Chapter 344 Hurry Up
Shopkeeper Wu naturally agreed without any hesitation. In the dye shop, the dyeing formula and steps were separately taught to two experienced masters, and most importantly, the mordant which ensured the color remained uniform and had high color fastness, was secretly prepared by Wang Yongzhu. Besides Wang Yongzhu, no one else knew about it.
This ensured that even if one of the dye shop’s master craftsmen were poached, it would not have much effect.
After pondering, Wang Yongzhu added, "The autumn harvest is approaching, and I won’t have time to deal with this anymore, plus the raw materials aren’t readily available. Our dye shop has just started and already has three or four colors that others have not been able to dye, which is quite an accomplishment. Rather than rushing, it’s better to take it slow and plan for the future."
This espionage incident might be due to the Auspicious Dye Workshop expanding its territory too rapidly. Moreover, given the current level of technology in this era, the colors that could be dyed were limited.
If all the colors were developed in one go and handed over to the dye shop, what would happen if Shopkeeper Wu and the power behind him turned hostile?
What would I have to counter with?
So it would be better to take things slowly, demonstrating my strength to Shopkeeper Wu and the forces behind him while giving myself room and time to grow.
Shopkeeper Wu’s eyes flickered as he took Wang Yongzhu’s words to heart.
He could tell that the Auspicious Dye Workshop had spread out a large operation. Although its reputation was soaring for the moment, if they couldn’t control it properly, it might end up as brief as a morning glory’s bloom.
Shopkeeper Wu was an ambitious man. If the Auspicious Dye Workshop were managed well and Wang Yongzhu continued to collaborate, offering new dye formulas, it wouldn’t take ten years, no, just five, and he would make the Auspicious Dye Workshop and his fabric business famous nationwide.
Perhaps Auspicious Dye Workshop’s future would become a century-old brand. A hundred years later, as long as the Auspicious Dye Workshop existed, people would remember his name.