"These are to be sent to the palace, and there must not be the slightest flaw." This sentence, in the past five days, Lao Guan does not know how many times he has said it, and the female worker who is responsible for grading the silk is sincerely afraid that as long as a silk horse has a flaw as big as the eye of a needle, it will be rated as second-class, that is, it cannot be sent to the palace, but it can be sold to the emperor's relatives, nobles, and eunuchs at a high price.

As for those sent to the palace, they are completely flawless.

There are a total of ten cars of such silk, which were handed over by Jia Xiaosi, and transported into the palace after being counted correctly.

Lao Guan quietly stuffed Jia Xiaosi with a gold ingot, and when the golden light flickered, Jia Xiaosi restrained the urge to bite it to his mouth to verify the authenticity, and said with a smile: "Niang Niang said, weave some old colors." ”

Old-fashioned? Lao Guan, as the housekeeper of Anxiang Bofu, deals with the housekeepers of the nobles all day long, and has long learned to be obedient and obedient, and said busily: "But the Empress Dowager wants to use it?" ”

There are so many mothers in the palace, and there is only one person who really speaks, that is the Empress Dowager, and now the words of the Empress Dowager Sun are useless, but Lao Guan feels that Jia Xiaositi's Niangniang refers to Queen Qian.

Empress Qian had the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Sun above her, and she happened to borrow the silk woven by the new loom to honor the two elders. And the powerful Empress Dowager is, of course, the first object of filial piety, and she is much older.

"Not really." Jia Xiaosi said: "It's better to have more colors." ”

"Okay, let's let the embroiderer draw some tricks." Lao Guan agreed without hesitation, and said, "My father-in-law will come over in five days and send them to the palace together." ”

Seeing Lao Guan so happy, Jia was in a good mood and said, "That's good." ”

The silk was pulled into the palace, and the Shangyi supervisor made the price, and the silver was sent over five days later, and at the same time another batch of silk was pulled into the palace. Lao Guan sent Jia Xiaosi away, and immediately called Zheng over and asked her to draw some tricks quickly.

Draw patterns for the nobles in the palace to choose, and the nobles in the palace pick the rest, which can be woven into second-class silk. Zheng had an idea and immediately organized an excellent embroiderer to start doing it.

Of the 600 weavers, sixty percent are embroiderers, and as long as they are embroiderers, there is no one who can't draw patterns. The embroidery girl from the Xungui Mansion is still outstanding. She took these people out and told them to concentrate on the patterns, and then recruited some people to take their place on the loom.

This matter was reported to Zhang Ning, and Zhang Ning praised Zheng's behavior, not because he painted tricks for the nobles in the palace, but because Zheng inadvertently did one thing: design. By mistake, she fully implemented the concept of modern design.

"Drawing patterns for these people, the monthly case will increase by 30%, and the monthly case of the Zheng family will increase by 50%." Zhang Ning said.

Raise so much? Those people were just using their pens, and they were much more leisurely than the women on the loom. Lao Guan said: "Won't it be too high?" ”

"No, just do it." Zhang Ning said. Design talents should be paid well.

Lao Guan agreed, and presented the account book: "The textile factory has been open for five days, and the woven cloth is in short supply, and this is the account for five days." ”

Zhang Ning flipped through the pages, and his gaze stopped at the long list at the end, on which it was written how many pieces of cloth he still owed to a certain business. With the current production capacity, the amount owed, I'm afraid it will take half a year to pay it back, right? This is only the capital area, if it is marketed to the whole country, the scale of the textile factory ten times larger is not enough.

Zhang Ning said: "These orders are the names of the merchants, can they pay the fixed silver?" ”

"Paid 30%."

"Very well, so be it."

It's good to make three deliveries, even if they buy a loom and weave cloth on their own. Zhang Ning muttered to himself silently. He did not compare the two lists, and it was not clear whether the list of those who bought silk and cloth overlapped with the list of those who ordered looms. However, it stands to reason that there should be some of it.

Lao Guan smiled: "Did you write a letter to the master?" ”

The son propped up the courtyard, and the lord must be happy.

"Go pick up some good cloth, and I'll send it with the letter." Zhang Ning said, home-made things, pick a good filial piety to the father, do your filial piety.

"Hey." Lao Guan Xingxing went to the head.

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In the capital in May, the temperature difference between day and night is quite large, and the sun shines on his body near noon, making Zhang Ning's forehead slightly sweat stains.

He took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead, and muttered silently: "Isn't it sinful to wear this dress in summer?" "Now that it's hot, how can I stand it in the summer?

After muttering, I have to keep walking.

He and Yang Shiqi made an appointment to meet on the way to Cishou Palace, but as a Jinyi guard on duty, he couldn't walk around in the palace, so he had to ask Zhu Qizhen to take him with him on the grounds that he wanted to see Youyou.

He had the duty to protect the emperor, and he went with the emperor, and there was no more reason for him to do so.

Zhu Qizhen changed into summer clothes, so he didn't feel hot. Zhang Ning put away the veil and hurriedly caught up.

At the fork in the road, the five ministers came, Zhang Fu walked in the front, Yang Rong and Yang Pu were arguing about something while walking, Hu Tong listened silently in the back, and Yang Shiqi walked at the end. The five people saw the emperor from afar, stopped, stood beside the road, and saluted the emperor: "The ministers see Your Majesty." ”

"Flat." Zhu Qizhen said, crossed the five people, and went straight to himself.

Every day at this hour, it is normal to meet either the front and back feet, or halfway.

Zhang Ning saluted: "I've seen a few adults. ”

"Excuse me." The five of them said one after another.

When Zhang Ning passed by Yang Shiqi, Yang Shiqi winked at him. Zhang Ning knew in his heart that this was the decision to participate. He bowed his head slightly, kept his steps, followed Zhu Qizhen, and entered Cishou Palace.

"This kid is really talented." Hu Tong said with a smile.

He is a veteran spy, and although he is not in charge of the Jinyi Guard, he is also well-informed.

Zhang Fu laughed: "No, if you can't pull this old face, the old man wants to participate." ”

"Are you engaged?" Hu Tong smiled: "He didn't even give Gu Houye's face." ”

Zhang Fu laughed so much that the beard on his chest was windless, and said, "Am I just a Hou Ye?" ”

Yang Rong followed with a smile: "If we force people with momentum, it seems that we can all participate in a share." ”

You are the minister of life, so are we, you can, and so can we. Several people heard what he meant, and laughed at the same time.

Zhang Fu scolded with a smile: "That's not possible, this is a matter between our honors and nobles, what does it have to do with you scholars?" You scholars have a clean breeze on your sleeves, and you are most disgusted with blockages, what are you mixing blindly? ”

A few people laughed a few words, and Yang Rong sighed: "Let's see how much tax he pays when the month expires." ”

Zhang Ningke said that the owner pays taxes, the weaver girls are intertwined, and the businessmen also have to pay taxes, and these people are all on the roster.

Zhang Fu turned his head to look at him and said, "How much is the tax?" ”

"Ten taxes and one." Yang Rong said: "Zhang Ning, this kid shouted too much, saying that he and the businessman should have twenty taxes and one tax, and the Weaver Girl should have thirty taxes and one tax." ”

Several people were silent, he was right, but the weaver girls had an income of fifteen taels of silver a month, who wouldn't be blushing?