Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 251 "Gold Mountain"

Mai Xiang thought that Yongen was looking for her as a newspaper, and hurried to the palace, but what Yongen told her was another piece of good news. The Kunqu opera adapted from "Dream of Red Mansions" has been approved by the Queen Mother and can be performed publicly. up.

Mai Xiang was naturally happy when she heard the news. In this way, more and more people will pay attention to "The Story of the Stone" and "Dream of Red Mansions", paving the way for Mai Xiang to publish books in the future.

"Brother-in-law, this is a good thing, why do you still look a little unhappy?" Mai Xiang looked at Yong En's depressed brows and asked.

"It's okay, my brother-in-law called you here just to make you happy. I know you are most concerned about this. I will send someone to pick up your husband tomorrow to discuss specific matters." Yongen twitched his lips.

"By the way, brother-in-law, just now Mr. Ji went to my place and talked about the newspaper. Don't worry, I don't live by this anyway. I just want to do something, and I don't care if I can't. I can change it. Yes." Mai Xiang thought that the other party was in trouble because of this, so she told Ji Xiaolan what she said.

But Yong En obviously didn't know about this matter, he smiled and said: "Sister, don't worry, since the emperor went to find someone from the Imperial Academy, it means that the emperor is seriously considering this matter, sister just needs to wait patiently. Alright, my sister will go talk to your sister, I have nothing else to do."

Mai Xiang looked at Yong En, and seeing that the other party didn't want to continue talking, she said, "I just happened to go to my sister, and I brought money to my sister. The factory is on holiday, so I've settled the account."

"Holiday? Holiday so early?" Yong En was obviously a little surprised, he knew that Mai Xiang's printing factory was very profitable, and this girl has always been very business-minded, so he didn't know where she came up with these ghostly ideas.

"It's too cold this winter, the ink is easy to freeze, and it's inconvenient to work. It's better to have a holiday earlier and save some coal money."

"You don't have enough coal?" Yong En asked.

"It's not enough, what else is not enough? Brother-in-law's house doesn't have enough coal?" Mai Xiang noticed Yong En's wording.

"It's not that I'm not enough. It's because the palace has increased a lot this year. Silver is a trivial matter. The key is to prepare according to the amount prepared in previous years. I'm worried that there will be some shortages this year, but I can't buy good ones for a while. Besides, this winter is very special. Cold, the price of coal and charcoal has risen. I heard that the supply of small coal kilns and small charcoal kilns in the suburbs of Beijing is somewhat in short supply. A few days ago, many people froze to death because of rushing to dig coal. The emperor was furious when he found out. The residents of the town may have to ration their supply of coal in a few days."

Most households in Beijing still prefer to burn coal for heating, because coal burns for a long time and is durable. Of course, coal is also cheaper than charcoal.

As for people in the countryside to keep warm, most of them use firewood to burn kangs, because it doesn't cost money, and they go directly to the mountains to chop, which is how Mai Xiang and the others came here in the countryside.

"Ah? What's more? I don't know, the coal and charcoal in my house were prepared by Huai Ci before he entered the Imperial College." Mai Xiang frowned slightly, remembering Li Shi's words that day.

After hearing this, Yong En glanced at Mai Xiang, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that kid to be careful."

"By the way, brother-in-law, so our porcelain factory will also be shut down?" Mai Xiang asked.

Porcelain factories generally use coal, and the charcoal fire cannot reach the high temperature of firing porcelain.

"I plan to have a holiday until the end of this month." Yongen rubbed his temples with both hands. He has a lot of problems. Every year at the end of the year, the palace needs a batch of porcelain. In addition to using it for ourselves, it also needs to be rewarded to princes and ministers , In addition, in addition to porcelain, there are various metal smelting, which one does not use coal?
Mai Xiang knew that he was in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Don't look at him as a fat job, but if he made a mistake, he would be over if he was not careful. After thinking about it, Mai Xiang asked carefully: "Brother-in-law, do you still remember that winter when we went to Datong, Shanxi? Plague?"

"Of course I remember." Yong En raised his head and looked at Mai Xiang with some surprise, he knew that Mai Xiang's words would not be for nothing.

"That, that, when I made medicine for everyone there last time, I found that the local residents burned large pieces of coal. They said they picked it up on the mountain over there. I heard that there are everywhere on the mountain over there. Brother-in-law, how about Buy a few mines from there, in this way, not only will it be convenient for the capital to use coal in the future, but the coal in several nearby cities will be enough, and the scenery and water sources in the suburbs of Beijing will not be destroyed.”

"It really happened?" Yong En was excited.

"Of course, I watched them cook the medicine, and I also asked them carefully."

"Then why didn't you say so earlier?"

"Brother-in-law, I didn't dare to say it before. Now I will see my brother-in-law worrying, and I can't care less about it. There is just one thing, I don't want this money. It's not that I am noble, but that I am an ordinary person and have too much money." It’s easy to be jealous.”

Yong En looked at Mai Xiang for a few seconds, saw that there was no one in the room, and suddenly stepped forward to give Mai Xiang a hug, but quickly let go of Mai Xiang, even so, Mai Xiang was also petrified.

"Sister, don't be afraid, I have no other intentions. Well, let me go with you to see your sister, thank you for finding such a good sister for me." Yongen pushed Mai Xiang out of the study Come out and enter Uladomin's room.

"Go down." After entering the room, Yong En ordered the maid in the room to go out.

"My lord was still frowning just now, but now I see my sister smiling so happily, it must be my sister who gave me some good ideas." Uladomin was also very clever, and said with a smile.

"Thank you Madam for recognizing a good sister. Just now I was excited and wanted to give my sister a good hug, but it seemed to scare my sister. Madam hugged this sister for my husband. My sister is really my lucky star." Yong En pushed Mai Xiang to the In front of Uladomin.

Uladomin really reached out and hugged Mai Xiang, and said with a smile, "I knew from the beginning that my sister is my lucky star."

"Sister, brother-in-law, the two of you are still going on, which made me get goosebumps all over the floor. I came to give my sister a bank note. It seems that my sister is so happy that she doesn't want the bank note anymore."

"What is this money, my sister solved a big problem for me, but what my sister said just now is good, too much money is easy to make people hate, I have to discuss this with the relatives outside. Take a moment." Yong En hurried out after finishing speaking.

"Sister, what good idea did you come up with?" Uladomin took Mai Xiang's hand and sat down. She really missed Mai Xiang.

"I gave my brother-in-law a golden mountain, and it depends on whether he dares to take it." Mai Xiang laughed.

"De Xing, you are panting when you say you are fat." Uladomin pinched Mai Xiang's face.

"This is true. If you don't believe me, you can find out by asking your brother-in-law."

"What you said is true?" Now it was Uladomin's turn to be stunned.She took it for granted that Mai Xiang gave them a gold mine, and this was not a surprise, but a shock.

"Jinbei Le Fujin has arrived." The maidservant's voice sounded outside, and then opened the curtain.

As soon as the servant girl's voice fell, Amu Xin walked in.

"What's real or fake?"

"I said I'm going back to the countryside. I'm here to deliver bank notes to you shareholders. The second sister happened to be here too, so I'll save you a trip." Take Amu Xin's child.

"Little Gege, my aunt is here to bring you dowry money." Mai Xiang laughed while hugging the child, then took out two envelopes from her sleeve pocket and handed them to Amuxin and Ula Duomin respectively.

Amu Xin gave a chuckle when she heard this, and said with a glaring look at Mai Xiang, "Don't talk nonsense, my little Gege can talk, be careful that she will never talk to you again after she understands."

"Hey, isn't that what you said? It's just nonsense when it comes to my mouth. Is there any reason for it? I'm giving money, and it won't be good if I give money."

"The main reason is that your second sister doesn't like the little money of my younger sister. I smiled when I gave her the banknote." Uladomin joked from the side.

"Okay, you two join forces to laugh at me, and tomorrow I will open a business to make money, and I will pull you to buy shares, and see what expressions you have when you receive the banknote from me." Amu Xin pointed Grinding his teeth with Maixiang and Uladomin.

"Second Sister, you'd better take our little Gege at home. You don't need to worry about these small things. You don't have to worry about seeing Eldest Sister. It's fine if I suffer alone. Anyway, I will help you two."

Uladomin moved Mai Xiang's face with a smile and said, "Oh, it's so pitiful to say that, just now your brother-in-law asked me to give you a good hug. Come on, big sister loves you very much."

"No, big sister, you better stop torturing me." Mai Xiang ran away from Uladomin.

"Brother-in-law wants you to hug Mai Xiang, this is new, why?" Amu Xin winked at Mai Xiang.

"By the way, I heard from my brother-in-law that Kunqu opera "A Dream of Red Mansions" will be performed publicly in the tea garden. How about I invite you two to watch the play?" Mai Xiang quickly changed the subject.

"Nonsense, is this the place we can go?" Uladomin immediately lowered his face and scolded Mai Xiang.

"Can't you go?" Mai Xiang seemed to remember that Qianlong took his biological mother's micro-clothes to visit the theater on TV, so it was fabricated.

"You have to think about it. My sister will call a group of people to sing at home some other day. You can listen to whatever you want." Uladomin hurriedly changed his tone for fear of scaring Mai Xiang.

"Forget it. If there is nothing else to do tomorrow, I will go back to the countryside. My eighth uncle and a cousin are getting married." Mai Xiang shook her head hurriedly.

She wanted to go to the tea garden, but she just wanted to see the ancient theaters, not to watch operas at all, she really didn't have any interest in operas.

"Leaving so soon? Where is the Chinese New Year?" Amu Xin hurriedly asked.

"If the weather is bad, I'll be in the country, so I don't want to bother." Mai Xiang guessed that Liu's body is not suitable for tossing.

"Is that so, won't there be a chance to hear your jokes in this first lunar month?" Amu Xin felt a little regretful.

"Second sister, you are very busy during the first month, how can you have time to talk to me?" Mai Xiang gave A Muxin a sideways look.

"What are you talking about? It's so lively, I can hear your laughter from afar." Hong Rong and Yong En came in.

(End of this chapter)