Chapter 985 Zhu Yunqiao and Zhu Guozhi, Shen Cuixi and Shu Fang

Chapter 986 Zhu Yunqiao and Zhu Guozhi, Shen Cuixi and Shu Fang

"We have purchased two shipyards. Although the scale is small, ships can be built as long as the raw materials are in place. However, there are some problems to be solved in terms of raw materials, and the craftsmen are not strong in skills." Li Bo said.

"The craftsmanship of the Qing Dynasty is not strong to begin with, but we can use the craftsmanship of other countries to build ships. At the beginning, there is no need to build ocean-going ships, so we should be able to develop shipyards. Well, after a while, wait Once I take charge of the Qing Dynasty, I can use the power of the country to develop the shipbuilding industry," Jiang Chen said.

"Yeah." Li Bo nodded.

"Mr. Jiang, we can actually support other shipyards." Yu Hailun said.

"You mean to order from other shipyards?" Jiang Chen asked.

"Yes, the development of shipyards is relatively slow. It takes several months to build a ship." Yu Hailun nodded.

"That's fine. You can handle this matter as you please." Jiang Chen had no objection. After all, they could only stay in the second world for three months at a time. These three months seem to be a long time, but there is a lot to do. If it is left in the shipyard, it will only take the time to build a lucky ship.

An hour later, Jiang Chen left Jiangning Mansion with Zhi Xiang and Cheng Ruoyu and headed for Suzhou Mansion.

…

Suzhou Prefecture.

"The Suzhou Mansion here is equivalent to Wujiang Mansion in the Song Dynasty, but Suzhou Mansion seems to be more lively." Cheng Ruoyu said as he looked at Suzhou City.

"In the mainland of the Qing Dynasty, Suzhou was one of the most commercially developed places." Jiang Chen said.

There is heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou.

The status of Suzhou Prefecture in the mainland of the Qing Dynasty is not exaggerated.

"Sir, where should we go next?" Zhi Xiang asked.

"Let's go to a restaurant to have something to eat first, and then visit the major businesses in Suzhou Prefecture," Jiang Chen said.

"Sir, there is a restaurant in front of you, where should we go?" Cheng Ruoyu asked.

"Okay." Jiang Chen did not refuse.

At this moment, a beautiful figure entered Jiang Chen's sight.

"Um."

Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes.

Almost at the same time, the system prompt sounded.

"Sign in."

Jiang Chen thought silently in his heart.

[Congratulations to the host, you signed in successfully and obtained ten thousand-year-old Poria cocos. 】

"Ten thousand-year-old Poria cocos?"

"I got ten thousand-year-old Poria cocos as a special reward before, and then I got ten thousand-year-old Poria cocos by signing in from Du Bingyan and Zhu Sha. I didn't expect that I got ten thousand-year-old Poria cocos by signing in now."

"During this period, due to elixir refining and other reasons, a lot of Ten Thousand Years Poria cocos have been used. Now there are only twenty-one plants in the system space. It would be good to be able to sign in and get ten Ten Thousand Years Poria cocos plants."

Thinking of this, Jiang Chen looked at the signing hostess.

Zhu Yunqiao, a character in "Kangxi Private Interview".

In the play, the woman she meets Kangxi in "Eight Treasure Porridge" is the daughter of Zhu Guozhi, the prefect of Suzhou.

"Zhu Yunqiao?"

"I met Luo Jinhong in Wulian County before, but I didn't expect to meet Zhu Yunqiao in Suzhou Prefecture."

Zhu Yunqiao in the play is the daughter of Zhu Guozhi, the prefect of Suzhou, and she is also a beauty like a fairy. Although Zhu Guozhi's wife died when Zhu Yunqiao was three years old, Zhu Guozhi never took a concubine in order to let Zhu Yunqiao grow up healthily. In the eyes of the people of Suzhou, Zhu Yunqiao was able to succeed in both wind and rain. Being able to be reincarnated as Zhu Guozhi's daughter in this life was a blessing that he had cultivated for several lifetimes. But in Zhu Yunqiao's eyes, no matter how good she is, she is not as important as those gold and silver jewelry. Ha Liutong was a Manchu banner man. He did all kinds of evil in Suzhou because of his relationship with the Mingzhu Lord in the capital. Zhu Guozhi had a relationship with him and plundered wealth in Suzhou, causing Suzhou's land of plenty to become a joke.

Kangxi accidentally learned that there was another injustice in the "Crying Temple Case" that he personally ordered when he was eight years old. The "Crying Temple Case" seemed to be a public riot, but in fact it was Zhu Guozhi's excessive accumulation of money, which aroused people's anger, in order to cover up his crimes. , he falsely claimed that the "Crying Temple Case" was a gathering of people to cause trouble, and killed these people one by one. Kangxi regretted his mistake, and in order to defend the people who died unjustly, he decided to go to Suzhou personally to investigate the matter. It was precisely because of this trip to Suzhou that Kangxi met Zhu Yunqiao, a beauty from the south of the Yangtze River, and began a period of sadomasochism and conspiracy.

Although Zhu Yunqiao was a girl from the south of the Yangtze River, she was elegant and elegant, and had an aura of lightness. However, she was different from most women who were waiting for marriage. She not only loved reading, playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but also loved practicing martial arts, especially throwing darts. Technology is one of the best in Jiangnan. Zhu Yunqiao, like most girls, longs for a lifelong love between two people. So every time she thought that she was engaged to the ugly, evil-doing Ha Liutong, she got very angry. If you really want to marry such a scoundrel, you might as well die. But she was unwilling to let her love fade away without having tasted the taste of love.

Zhu Yunqiao has read many love stories, especially the love between Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun. Zhuo Wenjun was married before, but her husband died in the second year after the marriage. Sima Xiangru is full of talents and is a perfect match for Zhuo Wenjun. At a banquet, in order to pursue Zhuo Wenjun, Sima Xiangru played the song "Feng Qiuhuang" to express his love for Zhuo Wenjun. Later, Sima Xiangru bribed Zhuo Wenjun's maid and sent letters to her. After the two got married, they supported each other and remained in love for a lifetime, and their love became a legend for the ages.

Zhu Yunqiao believes that she is no worse than Zhuo Wenjun in terms of talent, family background and appearance. Why can Zhuo Wenjun meet Sima Xiangru but she can't meet her own Sima Xiangru? As the saying goes, if you never forget, there will be repercussions. When Zhu Yunqiao went out in a sedan chair with his maid Zhui'er, he happened to meet Kangxi, Yi Fei, San Dezi, Xiao Taohong and Fa Yin stopping in front of a porridge shop.

Although Kangxi paid a private visit incognito, he was richly dressed, elegant, and extravagantly chic. When Zhu Yunqiao opened the curtain, he saw the unique Kangxi from the crowd at a glance. The girl's heart was pounding at this moment. She asked the maid Zhui'er who was the woman next to Kangxi? Zhui'er said: "It's no need to ask, of course it's family members, a wife, a maid, and two servants." You see she is so beautiful and wears such luxurious clothes. What is she but a wife?

Zhu Yunqiao's heart, which had been so rough with Xiaolu just now, cooled down when Zhui'er called her a wife. They didn't know Kangxi, so how did Zhui'er know that the woman next to Kangxi was his wife? Maybe that woman is just a concubine! Therefore, Zhu Yunqiao didn't give up. In her understanding, there was no sooner or later in love, only love and no love. Since she fell in love with Kangxi, there was no reason to give up. She is the daughter of Magistrate Zhu. Her family is wealthy and well-educated. A woman like her will be a blessing to whomever she marries. Even if Concubine Yi was Kangxi's wife, as long as she was with Kangxi, the wife's position would definitely belong to her.

Zhu Yunqiao didn't know that Kangxi's true identity was the emperor, so he asked Zhui'er to help him find out about Kangxi's whereabouts and facilitate the next meeting. Zhui'er found the porridge shop where Kangxi was just now and found that Kangxi had suddenly become the shopkeeper of the porridge shop. Now that we have found Kangxi's residence, we are not afraid of not meeting him. But Zhu Yunqiao couldn't wait to meet Kangxi. In order to create an opportunity for Zhu Yunqiao, Zhui'er gave San Dezi dozens of taels of silver and built a separate private room in the porridge shop.

When Zhu Yunqiao went to the porridge shop, he could see the sourness and reluctance on Concubine Yi's face, but she was too lazy to care so much. In her eyes, no one was more noble than her. When she married Kangxi, Concubine Yi was just a concubine. Not only would she not look at her face, but she would let her look at hers. Therefore, every time she met Kangxi in the elegant room, she would deliberately scorn Concubine Yi, and even deliberately get close to Kangxi, making Concubine Yi angry and afraid to speak out.

She told Kangxi that she was one of the best people in Suzhou, and the person she was going to marry was also one of the best bad guys in Suzhou, but she had already fallen in love with him, otherwise she would not have come to the porridge shop again and again and spent time alone with him every time. See. She didn't believe that Kangxi couldn't tell, unless he didn't understand girls' thoughts and love. Zhu Yunqiao loved passionately and bravely. A beautiful woman like her could be lonely and brave for love. Kangxi was young and vigorous, how could he not be moved?

Zhu Yunqiao wrote a letter and prepared a package of gold and silver jewelry to give to Zhui'er, asking Zhui'er to hand it over to Kangxi. When Zhui'er arrived at the porridge shop, Kangxi had already left the house early. Zhui'er didn't know that Zhu Yunqiao had already met Kangxi in Guishi Garden. Zhu Yunqiao was dressed in emerald green clothes, sitting on a pavilion by the river, with thoughtful eyes, which made people feel pitiful. Kangxi couldn't help himself, and held Zhu Yunqiao tightly in his arms.

Later, Kangxi confessed that he was the emperor of the day, but there were many things he couldn't control. Zhu Guozhi had to pay the price for his mistakes when he made mistakes. If Zhu Guozhi is let go, how should he make decisions about the people who died unjustly? Zhu Yunqiao asked with tears in his eyes: "I don't understand, you know that my father is a bad person in the world, why do you still want to date me?" Where did you put the country and the country at that time? Where did you put an infatuated woman? If I had known you were the emperor, I would never associate with you.

Zhu Yunqiao's words were an accusation against Kangxi. Although Kangxi couldn't help himself when interceding, he fell in love with Zhu Yunqiao and couldn't care so much. But these words could not convince Zhu Yunqiao. Kangxi naively believed that Zhu Yunqiao was different from Zhu Guozhi. He executed Zhu Guozhi but would not implicate Zhu Yunqiao for this crime. Zhu Yunqiao should be grateful. Unfortunately, Zhu Yunqiao had a deep relationship with her father, and she could not accept that she would marry the person who killed her father. Kangxi's idea was too naive and selfish, which seriously hurt her heart.

Zhu Yunqiao felt that she had been caught in a trap. The ten days she and Kangxi fell in love were like a dream. Now that she woke up from the dream, everything should be over. When she stood up and left, Kangxi said: I can forgive your father for the sake of you. At this time, Zhu Yunqiao's mind was confused again. Kangxi was the emperor, and the emperor had to abide by the laws. He didn't want to accept Kangxi's kindness and let himself live in the condemnation of his conscience.

Although Kangxi deceived Zhu Yunqiao, Zhu Yunqiao believed that the love words Kangxi said when he was with her were definitely not false. He concealed his identity, but his feelings for her were true. Otherwise, he would not be willing to ignore the law and let her father go for her sake.

Just when Zhu Yunqiao was about to break up with Kang Xi, Ha Liutong suddenly led his men into the porridge shop, preparing to send Kang Xi and others to see the King of Hell. Fa Yin's martial arts was so strong that these soldiers were no match for him. Ha Liu and others were quickly defeated.

Kangxi announced the identity of the emperor in front of everyone. While he was lecturing Ha Liu and others, Zhu Yunqiao caught a glimpse of a familiar figure flashing in the corner. This person was Zhu Guozhi. She saw the dart in Zhu Guozhi's hand, and then glanced at the unsuspecting Kangxi, and she became convinced. At the moment Zhu Guozhi threw out the dart, Zhu Yunqiao also shot a dart in the direction of Zhu Guozhi. Zhu Guozhi died on the spot. Zhu Yunqiao was hit in the heart while blocking Kangxi's darts, and died soon.

In order to save Kangxi, Zhu Yunqiao sacrificed himself and shot his father to death. Kangxi knew that his love was weak compared to Zhu Yunqiao's. If there was an afterlife, he hoped to make it up to her.

However, in Jiang Chen's opinion, this is bullshit.

If there is no result in this life, is there an afterlife?

For an emperor like Kangxi, he might forget it tomorrow, and Zhu Yunqiao's death would be in vain.

"In "Kangxi Private Interview", Zhu Yunqiao is the most beautiful."

"I didn't expect to meet you in Suzhou."

"The plot hasn't started yet, this Zhu Yunqiao..."

The plot about Zhu Yunqiao emerged in Jiang Chen's mind.

In the play, Zhu Yunqiao was favored by Kangxi not long after they met Kangxi. Obviously, although she was a lady, she could be easily taken down. However, Zhu Yunqiao killed his father for Kangxi and died to save Kangxi. In his opinion, he was a fool.

After all, when a person dies, there is nothing.

Kangxi was just a man.

"Sir, what's wrong?" Zhi Xiang noticed Jiang Chen's gaze.

"I saw the daughter of the prefect of Suzhou." Jiang Chen said.

"She is the daughter of the prefect of Suzhou?" Zhi Xiang looked at Zhu Yunqiao.

"Yes." Jiang Chen felt that Zhu Guozhi could take advantage of him.

As for being a villain?

This is nothing.

If Zhu Yunqiao is captured, will Zhu Guozhi's wealth not belong to him in the end?

"Prefect of Suzhou?" Zhi Xiang also didn't expect that Zhu Yunqiao was the daughter of the prefect of Suzhou.

"Suzhou Prefect... I will make contact with Suzhou Prefecture this time. However, before that, we still need to investigate the information about Zhu Guozhi." Jiang Chen's idea is very simple. He will use the evidence of Zhu Guozhi's corruption and perversion of law to arrest Zhu Guozhi. National aspirations.

With Zhu Guozhi's protection, the Jiang family's industry in Suzhou can develop on a large scale.

…

After a while, Jiang Chen and others arrived at a restaurant.

After the food and drinks were served, Jiang Chen, Zhi Xiang, and Cheng Ruoyu chatted while eating.

Of course, the conversation was about the next plan.

"Master Ren is here."

a voice sounded.

Jiang Chen looked up and saw a young man.

"It's him?"

Jiang Chen recognized it.

This young man is none other than Ren Xuetang.

Ren Xuetang in "The Mistress of the House".

In the play, he is the eldest son of the Ren family who was born as a merchant. Because his father once went to Jiangnan as an official, he caused huge losses. Ren's mother was worried about losing her family property, so she beat him up and broke him up. and Zeng Baoqin. In order to take Zeng Baoqin into the Ren family, he did not hesitate to fall out with the head of the family, risking the loss of the family, but also to fulfill the promise of his childhood sweetheart, childhood sweetheart, and being together for the rest of his life.

"Ren Xuetang in "The Mistress of the House"?"

"It's interesting. I didn't expect this drama to be integrated into this world of film and television integration."

"Ren Xuetang..."

Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes.

The Ren family is one of the largest silk merchants in Suzhou.

This is also where he is going this time.

I didn't expect it to be the Ren family in "The Mistress of the House".

"Cheng Ruoyu, please investigate Ren Xuetang's situation later." Jiang Chen said to Cheng Ruoyu.

"Okay." Cheng Ruoyu nodded.

…

Suzhou government office.

"Master Zhu."

Jiang Chen bowed his hand to Zhu Guozhi.

"Do you want to see me?" Zhu Guozhi looked at Jiang Chen.

"right."

Jiang Chen nodded.

"What do you want from me?" Zhu Guozhi asked.

"Master Zhu, do you recognize this?" Jiang Chen took out a token.

"This is..." Zhu Guozhi's eyes fell on the token, and his expression changed slightly.

"I am from Brother Nine," Jiang Chen said.

"Brother Ninth?" Zhu Guozhi's face was heavy.

"Master Zhu, I heard that you and Ha Liutong have a good relationship." Jiang Chen said.

"I don't understand what you mean." Zhu Guozhi said.

"Nalan Mingzhu belongs to the eldest brother. Does Mr. Zhu think that by hooking up with Ha Liutong, he can become the eldest brother?" Jiang Chen smiled and took out a ledger and handed it to Zhu Guozhi.

Zhu Guozhi opened it and read it without knowing why.

After a moment, Zhu Guozhi's expression changed drastically.

"Master Zhu, if His Majesty finds out about this, your nine tribes will be gone." Jiang Chen said.

"How come you have this? What do you want to do?" Zhu Guozhi asked.

"I just want to tell Mr. Zhu that Brother Jiu is optimistic about you." Jiang Chen said.

Zhu Guozhi's eyes were cold.

"Master Zhu, if you say you want to kill me, will this matter be kept secret?" Jiang Chen looked at Zhu Guozhi and said.

"You want me to join Brother Ninth?" Zhu Guozhi asked.

"I can let Ha Liutong die, so that there is no proof of this matter, and all the blame falls on Ha Liutong. From now on, you can secretly help Brother Jiu to do things, and I will give you one hundred thousand taels of silver a year." Jiang Chen said.

"..." Zhu Guozhi.

At this moment, Zhu Guozhi felt that Jiang Chen was sick.

Because in his opinion, this is impossible.

"I'll come find you tomorrow." As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Chen used Lingbo Micro Steps and swept outwards.

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Chen disappeared in front of Zhu Guozhi.

"..." Zhu Guozhi.

"Who is this Jiang Chen?"

"Ninth Brother's people, could it be that..."

Zhu Guozhi looked at the account book in his hand and was very panicked.

An hour later.

"Master, something bad has happened." A servant ran in.

"How can you behave in a panic?" Zhu Guozhi said angrily.

"Master... Ha... Master Ha Liutong committed suicide." The servant said.

"What..." Zhu Guozhi suddenly stood up.

"Ha Liutong committed suicide?"

"what happened?"

Zhu Guozhi asked.

"It seems that he committed suicide out of fear of sin." the servant replied.

"Suicide out of fear of crime?" Zhu Guozhi's expression changed and he hurriedly walked out.

Soon, Zhu Guozhi came to Ha Liutong's mansion.

When Zhu Guozhi arrived, Suzhou general judge Cao Wenbin came.

Cao Wenbin is the prefect of Suzhou in "The Mistress of the House", but now Cao Wenbin is the general magistrate of Su.

"Master Magistrate." Cao Wenbin saw Zhu Guozhi walking over quickly.

"What's going on?" Zhu Guozhi asked.

"I don't know either," Cao Wenbin replied.

"Let's go over and take a look." Zhu Guozhi walked into Ha Liutong's mansion.

A quarter of an hour later, looking at Ha Liutong's confession, Zhu Guozhi felt chills all over.

In Ha Liutong's confession, one person took over all the things he and Ha Liutong did in Suzhou.

This reminded Zhu Guozhi of what Jiang Chen said before.

At this moment, he had to wonder if this matter had anything to do with Jiang Chen.

"Master Magistrate?" Cao Wenbin asked.

"Report it." At this moment, Zhu Guozhi was a little confused.

…

Jiang Mansion.

Jiang Mansion in Suzhou Prefecture is one of the Jiang family's properties in Suzhou Prefecture. Wang Hui and the others sent people to Suzhou Prefecture to buy it. This time Jiang Chen and the others came to Suzhou and naturally stayed in the courtyard they purchased before.

When Jiang Chen came back, Cheng Ruoyu and Zhixiang had already returned.

"Ruoyu, how is the investigation of Ren Xuetang's information going?" Jiang Chen asked.

"It has been investigated." Cheng Ruoyu replied.

"Tell me about it." Jiang Chen said.

"Ren Xuetang... Young Master, this is the relevant information about Ren Xuetang." Cheng Ruoyu recounted the information about the Ren family that he had investigated.

"Tomorrow I will go see Ren Xuetang and then visit other merchants." Jiang Chen said.

"Sir, if the Ren family can cooperate with us, other merchants may take the initiative to cooperate with us." Cheng Ruoyu said.

"Indeed, the Ren family is related to Suzhou Zhizao Mansion." Jiang Chen nodded.

Suzhou Weaving was an imperial merchant who set up a bureau in Suzhou during the Ming and Qing dynasties to weave silk fabrics needed by the palace. Ming Dynasty was weaved by the admiral and the eunuch was in charge. It was still made in the early Qing Dynasty. During the Shunzhi period, it was managed by people sent by the Ministry of Household Affairs, but it was still returned to the Thirteen Yamen of the eunuchs. Every time Kangxi and Qianlong visited the south of the Yangtze River, they stayed in the Zhizaofu Palace in Suzhou. Suzhou Weaving was an imperial merchant that supplied fabrics to the palace.

"Sir, it is precisely because the Ren family has a relationship with Suzhou Zhizao Mansion that it is difficult for us to cooperate, right?" Cheng Ruoyu asked.

"As long as they are businessmen and have enough interests, we can cooperate." Jiang Chen understood what Cheng Ruoyu meant, but now that he came to Suzhou Mansion, he was confident to change everything.

…

The next day, Jiang Chen came to Ren's house.

"Jiang Chen of the Jiang Ning family has met Young Master Ren." Jiang Chen met Ren Xuetang again.

"The Jiang family in Jiangning? Mr. Jiang, our Ren family has nothing to do with the Jiang family, right?" Ren Xuetang said.

"It doesn't matter, but maybe it will matter in the future." Jiang Chen said with a smile.

"..." Ren Xuetang.

"Young Master Ren..."

Jiang Chen and Ren Xuetang started chatting.

Ren Xuetang in the play never interferes in the family business and only loves to study poetry, calligraphy and painting.

Jiang Chen took advantage of it and started chatting with Ren Xuetang.

In less than half an hour, Ren Xuetang felt that Jiang Chen was his confidant.

Jiang Chen also knew that Ren Xuetang had not married Shen Cuixi yet.

But yes.

Because it is integrating into this integrated world of film and television, it should be next year, which is the forty-sixth year of Kangxi’s reign, during Kangxi’s Southern Tour (Emperor Kangxi visited the country in the twenty-third, twenty-eighth, thirty-eighth, forty-second In 1703 (1703), six inspections of Jiangnan were carried out in forty-four and forty-six years.) The Ren family would suffer huge losses.

Because the current Ren family has not suffered huge changes, Ren Xuetang did not marry Shen Cuixi.

"Young Master Ren, I wonder if the head of the Ren family is here?" Jiang Chen asked.

"Mr. Jiang, are you looking for my father?" Ren Xuetang asked.

"Yes. I have a business to discuss." Jiang Chen said.

"Wait a moment." Ren Xuetang did not refuse. Although he felt that doing business was not in line with the temperament of a scholar, he was born in a merchant's family and he also understood that some things were unavoidable.

"Okay." Jiang Chen nodded.

A quarter of an hour later, Jiang Chen met the head of the Ren family, Ren Xuetang's father.

"Are you Jiang Chen?" asked the head of the Ren family.

"Yes, I am Jiang Chen." Jiang Chen nodded and started chatting with the head of the Ren family.

After a while, the head of the Ren family asked: "Mr. Jiang, I wonder if you..."

"I want to buy raw silk." Jiang Chen said.

"Purchasing raw silk?" Head Ren's eyes narrowed.

"Yes." Jiang Chen nodded.

"Mr. Jiang, are you planning to buy raw silk from me?" asked the head of the Ren family.

"Yes, I buy raw silk from the Ren family head. At the same time, I can sell silk fabrics to the Ren family head. Silk, damask, silk, satin... are all fine. As long as the Ren family head can eat it, I will have it." Jiang Chen said.

In the Qing Dynasty, where the world of film and television is integrated, weft yarn costs more than six yuan per catty, single warp yarn costs more than seven yuan per catty, thread warp yarn costs eight yuan per catty, and the best warp yarn only costs eight yuan or nine yuan. The price of silk products, except for Lu silk, which was once five taels per piece, and all other ordinary silk, damask, silk, and satin, are generally one, two, three, to two taels, five yuan per piece.

In the Song Dynasty, the price of a piece of silk was between 850 and 700 wen. Specifically, each piece of silk is worth 850 Wen, while each piece of tsumugi (a kind of silk) is worth 700 Wen.

Therefore, even if silk is transported from the Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty mainland, each piece can still make a lot of money.

"Young master Jiang, do you have the finished product?" asked the head of the Ren family.

"Master Ren, you can take a look at this." Jiang Chen took out a foot of Shu Brocade and handed it to Master Ren.

"Is this Shu brocade?" Family leader Ren recognized it.

"Yes, Shu brocade, our Jiang family has quite a lot of it. If the head of the family wants it, we can trade it, even trade it with raw silk." Jiang Chen said.

"The price of Shu brocade?" asked the head of the Ren family.

"Thirty taels per horse," Jiang Chen said.

In the Song Dynasty, a piece of Shu brocade was levied an industrial and commercial tax of 300 iron coins, and 10 bundles (bundles) of mulberry leaves were levied a tax of 20 iron coins. A bundle (bundle) of mulberry leaves was worth 150 iron coins, and 150 bundles (bundles) of mulberry leaves were worth 150 iron coins. Silkworms reared in leaves can spin silk to weave a piece of Sichuan brocade, and a mulberry leaf tax of 300 iron coins is levied. The cost of producing a piece of Shu brocade requires 23,000 iron coins. 4,000 iron coins are equivalent to one copper coin or one tael of silver. The conversion result is that to produce a piece of Shu brocade, not counting labor costs, it costs 75 taels of silver.

In the Song Dynasty, 670,000 pieces of Shu brocade were paid as tribute every year.

The Jiang family's Star Caravan purchased a piece of Shu brocade in Chengdu for only eight to ten taels of silver.

In the mainland of the Qing Dynasty, because the Shu region had experienced decades of war, the land of Bashu was desolate and the people were changed. The Shu brocade textile industry was almost completely destroyed. It was not until the Kangxi period that the Jincheng workers who fled or were captured returned to Chengdu and resumed their old business. The sound of "making machines and making machines" was heard in Jincheng again. With the support of Emperor Kangxi, the Shu brocade textile industry continued to recover and develop.

Even at the beginning of the plot of "The Legend of Zhen Huan", each piece of Shu brocade cost twenty taels of silver, but now the market price of each piece of Shu brocade is thirty-five taels.

This interval of time is the reason why the annual output of Shu Brocade in the Qing Dynasty increased and the price of Shu Brocade dropped.

In the Song Dynasty, there were two regulations on silk. A piece of silk used for foreign trade was 100 feet long and weighed more than 24 taels; a piece of silk used for domestic sales was 50 feet long and weighed 12 taels. A piece of fine silk can be exchanged for a good horse; a piece of medium silk can be exchanged for a good horse; a piece of inferior silk can be exchanged for a bad horse.

However, Jiang Chen was talking about silk sold domestically.

Even if it is silk for foreign trade, Jiang Chen can turn one piece into two pieces.

"Thirty two horses?" Head Ren glanced at Jiang Chen in surprise.

"Yes." Jiang Chen nodded.

"Mr. Jiang, how much Shu brocade do you have?" asked the head of the Ren family.

Jiang Chen stretched out a finger.

"A thousand horses?" asked the head of the Ren family.

"I have ten thousand horses." Jiang Chen said.

"Ten thousand horses?" Head Ren was surprised and shocked.

"Yes, if Patriarch Ren wants, we can trade." Jiang Chen nodded.

Ten thousand pieces of Shu Brocade, you just need to use the space ring to bring them over next time you go to Yincheng, Chengdu Prefecture, Song Dynasty. Even if the cost of a horse is ten taels of silver, you can still earn twenty taels of silver. Ten thousand horses equals two hundred thousand taels of silver, which is equivalent to two thousand taels of gold.

Even though two thousand taels of gold is not much, even the family teleportation talisman can be used back and forth twenty times. Trading with the Ren family is not only to make money, but also to establish a cooperative relationship with the Ren family.

What's more, you can also make a fortune by purchasing raw silk.

"Master Jiang, if you have ten thousand pieces of Shu brocade, I will take them all." The head of the Ren family said, "If you have no objection, we will make a contract."

"Okay." Jiang Chen nodded: "But raw silk?"

"Raw silk...we can discuss it..." Head Ren and Jiang Chen started chatting.

A quarter of an hour later, Jiang Chen and the head of the Ren family made a contract.

Contract for sale of Shu brocade and purchase of raw silk.

According to Jiang Chen's judgment, this sale and acquisition can earn at least seven thousand taels of gold.

As for the Ren family, as long as they buy raw silk from silkworm farmers and sell it to the Jiang family, or sell Shu brocade, they will get at least five thousand taels of gold. That's why they were able to reach an agreement.

It can be said that this is a win-win situation.

"Mr. Jiang, let's have a drink together," said the head of the Ren family.

"Okay." Jiang Chen did not refuse.

At that moment, the head of the Ren family took Jiang Chen into the middle courtyard.

What Jiang Chen didn't expect was that he saw two women as soon as he walked into the middle courtyard.

"Um?"

Almost at the same time, the system prompt sounded.

"Sign in."

Jiang Chen thought silently in his heart.

[Congratulations to the host, you signed in successfully and obtained the low-level spiritual field transformation map. 】

[Congratulations to the host, you successfully signed in and obtained the Chaohu Navy training card. 】

"Renovation plan for a low-level spiritual field?"

"This is good stuff."

This is the eleventh low-level spiritual field transformation diagram.

Now eight of these low-level spiritual field transformation pictures have been used in the third world, so adding this one, there are three more that are useless. If there are enough low-level low-grade spiritual field transformation diagrams, low-level low-grade spiritual field transformation diagrams can be used in the first world.

"Chaohu Naval Training Card?"

"There are only eight Chaohu Navy training cards in the system space now. It would be good to have one more."

Jiang Chen looked at the signing hostess.

Shen Cuixi, the heroine in "The Housewife".

In the play, she is the wife of the head of the Ren family. She has superb Kesi skills and is good at management. She is the real mistress of the Ren family. She relied on her superb skills, open-mindedness, and wise mind to resolve the Ren family's many crises. While leading the Ren family into glory, she opened a weaving workshop to teach female disciples techniques and help them become self-reliant. A sudden change forced her to join forces with Zeng Baoqin, a friend and foe, to jointly protect the honor of the Ren family and the secret skills of Kesi.

Shu Fang, one of the heroines in "The Housewife".

In the play, she is Shen Cuixi's personal maid and the chief shopkeeper of the Ren family. She later marries the second master and becomes the second mistress of the Ren family. She is well-behaved, gentle, shrewd and capable, and is extremely proficient in abacus. She flexes her muscles in the male society and wins respect with her strength. In the face of love, she was not pretentious and had her own pursuits. Later, when Ren's family was in turmoil, she stepped forward resolutely, handled trivial matters in an orderly manner, and supported the whole family. She also relied on her own efforts to break prejudice and change her destiny.

"Shen Cuixi."

"When the plot of "The Housewife" begins, Shen Cuixi has been married for five years, and now she is Shen Cuixi before she got married."

Shen Cuixi in the play is an ordinary fisherman girl. By chance, she came to the Ren family of Suzhou Prefecture, a weaver. Because of her extraordinary talent, she learned a lot of tapestry techniques from the old lady, and she was deeply liked by the old lady. At the same time, The old lady took a fancy to her good qualities and married her to her eldest son as his wife, who was the head matron of the Ren family.

Shen Cuixi's husband, Ren Xuetang, was childhood sweethearts with Zeng Baoqin, the eldest daughter of the Suzhou prefecture, in their early years. However, the Zeng family was confiscated due to a crime and was ruined. Zeng Baoqin was imprisoned, lost his parents, and was hired to perform in a brothel at that time. However, Ren Xuetang never He never changed his love for her, and after all the hardships, he finally found her back.

Helplessly, the old lady of the Ren family was worried that her family would be implicated, and she was afraid that Zeng Xueqin would come to ask her family to redeem them, so the old lady made a prompt decision and asked Ren Xuetang to marry Cui Xi, who was a child bride, as her daughter-in-law. Ren Xuetang only has Zeng Xueqin in his heart and does not have Shen Cuixi. This is known to all. He only has responsibility and respect for her without any feelings between men and women. All he can give her is the name of being the matron of the house, but no reality of husband and wife. This is for her They are both an unspeakable pain.

Shen Cuixi knew that her husband did not love her, so she naturally felt uncomfortable. However, for the sake of the long-term interests of the family, she put away all her exposed emotions, turned her sadness into motivation, and managed the family stitch by stitch, for the sake of her family. Just live up to the old lady’s entrustment and expectations. Shen Cuixi walked through the long night alone. During the day, she had to shoulder the burden of being the mother of the house again. She was busy with extra work. Her husband did not show any love to her and was still spending time with his childhood sweetheart outside. In the romantic days, he also said that he would marry Zeng Baoqin home and give her a status.

There is nothing more painful than watching her husband fall in love with another woman, but Shen Cuixi can only choose to endure it. After all, there is nothing she can do if her heart is not with her. The only person who accompanies her is There is nothing more than tapestry and business dealings that we face every day.

Shen Cuixi originally thought that her husband didn't love her, so Shen Cuixi accepted her fate. Unfortunately, her husband fell into the water and disappeared while tracking down the water bandits. For a while, the whole family was in chaos. The elders who only talked and did not work saw that the head of the family was not there. After that, they immediately seized power. They locked Shen Cuixi in a courtyard and did not allow her to have contact with the outside world. They only sent some meals in every day to ensure basic living conditions. Even the servants dared to bully her.

When the government arrested the second young master, they were at their wits' end and went to ask Shen Cuixi for help. She really complied with the saying "No matter what, don't go to the Three Treasures Palace". When you need someone, you can say it grandly, but when you don't, you can always treat it like abandonment. It's disgusting enough that the child just doesn't care. Zeng Baoqin gave birth to a son. Shen Cuixi was worried that this child would affect his future scientific examination and official career because of his biological mother's background, so she took the child with her.

She did not dote on this child too much, but devoted herself to him, taught him, and loved him. But even so, she was still hurt by rumors from outside, saying that she was mean to the child from the outside family. During the spring, summer, autumn and winter, Shen Cuixi was busy running the family business and educating her children. Any other woman might have attacked Zeng Baoqin and her son long ago, but Shen Cuixi never treated them badly or felt sorry for them. She was kind in her heart, The softness in her heart earned her the respect of Zeng Baoqin, and her children truly called her mother.

Compare yourself to others and save others by yourself, just like what Shen Cuixi said when she seeks benevolence and has a clear conscience. She did it. She didn't feel sorry for anyone but herself. In order to bring warmth to others, she was willing to suffer herself but never It goes against one's conscience. This is true for the Ren family, this is true for the people around him, and this is true for those who hurt him. He is always willing to be kind, understanding, and considerate.

Just when everyone thought that Shen Cuixi would follow the rise and fall of the entire Ren Mansion for the rest of his life, Shen Cuixi's husband appeared. His name was Wei Lianggong, a talented man well-known in the south of the Yangtze River. Wei Lianggong was gentle and upright. At Zeng Baoqin's request, he entered the Ren Mansion to be his son's tutor. Even though he misunderstood Shen Cuixi's behavior at first, he gradually changed his mind after being moved by Shen Cuixi's kindness. Every time they got along, the two fell in love with each other and admired each other.

But in the eyes of the world, their feelings were not tolerated by the world. Wei Lianggong was worried that being caught by others and making such a big deal would affect Shen Cuixi's reputation, so he left Ren Mansion. You can never deceive yourself when you love someone. For Shen Cuixi, Wei Lianggong is the only man in the world who loves her in his heart. He understands himself, is considerate of himself, and warms his world. This is what Shen Cuixi has never received. preference.

What is regrettable is that Wei Lianggong's internal organs were damaged due to illness, and he passed away after spending a happy time with Shen Cuixi. Since then, Shen Cuixi has truly lost a man who she loved and who loved her. The pain attacked her whole body and mind, forcing her to pick herself up again and continue to give her last effort for this family and the people here.

Not many people care about her, and there are endless people who hurt her. She loves everyone and protects everyone, but not everyone loves her and protects her. This is the saddest color of her.

The family led by Shen Cuixi is a businessman and is the lowest in the hierarchy of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, but it controls most of Suzhou's business lifeline and wealth. Therefore, corrupt officials in the government always want to get a piece of the pie, so they use tricks everywhere They embarrass the Ren family, exploit their money from time to time, and ask them to serve their official position and life.

Shen Cuixi is well aware of the darkness of officialdom. Every time those corrupt officials take the opportunity to cause trouble, Shen Cuixi will send a large sum of money or some valuable items to smooth things over in order to maintain the normal operation of her family's business. I thought that in this way, both parties could benefit from each other, and the river would not harm the well. However, the government took advantage of it and continued to take the opportunity to spread rumors and cause trouble for the Ren family. They slandered Shen Cuixi for being unruly women. They arrested the second young master for interrogation and forced Orihu to hand over his secret skills. , these things happen endlessly in the Ren family.

There are internal and external troubles, domestic slaves are ungrateful, and corrupt officials and villains are staring at the Ren family like wolves, staring at this woman. She cannot relax or slack off, otherwise she will be torn into pieces at any time and will never be recovered. In order to protect the Ren family and the people around her, Shen Cuixi was arrested by the government and tortured, ruining her reputation and making her unable to hold her head high in front of the world. The purpose was to obtain all the property of the entire Ren family.

But Shen Cuixi always insisted on her position, and finally stood out in the "World's Best Kesi" competition organized by the Queen Mother, successfully rescued Cao Yaoniang, left the Ren family, traveled around the world, and spread the Kesi skills.

"Traveling around the world?"

"To put it bluntly, it means leaving home cleansed."

"You can't even sleep with the person you like. This is a tragedy."

Jiang Chen looked at the other sign-in heroine.

Shu Fang is a capable maid beside Shen Cuixi.

Unlike another maid Qiao'er, Shu Fang has never thought about getting married, because Shu Fang understands that a maid like her who came from a bad background and was sold to Ren Mansion by her family is not as good as Qiao'er. , it is better not to marry for the rest of your life. Shu Fang is good at accounting. Her ambition is to always be with Shen Cuixi and to be a female shopkeeper.

The second master of the Ren family, Ren Rufeng, was a playboy before. He not only went to casinos, but also visited the courtyard. Since his eldest brother Ren Xuetang disappeared, Ren Rufeng has experienced some shocks and grown up. He developed a crush on Shu Fang while helping Shen Cuixi run the family.

Shu Fang, who wholeheartedly helped her grandmother with the housekeeping, gradually fell in love with Ren Rufeng. For Shu Fang, Ren Rufeng is the best place for her. First of all, Ren Rufeng did not object to Shu Fang's ambition to be a big shopkeeper, and he did not have much macho style, which was very rare at the time. Secondly, Ren Rufeng's biological mother is Ren's aunt. She is easy-going and not pushy, so there is no need to worry about the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law after marriage.

Finally, Shu Fang doesn't need to go to Renfu to get married. She has a grandma to support her throughout her life. Unlike Qiao'er, who has basically no one to rely on after leaving Renfu. In ancient times, when a woman married, her status in her husband's family often depended on whether there was anyone in her natal family. They both marry the person they like, but the fates of Qiaoer and Shufang are completely different.

In the finale, Shu Fang married the second master as she wished and became the second grandma of the Ren family. In the end, she also owned a Kesi school to spread Kesi technology.

"It can be said that Shu Fang in the play is the real winner."

"Compared with Shen Cuixi, she is very lucky."

Jiang Chen glanced at Shen Cuixi and Shu Fang, and then asked the head of the Ren family: "Head of the Ren family, is this your daughter?"

"No, this is the daughter of my old friend." Head Ren said.

"The daughter of an old friend?" Jiang Chen was a little surprised.

Not a child bride?

Could it be that in the eyes of the head of the Ren family, she is not a child bride?

"Yes." As the head of the Ren family spoke, he brought Jiang Chen to the restaurant.

Soon, the food and wine arrived.

Jiang Chen and the head of the Ren family were chatting while eating.

"Master Ren, I heard that your Ren family's tapestry technology is very strong." Jiang Chen said.

Kesi, also known as "cut silk", is the essence of traditional silk art. It is the most traditional method in the silk weaving industry to pick out the warps and reveal the wefts, and is a highly decorative decorative silk fabric.

Kesi is not actually carved with a knife. It is a plain weave fabric woven with raw silk as the warp and colored cooked silk as the weft. It is woven by the method of passing through the warp and returning the weft: the weft follows the pre-drawn pattern and does not run through. Throughout the entire fabric, multiple small shuttles are used to excavate and weave according to the pattern and color, so that there are some breaks between patterns and plain ground, colors and colors on the fabric, similar to the image of knife carving. This is the so-called "through the warp and break the weft" weaving method. It is also "the image of Chengkong is like a sculpture."

"This is passed down from our Ren family's ancestors," said the head of the Ren family.

"No wonder your Ren family can hold hereditary positions in the Suzhou Zhizao Mansion." Jiang Chen smiled and said, "Master Ren, I wonder if you are not interested in Fengwei Qiangan?"

There are many kinds of silk tapestry techniques, generally divided into flat tapestry, whipping tapestry, hook tapestry, shuttle tapering, knotting tapestry, short tapestry tapestry, wrapped tapestry tapestry, wooden comb tapestry tapestry, shenhe tapestry tapestry, phoenix tail tapestry tapestry, Zimujing tapestry, through tapestry tapestry, Three blue embroidery method, ink embroidery method, three-color gold embroidery method, kesi wool embroidery method, mixed color embroidery method, etc.

Fengwei Gong is a new method created in the Ming Dynasty.

It is one of the tapestry techniques. Lines of different lengths and thicknesses are alternately woven with two colored threads. The ends of the lines are one row thick and blunt and the other row pointed. The thick ones are short and the thin ones are long. The thicknesses are alternately arranged. It is named after its shape like a phoenix tail. The Fengwei gun is a new method created in the Ming Dynasty and is highly decorative.

However, in the mainland of the Qing Dynasty, Fengwei's technology has been lost.

"Fengwei Gong? Mr. Jiang has Fengwei Gong?" Head Ren's hand holding the wine glass paused slightly.

"Yes, it's Fengwei Jun." Jiang Chen nodded.

"Young master Jiang, are you willing to give me the Ren family's Feng Wei?" asked the head of the Ren family.

Jiang Chen smiled.

"Mr. Jiang, what conditions do you have?" asked the head of the Ren family.

"Head of the Ren family, our Jiang family is willing to maintain long-term cooperation with the Ren family." Jiang Chen looked at the head of the Ren family and said: "In addition, I want to marry the daughter of your old friend."

"Do you want to marry Shen Cuixi?" Head Ren's eyes narrowed.

"Marriage is the best way." Jiang Chen nodded.

If Shen Cuixi had already married Ren Xuetang, or if the head of the Ren family said that Shen Cuixi was the child bride of the Ren family, Jiang Chen might not have such thoughts, but if the head of the Ren family said that she was the daughter of an old friend, then he would be rude.

"this……"

The head of the Ren family pondered for a moment, and then said: "Mr. Jiang, you..."

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