Feng Ming had government affairs to deal with, and Zhuang Li had to go back to see his sister, so the two parted in front of the Zhuang Mansion.

"Tomorrow I will go back to the study to study." Zhuang Li stood on the steps and waved.

Feng Ming looked at him reluctantly.

"My memory is very poor. I can't memorize an article of several hundred words for several hours. You have to supervise me." Zhuang Li smiled brightly.

Feng Ming was stunned for a moment, and then also laughed.

"I won't let you go home until you finish memorizing the book." He held the boy's hand.

Zhuang Li stood on tiptoes and quickly kissed his raised corners of the lips, then ran into the house.

Feng Ming stood at the door for a long time before turning around and leaving.

In the yard, Mr. Qin was drying medicine. When he saw Zhuang Li's slightly unnatural gait and the red marks on his neck, he immediately hummed: "Where did you go to be happy yesterday?"

"Go and have fun with Feng Ming." Zhuang Li didn't hide it either.

Mr. Qin's eyes suddenly opened wide, he looked at his apprentice up and down, his tone was very surprised: "You have such a small body, you and Feng Ming?"

Zhuang Li felt that he had been insulted. His skills were SSS level, and he was no better than Feng Ming. The person who couldn't stand it was obviously Feng Ming, right?

Feng Ming almost died on him yesterday.

However, before he could defend himself, Mr. Qin hurried back to the house, took out a white porcelain jar, and said, "Go back and apply it yourself. From now on, apply a little before going to bed every day. This will save you some pain. You are not forced."

Right?"

"No, Feng Ming Zheng'er Ba Jing and I are together, and no one is forcing anyone else." Zhuang Li explained seriously.

In this era, the master is equivalent to the father, and he naturally talks about everything to his father.

Mr. Qin then breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest and said, "That's good, otherwise I will give you a fake death medicine and send you out of the capital."

Zhuang Li walked forward with a smile and gently hugged Mr. Tan.

Mr. Qin pushed him away with a look of disgust on his face, and couldn't help but laugh himself.

It's great that these two worrying children are getting together.

After Zhuang Li returned to his room, he fell into a deep sleep. He didn't wake up until noon. As soon as he got up, he heard his sister's purring voice, "Brother, brother, give me an idea."

"What's wrong?" Zhuang Li put on his robe and lazily opened the door.

"Brother, were you having a good time last night?" Zhuang Xiaohui pointed at his neck, which was covered in red marks.

"Yes, I found a sister-in-law for you and will bring her back another day for you to see." Zhuang Li only revealed a little bit in order to avoid scaring his sister.

"Is my sister-in-law so powerful?" Zhuang Xiaohui swallowed.

Through these traces of confusion, she could completely imagine her sister-in-law's unrestrained and enthusiastic attitude. Ordinary women wouldn't be like this, right?

"I'm much better than your sister-in-law. He almost leaked from me -"

Zhuang Li's ecstatic description was promptly interrupted by Zhuang Xiaohui: "Brother, stop it! I'm a girl, are you sure you want me to hear this?"

"Ahem, why did you come to see me?" Zhuang Li took a sip from the teacup and asked in a serious tone.

"This is a post sent to me by the Textile Chamber of Commerce. They invited me to Liuyunzhai to have tea and watch a show this afternoon." Zhuang Xiaohui placed a beautifully made post on the table.

Zhuang Li immediately guessed the intention of the Chamber of Commerce and sneered: "They want to collectively put pressure on you and ask you to raise prices?"

"Yes, our cotton cloth is of good quality and cheap. Almost everyone can afford it. It has been sold like crazy recently. Not only do people from all over the city come to our store to buy cloth, but people from surrounding towns also hear the news.

When we came here, there were many people who had been traveling for several days and nights. When they bought it, they carried it back in bundles, and some of them dragged it with oxcarts. The threshold of our store was trampled down several times."

Zhuang Xiaohui was proud and distressed: "If this happens, other stores in the city will have no business, so they join forces and want me to increase the price."

"What do you think?" Zhuang Li did not give his sister any advice, but guided her step by step.

"I won't raise the price. Our cloth is produced by machines, with large output and low cost. I can still make a profit selling it at this price. Although I will earn more after the price increase, many poor people cannot afford the cloth.

Seeing that autumn has arrived and winter is coming soon, I want everyone to be able to buy cloth and make clothes to keep out the cold. I want to make money but also be honest with my conscience."

The more Zhuang Xiaohui spoke, the firmer her tone became, and she had made a decision.

"If you don't agree to the price increase, the Chamber of Commerce will definitely take action. Can you guess their next move?" Zhuang Li continued to guide.

"They should join forces to monopolize my supply and order all cloth mills or weavers not to sell their cloth to me. But they never imagined that our cloth is all produced by machines and there is no need to go outside to buy it. Their monopoly is very important to me.

I don't work, I'm not afraid of them."

Zhuang Xiaohui sneered disdainfully.

"They attack you, and you don't want to fight back?" Zhuang Li asked with raised eyebrows.

"When doing business, harmony should be the most important thing. They couldn't do anything to me, so they gradually gave up." Zhuang Xiaohui's voice became softer as she spoke, because her brother's eyes were sharp, and he obviously didn't agree.

"When they dealt with you, they never thought that peace was the most important thing. Their goal was to kill you. So, why can't you kill them? As long as you operate it properly, you can completely defeat 100% of the capital in this confrontation.

Seventy or eighty shops.”

"Destroyed seventy-eight out of ten shops in one go?" Zhuang Xiaohui was shocked.

She couldn't even imagine such a big gesture.

However, after the shock, a strong sense of pleasure surged in her heart, as if she would not be able to cope with it if she didn't do this.

She really wanted to see the scene of the men in the Chamber of Commerce who looked down on her kneeling at her feet and crying bitterly. It reminded her of the scene where the beggars held her legs and begged bitterly when they were dying.

It was at that moment that her spine slowly hardened and straightened.

"Brother, what should I do?" Zhuang Xiaohui's eyes were frighteningly bright.

"The cloth in the shop comes from the cloth mill, but where does the cloth in the cloth mill come from?" Zhuang Li asked.

Zhuang Xiaohui's eyes became brighter and brighter: "The cloth in the cloth workshop is made of cotton. Brother, I understand, they monopolize the source of cloth, I can monopolize the cotton! Anyway, we have our own factory, no matter how much cotton we buy, we are not afraid of waste.

We can weave it all into cloth and sell it!”

Zhuang Xiaohui banged her fist on the table and said in an extremely excited tone: "If I monopolize cotton, I can continue to produce good quality and cheap cloth. But that's not necessarily the case with the Chamber of Commerce.

"The quality of the cloth they collect from various workshops or from weavers is uneven. The more they buy, the more rare the goods are and the more expensive they are. Their cost will be twice, three times or even more than mine.

Ten times. They can't lower the price to sell cloth, otherwise they will lose all their money. But if they don't lower the price, people will not patronize their stores, because I have sufficient supply here, and people don't have to worry about having nowhere to buy cloth.

"If the stalemate persists for one month, two months, or three months, I will only make a lot of money, but the Chamber of Commerce will have a hard time. Without cotton, the workshops can't produce cloth, and they can't buy goods.

, if I don’t sell the cloth to them, they will have to go out of business! Except for a few shops selling high-end silk, it will be difficult for the other workshops or shops to survive.”

Zhuang Xiaohui excitedly raised her hands: "Brother, after this battle, I will become the most powerful cloth merchant in Beijing. No one will want to compete with me in the mall from now on!"

She laughed happily for a while, and then her face collapsed: "Brother, the plan is very good, but the problem is that I don't have that much money to monopolize the cotton on the market."

"Brother can borrow money from your sister-in-law, but you have to pay back three cents of the interest to your sister-in-law in the future, is that okay?" Zhuang Li spread out his pen and paper.

"Is my sister-in-law that rich?" Zhuang Xiaohui was extremely surprised, and then shook her head repeatedly: "No, no, you and my sister-in-law don't even know each other. It's not easy to talk about money, it will affect your relationship."

"Your sister-in-law is as rich as the country, and this little money is nothing to her." Zhuang Li chuckled and whispered while writing on the long note: "I have already met your sister-in-law's elders, don't say horoscopes, I

Even the raw rice has been cooked. If I borrow money from him, he will only be happy because I don't treat him as an outsider."

Zhuang Xiaohui hesitated, "Really?"

"Really, just wait at home and wait."

Zhuang Li handed the note to the concierge.

The porter immediately mounted his horse and went to the palace.

Zhuang Li spread out a piece of paper and said slowly: "Striping cotton seeds manually is a very laborious job. A worker can only process a few kilograms of cotton a day, which will greatly slow down your production speed. The machine I am designing now

It's called a cotton gin, driven by water power. It can strip more than 900 kilograms of cotton seeds a day, but only needs one person to operate it. With it, your production costs will be further reduced, and your production efficiency will be doubled. In such a situation

Under the circumstances, ordinary handicraft workshops are simply unable to compete with you."

Zhuang Li drew the parts on several pieces of paper and warned: "Find different carpenters and blacksmiths to build it, and don't let them see the clues. If others learn from it, your factory and shop will go bankrupt."

Zhuang Xiaohui nodded repeatedly, looking at her brother with fanatical admiration in her eyes.

On the other end, Feng Ming, who received the note, quickly took out the password stick and wrapped it around it. After seeing the pieced together text clearly, she couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Husband, can you give me some money for the household?"

How much is the word "husband" worth?

Zhuang Xiaohui soon knew the answer.

She stared dumbfounded at the ten large boxes carried into the yard by the servants. Each box would emit bright golden light when opened, and it was actually filled with gold ingots.

The housekeeper asked Zhuang Xiaohui to count, but she was so frightened that she waved her hands repeatedly, fearing that she would not be able to bear the huge number.

"Brother, it turns out that my sister-in-law is really rich as a country, and you didn't brag!" She sighed, patting her chest.

After Zhuang Li read the letter sent by Feng Ming, he pointed to the sturdy men carrying the box and said: "These are the men lent to you by your sister-in-law. They also have a group of heroes under their command. They are all retired soldiers with very good martial arts skills."

Gao Qiang. With their protection, you can go to major producing areas to buy cotton with peace of mind, without having to worry about meeting robbers on the road. You can use this gold as you wish, but after two years, you have to return it to your sister-in-law with interest.

.It is not easy for him to run such a large business."

"Of course! I will definitely pay back the money to my sister-in-law as soon as possible. It turns out that my sister-in-law is also in business, that's great!" Zhuang Xiaohui immediately rolled up her sleeves and said: "Come on, come on, please help me order a little so that I can keep an account and write

An IOU."

After counting the huge amount of money, Zhuang Xiaohui put on a luxurious dress and went to Liuyunzhai for the meeting with great interest.

"What kind of business does a woman do? She shows up all day long, greets people and sends her off, and is not afraid of embarrassment! If I were your father, I would break both of your legs and marry you to a beggar!" This was the insult to your face by the stinky men from the Chamber of Commerce.

Her words.

She wants to let these people know today - women are not born to marry, and women can also be the richest businessman in Dayan!
Chapter completed!