Cui Qiao continued: "In addition to these, there are some things in the palace. The princess's little son grew up very well, and she was the most favored by the prince, and she was personally brought up by her side. Therefore, the princess doesn't care too much about the competition for favor of these concubines, and now there are many women in the palace, and there are seven or eight concubines, all of whom are showy, so the struggle continues. The princess only came forward to suppress it when she didn't like to talk, and most of the time she was laissez-faire. The economic situation in the palace is also much better, because the dividends of Shanghai City are sent every quarter, so there is no shortage of silver in the palace. When I was leaving, I heard a piece of news, I don't know if it's true or not? ”

Chen Wenhui asked, "What's the news?" ”

Cui Qiao said: "I heard that the prince is going to marry the side concubine again." ”

Chen Wenhui was not surprised and said: "This is true. A prince should have had one main concubine and two side concubines. Although there are many women in Liu Yan, the quota of this side concubine has always been empty. Now there is a good candidate, the daughter of Ma Mingsong, who is also familiar to you. I heard that he is capable, and he is also very beautiful. ”

Qiu Bi on the side suddenly said: "In this way, now, the power of the Jin prince has risen greatly." ”

Chen Wenhui glanced at Qiu Bi approvingly, and the most brainy of her four big girls was this Qiu Bi: "What you said is very true." Although this Ma Mingsong's Ma family is not a high-ranking family, it is the emperor's most intimate confidant. It can be said that the emperor trusts the Ma family more than his son. Ma Jingren, the head of the Ma family, grew up with the emperor on milk, and went to Jiangnan to become a salt merchant for the emperor, not to mention collecting money for the emperor, but also for the emperor to network the talents in Jiangnan and attract the scholars in Jiangnan, with great credit and a wide range of contacts. With the marriage of the daughter of the Ma family, Liu Yan's status in the emperor's heart has been greatly improved, although it cannot be compared with the third prince. But at least it is much stronger than the crown prince and the second prince. Second, the Ma family will inevitably share the forces they operate in Suzhou with Liu Yan. In this way, Liu Yan, the patrol of the three provinces, has finally done a real job. Heyang Prefecture is supported by the history of the Bai family. Huzhou has the support of my father, and now Suzhou, the richest city, has the support of the Ma family, and Liu Yan, the prince, has become the real king of Jiangnan. This power is incomparable to the three princes. ”

Qiu Bi nodded.

Wen Hui asked: "Qiu Bi, when you go back, how is the down jacket workshop at home built?" ”

Qiu Bi said: "After I went back, I told Mrs. and Master about this method, Mrs. and Master attach great importance to it, Mrs. thought twice, I can't stay in Qingyang City for a long time, after all, the girl has to take care of it." This workshop must be managed by a loyal, competent person. In the end, Mrs. chose Sister Bishui. After Sister Qiushui got married, she gave birth to a daughter, and now the child is older. Her family background is good, and she invited a lot of nurses, maids, and mothers-in-law, and she was idle. Madame called her over and put her in charge of setting up a workshop near Anseong to specialize in the production of down jackets. ”

Chen Wenhui smiled and clapped her hands and said, "This method is good." Originally. Sister Bishui was originally capable, and after marrying Qingjian, she settled in Anseong with Qingjian. Qingjian has taken care of our family's winery in Anseong better and better in recent years. Naturally, there are more and more dividends, and I calculate that he can have five or six thousand taels of silver a year just for dividends. It's a little rich. I heard that he also bought a field, a shop, and a family business, of course, there is no shortage of people to serve. Where do you use Sister Bishui to work? Isn't this Bishui sister blind with good skills? Anyway, our down jackets are to be produced in Anseong, after all, the poultry market there is the largest, and the people generally raise these poultry, and it is easier to collect fluff. This solves the problem of raw materials again. It was a good thing to solve the manager's affairs again, and to use Sister Bishui, who has been idle, all the time. I knew that my mother was the best at assigning. ”

Qiu Bi smiled and said: "Yes, I sometimes chat with Feiguang, Yinhong, and Ziyu sisters, they are all pity, saying that they are such people, Feiguang manages Cuijin Building, Yinhong is the chief chef of Qinghe Building, and Sister Ziyu and his wife take care of our family's property." Sister Biwen helped Mrs. Steward in the house, and there was only one Sister Bishui left, who stayed at home after marrying Qingjian, which was strange and boring. It's good now, Sister Bishui also did an errand and became a big boss, and she still lives in Ancheng, isn't this good? ”

Chen Wenhui nodded.

Qiu Bi said: "I used to be trained by Sister Bishui, so it was a pleasure to work with Sister Bishui. Sister Bishui is still so capable. The construction of the workshop is beautiful, and it is also inspired by the Cuijin Building, and the assembly line operation is also adopted, so the workshop is very prosperous, and now a lot of down jackets have been produced. Most of them were military uniforms prepared for the Chen clan. When I came, it was already autumn, so the first shipment was already on the way, and we should be able to make a fortune. We have been stockpiling goods before, but luckily our family has a lot of money, and if it were other families, it would have been a long time ago. ”

Chen Wenhui laughed, the first batch of goods has been sent on the road, and when these clothes arrive in the Northeast, this winter's effect will be effective, and the exchange conditions between her father and the patriarch will be reached, which is really exciting.

Chen Wenhui said: "You have all worked hard, when you were not there, it was Luya and Bilian who served me, and later, my mother sent a few second-class maids, and I picked up the jade brocade and jade belt in the original second-class maids." I've been working for half a year, I look very steady, but I still have to learn more things, you guys are back, and they just happened to take over the original work, and by the way, I trained these two maids, and simply promoted two more, which were also the original second-class, I was coldly optimistic, one was named Xia He, and the other was Xia Yu. In this way, the four of them will be counted as big maids, and the four of you will be promoted to stewards. ”

Qiu Bi hurriedly said, "Girl, isn't this appropriate?" We are still not married, so how can we be in charge? ”

Chen Wenhui smiled and said: "You can't do it in other mansions, you can't do it in our mansion, you forgot it, Sister Feiguang and Sister Ziyu didn't get married, didn't they all become the stewards of the house, if Feiguang and Sister Yinhong don't become stewards, you are still second-class little maids." ”

Saying this, Qiu Bi and Lu Ya also laughed, the two of them followed Wen Hui at the earliest, and at that time it was indeed Feiguang, the second-class maid under Yin Hong.

Chen Wenhui said: "Okay, don't postpone it, it's decided, what a big deal?" I hope you will do a good job and strive to be stronger than Feiguang and Yinhong sisters in the future. Although they are good, they are maids who follow my mother, but I hope that you can become talents, but they are from my hands. I'm glad I followed. ”

Qiu Bi and Lu Ya hurriedly said, "I don't dare to compare Feiguang, Sister Yinhong, but we will work hard." I must not disgrace the girl. ”

Wen Hui nodded and said to Bi Lian, "Bi Lian, how is the young grandmother doing recently?" ”

Bi Lian said: "Although the young grandmother is pregnant for the first time, her body is still good, and she has no reaction at all, she is really a blessed person, and the fetus is also very stable." It can be seen that the young grandmother's body is good. ”

Wen Hui said with a smile: "My mother must be an excellent one in all aspects. I now admire my mother's vision more and more, how accurate it is. ”

Bi Lian continued: "But the maids around the eldest and young grandmothers are now out of breath, and they have helped the eldest and young grandmothers a lot. Chunguang is now the general manager, specializing in the management of the young grandmother's shop and workshop, and now she is managing our treasure mirror workshop. It's really a daily progress, a total of 200,000 taels of dividends in the last half of the year, plus our dividends in Shanghai, all of a sudden paid off the hundreds of thousands of taels of loans that the girl owed before. There is also the glass workshop of the grandmother's own, which is really profitable. Grandma Da Shao can now worry about it. There is also the medical skill of that spring branch, although it can't be prescribed to cure diseases, but there is no problem in identifying medicinal materials, and it can be regarded as very attentive, and it is rare that it is very talented. Chunhong has now learned good skills with the disciples of the Black Family's Medicine Refining Hall, farming, flowers, and medicinal materials, and now the eldest young grandmother is taking dividends to buy a lot of land in Yizhou Island, Nanyang and other places She is taking care of it with people, and she has rarely seen her in the mansion for half a year. ”

Chen Wenhui smiled and asked, "How is the progress of Chunguang and Alun?" ”

Bi Lian was a little speechless, her master was not good at all, very gossipy, and she didn't look like a wise person. Green Sprouts preemptively said: "Girl, I heard that Aaron has officially proposed to the eldest young grandmother, and the eldest young grandmother happily agreed, but the eldest young grandmother said that she has had a good relationship with Chunguang since she was a child, and she is reluctant to marry Chunguang, so she wants Alun to stay." Although Alun is also reluctant to the black family, he is even more reluctant to spring, and it is said that Alun's master also strongly approves of Alun staying in Xinguang City, so Alun did not hesitate, agreed, and set a date for marriage with the eldest young grandmother. ”

Chen Wenhui's waist was bent when she smiled, and she didn't have any image at all: "Sister-in-law really knows how to use beauty tricks, but who is this winner?" Is it the sister-in-law who uses the beauty trick? Or is it Zhou Maocai who uses a beautiful man's plan? It's really amazing, each has its own calculations. ”

Bi Lian said: "Yes, the eldest young grandmother wants to leave a talent for Xinguang City, and Hall Master Zhou wants to let Alun learn more new techniques here, hey, each has its own calculations, but the happiest thing is Chunguang, you don't have to face your husband's family, it is your husband who comes to his own territory, how good." ”

Chen Wenhui glanced at Bilian and said, "What's wrong?" Envious? In the future, I will find your in-laws according to this condition, okay? ”

Bi Lian's face turned red in an instant, and she said coquettishly: "Girl, you have started talking nonsense again." ”