Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 248 The First Problem

After Mrs. Liu returned home, she asked a doctor to take medicine and lay still for half a month before her body slowly recovered, and Jiufeng's marriage was put on hold for the time being.

When Jiufeng saw her mother was sickened by her anger, she also knew regret and felt distressed, and she poured tea and water at the front of the kang every day to serve her.

Under such circumstances, Bafu dared to point to Mrs. Liu to go back to help him manage the marriage, so he had to take Mai Xiang and Mrs. Li out to buy a few times, and roughly got everything in order. People go back to the countryside first.

After Bafu went back, Ye Dafu naturally knew about the situation in the capital, so he hurried to the capital, watched Liu eat a bowl of porridge, and heard the doctor's promise that the patient was fine, but he could not suffer any more. Any stimulation, Ye Dafu then pulled Mai Xiang to ask the reason carefully.

"What? She wants to marry Prince Li?" Ye Dafu's reaction was [-]% unexpected. He knew that his sister was a bit delicate, lazy, and vain, but he never expected that she would be so childish and stupid.

"What should I do, what should I do?" Ye Dafu sat on the edge of the kang, clenched his fist with his right hand, and kept beating on the edge of the kang.

"Grandpa hasn't stopped persuading her these days, and the fifth and eighth uncles, my aunt also cried and agreed to marry the Wu family when she saw Mammy like this, but the Wu family didn't want to marry this family anymore."

"Does the Wu family know the reason?"

"That's not true. The young man of the Wu family thought that the old aunt looked down on him. Moreover, he later learned from his sister-in-law that the old aunt's outfit cost 40 taels of silver. He said he couldn't afford the old aunt."

Later, the young man from the Wu family asked the matchmaker to pass it over. At first he thought that the Ye family was also a small family, but when he met Jiufeng, he also thought that the girl was very fair and beautiful, and she sat there quietly, smiling shyly. The Wu family guy really hit it off.

Later, at the restaurant, Jiufeng refused to marry in public. After analysis by the women of the Wu family, most of them felt that Jiufeng disliked the Wu family, because they had analyzed the things on Jiufeng, and a good brocade fox fur coat cost 30. An extra tael of silver, a pair of gold bracelets, and pearls on her head are not cheap. How could such a little girl fall in love with the Wu family?The items on any woman in the Wu family are not as valuable as Jiufeng's.

Besides, the conditions of the Ye family are here. Even Mai Xiang, a serious girl who is about to marry into the Wan family, came in in a cotton dress, and even though she changed into a silk dress under Liu's explicit instruction, she was nothing. It is made of ordinary material, and only a few colored threads are used on the hair. Not only does Mai Xiang belong to Wan's family, but she is also taken care of by Prince Li.

The young man from the Wu family is also smart. Hearing this, how dare he marry Jiufeng? He is just a bastard, and an unfavored bastard. He is now running the shop for his father, and his father's salary for him is only 50 yuan a year. How could he support Jiufeng with two silver coins?He also wanted to find someone who could bear hardships and manage the house, so that he could live his life slowly in the future and secretly buy some property outside.

Of course, Mai Xiang and the others don't know these specific details, and Mai Xiang didn't tell Liu Shi the original words of the Wu family boy. I'm afraid she will have to lie down again.

"Then what should we do now? Your old aunt has become your mother's heart disease, your old aunt has no good home, and your mother's illness is not cured." Ye Dafu looked at Mai Xiang, he knew that Mai Xiang always had ideas.

"Father, don't ask me, it's impossible for me to match this matter." Mai Xiang has been annoyed by Jiufeng several times in the past few days, and now she wants to take a detour when she sees Jiufeng.

"Father is not so foolish as to want to climb up to Prince Li. What I want to say is, since your old aunt agrees to marry the Wu family boy, can you ask someone to make peace, or ask someone to find another family background?" Quite a family." After Ye Dafu finished speaking, he also felt that it was too unreasonable for a young girl to worry about this matter, so he patted himself on the head a few times and went out to find Jiufeng.

Ye Dafu's heart clenched when he saw the little girl who had lost weight after only a few months of seeing her, kneeling in front of him. He couldn't say what he wanted to reprimand her. What's more, Jiufeng cried and promised him, " For my mother, I am willing to marry."

In the end, I don't know what Ye Dafu said to Liu Shi and Ye Tiezhu. In short, three days after Ye Dafu came, Ye Dafu took them back to the countryside. Anyway, the happy day of the eight blessings is not far away.

Mai Xiang did not go back to the countryside with them this time, because she encountered the first difficulty since starting a business.

The sales of newspapers these days are not ideal. Although Mai Xiang came up with an idea and hired ten beggars from the capital to help them sell them along the streets, the effect is still not satisfactory. A newspaper priced at five cents It takes a thousand copies to sell without losing money, but the current sales volume is only two to three hundred copies, and the two to three hundred copies include about a hundred copies sold in bookstores.

As a last resort, Mai Xiang sent it for free for five days, but the effect after five days was still unsatisfactory.

After summarizing for a long time, Mai Xiang felt that the biggest drawback should be the problem of the newspaper itself, and the content of the newspaper itself is not attractive.There are not many literate people in this era, and the vast majority of scholars go to scientific research, and the rest are some officials and merchants. For them, of course, it is the state affairs and government affairs that attract their attention. Although the gossip news is also curious, but it is more of a passing, they will not spend money to buy such useless information, after all, people still have to do serious business.

Thinking of this, Mai Xiang went to find Ji Xiaolan and Hong Rong a few times, and when she came back, she made a handwritten newspaper and a detailed instruction manual, and then she took these things to find Yong En.

"You're crazy, didn't I tell you not to interfere in government affairs, why do you make arbitrary comments on the contents of the mansion newspaper? Also, you, a little girl, can also comment on these news?" Yongen glanced at the headline roughly, Then he yelled at Mai Xiang.

"Brother-in-law, don't be impatient. Listen to me. Read this article. I discussed the customs and customs of the Western Regions. The Western Regions are vast and sparsely populated. A large amount of land is barren. The few people there The nation is still nomadic for a living. If the people in the interior can reclaim the land, we can grow a large amount of crops such as cotton, wheat, melons and fruits. In this way, these things can be sold to the ethnic minorities in the Western Regions or Persia farther away , Luocha Kingdom, etc., so that we can exchange for the horses, cattle and sheep or silver we need.”

"Who did you listen to?" Yong En asked.

"Of course it's the master and the second brother-in-law." Mai Xiang was actually just looking for a cover.

"and then?"

"I mean, it's not all bad to talk about government affairs. In this way, at least the people can know what the court is thinking and doing. Confucius said it well. Three people must have my teacher. If the people have something Good suggestions can be submitted to the newspapers. Is this okay? I will send a copy of the daily newspaper to my brother-in-law, and my brother-in-law will send it to the palace, so that the emperor can know what the people care about. I will do this, too. Share your worries for the emperor. Still take the Western Regions as an example. If the Silk Road in the Western Regions becomes prosperous again, it will definitely promote a lot of border trade, and we will earn a lot of money. Not only that, if the fertile land in the Western Regions is reclaimed, our The army doesn’t have to travel thousands of miles to collect food and grass from here.”

Yong En listened to Mai Xiang's words without comment, but just looked at Mai Xiang, Mai Xiang was not guilty at all this time, she went to Ji Xiaolan's house on Zhushikou West Street and Jinbeile Mansion in Xisan Hutong several times.

"Brother-in-law, you can discuss this with the emperor in private. If not, I will give up and stop running the newspaper." Mai Xiang bet that Qianlong at this time was still a diligent emperor who could listen to other people's opinions.

Of course, Mai Xiang's goal is not for the Western Regions. She knows that the Western Regions will start a large-scale farming campaign under Agui's rectification in a few years. In this way, Qianlong may still hear some different opinions, and know what the people outside are thinking, so that he will not be too rejoicing, nor will he be too closed-minded.

Of course, this is just Mai Xiang's idea. As for whether the butterfly's wings can be flapped, Mai Xiang is not sure. No matter what, she tried her best.

"Sister, are you still interested in the matter of the bank?" Yong En asked while holding the explanatory report in Mai Xiang's hand.

"Forget it, I don't have the energy now. If my brother-in-law wants to do it, I can get a share." Mai Xiang doesn't want to be greedy, she has enough to attract the attention of others.

"I don't understand, you girl is not good to eat or wear, what do you want these money for?" Yong En looked at Mai Xiang and shook his head.

"Who says I don't eat well or wear clothes? I have a good sister who takes care of everything for me." Mai Xiang laughed.

What Mai Xiang told was the truth, Uladomin really didn’t tell Mai Xiang, she wanted to get food and clothing, and whenever there was something new in the season, she always gave Mai Xiang a copy.

Of course, Mai Xiang did not treat her badly. At least this year, the dividends of the porcelain factory were much higher. After the British shipped the batch of porcelain back last time, they placed another big order. This kind of bone china They think that it is more luxurious than ordinary white porcelain, and it is more suitable for British nobles.

This is because at this time, the official kilns in Jingdezhen are only producing for the royal family. Not only are the prices of those official kilns even more outrageous, but they usually can’t buy them. Of course, the porcelain from ordinary kilns can’t compete with Mai Xiang’s. Compared with bone china, and the things designed by Mai Xiang are somewhat modern, so it is not surprising that they are sought after by foreigners.

"Just having a good sister?" Yong En looked at Mai Xiang and asked.

Mai Xiang chuckled and was about to speak when Uladomin brought the children in.

(End of this chapter)