C62 Luo jiayi
The Uncle Luo, upon hearing this, solemnly introduced Luo Mingshi to a few interesting places, but in the end, he would always mention what the shopkeepers or the managers in the shops were like.
Wang Chun and Duan Li stood to the side and watched as Uncle Luo and Luo Mingshi put their foreheads together, whispering to each other, and looking at each other with a crafty smile, they looked just like an old fox and a little fox.
Not long later, the servant walked in with a scholarly look on his face.
Luo Mingshi saw that this person was around thirty years old, with a skinny body. Her eyes were shockingly bright, but her mouth was grinning from ear to ear.
"Uncle Luo, who is this?" Luo Mingshi could not help but ask.
Uncle Luo also looked at the man, and laughed: "Him! It is the teacher in charge of the accounts for our Luo Mansion, but do you have any great talents!? "
He did not know if this was praise or irony, but the accountant was not angry. Instead, he went up the mountain and said with a smile, "Greetings to young miss, young one's surname is Liu and my greetings to young one. May young miss be happy today, old one today."
Luo Mingshi suddenly understood what Uncle Luo meant by 'the great talent' when she heard her incongruous greetings.
Typically, if someone said he was fat, he would really be out of breath. The moment he saw her, he knew that she was a young miss and immediately went up to pay his respects. He had a sharp tongue, and his face was slick. He really knew how to deceive people.
However, she needed such a person every time she went out on the street.
Luo Mingshi smiled at Uncle Luo, it was still a mysterious smile that Wang Chun could not understand, "Uncle Luo understands me."
With that, Luo Mingshi brought Duan Li, who was already on the streets. Although she met Feng Haoxuan halfway through, and expressed that she wanted to follow him together, she was then cut by Luo Mingshi on the spot and could not move for a long time.
Just by walking on the streets of Jiangnan, one would be able to understand such a difference. Jiangnan relied more on water, and beside the water, there were many wharves. Just after walking for a short while, they saw many merchants dragging carts of packed goods towards the wharves, or coming out from the wharves.
Luo Mingshi saw a man dressed in white as a scholar's clothing, yet holding onto a slip of paper, she directed the people who were carrying him to and fro. However, no matter how hard he shouted, no one paid attention to him.
In just a moment, the paper in the man's hand was snatched away by another man in green. The two of them were familiar with each other, talking for a while.
Lu Yi pointed at the workers, and they all started to move.
Just by this phenomenon, one could see how flourishing the Jiangnan's business was, as well as its rich embroidery. Although the capital was bustling with activity, it was still comparable to the flourishing of Jiangnan.
Luo Mingshi looked at the people coming and going, and the noises on the streets, and sighed. Liu Wensheng immediately walked up to her and asked: "Does Miss feel that the Jiangnan is better than the capital?"
Luo Mingshi nodded generously after hearing that. "Indeed, it's very good. I'm afraid there's no place in the world where it can be compared to the flourishing of Jiangnan." There was nothing to be embarrassed about, since he himself could be considered as someone from Jiangnan.
After Liu Wensheng heard this, the smile on his face became wider, and he laughed out loud as if he could not hold it in: "Young miss, you sure seem confident about your words, doesn't that mean that no other family's wealth can compare with the Luo Mansion?"
looked over in shock, only to see that Liu Wensheng had said again: "Miss, do you know that around seventy percent of the people that come and go at the dock are covered by Luo Family?"
Hearing that, Luo Mingshi's eyes revealed suspicion, "Really?"
Liu Wensheng also answered, "Of course it's true," after he said that, he continued with a sigh, "I don't know if the accountant teacher in charge of the Luo Family department is able to do the accounts every day, but I want to help him."
Undisguised envy and admiration, this was probably a fellow colleague sighing.
Hearing Liu Wensheng's words, Luo Mingshi asked. "Are you saying that in the entire industry of Jiangnan, Luo Family accounts for seventy percent of it?"
Liu Wensheng immediately replied, "No, between sixty to sixty-five percent." As he spoke, he had a serious expression on his face.
Luo Mingshi glanced at him, feeling that his words were trustworthy, she asked: "Then more than ten years ago, when my father was in charge of the operation of the Luo Family, do you know how much of it was taken over by the Luo Family?"
Hearing this, Liu Wensheng did not reply lightly like before. Instead, he replied with a heavy tone, "Only forty percent." He had already guessed what Luo Mingshi was thinking, and this heavy weight was most likely due to this, which also showed that she was on Luo Mingshi's side.
40% and 60% sounded like they weren't much different, but the truth was that there was a thousand miles between them.
Luo Mingshi could not help but have a serious look on her face. This Luo Family Elder was indeed a capable person, so what she wanted to accomplish would not be that easy.
Luo Mingshi was not anxious and laughed instead: "We're here to play today, Mr. Liu, you have to take us on a tour around."
Hearing that, Liu Wensheng immediately responded: "Okay, little miss will follow me, I will allow you to familiarize yourself with this Jiangnan."
It was unknown if it was intentional or not, but when Liu Wensheng said this, his tone was extremely high, as if he was afraid that no one would hear him, and as expected, it attracted the attention of many passersby.
Following Luo Mingshi's request, the first family would go to the tailor shop, because Duan Li's attire was too offending, causing people to glance at him.
Although Luo Mingshi's goal today was to let all the merchants in the entire Jiangnan know that her Luo Family's main family had returned, they had never thought of using Duan Li as a signboard.
When she arrived at the tailor shop, where the signboard was hung with Luo Family Robe, Luo Mingshi sneered in her heart.
If a shop didn't go by an elegant or pragmatic name, what exactly was the name of the Luo Family Clothing? However, in the entire Jiangnan, there was only one set of clothes, and the Luo Family's name was a living signboard. A straightforward and honorable name.
Luo Mingshi laughed for a while and then walked into the house. As soon as she entered, a waiter came over to greet him, and since it was Luo Mingshi who led the way, the waiter knew which master was the master. He directly asked Luo Mingshi: "Does young miss want to buy any type of clothes?"
Just as he finished asking, without waiting for Luo Mingshi's reply, the waiter saw Liu Wensheng who was behind Luo Mingshi and exclaimed: "Mr Liu?"
The person the second brother called was indeed Liu Wensheng, the Liu Wensheng that everyone knew of.
The shopkeeper was supposed to settle his debts, but when he heard the sound of welcome, he saw Liu Wensheng and laughed: "Hey, Mr. Liu, how come you're free to come to my place today?"
The shopkeeper also realized that Liu Wensheng was following him, so he said these words to Liu Wensheng and kept looking in his direction, giving him meaningful looks.
Liu Wensheng took the opportunity to speak up: "Quickly, don't bother talking to me anymore, don't say that your brother isn't taking care of you, today I will introduce you to someone."
Liu Wensheng purposely raised Luo Mingshi's identity up, causing the shopkeeper to open her mouth wide, staring at Luo Mingshi in shock, waiting for Liu Wensheng to reveal Luo Mingshi's identity.