At this point, Xinlunzhou’s work this year is basically completed.

Chu Qing took Xiaobao back to the military camp with peace of mind. It had been almost a month since Kaishi. It was already a winter moon and it was already very cold.

Chu Qing returned to his tent to pack his luggage and prepared to return to Jizhou with Xiaobao.

The New Year will be celebrated in fifty days, and Chu Qing is anxious to go back and see if the weaving workshop in Jizhou is ready to be opened. So much cotton and wool must be turned into commodities quickly.

Chu Qing was too busy to sit still, and some people were too anxious to sit still.

Pazhuo, the king of Guli who was far away in Tuhuerte, had already kicked four slaves over and whipped his most effective butler Xiri Ahong more than ten times.

Because the business has gone bad!

Millions of pounds of cotton fell into my hands!

Let’s start with their negotiations with Chu Yuan and Lao Yu.

Their original plan was to use the reputation of the Meng family in Jiangnan to force Chu Qing to buy their cotton at ten cents per catty.

They are all big buyers. This year, the Meng family in Jiangnan raised the price to ten cents, which made Pa Zhuo feel that he had lost a lot of money last year when he promised Chu Qing seven cents per catty.

However, the Meng family in Jiangnan had a large background. Their silk, porcelain, iron ingots, and tea were almost all over Voss, and they were not mainly engaged in the cotton business, so Pazhuo believed that cooperation with Chu and Qing would be more sustainable.

But Chu Qing actually told him "no need to embarrass him" and he gave up! Doesn't this mean he doesn't have to embarrass himself? It's already embarrassing him to death, okay!

The Meng family in Jiangnan saw that Chu Qing did not raise prices with them and had no intention of purchasing cotton sincerely. They simply said, "There is no need to hurt our business partners for us. Anyone who buys it is just to advertise the use of cotton."

The entire purchase has been changed to only one million catties!

There are still 5.8 million kilograms of cotton left on hand!

What’s even more annoying is that this year, the City of Voss actually refused to pay taxes with cotton instead of paying taxes with silver! How can we pay taxes if we can’t sell cotton?

Now those Daxuan people who are instructing farming techniques are still outside asking for wages so that they can go home for the New Year. It is even said that they are planning to go to Wangcheng next year to find jobs to help increase the production of cotton fields there. They say that the wages in Wangcheng are high.

Guli Wang Pazhuo is a little worried now.

"Come here!" Pazo shouted.

"Your Majesty!" Xiri Ahong appeared in front of him with the whip marks on his face.

"Go find Chu Qing! Tell her, it's still Qi Wen! Let her take it all! If you put it down again, it will rot!" Pa Zhuo could not calm down the impatience in his heart except shouting.

"But...all their caravans have withdrawn!" Xiri Ahong reminded carefully.

We collected what needed to be collected, exchanged what needed to be exchanged, sold what needed to be sold, and returned home with a full load.

"Crack!"

Another whip struck Xiri Ahong, causing a gash in the clothes on his shoulders.

"Yes! Your Majesty, calm down! I will chase you now!" Xiri Ahong endured the pain and said.

There was anger here, and the Meng family in Jiangnan didn't stop either.

The owner of the family, Meng Chun, is over fifty years old. He is well-maintained and looks like he is in his early forties.

At this moment, he was twisting a piece of cotton cloth three fingers wide in his hand and got angry: "Just such a piece of cloth, it took five days? It's time to produce a piece of plain silk in five days!"

"Sir, it is very difficult to spin this cotton into thread..." the housekeeper of the weaving room explained uneasily.

But as soon as she started talking, the cotton cloth was thrown on her head.

"A piece of cotton, without you raising silkworms or reeling silk, weaving cotton cloth is actually slower than making silk!" Meng Chun shouted.

"Sir, it's difficult to pull out the threads from the cotton batting, and it will break as soon as you pull it out. Moreover, we also use their spinning wheel. As soon as it is shaken, the cotton threads will break, and the spun thread will not be smooth." The mother-in-law tried.

Let’s review the actual situation.

"Master, why don't we get some Zhinang from them?" the housekeeper suggested from the side.

After all, it is not the same thing. Maybe it is not difficult to turn cotton into yarn, but I have not found a way.

"They're all rubbish! The men over there can spin yarn! You weavers who have been weavers for many years can't figure it out!" Meng Chun was still furious.

"Go! Send people to the north to buy or steal their looms and workers!" Meng Chun ordered.

Meng Chun has been holding back the fire in his heart for more than a year!

A woman, even if she damaged a branch of our Meng family, actually blocked my northern channel for smuggling iron ingots!

He still had the nerve to confiscate the Meng family’s property to enrich his own caravan!

The key is that the emperor actually gave her a business license for iron and salt!

What's more, now they actually want to monopolize the cotton and wool business!

Now, oil, wine, cloth, and hair have all entered the palace. What's going on? Do you want to squeeze out the Meng family's business in Jiangnan bit by bit?

And that guy Wu Jichang still hasn’t taken action to deal with her! The Meng family supported you and married their daughter to your family. Is it all for nothing?

This time, I wanted to use orders to defeat Chu Qing, raise the purchase price of wool and cotton, let her passively increase costs, and drag down her money circulation.

But he didn't expect that the villages with the most wool in Sote would not cooperate with him.

And that fat loser Tu Huerte, who can’t even negotiate, didn’t seize Chu Qing’s deal! He didn’t blackmail Chu Qing’s net worth!

In the end, the goal was not achieved, and one million kilograms of useless cotton had to be purchased, but it still damaged the credit of the Meng family!

What do I want with all that cotton? Our family started out in silk!

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Chu Qing's luggage was packed, but he was unable to set off as planned because King Guli sent someone to wait for Chu Qing to receive him at Baoqing Shengbeizhan.

Chu Qing didn't want to care, but Xiaobao jumped up and said, "Mom, let me go and see you? What if he wants to sell us cotton at the original price?"

"That's not necessary. We have too much cotton this year, not enough labor, and my mother has no money left," Chu Qing said.

"Why not!" Xiaobao took out a stack of banknotes and said, "Here, I open a 'food court' and collect the bills at the same time, so that they don't have to carry the banknotes with them when they go home at the end of the year. It's not safe!"

"When the time comes, just collect the bill!" Chu Qing's tone was a bit reproachful. Isn't this delaying the boys' business?

"What's the point! Don't you have to collect both this month and next month! Aren't you anxious for money this year? I'll collect the account, so you can feel confident about whatever you want to do!" Xiaobao said.

There was something in the little boy's heart that he didn't have the heart to say: "Many of our veterans are better at doing business than my mother."

"What do you need so much cotton for? We can deal with it this year!" Chu Qing said.

"Mom, why do you grow so much cotton?" Xiaobao asked.

"In order for everyone to have cotton-padded clothes to wear." Chu Qing said, seeming to understand a little bit of Xiaobao's meaning: "You want to say that collecting more cotton can also make more people wear cotton-padded clothes. Isn't it right to use cotton cloth? ?

Have you ever thought about it, whether it is cotton or cotton cloth, not everyone can afford it. Even if you can buy more cotton this time, it still cannot be used by everyone;"

Xiaobao nodded: "But if we can hire more people to work, won't they be able to make money? If they have money, their lives will be easier. If we have cloth, we will make money. This is not happy for everyone. thing?"

"Well, when you say that, it seems to make sense."

"Of course it makes sense!"

"Okay, then you go and see me."

"Okay! Yes, let's go!"

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Chu Qing: I want to make money.
Chapter completed!