The hot spring hall is warm, and the heat rises from the surface of the water, and a white mist is steamed. Through this white mist, only a vague figure can be seen one foot away, and three feet away, even the figure is also covered in the mist.

Wan'er looked around the edge of the pool, still didn't see Wu Cao's face, slid down with her hand on the edge of the pool, and called softly: "Ah Cao." ”

The sound echoed in the hall, for a long time, but for a long time I didn't hear Wu Cao's echo, Wan'er frowned unconsciously, swam along the edge of the pool to the faucet that came out of the water, and called "Ah Cao".

There seemed to be a sound of splashing water in the distance, Through the white mist, I couldn't tell where it was, The nine white jade dragon heads continued to pour water, making bursts of sound, and made Wan'er suspect that it was just an illusion, The more anxious her heart became, she swam to the dragon's head, stepped on the steps and stood up, turned her head to look around, and called with some chagrin: "Your Majesty!"

Wu Cao suddenly got out of the fog, spit out a large mouthful of water on the shallow steps on the shore, bent over and gasped for breath for a while, before helping Wan'er to stand up, looking at her at the first glance and smiling, with some playfulness in his voice: "This dress is beautiful." ”

Wan'er lowered her head and saw that a long silk shirt with red plums on a white background had passed through the water and was clinging to her body, the color of her skin and the curve of her body were exposed through the light fabric, and the placket was open with a long slit on her chest, and the hem of her clothes hung down to her hips and knees, and the water droplets were dripping and falling, like pearls scattered on a bead curtain.

Wu Cao's eyes went down his clothes, and then up along the water droplets, his already calm breathing gradually became chaotic, holding Wan'er's hand, and asked her with a chuckle, "What do you think of me?"

Wan'er paused slightly in the water and splashed a circle of water: "This pool is so hot and deep, you have been in it alone for a long time, you shouldn't scream, guess what I thought?!"

Wu Cao pretended to be unaware of her anger: "I thought of the bead curtain, and the beauty sitting behind the bead curtain. Seeing Wan'er's eyebrows and eyes, she hurriedly supported her with both hands and sat down slowly on the steps: "I didn't go to the depths, just next to each other on this step, waiting for you to come—you are here!"

Wan'er Fang suppressed her anger, sat next to her on the steps, and said, "The gods have sent news that the household affairs have been completed..."

Wu Cao covered her lips with his fingers: "I'll talk about that later-your clothes are very good-looking, are they new in the Fengtian Bureau?"

Wan'er said: "It's not the Fengtian Bureau, it's the newly established Chengtian Bureau of Princess Changle." ”

Wu Cao finally got some interest: "Chengtian Bureau?"

Wan'er nodded: "After the household affairs are completed, the princess calculates the population of the world, adds taxes and grain production in the world, and decides to open another clothing bureau to manage people's clothes." ”

Wu Cao said curiously: "Isn't the Fengtian Bureau already selling people's clothes?"

Wan'er smiled: "What Fengtian Bureau sells, all of them are gorgeous clothes, and most of them are women's clothes, but what Chengtian Bureau sells is all kinds of practical clothes, such as raincoats on rainy days, cool short shirts in summer, thick cloth clothes in winter, marching jackets that can be used as bedding and clothes, short clothes that can be used in the fields, convenient cloth clothes that can be used for walking over mountains, and bathrobes and swimsuits. When the princess opened the Fengtian Bureau, she ordered them to develop a textile machine, which was greatly improved in the past few years. Nowadays, although silk and other cloths cannot be woven with this spinning machine, materials such as coarse linen can be made in large quantities, so the price of cloth is low. At the end of last year, the households of the whole world were given six million, and the grain produced by the acres of land was compared with the tax tax, and then compared with the history of the thorns in various places, and a 'per capita income' was calculated, and the per capita income was used as a ratio to obtain the cost of clothes that the people could afford, and this price was used as the upper limit, and then the people were ordered to strictly limit the price, so that the merchants in each state could bid for the price, and each state or three, or five merchants, bid for the price, and jointly contracted this business, and in the future, the imperial court set up shops to sell clothes, called the 'Chengtian Bureau', specializing in the people's clothing. ”

Wu Cao raised his eyebrows: "The imperial court has its own officials, slaves, maids and craftsmen, why should it introduce other merchants? ”

Wan'er chuckled: "The princess's meaning, one is that because of the meager profits of the industry, the court operates, and it is unprofitable, and the second is because the Fengtian Bureau has been opened for a long time, and there is an unrivaled opponent, which is intended to support one place, so that the knowledge is progressive, and the heart of loyalty and respect is not lost, and the third is ... I want to try it out and see if I can open an open bidding first. ”

Wu Cao said: "Open bidding?"

Wan'er nodded: "Because of Liu Houde's corruption in the Fengtian Bureau, the princess's mansion investigated and punished Feng Yongchang again, and the princess learned from the pain, and decided that all the purchases of the Charity Hall and the Fengtian Bureau in the future will be publicly hung in front of the door, and the merchants will write their own price bottoms, paste them with paper, and bid fairly." ”

Wu Cao squinted: "I'm afraid." Fengtian Bureau is the property of the imperial court, and it is difficult for the people to compete with it. The most profitable part is related to the stakes and is intertwined, and even the peace may not be able to be clarified at once. The Chengtian Bureau has contracted out these businesses, and the big businessmen disdain to chase such petty profits, and those small businessmen who have no way out, or even farmers who have cultivated the land, as long as they have the courage, can get a big business, so that the Chengtian Bureau can be easily established without investing a lot of money, and it is all over the state, and the local small traders also have a lot of benefits—presumably those who weave are mostly female workers?"

Wan'er said with a smile: "The Chengtian Bureau does not use craftsmen, and as for whether the merchants who contract out find someone to weave by themselves or buy cloth from the people, it is not considered by the imperial court." The main thing is to have a shop that can sell clothes cheaply, and then encourage the people to compete with each other and change the method of good weaving. So that everyone in the world can afford winter and summer clothes, and there will be no more things that the four brothers heard about when they were in the household fought for their father's cotton clothes. ”

Wu Cao laughed and said, "Hasn't she ever thought of improving the yield of the acres of land so that there will be no hunger in the world?"

Wan'er stared at her: "This is what I watched today." Princess Changle made people visit the plough of Quyuan from Jiangdong, and handed it over to the Heavenly Bureau to develop and update, make a smaller and more convenient plow, and dedicated it to His Majesty as a gift for longevity. The new plough did not require oxen to plough, but could be used by donkeys, mules, and even those with more strength. If Your Majesty is not at ease, you can try it out in the capital first, know its advantages and disadvantages, and then implement it in the world. At that time, the plough will also be made by the bidding method of the Tiantian Bureau, so that every household can afford it. The princess also asked that the books on agriculture, medicine, and medicine compiled in the previous years be selected as abridged editions, printed in large quantities, and given to the prefectures and counties, so that the prefectures and counties could set up agricultural officials, and use the old peasants and peasants to do both in their spare time, teach the libao to use the new plow, recite the tips of the agricultural books, and learn to sing hygienic songs. Libao then pushed it to the village, so that within five years, the Huangkou boy could also recite it. ”

Wu Cao was silent for a long time, and Fang sighed: "Taiping." Xiang Wan'er glanced at her, and said, "You agree with her?"

Wan'er looked at the surface of the water and asked softly, "Have you ever thought about passing on the unprecedentedly unprecedentedly meritorious deeds you have created for a long time?"

Wu Cao laughed silently.

Wan'er grabbed her shoulders, forced her to turn around, and said seriously: "Ah Caoke has ever thought about what kind of identity you will go to see the first emperor in the future, and even meet your descendants?

Wu Cao looked at Wan'er deeply, and after looking at it for a long time, Fang raised his eyebrows and smiled, stroked her face, and kissed her gently: "That is the case, don't disappoint me." ”

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