"Lord Lu, why are you doing this?"

The main hall that was messy just now, only Lu Weimang and Qi Hongxi were left at this time.

Qi Hongxi looked at the complacent Lu Weimang and said with a wry smile.

Lu Weimang looked at Qi Hongxi, "Does Lord Qi remember yesterday's grievances?" ”

"The old land is uneven for ancient Qin. Why is it that our people here can only make ends meet after a year of hard work, while people in other places have more harvests than we do here when they lie down and sleep at home? ”

"Lord Qi, no matter how big the apricots grow, they are not apples. The loess here is weak, and no matter how hard it is, there will be no good harvest years. So, why don't we find another way out for our Yongzhou? ”

Qi Hongxi's eyes struggled, "However, this ship has only brought casualties and suffering to the people. ”

Lu Weimang waved his hand, "I promise Lord Qi that this conscription of pulling the boat will not appear again in Yongzhou from now on, and even if it appears, it will be just as a way out?" ”

"A way out? What kind of way out can it be considered to kill people if they pull boats? ”

Lu Weimang smiled, "Master Qi, let me ask this, if you pull a boat for a day and give you a hundred Wen, do you think anyone will want to do it?" ”

Qi Hongxi was silent, and smiled bitterly, "My lord, don't say 100 wen, give 50 wen, and the subordinate officials will cover their faces and go to work for a day."

After speaking, he sighed, "Our Yongzhou is bitter, from top to bottom, from east to west, there is no easy place to live, and people who live easily." If you say that you will hire people with cash, this city full of men, women, and children will be able to collapse our yamen and fight for it. ”

Lu Weimang smiled, "You see, we have a lot of advantages. The transportation is very convenient, the grassland stretches for thousands of miles, there are horses and camels, it is easier to walk than flat land, there is water transportation, and this cheap labor, as long as it is done, no matter what you do, there is always a rush. ”

Qi Hongxi shook his head, "My Lord Lu, why do you think Xiaguan is so poor?" Back then, like you, I wanted to make a career. But we here, there are no skilled craftsmen, there are no special products, only the loess and grasslands with no end in sight, and the merchants seek profits, if we are profitable here, there will be businessmen who have come to do business a long time ago, instead of being so deserted as now. ”

Lu Weimang shook his head, "If you don't have it, you will develop it." Although we don't have Qionglai's gems and medicines, we also have good things with our characteristics. The Qionglai moat has been turned into a smooth road, not to mention our flat terrain and convenient transportation in Yongzhou? You can't accept your fate, if you do, you won't have a head. With me to carry it for you, you can take out the strength of your youth, and toss it again, if it doesn't work, Jincheng doesn't have any loss, what if it happens? ”

Qi Hongxi's eyes were confused, and in the face of Lu Weimang's burning eyes, he subconsciously avoided it.

Lu Weimang didn't mind, and only patted the shoulder of the person in front of him, "You are still young, don't you want to make a career, not only to benefit the township, but also to go out of Yongzhou, the world is so big, what is it just from the book?" In the future, we will succeed, the world is big, let you go! ”

The small flame in Qi Hongxi's heart was originally on the verge of extinguishing, but now it was flickering by Lu Weimang, "My lord..."

"You don't have to express your stance right away, just go back and think about it, if you figure it out tomorrow, help me register the manpower brought by the people in this yamen, we have to do a big job, we can't procrastinate, and we can solve it quickly!" The dock is only the first step, and there are still two, three or four steps to go! ”

Qi Hongxi returned home in a daze, only to react, and he took over the supervision of the dock.

"Hongxi, what's wrong? Why don't I see you're dizzy, you're not in trouble outside, are you? ”

Mrs. Wang Cui'e looked at her official master worriedly, and her face was worried. Although she follows her own master, there is always a time to tighten her belt throughout the year, but it does not prevent her from worshiping her master. After all, Qi Hongxi is the most promising man in ten miles and eight villages, and many girls in the village envy her that she can be an official wife!

"I heard that a new chief is coming, and she is still a woman, is she embarrassed for you? It's okay, don't be afraid, if she embarrasses you, I'll find her to theorize! ”

Wang Cui'e thrust in and said.

Qi Hongxi waved his hand, "I didn't embarrass me, but she found me an extra errand." ”

Wang Cui'e patted her chest, "That's okay, the old men are not afraid to do work, aren't they just a little bit of strength in vain, and they can't die." ”

Qi Hongxi shook his head, "Don't work in vain, give money, give more than twenty taels a month!" ”

"Gentleman, you don't have a fever either, why are you talking nonsense?"

…

Money can make ghosts grind, this sentence has been true since ancient times.

On the second day, the fields at the mouth of the river outside the city were vacated and turned from fertile fields to flat fields again with Lu Weimang's real money.

Under the leadership of Qi Hongxi, the wharf was built in an orderly manner.

"Miss, what is this?"

"Processed wool."

"What are you doing with all this pickled stuff? Arise and let the slaves and maids do it. You just say how you want to do it. ”

Xiaoqiu squeezed Lu Weimang's position, Lu Weimang was helpless, and shook his hand, "I have already asked people to use caustic soda to remove the grease on this wool, and after a few more waters, there is no pickle." ”

"That's not going to work, you don't have to do it yourself."

Lu Weimang was helpless, so he had to say, "It's to use these wool to spin into thread." ”

Xiaoqiu was dumbfounded.

In the end, it was Xiao Xia who did similar work as a child who spun wool into thread.

Lu Weimang and Xiaoqiu watched from the sidelines.

"Miss, this wool is light and warm, such a good thing, when the slave and maid are spun, give you a few times of water, and make a close-fitting garment, this winter, you will definitely be better."

Lu Weimang gave a thumbs up, "Sure enough, there is a special level in the art industry, I didn't say how to use this thread, you know." ”

Xiao Xia smiled shyly, "Miss, don't boast, this is just the experience of spinning silk at home with my mother when I was a child." In the past, when we went down to the south of the Yangtze River and in Kyoto, we had never seen so much wool, and we didn't know that this thing could still be spinned. If you can spin thread, you can make clothes. Don't worry, I'll leave the wool to me, and I'll make your clothes for the winter." ”

Lu Weimang nodded with satisfaction.

"It seems that if you have a spinning foundation, you can easily get started."

Knowing this, Lu Weimang summoned people who knew how to spin threads in the city to handle and spin wool in public on the main street of Jincheng.

"Miss, how did you come up with a good way to spread it, isn't it okay for us to make a lot of money quietly?"

Xiaoqiu was a little puzzled.

She knows that the snowflake salt in Kyoto is the property of the young lady, and she is making money every day. Although this wool is not comparable to salt, it may not be able to make a lot of money if it works well.

Lu Weimang shook his head, "This wool is different from salt, it requires a lot of labor and time, and I can't gather so many people, why do I hold it in my arms and not let people see it?" I just want to publicize this wool, and send people to the villages, not only to publicize the practice, but also to buy, no matter who learns to make cloth, I will buy it at a high price! ”

Xiao Qiu was dumbfounded.

(End of chapter)