Red Mansion: Taming the Overlord

Even though Bo Yang had already told Xue Pan that the ice green cloth would never be found.But he hasn't found it yet, and he has to try.Besides, what Xue Pan needed was just a reason to go to Suzhou.

After thinking of this, he couldn't help but be filled with excitement, wishing that his bones would heal tomorrow and set off on the road immediately, as if he couldn't wait for even a moment.

Not to mention that Xue Pan is fidgeting here, and the boyang rhymes with a boatload of cloth back to Suzhou, and he can't help but feel a lot of emotion.When I left at the beginning, I just planned to walk around the neighborhood. How could I have thought that I would experience such a change?In the end, he actually bought the fabric he needed from Xue Pan who thought he would never have any contact with him.

But right now, there really isn't much time for him to sigh.When the ship arrived in Suzhou, the cargo was about to be unloaded, but the small yard where Bo Yang and Xuan'er lived couldn't fit so much cloth, so they had to rent a warehouse at the pier temporarily for storage.

The warehouse needs to be rented for a day, so Bo Yang naturally wanted to dispose of all the cloth as soon as possible, so he started to buy all kinds of things needed for dyeing cloth without touching the ground. ——Because there was only one foot of fabric last time, I used things at home to make do, but now I can't.

In addition, the small yard that Bo Yang rented was not enough for the dyeing workshop.He had to dye this batch of cloth in the shortest possible time, otherwise it would cost an extra day of money to store it for one day.In this case, we have to find another dyeing workshop and hire workers.

But Bo Yang had already planned all these things.

He lived in Suzhou for three months. Although he was recovering from illness, he did not do nothing.After all, since he had already planned to do this business, he naturally had to prepare early, so he made quite a few connections.

In modern times, Bo Yang once thought, what is the most cost-effective and efficient passport in this world, power?money?connections?Now he knows, it's the face.

Bo Yang used to think that he was pretty good looking, but in that era when everyone could be called handsome if he dressed up a little, he wasn't that good looking.So it was only after he got here that he realized how great an advantage it is to have a good-looking face.

He is a single, weak, bookish young man with a half-grown child like Xuan'er and settled down in Suzhou City. Within half a month, he became acquainted with all the neighbors around him.Moreover, the neighbors are very enthusiastic, and they come to him every day to ask him if there is any inconvenience, and they can help.It seems that everyone has decided that "a good-looking person must not be a bad person".

In this neighborhood, there is an Uncle Xu, who was a peddler who traveled all over the world when he was young, but he also earned a lot of furniture.Land in Suzhou City is hard to buy, so even if he made a fortune, he did not move away, but still lived here, taking pleasure in raising his children and grandchildren.

The small yard that Bo Yang rented is actually his family's property.In addition, he himself is outstanding in appearance, polite in speech and manner, unlike ordinary people, and he is only similar in age to the youngest son of Uncle Xu's family, so he is quite caring for him.

Bo Yang had previously revealed that his family was in a difficult situation and he wanted to do business to make a living.Although Uncle Xu felt that it was a pity for him to be a scholar at first glance, it was a pity to go into business, but he also understood his difficult life, so he recommended many people in business for him.

Among them was Zhang Yuanwai, who specialized in fabric business and had a dyeing workshop outside the city.But it's freezing cold right now, and there's no fabric to dye, so it's left vacant for the time being.Bo Yang rented his family's dyeing workshop, and begged Zhang Yuanwai to help invite all the workers from his family, and bring the ones he prepared, and everything he needed was ready.

Bo Yang didn't delay.The weather is getting colder and colder. Although there is little heavy snow in the south, we have to guard against it.Crafts such as dyeing cloth have high requirements on the weather, but they cannot be delayed for a day.So when everything is ready, start working immediately.

The weather was beautiful, and the weather was fine almost every day during this period, so it went smoothly.

In fact, dyeing cloth in winter is a very painful thing.Because the well water is freezing cold, soaking your hands in it only takes a moment to freeze.No one can stand the whole day of tossing like this.Even those workers who are used to suffering are complaining.After October, they should rest at home. If it weren't for Tu Baiyang's double salary, no one would want to suffer such a hardship.

It's okay to be cold, but I'm afraid that the hands will suffer from the cold after soaking in this way, leaving hidden dangers.In addition, this kind of labor is also prone to frostbite, which is another big problem.

Every day, Bo Yang ordered people to boil hot tea for the workers to drink. He also heard that goose fat is the most nourishing and very effective in preventing chilblain, so he asked someone to bring it from Yangzhou for him. ——Yes, it is the Yangzhou where Lin Daiyu's family is located.Yangzhou old geese are famous all over the world, and the taste is the most delicious. The people nearby have many geese in their homes to supplement their families.Later, someone discovered that the workers who handled goose meat used cold water in winter, and their hands would not get frostbite, so this goose ointment came into being.

In this way, the cost of Lin Lin is not low, but fortunately, the enthusiasm of the workers has been raised.

So when Xue Pan's injury was healed enough to go to the field, and hurried to Suzhou, Bo Yang was leading people, dyeing cloth in full swing.

Seeing him, Bo Yang smiled.

If he had known that Xue Pan was coming back, it wasn't true, he just had such a feeling, a guess.As for whether he will come or not, Bo Yang can't say for sure.But it's finally here.Otherwise, who should I sell the cloth I dyed during this time?

It's not that Bo Yang couldn't find a buyer. In fact, Uncle Xu and Zhang Yuanwai asked more than once who he wanted to sell these cloths to.If no next home is found, they are willing to buy at a high price.

This time, of course, Bo Yang didn't dye the ice blue cloth, but another green with a darker color. The difference is that because of the use of another dyeing method, the cloth will have very beautiful patterns.Because it was dyed in batches, Bo Yang only dyed the rich and noble peony pattern. When this kind of fabric is light and can be used, the peony flowers are almost in bloom.Wouldn't it be beautiful to wear a dress made of this fabric, and people and flowers will be in harmony with each other?

However, Bo Yang thought in his heart that if Xue Pan hadn't helped him, he wouldn't be able to buy these fabrics at all, so he planned to resell these dyed fabrics to Xue's family.The reason for this is because the Xue family is not at peace now. It seems that someone is planning to shake Xue Pan's position. Although Bo Yang thinks he is stupid, he is not annoying. If he can use this batch of fabrics to increase his chips , why not do it?

Bringing the excited Xue Pan into the warehouse, Bo Yang pointed to the sermons he had dyed, "I happen to have a business to discuss with Brother Xue, Brother Xue, look at the fabrics I dyed, whether I can enter your Xue family's Silk House?"

Xue Pan was originally worried that Bo Yang would ask him what he was doing here, although he had already found a reason, but Bo Yang had reminded him in advance, so it seemed that he didn't know what to do.Unexpectedly, Bo Yang didn't ask at all, so he nodded in a hurry, "The fabric is naturally good, and our Xue's shop is not a good place, so how can we get in and out? If Brother Bai is willing to sell it, I... "

"Ahem!" The old housekeeper Zhou Da coughed twice behind Xue Pan, choking back Xue Pan's words.

This time Xue Pan was going to Gusu, Zhou Da was not at ease, so he told others about the affairs in the mansion, and he followed him personally.Seeing that Bo Yang was about to discuss business as soon as they met, he was somewhat displeased.What's more, my family knows about my family affairs. Their uncle has never been a businessman, and he has no control over the affairs of the shop.The last time he insisted on buying the five hundred pieces of cloth, he couldn't sell them later. Now Zhou Tianran has to watch him more carefully.

Bo Yang glanced at Zhou Da with a half-smile, lowered his eyes and said with a smile, "Since Brother Xue can't take charge, let's forget about this business."

Find out, it's not that he insists on sticking to Xue's family to do this business, okay?It's just because Xue Pan treats him well after all, and reciprocates. If others don't appreciate it, he naturally has nothing to say, and it's not that he can't sell it!

Xue Pan was very anxious when he heard the words, "Brother Bai, don't be upset, the shopkeeper of the silk and satin shop is abominable. He said that the operation of this shop is not easy. If I always want to intervene, he may not be able to do it. This..."

"Since you want to leave, let him go." Bo Yang sneered, "Could it be that the big Xue family still depends on him as the shopkeeper?"

It's Xue Pan who can't stand up like this, and even such a thing will be threatened, which makes these people more and more courageous.Otherwise, even if the head of the family doesn't understand these business matters, at most they would only dare to lie a little bit, where did they have the courage to secretly unite with others to plot against him?

The last time Liu Xianglian originally planned to tell Xue Pan about this matter, but later someone came to Zhizao Mansion, things changed, and he was too busy to leave, so he forgot for a while.I wanted to mention it later, but Tete wrote a letter just for this matter, which was really unseemly, and it seemed that he wanted to drive a wedge between other people's family.He also has the temperament of a wild crane, impatient to come to Jinling again because of this matter, so he had to give up.

So until now, Xue Pan is still ignorant of this, and only thinks that the shopkeeper is unhappy because of the cloth he bought before, so he has to give in when he is threatened.

It was only here that Bo Yang realized that although there was a custom of buying and selling slaves at this time, during the Taiping period, there were really not so many people to buy and sell.Except for those who were kidnapped by kidnappers, unless the rest were hit by a famine and couldn't survive, few people would take this road.