Cannon Fodder's Humanoid Plug-in

From nerd to emperor

Mo Xiang thought it was the same, and said with a smile: "Young master is handsome, young and talented, he is really a prostitute! If you are selected as a son-in-law, you will be even more blessed."

"What is luck, luck?"

Yan Lingchuan glanced at her: "Before the matchmakers came to ask for marriage, you think those people want to eat soft food and have no backbone. Why is it that they are not eating soft food when it comes to your son?"

Mo Xiang chuckled: "Miss, this is different. If the young master becomes a son-in-law, he will eat the royal meal... The royal meal is soft rice, and it's not something ordinary people can eat if they want to!"

Yan Lingchuan: "Anyway, you are not allowed to talk anymore, I don't like to hear it."

If the adoptive brother is really recruited as a son-in-law, what is the difference from being a door-to-door son-in-law?She is still counting on training her adoptive brother's child to be an heir!

But... if the emperor really issued an imperial decree, they wouldn't be able to stop it.

Yan Lingchuan became worried.

But she didn't have much time to think about it.

The Yan family has a big business, and each shop has a shopkeeper, and these shopkeepers are managed by the stewards of each region.

Today is the time when the stewards come to reconcile the account books and report the income and expenditure every month.

From the backyard to the front yard, the four stewards had already been waiting in the study.

Seeing Yan Lingchuan, the four of them all smiled: "Miss, we have all heard that the young master has been admitted to Huiyuan. This is a great event. Congratulations, miss!"

"Thank you." Yan Lingchuan also smiled happily.

Mo Xiang stepped forward, took out the wallets she had prepared early in the morning, and stuffed one into each of them: "Young lady ordered me to prepare it, and everyone is also very happy."

The stewards took it, and the joy on their faces was even brighter: "Okay! Thank you, miss."

Only one of the stewards, surnamed Yuan, was holding a purse, and his smile still seemed a bit far-fetched, as if he was worried about something.

Yan Lingchuan saw it, came to the table and sat down, and raised his hand to signal for several people to sit too.

Mo Xiang poured tea for them, Yan Lingchuan smiled and glanced casually at Guanshi Yuan.

She said: "In business, it is common for revenue to fluctuate."

"Before I didn't discuss it with a few of you, I gave the money to my younger brother without authorization. In addition, the Wen family has been making frequent moves recently, and last month's revenue must have been greatly affected."

"You don't have to worry about it. I'm prepared in my heart. Whatever the situation is, you can tell the truth."

Several stewards nodded one after another: "Yes." They took out the account book from their pockets and handed it to Yan Lingchuan.

They had calculated the general ledger earlier in the morning, and the result was on the last page—of course, after Yan Lingchuan, they would hand over these ledgers to the accountant in the mansion for rechecking.

Yan Lingchuan opened the ledger and glanced roughly.

At the same time, several managers took turns to report to her the important situation, such as which store suffered a major loss, and the revenue on a certain day last month suddenly increased sharply, or skyrocketed...

Generally speaking, the condition of the shops under the hands of the other three stewards is fairly stable.

Only Guanshi Yuan was trembling: "The whole month's income is nearly [-]% less than last month, and the difference is very even..."

Guanshi Yuan was in charge of the shop in Chongming County, Suzhou, where the headquarters of the Yan family was located.

In the past, he was always the one most envied by others, because for any new products, the Yan family would go to Chongming first, and then the others.

But this time...

It's only a mere half of the money, but everyone who sits down knows that just the half of the silver taels, there are many ordinary people who may not earn enough in their entire lives.

Yan Lingchuan was still looking at the account book and didn't speak.

Guanshi Yuan was furious: "It's all from the Wen family, if it wasn't for the girls at their door, it would be more than that."

"The Wen family, not to mention the problem with the previous batch of cloth, now they are still using these dirty tricks. I really don't know who came up with it!"

He obviously despised the girls.

"Steward Yuan." Yan Lingchuan said lightly, interrupted his words, and raised his head from the ledger.

She frowned slightly: "Those girls are just...models to show off fabrics and clothes, don't need to put it so harshly." It's not a flower house, so why did it become a solicitor?

"Miss taught me a lesson." Steward Yuan's face became hot, and he lowered his head and said.

But he was still unwilling: Wen's family squeezed their passenger flow, why did the lady still speak for her competitors?

Yan Lingchuan put away the account book together: "Okay, it's just that half of the income has been lost, it's not a big deal, you can do everything as usual."

"Miss." Another steward surnamed Jin looked at her hesitantly: "No, let's follow the example of the Wen family and recruit some models to display in front of the door?"

"Over the past few days in Wu County, I have seen Youbuzhuang doing this, I'm afraid..."

The revenue of Yan's shop in Wu County is not as good as Chongming's. If there is no action, won't it be worse than Chongming?

But Miss actually wanted them to go on as usual, and Manager Jin became anxious.

Yan Lingchuan glanced at him and sighed slightly.

Manager Jin is the youngest under her command, but at the age of [-], he has a lively mind and puts forward a lot of good suggestions, but he often loses his composure.

She said casually: "If you want to, you can try it after you go back, but you can't hire a long-term worker."

Long-term labor is often cheaper than short-term labor...

Jin Guanshi was puzzled: "Why?"

Yan Lingchuan patiently explained: "The Wen family's method is to use the body of a model to show the beauty of fabrics and garments. Although it is novel, but as you said, it is very easy to be imitated."

In Wu County, it's just the beginning.

As for Chongming, on the third day after Wen's family launched models, many cloth shops followed suit.

Yan Lingchuan: "Even if customers will be attracted by the novelty of the moment, the more people follow suit, the less effective this method will be. If the quality of Wen's fabrics can't keep up, they will naturally lose sight of everyone."

"That's what I said, Guanshi Jin, do you understand?"

"That's how it is!" Guanshi Jin suddenly realized, thinking of his doubt just now, he couldn't help but shyly said: "Thank you for your guidance, Miss."

Yan Lingchuan smiled: "It's very good of you, if you have any questions, just ask me, if you cut it first and play it later, I'm afraid it will lead to a catastrophe."

Manager Jin quickly waved his hand: "Don't dare!"

They are all laborers, and what they get is the commission from the master's family. Who would be overwhelmed with food and disobey the master's instructions?

After talking about work, Yan Lingchuan chatted and laughed with the four stewards for a while, and sent them away.

After that, she asked the coachman to drive the horse, and Mo Xiang helped her get into the carriage and went to the workshop on the outskirts of the city.

As a well-known cloth shop, the Yan family naturally also has a place to grow mulberry and raise silkworms, as well as a workshop, both of which are located in the outskirts of the city.

The most suitable time for planting mulberry and raising silkworms is spring and summer.

It is now the beginning of March, and it is getting warmer and colder. It will take some time to actually raise silkworms, but the silkworm farmers living here have already started to prepare.

During Yan Lingchuan's trip, urging them to start work was the second priority.

Her main purpose is to see the progress of Yun Jin.

In two months, it will be the [-]th birthday of the Empress Dowager.

The reason why the Yan family can stand tall is of course the large industrial chain and rich family background. The root of it lies in the secret method of their family: the brocade weaving skills.

The carriage stopped quietly outside the cloth workshop.

Mo Xiang helped Yan Lingchuan get out of the carriage. Manager Hu, who manages the workshop, was waiting at the door. Seeing this, he greeted him and called out respectfully, "Miss."

"Yeah." Yan Lingchuan nodded with a smile.

"Miss is here to see Yunjin, right?" Manager Hu bent down and stretched out his arms to lead the way: "It's ready, miss, please come this way."

Outside the courtyard, various cloths were hung on the hanging racks. Yan Lingchuan followed Guanshi Hu, passed through them, and entered the cloth workshop.

The inner courtyard is where the cloth is dyed, Yan Lingchuan did not stop, but only greeted the dyers.

After that, there is a room where weaving and placing cloth.

Manager Hu led Yan Lingchuan into one of the huts.

On the cloth rack, a piece of cloth no more than six feet long was hung on it by a bamboo pole.

The silk and satin, as bright as clouds, looks extremely smooth on the surface, but when you touch it, you will be attracted by its warm and thick feel.This piece of cloud brocade is made of silver thread, with a light blue background, it has a more ethereal and fairy air.

Yan Lingchuan praised: "Not bad."

The color matching is according to her request, the six-foot cloth is just enough to cut two clothes for the adoptive brother, and many of them can be made into accessories.

The main raw material of Yunjin is silk. When silk was in short supply, she asked the workshop staff to weave cloth for her adoptive brother first. Naturally, it was not because she valued her adoptive brother more.

The main purpose is to familiarize the weaving women workers with their skills - most people can't afford Yunjin brocade, and the Yan family will not weave this kind of brocade for a long time.

So far, they seem to be doing well.

Yan Lingchuan ordered in satisfaction: "You can start preparing the brocade for tribute."

Manager Hu beamed with joy: "Yes, miss."

The brocade that has been woven still has some unfinished craftsmanship, and Yan Lingchuan is not in a hurry to take it away.

After saying goodbye to Guanshi Hu, she took the carriage again to visit the sericulture farmers nearby, and finally returned to Yan's house, counting the days until the students returned home.

After being appointed as an official, Yan Chen does not need to take office immediately.

The emperor still has a little bit of humanitarianism, and he will give them a group of Jinshi to stay home to show off... no, time to visit relatives.

As the number one scholar, Yan Chen needless to say about the ostentation, before taking office, he was given four guards and two servants.

As the saying goes, riches and honor do not return to their hometowns, such as traveling at night in brocade clothes.

Although Yan Chen is not considered rich, he can definitely be called "expensive" - ​​even if he is not, he still wants to go home.

After briefly dealing with matters in the capital, Yan Chen got into the carriage and set off.

The carriage was also given by the emperor, as for the previous one, he left it in the mansion.Xu An and Geng Ming wanted to sit down, but he refused.

When entering the boundary of Suzhou, it coincided with the rainy season, and Yan Chen was nestled in the carriage all day long, and his whole body was going to be moldy.

Under his urging, the group finally arrived in Chongming County.

Before reaching Yan's mansion, there was a thunderstorm in the sky, and suddenly there was a shower of rain.

It happened that there was a shop of Yan's family not far away. Seeing that it was deserted in front of the door, the group of people went there to take shelter from the rain.

The guards rode tall horses, and the two servants dressed better than the local squires. Holding an umbrella, they took a young man out of the carriage, and everyone in the store looked straight at him.

But he saw that young master, wearing an ordinary green shirt, with a pale and sickly complexion.

If it wasn't for the elegant decoration of the carriage and the respect of the accompanying people, they would have thought that this was a prisoner being escorted.

Xu An showed his waist card to the shopkeeper, who was taken aback, looked at Yan Chen, and looked him up and down: "Are you...Young Master?"

"Oh, my lord, you are back from the capital!" The shopkeeper showed a bright smile: "Hurry up, come in and rest first, avoid the rain, let me get you some clothes to change into? You are all wet ..."

"What son?"

Before Yan Chen walked in, a disdainful reprimand suddenly came from the depths of the store.

The hoarse voice of the other party was a bit harsh: "Shopkeeper, before I finished speaking, you left me to meet other guests? Is this the way your Yan Family Buxing treats guests?"

The shopkeeper's expression froze, and Yan Chen also followed the sound.

The person who spoke was a man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, not more than six feet tall, with muddy water on the soles of his shoes, his eyes looked at Yan Chen.

"Tch, I'm still a rich man, but a poor scholar."

"Bold!"

Before Yan Chen could make a sound, a servant named "Wang Ji" spontaneously walked out from behind him: "Master Yan is the crown prince's best scholar, and the Imperial Academy edited it. Who are you? How dare you look down on Lord Yan!"

Wang Ji's voice was like thunder, and the sharp-mouthed man looked behind Yan Chen in disbelief when he heard it.

At this time, he saw the guards who came in after Yan Chen... So, this person is really the champion?

Some time ago, Mr. Yan went to announce the good news in front of Yan's house, but it was widely spread throughout Chongming.

This person is also surnamed Yan, isn't that...

The sharp-mouthed man trembled all over: "I... I am a villain who has eyes but can't see Mount Tai. I'm sorry I offended an adult. Don't care about a villain."

He smiled obsequiously at Yan Chen, and bowed several times on the spot.

Seeing that Yan Chen didn't look like he was going to be beaten, the sharp-mouthed man moved towards the door and said, "My lord, I just remembered that there are still some things at home. Thank you for your generosity, the little one will go back first."

Saying that, regardless of the heavy rain outside, he ran out quickly, as if afraid of Yan Chen's repentance.

As soon as the sharp-mouthed man left, the shopkeeper invited Yan Chen to the second floor.

The guests who had been watching the excitement suddenly felt rather bored, and chatted: "That one just now, is the young master of the Yan family?"

"It should be. It's not often seen in the past. Looking at it today, he really deserves to be the number one scholar. With his whole body temperament, he can be seen as a scholar."

"Didn't you tell me last time that Young Master Yan is a sick child?"

"Really? Why don't I remember?"

The second floor.

There was no cooking utensils in the shop either, so the shopkeeper only made a cup of hot tea for Yan Chen: "My lord, don't be disgusted, you don't need to drink the tea you bought at home."

Yan Chen nodded slightly and said with a smile, "It's all tea." It's all quite bitter.

The shopkeeper looked behind him tremblingly again, and saw that the big and round guards wanted to make tea for them too.

Xu An took the teapot from him: "I'll do it."

The shopkeeper went back to chat with Yan Chen.

I don't know why, he didn't have much contact with the young master in the past, only his temper is still mild, but his temper is a bit dull.

Looking at it now, it was clearly still that person, and when he spoke, he still had that gentle tone, but it made him faintly stressed.

Could it be that this is the spirit of champion?

The shopkeeper was so imaginative, his face was a little stiff with a smile.

Yan Chen casually asked, "What happened to that guest just now?"

With such a large property, the Yan family can be regarded as a local snake in Chongming. As far as he knows, there would never be such troublemakers in the past.

And even if it was raining, there seemed to be fewer people in the store than before.

Is it because of Wen Luoqing?Yan Chen narrowed her eyes slightly.

The shopkeeper: "The man just now is a regular customer. He is usually very talkative. Every time there are new fabrics in the store, he will always buy and write for his wife."

He said sadly: "I don't know what happened today. He suddenly mocked us... saying that the high-rise building of our cloth shop is about to collapse... I chose a few kinds of cloth and insisted that I give him a cheaper price."

"But the price we give to regular customers has always been the cheapest."

Yan Chen: "The tall building will collapse?"

The shopkeeper nodded slightly, hesitating whether to tell him, "Master, you went to Beijing to rush for the exam, maybe you don't know. Since the beginning of last month, the Wen family... has done a lot of things, which have some impact on our business .”

His eyes looked through the floor, as if he could see the desertedness downstairs: "This kind of life has lasted for a long time."

Yan Chen: "What did elder sister say?"

The shopkeeper shook his head and said embarrassingly: "Miss communicated with a few stewards and said that nothing will be done and everything will be as usual."

Yan Chen nodded slightly, thoughtfully.

The sound of the rain did not know when it weakened.

The shopkeeper wanted to say something more, but Yan Chen stood up and said to Xu An and the others: "The rain has lightened, let's go back."

Shopkeeper: "..."

He had no choice but to stand up and send Yan Chen away respectfully, until the figures of the group disappeared in the hazy rain and mist, then he shook his head disappointedly.

He is also, the young master is a scholar, not to mention whether he will take care of business or not, literati think money is bad, what expectations does he have for the young master?

The carriage soon arrived at Yan's mansion.

Yan Lingchuan received the news early in the morning, and has not gone out today. When the guards at the gate came to report, she and Mo Xiang greeted her.

When they reached the gate, they saw the foster brother get off the carriage, his slender and tall figure was like a cluster of slender bamboos.

Yan Chen also saw Yan Lingchuan.

His eyes lit up, he raised a smile, and walked a few steps forward to her. He seemed to be happy but restrained and nodded slightly, with a friendly expression: "Eldest sister."

Yan Lingchuan raised his eyebrows: "How come you know you miss your relatives once you go out for a long time?"

When this adoptive brother saw her before, he just nodded, smiled, and greeted her without moving his steps.

"Elder Sister." Yan Chen bowed her head shyly: "In the past, I was ignorant, and I knew when I went out that my father and Eldest Sister treated me with good intentions."

Yan Lingchuan smiled: "I don't think you are very sensible now, you won the first prize, and you don't write to me, which makes me worry all the time."

Later, Geng Ming drove the carriage away, and the guards followed the servants of the mansion, leading the horses to Magai.

Yan Chen and Yan Lingchuan walked side by side half a meter apart, and walked into the house along the long corridor. Yan Lingchuan ordered someone to prepare food and wine early in the morning to clean up the dust for him.

The two sat down at the table.

A small square table, with six dishes and two soups on the table, is not considered a luxury, but each dish is placed outside, and the price is not enough for ordinary people to eat a few times a year.

The big room, the sumptuous food, but only the siblings are eating at the table, Mo Xiang looked at it, and suddenly felt a little sad.

But soon, she was happy again:

The young lady is a person who attaches great importance to family affection, but after the master passed away, she was always alone when eating, and she ate casually, and then she had to run to various shops after a quick bite.

But you can tell how happy she is by looking at the smile on her face now.

When she was happy, Mo Xiang was also happy.

After dinner, Yan Lingchuan asked about Yan Chen's marriage again: "People say to start a family first, and then start a career. Now that you have been admitted to the number one scholar, you have officially entered the official career. When do you plan to get married? What do you like about women? At home these few days, I will take care of you for you."

Yan Chen didn't change his expression, he shook his head and said, "No."

Yan Lingchuan's eyes widened, and then he heard him continue to say plausibly: "Since ancient times, the elders and children have been orderly, and the elder sister has not yet married. How can I feel that I have passed you and took the first step."

Yan Lingchuan: "..." Bah!Fortunately, she praised him for being sensible just now!

Looking at it now, isn't it still the same dog temper as before?

The siblings stared wide-eyed, Yan Lingchuan was about to say something more, when a servant ran over in panic, panting, "Little Miss..."

"Guard Hu is here." The boy said, and Guan Shi trotted in after him.

"Miss, it's not good." Manager Hu looked at Yan Chen curiously, but the situation was urgent and he didn't have time to be curious.

"Yunjin...the Yunjin in the workshop is gone!"

"What?" Yan Lingchuan stood up abruptly.

She tried her best to calm down the panic in her heart: "Boss Hu, please speak carefully and explain clearly what's going on?"

Manager Hu swallowed his saliva: "Miss, at noon today, I went to the warehouse to check the inventory, and found that the brocade was gone, but before... last night, last night."

How can he calm down?This is the brocade of every inch of gold!

"Did someone steal it? Did you check the other people in the workshop? Are there any traces in the warehouse?" Yan Lingchuan also didn't calm down.

"No, Mo Xiang, you ask the butler to prepare a car for me immediately, I'm going to the workshop to see."

"Miss..." At night, Mo Xiang looked at her and nodded hesitantly: "I'll go right away."

Before she could leave the door, she saw the guards who came back with the young master at some time, and walked in.

Wang Ji asked curiously: "Yunjin? Miss Yan, you said, is it the kind of brocade that was paid as a tribute to the royal family?"

Yan Lingchuan nodded: "That's right." Ordinary fabrics don't dare to be called "Yunjin".

"This little thief is really bold." Wang Ji raised his eyebrows.

He glanced at Yan Chen, and then reprimanded: "You dare to steal the tribute, you don't care about the majesty of the royal family!"

Yan Chen: "I think this matter is a bit strange."

Yan Chen looked at Guanshi Hu: "In addition to the brocade, are there other brocade fabrics missing from the warehouse?"

Manager Hu was taken aback for a moment, and recalled for a moment: "It should be that there is no..."

Several people present looked at each other, seeming to realize something.Yan Chen smiled: "It seems that this thief came here specially for Yunjin."

His face suddenly turned cold: "It's really audacious."

"My lord, I'm willing to help Miss Yan find Yunjin and catch the thief!" Wang Ji said loudly, "My lord, please give me an order."

Yan Chen glanced at him: "Okay, then before you return to Beijing, find out the thief's whereabouts as soon as possible."

"My lord, don't worry." Wang Ji said with a smile, "I will definitely live up to your expectations!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at Guanshi Hu: "This steward, please..." Wang Ji led all the guards and dragged Guanshi out.

Yan Chen turned to Yan Lingchuan and said with a smile, "Don't worry, elder sister, I believe they will find out the truth soon and find Yunjin."

Yan Lingchuan's focus is not on this.

She looked at Yan Chen mockingly: "My lord is right."

After finishing speaking, Yan Lingchuan looked outside the door again: "I heard people say that the number one scholar is often appointed to write for the Imperial Academy. That one just now is your subordinate?"

Yan Chen shook his head: "It's a servant bestowed by the emperor."

It's just that it's a spy who came to observe him.

He has the ability, otherwise Yan Chen would not let him take care of this matter with confidence.

As for his active purpose, it's not bad at all.

As long as there is nothing wrong with Yan Chen, the future can be expected in the future, so he will take this opportunity to ask for more credit, and follow Zhuangyuanlang in the future, wouldn't he be popular and hot?

The author says:

① Wealth and honor do not return to their hometowns, such as night walks in brocade clothes——"Historical Records Xiang Yu Biography"

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