[Red House] A beautiful girl welcomes the spring

Only then did Jia Yan understand.She said with a smile: "Long live, there are many opportunities. What about the concubine, who has nothing to do in the palace all day, and it's not just thinking about it? However, what the concubine considers is not what the people wear, but the Northern Territory."

"Oh? Let's hear it."

Jia Yan said: "After all, the people of our Jin Dynasty can still wear short brown bunts made of cotton cloth. These cotton cloths are all spun by the female family members of ordinary people's families during the slack season. Men plow and women weave, and women go to the fields when the farming is busy. I usually spend time spinning and weaving to supplement my household. For thousands of years, the Central Plains have come here like this. If these spinning machines are used for weaving cotton, I am afraid that it will affect the livelihood of the people. On the contrary, the northern grasslands ,There are plenty of sheep and wool, but those barbarians know how to weave very little. If you ask your concubine to say, there is a lot to do here. No matter how bad it is, our people in Dajin can get very cheap and warm fabrics. Do you think so?"

When the emperor heard it, he immediately understood, and said: "The barbarians seek profit, so use profit to drive them away."

"Exactly."

The emperor just wanted to ask in detail, but he saw the servants standing around, especially now that they are in the conservatory of the imperial garden, surrounded by many eunuchs and servants from the Siyuan Bureau, so he changed his words :

"Queen, write a note later. I'm going to think about it."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Jia Yan's words opened a window for the emperor, and the emperor was not interested in staying in the harem anymore, so he went straight back to the Hall of Qinzheng.But Jia Yan returned to Qingliang Hall and asked Anwen and other servants to help draft the statement.The main points of this are naturally decided by Jia Yan.The core content, of course, is the wool trade.

In fact, there was indeed a wool trade in this era. However, compared with the entire Jin Dynasty, the scale was not very large. Moreover, many merchants went to the grasslands to buy wool, and then transported it back to the Central Plains, entrusting familiar textile workshops to do it.It can be said that it is only a small group of people who benefit, not the middle and lower class people in China.

What Jia Yan wants to do is to promote the wool trade.She believes that as long as the profits of wool are considerable, as long as the civil and military officials see the real money, people will naturally follow her.

The world is full of goodwill, and the world is all good.

More than 2000 years ago, some sages summed up such experience.

It was under such circumstances that Xue Baochai submitted the application for the second time, requesting to enter the palace to see the queen.Although Xue Baochai married into the Chen family, the old contacts of the Xue family were still from the Xue family, and she did not take them away. Therefore, she learned a lot of news from the correspondence with her natal family.For example, this time, the empress is pregnant, and she is still paying attention to Bai Dizi, and the empress asked the manufacturing office to get a new spinning machine.

Aunt Xue has never dismissed such things. She always feels that their Xue family is now a noble family, even if the rank is not high, they are also nobles. Many previous transactions of the family have been put away.

But Xue Baochai is a man of success, and he has made an agreement with his elder brother and sister-in-law that he must write to her if there is anything to do, and Xue Pan is a master who is always listening to his younger sister, so he let Yuan far away in Yuzhou. Xue Baochai got the news.

Xue Baochai was originally a smart and decisive woman. After receiving the letter, she immediately found an opportunity to discuss with her husband, and then packed up and went to Beijing.

When Xue Baochai entered the palace, Jia Yan's stomach was already very big.

Therefore, Xue Baochai's first words when he entered the palace to meet the queen were: "The concubine congratulates the empress. I believe that the empress will hold the little prince again soon."

Jia Yan smiled and said, "Then should I say something like congratulations? Sister Bao."

There is a reason why Jia Yan would say this.Even as a court dress for a married woman, Fengguanxiapei is very generous in size and does not show the curves of a woman's body.However, the walking posture of pregnant women is different from that of other women, so Jia Yan can tell at a glance whether Xue Baochai is pregnant or not.

Xue Baochai blushed, and said, "I made your empress laugh."

"It's a good thing. I remember that sister Bao already has a son. This, but the second son?"

Xue Baochai said with a smile: "Madam Lao asked, this child is indeed the second child of my concubine."

Although not as luxuriant as Jia Yan's offspring, Xue Baochai also knows that her husband is not a man with deep ties to offspring, and the heat and poison brought about by her womb, and now being able to give birth to a second child is also a blessing for their husband and wife .

Jia Yan smiled and said, "You are also blessed."

Xue Baochai knew that Jia Yan had the ability to chat the world to death, so she was unambiguous, and said directly: "My lady, the concubine entered the palace, one is to greet the lady, and the other is for the new spinning machine in the lady's hand. .”

Jia Yan was taken aback for a moment, then smiled: "Sister Bao is really well-informed. Yes, I do have a new type of spinning machine in my hand, which can spin twelve yarns at the same time. Do you know what this means?"

Spinning [-] yarns in one go, although only manpower can be used at present, but soon, Jia Yan believes that spinning machines that can spin [-], [-], and [-] yarns in one go will come out one after another, using water power and firepower. Power spinning machines will follow.

At that time, China's entire textile model will undergo earth-shaking changes.

Xue Baochai was shocked.

She seemed to see countless silver coins piled up in front of her!

As a businesswoman, she certainly knows that with such a magical weapon, even if she has not married into the Chen family, she can still dominate the market.

But as soon as Jia Yan opened her mouth, she knew that this would not work.

Once spindles and cloth became very cheap, once women lost the opportunity to supplement their families, they and their families would riot, that is to say, popular anger.

Xue Baochai was dumbfounded.

"My lady, my concubine, my concubine is confused."

Xue Baochai bowed deeply.

"No, you are not confused." Jia Yan asked Xue Baochai to be helped up, and said, "So, from the very beginning, this palace has no plan to promote this kind of spinning machine in the Central Plains. I only intend to use this kind of spinning machine Use it on wool."

"Wool? Prairie?!"

Xue Baochai raised her head abruptly.

"Yes, the grassland." Jia Yan nodded and said: "Long Live has overdone this matter. This kind of spinning machine will only be used in wool and wool production, starting from Xuanhui Mansion. However, In order to prevent the Xuanhui Mansion from being inefficient, and to lower the price of woolen fabrics, some private merchants will also join in." @无限好文，全在晋江文学城

Xue Baochai said, "Wouldn't it impact cotton and linen textiles?"

"No. Because the thread spun by this spinning machine is a bit thick."

At most, it will impact the coarse linen market, and will not affect the cotton and fine linen markets.However, 20 years later, no one can tell.

"Your Majesty, please allow the Xue family to become a member of this folk merchant..."

Jia Yan said: "The Xue family? Sister Bao, did I hear correctly? Even if your brother nodded, your mother would not."

Xue Baochai said: "Your Majesty, the concubine knows what kind of situation her natal family is in. Your Majesty, the Xue family is originally a merchant family, so there is no way to follow suit. However, it is an honor for the Xue family to be able to serve your Majesty."

Xue Baochai knew long ago that to Jia Yan, it doesn't matter whether he is a scholar or a businessman, the important thing is to be used by her.A scholar has the usage of a scholar, and a businessman has a usage of a businessman.More importantly, for Jia Yan, it is obviously easier for businessmen to use.

Jia Yan said: "Okay. If Sister Bao can be sure that the Xue family will follow my advice."

"Yes, the concubine thanked the empress."

After Xue Baochai left the palace, she went back to Chen's house first, reported to her mother-in-law, and then visited her natal family two days later. @无限好文, all in Jinjiang Literature City

Aunt Xue shook her head when she heard this: "Girl Bao, our family has status and money now, why do we need this? Even if your brother can't study, he should raise your nephew. What's the point of doing this now?"

Xue Pan felt sorry for his younger sister, and immediately said: "Mom, how can you say that about my younger sister? My younger sister is also for my own good. Brother Xuan is still young, and when he grows up, it will take 20 years at least. In 20 years, if our family doesn't care about the empress, do we want to watch others squeeze us down?"

Then he said to Xue Baochai: "Sister, just tell me what you want my brother to do. Brother has nothing else, but he has a lot of time."

After ten years of marriage, Xue Pan is no longer the brat he once was.Even though he still has a straightforward temper, he has taken on a lot more responsibility than before.

Xue Baochai said: "Brother, my sister has been thinking about this matter for several days. Originally, she planned to use her own dowry to do it, but you also know that in our family, you have several brothers-in-law! Back then, I married with a lot of red makeup. The sisters-in-law said that if they do this again, the mother-in-law will not be able to sit still. The younger sister has already entered the palace before, and the empress said that in the first two years of the wool business, she did not go to the people, but to go It is military procurement. Let the civilians join in. The purpose is to prevent the merchants under the Xuanhui Mansion from bullying the soldiers and civilians in the army, keeping down the price of wool and raising the price of wool products at the same time. "

Xue Pan nodded immediately: "So that's it. Our family is used to doing this. It's just an extra thing when we do the knives business. It's easy."

Zhen Yinglian said: "Sister, this is not what my sister-in-law should talk about. But my sister-in-law is worried that if the spinning machine is really as good as my sister's, will the women of ordinary people lose a way to supplement their family income? .”

Although Xue Pan has grown up and matured a lot, his brain is still not very good.Therefore, many things about their Xue family are discussed by their husband and wife.

Xue Baochai said: "Sister-in-law, don't worry. My mother said that the yarn spun by the new spinning machine is a bit thick, not suitable for cotton yarn and fine linen."