Poor family mother and son

Chapter 164 Mother, do what you want!

Mrs. Hong remained silent on the sidelines, and she had no place to intervene in the royal family's conversation.But sitting like this is not a problem.

At this time, I happened to see Princess Zhaohua hugging the jars one by one from the box. She was a little struggling, so she waved off Princess Zhaohua's little maid, and personally helped, asking: "What is the princess doing?"

"I want to see if there is an "Instruction Manual" under the box", but there are none in those boxes. "

Princess Zhaohua was still thinking about how to use the loom.

Mrs. Hong helped her carry out all the small wine jars, and shook the cushions at the bottom of the box, but there was nothing.

Princess Zhaohua said regretfully: "I am learning embroidery, but I don't know how thread comes from, and how cloth comes from. I finally have a loom in front of me, and I don't know how to use it yet."

Madam Hong immediately comforted her: "Princess, don't worry. The [-]th day of the first lunar month is the opening day of the 'Blue House' and 'Bao Qingxiang'. Chu Qing will definitely come early and let her demonstrate to you."

"What is 'Cheong Wa Dae'? What is 'Bo Ching Sang'?"

"'Ching Wa Dae' is a restaurant run by Chu Qing, and 'Bao Qing Xiang' is a textile store, both of which are semi-colons, and the head office is in Jizhou." Mrs. Hong explained.

"When will she come, I really want to see her sooner." Time is always very long for children, and they hope that the next moment can realize the idea of ​​this moment.

"The shop opens on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, so she has to arrive in Beijing at least three days in advance, Zhaohua, don't be too impatient." The queen laughed, this girl is always so impatient.

The queen asked Mrs. Hong: "I heard that you found these shops?"

"Yes, Empress, I heard that her restaurant business in Jizhou is very prosperous, especially the 'Yuye Qiongjiang' wine, whoever drinks it will praise it."

"Oh? I seem to have seen wine on the gift list just now, is it this?" The queen looked at the boxes all over the floor, and finally pointed to the ten jars that had been moved to the ground.

"It should be." Madam Hong's tone was uncertain.

These jars have the same shape but different colors, green, blue, green, yellow, orange, red, and purple, with one to seven stars painted on them respectively. Among them, the blue jar has two jars, and the yellow jar has three jars. What does this mean?

The emperor and queen mother were also curious when they heard their conversation, so they asked them to open all the jars to have a look.The jar was well sealed, and nothing could be smelled outside, but when it was opened, the hall was filled with the smell of wine.

The emperor smelled it now, blue is one star, the smell is the lightest, purple is seven stars, it smells fragrant and strong.

It seems that it is prepared for people with different tastes. The yellow jar is four stars, and it is three jars. It should be a best-selling product with moderate strength.

The queen mother greeted: "Don't leave, let's have lunch here at Ai's house, let's all try something new."

Madam Hong didn't dare to stay and have a private meal with the royal family, so she left first on the pretext of having something to do.

She really had something to do, she had to send someone to send a message to Chu Qing, telling her that there was no instruction manual for the loom, and that the princess wanted to see her.

When Mrs. Hong's letter arrived at Chu Qing's place, Chu Qing and Xiao Bao were fiddling with the cotton gin in the house.

The current cotton gin is Huang Daopo's version. At that time, in order to put it into use as soon as possible, all of them were made of wood.

I want to get an iron one, a big one, a pedal one, and a double roller with friction. I can put a lot of cotton bolls in at a time, and I can spit out a bunch of cotton seeds when I step on the pedal.

Chu Qing was thinking while holding the brushes, no matter how much cotton there is, he can only buy it from Tu Huerte, and if he runs out, he will have to wait for next year. Is it useless to make it too efficient?
Chu Yuan came over to deliver the letter: "Boss, there's a letter from Kyoto, from Mrs. Hong."

Chu Qing and Xiao Bao read the letter together, and after reading the letter, Xiao Bao collected all the cotton seeds that Chu Qing had tested just now, and said to Chu Yuan, "Let someone tell the workshop over there to keep the cotton seeds and not throw them away."

Chu Qing asked, "What do you want to use?"

Xiaobao said: "Grow it! Since the people in the palace are curious about these things in our house, why don't we grow cotton too. With more cotton, we can not only make clothes, but also make it fun for those who are rich and have nothing to do?" For fun, let's make more spinning wheels, let them spin cotton for fun, and earn their spinning wheel money and cotton money!"

Chu Qing didn't know what to say.

Silly boy, do you know that ever since the spinning wheel and loom came into existence, female celebrities have these two items?Is this for fun?This is a labor project to improve the living standards of the whole people.

It’s not that there are no looms. Where do people today get silk, brocade, and linen without looms?It's just that we have created a loom suitable for weaving cotton cloth to popularize the textile industry.

Of course, we will use this project to make a lot of money in the early stage.

However, Xiaobao’s words provided Chu Qing with a new idea: in addition to making textiles, we can open an “experience hall” to let customers with money and leisure experience spinning and weaving, and sell some small parts and products. .What looms, spinning wheels, wire baskets, spindles and awls are all money.

If this matter can be developed, jobs can be provided in the future. Anyone who has learned any skill can apply for the corresponding position and get piece-rate wages.

Wouldn't it make more money to tinker with small spinning wheels for those rich ladies to play with?Princess Zhaohua just wants to play with these things.

This money can be earned!
In the end, Chu Qing made up his mind to rush to make a batch of mini spinning wheels and simple looms a year ago, and bring them to Kyoto for opening in the next year!

"Chu Yuan, tell the two 'Bao Qingxiang' in the capital to free up as many empty rooms as possible. If you can buy a shop next to it, it's fine. It doesn't need to be too big. There is enough room for ten tables."

After sending Chu Yuan away, Chu Qing looked at the cottonseed in Xiaobao's hand: "This can't be planted directly, it needs to be dried in the sun before sowing, and it needs to be soaked in plant ash water, and the seedlings can be planted in the soil until the outer skin becomes soft, and finally the seeds can be planted." Seedlings are planted only when they are moved to the ground.

Xiaobao, my mother has no idea whether to plant cotton or not. "

"Mother, why didn't you think about it? If you want to plant it, plant it." Xiaobao said.

"Mother wants to plant it, but it's not that Daxuan has never planted it before, it's just that it can't grow it, and it won't live long after it is planted. This is a regional problem.

If my mother grows cotton, she needs land and people, but the harvest cannot be guaranteed. How can such a thing be done well?

If a country doesn't do well, I'm afraid my mother will be even worse.

In fact, cotton is a very good thing. If Daxuan can also grow cotton, everyone can wear cotton clothes, and they can also have cotton clothes in winter.Cotton is softer than linen, what a comfortable thing. "

After listening to Chu Qing's words, Xiaobao expressed different thoughts: "Do what you want, mother, how can you know the result if you don't start.

We can’t plant it all over the country. We can find a small area and try to grow it ourselves. There are always places with similar planting areas, right?
Didn't mother always say, set a small goal first, I think there are good places on the hillside over the [-]th village, if not, you can find a place near the sea in the south of Xinlunzhou.

We can't solve the country's problems, let's solve the problems of our own wishes. "

Chu Qing suddenly felt that Xiaobao was not like a child.

Although she never completely treated Xiaobao as a child, and would discuss everything with him, she never felt like talking to an adult like now.

"You're right, if you don't try it, you won't know if it works. Tell everyone, store the cottonseed in a dry and ventilated place."

The original idea of ​​using cottonseed to extract oil to make soap was directly rejected by Chu Qing.

In any case, we must fight for the matter of growing cotton.But the way to fight, Chu Qing had to think carefully.

(End of this chapter)