Chapter 432: The Female Sea King and the Handsome Guard (32)
Chapter 432: The Female Sea King and the Handsome Guard (32)
Another half year passed, and the Yan family's business in Kuncheng grew bigger and bigger. Now Yan Ran is the head of the Kuncheng Chamber of Commerce.
Half a year ago, the Kuncheng Chamber of Commerce came to her to seek reconciliation, and she joined the Kuncheng Chamber of Commerce at their invitation.
Later, she led everyone to become rich, and of course everyone listened to her. At first, people thought Huang Pingling would be very aggressive, but unexpectedly, she turned out to be quite well behaved.
Now Yan Xue, Qian Yuanwai and Jiang Yuanwai, along with their respective managers, went to Yangzhou to purchase goods. They heard that Yangzhou's silk was the best.
After returning this time, they planned to hold a large-scale fashion show to attract merchants from several surrounding cities.
Selling cloth doesn't make money, but making ready-made clothes does. She made a lot of money from her three cloth shops. Now the garment factory has been built and she is just waiting for this batch of cloth.
At this time, Bai Zimu was sitting on an official ship heading to Yangzhou. A while ago, a sudden flood occurred in the south, causing countless people to suffer.
The imperial court urgently allocated a large amount of disaster relief silver to repair rivers, provide relief to disaster victims, and other tasks.
The purpose of his visit to Yangzhou this time was to inspect the construction results of the river channel and to comfort the people affected by the disaster.
He sat quietly at the bow, gazing at the rolling river, but he did not feel at ease.
Just now, he received a pigeon message from the third team of secret guards, saying that he still hadn't found it. Why hadn't he found it yet? He kept asking himself this question in his mind.
Where on earth had his wife gone? Just as he was upset, he accidentally glanced at a small boat not far away, and his eyes widened in shock.
When he looked again, he couldn't help but sigh, realizing that he was just dazzled.
He rubbed his sore eyes, smiled self-deprecatingly, and thought: How could my wife appear on that small boat?
At the same time, on a small boat not far from the official ship, Yan Xue clasped her hands together and said gratefully, "Thank you, Mr. Jiang."
Mr. Jiang waved his hand and replied politely, "You're welcome. The wind is strong on the boat. Miss Yan, please stand steady."
Bai Zimu got off the boat and walked towards the dam where the previous breach occurred, surrounded by several officials.
Yan Xue and her group also got off the boat and frowned as they watched the group of people walking away.
"What's that for?"
Mr. Qian said quickly, "Miss Yan, you don't know that I heard that the capital sent a senior official to inspect the river."
Yan Xue nodded. She had also heard about it. They should have come last month, but were delayed for a month because of the disaster.
The group got on the carriage and drove towards the inn they had booked.
In three days, Yan Xue and her group traveled between the cloth shops of all sizes in Yangzhou and visited all the cloth shops in Yangzhou.
The silk here is indeed of good quality. The color is as bright as the sunset in the sky, and the texture is as smooth as jade, as if water would drip out if you squeeze it lightly.
These silks are undoubtedly excellent materials for making exquisite dresses, which coincides with the perfect match they imagined in their minds.
After careful comparison, they finally decided to sign a contract with Xiangji Cloth Shop, the largest cloth shop in Yangzhou, among many cloth shops.
That night, Xiang Guiyun, the owner of Xiangji Cloth Shop, personally came out to receive Yan Xue and her group.
When she saw that Miss Yan, the youngest among the group, was actually the leader of this group of southern businessmen, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.
After several people signed the supply agreement, they went to Yuelailou, the largest restaurant in Yangzhou, to celebrate.
Xiang Guiyun had booked a private room on the second floor in advance, and everyone walked in happily.
Don't underestimate Yuelailou, it is the largest restaurant in Yangzhou City, and its most distinctive feature is its lion head. Every diners who come here will order one.
Yan Xue couldn't help but take a bite. It tasted really good, with tender meat and mellow taste. It was worthy of being Yuelailou's signature dish.
However, compared with her charcoal pot fish, it is still slightly inferior.
If she came to Yangzhou in the future, she shook her head helplessly and thought, forget it, she would continue to hide in that little corner of Kuncheng.
At this moment, in the private room on the third floor, Bai Zimu was looking at the table full of sumptuous food with a lonely expression.
The food that should have been delicious now seemed like chewing wax to him, with no taste at all.
The imperial envoy Guo Yutong, who was in the next private room, was sweating. The king was next door, so was it okay for them to eat and drink here?
This time the king insisted on a private visit in disguise and strictly prohibited others from revealing his true identity. She was helpless and could only pick up a glass of wine offered by others and drink it reluctantly.
Then he quietly wiped away the sweat that kept oozing from his forehead with his hand.
Bai Zimu came this time as an official beside the Imperial Envoy Guo Yutong. Although there are not many male officials in Shuiyun Kingdom, there are some.
When they first arrived, everyone was confused for a while, but then no one said anything. After all, they came from the royal capital, and they, the local officials, could not afford to offend them.
Xiao Ye, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he heard his master sigh for the sixth time.
He knew that his master was going crazy in his search for Miss Yan. The Shuiyun Country was as vast as the ocean. How could it be easy to find that person?
Bai Zimu slowly raised his glass and drank the spicy wine, trying to use alcohol to suppress the unspeakable bitterness deep in his heart.
Could it be that everything his wife said to him at that time was a lie?
He gently played with the exquisite jade hairpin in his hand, which was a precious item that his wife had carefully selected and bought for him.
Now, it has become his only spiritual sustenance and thought in this complicated world.
He subconsciously pushed open the tightly closed inner window and looked out of the window involuntarily. He saw that the entire restaurant was bustling with people and the whole Yangzhou city was indeed as lively and vibrant as the rumors said.
I glanced at the second floor inadvertently and was surprised to find several people in bright and beautiful clothes walking out of a private room in a swagger.
There was a figure among them, who looked like...
He was like being suddenly bounced up by a spring, with such force that the teacup on the table was knocked over to the ground with a crisp sound.
Xiao Ye, who had been quietly standing by, was startled by the sudden noise. She looked flustered and whispered, "Master?"
Bai Zimu ignored all this. He took big strides and quickly walked out of the private room.
With hurried steps and an irrepressible eagerness, he quickly went down the stairs and bumped into Yan Xue who was still chatting with others in the corridor on the second floor.
Yan Xue raised her head slightly, and when she saw who was coming, her eyes suddenly widened like bells.
It seemed as if hundreds of possibilities flashed through my mind as quickly as lightning.
The next moment, a bright smile broke out on his face. He grabbed Yan Jue's hand and said excitedly: "A Jue, why is it you? That's great, I finally found you!"
But I kept asking in my heart, why is the world so small? Fortunately, I am smart.
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