After the edict of Suiyuan to build the city was issued, Li Jinglong, Qu Neng, Ping'an, Chen Zhen, Song Xuan, King Ning, King Liao, King Gu, King Shizi of Jin and others left Beijing one after another and rushed to their respective combat posts. After Xu Huizu received the order, he led 10,000 cavalry to Dongshengwei to investigate on the spot, and sent a large number of night guards to the Daqingshan line, and Jinyiwei also sent eyeliners to the grassland to collect intelligence from the Mongolian department. The cavalry of the follow-up troops who built the city were helping to form the Hetao Horse Farm, some herdsmen and farmers in the steppe were also recruited to take care of the horses in the horse farm, and other men and infantry were constantly being called in. The army is expected to reach the southern foot of Daqing Mountain at the end of November and build the city.

After the action of the army, Zhu Yunwen was even busier, because the kings of the north, the generals, and the generals under the general of Zhengbei all have the power to play, although most of these concerts are normal military reports, such as reporting the enemy's situation, requesting food and grass, etc., but there is no lack of mutual attacks, how to judge the rights and wrongs of the two sides, how to reply so as not to affect the morale of the soldiers in front, this is a new problem for Zhu Yunwen, so he must often consult the old emperor, the old emperor's workload has also increased, not only to deal with it properly, I also have to explain to my grandson why I want to deal with it this way, and the grandparents and grandchildren have become very tired because of this, Zhu Yunwen is better when he is younger, but Zhu Yuanzhang is getting older and older, and he has to take Korean ginseng to refresh himself.

Zhu Yunwen is not only busy with these, Ren Hengtai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Zheng Yi, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and officials from the Ministry of Rites often come to him, because he is getting married, and the crown princess is the daughter of Ma Quan, the secretary of Guanglu Temple. Zhu Yunwen, who has experienced free love in later generations, has an instinctive resistance to marrying someone he doesn't know, but no matter what, he is powerless to resist now, and there are more important things waiting for him to do.

On this day, Zhu Yunwen, who was in a complicated mood, summoned Bai Wangru in Duanben Palace, and after giving the salute, Zhu Yunwen asked Bai Wangru to sit down. Seeing Bai Wangru sitting precariously, Zhu Yunwen sighed and said, "Brother Bai, how are you today?" ”

Bai Wangru said with a straight face: "Your Highness, your subordinates are just Jinyi Wei Qianhu, please be cautious." ”

"Brother Bai, I grew up in the palace since I was a child, I became the emperor's grandson by chance, I don't have any friends, only your brothers and sisters can intersect on an equal footing, I didn't want you to enter the court, but the imperial grandfather insisted on appointing you as the Jinyi Wei Qianhu, I can't stop it, I hope you can know everything about me and be my friend, I don't know if it's okay?"

Bai Wangru was silent for a while, and said: "Your Highness, since some things have happened, they can't be regarded as non-existent, Wangru entered the Jinyi Guard, only to know that what he thought before was too simple, His Royal Highness's love for the Bai family, the Bai family is grateful." Wangru, as a thousand households in brocade clothes, will be loyal to His Royal Highness until death. As for other things, the subordinates did not dare to be delusional. ”

Zhu Yunwen listened to Bai Wangru's words, and was speechless for a while, he himself knew the horror of imperial power. Since the Zhou Dynasty in China, the Son of Heaven and the nobles ruled the world together, to the Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, the Son of Heaven and the scholars ruled the world together, but the scholars and the nobles were different and could not share power with the Son of Heaven, so they could only wait for the Son of Heaven to give power, so the imperial power became more and more supreme, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty reached its peak. He had the heart to promise Bai Wangru, but the other party would not believe it.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yunwen said softly: "Brother Bai, how is your sister doing?" I haven't seen her in a few days. ”

Bai Wangru lowered his head and said: "My sister has been busy with the women's workshop recently, in fact, there are similar looms in the Ming Dynasty, but the quality of some parts is not up to par, and they will break after a long period of use, and the key components of the loom made by His Royal Highness are made of iron, so they are much more durable, and now in addition to His Highness's loom, there are already merchants who have begun to imitate, even more advanced than those provided by His Highness." As a result, large-scale weaving workshops appeared in Beijing and Suzhou, so more and more female workers had to give up their family looms and enter their sister's loom workshops. In recent times, my sister's workshop has expanded rapidly, and now there are close to 1,000 looms. ”

Zhu Yunwen was surprised: "There are more advanced ones?" ”

"Yes, His Highness's loom can only hold 8 spindles, but now there are 12 spindles of looms, but they are not as durable as His Highness, and they are easier to damage."

Zhu Yunwen was secretly happy in his heart, it seems that his patent law has played a role, I don't know whether these looms are original, or newly invented, anyway, the development of the textile industry seems to be relatively smooth. Thinking of this, he said, "Brother Bai, is there any problem?" ”

"Yes, although the yarn and cloth woven by the new loom are not as good as those woven by the old loom, the price is much cheaper, and many families who rely on this subsistence immediately fall into difficulties in life, this kind of family is often a woman with children, the elderly, and the family depends on this woman to feed, they can't leave home to enter the textile workshop, and the sister doesn't know what to do?"

This is a problem? Later generations already had a solution, and they couldn't help but say: "I have a way here, you can let Fang Rui build a kindergarten to house the children of these female workers, and then build a nursing home to house the elderly of these female workers, and ask special people to take care of these elderly people and children, and the specific expenses will be deducted from the wages of these female workers." ”

Bai Wangru's eyes lit up, and he said: "Your Highness is wise, my sister has been worrying about this matter, and His Highness solved it in a few words, but it costs a lot of money." ”

"Don't worry too much about money, I asked Fang Rui to do this female workshop, not to make money, just to reduce the tragedy of Daming, you tell her for me, I, Zhu Yunwen, thank her!"

"Hmm...... I'll tell my sister. ”

"But kindergartens and nursing homes should be very careful, to avoid the phenomenon of abuse of children and the elderly, once this kind of thing happens, this matter will be done in vain, you have to remember that the purpose of this workshop is to reduce human tragedy, not to cause more tragedy, I will send people to patrol regularly, understand?"

Bai Wangru said solemnly: "My subordinates understand that they must live up to His Highness's trust." ”

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When Bai Wangru returned home, he told his sister about the conversation with Zhu Yunwen, and when he heard about the nursing home and kindergarten, Bai Fangrui's eyes also lit up, and he began to think about choosing a place, hiring people, supervising, spending and so on, and took out a piece of paper to write and calculate.

Seeing his sister's busy appearance, Bai Wangru was a little distressed, sighed and said, "Your Highness is about to get married, you know." ”

"Well, my sister already knows, and my sister has also seen the future princess." Bai Fangrui put pen to paper, and a big ink dot immediately appeared on the white paper.

"What? The princess came to you? ”

Bai Fangrui smiled bitterly and told the truth. Today, Bai Fangrui went to inspect the textile workshop, and on the way back, she was stopped by two maids and asked her to meet her master. Of course she didn't want to, and the guards Dong Wugu and Xie Sanniang sent to her by Zhu Yunwen also stopped her and didn't let her go. But the owner of the maid appeared, it was a woman, a noble and graceful air, self-reported home, she was the daughter of Ma Quan, the Qing of Guanglu Temple------ Ma Hui, Dong Wugu and Xie Sanniang did not dare to stop it, so they could only let each other. Ma Hui didn't embarrass her, but just invited her to chat in the roadside pavilion, mainly asking about the textile workshop, asking in detail, and asking what difficulties there were, whether she needed her help, Bai Fangrui also told the truth. This Miss Ma was very enthusiastic and gave her some ideas, and the atmosphere was more harmonious. Before parting, Miss Ma also said that she would go to the textile workshop together another day......

After Bai Wangru listened, he thought for a while and said, "What kind of person is this princess?" ”

"Miss Ma is very nice, kind, not domineering, and it can be seen that she is very interested in the textile workshop and wants to help."

Bai Wangru stomped his feet and said: "This kind of young lady of the official eunuch family is a scheming person, sister, don't be deceived, she must know the relationship between His Royal Highness and you, so she came to test it." ”

Bai Fangrui stood up, walked to the window, and smiled softly, although the laughter was still so crisp and soft, but with a hint of desolation, like the night outside------ as cold as water. After a while, she turned around and looked at Bai Wangru: "Relationship? Brother, tell me, what is my relationship with Your Highness? ”

Bai Wangru stood up and looked at his sister in surprise: "Your Highness likes you." ”

"Like? Did he say it? At least I didn't hear it, and to this day I've met him less than ten times, and each time I've been talking about mirrors, banks, textile workshops, and nothing else, I think he's just trying to find a silly girl to help him with things. Bai Fangrui's tears slowly flowed: "Brother, let me ask you, he summoned you today, apart from the matter of the textile workshop, does he have any other words?" Have you ever asked me? ”

This? Bai Wangru looked at his tearful sister, he didn't know what to say, he could feel that His Royal Highness liked his sister, but His Royal Highness didn't say a word today, although he wanted to say something and stopped, but in the end he didn't say it.

Bai Fangrui wiped her tears and said, "Brother, please tell Your Highness that I will do a good job of the textile workshop, so that he doesn't have to worry." Speaking of this, Bai Fangrui sobbed a few times: "Brother, go out, it's too late, I'm going to rest." ”

Bai Wangru got down the embroidery building, stood in the courtyard for a while, looked back at the lights upstairs, and couldn't help sighing. I turned my head and was about to leave, but I found a person standing, and I was so frightened that I almost screamed. The person on the other side quickly covered his mouth and whispered, "Don't make a sound, don't disturb Miss." ”

Bai Wangru nodded, and the person opposite also let go. Bai Wangru whispered: "Fifth Aunt Dong, why are you like a ghost, you suddenly appeared, almost scared me." ”

Dong Wugu is about thirty years old, with an ordinary appearance, and she is not at all conspicuous in the crowd. She said softly, "Why is Miss crying?" ”

Bai Wangru frowned and said, "You also have to take care of this?" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, it's just that His Highness ordered us to take care of and protect Miss. Miss is like this today, if His Highness finds out, we will be punished. ”

Bai Wangru snorted and said, "Then today's future concubine grandchild came to my sister, why didn't you stop it?" ”

Dong Wugu was embarrassed: "This, her identity, we dare not stop it." ”

"Alas, I know your difficulties, forget it, I'm going back, my sister hasn't been very happy lately, you should pay more attention."

"Well, okay, no problem."

After Bai Wangru left, Xie Sanniang slowly walked to Dong Wugu's side and said, "Do you know why Miss is crying?" ”

"It's not because His Royal Highness is going to get married, and today's future princess has also found Miss, maybe Miss has been wronged."

"Alas, we can't do anything about this matter, so we can only report it to the adults for decision."

"Yes, Your Highness is going to get married, and I don't know how to settle Miss, Miss is actually quite good, she is good-looking, beautiful, and very capable, but it's a pity that she was born in a businessman, and it would be good if she was a scholar."

"Yes, but we can't do anything about it, we can only hope that His Highness can remember Miss's affection."