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Chapter 94
Du Ruyan waited for his eldest brother to finish his courtesy before walking over with a smile, and jokingly said: "Brother, where is my gift? Why are you only giving me a touch and not me? You are partial!"
"Do you want anything? Give you ten taels of silver and buy it yourself." Du Rusong took out a silver ingot from his arms and threw it to his sister at will.
Du Ruyan caught it hurriedly, and complained: "Brother, look at our embroidery shop, are you empty? Look at the next door, the shelves are full of silk and satin! I want to find a cloth dealer. Cloth, they got Meng Zhong’s order, but they refused to sell us expensive fabrics. The fabrics on our shelves were light dowry. After the sale, her dowry was gone. How could she marry in the future? Think of a way and find some sources for us. Otherwise, our business will not be possible."
Fortunately, Lin Dan now only handles the ready-to-wear business. The ladies and young ladies who come to the door usually bring the fabrics by themselves and let them embroider. Although this is convenient, it is not as profitable as selling cloth in one's own store and making clothes in one's own store. Meng's Embroidery Village is a one-stop service, big money and small money can be earned, all in one go.
Du Rusong twisted his eyebrows and nodded, "Okay, I'll figure out a solution." At the end, he added carefully: "I will never let Miss Lin fail to marry."
Lin Dan carefully put away the folding fan and waved his hand: "This matter is not urgent. Finding the source of goods can solve our temporary troubles, but it is controlled by others. If we can learn to weave ourselves, or hire some female workers who are good at weaving, then It can guarantee the long-term supply of fabrics and greatly reduce the cost of transportation and secondary sales."
Du Rusong suddenly chuckled and said confidently: "Miss Lin, wait, I will help you find some female workers who are good at weaving." He found that Lin Dan always likes to solve problems from the root. The younger sister only wanted him to find the source of goods, but Lin Dan was already thinking about how to master the weaving skills. She is always very independent, rather than relying on others, she is more willing to enrich herself.
"Thank you, Mr. Du." Lin Dan replied, "I'll help you make some winter clothes for you another day. By the way, if your leather armor is broken, send it over and I'll repair it for you."
"Okay, I have to change defenses later and take a step ahead. If you have problems, go to the navy camp to the south to find me. I am already a hundred households." For some reason, Du Rusong wanted Lin Dan to know his own. achievement.
"Is there already a hundred households? Young Master Du is so amazing!" Lin Dan praised sincerely.
Du Rusong, who was exhausted, instantly became energetic. He couldn't help but cocked the corners of his mouth, and for fear that he was smiling too stupidly, he could only cough gently with his fist against his lips, and then walk away gracefully.
Seeing the extraordinary figure of his eldest brother, Du Ruyan slowly covered his stomach, laughing so much that he could not straighten up. think there were not hundreds or dozens of women entangled with elder brother back then, but he looked down on none of them. His words were cold and poisonous. don't know how many women's hearts were hurt. But right now, he clearly wanted to please Lin Dan, but he didn't know where to start. His awkward appearance made Du Ruyan miss. This is about bittern tofu, one thing is one thing, right?
"What are you laughing at?" Lin Dan looked at her inexplicably.
"Nothing, nothing, the guests are here, I will entertain the guests." Du Ruyan casually found an excuse and slipped away.
At the same time, Meng Si was standing by the window and staring at Danyan Embroidery Village, his expression a little worried.
Meng Zhong sneered: "After setting off the five strings of firecrackers, none of the guests came to the door. It is strangely deserted. I have instructed all the cloth merchants in Lin'an Prefecture not to do business with the Lin family. There is no fabric to sell, I see what they do Open the embroidery village."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Mrs. Xu from the Admiral’s Mansion and a few concubines, walking into the Danyan Embroidery with a group of girls happily. After a while, the two servants of the Xu family came out one after another A lot of fabrics were taken out of the carriage, such as soft smoke, green cicada wings, cloud silk, etc., all of which are rare and expensive varieties that are difficult to buy on the market.
The sneer on Meng Zhong's face instantly solidified. Without waiting for him to regain his senses, the wives and daughters of Lord Chief Minister Zhou and Mr. Fang, the inspector, came one after another. The light-smoke embroidery shop that was originally in the door is now full of carriages, and one is more expensive than one. .
Only then did pedestrians notice the store, and they showed expressions of wonder or admiration when they pointed. How big a background does it have to attract so many nobles? This shop is not simple!
The owners of several cloth shops nearby were also standing at the door watching. They all got the orders from Mengshi Embroidery Shop and were afraid to sell the fabrics to Danyan Embroidery Shop. But what is the situation now? Except for the governor's family, all the nobles in Lin'an Prefecture seem to have come to celebrate this new store, so why did they fight Lin Dan? If it indirectly offends a noble person, Mengshi Embroidery can protect itself, can they? With less money, but still having to bear such a big risk, Meng Zhong treats them as fools!
As the first emperor merchant in Zhejiang Province, Lin Dafu adhered to the principle of "everyone who has money earns, and if there is difficulty, everyone can top it up together", but unlike now, all have to listen to Meng Zhong. The Meng family is too domineering! Thinking of this, several cloth shop owners gave Mengshi Embroidery a stern look, and then went in. In the future, Lin Dan will come to buy goods again, they will only sell it, who is not happy about the Meng family!
Meng Zhong gritted his teeth secretly, and said in a deep voice: "Treasurer Qian, you hang up the horse drawing that Sisi embroidered a few days ago, and hang it at the door for everyone to take a look."
"Good boss." The treasurer Qian immediately withdrew.
Meng Si curled his eyebrows and said, "Brother, didn't you say that the horse picture is going to be given to Master Li? Why is it hanging up now?"
"Hang out so that everyone can see clearly. When it comes to embroidering skills, Lin Dan is not enough to compare with you. Knowing how to embroider a few butterflies is called exquisite embroidery? It's ridiculous!"
Meng Si's clenched brows slowly loosened, and he stopped talking. In recent days, she has really received some cynicism, and the name of the first embroiderer in Zhejiang Province has also been questioned. She came to her to ask for embroidery. There are a lot less people customizing embroidery clothes. Even Li Jiarong has not been here for a long time. Up. heard that Li Jiarong sent her maid to Lin's Embroidery Village to customize her clothes.
But she couldn't take Lin Dan with her anger. Because Lin Dan held the orders from the Admiral’s Mansion, the Chief Executive Mansion, the Procurator’s Mansion, the Educational Government and other local wealthy families, if she forced her in, it would be tantamount to having trouble with the female relatives of these people. It will also cause a lot of trouble for Master Li.
Even Li Jiarong had to endure Lin Dan, let alone Meng Si?
"Brother, what should I do if someone bids to buy my horse drawing?" She thought for a moment.
"When this picture is posted, someone will inevitably bid. Whoever bids the highest price, I will sell it to him. Let's hold an auction at the gate to kill Lin Dan's spirit. You can sell an embroidery painting. Thousands of taels of silver, can she do it? I want to compare with you, she doesn't take a piss and take her own look." Meng Zhong smiled scornfully.
Meng Si covered his ears and said grotesquely: "Brother, it's okay for you to pay attention to your words, and be careful to stain my ears."
Meng Zhong laughed, rubbed his sister's head, and then strode out to the door of the shop. The treasurer Qian had hung a huge embroidered painting of ten feet long on the face of the door, carefully using fine silk cloth. Wipe the border.
Passers-by immediately stopped and waited and watched, and were surprised. Someone who knows how to do it admired: "My dear, this is the handed down work of the Liang Dynasty painting immortal Jingchuan. It is called "Horse Picture". It was engraved on the cliff of Mount Tai by him. I don't know how many people risked their death to explore Seals are not available at all. Because the horses are too magnificent and huge, there is no paper of this size that can be printed on it. There is only one or only two of them, and occasionally someone will sell the second half of it. The price is high. Of course, there are many painters who copy the whole picture with the naked eye and memory, but it has nothing to do with its shape. But when you look at this work, it can be said that it has both form and spirit, and it is very popular. It is almost exactly the same. The original painting of Jing Huaxian is restored! What's even better is that it was drawn with needlework, not pen and ink. If properly preserved, it will not fade even after hundreds of years. It is a treasure worth collecting more than a scroll! "
"People say that Ms. Meng's embroidery is both exquisite in embroidery, and the freehand brushwork of ink can be called a treasure of art. It really deserves its reputation at first sight!
"It's amazing to be so accomplished at a young age!"
Literati and inexperiencers gathered one after another, commenting impassionedly, or admiring sincerely, really lingering, fascinated. Customers in the Yanyan Embroidery also all ran out to join in the fun. Even if they didn't understand the goodness of this embroidery, they still had a feeling of resignation for Meng Si's embroidery skills. Others say yes, it is naturally excellent!
"Boss Meng, can you sell this embroidery? I'll pay five hundred taels of silver!" Dang even someone asked the price.
"Five hundred taels? You are sending a beggar! I will give a thousand taels!"
"I'll give one thousand five hundred taels!"
"Two thousand taels!"
"Three thousand taels!"
"Don't quarrel, I'll pay five thousand taels!" A wealthy businessman from the capital squeezed the crowd away, in an urgent tone.
Meng Zhong smiled and shook the tea cup in his hand, as if sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai. Seeing that the price was raised to eight thousand miles, and no one followed up for a long time, he slowly stood up and said: "Shemei's work was not originally intended to be sold. Since this customer likes it so much, I will persuade her Sister, let her give up her love."
"Thank you Boss Meng, I didn't bring enough cash in my hand, so I will let the young man go back and get it. Please wait a moment." When the words fell, the wealthy businessman in the capital waved his hand, and several strong men like iron towers were carrying them. The knife squeezed out of the crowd. The little bastard who originally wanted to make these money-note ideas immediately put out his heart for death.
Seeing that all of his business had been tangled up by Meng Zhong, Du Ruyan jumped into the air.
Lin Dan stared at the "Study Horse Picture" for a while, then slowly said: "I also embroidered a new work. When they are over, we will also hang out the embroidery, so that we can join in the fun."