Chapter 690 Years Ago
Li Shimin now realizes the importance of Qin Huaidao, so he wants Qin Huaidao to become an official, but Qin Huaidao doesn't want to become an official at all. He wants to take a few years to rest. He should not mess with Li Shimin in the past few years.
No matter how Li Shimin persuaded him, Qin Huaidao just disagreed. This made Li Shimin very anxious. There was no way, so he could only let Qin Huaidao go back. Qin Huai said out of Chengtian Palace and left with a smile.
No matter how you fight, if you don’t participate, you can’t kill Changsun Wuji, but Changsun Wuji can’t kill him either!
After leaving, Qin Huaidao went straight back to the workshop and began to continue printing and dyeing other flower cloths. In the evening, Qin Huaidao returned to the mansion, and Li Lixian also asked about Qin Huaidao's situation.
"My father asked me to go out and become an official, but I didn't agree!" Qin Huaidao said while sitting in the study.
"If you don't go, don't go. Whoever likes to be his official position? Even his son-in-law can't trust him. So what kind of official position should he be?" Li Lixian also sat there and complained.
"Anyway, our family has titles, money, and land, and nothing is needed. It doesn't matter whether this official is a lie!" Qin Huaidao said with a smile.
"That's it. Today our cloth is very good. I thought that the cotton would lose money. I didn't expect to make it so much. People don't know the benefits of these cotton cloths. After they made their clothes, they knew that they were warm.
Then we can still sell a lot of them. Now those people are attracted by our cloths. "Li Lixian said proudly to Qin Huaidao. Qin Huaidao also laughed when he heard this.
"It's okay. Next year, our mansion will have more than one more. Anyway, the food is not worth much money. Of course, the food still needs to be grown, but there are more cotton.
Originally, I was going to donate these cotton to the army. Now it seems that there is no need to donate it. If Changsun Wuji will say that I am trying to win over the army, it is better to make money by myself!" Qin Huaidao smiled and said to Li Lixian.
Li Lixian nodded,
Qin Huaidao continued to go to the workshop and the cloth in Qin Mansion was really popular. Many mansions sent people to buy it, especially today, two more patterns were added, and more people liked it.
Basically, every mansion needs to buy more than ten battles, and they all want to buy them back and make clothes for the girls at home.
In the afternoon, Concubine Wei wore clothes made from the cloth sent by Li Lixian and arrived at the ninth floor of Chengtian Palace.
"Your Majesty, this university is on vacation, why has Shen'er not come back yet, what should he do about his marriage?" Concubine Wei asked Li Shimin.
"Well, he wants to learn more about the things Boping gave him. As for the marriage, I asked him, and he said he was not in a hurry. You should make the decision on this matter.
By the way, you also know the situation on Boping. Boping cannot make decisions about Qin Jiao, so he still has to listen to Qin Jiao's own opinion. Qin Jiao has no idea about Shen'er, or Qin Jiao doesn't know she has any ideas, so, let it go!" Li Shimin said to Concubine Wei, then stood up and found that the clothes Wei Guifei was wearing today were very beautiful.
"Well, this outfit is very beautiful. These patterns are very beautiful, but it takes energy to embroider, right?" Li Shimin asked Concubine Wei with a smile.
"It's not embroidered, but the cloth sent by Xian'er. I heard that it was made by Duke Hu. All the patterns were printed and dyed. I have tried it, but the colors couldn't be washed off. It's very magical. I heard that these cloths are already crazy outside the imperial city." Concubine Wei immediately said to Li Shimin.
"Oh, Boping made it? It's so powerful? Even women's things are understood?" Li Shimin also looked at Concubine Wei in surprise and asked.
"No, look at these patterns, the design is really exquisite. Otherwise, Mr. Hu is powerful and his art of studying things can be surpassed. If Shen'er could learn a little bit from his master, it would probably be enough for him to use it for the rest of his life!" Concubine Wei said happily.
"Yeah, that's right!" Li Shimin nodded, and couldn't help but think about Qin Huaidao's affairs.
"Your Majesty, is Duke Hu still willing to become an official now? Concubine Wei saw that Li Shimin was thinking about it, so she asked.
"Yeah, you know too?" Li Shimin nodded and asked.
"I know, how can I not know? Now, no one knows the people of the entire Chang'an City. Oh, it's a pity that a person with such a talent cannot be used by the court and has been framed by others. How can I not be dissatisfied?" Concubine Wei stood there and sighed.
"Hey!" Li Shimin felt even more uncomfortable when he heard this. It was one thing that others had falsely accused him. The key was that he actually believed it. This made Qin Huaidao feel disappointed. Li Shimin was very clear about this.
He has also had a headache these days. Now there is no clue about the affairs of the Ministry of Works. Many projects in the Ministry of Works need to be stopped, and the same is true for universities. Qin Huaidao no longer teaches, so no one knows more about studying things and arithmetic knowledge.
What Li Shen learned was just the basics. He must have not learned his true skills.
"Your Majesty, you should have a good talk with Duke Hu!" Concubine Wei stood there, thought for a while, and persuaded Li Shimin.
"I've talked, can I not talk? It's useless. Not only did I talk in person, I also went to talk to him. It's useless. He didn't want to be it at all. Otherwise, it wouldn't be so straightforward this time. If it's not right, it would be impossible to be it if it doesn't work." Li Shimin said with a wry smile, then carried the bucket and continued to water the flowers and plants.
This sky garden is big enough that even if Li Shimin waters it every day, he will be too busy.
In the next few days, the cloth in the Qin Family Workshop has become very popular. It can produce 50 pieces every day, and it will earn about 450 guan a day. If the cost is less than 50 guan, all the rest is profit.
Moreover, the dim sum shop in Qin Mansion is very busy now. The New Year is coming soon, and the dim sum shop is in short supply. At the same time, merchants from all over the country also take a large amount of goods to sell to various places. Now the young laborers in Qinzhuang are here to help, of course, they have to calculate the wages.
"There is still a lot of sweet potatoes to grow next year. Look at our dim sum shop. We purchased tens of thousands of dans of sweet potatoes before, but now we are at the bottom. The dim sum shop has sent people to continue to buy them. The yield of sweet potatoes is high, which is better than growing wheat!" A middle-aged man in the Qin family spoke.
"Yes, I'm going to plant 10 acres next year, and the mistress will definitely give priority to purchasing the things from our Qinzhuang. By the way, the manager of the mansion said that cotton needs to be added next year to be planted, which is also very cost-effective. A mu of land is several times more money than wheat.
I plan to plant 10 acres next year, so I will use Yongye fields to plant them. The master said that the land for growing cotton does not need to be too good. It is better to use good fertile fields to grow food!" Another middle-aged man said.
"Okay, I will also plant cotton next year. The cloths are made of cotton. Now my wife is helping with the cloth workshop!"
"So too!"...
The people in Qinzhuang are very happy now. Their income is envied by the people of the entire Chang'an City. None of the people in Chang'an City have higher incomes than theirs. There is no way. They have a good head of family, and as long as they can endure hardships, they will definitely have money.
On this day, Qin Huaidao also asked the manager to prepare gifts and needed to deliver them to each mansion.
"Master, the gifts were sent from Duke Zhao's mansion. The younger one looked at it and it was just ordinary things! Master, do we need to prepare a copy for them?" The housekeeper took the gift list from Duke Zhao's mansion and handed it to Qin Huaidao, and asked at the same time.
The list Qin Huaidao gave him before was not given to Duke Zhao's mansion.
"Back, go back according to the original price, and you can't follow the gift list I issued!" Qin Huaidao said to the butler. Since they have sent it, he has to send it to him.
Originally, Qin Huaidao was not sure to give it to him. His gift, the gift of the Duke of the State, was worth more than 50 guan. It can be said that the most expensive gift among the Duke of Chang'an City.
"Okay, lord!" The butler heard this, nodded, and went down.
"Boping, haha, Han Gua, hurry up, give me two more to you, I will make a bet with them, I lost!" Cheng Yaojin ran in from outside and shouted happily.
"Ah?" Qin Huaidao looked at Cheng Yaojin without understanding, and suddenly came over and said such words. How could Qin Huaidao know what he meant?
"I lost the bet with Fang Xuanling. I said that Your Majesty will definitely arrange your official position. Unexpectedly, I didn't make any arrangements. Alas, I lost two Han Gua!" Cheng Yaojin said in a sigh.
"Ha, why are you gambling about this?" Qin Huaidao asked with a smile.
"I thought, Your Majesty would make arrangements for you, but I didn't expect that, no!" Cheng Yaojin said with a wry smile.
"The arrangement was made. My nephew didn't agree. Uncle Fang also liked to eat cold melons?" Qin Huaidao asked with a smile.
"If I didn't agree, I didn't agree. In fact, I lost to him on purpose by betting with him. He liked to eat cold melons and asked for it several times from my mansion!" Cheng Yaojin waved his hand and said. He actually knew that Qin Huaidao would not become an official!
"If you like it, send someone to my mansion and say it. Really, don't carry it over. I'll ask someone to pull a car over. You know how much I planted, and there are still many. Is there any other one in my uncle's house?" Qin Huaidao asked with a smile.
"It was gone the day before yesterday. I don't know how much I eat in my family every day, so I can't even hide it. Fortunately, my income has been good in the past two years, otherwise I would have been chewed by them!" Cheng Yaojin complained.
"Haha, if you don't have it, you can send someone here to get it. Sometimes my nephew will be so busy that he forgot to deliver it to you. I'll drag a car back later. There are still a lot of them here!" Qin Huaidao said to Cheng Yaojin with a smile.
At the same time, the person in charge was ordered to load a car of watermelon immediately and send it to Fangfu and Chengfu.
Chapter completed!