As soon as Su He arrived at the back hall of Prince Qin's mansion, two little guys ran over.
"Dad, give me a hug."
Daughter Su Rong stood next to Su He and said expectantly.
Su He picked up Su Rong, took his son Su Shu's hand, and walked towards the palace.
He looked at the new sweaters on Su Rong and Su Shu.
Su He received a report from Qian Mingyi some time ago that the wool textile factory was officially put into operation and the first batch of wool has been shipped to Hanzhong.
He didn't expect that sweaters would appear in Hanzhong so quickly and now become popular in Prince Qin's palace.
Su Rong said happily: "Dad, these are the clothes Aunt Li knitted for me and my brother.
Do I look good in a sweater?”
"Rong'er looks very beautiful in this dress." Su He praised.
He thought that Wang Wenjun bought the clothes on his son and daughter outside.
Wang Wenjun definitely didn't knit this by herself, as she is not good at women's red.
Su He came to Li Huixin's palace. Wang Wenjun was no longer in the Qin Palace, and she went to print "Pharmacopoeia·Pediatrics".
Great progress has been made in the compilation of the Pharmacopoeia.
Su He walked into Li Huixin's palace and saw her knitting a sweater.
Li Huixin is eight months pregnant and will give birth in two months.
She was able to train with the guard group a few months ago, and her physique was very strong. Su He was shocked to see her.
Now Li Huixin can only sit sideways on a chair and knit a sweater.
Su He asked her to take care of her baby with peace of mind. No matter how good her health was, in today's medical environment, if something went wrong, it would be easy to kill two people.
He said with concern: "Huixin, you don't have to work too hard. Now you can take care of your baby with peace of mind."
Li Huixin smiled softly and said: "Husband, I can't take any time off and always want to find something to do for myself.
Sister Shujing came to see me some time ago and she said sweaters are all the rage now.
Wives are all proud to knit a sweater for their husbands.
It is cold-proof and warm, very comfortable to wear, and the price is cheap. It is very easy to get started with knitting sweaters.
You can also show off your skills and point out patterns of various colors.
I'll knit a sweater for Ronger and Shuer first. Now that the weather is getting colder, don't let them freeze.
This dress is knitted for you, my husband, and it has a dragon pattern on it."
Liu Shujing is the rich lady who Li Huixin was sold as a maid and was responsible for taking care of.
Li Huixin has a very good relationship with her.
Sweaters have become popular in Hanzhong.
Su He never expected that sweaters would be accepted by the public so quickly.
He originally planned to vigorously promote sweaters himself, but now it seems that there is no need to do so.
Sweaters have become popular due to their high quality and low price.
The wool textile industry achieved a good result at the beginning.
Su He saw something wrong with Li Huixin's expression, so he called the maid and guards.
Let them take the two little ones to the mother's palace.
After Su Rong and Su Shu were born, my mother put almost all her energy into these two little guys.
Not seeing them for a day makes me feel upset.
Su He sent the two little guys away. He looked at Li Huixin and asked, "Huixin, I see you are in a bad mood. Is there anything on your mind?"
Li Huixin touched her swollen belly.
“I’ve been knitting sweaters these days, and I remember my mother making new clothes for me when I was very young.
These are some of the clearer scenes I remember from my childhood.
I feel a little homesick. I don't know where my home is and if any of my relatives are still alive.
I want to find my family, but I feel that doing so will cause trouble to my husband."
Su He heard Li Huixin say this.
He knew Li Huixin's situation.
After pregnancy, I feel a little psychologically sensitive.
While knitting sweaters, I felt like missing my loved ones again.
Su He briefly analyzed:
"Actually, I can tell from your accent that your accent is similar to mine.
Your hometown should be near Baoji, which is already my ruling area.
If they were still alive, it would be very easy to find their families.
Do you remember the situation at home, even if there is a little clue?"
Li Huixin thought carefully and said: "I was not sold by my family.
My memory is very vivid, but it was taken away by others.
There was also a boy crying very sadly at that time, that should be my brother.
I can't remember their appearance or their names.
I don’t even remember my own name. The person who sold me said I was a girl from the Li family, and this name was given to me by Sister Shujing.
The only thing I can remember is that the person who robbed me had a knife in his hand and was wearing armor."
Su He summarized the clues that her surname was Li, and she should be the daughter of a military household, near Baoji.
"Huixin, you can remember so much. This is already a very important clue. I believe we can find your family."
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Qu Qingyi came to the clothing store owned by her sisters.
Upon entering, there is a large mirror as tall as a person.
The mirror she bought is the treasure of the store.
Since having this mirror, the store's business has increased a lot, and it has become the most popular clothing store in this street.
When Mudan saw Qu Qingyi arriving, she came out to greet him with a smile.
"Sister Qingyi, you are such a busy person, how can you have time to come to my place?"
Qu Qingyi said cheerfully: "Sister Mudan, you are so busy that you don't even remember the time.
Today is my only two days off a month, and I can finally rest for a while.
Come to your store and see how the batch of wool I bought for you is selling.
If the sales are not good, I can return it."
"Sister Qingyi, you can't withdraw from this, the sales of wool are so good now.
I also want to ask you to help us buy more yarn.
Especially dyed wool, which sells best, is now in short supply.
Many merchants are vying for these yarns, and they can make money by buying them now.
We have a guest, we’ll talk about it later.”
Peony immediately greeted him.
"This customer please come in. The store is fully stocked. What does the customer want to buy?"
"I heard that you can teach others how to knit sweaters here."
Peony looked at the girl dressed in expensive silk.
This kind of people are her favorite guests to entertain. They buy things very happily and don't even negotiate the price.
"Our store does have this business, as long as you spend more than one hundred taels of silver coins in our store.
We will teach you how to knit sweaters for free, and we will also provide you with various knitting methods of fancy patterns.”
The girl's eyes lit up and she bought clothes worth one hundred taels of silver without thinking.
She wants to knit a sweater for her lover with her own hands. This is the most popular thing in Hanzhong now.
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"Man, how much does a bundle of wool cost? It's the cheapest kind."
A woman wearing linen clothes, shivering a little in the autumn wind, came forward to ask about the price of wool.
The Longchang number clerk replied with a smile on his face: "This distinguished guest, please give me one tael of silver coins for a bundle of wool.
One bundle of wool can be used to knit two or three sweaters, so it is very cost-effective to buy this kind of wool.
If you want to buy part of it, we can also charge you by the meter, but the price is slightly higher."
The woman frowned and said, "Why is wool so expensive? I can buy several pieces of cotton for just one tael of silver.
Make some new clothes for my whole family."
The clerk smiled and said: "As you said, cotton is cheap and cotton is not expensive either.
But the price of making a cotton-padded coat is not much different from that of making a sweater.
But it’s still a bit too hot to wear cotton-padded clothes in this weather.
If you don't wear cotton-padded clothes and only wear single clothes made of cotton, it will be very cold.
In the past, we could only put on a few extra layers of clothes, or bring cotton-padded clothes to wear when it was cold.
Now all you need is a sweater to solve this problem."
After the boy finished speaking, he pointed at the people on the street.
"When you look at people on the street, they all wear a sweater.
This proves that sweaters are of high quality and low price and are worth knitting a set of.”
The woman gritted her teeth and took out a silver coin, but she was a little reluctant to part with it.
"Bring me a bundle of yarn."
When the waiter saw the customer paying, he smiled and said: "A bundle of thick wool."
"A bundle of thick woolen yarn, please make an invoice."
A somewhat wealthy businessman walked into the store and gave casual instructions.
The man saw that this was Qiao Zhen, the owner of the Longchang.
He immediately nodded and bowed and said: "Don't worry, boss, I will issue invoices for all goods."
A businessman who walked in with him, wearing silk and satin and looking wealthier than Qiao Zhen, asked:
"Brother Qiao, do you need to issue invoices when doing business here in Hanzhong?
How about not having a meeting?”
Qiao Zhen looked miserable and looked like he had been punished by the tax bureau.
He immediately explained to Du Baonian what would happen if he did not pay taxes when doing business under the rule of the Qin Prince's Palace?
After Du Baonian listened, he lay down with big beads of sweat on his face.
"Fortunately, Brother Qiao told me in advance, otherwise I would have suffered a big loss.
I'll pay all the taxes on selling cotton now, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to go back."
"Brother Du was joking, cotton is tax-free and you don't have to pay a penny of tax.
You are too reckless, you dare to do business without knowing clearly."
Du Baonian wiped the sweat from his head. It turned out to be a false alarm.
"Brother Qiao, I am not forced to have any choice but to try my luck.
In the current chaotic situation, it is very difficult to do business.
You can be considered one of our Shanxi merchants. You have already established a firm foothold in Hanzhong, but if you want to help your brothers, you will never suffer a loss.
Those Han merchants and Chu merchants are all united. If we Shanxi merchants are not united,
It is impossible to survive in this place."
When Qiao Zhen heard this, he sighed and said: "Brother Du, there is nothing we can do about it.
We Shanxi merchants, the powerful firms, are all that group of people, doing smuggling business.
Only three or two of us big cats and kittens were left to eat some scraps.
My family couldn't survive anymore, so I came to Hanzhong to try my luck.
I really didn’t expect that apart from the strict taxes, Hanzhong has other conditions that are very suitable for businessmen to survive.”
Du Baonian waved his hand and said: "Let's not say these depressing words.
I'm going to sell some things to the capital and buy them from you.
Recommend something with high profit to me.
The checkpoints are too strict, so don’t recommend anything that violates taboos.
My small body is not like other people's and I can't carry those things."
Qiao Zhen thought for a moment and said: "We must be careful when doing business.
Arms and steel are the most strictly investigated. Nobles are selling these items, and three people were executed this year.
But allicin and penicillin, these two miracle drugs, plus other drugs produced by pharmaceutical companies.
These types of drugs are not strictly controlled.
These are the business of big shots, and if you take them out, you will get huge profits.
This is simply not a business we can get involved in."
Du Baonian nodded and said with emotion: "A small bottle of allicin and penicillin costs as much as one thousand taels of silver in the capital.
This profit is so huge that it is simply not a business that we can get involved in."
Qiao Zhen continued: "Brother Du, besides buying some glass mirrors, this kind of thing will never go out of style.
With the remaining money, I suggest you buy wool.
Linen and cotton produced in Hanzhong, cloth produced by this kind of machine, can be identified at a glance.
In all parts of the Ming Dynasty, no one is allowed to sell them.
Selling by an ordinary merchant is a crime of being a thief.
Only local wealthy gentry can sell these things.
Wool is different, it is a new thing.
Before these people react, you will definitely make a fortune if you sell it to the capital.
Sweaters are really too warm to wear in this season.
In winter, sweaters can also be worn underneath.”
Du Baonian listened to Qiao Zhen talking about the benefits of sweaters.
He also learned to knit sweaters with his own hands from the crew of Longchang, and learned about the difficulty of knitting sweaters.
Du Baonian's eyes lit up. He thought this was an opportunity to purchase a large amount of wool.
Selling in areas such as the capital, the winter has been getting colder every year in recent years, so the sales of sweaters will definitely be very good.
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Qian Mingyi received a letter from the post office.
Sweaters sold well in Hanzhong, and the supply of wool exceeded the demand. Their woolen textile industry had a successful start.
He rushed to Ningxia as quickly as possible.
The officials under his leadership were all hard-working people, and they quickly built a woolen textile factory.
When Qian Mingyi came to Ningxia, he discovered that instead of the industry being depressed, it was basically in ruins.
The people here have been wiped out by thousands due to plague, war, and natural disasters.
The rebel army, the Ming army, and a small group of Mongolian tribes that broke through the Great Wall defenses burned, killed, and looted in this area.
There was no one to deal with the large number of dead bodies, and natural disasters and plagues were raging again.
Without the government organization to fight the disaster, the people here are much more miserable than in other places.
Qian Mingyi lamented that no matter how bad the Ming government was, it would still be better than no government management at all.
Governor Qu Xiangyang introduced a large number of people from Henan and other areas.
A large part of these people have moved to border areas.
Ningxia received tens of thousands of immigrants from Henan.
There were also private volunteer merchants who brought tens of thousands of Huguang people from Huguang.
With a large number of people, Ningxia is the place where Shaanxi's prefectures can recover the fastest.
While Qian Mingyi distributed land to the people, he also built a wool textile factory to produce a large amount of wool.
He had been worried about the sales of woolen yarns before, but now that he has seen the popularity of sweaters in Hanzhong, he is finally relieved and can implement the next plan.
He put on a sweater, which was a hat, scarf, gloves, sweater, woolen pants, and socks knitted by his wife herself.
From top to bottom, a complete set of woolen fabrics.
Clothes are also divided into two styles. Some delicate underwear can be worn under cotton-padded clothes in cold weather.
A short brown thick sweater that can be worn outside.
Qian Mingyi felt that this outfit was very good.
It fits well and feels warm. My wife knitted this outfit herself, so I feel even warmer after wearing it.
Qian Mingyi got dressed and rushed to the headquarters of the Third Army to discuss the next strategic plan with the military.
Wool is not only the raw material for sweaters, it can also be used as a weapon.
