Father-in-law Zhu Di, I am so happy to marry the disfigured princess

"Everyone, come quickly. The cloth from this cloth shop is only thirty cents a piece. It's so cheap."

"What? The cloth in the south of the city is so cheap? I just saw a new cloth shop opened in the north of the city, and the price is only thirty cash."

"The brand of fabrics at the one in the south of the city seems to be different, but the materials are all very good."

In the blink of an eye, two months have passed since the last meeting.

Shops appeared one after another on the bustling streets of Nanjing, and the business landscape changed again.

Cloth from the Peiping Textile Factory has appeared on the shelves of many stores.

Cloth is sent from the factory and then sold to general agents in various places. The general agent distributes it to sub-agents, and the sub-agents distribute it to county agents. The county agents then sell to the following stores, and the stores start selling.

Ten years ago, when Li Xiao sold cloth in Peiping, the price was ten cents per piece, but at that time it was direct sales from the manufacturer, and there were no middlemen to make the difference.

After all, transportation is inconvenient now, and there are specialties in the industry. It is impossible for manufacturers to make money from distribution. The distributors below also have to make money, so they can bear the sales channel.

However, even so.

A piece of cloth costing thirty cents still caused an uproar in Peiping.

The price is much cheaper than the original cloth in Nanjing, and the quality is not at the same level. The Peking Textile Factory has gone through more than ten years of development. All aspects of technology and supporting facilities have become more mature, and the machines have been improved several times.

The original cloth shop business was no longer viable. They had all the cloth in their hands and could only sell it at a reduced price.

However, this is also impossible.

The beginning of industrialization will definitely have a great impact on the original handicraft industry.

This is why Li Xiao has not allowed Peking's products to hit other markets before, which would make it difficult for many people to survive.

Many large cloth-making workshops are owned by powerful families. They can afford to lose money. After all, they now have agency rights and can make money back soon.

But many small workshops will go bankrupt because of this. They are very complaining about this, but they have no choice. Even those powerful families have compromised, so what can they do?

However, crises also bring opportunities.

Many businessmen in small workshops began to stop selling cloth and resell ready-made clothes.

Because the original workers have been in this industry for a long time and are familiar with the production of garments, they can change careers quickly.

All you need to do is get cheap cloth in large quantities from dealers, then design patterns and use the cloth to make ready-made clothes for sale. This is also a new business.

Because there are so many styles of clothes, state-owned enterprises cannot get involved in the production of ready-made clothes. I believe this kind of business will become popular very soon in the future.

As a result, tailors from all over the world suddenly became popular and were recruited in various ways. Experienced tailors could get very high salaries.

The changes in the market have their own laws. In many cases, Li Xiao does not need to do anything. They will adapt to the times based on the existing conditions.

"It's like a spring breeze coming suddenly overnight, causing thousands of pear trees to bloom."

Li Xiao was walking comfortably on the streets at this time. When he came out of various clothing stores, there were long queues, and he saw many ready-to-wear shops popping up like bamboo shoots after a rain.

There are also many customers coming and going, and many people go in to watch and buy.

Li Xiao also went to a few clothing stores on purpose, and the garments inside were quite beautiful. After all, after the cloth business was monopolized by factories, small shops could only rely on garments if they wanted to survive.

This is similar to the development trend in Peiping. Not many people in Peking now buy cloth directly, and everyone would rather buy ready-made clothes directly.

"Guest officer, please come inside."

After Li Xiao entered a relatively high-end clothing store, the waiters inside welcomed him warmly.

"Ah."

With a slight nod, Li Xiao walked around inside. Sure enough, no matter what era, most of the ready-made clothing stores are women's clothing.

The clothing designs in this store are really exquisite and unique.

Li Xiao was slightly surprised. The craftsmanship of the tailors in this shop was considered to be top-notch, and it was no worse than the tailors in the palace or even the palace.

The difference is that the styles of tailors made by tailors in the imperial palace and royal palaces are more solemn, showing grace and elegance.

The clothes here are more folk-oriented.

Gemstone green woven silver silk peony tunic, embroidered peony pink bright satin round-neck thin quilt, emerald blue gold branches and green leaves floor-length skirt
The women's skirt is like a palace maid under the moon, she looks very fairy, Li Xiao thought, a daughter-in-law should be very beautiful in such clothes.

I think this must be a style designed by a woman, because Li Xiao himself is a top tailor, but he cannot design such a style.

Of course, the price here is also very expensive, each piece of clothing can cost more than a dozen taels, or even as high as a hundred taels of silver, which is completely high-end.

Li Xiao walked toward the high-end area, walking casually.

And the guy next to him was also very patient, following behind Li Xiao carefully, without saying a word, and did not dare to disturb him.

The clerk knows that women like to listen to introductions when buying clothes, while male customers usually buy gifts for their wives, but they don't like to be talked about.

As long as the male customer likes it, he doesn't need to say anything and just pays.

Of course, he must be the kind of wealthy customer, and the clerk also has good eyesight. He can tell that Li Xiao has an extraordinary temperament. He is definitely either rich or noble. He follows closely, waiting for today's big deal. The emergence of performance.

"The clothes here are not cheap. Was the store opened before?"

Li Xiao asked casually as he walked.

These days, in addition to dealing with various affairs, Li Xiao will travel around, observe people's livelihood, and see if there are any shortcomings. Once discovered, he can deal with it in time.

"Sir, our store opened a month ago."

When the store clerk saw that Li Xiao was interested, he smiled and said a few more words, "Our store used to be a cloth shop, but a month ago the cloth shop business was no longer possible, and the boss said that we would change our business to making garments." Shop, our female craftsmen are very good at craftsmanship, especially our young lady. Her craftsmanship is second in Nanjing, and no one dares to claim first. My lady felt that it was too much to switch to low-end clothing stores now, so she started this one. A high-end ready-made clothing store. Unexpectedly, the business is quite good. There are many rich people in Nanjing now, and those wealthy ladies are not merciless at all when buying."

"Ah."

Li Xiao nodded slightly.

It seems that the lady in this store knows how to do business. She goes in the opposite direction. While others follow the trend and go for cheap prices, she goes for the high end.

This time the imperial court took over the land and paid billions of taels of silver as compensation to the outside world, especially those wealthy families. The land was exchanged for a large amount of silver, and the family members were not allowed to spend it properly.

Looking around, there are some wealthy ladies. They are very different from Li Xiao's idea. These people are the main force of consumption and can drive consumption. Moreover, the rule that businessmen are not allowed to wear silk has been abolished by Li Xiao, just to promote Consumption.

"This one, this one, this one, and this one"

Li Xiao pointed at several pieces of clothing in succession.

The boy next to him had his eyes widened. It seemed like it was a big business. He rubbed his hands and said, "Wrap everything?"

"None of these."

"????"

"Wrap everything else up for me."

"!!!"

The guy was shocked, as were several wealthy ladies nearby.

This way of pretending to beep is refreshing and refined, I have never seen it before.

You don't spend that much money, do you?
The wealthy ladies looked towards Li Xiao to see which family the young master belonged to. With such wealth, he might be able to introduce him to his daughter.

"My lord, is what you said true?"

The waiter was shocked and said: "If you pack all these, you will get close to 1 taels of silver."

Li Xiao smiled slightly, without further explanation, and directly took out the deposit check of Daming Bank of 1 taels of silver.

"Okay, sir, I'll wrap it up for you right away."

"Hurry up, everyone stop what they are doing and come over and get busy!"

This guy's words suddenly became tough, and he sold out all the clothes in the store with just one order. Who has his leather?
Soon, the entire store was busy. Several female waiters looked at Li Xiao with ambiguous eyes, wishing that Li Xiao would eat them up right away.

He is so rich, he can sell it for 1 taels!
Even the richest man in Nanjing City would not dare to spend money like this.

Not long after, even the shopkeeper, the young lady of this shop, was alarmed and came down from upstairs.

This woman is extraordinarily beautiful, with a good temperament, and her clothes are also very particular. She is wearing a long smoke-green dress that stretches to the floor, and the cuffs are covered with a mixture of patterns.There is only a butterfly embroidered on the hem of the skirt, and it is covered with a thin aqua veil. The thin silk thread is embroidered with slowly blooming cherry blossoms, which is elegant yet seductive.

"I have met this noble man. This little lady is the shopkeeper of this shop. If you have any need for customized clothes in the future, just come to our store. Our store will design clothes for you for free for life."

The female shopkeeper walked down, bowed slightly towards Li Xiao, and said sweetly.

It is obvious that this kind of businesswoman knows how to do business. When she sees such a big customer, she wants to keep in touch so that she can retain him and take care of the business in the future.

"That's not necessary. I will leave here in a few days."

Li Xiao waved his hand and said disapprovingly: "I bought these clothes because I thought the design was good-looking, but I didn't know what style my wife liked, so I just took them all back and let her choose by herself. If she likes it, she can keep it. If she doesn't like it, she can keep it. If you have any, give them to your servants to wear."

"Ah" when she heard Li Xiao talking about his wife, the female shopkeeper was obviously a little disappointed. But then she thought about it, how could she be so frustrated to buy women's clothes? Who else could she buy for besides her wife?

The guys were busy together and quickly packed the clothes in the entire store. The female shopkeeper asked: "Where is your residence? I will arrange to send it to you."

"No, someone will come in and get it later." Li Xiao said, "By the way, the commercial tax rate has been changed, did you know?"

The female shopkeeper nodded: "Well, I know."

"Remember to pay taxes." Li Xiao left these words with a smile and turned around and left.

Not long after Li Xiaogang left, soldiers soon entered the store.Chang Yingwu led the soldiers in, ordered the soldiers to take out the big box, and began to put the purchased clothes inside.

At this moment, the female shopkeeper finally knew who the young man just now was.

Let yourself pay taxes well, you must be the master of the country.

Her eyes were full of admiration, and she murmured: "It turns out that the rumored Imperial Master is so handsome and young. I thought he was an old man. He also treats his wife very well. It's a pity that I don't have this blessing."

Next, Li Xiao went to various shops to spend money like crazy.

Everywhere he went, whether it was rich ladies or young girls, they all looked at him with admiration. However, Li Xiao ignored this kind of admiration. He really didn't care about a single leaf among thousands of flowers.

The jewelry is good, more exquisite and beautiful than the designs in the north. Buy it!
Except for these few items, everything is included.

This rouge gouache is good, but I don't know if it's good or not, it's expensive anyway.

purchase!Only buy the expensive ones, not the right ones, buy, buy, buy!
Although there are many skin care products and cosmetics in Li Xiao's system, they are all modern products with a lot of technology and hard work in them.

On the contrary, these natural cosmetics and skin care products are very healthy.

Except expensive.
But, do I, Li Xiao, care about money?
Buy and buy!
In fact, during the process of buying and selling, Li Xiao also observed the current market changes in Nanjing City. This was the main purpose.

If any problems are encountered, they will be corrected immediately.

For example, Li Xiao discovered a store where the price of safflower oil was very high.

Medicines like safflower oil are very effective for bruises, but they were very expensive before and were smuggled in from Peking.

The price is one tael of silver per bottle.

Logically speaking, now that the agency has entered Nanjing, the price should drop to one penny a bottle.

Obviously, businessmen collectively raised prices to increase profits.

This is profiteering.

After an investigation, it turned out that this was the case. Li Xiao immediately asked Zhu Gaosui to handle the matter. The matter was quickly settled. After a few days, the price of safflower oil became one penny, and the people could afford it. s price.

In addition to picketing in Nanjing, Li Xiao also went to various dormitories to inspect and guide work.

He has to visit each dormitory area. Li Xiao will write down the names of the dormitory leaders of those dormitories that do well, and provide professional guidance to those who do poorly.

There is no one who can achieve this level of national master.

In this way, Li Xiao stayed in Peiping for another month.

With Li Xiao's sorting out, Nanjing has developed in the direction of Peiping. The general direction remains unchanged, and the rest is time.

Village enterprises in various housing districts have also begun operations, raising chickens, ducks, and fish. I think it won't be long before the people of Nanjing can eat meat every day.

And at the same time.

A fertilizer plant in the Qilin Mountains has also begun to be built.

Li Xiao took time to come to Tangjiacun that day. Yu Qian, who was supporting him, immediately greeted him and introduced the progress of the work to Li Xiao.

The two of them were walking at the foot of the mountain.

"Master Imperial Master, everything is going well at the fertilizer plant."

"Yu Qian, I read you right. For such a big matter, you can do it safely. You have also gnawed down the most difficult bone."

Faced with Li Xiao's praise, Yu Qian was also very humble, "The Imperial Master is overly praised. If the Imperial Master had not presided over the overall situation, Yu Qian would have been chewing on this bone for his whole life, but he could not get rid of it."

This is true. Without the things Li Xiao did, Yu Qian felt that it would be difficult for him to move forward in Tangjiacun.

But now, She District has fully grasped the management authority below, and all the land belongs to the court, and everything is developing in a good direction.

Some time ago, the Tang family was dissatisfied, so Yu Qian arranged a fertilizer transportation business for them, and they gradually accepted it.

They are not unreasonable. As long as they think that they have no fertilizer manufacturing technology, even if they guard the gold and silver mountains, they are relieved. They might as well exchange for the immediate benefits.

"Yu Qian, you don't have to be humble anymore, I see your ability." Li Xiao smiled slightly and said the purpose of this trip: "Next, I will give you a harder bone to crack, are you willing? "

Yu Qian was stunned for a moment, then clasped his fists and said, "Yu Qian is willing!"

This is Yu Qian's personality. He is not afraid of difficulties and likes to face them. He is a true national warrior who is willing to do things for the people of the world without seeking benefits.

"With your words, I feel relieved." Li Xiao said with a smile: "Then I will leave the important task of stabilizing the situation in Nanjing and controlling the overall situation to you. In fact, I have always regarded you as my apprentice. These days, you You must have learned a lot from me, enough to cope with the situation at hand."

"what?"

Yu Qian was stunned. He didn't expect that the Imperial Master would entrust him with such an important matter to stabilize the current situation in Nanjing. This...
Li Xiao smiled and said, "Are you afraid?"

Yu Qian did not dare to raise his head: "Yu Qian is not afraid, but Yu Qian is young and is afraid that he will not be able to convince the public and will not be able to accomplish such a big thing."

"Take it."

Li Xiao took out something and handed it to Yu Qian.

"what is this."

After taking it, Yu Qian found that it was heavy in his hand. When he looked carefully, he found that it was a gold medal with the words: I am here in person.

"Master, you must not do it. This is given to you by the Holy Spirit. How can you give it to others?" This frightened Yu Qian so much that he knelt on the ground.

"I will naturally report it to the Holy One."

Li Xiao smiled and said: "Yu Qian, don't refuse. After much thought, you are the only one who can do this. I can't stay in Nanjing forever, and only you can do it. Tomorrow I will promote you to the position of deputy minister of the Nanjing Ministry of Civil Affairs, censor of the left governor, and general manager of the Reform Department. With this position and this gold medal, you should be able to stabilize the overall situation."

That's right, Li Xiao can't stay in Nanjing forever. Someone needs to take over his next work, and Yu Qian is the best choice.

Yu Qian is indeed young, but his ability has already been demonstrated. If he is given the position and authority, plus a gold medal, he is absolutely capable.

Li Xiao's successor is none other than Yu Qian.

"Yu Qian accepted the order. The great kindness of the Imperial Master will be remembered by Yu Qian forever!"

Yu Qian stopped thinking about it, took the gold medal, knelt down and accepted the order. He felt even more grateful to Li Xiao, and he became a master.

"Okay, tomorrow I will ask someone to take over what you are doing. Go to Nanjing City to recover. I will announce the news in public." Li Xiao said with a smile.

"Ah?" Yu Qian felt a little caught off guard and didn't even react.

"Well, just tomorrow." Li Xiao said: "The day after tomorrow, I will go back to Peking. If you have any questions or difficulties, don't be embarrassed, just write to me directly."

"So fast"

Yu Qian was a little disappointed. The Imperial Master was leaving suddenly, and he couldn't adapt to it for a while. He felt as if everything could be done with the Imperial Master around.

"Well!" Li Xiao looked up at the sky, "Because, I have more important things to do."

Yu Qian nodded vigorously and thought to himself, the national master serves the country and the people, and there are more important things to do, to serve the people of the world.
Yes, Li Xiao does have more important things to do, and that is to return to Peiping to accompany his wife
Soon, the next day.

Li Xiao acted according to the plan mentioned yesterday and announced in public that Yu Qian had been promoted.

Officials in the imperial court were not surprised by such a sudden promotion to several levels, but this was the first time for everyone to see such a span from being promoted from district chief to minister of official affairs.

But no one objected, that was the national master.
The national teacher must have the principles of the national teacher.

However, when everyone heard that Li Xiao would leave tomorrow, they felt a little bit reluctant.
"Okay, no need to persuade me to keep you here. I will always remember this time."

Morning morning, Li Xiao waved his hand and said, then left.

This is the end of the last morning court, and there will be no chance of going to court again in the future.

Blink of an eye to the third day.

Li Xiao kept a low profile and left Nanjing in a carriage.

However, the common people didn't know where they got the news, so they came out to see each other off, even from miles away.

"No need to send them away!"

Li Xiao waved on the carriage.

"Congratulations to Master Guoshi!"

Thousands of people had tears in their eyes.

In less than a year, their lives had begun to change. There were no more slaves or tenants.

The world has changed, and so have their lives.

There is land to cultivate, jobs to do, money to get, cheaper firewood, rice, oil, salt, vinegar, and daily necessities.
All this is due to the arrival of one person, the Ming Dynasty Imperial Master.

They will always remember and praise the National Master.

It was the National Master who changed them and brought them a better life.

They get better and live as human beings.

"Congratulations to the national teacher—"

The voice sounded again, resounding throughout the sky——(End of this chapter)