In a house with two entrances, Lianniang was carefully picking the fine hairs from the bird's nest. Until she heard the movement at the door, a gentle smile immediately appeared on her face.

As soon as Fan Guangzu entered the door, he saw Lien Niang's gentle smile and felt Lien Niang's considerate actions.

Liniang first helped him take off his thick robe, and then brought him a cup of hot tea to warm his body.

After Fan Guangzu took a few sips of tea, he saw the bird's nest beside him.

"Just let the people below pick out the bird's nests. Why would you do such a thing yourself?"

After Fan Guangzu placed Lianniang in this house, he bought her two servants to serve her specially.

Now that Jinxinxiufang's business is doing well, Fan Guangzu's hands are naturally much richer. After he knew that Lianniang loved to eat bird's nests, he specially bought a pound of them.

After picking the bird's nest, Lien Niang handed it to the servants and asked them to stew it and deliver it.

"Master, why don't you look so happy today? Did something happen?" Lian Niang asked thoughtfully.

Fan Guangzu put down his tea cup and sighed: "My wife knows about our affairs."

"I understand." Lianniang bit her lip and said, "Master, can she not tolerate me? If she really can't tolerate me, I'd better leave the city!"

"You are a weak woman, where can you go after you leave the city?" Fan Guangzu said, "Don't worry, she just didn't figure it out for a while. When she figures it out, I will take you back."

"Then I will listen to the master." Lianniang said meekly, "I just hope that my sister will figure it out soon."

Fan Guangzu glanced at her lovingly. Lianniang was so docile and sensible. Even though he knew that he shouldn't hide his beauty behind Huang's back, he couldn't bear to give up having such a person who cared about him and cared about his life.

The two of them were affectionate for a while, and then Lianniang suddenly said: "Master, someone came to the door today."

"Who?" Fan Guangzu asked nonchalantly.

Lianniang thought carefully about her words and said: "He said his surname was Qin, and he was a silk and satin merchant from the south of the Yangtze River. Hearing that Jinxin Embroidery Shop's business was booming and it must need a lot of silk and satin, he came to the door and said that he was the one who made the silk.

There’s a lot of plain satin inside.”

The embroidery workshop does need a lot of plain satin now. Fan Guangzu pondered for a while and said: "But the plain satin used by the embroidery workshop has always been supplied by the cloth shop in Fucheng. The shopkeeper of the cloth shop is an old acquaintance with me, and the price is also very good.

Fair enough. If I change someone rashly, I'm afraid Buzhuang will not be happy with it."

Lianniang said softly: "I know you don't want to offend anyone. But this businessman named Qin has a lot of good satin in his hands, and he is willing to sell it to us at a low price."

"Is there such a good thing in the world?" Fan Guangzu shook his head and said, "Don't let him deceive you."

"I was not deceived by him. He was very conclusive. He said he knew that there was an embroiderer in Jinxin Embroidery Workshop who had outstanding embroidery skills and could also embroider on both sides. His request was very simple, as long as the embroidery workshop could provide supplies for a year.

If he embroiders two pieces on both sides, he will sell the plain satin in his hand to us at a very low price. This is a business that is sure to make a profit."

Fan Guangzu was not moved by Lianniang's words, and only said: "He thought well. The value of two double-sided embroidery pieces is enough to be worth two thousand taels of silver. This will not only allow him to recover his capital, but also maybe make a lot of money."

Less. Inappropriate, inappropriate."

Lianniang was not discouraged and continued: "Of course he said that, but the initiative is in your hands. You can continue to bargain with him. If you think two pieces of double-sided embroidery are too much, you can negotiate for one piece of double-sided embroidery.

ah!"

Fan Guangzu suddenly came back to his senses and said, "By saying good things to this businessman named Qin, are you taking advantage of him?"

"I accepted the favor from him, but it was just a pair of hairpins that were fashionable in the south of the Yangtze River." Lianniang said seriously, "I didn't speak for him for the sake of the hairpins, but I felt that this deal was indeed a good one.

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Fan Guangzu was unmoved at first, but he couldn't stand Lien Niang's constant persuasion, so he agreed to meet the businessman surnamed Qin.

Everyone in the embroidery workshop, including Shen Xiu, was kept in the dark about Fan Guangzu's meeting with the businessman named Qin.

I don’t know what the businessman named Qin said to Fan Guangzu that day. In short, Fan Guangzu agreed to Qin’s request and promised to give him a piece of double-sided embroidery every year in exchange for low-priced plain satin.

The plain satin used in the embroidery workshop is usually purchased by Fan Guangzu himself. Shen Xiu has never asked where the plain satin comes from. She is an embroiderer, not a shopkeeper, and will not care about matters other than her duties.

But that day, after comparing the plain satin for a long time, she suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Ms. Tan Xiu, do you think this plain satin is different from the ones you usually use?"

Tan Xiu Niang picked up the plain satin in her hand and touched the material, "It seems to be a little different."

"Go and help me bring in shopkeeper Fan." After Shen Xiu confirmed that this plain satin was not the usual satin, she ordered the waiter to bring in Fan Guangzu.

When Fan Guangzu came up, Shen Xiu had already spread out two pieces of plain satin.

"Shopkeeper Fan, this is the plain satin that was used a few days ago, and this is the plain satin that I just brought today. Can you explain why the texture of this plain satin is different?"

Fan Guangzu said: "So that's what happened. In fact, it's nothing. The price of silk and satin in Fucheng is too expensive, so I found another silk and satin merchant named Qin. The price he offered is much lower than that of the cloth store."

"I don't care about the price, I only ask for the quality of this satin. Is Shopkeeper Fan sure that the quality of this plain satin is no worse than that of the cloth shop?"

Fan Guangzu said: "I have tried the plain satin, and there is indeed nothing wrong with it. It is no worse than the plain satin from the cloth shop."

"But I don't understand. Shopkeeper Fan, you obviously have a good relationship with the shopkeeper of Buzhuang, why did you suddenly switch to another shop?"

I don't know if it was intuition, but Shen Xiu always felt that something was wrong here.

Fan Guangzu said with a smile: "I never thought about changing. It was Lien Niang who persuaded me, saying that since this businessman named Qin is from Jiangnan, he might be able to help us sell our embroidery to Jiangnan."

Lianniang, Shen Xiu's heart skipped a beat. For the first time, she became suspicious of Fan Guangzu's extramarital affair.

Suspicious, Shen Xiu said nothing in front of Fan Guangzu, but simply asked: "That businessman named Qin really promised to help us sell our embroidery to Jiangnan?"

Fan Guangzu nodded repeatedly: "It's true, he did say that."

Shen Xiu smiled and said nothing, but she had more doubts in her heart.

Originally, she didn't want to get involved in Fan Guangzu's affairs with the foreign minister. But since the foreign minister persuaded Fan Guangzu to replace the cloth village, Shen Xiu could not stay out of the matter.
Chapter completed!