After a while, Kou Weisha stopped smiling. She looked at Guo Dan in confusion.

"They are usually very smart, at least smarter than my father and I. Why do they always... in front of you..."

"greedy!"

Guo Dan gave the answer without any hesitation, "Of course it's because of greed that they can't go through the process of passing by Marseille again. There is no doubt that this is very painful."

Kou Weisha nodded slightly and said, "I think there is another reason."

Guo Tan asked: "What's the reason?"

"Because you are even more greedy." Kou Weisha smiled with a pursed lips.

Guo Dan was stunned for a moment and laughed a few times, "Those who gave birth to me were parents, and those who knew me were wife!"

At this time, Kou Yi walked in, "Son-in-law, young lady."

"You are here!"

Guo Dan's expression was calm and said, "I need you to go to Tianjin Wei and buy some textile workshops. Remember, the most important thing is the textile workers and craftsmen. You have been with me for so long, so you should know how to do it."

After hearing this, Kou Yi asked, "Did you set out recently?"

Guo Tan asked: "Is there any problem?"

Kou Yi said embarrassedly: "Son-in-law, now... it's going to be the New Year."

"New Year?"

Guo Dan was a little stunned and looked at Kou Weisha again.

Kou Weisha nodded.

"That's how it works!"

Guo Dan shrugged and smiled, "Don't worry, I will never let you work alone during the New Year. This is unfair."

Kou Yi said secretly: "Thank you, my son-in-law."

Guo Tan nodded with a smile and said, "So no one in our Yashang Store will celebrate the New Year's Day this year, including me and my wife."

“……!”

The smile on Kou Yi's face suddenly stiffened.

"What are you kidding? I'm thinking about New Year's Day at this time?"

Guo Dan said with a serious expression: "Do you know how much money the Yashang earns and expenses are now? Do you know how much we will lose if we build a new racecourse and a new textile workshop one day later? On the contrary, do you know how much more we will earn? The money lost on this day alone is enough for you to celebrate the festival every day in your life.

I don’t object to your expectations for the festival, but I hope you can forget this year and do your work well with all your heart. There are all that year, but opportunities are not often available. Prepare and set off today. I will arrange a carriage to take you over."

"Yes, son-in-law."

Kou Yi nodded quickly.

Guo Dan became serious, but no one dared to get into trouble.

After Kou Yi went down, Guo Dan turned his head to look at Kou Weisha, and saw her frowning at her and asked, "Why do you look at me like this? Do you think I'm too mean?"

Kou Weisha was stunned and shook her head gently: "Actually, I am doing things every year during the New Year. I just think you have changed a lot from a year ago."

Guo Tan smiled and said, "Actually, I have not changed at all. I have always been very persistent in everything. Whether it is on the road to pursuing you to support me or on the road to raising you, I am focused and moving forward."

Kou Weisha's face turned slightly red, she rolled her eyes slightly, and said shyly.

Guo Dan is not joking. If Kou Yi didn't mention it, he would have forgotten the New Year. As the boss, he really hates the employees about the holidays at this time, because he feels that the employees are not eager for money enough, so he immediately told everyone in Yaxing that they forgot the existence of the New Year. This year, no day is special for Yaxing.

Not only that, he also reminded Chen Ping that he hoped to see New Year's Eve or the first day of the Lunar New Year, the new horse racing area would be added to the tiles, so that they could keep their celebration until after the project was over.

Of course, the wages during the New Year holiday triple.

This wage is a lot nowadays.

It is not that he is kind, but that he hopes to arouse everyone's desire for money and equate time with money.

Although Guo Dan doesn't know much about history, he still knows the major events in history. At least he knows what is happening in the West now. People there are desperately producing and fighting the sea with their lives. They are continuing to fight for the silver mines in South America, moths and flames. They can dominate the world for hundreds of years, which is definitely not luck.

Although during this period, the Eastern world was not peaceful, and there were many people who died due to disasters, wars, and the difference was that if people survived, they could have gold and silver mines. However, the people here only had an extra whip to survive, and their death was meaningless.

Of course, the couple set an example, working from morning to night every day, without any slacking off for a moment.

What's funny is that the court seems to have entered the rhythm of the New Year, and the officials have become lazy. They have put more energy on going home to prepare New Year's goods. Even the officials who negotiated with Guo Dan are not very focused.

.....

Dong Pavilion.

"The New Year is coming soon. Haven't you negotiated with Guo Dan yet?"

Shen Shixing put down his pen, took a sip of tea, and asked Wang Jiaping while he was free.

Wang Jiaping shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Today Guo Tian went to the Ministry of Works to watch the process of making cotton armor. He hoped to be very accurate in the use of materials so that it would be possible to establish a contract. It would probably take several days for the officials to negotiate with him, but they couldn't stand it."

"He can really make trouble."

Shen Shixing laughed a few times and said, "But will this delay the construction period? After all, Qiuchu has to send cotton armor to Liaodong."

Wang Jiaping said: "I reminded him, but he would rather put this time on the establishment of a contract."

Shen Shixing nodded.

At this time, Yu Youding suddenly said, "By the way! The Ministry of Revenue said that the New Year Festival has dropped, and there are a lot of goods parked at the wharf. Many things were done by Jiang Shiyou and the others. After they left, there was no one to make up for them, resulting in many things being delayed."

Originally, such a small matter was not a problem for the cabinet, but because Jiang Shiyou and the others were judged by the cabinet, the officials below did not dare to make decisions without authorization.

"Although these teeth are hateful, they are really indispensable."

Shen Shixing shook his head and said, "Let them hand in a list. This time our cabinet will make a reservation. Let them make a reservation, but I'm afraid that some Jiang Shiyou will be selected."

......

As the evening approached, Guo Dan came out of the Ministry of Works, and there were several old men next to him. These old men used to be responsible for identifying silk and cotton teeth in the dental shop.

"Son-in-law, this cotton armor is really hard to make. It needs skillful craftsmen to make it. We have to arrange it as soon as possible, otherwise it will definitely be too late!"

A tooth man wiped his sweat and said to Guo Dan.

This cotton armor is actually a composite armor, compressed with cotton, cowhide and paper. It is not as simple as making clothes. The process is very complicated. If you pursue perfection, the workmanship must be very strict and fine. It requires many skillful craftsmen to complete it. Ordinary craftsmen will definitely not be able to do it.

"You don't have to worry about this."

Guo Dan said: "What you need to do is to determine how much cotton, how much cowhide, how much paper is used for this cotton armor, and the material standards for each material. I need you to formulate a specific inspection process."

"Yes, I understand."

As soon as he left the imperial city area, a familiar figure flashed into Guo Dan's vision. He couldn't help but stop. After a while, he said to those tooths: "You go back first, I have something to do."

As he said that, he walked up the side, came to a Taoist nun, and bowed, "Mr. Wusi."

"It's you!"

Aunt Xu looked back and asked again: "Why are you here?"

Guo Dan's eyes turned and said truthfully: "The court hopes to contract Liaodong cotton armor for me. I just talked about the contract with them."

Aunt Xu nodded slightly.

Guo Tan smiled and said, "Sir, shouldn't layman congratulate me?"

Aunt Xu shook her head and said, "This is not worth congratulations."

Guo Dan frowned and said, "Why is this?"

Aunt Xu hesitated and said nothing.

Guo Dan hurriedly bowed and said, "I hope the layman will inform you."

Aunt Xu said, "You are a businessman, you should understand. If this transaction is easy to do, there will definitely be other merchants who will fight for it. How can you get away with it? You can do it yourself. I will say goodbye first."

Say it, she nodded slightly and was about to leave.

After leaving a sentence, how could Guo Dan let him go? He hurriedly caught up and asked, "Lapishman, this transaction was taken by the court to do it on his own initiative, not by me."

Aunt Xu just nodded softly.

Don't "um", I'm so nervous. Guo Dan said again: "Since the court took the initiative to contract it to me, there should be no problem."

Aunt Xu said: "Do you know how far it is from the capital to Liaodong?"

Guo Tan said: "I don't know very well, but at least I have to go for half a month."

Aunt Xu asked again: "Do you know how many governments you have to pass along the way?"

Guo Dan shook her head.

Aunt Xu said: "Even if you change a route, it will cause a lot of struggles, let alone a person you don't know. Maybe for you, it's just a deal, but for many people, it's a heavy loss."

Guo Dan frowned and said, "But the Liaodong Cotton Armor case has just happened not long ago."

The implication is to imply that they dare not commit crimes against the wind.

Aunt Xu smiled but said nothing.

Guo Dan said: "Am I wrong?"

Aunt Xu said, "You are just a small businessman. How can you deal with you be so open and upright?"

Guo Dan opened his eyes and thought to himself, it is easy to avoid this open gun, but it is difficult to prevent hidden arrows!

Aunt Xu suddenly stopped and looked at the street not far away.

Guo Dan followed her gaze and saw a group of people riding horses towards the imperial city on the street and asked, "Who are they?"

Aunt Xu glanced at him, "You dare to take on this deal if you don't even recognize him?"

Guo Tan said: "Is this deal related to him?"

Aunt Xu said: "The old man in charge is Li Chengliang, the general of Liaodong. The last time he froze to death due to cotton armor was his soldiers."

Li Chengliang? This name seems to be a bit familiar.

Guo Dan pondered for a moment, "Oh, I remember, isn't Li Chengliang the ancestor of the Qing Dynasty?" He couldn't help but look at the old man more, and saw that the old man had a mixed hair, a leopard head and a tiger whisker. Although he was over the age of knowing his destiny, he was in good spirits and was full of majesty when riding on a horse.
Chapter completed!