C253 (1/2)
Within the Hongliang Pavilion, a maid carrying a few pieces of a woman's clothing hurriedly walked to the door of the study room and lightly knocked.
The Hongliang Pavilion was different from the Sacred Hall as it was a genuine Great Chen building. The pavilions, verandas, and verandas were exactly the same as if they were living in a certain house or mansion. The maid walked in and stood in front of a long table, carefully reporting on something.
Behind the table sat an old man with a white beard. After the maid finished speaking, Fang opened his slightly cloudy eyes and glanced at the dress in the maid's hands. ”Have you checked the identity of this woman?”
The servant girl said: ”There isn't anyone here yet, but it doesn't matter which high official it is. They are indeed part of the Sheng Yuan's masters, and from the looks of it, the Master Dong is not familiar with them.
”Hmph, he always has a mystifying indulgence and persistence towards these merchants that come from Great Chen, but the angry thing is, he can't leave him for the time being.” The old man thought for a while with dissatisfaction, then looked at the clothes in the maid's hand, ”What kind of clothes did she leave behind?”
The maidservant was stunned, ”She just randomly picked one and it's not that different. She was very picky and said that our master's embroidery lady was not suitable, so she wanted to call you over. It was like she was the wife of an official.”
”Madam Shangguan from Guangdong …” The elder pondered for a moment, ”You can go down first. We'll follow their wishes.”
The maid replied and left to go to the tailor shop, which was set up especially for the Sacred Hall and Hongliang Pavilion. Inside, there were not only the master and embroidery lady of the Great Chen, but many masters from Xi Yang.
When his master heard that his clothes had been knocked back, his face revealed surprise and helplessness, and that he was about to be called over by that picky lady, Master Yang's expression was extremely conflicted, strongly expressing that he did not want to go. Not only did he not want to go, but all the other masters of Xi Yang did not want to go.
They might be more adept at dealing with these officials and wives, but in truth, the masters of Great Chen probably knew that these wives were very difficult to deal with. No one wanted to be the big boss, and in the end, after pushing them all the way, they assigned a relatively well-behaved Master Chen to go over.
When Master Chen went over, Xie Jingxi had just gotten her afternoon nap, her face still had a bit of annoyance from being disturbed. She examined Master Chen a few times, and asked: ”Who are you?”
Master Chen answered, ”I'm from Zhejiang.”
”From Jiang Zhe.” Xie Jingxi sized him up again, ”There are many famous masters in the Jiang and Zhe regions, I wonder who your master is?”
”In reply to Madam, I came out of the embroidery workshop. My skills are not good, and are not worth mentioning.”
”Oh embroidery workshop, I can't blame you for your poor clothes.” Xie Jingxi snorted, ”Forget it, Fang Dai will tell him what to cut. When she's outside, she can only come.”
Fang Dai understood what she meant, and carefully explained the requirements to Master Chen. After half an incense worth of time, Master Chen left, and Xie Jingxi called out for tea and snacks a few times before the Manager Qi and the Manager Lu came over.
After three to five days of hard work, the calmness and calmness on Manager Qi's face had completely disappeared, and he seemed to be slightly anxious. He randomly gulped down a bowl of cold tea, and sighed: ”This is sincere, I haven't seen anyone who can manage this for a few days, it's not like we're here to take care of our family, it's not like we're here to waste time.”
Manager Lu's face was covered in sweat, he wiped his hands with the sleeves of his new clothes, and had even embroidered a dark pattern on his sleeves, which was extremely incongruous with Manager Lu's bold and unruly temperament. Xie Jingxi knew that they had definitely come back after fighting outside, so she asked: ”How are the two shopkeepers doing?”
”It's not exactly my reward, but I got a rough understanding of the situation regarding Luzon.” The Manager Lu also asked for a bowl of cold tea to drink. ”How should I put it, the conditions are not too different from what we expected, but I didn't expect that there would be so many restrictions in various industries, and when I wanted to find someone to repair our ship, I had to report it to them in various levels, the procedures are extremely complicated. Oh, this Master Dong, I can really hear that word no matter where I go, it seems like he has a very high status in Luzon.”
Manager Qi agreed, ”Indeed so, we have investigated the background of this Master Dong, it is said that he is still young, but his methods are very powerful, on the side of the Luzon, it was originally the Western world, after he came, our Great Chen's business is set up, we can consider it as splitting the Luzon, we don't have much authority over him, and would even cooperate, in any case, this Master Dong has always favored our Great Chen's business, I think, the opportunity to do business is still very good.”
Manager Lu continued to speak: But there are also people who say that Master Dong is a person who rarely appears in front of people, and that he has a little son, who is very powerful at such a young age. There are even rumors saying that he was the one who gave advice to the Master Dong behind his back for the past two years, and his methods are much better than the Master Dong's.
Xie Jingxi's finger that was wrapped around the handkerchief paused for a moment, and said: ”Things will never be this simple. The two forces will never be able to suppress either one of them, and this is the only way to cooperate with each other, or they will all have a common interest, and based on this foundation, we will temporarily cooperate, and face and heart will be at odds with each other.”
Manager Qi took a deep breath, ”Are you saying that this Master Dong is very likely to have the same thoughts as Fu Lang Ji and want to swallow Luzon?”