Cai Zhifu opened his mouth, and the delicacies of the mountains and seas on the table suddenly became unfragrant.

President Weng was full of sadness, and the two vice presidents Xu and Liu also suffered from toothache and hissed cold air.

"What, what's the problem?" The smile on Cai Guoxi's face faded.

"Husband Zu Rongyu, of course it's no problem to send someone into the city to talk, but what if the old man goes there in person?" President Weng looked puzzled: "But I'm afraid it will backfire." ”

"How?" Governor Cai asked in a deep voice.

"Talking, the other party has to put forward demands, and if they can meet them, of course everyone is happy." Weng Di smiled bitterly: "But what if you can't be satisfied? The other party will be even more angry, and the situation will completely get out of control. ”

"Hahaha, don't worry, the elder will not let you go empty-handed." Cai Guoxi waved his hand when he heard this, and said arrogantly: "This government has already talked to Gonggong Li, not only can this year's bad rules be exempted, but they can also be exempted forever in the future!" ”

"That's great!" The main business of the Dongting Chamber of Commerce is the silk business, and several high-level officials couldn't help but be happy when they heard it.

The hateful vampire of the Weaving Bureau is not just satisfied with the simple task of specializing in all kinds of textiles for the royal and official uses. He also extended his hand to the folk silk weaving industry, stipulating that each loom of the weaver would collect three dollars in silver per month. After the silk is produced, each silk must pay another five cents of silver, otherwise it is not allowed to be sold.

This incident was caused by the Weaving Bureau's collection of loom money from weavers.

Cai Zhifu grabbed the handle of Gonggong Li, and finally made him nod his head, and he was exempted from all bad rules in the future. In exchange for the civil servants not throwing him out as a scapegoat.

Anyway, if this happened, he didn't want to do it in Suzhou, so there was nothing to lose......

As for whether the successor weaving eunuch would scold his mother, Gonggong Li had no choice but not to hear it, so he didn't have it at all.

In this way, each piece of silk was equivalent to saving the cost of a penny, and the merchants were of course happy.

But it still does not solve the fundamental problem......

Every wrinkle on Chairman Weng's face was written powerlessly: "The government is respectful and benevolent, and the citizens will definitely accept this love." But the distance satisfies them, but I'm afraid it's still far away. ”

"Oh?" Governor Cai said with a moving expression: "It sounds like President Weng seems to understand, the real demands of those chaotic people? ”

"Suzhou City is the foundation of the Dongting Chamber of Commerce, and the old man is also anxious these days." President Weng looked at his son on the side and said, "I have asked Weng Fan to touch the situation, and I have a general understanding." ”

"Please give me advice." Cai Guoxi turned to Weng Fandao.

"Don't dare." Weng Fan replied with a straight face: "Don't hide it from my husband and ancestor, except for those bandits who take advantage of the fire to rob, the vast majority of citizens who make trouble are because they have no job, have nothing to do and are dissatisfied, so they will make trouble." ”

"Yes, the citizens of Suzhou have no permanent production, and nine times out of ten they rely on work to make a living. Once unemployed, the whole family has no food and clothing, and there are so many people who have lost their jobs in recent months, which is why the riots are more ferocious than usual. Xu Zhixiang, vice president Xu on the side, also echoed.

"Then let them get back to work." Chen Tongzhi, who was sitting with him on the side, seemed to have grasped the key point, and immediately shouted.

But he saw the big businessmen looking at him with a wry smile, as if they were watching a joke.

"If people can return to work, why don't they make money?" Cai Zhifu glanced at Chen Tongzhi and signaled him not to shout. Then he smiled and asked Weng Di: "Is it possible that as long as the work resumes, the riot can be quickly quelled?" ”

"Yes." Weng Di nodded and said, "If Fuzun can help solve the problem, our Dongting Chamber of Commerce guarantees to let the citizens go back to their homes." ”

"What's the difficulty?" Governor Cai asked in a deep voice.

"The loom is not turning." Weng Di replied word by word, and then explained:

"My husband naturally knows that our Suzhou is known for its prosperity, but the silk weaving industry is the real foundation. There are 30,000 looms in the city, and there are no less than 200,000 weavers, embroiderers, dyers and other workers in this industry. The rise and fall of other industries and even the entire city of Suzhou is closely related to looms. ”

"Yes, as long as the hum of the loom continues, it doesn't matter how big Suzhou is. If the loom doesn't turn, then a little bit will become a big deal. Vice President Xu replied again, still very expressive.

"Then how do you make this loom spin?" Cai Zhifu asked.

"We need the silk merchants of our chamber of commerce to lend silk to weavers." Vice President Xu replied.

"Don't you have any silk?" Cai Zhifu guessed.

"What we have is silk." Vice President Xu said, glancing at Liu Zhengqi, who was silent on the side, with resentment:

"Thanks to Vice President Liu, the high-priced silk we collected last year hasn't been used up this year. This year's new silk is even more useless. ”

"So the problem is with you!" Chen Tongzhi changed color and said, "You guys are trying to do something, right?!" ”

This time, Governor Cai did not stop Chen Tongzhi, and obviously looked at it this way.

"My lord is angry, Vice President Xu didn't explain how the silk weaving industry works." Weng Fan secretly scolded Xu Zhixiang, this guy is not good at talking about things, he has to turn around and stab Liu Zhengqi, which makes everyone's faces unbearable.

"Then you can make it clear." Cai Zhifu scooped a spoonful of boiled dried shreds and chewed them carefully.

"Yes. Because most weavers have limited funds and cannot afford the high price of raw silk. Therefore, we will borrow raw silk from our chamber of commerce, and after the production is completed, we will repay it with a certain amount of silk. This can greatly reduce the burden of weavers, and also promote the vigorous development of our silk weaving industry in Suzhou. ”

"Loan out silk, come back silk, how cost-effective." Cai Zhifu swallowed the food in his mouth and asked puzzledly, "Then why don't you borrow it?" ”

"Because our silk can't be sold." Weng Fan said with a bitter face: "It's not a secret, the sales volume of silk this year is very poor, less than half of previous years. Our treasury is full of raw silk that we can't borrow, as well as unsalable silk, but the funds on hand are basically bottoming out. ”

"Yes, Fuzun." President Weng nodded with a painful face and said, "Silk farmers, silk societies, weavers, weavers, and our Dongting Chamber of Commerce are grasshoppers on a rope. Silk farmers and weavers can't eat, silk society weavers can't work, and we can't make money. ”

"Therefore, when the market is bad, we have always preferred to make less money ourselves, even if we lose a little, but also let the silk farmers and silk societies and weavers and weavers survive."

President Weng sighed loudly, "But this time, we really can't hold on. They just don't make money, and we're all going to lose all of our old guys - all those precious raw silk are all real money! ”

"My husband should still remember the silk war last year." Xu Zhixiang complained again: "At that time, because of a mistake in judgment, we collected too much raw silk at an unusually high price. Many of their peers not only ran out of money, but also borrowed money. ”

"I thought that if I persisted until this year, I would be able to get back to blood, but who would have thought that I would encounter a plummeting sales again." Vice President Xu said with a depressed face: "It's really a house leak that has been rained, and the broken ship has encountered a head wind, and our Chamber of Commerce really can't hold on." ”

"If you can't hold on, you have to persevere!" Cai Zhifu put down the ice porcelain bowl heavily, and said in a deep voice: "Now is not the time to cry poor, everyone gritted their teeth, lent the silk out, and asked the weavers to hurry up and start work, and solve the mess in front of them first!" ”

ps. This one is yesterday's ha