Chapter 236: Arm Wrestling
“Yes, we noted it.”
The Hong sisters agreed excitedly, and after chatting for a while, they walked back happily, thinking on the way what to pack and when to go to the school to tell their brother the good news.
I was even thinking about how to tell my grandmother about this. After all, she is old and may be reluctant to move because she is homesick. But if I tell her about my brother's studies, she will probably be very happy...
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After Hong Qiuyue and Hong Qiuyan left, the servant closed the door again. Su Yujin then asked Feng Yuanhao, "Shopkeeper Feng just said that someone came to the workshop to cause trouble recently. Shopkeeper Feng, do you have any clues? Do you know who is behind the trouble?"
"My eldest brother and I have been trying to find out who is behind this incident. Although we don't have any definite evidence, we have a rough idea of who it is."
Feng Yuanhao said, "The Fan family in the capital was originally the largest cloth business in the area of 500 miles. It can be said that they were the only one in the business, and they controlled the cloth business in dozens of nearby prefectures and counties."
"Although everyone knows that most of the cloth on the market comes from Songjiang Prefecture, and everyone who sells and wears it is Songjiang cloth, this Songjiang cloth has never come directly from Songjiang Prefecture, but all from the Fan family."
"The Fan family spent a large sum of money a few years ago to buy all the cloth that Songjiang Prefecture sold to the north, and then sold it to cloth merchants like us, taking a cut of the profits."
"At first, the Fan family was very disciplined in this business. They came and went, paid for the goods, and there was no dispute. But after a long time, the Fan family's business became a little unruly."
"At first, they no longer cared about the shipping and delivery of goods. We had to go to the dock to pick up the goods ourselves, and we had to pay for hiring boatmen and coolies. It was a small amount of money, so we shouldn't have cared about it. But gradually, the Fan family divided all the cloth shops into different levels."
"If you buy more, you will be given more. If you buy less, you will be told that there is no stock. Even if you have money, you can't buy the goods. The cloth is even classified. The easy-to-sell ones must be paired with some hard-to-sell cloth. Otherwise, the easy-to-sell goods with patterns and patterns will not be given."
"If it is the peak season before the New Year, when the cloth shops are doing good business and everyone is eager to buy more goods, the Fan family will deliberately hold back the goods and then openly collect bribes. They will give the goods to whoever gives more bribes, and those who give less will stand aside. Those who refuse to give out of spite will forget about getting the goods."
"The Fan family has been making trouble for years. We who are in the cloth business are suffering. But there is no other way. We can only endure it for the time being and find another way out."
"Mrs. Zhou brought Miss Su to talk to you about the weaving workshop. My brother and I agreed on the spot without any hesitation. We were also thinking about whether we could find a way out and get rid of the oppression of the Fan family."
"Nowadays, the weaving workshop can gradually supply most of the cloth needed by the cloth shop. The shops in the nearby county town and prefecture town have also received news and come to our weaving workshop to purchase goods. This is a very bad thing for the Fan family."
"Besides, our weaving workshop is now thinking about expanding the scale of production. The more cloth we weave in the future, the greater the impact on the Fan family. Naturally, the Fan family will regard us as a thorn in their side."
"Especially now that the head of the Fan family is the third child, Fan Rongxuan. Although Fan Rongxuan is a bastard, he is smart and capable, and his methods are ruthless. Master Fan values him very much and even intends to cultivate him, letting him do things freely."
"Fan Rongxuan regarded our Feng family as a thorn in his side because my elder brother and I were dissatisfied with the Fan family's various behaviors in the early years. Later, he also threatened us openly and secretly because of the weaving workshop. He deliberately spread some rumors for us to hear. Now I guess he thinks of using a trick because he sees that we are not listening to him."
"Now if you think about it carefully, the people who instigated Jin Kai to cause trouble on the night of the Lantern Festival were probably Fan Rongxuan's men."
Su Yujin nodded after hearing this.
Jin Kai made it clear at the time that the other party was not greedy for anything, but just wanted people to think that the Yongfu silk cotton cloth given as a prize by the Feng family was unlucky, and that the Feng family shop was not a good place, so he wanted people to stay away from it.
Such behavior is clearly intended to make life difficult for the Feng family, and is clearly the behavior of an adversary.
"The Fan family is so powerful, and now they have such evil intentions. We must be careful in the future," said Su Yujin.
"That's right." Feng Yuanhao nodded. "But Miss Su, don't worry too much. After all, the Fan family has been a business family for many years. Although they often make money in a shady way, they still have to maintain some dignity and dignity."
For example, regarding the weaving workshop, Fan Rongxian also made some small moves in private, but he had no intention of annexing or buying it. It was probably because he was maintaining the status of the Fan family and was unwilling to do the business that he had looked down upon before.
If this is the case, then many times things will be much easier to deal with.
Feng Yuanhao was quite confident and spoke with assurance, "As long as our weaving workshop develops slowly like this, attracting various merchants from the surrounding prefectures and counties, and slowly accumulating strength, we will be able to compete with the Fan family in time."
"Even if we can't confront the Fan family head-on, Yongfu Cloth is now well-known in Qinghe County, and our chamber of commerce has also grown in size, so the Fan family won't dare to act rashly."
"It can be said that even if our weaving workshop cannot expand outside, at least we can dominate Qinghe."
The last sentence was said as a joke, but it also reflects the current situation.
Seeing that Feng Yuanhao also understood the situation and knew what to do next, Su Yujin was very relieved and did not say too much. She only reminded Feng Yuanhao to be more careful.
After talking for a while, seeing that it was getting late, Su Yujin got up and said goodbye with Ai Cao.
"It's time for lunch if we go back now." Feng Yuanhao said as he sent Su Yujin and Ai Cao out, "It just so happened that the guys went out to buy food. They said they saw green rice balls on sale on the street, so they bought a lot."
"This green dumpling is a sticky food, and I really can't get used to it. Miss Su and Miss Ai Cao can take some back as snacks."
"Then I won't be polite. Thank you, Manager Feng." Su Yujin did not refuse and let Ai Cao take all the green dumplings.
On the way back, Ai Cao felt hungry and couldn't help but open the oil paper package and taste one first.
Qingtuan is soft and sticky, with different fillings, including sweet fillings of black sesame and peanuts, salty fillings like preserved vegetables and dried tofu, and even ham and salted egg yolk fillings...
It can be said that Qingtuan is like a bun, which can wrap everything!
The mugwort tasted sweet and I kept smacking my lips along the way, "This Qingtuan is really delicious."
Tomorrow is Monday again, the last week before the New Year, a week to work hard on coding! (End of this chapter)
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