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Gu Yan took Li Xiaonan's letter from Shi Gun, read it slowly, narrowed his eyes slightly, and after a while, ordered someone to call Wang Gui in, and said: "Yesterday someone went to Zuojiaji Zhujia Village to collect autumn silkworm cocoons, and find a way Find out who it is."

Wang Gui agreed and withdrew his hands.

A day later, Wang Gui found out and reported to Gu Yan: The one who harvested the autumn silkworm cocoons was the manager of Xu Xing's hometown of Pingjiang Silk Company.

Gu Yan raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, and for a moment, he told Wang Gui: "Silkworm cocoons can't be kept for a long time. Find out where the Xu family put the collected silkworm cocoons and where they spun the silk. After you find out, give the words and evidence to Pingjiang Silk Cocoons." Others who can do it."

"Yes." Wang Gui agreed, and hurriedly retreated to make arrangements.

Wang Gui and his subordinates were naturally easy and quick to investigate such a small matter, and after a day, they checked and found out, and released the evidence to several other seniors of Pingjiang Silk Company and several large weaving workshops.

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Seeing the oldest Wu Xinglao come in knocking on his crutches, Feng Xinglao, Chu Xinglao and Wei Xinglao stood up to meet him.

Feng Xinglao and Chu Xinglao supported Wu Xinglao to sit down, and Wei Xinglao hurriedly poured a cup of tea and held it in front of Wu Xinglao.

"Have you all heard about it?" Wu Xing's old crutch stabbed the ground.

"I heard that, alas!" Feng Xinglao frowned tightly, with a heartbroken look on his face.

"Xu is really not a thing!" Chu Xing spat.

"What shall we do?" Wei Xinglao looked from Wu Xinglao to Chu Xinglao.

"Xu's family is rich in silver. He really took all the autumn silkworm cocoons from our Pingjiang Mansion into his hands, what about us?" Feng Xing frowned.

"Xu's surname is ruthless, and it will be a conscience price if he doubles it to us!" Chu Xing spat again.

"It's good if he is willing to sell silk thread to us. What if he refuses to sell it? In case, he will switch hands to buy our weavers. Alas, our weavers are all hanging in the tooth shop." Wei Xing paused , lowered his voice and said: "I heard that Xiangyunfang is also harvesting autumn silkworm cocoons."

"Where did you hear that?" Wu Xinglao's eyes widened, and several other Xinglao stared at Wei Xinglao.

"My brother-in-law's brother-in-law is studying at Yuhang County School. On the first day of every ten days, when Wei Xuezheng is giving lectures, the teacher from the county school will rush them all over to listen to the lecture.

"It is said that on the last ten days, the person sitting with them happened to be the second young master of Ding's family who reeled silk in Xiangyunfang. The second young master said that the silk reeling masters in their dyeing workshop were very busy, secretly busy, It is said that it is the work of Xiangyunfang."

Wei Xing kept his voice down, with a mysterious expression on his face.

"How did you talk about silk reeling in the lecture?" Feng Xinglao asked.

"That's what I asked too!" Wei Xinglao patted on the table. "It was said that Wei Xuezheng was talking and got stuck, and he was talking, and he made a mistake again. Later, Wei Xuezheng asked Si Ye to finish the rest of the class for him, saying that this has never happened before!"

Wei Xinglao stretched his head forward, suppressing his voice, and Wu Xinglao, Feng Xinglao, and Xuan Xinglao also stuck their heads in the middle, listening attentively with their ears.

"This is strange, isn't it! Before Si Ye finished his lecture, some people said that they heard Wei Xuezheng losing his temper in the Dacheng Hall. Several people heard it, and some said that Wei Xuezheng was angry because Jiang Caosi detained Xiu Xue The money of the palace, some say that Wei Xuezheng is angry with his nephew, the elder son outside our city, saying that the elder son insists on going his own way, does not even listen to the prince's words, is not filial or something.

"Several people discussed this matter, and the second young master of the Ding family said: The matter of the silk industry has already been settled in the capital, and the decree will soon reach our Liangzhe Road. What is the decree, the second young master of the Ding family He refused to say a word, but only said: The silk reeling master in his family has been very busy this year, but he is just bullying fools.

"My brother-in-law's brother-in-law was careful, and when there were few people, he secretly asked, and the second young master of the Ding family was very pleased, saying that all he was busy with was Xiangyunfang's work!"

After Wei Xing finished speaking, he leaned back in his chair and picked up his cup to drink tea.

"It's not a fucking thing!" Xuan Xing slapped the table with an old-fashioned slap.

"What's the use of you hitting the table!" Wu Xinglao gave Xi Xinglao a look.

"A relative of the Xu family is preparing for the exam in the capital." Feng Xinglao sneered.

"The one with the surname Xu must have got the letter, bah! It's really not a thing!" Mr. Xu Xing spat fiercely.

"What shall we do?" Feng Xinglao looked at Wu Xinglao.

"We have to collect the cocoons quickly and reel the silk quickly! Their Xu family has a daughter-in-law's dowry Zhuangzi, don't ours have one?" Wu Xing poked his crutch in an old fashioned manner.

"I'm afraid that Yu Chengfu and that Li family have taken a lot of cocoons from our Pingjiang mansion." Wei Xing looked at everyone.

"There's someone with the surname Xu! Bah!" Mr. Xing Xing spat at the mention of the word Xu.

"Quietly, go outside and collect calluses wherever there are." Wu Xinglao thought for a moment before making a decision.

"Then hurry up!" Old Xuan Xing stood up first.

Wei Xinglao stood up immediately, Feng Xinglao helped Wu Xinglao, and the four hurried out of the tea house.

Turning around the intersection, Feng Xinglao paused, looked behind carefully, took a stride, turned into the alley on the other side, and went straight to Chengfu's house.

Standing behind the crown prince is the crown prince. With the status of the crown prince, unless he rebels, otherwise, he will be the future prince, and the crown prince will be the emperor in the future. Yu Chengfu's side is definitely not comparable. If you build it well, if you build it quietly, no one will know.

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Xiuzhou City.

He Ruiming stood at the gate of Hongxi Tea House, and politely let all the elders of the silk shop in Xiuzhou City enter.

When the six elders were all together, He Ruiming ordered the staff to make tea again, served some snacks, cupped his hands and said with a smile, "You are all busy people, so I won't be too polite."

Some of the six elders sipped tea with their eyelids downcast, while others gave He Ruiming a sidelong glance.

Their weaving workshop has long been shut down, so what else is there to be busy about?If he is busy, He Shao, the shopkeeper, is busy, they are all very free!
"The He family is a member of Prince Rui's residence, everyone probably knows about it." He Ruiming continued laughing.

This time, the six elders sipped their tea neatly with lowered eyes.

"The next time I came here, I first obeyed the order of our eldest son, and then received the order of my father. My father has already invited overseas merchants to Linhai Town on behalf of the Jiangnan Silk Head Office to discuss next year's silk business. Son."

This time, the six veterans all glared at He Ruiming.

How dare they issue orders on behalf of their Jiangnan Silk Head Office? !
He Ruiming laughed, "What our elder son means is that Jiangnan Silk Headquarters will control all the silk going to sea, which is not good, but it is not good if everyone can talk about it in the early days and there is chaos. What our elder son means is that this year and In the future, silk shops in various prefectures and counties will discuss the sale of silk overseas."

The six elders looked at me, I looked at you, and then at He Ruiming, without saying a word.

"The following few sentences are my father's confession." He Ruiming bowed slightly to the six elders, "my father said: Jiangnan weaving workshop stopped working, pretended to resell the weavers, and stopped harvesting autumn silkworm cocoons. The merchants are closely watching our weaving workshops in the south of the Yangtze River, waiting for an opportunity to replace them.

"My father also asked me to remind everyone that you must not stay at home and blindly wait for orders from your superiors. You must always pay attention, for example, pay attention to whether someone buys a large number of autumn silkworm cocoons."

He Ruiming's words stopped abruptly.

Six elders, you look at me, and I look at you.

"The elder son handed over the arrival of overseas merchants to the old He family. The old He family has limited manpower. My father asks for your understanding. The merchants will arrive between the middle of next month and the end of the month. Please pay attention to the specific time. , then go to Linhai Town on your own.

"Oh, my son, I will tell you, I must invite you to feel free, you can go or not." He Ruiming then laughed and said a few words, indicating to Zhou Chennian who was sitting next to him, "I'm fine. A few words."

"It's a pleasure to meet you today." Zhou Shennian cupped his hands, "Next week, Shennian will be an official counselor next to the eldest son. I'm here to ask everyone: If there is no share of the Jiangnan Silk Headquarters, there will be no Jiangnan Silk in the future." Headquarters, when your silk arrives at the wharf of Linhai Town, after the actual calculation, is the increased tax silver a deficit or a surplus? How much is the deficit? How much is the surplus?"

The six elders looked at me, and I looked at you. Ji Xing, who was next to Zhou Shennian, asked Chi, "Why does Mr. Zhou ask these questions?"

"My lord intends to reorganize and determine the various tax rates of the Customs Department, starting with silk." Zhou Chennian laughed.

"In addition to the Jiangnan Silk Head Office, there are also some local responsibilities. Is the son planning to exempt all of them?" Xing Lao, who was next to Ji Xing Lao, asked.

"These accounts are complicated, I'm afraid I can't explain a few sentences clearly, can Mr. Zhou allow the villain to do the calculations carefully?" Another old man asked carelessly.

"Of course we have to do the calculations carefully. There's no rush. You should do the calculations carefully and send them to the palace outside Pingjiang City." Zhou Shennian said with a hearty smile.