HLnovel Chapter 376 Continue to Expand
Chapter 376 Continue to Expand
Before Xiao Mo started to collect cotton in large quantities, cloth shop owners headed by Yi Wang began to frantically purchase cotton in the city, even raising the price, just to prevent Xiao Mo from weaving a large amount of fine cloth and affecting their business.
Ye Jintang, who received the news, was not worried at all.
She and Xiao Mo had a longer-term vision, and she didn't even take the cotton in the city seriously.
According to their plan, they will first open spinning and weaving workshops. They want to train a large number of skilled female workers to prepare for growing their own cotton in the future.
"These cloth shops in the city really think they are a piece of cake."
Xiao Mo came back from outside with a chill. Because of the cotton issue, he was called by his advisers to discuss it late at night.
It was only a few steps from the study to Ye Jintang's Wutong Courtyard, but my hands were frozen cold. I could only go to the charcoal stove to warm them up to get rid of the coldness on my body before going to Ye Jintang.
"what happened?"
"The price of each bale of cotton in the city has increased by 20 wen. Several major cloth shops are frantically buying cotton, fearing that I will snatch it away."
"That's normal. You are a prince and you represent the government."
"If you suddenly get so many people to weave fine cloth, they will be scared. If you expand the workshop in the future, they may not be able to collect cotton."
"Well, there's nothing I can do about it. I'm short of money, and I need to recruit more private soldiers. You know that raising private soldiers is the most expensive."
Xiao Mo sat next to the charcoal stove and felt that the coldness in his body was almost gone, so he sat next to Ye Jintang.
"We will do other business in the future. Last time you said you wanted to make wine. If we make wine, I'm afraid there will be many wine workshops that will scold us again."
"Your Highness is a man who does great things, so naturally this will harm the interests of some people, but there is nothing we can do about it. You are not a god, so it is impossible for you to be perfect in everything."
"We now have to solve the problem of food and clothing for the majority of the people and refugees in Ningchuan Prefecture. This is the most important thing."
"I see."
"There's one more thing that's bothering me."
The spinning workshops and weaving workshops all employ female workers. Even if Master Bao needs male workers, they must be those with carpentry skills. Those without skills cannot help even if they want to.
There are still a large number of refugees in the refugee camp who are unemployed and can only survive by relying on a meal of thin porridge every day.
"People in the refugee camp must have something to do. They can't just live on a bowl of porridge every day."
"The prince just said that the number of your private soldiers is too small. Why not select some suitable refugees from the refugee camp and turn them into military households? In this way, the private soldiers in your hands will be able to grow stronger in a short time."
Ye Jintang's words woke Xiao Mo up from his dream, and he saw Xiao Mo slapping his thigh hard with an excited look on his face.
"How could I have forgotten this? I only thought about arranging jobs for the refugees, but forgot that they also have hands and feet and can serve as my private soldiers to help me fight."
"When selecting private soldiers, Your Majesty must be careful and not accept just anyone."
"Understood. Let Shi Bin handle this matter. He is the best at it."
Xiao Mo sat next to Ye Jintang and discovered that she was holding a stack of invitations.
He reached out and took one, and asked, "Are these the guests for the housewarming party?"
"That's right. I'll have someone send it over today. The end of the year is approaching, so let's just have a bigger housewarming party. We won't hold a banquet before the New Year. It's really too stressful."
"Okay, it's all up to you."
Xiao Mo held Ye Jintang in his arms and rested his chin on her shoulder.
"It's late at night, why don't we go to bed early."
The warm breath sprayed on Ye Jintang's ears, her body tensed up, and she held down Xiao Mo's dishonest hand.
"It's still early. You're usually still busy in the study at this time. I'm going to check the invitations to make sure nothing is missed."
Ever since Xiao Mo ate meat, he finally understood what the phrase "taste the marrow and know the taste" meant.
He really wanted to stick to Ye Jintang every day and bully her until she cried.
"What's so interesting about the invitation? Just ask Aunt Zhang to help you take a look. We have other more important things to do."
Xiao Mo got out of bed and carried the person into the inner room like a princess.
His movements were smooth and there was no hesitation at all. By the time Ye Jintang reacted and wanted to refuse, her coat had already been thrown out of the gauze curtain by Xiao Mo.
"Can you please be gentler? Those bruises on my body are too eye-catching. Luzhu would think you beat me up tonight."
Xiao Mo took a look at Ye Jintang's thin white waist, which had no marks at all, and couldn't help but take a light bite.
"Then I won't move tonight and let you beat me up."
Xiao Mo, with a sly smile on his face, looked at Ye Jintang with a smile, his eyes as bright as the stars in the night sky.
Ye Jintang had a bad feeling in her heart, she always felt that he was harboring evil intentions.
The thick bed curtains fell, and only the faint candlelight shone through the gaps onto the bed and onto Ye Jintang's fair skin.
"Xiao Mo, you bastard, you cheated."
"Wife, you are so hard to please. You disliked me because I used too much force. Now I let you beat me violently, why do you still dislike me?"
"But luckily you're not heavy, otherwise I wouldn't be able to bear it if you sat on my waist all night."
Xiao Mo's words were full of smiles.
Ever since he started taking the longevity pills continuously, he felt that his body had undergone tremendous changes. Not only did his strength increase, but his five senses were also sharper than before, not to mention his physical strength.
He had just tried this yesterday. During a martial arts competition in the military camp, he just stood there motionless while the soldiers fought in a round-the-clock battle for the entire morning, but he didn't feel tired at all.
For someone so powerful, dealing with Ye Jintang is a piece of cake for him.
That night, only Luzhu and two maids were on guard. Xiao Mo asked for water three times that night, and she was no longer surprised. The two maids' faces turned red.
When cleaning the water in the ear room for the last time, Luzhu instructed the two maids.
"When you serve in Wutong Courtyard, keep your mouths shut. Don't dare to spread anything, especially about the Madam's affairs. All of you should play dead. If anyone dares to spread even a little bit of what happened in the Madam's room, I will tear your mouths apart."
"Then, if someone asks about Sister Luzhu, what should I say?"
Luzhu was a little embarrassed. How could she explain it so that no one would guess what was going on in the princess's room?
After thinking for a while, Luzhu came up with an excuse.
"You guys just say you know nothing. The queen's room is very quiet at night, there is no sound at all."
“Well, then.”
"Don't talk about this or that. Tell me who dares to ask about what's going on in the queen's room. I'll beat their mouths. Who dares to ask about the queen's affairs?"
The two maids were frightened by Lu Zhu and dared not ask any more questions.
It was Lu Zhu's advice that led to everyone believing for a long time that the prince was not good in sex. He could remain indifferent to a beauty like the princess, and it was very likely that he was impotent.