The second old man, Han Zhongwen, was quite suspicious, and he didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse.

The tolerance smiled and said, "Master Han, don't be afraid. Father-in-law Liu saw velvet embroidery on the handkerchief in the post house yesterday, and when he asked, it turned out that he had bought it from Hanfu. The prefect of Zhuang specially reported to his father-in-law that there was a self-combing girl from Fujian in Hanfu, who brought the ability of Zhangrong and our Songjiang cotton cloth. The father-in-law asked, how did it mix, and the prefect Zhuang said, then I have to ask Miss Zheng to talk about it. Master, you see, Lord Futai is here, and he has the heart to give Han Fu a good opportunity to show his face. ”

When Han Zhongwen heard this, his hanging heart fell back into his stomach, and he hurriedly instructed the housekeeper Lao Peng to seal a penny of silver for the tolerance.

The front foot of tolerance left, and Han Zhongwen urged Lao Peng to hurry up to the Han family's weaving workshop to sprinkle and sweep to prepare, explain the various rules of the weavers, and let Han Ximeng and Zheng Haizhu select more than a dozen female red masterpieces and take them to the weaving workshop.

In Zheng Haizhu's heart, of course, he understood why Master Han was so nervous and excited.

The Suzhou weaving admiral eunuch, who was the senior internal official responsible for managing tens of thousands of looms in the south of the Yangtze River.

Not only Suzhou, but also Yangzhou, Runzhou (now Zhenjiang), Songjiang, Jiaxing, but all the state capitals with developed textile industry, the admiral eunuchs can use the name of the emperor to distribute the weaving share, and designate the weaving workshop as the royal supplier to meet the court clothes and bedding and court etiquette clothes.

At the same time, the woven products of the additional distribution can also be sold to foreign merchants in exchange for a large amount of silver, which enters the inner treasury of the Son of Heaven for the emperor's expenses.

More importantly, because the admiral eunuchs could run around in the south of the Yangtze River, they often acted as the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven like the tax supervisors, secretly supervising the tenure of officials in various places, inspecting local finances and taxes, and even the ideological trends of literati.

Therefore, the actual status of this Gonggong Liu is by no means inferior to that of the Sanpin master of the foreign dynasty.

……

At noon, the Han family's weaving workshop was properly organized, and the rosewood eight immortals brought from the house by carriage were selling all kinds of exquisite dim sum and seasonal fruits, and mountain spring water was placed on the wind stove on the side, ready to cook tea for the visiting father-in-law Liu.

As soon as the time passed, Lao Peng trotted into the door: "It's coming, it's coming, Gonggong Liu is here, it's a hundred steps away." ”

Han Zhongwen was stunned: "Huh? I didn't hear any movement. ”

Lao Peng said: "Yes, I thought that the big sedan chair should come to the front and back, but it turned out to be only a small blue cloth sedan chair that was not eye-catching, and the house was not accompanied by it, if it wasn't for the people who followed the sedan chair, two of them were wearing tolerance clothes, I didn't expect to go up and ask." ”

Then he glanced at Zheng Haizhu and added: "Master, what is even more strange is that the young master of the Sichuan army, General Ma, is also here, and he greets me with kindness." ”

Ma Xianglin?

Han Zhongwen and Zheng Haizhu were more and more surprised.

But Han Zhongwen didn't have time to say more, so he hurriedly beckoned the weavers to come out and knelt at the door of the weaving workshop.

Although he is not an official, his understanding of the rules of the eunuch field is advancing with the times.

In the past, the military generals knelt down to civil officials, and now all the people kneel to eunuchs, as for the people who have taken the fame of abandoning literature and doing business, they will also act when they have the opportunity, and they will kneel when they should.

Behind him, Zheng Haizhu knelt among the weavers, watching the feet of more than a dozen people wearing official boots from far and near, but the top of the pair of boots was not a brocade python robe.

……

The eunuch Liu Shimin was in his thirties, wearing a dark blue Yexie cotton straight jacket, a small mesh hat, and a white rectangular face, with a peaceful complexion.

Before the person approached, his right hand had been raised and stopped Han Zhongwen: "Our family has always been taught by the saints, and we respect scholars the most. ”

After speaking, he raised his glottis at the black head behind Han Zhongwen, and said in a calm and friendly tone: "Big guys, hurry up!" It can be seen that your lord is very strict, if our family does not give an order on behalf of the family, how dare you move. Don't kneel, go back to the loom, and we'll come and see what you're doing. ”

Han Zhongwen glanced at Lao Peng, and Lao Peng hurriedly shouted with a smile on his face: "Father-in-law feels sorry for you, don't hurry up and thank you!" ”

The weavers got up slowly, and a few experienced middle-aged male workers in the lead bowed down to Liu Shimin, and everyone retreated to the machine room in the depths of the yard like obedient sheep.

Liu Shimin paced in front of Zheng Haizhu, the corners of his mouth were curved, and the tails of his eyes were clearly smiling, but the gaze that shot over was as sharp as a torch.

"You're Miss Zheng? Come, what do you think of our Songjiang cotton robe? General Pony pouted us for it, hehe. Liu Shimin softly pointed to Ma Xianglin beside him.

Ma Xianglin was also smiling, but his gaze was completely different from Liu Shimin's.

His pleasure was dissolved in a calm bearing, and in the eyes of everyone around him, it was a kind of peace and kindness like a noble corporal.

Only Zheng Haizhu, who had fought side by side with him on that night of suppressing bandits, could capture the warmth of the reunion of the old man in Ma Xianglin's eyes.

After a few months, it seems that it is only a few days, and goodbye is not cramped.

What surprised Zheng Haizhu even more was that the rhombic reed cloth worn by Ma Xianglin was the one she gave to the Sichuan army brothers on behalf of the Han government as regular clothes.

Ma Xianglin read her understanding from the light of the woman's eyes, but she was not narrow enough to enjoy such a moment.

He remembered that this loyal servant of the Han government had been shouting about his business as hard as he could.

He had to help her.

Ma Xianglin then put on the scene to talk and laugh, and said heartily: "It is better to be happy alone, it is better to be happy with others, the cotton cloth of Songjiang has reached such a high level in my Ming Dynasty, just like firearms shine in my Ming army." So this time I was ordered to train in Runzhou, and when I heard that Gonggong Liu was coming to Songjiang, I also turned around and revisited the old place to tell Gonggong Liu about the wonders of Songjiang cotton. The good things in Jiangnan are not only brocade ramie, and Songjiang's cotton cloth is not only for the princes and princesses to make diapers. Unexpectedly, when I saw Gonggong Liu today, his father-in-law took the initiative to say that the face towel in the guest house was provided by the Han family weaving workshop, so I told the prefect of Zhuang that I would not bother him, and I would be a guide for my father-in-law Liu in the future. ”

Liu Shimin took over the conversation and waved his hand: "No, at this time, the local government is the most busy. Let Lao Zhuang keep an eye on the mess in his hand, it is most important to be able to give the household department. With Xianglin accompanying our family, our family still feels more relaxed. ”

"Ahh After Han Zhongwen greeted him earnestly, he greeted Zheng Haizhu and said, "Ah Zhu, you are the first person to make a contribution to my family's weaving this year, you quickly lead your father-in-law in and let your father-in-law point you in." ”

Han Zhongwen is such an old man, Ma Xianglin and Father-in-law Liu seem to have a good personal relationship, and their own handmaid and Ma Xianglin are definitely not a life, even so, he, the head of the half-old man's family, naturally wants to be generous and acquaintance, and push Zheng Haizhu to the front to socialize.