Hongwu Survival Guide

After breakfast, the time has come to Sizheng.

The sky was cloudy and the wind was even stronger, so Xieyi wrapped her adults in a big cloak, sent them outside to a small sedan chair, followed all the way to the small corner gate in the northwest of the mansion, left the mansion, and sent her to the boat on the pier, and told her to be close Lin Xiaoyu said a few words before returning.

Together with Liu Bai and the maidservants back to the courtyard, He Xuan came again and said that Xieyi's father, Qiao Wang, was already waiting outside in the courtyard where he received guests.

So he rushed over and asked Liu Bai to call Luo Shui over.

Qiao Wang is here to deliver something.

However, when he saw his daughter, Qiao Wang didn't mention the business for a while, but asked in a low voice: "Girl, I heard...you have something good to do on the third day of next month?"

Xieyi didn't expect her father to say this, her face flushed instantly: "Father, you, how do you know?"

After thinking about it, I realized that it should be He Xuan.

Seeing her daughter like this, Qiao Wang didn't answer her question, but nodded excitedly: "Girl, father is... happy, um, do you want gold thread? You should have gold thread. Father has prepared 10 catties "He said, pointing to a mahogany box on the coffee table next to him, while muttering: "There should be jewellery, father also sent someone to beat it, and it will be delivered to you in a few days."

Xie Yi only felt her face burn.

It is also confirmed that it really is He Xuan, because she asked He Xuan to help the craftsman to draw the gold thread a few days ago.

My lord likes beautiful clothes, that day... Although it can't be arranged, but just like Qing Niang did back then, Xie Yi still wanted to prepare a wedding dress for herself.

Unexpectedly, He Xuan was told to keep it quiet and let his father know.

Maybe it's not just the father.

Thinking about it this way, since it was given to her by her own father, Xieyi nodded a little, glanced at the mahogany box on the table, and said, "Father, why do I need 10 catties, it's just... just making clothes, one catty is enough Can't run out."

"One catty is enough, use more, and keep it if you don't use it up," Qiao Wang said, "Father knows that you spend a lot of money. At home... thanks to the kindness of your lord, you are also well-off now. We can use as much as we can."

In charge of the glass workshop and crystal business, although Zhu Yuan adjusted his shares several times and gave most of the benefits to the royal family, the dividends that Qiao Wang can get are still amazing.

Everything in the Qiao family is because of their daughter. Qiao Wang feels that no matter how much money is spent on Xieyi, it is right.

Hearing what his father said, Xieyi could only nod.

Too shy to talk about it.

Fortunately, Luoshui appeared in time, interrupting Qiao Wang's thoughts of trying to ask more questions.

Seeing the appearance of the father and daughter, Luo Shui immediately guessed something and didn't point it out. He just greeted Qiao Wang with a smile.

Then get down to business.

"I brought three carts of leather materials in total," Qiao Wang said, and pushed another cloth bag that was originally placed next to the mahogany box to the two women: "Look, these are the shapes, there are 26 kinds in total, and cowhide, Sheep skin, dog skin, rabbit skin, etc., as well as tiger skin, bear skin, wolf skin, leopard skin, python skin, and goat skin are rare. The same kind of skin has different tanning methods, and the leather is also different. The name is good. Bad, the price, it’s all written on the appearance.”

Xieyi just let her father sit down, and she and Luoshui stood by the coffee table and took out leather samples from the package one by one.

These are for making bags.

After Zhu Yuan came up with the idea, he became the hands-off shopkeeper. However, under the management of several women, the preparations for Guanjufang have been advancing.
Taking out a stack of leather materials marked with text annotations and tasting them with Luo Shui, he found a piece of shark skin and remembered: "Father, didn't your lord say that this shark skin should be handed over to the military supply?"

"It's decided like this," Qiao Wang said while sitting on a chair next to him, holding a cup of tea: "But since sharks have become a monopoly, no matter the shark's fin or others, the price has been rising day by day. Businessmen are always chasing profits. Some of them will flow into the people. Heh, Dad knows the seriousness, so don’t touch them. What you two see is that they are imported from overseas. Recently, many caravans have returned from Koryo, Japan, and they have circumvented the rules.”

"It's better not to," Xie Yi still shook her head: "Others can bend the rules, but our family... we should be more cautious, after all, it is the adults who make the decision."

Qiao Wang nodded with a smile, and said: "If so, I'm afraid you won't be able to use the cowhide. It is also a military supply, and it is also sold from outside the territory. At present, our Ming Dynasty is not allowed to do business with outside the Great Wall."

Freehand gestured in front of his eyes: "There are many kinds of materials, and there is no shortage of one or two."

Qiao Wang pointed: "Look at that leather, you two. If it's used as a package, that's the best. Other leathers will age after a long time, and this leather is the most durable. I also heard from the fur dealer that in ancient times, If you make a big drum out of this leather, the sound can be heard for tens of miles, intimidating the enemy's mind and making them collapse without fighting. Now... the drums are all made of cowhide, which is useless."

Qiao Wang was amazed, but Luo Shui laughed: "Uncle Qiao, if that big drum can capture people's mind, why only capture the enemy and not your own soldiers?"

Hearing what Luo Shui said, Xieyi laughed along with her.

Only then did Qiao Wang realize the problem, and he also smiled: "It's all just jokes, but this leather material is really good, it's not the little dragon in our big river, it was introduced by the ancient family, and it was brought from Fujian in the south. It's true that the dragon can grow up to two feet, and there's a whole piece of skin in the car outside."

While talking, the two women also found the leather samples, looked at them casually, and couldn't help shaking their heads: "The texture is too irregular."

Luo Shui glanced over: "Isn't it pretty?"

After thinking about it for a while, I insisted on my own opinion: "It's not good-looking."

Luo Shui said with a smile: "My lord has taught me. From now on, if we say that the texture is good-looking, it is good-looking."

Remember it freehand.

Ok.

This is called...aesthetic discourse power.

The two women looked at each other, and Qiao Wang mentioned another one: "There are also craftsmen such as gold and silver tanners. There are always craftsmen from the north who send them, but there is no shortage. That's right, you said that the weaver lady and the embroiderer or something My daughter, my father just thought, instead of bothering to hire someone, why not just buy some, there are all sizes there, isn’t the green island on the east side of the lake leveled out, the steam workshop is no longer there, your workshop, just You can put it there."

Qiao Wang wanted to put the glass workshop in Cuizhou at the beginning, but Zhu Yuan didn't agree, but he still remembered it.

Nodding freely: "Father and Sister Luoshui have thought about the matter of the workshop, and the adults have agreed. Buying someone..." As he spoke, he glanced at Luoshui, who didn't seem to hear, and focused on admiring the appearance of the leather in his hand , and said freely: "...I need to talk to adults about this."

Qiao Wang noticed her daughter's small movements and didn't urge her, but said a few more words: "It's good to buy a man. He can work and serve. In the future, if you marry someone and have a child, you will have a family and a child. Now that you have a family Only those who have children can be considered a big family, and children born in a family are more loyal than outsiders."

While talking, the samples were quickly read.

I don't have any more ideas for the time being, and I plan to make them into bags to try out the effect.

Luoshui took the initiative to ask the servants to move the three carts of leather to the inner house. Here, the father and daughter of Xieyi were left. They found the shark skin again and fiddled with it. As soon as I advise you, you can't ignore many rules just because you rely on the lord, the lord seems to be informal, but in fact, he has always been cautious inside, and our family can't cause him trouble."

Qiao Wang was stunned.

In the past, his daughter had said similar words explicitly or secretly, but he felt that it seemed to be different today.

Nodding solemnly: "Father remembers, it's also... oh, no, no."

But the freehand brushwork didn't stop: "There's still money, Dad, you can't care too much about it, no matter how much money you have, you can't rely on it. My lord said that with my brother's ability, I can expect to be a marquis in the future. This is the Qiao family." The real great future can be passed on for a hundred years, if there is no such thing, no matter how much money you have, how can you keep it?"

Qiao Wang nodded again, and looked at his daughter inquiringly.

Xie Yi blushed, thinking about it, she still said: "My lord..." At this point, he paused, and looked outside the door, before continuing: "Father, my lord... I want to have an heir early, and... ...I'm not going to say anything else, anyway...there will be next month."

Xieyi didn't say it, but Qiao Wang understood it. He was a little excited for a moment, and nodded like a garlic: "Father understands, girl, father goes back... I won't go out in the next few days, so I must reflect on it. Sigh, what did you say?" , Dad really should reflect on it, when he was in... the Wang family, Dad was not so unsteady. Girl, don't worry, even if Dad dies immediately, it will not delay you and your brother."

Xieyi quickly waved her hand: "What did the father say, the daughter just... as long as the father understands."

"Understood, understood," Qiao Wang nodded again, glanced outside the courtyard, paused, and said, "Then... Miss Luoshui, you are smart, you are not as good as you, and you need to put more thought into it on weekdays. Don't really take your heart and lungs out of guard, remember?"

Xieyi knew that her father was thinking of herself, but she didn't want to talk about Luoshui in private, so she just nodded slightly.

Having said that, after the leather materials were moved, he sent his father away, and Xieyi brought two servants carrying boxes of gold wire to his own room in the inner house, put the boxes away, and began to busy with many daily affairs in the mansion.

until noon.

My lord returned, waited on him for dinner, and waited for Zhu Yuan to take a nap before returning to his room in the East Wing.

He also brought several other women with the best needlework in the house to help sew clothes together.

In fact, when Xieyi is busy, you can also arrange them to do these things. However, Xieyi, who is not stingy in other aspects on weekdays, is uncharacteristic of this. You must watch it yourself before letting everyone do it.

Leave blank to enter the door.

Seeing a group of girls around the table threading the red wedding dress, they moved up and started to help, but there was a resentful expression on their faces, and they muttered: "I hate to press the gold thread every year to make wedding dresses for others. "

Xieyi glanced over, and said angrily, "You are the only one who knows a lot of sentences."

As for the matter on the third day of next month, Xie Yi secretly calculated it in private.

It's still my lord's...that one, in which there are sayings such as the first seven and the second eight, so I found that... my life is not quite right.

It's blank, just right.

However, Xieyi did not give in this time.

Even if it is a good sister who is closer than a real sister.

Not for myself, but...for the children.

After the adults in my family have no idea of ​​getting married, in this house, the eldest son and the second son...there is a huge difference.

Liu Bai was reprimanded, and she stuck out her tongue coquettishly, but her hands were more careful than other girls. In fact, she knew that after the completion of this set, it would be her own. She gestured to the main room and said sourly: "I have to call over and hug me during my afternoon nap, I'm addicted to eating."

The embroidery needle in Xieyi's hand gestured towards Liubai's small mouth: "Chew this again, I will really prick you."

Liu Bai pouted, but really didn't say anything more.

Not to mention Xieyi, but he was secretly muttering in his heart, as if... Your Excellency seems to be... better today, maybe, that can really make up for your weak body.