History of Cannon Fodder Struggle [Qing]

Huo Ting was led to a pavilion in a garden. There were already three or five people sitting in the pavilion, all of whom were discussing solemnly.

"Brother Huo, brother Huo finally waited for you!" The people in the pavilion stood up one after another and looked at Huo Ting as if they were seeing the savior.

Huo Ting pressed down with his hand, "Everyone, please sit down. What's the matter this time, you have to invite me?" The Huo family is a well-known cloth merchant in the Jiangnan area, and the shops are all over the Jiangnan area. Waiting for Huo After the court took over, it expanded to the capital.

Because of the big business, he was later recommended as the chairman of the Hangzhou Cloth Merchants Association.

This is because the president doesn't have much power, he just unites the cloth merchants in the south of the Yangtze River and the capital into a group.

During this period of time, Huo Ting was busy purchasing raw materials, so he naturally didn't know the situation outside.

"Brother Huo, you don't know, something serious has happened! If we don't make it right, all of our shops will go bankrupt!" One of the cloth merchants said in a panic.

"What happened? I've been busy buying silk from other places these days, but I don't know what's going on outside."

Another person sighed and said, "Didn't we collectively resist a certain cloth merchant last month and not sell cloth to them? They just opened their own factories!"

"So what? We are not allowed to sell cloth by the Weaving Bureau, so don't we allow others to weave by themselves?" Huo Ting still looked puzzled.

Speaking of which, Huo Ting was also a little dissatisfied with the order of the weaving bureau. He knew that the other party was of extraordinary status, but he let them, the businessmen, come forward to fight.But who made them belong to the jurisdiction of the Weaving Bureau, and they had to obey the words of the Weaving Bureau.

"It's fine if that's the case, but they directly opened the factory to our hometown, and they don't know what kind of loom they use. They can weave five or six bolts of cloth in a day!"

Huo Ting's eyes widened, "it's impossible! Our best weaver can only weave half a piece a day! "

"How is it impossible?" Someone snorted and said, "There are weavers in our cloth workshop who want to leave. They pay according to the cloth they make, and their salary in a month is twice as high as that in my workshop. I The family sent people to inquire carefully, and they not only started working during the day, but also at night. I don’t know what kind of candles are used in the whole factory. Thousands of pieces of cloth are produced. It is said that there are still factories under construction in several counties next to us, how many pieces will we have to weave this year? If these cloths hit the market, we will be finished!"

A group of people next to them nodded.

"Yeah, what Old Wu said is true. I also sent someone home to ask. There are also people building factories in our county. I wanted to say hello to the county magistrate, but it turns out that the identity behind his back is extraordinary. Maybe the Weaving Bureau It can be a stumbling block for others, but the county magistrate of our family does not have the guts. Moreover, the factory of his family also promises to pay taxes, and the taxes paid are no less than ours.”

"That's right, it's the same in my hometown."

"I saw that they didn't fight against the Weaving Bureau at all, and directly distributed the factories to various counties, encircling the prefectural city. Moreover, all the local female workers were recruited, and the monthly salary was very high. Everyone praised them. The county magistrate did not dare to act lightly."

"The county magistrate in our hometown has moved, but he was transferred to a place where mountains and rivers are at the end of the day after the mobilization. He is an imperial merchant, and his rank is higher than that of the county magistrate. Even the magistrate has to give face, not to mention A county magistrate."

"I can't move, I can only watch others produce a lot of cloth day by day. If those piled up cloth appear on the market all of a sudden, our business will be hit hard!"

Huo Ting thought deeply, and then asked, "have you found out the price the other party wants to sell?"

Old Wu said on the spot, "Isn't this obvious? The production doubles, and the cost will naturally decrease. When the cloth is sold to the market, even if the price is a little lower than ours, our cloth can only be thrown into the hands and cannot be sold!"

Huo Ting was silent.

Someone on the side hurriedly urged him, "Brother Huo, we are all grasshoppers on a thread, hurry up and think of a way! We can't let our family go bankrupt? Our family has been in the cloth business since our ancestors. This business If the defeat falls into my hands, I will have no face to go down to meet my ancestors!"

Huo Ting was a little embarrassed, "we offended people so much before, can we still find them so that people don't sell them at a lower price?"

"Even if it can't be sold at a reduced price, can we let people wait until all the cloth in our hands is gone!" Someone said decisively.

"Are you dreaming? If we hadn't offended you too hard before, they wouldn't have come up with such a ruthless move, waiting for you to run out of inventory? Don't be too whimsical! I think we should go to the Weaving Bureau, this matter They made it, and they have to help us solve it!"

"Yes! Go to the Weaving Bureau!"

"Wait, everyone!" Huo Ting saw that several people were emotional, so he hurriedly got up to intercept them.

"Everyone, what's the use of finding the Weaving Bureau? The Weaving Bureau is currently facing no fewer difficulties than us?"

Most of them are selling cloth, while the weaving bureau is producing cloth. A weaving bureau with tens of thousands of weaving girls, the cumulative amount of cloth woven that day is not small.Although most of them are prepared for the palace and officials, some of them are for the people.

"I don't think they want to deal with us. The main target should be the weaving bureau, and we are just incidental. Now they haven't put those cloths on the market, and they obviously plan to stock up. During this time, I see everyone We should try our best to sell off the cloth of our respective companies at a reduced price, so as not to be unable to run away when the time comes."

"But each of our families has a lot of precious cloth, which can't be sold for a long time, and it's not like other cloth that can be taken over by the common people."

For these cloth merchants, ordinary cloth is easy to deal with. The most difficult thing is some precious cloth. This part is only provided to big families, and it is impossible to sell it quickly.

Huo Ting persuaded, "come out as soon as possible. I don't think the other party is kind. After this difficulty is over, we can discuss it carefully. "

"I don't know where those looms came from, the weaving speed is so fast!"

"We have to inquire as soon as possible. It seems that if there is no such loom in the future, we will fall behind others..."

After discussing some countermeasures, Huo Ting left in a hurry.

After returning to his own shop, he quickly wrote letters to all the shopkeepers under your shop, asking people to sell the cloth as close as possible to the cost price as soon as possible.

Although each firm had some doubts and puzzled, it still followed the method he said.

In this way, a large number of low-priced cloths appeared on the market, which also drove other cloth merchants to lower their prices. Some wailed without knowing the truth, and cursed those few people who took the initiative to lower prices.

If it wasn't for those people's price cuts, it wouldn't cause their cloth to be unsold, and they would have to cut prices accordingly.

How many taels of silver would this save?

The large-scale price reduction of cloth on the market naturally couldn't hide this phenomenon from Lin Yuan, and he realized that the news from the factory must have leaked as soon as he turned his head.

Leak it, let it leak. Although some businessmen ran away, it was only the well-informed part.The main targets are the Weaving Bureau and most of the cloth merchants, and these must not escape.

The three manufacturing bureaus in Jiangning, Suzhou and Hangzhou have a total of tens of thousands of weavers, and the amount of cloth produced every day is huge. If the factory wants to produce cloth to fight against the weaving bureau, then the amount of cloth needed Not less.

This group of people who lowered prices can be regarded as helping them take the lead. When this wave of momentum subsides, it will be their turn to appear.

The turbulent winds and clouds in the Jiangnan area made some businessmen in the capital restless.

For example, cloth merchants like Huo Ting, whose main businesses are in the south of the Yangtze River, hurried back to Hangzhou after dealing with the affairs in the capital.

When Huo Ting returned home, he was stopped by the group of clan elders who were jumping up and down.

The Huo family is considered a big family. Although Huo Ting is a direct descendant and the head of the family, there are also patriarchs and elders who rely on the old and sell the old, and are always looking for opportunities to intervene in the family's business.

But in fact, the business of Huo Ting's family has nothing to do with the family. It is all from the struggle of his grandfather's generation.

It is probably because people in those clans feel that their surname is Huo, and they can also get a share, so they come to fight the autumn wind from time to time.

When Huo Ting was young, when his father died suddenly, the clan once came to the door for the good of their family and wanted to take the property into the clan.

If it weren't for the young Huo Ting who gave up his studies to take over his family business, he might have been succeeded by this group of people.

Huo Ting had to make a good offering for this group of wine bags and rice bags, but it was limited to offering. If he wanted to interfere in his family's business, it was absolutely impossible.

"Huo Ting, are you crazy? So how much less money will you earn if you sell all the cloth at a low price? If you really can't manage it well, let my third boy help you. "

Huo Ting faked a smile, "then you don't have to bother the fourth uncle. I heard that the third cousin has been staying in the Ganmen gambling house some time ago, and he once paid 300 taels of silver from my account. I just don't know the money When does uncle plan to pay it back?" As for his son who only knows how to gamble, if he really entered the business, the money in the business would probably be gone within a few days.

The old man's face was flushed red.

After one by one, Huo Ting asked someone to drive them out.

"Master, the old lady is looking for you!"

After hearing this, Huo Ting went to the backyard and went directly to his mother's yard.

"I heard that you kicked your uncles out directly. Is it bad?" Huo Ting's mother is a weak and independent woman. After she got married, she listened to her husband, and after her husband died, she listened to her son.

If Huo Ting hadn't stood up by himself back then, Huo's mother would not have been able to keep the family business at all.

Huo Ting shook his head, "I've been too used to them these years, and I always want to intervene in our family's property. I will order it later, no matter who wants to pay money. Whoever stretches his hand will give it to him Chopped!"

Mother Huo was still a little worried, "Is this not good? After all, I am the clan elder..."

But Huo Ting waved his hand, "There's nothing wrong with it. Over the years, mother, the family has eaten our family, and has been raised with a big appetite. If it goes too far, we will divide the clan with them. Dividing the clan is harmful to us It doesn't matter, but it's a big blow to them. Without our family's money, they can only stay in an ancestral house and drink the northwest wind!"

"Since you have thoughts in your heart, I don't care."

Huo Ting then nodded, "don't worry, I know the size, and I'm still willing to provide some help to those progressive clansmen."

"By the way, I heard that you ordered our business to sell fabrics. What happened?" Mother Huo asked.

Huo Ting nodded, "something happened, which may deal a major blow to us. So first throw away some fabric stocks to reduce losses. "

"What happened? Why don't mother ask your uncle for help?"

Huo Ting shook his head, "Mother, don't worry about this matter. Uncle's family can't control us in Fengyang. "

Huo's mother hurriedly said, "Your uncle has a daughter who was drafted into the palace a few years ago and entered the prince's residence. If something really happens to you, we can ask your uncle to intercede with your cousin."

Huo Ting didn't know much about his uncle's situation, but he also vaguely heard that a cousin of his had entered the prince's backyard, and was very favored and gave birth to several heirs.

But so what, my cousin couldn't help the person I was facing this time.

What's more, he doesn't move around on weekdays, even if he is in the capital, he has no intention of moving around.

"It's useless, mother, don't worry about it."

Mother Huo hurriedly said, "Then why don't you ask your cousin, your cousin is in charge of the weaving bureau and is favored by the Long Live God. He is also brother-in-law with the Cao family. If something happens, you can ask them for help."

What cousin?He looks like a million miles, so who cares about him?

If they were really willing to make decisions for them back then, those properties of the family would not have been almost taken away by the clan.

"Mother, I'll think about it." Anyway, Huo's mother has expectations for her natal family, and Huo Ting doesn't show her kindness directly.

After more than a month, the entire Jiangnan cloth merchants seemed to be tense, but the Weaving Bureau didn't care about it.

They didn't believe that there would be folk cloth workshops who would dare to oppose them.

After selling some cloth at low prices in large and small cloth workshops, the price of cloth in the entire south of the Yangtze River has slowly increased.

At this time, several cloth shops appeared in the major cities in the south of the Yangtze River. Without exception, the cloth shops sold were exquisitely designed and cheap, half cheaper than the original cloth sold at low prices.

The fabric merchants who had gritted their teeth and were unwilling to sell at a low price, and were waiting for the price to fall, were immediately dumbfounded. After testing, the fabrics were indeed denser than the ones in their hands, and the price was better.

And I don't know what kind of dye was used, but the dyed cloth is still gorgeous after washing.

And some patterns don't seem to be dyed at all, but more like weaving.

A large number of complicated and gorgeous patterns opened the eyes of every cloth merchant. There are not only flowers and birds, cloud patterns, but also some cute animal patterns and simple text patterns.When I put it on, I feel that the spirit of the whole person is different, and the price is low, only one layer of the original fabric is needed.

But within ten days, the entire south of the Yangtze River was flooded with this kind of fabric. Compared with the original fabric that was easy to fade and wash, this kind of fabric was more favored by the people.

It's all as if they don't need money, and they move the cloth to the house one by one.

The cloth merchants in the entire south of the Yangtze River were in mourning, and they knew in their hearts that this was a wolf coming.

And it's still a hungry wolf, wanting to swallow the entire Jiangnan cloth market in one go, not to mention meat, not even taking them to drink soup.

Cloth merchants were impacted, and those small workshops were naturally implicated as well. Small family workshops like this had few scattered customers, and most of the unapproved products were sold to cloth merchants.

Now that these cloth merchants refuse to accept the goods, these small workshops are naturally miserable. The family's money is all piled up on raw materials, and the cloth cannot be sold. The whole family can only drink northwest wind.

Groups of people gathered around the gate of the yamen, complaining to the yamen.

How does the Yamen deal with it?I can only quickly report this matter to the Weaving Bureau. Although it is said that the factories in the county have run out of these small workshops, how can the taxes paid by the small workshops compare with the factories?Yamen naturally knew it well, and transferred the pressure to the Weaving Bureau.

Anyway, this matter was also brought out by the Weaving Bureau itself. It is not good to be the emperor's eyeliner, and he has to be mixed into Seoyi.They made a big move to lower the price of cloth, destroying the entire Jiangnan cloth market.Anyway, it doesn't hinder their yamen from collecting taxes, so let the weaving bureau have a headache!

How can the Weaving Bureau manage these things?Unless all the cloth in the hands of those merchants who are about to go bankrupt is received.

But in fact, the Weaving Bureau has accumulated a large amount of inventory, and now it is still a headache what to do with it?

So much cloth, except for the offerings, is all sold, and if it is piled up for a day, it will cost a few taels of silver.

Not long after, the Weaving Bureau couldn't hold on anymore, and wanted to send people to attack those private factories.

But the Weaving Bureau is just a walking yamen, at most it can submit papers to the emperor, but it has no ability to dispatch troops.

Even if it is not in the same department as those officials, the Weaving Bureau can't intervene in local affairs at all.

But if it is reported to the emperor, the matter of helping the prince to attack other people's business will definitely be exposed, and the consequences will be even more serious than now.

Both the Cao family and the Li family depended on the emperor's trust to control the fat meat of the manufacturing bureau. If they knew that they only listened to the emperor's words and secretly helped the princes, then they all knew what was waiting for them. What are the consequences?

Therefore, this matter must not be reported to the emperor.

The price of cloth in the south of the Yangtze River dropped, and it soon spread to the surrounding prefectures and cities, and then spread to all parts of the Qing Dynasty.

Countless people refused to buy expensive local cloth, but waited for cheaper cloth to come.

The local cloth merchants were forced to rush to the south of the Yangtze River to purchase those cheap cloths.

The same is true of Beijing.

As soon as the price of fabrics is reduced, almost everyone, whether they are common people or wealthy families, puts on new clothes, and it is as lively as the New Year.

Because the capital was the heart of the Qing Dynasty, like Jiangnan, it was first filled with cheap fabrics.And the people in the capital are richer than other places, so they are willing to make new clothes as soon as the fabric is cheap.

Soon, the imperial court also noticed this trend. After all, many newspapers were promoting the cheap and beautiful fabrics of various cloth houses, and people in the streets and alleys were wearing new clothes every day, as long as they were not blind, they could see it.

They sent people to investigate again, only to find that it was caused by Jiangnan.

This day, the ninth elder brother brought the tenth elder brother to Wu Baylor's house for a drink. When talking about this matter while drinking, they were all sighing. Unexpectedly, this person was so cruel that he directly destroyed the cloth market in the south of the Yangtze River.

"This Goddess of Wealth is really amazing, she can be so cruel, how many people must be displaced because of this incident!" Wu Baylor said.

"It's no wonder people, it's because the Weaving Bureau is too hard-pressed, and they don't allow it to flow into that hand at all. As the saying goes, cutting off people's money is like killing their parents, so it's no wonder they counterattacked. Now the Weaving Bureau is considered to be in the game, and it's still worth it." I don’t know how to clean up this mess. After all, it’s the Weaving Bureau’s own lair, tsk tsk, the lair has been blown away! The sage is right, but it’s hard to raise a woman and a villain! This woman is placed in front of the villain. It's terrible to offend a woman. I don't know how Fourth Brother's face can capture this woman?" Brother Jiu looked worried, as if he was worried about Fourth Master.

Elder Brother Shi laughed, "Forget it, drink, anyway, it's none of our business, let's just enjoy the fun, and who knows who is so capable and able to command the weaving bureau? Tsk tsk, that's Khan Amma's most loyal dog, I never thought there would be a time to listen to other people's words!"

The ups and downs in the south of the Yangtze River soon spread to the ears of the fourth master. After four or five months of brewing, the price of the entire cloth has dropped so low that ordinary people can make a suit of clothes for ten yuan or so. .

For the common people, this is something that they have never dared to think about before. In the past, they didn't even think about it if they didn't have hundreds of copper coins for clothes.

A piece of clothing is often sewed and mended until it can no longer be torn. In the poor families in the valley, sometimes the whole family only has one pair of trousers.

Once the price of cloth dropped so low, it was natural that the cloth merchants suffered a huge loss, and some even sold at a loss and couldn't sell it.

The well-informed person followed the clues to find out who was behind the business.

Minning's identity may be too mysterious for ordinary businessmen, but for some people who know Lin Yuan well, they know who these industries belong to.

But Minning was in the backyard, so some people naturally couldn't get in touch with him, and they pointed their ideas at Fourth Master.

Then Fourth Master got a piece of information from the disciples, saying that Minning's subordinates made Jiangnan a bloodbath, and many people went bankrupt and sold their wives and daughters.

Probably the information in it was too shocking, Fourth Master didn't look for Minning, but called Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan was Minning's subordinate in name, but actually he was his.

After learning the inside story of the matter from Lin Yuan, Fourth Master asked, "Can you guarantee that Jiangnan will not go bankrupt overnight?"

Lin Yuan replied, "Master Hui, our cloth has only been on the market for two months. Even if the cloth cannot be sold in these two months, we can still live on our previous savings. And we have already taken action to sell those real cloths to the market." People who are in need are recruited into the factory and give people a job. A job is enough to support a family."

But for those who would rather die than work for them, Lin Yuan would be pissed off.He doesn't care about the life or death of those people whose brains are filled with water.

The fourth master pondered, "But the commotion in the south of the Yangtze River is a bit loud, and it may reach the ears of the Holy One. If the Holy One blames it, it will be difficult to deal with it. If it can be calmed down, it should be calmed down quickly. Don't provoke public resentment. .”

"Well, lord, how to deal with this matter has to be arranged by An Zhe Fujin, the servant does not have the authority to handle it on his own."

The fourth master said, "Okay, I will tell Mrs. An Jia about this."

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"You caused this matter, and you have to find a solution. In the end, those silkworm farmers and cotton farmers will be affected. The price of cloth is too low. In order to avoid losses, those textile farmers will not Weaving cloth again. If these raw materials are thrown into the hands of silkworm farmers and farmers, it will easily cause public resentment.”

Minning was reading the report from Jiangnan, and said to the fourth master who was standing in front of the table with his hands behind his back, "Master, I have sent additional people to eat those raw materials. Don't worry, those people will never suffer."

Then Fourth Master asked again, "Where are those small workshops? How did I hear that most of the small workshops have closed down? What are your plans?"

Minning took out a piece of paper from a side drawer, then pointed to the handloom on the paper and said.

"Grandpa, this kind of loom can speed up the speed of weaving. It used to take a day or two to weave a piece of cloth, but it only takes a few hours to replace it with this kind of loom. The appearance of this kind of loom , it would have impacted all links related to fabrics. Once more fabrics are woven, the price will inevitably drop. Although it seems that there are some chaos in the south of the Yangtze River, it will be good for the whole Qing Dynasty if it goes on for a long time. .”

"What do you think, if the real prosperity comes, one is in ragged clothes and the other is fully dressed, which one is more representative of the prosperity." She asked.

"What do you think can be called a prosperous age?" Fourth Master asked her back.

Minning put the picture away again, and said to him solemnly, "At least eat well and dress well, this is the prosperous age."

The fourth master was noncommittal, "So you reduced the price of the cloth? But for the common people, clothes are not essential, food is the most important. Only by increasing the production of food can we achieve the prosperity you mentioned."

Minning patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Lord, I'm working hard on this!"

She knew that fourth master came to ask about this matter, and the weaving bureau must have known that it was her who made the move, so she wanted to use fourth master to put pressure on her.

These bastards didn't compete with her head-on in the mall, instead they came up with these spooky tricks.

Minning pouted, a little disdainful.

"Master, I have a plan here, and I need to seek your opinion." Minning changed the topic directly, and stopped letting Fourth Master focus on Jiangnan.

"What's the matter?"

Minning took out a few more blueprints, "Look, these are machines that can weave wool. Just like the looms in the south of the Yangtze River, they can weave a lot of wool. We can buy wool from Mongolia in the future." , made into wool, and then woven into sweaters and sold to all parts of the Qing Dynasty.”

"These unused wool can be exchanged for money, and Mongolia will definitely not refuse."

Fourth Master nodded, "You have a good idea, do you want me to help contact people in Mongolia?"

Minning shook his head, "It's just that this is a very important matter, so I asked for help from the Lord. Lord, don't think this wool business is small. But the wool will grow again after it is cut off. This is completely a renewable resource. In the future, Mongolia has benefited from the wool, and will definitely raise more sheep. And the business must be more than that, and it plans to collect milk powder. Sometimes the milk and goat milk in Mongolia will be dumped, and it can be made. The powdered milk was sold all over the Qing Dynasty. There are also some suet and butter, which can also be made into soap.” The powdered milk was only used as dry food in Mongolia, and it had never been thought of being sold to the Central Plains.

"After a long time, Mongolia will definitely rely on these businesses. If something like Galdan happens again, we will block this channel and refuse to accept wool. The Mongolians will definitely not be happy. The first thing to do is to eliminate those uncertain factors. So this matter is really important, the little wool can control the veins of Mongolia."

The fourth master's face darkened the more he heard it, "What nonsense are you talking about? Manmeng is a family, how can you have such thoughts?"

Minning ignored his cold face, "I just don't want my daughter who will be born in the future to be sent to Fumeng. As long as we open up the business channel in Mongolia, we Qing Dynasty don't have to marry the precious princess, and neither do you." Look, how many of your sisters are still alive?"

The fourth master took a deep look at her, "Okay, I'll write a brochure on this matter and report it to Khan Ama. I'll only talk about trade. As for what's there, don't let the master know that it's leaked from you!"

The corner of Minning's lips twitched, "Yes, Lord!"

As soon as Fourth Master left, Minning sneered.

Those people thought that if they sued fourth master, she would stop, it was just a fantasy.

This time, the fourth master and the emperor must be thinking about moving to Mongolia, and they will definitely not care about Jiangnan's affairs.

Only in this way can she free her hands to deal with these people.

Every reform is destined to cleanse some people. These obstructive people are just praying mantises blocking the car, and will eventually be crushed under the giant wheel of history.

Minning directly ordered people to start more factories in Zhuangzi, and these factories tried their best to build more handlooms.

They also sent people to absorb those bankrupt weaver households into factories. Although their freedom was restricted, they earned a lot of money every month.Some skilled women workers earn more than they used to at home.

The fabrics made at home in the past were bought by those merchants at a lower price. Those merchants connected with each other, and the price was kept very low.

Where is it like now, not only do you not need to weave day and night like before, but you only earn that meager money.With a fixed income like now, the family is planting a few acres of land, and with food, the family can live a good life.

In this way, a strange situation appeared. The bankrupt small weaver households had a good life, but those big merchants were hit hard one by one, and the weavers under their hands were exodus.

After all, the salary is not as high as those factories.

These big merchants are different from factories. Big merchants only pay a small amount of money to recruit weavers, while half of the monthly earnings in factories are distributed to weavers. In this way, a win-win goal is achieved. Usually making money and weavers also making money .

If you make money, you will be more willing to spend it, which directly drives the commercial development of some counties.

The Weaving Bureau was also hit hard. The main reason was that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Household Affairs found that the price difference between the private cloth price and the cloth price provided by the Weaving Bureau was too large, so they resolutely asked the Weaving Bureau to follow suit.

The Manufacturing Bureau supplied the official uniforms and auspicious uniforms of the merchants of the Qing Dynasty, as well as the fabrics of the entire palace. It turned out that as long as the fabrics were sent over, the palace would receive them.

But this time, the price of cloth among the people is too cheap. According to the original price, the difference in price is impossible for the imperial court to see.

That is not a small amount, but there is a difference of 10 taels of silver. This is still so much difference in one season. What about that year or ten years?

No one can accept such a big gap.

Who knows if so much money was stolen by the Weaving Bureau?Who can't see the luxurious garden built by Cao's house?It must have been built with embezzled money.

The Cao family also felt that they had lost a lot. Before the folk fabrics declined, it was because people used new looms, but they still used the original labor and craftsmanship.

So the price is naturally the same as before, and the court's quarrel with this is completely embarrassing for them.

If the price really drops, then the first to die is their manufacturing bureau, who can't even pay the money to the weavers. No one is willing to use their own money to make up for such a big deficit.

After begging grandpa to tell grandma, he went the way of the emperor, and finally the batch was accepted.

But both the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs have said that the price of fabrics in the next quarter will have to drop. Since people have used new-style looms, it makes no sense for the Weaving Bureau to stick to the old rags.

Now that the national treasury is tight, the Weaving Bureau, as a part of the imperial court, should reduce costs and share the pressure for the imperial court.

In this way, what can the officials of the Weaving Bureau do, they can only surrender to others.

How do you get the loom if you don't surrender?

Jiangning Weaving, Suzhou Weaving, and Hangzhou Weaving jointly approached Lin Yuan to make peace.

After all, they still want to develop in Jiangnan in the future, and they can't offend the Weaving Bureau too much. They can use the pressure of the people to force the Weaving Bureau to surrender, but they can't do too much and cause endless trouble.

Moreover, the goal of reducing the cloth price was also achieved, so Lin Yuan readily made peace with the other party.

Then, with the help of the Weaving Bureau, the cloth merchants' associations in various cities in the south of the Yangtze River also surrendered, and then formed a Jiangnan Cloth Merchants General Chamber of Commerce, and handed over the position of general manager to Lin Yuan's subordinates.

After Minning received the news, he was not stingy, and directly held an auction in Jiangnan, auctioning the drawings of weaving machines and looms for various fabrics.Anyway, the craftsmen under him are constantly innovating because of the incentives of silver. Selling these looms that will sooner or later become obsolete can be regarded as recovery, and it can also be regarded as shearing once.