my grandmother

Li Xiaonan returned to Pingjiang City from Kunshan County, and first went around to Yueyang Cloth Village.

Sister-in-law Yin happened to be there too, and when she saw Li Xiaonan and Ah Wu, she rushed out to greet her, "What a coincidence that you two came, just came back from the lack of fried chestnuts, and they are boiling hot, come and eat them! If you eat a few more times, the season will be over."

Li Xiaonan and Ah Wu sat next to Mrs. Yin and ate chestnuts.

After eating a few, Li Xiaonan bit a chestnut, Hanhu asked: "Sister-in-law, is our fine cloth selling well?"

"It's a good year, and the door won't be opened until the next year. We won't be able to make spring clothes until the middle of next month, when the weather is warmer." Sister-in-law Yin said with a smile.

"I think we and their Yu family are the only ones selling fine cloth on this street." Li Xiaonan stretched her head to look at the Yu family cloth shop opposite.

"His family is incomparable to ours!" Sister-in-law Yin spat at Yu's cloth shop across the street, "Don't look at them selling cheaply and standing in the middle of the street to attract people. Bah! I just can't sell us!"

"I mean," Li Xiaonan bit open a chestnut, "I came all the way with Ah Wu, and I didn't see any other fine cloth shop. Did Elder Sister tell you how much fine cloth we can collect in a month now?"

"You're talking about this." Sister Yin put down the chestnuts and clapped her hands, "I'm worried about this. According to the number your eldest sister said, even if the sales are the same as last month's last year all year round, the monthly harvest will be the same. It can be sold for a year!"

Li Xiaonan frowned, what Sister Yin said was similar to her calculation.

"Fortunately, your elder sister said that the amount has not been reached in the past two months." Sister Yin said it was okay, but sighed.

"March will be almost there, and more in the second half of the year." Li Xiaonan stopped eating chestnuts and looked at Sister Yin, "Is there any way?"

"I've been thinking about it since years ago, but I haven't figured it out yet." Sister-in-law Yin smiled and leaned forward, "I want to visit Linhai Town. There is a lot of travel abroad."

"If you go to sea, you have to pay heavy taxes. Our fine cloth varies from good to bad, and it's not easy to buy bulk." Li Xiaonan sighed.

"The tax boss, can't you think of a way?" Sister-in-law Yin winked at Li Xiaonan.

"No, there is no room for it." Li Xiaonan answered directly.

"Then we have to sell the goods. I've already planned this. It's best to follow the silk. This year's silk must be expensive. Our fine cloth is soft and docile. It's embroidered with flowers and looks very good on the body. Compared with silk, it is a little less expensive, but silk is so expensive!" Yin's sister-in-law immediately shrank back and began to calculate.

Li Xiaonan listened absent-mindedly.

Their family capital is small, and she took a large part of it to buy weavers to open a weaver school, and even less was used to collect cloth on credit looms. how many?Where do they sell it?
Among other things, the fine cloth collected by Li's family will be piled up in a month or two.

Alas, if there hadn't been this turmoil in the weaving workshop, her weaving school would have slowly spread out, the production of fine cloth would have slowly increased, and the fine cloth market would have been pushed from Pingjiang Mansion to Jiangnan, and then to the north and south of Jiangnan...

But now, in one winter, weaving schools are almost all over the south of the Yangtze River, and the production of fine cloth is about to surge. If the market cannot be opened in time, this fall will fall sharply, and it may hurt the foundation.

Where does this market come from?
It's best to ask an expert for advice. Who is the expert here?
Well, ask the prince, he definitely doesn't understand, but there are many people around him, so he must know who to ask for advice.Coincidentally, I also want to tell him about the second elder sister.

Li Xiaonan made up her mind and rushed to Linhai Town early the next morning.

For a while, Gu Yan has been living in Linhai Town.

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Matchmaker Miao intercepted the marriage at Bo's house of Huang Zhu of the Weaving Department, went back to think about it all night, and went to Huang Zhu Bo's house the next morning.

Huang Zhubo went to weaving Yamen, and Huang Dalang was not at home.

Matchmaker Miao went in with the maid who opened the door, and introduced herself while talking and laughing to Mrs. Wu, the daughter-in-law of Master Huang Bo.

"You are Mrs. Wu, right? You look unusual.

"The little lady's surname is Miao, and she is an official matchmaker in the large area of ​​Shuyuan Street. I met Zhang Amei, the official matchmaker from my wife's house, and Zhang Amei entrusted the marriage of Dalang from my wife's family to the little woman.

"Picking a marriage is a big deal, according to the little lady, there is nothing more important or bigger than this, don't you think, Ma'am?

"Received by Zhang Amei's entrustment, the little lady didn't dare to delay for a while, she quickly found the right girl from the right family, and came to see the wife quickly."

Matchmaker Miao had a crisp appearance, and she spoke clearly and clearly. Mrs. Wu had a good impression of her.

"Mother Miao, sit down and make a bowl of tea for Mama Miao. What's the matter with Mama Zhang? Why did you entrust it to you?" Mrs. Wu ordered, looked at Miao Matchmaker, and asked with concern.

"Don't worry, ma'am, it's all right, but we're particular about Pingjiang City, so it's better to go to the Fuxue area to talk about marriage." Miao Matchmaker replied with Hanhu who didn't want to talk.

"What's the point?" Mrs. Wu frowned slightly.

"At first glance, my wife is from a scholarly family, and she is married to a scholarly family, so she doesn't know anything about the neighborhood and the market." Miao Matchmaker laughed, "My wife also knows that in our government school, the students who are attached to the school are comparable to serious scholars. There are a lot of people. Our Pingjiang Mansion is also known as a place with a prosperous literary style and a large number of talented people. There are all kinds of people who come to our Pingjiang Mansion to study.

"Those of us who circle around the Fuxue naturally know more than the outsiders. If there are those outside who want to go to the Fuxue area to talk about marriage, we will make it easier than outsiders."

Matchmaker Miao leaned forward, suppressed her voice and laughed, "I can also know the depth, so as not to offend the nobleman."

Mrs. Wu suddenly realized.This is very true.

"It's fine for the wife to know, it's not easy to say clearly." Matchmaker Miao continued with a smile.

"Don't worry, mom, you've been taught." Mrs. Wu bowed slightly to show her gratitude.

"Madam, is there someone she likes?" Miao Matchmaker stared at Mrs. Wu and asked with a smile.

"There is a Li Xiucai in the government school. I heard that he has a second sister who is extremely capable and virtuous?" Mrs. Wu responded with a smile.

"Li Xuedong? Li Xiucai?" Miao Matchmaker looked surprised.

"Yes." Mrs. Wu looked at Miao Matchmaker's surprise, and asked again, "Mom, is this?"

"It's nothing, nothing!" Matchmaker Miao answered very quickly, "I'm a careless person, and I can't hide anything on my face. It's really nothing!"

Mrs. Wu frowned upon hearing this, thinking that something was wrong!
"Madam has met the second sister of the Li family? Have you spoken?" Miao Matchmaker asked.

Mrs. Wu shook her head.

"Where did Madam hear that the second sister of the Li family is capable and virtuous? Is the person who said that reliable?" Miao Matchmaker frowned.

"I just heard that it's pretty good." Mrs. Wu said with a smile.

This marriage was the idea of ​​her family's Huang Zhubo. The marriage was first aimed at the rumor that the Li family had friendship with the eldest son, which can't be said.

"My wife is interested in this marriage of the Li family, I'm afraid it's not because of her ability and virtuousness?" Miao Matchmaker looked at Mrs. Wu with determination.

"Why did mother say that?" Mrs. Wu challenged.

"It's not your family!" Matchmaker Miao shook off her veil in disgust, and sighed, "I practiced with the bhikkhunis behind Hanshan Temple, and never lied. As a person, I always say something, alas, this I'm not good at talking."

"Is Li's sister not well?" Mrs. Wu asked with a frown.

"It's not bad. I'm talking about what my wife heard. How to say it, seeing is believing. If my wife hears something, it doesn't count. You have to see it!" Miao Matchmaker said earnestly.

"How did you see this?" Mrs. Wu said with a wry smile.

"Why not." Matchmaker Miao leaned forward, "On our College Street, across from Cailian Lane, there is a tea house that was well established. It suddenly changed hands last year. My wife heard about it. No?"

"I don't know that."

"My wife will know as soon as she inquires. My wife will go to inquire first. After my wife has inquired, I will discuss with my wife how seeing is believing." Miao Matchmaker stood up as she spoke.

"Mother……"

Mrs. Wu followed suit and stood up, and before she could hesitate whether to ask Miao Matchmaker herself or keep Miao Matchmaker to ask, Miao Matchmaker had already left the house with her handkerchief shaken.