It's the end of July, which should be cooler at this time of year, but this year there is very little rain and the weather is still very hot.

On the tall honey locust tree, Zhizhi was still screaming hoarsely, but it was still easily muffled by the tidal sound of the machine in the yard under the tree.

This is the largest silk weaving workshop in Suzhou City, with a large courtyard with seven entrances before and after, and a full 30 Datong houses. Walking into a room casually, at a glance, there are six looms one zhang wide in a row, and there is a passage in the middle for two people to pass side by side; Walking along the passage to the end, there are eighteen rows in the past. Each loom is weaving silk of different colors, and the sound of weaving comes and goes.

This large workshop with 3,000 looms belongs to the largest family in Suzhou City, the Peng family. As for Master Peng Xi, if it weren't for the fact that there were distinguished guests who wanted to come to the workshop today, I am afraid that I would never set foot in this noisy and chaotic ghost place with excessive dust.

But today, he accompanies him honestly, and he is willing to do it, without complaining, because one of the two guest of honor is his most beloved Lord Fuzun.

At this moment, Shen Mo and a fat eunuch, surrounded by Peng Xi and others, walked from one end of the workshop to the other under the guidance of a shrewd-looking middle-aged man.

"How many horses can you produce a loom per day?" The eunuch was none other than Huang Jin, and because the noise was too loud, his raised voice became even sharper.

Peng Xi urged the middle-aged man: "Peng Kang, tell Gonggong Huang quickly." ”

"Back to my father-in-law, a machine can weave four feet a day." The middle-aged man who led the way was the manager of this factory, Peng Kang, a side disciple of the Peng family.

"How come the looms in Hangzhou City can weave seven feet a day?" Huang Jin said strangely: "It is said that Suzhou's weaving skills are stronger than Hangzhou." ”

"My father-in-law doesn't know," Peng Kang said: "If there is a time to live, it is twelve hours and two shifts, so that we can weave eight feet on a loom, which is much stronger than that in Hangzhou." Said with a little pride: "Our loom in Suzhou is the most advanced!" But he said frustratedly: "It's just that the start is insufficient, people work for a day, we can only work for half a day, just like that, there is still a backlog." ”

"It doesn't matter," Shen Mo smiled and said, "With Huang Gonggong here, you just have to work with all your might!" ”

"That's it," Huang Jin wiped the sweat on his face and said with a smile: "How much you want, I'm afraid you won't have enough." ”

"That's great!" Peng Kang said happily: "That can save our workshop!" ”

Peng Xi was observing the words and expressions on the side, and saw that Huang Gonggong was already soaking wet, and his face was impatient. Then he said with a smile: "That's it, just read it, the sour plum soup has been prepared in front, let's sit down and say calmly." ”

"Good...... Right? Huang Jin blinked his little eyes, looked at Shen and said silently, he was really hot.

"Okay." Shen Mo glanced at the busy workshop again, and said with a smile.

The group arrived at a cross-courtyard surrounded by green trees, and with the shelter of the trees, the heat and noise were isolated from the outside, which was really unique.

When everyone sat in the spacious and airy hall, there were maids carrying copper basins and serving wet wipes, and invited the adults to wipe their faces and hands.

Huang Jin smiled and said, "Lord Shen and you, I'm going to be rude, I'm really hot." ”

Shen Mo smiled: "It's all your own people, just feel free." ”

Huang Jin tore open his shirt, hugged his arms, picked up his official hat and fanned it. Peng Xi hurriedly ordered someone to fan Huang Gonggong, and served him three bowls of sour plum noodles one after another, Huang Jin breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Finally comfortable...... After speaking, he found that everyone else was already well, so he waited for him, so he said embarrassedly: "Then let's start." ”

Shen Mo smiled and said: "What is it to invite Gonggong Huang to gather together with our thirty silk families in Suzhou City today, everyone should know it, right?" ”

"I know ......" everyone said: "My father-in-law's weaving bureau wants to negotiate an underwriting contract with us." ”

"Yes," Huang Jin's expression was a little depressed and said: "You should have heard, brother and I planted a big heel a year ago, and a whole 40,000 pieces of silk cloth were robbed by pirates, which were all paid by the Weaving Bureau and the silk merchants in Zhejiang," he raised his eyebrows, and said excitedly: "After the incident, someone advised me to go back to the palace quickly, but my brother I said: 'No, it is natural to repay the debt, we can't do this kind of immoral thing, I bear this loss, and I have to pay off this debt!" ’”

As soon as the words fell, everyone applauded, saying that Huang Gonggong is really righteous and a real man!

Silently listened and secretly amused, this Huang Jin is too good to put gold on his face, and he himself persuaded him to go back, but this guy snorted and cried: "I and that Chen Hong are in flames, if I go back so grayly, I will definitely not be able to fight him, and when the time comes, I will either be sent to see the imperial tomb, or I will be brought to the Huanyi Bureau." If that's the case, you might as well just die. So he hid in his house for half a year and didn't dare to show his head, and he couldn't remember how many times he blocked his creditors.

Now that he has given him a low-interest loan of 2 million taels of silver through Huilian, Huang Gonggong, who has been wilting for half a year, suddenly stands up again, and the difference between before and after is really funny.

However, Huang Jin was still very grateful to him, patted his chest and said: 'Brother Shen, don't worry, from now on, I, Huang Jin, will be your person!' ’

Silent about this evil cold, he hurriedly excused himself and said: "You're welcome, they're all brothers, besides, I didn't give it to you for nothing, I still have one condition......"

The condition of silence was that the weaving bureau could not directly give the two million taels of silver to the silk merchants in Zhejiang, but to purchase silk cloth from the silk merchants in Suzhou, and compensate those Zhejiang merchants in kind.

This is because Shen Mo is well versed in macroeconomic regulation and control, and knows that for Suzhou, which has suffered from a serious financial crisis and a depression in all industries, it urgently needs to have large projects and large orders to stimulate economic recovery.

To this end, he prepared two hands, one side is the big project of dredging the Wusong River, and the other side is the big order of this weaving bureau...... You must know that the silk weaving industry is the pillar industry of Suzhou, from planting mulberry and raising silkworms, to boiling cocoons to make silk, there are many steps, such as silk reeling to 'twist silk', 'shoot silk', into refining dyeing and dyeing, weft silk twisted into warp silk, as well as 'drop warp', 'warp' and so on, and finally "joint", so that you can weave silk on the machine.

Therefore, from silkworm babies to fine silk, there are many processes to go through, and each process feeds countless people - these workshops are only the last place to carry out the 'weaving of silk', and as for the silk used for spinning, it is purchased from the common people...... In the rural areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, almost every household grows mulberry and silkworms, and urban residents also have reeling cars for reeling silk in their homes. Coupled with the money earned by the men working as mechanics in the workshop, it was the entire source of income for the family.

Shen Mo saw very clearly, how to make the rule prosperous and stable, the only way to let the people live a good life. As long as the people can live a good life with themselves, they will naturally sincerely support themselves, and whoever dares to get along with him will be destroyed first! In that case, why are you worried about not accepting the rule and making trouble for the people?

How to let the people live a good life, at least in Suzhou, is very simple, so that all the silk weaving factories have a steady stream of orders, and they have been kept open. The big bosses make a lot of money, and only the machine households who work for them can keep their jobs, and the upstream mulberry households and silk households can make money, and everyone has money, so that Suzhou's restaurants and restaurants and Jiyuan casinos can flourish, and then the economy of the whole Suzhou will be revitalized.

But the problem is that now the market has not opened, the sales are not smooth, and there are no such big customers. It doesn't matter, Shen Mo can make one, so he asked 'Huilian' to lend to Huang Jin, so that his weaving bureau could order silk from Suzhou and give those Hangzhou silk merchants a bill.

Therefore, the gratitude of the big families in Suzhou City to Lord Shen is really like the water of Taihu Lake, gushing endlessly. If I was just afraid of him, now I am respectful and afraid.

There was silence, and there was naturally no problem in signing the contract, and soon, Huang Jin signed dozens of contracts and reached an agreement to purchase 40,000 pieces of silk.

With this contract, plus other contracts, the silk weaving industry in Suzhou City has been working for half a year, and there is no problem, the big households are satisfied, Huang Jin also went to heart disease, and Shen Mo is naturally very happy.

Seeing that the contract was negotiated, Peng Xi said with a smile: "I have prepared a thin wine, and I implore my lord and father-in-law to appreciate it." ”

"Hehe, it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate." Shen Mo smiled and said, "Father-in-law, what do you mean?" ”

"Of course it's with you." Huang Jin unloaded his big burden, and he could finally see the sky again, and he really regarded Shen Mo as a reborn parent.

Everyone moved to the flower hall, exquisite dishes were placed on the table, and behind each seat there was a maid who served wine, each of them was graceful and pleasant, which showed that the host had put a lot of thought into it.

After the guest of honor was seated, the maid poured wine, and Peng Xi, the landlord, raised his glass and said loudly: "Everyone, we don't know how many generations of Suzhou City have been repaired, and we look forward to coming to the Fuzun Lord Such a parent official, with his old man's foresight and strategizing, our Suzhou City's son, it must be the sesame blossoming festival, we old things just follow the adults to enjoy the blessings...... So for this first glass of wine, I propose that we salute Lord Shen together. ”

Everyone said yes, and they toasted together and drank silently; The second cup is naturally to pay tribute to Huang Gonggong, and the third cup is to congratulate today's great success! After three glasses of wine, the atmosphere in the banquet became warm, and between pushing and changing glasses, topics emerged one after another, and when they talked, they came to the things that men were most interested in.

In fact, it is also a major event in Suzhou City at this time of year, and the Oiran is selected on August 15th!

If you want to ask what women are extraordinary in this era, what women are full of charm, and what women are the most sought after, the answer is undoubtedly - name. The name of the person, the mythical figure in the memory of the woman, although also out of the mud, but can get rid of the low, become the official gentry, the rich businessman and the doctor, the guest, the talk and laughter, the exchange is not in vain, because of the trend of the moment, for all beings to be dumped.

Even those self-proclaimed officials and scholars are all proud of their names, and they do not hesitate to spend thousands of dollars to buy a beautiful woman to smile, even if they have never kissed Fangze, as long as they can talk about a game and listen to a song, they will be satisfied, and they will not know the taste of meat in March! For example, the talented Yang Shen is praised the most by the world, not because he is well-read and has written books, but because he can chase the name of Kunming City, and willingly raise him and send him to his death.

Whenever I mention the things of the people, what I see in silence is a piece of sighing, and people say that they can't wait to be a lackey under the Sheng'an Gate!

Ordinary ladybills will tarnish the reputation of scholars, but the name can be a good story for talented people and add points to their reputation, as if a ladyboy has taste, which means that he has taste.

The annual Mid-Autumn Festival Oiran Conference is the cradle of the birth of the name, and it goes without saying that the top one will also increase in value and have a great chance to become a "name".

Therefore, the entertainment industry in Suzhou City has always attached great importance to this activity, and those who won the championship last year want to defend their titles this year; Those who lost last year want revenge this year; There are also generations of newcomers who want to shoot the old people to death at the head of the tide, and they all do their best, take out a hundred times the spirit, and strive to carp jump the dragon gate and remember the name of the woman!

Because the final result of the competition is the number of golden flowers rewarded by the officials, and whoever gets the most golden flowers will be remembered. This kind of competition system determines that on-the-spot performance is important, and off-field work must also be done well, so there is still half a month before the conference, and those who hope to get a good ranking will no longer hold it as usual, and also begin to take over some business for appearances, and even perform for free to large families, just to mix up the face, and wait for that day, the rich people can offer flowers because of friendship.

'Visiting the Qinglou' is a cultural activity that is beneficial to the body and mind, and Shen Mo is actually interested in it from the heart, but as the respect of a government, he has the responsibility of educating the people, so he has never had the opportunity to check the work of **. But now the opportunity has come, according to the convention, the annual Mid-Autumn Festival, is a universal celebration, Suzhou City men, women and children will gather together, according to the convention, he will also attend as a guest of honor, the opportunity to enjoy the performance of the celebrities up close, and announce the final Oiran candidate, and even have the opportunity to ...... "adult ......" a soft call, so that Shen Mo woke up from the shaking of his mind, a look, everyone looked at themselves with concern, he not only blushed slightly, his heart said: 'Too unfocused...... embarrassed to smile and said: "This official just came back from the river embankment this morning, and his spirit is a little tired, which is really rude." ”

"My lord has worked hard for us in Suzhou, and I have worked hard to think about it......" Everyone was moved and said: "Brother Peng, why don't you invite everyone Su to sing a song for your lordship?" ”

Seeing Shen Mo asking with a face, Peng Xi hurriedly explained: "Today, I am fortunate to invite Su Xuesu from 'Xiaoxiang Building' to come and perform for adults. ”

"Oh, please!" Silent laughter.

Peng Xi nodded behind the curtain in the inner room, and everyone looked over, only to see a plain-clothed woman sitting in front of the piano in the light veil.

Everyone is curious about what is the situation behind the veil, the melodious sound of the piano sounds, the beginning is like a gentle breeze, everything knows spring, making people feel warm; Then the sound of the piano changes, such as the quiet autumn song of the mountain, the moon is high and the forest table is high, which makes people tired and disappear; In the middle of the heart, the sound of the piano changes again, such as the phoenix dancing, the birds follow each other, and the song like a yellow warbler sounds:

"The mountains are smeared with slight clouds, the sky is even withered grass, and the sound of the horn is broken by the sun. Suspend the levy and talk about drinking together. How many old couples in Penglai frequently look back at the vast smoke. In the lonely village, there is cold smoke and flowing water around the red wall. At this time, the soul is injured, lightly divided, secretly dissolves the sachet, and wins the Qinglou Bo Xingfa. When will you see you here? There is a lingering fragrance on the sleeves. Sadly, the Great Wall is broken, and the lights are dim...... "Listening to the gentle singing silently, it is really like returning to the beautiful West Lake."

The singing stopped, and the last wisp of the piano sound dispersed, but everyone was addicted to it. Until the gauze curtain opened without wind, a graceful woman in a gauze skirt appeared in front of everyone.

Looking at that delicate and beautiful face, Rao is a veteran of flowers for a long time, and he had to sigh: 'God is too partial, why should she give her all the good things?' ’

Even Huang Jin, the dead eunuch, stared at that pretty face vigorously, which shows that everyone has a love for beauty, regardless of men and women.

Seeing that everyone was indulged in their own demeanor, Su Xue did not have half of the arrogance on her face, bowed down to be blessed, soft and glutinous, clear and bright: "Concubine Su Xue, meet Lord Fuzun, Huang Gonggong, all the lords." ”

"Su everyone, please get up," Peng Xi said with a smile: "You are fortunate today, quickly become an adult, if you get the praise of our lord in a few words, this year's Oiran will be you." ”

Su Xue seemed to be that kind of cold woman, just smiled, and sat beside Shen Mo as ordered...... Not the same chair, of course.

"Miss Su plays the piano well, and she sings well." Shen Mo is not a junior brother anymore, this kind of entertainment scene is even more common, holding a wine glass and smiling: "I salute you this glass." ”

"Master Xie." That Su Xue lightly opened her lips, took the wine glass, hid her face and drank it all, then returned the empty wine glass, only to see that a faint lip print had been imprinted on the edge of the cup.

(To be continued)