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

Chen Lang gave up on visiting Ye Wei halfway, and it did not cause much waves in the cloth trading circle in Linshui County.

Because the weaving and dyeing institute soon released an even more shocking news.

At the end of this month or the beginning of next month, the weaving and dyeing factory will hold a weaving industry rally. Anyone who is interested in running for the imperial merchant can bring out fabrics to run for election.

This news was circulated publicly, and there was also another news circulating privately.

In addition to the quality of the fabric, there is another assessment criterion for selecting imperial merchants this time, which is the extent to which they help the government with disaster relief.

The greater the effort, the greater the advantage during the assessment.

The weaving and dyeing factory would not admit this news, nor would the county government, but all the merchants doing cloth business in Linshui County firmly believed it.

The Min family, the largest cloth shop in Linshui, the powerful Lai family, and the rising star Xu family, are all firmly implementing the instructions of this news.

Although the assassination of Xu Mengru had a huge negative impact on Xu's cloth shop for a time, under the personal interrogation of the "honest judge" Chang Anmin, the assassin Guo Qiang confessed to slandering and framing Xu Mengru in court.

But Guo Qiang couldn't say who gave him the instructions.

Because the person who was looking for him was wearing a black cloak and wrapped himself tightly, so his appearance could not be seen at all.

Although the case became an unsolved case, the reputation of Xu's Cloth Shop was reversed and it even gained a lot of sympathy.

Perhaps wanting to make up for their previous "neglect" of Xu's Cloth Shop, colleagues in the Linshui weaving industry began to frequently invite Chen Lang to various dinner parties in an attempt to repair their relationship.

Originally, Xu Mengru should have gone to such occasions, but she was still unable to get out of bed, so she had to let Chen Lang do it for her.

On July 25th, the Linshui Cloth Shop held a party, and Chen Lang received the invitation three days in advance.

This gathering is a "regular meeting" of the cloth shop, which is held at the end of every month. Because the weaving and dyeing factory may have a royal merchant selection meeting at the end of this month, the cloth shop's gathering was brought forward to the 25th.

The organizer of the banquet was the Min family, the head of the Linshui Cloth Shop.

Before the Lai family arrived, the Min family was the absolute king of the Linshui cloth business and was invincible.

The Min family was also interested in the sale of bras and cheongsams, but in the end, considering the relationship between Chen Lang, Chang Anmin and Wang Yunzhang, the Min family finally gave up this plan.

Later, he concentrated on preparing to become an imperial merchant, but unexpectedly, the Lai family appeared halfway.

The Min family really couldn't understand what the Lai family did.

As last year's imperial merchant, wouldn't his chances of winning be greater if he continued to run for election on his own turf?

Why would you travel all the way to Linshui to open a branch and grab the title of local royal merchant?

However, this is nothing. What really gives the Min family a headache is that Xu's Cloth Shop actually announced that it wants to become a royal merchant.

Although the bra-wearing cheongsam cannot be used as a competing product for the imperial merchant competition, the Xu’s Cloth Shop, which makes this product, may not have any other “killer weapons” in its hands.

I thought I would have the qualification of becoming an imperial merchant within my grasp this year, but two obstacles appeared, each more ferocious than the other.

The whole Min family suddenly felt a little regretful. If they had known this would happen, they should have imitated the bra and cheongsam.

As for copyright laws... who cares?

However, Chen Lang's series of actions later rekindled the Min family's hope for becoming an imperial merchant.

Without Xu Mengru, Xu’s Cloth Shop would still be a little lacking.

Chen Lang...has good poetic talent and his wine is delicious, but he is not good at the cloth business.

The head of the Min family did not regard Chen Lang as a competitor, but after seeing Chen Lang at the party, he took the initiative to come over and talk to Chen Lang.

"Mr. Chen, I am Min Tianxing. I have long heard of your great name. Today I finally get to meet you in person."

Chen Lang bowed in return and said, "Hello, Master Min."

Min Tianxing said, "Mr. Chen, we are all cloth merchants from Linshui. When it comes to the election for the title of Imperial Merchant, we should work together and advance and retreat together. We can't let outsiders steal the limelight from us locals, don't you agree?"

Chen Lang felt that something was missing from today's banquet. After Min Tianxing's reminder, he finally understood.

Lai Han is missing.

Min Tianxing smiled and said, "Today is a banquet for local cloth merchants in Linshui. The Lai family is an outsider and is not eligible to attend."

Chen Lang said with a half-smile, "Master Min, aren't you afraid that the Lai family guy will get angry? I've dealt with him before, and he's quite petty."

Min Tianxing said nonchalantly, "A powerful dragon cannot defeat a local snake. In other places, I might have to respect the Lai family. But in Linshui, the Lai family must respect me!"

Chen Lang said, "Master Min is very generous. I admire him very much."

Min Tianxing waved his hand and said, "Mr. Chen, there's no need to be modest. You may not be as good as me in the cloth business, but in other aspects, you are far superior to me."

Chen Lang bowed and said, "I will have to ask Master Min for advice in the future."

Min Tianxing said: "Okay, okay."

"How is Miss Xu?"

Chen Lang said: "He is recovering and should be completely well in a month or so."

Min Tianxing said, "Those who survive a great disaster will surely have good fortune in the future. When Mr. Chen returns, please convey my best wishes to Miss Xu on my behalf."

"I have other guests to entertain, Mr. Chen, please make yourself at your leisure."

Looking at Min Tianxing's back, Chen Lang's eyes narrowed into slits.

Mr. Min really treats me as a business novice.

But it’s better this way. Being looked down upon is always better than being valued.

If no one pays attention, things can be done more drastically.

……

This kind of banquet can only bring a moment of numbness. After returning to reality, everyone still has to hope that the disaster will go away soon.

If the city gates continue to be closed like this, not only ordinary people but even wealthy businessmen will not be able to bear it.

On this morning, in the warehouse of Xu's Cloth Shop on the riverside, several people were busy doing something. Among them were two servants dressed in blue clothes. One had red lips and white teeth, and the other had delicate skin. It was obvious at first glance that they were not regular servants.

These two are the Wang brother and sister who had been attacking Chen Lang for more than half a month.

Although twenty cents a day was nothing to them, the process of earning money through their own labor still felt novel to them.

In addition to the Wang siblings, there was also a little girl in the warehouse.

She is Chen Lang's formal disciple, Sun Cuicui.

It’s just that Chen Lang has too little time to be a teacher.

Zhao Chunhua and her husband were watching over the winery, so Chen Lang simply called Cuicui to his side, intending to train her to be a cloth merchant.

Cuicui never refused anything and learned whatever the teacher asked her to learn.

For Cuicui, being able to learn from a teacher is the second happiest thing in the world.