I dressed as a witch doll

On the second day, Bell led Ayao to the small kitchen of Fenglin Palace, and asked her to officially take over as the clerk here.

There is not a lot of work in the small kitchen, and the people inside are used to doing it. A Yao just takes care of it, and checks the food in and out according to the rules. The work is not heavy, but it needs to be careful.

Although A Yao used to be a grand maid, she didn't have any practical work at hand. Now that she got this important job, A Yao is also very happy.

Ling Dang smiled and said to A Yao: "You know master's temperament, it's okay if you are a bit lazy in small tasks, but you must not make mistakes in big things."

Ling Dang said proudly, but A Yao quickly nodded, "Don't worry, no matter how big or small, I will be vigilant."

Bell smiled at her, and then left.

It wasn't until Bell's figure disappeared outside the door that Ayao regained her gaze and began to get familiar with the things in the kitchen.

A Yao's group of big palace maids were recruited by the Empress after she ascended to the summit, and all the palace maids beside her were replaced except for the bell.

This kind of thing has never happened before. Even if there were any palace ladies to be replaced before, they were all promoted from the second and third-class palace ladies. I have never seen such a thing where all the palace ladies are replaced at once. .

A Yao didn't know what was wrong with the previous batch, but since entering Fenglin Palace, she has been extremely careful.

She had heard that although the empress looked gentle, the maids around her disappeared one after another strangely, so when the maids came to the empress at first, no one dared to get close to the empress, nor did they dare to speak casually.

Moreover, they have also heard rumors in the palace that although the empress has a high status in the palace, but before that, His Majesty has always favored another empress, and never cared about the queen's face.

Thinking of this before, A Yao became even more afraid, after all, if a woman is not going well with this kind of thing, her temper will be even worse.

But who would have thought that after only staying in Fenglin Palace for three to five days, Ayao felt something strange.

Let's talk about the temper of the empress first, it's too good to say anything.On weekdays, she would not order them when she had nothing to do, and if they did something wrong, the empress would never take it to heart, and she was used to joking with them.

I remember that when A Yao first came in, she knocked over a vase of broken flowers, and Ling Dang's expression was not right at that time.

A Yao knew that this bottle should be the empress's favourite.

She was so scared that she cried that time, thinking that it was over for her now, and Ye Tingsi couldn't go now, and she was probably going to be sent directly to Wanzang Mountain.

But who would have thought that when she saw her crying, the empress was so frightened that she tried to wipe her tears, helped and coaxed her, and even called someone to boil sugar water for her to cheer her up.

A Yao didn't wake up until she drank the bowl of hot sugar water.

Only then did she realize that the empress really didn't blame her, and was frightened by her tears.

Since then, A Yao has gradually become more courageous, and feels that the days in Fenglin Palace are getting happier every day.

But she also did not expect that there would be someone beside the empress who would be so courageous——

Thinking of this, she looked at the claw marks on her hands.

That night, she saw that something was wrong with Xiuhe, just when she was about to fall into the water, A Yao held her hand tightly, but she scratched the back of her hand with her paw, causing her to let go of her hand in pain.

Thinking of what happened at that time, Ayao sneered slightly.

It's ridiculous that such a person is ungrateful and deserves to end up like this.

She actually listened to the rumors in the palace and thought that His Majesty treated the Empress just fine.

But I never noticed that although the empress does not like to dress up, every time His Majesty came to look at the empress, his eyes were like the night sky on a clear day, and there were always stars twinkling.

How could a third person be squeezed into such a two-person room?

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This morning, Wen Chi woke up very early.

Like a real virtuous wife, she woke up Qian Chengdi, pulled him up, dressed him, and rinsed his mouth.

After the breakfast was served, it was almost a mouthful to be fed into the mouth.

He coaxed Qian Chengdi so much that he didn't even want to go to court in the morning, and he was tired of humming beside him, so he said that he would drag him to go to court together.

Wen Chi was amused by him, "Don't pull me, I have to go back to sleep again."

Wen Chi doesn't have Wu Meiniang's methods and ambitions, nor does he plan to do this job for a long time.

After sending the person away, Wen Chi took out the second letter from Shang Kui.

The completion of the silk weaving workshop was faster than he imagined. In just one month, 100 spinning wheels and 1000 looms were put into production.

Counting half a month of trial production, Shang Kui said in his letter that after three months, all the 10 bolts of cloth requested by His Majesty will be produced.

So Shang Kui wrote this letter not only to answer Wen Chi's previous question, but also to ask who and where the goods will be delivered.

Wen Chi picked up the notebook and wrote down the first thing, and then continued to read.

The second thing Shang Kui said was that he planned to start building a second silk weaving workshop in Jicheng.

So the money given by His Majesty is not enough, Shang Kui is here to urge the down payment of 10 bolts of cloth.

Seeing Shang Kuina's carefree words, Wen Chi laughed.

With Qian Chengdi's dog temper, he must have read this letter before, presumably as long as he asks another question, the other party will naturally give an answer immediately.

Finally, there is the third thing that is the most troublesome.

In his letter, Shang Kui predicted that if their fabrics continue to be sold, the local silkworms will soon be exhausted.

And now because they purchased too much in the market at once, the price of silkworms has risen a lot, and now they have even sent people to the surrounding cities to search for them.

But if it continues like this, the price of silkworms will inevitably increase next year. Although it is not a bad thing, after the price of silk gradually decreases in the future, the problem may gradually appear.

Shang Kui has been with Wen Chi for a long time, and now he often thinks about things not from the perspective of a businessman, but from the perspective of the country.

So although he can't clearly know the impact of this incident on the people, he knows that the price fluctuations of certain things are too serious, which is not a good thing.

So he wanted to ask what should be done.

Seeing this, Wen Chi couldn't help frowning.

Root potatoes are now being promoted everywhere, but if the price of silkworms increases at this time, many people may be more willing to plant mulberry trees.

This will not only affect the promotion of root potatoes, but more importantly, there may be a large number of people who will use the land originally grown for food to grow mulberry trees.

However, farmland is limited, and food prices will naturally rise.

This is the inevitable result brought by the use of the wind wheel spinning machine.

But now that there is a new technology, it is impossible not to use it, otherwise it will not be a question of whether they are willing to export it, but someone will open their country with guns.

Thinking of this, Wen Chi put down the letter and stood up, pacing back and forth in the room thinking.

When Qian Chengdi came over in the evening, he found that the dinner was very sumptuous, unlike before, there was a pot and a soup, but a table full of vegetables.

But Qian Chengdi was not used to it.

After the meal, Wen Chi told about what Shang Kui said, Emperor Qian Cheng was very happy this time, and directly threw a dozen banknotes over.

Wen Chi took a look at the bank note, this was the first time he saw this thing.

A lot of words were written on it, and there were many different seals. Wen Chi saw that one of the seals was actually the official seal of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

He asked curiously, "Is this bank note related to the Ministry of Accounts?"

"This bank note is issued by the Bank and Finance Department under the Ministry of Accounts." Qian Chengdi laughed.

Only then did Wen Chi raise his head and look at Emperor Qian Cheng, "All the bank notes in circulation in the Feng Dynasty are issued by the Ministry of Households?"

Emperor Gan Cheng nodded, "In the beginning, some people set up banks. I thought this was not the way to go. If everyone's money went into the hands of these private households, I'm afraid there would be a big problem, so I let the Ministry of Households take over these banks."

Only then did Wen Chi show a surprised look, he didn't expect Emperor Qian Cheng to be so keen in this regard.

Emperor Gan Cheng rested his chin on one hand, and looked at Wen Chi with a smile, "Tell me, what else do you want to tell me?"

When he said this, Wen Chi wanted to laugh. It seems that today's dinner is indeed a bit exaggerated.

"Before you said you would give me Yinchuan, but is it true?"

Emperor Gan Cheng laughed, "Not to mention Yin Chuan, as long as you want it, what is there that I would not give you?"

Hearing this, Wen Chi was taken aback, but subconsciously lowered his eyes, not daring to look at the other party.

He pretended to take a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and then continued, "I'm afraid there are not enough mulberry leaves in the Jiangnan area. I want to import some other things as substitutes. At that time, Yinchuan's import and export policies may need to be changed. "

Yinchuan is the nearest port to the south of the Yangtze River. As Emperor Qian Cheng said, if Yinchuan was given to him, it would at best become his fiefdom. He could draw part of the Yinchuan government's annual taxes for private use. In fact, it cannot interfere with the operation of the Yinchuan government.

That's why he asked this question.

Emperor Gan Cheng looked straight at him, and asked after a while, "How do you want to change?"

Wen Chi looked up at the other party, "I would like to issue an administrative order that all ships entering Yinchuan Port must carry 13% of cotton or grain, and we will adopt zero import tax for this part of the goods. Or merchants can also purchase a certain amount of special products from Ye Tingsi at extremely low preferential prices to encourage more ships to enter from Yinchuan Port."

Ye Tingsi's products have always been gimmicks of novelty, high-end, and luxury, but they have never been mass-produced.

Therefore, it has always been in a state of price but no market in the market, which is why it has become the carrot hanging in front of the donkey.

Hearing this, Emperor Gan Cheng was stunned.

He never thought that this method could be used to encourage foreign businessmen to bring the products they needed into the Fengchao market.

Seeing Emperor Qiancheng's contemplative expression, Wen Chi hesitated for a while, but then said, "But I am hesitant whether to include grain in this list of preferential import policies."

Once accustomed to food imports, domestic farmers will soon start growing a large number of cash crops to increase income.

In peacetime, this has a great role in promoting economic development.

But if there is a war, if their grain throat is choked, other countries can kill their Feng Dynasty without sending a single soldier.

Emperor Qian Cheng raised his eyes suddenly: "Of course I will let them go. I will eat as much as they send. I have people who want to eat. If the people grow food for the people, my people will eat theirs."

Wen Chi was stunned for a while before he understood what Qian Chengdi meant.

Is it going to war again?

"And for these eligible ships, you can sell the silk you produce at a lower price."

Wen Chi's eyes lit up when he heard that.

That's right!Requiring the other party's ships to carry a large amount of raw materials such as grain or cotton and linen means that it will increase the cost of ocean-going merchants in disguise.

In this way, if it is possible to give the other party a preferential price on silk fabrics and increase the profit of the other party, then even if there is no Yeting Division, I am afraid that some merchants can reduce their rejection of this policy.

And this also gave him a channel for this part of silk fabrics to enter the market at a low price.

Simply kill two birds with one stone!

After discussing these things, it was already night, Wen Chi saw that Qian Chengdi seemed to have plans to stay, and was thinking of a way to coax him away, and went to see him and drank the tea in the cup, stood up and said: "I still have something to do, so I'll go back first."

After saying that, he didn't stop looking at Wen Chi's expression, pushed the door and went out.

Wen Chi was left standing there alone in a daze. w, please keep in mind:,