"Jiangnan silk weaving, with Suzhou, Hangzhou and Jiangning as the priority, most of the imperial merchants in the capital come from Jiangning, and the richest businessmen in Jiangning City also started with silk weaving."

In the garden, Qingming walked ahead, popularizing common sense for Gu Huai.

"And Jiangning Silk Weaving, two points of imperial merchants, four points of merchants, and the rest... It's all the shops of the Li Mansion. ”

Gu Huai was stunned, and then sighed: "It's really a big family business... Does the court care? It stands to reason that the princess shouldn't live on fiefs and the like, and it's okay to do business? ”

"It's normal for the powerful to have a lot of family members doing business, Miss's fief is not rich, it's okay to raise the princess's mansion, and the others... Inadequate. ”

"Others?"

Qingming did not answer: "This year's plague continues, which is a good thing and a bad thing for the silk weaving industry, and the price of silk is much higher, but there are also many businessmen who have given up their share, so in the current season of silk harvesting, the silk of Lifu ... Collected a lot. ”

"How many?"

"Seventy percent."

Gu Huai licked the corners of his mouth, a little shocked by Li Fu's appetite.

In previous years, it only accounted for a quarter of the share, but this year it dared to raise the price to harvest seventy percent of the silk? Although this can indeed occupy the market, it is inevitably a little too big, in case...

He came to his senses: "Is there a problem with processing or sales?" ”

Qingming stopped, looked back, and looked "sure enough": "You do have a talent for business... It is processing, there are 27 silk weaving shops under the name of Li Fu, and the silk is collected and distributed in the warehouses of Jiangning counties. The plague is just too bad. ”

Gu Huai was a little puzzled: "No... Even if the plague is severe, silk will not expire, even if it can't be digested for a year, it can be kept in the warehouse until next year before spinning, and the market is in chaos, which is a good thing for the Li Mansion with reserves, why is it in a hurry? ”

Qingming shook his head slightly: "It can't be put into next year, and it's too late to rearrange the market." ”

"Why?"

"Because the Li Mansion is short of money."

This reason is even more nonsense, no one who is short of money can not take the turn of Li Mingzhu, who is both the royal family of the previous dynasty and the princess of this dynasty, is short of money, and has a fief and does such a big business, there are dozens of shops, can he still survive?

He frowned: "Can't turn over the funds?" ”

"So to speak," Qingming nodded, "The shopkeepers of the various shops have been gathering to discuss for several days, and they haven't come up with a solution, Miss has been infected with the wind and cold on this trip, and the matter has not been resolved for a long time, and the other rich businessmen in Jiangning..."

"By the way, Jiangning City is so big, the Li Mansion collects too much silk, there must be people who can't receive it, why don't you resell it to them? Isn't it enough to withdraw funds? Even if they push the price.."

Gu Huai reacted: "The price they offered was too low? ”

"It's as low as you think."

"So that's the case," Gu Huai understood, "so to sum it up, the Li Mansion needs money, but it collects too much silk, it can't be processed, and the funds can't be turnover, and if you want to sell more silk, you may lose to the point that your grandmother doesn't know it, which means that this is a dead end?" ”

Qingming thought for a while: "That's pretty much it. ”

Gu Huai sighed deeply, and still had some questions to ask, but Qingming didn't give him a chance, just waved his hand: "The shopkeeper of the twenty-seven shops is already waiting in the side hall, and the account books and the like have also been moved, do you want to meet first?" And the business you tossed out, it's best to tell them first, and the next period of time..."

"You're going to be busy."

……

Coming out of that heavily guarded area, Qingming turned back into that petite and silent maid, which made Gu Huai feel that everything that happened before was an illusion for a while, but he also understood that after Qingming took him to see Li Mingzhu today, there were some things that he couldn't refuse.

It's really lard, what kind of troubled waters are you wading in? Silk weaving and the like, where does he have experience? Selling rock sugar gourds and pondering soap and other things should be what a traverser should do, and it is too rare to take over such a big business to practice his hands as soon as he comes up.

But in the final analysis, he should be a member of the Li Mansion now, and he bothered to treat the plague before, in addition to making a lot of money, it is nothing more than to remind the people of Li Mingzhu, a princess of the former dynasty, so that her reputation is better, so that the court will have some scruples, if it can't drag on one day, at least he has time to prepare to run away, but now it seems that if the current matter is not solved, I am afraid that what I did before will be useless.

However, this matter does reveal strange things everywhere, so long is enough for him to understand the magnates of this world, understand the operation structure of the Li Mansion, there are too many people in the mansion, and there are also grievances between the royal family of the previous dynasty and this dynasty, plus there is business or something, it is like a large company, it will face a lot of blows, a lot of conspiracies, light or heavy.

The blow is coming, and it is a normal thing to start straining, Li Mingzhu is not like a person who is too fragile, there must be other reasons for falling like this this time, if Li Mingzhu is really a princess of the former dynasty who doesn't understand anything, some things are simpler, at least she can't do this step at all, and people who can only adapt to good times are unlikely to have such spirit.

Every time they meet in the Li Mansion, every time they act with each other at the dinner table, Gu Huai can feel that Li Mingzhu is carrying something, and there should be some secrets hidden in the depths of her heart, and the current atmosphere of the Li Mansion and even the mysterious clarity show that there is an out-and-out muddy water in front of her.

What can I do? Do you have the right to choose whether to wade or not to wade?

After thinking about it, he arrived in front of the side hall, Gu Huai glanced back at Qingming who lowered his eyebrows, raised his feet and walked in, there was a sound of sleeve rubbing and the sound of seats moving, and the shopkeepers of the shops dressed in silk stood up and cast their eyes here to scrutinize, and when they found that it was not Her Royal Highness the princess who appeared in front of them, but a young man in green shirts who had never seen before, their faces flashed a trace of surprise.

"Her Royal Highness the princess is not feeling well, so let me come down to inquire about the cloth shop... I've seen you. ”

The words were a little polite, but they regarded themselves as the principals in and out of the words, several shopkeepers glanced at each other, and some whispers sounded, but there were smart people who guessed Gu Huai's identity, and there were more relieved eyes for a while, after all, nominally, Gu Huai can indeed be half the master of the princess's mansion.

They are just shopkeepers, not people in the Li Mansion, what is the relationship between Gu Huai and Li Mingzhu, how true is the identity of this concubine, it is not their turn to care, knowing Gu Huai's identity, a Liao shopkeeper stood up, and chatted with Gu Huai with a proper attitude, probably to make him make a statement, Gu Huai nodded:

"It's not a big deal, over there, everything is fine as usual, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, but Her Royal Highness the princess will occasionally catch the cold, don't spread it around, don't let outsiders know that she is sick, that's all."

A few shopkeepers looked embarrassed, and Shopkeeper Liao also came closer: "Master Horse, we also know that His Highness needs to recuperate and can't be bothered, but in the past, His Highness personally asked about these things, if it was... If something really happens, when you need to make an idea, you don't know..."

"Then take it, I'll find a way here," Gu Huai nodded, "The rest, you have to worry about it." ”

"Yes, in fact, something has to happen every year at this time, everyone has experience in dealing with it, for so many years, there have been no accidents in the cloth shop, and I also ask the horse master to let His Royal Highness feel relieved..."

It is indeed a relieving word, if it is an ordinary cloth shop, it will be settled if there is an accident and a loss, but everyone here knows how the dark tide is surging in Jiangning City this year, and now there is a horse master who has never been said to ask about it, and they really don't know the bottom of their hearts, but even Qingming is standing behind Gu Huai, what else can they say? I can only see if this horse master has a way to think about it.

Then someone said goodbye, nothing more than something at home, Gu Huai didn't keep it, and said goodbye to them with a smile, and waited until the side hall finally quieted down, he shook his head and walked to the study on the side.

After all, I can't become the backbone all at once...