With the arrival of Gan Lai, Chu Qingqing had half a helper.

It's just that these helpers often do more harm than good. For example, they helped Chu Qing wring out the washed clothes and then broke them; when Chu Qing was cooking, she found it difficult to hold the horse spoon, so she just grabbed it and weighed the tender egg pancakes.

Hanging on the rafters...

Chu Qing was currently finishing the three-dimensional map she had made. Gan Lai was sent over by Chu Yuan to help. Chu Qing was so frightened that she quickly put away the map scroll: "It's okay! I have nothing to do. You can go and play."

,ah?"

He hopes that Chu Yuan will get married and have children so that this poor child can have a good life. Naming this Worth girl "Gan Lai" is also a blessing to them both.

There is also another reason that no one can think of: Chu Qing hopes that the wives of these boys can become his helpers.

She couldn't trust others, she only had a sense of trust in the boys who were following her, so she believed in her heart that the wives they married were "one of her own".

But now that I am willing to reach this level... Oh, forget it, just treat me as my adopted daughter!

As the time to enter Beijing approached, Chu Qing began to fall into a slow and disorganized state. She would do something now, and then be busy with that.

This is a sign that she can't think clearly.

The reason for this situation is that the money she spent to purchase cotton came back in just one month.

It’s so scary! That’s 400,000 taels of silver!

Why is the return on capital so fast?

Simple, the coldest time in winter is here, and the Chinese New Year is coming, so people have to make new clothes. What are new clothes in winter? Naturally, they are warm clothes.

As a result, a lot of Chu Qing's cotton was sold before it could be turned into cotton cloth.

A well-off family will buy more than ten kilograms or even dozens of kilograms; a wealthy family will buy hundreds of kilograms.

In winter, people not only wear cotton robes, but also cover themselves with quilts.

In the past, cotton was scarce, and all that could be seen on the market was white folded cloth.

But now, there is real cotton for sale, not cotton from the kapok tree, not reed batting, not paper, but cotton that can really keep you warm and can last for several years.

Therefore, in Jizhou, as long as the elastic cotton is put on the shelves, it can be sold quickly.

Among them, the eight of them had a secret battle with Baijiaxing, "Prosperity and prosperity, peace and prosperity for the country and the people". In the end, they had to let Chu Qing make the decision to ensure the supply to the capital.

The reason for their competition was that the "cotton bombing competition" organized by eight of them to "prosper the world, prosper the country, and bring peace to the people" had just increased the cotton output, but the capital was in panic due to the shortage of cotton.

The eight of them had no choice but to adjust their work types again and increase the number of cotton-splitting workers. However, it was still not enough because the sales in Jizhou were also booming.

And "Prosperity and prosperity, Guotai Minan" have their own "old customers" in Jizhou, and they want to maintain some of the "privileges" of old customers, so there are differences in the sales of cotton.

It's that simple, you don't need to weave the fabric, just stretch the cotton.

Cotton in Jizhou was sold for one tael of silver per catty, while in Beijing it was sold for two taels of silver per catty.

Based on four hours of work per day, each person can stretch 8 kilograms of cotton per day, and it takes 6 kilograms of cotton to make a women's cotton robe. You can imagine how big the demand for this cotton is.

Nowadays, cotton-splitting workers in various counties are working in "three shifts". Although they are a little tiring, they are paid by the piece and earn more, so they are very motivated.

Chu Qing is not worried about having too much cotton now, but is worried about making money too fast.

In just one month, 400,000 taels of silver came back. Of course, there were also profits from other transactions, but cotton accounted for 80% of the profits.

If you make money at this rate, will the tax money you pay "bite" the hand of the Secret Investigation Department? Will the emperor...

Cotton was planted this year, and it will naturally be planted next year. The emperor who has tasted the benefits will naturally plan more military fields, which means more cotton and more money!

This is the source of Chu Qing's worries.

Are you really afraid of having too much money? Biting your hand? It’s fatal!

Chu Qing compiled all the accounts for this year. The total income of Jizhou and Xinlunzhou plus Kyoto this year was nearly 800,000 taels.

What is this concept? Last year, Daxuan State’s annual income was more than 55.6 million yuan, and Chu Qing alone accounted for 1.8% of the country’s total.

In other words, if there are fifty or sixty Chuqings, they can support the entire country.

So scary!

This income is quite different from that of ordinary aristocratic families.

Is this still this year? What about next year?

Chu Qing took a look at the two licensed "leads" for iron and salt in the box. We haven't dared to do too much with these two things yet.

The salt fields in the south of Xinlun Prefecture are already being expanded, and more than one million stones of refined salt have been stockpiled. However, the salt fields have not yet been fully developed.

The current price of grain salt on the market in Daxuan is two taels of silver per stone, and grain salt is coarse salt. If the price of refined salt is calculated according to the price of coarse salt, then Chu Qing's current inventory is equivalent to two million taels of silver.

Once this batch of salt is released...oh my god, I don't dare think, maybe I will be surrounded and killed, right?

I also have a stack of drawings of daily products and basic tools that I drew in my spare time. If this were produced... would I die a hundred and eighty times?

The question now is not what to create in this world, but what not to create!

For others, the more money they make, the warmer their hearts become. Chu Qing broke out in a cold sweat.

We have no background, none!

Once the property in your hands is known and calculated, the first people who cannot let you go should be those aristocratic families.

Since they are all aristocratic and distinguished families, they are something that emperors of all dynasties have to avoid. Is Chu Qing able to protect himself?

The capabilities of the Secret Investigation Department are not as good as those of the Emperor, right?

Besides, the Secret Investigation Department is not her father!

These days, there are so many fathers who are so poor that they sell their children, and even the real father may not be reliable, not to mention that the Secret Investigation Department is not a relative of Chu Qing.

"What are you afraid of? Isn't it just an iron-making furnace or a brick-burning furnace?" Xiaobao's voice came from outside the door, "I won't eat you!"

"But, but they..." Gan Lai argued: "Then they will collapse when they burn, right? Will they explode? Is that different from cannibalism?"

"Don't tell me that our house is inspected and replaced regularly. The kind of thing you said will never happen. Even if it does happen, it has nothing to do with you!" Xiaobao felt that why he and Gan Lai were so confused.

"Look at these kilns, the safety measures around the blast furnaces, and the protective gear the workers wear. It doesn't matter if the furnace collapses, it doesn't matter if the sky collapses!" Xiaobao was very stubborn.

"You're bragging! If the sky falls, everyone will be dead!" Gan Lai was led astray.

"If the sky falls, find someone taller to hold it up!" Xiaobao said.

"Isn't it the end of the line for tall people?" Gan Lai continued to argue.

"Then you find someone taller than yourself before the sky falls. Wouldn't it be over if you let this person find someone taller?!" Xiaobao mumbled.

That’s right, look for tall people and let tall people look for taller people!

Chu Qing suddenly stopped worrying and had ideas.

I don’t have to wait until I go to the capital in a few days, so hurry up and write a letter to the capital now, to Hu Hengqiu!

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Chapter completed!