Chen Wenhui was very happy to hear this and said, "So, each of them has recruited more than 20 apprentices?" Then you can't become a steward until we are assessed in the house? ”

Chen Cai said: "Girl, they are not like embroiderers, raised in the deep palace, they are originally generations of craftsmen, and the craftsmen recruited are all skilled workers, and even some people's skills are better than them, such as their fathers, all entered our house." There are also some techniques similar to them, such as their eldest apprentices, brothers and the like, and of course the most ordinary apprentices, these are also better than the skills of ordinary craftsmen in our house, after all, they have been taught by people who have served in the internal affairs department for generations. As soon as they came, we began to evaluate, and now we have all passed the assessment, set their ranks, and distribute their wages. The accounts have been sent to Miss Qiubi, didn't Miss Qiubi tell you? ”

Chen Wenhui was overjoyed: "I've been too busy these days, where can I take care of the accounts, I have already put 100,000 taels of silver in Qiu Bi's hands, and she will naturally use that money to pay you." I didn't expect this effect. ”

Chen Cai said with a smile: "Now the best craftsmen in many industries in the capital have arrived in our house. There are more than 500 craftsmen in our three industries, and there are also a lot of other industries, about 200. ”

Chen Wenhui was surprised and asked, "What's the matter with these two hundred?" ”

Chen Cai said: "These two hundred are the relatives of the craftsmen who came out of the palace for more than 20 people. The craftsmen of this capital have been intermarrying with each other for hundreds of years, especially the leaders of this line, and often have the custom of marrying the daughters of the leaders of the other line, so when the more than 20 craftsmen who became the heads of the family went home, they naturally brought their daughters. The son-in-law went to Nanyang together, and the daughter and son-in-law had to bring the craftsmen of the family again. In this way, isn't there more than 200 craftsmen of all kinds? ”

Chen Wenhui didn't expect this. smiled and said, "It's crooked." I was originally envious that my second brother went to Jiangnan and brought back more than 10,000 craftsmen, and asked him to give me 5,000. It's good now, I'm going to have a thousand of them here plus the embroidery girls. ”

Chen Cai said: "It's not all, there are seven or eight hundred now, but these seven or eight hundred are different from the ten thousand of the second young master." The 10,000 of the second young master are all ordinary craftsmen, and they are really used as people's husbands. But the girl, these hundreds of people are all industry leaders in Da Chu. Everyone can recruit apprentices. After three or two months of training, you can be stronger than the people recruited by the second young master. ”

Chen Wenhui nodded and said, "That's right, I am all masters here, and my second brother is apprentices there." But we are short of people now, where can we find apprentices? ”

Chen Cai said: "This girl doesn't have to worry. None of these craftsmen came alone, they all dragged their families, I calculated, probably these more than 700 craftsmen brought almost 10,000 people. Among the 10,000 people, there are young people, men and women. They are all members of the same family with these craftsmen, and these craftsmen will naturally choose apprentices from these people in the future. After all, these people can work together for the girl and get paid. Subsidizing the family, the masters have recruited more apprentices, and they can also be promoted to the chief steward, and they can get more monthly cases, which is very moving. Also, there are many women among these people, and these women will come to Nanyang in the future, and they can also learn needlework from embroidery girls, isn't it better? Heard. The embroidery girls are also dragged with their families, and these people can also learn from the craftsmen. In this way, the girl is equivalent to recruiting at least 5,000 craftsmen. That's right. These are all people from the capital. Haha, in a few days, when we are ready to leave, we will report to the officials of the capital, these people are going to move, and the officials of the capital must have a headache. There are so many fewer people in the capital all of a sudden, maybe the emperor will also know, whether the girl will go to the palace to talk to the imperial concubine Niangniang first, and let the imperial concubine Niangniang blow the wind in the emperor's place first, so that when the officials below report to the emperor, the emperor can also allow it at once. ”

That's really a problem. But think about it, seven or eight hundred people, each with ten family members, but there are seven or eight thousand. That's a big number. The capital has a relatively large population, with a population of nearly one million. Therefore, it is not easy to live in the capital. The house was expensive, crowded, and the emperor had a headache. Now it's okay, I solved the 10,000 population for him at once, but if I solved one percent, the emperor should be happy.

However, such a thing, after all, is a big deal, if the emperor didn't know in advance, maybe those conservative officials would not attack her with this matter, it would be really bad like that. It seems that Chen Cai said very much, he should go and report to the emperor. After thinking about it, seven or eight days have passed since I came back from the palace. The Hei family has already given her a decoction to promote childbirth, and she should also go to the palace, first, report, and second, ask the eldest aunt, how is the matter with Concubine Wan? Regarding the matter of the former dynasty aristocrat Ying, a peerless beauty, Chen Wenhui is still very gossipy. Third, she should go to see Shi Guiren, let Shi Guiren also give her good things in front of the emperor, and send medicine to Shi Guiren. In the future, if Shi Guiren can have a man and half a woman, he can also rely on him for life, otherwise, when the emperor goes, it will not be bitter Shi Guiren.

Thinking of this, Chen Wenhui said: "What Butler Chen said is very true, I will let someone hand over the sign later, and I will enter the palace tomorrow." ”

Chen Cai said something else and retired. Chen Wenhui hurriedly asked someone to prepare things and handed signs to the palace.

In the palace, the imperial concubine was listening to the report of the palace maid Yu'er. Yu'er said: "The emperor lost his temper today and threw everything in the government palace to the ground. ”

The imperial concubine sneered and said, "This is the discovery of Wan Guifei's horse feet, right?" Actually, this can't be checked, but the emperor used to favor her, and she was never allowed to check, but now I know that oh ah angry, right? ”

Yu'er said: "This time, Gonggong Chun was able to find out so quickly, thanks to Niangniang for letting Concubine Qian steal the secret book in Concubine Wan's palace." ”

The imperial concubine smiled and said, "Concubine Qian, I really didn't misunderstand her." ”

Yu'er said: "Before, the slave maid was very angry with Concubine Qian, how many days can she become one of the four concubines, and she didn't come out of the mother's hand?" As a result, as soon as she became a concubine, she turned her head and took refuge in Wan Guifei, which is really annoying, not to mention, she actually gave Wan Guifei as a dog's leg, and fought against us everywhere, knowing that Shi Guiren took refuge in Niangniang, she desperately practiced Shi Guiren, and did not give Niangniang face at all, and everyone in the palace laughed at Niangniang for seeing the wrong person. At that time, the slave really wanted to kill her. However, Niangniang always asked me to stand still, the slave maid didn't understand, and thought to herself, Niangniang treated Qian Shufei too magnanimously, it turned out that it was the slave and maid who saw it shallowly, and Niangniang already knew that Qian Shufei was pretending to take refuge in Wan Guifei, right? ”

The imperial concubine said: "Yes, I have long guessed that Concubine Qian Shu is pretending to take refuge in Concubine Wan." Think about it, Concubine Qian Shu is already one of the emperor's four concubines, she has lost her children one after another, and without the emperor's favor, where can she move forward? Can you be a queen? She is not from a high background, has no children, and the most important thing is that she is not favored, and she definitely has no hope of becoming a queen. In this way, what can Wan Guifei give her? In the future, Wan Guifei will be the queen, she will be a concubine, and I will be the queen, and she will still be a concubine. Can I upgrade again? Can you regain the emperor's favor? No, in this case, why did she take refuge in Concubine Wan? Wan Guifei is useless to her, so Wan Guifei is kind to her. However, after so many years, have you heard of Wan Guifei being kind to anyone? “

Yu'er thought for a while and said: "Wan Guifei is arrogant, vicious, and dustless under her eyes, where will she be good to people?" It has always been her stepping on people, where is there grace to the concubines of the harem. “

The imperial concubine smiled and said: "That's it, Wan Guifei has no kindness to Qian Shufei and has no use value, so Qian Shufei still went to her, for what?" ”

Yu'er was puzzled: "Yes, when Niang Niang said this, the slave maid was also curious, why was she?" ”

A sharp light flashed in the imperial concubine's eyes: "It's for revenge." ”

Yu'er was shocked: "Hatred? How could she have a grudge against Concubine Wan? ”

The imperial concubine said: "Her first child, the prince we have great hopes for, who gave the miscarriage?" At that time, the queen and Wan Guifei in the palace were fighting very much, who do you say? ”

Yu'er suddenly realized: "Yes, I still remember this matter, at that time, the slave maid quietly checked it, and it was the hand of Wan Guifei." In this way, Qian Shufei and Wan Guifei are really an inextricable feud. ”

The imperial concubine's voice also became cold and said: "Yes, the revenge that can't be solved, the revenge of killing the son, I can't wait to cut the enemy with a thousand knives." ”

Yu'er shivered, remembering that the imperial concubine was also the one who killed her son, no wonder she knew Qian Shufei's heart so well.

After the imperial concubine sounded for a while, she said faintly: "This truth is very simple, but unfortunately, Wan Guifei is really a fool, and she called Qian Shufei to deceive her, now it's okay, let's plant it, it can be seen that every drink and peck have antecedents." ”

Yu'er nodded.

The imperial concubine said: "Speaking of which, it was because Wen Hui discovered Wan Guifei's secret that things progressed. ”

Yu'er heard this and hurriedly said: "By the way, Niangniang, today, Lord Wenhui sent someone to the palace to hand over the sign, and wanted to enter the palace." ”

The imperial concubine thought of this niece, and said with a kind smile on her face: "This child, what a good child, blessed, there must be something wrong with her entering the palace, you are allowed to let her enter the palace tomorrow, and we will talk." By the way, when the time comes, let Shi Guiren also come over to speak. Wen Hui and Shi Guiren are very close, and they have a better relationship than with their cousins. (To be continued)