my grandmother

He Chengze was very surprised after hearing the boy's announcement, he hurriedly stood up, went out of the house, stood on the porch, and carefully looked at Li Xiaonan who was following behind the boy.

As Li Xiaonan walked, she turned her head and looked around carefully.

The head office of He Ji, which is next to the Customs Department, is well-known throughout the south of the Yangtze River.

The courtyard has a unique format, with houses on all sides surrounding a small square courtyard in the middle.

The houses on all sides have wide verandahs, and the yard is full of blue stones. There are no flowers, plants, trees, or anything placed. It must have just been scrubbed with clean water. The blue stones are soft and clean, and they look very comfortable.

The wide eaves are supported by bluestone square pillars, and there are pots of blooming autumn osmanthus on both sides of each square pillar.

In the whole courtyard, starting from the steps in front of the gate, there is no trace of the common carved patterns in the south of the Yangtze River, no redundant components, the best materials, the most concise style, all the wood parts are oily and well-maintained .

Li Xiaonan turned to the porch of the main house facing south, bowed her knees to salute He Chengze, and asked with a smile, "Is this also the masterpiece of that Mr. Zhou?"

"This is Mr. Gong's system." He Chengze returned the gift with his arms folded, and smiled.

"I've heard about this Mr. Gong. My son said that Mr. Gong and Mr. Zhou are a perfect match."

"Yes, the construction method written by Mr. Gong is now regarded as Guigao by all the generals." He Chengze was talking, and leaned in to let Li Xiaonan in.

"I've read that book. The two largest words on the cover are Feng Chi. When you open it, the first page is a copy of Taizong's edict." Li Xiaonan leaned forward to let He Chengze.

"That decree was written by Emperor Taizong himself." He Chengze smiled, gave way one more time, and entered the room with one foot first.

"I heard that Mr. Zhou never married, what about Mr. Gong? Is there any descendant?" Li Xiaonan asked curiously.

"Mr. Gong only has two daughters, and the two sons-in-law are both scholars and have descendants, but no one has inherited Mr. Gong's skills." He Chengze asked Li Xiaonan to sit down, and sat down opposite Li Xiaonan.

"Geniuses like Mr. Gong and Mr. Zhou are hard to come by. No one can inherit them." Li Xiaonan stood up and bent her knees toward He Chengze, "I came here specially to thank the old shopkeeper for his kindness."

"Don't dare to do it, don't dare to do it." He Chengze hurriedly stood up and bowed his hands, "This is also our son's errand."

"Master He must be the same as me. He doesn't want to see turmoil in our Jiangnan. If it's just for Shizi's errand, old shopkeeper He must have asked Shizi's instructions first, and the words will be diverted from Bieye. "Li Xiaonan laughed.

He Chengze laughed, "The son is also for the sake of the family, the country, the world, for the mission of the son, and for the sake of preventing turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River. These are two things and the same thing."

"My son looks at the whole world and sees the overall situation of the empire. Even if there is a little turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River..." Li Xiaonan paused, "I was born and raised here, and I don't want to see any turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River."

Li Xiaonan sighed.

"On the way here, Ah Wu chatted with me, saying that there are almost no silk boats recently. There are many more porters on the pier than before, but the work is reduced by [-] to [-]%. People who rely on weaving workshops for food will also be sad. Sigh."

He Chengze looked at Li Xiaonan, didn't answer what Li Xiaonan said, but asked with a smile: "Miss Li's fine cloth business, how is it?"

"Very well, I bought four or five hundred people from Zhifang, ranging from four to five, five or six, seven or eight in a county, and brought them to Guoxiang to learn how to run a weaver school, and now two or three have been opened. There are ten weaving schools." Li Xiaonan laughed.

"I heard that the girl's weaving school can give copper cash on the spot, or use the fine cloth woven later to buy it slowly. There are only fifty copper coins in total. The weavers bought by the girl can be taught to one person. If you want to take away the wages of forty copper tins, this weaving school is a loss-making business." He Chengze looked at Li Xiaonan and said with a smile.

"Well, the weaver school is not for making money, but for them to learn how to weave fine cloth, so that they can spread out the looms and receive enough fine cloth." Li Xiaonan replied with a smile.

"Those women in the girl's church may get their looms on credit from the girl, or they may get their looms from other houses. The fine cloth may not always come to the girl. Is there any way the girl can't use it?"

"No, the cheapest four-had loom costs ten taels of silver. If they really buy all the looms from me, I don't have that much capital at all. It's better to get credit from others.

"Until now, credit looms have used the rules I set. There are a few companies who want to grab business, which is cheaper than my rules. Hardworking people can pay off the loom money in half a year. , After that, they can sell the fine cloth to whomever they want, and then it will be fine." Li Xiaonan answered in detail.

"By that time, how much fine cloth will the girl be able to collect? Is the girl left behind?" He Chengze asked closely.

"I don't have any backup, I just take one step at a time, let's talk about it when the time comes, and take as much as I can." Li Xiaonan wanted to sigh, but held back.

"Miss's fine cloth business, I've thought about it many times, but I really can't figure out why the girl dominates the family, or where is the money that only the girl can make, or where is it with the eldest son?" He Chengze stared at Li Xiaonan closely.

"I only told Shizi about fine cloth taxation, there must be a suitable method, neither too strict nor too loose. As for other things, I think if he intervenes, the fine cloth business may not be able to do so. "

He Chengze raised his eyebrows, looked at Li Xiaonan, and waited for her to continue.

"Now I just want to teach enough people to weave fine cloth, so that enough people have hedging looms. As for the future, I haven't thought about it yet. I'll see you later."

Li Xiaonan paused for a moment, then spread her arms and smiled, "Maybe I won't be able to compete with others, and I won't be able to make any money at all, that's okay, I'll just do other business.

"If more than half of the households in the south of the Yangtze River weave fine cloth and sell fine cloth, if the fine cloth is harvested as it is now, the fine cloth weavers will earn two or three taels of silver no matter how little they have in a year. With silver, they will have to eat, wear, and buy things." , so many people have spare money on hand, no matter what business they do, it’s easy to do.”

He Chengze looked at Li Xiaonan, for a moment, bowed slightly, and said with a smile, "Young lady has great wisdom, which is admirable." After a pause, He Chengze smiled and said, "Do you like listening to storytelling, young lady?"

"Huh?" Li Xiaonan was stunned, "Pingtan?"

"Pingtan is called Pingtan in our Pingjiang Mansion. There is no such kind in the north. It is called storytelling by beating snare drums and singing legends. Pingshu in the north is the same as Pingtan in our Pingjiang Mansion. It is passed down from master to student, orally.

"There is a faction in Nanzhao City. They only talk about one book called The Biography of Sang Shuai. It's very good. If you're free, you might as well listen to it." He Chengze said with a smile.

"I've seen the biography of Sang Shuai." Li Xiaonan smiled, "In the Bieye library, I saw something terrible at the beginning, so I didn't read any more, is it this?"

"Yes. If there is one in the Bieye library, it must be this one." He Chengze nodded with a smile.

"Then I'll see when I go back."

"Gunzi Ruiming, Shizi bestowed him the name Xiangsheng, and he waited by Shizi's side. According to him, he spends most of his time in Bieye on orders.

"Young lady, if you have any questions about business, or about harvesting autumn silkworm cocoons, just ask him to come over and ask. He knows a thing or two." He Chengze continued with a smile.

"Okay. Thank you very much." Li Xiaonan stood up.

"Miss, you're welcome." He Chengze stood up and sent Li Xiaonan out of the courtyard.