The golden autumn is cool and the sweet osmanthus flowers are flying in the air. In the blink of an eye, it is August.
Yan Zhuo's provincial examination was approaching, and Yan Cheng rarely disturbed him. He only asked the kitchen to pay attention to Yan Zhuo's diet every day to prevent him from hurting his body from studying too hard.
While Yan Zhuo was busy studying, Yan Cheng was not idle either. He read and practiced martial arts every day, did some accounting and developed new business, and occasionally went out to play with one or two friends.
His daily life was so wonderful that he was completely unaware that in the magnificent imperial city, someone was hoping he would grow up soon and a large number of guests were gathering there.
As time went by, new textile machines were brought to Wuding by the imperial court.
The appearance of the textile machine with five times the efficiency made people all over the world extremely excited, and they praised Emperor Jingxi as a wise and people-loving emperor.
Just when the new textile machines were in full swing, the news of them could be heard everywhere in Wuding. However, the new head of Linglong Pavilion had his heart pounding and exclaimed that something was wrong.
I kept hearing about how great the new textile machines were, and I was so anxious that I asked someone to get me a new textile machine. I found that it was very similar to the one I was using at home.
However, the textile machines they kept in secret were more user-friendly than the new ones developed by the imperial court.
The new person in charge knew about the deal between Linglong Pavilion and Mingzhu Pavilion. When he saw the new textile machines circulating everywhere, he knew that he had been tricked.
After all, he was the person in charge who was carefully selected. Even after realizing that he was being played around by others, he was still able to remain calm. On the one hand, he asked someone to pass the news to the higher-ups, and on the other hand, he went to Mingzhu Pavilion in person.
Although the person in charge arrived later, he knew the content of the transaction between the two parties and asked the owner of Mingzhu Pavilion whether he had cheated Linglong Pavilion.
There were still many guests in Mingzhu Pavilion at that time. Someone recognized the person in charge as the owner of Linglong Pavilion. Thinking of the competitive relationship between Linglong Pavilion and Mingzhu Pavilion, they guessed that Linglong Pavilion was coming to cause trouble for Mingzhu Pavilion.
The shopkeeper of Mingzhu Pavilion is a man who looks like Maitreya Buddha, chubby and very funny. He smiles and tells customers that it is no big deal and they don't have to worry.
No matter how the person in charge questioned him, the shopkeeper was clueless and just said that he didn't know there was any transaction between his family and Linglong Pavilion. Hadn't the two families always been competitors?
When the person in charge saw the shopkeeper's pretentious attitude, he knew that Mingzhu Pavilion would never admit his mistake, so he snorted coldly and ran back to ask for help.
A few days later, a group of people surrounded the man who had negotiated with Huo Yitai on behalf of Mingzhu Pavilion, and "kindly" invited him to a private room on the second floor of a teahouse.
After receiving the news from his own people, Yan Cheng sneered: "I really underestimated the power of the Huo family. They were able to find Zhang Xiong in such a short time."
This shows that Linglong Pavilion has an informant in Wuding Prefecture that cannot be underestimated.
You should know that Zhang Xiong is Yan Cheng's confidant. He is mainly responsible for inspecting Yan Cheng's industries, monitoring lazy and slacking behaviors, and occasionally accepting tasks assigned by Yan Cheng.
After the last negotiation, Zhang Xiong never appeared in Mingzhu Pavilion again. I didn’t expect that after so long, the people in Linglong Pavilion still remembered Zhang Xiong and were able to block him on his way.
Could a small Mingzhu Pavilion have such connections and spies?
Obviously not. There must be other Huo family businesses in Wuding Prefecture, and there are quite a few of them, but they are just unknown.
Don’t these industries together form a powerful force?
Should we say that the Huo family is worthy of being the richest family in Daxia?
Thinking of the Huo family's wealth and power, Yan Cheng was a little confused about what the person on the throne was thinking.
It's not about feudal monarchy. Emperors often don't like things to be out of their control. How could they tolerate the Huo family being the richest family in Daxia, collecting funds day after day?
Could it be that the Huo family pays protection fees to the emperor every year?
It is possible, otherwise how could the Huo family, such a wealthy yet powerless family, exist without any disasters for so many years.
Since that incident, no one from Linglong Pavilion has appeared again, as if they have forgotten the past dispute.
And this is all thanks to Zhang Xiong.
This man deserves to be called a man with a silver tongue. Not only did he escape unscathed after being kidnapped, he was also able to persuade the other party to calm down and not cause trouble for him anymore.
Since then, the price of ordinary cloth in Linglong Pavilion has been reduced again, even lower than that in Mingzhu Pavilion. Now, people who originally thought that the prices of cloth from the two stores were similar and it didn't matter which one they went to are more willing to go to Linglong Pavilion.
The people said that Linglong Pavilion set the price of cloth so low that it was obvious that they were losing money, but their complaints did not stop them from quickly taking the cloth home.
Yan Cheng did some calculations and felt that even if the price was so low, Linglong Pavilion would still make a profit and there would be no problem of loss.
In the final analysis, Linglong Pavilion did not break up with Mingzhu Pavilion because of the advent of textile machines that were five times more efficient. Linglong Pavilion was still able to make a profit thanks to the textile machines that were ten times more efficient.
As things developed to this point, thinking about the 12,000 taels of silver that the Huo family had conceded, and then thinking about how Linglong Pavilion was not making as much money as before.
Yan Cheng finally let out a sigh of relief and completely put the matter of Linglong Pavilion behind him.
But Mingzhu Pavilion is still open. After all, it is a profitable shop. It can just use the money to make money. It would be a pity to close it.
As soon as this matter was over, another one came up.
"Are you saying that Brother Jing and Brother Feng are no longer in Yulin Prefecture?"
Yan Cheng was overwhelmed when he heard this from the secret guards who were sent to Yulin Mansion to visit his two good friends.
How could two living people disappear out of nowhere?
Could it be that he traveled through time? Or was he wearing that kind of clothes?
Just like he was before.
By the way, how did he travel through time?
Oh, I remember now.
At that time, he had just taken off his clothes and was about to take a bath in his luxurious bathroom. A golden light flashed before his eyes, and he closed his eyes and opened them again, and he turned into a little baby.
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