world, there were many famous businessmen in history, and his influence also infiltrated the country's political elite. There are Lu Buwei in the distance, and there are Shen Wansan, Hu Xueyan and so on in the near dynasties, and ......so on, and the list goes on. However, most of the businessmen who participated in politics ended miserably. It's not that businessmen can't see the risks, but people are rolling in business and can't help themselves. Either the wind and the water will rise, or the catastrophe will never recover, and the heart has already been prepared.

The relationship between Xinhao and Yunze is even more complicated, from the court to the people. Because the two countries were one country thousands of years ago. By the way, Sun Chongyuan also listed some of Yunze's big businessmen in the pharmaceutical, planting, fishery, shipbuilding, and aquaculture industries.

When Su You heard that Yun Zeguo cared about Bai Shan's mother, he asked about the situation of the royal Ou clan. Sun Chongyuan patiently replied, the current emperor Ou Taihua is also nearly ninety years old, he has seven sons, nine daughters, and the crown prince is the eldest son Ou Junyu .......

Sun Xiuyun, Ji Zhaorong, listening to Su You's rambling on a lot of questions, some of them were idiots, and they thought it was funny, Ji Zhaorong rolled his eyes even more. She couldn't follow Miss to the imperial capital this time, and she was in a bad mood. If she wants to learn more about clothing, the white mountain she admires will also go to the imperial capital. In a bad mood, she began to be impatient, Su You happened to ask about the nine princesses of Yun Zeguo, and Ji Zhaorong said: "Director Su, what are you asking about the princess of Yun Zeguo, is it yearning for the life of being a concubine?" However, Yunze's youngest princess is also in her thirties. ”

When Bai Shan heard the little princess, he couldn't help but ask, "Landlord!" I heard that the little princess Yunze was originally married to my prince Xinhao, but now the prince has been deposed and the princess is imprisoned in the palace, what happened here? ”

Sun Chongyuan pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "I don't know the specific reason, but I heard that the prince and the princess are very affectionate, after the prince was given death, the princess kept filial piety for the prince for three years, and refused to go back to Yunze, but I didn't hear that he was imprisoned in the palace." Whether there are any hidden secrets in this, I don't know. For hundreds of years, there have been many marriages between the royal families of the two countries, and it is well known that both sides have a major historical mission. ”

And when Su You had any more problems, Ji Zhaorong continued to gag and ridicule him for being lonely and unheard. When Bai Shan has questions, she not only does not choke, but also helps answer them from time to time. Su You wondered, did he offend her somewhere?

Mrs. Sun on the side looked at Ji Zhaorong suspiciously, and then looked at Su You Baishan, could it be that Rong'er didn't look down on Su You but liked this Baishan? However, Rong'er is seventeen years old, nearly half a year older than Baishan, who is about to be seventeen.

Manager Ji, who knew about Mrs. Ji's arrangement, also looked at his daughter, and it was really difficult to make a sound. Sun Xiuyun was also a little strange, but she couldn't tell what she felt in her heart, she seemed to be a little lost, and she didn't have any dissatisfaction with Zhaorong, and the two had a deep sisterhood.

After three months, Baishan has grown taller again, and his body has become stronger, no longer the thin and weak appearance he had when he was in Baiyun Town, his image has improved, and he feels more mature.

Sun Chongyuan and Sun Tianze glanced at each other silently, and the atmosphere was a little strange. Ji Zhaorong didn't feel it at all, and still answered Bai Shan's questions from time to time.

Mrs. Sun couldn't help coughing, and Ji Zhaorong stopped. Mrs. Sun got up to leave, but Sun Xiuyun and Ji Zhaorong hurriedly got up and left with her.

The remaining men fell silent. Sun Chongyuan also coughed, and after a few more words, he left with Sun Tianze. Mr. Ji left without saying a word.

Su You and Bai Shan were left, and the two felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, and they didn't know why. Bai Shan couldn't help but ask: "Is it that we have asked too much, the landlord will not be angry and will not let us go to the imperial capital, right?" ”

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