It took a day before Li Xiaonan found the opportunity to come out.
Still in the elegant teahouse room, Li Xiaonan looked at Liu Jingting, who was obviously very excited, and said, "Do you understand?"
Liu Jingting thought about it for another day and night, and she was already very sure. She nodded, "Is this for sewing clothes?"
Li Xiaonan immediately burst into laughter.
It seems that she is very good at painting.
"Can it be done?" Li Xiaonan asked breathlessly.
"Although there are still many things that I can't figure out, I think it is possible! There is a princess." Liu Jingting said with a smile.
"Can you watch and do this yourself?" Li Xiaonan asked.
Last time he said he had something very important to do.
"Yes." Liu Jingting agreed simply, "I have to ask the Crown Princess about something."
Liu Jingting stared at Li Xiaonan's expression.
"Huh?" Li Xiaonan gestured to Liu Jingting to ask.
"Why not leave it to the Crown Prince?"
"Can we make a lot of money by making this thing?" Li Xiaonan asked.
"able!"
"If you think you can't make a lot of money, then I will give you something in exchange. But if I give this to the prince, what will happen to him?" Li Xiaonan asked again.
"The prince probably doesn't value money very much when it's used in the army." Liu Jingting understood somewhat.
"I'm not doing it to make money, I'm doing it for my style. No matter how many pieces I make, every piece must be exactly the same. I'll make a good benchmark before selling it out. We'll talk about this later, but we have to make it now." Li Xiaonan thought.
sigh.
Don't rush, don't rush, just take it step by step.
"Do you want to use huge profits to attract the world to learn from your style?" Liu Jingting thought quickly.
"Um!"
"Well," Liu Jingting pointed to the roll of drawings, "Should we say hello to the Crown Prince now, or should we wait until it is finished?"
"What do you think?" Li Xiaonan asked.
"It's best to tell the Crown Prince now." After a pause, Liu Jingting looked at Li Xiaonan and said: "We are attached to the Crown Prince, and it is not appropriate for the Crown Prince to have any resentment towards you."
"Well, are you going to find the crown prince, or should I talk to him?" Li Xiaonan asked.
When it comes to the level of human spirit, Liu Jingting is at least one octave higher than her.
"I'll go." Liu Jingting leaned over and said with a smile: "First of all, whether this thing should be placed under the name of the palace or set up as a separate trading company, you must first ask the prince for instructions before operating it. You and the prince are one husband and wife, so naturally you and I cannot be distinguished.
There are some things that cannot be said by you, but must be said by me.
"Secondly, the prince must know that I hurried into Jiangle City and met with you in private. You and the prince are enemies of each other, and you don't need to explain to the prince that you met your disciple.
Once this rule is established, it will be established."
Liu Jingting slowed down her speech and looked at Li Xiaonan.
Li Xiaonan nodded, "I understand, go on."
"But we are dependent on the prince, and we cannot hide things from the prince. Therefore, it is more appropriate for me to go see the prince."
Liu Jingting explained it in great detail.
When he decided to join Li Xiaonan's family, he just relied on a hint of intuition in his heart. It was a risky gamble, but now, he can be sure that he made the right bet.
Now that the bet is right, we must go all out to support Li Xiaonan. Her height is also the height of their Liu family.
"Okay." Li Xiaonan simply agreed.
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Gu Yanzheng and Zhou Chennian looked at several copies of the bulletin carefully.
The excerpt was about impeaching the imperial concubine's natal family for taking advantage of the people and preying on the common people. The words were not too fierce.
Gu Yan read the last one and slapped the folder on the table.
"These two copies were handed in almost at the same time. I can't tell the order." Zhou Chennian took out two copies. "Both of them are famous for being lonely and upright. One's home is on Liangzhe Road and the other's on Jiangnan East Road. He is a censor, someone who can hear things and report things."
Gu Yan ordered one of them, "Last year when Dongxi came to Jiangle City, he was the first person he saw."
"I'm afraid this one also won a lot of tributes from Jiangnan Silk House." Zhou Chennian pointed to the other one and said with a wry smile.
"You also took money from Jiangnan Silk Shop, right?" Gu Yan looked at Zhou Chennian and asked.
Zhou Chennian nodded, then smiled wryly and spread his hands, "Jiangnan scholars are more or less funded by the Jiangnan Silk House. If there is any gap, you see, it will bite."
Gu Yan anxiously took pictures of the coupons.
"Should you tell the Crown Princess that the price of this fine cloth should be reduced in advance? Or should it be reduced slowly?" Zhou Chennian suggested.
Gu Yan didn't answer.
"After much thought, this matter is extremely difficult to explain. Merchants are low-level. It is definitely not appropriate for the Li family to say merchants now. Since we cannot talk about merchants, we cannot use the words "merchants pursue profits," or "business talks about business" to defend it.
"We can't put off this matter for too long. If we put it off for too long, if some stupid young man comes to take over the world, public sentiment in the south of the Yangtze River will rise immediately, and then we will be in trouble." Zhou Chennian continued. .
Just as Gu Yan was about to speak, Shi Gun's report came from outside the door: "Your Majesty, Mr. Liu, please see me."
"Let him come in." Gu Yan said immediately.
"Who is the disciple of the Crown Princess?" Zhou Chennian confirmed.
Because according to what he knew, Liu Jingting should be in Jiangnan or Fujian and should not be greeted at the door.
Gu Yan hummed, "I was about to ask him why he came to Jiangle City."
In two words, Shi Gun had already brought Liu Jingting in.
Liu Jingting held the roll of drawings in his hand, met with Gu Yan and Zhou Chennian, and first explained his itinerary to Gu Yan.
"I received a message from Mr. He, the shopkeeper, saying that it was from Mrs. Li that the imperial concubine had something to do with me, so I hurried over. I found Ah Wu that day and met with the imperial concubine. I originally wanted to meet the imperial concubine after , I immediately came over to pay my respects to the Crown Prince, but the matter assigned by the Crown Princess was too profound. I thought about it for two or three days, and then met the Crown Princess again to ask for advice. After I understood a little bit, I hurriedly came to pay my respects to the Crown Prince. "
Liu Jingting said, holding the roll of paper in his hand to Gu Yan.
Gu Yan took it and pulled it away, and Zhou Chennian stretched his head to look.
Gu Yan looked at it blankly, turned around and looked again, still not knowing why, he looked at Zhou Chennian. Zhou Chennian took it, turned around twice more, looked at Gu Yan and shook his head.
Gu Yan looked at Liu Jingting.
"I didn't come over immediately because I thought it would be bad if I couldn't answer the question when the prince asked me." Liu Jingting then explained, pressed the drawing with a paperweight, pointed and explained: "This is a thing for sewing clothes. This is Two threads, one up and one down, rotate here to hook the upper thread, then rotate again, the thread is released and hooks the lower thread, and then hooks the upper thread again."
Gu Yan's eyes were blank. He didn't understand or understand.
Zhou Chennian stared wide-eyed, walking from here to there, twisting his head this way and that, but he couldn't seem to figure out where the line was?
"What can this do?" Gu Yan asked.
"Sewing clothes, if this thing can be made, one person can sew ten or even hundreds of clothes a day." Liu Jingting said with a smile.
"The Crown Princess gave it to you?" Zhou Chennian asked.
"Yes. The Crown Princess said this is something that can make a lot of money." Liu Jingting said with a smile.
"Can it be done?" Gu Yan rolled his eyes and asked thoughtfully.
"It's not easy, but I feel that sooner or later, it will definitely be possible, and the imperial concubine is there." Liu Jingting looked at Gu Yan, "This is a huge business, how to arrange this business, the imperial concubine doesn't care much. You have to ask the prince to make arrangements."
"When do you think it can be made? When can it be used to sew clothes? Can this be used for military uniforms? How much manpower can be reduced? How long can it take? How much can it be shortened?" Gu Yan asked a series of questions.
Liu Jingting suppressed her smile. It was just as the Crown Princess expected. When the Crown Prince saw this, the first thing he thought of was what the army needed.
"It's still not clear yet. What should the prince decide first? Should he place it under the name of the palace or establish a new trading company?" Liu Jingting said with a smile.
"If it is contracted to make military uniforms and quilts, it would definitely not be appropriate to put them in the name of the palace." Zhou Chennian said.
"Everyone sit down and have a good discussion!" Gu Yan's eyes sparkled.
The three of them discussed it for two hours before Liu Jingting and Zhou Chennian resigned and went about their business.
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When Wang Xiang was young, he would study until late at night almost every day. His wife Liu would accompany him while doing needlework, watching the remaining fire simmering a bowl of porridge and soup for him to eat before going to bed.
Now that both of them are old, Mrs. Liu still waits for Mr. Wang to come back from his busy schedule every day, waits for him to drink half a bowl of soup, and the two of them chat a few words.
"The price of the Li family's fine cloth has been reduced by 30%. I didn't think twice about charging the high price at first. Now I just drop it by this much, but I didn't think twice." Wang Xiang drank soup and chatted with his wife.
Mrs. Liu has been very concerned since she heard about the fine cloth business of the Crown Princess's family. When the king heard about the fine cloth business, he would always say something to his wife.
"My in-laws also mentioned this in their letter today." Mrs. Liu leaned over and took the letter from her in-laws.
"Tell me about it." Wang Xiang pushed the letter over. He had read the book all day, and his eyes were tired and he didn't want to read any more words.
"It was said that before the price of fine cloth was reduced, she went to the temple to listen to scriptures and met Mrs. Li. Mrs. Li told her about the price reduction of fine cloth. It was said that Mrs. Li said the price reduction was not because the price was too high and she could not earn copper.
It is said that because the price of collecting cloth was too high and the profit was too high, men from various families stepped in and took the fine cloth business into the ancestral hall. It was said that Mrs. Li said that she did the fine cloth business to give the woman a
To support your own livelihood, you have to lower the price to a point where men can’t look down upon you." Mrs. Liu spoke slowly and softly.
Wang Xiang listened attentively and frowned slightly, "What about the selling price of this fine cloth? Has it dropped?"
"My in-laws asked the same question at the time. They said that Mrs. Li said that they had discussed it in the guild and refused to reduce it. She said that the profit from trafficking was too thin in the past. If the fine cloth traveled a little further, it would not be able to earn copper coins. Now it is almost 30% more.
Li, you can walk out with this fine cloth. That's the reason." Mrs. Liu said with a smile.
"Is this Li'er said by the in-laws, or by you?" Wang Xiangxiao asked.
"I said it. Isn't it true?" Mrs. Liu asked back.
"There are many ways to do business." Wang Xiang said with a smile.
"That's true." Mrs. Liu smiled.
Wang Xiang was silent for a moment and then said: "You should stay at home as much as possible these days, and don't go out if you can. It's probably not a coincidence that Mrs. Li met her in-laws in the temple. Her in-laws often go to the temple to listen to sutras, right?"
These words are for us to hear."
"I've also thought about this. Did the price reduction of fine cloth cause trouble?" Mrs. Liu asked.
"It's not really troublesome, it's just to avoid suspicion."
