At the end of March, the paper workshop was finally put into production, but it was another thing on my mind. The new paper is more than one step higher than the superior quality of bamboo paper by virtue of flexibility, whiteness and ink scattering, and is praised by the majority of scholars. In just four days, the 4,000 rolls (52 sheets per roll) of new paper for trial sales were sold out. The merchants of Chang'an saw that it was profitable, and a large number of orders immediately rolled in.

The scale of the workshop was more than three times larger than when I first planned it, and the houses of the craftsmen in the back alone occupied 100 acres of land, and all of a sudden the slope next to the Zhuangzi was used up by the boss. The scale is large, the output is high, and now the daily output of the paper workshop has reached the level of 40,000 pieces per day, and this number still has room to rise.

Lanling has carefully formulated technical secrecy measures, and nearly 300 craftsmen in the workshop have registered their names in the household department. A few masters who have mastered the key to technology are even more pitiful, and the family was moved to Zhuangzi by Lanling, although the salary is scary, but personal freedom is restricted. Several gates are guarded by the guards personally dispatched by the Lanling Mansion, and the people in the workshop have issued a small sign indicating their identity, no matter what, if there is no brand, see people and see cows. It doesn't look like a paper mill, it's the same as a military-industrial secret research unit in the 21st century.

"Nonsense!" After listening to Hu Shufang's report, I was furious, "How can the price of the trial marketing be confused with the price after the official production!" Since it is cooperation, they do not have the right to unilaterally set the price! ”

Recently, there have been strange changes in the battle situation in Liaodong, and as a military enthusiast, of course I will not let go of such a good opportunity for drills. I have now become a frequent visitor to the military headquarters, and every once in a while, I go to the right fifth guard station to read the military intelligence and battle reports, and carefully record them back, and repeatedly deduce them on the sand table that I have carefully made.

Lanling still runs home every day, wakes up in the morning, mathematics, physics and chemistry, and plays the Four Kingdoms War (Tang, Goryeo, Silla, Baekje) with me on the sand table in the afternoon. At dusk, Lanling reluctantly said goodbye and went out, and the Hu account room broke in sweating profusely and reported to me a news that made me angry, Lanling unilaterally set the price of new paper, which was half less than my original psychological price, and the whole process was not discussed with my representative at all.

Is there still business sense? Is there still a spirit of cooperation? Breach of contract, an outrageous and unreasonable breach of contract, belongs to commercial fraud, and belongs to the overlord clause!

Seeing that my face was a little terrifying, Hu Shufang comforted: "The little marquis is angry, there is still room for maneuver in this matter, but there is nothing that can be done in the future, and I have to rely on the prestige of the little marquis to personally negotiate with Her Royal Highness the princess." Speaking of this, he shook his head helplessly, "The other party's shopkeeper is a woman, sharp-tongued, unreasonable, and unreasonable, it is really difficult to resist in the future, it is better for you to negotiate with Her Royal Highness the princess in person." ”

After the paper workshop was put into production, Lanling sent a female supervisor, I heard that it was the housekeeper of a Zhuangzi under Lanling's hands, and she was an old girl in Guanzhong who had not yet left the cabinet at the age of twenty. Known as shrewd and dexterous, quick and capable, there are all kinds of deeds and rumors of women who do not let the eyebrows, Hu Ledger is an invincible opponent.

"Well, Mr. Hu has worked hard, good men don't fight with women, I will personally discuss this matter with the princess. You can do what you usually do, and a little woman can still turn the world upside down for her? "I know that the women in Guanzhong are capable and spicy, and they are not something that the crepe Hu account room can deal with. Fortunately, now there is only one chief accountant for the two families, as long as the Hu bookkeeper makes the books neat. As for the female shopkeeper, I don't believe I can't clean her up!

"Yes, yes!" Hu Tent agreed, raised his head and said, "What the little marquis said is true." It is related to the credibility of the workshop, and this matter must be grasped quickly. I'm afraid that there will be no way to say it, and once the customized price is scattered, it will be too late to reformulate. ”

"Well, I'll do it early tomorrow morning!" It's getting late now, and it's a little inappropriate to chase Lanling back, so she will come over early tomorrow morning. "Mr. Hu has worked hard all day, let's share dinner later." This matter has made Lao Hu tired, and I will prepare dinner to make up for him.

"Master Xie Xiaohou, I have made an appointment with Steward Qian to drink today, and I will ....... in the next ."

"Oh, it's fine." I smiled generously, "Then next time I invite Mr. Hu to dinner, so as not to delay you and Uncle Qian to drink." Huh...."

I was about to have a homely meal with Hu Ledger and ask about the flower water workshop, when there was a greeting from the maid outside the door, and the second daughter came back. Hu Shufang is a man with eyes, so he quickly retired.

"Who let you in?" The second daughter's scolding voice came in, "Don't go out yet!" See you next time you enter the back house, don't complain..."

"Second daughter!" I heard the second daughter screaming outside, and hurriedly went out to stop it, "Don't blame them, I let them in." He smiled at the two maids outside, "The second lady is back, you can go out and rest." ”

Seeing that the maid went down, I dragged the second daughter into the house and glared at her, "If you are not here, I will call the two maids in to serve?" I'm used to having no royal law, and if I don't pump you for a few days, my skin will be tight! ”

The second daughter was timid, her feet were aggrieved and crutches on the ground, and she looked pitiful.

"Less!" I pulled her to sit down and gave her a cup of warm sugar water, "Drink it quickly, rest on the crooked kang for a while, and wait for the goat's milk to come." "Now that the palace has developed a habit, as soon as the second lady comes back, she will quickly let the kitchen heat the goat's milk, and there is no need to order it for a long time.

Although the toilet water workshop continues to expand its output, it is far from meeting the market demand, and the scene of short supply continues. Now not only Chang'an, foreign merchants and Hu businessmen have joined the procurement team, the weather has just warmed, the scene of the men of the merchants outside the flower dew water workshop wrapping up the roll day and night has become a big scene on the Wangjia Zhuangzi. In order to sympathize with these orderers, a special rest room was built on the workshop, so that these poor people had a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

The better the business, the busier the second daughter becomes, getting up early and working late all day long. I feel distressed when I have time, and I want her to take a leave of absence to rest at home for a few days, but I don't want to live or die. After a long time, seeing how energetic she is, I won't persuade her anymore. As long as the nutrition keeps up, the little girl is still the same as the wheat seedlings in the spring, rushing to the heights, and the work of a few months has grown a lot, and the height has caught up with Ying, maybe a little more fierce than Ying.

The second daughter listened to me, kicked her shoes and climbed onto the kang, hugged a big pillow and tilted it to the edge of the kang, and fanned her eyes at me.

"If you don't learn anything, you won't be the same for a day." I leaned over and picked up her shoes and put them in order, "Be careful to fan your eyes crooked, and quickly close them and squint for a while." Pull a blanket to cover your feet, and take off your socks without sleeping? Don't catch a cold. ”

"The husband knows, the concubine's feet can't stand it, and the sweat is through." The second daughter stretched out her arms and said coquettishly: "The husband also comes up, and there will be no shortage of people on him after holding him for a while." ”

I went over and touched the feet of the second daughter, it was cold, and I covered her with my hand to warm her for a while. Sweaty feet are annoying, say it sweats, it's always cool and sparse, not hot, people are easy to get cold from their feet.

I have to make a sprinkling shoe for the second daughter, and I will change them when I come back. Two days ago, I saw that Lanling was wearing that, and it was not easy to cover sweat on both sides. "Wait a minute, the goat's milk will be delivered." I pinched the blanket for her, "Madame is back, you hurry up and eat for a while." ”

After the spring ploughing, Ying came down in leisure. I'm going to renovate my family's garden, and now I'm going door-to-door to look at people's gardens and learn from experience. I also asked the housekeeper to move some ginkgo biloba outside and plant it in the garden, planting good lettering when I was young, and promoting ginkgo health tea among relatives and friends.

As soon as the second daughter finished drinking goat's milk, Ying came back in a hurry, looking at her happy appearance, she must have found a good example of someone's family.

Sure enough, as soon as I finished dinner, Ying couldn't wait to pull me up to the kang to discuss the renovation of the garden, and the second daughter also climbed up and rolled next to me to have fun, and the family of three nested together early.

"What are you doing here?" I pushed the second daughter next to me, "Before it's dark, hurry up and walk around the yard and melt the food first." "Today, the second daughter came back late, didn't catch up with the meal, and ate a whole fat chicken at dinner, and Ying and I were dumbfounded. When she was growing her body, she couldn't eat it, and if she ate too much, she was afraid that she would have a stomach.

"Just let her stay next to her." Ying pointed to the hawthorn water on the kang table, "Pour a bowl and drink it yourself, be careful to roll out of bed in the middle of the night when your stomach hurts." Seeing the second daughter stand up and drink hawthorn water, she was satisfied: "The second daughter's body is only afraid that she will be taller than the concubine." When she was her age, she didn't have the face to stuff things at the dinner table like that. It's only been more than half a year, the second daughter is also handsome, her skills have also increased, and the family's expenses are still earned by her. ”

The second daughter was said to be embarrassed, so she used my legs to cover her face and twisted sideways beside me.

I touched the second daughter's head, "Excuse me?" Praise you. Get up and sit down and wait for the contents of your stomach to go down before going to sleep. Twisted his face and asked Ying: "In the wax moon, I said that I wanted to repair the garden, and there will be no movement until now, if I don't get it, the flowers and plants will not be able to carry life as soon as the day is hot." ”

"The concubine understands this truth, but she doesn't know what to cultivate for a while." Ying moved towards me and put it softly in my arms, "Today, I was led by the lord of Fu County to see her family's garden, just in time for the third son of the Egong Mansion to celebrate his first birthday, and went to join in the fun." ”

"And then?" I put Ying on my lap horizontally and made her lie down comfortably.

Ying took my hand and held it gently, "Later, the concubine didn't have the heart to look at the garden, and when she passed the 'Xingshan Temple', she went in and made a wish, and then rushed back." Added a tael of sesame oil money. ”

"Why don't you go to the 'Temple of Mercy and Grace'? Didn't you say it worked? ”

"It's still far away, I don't want to run away, so I ask for a wish along the way." Ying chuckled.

"Hehe, the Buddha was angry when he heard what you said." I gently tugged at Ying's ear, "I cut corners while I made a wish." However, the sesame oil money is still enough, and I'm afraid that the lazy Buddha will have to get up and help you with this. ”

Ying said with a natural look: "The concubine thinks so, and it can't be said that she doesn't help after receiving the money." "Arched his body, touched a yellow purse from his clothes, and handed it to me, "When I passed the West Archway, I sprinkled a sign, although it was not signed, but it was in response to our family's affairs, and the hexagram was explained that it was more smooth than signing." The husband has figured it out, God bless us. ”

"Yes!" I, a materialist who has long broken feudal superstitions, carefully hung the yellow purse handed over by Ying into my underwear, and my heart was warm. I know what Ying is thinking, "Don't worry, we are still young, you are only twenty after April, I am afraid that you will not be born by then." ”

"That's good!" Ying turned over and hugged my waist, "The family is slowly recovering, and the husband is now famous, and he has also hung up his position in the forbidden army, seeing that the family is getting better day by day, the concubine will not add an incense to the Wang family, it is really unreasonable." ”

The second daughter took advantage of Ying's speech, stretched out her hand and gently scratched the back of my spine a few times, as if to signal my presence, as if she was writing, I couldn't feel what she was writing, just felt that she was quite proud. It is estimated that after listening to Ying's words, her heart opened up again, and she played with her heart.

"It's a long day, don't worry about it." I patted Ying on the cheek and comforted, "Maybe I'll be pregnant tomorrow." Or, let's work hard for two months, Mr. ”

"Go!" Ying blushed from my words, and quickly buried her head in my arms, "The second daughter is in front of me, and I am not afraid of bringing her bad, no matter when." ”

"It's nothing, we've been rolling on the kang together for a few months, I don't know." I patted the second daughter who was writing on my back, "Speaking of the garden, I've been talking about it for a long time, are you going to plan it?" ”

"Alright. It will be set as if it was on the Duke of Hubei's mansion. The boy who is over the age of one looks weird and distressed, and he is as black as his grandfather. Ying's tone was full of envy and fascinated.

Chi Jingde, the god of the black charcoal door on the door, is estimated to be not as high as the appreciation. The old man broke away from right and wrong very early, and planted flowers and grass at home, and heard that the garden at home was planned by him personally, and I felt a chill when I thought of this: "Are you optimistic?" Don't mess up in our house just because people have kids. If the garden is renovated, if you can't get in, it's troublesome. ”

"That's it!" Ying said with great ambition: "This time the concubine has an idea, so don't worry about it." Just a few days to start! ”

"It's a nice thing to say, but it's not you who have the idea."