Chapter 284: The Queen Mother Stirs Up the Situation (1)
Tian Liang arranged three yard edge machines, a household sewing machine, and an embroidery machine, which one was installed in which position. After the moisture in the room is dried, the floor is leveled before installing the sewing machine, and then covered with thick plastic film, cold felt, old quilts that are not used at home, and the top is the floor leather. After it was laid, another layer of acrylic blanket was laid on top, and only then the edge machine, garment sewing machine and embroidery machine were installed. There are no goods or furniture in the west wing, and there is a lot of space. Tian Liang said that he had told Master Cui, the head of the carpentry workshop, the size of the window frame, and that he would install the glass when he had finished the window frame. When the king's ice cellar and greenhouse are built and can be used, find a way to install solar energy. At present, these sewing machines can be used to learn sewing skills.
The sewing machine was a common skill in foreign lands, and even uneducated housewives could master it. But in the Qing Dynasty, it was a completely shocking object, so Yun'er was still very cautious, and only chose Yu'er and Shui'er to try to learn, just to see if they could accept it, how many days to learn, how many days to be proficient in processing fabric. Yun'er and Ling Juan taught the two disciples one-on-one, starting from the most basic sewing thread for the code edge machine to practicing the empty car of the clothing sewing machine, learning bit by bit and step by step. It doesn't give the impression that it is difficult to grasp the fish and water, fortunately, the water is very strict at first, but under Ling Juan's gentle and drizzly teaching, she has mastered the skills from two hundred years later all the way.
The prince is also very busy, he is preparing to dig the ice cellar and build the greenhouse, and several guards are at the construction site, selecting the cellar site and shed site, contacting the stones for the ice cellar, and directing the soldiers to dig the foundation, and inspecting the garden, which is very busy every day. But every day I had to go to Yun'er's room to see her and ask her what help she needed, and Tian Liang and Nalan would do the hard work. The rest at night is still in the Fujin room, so that the situation of the two courtyards before and after can be communicated. The prince told Fu Jin that Yun'er was teaching Yu'er Shui'er a different kind of needle, just to see if the women of the Qing Dynasty could master the skills of the exotic land, and to see how long it would take them to learn. There are many people here in Fujin, and there is also a mouthful of Wei'er who doesn't know the depth and is upright, in case he is targeted by the queen mother's eyeliner in the house, it may be annoying to report it. Not only can you not look at the computer here, but you can't even install the generator, and once it is discovered, it will still be troublesome. It's not that the prince is timid and afraid, it's that there can't be trouble, and if there is trouble, it may delay big things. The emperor will not send someone to raid the prince's house, the queen mother will. The Suzhou mansion, the courtyard, the middle road building, the Yun'er building, and the garden are all full of exotic materials. It's just that Yun'er can be transported by air, how much space can so many things fit in? Yun'er doesn't hollow out the cave in an instant. The Queen Mother has long wanted to find the handle of the prince, and all the exotic materials are not understood by the emperor and the queen mother.
In fact, the Queen Mother has already set her sights on the prince, of course, not a large number of materials but the Nalan Department Store, she does not know that there are a large number of exotic materials in the house. To be precise, I was eyeing the prices of the goods sold in the department store, and someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs disguised himself as a customer and bought the so-called diamond-decorated sachet for only 200 yuan! The price of diamonds (diamonds) is more expensive than any jewelry, even the price of small diamonds inlaid in jewelry is more than 100 taels of silver, and they only sell it for 200 wen! There is news that this Nalan department store was opened by the younger brother of Nalan Dongde, the personal guard of Rui Wangye, before this young man was just a merchant brother who picked up the goods, and his goods were not produced by Daqing Energy, and they must have been provided by Rui Wangye. This Rui Wang Ye is really cunning, and he uses the burden of a merchant to help him sell goods. The merchant couldn't earn a tael of silver for a day when he was dying. The person from the Ministry of Internal Affairs bought a flower and bird sachet inlaid with "diamonds" to honor the Queen Mother, and there were more than 20 diamonds with dazzling light on the periphery of the word Fu. The Queen Mother liked it very much, and asked how much silver it cost to buy. Buying hurriedly said: "No more, no less, only 200 Wen." ”
"It's only 200 Wen? This Rui Wang Ye really has silver, and the beautiful sachet that can be sold for more than ten taels or twenty taels is only sold for two hundred wen! He's not afraid of losing so much that he can't wear pants?
The Queen Mother began to be unable to sit on the bench, and muttered to Su Moer every day. When the prince opened the mansion to live, the queen mother sent a few eyeliners to the house to monitor whether the prince had any signs of rebellion, at that time the queen mother was not yet twenty years old, and she didn't believe that the prince was just an elder brother at that time. Emperor Taizong had the idea of establishing Fuyou as the prince, and at that time, the empress dowager, who was only a side of Fujin, could not help but "look up" on the prince. It's just a monk who has just returned to the world, and he can make the Great Khan have this idea as soon as he returns to the palace, which shows how difficult it is. The Queen Mother didn't have a son at that time, but she had a lover, and his lover Dolgon was the best candidate for the emperor, a person who could be the emperor at any time, and the person who Taizu wanted to pass on the throne. Although the number of eyeliners sent to the General's Mansion was small, it also played a role in spying on the prince. It's not bad, I haven't seen him a little "unruly" for more than 20 years, and the queen mother suspects that the tight string of the prince has loosened somewhat. But the prince traveled for a year and did not contact the house, so he tightened this string again. Although business is over the bright road, the Queen Mother is also 10,000 worried! Not only did they send people from the Internal Affairs Office to keep an eye on them, but also soldiers from the Imperial Forest Army wore civilian clothes to keep an eye on them. This multi-person undercover mission is to observe the business situation of Nalan Department Store, the price of each product, how much it sells, and how much money it can make...... Looking at how much Lord Rui handed over, you will know whether he has a disobedient heart. Fortunately, the prince did not sell weapons, nor did he sell the "swallow eggs" that the queen mother was afraid of. However, the blessing satin and the flower and bird satin sachet still gave the queen mother a great shock and attention. It was the "diamond" on the sachet that she was amazed!
Slightly wealthier people know that diamonds are more valuable than jadeite, pearls, gold and silver. If it is sold at the price of those twenty or so diamonds, how can such a sachet be worth only 200 yuan? It's too cheap to sell it for twenty or thirty taels of silver, and this matter can make a deafening noise in the eyes of the Queen Mother! She's going to be stunned by this heavy news! Even if Prince Rui doesn't know how to do business anymore, he can't sell a sachet inlaid with more than 20 diamonds for only 200 Wen, right? And it's not a sachet that is sold, it's dozens, and the boys and girls like it badly, and the abnormality is a demon, what does this Rui Wang Ye want to do? What's in there? If you want to say that the price of buying people's hearts is too big, right? And those who take advantage of it will not be grateful to Dade. People pay for it, who let you sell it so cheaply? So you can't buy people's hearts, you can't do business.
The Queen Mother's first impression when she saw the flowers, birds, and satin sachets was that she liked it very much. Not to mention those diamonds, the delicacy of the embroidery on the satin of flowers and birds makes people's hearts beat: the brocade of the sachet is heavier than that of the Qing Dynasty, and it seems that it is used for sachets. The Su embroidery of the Eight Classics is very solid and gorgeous, and the decoration on the sachet is also magnificent, the blessing character is written, the upright face body regular script, and the decoration on the sachet is also magnificent, especially the bright yellow teeth, tassels, and colored beads on the back of the sachet are not available in the Qing Dynasty. The Queen Mother decided that this was something that Prince Rui brought back from a foreign land, and she also thought in her heart that the country was very rich, and maybe other people's diamonds were very cheap. Even if diamond isn't valuable, you can't use it as an embellishment, right? It's a low price to buy back from an exotic land, and it's worth it when you come back and sell it for a high price! This Rui Wangye, a thing worth a few hundred taels, was only sold for two hundred wen! Is it for some purpose or is it really stupid?
The Queen Mother's train of thought has been extended forward: since they have such courage, what they bring back must be the wealth of the country and the city, if you give Rui Wang Ye'an a crime, the wealth he brought back will be confiscated and sent to the treasury directly? No way! In that case, the emperor will turn his face with himself, and people buy it with the money exchanged for the old man's antiques, it is personal property, even if there is a wealth of the sky, there is no basis for rebellion and it cannot be confiscated! Is the palace a place to be raided casually? There has to be a more reasonable reason, and it is best to let Lord Rui take the initiative to hand over this wealth. But......
The Queen Mother's head hurt, and she didn't find a practical way. By the way, discuss with him and ask him to hand over his things to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will take over the business. Didn't the money go into the treasury in the same way? At that time, I didn't want to sell as much as I wanted. I told Su Moer. Su Moer said again and again that it was inappropriate: "Queen Mother, this is the goods bought by the silver exchanged for the antiques of the Chen father, and it is private property, and letting the Internal Affairs Office take over other people's business is not equivalent to occupying other people's property in disguise?" No matter what dynasty it is, no emperor has an eye on the minister's property, unless the minister is greedy for ink. But Lord Rui used the goods bought by his father-in-law's money to do business, and it had nothing to do with greed for ink at all. If you do this, it will chill the heart of the Minister of Civil Affairs and Military Affairs. Who will be willing to die for the emperor in the future? Besides, Mr. Chen doesn't have an official position now, don't you mean that you are oppressing the people? If you really confiscate the property of Prince Rui on charges of rebellion, greed for ink and other crimes, and then put a charge of rebellion and rebellion on Lord Rui, the first person to turn his face with you is the emperor! Lord Rui is a great hero who saved the driver twice and took his life twice, and the things that people brought back from outside with their own women's money, you have confiscated them, I am afraid that all the royal relatives will rebel. ”
When the Queen Mother heard that it made sense, she reluctantly suppressed this **.
She knew that if she really confiscated Lord Rui's property on charges of rebellion, greed for ink and other crimes, the first person to turn his face with her would really be her son! Lord Rui is a great hero who saved his life twice and took his life twice, and a little good thing brought back from outside was confiscated, such a thing is really unreasonable in front of the princes and grandfathers of the country, and it is to offend the public. There is no sign of rebellion at all, who has been conscientious for more than 20 years, who still sells his life to the emperor? If you talk about the crime of greedy ink, how can Lord Rui be greedy for ink without duty and power?
The Queen Mother is very wise and knows that if her ideas are put into practice, she will become a person who is not welcomed by the government and the opposition. Or the throne of the Queen Mother is important, forget it, I won't raid the house, but this matter must be clarified!
"Father-in-law Qiang, you go to King Rui's Mansion to invite the Tong family's Fujin."
"Huh! The minions will go immediately. ”
An hour later, Fu Jin sat in front of the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother was still always cordial to Fujin, with a smile on her face: "Xiu'er, I haven't been here for a few days, have you?" Hongu misses you very much. I heard the emperor say that you have opened a department store in your house, and business is good? ”
Fu Jin was already ringing the alarm in the car that came to the palace. The Queen Mother never does anything untargeted, and I don't know what kind of moth she has come up with. Hearing the business, Fu Jin Waner smiled and said unhurriedly: "Queen Mother, that Nalan department store is not our business. Fu Jin has never been unhurried when she speaks, it's not that she is holding a shelf, but when answering the Queen Mother's question, she is thinking while answering, and when she says it quickly, it is easy to give people a feeling of panic.
"Oh, what are you afraid of, hasn't the emperor already promised you to do business?"
"It's not that the concubine is afraid of anything, it's that Nalan Donggui, who sells goods, is selling goods, although he is a merchant, it is also a small business. People sell hairpin rings, fat powder head oil, and other things used by women, but the business is a little smaller, but it has a close relationship with the common people. My lord also brought back some things that were very similar to these things from a foreign land, but they were samples. After coming back, I asked the maids and ladies in the house to do a little so, and asked the younger brother of the Nalan guard to help test the sale, and see if our people in the Qing Dynasty can accept it. What the prince meant was that if the products brought back were all finished products, the price would naturally be higher than what he made, and he would not be able to make money. The cost of doing it yourself is lower. Part of this difference is sent to the emperor's treasury, and part of it can also be paid a little for the people who work, isn't it? ”