"Boss, something bad has happened!"
The shopkeeper of Ciyunxuan hurried into the Pei family.
"What's the rush?"
Pei Li was preparing for the "Silk Appreciation Party" at home. He couldn't help but frowned slightly when he heard the voice of Shopkeeper Zhao.
Then, Shopkeeper Zhao came in with two porcelains, put them on the table, and said in a trembling voice, "Boss, there is a Yunci Pavilion opening at the end of Cicong Alley today. I bought this from their store, along with this flyer. Boss, please take a look. They are going to cut off our business."
Shopkeeper Zhao handed over the flyer.
Pei Li took the flyer and took a look at it. His pupils shrank involuntarily. Then he looked at the two pieces of porcelain brought by Manager Zhao, and his expression became solemn.
This porcelain is better than all the porcelain in their store, and it is sold so cheaply. It must be someone with bad intentions.
"Do you know who the owner of Yunci Pavilion is?"
Pei Li put down the porcelain, and Shopkeeper Zhao said, "When the clerk went to buy it, he saw Miss Liu and the county magistrate's daughter."
Pei Li was stunned. Liu Yiyi? Xue Qianqian?
Is this Yunci Pavilion opened by the Liu family?
When did the Liu family start the ceramic business? There was no news at all. Where did the Liu family get this technology?
Thinking about the Liu family's participation in the "Silk Appreciation Fair" and now opening a ceramic shop, these two businesses are both Pei family's assets. The Liu family is trying to suppress our Pei family.
The porcelain is so exquisite. Could it be that the Liu family can also produce good things in silk? Pei Li became nervous instantly.
Compared with porcelain, the Pei family attaches more importance to silk, which is the main source of their money.
The Pei family's pottery workshop is much smaller than the silk workshop, and the investment is not as much, so the technological research and development naturally cannot catch up with the silk.
The Pei family's silk was famous throughout Yizhou, but their ceramics were only famous in Ruifeng County.
Therefore, the Pei family attached more importance to silk than ceramics, which can be seen from the fact that the Pei family held a "Silk Appreciation Party" but not a "Pottery Appreciation Party".
It doesn’t matter if the ceramic business is suppressed, but if the silk business is suppressed, then his Pei family will be in trouble.
After thinking about it, Pei Li got up and went to the textile workshop to find the dyeing master that Pei Feng had invited from Jiangnan.
"Master Zhang, do you have any more precious colors to dye and weave?"
Zhang Chu, who was over fifty years old, was slightly stunned when he heard this.
"Boss, bright red and true gold are both extremely rare colors. Not to mention Yizhou, even in Jiangnan, there are no more than three dyeing workshops that can produce such colors. Isn't it enough to be the finale of the silk appreciation meeting?"
Pei Li said, "It's enough, but I have a rival at this silk appreciation meeting. He came specially to participate. I'm afraid he brought better silk to embarrass my Pei family. So I think if I can have other precious colors, I will be more confident to deal with him."
Zhang Chu frowned, and after a moment's silence, he lowered his voice and said, "Boss, I can actually dye a strange color called Sky Water Green."
"Blue sky and blue water? What color is this?"
"Master, wait a moment."
Zhang Chu went back to the room and soon took out a palm-sized piece of silk. The silk glowed with a strange green color in the sunlight, like the sky after a clear day after rain, or the water color of a deep pool in the mountains, and it also had a faint pearly luster.
Pei Li's eyes lit up when he saw this color. He had never seen this color before. It was a color between sky blue and light green.
As the angle of light changes, the color gradually changes from bluish-white to light blue, just like flowing water waves.
"Okay, okay, this color has never appeared in the world. Master Zhang, please dye it with Tianshuibi as the finale of this silk appreciation meeting."
Zhang Chu smiled bitterly, "Boss, the raw materials for this Tianshuibi are very expensive. It requires South China Sea pearls, Western Region lapis lazuli, and the Shu land's specialty, Hantan green alum. None of the three can be missing."
Pei Li frowned. These three things were indeed valuable, especially the lapis lazuli. The Northern Hu had cut off the trade between Jing Dynasty and the Western Regions, so lapis lazuli was even more valuable.
"Boss, I think the real gold color is enough for the finale. There is no need to dye it with sky blue. The cost is too high. Dyeing a piece of silk, these raw materials alone will cost a hundred taels of gold."
Pei Li took a deep breath and asked, "If all the raw materials are available, what is your chance of success in dyeing the sky and water green?"
Zhang Chu hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm probably only 50% sure."
After hearing this, Pei Li thought about it and decided to ask his father. The old man is knowledgeable and experienced, so he decided to see what he would say.
"dye!"
Pei Yanshu looked at the porcelain brought by Pei Li, and heard Pei Li say that the Liu family was going to participate in the silk appreciation meeting, so he spoke without hesitation.
The Liu family obviously came prepared this time. If they hadn't opened a ceramic shop, they wouldn't have known that the Liu family could produce such good ceramics. Since the ceramics are so good, the silk would probably not be bad either.
"Liu Jingzhi obviously wants to suppress my Pei family. It's ridiculous that he is a little impatient. If he opened a ceramic shop after the Silk Appreciation Conference, we wouldn't have paid much attention to it. Now that we know about it, we will naturally not let him succeed."
Pei Li said: "Dad, maybe the Liu family is just being mysterious. There is no good silk at all. They deliberately made these good ceramics to make us scare ourselves."
"This will force us to dye and weave silk, which is more expensive."
Pei Yanshu nodded. "That's a possibility, but we'd rather believe it than not. Silk is the foundation of our Pei family, and we can't afford to make any mistakes. Moreover, this Tianshuibi color is indeed rare. Once it's taken out, it will definitely cause a sensation."
"Maybe my Pei family's silk can become a tribute at that time. This is an opportunity. Since Zhang Chu can dye it, let him dye it."
Pei Li's eyes lit up when he heard that he could be a tribute, but he soon said with embarrassment: "The raw materials of Tianshuibi are relatively expensive and difficult to obtain. I am afraid that I will not be able to show it in time for the Silk Appreciation Conference."
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