Taoyao Order

Chu Yuanshan said leisurely: "You are still too young. Things in this world are never as simple as black and white."

Chu Ping said unfairly: "But good and evil will be rewarded in the end."

Chu Yuanshan stood up in response: "Good and evil will be rewarded in the end?!
Do you think the Chu family is evil?The Chu family set up porridge shacks, opened almshouses, took in and treated orphans and widows, and never deducted half of the workers' money, nor occupied half of the farmer's farmland. Do you call this evil? "

Chu Ping pursed his lips and said nothing, but his brows were still furrowed tightly. He always felt that something was wrong, but for a moment he couldn't tell what was wrong: "I just want to be able to live an upright life and be worthy of God. I am worthy of the ground.

I just want to be able to sleep peacefully every night without worrying about when I will lose my head.I also hope that our Chu family can do business in a clean manner. After all, how can we walk by the river without getting wet shoes? "

Chu Yuanshan sneered: "What you said is easy. There are so many maids and servants in and out of the Chu family. There are so many workers in the Chu family's cloth shop who are weaving, dyeing, raising silkworms and reeling silk, crying for food. , waiting for food, their livelihood and safety depend on you alone. Do you think you can feed them by relying on those sage books you read in school, horse racing in the suburbs, and boating on the West Lake?

You have to be protected by your family, and you enjoy wealth and honor here, but you are full of dissatisfaction with the behavior of the elders in your family!

It's your grandmother and your mother who only coax you to live the life of a young master and spoil you rotten! "

Chu Ping stood there, unable to say a word.

Chu Yuanshan looked at his useless grandson, but continued to say sternly: "Now that I have answered your questions, is it my turn to ask them?"

Chu Yuanshan's eyes were like a falcon, staring at Chu Ping and saying: "Who told you the name of the Chu family in Panyu? Who did you listen to about the smuggling?"

Chu Ping suddenly came back to his senses and looked at his grandfather's appearance as if facing a formidable enemy. After hesitating for a moment, he concealed Taoyao's name and only said: "The Qian family of Tianxiang House seems to have something to do with this smuggling matter. Now that we are in trouble, we would like to ask our Chu family for help."

When Chu Yuanshan heard this, his anxious heart calmed down a bit, and he just asked: "What can I help you with?"

Chu Ping said: "I suddenly heard that the Chu family might be involved in smuggling, and I felt anxious. I rushed back without hearing the whole story. As for when and what happened, I don't know exactly."

"This is not something you can comment on. Don't mess with it anymore. Read your books, go to your school, and get a good reputation as soon as possible. Your mother and grandmother's protection for you will not be in vain." Chu Yuanshan scolded him for a few words and then said, "Go down."

Chu Ping hesitated for a moment, but finally just backed away.

Opening and closing the door, Chu Ping stood on the corridor and raised his head, looking at the bright moonlight in the sky that seemed to have turned cold this night.

He didn't know where to go, but at the end of the corridor, he saw his grandmother waiting for him.

The old lady of the Chu family waved to Chu Ping and motioned for him to come over. Chu Ping quickly stepped forward and supported the old lady. Her hands were a little cold and she didn't know how long she had been waiting for him here.

Chu Ping couldn't help but worry: "Grandma, why are you outside alone? Although it is spring, it is still very cold at night."

The old lady looked at her filial grandson, but she only smiled lovingly, patted his hand and said, "It's okay. I ate too much at night and couldn't digest it. Come out for a walk. You can accompany me to the back garden." Let’s take a stroll.”

"Yes." Chu Ping responded, helping the old lady walk to the back garden.

Although it was night, the moonlight was very bright, and red lanterns were hung in the back garden of the Chu family, with lights held everywhere.

"Has your grandfather told you?" the old lady asked. "Yes." Chu Ping's words were inevitably a bit frustrated.

The old lady sighed and said: "My child, it was not easy for your grandfather. There were so many twists and turns in creating such a family business, and how many generations of people have suffered to get where it is now.

Your great-grandfather was extremely talented. He could study, take imperial examinations, and do business. However, such a burden fell on your grandfather, and he often stayed up at night trying to make a living for this large family.

I was the one who suggested the idea of ​​going to Panyu to open a cloth shop. Your grandfather brought generous gifts and asked four times to get the business done. At the beginning, our family was very proud of him.

Later, what happened to the Chu family in Panyu was not what we expected. But one year, Panyu suddenly placed a huge order for us.

The silk and satin workshops in Hangzhou had to work day and night for several months, and they brought in all the fabrics from Beijing and Tianjin before they could barely support the business.

We didn't know what they wanted the silk for, and we sold each piece of cloth at a reasonable price, but that transaction that year made more money than the Chu family had made in five years.

Panyu didn't say anything, they just thought our goods were very good, and they will always use our Chu family from now on.

When things in Panyu gradually became bigger and rumors spread all over the world, we had a vague guess that the Chu family's cloth had been sent overseas.

At that time, the Chu family's business had gradually been handed over to your parents. When your father heard about this, he, like you, rushed to Panyu to stop the business.

However, now, for the annual list of villages in Panyu, the Chu family has purchased several villages to raise silkworms and reel silk, with dyeing workshops, silk and satin workshops, and embroidery workshops, raising hundreds of people.

This list is gone all of a sudden, who will the Chu family's cloth be sold to?

If we can't sell so much cloth, we can't support so many people.

Your father even ordered his subordinates to cut half of the embroidery workers so that they could live a more frugal life.

As soon as the news came out, many old shopkeepers and workers came to our Chu family's house and knelt in a large area outside. Who didn't have a wife, children, and children? They were crying with snot and tears. Please Dad gave them a way to survive.

Your mother is a skilled and bold person. With a wave of her hand, she agreed to the shopkeepers and kept the order from Panyu. She thought about it and continued to open a shop in another place. When will the Chu family's business be completed? When he was old enough to support his family's workers even without Panyu's orders, he stopped doing business with the Panyu Chu family.

Your father was persuaded by your mother, so he gave up. "

Chu Ping couldn't help but ask: "So how is the Chu family's business now? Maybe they have stopped doing business with Panyu?"

The old lady smiled bitterly and shook her head: "Hey, it can't be that easy. In recent years, the Chu family's business in Panyu has grown bigger and bigger, and the demand for silk cloth has increased. The Chu family has opened a shop in a nearby place for business. No matter how much effort it takes, it will often result in more losses and less profit.

In order to keep up with Panyu's orders, the Chu family's cloth mills in Hangzhou were expanding, with more and more workers and more and more people to eat.

Where can I stop? "