Out of the palace, Kou Ji did not rush back to the house, but turned around and went to the word Jiaozi shop.

There was a story about him going to help the displaced people build houses, and it was also spread all over Bianjing City under the propaganda of Li Jian and others.

In Bianjing City, from the dignitaries to the common people, they all regarded this incident as a joke.

Over the years, the displaced people who have been affected by disasters have either been hiding in one place to fend for themselves after receiving relief food from the imperial court, or they have been assigned to the military and become soldiers of the Xiang Army.

The imperial court has been doing the matter of giving the homeless people a bite to eat.

But helping displaced people build houses is unheard of.

The people of the whole Bianjing City did not think that Kou Ji could build a house for the displaced people to resettle.

To build a large adobe house, it costs a lot of money just for wood, not counting the money for craftsmen.

Ordinary people also have to save for three or five years before they can build a big house.

Some poor people may not be able to live in a newly built house for the rest of their lives.

Kou Ji wants to build tens of thousands of big houses in one go, and the money he needs is innumerable.

The treasury can't come up with so much money, let alone him.

The thoughts of the people in the Manbian capital city, Kou Ji understands.

But Koji didn't care, and if he did, he wouldn't have taken the job.

After entering the one-word Jiaozi shop, Lu Ming got the advice of the guy and took the initiative to welcome him.

"Young Master......"

When he arrived in front of Kou Ji, Lu Ming first bowed, then straightened up, and asked worriedly, "Young Master, I heard that you took over a troublesome errand?" ”

Led by Lu Ming, Kou Ji sat down in a guest room in Jiaozipu, and said with a smile: "You heard the wind so soon?" ”

Lu Ming ordered the guy to help Kou Ji pour tea.

After the guy left, Lu Ming said in a deep voice: "It seems that someone is deliberately spreading rumors, so the villain got the news after the court meeting ended." ”

Kou Ji nodded with a smile and said, "Someone deliberately spreads rumors, I know, don't care." What do you think of this errand I am taking? ”

Lu Ming hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "The villain thinks that young master, you never do things that you are not sure of, so if you dare to agree to this matter, there must be a way to get this matter done." ”

Kou Ji said unexpectedly: "Then why are you worried? ”

Lu Ming closed his mouth and did not speak.

Because the guy from Jiaozipu brought a cup of tea and entered the room.

The man put down his tea and exited the room.

Lu Mingcai whispered: "The villain just heard the three people of the Mu Dong family, the Qian Dong family, and the Meng Dong family talking in the backyard, and listen to the meaning of the words of the three of them, young master, this errand you took over this time can't be done at all."

Not only will it not be possible, but it is very likely that it will get into trouble and be dismissed from office......

The villain is worried about you, young master......"

Kou Ji picked up the teacup, took a sip, hummed lightly, looked at Lu Ming, and laughed in a low voice: "You don't like me either?" ”

Lu Ming hurriedly shook his head and said, "The villain doesn't dare, in the villain's heart, young master, you are the wisest person." The villain just thinks that the young master should prepare a few more paths for himself, so as to avoid the errand really going wrong and falling into a dilemma. ”

Kou Ji stared at him with a smile, and said, "You still don't think about me?" ”

Lu Ming hurriedly accompanied: "The villain really doesn't have a ......"

Kou Ji waved his hand, "Okay, I'm teasing you." I know what I do myself. ”

Lu Ming nodded awkwardly.

Kou Ji instructed: "You go and call Mu Chong and the three of them to me." ”

Lu Ming agreed and exited the room.

Kou Ji stared at Lu Ming's departing back, and said with a smile: "The little guy is good!" I've only been in Jiaozipu for a few months, and I've been thinking about it. ”

Not long after Lu Ming withdrew, Mu Chong and the three of them arrived at the guest room one after another.

As soon as they arrived at the guest room, the three of them saluted Kou Ji first.

Subsequently, Mu Chong took the lead and said: "Kou Gong Ministry, when the homeless people come over, my Mu family can help you share 10,000 people." ”

"My Qian family can share 3,000 ......"

"My Meng family can share 5,000 ......"

Meng Weizhong gritted his teeth and said the number five, which seemed to be his biggest limit to share five thousand displaced people.

Kou Ji invited the three of them to sit down, and said with a smile: "The three of you think that I came to you to let you share the burden of the homeless?" ”

Mu Chong smiled brightly and did not speak.

The same is true of Qian Le and Meng Weizhong.

Obviously, the three of them felt that Kou Ji had just taken over this errand and came to them just so that they could help share the homeless people.

Kou Ji saw through the thoughts of the three of them, and still smiled: "I want to know, where are you going to settle after the three of you ask for 18,000 homeless people?" ”

Mu Chonggan smiled: "My Mu family has a lot of land in Sichuan and Shu, and there is a lack of some tenants. I'm going to get these homeless people to Sichuan and Shu to help our Mu family farm the land. ”

Qian Lele said with a smile: "My Qian family's caravan, going south and north, needs some manpower. ”

Meng Weizhong said dryly: "Raise it first, and when it is useful, it is not too late to use it." ”

Kou Ji shook his head with a smile and said, "I know the family background of the three of you, and it is not difficult for you to raise 18,000 homeless people. But there seems to be no shortage of the three of you in the tenants or in the hands of the caravans.

Bringing back 18,000 exiles is a burden to you. ”

The smile on Qian Le's face was a little stiff, and he smiled dryly: "It's not in the way, we can afford it." ”

Kou Ji smiled and nodded, "I'm grateful that you can take the initiative to help me when I'm in trouble." ”

Mu Chong and the others smiled and said yes.

Kou Ji smiled and said: "The reason why you helped me share the displaced people is because you are afraid that once I fall, Jiaozipu will have no pillars, and the money you invested before will be wasted?" ”

Mu Chong and the three of them were stunned, and the look on their faces was a little embarrassed.

They took the initiative to help Kou Ji share the displaced people, and they did have this intention.

"Are you still afraid that I will stuff you with more homeless people and drag down the three of you?"

Kou Ji said with a smile again.

The expressions on Mu Chong's faces were even more embarrassed.

Kou Ji laughed loudly and said, "I don't care what you have in mind, but you can reach out to help me at such a critical time, and I have recorded this friendship." ”

After a pause, Kou Ji said with a smile: "It's not in vain that I think about the three of you when I have anything to make money." ”

"Make money?"

Mu Chong and the three of them stared at Kou Ji with stunned expressions.

Kou Ji nodded and said, "Not bad, make money!" ”

Without waiting for Mu Chong and the three of them to ask, Kou Ji took the lead in asking, "In your eyes, those homeless people are all trouble?" ”

Mu Chong and the three of them glanced at each other.

A smile appeared on Qian Le's chubby face and said, "Don't hide it from the Ministry of Industry, those homeless people are not only a trouble in our eyes, but also a trouble in the eyes of everyone in Bianjing." ”

Kou Ji smiled: "Why do I think they are gold ingots walking on an ingot? ”

Mu Chong's eyes widened in astonishment.

Qian Le was just about to open his mouth to refute, but was dragged by Mu Chong.

Mu Chong pondered for a moment, and asked suspiciously, "What do you say?" ”

Kou Ji smiled and said: "Tens of thousands of laborers who don't need money, what do you say?" ”

Mu Chong and the others were startled at first, and then lowered their heads and pondered the deep meaning of Kou Ji's words.

They are merchants, and the first thing that comes to the mind of a businessman is to buy and sell.

They began to calculate in their minds what tens of thousands of unpaid laborers could do and what benefits they could gain.

While the three of them were pondering, Kou Ji continued: "The imperial court will pay for them to eat until the beginning of spring next year. The court came out of the land, so that they could have a place to live.

We just need to keep them busy, find them a job that they can do for a long time, and build them some houses by the way. ”

Qian Le's eyes rolled, and after a long time, he muttered: "The cost is a bit big, far greater than the price we paid for establishing Jiaozipu." More importantly, the imperial court will never allow us to keep these people in our hands for a long time.

In other words, we can only use these laborers that do not need money for a while.

Once the spring of next year comes and the court ends its offerings to them, the amount of money we invest will become even more.

So it's not worth it. ”

Mu Chong and Meng Weizhong nodded in unison.

Kou Ji smiled and asked, "I heard that your silk weaving in Sichuan and Shu has begun to appear large-scale workshops?" ”

Mu Chong and the others were a little stunned, and they didn't understand why Kou Ji mentioned silk weaving.

But they still answered Koji's question.

Mu Chong nodded and said, "The speed of large-scale workshops to produce silk is fast, and the style will not deviate too much. Unlike those retail investors, the silk woven is uneven and slow.

The silk of our three families has been bought along with some porcelain from Jiangning Province and other vassal states along the coast.

The requirements for quality and quantity are relatively high, and if there is no large-scale workshop, it will not be able to meet the needs of those maritime merchants. ”

Kou Ji nodded and smiled: "I heard that when you are idle in Sichuan and Shu, you start to weave silk, and when you are busy farming, you go to the field to do farm work?" ”

Qian Le hesitated for a moment and said, "What the Ministry of Kou Gong said is those small households. In a big family like our three families, the silk weavers only need to serve the mulberry fields and weave silk.

All we need to do is send someone from the government to take care of the women workers and pay them full wages on a monthly basis. ”

Kou Ji smiled and asked, "So, the three of you can produce a lot of silk every ten years?" ”

Mu Chong and the three of them smiled bitterly.

Meng Weizhong said dryly: "After the silkworm stage, it won't work." Every year when the silkworm season comes, our female workers have to work day and night. After the silkworm period, they basically rested. ”

Mu Chong nodded and said, "If the three of us have silk output every ten years, the price of silk will not be so expensive." ”

Kou Ji smiled: "Then have you ever considered expanding your silk weaving workshop?" ”

"It's too big to manage, and it's easy to lose money."

Qian Le said with a wry smile.

Kou Ji pointed out: "Don't just look at silk, cotton, linen, and wool can also be considered. ”

Qian Le was still smiling bitterly.

Mu Chong heard the meaning of Kou Ji's words.

He was slightly surprised and said, "The Ministry of Kou Gong plans to use the women among the homeless people to establish a silk weaving workshop?" ”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "Not only silk weaving workshops, but also cotton, linen, and wool. With the right planning, the women of the homeless people can weave all year round. They can feed themselves and help us make a profit. ”

Meng Weizhong groaned: "Silk fabrics, after the silkworm period, can indeed not continue to be woven, but hemp can." If you plan it right, it's really profitable. Just cotton ......"

Meng Weizhong hesitated when he said this.

Qian Le saw Meng Weizhong hesitate, so he said: "Cotton can weave thread, I know." In the early years, when I was a merchant in the Western Regions and other places, I saw the local people weaving thread with cotton.

The local people also use cotton to weave cloth.

It's just that the fabric spun out is not satisfactory.

Moreover, cotton has always been no better than silk and hemp, and only a small number of people are planting it.

You can't use it in large quantities.

At present, there are only some border troops in the northwest, in order to keep out the cold, borrowing cotton woven fabrics, and other places cannot see them at all. ”

Mu Chong and Meng Weizhong nodded in unison.

Cotton was introduced to China as early as the Northern and Southern Dynasties, but most of it was planted in the border areas, and many people in the hinterland of the Central Plains did not know that cotton was good and did not plant it in large quantities.

It was not until the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty that it was planted on a large scale in the hinterland of the Central Plains, and it was also exported for profit.

At present, cotton has not been planted in a large area in the hinterland of the Central Plains, so many people still do not know about this thing.

As early as when he was in Baozhou, when Kou Ji saw the cotton clothes sent by the imperial court, he asked the local people in Baozhou, and few of the local people in Baozhou knew cotton.

After returning to Bianjing City, Kou Ji also paid attention to this matter.

There seem to be few people in the DPRK who care about cotton.

Only a garrison of the forbidden army in the northwest frontier felt that this thing was good against the cold, so he got some for his soldiers, filled them in fabric, and used them as cotton clothes.

The general of the forbidden army also wrote to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to promote the planting of cotton on a large scale.

But the court did not heed his proposal.

In the eyes of the important ministers of the court, the fertile land of the Great Song Dynasty was not enough to grow grain, and there was no spare place to grow cotton.

Later, when the forbidden army changed its guard, it changed its cotton clothes and was thrown away from the treasury.

If it weren't for Kou Ji's eagerness to ask for clothes for the soldiers and civilians in Baozhou at that time, these cotton clothes might have been piled up in the treasury of the imperial court until they were rotten.

It is precisely because of this that Kou Ji also understands the planting of cotton in the Great Song Dynasty.

Kou Ji smiled and said to Mu Chong: "Don't underestimate cotton, the fabric it spun is not as good as silk fabrics, but it is better than hemp fabrics."

The most important thing is that this thing doesn't need to worry about the silkworm stage.

It can be stored, and as long as enough is planted, the weaving workshop can weave cloth all year round. ”

Mu Chong's eyes lit up.

Mu Chong asked, "What about the output?" Are there any requirements for land? ”

Kou Ji said with a smile: "Guanshan and other places can be planted, and Jiangning and other places can also be planted...... The yield is not small. ”

Mu Chong's eyes lit up again.

Guanshan, Jiangning, across the north and south of the Great Song Dynasty.

In other words, cotton can be grown in most places in the Great Song Dynasty.

As for the problem of planting cotton and occupying land, it is not within the scope of their consideration.

They are businessmen.

Businessmen seek profit.

As long as growing cotton is more profitable than growing grain, they naturally choose to grow cotton.

"I'll send someone to the Western Regions to get some cotton back?"

Qian Le's enthusiastic proposal.

It's not that Qian Le is easy to fool, but he has confidence in Kou Ji.

He is not very optimistic about Kou Ji when dealing with the issue of displaced people, but in business, he is very convinced of Kou Ji.

Because so far, he has never seen Kou Ji suffer a loss in business.