"After this incident, Tan'er's health has improved a bit, let's... let's consummate our marriage..."

In the drizzling rainy night, Su Tan'er choked out these words, and after a short while, Ning Yi nodded. Search:\(¨Complete¨Book¨God¨Site¨) to read quality literature for free.

"Uh... cough, I wasn't referring to that, but..." He smiled, "Yeah."

The words were drowned in the rain of the deep night. When the breeze blew in, the candlelight flickered. Such an expression must have taken great courage for Su Tan'er. She lay there, silently embarrassed for a moment. A large part of her illness was due to psychological factors, and saying this would probably reduce the pressure on her mind. But after a moment, perhaps because she thought of something, she bit her lower lip lightly.

"If... if we can't get through this, Husband... will Husband..."

"Will I what?"

"Will I..." Su Tan'er hesitated, then finally shook her head, "Never mind, I won't say it."

"Spoilsport..." Ning Yi looked at her for a while, then probably guessed some of her thoughts, and shook his head. "I'm not saying this for the sake of the Su family. Whether we get through this or not, our affairs will just be like this... Besides, it's actually easy to get through this."

Su Tan'er nodded, her expression relaxing slightly. After a while, she smiled a little embarrassedly at Ning Yi's last sentence: "This matter... Husband doesn't understand..."

"I understand." Ning Yi looked back. "I roughly checked the accounts for the past three years. The Su family's foundation is still solid. No matter who the opponent is, it's indeed very vicious for them to stab someone and then accuse them of the same, but it won't really affect the customers. The Su family's business spans the whole country; no one will really discuss whether the boss in Jiangning is of good character before entering the store. The impact will only be on the closer partners and suppliers. The Su family will be shaken in this regard, but compared to this method, it won't have a big impact. With the Su family's foundation, it's difficult to collapse directly because of some links. At most, they'll lose a small portion. To have a real impact, it's mainly in the vicinity of Jiangning. In the short term, the biggest impact will be on the Imperial Merchant. After the matter is confirmed, the government will consider its reputation and not cooperate with the Su family..."

"So, it's the Imperial Merchant..." Su Tan'er murmured, repeating the phrase.

"So... the most important thing is to solve the problem of the Imperial Merchant."

"Husband doesn't understand..." She turned her gaze to the inside of the bed, repeating in a low voice, not letting Ning Yi see her expression. Ning Yi sighed, took out the piece of cloth from his body and placed it in her hand: "Don't understand the Imperial Merchant, or don't understand this piece of cloth?"

Su Tan'er turned her head, looked at the cloth in her hand, then looked at Ning Yi: "Husband... already knows?"

"To be honest, not really." Ning Yi shook his head. "Xing'er was a bit embarrassed and didn't want to speak, so I didn't press her."

Su Tan'er looked at the piece of cloth in her hand for a while, occasionally looking aside, thinking about things. When she looked at Ning Yi again, she had a slight smile on her face, but her eyes looked desolate. Obviously, she had been thinking about this matter recently, often with this almost-crying expression, or had secretly cried more than once.

"Husband, we can't be the Imperial Merchant anymore... I've been thinking about these things for three years, and I secretly prepared for three years. Such beautiful colors, I originally thought I would definitely do well, but in the end, it became like this... It's like being deceived by someone. We didn't add Garcinia, we used a new method to mix it, cinnabar, madder, alum, gardenia... This must be a formula that no one has ever used before. More than two months ago, I thought that taking it out this time would definitely scare everyone, but in the end... in the end, it..."

She sniffed, bit her lip lightly, and Ning Yi thought for a while: "When did it start to fade?"

"Almost two months, and I don't know why." Su Tan'er shook her head. "After we made it, we tried many things, sun exposure, fire roasting, washing it over and over with water, nothing happened, it was still so beautiful. Originally, there were no problems, but in the end... it faded, and I don't know what to do. After Daddy fell, they finally couldn't help but say that it might not be solvable. I told them to keep trying, but I knew, there was no way..."

"This color is difficult to mix, there are few yellow raw materials, and if the formula is slightly wrong, the color will be very different. I don't know where to adjust it. It has a bright yellow color in that formula that we accidentally found..." She paused slightly, with tears in her eyes. "There's no way, Husband... we can't get it..."

The weaving industry has developed for so many years, and in fact, it has its own methods for judging what is called color fastness in modern times, but these methods obviously have problems with the ratio that Su Tan'er found. Perhaps a chemical reaction under a certain subtle ratio just produced that bright yellow - of course, with his current chemical knowledge, he certainly can't solve this matter from a technical level.

Su Tan'er is not someone who easily admits defeat, but when three years of hard work are judged to be meaningless, and the expectation of being the Imperial Merchant suddenly disappears, coupled with the accumulation of various things such as fatigue, pressure, and colds, it is no longer surprising that she suddenly collapses. The state of mind is like this. One moment you are at your peak, and even if your father falls, the crisis can naturally pass as long as you can get the Imperial Merchant. The next moment, you find that you have no chips in hand. When you are suddenly knocked down from the peak, everything will erupt more violently.

However, Ning Yi at this time was still looking at the cloth with interest. He took it from Su Tan'er's hand: "Isn't there still an improvement on the loom? I saw you withdrawing money from the accounts..."

"It can't be changed much. It was originally prepared for the Imperial Merchant, but these aspects require a lot of money to be invested, and not much is earned. If you only get the tribute part, it will be a burden. The weaving bureau will only treat people as coolies..."

"That's enough. In the end, it's still about solving the Imperial Merchant issue..."

"But it can't be solved anymore... Husband..." Su Tan'er said this sentence, then paused, looking at Ning Yi's expression that wasn't affected by her, "Huh?"

"Maybe it's difficult to get, but it doesn't mean it can't be solved." Ning Yi smiled. "There are solutions for things that don't fade, and there are solutions for things that fade. As for how to use it, we still need to consider it..."

Su Tan'er thought for a while: "Husband... could it be that you want to say that the faded one is good? That won't work..."

After all, she is also a smart person and knows that sometimes things can be relied on speaking and on publicity. Ning Yi also has the name of a talented scholar, and she thought that he wanted to publicize the fading as a feature of the cloth. This may work in some situations, but putting it here is just making fun of the royal family. Ning Yi shook his head: "That's not how it's done. There are still some things I don't understand, mainly the weaving bureau officials involved in this Imperial Merchant, the chips that each family wants to compete for the Imperial Merchant, what exactly have we done, and to what extent has the improvement of the loom reached... If you still have the energy, you can tell me now, and I'll tell you the solution later, but..."

He looked down at the cloth: "The Imperial Merchant is the key to the matter. No matter who our opponent is, whether they show up or not, we can use this to make them come out and wipe them out. So no matter what, the matter of the Imperial Merchant... we still have to fight to the end..."

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"...Why? Because we have the strength!"

In the morning, it was still raining. In the room next door where matters were discussed, Ning Yi was speaking seriously to a group of shopkeepers and stewards. To be honest, this was the first time he had spoken so loudly in a "formal" occasion since he came to the Su family, but it seemed that wearing a blue robe and silk scarf was still quite decent. It did look like he had the demeanor that someone taking orders in a crisis should have, at least... he looked like he was trying his best.

At this time, he tapped with a fan and looked around.

"...Solving the matter of the Imperial Merchant, the plans of those clowns outside, and the various discussions in our family will all be quelled at once, once and for all. As for what kind of people are staring at us inside and out, don't worry about it, others will do these things, the Old Master will solve these things, and we will do our own things, stabilize the situation, and get the share of the Imperial Merchant by any means."

"So, for the next month or so, I will take over this matter. Of course, I know that I don't have experience in this area. I will discuss major matters with Tan'er. The shopkeepers also have more experience than me in this area, so I will ask you for advice. I hope Shopkeeper Liao and everyone else will teach me more..."

Ning Yi bowed his hands humbly, then smiled.

"However, we will start opening up the situation regarding the Imperial Merchant. I am a scholar and have never been in contact with the business world, but there are always some things that are common in this world. I still understand the simple rules. For example, last year during the New Year, I guessed some things and casually said a sentence that helped settle the He family's business, haha... So, I roughly know that there is definitely one thing that is correct."

"Good stuff!" He knocked the folding fan on the table, word by word, "Is definitely good stuff! It is everywhere!"

"It's like us scholars, people with talent will shine wherever they go, and others will always know. So, when we want to sell ourselves, we don't need to be low-key. Shopkeeper Liao and Shopkeeper Nie have recently been in charge of dealing with the officials from the weaving bureau. We have already made our position clear, and everyone knows it, but I think there is one thing that is not enough..."

"We have only made it clear that we want to take the Imperial Merchant. The Xue family and the Wu family have seen it, but we have not clearly stated our bargaining chips. I hope that in the future, whether the shopkeepers are inviting people to dinner or discussing the next business, they can clearly tell others that we have been preparing for this for several years! We don't fight unprepared battles! We already have the best cloth! This is strength, no one can catch up!"

"Now the situation between the Great Wu and the Great Liao is tense, and there will definitely be problems and friction with the tribute. Every time there is such a change, it is time for business opportunities. In the past... it was like the Xue family and the Wu family, they regarded the matter of the Imperial Merchant as a scourge, but when they saw that the situation was about to change and that we were going to compete, they wanted to come and compete. It's just a temporary interest, speculation, what preparations do they have? But we are different, we started preparing for this matter several years ago, and now we can tell everyone!"

"Just tell them these things, how the Xue family is, how the Wu family is, how we are, although we can't completely release our bargaining chips for the time being, but we can publicize it like this, so that everyone knows that we are prepared, so that the officials of the weaving bureau know that we are the best, the most well-prepared, we already have a method to improve the loom, which can increase efficiency a lot, and guarantee that it will not affect our business or the Imperial Merchant. We have the best cloth... oh, next is something that everyone needs to keep secret together, but I think it can already be taken out for everyone to see, Juan'er, bring the box over."

The little maid Juan'er, who was standing by, nodded, turned around and moved a box onto the table. Ning Yi reached out and pressed on the box: "Repeat, what you see next, please keep it secret... Of course, everyone is our own people in the Su family, you understand these things better than me, ha, I'm saying too much..."

After he finished speaking, he smiled and slowly opened the rectangular box. A bolt of bright yellow silk appeared in front of everyone. As several people frowned and exclaimed, Ning Yi pushed it forward generously, then picked up a knife and awkwardly cut off a section.

The rain was still falling, the door was closed, and Ning Yi's voice came out from inside in waves.

"Fire resistant... water washable... sun resistant... does not fade... we only made the finished product two months ago... we originally wanted to be low-key, but encountering the current situation, I feel there is no way... Accomplish this thing, solve all the problems... Which family has such good cloth? This color... why should everyone panic, with this color, who else's will the Imperial Merchant be if not ours... Although I am a scholar, I also know that this time it will definitely work, it's not that we are asking those adults, it's that those adults are going to ask us... Oh, don't say this sentence, but in short... we have benefits, and they will also have benefits, their benefits are even greater than ours, it's obvious... Alright, for the next month, I will work with you to do this..."

The rain was still falling. In the bedroom, Su Tan'er looked at the rain, at the direction of the room in the next courtyard, and seemed to be able to hear some movement, but naturally only the sound of rain was coming. Xiao Chan entered the room and accompanied her by the bed, chatting idly. After a while, she said: "I wonder what the Young Master looks like now..."

"Sister Xing'er came over just now and said that the Young Master is talking, very powerfully. The shopkeepers were all impressed by what the Young Master said. Well, what the Young Master said makes sense..."

"Yeah, is that so..." Su Tan'er smiled, imagining what those "very reasonable" words would be like. Soon after, the discussion over there ended, and the sound of the shopkeepers leaving came softly to this side. Of course, there were only footsteps and the sound of moving when leaving. If she could go out at this time, she could probably hear some whispers from the shopkeepers in the rain.

"It's really a scholar's view..."

"Some of it makes sense..."

"It's not that simple."

"But... that cloth is really..."

"There's no way, the Old Master and the Second Miss have both fallen, and some things can only be done by the Young Master. As long as he is watching from the side and doesn't point fingers, there won't be any big problems..."

"The Young Master is a smart person, he understands some things..."

"But after all, he's just a scholar, things in the business world are too complicated..."

Such discussions gradually moved away and disappeared in the rain. Ning Yi returned to the small building, clapped his hands, looked at the figures leaving from the rain by the window, then turned and went downstairs to visit the sick Su Tan'er.

Another day passed. When Su Tan'er's high fever gradually subsided, Ning Yi also began to take her place, driving the carriage out of the mansion every day, learning from Su Tan'er's previous appearance, with the attitude of a diligent and eager-to-learn young man, he began to "point fingers" at the Su family's business...

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