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"Husband, the clothes in our Nishangyi House are about to be sold out!"

After dinner one day, the family sat by the stove playing chess and chatting. Meng Wan showed off her contributions in front of Chen Xu with an excited face.

"Wan'er is so awesome!" Chen Xu praised with a smile, "that must have made a lot of money!"

"That's natural. From the opening of the mall to today, we have sold more than 600 sets of dresses and made more than 100,000 yuan!"

"Not bad, Wan'er is so capable, in the future, our family will rely on you to support us!" Chen Xu nodded while eating.

"My husband makes fun of me. Although our clothes are good, they are not as good as selling a few crystal glass on the first floor!" Meng Wan expressed her dissatisfaction with her tongue.

"How can I compare? Clothes are daily consumer goods and people buy them every year. Crystal porcelain and other items have to be used for many years. No matter whether you are rich or noble, you can do not use porcelain and glass, but you have to wear clothes. Therefore, clothing is a long-lasting big business!" Chen Xu said with a smile.

"What my husband said is that clothes are essential and indispensable. Moreover, wealthy families have to buy many sets every year in spring, summer, autumn and winter. Wanniang also needs to design more new styles and develop clothes for different seasons. She will definitely make a lot of money in the future!" Ying Shiman helped her.

"I also think, but the weaver girl and students in the college are too late to make, and the printing and dyeing fabrics are very complicated and the embroidery patterns are very slow. Recently, many customers from other places cannot buy our clothes, which is very regretful!" Meng Wan sighed with a little depressed sigh with her hands holding her chin.

Shui Qingrou shook her head seriously and said, "Wan Niang, you are a marquis, with a noble status and can only be a joke when selling clothes. How can you deal with people like a city clerk every day? This will embarrass your husband!"

Although all three of them were Chen Xu's wife, Shui Qingrou was Chen Xu's first wife and the oldest, so after she said that, Meng Wan and Ying Shiman dared not speak, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became quiet.

"Sister Shui said that Wan'er did something wrong, so please punish me!" After a brief silence, Meng Wan whispered to Shui Qingru and Chen Xu to admit her mistake.

"I... I also think we shouldn't be doing business as merchants. In the past, we opened clothes houses at the entrance of the college just to give the cut-out students an internship. Now that the Nishang clothes houses are so big, the students have no intention of studying and deviating from the original intention of their husband's teaching!" Ying Shiman also lowered her head with red cheeks.

"Shiman and Wan'er don't need to blame themselves. Women's business operations are not a big deal, but they do cause criticism. Recently, I have also heard some common words, but I have said that I will support any of your ideas. How can my wife and concubines be equivalent to ordinary people!" Chen Xu said to comfort him.

"But your husband's identity is different now, so you shouldn't be too spoiled!" Shui Qingrou has always been very protective of Chen Xu's identity and face, so she did not agree with Chen Xu's words.

"Then... I won't do it in the future, just leave the Nishang clothes to others to do it!" Meng Wan's eyes turned red and began to wipe her tears with grievance.

Shui Qingrou's words made her feel at a loss, but she could only admit her mistakes and compromise.

"The gentle words make sense. It's better not to do anything about clothes, but Wan'er should not be sad. The cutting class learns clothes design, and does not have to make clothes for sale in person. In the future, you can design dresses specifically in the college and students, and then sell the design drawings to garment stores, so that no one will say anything!"

Although Chen Xu did not agree with Shui Qingrou's words, in this era, as a left prime minister and Shangqing who were below one person and above ten thousand people, some things still had to follow the ancient etiquette of superiors and inferiority. The biggest disadvantage of the collapse of etiquette and music is that people will become more and more snobbish. When everyone starts talking about money alone, social morality will slowly collapse.

Merchants were born specifically for profit. Even if they relaxed the business rules and developed business, merchants were still just a group of profit-oriented classes in the eyes of the people.

Although business is not rich, business can promote the development and prosperity of society and the country, if he is a dignified minister who ignores the people and court sentiment and allows his wives and concubines to do business in a special way, it will inevitably lead to a very bad atmosphere among the people.

The direction of human civilization development is not business, but morality. When business develops to the extreme without moral constraints, collusion between officials and businessmen will soon corrupt the country, and laws will often become empty texts.

"Wan'er listens to her husband's arrangements, but what should I do if the clothes shed?" Meng Wan nodded in a thrust.

"I heard that Sister Caiwei has always wanted to open a chain store all over the country like Qinghe stores, but Sister Caiying refused to help, and the two seemed to be very unhappy in the quarrel. Otherwise, I can leave Lishang's romance to Sister Caiwei to take care of it, so that I can rest assured!" Ying Shiman hesitated for a moment.

Chen Xu was slightly stunned, and the situation when he first met Fan Caiwei at the bridgehead of the Weihe Bridge appeared in his mind. He recalled several simple dates on weekdays and frowned slightly.

"My husband doesn't like Sister Caiwei's help!" Ying Shiman was a little nervous.

"Sister Caiwei is from a merchant family and is proficient in business as well as Sister Caiying. If you leave the Nishangyi House to her to manage, it will definitely be better than us!" Meng Wan also lowered her head and whispered.

"Oh~" Chen Xu sighed, "Let's arrange this, Wan'er will tell Caiwei about this matter, tell her that in the future, Nishang Yishang and Qinghe Store's clothing counter will be merged together, and she will be responsible for the clothing of Qinghe Stores across the country. I can sponsor her to set up a special garment factory, and then make the clothes designed by Wan'er and the Women's College and give them all rights reserved for her to sell, and 20% of the money they earn will belong to her!"

"Husband, isn't 20% too much?" Shui Qingrou said softly.

"Not many, Qinghe Store has more than 30 stores across the country. It would be a very complicated and tiring thing to integrate them all together. Wan'er is right. Caiwei is from a merchant family and will definitely be better at operating it than we do ourselves. Besides, money is something outside of it. What I hope is that the clothes designed by Wan'er can lead the entire trend of Daqin clothing, which is even more happy than making money!"

After hearing Chen Xu say this, Meng Wan burst into tears and laughed and acted coquettishly in Chen Xu's arms. When she was sleeping, she naturally got the chance to flip the cards and was favored by Chen Xu all night.

The next morning, Meng Wan couldn't wait to take a bus to find Fan Caiwei and told her about Chen Xu's request to run the Nishang Yishang and the clothing counter of Qinghe Store. Fan Caiwei was stunned for a long time after hearing this. The grievances and unhappiness that had accumulated for a long time turned into two lines of tears.

A few years ago, the head of the family was arranged to come to the Huaxia Money House in Xianyang, which was in charge of Xianyang. However, because of his stubborn temperament, Fan Caiying forcibly deprived him of the supervisor. Then he stayed in Xianyang without doing anything and did not dare to go back to his hometown to meet the head of the family.

Because Fan Yong had a very clear mind at the beginning, he was going to give her to Chen Xu as a concubine.

Although Fan Caiwei and Fan Caiying are sisters of the same mother, their personalities are completely different, which is completely different. Fan Caiying is not only older, but also has an extremely delicate and mature mind. She also knows that her identity and status are low, so she is determined to complete the task assigned to her by Fan Yong so that the Fan family can join Chen Xu, the suddenly rising marquis.

Although the starting point of Fan's family was very disdainful to Chen Xu, after several contacts, Chen Xu was happy to accept Fan Caiying. This woman's business acumen and vision were finally brought out, becoming his indispensable arm for reforming the Qin Dynasty. Fan Caiying's gentleness on the bed also made Chen Xu unable to stop. This peerless beauty finally conquered Chen Xu with her appearance and ability and got everything she wanted. She even became a stunning business woman in the Qin Dynasty. Not only was she famous among the people, but she was praised in the court and even in the emperor.

Today, Fan Caiying has become the pride of all the women's circles in Daqin.

But this honor and achievement are inseparable from Chen Xu's strong support. Without Chen Xu, Fan Caiying would have become a toy for wealthy officials like an ordinary business woman.

Fan Caiwei is completely different. She didn't want to marry Chen Xu as her concubine at the beginning, but she didn't dare to get married because of the arrangement of the head of the family. Now she is over 21 years old. She may still be studying in college at this age in the future, but in this era, this age is an alien and a joke in the conversation among the people.

She did not like Chen Xu, and Chen Xu had many wives and concubines and was too lazy to provoke her sister-in-law. After years of delay, Fan Caiying began to dislike this sister because Fan Caiying knew that her status was low and did not dare to persuade Chen Xu too much, for fear of angering Chen Xu and expelling her from the house. Then the ending of waiting for her would naturally be extremely miserable and would definitely be killed by the Fan family.

I am like a slave, and I have no status at all.

Therefore, in this environment, Fan Caiwei has been extremely lonely and depressed in recent years. She occasionally goes to the Women's College to play with Meng Wanying Shiman and others, and most of the time she spends hiding at home and dazed, but there is no way out.

The news brought by Meng Wan finally made her understand.

My brother-in-law did not completely forget her. Perhaps she was accepting her in this way and giving her another lifestyle that could show up in public.

"Please ask the Marquis to go back and tell the Marquis that Caiwei will definitely manage the Nishang Yishang store and Qinghe store!" Fan Caiwei wiped away her tears and saluted Meng Wanfu.
Chapter completed!