On May 23, Li Zhi took a look at the textile factory.
Now the textile factory produces 31,000 pieces of cloth in a month, each piece sells for one tael of silver, and the monthly income is 31,000 taels of silver.
In terms of expenditure: there are 1,770 workers, and the monthly expenditure is 3,500 taels; workers have three meals a day with meat, and each employee spends 1, 25 taels per month on food, and the entire factory’s food expenditure is monthly
Two thousand six hundred taels; buying coarse cotton costs sixteen thousand four hundred taels every month.
In the end, the net profit of the textile factory was 8,400 taels per month.
This net profit is still very high, and Li Zhi is satisfied. You must know that even if there are 2,000 people in the selection team, the monthly salary plus food is only 9,000 taels.
Li Zhi was inspecting the factory there when he heard the servant came to report that Xu Mince had arrived. Li Zhi hurried to the government office.
"I haven't seen you for a long time! How are you doing lately?"
Li Zhi cupped his hands and said: "Busy in vain! No better than Brother Xu Xianyun Guhe!"
"I heard that Brother Xian has made glasses for sale. How is the sales going?"
"I sold less than a hundred pairs in a month, and it's still not a big deal."
Xu Mince smiled and said: "It seems that good brother is not prosperous in everything he does?" After a pause, Xu Mince said: "There is a temple fair in the Empress Palace in Weicheng these days, and a stage is set up in the temple to sing operas. Men, women, old and young all
Went, it was so lively. Dear brother, come with me to see how lively it is?"
Li Zhi didn't have much to do these days, so he smiled and said, "Then let Brother Xu go and have a look!"
The two of them agreed, and each of them rode a horse lightly, and took four servants to Tianjin City. When they entered the Acropolis, they found that people were all heading towards the Empress's Palace in the center of the city. The adults carried their children and went there.
Walking inside, the children were beaming with joy. The women also walked with their companions, walking into the temple in groups, feeling indescribable joy and freedom.
Li Zhi smiled and said: "Is this year's temple fair so lively?"
Xu Mince said: "This year is the year of the temple fair, so it is naturally different from previous years."
The Imperial Palace is a common name, and the name of the temple is Tianfei Palace, which is dedicated to Mazu. Tianjin is an important place for shipping from the north to the south. Ships entering Beijing must enter the river from Tianjin, so Tianjin has many seas since ancient times.
Shang Dynasty naturally respects Mazu. The Tianfei Palace was built in the first year of Taiding in the Yuan Dynasty and expanded and rebuilt in the first year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty. It is the most important temple in Tianjin.
The two of them followed the flow of people towards the temple, and soon arrived at the gate of Tianfei Palace. The square outside the temple was crowded with people, and their heads were shaking. Fortunately, Li Zhi was wearing official uniform, and the people saw Wu.
Sun Baomao made way for a small path as he rode over, allowing the two of them to get in.
Digging into the crowd outside the Empress's Palace, Li Zhi found that there were not many people burning incense in the temple, but more people watching a play outside the temple. A large stage was set up in the square outside the main entrance of the temple, and a performance of "Guan Yunchang Qianli Walk" was being played on it.
The common people crowded in front of the stage to watch the solo performance. As Guan Yun passed five levels and killed six generals, the people in the audience burst into cheers from time to time, and the atmosphere was very lively.
Below the stage, sellers of candied haws and window flowers were walking among the crowd shouting, reflecting a joyful scene.
Li Zhi secretly thought that watching a play was quite lively, and it was probably a rare entertainment in this era. He should also build more temples in Fanjiazhuang and build more stages for people to watch plays.
The two entered the temple, jumped off their horses, and handed the horses to a servant to wait outside the temple.
Xu Mince stood at the back of the crowd and actually watched the show. He seemed to admire Guan Yunchang very much. He pulled Li Zhi and said, "Brother, please come and see how Guan Yunchang kills Cao Ah Man's shrimp soldiers and crab generals?"
Li Zhi smiled. Unexpectedly, Xu Mince admired Guan Yu even though he was a scholar, and said, "I won't read anymore. I'm going to visit the temple!"
Xu Mince said casually: "The foolish brother is waiting here for the wise brother."
Li Zhi said goodbye to Xu Mince and walked into the Empress' Palace with three servants.
The Empress' Palace is divided into the front hall and the main hall. The front hall enshrines the statue of Wang Lingguan and the four Vajra gods. The main hall is the statue of Tianfei Empress. There are not many people in the temple, and there is no need to queue up to burn incense and kowtow. Li Zhi burned in the front hall.
After offering three sticks of incense and dozens of copper coins, he took his servants around the statue and headed towards the main hall.
Unexpectedly, before Li Zhi even walked around the statue, he felt a figure flash in front of him, and something soft and fragrant hit his left chest. He only heard a loud scream, and a girl fell on all fours in front of him.
Li Zhi was stunned for a moment and looked at the girl on the ground.
The girl fell to the ground, with a Hangzhou pair on her head and a Cuiyun net, with her temples exposed. She looked fifteen or six years old, a good age to leave the palace. The girl wore a silver bar on her upper body.
Wearing a gauze shirt and a tight-fitting color skirt with phoenix and gold threads, she looks like a young lady from a wealthy family. She has a face with oval seeds, a pair of pink and phoenix eyes, and her body is well-shaped under the clothes, making her indescribably charming.
The girl wandered on the ground for a while before she stabilized herself. She was still lying on the ground and stared at Li Zhi fiercely.
The two maids behind her caught up and said loudly: "Miss, did you fall?"
The girl was lying on the ground and angrily said to Li Zhi: "You are so rude in official robes, why don't you help me up?"
Only then did Li Zhi react. He quickly went up to help the girl up and said, "I didn't see the young lady running over. I didn't expect to bump into the young lady!"
The girl was not afraid at all when she saw Li Zhi's official uniform, and grabbed Li Zhi's arm and got up from the ground.
When she heard Li Zhi's words, she opened her eyes and shouted softly: "Where did I run away? It was you who ran over here blindly and knocked me down! Are you still talking harshly?"
Li Zhi said awkwardly: "I am walking slowly, walking slowly, why do you need to run?"
"It's obviously you who ran over and hit me!" The girl glared at Li Zhi and said, "You don't want to be your own official. How old are you? Tell me?"
Li Zhi said: "I am Fanjiazhuang's conductor Li Zhi!"
"It turns out he is a little ethics officer!" The girl smiled proudly and said softly: "My name is Geng Hua. My father is the second-grade governor, Geng Yingjie, the deputy general of Tianjin Town. Are you afraid?"
It turns out she is the young lady from the deputy general's family. She is such a big official, no wonder she is so unruly.
Li Zhi had no choice but to say: "It turns out she is Shangguan's daughter. I am afraid of her!"
When the girl heard this, she smiled proudly, giggled like a flower branch and trembled wildly. She raised her eyes and said, "Then how do you compensate me? You wrinkled my skirt!"
Li Zhi secretly wondered why this girl was so unruly, and didn't know how to answer for a moment.
After all, she is the daughter of a deputy general and is not easy to mess with. After thinking about it, Li Zhi wanted to get away as soon as possible and said: "I will pay you a pair of transparent glass bracelets another day!"
"Glass bracelet? Sounds like a very beautiful thing?" The girl looked at Li Zhi proudly, seeming to be satisfied with Li Zhi's modest compensation. But while she was feeling proud, she suddenly thought of something and said, "Wait a minute.
Wait, you sell glass? Are you an official in Fanjiazhuang? I heard that a new city was built in Fanjiazhuang. It’s very clean, but I’ve never seen it!”
Li Zhi did not expect that his Fanjiazhuang would be so famous, so he raised his hands and said, "I am the one who upholds the ethics of Fanjiazhuang!"
The girl looked Li Zhi up and down and said, "You can't tell!" Rolling her eyes, the girl said softly: "When will you deliver my glass bracelet to my home? My home is in Datong Alley in the west of the city! Look for it!
People will know once they ask!”
Li Zhi still had to find someone to make the glass, drill holes, and polish it. He couldn't get it out immediately, so he could only reply perfunctorily: "I'll find someone to do it when I get back. Once it's done, I'll send it to you!"
The girl thought for a while and felt that her harvest was good and that the fall was not in vain. She glared at Li Zhi and walked away with her maid.
