Yu Yongzhong was a little frightened. He could not be the governor of Henan Prefecture for nothing, at least His Majesty recognized it.
He knew about the existence of Xiaqiu Village, and even understood that a group of boys and girls would be the future manpower of His Highness the Crown Prince.
It is said that there was an expert in Xiaqiu Village who taught Xiaqiu Village and provided a lot of help to the court and palace.
Zhu Yichang, the village chief, is not an expert. Now I hear that the village chief, who is not an expert, can say such things. How did he learn it?
"It seems that the rich people still don't believe in me. Anyway, the day after tomorrow, we will give them a banquet by the river to let them see the power of my village."
Zhu Biao is very sorry, can he deceive others? He is the prince
He wanted to let people know about it, and at the same time directly refer to Xiaqiu Village as his own village.
Yes, that’s right, it’s yours, no one can steal it.
"Listen to your Highnesses' orders. Your Highnesses, I will take my leave."
Yu Yongzhong saw that the prince still wanted to have a banquet, so he had to go back and make arrangements. It would be impossible if the rich family did not come.
"Here, eat, um! Hey hey hey hey!" Zhu Wentian quickly made a set of pancakes and fruits, wrapped them in raw paper and handed them to Yu Yongzhong who was about to leave.
"Thank you Hanhan!" Yu Yongzhong took it in his hand, moved his hands away from each other, and wrapped the raw edge paper with it.
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Two days later, beside Luoshui, a group of wealthy households and officials who had no choice but to come arrived early in the morning.
Usually the banquet is held in the evening, with everyone chatting while eating, and some singing and dancing.
Today is chosen at noon, so you must come early and with an empty stomach. Regardless of whether you like it or not, the banquet given by His Highness the Crown Prince will definitely be delicious.
When everyone arrived, they saw that the place where the waterwheel stood by the river was surrounded by a curtain.
There is a weaver girl outside, where the cotton seeds are ginning, using a foot-operated cotton press.
At the same time, someone was holding a cotton bow to shoot cotton, and there were also three foot-operated spinning wheels and a foot-operated loom.
These people cooperated to weave cotton into cloth, and the speed was not fast. The weaver girls were not in a hurry and worked slowly.
Everyone who comes here knows what it is, and they also know that if it is new cotton used to make a quilt, there is no need to stretch the cotton, just wadding the cotton piece by piece.
In four more days, the cold dew season will come. Now that it is not hot, there is no need to build a tent, so a small table and small chairs are set up.
There was tea, dried fruits, and fruits on the table, but no one was in the mood to eat at the moment, and everyone looked sad.
"Lao Yang! How are you doing at home recently? Your family has a lot of land but few livestock. How many animals have you borrowed?" Someone grabbed a person to chat.
"Brother Jin, you are fine. Our family borrowed six horses from His Highness the Crown Prince. We originally wanted to borrow cattle, but they refused." The old Yang shook his head as he talked about the situation.
"My family doesn't want to borrow cows. Cows are easy to feed, but horses are difficult to maintain. Only ordinary people can borrow cows. We need to use fine feed, and that's what we should do."
The man named Jin had a smile on his face. He knew the inside story. Once the horses were working, they had to be fed well, and the cows could eat grass as they pleased.
The rent is really good, but to feed ordinary people, they have to buy grain or soybean meal.
Therefore, horses should be lent to wealthy households as much as possible to plow the fields, so that they would not always be soaked in water and damage the horses' hooves.
Someone from the side came up and said, "His Royal Highness is willing to borrow it, which is great! My livestock will not be tired, and I can finish planting early."
"The key is to help dig a pond to put salt water into the seeds for seed selection. People from Xiaqiu Village gave me some advice. I heard that the salt water seed selection came from Xiaqiu Village."
Another person came to the side and had no objection to the prince and King Qin.
"Shopkeeper Tao, your family doesn't have much land! Do you still care about this?" The man named Jin asked with a smile.
"But I opened a new grain store and I sell seeds. The seeds I sell to the people are better than what they keep themselves. I also use salt water to select seeds, which is more expensive than grain."
Shopkeeper Tao spread his hands and said, "Look, I do business and need this technology."
"Shopkeeper Tao is familiar with Xiaqiu Village? Yes, you have been to Yingtian Mansion. Wherever there is money, you will go."
Lao Yang wanted to inquire about the situation. Shopkeeper Tao was richer than them all, but he was usually very amiable and no one had ever seen him turn his face.
Shopkeeper Tao still had that harmless smile: "Your Majesty's village, what does our little business mean? Earning hard-earned money requires calculations and calculations.
Xiaqiu Village occupies a street from Xuanjin Bridge outside the Xihua Gate of the Imperial City of Nanjing, all the way to Kaiping Prince's Palace, Changfu, the natal home of the Crown Princess.
If the place opposite is not Wangchun Pavilion, it is also a business of Chang Mansion, and Xiaqiu Village can still be occupied.
oh! There is another place that is not occupied, Fuhua Building, which is opened by General Xu Da's cousin.
Let’s put it this way! In Yingtian Mansion, even if you offend the Minister or the Prime Minister, it is not a big problem. Your Majesty will look at the situation.
If you provoke Xiaqiu Village, His Majesty will not care about you, because Xiaqiu Village never takes the initiative to cause trouble for others.
No one else can enter the place in Xiaqiu Village. There is such a large area, which belongs to Xiaqiu Village, outside Chaoyang Gate.
If you can enter Xiaqiu Village, you can enter the Prince's Mansion, day or night.
When you go to Yingtian Mansion one day, remember not to say anything bad about Xiaqiu Village. If you let people around you hear it, trouble will come. "
"Shopkeeper Tao, as you said, if there is money in Xiaqiu Village, then... come to us... right?" The person next to him asked in confusion.
"You are worried because you are worried that His Highness the Crown Prince will steal your money. We are not worried. We are just waiting to do things with His Highness the Crown Prince.
Xiaqiu Village never works alone and is willing to bring others to make money together. There are five memorial arches at the entrance of the village personally gifted by His Majesty.
There is also the word "Dongliang of the Ming Dynasty" given by His Majesty. This time, Xiaqiu Village must want to help us make money, otherwise they can rob all our business with their own money.
Listen to my advice and relax, there are only benefits. Whatever His Highness the Crown Prince asks us to do, we must support him immediately. "
After Shopkeeper Tao finished speaking, he walked towards another group of people chatting together.
Not just him, all the businessmen who went to Yingtian Mansion to do business this year were all looking for someone to say the same thing.
Sure enough, it worked, and all the anxious wealthy households relaxed.
They didn't know that these businessmen who had been to Yingtian Mansion were asked to talk alone by people from Prince Qin's Mansion.
They naturally cooperated. One believed in Xiaqiu Village and His Highness the Crown Prince, and the other wanted to do business in Yingtian Mansion in the future.
Everyone was chatting and taking a look at the work on the hands of the Weaver Girl. Everything else was good, but it was slow.
It wasn't until the second quarter of the lunar month that Zhu Biao and Zhu Chong showed up. Six-quarters of an hour later it was noon.
Everyone knelt down and kowtowed. There was no way to avoid this. A formal banquet was given, and the proper etiquette should be followed.
Zhu Biao said a few words, and Zhu Xi also echoed twice.
Then the head of the village came forward, cupped his fists and saluted: "You are all people in our country who can help the people in the local area. We have wanted to meet you for a long time, but we have never had the chance.
Today happens to be a banquet given by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and King Qin. I boldly take the opportunity to discuss with you all the matters of joint business.
Let’s tell the story first, and you can decide whether it’s successful or not. It’s voluntary and not forced.
Let's first take a look at how this cotton becomes cotton cloth. There are four major steps and many smaller steps. "
Everyone: "..."
Are you bold? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the King of Qin gave a banquet, and you actually took the opportunity to talk about business?
(End of chapter)
