Chapter 142

Seeing Liu Cheng's thoughts turned several times, feeling that Yan Youcheng's words made great sense!

The most important thing is that it finally made him find the long-lost sense of superiority!

This is the most successful part of Yan Youcheng's "persuasion words".

Where is Seeing Liu Cheng's biggest knot?

Not a woman, not an ox cart, but the loss of a sense of superiority.

For a proud son of heaven like Seeing Liu Cheng, who has been proud all the way, smooth sailing, and has always been proud of his talent and intelligence, but encountered Wang Yang, lost in pure conversation, defeated in discussing soldiers, and suffered a crushing defeat in gambling poetry, this feeling of being overwhelmed in all aspects is something he cannot accept.

People are very strange. He can accept Wang Rong's crushing of him in all aspects, because most talents are crushed by Wang Rong. He can also accept the talents in the capital who are good at their own fields and surpass him. But I don't know why, he just can't accept these various "victories" of this Wang Yang who doesn't know where he came from.

Perhaps it was because he didn't set a high position for Wang Yang in his heart at the beginning? Or perhaps Wang Yang's reputation was not obvious before? Or perhaps Wang Yang made him and his brother lose face in front of everyone time and time again?

But no matter what, Wang Yang shattered his pride and self-esteem.

Even he himself didn't want to admit that he had actually started to fear Wang Yang. When facing Wang Yang, he could no longer find the previous calmness and confidence.

But now after Yan Youcheng said this, he was stunned to find that he was actually still above Wang Yang! No matter how high Wang Yang's talent is, he can't change this fact!

And if he can really accept Wang Yang under his command, then Wang Yang is his subordinate.

Lady Xie Lady Xie Xinghan and he are peers, her father Lady Xie Fei's status and power, although not as good as his father, but after all, he is the Secretary of the Secretariat, and the Lady Xie and Liu families have always been equal, will she, Lady Xie Lady Xie Xinghan, look at the students of the Liu family?

If she really looks at it, then let them go! By then, watching her and Wang Yang bow to him, watching them please him for their future, let her always live in regret.

Seeing Liu Cheng became happier the more he thought about it, and in his excitement, he composed a poem in his heart:

"Once watched the evil tiger in the ten thousand mountains, stepping on the heavy pass of the hundred-foot rainbow. Only fear meeting Seeing Liu Cheng by the road, also must bow his head to worship the hero!"

(Seeing Liu Cheng thinks Wang Yang has the ambition of a wolf, and his surname is Wang, so he uses a tiger to metaphor Wang Yang in the poem.)

Yan Youcheng saw Seeing Liu Cheng smiling there, quite weird, thinking: Could it be that he was stimulated by Wang Yang too much, so he became stupid...

Afternoon clouds stop, curtains wind light.

In Wang Yang's study, the floor is full of gift boxes and gift cases.

Chen Qingshan leaned against the door, reciting the gift list in her hand, her voice cold and pleasant.

Wang Yang sat in front of the table, recording with a brush, the tip of the brush touching the white paper, making a rustling sound.

Little A-Wu sat among the gift boxes, quietly tidying up.

"Shopkeeper Zhang of 【Xuanquan Cloth Shop】 on Xuanquan Street, one end of Shu brocade, two green glazed plate-mouth pots, one colorful phoenix incense burner."

"Shopkeeper Li of 【Chunan Embroidery Workshop】 in Sanheli, four gilded copper candlesticks, a pair of silver bracelets, a dragon belt with chi patterns."

"Field Master Zhao of 【Furui Weaving Field】, one red robe with auspicious grass patterns, two ends of spotted brocade, two white summer clothes, two brocade trousers."

"Shopkeeper Zhou of 【Jinyintang】 in the west of the city, one stone long pillow, one piece of Shangdang green pine smoke ink, purple stone—"

"Green pine smoke? Where?" Wang Yang exclaimed in surprise.

Little A-Wu looked for it and held up a carved wooden lacquer box: "Young Master, here!"

Wang Yang's face showed joy: "Just put this on my table."

Little A-Wu immediately bypassed the box and delivered the box to Wang Yang's hand.

Chen Qingshan asked curiously: "Why? Is this very good ink?"

Wang Yang played with the smooth ink stick, sighing joyfully: "Shangdang green pine smoke, Yiling cinnabar powder. This is famous ink!"

Chen Qingshan looked at Wang Yang, his white clothes like snow in the sunlight, eyes like meteors, examining the ink block in his palm, looking happy and enjoying, only feeling a strange temperament.

Wang Yang noticed Chen Qingshan's fixed gaze and looked at her,

Chen Qingshan lowered her head quickly and urged: "Hurry up, I still have to practice martial arts."

Wang Yang put back the ink stick and picked up the brush again.

He had been busy ordering silk these days. The Prince of Badong wanted too much, and buying finished products directly was not enough, and such large-scale procurement was likely to lead to price increases.

The money was fixed, the price rose by one point, and he earned one point less, so Wang Yang took the modern "bidding procurement" set and held a bidding meeting, letting each cloth shop and weaving field bid themselves, wanting to earn how much money, then bid for how much share. Whoever's price is suitable, whoever wins the bid.

With the Langya Wang family as the banker, the temptation of huge orders, plus the formation of a "buyer's market", the enthusiasm of merchants soared! They competed to integrate resources and tried their best to increase the bidding share.

Wang Yang also changed from passive to active, not only distributing the production indicators required by the Prince of Badong, but also compressing the cost price. Originally, the budget cost given by the Prince of Badong was 18 million coins, and the remaining 2 million was Wang Yang's remuneration. But after Wang Yang's operation, the remaining money actually increased by half!

That is to say, if this business is completed smoothly, Wang Yang will profit 3 million!

The benefits are huge, but there are also drawbacks.

The drawback is that after a toss, it is inevitable to deal more with those merchants. For a scholar, this is not a good name. Although many aristocratic families participate in business, most of them are behind-the-scenes control. Like Wang Yang, who personally went down to the field and made such a big movement, it is called "taking advantage of the time" in small terms, and "tarnishing the scholar style" in large terms. Although it is not a big mistake, it is not a good thing after all.

But doing so can reduce the defense of Wang Tai and the mysterious woman, making them feel that he is wholeheartedly thinking about making money, relaxing their vigilance, and improving the success rate of Wang Yang's counterattack plan.

And such a large procurement could not be hidden, and those merchants were all masters who "would not see the rabbit and not scatter the eagle". With such a big business and such a new model, even if Wang Yang wanted to retreat to the background, he didn't have the conditions.

In the final analysis, the foundation is too thin, the foundation is too shallow. If Wang Yang had enough foundation in Jingzhou, even if he sent a "spokesperson" to go out, he could get recognition.

Of course, the premise is to have enough strength to support the spokesperson who can support the scene. Blackie represented Wang Yang to run the folding fan workshop, that's no problem; but to say that he sat in such a large silk business, it was still far away.

However, Wang Yang didn't really avoid dealing with these merchants. In addition to his modern concepts, more importantly, he was facing major threats from two mysterious forces, eager to increase his strength, not only to save more capital, but also to expand his contacts. Although the status of merchants is not high, it is also a force that cannot be ignored.

For merchants, Wang Yang is considered "lowering his status to associate", on the one hand, they feel pleasantly surprised, on the other hand, they are grateful for the huge business orders brought by Wang Yang, and they also have the idea of maintaining relationships and climbing the upper class, so after signing the contract, this "thank you gift" flowed into Wang Yang's house like water.

Thank you gifts not only have utensils, but also food, such as the gift list Chen Qingshan is reading:

"... thirty catties of clams, four wild rabbits, four fresh ducks, two boxes of red water chestnuts, one box of large loquats from Yidu."

Wang Yang liked to eat stir-fried clams, but he hadn't eaten them since he crossed over. Hearing that Shopkeeper Liu of the East Street sent so many clams, he said: "A-Wu, tell Sister Song, eat stir-fried clams tonight! We keep five catties, and send the rest in five portions to the county school, Lady Xie mansion, Vice Governor's mansion, Zong mansion, and Yu mansion."

Just as he was speaking, Blackie came to report that Seeing Liu Cheng was asking to see him.

Wang Yang was startled: Seeing Liu Cheng? What is he doing here?

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Note: Yidu belonged to Jingzhou at that time, and was famous for its large loquats. "Art and Literature Category - Fruit Category Lower" quotes "Jingzhou Land Records": "Yidu produces large loquats."