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The middle-aged proprietress smiled wryly again.

"It's incredible, isn't it? There are still people who dye cloth by themselves these days. ”

The young man nodded solemnly in agreement.

Nowadays, hand-dyeing cloth is indeed a very difficult thing to understand. Since the establishment of V.E, which is known as "from life to death, service to home", it has gradually become difficult to find fabrics made by traditional handicraft in the market, both in terms of output and price. Neither manual products can compete with the cheap mass-produced products produced by industrial assembly line operations. Coupled with a number of other factors, everything on the market is now made by V.E or has a deep relationship with V.E.

Especially in the field of textile dyeing, as a starting industry. V.E's strength in this area is something that no company or small workshop can put on the table. After a little comparison between smart middlemen and customers, they will obediently choose high-quality and low-cost products of large companies.

It is incredible that they can still continue their traditional craftsmanship under such sinister external conditions.

Holding her chin, the proprietress enthusiastically introduced the teenager.

"In the past, the village was very lively. Even foreign merchants came from afar, and everyone knew that Charlemagne had a village of Chagu that could dye peacock green. So the merchants of Lapland, the smugglers of Albion, the procurers of the royal palace...... All kinds of customers flocked to the village from all directions, and at that time, it was only necessary to sell a cart of cloth in exchange for enough food for a family of five to feed for a year. ”

The woman reveled in the fantasy of reminiscing about the past, her stout arms picking up the bar did not stop, and her brisk hands quickly fiddled with the dishes. The boy from other places was silent.

The intoxicated and nostalgic smiling face disappeared at once, and the lost face told the story of decline.

"Since the advent of V.E, our business has started to fail. The cloth they use looms and dyeing machines to produce is not only strong, but also brightly colored, and the price is only about half to one-third of that of other merchants. The guests all ran to them. Without customers and business, we had to tinker with the crops and narrow down our business to the surrounding villages. Count on everyone to support each other and get through this difficult time. ”

A self-sufficient, closed, self-circulating small-scale peasant economy has real benefits for protecting local farmers and craftsmen from losing their jobs all of a sudden, and it is also good for protecting the local economy.

But large monopolies, which are expanding like the devil and are keen to break down trade barriers and play according to market principles, are not happy about this. Soon, the negotiators who were discussing the merger came to visit.

In one go, they quoted twice the market value of all the dyeing houses in the village. Well...... Employees of big companies, young men, you know what they will look like. ”

The boy nodded in understanding

Even if it is not arrogant, the attitude of the negotiators is by no means kind and modest.

Polite and stiff. Speaking of negotiations, the contents of a contract are all mergers.

In a word: there is decency and rudeness.

The bureaucrats and aristocratic lords had long forgotten what they were supposed to do, and the fat cats who received a second salary from the V.E company had to put on their company uniforms.

The villagers did not expect this group of fellows to speak for the common people, and they surrounded the negotiators with sickles, pitchforks, and sticks, and expressed their feelings in the traditional way of the countryside.

The security guards of V.E Company also pulled out their guys, preparing to recreate the legend of V.E Company and forced demolition.

The negotiations turned into a stern armed confrontation, which would escalate at the slightest carelessness. In the end, the negotiators of V.E left with a blushing face, and a bloody conflict was averted. (To be continued.) )