Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 227 Tickets can be issued, treasure supervisor Wei's family

The main business of the Royal Cloth Shop is naturally selling cloth, but now it has already stopped the best-selling cotton cloth, and only sells silk and other top-grade cloth.

Since the Royal Weaving Factory undertakes foreign trade orders, the cotton cloth produced by the Royal Weaving Factory is given priority to the North Korean and Mongolian markets, so now the Royal Cloth Factory has no cotton cloth to sell.

It's just that they are facing a more severe test. Since the cloth tickets given earlier happened to expire this month, people came to cash them with cloth tickets one after another.

Redemption, this is a sale, but it is also a matter of credibility.

If it is said that the imperial court’s supply of cotton cloth to North Korea and Mongolia this time was for the sake of the cotton cloth industry of the Ming Dynasty, then the payment of cloth bills is related to the reputation of the royal cloth bank and the imperial household department, and it is also something that cannot be lost.

Although the royal release is not a subjective breach of contract, mainly due to the surge in orders from North Korea and Mongolia, these factors cannot be a reason for breach of contract.

In the end, no factor should be a reason for refusing to pay, otherwise it would be a blatant breach of contract.

Once the newly established reputation is lost, the credit of Bupiao will go bankrupt in situ.In the future, no one will recognize its exchange value, not to mention replacing the currency status of silver. This is also a very serious consequence.

This is why the Royal Cloth Bank needs to compromise to resolve this month's payment tide when the stock of cloth is not large.

"Yes, after inspection, this is the cloth ticket of our royal cloth shop. You can exchange it for a piece of cotton cloth here!" After verifying the authenticity of the cloth ticket, shopkeeper Sun pointed to the cotton cloth area over there.

In terms of anti-counterfeiting performance, the current distribution of tickets is actually far stronger than silver.After all, silver can be mixed with other metals, and the anti-counterfeiting technology of banknotes is very advanced, and there are almost no cases of forgery.

Zhao Wu, the eldest son of Zhao's fourth son, and his wife couldn't help smiling at each other when they heard the result.

Although it is said that the distribution tickets bestowed by the government will not be false, but this kind of good fact is too unbelievable, so their family has always been skeptical about this good thing.

Now that his cloth ticket has been approved by the old shopkeeper, the people who are hanging are finally let go, and they are very close to getting a piece of cotton cloth.

Wei Juan had just checked the quality of the cotton cloth woven by Liu Ying and other weavers. When passing by, he glanced at the honest couple and went straight into the inner room to drink tea.

"To tell you the truth, there are too many orders from North Korea and Mongolia. In particular, Mongolia will bring [-] bolts of cotton cloth back to Mongolia on the [-]th of next month, so we don't have much stock in the cloth shop now! It's just what we ordered earlier. The rule is to pay on sight, so you can choose a piece of cotton cloth from us to take away, but if you agree to postpone the payment of the cotton cloth for one month, we can give you a basket of eggs as compensation, how about it?" Shopkeeper Sun has already spoken Familiar with it by heart, he pointed to the basket of eggs juxtaposed on the long table next to him to explain.

Recently, the eggs in the capital were almost rounded up by the royal cloth shop. Those farmers who had just brought their eggs into the north of the city were bought up as soon as they entered the city gate.

When Zhao Wu and his wife saw the rows of egg baskets, they were very shocked and said: "A basket of eggs?"

Eggs in this era are the most important source of protein for ordinary people. Eggs have high nutritional value, but the price is naturally more expensive, so many people are reluctant to eat one.

It's just that now they only need to agree to a one-month delay in payment, and they can get a basket of eggs, which is undoubtedly a great thing for ordinary people.

Shopkeeper Sun took into account the couple's reaction, and continued to sell hard: "Look how beautiful the eggs over there are. You take the whole basket of eggs back home, and the whole family can nourish themselves!"

This……

Zhao Wu and his wife came from a poor background, facing the temptation of this basket of eggs, they could not help but waver.

At this moment, a young man rushed in with a piece of cotton cloth in his arms, and came to the counter in a hurry: "Shopkeeper, I just came here to change the cloth, do you remember me?"

Zhao Wu saw that the cotton cloth that the young man was holding almost stabbed his wife, so he hurried forward to protect his wife, and at the same time gave the young man a hard look.

"Uh, I have the impression that you came here this morning to change the cloth. Is there something wrong with the cloth?" Shopkeeper Sun looked at the young man and nodded sincerely.

The young man seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, shaking his head like a rattle: "No, this piece of cotton cloth is of good quality, and it is not damaged in any way. You see, I want to return it to you now, and I want to take a basket of eggs postpone!"

When Zhao Wu and his wife heard that the young man had changed his mind, they couldn't help showing a pensive expression.

"You have already made the payment. Our store's rule is that it cannot be changed after it has been registered in the account. I have made this clear to you this morning!" Shopkeeper Sun waved his hand, seeming to refuse formally.

The hope that the young man had just ignited was shattered, and he seemed to be begging: "Please, I have a 70-year-old mother in my family. This basket of eggs can make her eat for a long time, and it will not hurt to make new clothes a month later." Hurry up, please forgive me!"

Huh?
Hearing what the young man said, Zhao Wu and his wife couldn't help but think of their mother, and it seemed that they didn't need to be too anxious about making clothes, so they couldn't help but feel a little bit moved.

"There are no rules, these are the rules of the store. If you say there is something wrong with my cloth, I can change it for you, but we have already cleared the bill in the morning, so I can't help you, I will let you in the morning Think it through!" Shopkeeper Sun was heartbroken, but he refused to let go.

The young man's face was full of disappointment, and he confirmed seriously: "There is really no way!"

"No, but you actually said that you have an old lady in your family. For the sake of your filial piety, I will send you an egg on behalf of the Royal Cloth Shop!" Shopkeeper Sun shook his head affirmatively, and then gave his assistant a wink.

The young man took the egg with great emotion, and thanked him again and again: "Your Royal Cloth Bank is so trustworthy, your business will surely prosper in the future!"

Zhao Wu's wife, Liu Shi, watched the young man regret and hopeless in front of her, so she couldn't help but glance at the whole basket of eggs over there, and she couldn't help but feel complacent: "Master, why don't we wait a month?"

"Mother has been thinking about making new clothes for Hutou and Erxia for a long time. This time, I hope that we will take the cloth back!" Although Zhao Wu was equally moved, he pointed out the situation very rationally.

Mrs. Liu did not agree, but took the opportunity to preach: "Mother takes care of our son Hutou wholeheartedly, but don't we have to take care of her too? Let's take this basket of eggs back to honor her now, and we will come back a month later." Make new clothes, anyway, the clothes of the two of them can be worn again!"

The tea room inside is actually only a wall away from here, and Wei Juan, who was drinking tea leisurely, gently blew away the hot air, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

In the end, Zhao Wu couldn't resist the temptation of a basket of eggs, and he didn't want to regret like the young man just now, so he finally chose the second plan in the store: "We postpone it!"

"Okay, there are fresh eggs over there, and the number of each basket is the same, you can choose one from them!" Shopkeeper Sun was overjoyed, pointing to the eggs in front of him.

Although they all have the same number of eggs, they are inevitably of different sizes, and Liu quickly took a fancy to a basket with several large eggs: "We choose this basket of eggs!"

"Okay, here is your cloth ticket! We have agreed now, you agree to postpone it for one month, and come back next month to exchange for cotton cloth. In fact, it is good for you to choose to postpone. Originally, there were twelve kinds of patterns in the store, but Now there are only six suits, and when you come next month, you will have twelve suits to choose from!" Shopkeeper Sun returned the cloth ticket after stamping it, and then pointed to the cotton cloth area.

Twelve suits?
Immediately, Mrs. Liu felt that her choice was extremely wise, so she made a request: "Shopkeeper, can I go over and have a look now?"

"Xiaochun, take these two guests over to look at the cloth!" Shopkeeper Sun nodded readily, and then ordered the idle waiter beside him to greet the two of them.

The Royal Weaving Workshop has reached a long-term cooperation with many dyeing workshops in Beijing. Today, the Royal Weaving Workshop is responsible for the production of white cotton cloth, and most of the printing and dyeing work is handed over to the cooperative dyeing workshops.

In this era, there is no concept of cutting corners and materials, and the dyeing and printing process is very profitable, so every piece of cloth looks so attractive.

Not only is the price of royal shuttle cotton cloth lower than the mainstream cotton cloth in the market, but the quality is obviously more wear-resistant and durable, and the printing and dyeing process used is also more prominent.

This is exactly the case, even if there are no orders from Mongolia and North Korea, in fact, the current royal cloth shop also faces the dilemma of having no cotton cloth to sell.

Like the women of this era, Mrs. Liu is very knowledgeable about the quality of cotton cloth. Now that she saw it, she knew that not only did the store not use poor cloth to perfuse them, but the cloth exchanged was obviously much better than the cloth on the market. I couldn't help looking forward to it. It's been a month.

It's just that human beings are very complicated animals. Zhao Wu and his wife began to feel uneasy just after they walked out of the store, and they faintly doubted whether they had been tricked.

"Great, do you have cloth tickets in your hands!" A middle-aged woman noticed the eggs in their hands and immediately greeted them warmly.

Zhao Wu is an out-and-out honest man, so he nodded slightly subconsciously: "Yes, we only took eggs, so the cloth is still in our hands!"

Seeing the light shining in the middle-aged woman's eyes, Liu Shi immediately realized that something was wrong.

"I'll give you four coins, can you give me the cloth ticket in your hand?" The middle-aged woman took out the silver she had prepared, and proposed a deal with hope.

Zhao Si's eyes fell on the ingot of silver, and the price of the cloth ticket refreshed his cognition again: "Four coins?"

"Yes, yes, it's four coins. Can you give me the cloth ticket?" The middle-aged woman looked at Zhao Wu's reaction and looked very expectant.

Mrs. Liu couldn't help asking in doubt: "As far as I know, the cotton cloth of the Royal Cloth Shop is priced at four coins. Why don't you buy it from the Royal Cloth Shop?"

"Look at what you said, they are rushing to sell cotton cloth to North Korea and Mongolia, and there are no goods for sale during this period of time! It's just that you haven't seen that the quality and color of the cloth in their store is really good, and they will return it next month." There are twelve kinds of suits to choose from!" The middle-aged woman, transformed into a queen, praised her with joy.

Zhao Wu also asked in confusion: "Since we are waiting for a month, why not wait until next month to buy?"

"Next month, they will also give priority to those who hold cloth tickets in your hands. If any vassal kingdom orders in large quantities by then, I will not be able to buy them even if I have money, so it is better to hold cloth tickets to be safe! You must have cloth tickets It’s not practical, I’ll give you the money now, you can wait two more months at most, and none of us will suffer!” The middle-aged woman told Zhao Wu about her difficulties, and handed the money to Zhao Wu.

Zhao Wu subconsciously reached out to pick it up, but a familiar pain came from his ear, and he said loudly: "It hurts, it hurts, daughter-in-law, take it easy!"

"Aren't you stupid! It's useless to take the four coins, not to mention whether you can buy cloth next month, who will cry if the price goes up?" Liu took Zhao Wu away with his ears twisted, looking resentful Teach without iron.

The middle-aged woman looked at Zhao Wu and his wife walking away, the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

The streets of Beijing are bustling with people, but the scenery of lakes and mountains in the west of the center seems to have been integrated with nature.

Listen to the fishing pavilion next to the Chao Pavilion, where dozens of court ladies and eunuchs are waiting.

Zhu Youtang will come here to fish every day after finishing his official duties. Fishing has become a part of life, especially the fish resources here are really fascinating.

Wei Juan is a person who knows the rules, and he didn't report the recent gratifying results of the Royal Weaving Factory and the Royal Cloth Shop until Zhu Youtang summoned him.

"Wei Juan, it's a shame to put you in Guangdong all these years!" Zhu Youtang also praised Wei Juan after seeing how Wei Juan replaced Tan Gui.

Wei Juan was originally promoted by the Guangdong Municipal Bureau of Shipbuilding, but was attacked by local officials on the charge of "traveling through the family and collecting treasures and wealth", and was finally recalled to the palace by himself.

It's not that I believed in the rhetoric of the Kodao officials, not to mention that the earlier gang of Kodao officials were like mad dogs who would bite anyone they saw, and it was impossible for me to dispose of the eunuchs who were loyal to me just because of catching wind and shadow.

Originally, he just wanted to exchange a group of eunuchs who were more loyal to him, but Wei Juan, who didn't want to be transferred back, turned out to be a treasure.

It was not easy for Wei Juan to walk step by step since he was a eunuch, so he cherished this opportunity very much, and said excitedly: "No matter where you are or what position you are in, I will try my best to share the worries for Your Majesty, in order to repay Your Majesty's grace!"

"As long as you work hard, I will definitely not treat you badly!" Zhu Youtang looked at the eunuch who knew how to advance and retreat, and expressed his attitude with satisfaction.

Wei Tran expressed his loyalty again, but he knew that he was only in His Majesty's sight now, and he still needed to work hard if he wanted to have a place here.

Zhu Youtang threw the hook again, but a look of worry flashed across his eyes.

Originally, he should be happy at this moment. Now that the production capacity problems of North Korea and Mongolia have been steadily resolved, Bupiao has a stronger trading attribute, and at the same time, he has obtained Wei Juan, an economical talent.

Just thinking that tomorrow will be the eighth morning morning, and then looking up at the sunset in the west, I know that a storm is waiting for me.

(End of this chapter)