People in Datang, start with a golden hoe

The crisp and clear female voice attracted almost everyone's attention.The very presence of a woman on such an occasion is special.

If she hadn't been standing behind Governor Lu, she would have been kicked out long ago.

Before Lu Qingyun had time to speak, he heard an old man sitting in the first place on the side of the wealthy businessman sarcastically:

"Haha, when will women be able to interrupt?"

Cai Xiaolan was obviously seeking a chance to speak to the governor, but this person dared to block it, and everyone became curious.

"Mr. Min Ge, please be gentle with your words. Picking orchids is closely related to cotton, so speaking up is the right thing to do." Lu Qingyun looked unkind.

The other party is just a member of Zhongshushe who has become an official, so respecting him as a pavilion elder is already very embarrassing.

"Humph--"

The expression of "What can you do to me" on Old Min Ge's face vividly explains the term "relying on one's old age and selling one's old age".

"But it doesn't matter!" Lu Qingyun said with a dark face, letting Cai Xiaolan have something to say.

Cai Xiaolan walked to the center of the crowd and looked around, showing no signs of guilt.

"Everyone, I would like to apologize to Dr. Zheng and all the government students here. I opened a workshop on the outskirts of the city to produce cotton cloth, which caused disputes and caused trouble to everyone."

After Cai Xiaolan bowed to Zheng Yisong, she turned her head and looked directly at the other side: "I have a few questions, and I would like to ask all the big businessmen to help answer them!"

The language changed from crisp and crisp to extremely cold.

"Whether it is the people or the country that is more important, the predecessors have been debating for so long and still can't come to a conclusion. If someone takes this as an excuse, do they think that their talents have been recognized throughout the ages?"

As soon as the first question came up, no one in the wealthy businessman's team said anything.Even the man who had been fighting so hard just now gave up.

And Zheng Yisong's eyes lit up.

The situation has opened up.

All the men secretly sighed, "This little lady has something!"

"Since no one dares to respond, it would be ridiculous to use this opportunity to suppress others today." Cai Xiaolan's sharp words revealed her fangs.

"Humph, what's there to talk about with a little lady?" the man had to reply.

"Second question. The saint is kind-hearted, and taxes are only for Hu merchants. Everyone here is a businessman, so how can he be included in the tax? Could it be that someone is secretly using the name of an official behind the scenes -" Cai Xiaolan dragged out the last word very long.

The wealthy businessmen only felt that their backs were irritated and there were insects and ants crawling faintly.

When Zheng Yisong saw that there was no one on the other side to refute, he realized that he had just been deceived by them.He couldn't help but said coldly and angrily: "You actually lied to me with lies! Opposite me, when I go back and write the name card, I will show you the price of deceiving a village tribute in public."

Yangzhou city is big, but it is bigger than Luocheng outside.The city inside is not big, and there are only a few prominent people there.One of them recognized Cai Xiaolan early in the morning.Seeing her "showing off her power" in front of others, she couldn't help but sneer:

"Haha, did you also behave like this when you were abandoned by the Cui family?"

Laugh out loud.

Cai Xiaolan gritted her teeth, tears welling up in her eyes for a long time, but she still held them back.Yixin's grievance turned into hearty laughter.

"My mother treated me very well. I remember one day she taught me: Set the price of bitter bamboo drink at a low price. Only in this way, people will be willing to drink a bowl before working. After that, I learned a truth, earn a reasonable price It is only natural that profits exceed a certain limit, and you become a thief of the people and the country." "Haha, it is difficult for a woman to be elegant!"

Half the people in the room sneered. Businessmen should earn the most profits.

"Bold!" Governor Lu slammed the table, "The noble family advice given by the dignified fourth-grade wife Gaoming is something that you, the richest of all, can laugh at? Do you want to risk your life?"

The group of people suddenly turned into chills and did not dare to say a word.

"Letting cotton enter Yangzhou Prefecture does not affect the quality requirements of the nobles for clothing. The quality of cotton is far from that of silk and satin. Cotton just gives the poor an extra piece of clothing to hide their shame and a little more courage to face the cold winter."

The thought-provoking words echoed in the spacious government office lobby, and the plaque on it became brighter and brighter.

……

Can Cai Xiaolan's words rescue the businessman who is drowning in the desire for money?
Of course not!

If you can change the will of a group of people with just a few words, the scene of a vertical and horizontal rule is probably not far away.What Cai Xiaolan wants is to clear the way for the Confucian scholars who don't understand the business and analyze the pros and cons for the powerful people behind the businessmen.

This concludes the first meeting on cotton.No consensus was reached.No one even talked about it anymore.

Things seemed to be back to the way they were before, with the cotton on the shelf.

But Cai Xiaolan knew in her heart that since no one took away the dozens of cars parked in the yard of Tianfu Jucaiju, it meant that things were still in operation.There is an undercurrent surging, and we need to "let the bullets fly for a while"!
Spring turned to summer, and two months passed by quickly. Cai Xiaolan was sitting in the room reading "The Thirteen Processes of Making Cotton Threads" and became familiar with every process in it.

Xu Yinlian broke in from outside, "Xiaolan, the cotton workshop has been completed today. Do you want to go and take a look? And the ribbon-cutting ceremony you mentioned, when will it start?"

"Ah? So fast? I'll check it out with you now!" Cai Xiaolan was surprised.

Cai Xiaolan went to the next door and took a look around.

The official family provided people and Cai Xiaolan provided money. The two parties worked together to build a magnificent two-story building.The small building is the front door. There is a front yard in front of the building, with flowers and grass planted there, and there is a parking lot next to it.There is a two-story building behind the building, which is a production plant.The row behind is the kitchen, guest rooms, etc.

Everywhere is pleasant.

"Sister Xu, thank you for your hard work."

"It's not hard work, it's all your decision. I'm just responsible for supervising." Xu Yinlian said modestly, "By the way, when will the plaque be hung?"

"Don't worry, if our weaving shop wants to become famous immediately, we still need to do some preparations. Have you found all the people? You can ask them to come over and familiarize themselves with the process first. I have upgraded the thread-making technology, so I will give you some training. "Cai Xiaolan has several promotional ideas in mind, which need to be implemented slowly.

In the afternoon, all the female workers hired by Xu Yinlian came.Cai Xiaolan explained various procedures to them based on the contents in the book.

Of course, this does not mean that you can make exactly the same cloth by following the process.Humans are not machines and cannot control too many details.So the rest of the time was left to the female workers to do their own work.Then she called Xu Yinlian aside.

"Sister Xu, how come they are all female workers? We have to recruit some male workers. Men are not necessarily bad at weaving." Cai Xiaolan thought of various small clothing factories in later generations. There were no less outstanding male workers than female workers.

"Ah?" Xu Yinlian was surprised at first, then nodded in response.

"You'll find out later."

Regarding matters in the weaving workshop, Xu Yinlian took charge of the workers and continued to try.Cai Xiaolan went to Qiran Hall.The architecture of Qi Ran Tang was much simpler and was completed earlier.But since there was no cloth to dye, there was no work to do.

But there were many people in the room.When Cai Xiaolan arrived, it was bustling with a group of people having fun.