Chapter 37: The Troubles of the Emperor and His Grandson
Zhu Gaochi said: "What's wrong with this East Palace?" ”
"Ah...... What did you say, Your Highness? ”
"What's wrong with the East Palace?"
"Oh, oh, your highness is blessed, and the slaves and maids also read your highness, your highness...... When I was in the Yanwang Mansion in Beiping, I was well-behaved and sensible, and the slave maid was ...... at that time."
Zhu Gaochi: "......"
Zhu Gaochi simply ignored him, hurried his steps, and hurriedly entered the depths of the Great Interior.
Distance...... In several halls of Nuoda, there was a commotion of noise.
Zhu Gaochi entered a hall, this look ...... I almost didn't get angry.
I saw a textile machine swinging, and hundreds of palace ladies and eunuchs were skillfully spinning and weaving.
In the corner, bundles of gauze were piled high.
On the pillars in the hall, there are pieces of red paper, and the red paper reads: "Safe production is greater than the sky!" ”
Or: "Beware of the candle and put an end to the fire." ”
Zhu Gaochi: "......"
Zhu Gaochi also met Deng Jian.
Deng Jian grinned, shuttled through the looms everywhere without touching the ground, occasionally stopped, stopped in front of a clumsy palace maid, and then personally demonstrated to her.
Or, go to the mountains of finished products and check the quality of the gauze.
Zhu Gaochi almost fainted, barely holding on to his body.
At this time, someone finally discovered Zhu Gaochi, so he hurriedly got up and saluted: "I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
When the rest of the people heard the movement, they all stood up and saluted in a daze.
Zhu Gaochi was really in a bad mood at this time, and only yelled at Deng Jian: "Come on!" ”
Deng Jian was startled and hurriedly followed Zhu Gaochi out.
Zhu Gaochi was furious, pointed to the hall and said, "Is this like a word?" Is this still not the East Palace? Is there any rule, is there a royal law? ”
Deng Jian said: "This is decided by the crown princess and Zhang Gongzi, slave maid...... Slave ......"
He originally wanted to say that the slave and maid were also opposed, but of course, he soon realized that as a slave and maid, he should not shift the responsibility to the master, so he hurriedly said: "The slave and the maid are all dead." ”
Zhu Gaochi said: "Go and call Zhang Anshi, go and call him." ”
Deng Jian answered, and went to call someone in a hurry.
When he arrived at the side hall, Zhu Gaochi sat down and hugged the teacup, and when Zhang Anshi came, he still wanted to scold with a stiff face, but when he saw Zhang Anshi panting, he simply called his brother-in-law when he came.
Zhu Gaochi's face softened slightly, and said, "You sit down." ”
"Oh." Zhang Anshi sat obediently.
Zhu Gaochi said: "What's going on in the East Palace? ”
Zhang Anshi naturally understood what his brother-in-law asked, so he said: "Textile, brother-in-law, look at it, the world spins yarn out of Songjiang, but if you really want to talk about the production of cotton yarn, in this world, who can compare to the palace, to say manpower, manpower in the palace is sufficient, how many people are needed, how many people, to say the quality of manpower, the women in this palace are both well-behaved and obedient......"
Zhang Anshi's words are reasonable, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, in the Jiangnan region, the emergence of capitalism, the reason is that a large number of handicrafts appeared, and many merchants began to gather female workers for production.
Now in the Songjiang area, there are actually sporadic signs of this, but the scale is very small, and most of them are small workshops with families as the unit.
In this world, where is there a more suitable workshop than the East Palace?
Think about it, there are hundreds of idle palace maids and eunuchs, and they are all ingenious people, and they are of the right age, and most importantly, there is no shortage of the venue, and there are many empty palaces in the East Palace, which is the most suitable for workshops.
Zhu Gaochi pressed his hand: "Don't tell this to the palace, the palace will ask you, is this like a word?" ”
Zhang Anshi said: "It's like words, why don't you say it, brother-in-law, you forgot, when Empress Cixiao Gao was there, she was spinning yarn in the palace, and her brother-in-law and sister sent a loom to the palace, aren't also very happy?" What does this mean? ”
Zhu Gaochi: "......"
Zhang Anshi said: "I also heard from Sister A that when I saw the spinning machine, Your Majesty and the Queen Mother were very happy, saying that my brother-in-law and Sister Ah would not forget their roots." Brother-in-law...... You see, we can't forget our roots. ”
Zhu Gaochi was speechless.
Zhang Anshi said again: "So I discussed with my sister, we also have to weave, to emulate Empress Cixiao Gao, not only my sister has to set an example in person, up and down in this palace, you have to start your hands, Emperor Taizu Gao said, Erlu Erlu, the people fat and the people." Listen, how good it is. ”
Zhu Gaochi thought about it, but still felt that it was inappropriate: "But the East Palace is like this, it is really not decent, and this palace still has to prohibit it." ”
Zhang Anshi was anxious: "Brother-in-law, don't, I have invested all the money in it, just wait for the output to earn silver......"
"What?"
Zhang Anshi drooped his head and said: "I invited a lot of craftsmen to make this spinning machine, and also bought a lot of cotton, which cost more than 10,000 taels of silver, this is not only my own money, are a few of my good brothers into the shares, and there is an old brother, seeing that I was born extraordinary, although I met in Pingshui, he waved his hand and gave me a lot of silver, I took his silver to trade, if my brother-in-law refused, I will all fold in, I lost my own capital, but I can't be sorry for people!" Brother-in-law, you don't want me to be a person who doesn't keep my promises. ”
Zhu Gaochi's brows suddenly twisted deeply, and said, "You are still trading?" Do you buy and sell with the East Palace? ”
Zhang Anshi said: "Brother-in-law, you can't say that, this is self-reliance, and it is not forgetting the legacy of Emperor Gao and Empress Cixiao Gao, not to mention that I give money, cotton yarn is given according to 30 wen per catty, and this money is given to my sister." ”
Zhu Gaochi's face was angry, hearing this, his expression was slightly stiff, he stood up, was silent for a long time, and finally just said: "This palace has just come back from Xiaoling, I am a little tired, and I went to bathe and rest." ”
……
The halls of the East Palace are busy with production.
Zhang Anshi sat comfortably on the high threshold in front of the temple door, holding a popsicle in his hand.
This popsicle is a rare thing in the market, but in the East Palace, it is easy to make, there is a special ice cellar in the East Palace, Zhang Anshi took the mung bean soup and froze it in the ice cellar, and this popsicle is made.
He comfortably licked the mung bean popsicle with a hint of sweetness, and watched the sound of silk threads and shuttles turning from spinning machines, and his heart was indescribably happy.
Sitting side by side with Zhang Anshi on the threshold was Zhu Zhanji.
Zhu Zhanji stared sideways at the popsicle in Zhang Anshi's hand, constantly swallowing and foaming.
Zhang Anshi touched his head: "Zhanji, you can't eat this, your stomach will be cold if you eat it, you are young and can't get sick." ”
Zhu Zhanji frowned.
Zhang Anshi pointed to the eunuchs and palace ladies who were making yarn in the distance, and said proudly: "In the past, the tread loom produced one or two catties of yarn a day, but my uncle's spinning machine can produce eight to ten catties a day." Junji, you can't always think about eating, you have to have big ambitions, you have to be like your uncle. ”
Zhu Zhanji twisted his eyebrows and raised his cheeks: "Uncle, I'm worried. ”
"Are you worried that you won't be able to make a big business in the future?"
Zhu Zhanji shook his head: "I always feel that sooner or later, you will be beaten to death by the imperial grandfather." ”
Zhang Anshi was annoyed and angry, and immediately said with a stiff face: "What are these words, what kind of holy person is Your Majesty, will you be loyal and treacherous?" You will not be allowed to talk to me for three days. ”
Zhu Zhanji: "......"
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The thirty-third day of Zhang Anshi's re-existence.
In the warehouse of the East Palace, soon the cotton yarn was piled up, Zhang Anshi took samples and summoned Zhang Xuan and Zhu Yong.
The three of them gathered at Zhang's house first.
Zhang Xuan came the earliest, and he looked excited.
Zhu Yong limped, and there were bright red slap prints on his face.
When Zhang Anshi saw Zhu Yong like this, he couldn't help but say, "Second brother, what's wrong with you?" ”
Zhu Yong stiffened his neck and said stubbornly: "It's nothing, it's just that I taught my father a lesson yesterday, let him learn more from his eldest brother, and don't live in a daze." ”
Zhang Anshi glanced at Zhu Yong with a look of concern for mentally handicapped children: "Then your father beat you?" ”
Zhu Yong said proudly: "How dare my father beat me, I teach him a lesson, although he is unhappy, he still suffers obediently, otherwise when the time comes to dividends, he will not give him a single son." ”
Zhang Anshi looked at his face and said suspiciously: "Then who were you beaten?" ”
"My father didn't fight ......" Zhu Yong paused, and said frustratedly: "But my mother pulled me to beat me by the side, saying that my wings were hard, and I dared to teach my father a lesson, my mother was too ruthless, big brother, do you have any medicine here, I think it is better to treat it." ”
Zhang Anshi: "......"
The most ruthless person who dares to love the Zhu family is Zhu Yong's mother? Well, this one should be noted down and will be useful later.