The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1324

[1324.Chapter 1257 The job-killer is here]

Fang Jifan couldn’t understand why a person could do whatever he wanted.

Come to think of it, this is the legendary companion of the king like a tiger.

What about credit?

What about integrity?

Fang Jifan was speechless, said goodbye obediently, and exited Fengtian Hall. Halfway from Fengtian Hall to the Meridian Gate, Liu Jian and others came towards him with smiles.

Thinking about it, they were preparing to meet the saint.

The two sides collided.

Fang Jifan was busy saluting: “Mr. Liu, Gong Li, and Gong Xie, how are you?”

“Okay, okay.” Liu Jian smiled.

These days, cruise ships have opened from Huanghuangzhou to Daming.

This cruise ship, in addition to carrying letters, also takes some people on official business to and from it.

You know, for such a long distance, it is still very expensive to set up a fixed cruise line to go back and forth.

Every year, three cruise ships arrive in Daming, and then depart from Daming to Huanghuangzhou.

Almost every time, these cruise ships brought back mountains of letters.

In this way, Liu Jian felt at ease. He began to know the address of his son in Huangjinzhou. At first, it was in Xinjin. However, it was said that because he wanted to open up to the north and build Xinjincheng, he followed countless soldiers and civilians. , migrating northward.

This new brocade means New Jinzhou.

As long as he knew that Liu Jieren was still alive, Liu Jian’s mood would not be bad.

“How are you, Duke of Qi?”

Fang Jifan said with a smile: “Not bad.”

Everyone laughed again, enjoying themselves. Xie Qian said: “The weather has gotten colder recently, and Duke of Qi should also pay attention to his health. I heard that, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Duke of Qi take pity on the people. They are afraid that the people will not be able to wear warm clothes after the winter, so they want to reduce the price of this cloth. This… is a good thing. Their Highness the Crown Prince and the Duke of Qi have this intention, which is a blessing to the country. The old lady is waiting, and we will wait and see. When the time comes, I will definitely ask for merit for the Duke of Qi.”

Liu Jian also said with a smile: “Yes, the Duke of Qi is as rich as the country…”

Fang Jifan’s face changed, and he immediately said: “I am very poor, really.” “…” He blinked, his eyes were moist, and he said with an aggrieved look, “Don’t make fun of me, Mr. Liu.”

Liu Jian smiled: “Okay, okay, then I won’t tease you anymore. Mr. Qi has grown up.” “It’s terrible, I’m becoming more and more like my father.”

Fang Jifan thought to himself, it’s a good thing that I don’t have the style of being my father. Otherwise, with my father’s temper, if he knew that someone was interested in our Fang family’s property, he would do it. Don’t break your dog’s head.

Fang Jifan was different. He was an upright man, so he continued to smile: “Farewell, farewell.”

Then he left in anger.

Liu Jian and others stroked their beards and couldn’t help laughing again.

Li Dongyang lowered his voice and said: “Liu Gong, I heard that the current price of cloth has increased again. On the one hand, prices have been slack recently, and on the other hand, winter is coming. Many merchants are raising their prices. Now, A piece of good Songjiang cloth costs one or two and a half taels of silver. If it were an ordinary piece of cloth, it would probably cost one tael of silver.”

Liu Jian nodded and said, “Hey, now you know the benefits of having money. , Don’t talk about this, let’s go see the driver.”

…

Fang Jifan couldn’t find Zhu Houzhao, so he knew that he most likely went to the No. 1 Workshop again.

Zhu Houzhao, who was wearing a small coat, was carrying a sack of cotton and was helping the weavers do some hard work, looking very happy.

It was cold and windy outside, but inside the workshop, it was hot and steamy, like an oven.

When Fang Jifan went in, he couldn’t help but want to take off his clothes. Fortunately, he was a man of upright views and could not do such obscene things.

“Old Fang, come on, come on, come on, help me.”

Fang Jifan said anxiously: “Your Highness, come on.”

“What are you doing?” Zhu Houzhao unloaded the sack and trotted over.

“There are still ten days to go. Your Highness, why are you still here in the way? Has the machine failure that occurred yesterday been repaired?”

“It has been repaired.” Zhu Houzhao said: “Not only has it been repaired, but also…”

Fang Jifan nodded and said: ” If you want to bring the price down, the most important thing is to increase the supply. Nowadays, the prices for fabrics outside are sky-high. Especially many cloth stores are hoarding goods just for the winter… Theoretically speaking, As long as the market supply is increased,

Fang Jifan said while calculating in his mind.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Fang Jifan: “My father asked you to go, what did you say?”

Fang Jifan said with a straight face: “I scolded His Highness the Crown Prince.”

Zhu Houzhao didn’t have any emotion or anger on his face, he was used to it: “What happens next?”

“Then, of course, I spent a lot of effort to soften the cheeks of His Highness.”

“Good brother.” Zhu Houzhao patted Fang Jifan on the shoulder: “I know that as long as you are here, there will be no problem.”

” However

,

despite all the efforts, His Majesty still said that if the price of cloth does not drop and His Highness loses the bet, His Highness will have his legs broken.

He began to get entangled: “I don’t have the slightest spirit of contract. When I made the bet, I clearly used your head as a guarantee. Why did it change to my legs again? It can’t be done. My father has gone back on his word. I want to find him.” He argued hard.”

Fang Jifan began to grind his teeth, wanting to slap this bastard to death.

…

I stayed in the workshop for eight or nine days.

Finally…

Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao saw the light of day again.

Zhu Houzhao’s complexion turned white, after all, he had stayed in the steam-filled workshop for so long. Then, Wang Jinyuan began to take inventory.

Countless chariots and horses are also ready.

In the trading market of Xincheng, the facade of Xishan Cloth Industry has also been decorated.

There are warehouses of fabrics, ready to go.

Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao rushed to the trading market first and sat drinking tea and resting in the back hall of Xishan Cloth Industry.

A moment later, Wang Jinyuan came over panting.

Dozens of fabrics of different colors began to be put on the shelves.

This Xishan cloth industry has moves, which is easy to attract people’s attention.

After all…

Nishiyama is the brightest sign.

Li Yingxing, the shop owner of Li Ji Clothing Store, was also crouching outside, looking around.

He is considered a person of some importance in the textile industry in Beijing.

As soon as he saw him, Wang Jinyuan stopped him: “Li Dongjia, why are you standing outside and why don’t you come and sit inside?”

Li Yingxing smiled awkwardly: “Nao Nao, Nao Nao, why, Xishan Buhang is also here …”

He said, his eyes subconsciously looking at the cloth on the shelf.

This look… was scary.

He is an expert.

The family has been operating cloth for several generations, dating back to the time of Emperor Xuanzong.

But…

this piece of cloth…

He quickly reached the shelf, no longer caring about Wang Jinyuan.

The color of this cloth is extremely bright, and… the pattern is very pleasing.

Obviously, this is completely different from the cloth woven by ordinary people.

In the past, Li Yingxing’s business model was to buy all kinds of homespun cloth from everywhere, and then send it to the capital for sale.

Occasionally, there will also be some cloth from local workshops.

But the vast majority are small workshops.

The cloth that ordinary people weave by themselves doesn’t care about other things. It’s just blue, red, and green in color, without any patterns.

As for the texture.

Li Yingxing stretched out his hand and touched it, and his whole face changed.

This cloth is extremely dense. Who in this world has such skillful hands?

You know, no matter how skilled the weaver is, he is still limited to manpower after all. Ordinary cloth will be rough. Even if the weaver is the best, the things weaved may look silky to laymen. From the perspective of an insider, there are still many flaws.

Li Yingxing subconsciously took out his magnifying glass.

Today’s merchants use magnifying glasses to determine the quality of cloth.

Under this magnifying glass, every needle and thread in this cloth is actually neat and tidy… What kind of ingenious weaving technology is this?

Li Yingxing made a sigh of relief.

According to the previous industry classification, this cloth can be divided into fine cloth and coarse cloth. Let’s ignore coarse cloth for now. Fine cloth can be divided into upper, middle and lower. The best cloth is often Songjiang cloth from Jiangnan or Raozhou Prefecture, Jiangxi. cloth.

But… the workmanship of this cloth, I’m afraid… can all be classified as top-notch.

The most terrifying thing is…

Li Yingxing’s body was shaken.

He suddenly discovered that the cloth was actually wider.

Ordinary cloth is limited by textile machines, and the width of the cloth is limited.

But if the fabric is not wide enough, there will be a problem, that is, it will be difficult to mold it into one piece when cutting.

In this case, it is necessary to let more female sewing workers do the splicing and cutting.

This will not only cause a lot of waste of leftover materials, but also not beautiful, but… there is really no way…

It is so obvious that the fabric here is wider, and it is completely satisfied with the cutting of clothing materials.

Li Yingxing’s eyes couldn’t help but light up.

This kind of fabric is already of the highest quality, even if it is compared to ordinary silk, it is not far behind.

He made a quick calculation in his mind. With such good material, even if the price doubled than the best fabric he had on hand, he wouldn’t have to worry about not being able to sell it. If he shipped it for three taels of silver a piece, there would still be sales.

He looked at this and that with interest.

More and more merchants are coming in.

They each touched the material, took out a magnifying glass and looked at the texture and stitching. Because it was a sample, some even tore some pieces apart and ravaged them.

In the end, almost everyone came to the conclusion that the soft, fine and strong cloth was an eye-opener.

Li Yingxing couldn’t bear it any longer. He turned to Wang Jinyuan and said with a smile: “Shopkeeper Wang is indeed a great expert. With this move, he outshone all our cloths. But he didn’t know the price of this piece of cloth.” Geometry, we also want to get a batch, haha… We are all in the same group, drinking a bowl of broth behind the back of shopkeeper Wang.”

Everyone raised their ears and looked at Wang Jinyuan.

Wang Jinyuan laughed and said: “This… Isn’t it easy for you guys to want it? It’s easy to talk about. The price of raw materials for this cloth is reasonable, and it doesn’t cost much manpower. Qi Guogong has already ordered it, one tael of silver, one piece . “

Damn it…

it’s ruining your job! “

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