Xiao Xiangui flipped over the sample in his hand, Kan Kan and Li Tu said: "There are a few tips, you have to remember: if the raw silk has a large deviation in titer and poor uniformity; or the large and medium rough joints on the raw silk strips, the fabric will float, or bright warp and bright weft; or there are small rough defects on the silk, which will form stains after dyeing; In addition, if there is too much raw silk, the fabric will produce white spots; In addition, if the raw silk is not well held, there will be many broken ends in the process of reeling, and the fabric will have defects; Finally, if the strength and elongation of the raw silk are poor, it will affect the fastness of the fabric. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"If one of these flaws is there, it is not of the highest quality. If there are two pieces, you can only leave the next product, which is not a good raw silk. ”

Xiao Xiangui talked eloquently, Li Tu remembered his efforts, and the two of them looked like masters and apprentices.

Xiao Xiangui rubbed the raw silk on his hands and asked, "Look at the boat, what grade are these Ganzhou white silks!" ”

According to the method instructed by Xiao Xiangui, Li Tu "looked and identified", and replied tentatively: "This cluster of samples is dull and shiny, I am afraid that it can only be regarded as medium grade." ”

Xiao Xiangui laughed, patted Li Tu on the shoulder and said, "This silk is indeed medium grade." But the problem isn't in the gloss. This silk luster is okay, but the uniformity of this silk is not good, and the fabric will appear streaks after being spun into silk, so it falls into the middle grade. ”

After a pause, Xiao Xiangui said in a deep voice: "You have to study carefully. When I come back from the Wa Kingdom next year, I will no longer go to sea, and I will leave these two ships to you. If you don't know how to distinguish goods, how can you run to the sea? ”

Hearing this, Li Tu was stunned, but he didn't react. Halfway through, he asked, "How do you give it to me?" ”

Xiao Xiangui licked his lips and said thoughtfully: "I mean, it is for you to be the owner of the ship and manage the fleet. However, the cost of this ship, the money for repairing the ship, the money for buying goods, and the money for hiring boatmen are still paid by me, and you are responsible for managing it. Ninety percent of the profits from the past year will be mine, and one percent will be yours! How is it? ”

Li Tu thought for a moment and asked slowly, "Why did the owner give me the ship?" ”

Xiao Xiangui touched his beard, thought for a while, and said, "I see that you are honest and trustworthy, you are a real person, and you will not blackmail my money." Again, you have a plan, you can repel pirates, and you are a talent, so I chose you. I'm not at ease with handing it over to someone else. ”

After a year of contact, Xiao Xiangui decided that Li Tu was an honest and trustworthy person, and only by handing over the boat to Li Tu could Xiao Xiangui rest assured. If you hand it over to someone else, you will encounter someone who is a little cunning and cunning, and you may collude with the deputy of finance and make false accounts to embezzle his money. What's more, there are many pirates in the sea and waves, and other people are the owners, and they definitely don't have the ability to beat off the pirates like Li Tu. If a shipload is snatched by pirates, it is a loss of money.

Handing over the fleet to Li Tu is the key for Xiao Xiangui to continue this sea-running business. He was afraid of the storm and pirates at sea, and he didn't dare to go to sea in person, but he also wanted to make this huge profit from the trade, and he was unwilling to stop business, so Li Tu became the key to his best of both worlds.

Looking at Li Tu's eyes, Xiao Xiangui said a little nervously: "How about the ship?" ”

Li Tu thought for a moment and said, "Let me think about it." ”

Seeing that Li Tu didn't agree immediately, Xiao Xiangui's face turned a little pale, and he said slowly: "This is a big deal, the ship is slowly thinking about it!" ”

After returning the raw silk sample to the shopkeeper, Xiao Xiangui took everyone to the next store. The shopkeeper did everything he could, saying that there would be a batch of high-quality raw silk arriving next month, and he couldn't let Xiao Xiangui and his party stay.

When he arrived at the next commercial store, Xiao Xiangui showed Li Tu a sample of the goods and taught him how to distinguish the color. In that month, the port city was huge, and there were many merchant houses. In one afternoon, everyone walked through seven or eight merchant houses and ordered three thousand taels of goods, which could only be regarded as a slight gain. But Li Tu was instructed by Xiao Xiangui for a long time, but he learned a lot of knowledge about raw silk, and he gained a lot.

After finding a decent inn to settle in, Xiao Xiangui took everyone to purchase goods in Yuegang for the next three days. Everywhere he went, Xiao Xiangui explained the rules of the industry and the quality of the goods to Li Tu, and he looked like cultivating Li Tu. Li Tu also learned quickly, three days later, although he could not distinguish the origin of silk, but for the varieties of silk, those satin, silk, velvet, green silk, light elements or something, Li Tu can already distinguish, the grade of raw silk, can also guess a rough.

Now Xiao Xiangui has taken care of the county order and thousands of households, ordered the goods in Yuegang, and directly sent someone to pay the money to pick up the goods and send them to the ship. As long as the goods are transported in batches and do not attract too much attention, local officials will not interfere in Xiao Xiangui's business. Xiao Xiangui patiently taught Li Tu and spent three days in the city before ordering all the goods for the new moon number.

The Crescent Moon was a shipload of goods, and Xiao Xiangui spent 17,000 taels.

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After following Xiao Xiangui to purchase goods, Li Tu returned to Qianting Town and went to Zhang Luo to build a new house. He found Wei Zongjia and bought five acres of dry land in the west of the town as a homestead. Something troublesome Wei Zongjia, Li Tu stuffed two taels of silver to him, and Wei Zongjia was very happy. After buying the land, Li Tu hired a dozen masons to build a brand new mansion.

The matter of the house has an eyebrow, and Li Tu took Wei Zongjia and his younger brother Li Tong to Cui He's house to propose.

In the Ming Dynasty, the bride gift was called "Ding". Li Tu prepared a set of gold, silver, tea, and fruit as a dowry: among them, there is a silver ingot, a gold Ruyi, which means "must be Ruyi", and lychee, longan, kuili, dates, fragrant ridges, dragon and phoenix cakes, to show abundance. There is also a package of high-quality Tieguanyin tea in the dowry gift, commonly known as the "tea ceremony". Tea seedlings can not be transplanted, moved and not resurrected, with tea as a dowry, reflecting the concept of husband and wife "from the beginning".

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the wedding customs were extravagant, such as the dowry given by Li Tu, which was not only a common practice for middle-class families, but it was expensive, and it cost fifty taels of silver. If it is an ordinary family, it is really necessary to exhaust the family wealth for this wedding ceremony. If it weren't for Li Tu who went to sea and made money, where would he be able to afford this dowry?

Cui Guangzhi accepted Li Tu's dowry with a smile, exchanged marriage letters, and left Li Tu and his party to drink tea and chat. The woman accepted the dowry, and the marriage of Li Tu and Cui He was decided. Cui Guangzhi made an appointment with Li Tu again, and when Li Tu came back from the sea next year, he would choose an auspicious day to get married.

Seeing Li Tu come to propose, Cui Hele, who was hiding behind and eavesdropping, smiled.