Dali Temple has his Lord Luo

Chapter 54 Heading to Chuzhou
Qin Zhao brought five royal guards, dressed as merchants, and followed them out of the city gate.

Only a quarter of an hour after leaving the city gate, we came to a very spacious courtyard. On the beam of the courtyard door was a gold plaque with the inscription "Qing Dye Fang"

Ma Biao greeted the girls to take their places, remembering that Luo Ning was new here: "Hi, what's your name?"

"Qin Ning."

"Qin Ning, go there and find Aunt An. She will arrange work for you. Work hard and earn more money. After the work is done, my brother will lead you to earn more."

Ma Biao put out his cigarette, bared his yellow teeth and made a promise.

Luo Ning went to the corner, and Aunt An arranged for her to fish out the cloth from the dye vat. This was a simple job, and Luo Ning felt that she was pretty lucky.

As the name suggests, the green dyeing workshop dyes the fabric into green, purple and other colors, and then hangs it in the sun until it takes on color.

So next to Luo Ning, there are tall wooden racks, on which the dyed fabrics are dried.

The fabric is blowing in the wind and is actually very beautiful.

Zhao Guo's skills are outstanding in all aspects, such as the azure coloring technology, which is not only for porcelain, but also for fabrics.

Luo Ning knows that the azure color requires high humidity when painting, so the azure color can be colored only on misty and rainy days when the humidity is appropriate.

It was more like a state of mind waiting for a lover, which was really elegant and poetic. Luo Ning felt extremely proud when he saw that Zhao Guo's skills were so good.

In addition to Luo Ning, there was a little girl in this post today, so she worked slowly, observed the surroundings, and looked for opportunities to talk to the girl.

By chance, when the girl was taking out the fabric, her foot slipped and she fell to the ground. Luo Ning quickly went to help her: "Are you okay?"

The girl felt a little pain and didn't get up.

"Is it okay?" Luo Ning asked with concern.

The girl put her arm on her arm and stood up: "It seems to be twisted to the waist."

"You rest, I'll do it."

"No, if Aunt An finds out, she will deduct my wages."

"If I don't tell, no one will know. Just stand here and I'll dry it out."

"Thank you, your name is Qin Ning."

Luo Ning nodded, asked the girl to stand by the dye vat, and then walked to her side:

"I just came today, how long have you been here?" Luo Ning asked.

"More than a month." The girl replied.

"What's your name?"

"Chunxiu."

"Chunxiu, you're not from Anyang City, right? I didn't see you when I came here."

"I'm in Changshan Village outside the city."

"Then why do you come here every day? Are there many people in your village?"

"I am the only one in our village. There are four other people in other villages. A carriage will come to pick me up every day. There are five girls in total."

"I just heard that Qing Dye Factory is very big and that's why I came here to do the work. There must be a lot of people in charge of us."

"Not many, just Brother Ma and Brother Lu. Brother Lu is in charge of the five girls, and Aunt An. Every once in a while, someone will come and collect the fabrics."

"I'm really afraid that I won't be able to stay here for a long time and I'm afraid that I won't do well, so if you have experience, please teach me more." Luo Ning liked her very much when he saw her quick words.

Chunxiu smiled: "It's okay, all of us are obedient, and those who don't speak will be fired!"

"Oh? Resigned?"

"Yes, since I came here, four of them have been fired. Brother Lu said that they didn't work well, but you have no problem, Qin Ning, let's work hard and make a lot of money together."

The two of them talked and laughed all morning.

At noon, each person has a steamed bun and a bowl of soup.

While eating, a short and fat man came over and Chunxiu said in Luo Ning's ear: "This is Brother Lu."

Lu Wei looked at these dozen girls, as if seeing a lot of money, his heart was filled with joy, and his face couldn't help but smile deeper.

Mother Li, who was in charge of Chuzhou just now, sent a message that she could take people there.

Lu Wei couldn't wait for Ma Biao to come back and said to the girls: "Now there is good news. There is an opportunity to make a lot of money. Do you want to try it?"

When the girls heard this, they all started shouting.

The girl in red rushed to ask: "What are you doing? What opportunity?"

Lu Wei smiled and said: "But it's a very good opportunity. Our Qingdye House still has work in other state capitals, but we are short of people. Now, who of you wants to go?"

"When will you be back?"

"How long are you going?"

"How much money can I give you?"

the girls asked simultaneously.

"Wait a minute, ask one by one. I'll give you five taels of silver for a month, but you can't go home in the meantime. How about that?"

Chunxiu asked Luo Ning quietly: "Are you going? I really want to go, I'll give you a lot of money!"

Luo Ning nodded: "I'll go, my family is short of money, and I want to get medicine for my mother."

Looking at the expressions of the girls, Lu Wei knew that nine out of ten they would agree, because before these people started working, they knew all about their families and were short of money.

Sure enough, all thirteen Galoning girls agreed.

Lu Weile bloomed: "Let's set off today!"

At this time Ma Biao came over and when he heard that he was leaving today, he dragged Lu Wei aside:
"Let's go tomorrow. Last time you were in a hurry to take someone with you. A girl's family went to the yamen to report the crime, but I stopped her. The yamen servant came again the day before yesterday. Fortunately, I wasn't there."

Ma Biao's voice was not loud, but Luo Ning still heard it clearly. So, Master Song must have lost the clue like this.

Only then did Lu Wei come over:
"Let's do this. We'll set off again tomorrow morning. You guys can tell your family when you get home. How about a month?"

Ma Biao also said: "Let the family rest assured that they can earn a lot of money in a month, okay?"

The girls were so happy that they felt energetic even for the afternoon work.

After returning to Anyang City after work, Luo Ning came to the house in the east of the city that he had arranged with Qin Zhao as promised.

This is the home of a relative of Jinyiwei. There is only an old woman in bed. Qin Zhao dressed up as a woodcutter and waited outside the official road in the afternoon.

Fortunately, there were many official and Taoist people coming and going, so Ma Biao didn't pay attention to these people at all.

Luo Ning arrived first, followed by Qin Zhao.

"How is it? My heart just can't stand it this day." Qin Zhao looked anxious.

Luo Ning smoothed his brows and said with a smile:

"If you have faith in me, wouldn't it be even more unbearable for you if I went to Chuzhou tomorrow?"

"What? Are you going to Chuzhou?"

Luo Ning talked about the day in detail.

"It seems that this is the only way, but Luo Ning, I'm worried about you!"

"If you follow me all the way, I won't worry. You should have confidence in yourself!"

Qin Zhao was helpless: "Tell me what we should do, I'll make preparations tonight!"

On the second day, all the thirteen girls arrived at Qingranfang as scheduled. A large carriage was already waiting at the door, and everyone got on the carriage.

Lu Wei and Ma Biao both sat on the carriage board: "Girls, sit tight, we are going to make money!"

The girls laughed, who knew there would be a long road ahead.

If Luo Ning hadn't followed them this time, they would have been doomed in this life.

Luo Ning was sitting at the far side and saw two or three people dressed as farmers outside the carriage. There were also other carriages following them on the official road to Chuzhou, either in front or behind them.

With Qin Zhao here, everything is at ease.

(End of this chapter)