Lotus Garden, side hall.

Fang Shuhe, Chu Dongming, Liang Zhengping, Shi Gongshou, Sun Boqi, Liu Yancai, Ouyang Demou and Zhen Yingjia sat on the two rows of Nanmu chairs in the side hall with a relaxed face.

The floor was covered with a thick velvet blanket, and the smoke cage was sprayed with refreshing agarwood.

On the table are sweet fruit snacks that are rarely seen in ordinary large households, and next to the exquisite luminous glasses are gorgeous wine bottles made of Western glass, filled with red poignant wine.

It was supposed to be a pleasant afternoon, but at the moment no one was using it.

Their eyes all fell on Jia Cong beside Song Yan.

Watching Jia Cong carefully cover a soft blanket on Song Yan's lap, and mix the ginseng tea to a suitable temperature and put it in Song Yan's hand, no matter how annoyed they were before, at this moment, they still sighed in their hearts after all: he is a filial child.

At the moment when filial piety comes first, a person who knows filial piety is always easy to make people feel good.

I waited silently for a while, until Song Yan smiled and said, "Okay, Cong'er, don't let people wait for a long time." ”

Jia Cong gave up at this time, gave Song Hua a look, and asked him to take care of it carefully, and then he sat down and faced the eight people opposite.

Uncle Fang, who was originally the most generous to Song Yan and had the best moral character, took the lead in speaking, and said: "Qingchen, you are the most beloved disciple of Song Changong, and you are also the person that Mr. Mu Min values very much. The four words that came out of your mouth to the world have made the two gentlemen canonized in the world. Therefore, you should belong to my generation, even though you are a son of Wuxun. ”

Chu Dongming nodded and agreed: "The children of Wuxun do not hinder anything, the Qingchen is a Qingchen body, and the number of Qingchen words is enough to glorify the hundred generations, and he is still a person of the Wuxu Branch, there is no doubt that he is my famous disciple." If he is not, who is qualified to call himself a lifter? ”

The others nodded one after another, and Fang Shuhe continued: "But what you have done since you went south, no matter what reason you have to cover up, you are still contributing to the new party that is eager for quick success. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces became solemn again.

Jia Cong shook his head and said: "Mr. Shuhe, the younger generation has always been at odds with the New Party, the son of the New Party Yuan Fu Ning Zechen, the son of the Rite Department Waiter, the Household Department Zuo Waiter, and other people in the New Party, all died because of the younger generation. If the New Party wants someone to die early, the younger generation should not let it go. Therefore, what Mr. Shuhe said, the younger generation really dare not be it, and they can't afford it. ”

"Hehehe......"

Xu remembered many things they wanted to do but couldn't do, or didn't dare to do, and Jia Cong did it, which made them happy, and a group of old people laughed out loud.

After laughing, Shi Gongshou reminded: "Even so, what you are doing is still helping them." ”

Jia Cong said: "Mr. Gongshou, the younger generation was only ordered by the emperor to restore the brocade clothes, and never took the initiative to help the new party. On the contrary, Fang Yue, the governor of Jiangnan, Tang Yan, the political envoy of Jiangnan, and the two important members of the new party, all fell into the hands of the younger generation. The younger generation thinks that he acts justly and has no shame. The younger generation dares to guarantee that the new party in the world, including the cabinet of the capital, some of the cabinet elders will scold the younger generation as the remnants of the old party. ”

There are some things that cannot be said or recognized.

This is the wisdom that Song Yan taught Jia Cong to live in the world.

If you show weakness at this moment, then you will lose more than half of this negotiation at the beginning, and you will not be able to continue.

Sure enough, seeing Jia Cong so impermissible, looking at his serious face, the eight people opposite couldn't cry or laugh.

Fang Shuhe bowed his hand to Song Yan and said, "Good disciple of the Song Chan Sect! ”

Song Yan smiled, took a sip of a cup of ginseng tea, nodded, and continued to sleep.

Everyone was helpless, Fang Shuhe could only look at Jia Cong, and said: "Qingchen, the new party is bent on going its own way, and wants to implement the new law, which has damaged the foundation of the imperial court since the Tang and Song dynasties. Seeing that the general trend is coming, and the gentry in the world are coming, they can't even cultivate and read heirlooms...... Fortunately, I listened to Song Changong, do you have some ideas? ”

Jia Cong was a little strange and said, "Uncle and Mr., the younger generation has always been curious. "Yi" cloud: If you are poor, you will change, and if you change, you will be able to do it for a long time. All of you are knowledgeable and well-versed in this matter. But why are you so focused on the fields? Reading and inheritance requires silver, but it is not only the field that can produce silver. Why not switch to business? Do you really think that business is a cheap business? Then you can also arrange for servants and stewards to take care of it. ”

When Uncle Fang and the others heard this, they all shook their heads and smiled bitterly.

Chu Dongming said angrily: "Qingchen, don't we know that the way of businessmen can get rich?" But every industry has its own doorway, there are thousands of businessmen in the world, how many people can become bigger? Of course, if you can take out the recipe for the soap made by Qin Xiangyuan, it will be a good way. Your soap is selling for more than gold in Southern Province, and your heart is black! ”

Shi Gongshou also said angrily: "When my family members learned that I came to see Qingchen, some people wanted to ask for words, some people wanted to ask for texts, and some people wanted to ask for poems, but everyone wanted to ask if they could get a few pieces of soap from Qinxiangyuan." The old man told them that the old man's old face was not so valuable, so go and rest! Go Hugh! ”

Everyone burst into laughter, and Jia Cong also smiled and said, "The soap is just a gadget, I'll ask someone to get some in a while, and give it to all gentlemen." It's just a recipe, and the younger generation has already given it away. And even if they don't, the younger generation thinks that if your family uses soap to wantonly collect money in Daqian, I am afraid that it will still attract the attention of the new party. ”

Shi Gongshou frowned and said, "They still want to kill them all?" Do you really think we're muddy? ”

Sun Boqi said coldly: "If it weren't for Qingchen, you messed up our formation with a chaotic fist, what could the new party do to me?" We are not afraid of it. ”

Jia Cong shook his head and said: "It's not a question of fear, but the method that the younger generation thinks. ”

Everyone wrinkled their eyebrows when they heard this, but after looking at Song Yan, who was still closing his eyes and pretending to sleep, Fang Shuhe asked, "Qingchen, what are you thinking?" ”

Jia Cong didn't answer, got up and clapped his hands at the door of the side hall, and saw four waiters carrying a spinning wheel in, followed by a cowering woman.

After the four waiters placed the spinning wheel in the middle of the side hall, Jia Cong said to the woman: "Huang Po, don't be afraid, let's start." ”

The woman sat tremblingly in front of the spinning wheel and began to spin the yarn.

Although the seven masters and Zhen Yingjia are both from rich and noble families, the people around them naturally do not make a living from spinning, but they are not unfamiliar with this tool that is similar to sewing machines and washing machines in the current era and later generations.

Although they didn't know what Jia Cong's idea was, they still suppressed the curiosity in their hearts and watched it for the time being.

To tell the truth, if it weren't for the pearl and jade of Qinxiangyuan soap in front of them, and Song Yan, the prince of Songchan, as a guarantee, how could they have the heart to say this to a yellow-mouthed child.

But now that they are here, they are also patient enough.

The spinning wheel turned, and the shuttle sound of "click" sounded, which was originally just the most common scene, and the people in Jiangnan could see it in every house.

However, the eight of them frowned one after another, and looked at them with inquiring eyes.

This pressure made the woman's hands tremble......

Seeing that her hands were shaking more and more, Jia Cong smiled helplessly and said, "Okay, so be it." ”

When the woman heard this, she almost collapsed to the ground after hearing the relief of the sea.

Jia Cong looked at the eight people opposite and said, "I don't know what you gentlemen, can you see?" ”

Liang Zhengping stepped forward, leaned over to look at the spinning wheel, frowned, looked at it for a while, looked at the new yarn that had only been woven a few inches, looked up at Jia Cong, and said, "It's a lot faster......

Jia Cong smiled and said: "What Mr. Zhengping said is extremely true, spinning with this spinning wheel can be twice as fast. And there is room for improvement. ”

It was a small shuttle that started the first industrial revolution in later generations......

"Shhh

Except for Zhen Yingjia, everyone else gasped when they heard this.

They are all great Confucians, and they are all the heads of a family, not just poor people who have no plans.

Naturally, I understand what it means for a small spinning wheel to spin twice as fast.

A big reason why Jiangnan is so rich is that almost every household in Jiangnan raises mulberry to feed silkworms and spin silk.

A horse of silk costs ten taels of silver, as long as two horses of silk can be spun, it is enough for ordinary people to chew for a year.

If you can spin three horses, you can afford to support a child to study.

How many women in the south of the Yangtze River sit in front of the spinning wheel day and night and work, just to spin more yarn and exchange more money.

If they replaced their spinning wheel with the one in front of them, what would ......

How much silk will be spun in the whole of Jiangnan?!

How much wealth is that?

It's just that what Jia Cong just said meant by it?

Not a good thing......

Seeing their inquiry, Jia Cong explained: "Gentlemen, silk is a kind of precious fabric, ordinary people cannot afford to use it, only the rich can afford to use it. Today, the output of silk is probably just enough to meet the market ...... Just what you need. That is, supply, and demand are balanced. If such spinning wheels were to flow into the homes of the people, it would not take a year at all, but at most three months, to make a mess of the existing silk price shock, which would not benefit anyone. At that time, many of the people who lived on the spinning wheel will go bankrupt and even have their families ruined. Therefore, before opening up a big market, such spinning wheels and the silk spun out must not flow into the people. ”

Uncle Fang and the others looked at each other when they heard this, and then nodded slowly: "This is a great goodness. ”

Sun Boqi frowned and said, "Where is the big market?" ”

Without Jia Cong's answer, Fang Shuhe said: "Could it be that Qingchen is fighting the idea of opening the sea?" ”

Sun Boqi said: "In the previous dynasty, the Song Dynasty resisted the Three Kingdoms with a corner of the land, and the state-owned assets relied on, one was salt, and the other was commercial tax. In the Song Dynasty, the strategy of opening the sea was extremely clever, and the people of the time loaded silk, silk, cloth, porcelain, tea, medicinal materials, gongs, paper, lacquerware and other commercial goods on sea ships and sold them to overseas countries, which could get five times the profit. Then the rhino horn, ivory, tortoiseshell, coral tree, horse brain beads, crane top, golden mother crane top, Saha thorn, white bib, turmeric cloth, Western cloth, rose dew, agarwood, true incense, slice brain, frankincense, musk, gold and silver incense and other merchants will be shipped back, and you can get five times the profit. If you go back and forth, you can get ten times the profit, which is the reason for the rich Song Dynasty. It's just that......

Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, China was almost reduced to the hooves of birds and beasts, and for a time I don't know how many Song people rowed to the sea, resulting in a great decline in population. Emperor Taizu Gao was worried about this, so he ordered that civilian ships should not go to sea, and now only official ships are allowed to travel back and forth......"

Jia Cong shook his head and said: "This order is no longer out of date, there are many small countries in foreign countries, or Western merchants can fabricate a country at will and forge national documents, and they can carry a large number of commercial goods into our big trunk and grab gold and silver." Then exchange it for silk porcelain and transport it back to the West, and get more than 30 times the profit? Therefore, if you can use the formation of a new law as a chess piece, you can discuss with the new party the policy of opening up the sea. If you gentlemen can go out of a maritime Silk Road, so that the silk has a great provenance, this new spinning wheel can pass the world, in this way, it can help the country to become rich and the people strong. Then, the trip of all gentlemen is beneficial to the present and meritorious. ”

Ouyang Demou reminded: "The old man heard that there are many bandits on the sea, and they are extremely ruthless, and the people who walk the boat often lose both people and ships, and they are ......extremely miserable."

These words were like pouring ice water, which made the atmosphere in the side hall suddenly cold, but Jia Cong smiled and said: "It's okay, Your Majesty ordered me to carefully check the details of overseas countries in case of inquiry." Therefore, the Jinyi Escort Division will open up a sea route to explore the countries, and by the way, it can open a way for the merchant ships of the Great Qian. ”

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