As the cloth merchants arrived one after another, almost all the invited merchants arrived at the end of the hour.

A rough calculation showed that there were almost 200 people gathered in and outside the hall. Half of them were businessmen, and the rest were their entourage.

At this time, Wu Anhou and Cheng Ying slowly walked out of the inner hall, and they sat on the main seats, one on the left and one on the right. Wu Anhou sat on the left, and Cheng Ying on the right.

Sitting at the bottom was Lu Qing, the prefect of Danyang. He looked at Wu Anhou respectfully, and when he saw the other party nodded slightly, Lu Qing turned to look at the crowd and said:

"This year's New Year's Fair is divided into three chapters. The first one is the cloth art display. Each family will put the cloth they want to display on the table in the middle, and then someone will taste it."

The first of the three articles of association for the New Year's Cloth Association is to see if there is a more suitable fabric that can outperform the previous winning bidder. If so, the quota for the New Year's Cloth Royal Merchant will also go to that company.

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However, this possibility is basically non-existent. The fabric dealer who can win the bid in the first time will definitely have better fabrics than other companies.

The second item is actually to determine the qualifications of the imperial merchants and who will be chosen. Finally, Cheng Ying, the envoy of Sui Bu, and Wu Anhou, who is in charge of Sui Bu, will sign a contract with the other party.

As for the third item, it is actually cooperation negotiations between various cloth merchants.

Thirty-six cloth merchants placed their boxes on the table in the middle. The boxes contained the cloths for selection. Each of the three colors of cloth was actually only three feet long. They were folded and placed about a foot long.

The size of the box is just right.

The Huang family looked at Ye Ziyan mockingly. Huang Lang sent the wooden box belonging to the Huang family up and placed it first. This position was the first to be selected.

Almost everyone has sent the selection boxes up, but Ye Ziyan has not moved yet.

Huang Xiong saw this and taunted: "Niece Ye, are you ready to give up on the selection? Everyone has sent fabrics, what are you..."

He is not worried that Ye Ziyan will bring out the three-color cloth again. Moreover, if he brings it out again at this time, it will be suspected of plagiarism from his Huang family.

In that case, not only will he not be qualified as an imperial merchant, but he will even become the laughing stock of others' contempt and ridicule. His reputation will also be ruined. If Wu An Hou and Cheng Ying pursue the case, they may even face a lawsuit.

Therefore, Huang Xiong is not worried at all. He even hopes that the Ye family will actually bring out the three-color cloth. In this case, he can take the opportunity to make Ye Ziyan irreversible.

The people around looked at Ye Ziyan with even more strange expressions. Those who knew that the Huang family might steal the Ye family's formula sighed and shook their heads. Ye Ziyan was really unlucky to meet such a shameless and despicable person like Huang Xiong.

Some people who didn't know the reason looked at the Ye family with ridicule and joking. They knew that the Huang family had taken away the cloth business from the Ye family.

This is tantamount to taking away the qualifications of the royal merchant. This time, Ye Ziyan is afraid that the Huang family will be severely humiliated again. Moreover, when the cloth year is completed this time, the Huang family will join forces with other cloth merchants.

The Ye family will soon collapse.

Even if there are people who sympathize with the Ye family and want to help the Ye family, probably no one would dare to do so, because if they do not do well, they may be involved.

"Give up, Huang Xiong, you are thinking too much..." Hearing this, Ye Ziyan glanced at Huang Xiong coldly, and nodded to Xiao Tao behind her.

Xiao Tao took one of the two wooden boxes in her hand to the last position. As for the remaining wooden box, she placed it on the table beside it.

The eyes of the people around him flashed, but they didn't expect that Ye Ziyan would bring two wooden boxes, and they didn't know what was in the two wooden boxes.

Huang Xiong's eyes flickered, and there was a sarcasm in the corner of his mouth. No matter what tricks Ye Ziyan played, she would not have any chance this time.

Cheng Ying and Wu'an Hou Tongming, who were sitting at the front, looked at each other and nodded. Cheng Ying waved to a middle-aged man standing behind him, who walked out and walked towards the long table in the middle.

He opened the first wooden box. What appeared in front of everyone were cloths in three bright colors. Bright yellow, purple and rainbow colors.

The moment these three colors appeared, everyone present had a look of surprise on their faces. Everyone stood up unconsciously, wanting to see the true colors of these three colors.

In fact, these three colors are too bright, and they are almost the best when they appear on the scene. It is strange that they are not eye-catching.

"What a beautiful color. No wonder the Huang family was able to take away the Ye family's business. It turns out that they actually have such colorful fabrics. Sigh... It seems that the Huang family is the imperial merchant this time."

"Yes, who else can compare with such a colorful fabric? If the Huang family doesn't win the qualification of imperial merchant, who can win it?"

"Congratulations to the head of the Huang family, this time the Huang family is stable!" "Yes, yes, congratulations!"

There was a burst of exclamation from the surroundings, and everyone was fawning over Huang Xiong. Listening to the compliments from everyone, Huang Xiong's face was extremely proud, and he nodded to everyone one by one.

"Congratulations, congratulations! When my Huang family becomes an imperial merchant, I will definitely encourage everyone to make a fortune together! Haha..." He smiled proudly. It seemed that the imperial merchant qualification had already passed into the hands of his Huang family.

While everyone was praising Huang Xiong, they looked at Ye Ziyan playfully, with ridicule on their faces. Of course, more of it was pity. With the Huang family in such a good position, who else could snatch Huang Shang away from him?

After most people marveled, they looked pity and helpless. They were definitely defeated.

As for the main seat, Cheng Ying showed a sense of pride on his face. He had changed the cloth for the Huang family himself, and the Huang family's cloth made him feel relieved, and he felt bright on his face.

Wu Anhou also nodded, and there was a hint of joy in his eyes. Even if it was not shown on his face, he was still proud in his heart. Speaking of which, the three-color cloth from the Huang family was the best he had found since he became the minister of cloth.

The cloth is discolored.

Not only will the Khitans be satisfied, but even the royal family will definitely be satisfied with these three-color cloths. By then, as soon as these cloths enter Beijing, he will be a great achievement.

The possibility of getting a title is gone, but promotion and wealth are certain. However, the next process still needs to be done.

The middle-aged man inspecting the cloth also had a look of amazement in his eyes, but he quickly turned his attention to the remaining wooden boxes of the cloth merchants.

He opened the second wooden box. Although the color of the cloth inside was not bad, it was far inferior to the Huang family's three-color cloth. He shook his head and opened the third one...

Until the second to last wooden box was reached, no cloth dealer sent a cloth that could compete with the Huang family. Therefore, it was almost certain that the Huang family would win the imperial business.

The only wooden box left was the Ye family's wooden box. Before this person could open the last wooden box, the surrounding cloth merchants had already congratulated the Huang family again. Huang Xiong was so flattered!

He looked at Ye Ziyan, and then at the wooden box that Ye Ziyan sent up, with a mocking look on his lips. At this time, the middle-aged man had already opened the wooden box. When the cloth in the wooden box appeared in front of everyone, everyone looked confused.
Chapter completed!