In Cining Palace, Father-in-law Qian of the Internal Affairs Office sent a ribbon embroidered pillow he bought to honor the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother took it and hugged it tightly in her arms, and looked at Father-in-law Qian with sharp eyes: "Are you sure you bought it in Yulong Cloth Village?" ”

Father-in-law Qian was startled, and quickly knelt down: "Huh! The slave bought it from Yulong Buzhuang, listening to the meaning of the shopkeeper Chen, he just got it from the Ruiwang Mansion, and said that he would try to sell a few, touch the price, and then it would not be too late to do it. ”

"How much money did you pay for it?"

"Back to the Queen Mother, it's five taels."

"Such a beautiful thing only sells for five taels? This Rui Wang Ye is really not a business material, so he has to sell it for ten taels. This skill must have come out of Yun'er girl, Su Moer, you said, is this little woman of Lord Rui a person? How can you learn everything? ”

The Queen Mother's eyes glared at the boss and looked at the ribbon-embroidered pillow, although she likes power very much, she also likes beautiful things and clothes, after all, she is a woman. But she had never seen such a beautiful thing, it was too out of place!

As he was talking, the eunuch Qiang Gonggong, who was in charge of the Empress Dowager's palace, came to pass the word: "The Fujin Tong family of the Rui Wangfu has come to meet you." ”

"Hurry up, please!" These three words are very weighty, and they are usually just one word "Xuan".

"Say hello to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother is auspicious." Fu Jin respectfully greeted the Queen Mother. Then he handed a ribbon embroidered bag in the hand of Mama Liu, who came behind him, to the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother took it and looked at it for a while, and asked, "Xiu'er, come over and see if this is a product of your house?" The Queen Mother handed the pillow to Fu Jin.

"Queen Mother, where did you ...... from?"

"Father-in-law Qian of the Internal Affairs Office went out of the palace to do business, and when he met in Yulong Buzhuang, he bought back a filial piety palace."

"It's indeed a product of our house, no, our house also sent you a filial piety. You've got one? Then take this concubine back. Fu Jin said jokingly.

The Queen Mother laughed: "You dare! This palace is now too convinced of the cloud girl in your house. The gadgets I made before were already very exquisite, and I learned to embroider such a beautiful ribbon, which made people have to be impressed! Su Moer, you go and get the reward silver, five thousand taels! The daughter of this palace will definitely earn a lot of silver for the Qing Dynasty to learn such superb skills and bring them back to the Qing Dynasty. This daughter recognizes the worth! It's a pity that none of the three daughters of the palace and the forty daughters-in-law are capable of catching up with Yun'er. ”

"Queen Mother, you are too polite, concubine Daiyun's sister thank the Queen Mother for her grace!" Fu Jin solemnly kowtowed to the Queen Mother and reminded the Queen Mother not to forget to reward the silver. The reward of five thousand taels of silver is not low. But she knew that the Queen Mother was not rewarded for nothing, and she still had something to say. Sure enough, the Queen Mother spoke: "Xiu'er, there are many things in the palace that can't be hidden." The emperor's harem does not have the seventy-two partial concubines of the three palaces, six courtyards and the three palaces that the previous dynasties said, and there are 3,000 beauties in the harem, and there are only about forty women, and these forty or so women are still fighting like black-eyed chickens. Why do you like Concubine Tong? She was the only one who didn't fight with those women. The meaning of this palace is to let two grandmothers from your house teach these women to make those beautiful fabrics, including this ribbon embroidery, don't count too many samples, just seven or eight kinds. Luckily? ”

Fu Jin is so angry in his heart, we have some good things to remember, and we have to teach you! But the arm really can't twist the thigh, and the thigh has to walk, and the arm can't stop it. But you can't just be so obedient. So he smiled: "It's okay to teach you to make ribbon embroidery, but the problem is that we don't buy a lot of materials......

"By the way, I forgot about this stubble. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is responsible for the materials, and all you have to do is teach the skills, and if you don't have enough materials in the house, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will supply you. ”

"Concubine, thank you for the grace of the Queen Mother! However, the ribbons embroidered with ribbons are all single-sided, just like the one on both sides of the cloth that is used to measure the length. ”

The Queen Mother pondered for a moment before she understood: "Oh, it's a one-sided child, not cut from cloth?" Do you mean that such narrow sides are woven at a finger's width as a width? ”

"Queen Mother, you are Shengming! I don't know if the Ministry of Internal Affairs has such a skilled craftsman who has developed such a narrow loom that specializes in weaving all kinds of ribbons. ”

"That strong father-in-law, you should go to the Internal Affairs Office immediately and ask the skilled craftsman who is responsible for weaving cloth if he can make a loom for weaving ribbons one finger wide in the fastest time?"

"Huh! The minions will go immediately. ”

After Qiang's father-in-law left, the Queen Mother began to sigh: "This palace knows that it is impossible for Lord Rui to buy too many things, and there are restrictions on silver, bringing back and carriages and horses. ”

But this kind of thing is so good-looking, so good-looking, any woman will like it, wouldn't it be a pity to let such a big business opportunity go? We must let the people of the Ministry of Internal Affairs research this kind of loom! ”

Fu Jin didn't dare to answer a word, just waiting for a reply from his father-in-law. ”

The supreme governor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Shunzhi Dynasty was the Minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was held by Sony, a veteran of the Four Dynasties. Originally, it was supposed to be a positive second product, but Sony is a positive first product. The strong father-in-law is a celebrity in front of the queen mother, although he is a minion, Sony also has to give enough face in front of the strong father-in-law: "Yo, isn't this a strong father-in-law?" Why are you so idle? ”

"Old man Sony, our family doesn't have the heart to chat with you, the Queen Mother orders you to quickly find someone among the skilled craftsmen to research a textile machine for weaving ribbon embroidery!"

"The ribbon sleeve is good for the Shangyi Bureau, and most of the skilled craftsmen in the Internal Affairs Office are in construction and carpentry work, isn't it just a sleeve."

"What sleeves, are you old thing pretending to be deaf and dumb? It's a finger's width of that band, or yarn or silk! ”

Sony is a bit messy in the wind, a finger's wide weaving machine? As if there had never been. No way? How does this queen mother think that a play is a play? ”

"Yes, your old man will go to Cining Palace with our family, otherwise our family will not be able to tell the Queen Mother to blame."

"It's okay or good, you kid usually has a small mouth, why did you mix garlic with your tongue this time?"

"Oh, can you make it faster? I can't move three fingers in one step, and I'm in a hurry to kill our family! ”

Father-in-law Qiang finally dragged the old man Sony to Cining Palace, first to the Queen Mother, and then said something, Sony saw the ribbon embroidery work to understand the meaning of the Queen Mother.

"What's going on, Sony, you have thousands of people in the Internal Affairs Department, so you can't research this kind of machine that specializes in weaving ribbons?"

Among all the courtiers, the Queen Mother still relied on Sony very much. Later, this sonny's granddaughter Hesheri was Kangxi's empress.

Old man Sony is really embarrassed! Whether it is silk or cotton cloth in the Qing Dynasty, it is all one foot eight inches wide, but what kind of machine can be spun out of such a belt that is one finger wide? But he didn't dare to deny it, so he said: "Queen Mother, the slave understands the role of this ribbon, do you want to use it as a sample for the slave?" ”

"Did you bring a piece of embroidery?"

Fu Jin said: "The concubine has a piece here. With that, he took out a half-foot-long blue ribbon from his sleeve and handed it to the Queen Mother. This time she learned a lesson, and she won't teach other skills to the concubines, otherwise the trouble will still be in the house.

Sony looked at the old man for a long time, and said with embarrassment: "Queen Mother, if the loom is a little more relaxed, it may be possible, such a narrow loom ......"

"No matter how wide or narrow you are, this palace is limited to you to study it within five days. Kneel down. ”

Well, I was kicked out without even letting people speak. Sonny walked out of Cining Palace, sighed and said in his heart, "Companion is like a tiger, companion is like a tiger!" ”

There was a manufacturing bureau under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was in charge of brocade and yarn for the court. Sony went there in person and assigned the task, otherwise he might not be able to tell the word by sending someone to pass the word.

In this way, Fujin will be fine, and he will leave the Queen Mother and return home. Along the way, he scolded the old witch for going into the stove pit. There are really a lot of skilled craftsmen in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it is really possible to develop this kind of silk ribbon that weaves a finger width, so that is to say, after they study it, they will be able to embroider the ribbon on the house. We are bent on making money for the emperor, and she is always making trouble!

Old man Sony had already walked to the Internal Affairs Office, and suddenly thought that he should say hello to the emperor? Their mother and son often resist the cow, is this time the queen mother whimsical? What ribbon is embroidered in Shangrui Wangfu, and you want to make that pillow yourself? Isn't that redundant? Isn't it good to wait for ready-made silver? Do you have to go against the Rui Wangfu?

Thinking about it, he turned around and walked towards the emperor's Qianqing Palace. Along the way, I thought about how not to make the emperor feel that he was suing.

After seeing the emperor, Sony suddenly changed his mind, and directly said that the queen mother asked him to design a finger-wide ribbon, and did not mention the Rui Wangfu.

The emperor is very angry, really angry! He didn't show it in front of Sony, but said to Sony, "You don't need to find any skilled craftsmen, no one can design it." ”

Sonny is also an old minister that Shunzhi relies on, otherwise he can be listed as the head of the auxiliary ministers before he dies? Sony has a bottom in his heart, but he still goes to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make a show, wouldn't it be better if he could research it? If you can't study it, the emperor will give him a cover.

Fu Jin, who was sitting in the car, touched his pocket, and the five thousand taels of silver tickets that the Queen Mother gave to Yun'er were also angry. Isn't this a slap in the face for sweet dates? But you also have to ask for this sweet date, you can't cheap this old witch for nothing!

The prince also knew that the queen mother summoned Fujin to the palace mostly because of the ribbon embroidery, and he was also very annoyed, but what can be done, can't he not let the queen mother contribute to the country, right? went to Feiyun Tower and said to Yun'er: "Our ribbon embroidery will stop work first and do something else, otherwise the Queen Mother will think that we will rob her." ”

"Is it her and we are robbing it?"

"Even if she robs us with us, we have to let her. Put it away first, she can't do it, let's do it again. I made it and sent it to the south to sell. ”

"You're not angry, are you?"

"Does it work if I'm angry?"

Since the Queen Mother is competing for business with herself, she is happy, and there are many things to do in the house. Yun'er decided to patchwork, there are more cloth heads bought back, and there are more things that can be spelled out. The old man of the Queen Mother may even have to grab this, so you can take the cloth yourself, and the government has no obligation to supply your cloth.

Sony didn't tell the people in the Manufacturing Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs that it didn't matter if they couldn't study it, but it really couldn't be studied by the Manufacturing Bureau. It's just that the ribbon is too narrow, and it must be silk, and it must be colorful. Nothing else, just wait to kill your head.

When the five-day deadline arrived, the Queen Mother summoned the old man Sony to Cining Palace again to ask about the ribbon, and Sony directly said that he had not studied it, and the responsibility was on himself. Then the emperor appeared in time and asked pretending not to know: "What fault did Sony Aiqing make?" ”

The Queen Mother said: "Supervision is not good. Hongu asked him to instruct the people of the manufacturing bureau to design a machine for weaving ribbons, but it has been five days, and there is no news at all. ”

"Huang Eniang, what are you doing with the ribbon?"

The Queen Mother's anger came up: "Lord Rui said that he made money from business and sent it to the treasury, but the things sold were the same as the price of cabbage?" How to make money? This palace can only rely on its own strength, but this person is still not angry! ”

The emperor laughed: "Then you said that you want to sell the emperor's goods as gold?" Do our people in the Qing Dynasty have that financial resources? When you are a son, this country is already iron-clad? ”

"Your Majesty! Why does this palace think that Lord Rui is playing tricks on you? Everyone knows that his jade dragon hot and cold drinks are getting into the gold, why hasn't he even taken a tael of silver until now? ”

Shunzhi "snapped" and slapped the kang table: "Huang Eniang, you are too much!" You think doing business is as laid-back as drinking tea, right? Doesn't there have to be a preparation process for everything? How many years has Taizu been fighting the country? How many people died on the battlefield? The imperial brother has only been back for less than three months, and how many taels of silver do you want to ask him? A few days ago, we went to the Imperial Brother's Mansion and you also saw that everyone in the mansion was participating in the processing of fabrics, and no one was idle! You can't help but breathe, right? Since ancient times, how many prince-level courtiers have taken the initiative to send silver to the emperor's treasury? You think the royal brother's goods are sold cheaply, right? You're going to start from scratch and sell at a high price, aren't you running on people? Do you sell at a high price, but can you sell it? Then you come to do business and make money for the treasury, and I said to the imperial brother that I would not do it, the emperor was much more capable than him, and let him continue to practice martial arts and grow flowers. Why bother picking and picking thorns while doing you, trying to pick two cowhides on a cow! ”

"Your Majesty, the price of the ribbon embroidery that your imperial brother sells is indeed too low, he can sell it for ten taels, he sells it for five taels. E-niang is in a hurry? ”

"Don't you know that the people of our Qing Dynasty are poor? Ten taels of silver is almost enough to eat half a year's food, and they would rather not eat than buy pillows? ”

The Queen Mother was a little dumbfounded, just wanting to make more money, but she didn't think that the people couldn't afford it. But the eunuchs can afford it. Who doesn't love something so beautiful?

"Can you save some snacks and don't follow the royal brother to get involved? People are making money for our mother and son, and we are still holding others back, is there not even a little morality? ”

The Queen Mother was a little embarrassed, sighed, and said, "That's it, E-Niang won't worry about this anymore." ”