Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

Chen Lang went to inspect the warehouse of the cloth shop. After seeing the dye vat, he volunteered to mix the dye. As a result, after all the operations, a whole vat of dye and more than 20 pieces of cloth were wasted.

After this incident was "accidentally" told by a young clerk in Xu's cloth shop, all the cloth business people in Linshui County laughed so hard that they couldn't straighten their backs.

It is said that wine making and cloth dyeing are two different businesses, but Chen Lang just doesn't believe it.

Linshui City is currently under lockdown, and the raw materials needed for dyeing cloth cannot be brought in at all. Chen Lang's outrageous actions caused Xu's Cloth Shop to waste so many materials, and its bargaining chips in competing for the imperial merchant position have been reduced.

"Different circles can't be forced to coexist." Lai Han was hosting a banquet at Tingxue Tower for some cloth merchants from Linshui County. After learning about Chen Lang's ridiculous behavior, he couldn't help but sneer. "A winemaker turning cloth merchant? How can such a crossover be possible?"

"Who gave him the courage?"

Lai Han's chief advisor Jiang Bin said, "Mr. Lai, Chen Lang's cloth business is not enough evidence, but Xu Mengru is a well-known figure in the cloth business circle of Guangling Prefecture."

"Just the bra and cheongsam alone are enough to show how powerful this woman is."

"Although she is currently injured due to an accident, she should not be underestimated."

Lai Han nodded: "I have heard a little about Xu Mengru's methods. She is indeed quite capable."

"But no matter how powerful she is, she is just a woman."

Jiang Bin knew that Lai Han suffered from severe "male chauvinism". He looked down on women and thought that all women in the world were just men's playthings. When he was drunk again, this guy even criticized the queen. Fortunately, he was the only one present at the scene, otherwise the Lai family would have paid a heavy price for Lai Han's words.

"Young Master, it's better to be careful." Jiang Bin said, "Chen Lang may not understand the cloth business, but he understands business."

"The rise of Guhong Tower is the best example."

Lai Han remained unmoved and said, "You don't need to brag about him too much. After all, Guhonglou is just a membership system."

"The so-called membership system is a business tool. If he can use it, I can use it too."

"But dyeing cloth is a delicate job. Without more than ten or twenty years of experience, it's impossible to understand the characteristics of every dye."

“Even experienced dyers like us at the Lai family occasionally make mistakes in the mixing ratio.”

"How could Chen Lang possibly learn it in such a short time, unless he is a god!"

Jiang Bin sighed softly in his heart and said nothing more.

At this time, another cloth merchant at the table glanced out the window and said "Huh".

"Mr. Lai, look at that man...is he Chen Lang?"

Lai Han turned his gaze to the window and said with a cold smile: "It's him, I can recognize him even if he turns into ashes."

The cloth merchant asked, "Chen Lang is holding a box. What is he doing?"

Everyone was curious about what Chen Lang was going to do. When they saw him walking towards a mansion not far away, they immediately understood.

"The residence of Master Ye from the Weaving and Dyeing Institute..."

"Chen Lang went alone?"

Everyone looked at each other, and finally their eyes fell on Lai Han's face.

Lai Han was also confused. He could never have imagined that Chen Lang’s method would be so... wild!

If you want to become an imperial merchant, in addition to being strong yourself, another important factor is to have good relations with the government.

This official office is not an ordinary government office, but an office specifically responsible for managing imperial merchants.

There are two departments in Dayan that manage imperial merchants.

One is the porcelain manufacturing bureau, which manages porcelain.

One is the Weaving Bureau, which manages silk.

The Weaving Bureau had branch offices in every region, and Qinzhou Prefecture was no exception. County towns like Linshui, which had the nature of a trading market, also had a branch office of the Weaving Bureau.

Some places are called the Brocade Court, some are called the Embroidery Court or the Weaving and Dyeing House.

But no matter what the name is, the responsibilities of these government offices are similar, which is to review imperial merchants on behalf of the court.

At the same time, the yamen under the Weaving Bureau is an institution independent of the local yamen. The local yamen has no jurisdiction over the yamen under the Weaving Bureau, and in many places they do not even have the right to supervise. Once a problem is discovered, it can only be reported to a higher-level yamen for a ruling.

As for the review and selection of imperial merchants, local government offices had no power to interfere and could only give advice at most.

The reason why so many subordinate government offices were set up was because the problem of "redundant officials" in the Great Yan Dynasty was too serious.

With so many students who passed the imperial examination, there had to be a place to accommodate them. After all, students took the imperial examination in order to eat "imperial food". If they were not given imperial food, the authority of the imperial examination would be greatly reduced.

However, the normal rotation system for officials could not keep up with the speed of recruiting officials through the imperial examinations, so the imperial court could only frantically open various government offices in various places to accommodate these officials.

Government offices like the Construction Bureau and the Weaving Bureau can effectively absorb these extra officials.

But then again, although there are many officials in the Weaving Bureau who are drawing salaries without working, this yamen, as the review yamen for imperial merchants, is still different from other truly idle yamen. At least among the officials in the yamen under the Weaving Bureau, there are a few who have extremely high say.

The Lord Ye Wei Ye that Chen Lang was looking for was one of the three giants of Linshui Weaving and Dyeing Factory.

But when visiting such an important official, Chen Lang came so openly, giving people an extremely frivolous feeling.

After the door of Ye Mansion was opened, Chen Lang seemed to show something to the servants of Ye Mansion, and they let him in.

This really made Lai Han feel awkward. He said, "The servants of the Ye family really don't know the seriousness of the matter. They just let him in like that?"

Jiang Bin frowned and said, "I heard that Chen Lang has a close relationship with the county magistrate, Lord Wang Yunzhang of the Market Administration. Could the letter of introduction he showed to the servants of the Ye Mansion be from these two lords?"

Lai Han's eyes turned cold, and he said, "I didn't expect he had this kind of relationship."

Jiang Bin said, "Master Lai, there's no need to worry too much. The weaving and dyeing factory is not under the jurisdiction of the local government, let alone the market administration."

"Even if Chen Lang holds the letters of introduction from these two gentlemen, he can only meet with Lord Ye once at most. It is absolutely impossible for him to obtain the status of an imperial merchant."

"Even in my opinion, Chen Lang may not be able to meet Lord Ye."

"Lord Ye is a mature and prudent man who always dislikes this kind of backdoor behavior. Chen Lang's actions are likely to arouse Lord Ye's disgust, and if he is not careful, he might end up making things worse."

Lai Han pondered and said, "Let's see when he comes out. If he comes out soon, you're right."

"If you come out late..."

Jiang Bin said, "Don't worry, Mr. Lai, he will definitely be out soon!" "The fever is 40 degrees Celsius due to influenza A... I can only update two chapters... I will try my best to update as often as possible.

Readers, please be careful, this thing is too uncomfortable…"