Li Lijun has almost forgotten that the company left by her maternal grandfather has such an exclusive product as pomegranate red.

Zhao Chenji is currently mainly engaged in the cloth business in and outside Chang'an City, and has his own silk weaving and dyeing workshops. The quality of the clothes they produce is of high quality, but it is not top-notch. Not to mention the vastness of the world, there are also many famous people in Shu and Jiangnan.

In the city of Chang'an alone, there are three or four weaving workshops whose products are not inferior to those of their counterparts. But because the color of pomegranate red dye is extremely beautiful, no one else can dye it.

Thanks to his connections with powerful men, he sent pomegranate red silk ribbons as tributes to the palace, and did not worry about being snatched away by powerful people. Only then could Zhao Chenji gain a foothold in the top business district of Chang'an City.

Li Lijun still remembers what the pomegranate red damask and pomegranate red silk dyed by Zhao Chenji looked like. Her mother Chen would use different materials of this color every year to make new clothes for the mother and daughter for the four seasons. It was a very fresh style.

The bright red is more orange than full red, just like the pomegranate petals in May, as bright as a ball of fire. There are few women in Chang'an City, from girls to middle-aged women, who don't love this color.

Zhao Chenji has been selling pomegranate red clothing materials in Chang'an City for more than ten years. When Chen married into the Sui Dynasty, her natal shop already had this product. It is said that when Queen Zhenshun was alive, she liked Zhao Chenji very much.

The tribute pomegranate red damask was made of this material and she attended three large palace banquets. Zhao Chenji advertised this matter for a long time.

However, Queen Zhenshun passed away many years ago, and those who subsequently endorsed Zhao Chenji's products were mainly the Sui Prince's concubine Chen and several concubines, county princesses and nobles who had good relationships with her. Although the effect was not as sensational as before, the influence was still there.

Not bad. Led by the pomegranate red clothing material, Zhao Chenji also sold clothing materials of other colors and patterns, and expanded the business to the entire Gyeonggi Province. In the first ten years, he could earn 100,000 won every year.

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It wasn't until Li Lijun's maternal grandfather Chen Weng passed away that her only daughter Chen, as the heir to the throne, had to focus on the Sui Palace. The business could only be managed by shopkeepers. It was not as prosperous as before, and the annual income had just dropped a bit.

But even so, Chen's annual profit from Zhao Chenji is an average of 70,000 to 80,000 yuan. This is a large amount of money, and it is available every year. With this money, Chen not only lives by himself

It is very nourishing, and it can also nourish the entire Sui Palace. No matter how dissatisfied the successor king Li Dai is with this Xu Xian who is not of noble birth, just based on the financial support that the Chen family can provide him, he must give it in front of outsiders

She respects him enough.

After Li Lijun understood the importance of the secret recipe of "Pomegranate Red" dye to Zhao Chenji, she naturally understood that Grandma Cui's concerns were very reasonable.

But her current situation does not seem like she can retain all the skilled craftsmen under Zhao Chenji. After the death of her grandfather Chen Weng, the shopkeepers and craftsmen under the company have already had their hearts and minds changed. However, the Chen family has a distinguished status.

, which made them give up the idea of ​​finding another job. Now that the Chen family has passed away, the only heir, Li Lijun, is still young, and the Chen family does not seem to have capable people who can take over the business. Those who are motivated by profit or future

Those who devote themselves to Zhao Chenji's work will definitely become disengaged again.

If the little Yang family, who was the concubine of the Sui royal family, wanted to intervene, it would be logical for those who were not loyal to the Chen family and her daughter to continue to cling to the powerful and join the Yang family.

However, once the craftsmen who know the secret recipe of pomegranate red dye leave, Zhao Chenji's exclusive advantage will no longer exist. Without exclusive products, the departure of a large number of skilled craftsmen may also lead to a decline in product quality. No matter how you look at it, Zhao Chenji will

The rhythm of decline.

Li Lijun knew that she had to find a way to solve this problem.

She is not obsessed with money and has many ways to make money for herself. But Zhao Chenji has a different meaning to the people left by the Chen family. This is an industry that the Chen family's grandfather started from scratch and worked hard alone.

, is also the fruit of many years of hard work by many who have followed him.

It is also connected to another important figure - the little Gao Lishi in the palace. He is the adopted son of Gao Lishi, the saint's confidant, and the eldest son of Chen Weng's former partner. His real name is Zhao Dalang, also known as "Zhao Chenji"

"The word "Zhao" in it.

When he was young, he encountered great changes. After his father moved from Wuxing to Chang'an, he suddenly fell ill and died. Officials tried to seize the child. It was Chen Weng who rushed from Wuxing to Chang'an despite his illness and saved the lives of his mother, siblings, but he himself had been purged.

Entering the palace. When he was away from home, Chen Weng helped him take care of his sick widowed mother and young siblings, and also made some money and connections to help him gain a foothold in Gao Lishi and gain a foothold in the palace.

His widowed mother passed away a few years ago, and his two siblings now live a stable life, are happily married, and have two children. They live in Xianyang on weekdays and come to Beijing to see him several times a year. Chen Weng and Mrs. Chen would visit him from the shop every quarter during their lifetime.

A dividend was allocated from the profits to ensure that they lived a prosperous life, and he bought a house for the young Gao Lishi in Yishanfang, where many servants bought their own houses. Therefore, the young Gao Lishi always kept in mind the kindness of the Chen family and maintained a friendly relationship with his family.

As for relationships, whenever there is an opportunity, I will always find a way to return the favor.

Li Yanjun wanted Li Lijun to speak to Xiao Gao Lishi and persuade the latter to advise the emperor and strengthen the Xiao Yang family. This was also because Xiao Gao Lishi had a close relationship with the Chen family.

Once Zhao Chen Ji changes, Li Lijun will not be able to maintain the original relationship with Xiao Gao Lishi and the Zhao family in its name. And Xiao Gao Lishi himself also needs to use the name of "repaying gratitude" to communicate with the Chen family and his daughter in the Sui Palace.

Maintain friendship, otherwise in the mind of the saint, some of his actions will be suspected of being an affair with the clan.

Li Lijun felt that it was necessary to keep Zhao Chenji, so what method should be used?

Should the craftsmen who know the secret recipe be prohibited from leaving, or should we find other exclusive secret recipes so that Zhao Chenji can maintain market competitiveness?

Or... find another reliable backer for it, so that the little Yang family who wants to do mischief behind the scenes will not dare to make mistakes?

Li Lijun was thinking hard when she heard a beep from the system: "The drone has arrived at the predetermined location." When she came back to her senses, she saw that the drone's picture had changed, showing something familiar.

The West Courtyard on East Road of Prince Sui's Mansion - the courtyard of the Little Yang family.

She quickly ordered the drone to fly carefully along the dimly lit corner of the main house, crossed the roof, slowly descended outside the bedroom window on the other side, drew an arc, and quietly disappeared under the wide eaves.

Due to the angle, the drone could not capture all the scenes in the bedroom. Li Lijun only saw Mrs. Yang changing into a homely dress and sitting at the table with an annoyed look on her face. The maids came and went around her, but she did not see Mother Ma.

There are traces of these two confidants, Ma Niangzi.

After a while, a maid came to her ear and said something, and she suddenly became energetic: "Please come in quickly!" She also ordered her left and right to guard the door. If the heir came, she would be notified immediately.

The maids quickly retreated, and little Yang stood up with a look of anticipation on her face, facing the door.

Li Lijun was confused. This person shouldn't be the heir king Li Dai. Who could it be? How could Xiao Yang be so polite... But it's so late now, after the second update, will there be any guests? Probably.

Is he someone who lives in the Sui Palace? And he lives in the inner house...

Li Lijun was still wondering who this person could be, then she heard a male voice coming from the room: "Why are you looking for me so urgently at night? You are not afraid of letting the heir know!"

Li Lijun was shocked. The person Xiao Yang invited to her bedroom late at night was actually a man?! Or a man other than her husband Li Dai!
Chapter completed!