Speaking of Gao Yun's affairs, the guests in the restaurant seemed to be interested, and they were full of interest.

A tall and thin man of letters said: "Speaking of the fact that this official secretly owns shares and receives dividends in the merchants, or that the children of his family are engaged in business, and that the property is hung in the name of the family's servants or other unrelated people, at least six or seven of the ten officials do so." This time, the rectification of the imperial court came too suddenly, and in the past half a month, at least hundreds of officials have been investigated, family property has been confiscated, and official positions have also been dismissed, saying that they have been suspended from office for half a year to reflect on themselves, who knows if they will have their share after half a year? ”

Someone next to him continued: "Yes, this time the rectification above came too suddenly and fiercely, the entire Gyeonggi region has begun in an all-round way, and it will definitely sweep all over the country next, this time I am afraid that it is the biggest turmoil in the officialdom since the founding of the Great Qian, only God knows how many more officials will be pulled down!" ”

Zhao Junsheng listened closely to the discussion of these drinkers, in fact, the intensity of the investigation in the capital has decreased in the past two days, but it will never stop, he has also been controlling the intensity and rhythm, this is a long-term process, if it is just a gust of wind, when this gust of wind passes, those officials or their families will sprout again, only to maintain the intensity of the attack for a long time, but not too fierce, so that it can not only deter those officials, always maintain pressure, but also will not let everyone endanger themselves.

Zhao Junsheng also knows that relying only on discipline regulations and strict investigation cannot prohibit officials from abusing their power for personal gain, and it is also necessary to strengthen education, set up examples, and play a warning and exemplary role.

After the wine and food were served, Zhao Junsheng asked Li Bao while eating: "Do you think it is a good thing or a bad thing for the imperial court to investigate and punish these ministers and officials who abuse their power for personal gain?" ”

Li Bao said without thinking about it: "Of course it's a good thing, if those ministers and officials or their families all abuse their power for personal gain, bully and dominate the market, and raise prices at will, will the people still have a way to live?" It's not easy for ordinary people to make some money! ”

Li Bao was not quite right, but Zhao Junsheng understood in his heart that if ministers and officials colluded with businessmen, the consequence would be to seriously undermine the order of fair competition in the market and hinder social and economic development.

In fact, this phenomenon has existed since ancient times, it is not surprising, some dynasties also have relevant regulations, but they have not really been implemented, which is also the reason for the widening gap between the rich and the poor, resulting in the ministers and families are super rich, while the common people are very poor.

After eating, Zhao Junsheng and Li Bao and others left the restaurant and went to Wan Yutong's house, this time there was no public carriage, Zhao Junsheng sat in a small carriage prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, although the carriage is small, but there is nothing lacking in it, this carriage is still specially designed and manufactured, once assassinated, the steel plate in the wall of the carriage can resist arrows and swords.

It didn't take long for Zhao Junsheng to come to Wan Yutong's house.

Wan Yutong's old housekeeper Wan Quan was about to go out, and when he saw that it was Zhao Junsheng who got down from the carriage, he immediately greeted him and was about to salute, Zhao Junsheng stopped him: "I came here in my regular clothes because I didn't want to be recognized, so don't be polite, is Yutong at home?" ”

"Yes, yes! I was still taking a nap before, and I should be up at this time, Childe, please come with me! ”

Zhao Junsheng was invited into Wanfu by Wanquan, came to the front hall to sit, and a maid brought tea and snacks.

Wan Quan also instructed the maid to inform Wan Yutong and ask her to come over to meet the guests.

Soon, a lazy Wan Yutong walked over, and Zhao Junsheng saw her and put down the teacup.

"Concubine ······"

Wan Yutong was stopped by Zhao Junsheng before he bowed, "Don't don't, I won't dare to come in the future if you are like this, I am Zhao Junsheng now, not an emperor!" ”

Wan Yutong smiled: "Okay, sit down and talk." How did you get free to come over today? ”

"I didn't have anything to do today, so I came out for a walk, I originally wanted Mulan to come with me, but she was going to meet the wives of several ministers in the palace, she didn't have much time, and the children also had homework, so I was the only one who came out!"

Zhao Junsheng explained casually and asked, "What are you busy with these days, and I don't see you entering the palace to talk to Mulan!" ”

"I've been designing two new clothes recently, I'm looking for materials everywhere, I just went to Pingcheng, and I've been to Ruoyang as far as I can!"

Zhao Junsheng's eyes widened: "No wonder I haven't seen you enter the palace for this time, why did you run so far alone?" It's too dangerous, what material is not available in Qianjing City? ”

Wan Yutong smiled: "I see that you are also making a fuss, I am not going alone, Uncle Wanquan went with a few guards with me, and some fabrics may not be available in Qianjing!" ”

"What are you looking for? Did you find it? ”

"Nope!" Wan Yutong shook his head, hesitated for a moment and asked, "I remember the kind of woolen clothes that you and Mulan and a few children wore last autumn and winter, where was that kind of fabric produced?" ”

Zhao Junsheng smiled: "Oh, you're talking about double-sided wool fabrics, right?" This is produced by the royal family, and on weekdays, Mulan spins some by herself when she is idle, mainly by a few palace maids who specialize in weaving this woolen fabric; In addition, there is also a kind of cashmere fabric, which is produced by the royal family! Why, do you want to sew a new garment with this fabric design? ”

Wan Yutong nodded: "Yes!" ”

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and said: "In this way, I will ask someone to send you twenty horses, but these two fabrics are made of carefully selected high-grade wool and cashmere and spun in a special way, and dyed in a special way, and the process is complicated, so you still have to be charged, and the price is not low, and you can only be provided with twenty horses every year." Fortunately, it's just for clothes, not fabrics, so twenty horses should be enough, right? ”

"Enough is enough, thank you!" Wan Yutong hurriedly said.

At this time, Daqian, and even Liu Song in the south were not without wool textiles, but wool textiles were basically used as blankets and quilts, and the process was very rough.

However, Zhao Junsheng's double-sided ni is picky in material selection, with exquisite textile technology, and then after several processes, even if he doesn't wear anything inside, he will not have a sense of acupuncture when he only puts the double-sided ni on his body, and it feels very smooth and comfortable, especially the double-sided cashmere, which is rippling with water and has a satin-like smoothness.

At present, only the royal family can weave wool and cashmere fabrics with smooth and comfortable textures, and there are no clothes sewn from these two fabrics on the market.

In the autumn and winter of these years, Zhao Junsheng's family has worn clothes sewn from double-sided cashmere fabrics, and the families of officials have inquired about the origin of this fabric everywhere, but it has never been obtained, until today Wan Yutong did not know that it was originally produced by the royal family, and only the royal family could spin these two fabrics.

A maid added tea to the two and retreated, Wan Yutong asked: "There is a lot of wool on the market, but it is used to make blankets and quilts, except for your family, I have never seen anyone sew clothes with this fabric, but these two fabrics are really good, if they can be popularized among the people, and more spinning out, it is also good for the people!" ”

Zhao Junsheng shook his head and said with a smile: "It's not as simple as you think, the general wool is not expensive, but the wool that has to be screened out is expensive, not to mention that it has to be spun into fabrics, it has to go through a series of processes, it is very complicated, the price is naturally high, with the current productivity, the output will not be too large, its output can not be compared with ordinary fabrics, and ordinary people can't afford to wear it at all!" What's more, the technology of a series of processes such as wool selection and degreasing is unique to the royal family, and it cannot be leaked out easily, and even if it is spread, ordinary people will not get any benefits, and will only cheapen those merchants, wealthy families and eunuchs! ”

"There is one more thing you may not know, the royal family will have to support itself in the future, and it can't eat the taxes of the people, so ······"

Wan Yutong was very surprised, "And this is the case?" The royal family has to fend for itself? There is no precedent in this dynasty! ”

Zhao Junsheng smiled and said, "This precedent starts with me!" ”

"Oh, yes!" Zhao Junsheng took a gift box from the side and handed it over, "This is given to you by Mulan, I believe you should like it!" ”

"What, so mysterious?"

Wan Yutong took the gift box and asked, "Can I open it now?" ”

"Absolutely!"

Wan Yutong opened the gift box and looked at it, and his eyes widened suddenly, "This ······ This is a limited edition special perfume from the Imperial Fragrance Building? I heard that such a bottle costs 10 gold, and only 3 bottles are sold every day, I heard a few days ago how good the perfume is there, and I was going to buy a bottle to try it! ”

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "There are twelve bottles here, each bottle has a different fragrance, you can change one every day, and have another mood every day!" ”

"This ······ It's so valuable, twelve bottles are one hundred and twenty gold! ”

"Self-produced, what is valuable or not, you use it first to try it, if you are used to it, I will ask someone to send you some!"

Wan Yutong felt happy in his heart, and said with a smile: "If my girlfriends know that I have a lot here, I won't be at peace here, so I'd better wait until I'm out and then go to you for you!" ”

"That's fine! By the way, how has your business been doing lately? Zhao Junsheng took a sip of tea and asked.

Wan Yutong said: "It's okay, the fame has risen, there are orders every day, I now make a set of clothes every day, I don't do more, and the time on weekdays is mostly to drink tea and discuss poetry with a few friends!" By the way, if you suddenly want to play chess, how about a few games with me? ”

"Okay, there's nothing going on today!"

Asked the servants to move the low table and the chessboard, Wan Yutong and Zhao Junsheng sat opposite each other, you kept coming and going.

Wan Yutong said while playing chess: "A few days ago, a close friend in the boudoir sent me a jar of wine from the Western Regions, I drank it and liked it, and then asked her to ask for it, but I was told that there was no more, I heard that the price of this kind of wine in the Western Regions is not low, and the quantity is still small, do you know where it is sold?" ”

Zhao Junsheng asked, "It's wine, right?" ”

"Yes, yes, it's wine, it's red!"

Zhao Junsheng fell and said: "Last year, Persia sent envoys to the court and sent me a cart of wine, which was packed in oak barrels, and I don't know how many barrels there are, a barrel has more than 100 catties, and it has been kept in the cellar without moving, and I will send someone to send you a barrel after I go back!" ”

Wan Yutong was speechless: "A bucket of 100 catties? How long do I have to drink it? ”