"What, the first cotton...... That's it? ”

Yu Guozhen put down the manuscript he was writing in his hand and asked in surprise, this news really surprised him.

Now that Hosoyanagi Courtyard has entered a period of rapid development, sufficient silver money allows him to have enough financial resources to support his development plan. He just asked the craftsman to express his ideas, and then left it entirely to the craftsman to explore, while he himself was busy writing the manuscript.

Liu carefully put away his manuscript and wrote a number in the lower right corner of the paper with an eyebrow pencil.

"Yes, little official, that Mr. Xu didn't come himself, but he sent someone to wait outside."

"Let him in." Yu Guozhen said: "No, I'll go out, I'll go to the dock to have a look." ”

It was a brother of the Xu family who came on order, and he looked very honest, and when he saw Yu Guozhen, he made a big salute, and his face was full of gratitude that could not be concealed: "Young Master Yu, Brother Zhongyuan is here to greet you and ...... you are healthy."

"Don't dare, don't dare." Yu Guozhen didn't expect that he would become "you old", and after being stunned for a moment, he hurriedly helped him up, with a smile on his face: "I don't know what Mr. is called, and what is the relationship with Mr. Xu?" ”

"Xu Xing in Xia, the word is more Su, he is the brother of Brother Zhongyuan."

"It turned out to be Mr. Gengsu."

"Don't dare, don't dare, Yu Gongzi still call me by my name Xu Xing." Xu Xing was a little panicked, when his brother talked about Yu Guozhen, he used one word to evaluate, that is, "unfathomable", but when he dealt with Yu Guozhen, he felt that this person was humble and polite and easy to get along with.

Of course, he believed his brother's evaluation, and it was precisely because of this that Yu Guozhen's enthusiasm for him made him honestly afraid.

"Mr. Gengsu, how much cotton has been shipped this time?"

Yu Guozhen was very happy in his heart, and even asked a little knowingly, because behind Xu Xing, a row of boats on the simple dock were parked there, and there were more than ten of them. Although they are not big ships, if they are loaded with cotton, they will be enough to support the newly built spinning mills for a long time.

"It's ten boatloads of cotton, about a thousand bales."

A bag of cotton is about one hundred and sixty catties, this weight can make the most use of strong labor, one thousand bales is 160,000 catties, Yu Guozhen couldn't help but smack his tongue, this is still twelve days, Xu Lin mobilized so much cotton, and sent it to Xiang'an, his ability to act is extremely strong, not like a scholar in this era at all.

"What about Mr. Zhong Yuan, why does he himself future?"

"In the past 12 days, my brother has been non-stop, and has run to Shandong Buzheng and Songjiang Huating, and only fell asleep before yesterday, and now he is in the rear, and he will come to see Yu Gongzi in two days."

"Don't be in such a hurry, you go back and tell him, please rest for two more days." Yu Guozhen turned his head and said to Gao Bu Fat: "Lao Gao, bring the guard, let's order the goods first, and in addition, let Xiaolian and Ru come to it." ”

Calling Xiaolian and Liu Ruis is because he wanted to move silver, Yu Guozhen only gave Xu Lin a deposit of 1,000 taels of silver, originally thought that he could get 350,000 catties of cotton to reach the limit, but he didn't expect him to transport 160,000 catties of cotton!

At the current production rate of the other courtyard, these 160,000 catties of cotton may be able to supply the needs for more than three months.

Yu Guozhen estimates that in three months, 160,000 catties of cotton may only be consumed for two months, and in another half a year, it may be completed in one month.

That's the power of machinery, even if it's just a pretty rudimentary hydro machine.

After the face-to-face delivery of 10,000 taels of silver, Xu Xing was probably afraid of some accident, so he refused Yu Guozhen's invitation to take a break and insisted on leaving immediately.

Just when Xu Xing was about to board the boat, along the West River, a small boat slowly approached, and a messenger dressed in official clothes got off the boat, he looked around, recognized Yu Guozhen at a glance, and hurriedly came up to salute: "Yu Gongzi!" ”

He did a big gift, Yu Guozhen was slightly stunned, these servants went to the countryside, they have always been powerful, and they made a big gift when they met, it was the so-called weasel to give the chicken a New Year's greeting, and he didn't have a good heart.

"Mr. Gengsu, if I have something here, I won't send it off again." He bowed to Xu Xing on the dock.

"Stay, Yu Gongzi's great grace, our Xu family is unforgettable!" Xu Xing said.

After Xu Xing's fleet left, Yu Guozhen turned to the messenger, and he deliberately hung the other party, but the messenger did not have the slightest resentment, on the contrary, he almost smiled a chrysanthemum on his face.

"Who are you and how do you recognize me?" Yu Guozhen asked.

"The villain's surname is Dong, and his cheap name is a green character, and he was ordered by the state to sentence the boss and give Yu Gongzi a post." The errand officer got up: "Yu Gongzi protects me from Wuwei and a safe realm, in Wuwei Prefecture, there are many people who don't know the master of Zhizhou, but there is no one who doesn't know Yu Gongzi!" ”

This guy's rhetoric is still clever, and after a lot of sycophancy, if you change someone, I'm afraid that you will get carried away. Gao Bupang took the post from his hand and handed it to Yu Guozhen, Yu Guozhen looked at it twice, and said with some surprise: "That state judge, why did you invite me to talk?" ”

"Actually, it's because the entourage of the two Jin merchants denounced Yu Gongzi in the state city last time." The officer lowered his voice: "The Shanxi Yankee who doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, he thought that he could take revenge on Yu Gongzi in this way, but he was beaten by the state judge. ”

Yu Guozhen is not ignorant of this matter, he is still relatively limited in manpower and material resources, so he just spread his intelligence network to Wuwei and Luzhou, and it is impossible to be as omniscient as the legendary Jinyiwei, so he can only stare at the yamen of the state capital to see what he does. Wang Fan and the two families sued him, he didn't care about it at all, if it weren't for the fact that Zhangjiakou, where these two families were based, was too far away from Dexiang'an, he had some ideas to fight these two families, and the silver money obtained by the Han annihilation thieves who sold their ancestors should naturally be collected by him and used to revitalize the cause of China.

Therefore, he knew that Wang Fan's two families were kicked out by Zhizhou, and went to the state judgment to complain, and as a result, he was beaten up. But since he has been beaten, why did the state judge invite him to talk?

Thinking of the nickname of "smelling money" in the state judgment, Yu Guozhen probably had an idea in his heart, since he had already shown favor, he should be charged a benefit fee now.

"The state judge called me for this?"

On the surface, he asked Yu Gongzi to go through the motions, indicating that Master Wen had already asked about it. As a matter of fact...... But I want to congratulate Mr. Yu. ”

"Oh, where does the joy come from?"

"The villain can hear the real reason why Lord Wen invited Yu Gongzi...... Hehe, the villain came all the way to report the good news, and the son has to give some rewards. ”

The servant said this with a salivating face, without the slightest falsehood, but as if he had come to ask for a reward. The corners of Yu Guozhen's eyes twitched slightly: "If it's good news, there must be blowing and drumming, right?" ”

"Haha, the next time the villain brought the ...... Thank you, thank you! ”

Gao Bufat stuffed a small ingot of silver over, and the messenger checked it, and there were one or two, and he was overjoyed, knelt down and kowtowed. When he did this action, he was familiar with the road, and he was obviously used to kowtowing: "That's the case, Wenzhou Judge heard that the name of Gongzi Youhu is that he happens to have a niece in his family, who is young and young, knowledgeable and courteous, like a flower like jade, like a yellow warbler, and like a hibiscus...... This line is like a whisk of plum...... And also...... Oh, the golden lotus is three inches, curvaceous and delicate......"

At first, the errand officer spoke very smoothly, but then it was a little knotty, Yu Guozhen looked at him interestingly, but when he heard the three inches of Jin Lian, Yu Guozhen's brows immediately wrinkled slightly.

His life's major events really have to be considered, not that he is in a hurry, but that he knows that he is still just a small person, and those real big people can crush his small foundation at will. And the big man likes to play with other people's fate, maybe he wants to stuff a certain woman to him just like this Wenzhou judge.

No wonder the second uncle and the fifth uncle vaguely hinted last time that he should be prepared for this, compared to Yu Guozhen, the two of them have a better understanding of this world.

"Therefore, the villain said hello to Yu Gongzi, if he married Wenzhou Judge, and Wenzhou Judge had a relationship with Wen Ge Lao, then wouldn't Yu Gongzi also be a relative of Ge Lao? Now that Wen Ge is the prime minister of the country, Yu Gongzi has to take care of him, and he is only ten buckets high......"

"Isn't it just eight buckets high?" Gao Bu couldn't help but say.

"Housekeeper, you don't know, what is Badou, Yu Gongzi, I think it's taller than Badou, then of course you have to be ten!"

Gao is not fat and doesn't read much, and he also knows that Gao Badou didn't say that, so he couldn't help laughing, he looked at Yu Guozhen, and just waited for Yu Guozhen to give a look or gesture, and threw this errand into the water.

It's early spring water, and if you go down and take a cold shower, you'll have to lie in bed for a few days. Gao is not fat because he thinks that this errand is extremely unreliable, and in addition, he also thinks that with his skills as a petty official, don't say that a mere old relative, even a princess in the palace, can also be married!

Speaking of which, I heard that there was a princess today, who is still four years old, and if it is ten years from now, the petty official will be twenty-seven years old, and this princess will be fourteen years old......

Yu Guozhen didn't know what Gao was thinking in his heart, he stared at the errand officer, the errand grinned, only in the deepest part of his gaze, there was a little flicker.

This is an extremely cunning man, and judging from the fact that he knelt down after receiving the silver, he was also a man who was extremely greedy for money.

Such a guy...... Yu Guozhen has the means to deal with him.

"Come with me." Yu Guozhen said.

The errand officer was stunned for a moment, and then followed Yu Guozhen with a happy face, and walked towards the courtyard in a hurry.

Yu Guozhen did not bring him into the courtyard, but directly to the newly built workshop outside the courtyard, where in the storeroom of this workshop, there were piles of cloth. Because there is no printing and dyeing, so the cloth is plain, which is since the successful development of the hydraulic spinning machine and the loom, the number of fabrics has been weaved, the number is enough to more than 100 horses.

――――――――――Thanks for the dividing line――――――――――

(Thanks to Wang Sun Wuyang, Tianzun Emperor's descendant, and Jianghu Ageless Guest for rewarding ~ every time I ask for a Sanjiang ticket)

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