Poor family mother and son

Chapter 193

What is it that is not pleasing to the eye?Someone is upset.

At the end of the year, everyone is doing accounts.

Jiangnan Meng's family is also doing accounts.

This year is still a harvest year, the weather is good, but the heart is not going well.Although the income of money is still huge, but thinking of those cotton, Meng Chun becomes anxious.

It's only 1 taels of silver, but I'm so angry!
We just sent people here to spy on their textile technology, and heard that they are recruiting workers in the city of Quanzhou, and they also provide free training for their jobs, so they are not afraid of losing their skills!
Is this stupidity or big heart?No, she is confident, confident in monopolizing the cotton market!
In addition, the military village actually grows cotton. Although the output is low, the decimals are afraid of long calculations. The 20 mu of cotton field is more than 2000 million catties of cotton!
If more crops are planted in the coming year, it will be military farms and has nothing to do with them!

"Come on!" Meng Chun shouted.

The butler hurried in and waited for orders.

"Continue to spread the word that [-]% of the land will be set aside this year to grow cotton!" Meng Chun didn't believe that cotton could not be grown, and those cotton seeds could not be wasted!
"Master, our land is so good that the roots of cotton might be burned!" the housekeeper reminded.

Burning root is a local dialect.

If the fertilizer is applied to the crops, the fertilizer is too strong, causing the soil to harden, causing the crops to wilt or even die, which is called "root burning".

Meng Chun became more sober.The lessons of the past are remembered again.

The previous heads of the Meng family had experienced three cotton trials in total. In those years, few cotton plants were planted, which caused the price of grain to rise a lot, and it took several years for the market balance to recover.

"Send the word!" Meng Chun re-issued the order: "Send more people to Jizhou, make sure to learn weaving in the shortest possible time, and then bring me back the drawings of the spinning wheel and loom!"

"Yes, sir!"

What didn't go well was Pazhuo, the king of Guli.

But this time he didn't whip Xiri Ahong again, and at this moment, he was sitting in the felt bag in a daze.

Xiri Ahong is right, the cotton must be sold, it is better than rotten in the hands.

After all, there are still 9000 taels of income.

"Damn it! The small 3 taels will be gone!" The price difference caused Pazhuo to hammer down the table again.

"My lord, if we calculate according to the seven cents per catty, we should have earned more than 7000 taels, so we lost 8000 taels, not that much." Xiri Ahong comforted carefully.

Pazhuo was calculated on the basis of ten cents per catty, and 680 million catties of cotton should have received 8000 taels.

Therefore, Xiri Ahong's comfort did not work, but reminded him of the loss caused by not keeping his promise.

Now, not only lost money, but also lost credit.It is unknown whether people will accept cotton or not next year.

If you want to say the most pleasing, then only Chu Qing.

As soon as she returned to Jizhou, Mrs. Song gave her a welcome banquet.Xu Guangze, the magistrate of Xingtang County, was also present.

This is Song Tingshan's meaning. Song Tingshan has let the leisure population in the whole prefecture know the news of job recruitment, and all counties have actively cooperated and provided special places for textile training.

Today, under the leadership of the state government, various counties are in full swing to carry out "cotton ginning competition", "cotton plucking competition", "spinning competition", and "weaving competition" to promote "mass production" in the form of competitions .

As for wool textiles, Xu Guangze was found by Youzhi County in Huai'an County, which is adjacent to Xingtang County, and was allocated [-]% of the processing share.

"Well, we can't divide it. Our county can't finish weaving the old wool. Men can still spin wool. Speaking of weaving, there are not many capable ones. It all depends on women. There are not enough manpower, so they are divided out. "Xu Guangze added.

"Youzhi County in Huai'an County is not an outsider. Your Xiaobao and his son are both studying in the state school." Xu Guangze said again.

The son of Youzhi County?Is that You Zhenghang who doesn't deal well with Xiaobao?Chu Qing remembered.The kid was quite smart, but also quite arrogant.

"Well, we don't seem to have as much wool as cotton, but we can come in twice a year, which is not a lot." Chu Qing said that she still cooperates with the three villages of Sauter at present, and there is no increase.

"Chuqing, do you know that for your family's business, several more dyeing workshops have been opened in every county!" Xu Guangze was so excited!Open more shops and pay more taxes!
"That's right, this year the people in our counties have opened up a lot of wasteland and planted soybeans, so you have to buy them!" Song Tingshan meant to "grow" big households.

Soybeans are best grown in barren land, and "planting beans to fertilize the field" is a good way to quickly turn barren land into fertile land.

Chu Qing is happy and eats more deliciously.

This is all good news. The more competitions, the higher the output, and the more convenient it is to restock.

"Chu Qing, the 25th of the twelfth lunar month is the 'Qianqiu Festival'. This year, the Queen Mother will be 60 years old, and the whole world celebrates it. The emperor has ordered officials from all over the world to attend the 'Qianqiu Banquet'. It is indispensable to go to Beijing to report on their duties.

I have received two documents here, and one is for you. Although your rank is not high enough, you have several jobs and you have to go to Beijing. "

"Yes, then I will go with your lord's convoy." Chu Qing said.

"You have to prepare quickly, there are not many days left, and you still have to prepare a birthday gift for the Queen Mother." Mrs. Song reminded, fearing that Chu Qing might have missed something.

All he heard was good news, Chu Qing had a delicious meal, but after returning to his home, he began to experience difficulties.

What do you take as a birthday present?
In this world, birthdays are not celebrated every year, but only at the fifth and tenth birthdays, and even children do not celebrate their birthdays until they are 12 years old.

Originally, the emperor's birthday could be called "Qianqiu Festival". Although Emperor Qingde was not born to the Empress Dowager, after the death of the Empress Dowager, Emperor Qingde was placed under the knees of Concubine Jing and now Empress Dowager. His birthday is designated as "Qianqiu Festival".

It means that without a mother, there will be no children. The mother's birthday must be celebrated as a child.

This is also setting an example for the people of the world.

The emperor's filial piety is easy to show, but it is embarrassing what congratulatory gifts the courtiers give.

Chu Qing was thinking while soaking in the bathtub, the hot water made her feel so comfortable that she hummed, "It's better to go home, I can take a hot bath, for me, taking a bath is the best gift. What bike do you want?"

The water is almost cold and I can't figure it out, what about the royal family?I can't get this little thing out of my hands, can't I continue to send soap?

Why don't the Empress Dowager give a box of pearls. The kid from Xinlunzhou brought back a box of pearls. They are all in good condition, big and much better than the ones in the past.There are also pink and purple ones.

The queen has to give something too, right?They are all the masters of the harem, given to the queen mother, let the queen just watch?They are all given plaques for our opening, and we cannot favor one over another.

Chu Qing got out of the tub, grabbed her underwear and was about to put it on, underwear!

Yes!We have cotton cloth, why don't we make some underwear?The queen's figure... size... Chu Qing thought about it for a long time, almost, at worst, make a buckle inside, so that it can be adjusted.

With an idea, Chu Qing started to do handwork overnight.

He has been away on business for half a year, and he has done a lot of sewing and mending, and his hands are not unfamiliar.The style doesn't need to be too complicated, just like the one I wear.

Do you want to do this underwear business?Make some and put them in the textile store for sale.

It's hard to say whether this shocking thing can be sold.Chu Qing has always made them out of cotton cloth to wear by himself, never thought of mass production.

This thing takes a lot of work and needs to be made to order, so it's not easy to sell in quantity.And I don't like to wear it either.

At least it is clear that when you are at home, you can not wear as much as possible, restraint.But it's still good to exercise, at least it can fight against gravity.

The material Chu Qing uses for handwork is not cotton, but a blend of cotton and linen.

The wild hemp brought back from Tuhuerte grows well on the hills of the [-]th village. This thing is solid and easy to feed.

The hemp thread produced is also good, hygroscopic and soft, and the fabric blended with cotton yarn is light and durable, and it is not easy to wrinkle.

(End of this chapter)