Su Xiaotang kept her head down the entire time and didn't notice Su Xiaorong standing behind Ye Ming.
Otherwise, she would have been like Su Xiaorong, unable to suppress her inner emotions.
"Don't be afraid, Brother Ye. As long as I'm in Qingshui County, the Zhou family won't dare touch you."
"Thank you very much, County Magistrate Cui."
"If you want to thank me, give me a discount on your porcelain later."
"Of course!"
Ye Ming looked at the crowd around him and an idea came to his mind. He then shouted to the crowd.
"Since the County Magistrate is visiting our shop, I've made a last-minute decision to give all the porcelain here 50% off. Buy two, get one free!"
"What? 50% off and buy two get one free? Isn't that almost like giving it away for free?"
Ye Ming's shout made those people eager to get their hands on Ye Ming's white porcelain.
"Are you crazy? Aren't you afraid of retaliation from the Zhou family?"
"I'm just buying some white porcelain. What's there to be afraid of? The Zhou family didn't say they wouldn't let us buy it."
"If we buy this white porcelain and resell it in the county town, we can double the profit. Only a fool wouldn't buy it."
And just like that, the once somewhat deserted porcelain shop suddenly became bustling with activity.
People rushed to buy Ye Ming's porcelain.
"Miss, what's Ye Ming thinking? Cui Xian only has the title of county magistrate, but in reality, he can't stand up to the Zhou family."
"There are only ten people in the Qingshui County government office right now, including that old county magistrate."
Huang Wenwen wasn't surprised by Ye Ming's choice; she just smiled faintly.
"Let's go, let's buy some white porcelain."
They said they were going to buy porcelain, but in reality, they were going to win over the Huang family. If the Huang family had the county magistrate's support, it would be much easier to do things.
"Everyone, make way!"
Xiaoyun tried to squeeze through the crowd, but failed.
She looked at her mistress with a dejected look, her tone somewhat helpless.
"Miss, I can't squeeze in."
"No problem, we'll just wait."
Ye Ming's business was so hot that most of the thousands of porcelain and blue-and-white porcelains he fired in a short time were sold out in a short time.
He made tens of thousands of taels of silver.
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer customers, Ye Ming handed the reception work to Yang Xiong and Yang Xiaohui.
He took Su Xiaorong to the backyard.
"Xiaorong, will you blame me for stopping you and not letting you recognize your second sister just now?"
Su Xiaorong was a little absent-minded. She really didn't understand just now, but Ye Ming said that it would affect her younger sister later, so she held back.
There were some things that Ye Ming decided to explain to Su Xiaotang clearly.
In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings between the two.
"The Zhou family is wealthy and powerful, and I've heard Zhou Quan is ruthless."
"You saw it just now. We didn't provoke them, we had no contact with them whatsoever."
"And yet they dared to come and rob us of our money.
" "If you and Xiaotang were to recognize each other, Zhou Quan would definitely threaten us with Xiaotang's life."
"Then we'd be timid and Xiaotang would never be saved."
Ye Ming explained the pros and cons clearly to Su Xiaorong, even though she hadn't been well-educated.
Even with this understanding, Su Xiaorong still felt a pang of pain.
Her sister was right in front of her, yet she couldn't pull her out of this mess.
"Husband, I understand what you mean, but it still hurts."
"I just saw my sister's hand. It's a huge bruise."
"She must have been beaten at the Zhou family, and I couldn't save her."
Seeing Su Xiaorong's aggrieved face, Ye Ming gently held her in his arms to comfort her.
"Don't worry, it won't take long before I rescue her."
Having already made tens of thousands of taels of silver, this white porcelain wouldn't fetch much in the future.
After all, it wasn't a necessity, and after today's big sales, sales would drop.
But it had accomplished its mission. It
had earned Ye Ming over ten thousand taels of silver, enough to quickly build a small power base
and develop other businesses.
"Brother Ming, there's a young lady outside who calls herself Huang Wenwen from the Huang family who wants to see you."
Huang Wenwen?
Ye Ming hadn't seemed to have heard of them, but he knew the Huang family. They were the largest restaurant in Qingshui County.
Huang's Restaurant belonged to them.
It was said that the Huang family was the only family in Qingshui County that could rival the Zhou family.
Perhaps he could try to win them over; that would make rescuing Su Xiaotang much easier.
"Okay, I'll be out now."
"Xiaorong, you rest here for a while."
"I'll go out and take a look."
Ye Ming had just returned from the backyard when he saw two young women standing in the shop.
The leader, dressed in a pale blue-white Liuxian dress, looked dignified and beautiful, like a lady from a noble family.
"My humble self, Huang Wenwen, nice to meet Mr. Ye."
Oh, quite polite.
"Miss Huang, no need to be so polite. If you're looking for white porcelain, we have it all here. You can take a look."
"Of course I will, but before I do, Mr. Ye, I need to do a business deal."
"Business? What kind of business?"
Huang Wenwen casually picked up a piece of white porcelain and examined it carefully.
"I want the right to sell Mr. Ye's white porcelain."
"Mr. Ye's white porcelain is flawless and has novel designs. If my Huang family were to sell it, we'd be making a killing."
"Besides, Mr. Ye has offended the Zhou family now, and continuing to sell white porcelain will be hindered."
"Why not give it to our Huang family?"
She was right, but Ye Ming hadn't been counting on making money from the white porcelain in the first place.
He just wanted to cash in on the initial wave.
But if the Huang family was willing to sell, he could give it to them.
"Yes, sure. Could you please tell me the terms?"
Huang Wenwen hadn't expected Ye Ming to be so decisive in handing over the business to her.
If ordinary people had a livelihood like this, they'd be willing to worship it like their ancestors.
"Boss Ye, how about handing over all the rights to the white porcelain business to my Huang family? We'll split the profits 50-50, once a month at the end of the month?"
Ye Ming nodded, sounding quite reasonable.
"Okay, I agree, but I have another business deal to discuss with Miss Huang."
Huang Wenwen was a little surprised. Not only was Ye Ming agreeing to sell the white porcelain without even a bargain,
but she was even more surprised that Ye Ming actually wanted to discuss business with her.
Could he be looking for another deal?
This only intensified her interest in Ye Ming.
"Oh, I wonder what other deals Boss Ye has?"
Ye Ming remembered that the Zhou family was one of the leading cloth merchants in Liuzhou County.
So perhaps she could use the Huang family's help to mitigate their losses.
And maybe even help Su Xiaorong open a clothing store.
"Don't worry about that for now. I have a question for Miss Huang."
"How much cloth can a skilled weaver weave in a day?"
What, weaving?
Could the business Ye Ming was talking about be related to weaving?
"A skilled weaver, working day and night, can weave ten feet of linen a day."
"Five feet of silk, three feet of silk."
A foot is roughly twenty centimeters in Dayun Dynasty. It would take more than ten hours a day to weave two meters of cloth.
It seems the efficiency of these looms isn't up to par.
Ye Ming was secretly delighted at the thought. Fortunately, he had a system that allowed him to purchase blueprints for an improved loom.
"That's easy."
"Ms. Huang, what if I tell you I have a loom that can increase weaving efficiency by at least five times?"
"Would you be willing to work with me and get involved in this weaving business?"
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