What? Anything wrong?
No
You look good
At last you look like a young mistress
Stop flattering me
Come on. Teach me
something to say
for big business
Big business?
I don't know
The biggest business I've been involved
was 60,000 taels. Is that big enough?
Then what shall I do?
I've got it ready for you
Read it for me
You value both loyalty and profits
You value both loyalty and profits
You're really a model for commercial circles
You're really a…
a model for commercial circles
Let down the sedan
Young Mistress
Do I look OK?
Great
Come in, please
You value both loyalty and profits
You're really a model for commercial circles
Boss Tong, this is our Young Mistress
Hi, Boss Tong
I'm Tong Jingfu
I met Young Master Wu Pin
serval times
Unfortunately, he left at an early age
I feel relieved to see you today
My husband praised you a lot when he was alive
He said you made money but wasn't vulgar
You value both loyalty and profits
You're really a model for commercial circles
It's my honor
to meet you today
Oh, thank you
You're flattering me
I'm not smart enough to seize opportunities
not brave enough to make decisions
not kind enough to take and give up the right things
and not strong enough to guard the border
I just make a living by luck
You advocate uprightness
Advocate uprightness and…
And…
Boss Tong, our Young Mistress…
Well, Boss Tong
I'm just gonna say it
You come to buy cotton, don't you?
Now I own all the cotton in the central Shaanxi plain
So long as you offer a fair price
I'll sell it all to you
Boss Tong
Sit down, please
Uh, Boss Tong
I bring you some samples
Why don't you have a look first?
How much cotton of this kind do you have?
400,000 kilos, at least
That's too much. I don't need that much
Then how many kilos do you want?
100,000 kilos, at most
If you offer a fair price
I can try and take another 100,000 kilos
Then what price do you think
is fair?
I buy cotton in other places
at a price of 100 copper cash per kilo
I have a connection with Jingyang
I'll give 120 copper cash
Boss Tong
my cotton sells at 240 copper cash per kilo
Mistress, are you kidding me?
Last year, the cotton price plunged
Half cotton growers in the central Shaanxi plain grew wheat instead
Cotton fields in Zhili, Hubei and Hunan provinces encountered natural disasters
They almost reaped nothing at harvest time
A thing is valued if it is rare
Look at this quality
It's worth at least 240 copper cash per kilo
Mistress!
I've been buying cotton in other places
over so many years
But the price has never gone beyond 200 copper cash
Boss Tong, when water rises, the boat rises with it
Your Hubei cloth
will sell at the highest price ever this year
160 copper cash
And I'll take all your cotton
Forget it if you don't take this price
I'd like to show my sincerity
How about this?
I'll give a discount
if you take all the 400,000 kilos
230 copper cash per kilo!
Mistress, sorry
I don't think we can continue
It doesn't matter
I believe cotton dealers from Zhili, Hubei and Hunan provinces
are coming to Jingyang in a couple of days
At that time
my cotton may sell at 300 copper cash per kilo
Oh, Boss Tong
on the freighter back to Wuhan
you booked a shipping space of 400,000 kilos
And it starts out on the eighth day of this month
I think you're going back empty-handed this year
Stop me! Stop me! Stop me!
Mistress, please stay
Boss Tong
Mistress, could you give me some more discount?
Well…
Uh…
If you pay cash on delivery
I'll make it 220 copper cash
Deal!
Boss Tong
Shen Xingyi?
Why are you here?
I'm here to discuss business with Boss Tong
I'm Shen Xingyi
The junior manager of Cotton Shop of Shen Family
and the young master
Oh, you're Young Master Shen
Sorry I didn't recognize you
I'm visiting you on behalf of my father this year
Boss Tong
Since the price is settled
shall we sign the contract?
Then I'll arrange the delivery
Okay
This way, please
Wait a second, Boss Tong
I just heard you saying
the cotton was sold at 220 copper cash per kilo this year
And cash on delivery?
What a coincidence!
I have 400,000 kilos of cotton
to sell you
The quality is good
And the price is
also 220 copper cash per kilo
However…
you'll have seven days for the payment
You don't need to pay cash on delivery
Shen Xingyi
where did you get 400,000 kilos of cotton?
I own all the cotton in the central Shaanxi plain
You don't need to know that
If Boss Tong wants to cooperate with us
we'll deliver the goods in time
You come to mess it up, don't you?
I come to discuss business with Boss Tong
Boss Tong, let's get in and chat
Boss Tong
you don't need to
I'll make it 210 copper cash
And we sign the contract right now
Okay
I offer 210, too
Still seven days for payment
200 copper cash
Well, me too
Still seven days for payment
Is she really the young mistress of the Eastern Courtyard of the Wu family?
Absolutely!
It's improper for a man and a woman to touch each other
Let go of me! Let go of me!
Young Master Shen
what do you really want?
If you ruin my business
I'll ruin yours
Do you think this works?
I think so, at least for now
At the worst
I'll quit the business
I'll give it to you
I'd like to see where you can get the cotton
I can offer high prices for the cotton in the central Shaanxi plain
I don't care for losing some money
But I feel so happy
to see you lose all the capital invested
Shen Xingyi, you're harming me without benefiting yourself
Yes, that's me
If you want to drive me away
here's some advice for you
Sell all your cotton to me
at 160 copper cash per kilo
And I'll sell it to Boss Tong at 200
Keep dreaming!
Since so
I'll offer whatever you offer
And I'll give him seven days for payment
I believe Boss Tang will choose me
over you
You can give him seven days for payment
Why can't I?
No, you can't
I've asked around
You only paid the down payment
to cotton growers
Once they deliver the cotton to you
you must pay the rest within three days
Or you'll pay a double compensation
You've even pawned your lands
Where can you get the money?
That's why
you want Boss Tong to pay cash on delivery
Just be flexible!
Sell all the cotton to me
when the price is not too low
Or I'll compete against you to the end
Think it over
You buy the cotton at 130 copper cash per kilo
and sell it at 160
You'll earn 30 from me
In total
you'll easily make over 10,000 taels
After the hard work of three months
I could only earn 30 copper cash per kilo
But you'll earn 40 by simply selling it
Classifying, weighing, packing and loading
need some cost, OK?
Aren't they worth 20 copper cash?
Deal!
That's more like it
You should've agreed earlier
Damn you, you shark!
Why kicking me again?
Boss Tong
I quit
You may discuss it with Young Master Shen
What… what's going on?
It's OK, Boss Tong
We may go on
We're not finished
Yes
We have a gambling
Boss Tong
Shen Xingyi
Dad
Master
Come on. Put it down
Did you take over 60,000 taels
from the accountant's office?
Yes
What do you need that for?
I'm buying cotton!
But cotton costs
10,000 taels at most
You took over 60,000 taels!
Calm down, Dad
Sit down and I'll explain
Dad
the cotton price has risen this year
It sold 120 copper cash per kilo last year
But 160 copper cash this year
Even so, you don't need that much
Did you slip into your old habits?
Did you make a decision without authorization again?
I bought 400,000 kilos of cotton this time
Are you nuts?
The price is so high
Why did you buy that much?
I'm not finished, dad. Don't get angry!
I've discussed with Tong Jingfu 272 00:15:38,850 --> 00:15:40,516 He'll take all of our cotton
All?
And I sell at 200 copper cash per kilo
200 copper cash per kilo?
And he agreed?
He had to!
Why?
The cotton price declined greatly last year
Many farmers grew wheat instead
So the cotton production dropped by half this year
Cotton fields in Zhili, Hubei and Hunan provinces suffered from natural disasters
A thing is valued if it is rare
The price rises naturally
You kept an eye on Zhili, Hubei and Hunan provinces?
Sure I did
To do business
I think I should be observant and alert
Besides, what do 400,000 kilos of cotton mean?
It means we almost have
all the cotton in the central Shaanxi plain
Then we have the final say of the price
Tong Jingfu has to take our price
if he wants to deal the cotton
Otherwise he'll lose the business
Dad
through this I understand one thing
Instead of bargaining little by little
we'd better run the show
Only when we run the show
can we have the final say of the profit
Dad
I think we should do this
in future business
Even if we don't make money in the early stage
even if we lose some money in early stage
we must run the show first
Shen Xingyi
you are being arrogant again, aren't you?
How much money have you made?
And now you ignore the cost?
And thinking of losing money?
You know what?
You're still wet behind the ears
Dad, see you
See you, Master
Manager Shi
I'm not finished
Take another 5,000 taels from the accountant's office
And book the cotton of next year
Now?
Yes, right now
After deducing all the cost
we earned 8,000 taels
We should have earned 20,000 taels
Shen Xingyi robbed most of it
We're not strong enough
This is not bad for us
Yeah
Calculated by the cost
Shen Xingyi only earned 20%
But our money is more than doubled
I must take the revenge!
In fact, the largest profit didn't go to Shen Xingyi
Then to whom?
I hear the price of Hubei cloth also rises a lot
Tong Jingfu made at least 30,000 taels
That much?
Count it yourself
One kilo of cotton produces 3.3 meters of cloth
How much profit is there?
How is it going in the cloth shop of the Western Courtyard
and the native cloth factory of the Central Courtyard?
Both are rather depressed
Little Wu
go book the cotton of next year
Okay. I'm going tomorrow
If I guess correctly
Shen Xingyi must have sent someone there
You must set out now
Okay, I'm going right now
Don't snatch with them
It'll be OK if you can book half the amount of last year
I see
Grandma
Here's your midnight snack
I put some fresh almond in the sweetened gruel
It helps to clear away the lung-heat
Have a try
What a good boy!
Sit down and talk with your grandma
Go
You father came to me today
He praised you a lot
Did he?
What did he say? Tell me
He said you've really changed a lot
Xing, you made money on the cotton this year, didn't you?
Yeah, we've made more than we did last year
Your father wore a smile
I knew you must have made money
Sihai said
it didn't matter how much we made
Instead he thought
Xing had different insights and breadths of mind
from ordinary guys
He fails to make small profits
But he has made big profits
He can't charge the enemy lines
But he's a born commander
Your father said you were a born commander, Xing
It's hard that
Master could praise our son like that
I told ya
As long as Xing is enlightened
he'll be the best
I didn't make too much
Someone else
made over 10,000 taels
with a cost of only 2,000 taels
Who?
You don't know that person
How impressive!
Xing
you should learn from that person
I'll not only learn
I'll compete
Mom
this is the 2,000 taels I borrowed from you 400 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,430 And this is the interest
And this is your bonus
Why are you giving me bonus?
Whenever I make money
I'll give you bonus
Why?
You're my mother
I should show filial respect for you
But I'm not your natural mother
You're Wu Pin's natural mother
Then you're mine
What's wrong, mom?
So heavy?
Tell me and I'll help
Okay. Okay
Okay
Here
Keep this
They're worth something
You shall decide
to pawn or sell them
From now on
do whatever business you want
I'll just look after the house for you
Mom
don't worry
I won't lose the money
I trust you
Put them away
Put them away
Mom
your birthday is coming
I want to get you a big birthday party
Don't bother
You made some money this year
But we'll need money for many occasions
I'll save as much money as I can
No
We must hold a birthday party
And a big one
Put it away
Come on. Put the money away
Bravo
Bravo
One should find herself an intimate husband
Young Mistress, Master Weiwu's here
Mom, Uncle Weiwu's here
Sister
we come to offer birthday congratulations to you
Uncle, auntie
Hi, Zhou Ying
Sister
Today is your birthday
I have some gifts for you. Please accept them
Thanks. Thanks
Grandma
Uncle, why isn't my elder brother here?
The imperial examination is coming soon
He doesn't dare to waste any second
He'll succeed this time
I hope so
Sis Yi
Sister
You look more beautiful!
Are you getting well?
Yes, I'm fine now
Auntie
This must be Yusheng
Yeah
Look how much he's grown!
Yeah
He is much taller than he was
when he held the mourning pot for Wu Pin
What are you talking about? 474 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:44,330 He looks more and more like Wu Pin
Sister, sister
- My brother comes. - Sister
I come with my family for your birthday congratulations
Wish you
wide happiness and a long long life
Bring the gifts up
Kids, come over
Say happy birthday to grandma
Check how it is
I just bought it
Good. Beautiful!
Grandma, wish you wide happiness and a long long life
Good boys. Get up
What sweet kids!
Get up. Get up
Uh…
What…
It's from grandma. Go buy some sweets
Say thank you to grandma
Come on
Here you are
This is Yucheng?
Yes
Grandma, take it
Good boy
Good
100 taels
Sister, keep it for Yucheng
Thank you
Be good
Sister
Can I hold him?
Be good, Yucheng
Sister
Look
This is too much
You'll spoil the kids
Sister, we can't accept it
Zhou Ying prepared all this
Just accept it
Hurry. Say thank you to your auntie
Say thank you to your auntie
Thank you, auntie
It's nothing
I made some money this year
I wanna have a good time with you
- I'm going for the opera. - Go ahead
I'm going too
Okay. Okay
Zhou Ying
Uncle Weiquan
How joyous we are!
Just like we were in the past
Uncle Weiquan, you're right
I'll not only
bring back the old joy
I'll also bring the old glory back
Good. Aspiring!
But I can't make it alone!
On my mother's birthday party
I invite you here
because I have something important
to discuss with you
What is it?
Let's sit and talk. Sit down, please
Here is the thing
I made some money
from dealing the cotton
But it was nothing
compared with the profits of the cloth dealers from Wuhan
They buy cotton from us at a low price
deliver it to Wuhan, make it into Hubei cloth
and then sell back to Shaanxi at a high price
They even transfer the cloth to border through Jingyang
Through all this
we can only earn 30%
but they earn 70%
Zhou Ying
you're right
I do native cloth business 555 00:29:00,830 --> 00:29:02,080 I've witnessed it
Cotton is made into cloth in Wuhan
And the price rises by a few times
when it's sold back here
Uncle Weiquan
you run the Manual Weaving Workshop
You know it best
The native cloth in Shaanxi is as good
But why can't it rival Hubei cloth?
That's because of our limited production
Yeah
Exactly!
This shop produces some cloth with remaining cotton
So does another shop
No size or fame
Travelling traders refuse to accredit it
Zhou Ying
you've got an idea, haven't you?
Uncle Weiwu, you can always see me through
Come on. Cheers
Here is the thing
I do have an idea
Look
I have cotton
You have a Manual Weaving Workshop
And you have a cloth shop
We can share a joint stock
to set up Wu's Cloth Factory
My cotton
will be directly sent to the Manual Weaving Workshop
and sold in the cloth shop
after it's made into cloth
I made out the bill
If we cooperate to market our own products
we'll produce 60,000 bolts of cloth
Our income will be at least doubled
What's more, we'll be famous if we grow
After we develop Shaanxi native cloth
into a big business
we can share the market of Hubei cloth
We'll then get more profits
Uncles
what do you think of my plan?
When your father-in-law was alive
we ran a pawn shop together
at best
But now you want us
to share a join stock with most of our property
This is too much
To be frank, I'm not sure about that
Weishuang
what do you think?
Zhou Ying
I have a quick tongue. So don't take it personally
It's OK
Uncle, just spit it out
It's not good that the hen cackles in the morning
Men of the Eastern Courtyard died
So you ruled it
But that's because you had no alternative
I don't complain about that
But you want me to hand the workshop to you
which we've run for decades
I don't think I'll accept that
Here are things
your father left in the Ministry of Punishments
They're not valuable
But I think
they could remind you of your father
I asked my friends to get them back
Miss Hu
you've really lost weight
I don't feel like eating in the daytime
And I always dream of my father at night
But you must look forward
I just don't understand
Why would such a good man like my father
end up like this?
Maybe he was bullied
just because of his great kindness
Dad, why didn't you tell me
when you were wronged?
Why did you head for your doom?
Why did you leave me alone?
Miss Hu, don't be too sad
It is impossible for a dead man to be alive
But you still have me
as a friend
Thank you. Thanks
Yusheng
Come back, Yusheng
You keep playing with swords. Are you going to be an opera singer?
Yutong
Kids are the happiest today
Here we are
See you
Uncle, auntie
Goodbye
- Bye, brother. – Bye
Be watchful on the road
Zhou Ying, do you like today's opera?
Yes
I find it quite interesting
Uncle Weiwu
you've been doing cloth business for so many years
Do you think my plan makes some sense?
To be honest
I've never thought of what you proposed 663 00:35:15,940 --> 00:35:17,920 After listening to you
I thought it over
It made quite some sense
Since you agree to it
could you please help me persuade Uncle Weiwu?
He's the most stubborn one in our family
When your father-in-law was alive, he may persuade him
But I don't think
I can do that
If he refuses to join me
we two can cooperate
Are you in?
Zhou Ying
since your father-in-law died
you've been supporting the Eastern Courtyard
You did a good job
I just told my wife yesterday
you were really a woman of talents
The Eastern Courtyard will make more progress
Thank you
But I'm not sure
how much progress you can finally make
Well…
If you manage to persuade Weiquan
I'll join you
to set up Wu's Cloth Factory
If the Central Courtyard isn't in
neither is the Western Courtyard
Is that OK?
Okay
You shouldn't have refused Zhou Ying so fast
Why?
Look how much she gave the kids
100 taels for each kid
She's more generous than her father-in-law
So what?
Think about it
She made so much money
within such a short time
What does that mean?
It means she's really capable
If we cooperate with her
maybe we'll make a lot of money too
You…
You have long hair but are short of brain
What the…
How could you say so!
Your words are unreasonable
Let me tell you the reasons
Imperial families have disciplines
His Majesty never pays respects to a courtier
Don't blame your wife for laughing at you
You were an oxherd
How annoying!
Concubine, how rude you are!
Bravo! Bravo!
Dad
What's up?
I need you for something important
The elder, the wiser!
What is it?
You went to Hu Yongmei?
I send something for her
Why didn't you take me?
Her father just died
She is now alone and helpless
A visit to her isn't that much, is it?
It isn't
I just wanna warn you
Boss, why do we come here?
But she's useful to us
I know
But don't forget
what we really are!
Good luck to you
Where is the Polar Palace?
Polar Palace?
1,500 meters south from here
This way?
Thank…
Thank you
Good luck to you
Stop
Good luck to you
Priest
Ask the way if you want
But why do you wink?
Am I freaking you out?
No
Sorry. I'm sorry
Sorry for my inexperience
Sorry
No, no, no
Priest. Priest
Priest. Priest. Priest
What on earth would you like to say?
I… I can't tell you
No way, Priest
You have to tell me today
You have to
Good luck to you
Then I have to tell him
Sir
listen to me
Go back home
And do not come out as far as you can
from now on
Why?
That's the secret we will never tell
Sorry, it's the last thing I can tell you
Good luck to you
Good luck to you
But I'm fine now, aren't I?
You just try to be mysterious
You just try to be mysterious!
What…
What the hell?!
Can't I just walk through?
Bad luck!
Open the door!
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