The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1330

[1330. Chapter 1263 Knowledge changes destiny]

Emperor Hongzhi didn’t know what to say.

He immediately smiled: “The weather is nice today. I am very relieved to see this workshop today. Xishan has contributed a lot. Prince, successor, you will live a good life, you know?”

Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan nodded hurriedly.

Emperor Hongzhi smiled again: “Hey, look at it, it’s freezing in winter. Now that the price of cloth has dropped so much, my heart is relieved. In a few days, these meritorious students and craftsmen will be allowed to enter the palace.” Come, I want to see them in person.”

Fang Jifan sighed: “Your Majesty is so generous to others, it is really a blessing for your ministers.”

Emperor Hongzhi pursed his lips and said to Queen Zhang: “It’s getting late, we should go back. It’s time to go to the palace.”

After saying that, he got into the car and waved to Queen Zhang.

Empress Zhang saluted Emperor Hongzhi and said: “Your Majesty is the emperor, how can you sit with a woman like Chen Concubine? Chen Concubine, Houzhao, Jifan and others are in the same carriage.”

“This…”

In front of Liu Jian and others, Emperor Hongzhi wanted to say something, but was speechless, so he smiled and said: “Yes, yes.”

He got in the car, feeling inexplicably irritable.

Why has Empress Zhang been so distant and distant from her lately?

Sigh…

Emperor Hongzhi sighed and leaned on the sofa. At this moment, he found himself alone. In this spacious carriage, he couldn’t help but feel a little lonely.

He suddenly thought, why hasn’t Xiao Jing come back yet? If he comes back, I might as well vent my anger.

…………

Queen Zhang boarded the car.

Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan filed in obediently and sat in rows.

Zhu Houzhao grinned at Queen Zhang happily.

Empress Zhang was filled with worries. She raised her eyes and said to Fang Jifan: “Jifan, last time, His Majesty complained to you, saying that I am just a woman and useless… Do you still remember it?”

Zhu Houzhao His eyes widened, looking like shit.

Fang Jifan immediately said: “I haven’t said that, my dear, my dear…”

Empress Zhang said meaningfully: “Don’t defend yourself. Although you haven’t said these words to me, my heart is like a mirror.”

” Your Majesty, you have misunderstood. Everyone knows His Majesty’s deep love for Your Majesty. How could Your Majesty say such a thing? There must be some villain who is stirring up trouble in front of Your Majesty. I…I’m going to beat him to death right now. My Majesty… don’t even think about it, how much your Majesty loves your Majesty. If he has such thoughts, this… it really doesn’t make sense. I dare to use my head as a guarantee. This is a lie, or maybe my Majesty. I must have made a mistake, please forgive me.”

Fang Jifan said sincerely.

Damn, who is our successor? He is also an upright seven-foot man. He will never do anything like making trouble, and he will never even have such shameful thoughts.

Empress Zhang smiled: “Don’t be afraid.”

Fang Jifan said: “My son is not afraid at all, he is just speaking uprightly.”

“Okay, even if you speak uprightly, I don’t want to delve into these matters. These days, I have been Liang’s medical companion. Driving next to me, I watched her concentrate on her knowledge. Sometimes, I really felt envious. Sure enough… she was a woman who could not be compared to men. Originally, I was thinking, in this case, I would weave Weaving can be regarded as… doing something for His Majesty, and finding something for myself to do, but now.”

She looked at Zhu Houzhao eagerly: “Now Houzhao and you have made such a loom. Come on, I…have nothing to do again. I saw the song “Who said women are inferior to men” in the opera. It really spoke to my heart, “Ji Fan”, I said this. “You don’t know how to make fun of me?”

Fang Jifan shook his head like a rattle: “How dare I make fun of you? I don’t even have time to admire you.”

Empress Zhang sighed and said, “But what should I do?” , I am not young yet, but my ambition is not as good as my age. You have the best idea, please tell me.”

Fang Jifan said awkwardly: “My Lady, can you remove that ghost word in front of me?”

Empress Zhang smiled slightly. “Seriously.”

Fang Jifan said: “You can learn whatever you like, the empress. There are thousands of knowledges in this world, and all of them need to be motivated by interest. Otherwise, no matter how brilliant the knowledge is, it will be boring to learn. What’s the use?”

Queen Zhang thought thoughtfully: “Sure enough, it’s just right to ask you, but… I don’t know what my interests are, so you might as well, in a few days, you will learn all about Xishan’s knowledge. Send him to the palace so that I can take a look and then make a decision.”

Fang Jifan agreed.

But I couldn’t help but think in my heart.

My mother-in-law, could it be that she wants to apply for the ‘senior college’?

You see, even the mother-in-law works so hard, but her son still acts like a fool all the time. If he fails, she goes home and beats him.

………

Now, all the cloth merchants in the capital are staring at Xishan.

Every move of Xishan Buye was enough to strangle them to death.

For the cloth industry, this is a change that has not happened in thousands of years.

This month has passed, and the vast majority of merchants have reluctantly cleared out their accumulated goods at once. Although they have not made much profit, they have managed to recover some losses.

Next, a message was released.

Wang Jinyuan personally posted a message inviting people to visit the No. 1 cotton spinning workshop.

The cloth merchants all flocked to it, as if they knew that the time had come to reveal the secret.

Groups of cloth merchants entered the workshop one after another, but they were not allowed to enter the inside of the workshop and were only allowed to watch from outside the glass windows. But even so, the shock that the First Cotton Spinning Workshop brought to them was extremely shocking.

Then…steam looms suddenly became popular.

The order for this machine has been scheduled for almost three years.

…

But this is terrible news for many female workers in cotton spinning workshops.

Because the cotton spinning workshop may close down in a month.

The female workers discussed this matter one after another.

Most of them are women who have not left the government, and most of their families are poor. Otherwise, they would not be allowed to work.

But compared to staying at home all day long, although working in the cotton spinning workshop was hard work, they were extremely satisfied.

After all, the cotton spinning workshop was very profitable, and the wages were high, and food and drinks were included. She could always save four or five taels of silver every month, which was an amazing thing for a woman.

With money, you can support your family, and you will feel confident.

Furthermore, a group of female workers live and work together and communicate with each other. Naturally, they have gained a lot of knowledge and are no longer as timid as before.

After the class is overdue, there will be special night classes to teach them some simple reading and writing.

It can be said…they don’t want to change these days.

But now…

when various gossips come out, most of these girls secretly hide in the corner and shed tears.

Liu Ernv has made several mistakes in her position.

She seemed absent-minded, and there were not many people like her.

She liked the cotton spinning workshop. If she went back, she would be at home all day long and would have to do various things. Not only did she do things, but her drunken father would also beat himself up if things didn’t go his way, and while doing so, he would scold him and the like. .

My own mother… not to mention, she just wanted to marry someone as soon as possible, or even find a good family to let herself be a child. In this way, she could get a sum of money so that her brothers could Take a wife.

In the past, she didn’t feel that when she came here, she felt extremely happy.

So much so that she felt energetic from morning to night.

If the cotton spinning workshop really closes down, not only will I have to go home and lose my income, my father will definitely beat me and scold me, and I don’t know what kind of marriage my mother has arranged.

I only learned half of it when I was studying by myself, and I only recognized more than seventy words.

From now on… I will never see these sisters in my daily life again.

There are many people like Liu Ernv.

Women who can be sent out to work often have sad pasts.

At noon, the female shopkeeper came. This female shopkeeper was an old woman and specialized in managing female workers.

The female nun called everyone together and said she had something to announce.

At this moment, Liu Ernv felt that something was wrong.

Many female workers also had red circles in their eyes.

When everyone arrived, Liu Ernv said: “According to the instructions of shopkeeper Wang, everyone does not have to come on duty from tomorrow. In order to dismiss everyone, the cotton spinning workshop will give everyone an extra month’s salary. At night… Let’s set up a table with good food and wine, open it up to eat, and say goodbye…”

This sentence was like a death sentence for everyone.

When Liu Ernu heard this, she let out a cry and burst into tears.

Many female workers also started sobbing.

There was a sudden burst of crying and chaos in the work shed.

The female nanny hissed: “Don’t make any noise, don’t cry yet. I haven’t finished what I have to say yet. Second daughter Liu, second daughter Liu… Why are you crying so loudly? Come on…”

Second daughter Liu reluctantly stopped. He stopped crying, suddenly lost his energy, and returned to the timid look he had when he first entered the workshop.

The female nanny said: “Now, there are many cotton spinning workshops that are about to start work outside. The weaving machines have been customized and the land has been purchased. We are just waiting for the workshops to be built and ready to start work. But under the whole world, there are How many people know how to operate this machine? Liu Ernv, you have good skills. There are many cloth merchants outside who want to hire female shopkeepers and foremen with high salaries. There is a Ruyi cloth shop who is planning to build a workshop, although it has not yet been completed. Work has started, but recruitment has already begun. But what do these newly recruited girls know? Therefore, I recommended you to be the foreman, in charge of a steam workshop. There are more than 20 female workers up and down. , waiting for you to teach them how to work. The salary, the boss said, is three times that of here. You clean up at night, and they will hire a car for you early tomorrow morning. You go to the workshop first and train those female dolls. “Teach her to prevent things from going wrong when the workshop starts.”

“…”

Liu Ernv opened her eyes, she… has grown up.

(End of chapter)