Chapter 203 Henchmen

Maritime transport is not disturbed by ice, and the coast in spring and winter is more lively than summer and autumn when there are typhoons. Emerald Green landed in Tianjin and sighed lightly. After many years, she finally returned to the capital. Standing next to her is her fiancé Zhang An, who is the core technician of Jiangxi R&D Center second only to Mu Dagong. This time, he was transferred to the capital to oversee the research and development of the armaments of the five armies, and he was the head of the Ministry of War, Yu Hengqing, and the chief of the six products. Emerald Green is not that she regretted the naivety of the day, and when Wang Hu and others were promoted, she knew that it was hopeless. Except for Cuihua, who was unwilling to marry, she and Cuiliu agreed to the pursuit of Mu Dagong and Zhang An respectively. Mu Da Worker is in Jiangxi, but he has already received the position of Yu Heng Qing official in the Ministry of War, and there is naturally a Langzhong in Beijing, but the two places are irrelevant, and there is no conflict for the time being. Zhang An, who did not pass the imperial examination, went straight to the military department, even if Tingfang was on top, the pressure could be imagined.

There were many people who came with him, and Yang Zhichu picked a total of ten staff, six of which were for Tingfang and four for Xu Jingchang. Good staff members are never hard to find, and Jiangxi employs people everywhere, and it is the limit to even out ten. can only rely on Tingfang to find it in Beijing by herself. In addition, he also brought a little girl, Xiao Duoer, who was only twelve years old, was mercilessly thrown onto the boat by her cousin Junzimo, and said goodbye to her mother with tears, in order to have a real future in front of Tingfang.

A group of people traveled from Tianjin to the capital, and the staff members all wanted to meet the new master, and they did not dare to be careless, so they rested all night in the inn in Beijing, and the next day they took a carriage to the Dingguo Mansion.

coincided with Xiu Mu, Xu Jingchang and his wife were at home. Seeing each other, Ting Fang looked at the staff led by him and smiled: "Mr. Ma is willing to come to Beijing, I am grateful." ”

Ma Zhuyuan served as the governor of Jiangxi, and he had a relationship with Tingfang, but he never thought that Tingfang still remembered, and he was suddenly a little moved. The rest of the staff are all living people. They are all forty or fifty years old, which can be regarded as the golden age of the staff.

There are too many people to talk to each other, but talk to each other about the terroir. The staff members are all discerning people, knowing that Emerald Green must have private gossip, and estimating that the time is about the same, they all retired. Tingfang sent Chunyi to settle down. It is not uncommon for a family of officials in the Prince's Mansion to have several officials, Tingfang and Xu Jingchang each occupy the two courtyards on the left and right of the main courtyard as an outer study, and the courtyard behind the outer study is just for the staff and family members, just for the office.

After sending away the staff, Xu Jingchang looked at Zhang An and felt a little itchy, he really hadn't touched the workshop for a long time, so he hurriedly took people to the outer study to talk. Tingfang couldn't cry or laugh, since there were only female dependents left, she also carried the emerald green into the main house of her family.

After sitting down, Ting Fang asked with a smile: "A few years ago, Cuihua wrote that you were married, are you already married, or are you preparing to get married?" ”

Emerald Green smiled reluctantly: "Let's slow down, he has to take care of the armament department, and I have to take care of the garment factory, it's too wrong to get married at this moment." "If you get married, you will inevitably get pregnant, and the new factory will have a lot of problems at the beginning, and there will be no place for her to stand when she is pregnant. was too slow to react when he was in Nanchang, Qiao Zong'er called the sister in front of him to rob him, and he became a housekeeper. Ting Fang left Beijing, and he couldn't get into other people's territory. Hearing that Tingfang wanted Nanchang to transfer people to Beijing to manage the garment factory of the Fifth Army, he immediately applied with Jun Zimo, and he seized the opportunity, and he would not let it go easily. Cuihua was afraid that marriage was dragging down, so she simply refused to get married. She and Cuiliu still felt that there was some hope for marrying a man, so they relented.

Ting Fang shook his head with a smile: "The capital is a hundred times more complicated than Nanchang, and there are many officials and dependents who have been punished, and it is even more difficult to manage." When you first arrive, Your Majesty won't let you be the leader, you can't take care of it. Let's start with a small housekeeper first, and then slowly climb up. Zhang An can't do a word, the water in Beijing is deep. In that case, don't delay your marriage. Hengzhu can't take charge of the child now, and he will give birth to the child first. ”

Emerald smiled bitterly: "Giving birth to a child is really delaying. ”

Ting Fang also smiled bitterly: "I know, but what is the way?" Either you learn from Cuihua and don't get married, even if you are married, you will have to live this experience. I was relieved, and the doctor said I couldn't give birth again. For the sake of this benefit, I don't want to live in pain when I return to my menstruation, and I admit it. ”

Those who have been in charge of things know how bad it is to not be able to prevent pregnancy. Emerald sighed deeply: "I really would rather him take a concubine." ”

Ting Fang said: "I also see you thinking about getting married like this. How to get along with each other, you can grasp it yourself. It's not that there is nothing to get old, but since you are a husband and wife, it's better to have a little friendship than nothing. ”

Emerald Green said: "I really can't hide anything from the county lord." ”

Ting Fang said with a smile: "Since you want to get married, you are naturally reluctant to let go." To tell you the truth, several of them are old bachelors, and they are all years different from you. Zhang An and Mu Ne, you don't like other people's feelings. But you are different from ordinary women, there are very few husbands and wives in the world who can really talk about, and don't waste the opportunity. "To be able to do a fortune from a girl, it is a miracle to put aside ancient times. How many official girls can't even get seven or eight grades in their lives, and a few girls in Nanchang are in a hurry, and the six grades are worthless. is only such a comparison in mentality, and Ting Fang is lazy to persuade. Whether you figure it out or not, it's your own choice.

Emerald lowered her head and said nothing. Zhang An asked to marry her, she was a matchmaker made by Mu Dagong, and the one who could be selected by Ting Yao and sent to Donghu that day was at least the person who could count the names in the huge Fuwang Mansion. Although it is not as clever as Cui Rong, it is not an exaggeration to call it clever. Zhang An really didn't like her, but she missed the opportunity, and there were not many choices. The sisters all have a fate, and they are even more reluctant to ask her to marry a white body. I felt a little aggrieved in my heart, but the road was chosen by myself, and I had nowhere to sue, and I was full of sorrow.

Ting Fang still had something to do, so he said: "You can enter Beijing, and your fists are hard to beat the four songs, and I will send two helpers with you." ”

Emerald Green looked at Ting Fang.

Ting Fang smiled: "Have you forgotten the bean green and bean sprouts?" The two of her are idle in front of me to tease the cat and the dog, one year older and two years younger, and it is time to experience. ”

Cuilu nodded hurriedly, Dou Qing and Bean Sprouts were also in charge of things in Nanchang, Ting Fang was already short of girls, and it was not easy to come out of the two.

What Ting Fang thought was that the bean greens and bean sprouts were all bought in East Lake, and they were alone. They have been attached to the Ye family all their lives, although they are young, they are confidants. Tingfang has the grace of reinventing a group of girls who were released before the abolition of the lowly status, although Cuirong has parents, but her Ye Tingfang label is deeply covered with her. The Xu family is not afraid of the military general system, it is a noble background, even if there is no merit, it is easy to get in. However, in the civil service system, there are too few people of their own.

The husbands of Cuiliu and Cuilu forcibly infiltrated the military department, even if they were technicians, they also stepped into the door of the civilian system. On the one hand, it is the infiltration of Tingfang's lineage into the court, and on the other hand, it also shows how easy Tingfang's lineage is to get ahead. She had to release the bean greens and sprouts so that they could stand out and appear in front of the world. This is an opportunity for the low-level officials to be able to go to Ye Taifu. There must be a relationship with the top, and the bottom must not be relaxed, there are no minions, what generation of powerful ministers are called?

Emperor Zhaoning guarded against Ting Fang remarrying a girl to the general, and Ting Fang adjusted. The means of teaching the girl are indeed too strong. In other words, the man who has her to pass the test is really awake. Without a concubine, the wind on the pillow is too strong. Liu Da is the old man of Emperor Zhaoning's hidden mansion, and the way everyone looks at him has become Xu Jingchang's descendant. No matter how stunned Emerald Green is, she also knows that without Tingfang, she may not be able to mix into a good family in the next life, let alone talk about the six products. For the girls who have no roots and no foundation, Tingfang is all they rely on, in order to maintain their status, they will only be Tingfang's party, and they will always be Tingfang's party. Both civil and military, retired to manage the inner house, and behind the girl who can be in charge, it is all Tingfang's countless efforts. Therefore, the generals can no longer be encircled, and there is no need to envelop again. The next step is to form an alliance with civil officials and marry in various ways, which is a very good means.

Ting Fang asked Jun Zimo about the current situation again, and Emerald Green answered them one by one. Among the female dependents that Ting Fang knew, Junzi Mo was the least worried, and she lived her life in her own house. Ting Fang heard Emerald Green say that the Women's Army was doing a good job, and said complainingly: "That bastard is stingy to death, I asked her to transfer a few people for me, and she didn't let it." I'm about to be grinded to death by Princess Celestia. ”

Emerald Green pointed to Xiao Duo'er standing aside and said, "She paid your sister to you." ”

Ting Fang looked at Xiao Duo'er, who was smaller than the bean sprouts, and her face was bloody. Is this to compensate her for a girl, or do you want her to bring a girl! Tingfang asked Xiao Duo'er depressedly: "What are your sister's plans to bring you to Beijing?" Where's your mother? ”

Xiao Duo'er replied in a proper manner: "If I go back to the county lord, my sister will let me enter Beijing to serve the county lord, and follow the county lord to learn how to behave in the world." ”

Ting Fang had to ask, "What will you do?" ”

Xiao Duo'er replied: "I have learned a little bit from my sister in reading and writing, riding and archery martial arts, but I am afraid that I will not be able to enter the eyes of the county lord." ”

Ting Fang nodded: "Then follow me out." ”

Xiao Duo'er simply replied.

Ting Fang chuckled: "It's a bit of your sister's neatness." ”

After gossiping about the situation of a few more people, Emerald Green said slowly: "There is something to report to the county lord." ”

Ting Fang smiled and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Emerald Green said in a low voice: "So that the county lord knows that Hua Baihu is gone." ”

Ting Fang was stunned, and only asked after a while: "Why not?" ”

Emerald Green said: "This winter is especially cold, he caught a cold, and the illness went away within a few days. ”

Ting Fang was silent for a long time and asked, "Does he have any wishes?" ”

Emerald Green said: "He said that he wanted the county lord, and asked us to tell you to practice martial arts well." He also said that he wanted to go back to Datong, and he was homesick. ”

Tingfang's eyes were sour, another person who loved her died, and another person who called her four girls disappeared. However, birth, old age, sickness and death are not humanly demanding. After decades of fighting on the frontier, Hua Song's body has long been riddled with holes. It's good to be able to survive until now. Reason is like this, but I still can't help but feel sad in my heart. He took a few deep breaths before he said, "What about his corpse?" ”

Cui Lu said: "I don't dare to bring it to the county lord, and temporarily store it in the temple." ”

Ting Fang said, "I know." ”

Emerald Green looked at Ting Fang's slightly reddened eyes, a little at a loss.

Ting Fang lowered his eyes, Old Man Xiong, I actually miss you a lot, but I will never see you again. I will send you back to Datong to be reunited with your wife and daughter. I hope that you will not go through this death in the next life, and you will grow old and die without illness.

Chapter 204 The Role of Cotton Spinning Machines

On the second day of February, the spring cold is steep. Emperor Zhaoning took the fold presented by the Ministry of Rites and was silent for a long time. According to a report by the DPRK envoy, Japan is playing a trick of "returning power to the emperor." The year before last, Tingfang tempted Field to calculate Japan, and this year there was news. Emperor Zhaoning leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes in contemplation. Westerners do have a great interest in interfering in politics, and they can easily play a country in the palm of their hands. Japan, which is so close, is easy to find out about its political system, Emperor Zhaoning. Just like the existence of Zhou Tianzi in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, he set off such public opinion, and he must have surrendered his interests to the West. Judging from his short experience in power, this concession must be extremely cruel. In Tingfang's words, it is to lose power and humiliate the country.

Emperor Zhaoning's muscles are a little tight, Japan is not rich, and there are still jackals, tigers and leopards, what about the fat as ointment in China? Emperor Zhaoning didn't want to think about it, but he had to think about it. As soon as Field introduced a business, he was able to stir up the bloody storm in Japan. What is exploited is nothing more than greed. The emperor wanted to regain supremacy, and the shogunate wanted to protect the ducks cooked in the pot. What kind of promises will the two sides make in the face of Field, who is strong and sharp?

No matter how difficult and dangerous it is, Emperor Zhaoning will never give in to the foreigners. But what about others? Haoqiang, who is entrenched in all corners of China, how will he react if he faces the same situation? In the two Jin and Northern Dynasties, didn't there be so many Han people who became high-ranking officials in the Northern Dynasties? Emperor Zhaoning shuddered when he thought of the fact that the dynasty would be weak again, and the powerful would compete to betray him. He doesn't think it's unfounded, heroic face, he has really seen too much.

The garment factory of the five armies has been completed, and Emperor Zhaoning finally saw the appearance of Jenny machine with his own eyes. Especially when compared with the hand-spinning machine, the shock can be described as terrifying. This is the strength of Westerners! Peeping at the leopard in the tube, although it is the tip of the iceberg, you can guess too much.

Emperor Zhaoning exhaled a breath of turbid air and instructed the eunuch: "Call Yang Shiheng from the Ministry of Works." ”

The eunuch went away in response. Yang Shiheng of the Ministry of Industry was originally the deputy envoy of the Ministry of Industry and Wood and Charcoal, and when the Ministry of Industry and Commerce was established in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, he selected talents by arithmetic. The people who are proficient in arithmetic in the court are not in the household department but in the ministry of work, and the rest are just some preferences, and it is difficult to excel. Yang Shiheng Shanxi people, his family ancestors benefited from the open system, very wide for a while, and later with the salt transportation center to Jiangsu, coupled with the introduction of high-yield crops such as corn and sweet potatoes, Datong Juntun did not rely heavily on grain transportation as before, and the merchants of Shanxi gradually fell silent. Yang Shiheng's family relied on the ancestral product, planted some grain, and did some business to make a living. However, he was smart since he was a child and was very good at settling accounts, so his parents sent him to a private school. Later, he was lifted and made some money mixed into the Ministry of Industry, but there was no sound. Emperor Zhaoning openly recruited people who could do arithmetic, and he had the mentality of giving it a try, and he actually took the exam.

Emperor Zhaoning has too few descendants, and there are few helpers in the court. I have long been observing the low-ranking officials. Caught a Yang Shiheng, unequivocally never went straight to the Ministry of Industry Yu Hengqing Officials Division to be in charge, how do you know that he is indeed talented in mathematics, when writing off military expenditures in various places, he caught three people who reported false accounts in a row, and was directly promoted to the Ministry of Industry as the newly released state-owned enterprise Silang, completed the triple jump within a year, and became the number one figure in the DPRK.

Entering the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Zhaoning asked: "Let me ask you, is there a score for the semi-automatic silk reeling machine in Jiangxi?" ”

Yang Shiheng said respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, I am still stepping up my research. ”

Emperor Zhaoning frowned and said: "The cotton yarn machine has been in production for a long time, why is the silk reeling machine so difficult?" ”

Yang Shiheng said: "The silk reeling process is more complex than cotton spinning, and cotton spinning is produced on the basis of the Western Jenny machine. ”

Emperor Zhaoning said: "Can you still increase investment?" How much money does the state-owned enterprise department still have in its account? ”

Yang Shiheng smiled bitterly: "Silver money is secondary, and all craftsmen from all over the world have gone to Jiangxi, but it is not enough." In the area of state-owned enterprises, sewing machines are improving, the advanced research and development of shipbuilding, and steel forging are all indispensable. The improvement of firearms in the Yu Heng Qing Division accounted for the lion's share. The imperial court has no arithmetic and mechanical talents for a long time, and it will be difficult to catch up for a while. ”

Emperor Zhaoning had a headache, he urgently needed silk for money, and his income was too stumbling, and he was always stretched. At the beginning of the year, half of the budget had been spent, and silk was the best-selling commodity. Comparing the speed of Jenny machine and local spinning, anyone with a brain can calculate the difference in per capita output.

Yang Shiheng said: "A few years ago, the shuttle technology was introduced, and the textile is no longer as pure manual as before, and the speed is ten times faster. However, even so, Jiangxi's cotton cloth is still in short supply. In the opinion of the minister, additional factories can be added everywhere. People are always inseparable from food, clothing, housing and transportation, and we may not be able to sell them to Westerners in our own ports, and we can also sell them to the South Seas on a ship. North Korea, Annam and other places are bordered, so it is better to do business. Although the volume is small, it can be accumulated considerably. ”

Emperor Zhaoning said: "Isn't this no ship? ”

Yang Shiheng said: "There is no need for a big ship like the West, just don't let the officials of the DPRK and China intervene and encourage merchants to go to the South Seas. There are spinning machines and sewing machines, the cost has been reduced by more than half, and no matter how poor North Korea is, who can really not wear clothes? The same is clothing, and it is better to be cheaper. ”

Emperor Zhaoning felt a little relieved: "That's it, you think carefully about this matter, and also, pay attention to controlling the scale of cotton, Hugh encroaches on too much land, and it is easy to cause chaos if you have only silver money and no grain." ”

Yang Shiheng said: "North Korea also produces cotton, so why not buy it from North Korea, transport it by sea to Jiangnan for weaving, and then sell it to Nanyang." The Westerners tried to sell cotton cloth the last time, but the transportation cost was high, although it was cheaper than the local method, but it was impacted by Jiangxi cotton cloth, and the profit was too little. Businessmen seek profits, and foreigners don't want much of their things, which is not conducive to cooperation. The minister thought that with the use of the machine, it was possible to gradually buy steel with them. Our steel production has never been able to rise, and it will be imported after all. It's the same in the shopping mall, you come and go, you see the prosperity. ”

Emperor Zhaoning had an idea and laughed out loud: "These officials of your Ministry of Industry will discuss it, and I can't manage it so carefully." ”

Yang Shiheng responded.

Emperor Zhaoning asked left and right again: "Where is Taifu?" ”

Eunuch Zhao replied: "It should be in the upper study." ”

Emperor Zhaoning said with a smile: "It was originally the place where the princes went to school, but she became a yamen." Anyway, close to Zhu Zhechi, it is also good to ask the princes to contact the government with children. ”

Eunuch Zhao also smiled: "The eldest princess likes Taifu, she follows Taifu every day, and she writes her homework when Taifu is the director." The other highnesses who made trouble also followed in and out, and it was difficult for the Taifu to be undisturbed. ”

Li Chuhui was sent by Emperor Zhaoning to keep an eye on Tingfang, and Emperor Zhaoning was greatly relieved to see that his daughter could keep an eye on people. It's not that he doesn't trust Ting Fang, but he's really afraid that Xu Qingxue is too good and there will be unnecessary disputes in the future. This year, Xu Qing is going to be enlightened, and he will carefully select the good grandmothers and teach them. Xu Jingchang's eldest son, the future Duke of Dingguo, certainly doesn't want him to be full of ways to govern the country, nor does he want to cultivate a gentleman.

waved Yang Shiheng away, and after a short time, Emperor Zhaoning waited for Tingfang. Now that the Qianqing Palace has been cleaned up by Ting Yao, it is no longer like a sieve. After Emperor Zhaoning sat down, he said straight to the point: "I have a good plan." ”

Ting Fang smiled and said, "Your Majesty asks for advice." ”

Emperor Zhaoning said: "In the south of the Yangtze River, it is extremely difficult to recover the land. Only then did Yang Shiheng tell me that he asked North Korea to grow cotton, set up a factory in Jiangnan, and make clothes and sell them to Nanyang. The idea is very good. However, setting up a factory in Jiangnan will inevitably be cheaper. The horizontal and vertical Jenny machine is in our hands, and they want to imitate it, but they have no talent. Then we will come up with a policy to exchange land for Jenny machine. The cotton spinning business is profitable, although it is not as stable as the land, but it can attract many bold people. It can gradually encroach on the land and slowly become a royal field. Shandong's Wang Tian has already achieved results, not to mention the Haoqiang manor, at least this year's harvest is considerable. Jiangnan is the most difficult bone to gnaw, if it can be differentiated without showing mountains and waters, it will be easier for other realms. ”

Ting Fang twitched the corners of her mouth, Nima's move is too dark! Jiangnan has strong and strong, but the prosperity of Jiangnan is laid by the dense middle class. The middle class does not have a strong obsession with the field! Jiangxi's cotton cloth has been in short supply for a long time, military supplies are not counted, Hunan, Hubei and other places are inconvenient due to geographical advantages, and they can't buy cotton garments from Jiangxi next door. Setting up a factory in Jiangnan can not only be exported to Nanyang, but also consumed by several provinces in Jiangnan. Jiangxi specializes in military supplies, and Hunan can set up factories for self-sufficiency. Everyone in the world wants to dress, and it is not uncommon for textile factories to open all over the country. Regardless of the side, the profits are too terrifying. So he added a darker sentence: "Merchants can be invited to participate in the shares, the court is forty percent, and the merchants are sixty percent." Everyone was happy. ”

Emperor Zhaoning said in his heart, if he is ruthless, he will only serve Mrs. Ye. The imperial court participated in the shares, which ensured the interests of the imperial court while avoiding the exploitation of local officials. The merchant's participation in the shares mobilized the enthusiasm of the merchant, and it was impossible for the imperial court to send people to do sales, but the merchant would definitely go. With forty percent of the profits, the first few years of no tax also makes. There must be merchants who rush in without their lives. They will become a new force, a force that will go straight to Tianting, and will naturally run on and force the original powerful territory. It's just a variant of using strength. The only thing to worry about is that the reputation of the imperial court is not good, and merchants may not dare to cooperate with the imperial court.

Emperor Zhaoning showed a smile: "That one named Liu Yongfeng, are you interested in making cotton spinning?" "Gotta be a model! Seeing that people make money, they will naturally be red-eyed, it is human nature to buy up and kill down, and when the time comes, it will be the merchants who beg the court, and the land will be better collected.

Ting Fang said: "And I have to ask." ”

Emperor Zhaoning nodded: "The twisted melon is not sweet, I know." I also asked Yuan Shoufu to see if his family was interesting. By the way, what about the Fang family? Fang Zhide is going to marry, he should have land under his name, cooperate with the imperial court to open a factory, and no matter which clansman is looking for to take care of it, he can subsidize the family. Don't let him take the lead on his own, and don't break the law that officials are not allowed to do business. Fang Zhide's sisters are married in Beijing, ask around, if you have money, everyone can earn it together! ”

Tingfang: "......" Emperor Zhaoning's lure technique has completely come out! The position of the emperor is really exercising!

Chapter 205 Jiangnan, Cotton Economic War

The structure of the hand-cranked Jenny machine is not complicated, and there is no doubt about the copycat technology of the big cottage country. Previously, Tingfang only remembered the shuttleless loom, but it was not invented, so she had to use the Jenny machine with the sewing machine first, and the hand-woven fabric was stuck in the middle, although the efficiency was much higher than before, but it was always a weakness in the industrial chain. The business has done more, there are foreigners to recommend new products flying shuttle loom, Huaxia Fang knows that the flying shuttle loom is still in front of the Jenny machine, quickly bought a few, the rapid cottage, configuration into the various factories, the price of ready-to-wear has fallen into a new realm.

Immediately afterwards, Emperor Zhaoning ordered the state-owned enterprise department to exchange land with Jiangnan Haoqiang. The merchants in Jiangnan had already looked at Jiangxi cotton cloth with hot eyes, but they were forced by the clan power, and few people dared to stretch out their hands. The Fang family was tricked by Qian Lianggong, and was exploited by Yan Hongxin, and the clan power was greatly weakened. Fang Zhide wrote a letter, and some clansmen had the courage to contact the government. The government in Jiangnan was very reluctant to handle this matter, but the Fang family could not afford to offend, so they had to divide the scattered land into Wang Tian, play Emperor Zhaoning, and ask him to approve Jenny.

Jenny machine Jiangxi early energy production, along the Yangtze River assembly to the ground. As a typical example, the state-owned enterprise department also specially transferred a sufficient amount of cotton with them, the big house of the Fang family received the spinning mill, the second room was divided into a weaving factory, and the third room was a garment factory. A brand-new factory building was built, and the three factories and the cotton warehouse were made into one, connecting the city.

At this time, the news was blocked, and many families had heard of Jenny's name, but they had never seen it. Jiangxi cotton cloth is good, but everyone does not believe its output. When the Fangjia factory was built, textile households from near and far went to take a look, and their eyes widened. The improved Jenny machine spins 24 yarns at a time, which is immediately 24 times that of the soil method! The speed of the shuttle loom is incomparable to the local law. When I looked at the sewing machine again, all the merchants were soft on the soles of their feet, and the clothes with dense sewing of double threads were so luxurious, but under the sewing machine that the female worker stepped on quickly, I saw a skirt become a shape. Looking at the other group is more refined, the skirt of the female is the most troublesome skirt, with the sewing machine, even the skirt is easy. Although it takes a little more effort than a plain skirt, it is more profitable. The rags cut from the clothes became a small purse in a flash. The eyes of the visitors were full of horror! With such speed and such output, their labor costs are almost negligible! State-owned enterprises have become shareholders, and they can also pay taxes, once the product hits the market, the consequences are unimaginable.

The weavers in Jiangnan were in a dilemma. If you don't have a relationship with ideas, you can't get along in the mall. Jiangnan Haoqiang is against Wang Tian, who doesn't know that at this moment, Haoqiang has a way to kill them. But if the machine is not replaced, the Fang family expands its scale, and there is still a way for them to live? There are even pure weavers who don't even have land, they just feel that the world is spinning, they don't even have a chance to choose, and they are all dead ends.

We all know that Jiangxi's cotton cloth is powerful, and if you don't see it with your own eyes, you can't imagine how powerful it is. From spinning to ready-to-wear, under the assembly line production, it is simply amazing. Not only the cotton weavers were frightened, but the silk weavers were also in a panic. If there is a cotton spinning machine, there will definitely be a silk reeling machine. Once there is a silk reeling technology like a Jenny machine, the traditional silk merchants in Jiangnan have no room for competition.

Jiangnan officials almost hate blood! Textile is the pillar of Jiangnan, and every household is more or less involved in this. The rivers in the south of the Yangtze River are dense, but the granary is in Huguang, why? Because of the economic development of Jiangnan, there are only a few people who are willing to farm, and most of them make a living from textile-related industries. That's why there are thriving populations and countless cities. Emperor Zhaoning's trick was too ruthless, and when it came to textiles, he snatched food from their mouths. Not to mention that Emperor Zhaoning intended Wang Tian, and if he succeeded, their foundation would be gone.

The Jiangnan Party reacted quickly, and the drama and wine in the spring continued, and they kept connecting in tandem. Emperor Zhaoning also gritted his teeth, not only did all the factory workers be deployed from Nanchang, but even the cotton was not purchased from Jiangnan, and he was determined to set up the signboard of the Fangjia factory and pull the scattered weavers into his camp.

The Jiangnan Party's counterattack was unexpectedly violent, in the spring of March, and in April, Fang Zhide was unexpectedly unexpectedly unsuccessful! The Zhaoning Emperor's terrier is half dead. Before the gas was dissipated, Jiangnan played urgently, and the Fangjia factory was struck by lightning on a rainy night, and a fire broke out and was completely destroyed! Emperor Zhaoning smashed the table angrily in the Qianqing Palace: "It's too much to deceive people!" It's too much of a deception! "Your uncle, the burning plant simply does not allow mechanical production to enter Jiangnan! How could Emperor Zhaoning endure not to play games for the court, just seeing that he needed a large amount of money to develop armaments, he must not stop industrial upgrading. Without a huge volume of trade, what would he use to arrange coastal defense and what would he use to resist the greed of foreigners? The water conservancy in the North China Plain has been in disrepair for a long time, the canals are very silted, and the nine sides cost a lot of money, and he needs money everywhere, and what he lacks most is money. The Jiangnan Party actually did not back down for its own selfish interests! How is it different from rebellion?

Tingfang was also stunned, Emperor Zhaoning's infiltration with textiles was already a very gentle way. Hao Qiang occupies a large amount of land, and it is not impossible to cooperate. At the very least, the cotton that weavers need, under the conditions of transportation at this time, cannot really rely on foreign supplies for a long time. Cotton is a cash crop, and it is necessary to trade it in order to be active. The rise of mechanical cotton spinning, at least not very damaging to Haoqiang, who owns large tracts of land. But Haoqiang refused to spit out even this idea! They smuggled on a large scale, bypassing customs and trading directly with foreigners, and made a lot of money, and Emperor Zhaoning did not investigate it carefully. The emperor left a line, but you didn't talk about it at all, did you die?

In this contest under the table, Emperor Zhaoning was slapped in the face by the Jiangnan Party, and the crisp sound echoed in the court, but he couldn't get angry. The loss is not big, the textile industry was established, the Fang family was only more than 10,000 taels of silver, and the private treasury of Guangfang Zhide was not only this idea, and the Jiangnan Party burned exactly not money, and the resurgence of Dongshan was not the lack of money.

Emperor Zhaoning held back his anger and tried his best to disintegrate Jiangnan Haoqiang. Fortunately, there are two places in the south of the Yangtze River that belong to Tingfang, one is East Lake and the other is Huaiyang. On the one hand, Tingfang appeased the mad Emperor Zhaoning, and on the other hand, he instructed Liu Yongfeng to coerce the Huaiyang prefect to report and exchange the Liu family's land for the factory! Gangnam side eye! But Huaiyang, as Tingfang's own land, as long as the Yuan family does not act as a demon, no one can move anything. Along with the arrival of the machines in Huaiyang, there were also mass-produced wooden planks and a large number of craftsmen, and the huge factory could be completed in just six days. In just two months, Liu Yongfeng's products have begun to be sold.

To deal with Jiangnan, there is no way to uproot it, so let's fight an economic war!

The Liu family rebelled, and there were many strongholds in various parts of the Yangtze River. After Liu Yongnian's death, his connections were naturally inherited by Liu Yongfeng. Liu Yongfeng knew what was going on above, and united with Jiangxi to dump the entire Jiangnan garment at a price of one-third. Local protection is completely useless, and the price of one-third is too low! There are a variety of fancy ready-to-wear with bright colors, the market is the common people, and the heroes are hiding in the dark, how can they stop Liu Yongfeng? Liu Yongfeng stirred up the originally balanced cotton textile industry in a mess. His cotton is all from Jiangxi. The garment market was seized, and the first thing to bear the brunt of the business of ready-to-wear shops and cloth shops plummeted, and the pressure was immediately pushed on the cotton farmers. If the traditional textile mills can't work, no one wants cotton.

Emperor Zhaoning said that he didn't want Jiangnan's taxes this year, that is, he didn't allow a single Jiangnan cotton to be put around. By September, there were no more Chinese people in the originally lively cotton fields. Cotton farmers harvest cotton with tears in their eyes, bundles of good bales, but they don't know where to sell them. Cotton farmers have a variety of daily vegetables and vegetables, and there is not a single rice in the field, looking at God, I don't know how to celebrate the New Year this winter.

Haoqiang began to panic, the annual land rent is the foundation of their survival, not everyone can benefit from the increasingly strict customs, except for the salt merchant family, most of them rely on the output of the vast land. This year, the weather was very good, the wind and rain were good, but the cotton was hoarded in the countryside and could not be sold at all. Emperor Zhaoning finally got lucky, and after fighting in the north at the end of last year, there was no big war for most of the year, and the daily conflict was still bearable. The harvest began in September, and the harvest of Wangtian and silk in Anhui Province were exported overseas, and the taxes of Banwangtian in Shandong, Gansu, Hunan and other counterinsurgency places were also very gratifying. He freed his hands and directly used Jiangxi to snipe the economy of Jiangnan, and under the crushing of strong industrial forces, the traditional cotton mills went bankrupt one by one.

The cotton that can't go out, the grain that can't get in, the grain prices in the south of the Yangtze River have risen wildly! Only the silk merchant and the salt merchant are still better, and it can be seen that this scene, who does not feel a chill down the spine. The cornered small landlords began to defect. They even crossed the region to find the prefect of Huaiyang, demanding that the fields be handed over, not machines, but only to buy cotton at a low price, so that they could survive.

At first, Haoqiang was able to buy cotton at a low price to stabilize his actions, but as the cotton was gradually harvested, they also began to weaken. The cotton spinning in Jiangnan is exported to the whole country, how to eat it with the local heroes in Jiangnan! Moreover, they are not charitable. The pressure on the magistrates also gradually increased, and the people who had no food would rebel, attack the government treasury, and become homeless. If there are displaced people in the territory, this life will be over. The officials are not locals, and the clan in his hometown is afraid of the Jiangnan people all over the world, but he himself is even more afraid of the Jiangnan people in front of him. If they have no official position and have all kinds of family property, they are just fat sheep!

In the face of bureaucrats who tried every means to ask for money everywhere in the court, Emperor Zhaoning resolutely did not let go. He kept sending people to the nine sides to stabilize the frontier generals, and it was best not to fight again like he did at the end of last year. As long as there is no war on the frontier, he will have the confidence to fight the bureaucrats. Asking him for money is not to force him to let go of the ban on Jiangnan? Emperor Zhaoning thought viciously in his heart, you all want to be beautiful! He would rather wear coarse cloth clothes than compromise with the Jiangnan Party! Spring slap slap is cool, right? Is it really so easy to slap the emperor? The taxes of the two provinces want him to bow his head? Do you want him to let it go? Hehe!

Jiangnan began to be chaotic, and Emperor Zhaoning knew that the crazy rise in food prices would make many people starve to death, and many, many people would starve to death. Those who don't want to die will become homeless people and wreak havoc in Jiangnan. Perhaps the weather in Jiangnan has not been able to recover for many years. But Emperor Zhaoning was unmoved. Because the Jiangnan Party is too much!

Shandong has implemented half of the king's field, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces are the territory of Tingfang, down to Fujian, dense mountains and forests, self-contained system. The DPRK is uncontrollable, but it is also very barren. Due to the lack of grain, there has been a tradition of smuggling since ancient times, and it is even more impossible to supply grain to the south of the Yangtze River. Jiangnan is blocked alive, the weather is starting to get cooler, and food is getting more and more expensive......

The small and medium-sized landlords who planted cotton finally couldn't hold back anymore and were defeated on all fronts. Public opinion is boiling, and even the emperor can overturn it, let alone Haoqiang. Little by little, the scattered land was nationalized, and the small and medium-sized landlords fell into abject poverty. The price of cotton has been suppressed like waste paper, and the land has been exchanged for food, and I don't know how to survive next year. And the powerful manor is still unmoving.

After nearly a year of playing, Emperor Zhaoning did not win, and his counterattack only gave Haoqiang a slap in the face. No matter how big Haoqiang's losses are, his foundation has always stood on the vast land in the south of the Yangtze River.

Emperor Zhaoning's eyes were cold, next year, I have to kill you!

Chapter 206: Ye Han's body

After a year of economic warfare, Tingfang was exhausted. Several provinces are encircled, which is easy to say, but it is frightening to do step by step. The old party is not only in Jiangnan, but also in other places. Looking at the situation of the Jiangnan Party, his face was silent, and he kept stumbling behind his back. Shandong bypassed East Lake and Huaiyang, and I don't know how much cotton it bought from Jiangsu. almost told them to follow the trade route to ease their breath, but it was hard enough for Emperor Zhaoning to cut it off.

In the difficult struggle, Emperor Zhaoning can be said to have made rapid progress. On the one hand, he was dealing with Jiangnan, and on the other hand, he also forcibly vacated his time in the name of punishing corruption and promoted a number of low-level officials. Loyalty is no longer expected, at least mixed with sand. The old party moved on the affairs of Jiangnan, and the sand was demolished later. finally gritted his teeth and held on until the small and medium-sized landlords surrendered. A staged victory was achieved.

It snowed heavily in central Beijing, and the weather was getting colder and colder. Tingfang, who was tormented by menstrual cramps, had to take a leave of absence to recuperate. Holding the hand stove on the kang, his uncomfortable brows furrowed. Chen personally brought a cup of brown sugar ginger soup to her to eat, and she didn't feel much better. Yue Shi hurriedly said: "How can it be more serious than the last time?" If you want me to say, it's better to ask the doctor to come and see again. ”

Ting Fang said: "The imperial doctor will come later, don't rush him." ”

Douzi adjusted the pillow to make Tingfang, who had finished drinking the ginger soup, more comfortable.

Menstrual cramps are not a problem that can be detected by existing medicine. Since giving birth to Ye Han, menstruation is more chaotic than before, and the pain is even more unambiguous, eighty percent of it is a hormone problem, so I can only strengthen exercise and rely on my body to slowly adjust. In the summer, it was better, but in the winter, I couldn't get out of bed because of the pain. Emperor Zhaoning didn't want the outside world to know about Ting Fang's physical condition, and the imperial doctor's mouth was tighter than a mussel shell. But she asks for leave from time to time like this, who wouldn't guess that Mrs. Ye is frail and sickly?

After pinching Jiangnan for a year, the good feelings accumulated on both sides turned into smoke, and at this moment, I don't know how many people are burning incense and worshiping Buddha at home, looking forward to her kicking her legs quickly. In the heavy snow, Fang Zhide helped Tingshan, who had just had a body, to visit the patient. After Fang Zhide fell off the list, in order to plan for the future, he first went to Ren Shaoying's side to be a staff member, so as not to be unable to find the number of shipping routes after three years of closure. Now the husband and wife are still temporarily living in the Dingguo Mansion, and they are only embarrassed to eat and drink for nothing as usual when they get married, and pay money to Miao Qin's place every month for their own expenses.

Ting Shan and Ting Xiu got married, but the Yue family still lived in the Dingguo Mansion, and invited Mr. Kang over to teach Brother Ting Pei a few lessons. Hengzhu's family has no income now, so she moved back to the Ye family, and she has to pay for them with money in Tingfang's account, which is even more troublesome. It's not as good as Chen's companion, and there is a place to talk every day.

The Ye family was empty, so Ting Fang divided the people into four courtyards and rented them to officials in Beijing. The Ye family's lot is second only to the Prince's Mansion, and it is empty and wasteful. The rent just happens to subsidize the family.

Ting Shan was already running around the Guogong Mansion every day, and she stayed more in the main room than Ting Fang. The skillful kang attracted Yue's complaints for a while: "Can't you slow down?" I have a body, and the first three months are the critical time. ”

Fang Zhide hurriedly said: "Mother-in-law doesn't need to worry, the imperial doctor looked at her and said that she was healthy." ”

Yue Shi said angrily: "You are worthy of following our fourth aunt to the same door, this habitual daughter-in-law has exactly the same problem!" ”

Ting Fang said mercilessly: "If he wants to be different from his senior brother, you should be really anxious." ”

Yue: "......"

Ting Shan smiled and said, "Speaking of which, didn't you call the fourth brother-in-law senior brother before?" Screaming and shouting, he will be a senior brother. You've got a lot of brothers! ”

Ting Fang said: "Yes, I still have a second senior brother!" ”

Fang Zhide said: "You are only the second senior brother!" ”

Ting Fang raised her eyebrows: "What, did you commit it again?" ”

Fang Zhide pouted: "Don't let people take advantage of ideas." Then he asked, "Why are you so ugly?" So our senior brother has to go out? ”

Ting Fang said: "It wasn't dawn when he went out, and besides, the matter of the yamen was so easy to throw away?" When I fought Jiangnan in the ring last month, I died in pain, and I didn't have to be at home as usual. Take a few days off, and you have to go to the household department to check this year's income. His Majesty is also a good hand at backsliding, and said that I should be a master and a teacher, and now he will throw me any dog skin and stove things, I think he will want someone else to be a master in the future! ”

Fang Zhide said: "The Taifu of this dynasty is not easy to reward, he is not a confidant of the Son of Heaven, who has nothing to do with Xiao wants that position." ”

Without saying a word, the nurse Yao came in with a sobbing Ye Han. Ye Han stretched out his hand to ask Ting Fang to hug him. Ting Fang hugged her in her arms and coaxed her in distress, but asked Yao: "Is your cough better today?" ”

Yao shook his head: "I only slept for a while, but I woke up coughing." I hugged and slept and coughed, and I kept crying to find the county lord before I brought it in. ”

Chen reached out to hug Ye Han, but Ye Han put his arms around Tingfang's neck and refused to let go. Ting Fang waved his hand at Chen: "That's it, I'll hold him." ”

Chen said: "You are already uncomfortable. ”

Ting Fang smiled: "It's okay, how much does he weigh?" "Ye Handa was born weak, and he will have a cough every autumn and winter, and Ting Fangyang is worried. Yao's is even more careful, at this time, the child death rate is extremely high, and her own child was born silent, and she breastfed Ye Han, which is heavier than Tingfang. The person who coughed, it was better to lie half-lying, so she held it all night long. At this moment, it was cyan, and Ting Fang said: "Brother is here, you go to sleep, she has no energy to take at night." ”

Yao's responded, there were many people who could be brought during the day, she didn't dare to stay up, and it was not good to look at the night in the province.

Ye Han is also strange, Tingfang basically has no time to take him, he is the most sticky Tingfang, and Xu Jingchang is behind. At the moment, it is uncomfortable to be tight, and I have to throw myself into my mother's arms to be coquettish. Ting Fang felt sorry for Ye Han, so she had to endure the discomfort and hug her. Ye Han hummed and chirped, and Ting Fang patted softly. slapped Ye Han into a deep sleep. Chen said again: "I'll hold the meeting!" ”

Ting Fang shook his head: "He will wake up when he changes hands." If you are sick, you should sleep well to get better. It's rare for me to be at home for a few days, and I don't have to worry about hugging. As he spoke, he adjusted his position to a more comfortable position and continued to pat it again and again.

Ting Shan looked at Ting Fang's pale face coaxing her son, and shuddered: "It's so tiring to take care of a child!" ”

Yue said: "People like us are not tired, ordinary people don't have nursing mothers, and they can't let go of their hands when they are mothers." ”

Chen said: "Brother Han is weaker, and it is more difficult to bring than ordinary brothers. ”

Yue Shi comforted: "It would be nice to be bigger." Diverting the topic again, "Have you prepared the New Year's gifts of a few sisters-in-law in Beijing?" Now that my uncle is married, no matter how bad it is in the past, the etiquette can't be wrong at all. ”

Ting Shan said: "It's been packed up early, and the gifts from the fifth sister have been delivered." A few days ago, she even asked someone to come to tell me that she wanted to come to the house to play, but she vomited a lot. Before marriage, I dragged her to fight with her, but she refused, and now she is suffering. ”

Ting Fang said: "She has nothing to do with boxing, pregnant women don't spit out." It's just not good to go out, and it doesn't hurt for her to stay at home. ”

Holding Ye Han, Tingfang couldn't sleep at all. Ye Han slept peacefully in her arms, and she coughed several times in the middle and didn't wake up. He slept for more than an hour, and Tingfang's arms were numb. Ye Han, who woke up, no longer lost his temper, and he was not annoyed when he threw him into Chen's arms, so Ting Fang leaned weakly on the pillow. Seeing that there were beads of sweat on her forehead, Douzi touched her back, and sure enough, it was already soaked. Hurriedly persuaded softly: "County Lord, go to the inner room to change your clothes." ”

Fang Zhide hurriedly jumped up: "I'll go back to read the book first, you can talk." After saying that, he quickly exited the house and ran away.

There is a man in the house, and when he leaves, there is no need for Ting Fang to move. Ting Fang was tired under the double blow of Ye Han and dysmenorrhea. Let a few girls wipe her back and change her clothes. The Yue clan hurriedly called Chun Yi and asked Ye Han to be taken to the east house. Because Ye Han always coughed, Xu Jingchang thickened the walls of the east house, made a partition, and added a heavy cotton wool curtain to isolate the sound. Ye Han couldn't interfere with Ting Fang anymore.

Seeing that Tingfang was asleep, the Yue family and the Chen family couldn't stay in the house anymore, so they moved to the east chamber and took care of Xu Qing by the way, not wanting him to go to the upper room to make trouble, and disturb Tingfang in the province.

The stomach hurts sharply, where is Ting Fang sleeping, but rolling on the kang. At the end of the day, Xu Jingchang came back from outside, saw Tingfang's face pale, and hurriedly asked, "Has the imperial doctor seen it?" ”

Ting Fang said weakly: "I just came, but it is useless to prescribe medicine." ”

Xu Jingchang sat next to Ting Fang and gently rubbed her belly for her. Ting Fang asked with half-open eyes, "You came back early today." ”

Xu Jingchang said: "There's nothing urgent, I'll come back and see you first." I should also slowly hand over the matter to Liu Da, and then I will take care of it, what is it called. ”

Ting Fang said: "Your Majesty is not worried about others taking care of it, but he plans to transfer you to take care of firearms, and you still have to hang the post of the left governor of the Chinese army." ”

Xu Jingchang smiled bitterly: "I really managed the research and development of firearms, and I don't have an empty home." The Chinese army can still divide power and make firearms, but it is really impossible to get rid of it. You are like this, how dare I throw my family away. ”

Ting Fang said: "I'm fine, it's just a few times of stomach pain in winter." It's just that he doesn't worry about Ye Han, he hasn't been good at the beginning of winter. Xu Qing had a cold, and he would get better after coughing for two or three days. He coughed up and talked about the month. He was already as thin as a cat, and I was worried when I looked at him. Saying that, his eyes were red, "Senior brother, I'm really afraid, I'm afraid that he won't be able to survive." ”

Xu Jingchang hurriedly reassured: "Don't worry too much, didn't the imperial doctor say it?" He was frail and learned to walk later. When he is older, he and his brother will have fun in the yard. ”

Tingfang got up and leaned against the wall, and said in a low voice: "It's me who has a big heart, and I don't even know if I'm pregnant with him." "She gave birth dangerously that day, how could Ye Han not be dangerous? When he was in the stomach, he was not as lively as Xu Qing, and he was born quiet. I was born to know that where is quiet, it is simply a weak foundation. Thinking about the current medical conditions, how Ting Fang is not worried.

Xu Jingchang said: "If you keep talking, I can't raise my head." Good sister, don't think so much. If you really don't feel at ease, let's ask a doctor to stay at home and follow you every day, how about it? ”

Ting Fang nodded: "That's it." It's not good for the doctor to stay at home often, so please ask the people to bring more. ”

Xu Jingchang hugged Tingfang into his arms and said softly: "Don't be afraid, it looks like my child, and his life is big." ”

Ting Fang laughed out loud, Xu Jingchang was indeed quite fatal.

Xu Jingchang pulled out a smile: "I finally smiled." Sleep, I'll be with you. ”

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