In the early summer, the second spinning workshop newly built in Zhaotai City was officially opened, and this workshop will be the first leader of Dongli, Chang Xi in order for her to act cheaper, the original plumber Aunt Guihua of the tea brick workshop was transferred over, and directly became the deputy of Dongli.

Then Wu Laosan selected a part of the security team from the old workshop and came here to form a new security team, led by a middle-aged man named Yan Xiaoxi, which is to ensure the safety of Dongli and Aunt Osmanthus, and also to protect the safety of the workshop.

When it opened, Chang Xi came in person, and invited a lot of officials for this purpose, of course, it is indispensable to call Taicheng's parents, Lord Guanzhong, which was introduced to Chang Xi by Yiyang's parents, Lord Zhou, and it was also because this person had a good personal relationship with Lord Zhou, so she built the second spinning workshop here.

Lord Zhong has a good impression of Chang Xi, and he was smiling all the time, and he gave Chang Xi enough face, which also made everyone with a head and face in Zhaotai City look at it in their eyes, and they can't help but weigh it in their hearts.

Chang Xi stayed here for more than half a month, and only returned to Yiyang City when the second spinning workshop was on the track, but fortunately, the two cities were not far away, and there would be a round trip in about a day.

Her career was booming, and after everything was on the right track, she became much more idle and began to pay more attention to the news in the capital.

As soon as she entered the end of the year, she received the news that the fourth prince was reprimanded by the old emperor for acting arrogantly, she looked at the news for a long time and did not speak, just sat in the round chair and looked at the yellow leaves falling outside the window.

The old emperor didn't know if there was a big problem with his health, his temper was getting worse and worse, and the fourth prince began to be attacked by the frenzied absorption of the remnants of the third prince at the beginning of the year, and his defeat had begun to appear.

When Chang Xi wrote to Zhao Jin, he reminded him that he must not be careless, and in addition to preventing the dog from jumping off the wall, there are still six, seven or eight adult princes who are eyeing him, so he still has to prepare for the worst.

At this time, Han Rongyuan, the elder brother of the northwest, also mentioned that there were changes in the army, lamenting that maybe the cold winter would come sooner than she imagined, so she should make plans first, be sure to protect herself, and try not to go north if she can.

This is also the meaning of the letter written by Zhao Jin, asking her to stay in Yiyang, which is not the center of the struggle for the heir, and can maximize her safety.

Wei is more simply, she went directly south to find Chang Xi to reunite, obviously she also felt the tension of the atmosphere in the capital, her daughter should not enter Beijing for the New Year, then she came over in person, she seemed to be more and more emotionally attached to Chang Xi.

On the day they arrived, the weather was already quite cold, and Chang Xi and his cousin Wei Guangnan personally went to the dock to greet Wei and his party.

The first time she went out of the house, Wei was obviously not used to it, and when she got off the boat, she was not in good spirits, until she saw Chang Xi and her nephew, she had a smile on her tired face, holding a person's hand in one hand, no matter how hard this trip was, it was worth it.

The nephew warmly and thoughtfully helped her into the carriage, and the daughter sat beside her and handed her the hand warmer, she leaned on the pillow, and then breathed a sigh of relief, "The first time I came to such a far place, I felt that it was not easy for you to enter Beijing. "It's sad to think of the hardships of the journey.

Chang Xi smiled and made her a bowl of tea to refresh herself, "It's good to get used to it." ”

She was a trapeze artist in her previous life, and now she is here, and she will be in a city thousands of miles away tomorrow, as for this life, the journey is a little slower, and there is nothing else, so the journey is difficult or something else.

Wei's eyes were still red in distress, "If you still want to stay in Yiyang in the future, you will come to see you for your mother, and you will suffer for your mother." ”

"How can I ask you to suffer like this? It would be nice to wait for the situation to become clear. Chang Xi knew that the Wei family was pampered when he was young, and this trip was the limit, "Besides, the big family in the Weiwu Hou Mansion, you can rest assured?" ”

As soon as he mentioned this, Wei's expression was a little cold, "Which of those big people is related to me?" Your brother and sister-in-law, nephews and nieces are all in the northwest, and you are in Yiyang in the southeast, I don't care if they are all dead. ”

After the disillusionment of love, she completely saw her husband's personality, she was already disheartened with that big family, and she didn't want to break the lawsuit for the concubines and concubines, so she let the old woman and the selfish man bother, she didn't wait.

Chang Xi looked at Wei like this, but he was a little familiar, as if he had seen his mother in his previous life, and finally sighed quietly, shook Wei's hand, and gave her a little warmth.

Wei was overjoyed because of this, and felt that no matter how hard this trip was, it was worth it, a pair of children did not grow up under her knees, and she couldn't catch her son flying too high and too far, so what she could catch was her daughter's warmth.

When she arrived at Chang Xi's residence, she saw that this was not as gorgeous and spacious as the Hou Mansion, and she couldn't stop crying with sadness, saying over and over again, "My son has suffered......

Chang Xi was annoyed by crying, and simply announced, "The house is ready, just wait for you to come, and we will move tomorrow." ”

Indeed, because the Wei family was coming, Chang Xi bought a three-entry mansion in Yiyang City, and Wei Guangnan volunteered to arrange the house for her, just waiting for the Wei family to come and move.

The housewarming banquet was very grand and festive, and the people with heads and faces in Yiyang came to congratulate, and the Wei family itself was the wife of the court, and the sedan chair was even more willing to be lifted.

And Mrs. Xie Rong brought her granddaughter-in-law Bai Shi to celebrate, giving Chang Xi enough face, as the former second assistant wife, she and Wei are acquainted, but they don't have a deep relationship, and now goodbye, they have a lot to say.

Wei was still a little worried about Chang Xi's wife, but Rong was a master of communication, and a few words eased Wei's expression, and even gradually warmed up.

Bai Shi was stunned for a while, he didn't expect his grandmother to have this side, no wonder his grandfather respected his grandmother so much now, when he was an official in the capital, his grandmother must have helped his grandfather a lot behind his back.

Seeing that Chang Xiqing was idle, she leaned over and said, "I'm still worried that there will be a quarrel, it's finally a false alarm." She had seen the Wei family alone before, but Mrs. Wei's Hou was full of shelves, she couldn't help but be a little stunned, who knew that as soon as her grandmother came out, she instantly subdued the Wei family, or her grandmother was amazing.

Chang Xi laughed when he heard it, as long as someone in the Wei family was not lonely here.

She really doesn't have so much time to accompany the Wei family, and she wants to plan for the worst situation, as the so-called three armies have not moved the grain and grass first, the ship she bought from President Xu was delivered a few months ago, and she directly handed over the ship to Zhang Yingda to manage, and for the time being, she did not do ocean trade, but specialized in transporting grain from Nanyang to China, and with him, there was also the manager, and now he has directly become Zhao Jin and Chang Xi's agent overseas.

This kid came back from a trip to the sea, people were tanned, and his heart was broader, and after he went out to see the world, that idea disappeared, he said to Chang Xi like this, "I want to work hard even with Ah Fa's share, if I don't work hard to live like a person, I will have no shame to see him in the future." ”

She patted Zhang Yingda's broadened shoulder as a sign of encouragement, and the world outside has a lot to do.

Buying grain from overseas, with Yuan Hao's city division as a cover, and Chang Xi responding, did not attract much attention in Yiyang City.

When the Chinese New Year was approaching, Chang Xi personally went to Jiangnan to buy medicinal materials in the name of the workshop, which was indispensable and a priority strategic material.

Regarding his daughter's travel, Wei was worried, "Your workshop is too grinding, why don't you stop during the New Year?" ”

"Mother, I'll rush back during the New Year, rest assured, I will definitely be able to come back in time to accompany you for the New Year......"

"But when one of your daughters goes far away, how can I rest assured?"

Obviously, Chang Xi's rhetoric can't convince the Wei family, in her concept, which of the daughters of the Hou Mansion is not pampered? is a sad person in her family, and she always wants to run out.

Wei Guangnan on the side was speechless, but still said, "Auntie, have you forgotten me?" My cousin travels, with my escort, you don't have to worry, when the time comes, I will definitely bring you back with all the tails. ”

"You kid!" Wei glanced at her nephew angrily, but she couldn't stop it, so she could only wait patiently at home for them to come back.

After Han Rongyuan showed the Han family's hole cards to Wei Guangnan, Wei Guangnan passed the news back to his father.

After Wei Guogong locked himself in his study for a day and a night, when he came out again, he wrote in a letter to his son that he would continue to stay in Yiyang to fully assist Chang Xi, and the Wei family would increase their support for Zhao Jin.

Wei Guangnan sniffed out from his father's letter, his father is quite optimistic about Zhao Jin, then he will also spare no effort to stand with Chang Xi's brothers and sisters, after all, if Zhao Jin can really succeed in the future, he will also earn a share of the dragon's merit, not the heir of the Guogong Mansion, he will also have his own success and fame in the future, thinking about it is very warm, this is much better than taking care of the family business and begging for a life under his brother.

Chang Xi's actions were not hidden, but because she was far away from the capital, those princes did not know enough about her energy, so they didn't notice her at all, which made her trip to Jiangnan unusually smooth, and some people even asked her if she was going to do a medicinal herb business, she responded with a smile and ambiguous after hearing it, and did not let people see through the hole cards.

Of course, compared to this, Jiangnan textile industry peers are more interested in her new spinning machine, while she is in Jiangnan, almost every day to the inn to disturb, is to see if the two sides can cooperate one or two, after all, the market for technology This road has been crossed, proved feasible, others are naturally ready to move.

Jiangnan has always been the leader of the textile industry, so it is not afraid of foreign competitors at all, but if new spinning machines can be introduced, then the production capacity will be improved, and it will naturally be able to earn more silver.

Chang Xi is naturally very willing to talk to them about these necessary materials for military supplies, and there are successful examples in front of him, and this cooperation is naturally easy to achieve.

(End of chapter)