"Qian's cloth shop? I vaguely remember that this is a cloth shop in Jiangnan County."
"Yes, in fact, Qian's Cloth Shop is the largest cloth shop in Jiangnan County."
"Over the years, my father has tried to expand his business to Jiangnan County many times, but he has been blocked by the Qian family."
"It can be said that he is our biggest rival in Jianghuai."
"Is it possible that our failure to choose the imperial merchant has something to do with the Qian family's cloth business?"
"Of course, yes. Choosing an imperial merchant requires not only a large output of cloth, but also good quality."
"Our family has many female workers and many textile machines, but the quality of the cloth is inferior to others."
"What? The quality of the cloth is inferior to others?" Shen Liangfu was simply unbelievable after hearing this.
You know, the best silk in their family is the water-like satin that his father showed him just now.
Judging from his more than ten years of experience in the cloth merchant industry, the quality of water-like satin is high enough. Although it cannot be as smooth and light as water, it is still first-class comfortable when worn on the body.
Such a rare piece of cloth is still not as good as Qian's Cloth Shop?
"Father, what exactly is the box cloth from Qian's Cloth Shop? It can't even compare to our water-like satin."
There is an unwritten rule in the cloth merchant industry. The best quality and rarest cloth in the shop is called box cloth.
The quality of the box-pressing cloth can often directly determine the status of the cloth shop in the local area.
It is precisely because the quality of Shen Ji's ancestral box-pressing cloth - Water Satin is good enough that Shen Gui was able to occupy nearly 90% of the market in the cloth merchant industry in a short period of time and become a real cloth merchant giant!
Because box-pressing cloth is so precious, most cloth shops are particularly strict about keeping secrets of textile secrets.
Generally speaking, they are only passed on to their own children, and they are passed on to sons but not to daughters.
When female workers are invited to weave, each step is carried out separately, and then they are combined by trustworthy domestic servants.
In short, box-pressing fabric is the product that best reflects the quality of a fabric shop, and is probably the selection criteria of Huangshang.
However, after hearing Shen Liangfu's words, Shen Gui could only sigh and said, "It's Liuyun Satin."
"What! Liuyun Satin?" After hearing this, Shen Liangfu frowned slightly and continued: "How come I have never heard of this kind of fabric? I guess it is not a precious fabric, how can it be better than our water-like satin? ?”
"Silly son, the reason why you haven't heard of Liuyun Satin is because it is not my brocade at all, but comes from other countries."
"Other countries? But among the three countries in the east, when it comes to textiles and cloth, my Dagan is the best."
"And the Jianghuai area is where the entire major cloth merchants are long and the textile industry is the most developed."
"So even Great Liang and Dayan would be hard-pressed to come up with a better brocade than Water-like Satin."
"You are right, but what if this Liuyun Satin does not come from the Three Kingdoms of the East?"
Hearing this, Shen Liangfu was stunned and murmured: "Aren't you from the Three Kingdoms in the East?"
"The Three Kingdoms of the East Border are located in the southeast. Dayan in the north borders Dayuan further north. Rumor has it that they were countries established by foreigners, and their people are all men on horseback."
"There are cattle and sheep all over the land, and most of the troops are cavalry."
"However, the textile industry should not be very developed."
"The Great Liang in the west borders the Great Wei, the Kingdom of Heaven in the Central Plains. The Great Wei has a vast territory and rich resources, and there are countless talented people and strangers. I believe they can come up with brocades that are better than water-like satin."
"But the Qian family must not have the courage or the channels to bypass Xiliang and go to Dawei to purchase goods."
"The only thing left is Nanliang, which borders our Daqian."
"Nanliang is located in the far south, where poetry and poetry are flourishing and the economy is developed. In recent years, the textile industry and iron smelting industry have been booming."
"It must be the richest family among all the vassal states."
"If this Liuyun Satin comes from Nanliang, then the boy has nothing to say."
Listening to Shen Liangfu's analysis, a happy smile gradually appeared on Shen Gui's face.
"My son talks eloquently and clearly."
"If I become an official in the future, I will definitely be a first-class good official."
"You guessed it right, this Liuyun Satin does come from Nanliang."
"And it was the royal brocade from Nanliang three years ago."
"Over the years, Nanliang cloth merchants have updated and made better brocades. Liuyun Satin was abandoned by the royal family, but it is still loved by many dignitaries. It is the first-class cloth of Nanliang."
"In comparison, I can't do anything for a small country, and the Shen family is just a small cloth shop in Huainan. How can it be compared with Liuyun Satin."
Shen Gui sighed as he spoke. This matter had really tortured him recently and kept him awake at night.
No matter how good the water-like satin is, it can't be compared to the flowing cloud satin! That was the royal brocade of Nanliang! I don’t know how those old guys from the Qian family got such brocade recipes.
The cloth merchants in Jianghuai and Jianghuai, headed by Qian and Shen Ji respectively, were in a delicate balance.
But if Qian chooses Huangshang, but Shen Ji fails to choose.
Then the balance will be broken, and the power of cloth merchants in Jianghuai and Jianghuai will also be reshuffled.
This was a big crisis for Shen Ji.
What's more, the Qian family has benefited. In order to avoid future troubles, the first person to be killed must be Shen Ji, his biggest opponent in the past.
Therefore, today's Shen Ji is not at a critical stage of survival, but the situation is really not optimistic.
But then I thought, why am I talking to my son about this?
He couldn't do much to help, and it was just annoying for him to say it.
"It's okay, it's just an imperial businessman. As a father, you know what's going on. Don't worry about my son."
"Just follow Gu Shijun and study hard."
"If my Shen family can produce a Jinshi master next year, my father will be satisfied."
Shen Gui said with a smile.
"Father, don't worry. The child will listen carefully to his teacher's teachings." Shen Liangfu replied, and at the same time he noticed the worry in his father's brows.
After Shen Liangfu understood the truth that "it is better to believe in books than to have no books", he wanted to immediately go to Nanshanju to study with his mentor Gu Beichuan.
But because he was worried about his father and the family's business, he simply stayed for a few more days.
But it was precisely in the past few days that he discovered that his father's condition was not getting better, but actually getting worse.
I went out to visit friends early in the morning, saying that I was looking for new brocade.
But it often wasn't until late at night that my father came back, covered in stars and moonlight, with a look of exhaustion and disappointment on his face.
At night, I couldn't sleep even more, tossing and turning.
Obviously, the situation was not as good as his father said.
But there was nothing he could do. After all, even his father, who had been working in the cloth merchant industry for decades, couldn't think of a way. What could he do?
The only thing he can do is to spend more time with his father at home.
However, after Shen Gui found out, he thought that a man should put his studies first, so he rushed him to Nanshanju to study.
At the same time, he was also asked to bring three pieces of fine water-like satin to Gu Beichuan as a meeting gift.
