"Come on, everyone, the cloth in this cloth shop is only 30 yuan a horse, which is too cheap."

"What? The cloth in the south of the city is also so cheap? I just saw a new cloth shop in the north of the city, and the price was only 30 yuan. ”

"The brand of fabric in the south of the city seems to be different, but the materials are very good."

In the blink of an eye, two months have passed since the last conference.

On the bustling streets of Nanjing, shops have appeared, and the business pattern has changed again.

Fabrics from the Beiping Textile Factory have appeared on the shelves of many shops.

The cloth is sent out from the factory, and then sold to the general agent in various places, and the general agent is distributed to the sub-agent, and the sub-agent is distributed to the county agent, and the county agent is then sold to the following store, and the store begins to sell.

Ten years ago, when Li Xiao sold cloth in Beiping, it was a price of ten cents a horse, but at that time, it was a direct sale from the factory, and there was no middleman to make the difference.

And now, after all, it is inconvenient to transport, there is a specialization in the industry, and it is impossible for manufacturers to make money from distribution, and the following distributors also have to make money, so that they can bear the sales channels.

Even so, though.

Thirty pieces of cloth still caused an uproar in Beiping.

The price is much cheaper than the original cloth in Nanjing, and the quality is not a grade, Beiping Textile Factory has gone through more than ten years of development, and the technology and supporting facilities in all aspects are more mature, and the machine has been improved several times.

The original cloth business could no longer be done, and their cloth was smashed in their hands, so they could only sell it at a reduced price.

However, this is also something that cannot be helped.

The beginning of industrialization will certainly have a great impact on the original handicraft industry.

This is why Li Xiao has not let Beiping's goods impact other markets before, which will make many people unable to survive.

Many of the big cloth workshops are the property of the Haoqiang family, and they can afford to lose, after all, they have the right to act as an agent now, and they can earn it back soon.

But many small workshops are going to go bankrupt because of this, and they are very complaining about this, but there is no way, even those powerful families have compromised, what can they do?

However, with crises come opportunities.

Many small workshop businessmen began to stop selling cloth and resell ready-to-wear clothes.

Because the original workers have been in this industry for a long time, they are also familiar with the production of ready-to-wear and can quickly change careers.

It is also a new business to only need to take cheap cloth from dealers in large quantities, and then design patterns and use the cloth to make ready-made clothes for sale.

Because of the variety of clothes, state-owned enterprises have no way to get involved in the production of ready-to-wear, and such a business is believed to be popular in the future.

As a result, tailors from all over the country suddenly became in demand, and were recruited by all kinds of people, and experienced tailors could get very high salaries.

The changes in the market have their own laws, and many times Li Xiao does not need to do anything, they will adapt to the times according to the existing conditions.

"It's really like a spring breeze coming overnight, and thousands of trees and pear blossoms are blooming."

Li Xiao walked comfortably on the street at this time, lined up in various cloth shops, and saw many ready-to-wear shops springing up like mushrooms after a rain.

There are also many guests who come and go, and many people go in to watch and buy.

Li Xiao also went to a few ready-to-wear stores to browse, the ready-to-wear inside is quite beautiful, after all, after the cloth business was monopolized by the factory, small shops want to find a life, can only rely on making ready-to-wear clothes.

This is similar to the development trend of Beiping, where there are not many people who buy cloth directly, and everyone would rather choose to buy ready-to-wear directly.

"Guest officer, please inside."

After Li Xiao entered a relatively high-end ready-to-wear store, the guys inside were warmly welcomed.

"Hmm."

Nodding slightly, Li Xiao shook around inside, and sure enough, no matter what era, the ready-to-wear stores are mostly women's clothing.

The clothes in this shop are really beautifully designed and original.

Li Xiao was slightly surprised, the craftsmanship of the tailors in this shop is top-notch, and it is no worse than the tailors of the palace and even the palace.

The difference is that the tailors of the palace and the palace made the clothes in a more solemn style, showing grace and luxury.

And the clothes here are more folk.

Jewel green weaving silver silk peony tuanhua gown, embroidered peony moon season pink bright satin round neck thin gown, emerald blue gold branches and green leaves flowers trailing skirt

The women's skirt is like a palace maid under the moon, looking very fairy, Li Xiao thought, the daughter-in-law should be very beautiful in such clothes.

I think this must be a style designed by a woman, because Li Xiao himself is a top tailor, but he can't design such a style.

Of course, the price here is also very expensive, each piece of clothing is often more than a dozen taels, or even as high as a hundred taels of silver, completely taking the high-end road.

Li Xiao walked towards the upscale area and walked casually.

And the guy next to him was also very patient, following Li Xiao carefully, not saying a word, and not daring to say anything to disturb.

The man is clear that women like to listen to introductions when buying clothes, while male customers usually buy gifts for their wives, but they don't like to be rambling around.

As long as the male customer takes a fancy to it, he doesn't need to say anything, and he will pay directly.

Of course, it must be the kind of rich customer, and the guy's eyesight is also there, and he can see that Li Xiao's temperament is extraordinary, and he is definitely not rich or expensive, and he follows closely beside him, waiting for the appearance of today's big achievement.

"Your clothes here aren't cheap, did the shop open before?"

Li Xiao asked casually as he walked.

These days, in addition to dealing with various affairs, Li Xiao will travel everywhere, observe people's livelihood, see if there is anything missing, and once found, he can deal with it in time.

"Back to this master, our store was newly opened a month ago."

The shop guy saw that Li Xiao was interested, so he smiled and said a few more words, "Before, our store was a cloth shop, but a month ago the cloth business could not be done, and the owner said that he would change his career to make a ready-to-wear store. The young lady felt that it was too much to switch to a low-grade garment store now, so she made this high-end garment store. I didn't expect the business to be quite good, now there are many rich people in Nanjing, and those rich ladies are not soft at all when they buy."

"Hmm."

Li Xiao bowed slightly.

It seems that the lady of this shop will do business, and the opposite is true, others follow the trend and go for cheap prices, and she goes for high-end.

This time, the imperial court repossessed the land and paid billions of taels of silver outside, especially those wealthy families, and the land was exchanged for a large amount of silver, and the family was not allowed to spend it well.

Looking around, there are some rich ladies, who are very similar to Li Xiao's ideas, these people are the main force of consumption, can drive consumption, and the rule that businessmen are not allowed to wear silk has been abolished by Li Xiao, just to promote consumption.

"This one, this one, this one, and this one"

Li Xiao pointed to several pieces of clothing in a row.

The guy next to him had his eyes wide open, it seemed that it was really a big business, he rubbed his hands and said, "Are they all wrapped?" ”

"None of that."

“？？？？”

"Wrap up the rest."

“！！！！”

The guy was shocked, and so were several wealthy ladies nearby.

This way of pretending to beep is fresh and refined, and I have never seen it before.

You don't spend it like this if you have money?

The rich ladies looked at Li Xiao to see which family's son, so rich, maybe they could introduce their daughters.

"This master, are you telling the truth?"

The guy was shocked and said, "These are all wrapped up, and they have to be. It's close to 10,000 taels of silver."

Li Xiao smiled slightly, didn't explain much, and directly took out 10,000 taels of silver Daming money to save the ticket.

"Okay, this master, I'll wrap you up right away."

"Hurry up, everyone, stop what you're doing, come over and get busy!"

This guy's words suddenly became stiff, and he directly sold the clothes in the store short, who has his cowhide?

Soon, the guys in the whole store were busy, and several female guys looked at Li Xiao's eyes, full of ambiguity, and couldn't wait for Li Xiao to eat them immediately.

It's so rich, it's 10,000 taels when you make a move!

Even the richest man in Nanjing City would not dare to spend money like this.

After a while, even the shopkeeper of the store, that is, the lady of the store, was alarmed and walked down from the upper floor.

This woman is extraordinarily beautiful, has a good temperament, and the clothes on her body are also extremely exquisite, wearing a long smoky green skirt dragging the ground, and the cuffs are mixed with patterns. It's just that the skirt is embroidered with a butterfly, covered with a water-green thin smoke gauze, and the thin silk thread is embroidered with slow cherry blossoms lush and blooming, elegant but not losing the enchanting atmosphere.

"I have seen this nobleman, the little woman is the shopkeeper of this shop, if you have any custom clothing needs in the future, you can just come to our store, and the store will design clothes for free for the nobles for life."

The female shopkeeper walked down, bowed slightly towards Li Xiao, and said delicately.

Obviously, this kind of businessman's daughter knows how to do business, and when she sees this kind of big customer, she wants to keep in touch so that she can keep it and take care of her business more in the future.

"That's not necessary, I'll get out of here in a few days."

Li Xiao waved his hand and said disapprehantly: "I bought these clothes because I thought the design was good-looking, but I didn't know what style my daughter-in-law liked, so I simply brought them all back, let her choose them by herself, keep what she likes, and reward her subordinates to wear if she doesn't like them." ”

"Ah" When I heard Li Xiao say about her daughter-in-law, the female shopkeeper was obviously a little lost, but after thinking about it, what kind of strength did she lose to buy women's clothes, who else could she give it to besides buying it for her wife?

The men were busy collectively, and soon packed the clothes of the whole store, and the female shopkeeper asked, "May I ask where the nobleman's house is, and I will arrange for you to send it over." ”

"No, someone will come in and get it later." Li Xiao said: "By the way, now the commercial tax has been reformed, do you know?" ”

The female shopkeeper nodded: "Yes, I know." ”

"Remember to pay your taxes." Leaving this sentence with a smile, Li Xiao turned around and left.

Not long after Li Xiao left, soldiers soon entered the shop.

Chang Yingwu came in with the soldiers, ordered the soldiers to take out the big boxes, and began to put the clothes they had bought inside.

And at this moment, the female shopkeeper finally knew who the young man was.

Let yourself pay your taxes well, and you will definitely be a national teacher.

Her eyes were full of admiration, and she murmured: "It turns out that the rumored National Teacher is so handsome and young, I thought it was an old man, and it was also very good to treat my wife, but unfortunately I didn't have this blessing."

Next, Li Xiao went to various shops to sprinkle gold wildly.

Everywhere he went, both the rich lady and the young girl cast their eyes with admiration, and Li Xiao ignored this kind of admiration, it was really a leaf in the middle of a thousand flowers.

The jewelry is good, more delicate and beautiful than the northern design, buy!

Except for these few things, it's all inclusive.

This rouge gouache is good, and I don't know if it's good or not, it's expensive anyway.

Buy! Only buy the expensive ones, don't buy the right ones, buy buy buy buy!

Although there are many skin care products in Li Xiao's system, cosmetics are all modern products, and there is a lot of technology and ruthless work in them.

On the contrary, these natural cosmetics skin care products are very healthy.

In addition to being expensive.

However, do I care about money?

Buy, buy, buy!

In fact, in the process of buying, buying, buying, and buying, Li Xiao also observed the changes in the market in Nanjing City, which is the main purpose.

If you encounter a problem, you will correct it immediately.

For example, Li Xiao found a shop where the price of safflower oil was very high.

Drugs like safflower oil are very effective for bruises, but they were very expensive and were smuggled from Beiping.

The price is one tael of silver per bottle.

According to reason, now that the agency has entered Nanjing, the price should be reduced to a bottle of silver.

Obviously, it was the businessmen who collectively raised prices and raised profits.

This is profiteering.

After checking, it was found that this was the case, Li Xiao immediately called Zhu Gaosui to deal with the matter, and soon the matter was dealt with, and after a few days, the price of safflower oil became a penny of silver, and the price that the people consumed.

In addition to picketing in Nanjing, Li Xiao also went to various dormitories to inspect the work and guide the work.

Each dormitory has to go once, and if you do a good job, Li Xiao will write down the name of the head of the dormitory, and if you do a bad job, you will give professional guidance.

The national teacher has achieved this level, and no one can be regarded as nobody.

In this way, Li Xiao stayed in Peking for another month.

With Li Xiao's combing, Nanjing has developed in the direction of Beiping, the general direction remains the same, and the rest is time.

The village enterprises in the various housing districts have also begun to operate, raising chickens, ducks, and fish, and so on, and it will not be long before the people of Nanjing can eat meat every day.

And at the same time.

The construction of a fertilizer plant in the Qilin Mountains also began.

On this day, Li Xiao took time to come to Tangjia Village, and Yu Qian, who was supporting him, immediately greeted him and introduced the progress of the work to Li Xiao.

The two of them walked down the hill.

"Master Guoshi, everything is going well at the fertilizer plant."

"Yu Qian, I didn't misunderstand you, such a big thing, you can do a good job of landing, and this most difficult bone has also been gnawed down by you."

In the face of Li Xiao's praise, Yu Qian was also very modest, "The national teacher has an overreputation, if it weren't for the overall situation presided over by the national teacher, Yu Qian would have gnawed this bone for a lifetime, and he wouldn't be able to gnaw it." ”

This is the truth, without the things that Li Xiao did, Yu Qian felt that he would definitely not be able to move an inch in Tangjia Village.

And now, the dormitory has fully mastered the management authority below, and all the land belongs to the imperial court, and everything is developing in a good direction.

Some time ago, the Tang family was dissatisfied, and Yu Qian arranged the business of fertilizer transportation for them, and they were gradually able to accept it.

They are not unreasonable, as long as they think that they don't have the manufacturing technology of chemical fertilizers, even if they guard the gold and silver mountains, it is useless, and they are relieved, it is better to replace them with the benefits in front of them.

"Yu Qian, you don't have to be modest, I see your ability." Li Xiao smiled slightly and said the purpose of this trip: "Next, I will give you a more difficult bone to gnaw, are you willing?" ”

Yu Qian was stunned for a moment, and then hugged his fists and said: "Yu Qian is willing!" ”

Yu Qian's personality is like this, he is not afraid of difficulties, he likes to face difficulties, he is a real countryman, he is willing to do things for the people of the world, and does not seek benefits.

"With your words, I'm relieved." Li Xiao said with a smile: "Then I will stabilize the situation in Nanjing and hand over the important task of controlling the overall situation to you, in fact, I have always regarded you as my apprentice, these days, you and I have also learned a lot, enough to deal with the current situation." ”

"Huh?"

Yu Qian was stunned, he didn't expect the national teacher to hand over such a major matter to him to stabilize the existing situation in Nanjing.

Li Xiao smiled: "Are you afraid? ”

Yu Qian didn't dare to raise his head: "Yu Qian is not afraid, it's just that Yu Qian is young, and he is afraid that he will not be able to convince the public and will not be able to complete such a big thing."

"Take it."

Li Xiao took out an object and handed it to Yu Qian.

"What is this?"

After taking it, Yu Qian found that it was heavy in his hand, and when he looked closely, he found that it was actually a gold medal, which read: Ru I am here in person.

"National teacher, by all means, this is given to you by the Holy Heaven, how can it be given to others." This frightened Yu Qian so much that he knelt on the ground.

"Of course, I will report it to the Holy One."

Li Xiao smiled and said: "Yu Qian, you don't have to excuse yourself, I think about it, only you can do this, I can't stay in Nanjing all the time, and only you can do it." Tomorrow, I will promote you to the deputy secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Officials and the head of the Imperial History of the Left Governor and the Department of Law Change. ”

That's right, Li Xiao can't stay in Nanjing all the time, someone needs to take over his next things, and Yu Qian is the best choice.

Yu Qian is indeed young, but his ability has already been shown, and he gives him a position and authority, plus a gold medal, he is definitely competent.

Li Xiao's successor is none other than Yu Qian.

"Yu Qian received the order, the national teacher is gracious, and Yu Qian will always remember it in his heart!"

Yu Qian didn't think about it anymore, took the gold medal, knelt on the ground to receive the order, and was even more grateful to Li Xiao in his heart, and he turned over and became a master.

"Okay, tomorrow I will call someone to take over the matter in your hands, go to Nanjing City to restore your life, and I will announce the news in public." Li Xiao said with a smile.

"Huh?" Yu Qian felt a little caught off guard, and he didn't react.

"Well, just tomorrow." Li Xiao said: "The day after tomorrow, I will go back to Beiping, if you have any questions and difficulties, don't be embarrassed, write to me directly." ”

"So fast"

Yu Qian was a little lost, the national teacher was suddenly leaving, he was not used to it for a while, he felt that there was a national teacher, as if he could do anything.

"Hmm!" Li Xiao looked up at the sky, "Because, I have more important things to do."

Yu Qian nodded vigorously, and said in his heart, the national teacher is for the country and the people, and there are still bigger things to do, for the people of the world

That's right, Li Xiao does have more important things to do, that is, to go back to Beiping and accompany his daughter-in-law

Soon, the next day.

Li Xiao acted according to the plan he said yesterday, and announced in public that he had promoted Yu Qian.

For this kind of sudden promotion of several levels, the officials of the imperial court are not surprised, but it is the first time that everyone has seen the span of being promoted from the head of the district to the servant of the ministry.

But no one objected, that was a national teacher.

The national teacher must have the truth of the national teacher.

However, when everyone heard that Li Xiao would leave tomorrow, they were a little reluctant

"Okay, you don't have to persuade me to keep me, I will always remember this time."

Morning upward, Li Xiao waved his hand and said, and then left.

The last early dynasty is over, and there will be no more opportunities to go to court in the future.

It's the third day in the blink of an eye.

Li Xiao was very low-key and left Nanjing City in a carriage.

However, the people didn't know where they got the news, so they came out to send each other for ten miles.

"You don't have to send it!"

Li Xiao waved his hand in the carriage.

"Congratulations to the National Teacher!"

Thousands of people had tears in their eyes.

In less than a year, their lives had already begun to change, and there were no more slaves, tenants.

The world has changed, and so have their lives.

There is land to cultivate, work to do, money to take, cheaper firewood, rice, oil, salt and vinegar, and living materials.

All of this is due to the arrival of one person, that is, the Ming National Teacher.

They will always remember and praise the national teacher.

It was the national teacher who changed them and brought them a better life.

They were able to get better and live like individuals.

"Congratulations to the national teacher—"

The voice sounded again, resounding through the sky - (End of chapter)