Listening to Liu Jian's compliment, Emperor Hongzhi was overjoyed, nodded his head and said, "Come here, recruit the prince and the successor." ”

After that, Emperor Hongzhi sat down and looked in good spirits.

just touched Queen Zhang's gaze, but she couldn't help but be a little short of breath.

Knowing this, in front of Liu Jian and others, it was better to let Empress Zhang avoid it.

Empress Zhang was smiling, and her eyes looked peaceful.

It's just that what Empress Zhang thinks in her heart, according to Emperor Hongzhi's understanding of her, it may not be as good as her face.

Emperor Hongzhi sighed with emotion: "The people are nothing more than food and clothing." With food to eat and clothes to wear, I also heard that the horse-drawn carriages in Xishan are now selling hotly, and the wealthy families keep horse-drawn carriages for transportation, even ordinary people, who only need to pay a few dollars, can take the public carriages. But at the moment, the problem of living seems to be solved, and it is still far away for the time being, but this clothes cannot be neglected. ”

Emperor Hongzhi paused, and then continued: "I have been thinking, how to solve it? Sometimes, the more I think about it, the more confused I become, a small shirt is not difficult for me and Zhuqing, but for ordinary Baixin, it is extremely difficult. ”

Liu Xuan couldn't help but sigh: "There are thousands of people in the world, one person has one shirt, it is ten thousand clothes, it is easy for one person to dress, but it is not easy for tens of thousands of people to dress." ”

Emperor Hongzhi nodded, thoughtful.

These tens of thousands of people, although they have made the country of the Ming Dynasty prosperous and become the kingdom of the Heavenly Empire, but it is difficult to know their warmth and hunger.

The so-called governance of a large country is like cooking, and this sincerity is not deceiving.

After half a ring, he smiled and said, "At least let the people of Jingshi have a good winter." ”

He didn't expect that next year, the year after that, and ten years later, the people of Jingshi would be able to make peace, but at least, this year, they had such luck.

Liu Jian and the others also smiled, showing a satisfied smile.

At this time, Liu Jian suddenly remembered something and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, this time I gave Wang Shouren the Duke, but I don't know what name to bestow?" The Ministry of Rites has drawn up a few, and I hope Your Majesty will have an idea. ”

"Oh." Emperor Hongzhi said lightly: "I have already seen the recital of the Ministry of Rites, but I think it is not beautiful for several candidates to be selected by the Ministry of Rites. ”

"Korean Gong?" Liu was puzzled.

He said embarrassedly: "Wang Shouren's original hometown is Yuyao, Zhejiang, and has nothing to do with Korea."

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said, "I am talking about the Han Sea. ”

Hanhai

Liu Jian and others, familiar with the classics of scripture and history, immediately had taro.

The so-called Hanhai is the extreme north of the desert, and in later generations, there is also a well-known name, that is, Lake Baikal. Of course, in the Tang Dynasty, people referred to Hanhai as a general term for the region north of the Great Desert of the Mongolian Plateau and its central to western regions.

When it arrived in the Mengyuan Dynasty, it was regarded as the Western Desert.

Nowadays, it is mostly regarded as the Gobi Desert.

After the changes of history, the word Hanhai, in essence, is related to Huo Quai's killing into the desert and sealing the wolf Juxu, it is rumored that Huo Qubing went deep into the desert, won consecutive battles, and held a sacrifice to the sky in the Wolf Juxu Mountain, and then continued to go deeper, and held a sacrifice in Guyan Mountain, and the soldiers were forced to Hanhai.

Actually in the name of Han, I think it is because His Majesty has greater expectations for Wang Shouren.

Liu Yunian turned around, without too much hesitation, and said, "The minister understands." ”

As he spoke, footsteps were heard outside.

Through the clear floor-to-ceiling glass windows, Emperor Hongzhi saw Fang Jifan and the crown prince coming side by side.

When the two entered the hall, they all looked like they were in unison.

Especially Zhu Houzhao, his complexion is pale, after all, there is a bit of a 'sauna' in the workshop, and the skin on his face is frighteningly white, and he looks tired and weak.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned.

Empress Zhang's eyes lit up.

The two saluted.

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but put on a straight face, and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Why is the prince so weak? ”

Zhu Houzhao said truthfully: "Weaving." ”

Emperor Hongzhi's face turned red in an instant.

He actually said it.

Empress Zhang suddenly felt distressed, but in front of Liu Jian and others, Empress Zhang was silent, usually all officials suspected that Empress Zhang was a jealous woman, and Queen Zhang naturally would not let them sit in front of the public.

Fang Jifan said with a smile: "Your Majesty"

"Okay, Jifan, you don't have to defend the prince, I know that this time, the two of you are used to hard work, I have a gambling contract with the prince, and this time the prince will win."

Zhu Houzhao was happy at this time, and the corners of his lips hooked up with cheerful locusts.

Empress Zhang smiled gently, but she couldn't help but wonder in her heart, is the prince sometimes like the first emperor of Chenghua, how can you look at it, stupid, where is this gambling contract, it is clearly a trap, just waiting for you and Fang Jifan to go on the pole and send silver.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "I heard that the price of cloth has really been cut in half. ”

"Don't stop cutting it in half." Zhu Houzhao said proudly: "According to this trend, I'm afraid it will go down again." ”

Emperor Hongzhi took care of the case, but he gasped in his heart, these two guys are ruthless enough, how much money did they secretly spend.

What made him even more curious was where he had purchased so much cloth.

Emperor Hongzhi asked directly: "How much silver did you spend for this?" ”

Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan glanced at each other.

How much silver does it cost?

That's not easy to calculate.

Fang Jifan thought for a while and said, "Come to think of it, there are tens of millions of taels." ”

"What." Emperor Hongzhi's face suddenly stiffened a little, and he was stunned when he subconsciously rose suddenly.

These two are really losers, no matter what, they won't be tens of millions of taels.

Emperor Hongzhi glared at Fang Jifan.

Fang Jifan looked at Emperor Hongzhi's face with a little annoyance, and he didn't look frightened at all, but said calmly: "If you count the research of the steam engine." ”

Accounting, there is always a macro and micro division, the first cotton spinning workshop, can have today, are all dependent on the investment of the steam research institute, to get, so calculated, the steam research institute investment, also counted, this is always reasonable.

Liu Yan on the side was also startled: "Qi Guogong, it cost tens of millions of taels of silver to buy cloth?" ”

Fang Jifan looked sideways, and then looked at Liu Jian like an idiot and said, "Liu Gong, what do you mean by buying cloth?" Did I talk about buying cloth? The Wealth of Nations, has Liu Gong seen it? A large number of acquisitions on the market will inevitably lead to a sharp rise in commodities, the more you collect, the faster it will rise, Liu Gong doesn't even understand such common sense, don't you want my protégé, the unsuccessful Liu Wenshan, to teach Liu Gong a good lesson?"

"This" said that he really didn't have any scruples about face, Liu Zhengshi's old face was red, but he was powerless to refute it.

The main thing is that everyone has experience, Fang Jifan, this guy, the more you are more serious with him, the more energetic he is, and now he is just saying some strange things, God knows if he will scold the street next.

It's just that, Sven, don't know as much as he does.

Liu Jian was silent.

Emperor Hongzhi's heart was full of suspicions.

When you think about it, it's true.

If a large amount of cloth is purchased, hoarded, and then sold to ordinary people at a low price, then it stands to reason that in the process of purchasing a large number of fabrics, it will inevitably lead to a rise.

But now

Fang Jifan said with a smile: "If you want to reduce the price of cloth, the way is not to buy high and sell low, but to increase the supply. ”

Emperor Hongzhi was immediately empowered.

But then, the question arises again: "How can so much cloth be produced in one moment?" ”

Fang Jifan said: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten that these days, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and his sons have been weaving cloth. ”

Weaving

Emperor Hongji: ""

Zhu Houzhao said with a look of anger: "That's right, in order to lower the price of this cloth, Erchen has been supervising production in the workshop all day long, and he hasn't slept well for a few days for more than a month." ”

Emperor Hongzhi's face was incredulous, and he couldn't help but say: "You weave cloth, but you weave cloth, where did you get so much cloth?" ”

Fang Jifan said: "Because of the new loom. ”

loom

At this time, Emperor Hongzhi didn't understand what Fang Jifan said, and he was confused.

He frowned: "Speak more clearly!" ”

Fang Jifan said: "Your Majesty, in the past month, the cotton spinning workshop of Erchen and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has produced 138,600 pieces of cloth. ”

One hundred and thirty-eight thousand six hundred horses

That's a terrifying amount.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Fang Jifan dumbfounded: "Weaving so much? ”

Speaking of which, there is a good comparison, this queen in the palace, organized more than a thousand palace ladies and eunuchs to weave cloth, it took a month, and it was only 7,000 horses.

So how many weavers did the prince and Fang Jifan hire to finish weaving these fabrics?

Emperor Hongzhi said: "Why didn't I notice it beforehand, if so, I am afraid that the manpower required is only more than 20,000, and so many manpower and material resources have been used, how is this possible?" ”

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "There are not many people in the cotton spinning workshop, but only three or four hundred people have been recruited, but only three or four hundred people, my father has a lot of opportunities, how can I be aware of it." ”

Three or four hundred people

Emperor Hongzhi's face sank.

Three or four hundred, and at the end of a month, the number of weavers was twenty times that of sixteen or seven hundred.

Lose your marbles

Do these people not need to eat, drink, or sleep?

What's more, if you want to find a skilled weaver, where is it so easy.

The reason why more than 1,000 people can be mobilized in the palace is because Empress Zhang set an example in her early years and led the people in the palace to weave, so the palace ladies in the palace have long been proficient.

Emperor Hongzhi was silent for a long time, and then took the case: "No, this is absolutely impossible!" ”