After farming, I opened a family tree

Chapter 217 Purchasing Cotton

The people who came to deliver the cotton were a young couple.

The man looks honest and has thick calluses on his hands. He looks like a farmer who has been working there for many years.

If there are villages around that grow cotton on a large scale, the detective will send people to purchase it, but for those small households that grow cotton in a scattered manner, the cotton needs to be delivered to the cotton mill in person.

Since most of the fields are used to grow rice, there are actually not many villages that grow cotton on a large scale.

There were mostly scattered households, so before dawn, there were farmers standing outside the cotton mill with large backpacks on their backs.

The person in charge of the purchase was one of the few who wrote the best dictation in the exam, and she was also an orphan from the charity hall.

After the cotton is weighed, they are responsible for filling in the weight on paper and handing it over to the farmers.

Farmers brought paper in to hand in their cotton and get paid.

But after a while, the manager inside brought the young couple out.

"Tangji will not accept any cotton sent from this family in the future."

The manager spoke in a loud voice, and the people waiting in line to be weighed were all startled.

"This family secretly added water to the cotton they picked!"

After he said this, the crowd was in an uproar.

The cotton purchased from farmers needs to be deseeded and dried.

This family thought they were smart and secretly filled some cotton with water and brought it in with the dry cotton.

I have to say that this family is indeed quite clever.

This water-infused cotton is dry on the outside but moist on the inside.

If I hadn't been careful and attentive, they would have succeeded.

This family lives on the edge of Qingshan Town.

The couple just got married this year and they didn't grow much cotton, but after hearing that the purchase price of cotton was high, they started thinking about how to use less cotton to exchange for more money.

Therefore, the two men used reed stalks to fill the cotton with water, but also dried it outside, so on the surface, if you don't look closely, it is no different from other cotton.

The two were feeling smug when they were weighing themselves at the door, but they didn't expect to be discovered by the manager.

Sure enough, after Manager Chen said this, several people in the queue slipped away secretly.

The young girls who were in charge of weighing were also very ashamed.

After all, the Marquis gave them such a task, and they actually made a mistake.

This incident was a minor incident, but after it happened, several large backpacks were placed at the cotton mill door when the cotton was weighed, just to check the quality and dryness of the cotton.

Some people use good cotton on the top of the backpack, but the cotton at the bottom of the backpack is yellow or even stained. What's worse, there are small branches mixed in it.

The problems that occurred in the cotton mill were also happening one after another in villages other than Shenjia Village.

Shen Tang asked Li Ze to write down this incident as a warning.

Cunning people can be found everywhere, whether it is a thousand years ago or a thousand years from now.

It took half a month to purchase almost all the cotton.

The amount of cotton this year is nearly half that of last year.

Tangji Cotton Mill enters the weaving season in December.

With last year's experience, this year's production will be much smoother.

In mid-December, Shen Tang started sailing north with the first batch of cotton quilts he had produced.

This time when he went to Beijing, Shen Qingqing also went with him.

As for the cotton cloth and quilts that are still being produced, Shen Tang decided to wait until after the Chinese New Year and produce all the cotton purchased this time before selling them.

Along with the cotton cloth and quilts, soap, hydrosol and a new collection of poems that had already been printed were also brought to Beijing.

Liu looked at her daughter standing in front of her and felt sour in her heart.

"I've lost weight and grown taller."

She should have gone to Jiangnan with her daughter. She really missed her daughter so much in the past few months.

Shen Qingqing also hugged her son and daughter, sighing in her heart.

"Instead, tell Auntie to separate from Wanwan and Ayan. Jiangnan should be back on track by next year, so Auntie can just stay in the capital with peace of mind."

After all, Wanwan and Ayan no longer have a father, and they cannot live without a mother.

Shen Qingqing nodded without refusing.

"Send this new batch of goods to the farm outside the city. Also, open a shop selling cotton cloth."

Shen Tang gave the order,

"My Lord, you don't know that nowadays, the shops outside the city are more popular than those in the capital.

Every time the Wu family’s boat docked, there would be people waiting at the door of the shop.

The woman has received many messages in the past few months, all asking about this hydrosol!

Mrs. Liu nodded.

"Although these people invited me, in the end, all they said was pure dew."

It's a good thing that the hydrosol is selling well, but she has other things to do now.

A copy of the printed poetry collection was sent to the palace and the principal of the academy, and the rest was sold in a shop outside the city.

It was snowing in the capital. Shen Tang went to the palace to pay his respects to Emperor Jing, brought back generous rewards, and then stayed at home without going out.

Despite this, when people in Beijing learned that Shen Tang had returned, they all sent him visiting cards.

Shen Tang refused to answer any of the calls, but the Minister of Revenue came to his door directly.

"My Lord, you are finally back!"

The Minister of Revenue couldn't stop smiling when he saw Shen Tang.

Since the border market opened, it has been extremely prosperous.

There are even several more shops in the capital that specialize in selling Northern Di goods, and the prices are not low.

"Sir, I, Shen Tang, don't owe the Ministry of Revenue any money!"

The Minister of Revenue shook his head.

He came to see Shen Tang this time at the behest of Emperor Jing.

"The Emperor has asked me to come and discuss with the Marquis the issue of the land tax."

Hey!

This is not a trivial matter, but when she went to pay her respects to Emperor Jing, the other party did not say anything.

"Sir, I just entered the palace, and the emperor didn't say anything."

"Hey, Lord Marquis, I was the one who brought up this matter!"

Oh wow, it’s you!

"It was you, Lord Marquis, who came up with this idea of ​​a tax-paying system, so naturally I have to discuss it with you, Lord Marquis!"

The Minister of Revenue chuckled.

I came up with this just for your reference. If you want to implement it, you don't have to bring her along. It's totally unnecessary.

"My Lord, once this matter is brought up, I'm afraid it will shock the whole government and the public."

Shen Tang glanced at the Minister of Revenue without saying anything. She knew he would be shocked.

"They're shocked so you won't do it?"

The Minister of Revenue shook his head.

"I have come to discuss this matter with the Marquis. The Grand Court Meeting will be held in a few days. I want to bring it up then, hoping that the Marquis will help explain it to those who disagree."

After all, the whole capital city knows how good Shen Tang's tongue is.

"My Lord, you want me to offend the powerful people of Da Qi."

If she spoke up for the Minister of Revenue at the grand court meeting, wouldn't those old foxes be able to see that it was her suggestion?

What a coincidence, the Minister of Revenue made suggestions as soon as she arrived in Beijing?

Did Marquis Ning'an also agree immediately?

"Is this what Your Majesty meant?"

Shen Tang asked cautiously, if it was the intention of the senior leader, then it would be difficult to deal with.

The Minister of Revenue shook his head, but nodded slightly.

"The Emperor said that after it is completed, he will ask the Marquis to help."

"Sir, I'll come to the Ministry of Revenue to help after it's done."

Sure enough, the suggestion put forward by the Minister of Revenue at the grand court meeting was met with fierce opposition. It was said that on the way back home from court, his carriage almost collided with something.

Shen Tang didn't know, she had taken a leave of absence.