Three days later, Li Zhi walked into the governor's yamen with a silver ticket of two thousand taels and Xu Mince. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Ming people have a tradition of not repairing the yamen, although the yamen is very large, but the building is very dilapidated, and it looks inferior to the broken courtyard of Li Zhi's house.

In the second hall, Li Zhi met with He Shishou, a high-ranking and powerful governor of Tianjin.

He Shishou looked to be fifty or sixty years old, very thin, with white hair and white beard on his thin face. However, he was wearing a third-grade official robe, and a peacock patch was embroidered on his chest, which made his emaciated body quite majestic.

Xu Mice is He Shishou's nephew, and when he sees He Shishou, he doesn't have to kneel, he just sings: "I've seen my uncle!" ”

Li Zhi didn't dare to slack off, knelt on the ground and said, "Xiaomin Li Zhi has seen the governor!" ”

"Excuse me!"

He Shishou said goodbye, and Li Zhi got up and gave the silver ticket in his hand.

"This is a little bit of Xiaomin's heart!"

He Shishou looked at the amount on the silver ticket, nodded, and put the silver ticket aside.

Seeing that He Shishou nodded, obviously in a good mood, Xu Mince interjected and said, "My little brother is in the soap business in Tianjin City. The soap from Tianjin and Jingshi is supplied by his family. ”

"Oh?" When He Shishou heard Xu Mince's words, he became interested, turned his head to Li Zhi and asked, "You made the soap?" ”

The governor is a high-ranking and powerful person, and it is not a good thing to deceive the governor. Li Zhi sent the silver to the governor, expecting that He Shishou would no longer plot his own property, so he replied honestly: "I did it below." ”

Hearing Li Zhi admit that he made the soap himself, Xu Mince glanced at Li Zhi lightly and didn't say anything.

He Shishou nodded, and then said, "Sit!" ”

Li Zhi and Xu Mince were free, sat on the chairs, and heard He Shishou say: "Soap is indeed a good thing." If nothing else, let's just say that the hair of the officials in this yamen has been washed clean after using soap, and it is no longer as oily and oily as before, and there are lice, and I look comfortable! ”

He Shishou is old, and his hair is no longer oily, but the officials under him still have greasy hair and lice, which must be unsightly. With soap, the oily hair can be washed clean, look refreshed, and free from lice. Obviously, the governor was very satisfied with the function of soap.

If nothing else, at least it makes the people in the governor's yamen more decent.

He Shishou said again: "I heard from my colleagues in the capital that even the Son of Heaven used this soap, and he was full of praise!" Li Zhi, you made this soap, you have merit! ”

Li Zhi had already heard Cui Wending say that the eunuchs in the imperial city bought 2,000 pieces of soap from Cui Wending every month. Therefore, when he heard the governor say that the emperor also used his soap, he was not very surprised, but replied lightly: "Lord Fuchen Miao praised!" ”

He Shishou nodded, bowed his hand in the direction of Jingshi, and said: "Now that the traitorous ministers are the gentlemen to avoid the road, we and other Xinjiang ministers are incompetent, and we can't drive away evil spirits and eliminate evil, and we can't calm the troubles, but it's good to be able to share the worries with one thing as a saint." ”

Putting down his fists, He Shishou said: "That's why I said, you have a merit in the soap industry!" ”

This governor accepted bribes, but he also received such a righteous and awe-inspiring atmosphere, which gave Li Zhi a new understanding of the officialdom in the late Ming Dynasty. It seems that this governor is a self-proclaimed gentleman and is very dissatisfied with today's officialdom. The so-called traitorous minister is in charge, does it mean that today's prime minister is a traitor?

Li Zhi couldn't figure out what was going on in officialdom for a while.

As for He Shishou saying that Li Zhi is meritorious, he will not reward Li Zhi for anything, it is an empty sentence. Li Zhi slandered in his heart, but replied: "The governor has won the award!" ”

He Shishou narrowed his eyes and said lightly: "If someone wants your industry in the future and it is not good for you, you can come to me." ”

That's the key! Hearing this, Li Zhi was overjoyed, as if he had taken a reassuring pill. Tianjin is the largest number of governors, and there is a governor who will not be afraid of coming to the door in the future.

After saying this, He Shishou shouted loudly outside the court: "Deacon Sun, you come!" ”

Hearing He Shishou's call, a middle-aged man with a shrunken head and a melon skin hat trotted in from outside the hall, knelt on the ground and said, "Master, you called me!" ”

He Shishou pointed to Deacon Sun and said, "This is Deacon Sun in my house, Li Xiaoyou, if you are in a hurry, you can see me if you find Deacon Sun!" ”

Li Zhi agreed and greeted Deacon Sun.

After saying this, He Shishou stopped talking, picked up the teacup and took a sip. Li Zhi knew that this was going to send off the guests, so he hurriedly retired. Xu Mince was still in the hall, discussing something with He Shishou, and Deacon Sun and Li Zhi walked out together.

The two walked out of the second hall, and Li Zhi took out five taels of silver from his arms and stuffed them into Deacon Sun's arms.

"Deacon Sun, this is polite!"

When Deacon Sun got the money, he immediately smiled and replied, "Brother Li, it's easy to say!" If the little brother has something to do in the future, just go to the yamen to find my Sun Youmin! ”

Although sending two thousand taels of silver to the governor made Li Zhi very painful, with the governor's support, Li Zhi felt a lot more at ease, and he was no longer afraid that someone would come to the door to find trouble and he was powerless to resist.

After the governor was settled, Li Zhi was going to go all out to develop the weaving factory.

In mid-March, the factory building on the yellow mud land in the east of the city was built. The 1,200-square-meter factory building is very sturdy, and there is a high fence around the outside, which meets Li Zhi's confidentiality needs. The manufacturing workload of the shuttle equipment is small, and it has already been done, so Li Zhi does not need to worry about it. The carpentry of the loom has also entered the final stage, and more than 300 of the 400 looms have been completed, which will be completed in a few days.

Li Zhi began to look for suitable cotton yarn suppliers and cotton cloth buyers in the market.

On this day, Cui Wending came to Li Zhi to settle the purchase and sat at Li Zhi's house for a while.

"What are you busy with these days? I heard you built a big house outside the city? ”

"I'm building a weaving mill and employing hundreds of people to weave cotton cloth."

"Oh?" Cui Wending was very curious about Li Zhi's words, he didn't know why Li Zhi suddenly entered the weaving industry that he was not familiar with, and asked curiously: "You are also interested in the cotton weaving industry?" ”

"I have some experience and slightly improved the efficiency of the loom."

Anyway, as soon as the weaving factory opens, and as soon as the products are produced, the news of Li Zhi's improvement of the loom will definitely spread. Cui Wending is his old customer, and Li Zhi has nothing to hide from him.

After a pause, Li Zhi said again: "I haven't found a big cotton yarn supplier and cotton cloth buyer yet, and I don't know where to buy cheap cotton yarn and where to sell cloth conveniently." ”

There are many small cotton yarn suppliers and cotton cloth buyers in the market, and Li Zhi's mother Zheng knows them. However, these merchants are small retailers, and they buy and sell goods at retail prices, and they are charged a certain profit for the goods that enter and leave their hands. The profits are plundered by these retailers, which is very uneconomical for Li Zhi, who operates on a large scale, so he has to find large wholesalers to minimize the price difference between the purchase and sale of goods.

Li Zhi's words made Cui Wending's heart ripple.