However, Xie Chunning's plan was quite good, but unfortunately he failed to do so.
The night before he was about to go out, Xie Chunning got a rash all over his body without knowing what he had eaten.
At that time, all the slaves were frightened, fearing that there would be another serious disease like leprosy.
Fortunately, the doctor came over to check the pulse and confirmed that it was just an ordinary allergy. However, this allergy was a bit serious. Even with the use of medicine, it would take at least three days to completely subside.
In this way, if Xie Chunning wanted to pester the prince halfway, he would naturally not be able to do it.
The prince Xie Chunning chose was Wang Yanqing.
At the beginning of spring, the old man of Dingguo Palace asked himself to write a letter and gave the title to his son Wang Xin. He still holds an official position, but he is also in a semi-idle state.
When the crown prince ascended the throne, Wang Yanqing, the legitimate son, was naturally granted the title of crown prince.
Wang Yanqing was originally Wang Xin's eldest son. He was established as the heir apparent of the Duke's Palace, so he was naturally blameless.
As a teenage boy, not only was he handsome in life, but he also came from a powerful family, so he would naturally attract the favor of countless young women.
Xie Chunning was trapped in the house for a few more days, treating others well, but had to inquire about the prince's whereabouts again, not to mention how uncomfortable it was.
"I heard that there was something wrong with the clothes made by Zhenyi Workshop. They charged dozens of taels of silver, but the clothes they made were not as good as those made by ordinary embroidery shops."
"Really or not? Can't it?"
"You can't fake this. I have a relative who works there. I heard that the shopkeeper kept the ingredients secret. I thought the customer was a girl from a humble businessman, but I didn't expect that she also knows the goods. , and then the commotion started.”
"Hey, Zhenyi Fang is famously expensive in our area. I heard that the people who come here to choose clothes are all dignitaries. If something like this really happened, I'm afraid the reputation will be bad."
"Isn't that right? Although no one dares to tamper with the clothes of those nobles, but isn't this an obvious way to bully the common people? Such people will definitely not last long in business."
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That's what they say, but in fact, knowing that the clothes at Zhenyi Fang are expensive, how can ordinary people go there to buy clothes?
Those who suffer the most are, firstly, the families of small wealthy people, and secondly, they may be the families of petty officials with inferior family backgrounds.
After all, anyone with some connections knows that the master behind Zhenyi Fang is the Xie family.
In any case, Xie Huaiyi is now a third-rank official.
With an old man like him around, no one would dare to provoke the Xie family easily.
The incident at Zhen Yi Fang became more and more troublesome, and soon the ladies and ladies in the upper class naturally heard about it.
Although they themselves have not been deceived, they still feel uncomfortable in their hearts. Most of the discerning people are still reluctant to go to Zhenyi Shop to buy things anymore.
Although the clothes made by this precious clothing workshop are good, there are more than one company in this huge capital that can make good clothes!
Besides, among all the officials and officials, who doesn’t have a few embroiderers?
At worst, you can make it at home!
After such a commotion, Zhenyifang's business plummeted, mainly because the reputation was damaged, which could not be repaired in a day or two.
That's all. The Xie family thinks that they have a big business. If they don't have such a small amount of income, the most they can do is close the shop and resign.
But the problem is, it's not just one shop that's in trouble.
Xie Huaiyi did not care about the general affairs of the family. His second son and fourth son could not study well, so they had been taking care of the property at home. In addition, the two sons, one legitimate and one concubine, could be considered a check on each other.
The shop is a dowry for the Xie family's wife, so even if there is income, it will not be included in the Xie family's official residence. The Xie family is also a respectable family, and they are not so poor that they have to spend a dowry on a woman.
Xie Huaiyi discovered something was wrong because he overheard a servant mention selling grain. After asking his two sons over, he realized how stupid they had done!
"Do you two have any brains? Who asked you to sell all the grain? Did you eat too much and your brains turned into fat? That's four thousand shi of grain, not four shi!"
This stone is worth ten buckets. If converted into kilograms, it is about one hundred kilograms of grain.
Who would have thought that these two idiots would sell four thousand shi of food in one go!
That’s four thousand stones!
How many people can this feed?
Such a large batch of food is enough to feed more than 20,000 people for more than a year!
What is this concept?
The most important thing is not how much food was lost, but that such a large amount of food was sold, and he, the head of the family, had no idea beforehand!
This is simply too incredible.
"Father, you don't have to be so angry. Most of what my sons sell is coarse grains, and there is still a lot of grain in the village, which is enough for our whole family to eat until next year's wheat harvest."
Xie Huaiyi was so angry that he picked up the thing at hand and threw it out, not caring what it was.
"You traitor! What do you know? Do you know what big things will happen this winter?"
Hearing this, Xie San and Xie Si looked at each other, obviously not reacting.
Xie Huaiyi was so angry that he didn't even want to speak.
As the weather turns colder today, Qintian Prison has announced more than once that it will be particularly cold this winter, and that the cold will last longer than in previous years. For this reason, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works have been reminded to make preparations in advance. .
In fact, when this month comes, there is no need for Qin Tianjian to remind him, and the elderly people also feel that they should make preparations in advance.
Because in previous years, although it has turned colder at this time, we would not wear winter clothes.
But when he went to the office yesterday, he clearly noticed that several elders not only wore winter clothes, but even had a heater in their hands.
It can be seen from this that the calculations made by Qin Tianjian are by no means random talk.
Xie Huaiyi had mentioned to his family before that it would be a cold winter this year, but he never thought that his son would make the decision to sell all the food. He was simply stupid!
If there is really a big disaster this year, what will they do when major mansions set up porridge sheds outside?
Do we still have to spend money to buy it outside?
"You two idiots! Immediately tell me that all the food in the house is not to be sold outside. Also, all the unnecessary people in the village, in the shop and other places should be fired. In addition, you can go to the accounting office again." Send some money over there to buy food, hurry up!"
Brothers Xie San and Xie Si were both stunned.
They sell grain on the front foot, but they have to buy food on the back foot?
Xie Huaiyi was so angry that he almost fainted: "I'm not going yet!"
When he yelled like this, the brothers didn't dare to delay any longer and ran out immediately.
It's a pity that they sold grain ten days ago. Now when they go to buy grain, they find that the price of grain has risen sharply! (End of chapter)
