Jianye Cloth, the largest and only cloth in Jianye City. The only one who can open a store in troubled times must be Haoqiang.

At this time, Mrs. Wang, the fat proprietress of Buxu, was as picky as ever: "...... 29？ Why is another piece missing? ”

Wan Sheng said angrily: "Then you have to ask Zhou Tong Zhou, the eldest prince." ”

Mrs. Wang sneered: "The family of the eldest prince of Zhou has money and still uses it to rob you of things?" ”

Wan Sheng said angrily: "Who doesn't know what kind of temper the prince of Zhou has in the whole city?" Could it be that I have wronged him every time? ”

Well, it's true that he's wronged every time, because he really didn't grab a piece. But the loss is because of him, and it is not wrong to count it on his head.

Mrs. Wang snorted coldly: "I don't care, anyway, the goods that are less delivered will be deducted from the salary!" Last month's salary was a total of 29 Wen, and a pair of Jinpa dropped was worth 9 Wen, a total of 20 Wen! ”

After crackling and knocking on the abacus for accounting, Mrs. Wang threw another account book: "Sign a handprint!" ”

Wan Sheng held this copper coin, and his heart was mixed. 1 copper coin can buy a pound of rice, and the 20 yuan is 20 catties of rice, which is barely enough for himself and his mother-in-law to drink porridge for a month. I can't even eat enough, how can I compare with Zhou Tong, a person who is full from snacks?

What's even more helpless is that the market price of a silk is 300 Wen, and the raw material of 150 pieces of Jinpa can be cut, that is, the material cost of a piece of Jinpa is up to 2 Wen, and it can be sold for 9 Wen after embroidery by himself and his mother-in-law all day and night, but the salary for processing each pair of Jinpa is only 1 Wen!

It's so unfair! But there is no way, if you want to make a living in Jianye City, you can only work for Bu Yu to supply, and if you want to do it alone, then wait to be blasted out of the city by these heroes. And all kinds of robber spirits outside the city are infested, where is there a place for himself and his mother-in-law to live?

Unless, unless you can join a sect and become a strong person to get ahead! I have powers, I can do it! At this moment, the young man's heart once again burned with an unwilling fighting spirit.

(Note: Tang Dynasty 1000 Wen = 1 Guan = 1 tael of silver = 1000 catties of rice, 1 tael of gold is roughly equal to 10 taels of silver is equal to the current 4000 yuan.) A piece of silk is 13 meters long and 1.4 meters wide = 300 wen. The Tang Dynasty lacked gold and silver, and silk, copper, money, and horses were all currency. ）

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Tightening the wallet in his arms, following closely behind the city patrol officer, Wansheng returned to his own show shop safely. Although Zhou Tong's group of scoundrels were rampant, they were not lawless enough to commit crimes in front of the patrol. The consequences of not giving face to the officials are serious.

As soon as she entered the door, her mother-in-law asked, "Are you teasing the young master of the Zhou family again?" ”

"That's a mouse playing with a cat!" Wan Sheng shook his head and sighed and handed the money bag to his mother-in-law: "I got my salary back, 20 Wen, and my mother-in-law knows about the missing piece." ”

The mother-in-law asked, "Then did Mrs. Wang find fault with the goods delivered this time?" ”

Wan Sheng shook his head: "No! ”

The mother-in-law was pleased: "Mrs. Wang is a very picky businessman, and businessmen always have to find fault when they receive goods. ”

Wan Sheng said in a sullen voice: "What about the best goods? The better I did, the more I suffered. Mother-in-law, are we really at nothing to do? ”

The mother-in-law frowned: "Then what are your plans in the future?" ”

Wan Sheng said in a sullen voice: "Today I heard that Zhou Tong is going to join the Tang Dynasty Mansion, and I also want to join a sect." Otherwise, if I really wait for Zhou Tong's apprentice to come back and trouble me, I'm afraid even Sister Xiaozhuo won't be able to protect me. Although I don't have the conditions to join the sect, I have a special ability that may make the master look at it differently-"

"No way!" The mother-in-law reprimanded: "Forgot what I said? ”

Wan Sheng was silent. My mother-in-law warned me that I had to keep my secret until I had the ability to protect myself. But if you don't join the sect, you won't have the ability, dead knot!

The mother-in-law suddenly said, "Do you know how much our piece of brocade sells for?" ”

Wan Sheng was surprised: "9 Wen? ”

Mother-in-law smiled: "This is the local price, if it is transferred from the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal all the way to the big cities of Luoyang, Chang'an, then this handkerchief will be transformed into a "Jiangnan embroidery" with the same name as "Shu embroidery", that is, the value can be doubled and sold for dozens of hundreds of texts!" It's even hard to find a product with a price! ”

Wan Sheng stood up suddenly: "Hundreds of texts!" A penny of a handkerchief has multiplied a hundredfold!? ”

The mother-in-law nodded: "The brand of Jiangnan embroidery is worth this price!" ”

Wan Sheng cried with a sad face: "I'm Jiangnan embroidery?" Mother-in-law, what is Chang'an really like? Are the people there particularly stupid or are there a lot of money? ”

The mother-in-law laughed: "Chang'an is a hundred times the size of Jianye, can't the price be increased by a hundred times?" ”

Wan Sheng suddenly became stunned, and then said indignantly: "Mother-in-law, let's go to Chang'an!" We don't get angry in this little town! ”

The mother-in-law shook her head and said, "One, if you go to Chang'an, you are not Jiangnan embroidery, and you are still only worth a penny." Second, there are only a few big families in Jianye City, but Chang'an is full of mixed gangs, you can't stand one or two big households in Jianye City, can you stand hundreds of thousands of powerful families in Chang'an? ”

Wan Sheng was at a loss again.

The mother-in-law sighed: "So the mother-in-law helped you think of a way, it depends on whether you can pull your face." ”

Wan Sheng suddenly had an ominous premonition: "Mother-in-law, should you be?" ”

The mother-in-law said in a deep voice: "Exactly! The reason why our wages are very low is because my mother-in-law is old and has a good life in a few years, and they can squeeze a little oil and water. But you're different, as long as I tell Mrs. Wang that I've taught you all my skills, then you'll become Jianye Buxuan, no, you're Lord Wang's cash celebrity! With Mrs. Wang's shrewdness, it is impossible to do things such as killing chickens and taking eggs, and she will definitely focus on cultivating you, and then you will have a status in Jianye City, and the son of the Zhou family will not trouble you......"

Wan Sheng's face was pale, and Wan Sheng couldn't imagine how the whole city would laugh at him at that time! I obviously have special abilities, and I can gamble on a lot of money, why should I be ridiculed while following that fat woman with a fat face? Don't, don't, don't!

The mother-in-law said again: "I know you don't want to, but what if you practice to the realm of a grandmaster? Then no one will laugh at you. ”

Wan Sheng was stunned and said, "How do you practice a grandmaster?" ”

The mother-in-law smiled: "I'll go to Mrs. Wang to ask for satin!" As long as you practice more, you can naturally succeed, but don't worry, in order to allow you to practice quietly, I only said that I took in an apprentice, and I won't talk about your affairs first. ”

Wan Sheng was silent, and it seemed that there was only one way.