On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, light snow.

There is only one day before the New Year, but the sky in Yangzhou has never been clear, and it has snowed lightly for three days, and the weather is cool.

At the beginning of the morning of this day, Jia Qiang came to Zhonglin Hall to do homework, a text of hundreds of words, which was painted by Lin Ruhai full of forks, and quoted from the first word for a full hour and a half.

By the time it came out, it was already the end of the day.

In this explanation, although Jia Qiang's face was pale, her eyes were very bright.

It can be seen that he has benefited a lot from today's explanation and opened his eyes.

Let him write the idea of writing a lot more at once.

Although I really want to go back to the small study immediately and continue to consolidate it now, it's just an outside matter, and it can't be delayed any longer after all.

didn't even put down the scroll, Jia Qiang left Zhonglin Hall and went to the guest house.

However, as soon as he walked out of the door of Zhonglin Hall, he had not yet taken ten steps when he heard shouts from behind......

Jia Qiang paused, and looked back helplessly, before he could speak, he heard someone laugh and say, "What are you running?" ”

Jia Qiang admitted defeat and said: "Good aunt, aunt! Spare me, I shouldn't have written a poem before, and I tell you the truth, I didn't write that poem, I saw it in my dream. ”

On the eve of the fight, he was forced to be helpless, and wrote those two sentences: "The mountains block the rocks, and the river flows eastward after all." The snow is pressed by the frost, and the plum blossoms are still blooming towards the sun", for several days, Daiyu blocked him every morning and asked him to write two more sentences.

Jia Qiang writes a hammer, he remembers that "life is only as first seen", but can he write this?

But no matter how much he shirks, where is Daiyu willing to believe it.

If you can write two lines of poetry like this, it is impossible to do without anything else.

Daiyu was disgusted and refused to give up, and said: "Then you can't just remember two residual sentences in your dreams, there must be others, and you won't tell me!" ”

Jia Qiang couldn't cry or laugh, how much this girl loves poetry, seeing that she insisted on not retreating, Jia Qiang arched her hand and said: "I really can't remember this time, you let me think about it?" In the evening, two more sentences will be remembered in the evening. ”

Dai Yu looked at it with bright eyes, and said suspiciously: "Really? ”

Jia Qiang nodded again and again, Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "Okay, I'll come back to you in the evening." If you can't give it to me, be careful! ”

Jia Qiang breathed a sigh of relief and fled.

Seeing his back embarrassed, Daiyu's pretty face bloomed.

……

Front yard, side hall.

When Jia Qiang came in, he saw Zhao Bo'an and the two old shopkeepers standing up to greet each other, he waved his hand, signaling that they didn't need to be polite, and then asked, "How is Fang Zi's test?" ”

Zhao Bo'an has always been dull and silent, but in weaving and dyeing, he never hesitated to speak, and said: "Blue, red, black, official green, brown, goose yellow, azure, these dyes have been properly matched, and they have reached the master's standard." The purchase of various raw materials has also been carried out for half a month, and some of the Yangzhou government have been purchased on the spot, and those that are not have been bought in other provinces, and now they have been shipped back to Yangzhou one after another. ”

As he spoke, he opened the bag from the table next to him, and inside were seven stacks of various colored cloths.

After Jia Qiang took it, she took a closer look and nodded, "Yes, it is dyed seventy percent of the color." ”

The other two old shopkeepers looked at each other when they heard this, but Zhao Boan nodded and said: "Well, I just said that the color is still a little accurate, and the heat of the water is still not well controlled, and I will continue to work harder." ”

An old shopkeeper smiled bitterly and said, "God, is this kind of cloth only seventy percent of the color accurate?" What are the cloths on the market now, have they become rags? ”

Before Jia Qiang could say anything, Zhao Boan shook his head and said, "The recipe given by the master is completely different from the recipe for dyeing cloth on the market. At most, only the red base is similar. The common red is made of red cakes made of safflower, rice milk and artemisia annua, supplemented by black plum boiling and dyeing. Master's recipe is based on this, and then processed through two processes: soil alkali and quicklime. As for other colors, it is more red as the intermediate color, and try to blend other colors. If you don't know the recipe outside, it's impossible to dye such a cloth. ”

Another old shopkeeper shook his head and said: "Even if you know that the recipe is useless, there is no owner to personally debug the boiler, there is no shopkeeper Xiao Zhao to control the water temperature and heat, and even the dye can't be matched, and weaving and dyeing is even more troublesome." If you want to set up a dyeing workshop, it will take at least another month. It's a pity that I couldn't dye the cloth out during the Chinese New Year. ”

Jia Qiang smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, now that the Fang Zi is all matched, let's teach the guys and the bosses next, and let them know what to do." ”

Zhao Boan nodded and said: "Shopkeeper Cui and Shopkeeper Dong are both old shopkeepers, and their subordinates are each followed by a group of buddies and heads, and the coach has been for a month, which is enough." ”

Jia Qiang saw that he didn't finish what he said, and seemed to still have something to say, so she asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

Zhao Boan hesitated, his voice was a little quieter, and said: "Master, you have taught me such a precious recipe, and the Zhao family still drives the Dongsheng ......."

Jia Qiang smiled: "Didn't you say, you helped me do things for five years?" ”

Zhao Boan shook his head and said: "This kind of recipe, if you don't change it, let alone five years, even ten or twenty years, it's not worth this recipe." ”

Jia Qiang smiled, patted Zhao Bo'an's shoulder, and said, "Bo'an, have you ever seen a second person who is as obsessed with weaving and dyeing as you?" ”

Zhao Boan twitched the corners of his mouth and shook his head when he heard this.

Jia Qiang nodded and said with a smile: "I don't have either, so you're worth the price." Boan, you do things well, don't be disturbed by miscellaneous things, you must continue to deduce the recipe, and you will definitely be able to become a big tool in the weaving and dyeing industry in the future. You love weaving and dyeing, and I love it, and I never eat alone. Even if we build the entire Yangzhou Mansion into a dyeing workshop, will the woven and dyed cloth be enough for the people of the world? ”

Zhao Boan accepted this answer, he naturally didn't know how many formulas Jia Qiang still had in his mind.

In addition, Jia Qiang was reluctant to tell him that the Gusu Zhao clan, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, Zhao Dongshan, was a hardcore former minister of Jingchu.

Zhao Dongshan's continuation room is also the widowed sister of Jing Chaoyun, the chief minister of the Military Aircraft Department.

Jing Chaoyun doesn't know if he has three years left, it all depends on how many years the Emperor Taishang can survive, and he may not even survive the time of the Emperor......

As soon as Jing Chaoyun fell, there was no reason why the Zhao family should not be purged.

At that time, it would be a miracle that the Dongsheng could escape the raid.

Jia Qiang didn't tell Zhao Boan this, not to lie to him, it was unnecessary.

What can you do by telling him?

At that time, I will try my best to protect this weaving and dyeing genius, even if Jia Qiang has contributed to the national weaving and dyeing industry......

Seeing that the two of them finished speaking, the shopkeeper Cui asked: "Owner, our dyeing workshop seems to be small in scale." ”

Dong's shopkeeper was also busy: "There are only twenty-four cylinders and forty-eight large urns, even if there is no dry day and night, it can't support much cloth number." ”

Jia Qiang smiled and said: "Mr. Xue will tell you about this, but you mainly take care of the weaving and dyeing, and you don't have to worry too much about it." The vast majority of the cloth and satin we dyed are not sold to the people, and the price is naturally much higher when they are sold in the high-end. ”

Cui and Dong understood in seconds, and then they both glanced at Jia Qiang with a little strange eyes, and a word came to their hearts:

My heart is so black!

……

After Zhao Boan and the three left, Qi Yun and Xu Zhen came together.

Qi Yun is acceptable, and his face is still a gentle gentleman's style.

Xu Zhen couldn't even maintain the lazy temperament of the previous hanger, and his grinning mouth seemed to be closed.

Jia Qiang smiled and scolded when she saw it: "I heard that the ice house is very good, so it's like this?" ”

Xu Zhen opened his eyes and smiled: "It's still winter, and those salt-selling people have nothing in their brains?" Truckloads of ice were pulled to the house, and even Qi Yuan pulled a lot of them back. ”

Qi Yun looked at him with disgust and said, "What do you know?" Before the New Year's Festival, each family has prepared fresh goods to send to relatives who are not in Yangzhou Mansion, how to send it if you don't buy more ice? ”

Five feet of ice will cost fifteen taels a piece!

The salt merchants bought it just to keep it fresh......

Xu Zhen stopped talking, poverty made him autistic.

However, Jia Qiang smiled, Qi Yun's reason may exist, but in recent days, salt merchants have been desperately buying ice, probably because they are afraid of being implicated in the assassination turmoil.

Not only is the business of the ice house extremely hot, but Wanxianglou is also full every day.

Even the storyteller of Guangde Society, which was in trial operation, was ordered, and the old books in Sanwei Bookstore were all sold, and the "Legend of the White Snake" that had just been printed was snatched up before it could be pushed into the bookstore......

If it is said that it is because the things are good, Jia Qiang does not believe it.

The salt merchants did not dare to go to the yamen of the salt courtyard to give gifts, but these extremely shrewd businessmen obviously had a way to give silver......

Jia Qiang asked curiously, "Since the business is so good, what are you going to do?" ”

Qi Yun said with a smile: "The year is over, although it has only been open for a few days, but the accounts should still be paid, and the dividends should also be divided." ”

Xu Zhen said: "You give the second master the silver second, the main thing is to ask for more saltpeter." I don't know how you picked it up, but I had people buy saltpeter outside, but I still can't make ice. But your subordinates still have less supply, and the supply is not enough. If the supply is open, we will send it this time. Even if you don't do it now, don't stop during the New Year, on the day of the Lantern Festival, a lot of ice will inevitably be used. Second master, you can let your subordinates do more! ”

Jia Qiang shook her head and said, "It's not for me, it depends on when Jufeng Island can be completed." In addition, saltpeter can be dried and used repeatedly, so what do you want to do. Huge profits are difficult to last long, Zhongluan, don't be blinded by greed. You'll have to take care of more than one ice room in the future. ”

Xu Zhen's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he smiled and said no more.

Qi Yun on the side looked at it and asked Jia Qiang: "Liangchen, I don't know when I will return to Beijing?" I was also prepared earlier. ”

Jia Qiangqi said: "Didn't you say that your third sister won't enter Beijing to be selected?" What else did the Qi family do in Beijing? ”

Qi Yun smiled bitterly: "It's not that you can't enter the palace, it's just that you ...... In short, things have not changed. In addition, Wanxianglou and the ice house will also be opened to Beijing. In addition, next year is the emperor's 100,000th birthday, and it stands to reason that there will be an additional Keenko, and I am going to enter Beijing to prepare for the exam. So, I still want to go to Beijing together. ”

Jia Qiang smiled when she heard this, and said, "It's okay." However, when to return to Beijing depends on when the Qi family will be able to complete Jufeng Island. If you want to enter Beijing early, send more silver to your craftsmen and let them work quickly. ”

Taking advantage of the convenience of the Qi family's surrender, Lin Ruhai first used Jia Qiang as a knife to break the Bai family, and then used the Mei family as an arrow, and won the Shen, Zhou, and Wu families in one fell swoop.

In terms of implementing the new salt policy, he did everything he had to do.

Next, the specific implementation of the new policy should be attributed to the Governor's Yamen, if it continues to be done, even if Han Bin doesn't care about the Governor's Yamen Mansion, the people under him will inevitably feel guilty.

Such a great achievement, it was taken up by Lin Ruhai alone, what did the others eat?

Therefore, the half-year appointment between Lin Ruhai and Han Bin has basically come to an end so far.

As for when to return to Beijing, it really depends on Jia Qiang's layout in Yangzhou Mansion and when it will end.

The Qi family also understands this, in fact, not only the Qi family wants Jia Qiang, Lin Ruhai and their party to return to Beijing as soon as possible, but the Li family, the Chen family and the Peng family, are probably also eager for the Yanyuan Yamen to be removed as soon as possible and remove the steel blade hanging over their heads, so that they can breathe a sigh of relief.

Therefore, Jia Qiang estimates that the construction period for the completion of Jufeng Island may not need to be paid.

After gossiping for a while, seeing that it was not early, Jia Qiang picked up the teacup, and Qi Yun and Xu Zhen said goodbye.

Since Jia Qiang said so, then his days in Yangzhou are numbered......

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