After seeing off Secretary Zheng and Han Shunde, Han asked Li Lanzhen.
"Lanzhen, is there something you need in the city?"
Li Lanzhen told him about Han Mingjiang's plan to bring back 113 wounded soldiers.
Han Shunde smiled and said without even frowning.
"Oh, that's great! Peach Blossom Spring is short-handed!"
Are you here in town to buy some things?
Make a list and have them both run errands for whatever is needed.
The water buffalo grinned and said, "Auntie, you're here! What do you want to buy? I'll help you."
Li Lanzhen patted his shoulder, "No need, I'll go buy it myself, you guys go ahead with your business."
"I'll have the car take my things directly to Moon Bay Pier after I finish shopping, so I won't be coming over."
Li Lanzhen leisurely went to the porcelain shop.
When she first came to Youzhou City, she ordered the small porcelain bottles containing pills and powders from here.
"Auntie, you've arrived. Is there anything you need?" The waiter recognized Li Lanzhen; he knew her well, as she had bought many bowls, plates, and small porcelain bottles from their shop.
"Let me take a look at the rough porcelain bowl."
In Peach Blossom Spring, each person has two wooden bowls and two wooden plates.
The adults also had a rough porcelain bowl. This time, there were more than 100 people coming, and Li Lanzhen was thinking of getting some more rough porcelain bowls and plates.
The woodworking shop also has more than 1,000 wooden bowls and trays, which is enough.
"Waiter, I need 300 coarse porcelain bowls and 300 plates this big."
1000 small ceramic bottles that I ordered last time.
The waiter was delighted to hear this and kept saying it.
"Alright, alright, ma'am, please sit here for a while, I'll go get your goods."
After inspecting the quality of the bowls and plates and calculating the price, Li Lanzhen handed over the silver and said this to him.
"Waiter, leave these in your shop for now. I'll go check out the fabric shop across the street."
"Okay, okay, ma'am, don't worry, I promise I'll take good care of it for you. You go ahead and do your work, I'll come back and take it away later."
Li Lanzhen wanted to go to the cloth shop to buy some coarse cloth and cotton cloth.
She kept the fabric in the space for Zhang Yuniang to make sofa cushions, pillows, throw pillows, and dolls.
There were still so many blue work clothes fabrics in the space, and Li Lanzhen planned to design them into overalls, overall skirts, and backpacks for children.
It's sure to sell very well.
The female shopkeeper of the cloth shop saw Li Lanzhen walking towards her shop from afar.
He stood at the door with a beaming smile and greeted her.
"Auntie, you've arrived! Please come in, please come in. What do you need this time? Clothes or fabric?"
Li Lanzhen smiled and said, "I want to buy fabric, and I want to buy a lot, so you have to give me a discount."
"Sure, sure. What kind of fabric do you need?"
Li Lanzhen walked directly to the table where coarse cloth was laid out.
At first glance, it's still those few colors: blue, gray, black, and a brownish-gray.
Li Lanzhen thought that after taking these fabrics back, each of the 113 people would need to be given two sets of clothes to change into.
As for the people she bought at the vermicelli factory and in Lishu Village, they currently have enough clothes to wear all year round.
Li Lanzhen stopped providing free cloth or clothing to the other people in Peach Blossom Spring.
Because people have already earned work points and received silver, whoever needs something can come to Youzhou City to buy it themselves.
The female shopkeeper watched as Li Lanzhen wandered among the fabrics, touching them and thinking, but never said how much she wanted.
He smiled and said, "Auntie, do you mind if there are any flaws in the fabric?"
Don't worry, there are no holes, it's just uneven dyeing.
Li Lanzhen was pleasantly surprised to hear about this good news.
"Okay, how many do you have? Let me see."
"Alright, ma'am, please come with me to the back. There's too much fabric, so we'll put it in the storeroom."
Li Lanzhen followed her through the back door of the shop and into the backyard.
The warehouse was quite large. The female manager led her to a pile of cloth covered with waterproof and moisture-proof tarpaulins.
The female shopkeeper smiled and patted the black oilcloth covering the outside of the shop.
"Auntie, look, there are 120 pieces of flawed cloth here."
Li Lanzhen glanced at it and saw that there were dark blue, light blue, black, a small amount of maroon, and gray.
These fabrics, just as the shopkeeper said, were indeed unevenly dyed.
In some places, the dyed areas were quite large. Li Lanzhen grabbed the cloth and tugged hard, but the cloth was still quite sturdy.
Anyway, these aren't taken back to be made into clothes; they're just for wearing while working. Uneven dyeing won't affect their wearability.
Li Lanzhen knew that the prices of grain, cloth, and salt had now stabilized.
Fine cotton cloth cost about 160 wen per bolt, while ordinary cotton cloth cost 120 wen per bolt.
Coarse cloth should cost around 95 to 110 coins.
Having thought about all this, she asked the question.
"Shopkeeper, how do you plan to sell these flawed fabrics?"
If the price is right, I'll take them all.
The female shopkeeper was overjoyed. If all of these fabrics could be sold, it would solve a major problem for her.
Flawed cloth was sold in shops outside, but even wealthy families wouldn't buy it for their servants.
Even if poor families didn't mind, they still couldn't afford such a large quantity.
"Auntie, if you could buy all these bags, how about 95 coins per bolt of cloth?"
Li Lanzhen shook her head and said, "No, look at these fabrics of yours, the dyeing is not very even."
Larger imperfections, like white flowers printed on them, are considered very unlucky!
The female shopkeeper almost choked on her saliva. What white flower? What unlucky thing? This old lady was just spouting nonsense to lower the price.
She coughed twice, but still smiled as she spoke.
"How about this, ma'am, you name a price, and if it's reasonable, we can discuss it further."
“I’ll take all these flawed pieces of cloth, even if they cost 80 cash a bolt.”
The proprietress did some mental calculations. Even if it cost 80 coins, she wouldn't make much profit, but at least she could clear out all the stock.
The new sample fabric from Jiangnan will arrive soon, and she's worried about where to put it.
"Alright, ma'am, we're old acquaintances. You bought so much, so 80 coins it is."
Li Lanzhen was secretly delighted, but she didn't show it on her face.
They counted the numbers and paid half the money.
"Shopkeeper, leave it here for now. I'll go get the carriage, and then you can have the waiter load it up for me. I'll pay you the rest of the money then."
“Okay, ma’am, I’ll wait here.”
As Li Lanzhen was about to leave, she glanced at the piles of cloth haphazardly stacked in the corner of the warehouse.
Feeling puzzled, she finally asked a question.
"Shopkeeper, what happened to that pile of cloth? It was also dyed to the wrong standard, why is it piled up like this?"
The proprietress frowned and sighed, "Oh, don't even mention it!"
Look at my warehouse, it somehow leaked and I didn't even know it, and as a result, all these fabrics got wet.
By the time I found out, the fabric had already developed mold.
I quickly found someone to completely renovate the roof of the warehouse.
These moldy fabrics won't sell.
"Oh, let me see, is it still usable?"
The proprietress's eyes lit up, and she chuckled as she quickly went over and brought over a bolt of cloth.
"Of course it can be used, ma'am! Look, this cloth is very sturdy!"
As she spoke, she grabbed both ends of the cloth and tugged at them a few times.
Li Lanzhen's eyes flashed. "If you want to get this much cloth, you can't use so much force."
Li Lanzhen was afraid that she would tear the cloth into two pieces.
Fortunately, the fabric is indeed sturdy.
She examined them carefully and found that there weren't many mold spots on the fabric. She figured she could treat them when she got back and they should be fine.
"Madam, how much fabric do you have?"
“These are 82 bolts of cloth in total, ma’am. If you need them, they’re 60 coins each. I’ll give them all to you.”
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