Chapter 227 Salon Gang
With the emergence of glass and steam-powered looms, two giant companies, Royal Industries and Royal Weaving Bureau, were created.
Even in Stone City, you can see the direct sales and sales points of the Royal Weaving Bureau. Of course, you can also see other stores with glass as the main component, including glass containers such as cups and bowls, and some specialize in high-end artworks that can only be used for flower arrangements and decorations.
The brand garment stores opened by the Weaving Bureau itself and brand garment stores opened by other merchants have also begun to appear in Nanjing.
Walking on this bustling street, it was the first time that Zhu Youxiao felt that he had brought such a great change to the urban commerce of the Ming Dynasty. Now even in the Stone City of Liudu, he could see the shadow of his butterfly effect.
However, what made Zhu Youxiao frown was that even in a metropolis like the two capitals, many poor people could be seen. In this rainy weather, many people were still barefoot, and some thin people could be seen trembling on the corners of the wall. Needless to say, the clothes were patched, but many of them had broken holes on the back of their butts and didn't make up a piece.
But in sharp contrast, the playboys who paraded on horseback and folded fans were all dressed in pink and dressed in brocade clothes. Now it was not in the early Ming Dynasty. The regulations of the court were useless. Some people without fame could also wander around in brocade robes. Some wealthy businessmen who didn’t even have square scarves were even more scruples in purple robes and making plans in the store without any scruples. Sometimes the same was true for his servants.
Someone in the restaurant said "uneasy" and threw the whole duck down. Someone who was begging down the restaurant fainted from hunger because he couldn't get a meal. When the duck hit his head, before he could react, somehow, somehow in the corners of the walls on both sides suddenly rushed out to grab the discarded duck.
Zhu Youxiao had nothing to say when he saw this scene, but Li Mingrui, Wang Chengen, Wu Jin and others who were following him lowered their heads unconsciously. They had never squandered in a luxurious restaurant. Even Li Mingrui had tasted fine wine at the banquet and felt it was even more indifferent.
"Woooooooooooooooooooooo!" At this time, a child's shout suddenly came from behind. Zhu Youxiao turned around and saw that several strong men were running towards this side. A strong man in the middle was holding something tied up with a cloth bag next to his shoulder. It could be heard that the child should be contained inside.
These strong men held a sharp sword half a foot long, and scolded the pedestrians in front of them with a fierce look: "Get out of here!" It is precisely because of this that they dared to rob children on the street so blatantly. Although the pedestrians on the road knew that these people were doing robbery of children, they did not dare to oppose these strong men. They hurriedly retreated aside, and even carried the children around them and ran away.
Zhu Youxiao did not walk away, and a few plainclothes Dongchangzi stood in front of Zhu Youxiao and others.
When these strong men saw Zhu Youzhai blocking the front, they started to scold: "Get out of here, believe it or not, I will stab you!"
A black-faced man said, and he stabbed the Dongchang man with one sword. Zhu Youxiao hurriedly said, "Try to solve the problem with bare hands, don't expose his identity."
"Yes!" Dongchangzi responded, then grabbed the black-faced man's wrist holding the knife and bent the big man's wrist in the flash, and then kicked it out again. The black-faced man's waist flew backwards as if he was hit hard. The strong men behind him hurriedly retreated, fearing that they would be smashed to the ground.
"Save the child down," Zhu Youxiao said, and Wu Jin jumped away in person, sweeping his legs like a stick at the strong man holding the child. A cloud-patterned white-bottomed boot hit the big man's shoulder like a heavy slap. The strong man's shoulder suddenly made a crack, and it was obviously a kick from Wu Jin to the bone.
Before the child landed, Wu Jin had already caught him at some point, and appeared in front of Zhu Youxiao in a silhouette. When he took off the cloth bag, he saw a pink and chubby child wearing a small sky-scented dress falling on the ground. His shimmering pair of bright eyes staring at Zhu Youxiao for a long time could not speak.
If there weren't tears in the corners of his eyes, he wouldn't have guessed that the child had cried before, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but squat down and touched his shattered little face: "Little boy, whose child are you?"
Child? Zhu Youxiao didn't pay attention for a moment. He said such a modern word that surprised the people and the child. However, the child suddenly giggled and laughed at Zhu Youxiao with two rows of small baby teeth, not afraid of the iron-blooded emperor in front of him who had executed countless people.
Zhu Youxiao felt that he was about to be transformed by this child, so he couldn't help but pick up the child. At this time, the strong men did not dare to get close because they tried to get to the top of the Dongchang manuscripts. He threw a few harsh words and said that even our Salon Gang dared to provoke him, so he retreated.
But not long after these salon gang members walked, two women came running in front of them. One was wearing a light pink dress, a white gauze dress, and a little thin powder, like a lotus from the water. They looked very anxious and kept shouting "Chang'er" in their mouths. One behind them was a light yellow pleated skirt and a green pair of pairs. They looked like a maid, and they were also sweating profusely.
But when Zhu Youxiao saw the two women, he looked surprised. Not only Zhu Youxiao, but also Wang Chengen and Wu Jin.
When the woman walked in, she saw her little niece standing in front of Zhu Youxiao, but she didn't go to see who Zhu Youxiao was. She was walking through the encirclement of Dongchang Fanzi standing in front of her in an extraordinary way, and came directly to Zhu Youxiao, pushed Zhu Youxiao away, picked up her little niece and ran back.
But at this time, the Dongchang man who had come to his senses had already been blocked. The woman was panicked and turned around and ran towards Zhu Youxiao, but she followed Zhu Youxiao who had taken the step forward and was filled with her arms. A pair of fragrant and soft objects happened to squeeze on Zhu Youxiao's palm that was about to hold her.
"Bold, I dare to be so reckless when I see me." In order to avoid embarrassment, Zhu Youxiao pretended to be as strict as usual and asked with a cold face.
The woman naturally slapped her, but the child suddenly screamed, then consciously buried her little head in the woman's chest, not daring to see Zhu Youxiao being beaten, but her eyes were secretly aiming at Zhu Youxiao.
However, the woman's slap suddenly stopped just as she was about to touch Zhu Youxiao's face, and her head suddenly felt like thunder. Her legs suddenly became soft, and her anger and fear were mixed. In addition, she was shy about being taken advantage of by Zhu Youxiao, and her mood was mixed, but she still knelt down: "Minister...Minister's girl has seen Your Majesty."
As he said that, the woman hurriedly asked her little niece to kneel down, "Hurry, kowtow!"
Chapter completed!