Fu Lang told me not to mess up

Chapter 73: Selecting an Imperial Merchant

When the affairs in the county were finished, the county magistrate personally brought someone to deliver a plaque to Lu Jing.

The townspeople who heard the news gathered around the gate of Lu's house, hoping to take a look at it when the county magistrate went out, so that he could brag to his relatives when he returned.

The three members of Lu Jing's family were enjoying the cool and playing in the Huxin Pavilion, and the county magistrate had already been welcomed to the main hall when they received the message from the servants.

Lu Jing and Brother Yun hurried over, and when they were about to bow down, they were stopped by the county magistrate. Weak and small, a family that does good deeds will be rewarded."

He waved his hand, and the yamen behind him brought up a tray with fifty taels of silver on it, which is not much for Lu Jing's net worth, but this is also the county magistrate's hard work As a result, the county allocated a lot of money to resettle the victims, but now the treasury is empty, and there is not much that can be used.

The plaque carried by the other two people was also placed on the table, and it was written with the four characters "House of Charity".

Lu Jing and Brother Yun quickly thanked the county magistrate, but the county magistrate was very accommodating, and encouraged the two of them before leading them away.

After the county magistrate left Lu's house, the residents around the gate of Lu's mansion began to ask the people of Lu's mansion what happened.

Everyone in the Lu residence knew what they could say and what they couldn't say, so they repeated the conversation between the county magistrate and Brother Lu Jingyun for everyone to hear.

Only then did everyone know that not only Brother Yun had contributed to the flood, but Lu Jing also went to the county to help. This should be a big help, otherwise the county magistrate would not have personally come to Lu's house to reward him.

Everyone praised, Lu Jing and Brother Yun not only have a deep friendship, but also have righteousness in their hearts. Those who have ulterior motives and want to play tricks on Yun Huazhai and Yu Liang Xiaopu don't dare to do anything now .

And the second young master of the Zhou family, who was stupid enough to let the nursing home rob Lu Jing before, was severely scolded by Zhou Yuanwai after this incident spread. He rushed to offend.

Zhou Yuanwai thought about it, and asked someone to prepare a congratulatory gift and send it to Lu's residence.

Lu Jing understood Zhou Yuanwai's meaning at a glance. He heard that the young master is being disciplined to death on Tuesday, and he even has to walk around the street of Yuliang's shop, so he has a good impression of Zhou Yuanwai, so he asked People accept the congratulatory gift, and remember to return a gift during the New Year's Day.

The county magistrate personally rewarded them, and the weight is very important in the entire Tingyun County. The Lu family received a lot of congratulations in a short time, and even the shopkeeper Wang came to ask them if they wanted to hold a banquet.

Lu Jing and Brother Yun didn't want to take advantage of this incident to show off. The two of them kept a lower profile than the other, and everyone understood what they meant. They didn't bother them much, but there was more respect behind their backs.

Lu Mansion.

After Lu Jing came back from the county, he started tossing about grain seeds in the backyard.

He went to the disaster-stricken front line and saw the miserable situation of the bottom peasants with his own eyes. They rely on the sky to eat, and they can barely fill their stomachs in normal years. If natural disasters destroy the food in the field, many people will even starve to death.

He grew up in the 21st century with abundant supplies, and even an orphan has never been hungry, so this is the first time he has faced the cruelty of this era, and he has the idea of ​​doing something.

He also believes that if this era gets better, he and Brother Yun can also live better.

The days of the previous life seemed like a lifetime away to Lu Jing, telling Brother Yun was of no use other than to make him panic.

Brother Yun also asked about Lu Jing's past before. Lu Jing told him that he came from a far, far away place. Things will be very different from here.

The only thing he didn't tell Brother Yun was his ability, which had no substantial impact or improvement on their lives, and he rarely even used this ability.

This ability is too miraculous, telling Brother Yun will make him fearful instead.

It's just that Brother Yun and him get along day and night, so it's impossible for him not to be aware of his secrets. When he experimented with fruit trees, Brother Yun didn't ask much before and gave him enough respect.

Now he is starting to improve the grain again. If it can be done, it may have an earth-shaking impact on the entire dynasty. He can no longer hide it from Brother Yun.

Lu Jing mentioned this matter when the two of them went to bed at night.

Brother Yun was very calm after hearing Lu Jing say that he had the ability to improve plants, and he was not stupid. Before that, Lu Jing was serving the fruit trees in the backyard, and it didn't take long before he provided the village chief with improved fruit seedlings. Among them He is very clear about the process, so he naturally knows that something is wrong.

Since Lu Jing came back from the county, he started tossing food in the backyard again. He also knew about it, but Lu Jing didn't say anything, so he didn't ask.

He believed in Lu Jing, it is not necessary for two people to know all the secrets of each other when they are together, the trust between the two of them does not need to be maintained by this.

There are too many things that Lu Jing knows. In the past, Brother Yun has been surprised by him again and again, so that after Lu Jing said that he has such abilities, Brother Yun is not so shocked, but mostly curious. .

After Lu Jing finished speaking, he felt a little uneasy. He was afraid that Brother Yun would be angry. Anyway, there were only the two of them, so he shamelessly buried his head in Brother Yun's arms, and made a pitiful voice: "I was wrong, Yun." Brother, I told you so late, hit me up."

Brother Yun: ... I really didn't want to be angry.

He pinched Lu Jing's ears, and Lu Jing moved around. Brother Yun was tickled by him, and couldn't help laughing out loud, "I'm not angry, and my life experience didn't treat you from the beginning. Frankly, we're even."

Even though Lu Jing already knew that Brother Yun was soft-hearted, he would still be moved by his unreasonable trust and partiality, he looked up at Brother Yun's smiling eyes, and gently Leaned forward to kiss him.

There were intermittent voices in the room again.

"Jing, do all of you have this ability?"

"No, some of you do."

"Will that damage your body?"

"Of course not."

"Then this ability will be passed on to Zhenzhen Is it?"

"...No."

"Then..."

The follow-up words were blocked by something, Brother Yun was dizzy, and could no longer remember the question he wanted to ask.

After Su Jianfeng vomited blood and passed out that day, the servant tried his best to get him back to Zheyun County from the road.

He was beaten all over and was soaked in the rain for a long time, coupled with his extreme anger, he had a fever that night.

His purse was robbed, and the servant didn't have any money, so he had no choice but to pawn the jade pendant on Su Jianfeng's body, and exchanged it for money to treat his illness.

At the beginning, Su Jianfeng cursed those untouchables all day long, and then he only cursed Su Jianyun. He looked like this, so naturally he couldn't investigate the situation anymore. After his condition improved a little, he asked a servant to hire a carriage to take him home.

He arrived in Wuzhou after bumping on the road for more than a month. Most of the time he was recuperating in the carriage. He was so thin that Bai Shi could hardly recognize him when he saw him. "Kiss", Bai threw herself on him as if waking up from a dream, and wept loudly.

"My Jianfeng, why did you become like this? Aren't you stabbing mother's heart with a knife?"

After crying, she turned her head to stare at the boy, and said sharply, "Speak! How did the young master become like this? How did you take care of him?"

The servant knelt down and cried, "Ma'am, I am useless. The young master was beaten when he obeyed the master's order to invite someone. The young master gave me a beating, and the young one can't stop me at all!"

This was what Su Jianfeng thought on the way back, if he came back without finishing his work, not only would he be disgusted by his father for his ineffectiveness, his father would even send another Others will try to win over Su Jianyun.

These days, he repeatedly thought about the man he saw in Zhexi Town before, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was Su Jianyun.

He has been jealous of Su Jianyun since he was a child, Su Jianyun is the young master of the Su family, and has a family like the Yun family, so he is naturally doted on, but he is also Su Yuquan's son, but he is ridiculed like a shady mouse, those people Laughing at his mother as an outsider, laughing at him having no father, but he can't do anything, he can only watch his father doting on others.

His mother always told him to endure. They endured for more than ten years and finally turned over, and endured for more than a year and finally waited for the opportunity to design and kill Su Jianyun, but now they actually told him that Su Jianyun was not dead, and his father still wanted to bring him back. How could my mother be willing?

He blamed himself for being beaten on Su Jianyun's head, and led out that Su Jianyun beat him because he didn't want to come back. He didn't believe that his father would believe it, or that his father could still send someone to find Su Jianyun after this happened.

After hearing this, Mrs. Bai began to curse Su Jianyun like crazy, and then took Su Yuquan's arm and cried sadly: "Master, you also saw that he not only didn't want to come back, but also beat Jianfeng like this, sir. You must seek justice for us!"

Su Yuquan frowned distraughtly, he remembered that this son had the most kind personality, and thought that he would be able to come back after coaxing, but he didn't expect him to be ungrateful at all.

These days, he also asked people around, and he became more and more sure that both Yunhuazhai and Yanyunbuhao should be inextricably related to Su Jianyun.

Yanyun Buhao was gaining momentum, and seeing that he was coming for the imperial merchants, he was not sure that he could win against Yanyun Buhao, so he thought that if Su Jianyun was coaxed back, maybe this problem would be solved easily.

Furthermore, if both Yunhuazhai and Yanyun Buhao can be used by him, then there will be no opponent who can compete with him.

But now this idea is all shattered, he looked at the haggard eldest son and the tearful Bai Shi, and felt more and more that Su Jianyun's son was just like him, just like his short-lived mother, not a good thing.

He left the main hall after leaving a sentence to heal his wounds. The selection of this year's imperial merchants is about to start. He has a lot of things to do every day, so he can't devote much time to caring for his son.

Right now, the way to win Su Jianyun won't work, he has to think of other ways.

Brother Yun and Lu Jing received Yunfei's letter, he has successfully won the nomination of the imperial merchants, and plans to leave for the capital.

They are also well prepared. This time the imperial merchants may not be able to win the election. Even if their Yanyunbu is better, there will still be many uncertain factors in the final selection.

Even if they are not selected this time, there will be a next time, and next time, they can continue to improve and open more and bigger shops, and when everyone in the world praises their smoke cloud, they will not be selected. .

Zhenzhen is still too young to withstand a long journey, so Lu Jing and brother Yun don't plan to go to the capital together this time.

However, Nan Qi and Zhou Yan have already set off from Wuzhou to the capital, and they will open the largest Yun Hua Zhai in the capital, making Yanyunbu a hit in the capital.

They have prepared ready-made clothes in advance for the shop in the capital, including this season's summer clothes and next season's autumn clothes, as well as baby products that sell very well in various state capitals.

Calculating the time, the shop should have almost opened when Yunfei arrived in the capital.

Yan Zhi also left Zhexi Town half a month ago. Before leaving, he told Lu Jing and brother Yun to remember to look for him if they went to the capital, and gave Lu Jing a token and address.

His identity was tacitly understood by several people, but they didn't reveal it. Lu Jing put away his things and held a lively practice banquet for him with Brother Yun Zhenzhen.

The life of the two has returned to calm. Lu Jing has already rushed out the next season's ready-to-wear album and sent it to various places. Now he spends most of his time in the backyard every day.

Brother Yun, while playing with Zhenzhen, will receive the progress of the ice-making business sent by Yan Zhi, and if he has a newly developed ice drink, he will also write back and ask people to bring the formula back.

Two months later, Lu Jing finally bred a new grain. According to Lu Jing's experimental results, the yield of the new grain is two to three times that of the ordinary grain. If the method of fertilizing the field is added, the yield will be even greater .

He prepared grain seeds that could grow two acres of land, and then wrote a letter to Yan Zhi.

He only said that he had found grain seeds, which were higher than the current yield, and let Yan Zhi try to plant them himself.

He carefully prepared the control group for Yan Zhi, and asked him to prepare a piece of land, one piece of common grain, one piece of common grain plus fertilizer, one piece of improved grain, one piece of improved grain plus fertilizer, and then Keep other conditions the same, and find someone to observe and compare, and finally compare the output.

However, he did not specifically say how much higher the output would be in the letter. First, he was afraid that his experimental samples would be biased and said that it would be too high to make people happy. Second, he also wanted to surprise Yan Zhi.

If it weren't for the limited conditions, he would really like to see Yan Zhi's expression when he finally learned the yield after the grain harvest.

And when Lu Jing was trying his best to improve the grain, the good show in the capital was also being staged.

At the end of June, Nan Qi and Zhou Yan took a lot of luggage and entered the capital by water.

The capital is prosperous, and they took a fancy to a small three-story building, and the monthly rent was fifty taels.

Fortunately, the two of them brought enough money, and after weighing it, they decided on the small building.

Both of them already have rich experience in designing shops, and they generally design based on the original style of Yunhuazhai combined with the shop itself. The two discussed it, and quickly decided on the blueprint to find someone to repair it.

The customers of the shops in the capital are high-ranking dignitaries and wealthy officials, and even the fitting rooms are very exquisite and spacious, not to mention the VIP rooms specially set up for distinguished guests.

The arrangement of clothes and cloths is also more relaxed, and even the dolls have customized special boxes to store them in. Not only that, Lu Jing also taught them how to make dried flowers and asked them to put some dried flowers in the dolls' boxes.

After packing, Nan Qi and Zhou Yan took a look, and immediately felt that their prices seemed not so expensive. Nan Qi made inferences and thought that when packing cloth and clothes, you can also try to put a small bundle of dried flowers.

He also understood what Lu Jing meant. To sell things to high-ranking officials and dignitaries, he had to put a lot of effort into the packaging to make others feel that the things were worth buying. Therefore, he also figured out several kinds of packaging himself, and went to a craftsman to type them out and give them to them. Zhou Yan looked at it, and got Zhou Yan's affirmation, so he went to mass-customize some and came back, intending to see the feedback of customers.

They paid enough money, and the repairs were naturally fast. Half a month later, they went to inspect and found that the craftsmen in the capital were really extraordinary. Although the price was expensive, the work was done well. Both of them were very satisfied and settled happily tail gold.

The people in the embroidery room were also recruited, and the most core people were brought by Nan Qi from Wuzhou.

These few people have signed contracts with the Lu family, and most of them sold themselves to be bought by Lu Jing, and were brought by Nan Qi's side to train them for more than half a year. They are all trustworthy and useful people.

Zhou Yan was in charge of hiring the clerk. He taught for several days before the opening, not only to be smart and sweet, but also to learn to distinguish the painter or embroiderer who was hired by the competitor to plagiarize the album.

When everything was ready, Yunhuazhai opened quickly.

People in Beijing love freshness the most. Yunhuazhai's store design allows customers to see the clothes in the store without entering the door on the street. The novel and beautiful ready-made clothes are excellent publicity in themselves.

More and more customers were attracted by the ready-made clothes hanging in the store outside the door. Later, in order to maintain the experience of the customers entering the store, Yunhuazhai had to arrange a waiter at the door to stop them.

When there are too many people in the shop, stop the customer who still wants to go in, ask him to wait a while, and let the customer in after someone comes out.

Many people have a herd mentality. When they see the popularity of the new shop, they want to come and see it. When they see the exquisite ready-to-wear in the shop outside the door, they can't move. They would rather queue up and go in.

After closing time, Zhou Yan checked the goods. Nearly half of the ready-to-wear clothes they had prepared for a month had been sold out, and all the dolls with high prices were also sold out, and many custom-made orders had been received.

The street where they opened their shop was already prosperous, and most of the products sold were high-consumption goods such as jewelry or calligraphy and paintings, so the customers who came in were all wealthy.

Even after looking at the ready-to-wear clothes, I feel that the price is expensive and I don't plan to buy them. New gadgets like dolls are still affordable. In addition, dolls are very suitable whether they are given away or kept for themselves, so they sell the most. Not surprising.

On this day, many adults found their sons and daughters holding a cute doll when they came home from duty. What's more, some wives and concubines had already changed into newly bought clothes, just to win the joy of their masters.

In just one day, Yunhuazhai managed to gain a lot of popularity in the flourishing capital city.

When Yunfei arrived in the capital, he heard someone talking about Yunhuazhai while still at the pier.

Yunfei raised his eyebrows. He didn't deal with Nan Qi and Zhou Yan many times. He only knew that these two were friends of Brother Yun and Lu Jing, and they were also partners who could get dividends from Yunhuazhai, but he still didn't expect this. With such strong abilities, the two of them were able to run Yun Hua Zhai in the capital in just over a month.

He asked his servants to look for a place to live, while he took Yuanbao and went directly to Yunhuazhai.

He thought he would see a prosperous scene, but what he saw was Yunhuazhai's concealed shop door and the closing sign hanging on the door.

Knowing that something might have happened, he pushed the door open without hesitation.

Nan Qi stood closer to the door, subconsciously said: "Sorry, the shop is temporarily closed and no reception..."

Only then did he see that it was Yunfei, put away the angry expression on his face, and smiled at Yunfei: "Boss Yun, you are finally here."

Zhou Yan also came over to say hello, and after a brief exchange of greetings, Yunfei Fei then asked: "What happened?"

Both Zhou Yan and Nan Qi knew the relationship between Yun Fei and Brother Yun, and they also knew that they were doing the same thing, so they didn't hide it from him.

"There were ruffians and rascals who came to make trouble and wanted to destroy the goods, but they were stopped by the staff, and they insulted them with obscene language, and even kicked them out of the shop. The imperial guards ran faster than mice and were not caught. We are afraid that they will disturb the nobles again, so we will close temporarily and think of a way."

Yunfei frowned . He was being targeted by someone, but he didn't know if it was a colleague from the capital or something else.

Nan Qi said: "We sent a guy to watch at the door, and when we saw them, we hurried to find the imperial army, so they can't do anything." The

leader of the imperial army was also polite to them just now, and told them to meet again next time It would be good to go to them directly for this kind of thing, Nan Qi thought that the imperial guards in the capital were so kind and friendly to the people, so she thanked them earnestly and kept it in her heart.

Zhou Yan nodded. For the time being, this is the only way. They don't know who their opponent is, and they can't do anything else.

They were still waiting in full force, but they didn't know that a few hooligans had already been scared out of their wits. They didn't expect that a newly opened shop would be guarded by the imperial guards. If they knew in advance, how would they dare to take on this job?

They hang out in the capital, so they naturally have circles, and now their circles all know that Yunhuazhai is guarded by the imperial guards, and they cannot be messed with.

So when the previous people took the money, they wanted to find someone to make trouble, but found that not only no one among them was willing to take the job, but also ridiculed him.

In Yunhua Zhai, the guys went to work separately, cleaning up the shop that was messed up before, so that it can reopen later.

Nan Qi and Zhou Yan took Yunfei to the backyard, Zhou Yan said to Yunfei: "Su Yuquan has been here for half a month, and it is said that he is running around and making friends." Yunfei nodded, which was

expected Yes, he doesn't have these connections, and Su Yuquan must have already made a connection if he could spend money on it, so why should others give up Su Yuquan and choose him?

In any case, it is the Ministry of Internal Affairs that finally evaluates the Imperial Merchant. The Ministry of Internal Affairs selects more than ten officials for the Imperial Merchant each time, and finally makes a decision based on the opinions of everyone. He does not believe that Su Yuquan can bribe all these people.

In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the selection. After Yunfei dressed neatly, he went to the corresponding address according to the post he received. When he went there, he found that many people had already arrived. He glanced twice and found Su Yuquan , he talked to others with a smile on his face, and he didn't seem nervous at all.

After a while, officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came. They wanted to select on the spot, and the results could be drawn on the spot.

Each cloth merchant must prepare its most representative and best fabrics, and the officials in charge of managing the imperial merchants will investigate the size, background, popularity, etc. of each cloth merchant and compile them into a book.

During the selection, the officials will first read the brochures to understand the cloth merchants and fabrics, and then carefully examine the judging fabrics. After the evaluation, each official participating in the selection will vote for his name to the one he thinks is the best, and finally sum up the number of votes , announced the final winner of the Royal Merchant.

The cloth merchants watched the whole process from the sidelines. After the officials judged one by one, the name tags of Yunfei and the Su family far exceeded those of the other cloth merchants present. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the imperial merchants were in these two between.

Seeing that the last person voted for the Su family, Yunfei closed his eyes, knowing that this time he might return in vain.

On the other hand, Su Yuquan, with a smug face, gritted his teeth, and let this bastard be proud for another two years... The

chief official quickly finished counting the name tags, and when he was about to announce this year's Imperial Business, a notification came into the hall.

"His Royal Highness is here—"