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According to the laws of this dynasty, merchants were not allowed to wear colorful clothes. However, rules are dead and people are alive.
Even though those rules set by the imperial capital reached the south of the Yangtze River, whether the wealthy businessmen followed those rules depended mostly on the local customs and their own conscience.
Shen Li, the head of Shen’s caravan, wore an exquisite and gorgeous blue-colored cloth today, looking like a nobleman from head to toe.
His slim finger gently fiddled with a small piece of blue clay brick on the table.
The clean brick surface showed exquisite figures carved on it.
Shen Li was a connoisseur of goods. After playing with the blue brick a few times, he showed a satisfied look.
Han bricks.
The bright moon of the Qin Dynasty and the relic of the Han Dynasty had thousands of years of cultural significance.
Regardless of the story and sentiment, in the eyes of businessmen, they were more valuable than gold.
Han bricks.
Each Han Dynasty blue clay brick was uniquely painted and exquisitely carved.
It was a valuable product sought after by scholars and nobles of all dynasties. It had a high price but no product in the market.
Ye Fu Liu liked to do rare business that had a sky-high price but no competition.
Businessmen were prosperous in the Great Yong Dynasty, and in the past two years, the Ye family’s trading company’s name had become loud and clear in the south of the Yangtze River.
But Ye Fu Liu’s main business was not the fabric business that she had deliberately spread. Those cloth and silk businesses were just incidental.
Her original trade was a little… a little different from ordinary trades.
“I heard some strange news recently. Prince Qi had a house that was demolished overnight by someone…”
Shen Li tapped the Han bricks with his fingers and asked, “Was it your handiwork?”
Ye Fu Liu held the roasted water chestnut in her mouth, neither admitting nor denying the accusation.
She just asked casually, “How is the product?”
Hearing her words, Shen Li smiled and stopped asking.
After carefully looking at the blue bricks, he gently put them back on the table, and said, “These Han bricks are good things. But Miss Ye’s business is not authentic.”
“Business follows the path of wealth and peace. According to the business rule, the Shen family is not allowed to inquire about the origin, but now there is such a big commotion…”
“The prefecture has received the arrest documents from the superiors, and checkpoints are being set up everywhere to arrest people. These blue bricks you got, how do you want me to pick it up?”
Ye Fu Liu happily chewed the roasted water chestnuts. It was sweet and crispy in the mouth. The delicious taste that could only be tasted from the fresh chestnut by the water in the south of the Yangtze River.
“I demolished the entire house overnight and searched for more than half a night. Only two hundred or so blue bricks were found…”
“Those Han bricks were the foundation of the main house. I got them all and loaded a boatload. This boatload of Han blue bricks was transported to the southwest at will.”
“These blue bricks can be sold in the Central Plains for a profit of at least ten times… Master Shen doesn’t dare to take it?”
Ye Fu Liu laughed with interest, her smile was not sarcastic, and she just found the conversation very interesting.
“It’s a rare and high-quality product. If you don’t accept it, why don’t I keep those bricks for myself?”
Master Shen took his time playing with the priceless Han bricks. “You will keep it? How can you keep it? The search warrant has already been issued.”
“Various towns and cities had set up many checkpoints to strictly investigate young ladies with outstanding looks.”
“There is no one in the government to help you. When this place is searched, be careful of this boatload of Han bricks causing a problem for you, Miss Ye.”
Ye Fu Liu laughed, “I thought you really didn’t want it. It turns out that you have a good appetite and you want to lower the price of these Han bricks because of your relationship with the government officials?”
“We’re talking about business, Master Shen.” Ye Fu Liu smiled with her shrewd fox eyes, put aside the Han brick sample, and casually fiddled with the white jade pendant hanging on her waist.