Chapter Seventy-Three: A Different Way
As soon as Hou Fang's words fell, Huo Jiaao fell into despair.
The village chief of Nahuo threw away his crutches and collapsed on the ground:
"We Huo Jiaao just want to live, is it so difficult? Are you really going to force us to die?"
Hou Fang shrugged his shoulders, revealing an expression of helplessness.
This is a general trend, and it can be reversed by non-individuals!
"Hou Fang, you blocked all the roads in Huojiaao, aren't you afraid that Your Majesty will blame you?"
Changle was really angry, and he didn't even shout his nickname.
Hou Fang shook his head.
"I can't do it alone! These people of Huojia Village were still tenants of my Huo family in the past, and I have no reason to harm them!"
"And Huo Jiaao's way of life, in fact, was already destined to be blocked at the moment when His Majesty issued an edict to try out the restructuring in Wannian County!"
Qin Fan was busy working for two hours, and forcibly built these two magical machines, intending to find a way to live for Huo Jiaao.
And he broke his preparation with just a few words and extinguished Huo Jiaao's hope.
This feeling of life and death made Hou Fang a little intoxicated.
But at the same time, there is some excitement.
After all, he is just taking advantage of the situation, and it is the entire noble family of the Tang Dynasty who is really acting!
Changle looked at Qin Fan with an apologetic expression.
If he hadn't insisted on leaving Hou Fang, maybe this would not be the case now.
And Qianqian gritted her teeth and stubbornly said, "Childe, we must have a way!"
"How? What's the solution? We Huojiaao have fought those wealthy families there!" Village Chief Huo smiled bitterly.
"Indeed, with the power of one village, it is a bit overwhelming to try to confront the wealthy clan of the entire Tang Dynasty!"
Qin Fan agreed.
The elder general also said dejected words, and the faces of the villagers of Huojiaao were even more gloomy.
Qianqian also drooped her little head.
"But why should we confront each other head-on?"
Qin Fan pointed in the direction of the palace.
"This is a competition between His Majesty and them, and Huo Jiaao is just being affected."
Hou Fang General Qin Fan was still stiff-mouthed, and opened his mouth to strike: "What if it is affected, in this wrestling, this Huo Jiaao will inevitably be crushed into slag!"
However, Qin Fan didn't pay attention to it, but said, "Since the front doesn't work, and the goods can't be sold, why don't we find another way?"
"Otherwise?" Changle's eyes lit up!
"Not bad! Ordinary trade routes are naturally blocked by them, but there is a trade route that they can't intercept no matter what!"
Qin Fan was full of confidence.
However, Hou Fang thought he was bluffing.
"The Hao clan will not leave you a gap! Die to this heart! What you were expecting could not have happened!"
But at this time, even Changle didn't want to deal with him, just looked at Qin Fan.
"Young Master Qin, what is the solution?"
"Tribute!" Qin Fan said seriously.
"Tribute?" Unlike Qin Fan's determination, when others heard these two words, they couldn't believe it at all,
And Hou Fang laughed even more:
"What should I do?"
"But you're right, the family really can't interfere with those tributes. But do you think those people in the palace will take a fancy to these broken copper and iron in Huojiaao?"
Changle also said with a worried face: "The rules of tribute in the palace are very strict, unless the emperor personally expresses his liking, it is difficult for ordinary things to become tribute!"
Huo Chunhua on the side also cried with a sad face:
"Sir, if these things want to become tribute, it is simply impossible! Don't be naïve, sir!"
When Qin Fan heard this, he wondered, "You don't have the confidence to weave the cloth yourself?"
Huo Chunhua smiled bitterly and said, "Master, if you talk about my craftsmanship, it's in Huo
Jiaao is naturally the first. But outside, there is no comparison with other powerful people!"
Qin Fan said, "I'm not confident in your craftsmanship, you should take a closer look at that piece of cloth!"
Following Qin Fan's instructions, several people's eyes focused on the piece of cloth on Jenny's spinning machine.
That was the one that Huo Chunhua personally operated and weaved in order to verify the efficiency that Qin Fan said.
"How is that possible!"
Huo Chunhua's face was full of disbelief!
"Spring flowers, what's wrong?"
Huo Chunhua's exclamation attracted the attention of the other people.
"How can this fabric be so tight and strong, and so smooth!"
Everyone looked, and sure enough!
The cloth on the loom and the clothes worn by the people were made of the same cotton, but they were very different in appearance.
"It's beautiful!" A child's eyes were full of confusion, and he reached out to touch the cloth.
"What are you doing?" Huo Chunhua hurriedly slapped the child's hand away, and then protected the cloth like a calf!
The child woke up from a dream, looked at his dirty little hands, and scratched his head.
"Aunt Chunhua, this cloth is too beautiful, it must be very comfortable to wear!"
After listening to the child's words, Huo Chunhua was also sluggish for a while.
"I'm not dreaming, am I?"
As if worried that the cloth was fake, Huo Chunhua stepped on its pedal again and flew the shuttle.
Soon pieces of cloth of the same material were woven!
"Really!" Huo Chunhua fell, cut the silk thread, and took out the piece of cloth.
"Sir, can our cloth be a tribute?"
At this time, Huo Chunhua, although she was apprehensive, also had some confidence.
Looking at the expectant expressions on the faces of the whole village, Qin Fan nodded lightly.
Cheers erupted.
Seeing this, Hou Fang also hurriedly wanted to squeeze up to take a look at the cloth.
The Huojiaao people, who can treat the cloth as a treasure, are willing to let Hou go!
I saw a "ball" being squeezed around in the crowd and finally falling out.
Hou Fang wiped the sweat from his head, and his face was cloudy.
If this Huojiaao's cloth really becomes a tribute, won't it break through the family's blockade?
Where is your face? Where is the face of the Hou family?
The most important thing is: how will Your Majesty feel?
Thinking of this, he couldn't care about the cheering crowd anymore, hurriedly got into the carriage, and rushed to the Hou Mansion.
Hou Junji must be informed of this as soon as possible!
On the other hand, after confirming the quality of the cloth, the people of Huojiaao slowly settled down.
"The big guy will just plant cotton as usual this year. Back the county, according to those two drawings, the denuclearization machine and the Jenny spinning machine will be built. Then you can weave the harvested cotton into cotton cloth and send it to the court."
"At that time, the harvest of silver taels will definitely be more than farming for the Hou family!"
Qin Fan fed the people a reassuring pill again.
And the people were also very happy.
"Now that there is no Hou family, there is a lot more cotton that the big guy can stay, and he can weave a lot of cotton cloth when he turns around!"
"Yes! Even if we can't do it like Spring Flower, it's good to be able to have half the speed of Spring Flower!"
Huojiaao was filled with a cheerful atmosphere......