Chapter 70 I Have Only One Condition

"Miss, this is Fengchun Tower. The waiters downstairs kept their mouths shut. They only know that the girl who followed that young man was surnamed Xiao. They don't know anything else." Baocui knelt down trembling.

"Go down." The woman waved her hand impatiently and glanced out the window. The noisy streets were full of hawkers. She saw Qi Yunsheng, a handsome man with a gentle demeanor like jade, at a glance.

The woman standing next to him only showed her profile, but her every move and gesture exuded an indescribable charm.

"Lancang County, when did such a beautiful woman come?" the woman murmured, frowning as if wondering, which Xiao family is this?

"Cousin, is there anywhere you want to go?" Xiao Jiuyue asked after Lianxin and Jinwen had prepared the food boxes to take back.

"Maybe we've been traveling for days. How about we go back today?"

Qi Yunsheng's words made Xiao Jiuyue very satisfied. After getting on the carriage, Xiao Jiuyue came back to her senses. Qi Yunsheng probably understood that her business was done and she wanted to go back, so he said this?

"Thank you." Xiao Jiuyue thanked sincerely.

"I should thank my cousin for taking me to eat such delicious food." Qi Yunsheng pursed his lips and smiled.

Xiao Jiuyue sent the escort out and was in a good mood. On the way back, he chatted with Qi Yunsheng and only then did he know that the Qi family was in the grain business.

Xiao Jiuyue finally understood. Could it be that the food her aunt brought this time was enough for the Xiao family to have enough new rice to eat?

"Cousin, you should have quite a few farms. How is your grain production?" Xiao Jiuyue asked.

Qi Yunsheng devoted himself to studying. Now that he was a scholar, he was determined to pass the imperial examinations. He didn't know much about his family's business. He hesitated and said, "The Qi family has a farm, and most of the goods are sold in various places in Yizhou and Zhangzhou."

As for food production?

Qi Yunsheng was completely in the dark and had no idea.

"My aunt has high hopes for my cousin. I wish him success next year." Xiao Jiuyue wished.

On the way back to the Xiao family's old house, before getting off the carriage, I saw Aunt Lan seeing my brother off.

"Mother Lan, mother is in good health. If the journey wasn't so far, I would come to see you. If you need anything, please remember to write to my eldest brother."

Shang Ting looked at his sister and said, "Mother said that we used to benefit from the Xiao family, but now that the Xiao family is in trouble, we can't just run away and follow the family wherever they want. Even though you are just a concubine, don't do anything to discredit the Shang family. Raise Jiachen well."

"Brother, I know." Aunt Lan wiped her tears, thinking about the cloth and banknotes sent by her brother, which represented that her family had not abandoned her.

Aunt Lan looked at Shang Ting with worry in her eyes, and asked again and again to confirm: "Brother, is everything really okay at home?" They were only two years apart in age and grew up together. Shang Lan learned business from Shang Ting.

When she was young, Shang Lan had some talent in business. She said, "Brother, although I haven't done business in these years, I have managed the dowry shop my family gave me quite well. Brother, if there is anything in the cloth shop at home... maybe I can help out?"

Shang Lan is not stupid. Although her eldest brother said that his mother was sick and delayed coming to Hongdu, the more this happened, the more her mother wanted her eldest brother to come earlier, unless her eldest brother was delayed!

However, the only thing that could hold the eldest brother back was the business. Her nephews were useless, and the eldest brother was old, so everything depended on him.

"Aunt Lan, it's inappropriate to let Uncle Jiachen stand at the door. Why don't we go inside and talk in detail?"

Xiao Jiuyue got off the carriage and met Shang Ting. Shang Ting was not as handsome as Shang Lan. He had experienced many ups and downs in the business world and gave people a feeling of having been through many years. Although he was not old, his temples had become much whiter. He looked more like Shang Lan's father than Shang Lan's brother.

"Miss." Aunt Lan introduced.

Xiao Jiuyue nodded slightly and invited Shang Ting back in. Shang Lan whispered, "Brother, the eldest lady is the most business-savvy person I have ever met."

He made a thousand taels of silver just by talking big and cooking a few dishes!

As for the canned oranges, Shang Lan was responsible for keeping accounts. She had already calculated the inflow and outflow with an abacus. After the canned orange business was done, Xiao Jiuyue only had to move his mouth and the several hundred taels of silver were in his hands.

Shang Ting's eyes flickered slightly. After some pleasantries, Shang Ting said with emotion, "Business is not easy to do in this world these days, and fabrics are not easy to sell either."

At this time, Shang Ting didn't know that because of his thought, the business of the merchant had completely changed.

"A vast land, a vast land, a vast world of dust." A new emperor, new ministers.

Xiao Jiuyue took a sip of strong tea to dispel her midday sleepiness. She said, "I've seen the fabrics from the merchant. They're very good. The only pity is that the color isn't good enough."

When something happened to the Xiao family, the merchants who had support from the Xiao family, and the former buyers, would definitely buy from other people.

"Oh?" Shang Ting raised his eyebrows slightly. "Miss, you may not know that our dyes are among the best in Yizhou. The colors we dye are even and bright."

"Being the best or second-best doesn't mean being number one. If a merchant's fabrics are irreplaceable and cannot be bought anywhere else, then no one can steal their business."

Xiao Jiuyue took a sip of strong tea, her mind becoming clearer. Her fingers tapped lightly on the table and asked, "What color is the most difficult to dye?"

"Purple." Shang Ting said without hesitation: "Our merchant's dyeing workshop can dye three kinds of purple."

"Not enough." Xiao Jiuyue shook her head. "The common lilac purple, autumn fragrant purple, and crimson purple are so deep and light. People always like something new."

"Soft red and light purple, Double Ninth Festival dogwood purple, smoky evening mountain purple, green lotus on the pond, nightshade purple, and so on. If merchants can dye seven or eight kinds of purple, I'm afraid everyone will rush to buy the merchant's cloth, right?" Xiao Jiuyue spread her hands. When she was writing her thesis before, she specialized in studying plant dyes.

She spent a whole month just looking up information about these plant dyes, and now, they finally came in handy!

"Miss, you, you can really dye so much purple?" Shang Ting stood up excitedly. His eyes were shining as he looked at Xiao Jiuyue. Listening to the name she called out, Shang Ting felt that Shang Jia was saved!

"certainly."

Xiao Jiuyue nodded. She explained in detail what plants were needed for each type of purple, how to extract the dye, and even the dyeing method. Shang Ting bowed and said, "Miss, the merchant is willing to give up 30% of the profit."

"I don't want the merchant's profits. I only have one condition." Xiao Jiuyue stretched out a finger.