After hearing Liu Jian's compliment, Emperor Hongzhi looked happy and nodded, "Come on, please bring the prince and the reign of the family."

After saying that, Emperor Hongzhi sat down and looked energetic.

It just touched Queen Zhang's gaze, but I couldn't help but feel a little short of breath.

If I had known this, it would have been better for Queen Zhang to avoid it in front of Liu Jian and others.

Queen Zhang smiled and looked peaceful in her eyes.

But what would Queen Zhang think in her heart? According to Emperor Hongzhi’s understanding of her may not be as good as her face.

Emperor Hongzhi sighed: "The people are nothing more than food and clothing. With food and clothing, I have heard that the carriages in the West Mountain are now sold very well, and wealthy families have carriages to carry for transportation. Even ordinary people only need to pay a few dollars to ride in public carriages. But at present, the problem of living seems to be solved, and it is still a long time to go, but this clothing cannot be neglected."

Emperor Hongzhi paused and continued, "I have been thinking about how to solve it? Sometimes, the more I think about it, the more confused I am. A small piece of clothing is not a difficult task for me and the rest of my life, but it is very difficult for ordinary faith."

Liu Shan couldn't help but sigh: "There are countless people in the world. Each person has one piece of clothes, which is thousands of clothes. It is easy for one person to wear clothes, but it is not easy for millions of people to wear clothes."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded, thinking.

Although these millions of people made the Ming Dynasty prosperous and became the supreme country of the Celestial Empire, they had to know that their warmth and hunger were extremely difficult.

The so-called governing a great country is like cooking, which is truly not to deceive me.

After a while, he smiled and said, "At least let the people in the capital have a good winter."

He did not expect that the people in the capital would be able to be in peace next year, the year after next, ten years later, but at least, this year he would have such luck.

Liu Jian and others also smiled, showing satisfied smiles.

At this moment, Liu Jian suddenly remembered something and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, I don't know what title should I give to Duke Wang Shouren this time? The Ministry of Rites has formulated several things, and I hope Your Majesty will make an idea."

"Oh." Emperor Hongzhi said lightly: "I have read the memorials of the Ministry of Rites, but I feel that the few people from the Ministry of Rites are not beautiful. After thinking about it, I ordered him to be the Duke of Han."

"Korean Gong?" Liu was puzzled.

He said awkwardly: "Wang Shouren is originally from Yuyao, Zhejiang, and has nothing to do with Han."

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said, "What I am talking about is the vast sea."

The sea of ​​the sea

Liu Jian and others, familiar with classics and classics, immediately had taro.

The so-called Hanhai is the far north of the desert. In later generations, there was also a well-known name, Lake Baikal. Of course, in the Tang Dynasty, people referred to Hanhai as a general term to the north of the Mongolian Plateau desert and the central to the western region.

When it arrived in the Mongol Yuan, it was regarded as the Western Regions Desert.

But nowadays, it is mostly regarded as the Gobi Desert.

After historical changes, the word "Hunhai" is essentially related to Huo Qubing's entry into the desert and sealing the wolf's Juxu. It is said that Huo Qubing went deep into the desert and won consecutive battles. He held a ceremony to worship the sky in Langjuxu Mountain. After that, he continued to go deeper. He held a ceremony to worship the earth in Guyan Mountain, and the troops rushed to the vast sea.

It is actually named after Han. It is because His Majesty has greater expectations for Wang Shouren.

Liu Rong changed his mind and did not hesitate too much, and said, "I understand."

As he was talking, footsteps came from outside.

Through the clear floor-to-ceiling glass windows, Emperor Hongzhi saw Fang Jifan and the prince coming side by side.

When the two entered the hall, they all looked in the same face.

Especially Zhu Houzhao, her skin turned pale. After all, there were too many "steaming saunas" in the workshop. Her skin was so fair that she looked tired and weak.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned.

Queen Zhang's eyes lit up.

The two saluted.

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but hold a stern face and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Why is the prince so weak?"

Zhu Houzhao told the truth: "Weaving cloth."

Emperor Hongzhi's face turned red in an instant.

He actually said it.

Queen Zhang suddenly felt distressed, but in front of Liu Jian and others, Queen Zhang did not show any expression. Usually, all officials suspected that Queen Zhang was a jealous woman, so Queen Zhang naturally would not let them confirm in public.

Fang Jifan said with a smile: "Your Majesty"

"Okay, Jifan, you don't have to defend the prince. I know that this time, you two are accustomed to working hard. I have a bet with the prince, so this time it will be considered that the prince won."

Zhu Houzhao was only happy, and a cheerful locust curled up at the corners of her lips.

Queen Zhang smiled gently, but couldn't help but wonder, does the prince sometimes look like the late Emperor Chenghua? Why do you look stupid? This is not a bet, it is clearly a trap, just waiting for you and Fang Jifan to give away silver.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "I heard that the price of cloth is really cut in half."

"It's not just a halved cut." Zhu Houzhao said proudly: "According to this trend, I'm afraid I'll have to go down again."

Emperor Hongzhi took a breath in his heart when he was fond of the case. These two guys were cruel enough. How much money did they spend secretly?

What made him even more curious was where he bought so many cloths.

Emperor Hongzhi asked very directly: "How much money have you spent for this?"

Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan looked at each other.

How much money does it cost?

This is not easy to calculate.

Fang Jifan thought for a while and said, "I think it's tens of millions of taels."

"What." Emperor Hongzhi's face suddenly became a little stiff, and subconsciously suddenly became shocked.

These two are really a spendthrift. No matter what, they are, they are not worth tens of millions of taels.

Emperor Hongzhi glared at Fang Jifan.

Fang Jifan looked at Emperor Hongzhi's face with a little annoyed, and he was not afraid at all. Instead, he calmly said: "If you count the research on the steam engine."

When it comes to accounting, there are always macroscopic and microscopic differences. The first cotton spinning workshop can have today, and it is only obtained by the investment of the Steam Research Institute. In this way, it is always reasonable to count the investment of the Steam Research Institute.

Liu Jin, who was standing beside him, was also startled: "Duke of Qi, did it cost tens of millions of taels of silver to purchase cloth?"

Fang Jifan looked sideways, then looked at Liu Jian like an idiot and said, "Mr. Liu, what does it mean to buy cloth? Did I say that I have purchased cloth? Guofu Theory, has Liu Gong seen it? The large number of acquisitions on the market will inevitably cause a surge in commodity prices. The more you collect, the faster you increase. Mr. Liu didn't even understand such common sense. Do you want my disciple, the incompetent Liu Wenshan, to teach Liu Gong a good lesson?"

"This" is really a matter of no scruples. Liu Jieshi's old face turned red, but he was unable to refute it.

The main reason is that everyone has experience. The more you are serious about Fang Jifan, the more enthusiastic he is. Now he is just saying some strange things. God knows whether he will curse the streets next.

Forget it, the literati doesn't have the same knowledge as him.

Liu Jian didn't say anything.

Emperor Hongzhi felt full of doubt.

If you think about it carefully, it is true.

If you purchase a large amount of cloth, hoard it, and then sell it to ordinary people at a low price, then logically speaking, it will inevitably cause a rise in the process of large amounts of acquisitions.

But now

Fang Jifan said with a smile: "If you want to reduce the price of cloth, the method is not to buy high and sell low, but to increase the supply. As long as the number of cloth on the market increases suddenly, will this price be reduced?"

Emperor Hongzhi was immediately enlightened.

But then, the question came again: "How to produce so many cloths in a moment?"

Fang Jifan said: "Have you forgotten that these days, His Highness the Crown Prince and his sons have been weaving cloths."

Weaving cloth

Emperor Hongzhi: ""

Zhu Houzhao said with a proud look on her face: "Yes, in order to reduce the price of this cloth, my sons have been urging production in the workshop all day long. In the past month, they have not slept for a few days."

Emperor Hongzhi looked incredible and couldn't help saying, "You weaving cloth, but you weaving cloth, where did so many cloths come from?"

Fang Jifan said: "Because of the new loom."

Cloth loom

Emperor Hongzhi did not understand what Fang Jifan said at this time, and he was confused.

He frowned: "Let's understand more!"

Fang Jifan said: "Your Majesty, over the past month, the cotton-pinning workshop of the son minister and His Highness of the Crown Prince have produced 138,600 pieces of cloth."

Thirty-eight thousand six hundred

This number is very scary.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Fang Jifan in a daze and said, "Have you weaved so much?"

Speaking of this, there is a good comparison. This queen organized more than a thousand palace maids and eunuchs to weave cloth in the palace. It took a month to spend, but only seven thousand pieces.

So how many weavers did the prince and Fang Jifan hired to weave these fabrics?

Emperor Hongzhi said: "Why didn't I notice it in advance? If so, the manpower required is probably more than 20,000 yuan, and so much manpower has been used, how is this possible?"

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "There are not many people in the cotton spinning workshop, but they recruited three or four hundred people, only three or four hundred people. The father and the emperor are busy with a lot of things every day, how can he notice it?"

Three or four hundred people

Emperor Hongzhi's face darkened.

Three or four hundred people, after a month, the number of weavings was twenty times that of 1,6 or 700 people.

Going crazy

Do these people don’t need to eat, drink, or sleep?

What's more, it's not so easy to find a skilled weaver.

The reason why the palace was able to mobilize more than a thousand people was because Queen Zhang set an example in her early years and brought the palace people to weave cloth. Therefore, the palace maids in the palace were already skilled.
Chapter completed!