Chapter 17 Scoring twice
"What happened?"
Pu Qiongzhi walked in and saw everyone gathered together, sighing.
Seeing her coming, everyone stood up and greeted her.
However, they all looked listless and there was an air of depression in the air.
"Is this cloth not going to be woven anymore?" Pu Qiongzhi asked.
Everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to say a word.
"Where is Manager Meng? Where is the manager?" she continued to ask.
One of the women stood up.
"Young Master, the Chaoxia Cloth Shop has produced a batch of material with a pattern similar to ours. The steward and Shopkeeper Meng have both gone to take a look."
"What does similar mean?" Pu Qiongzhi asked in a rhetorical way.
Normally, Zhai Lou should not make such a low-level mistake.
"Young Master, we must find out who leaked the atlas as soon as possible, and we must punish the traitor!" The woman spoke loudly, her face full of righteousness.
Pu Qiongzhi paused and looked at everyone.
"Everyone here is a veteran of the Pu family. We have witnessed your hard work over the years. Others may not dare to say anything, but I have absolute faith in you all."
"Besides, according to the Pu family's rules, you shouldn't do such a thing."
Pu Qiongzhi stipulated that if anyone from outside had private contact with the company, they should be informed internally and the reward would be doubled after verification.
Moreover, the Pu family has its own set of preferential treatments for these people. Even if they encounter problems, they will not trust outsiders and betray the Pu family.
Disturbing people's hearts was probably a plan of the other side. They wanted to cause internal strife in the Pu family so that they could take advantage of the situation and rob them.
The more this happens, the more we must not lose our composure.
Hearing that the young master believed them, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
But at the moment, they didn't know what to do and could only wait for the young master to give the order.
"We should do what we should do. These problems have their own solutions. There is no need to worry." Pu Qiongzhi gave everyone a reassurance.
"I told you that the young master must have a way!"
"That's right. The young master is no ordinary person!"
“Work, work!”
Seeing that everyone had recovered their spirits, Pu Qiongzhi encouraged them again, "Everyone work hard. After you're done with this busy period, I'll treat you all to a drink and have some fun!"
"As long as this batch of goods sells at a good price, there will be dividends at the end of the year!"
With the young master's guarantee, everyone worked harder.
Pu Qiongzhi's face turned gloomy only after leaving the cloth shop.
She didn't even know the specific situation, so how could she have any response? She was just trying to appease people.
It's just that she has acquired a lot of skills. She can remain calm even when faced with a huge challenge. In addition, she has always had great supernatural powers, so everyone believes in her.
Pu Qiongzhi took a deep breath and forced herself to peel off the cocoon and see more clearly before taking any action.
The recent business has not been going well, and I always feel that someone is targeting the Pu family.
As the saying goes, a big tree attracts the wind.
The Pu family is currently in the limelight, so naturally they cannot guard against anyone shooting arrows at them.
Other things are fine, but Pu Qiongzhi began to worry whether Zhai Lou could return safely this time.
She asked Yan'er to buy fabric from Chaoxia Cloth Shop.
Today, these fabrics have already appeared in clothing stores of all sizes in Lin'an.
Pu Qiongzhi put the two pieces of cloth together for comparison.
At first glance, it really looks very similar to their new products!
It’s just that the fabrics used by the Pu family are better and the embroidery patterns are more detailed, but the price is also 20% more expensive than theirs.
If this cloth worth hundreds of thousands of taels were to remain in the cloth shop, it would be very detrimental to their current situation and would be a real blow.
Pu Qiongzhi simply thought of several ways to deal with the situation, thinking about how to minimize the losses or turn losses into profits.
But she was somewhat unwilling.
Pu Rongda also heard about this and came to look for her when he heard that she had returned home.
He knew her temper, but that was how the business was; it was impossible to make money forever.
There are bound to be setbacks in life, what matters is how you deal with them.
"I'm sure you already know what happened. This incident definitely wasn't caused by someone within our firm. I'm confident of that."
"Since we have met, we might as well fight back." Pu Rongda is not a man who has not experienced storms.
Pu Qiongzhi waved her hand, "No."
"The entire Lin'an City is watching us now. If we make a mistake, someone with ulterior motives might find us guilty."
"How did it become like this?" Pu Rongda sighed.
Pu Qiongzhi frowned, "For now, we can only cut off our tail to survive, reduce losses, and make sure to minimize the impact of this matter."
"Since you have made up your mind, I won't interfere any more." Pu Rongda saw that his daughter was becoming more and more like the head of the family, and her actions were more cautious and prudent than before.
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Back to your own little yard.
Pu Qiongzhi was still in a bad mood.
She couldn't help but slash with her sword to vent her anger.
Nangong Hua had never seen her like this before, and for a moment he didn't even dare to breathe.
After she calmed down a little, he approached her casually.
"What trouble has happened to you, Madam?"
As soon as he said this, Pu Qiongzhi recalled that Pei Wanqing had taken away her shipping business, and she became furious.
She narrowed her eyes and looked at Nangong Hua with some suspicion.
"..." Nangong Hua was frightened by her stare, "What's wrong?"
"Our cloth shop's business has been taken away. Someone used our pattern. We went to the south to sample it and asked a master craftsman to draw it." Pu Qiongzhi pressed on. "Husband, who do you think it could be?"
Nangong Hua retreated repeatedly, swallowed his saliva, and calmed down.
It must be Pei Wanqing’s doing again!
Thinking of this, Nangong Hua's expression darkened as he concentrated his mind. "Since that's the case, I'll set off back to the capital and avenge my wife."
"Okay. I'll wait. It depends on you, my lord." Pu Qiongzhi said smoothly.
However, she herself will not sit idly by.
This matter came to an end for the time being, and Pu Qiongzhi took out the Lin'an blueprint again and began to study it.
"Madam, it's time to eat." Yan'er reminded.
"No matter how big the matter is, there is no need to rush. Madam's health is more important." Nangong Hua came over.
Pu Qiongzhi waved her hand and said, "I have no appetite. I'll have some soup."
"Is this the map of Lin'an City?" He took a glance and roughly guessed it.
"Yes. The prefect specifically mentioned it, but I haven't noticed any problems in the west yet."
Nangong Hua calmed down and thought for a moment before saying, "If there were any moves here, they wouldn't be concealed so thoroughly."
"Looking at Gao Zhicheng's reaction..."
Pu Qiongzhi's eyes lit up and she looked at him, "Salt?"
"Or it could be a mine." Nangong Hua lowered his eyes.
In fact, it is both.
As expected, the Ninth Prince was lucky.
As soon as he came to Jiangnan, he encountered such a good thing. He must have made a lot of money from it in his previous life.
But now, since they have seen the opportunity, they must seize it.
"Alas." Pu Qiongzhi was worried again, "But the money I have is really not enough..."
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