"Yunnan Muwangfu promised us to plant tobacco in Yunnan, and allowed us to conduct commercial trade in Yunnan, and they are willing to ensure that our industry is not suppressed by local toast as much as possible."

Li Chaosheng listened to Gu Zi's report and said: "Well, it's good to agree, what are their conditions?" ”

Gu Zi said: "Grain, they hope to buy my Lantian grain at the price of grain in the Apocalypse year, and ensure a supply of no less than 200,000 quintals every year." ”

"Well, you can promise, the land in Yunnan is barren, and it is indeed not suitable for growing food, and it is understandable that they want food."

Li Chaosheng nodded when he heard this, and followed Gu Zi and said, "And they want to buy some weapons, especially firearms, from Lantian to equip their troops." ”

Li Chaosheng heard this and said: "Yes, but it must be restricted, muskets and gunpowder can be supplied in batches every year, but the total amount cannot exceed five hundred per year, as for artillery, grenades, etc., the purchase should be restricted, of course, do not block the road, for example, you can provide them with a supply of one or two hundred pieces a year, and you can also buy them two guns a year." ”

Gu Zi said: "Understood." ”

"By the way, in addition to these two conditions, Mu Tianbo also put forward a special request like our envoy, that is, he hopes that his cousin Mu Tianliu can come to our Lantian Academy to study and have a long experience, of course, this is Mu Tianbo's personal request, not Ruan's request, but although Mu Tianbo was set aside by the Ruan family, his hereditary status as a prince of the state still gives him a certain prestige in Yunnan, if we can get his support, our interests in Yunnan are more guaranteed."

Li Chaosheng heard this and said, "Show me Mu Tianbo's information." ”

"Yes."

Gu Zi immediately agreed, and then took out a book of prepared materials on the briefcase next to him.

Gu Zi is Li Chaosheng's confidential secretary, so Li Chaosheng has to deal with the official business every day, he is the first to know, for example, if he has to deal with Yunnan today, the information that may be involved, Gu Zi will collect it in advance, such as the customs and customs of Yunnan, all aspects of Yunnan, and of course, some personal information of Mu Wangfu.

Soon the information was sent, and Li Chaosheng opened it and browsed it.

Mu Tianbo, born in 1618, in the first year of Chongzhen, his father Mu Qiyuan died violently, and Mu Tianbo, who was ten years old at the time, inherited the title of his father Duke of Qianguo and served as the chief military officer of Yunnan.

Then Mu Tianbo was young and could not exercise his own rights, so his power was sidelined, and his government affairs were taken over by the governor of Yunnan, and the military and government affairs were taken over by his mother Ruan and his uncles.

As Mu Tianbo grew up, his mother and uncle did not want to return power to Mu Tianbo, Mu Tianbo once resisted, but after all, it was impossible because the Ruan family had been in power for many years.

Mu Tianliu is Mu Tianbo's cousin, five years younger than Mu Tianbo, Mu Tianbo grew up watching from a young age, it can be said that Mu Tianbo's spiritual sustenance, Mu Tianbo's feelings for Mu Tianliu are like a father's unfinished business and handed over to his son to complete, Mu Tianbo hopes to send Mu Tianliu to Lantian to study, probably because he is trapped in the house as a puppet, and hopes that his younger brother will take him to see the world.

Li Chaosheng looked at the information and thought about it: "Guzi, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Gu Zi heard this and said: "I don't think we should agree to Mu Tianbo, although Mu Tianbo's attitude is very important for us to plant cigarettes in Yunnan, but it does not play a key role, Yunnan is still the world of Tusi and the local governor, although Mu Wangfu has the advantage of military strength, but their actual rulers are Ruan and her brothers." ”

"And we have already done it for the governor of Yunnan, and we have also fed the Ruan family, and a Mu Tianbo is insignificant."

"But the academy is the foundation of our Lantian and there are our Lantian development concepts, scientific and technological concepts, and many things are far beyond the cognition of this era, which is the foundation of our Lantian field, so I don't recommend letting such a secret be known to an outsider, the county respects it?"

Li Chaosheng pondered for a moment when he heard this: "What you said is very reasonable, but excellent ideas should not be hidden, but should be taken out for the world's reference, and the other party is still from Yunnan Muwangfu, this is a family that is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and it is really a family with the country, and cultivating a person in such a family may not be beneficial to our Lantian, and it may not be able to play a key role in the future." ”

Li Chaosheng said that his eyes gradually became brighter, as if he thought of something, Gu Zi didn't say much when he heard this, the county Zun's vision is sometimes terrible in the long run, and a move made inadvertently is likely to become an important step that will affect the world in the future.

Gu Zi thought about it and said to Li Chaosheng: "By the way, the Yunnan envoy will be able to return to Beijing this afternoon, and at the same time, he will also take Mu Tianliu from Mu Wangfu, I don't know if the county lord wants to see him?"

Li Chaosheng heard this: "This afternoon, I'm afraid it won't work, tomorrow, tomorrow morning, I'll see this heir of King Mu's mansion." ”

Gu Zi heard this: "Does the county have arrangements for the afternoon?" ”

Li Chaosheng looked at Gu Zi and said with a smile: "Your sister-in-law has been six months old, and today there is a prenatal checkup, I made an appointment with the obstetrician and gynecologist of our hospital to go to the house, and I promised her to accompany her." ”

Hearing this, Gu Zi suddenly realized: "This, this is a big deal, it can't be delayed, if your sister-in-law can give birth to a son for the county, then Lantian will have a queen, hahaha......"

Li Chaosheng heard this and said: "Yes, it's best to be a son, otherwise, I'm afraid that your county will take a concubine, otherwise, everyone in Lantian will scold your sister-in-law for not being virtuous." ”

Hearing this, Gu Zi said: "It's no wonder that the big guy, if the county has a son, then Lantian has a queen, and the big guy is also motivated, although the girl is not bad, but the girl will marry after all, it is impossible to inherit your big position, if you have no one to inherit the big position, this is a huge political earthquake for Lantian." ”

"Actually, if you want me to say the county honor, you might as well accept a few concubines and at least give birth to a few sons, if the county honorable has a few sons now, the big guy can't put all the pressure on his sister-in-law."

After listening to Gu Zi's words, Li Chaosheng smiled bitterly: "Lao Tzu is not a faint king, it is not enough to mess up so many harems for himself, and besides, Lao Tzu is not interested in venting his essence on women he doesn't know, okay, clean up, give me a push for the afternoon's work, I'll go first." ”

Li Chaosheng waved his hand, and Gu Zi said helplessly: "It's good to have a county, it's just too dedicated, as a leader, you have to be fratern, not to mention the three thousand beauties in the harem, at least it's good to get a few more sons for the county." ”

Gu Zi shook his head, no wonder Gu Zi thought so, in fact, there are many people in Lantian who think like this, they admit that they have been poisoned by feudalism, but this is the idea of this era, women just can't inherit their father's inheritance, not to mention that the officials outside disagree, even he disagrees.

After all, this is the old thinking of the Chinese people for thousands of years, and it will not change in a short time.

In fact, if you think about it, you can know how difficult it is, in this patriarchal era, if Li Chaosheng really has no son, if Li Chaosheng returns to heaven in the future, it is estimated that the ministers under his command will inherit one of Li Chaosheng's many nephews to Li Chaosheng as a son, and then inherit Li Chaosheng's foundation, and will not recognize that Li Chaosheng's daughter has the legal right to inherit.

After all, in the five thousand years of China, only one Wu Zetian has succeeded, and the rest of the time, no matter how monstrous your power is, such as Empress Lu, Cixi's generation did not say that she dared to directly take the stage as an emperor.

Because they have to face the repression of the entire patriarchal society, they dare not try no matter how strong they are.

Therefore, the issue of Li Chaosheng's descendants has become very acute, and it has become a concern of all Lantian, so Li Chaosheng's wife, the county lord Changyu, is also under great pressure, for fear that she will not be able to give birth to a son, if the first child is not a son, she is no longer willing to find a way to persuade Li Chaosheng to take a concubine, and maybe even preside over this matter in person, and then Li Chaosheng just needs to enjoy it.

For this reason, Li Chaosheng's attitude is to refuse, it's not that Li Chaosheng doesn't like women, but Li Chaosheng, as the county leader of Lantian County, if he pampers a woman, he will be responsible, but if Li Chaosheng is responsible for a woman, this woman's family will take the opportunity to rise, even if Li Chaosheng doesn't know how to take care of it, there are countless people who will give them the green light.

Lantian is now large enough for the Li family, and Li Chaosheng doesn't want to make a bunch of relatives, which is very bad for the development of Lantian and will destroy the balance that Li Chaosheng originally formulated.

And the reason why Li Chaosheng married the county lord of Changyu without any burden is because the family of the county lord of Changyu is the Ming royal family, which is a family that Lantian needs to be vigilant against, so officials at all levels in Lantian will not and dare not open the back door to them, which ensures the essence of Lantian meritocracy.

Otherwise, if you really make a bunch of in-laws, Li Chaosheng won't have enough headaches.

And in addition to these, Li Chaosheng has to play an exemplary role as the county leader of Lantian County, that is, he has only one wife, and in the future, he will not accept concubines, and the hundred officials in Lantian will also follow suit, and now no one in Lantian has dared to blatantly take concubines, and on the surface they are all one wife.

As for the lover in private, it is not that Li Chaosheng can manage it, Li Chaosheng just wants these officials to have fewer in-laws, the reason is the same as Li Chaosheng, Li Chaosheng's in-laws may be three or two families, but if the mouth of concubines is released, in the future, this group of officials will learn from each other and marry a bunch of little wives, who has no relatives anymore, and when the time comes, move around each other and open a back door, can Lantian still be clear?

Li Chaosheng knows that in the end, a system cannot avoid some corrupt officials and corrupt officials, this is no way, human nature is greedy, but Li Chaosheng hopes that this group of greedy people in Lantian will be restrained and make their greed to the minimum.

Therefore, Li Chaosheng not only has to designate laws and regulations to restrain him, but also set an example for his subordinates.

Li Chaosheng is responsible for the entire Lantian area, so he must restrain himself and not allow himself to act recklessly.

Li Chaosheng had to work hard to make Lantian live better, so he withstood the pressure, and the county lord of Changyu, as the first lady of Lantian, must also withstand the pressure.

But the only good thing now is that Li Chaosheng is still young, and there is still time, and the group of officials in Lantian have not urged Li Chaosheng like crazy.

Li Chaosheng returned home at noon, the maid at home prepared the meal, and Li Chaosheng waved them to send the meal to the room of the county lord of Changyu.

The county lord of Changyu was looking at the account book at this time, and she could now concurrently serve as the director of the Lantian Gongnu Textile Factory, which is now the No. 1 textile factory in Lantian and can pay hundreds of thousands of taels in taxes to Lantian every year.

And the reason why I make so much money is entirely because the brand of palace maids is crazy in Jiangnan, and the group of vassals and elegant Jiangnan riches, when they hear that this cloth is woven by palace maids, they wear it themselves, isn't it the same as the emperor's treatment?

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Therefore, they rushed to buy, which made the textile factory receive a large number of orders from Jiangnan, and they all had brand premiums, other people's cloth was sold for one or two silver and a foot, and the palace maid could be sold for one or two dollars, and others said that it was cheap.

There was no way, Li Chaosheng suggested that the county lord of Changyu design three price points of cloth in the factory, the gap between the low and middle price points is distinguished by the quality of silk, and the middle range should be woven with good silk and good materials.

The low-end sells for one or two dollars, and the mid-range sells for three taels of silver.

The difference between mid-range and high-end, in addition to the difference in raw materials, should also be accompanied by a cloth introduction, which is based on the real deeds of the palace maid.

For example, this piece of cloth is a high-grade cloth, and there will be a manual attached to it, the content of which is who hand-woven this batch of cloth is, and then the detailed life of the palace maid is also attached.

How much do you say such cloth sells for a foot? Five taels? That's the cost price, ten taels, and it's not counter-offered, it's on sale in limited quantities, and the marketing is quite hungry.

As soon as this plan came out, the county lord of Changyu was stunned, isn't this just a big deception, the gap between high-end cloth and mid-range cloth is not big, will someone pay three times the price to buy?

Li Chaosheng laughed at the time, you, you really don't look like a county lord, you don't have the thinking of a rich person at all, what the rich pursue is a symbol of status, so you have to do it without me, and everyone has me.

Come, let me tell you what luxury is, for example, there is a women's bag called a donkey......

The county lord of Changyu still thought that Li Chaosheng's plan was immature, but as soon as this plan was used in Jiangnan, the entire Jiangnan tycoons went crazy, and money was not a problem at all for these Jiangnan tyrants, what they needed was how to reflect their different identities.

When the county lord of Changyu saw the receipt of the bill, the whole person was stunned, when he went back to see Li Chaosheng, there were little stars in his eyes, Li Chaosheng smiled: "This is nothing, you can continue to harvest on this basis, such as undertaking personal customization, as long as you are willing to spend more money, we can ask the palace maid to embroider their names on the cloth, and even embroider a paragraph on the cloth......

At that time, the county lord of Changyu was shocked, and the night was so unhappy, and within a few days, the county lord of Changyu became pregnant.