Not long after the two Jianghai clothing stores launched new clothes, other stores followed suit and produced the same clothes for sale.
But soon, news of plagiarism from other stores spread like wildfire. People had a general understanding of genuine and pirated copies, and they abandoned other stores and gave priority to Jianghai Clothing Store.
In the end, the clothing stores in the city came up with two ways to deal with it. A group of them designed their own logos, but because they were not well-known, there were very few customers.
Another group shamelessly embroidered Jianghai logos on their own clothes, but because the Jianghai Chamber of Commerce emphasized that they did not cooperate with other stores, it was completely confirmed that they were selling pirated clothes.
In just half a month, several garment shops led by the Lin family experienced bleak business and had no choice but to sell at a loss and stop the production of garments.
The atmosphere in the Lin Mansion was extremely oppressive, and the servants did not even dare to walk too loudly for fear of offending the head of the family.
Lin Kunping was sitting in the main hall. After listening to Butler Luo's report on the clothing store's accounts, Lin Kunping frowned angrily and said: "Jianghai Chamber of Commerce has gone too far to bully others. They don't even want to share the soup with us when they eat their own meat!"
Butler Luo put the account book on the table and whispered: "Master, there is another news, I don't know whether to tell it or not."
"Say!" Lin Kunping held his head against a headache.
Butler Luo bowed and said: "It is said that the Jianghai Chamber of Commerce's method to deal with us this time was thought up by Tang Ji."
Hearing this, Lin Kunping knocked on the table angrily: "Tang Ji, it's Tang Ji again!"
He froze on the chair and thought for a while, and decided that he still had to get rid of that kid. He frowned slightly, with a fierce look in his eyes, and murmured: "Since you can't be used by my Lin family, then I can't let you go."
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Then, he raised his head and looked at Butler Luo beside him, and asked: "I asked you to find the killer last time, did you find him?"
"Report to the head of the family, everything has been arranged." Butler Luo replied.
Lin Kunping nodded, stood up, and whispered: "Then do it."
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the back hall.
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Dongcheng, the home of Jianghai.
Because Yue Shuhua realized the ability of clothing stores to make money, he opened two branches in Dongcheng as quickly as possible, and the business was also very prosperous.
At this time, a young man in white walked into the store with brisk steps.
The clerk immediately came up to greet him: "Sir, do you want to buy clothes?"
Li Yu opened the paper fan in his hand, waved it twice, and replied: "Nonsense, why did I come in if you don't want to buy clothes."
"Yes, Nanujia will take the young master for a walk." The clerk showed a faint smile and made a "please" gesture.
Li Yu followed up with steps. After roughly listening to the little girl's introduction, he looked around and picked out: "This one, this one, that one will do... wrap them all up for me."
This was the first time the clerk saw someone buying more than a dozen pieces of clothing at once. He swallowed his saliva and asked, "Are you sure?"
"What? Are you afraid that I won't give you the money?" Li Yu replied.
"No, I just confirmed it and will pack it for you." The clerk shook his head quickly and quickly took off the clothes Li Yu asked for and packed them.
After a while, the middle-aged man sitting at the counter in charge of calculating the accounts smiled at Li Yu and said, "Sir, the total is twenty-three taels of silver."
"So expensive?" Li Yu exclaimed.
The clerk standing next to him explained: "Sir, the clothes you selected are all made of fine cloud brocade yarn and sky silk, so the prices are a little more expensive."
"Okay, I don't care how much money there is. I am a good friend of Tang Ji from your chamber of commerce, so these twenty-three taels of silver should be credited to his account." Li Yu only learned about Tang Ji's true identity after Lin Yue's poetry meeting.
He was furious when he thought that the guy was a cashier but defrauded him of his money, so he had no intention of paying the bill himself today.
But after hearing what he said, the clerk immediately took all the clothes back and reminded him softly: "Master, please stop joking."
"Who are you kidding? I really know Tang Ji. Give me the clothes." Li Yu stretched out his hand to hold one side of the hemp packaging bag and got into a stalemate with the clerk.
The middle-aged man at the counter couldn't sit still anymore. He quickly stood up and said, "Sir, if you don't let go, I'm going to call someone!"
"Just call someone, who is afraid of you, Song Xiao..." Li Yu shouted before he remembered that Song Xiao was driven back to the palace by him. Looking at the several strong men walking from the back door, he instantly became weak.
He lay down, slowly loosened his hands, and smiled sadly: "Don't do anything, we have something to discuss."
At this moment, Tang Ji walked down from the second floor, supporting his waist with one hand. The bed in this branch was indeed not as comfortable as the one in the Chamber of Commerce. After sleeping for half an hour, his waist almost broke.
"Tang Ji, Tang Ji!" Li Yu quickly waved and called.
Tang Ji heard the news and went over. Seeing that he was surrounded by guards in the store, he walked over with some confusion.
After a while, Tang Ji understood the facts and glared at Li Yu angrily: "You still have the nerve to say that you are my friend, but you have lost all your face. Where is the money?"
"Hey, we are just friends!" Then, Li Yu took out a fifty-tael piece of silver from his pocket and put it on the counter.
After the middle-aged man checked the money and recorded it in the account book, he was about to give the other party change, but was interrupted by Tang Ji: "Just give me the rest of the money later."
"Hey, Tang Ji, you are getting more and more excessive!" Li Yu pouted dissatisfied.
Tang Ji shrugged, pointed to the store and said, "All the customers ran away due to your making such a fuss. Of course you have to bear the loss!"
After saying that, he walked straight out of the store.
Li Yu took steps to catch up, then remembered his clothes, turned around and said: "Leave the clothes for now, I'll send someone to pick them up later!"
In this way, the two of them walked out of Jianghai House one after another. Li Yu quickly caught up with Tang Ji and asked, "Why are you here?"
"I will temporarily take over as the shopkeeper." Tang Ji replied casually.
Due to shortage of manpower, there were no shopkeepers in the two garment shops in Dongcheng, so Yue Shuhua asked Qi Zheng and him to take over temporarily.
Tang Ji originally wanted to refuse, but Yue Shuhua promised to give him 20% of the store's revenue as a bonus, so he reluctantly agreed.
Li Yu said "Oh" and did not continue to ask. After a second thought, he said: "Then do you want to go home now? Anyway, this place is so far away from Linxi Lane, so why not continue to tell the story of "Water Margin"."
Tang Ji sighed. If Pang Qing hadn't been feeling unwell today, he would have run away in a carriage. He really didn't know whether meeting this guy was a good thing or a bad thing. He asked, "What did you say last time?"
"Lu Zhishen defeated Guanxi with his fists!" Li Yu replied excitedly.
Tang Ji slowed down his pace and said as he walked: "Oh, behind him is him drunkenly causing trouble in Mount Wutai, and Ruda escaping from Weizhou in a panic..."
Not long after the two walked, on a street, Tang Ji saw two carriages blocking the road ahead, so he took Li Yu and turned into a quiet alley, preparing to take a shortcut.
"After listening to Lin Chong's words, Lu Zhishen continued..." Tang Ji noticed something was wrong, observed the surrounding environment vigilantly, and spoke in an increasingly quiet voice.
Li Yu had no idea at all and asked curiously: "What did Lu Zhishen say?"
At this moment, a long knife flew down from the roof and slashed straight towards Li Yu's back.
Tang Ji frowned and reacted in time, struggling to pull him aside.