She looked around the room and asked her mother in a low voice why she didn't see Aunt Zhen and Yun Sixue. In the past, Yun Sixue would always sit next to Yun Yige, and because Aunt Zhen's natal family was in Jiangning, every time she When she comes back, everyone will come to greet her and listen to her tell her about what Jiang Ning saw and heard.

"Hmph, now that they are on His Majesty's side and the Queen's, why are they still interested in us?"

Mrs. Yun picked out the important things and then Yun Tingxi realized that the mother and daughter had taken the initiative to do the job in order to put money in the Zhen family's face.

"Third aunt, is the Zhen family really that rich in Jiangning?" Yun Yishu was very doubtful. After all, Aunt Zhen and Yun Sixue had always searched for Yun Yige's money. If they were really rich, why would they go to such lengths.

Yun Tingxi nodded, but when she mentioned Jiangning's Zhen family, she frowned, her face not good-looking: "The Zhen family's business has grown bigger and bigger in recent years, and it has become more and more rampant. There’s no business.”

"Moreover, the government has been organized and all are in favor of the Zhen family. Nowadays, the Zhen family is domineering, forcing girls into prostitution, and making a lot of ill-gotten wealth. It is even worse than when Aunt Zhen married. If Zhen's family this time If my family contributes to the imperial court and really becomes an imperial merchant, I am afraid that life for most merchants in Jiangning will be even more difficult."

Everyone couldn't help but sigh, it turned out that the Zhen family was doing such shameful things.After a few people talked about the situation of the Zhen family for a while, Mrs. Yun asked Yun Tingxi to rest, while Yun Yige and Yun Yishu stayed in the yard to squeeze their grandmother's legs and shoulders.

……

On the other side, Aunt Zhen didn't mean to neglect Yun Tingxi, but at this moment, she and Yun Sixue were waiting at the inn. Counting the days, Jiang Ning's reply should arrive. If they didn't receive Jiang Ning's letter for one day, they would be worried. Always hanging.

Yesterday, when Yun Sixue was called by Mrs. Yun for questioning, she begged her grandmother to allow her to leave the mansion, and the servants of the Hou Mansion did not stop her. After all, the fifth lady was now sharing His Majesty's worries. If she had stopped her, it would have delayed Northern Xinjiang. The soldiers put on cotton-padded clothes to keep out the cold, which was a crime of beheading.

At noon, Jiang Ning's letter finally arrived. The two of them couldn't wait to open the letter and read it.

The letter first praised Yun Sixue and Aunt Zhen, praising them for being brave and resourceful, and for finding a good future for the Zhen family. Seeing this, both of them showed proud and excited smiles on their faces.

But the news that followed made people not so happy. They said in their hearts that Jiangning was relatively warm and there was nowhere to buy cotton-padded clothes, not even animal skins. They were asked to buy cotton-padded clothes near the capital, and the money was paid by the Zhen family.

The letter also stated that the eldest son of the Zhen family, Zhen Yuan, was leading a caravan to handle matters in Yuze near the capital. After handling the matter, he would go to the capital to help the two of them buy cotton-padded clothes and quilts and transport them to northern Xinjiang.

After reading the letter, Yun Sixue turned pale and held Aunt Zhen's hand: "Mom, my grandfather said that Jiangning has no cotton clothes. What should I do?"

Aunt Zhen was also shocked, but she couldn't think of a way to express herself at this moment, so she had to persuade her daughter to relax and go back to her house first and wait for Zhen Yuan to come.

……

Five days later, Zhen Yuan arrived in the capital. He sent a letter to Aunt Zhen saying that he had taken the caravan to stay in Zhuangzi outside the city, and asked the mother and daughter to meet at Fanlou at noon tomorrow.

At noon the next day, several people gathered in Fanlou. Zhen Yuan thought that all the cotton clothes were ready and could be transported to northern Xinjiang. The transportation and dry food for the caravan road were already prepared.Unexpectedly, the two of them didn't even buy half a cotton-padded coat. This was completely beyond his expectation. He couldn't help but get angry and cursed at the two of them.

"Is your brain just a decoration? Don't you ask about the market situation before asking for work for yourself?! Who asked you to make your own decisions and ask for credit from His Majesty?!"

"You are so stupid that you didn't even buy half a cotton-padded coat?!"

Yun Sixue looked at the eldest brother with some grievances: "Brother, I have also inquired before. One foot of cloth costs 50 cents, and a piece of clothing is about 7 feet. The fabric costs 350 cents. Cotton costs 200 cents per pound, and a cotton coat costs 800 cents. It costs four pounds of cotton, which is [-] Wen.”

"Including wages, ready-made clothes cost 1200 taels of silver, which is one tael and 2 taels of silver a piece. Twenty thousand cotton-padded clothes and quilts cost about 5 to [-] taels of silver. Our family can definitely afford it, but who would have thought..."

"Who would have thought that the market price of cotton would suddenly increase ten times?!" Yun Sixue bit her lip unwillingly. She suspected that someone had done this deliberately, but the person behind the scenes couldn't have acted so fast. She just A military order was issued in front of His Majesty, and cotton could no longer be bought anywhere overnight.

Aunt Zhen also nodded repeatedly. She didn't take the junior's disrespect seriously at all. The most important thing at the moment was to gather cotton-padded clothes.

Zhen Yuan sighed: "Cotton is in short supply in winter, and it is an extremely important material. You should prepare it in advance before going to His Majesty to ask for orders."

"Brother, Xue'er knows that she was wrong. Now, what should I do? Even if you take out my and mother's cotton-padded clothes, it won't be enough!" Yun Sixue cried. She originally placed all her hopes on Jiang Ningzhen. As for the family, I didn’t expect that the Zhen family had nothing to do. Do they really have to spend ten times the money to buy cotton-padded clothes?

"Ten times, [-] pieces of cotton-padded clothes and quilts..." Zhen Yuan quickly calculated the price and possible solutions in his mind. He looked down from the window. Deep in the alley, a skinny horse was riding Chewing hay, a shriveled and thin old man wearing a black cotton coat full of holes squatted aside, gently touching the horse's back.

"Now, we can only..."

Zhen Yuan drank all the wine in the cup, told the two of them the solution, and asked them to pick some trustworthy people to go to Zhuangzi to help.

After hearing his words, Aunt Zhen and Yun Sixue looked at each other in surprise. Although they were frightened, they could only do this.As long as all the cotton-padded clothes are delivered to Northern Xinjiang on time, the emperor will not personally inspect them.

After the three people discussed in detail, Zhen Yuan sent someone to buy some cotton-padded clothes at a high price, and bought fabrics in batches for the caravan people to make cotton-padded clothes in Zhuangzi overnight.

Ten days later, Zhen Yuan used the Zhen family's caravan to send cotton clothes and quilts to northern Xinjiang.

……

The weather is getting colder and colder, and the vendors who originally set up stalls on both sides of the street have gone home early.

In the evening, Yun Yige returned to her own yard after having dinner in Mrs. Yun's yard. As soon as she walked in, she noticed something unusual, dismissed the maids in the yard and said, "Come out."

"Miss, you have a good ear." Jing Mo came out from behind the wall, took out a wad of silver notes from his arms and handed it to Yun Yige.

"According to the lady's instructions, the cotton and cotton clothes were sold at ten times the price. This is 5 taels of silver notes."

"5 taels? It's a lot less than I thought."

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