Don't make trouble, let's build infrastructure!

At the second quarter of the first day, Tong Ran took off his official uniform and changed into a round-neck robe embroidered with dark patterns in moon white, planning to go out.

"Wow!" The little tiger rushed out from nowhere, scratching the corner of his robe, and someone even stood up and threw himself at his calf.

"Zai Zai, you can't go today. My brother and Miss Chu have a secret agreement, and they will guess my brother's identity as soon as they see you." Tong Ran said.He intends to establish cooperation with Chu Shuang, but it does not mean that he wants to get close to Fenglejue Mansion, and the other party is a young lady who has not left the cabinet, so it is easy to provoke criticism and troublesome if he meets and talks blatantly.

"Wow!" The little tiger wouldn't listen to him, anyway, it is a tiger, if it understands it, it will act as if it doesn't understand, so it wants to rub against him.

Tong Ran was softened by it, and hugged it anyway.

He really became more and more unprincipled, he complained in his heart.Then he warned: "Then you have to be obedient and don't make trouble."

"Wow——" When did I make a fuss?

The little tiger let out a lazy cry, and found a comfortable position to nest in his arms.

Increasingly lawless.

Tong Ran shook her head, and told Sang Le: "Master Gu, please change into ordinary clothes and go out with me."

Going out with the little tiger in his arms is really a big goal, Tong Ran thinks about it and pulls Gu Lan along, he can't drink tea in front of a tiger.Gu Lan has followed him since he was in Jinhe Supervisor. Sometimes he seems out of tune, but overall he is reliable.

When the timing was approaching, Tong Ran got off an ordinary carriage with the little tiger in his arms, followed by Gu Lan, and entered the Wanghai tea house that he had made an appointment with Miss Chu yesterday.

"Tianqing No. Elegant Seat." Tong Ran said.

"Okay, guest officer, please, be careful of the steps." Xiao Erdui smiled and trotted up to lead the way.

The little tiger frowned, suspecting that he had heard wrong.It remembered that yesterday Tong Ran ordered Dongqing to be seated at the Tianmo Hall, and he specifically asked Miss Chu to sit facing east.

As Tong Ran walked up to the second floor, Hu's head looked around restlessly. There was a row of elegant seats facing the street to the south, each of which was a semi-enclosed space, separated from the tea house lobby with a bead curtain.

There is a wooden sign nailed to the left of each private seat with its name on it.

The two adjacent rooms on the right are Tianmo and Tianqing.

Tianqing is still empty, but Tianmoli is obviously occupied by someone.The bead curtain was lowered, and a woman in a blue skirt could be vaguely seen sitting inside.

When Tong Ran and the others came up, Chu Shuang saw it immediately from the corner of his eye, but he didn't get up to greet him, nor did he turn his head.Tong Ran's explanation to her yesterday was quite strange, and the way of conveying the news made her vaguely understand that Tong Ran didn't seem to want to get involved with the Chu family in a big way.

Chu Shuang took a sip of tea, today she didn't even bring her maid, Luo Yang, and walked out alone.

While taking a sip of tea, there were already people sitting in the private room of the Tianqing House behind. According to Chu Shuang's observation just now, there were two people in total.The younger man in the moon white round neck robe was Mrs. Tong, and she didn't know the other young man in the smoke gray cross collar robe.

Master Tong even brought his tiger with him.When Chu Shuang saw the two of them clearly, she also saw the little tiger in Tong Ran's hands.

"Wow." The little tiger called out to Tong Ran lightly.

"Brother brought the tribute from His Majesty." Tong Ran coaxed in a low voice, stroking the little tiger's head.He recruited Xiaoer, ordered tea and snacks for him and Gu Lan respectively, and paid some money for Xiaoer to brew the tribute tea he brought with him for the little tiger.

Tong Ran chatted with Gu Lan for a few words, refreshments were served soon, the bead curtain was lowered, Xiaoer bowed and left.

"...the original of the cement road..." Gu Lan was halfway through speaking, but found that Tong Ran suddenly sat back.

Tianmo and Tianqing are adjacent to each other, and the private seats are not completely closed, only a wooden carved screen that is more decorative than partition between the two rooms.Tong Ran gained some righteousness, and easily conveyed the words to Chu Shuang's ears.

"Miss Chu, I've been waiting for a long time," Tong Ran said.

Gu Lan was taken aback, Miss Chu?who?

Tong Ran's voice was very low, but he didn't deliberately block his hearing. He heard the sentence just now clearly.

Then, he saw the girl in the blue skirt who was separated from them by a screen turned her head slightly, as if she was looking at the street scene below, and as if responding to Tong Ran's greetings, she nodded slightly.

"Hello, Mr. Tong."

Mysterious low grade.

In one sentence, Gu Lan immediately made a judgment.This girl doesn't look very old, she should be a lady from a wealthy family from her demeanor, but she actually has a mysterious rank?This is something that not many serious scholars have.

What method did she rely on to improve?Gu Lan guessed.

If one takes the path of self-cultivation by reading the books of sages, it is impossible to advance to the Xuan rank at such an age, and it is not bad to be able to condense the seeds of righteousness.

"Lord Gu, it's not a gentleman's job to look at a girl who has not left the court so bluntly," Chu Shuang said.She also used her righteousness to clearly send the words into Gu Lan's ears.

Gu Lan's face flushed, and she immediately lowered her gaze.

What a hot girl, he muttered to himself.Then, relying on righteousness, he said to the woman: "It's Gu who is being rude."

The girl behind Tong Ran chuckled, her voice was like a clear and transparent trickle, which was very nice.

Gu Lan was in a trance for a while.

Tong Ran ignored Gu Lan's reaction and directly talked to Chu Shuang about the business.He first talked about the situation of Youyang suppressing the bandits. Judging from the situation reported by Youyang, the dust will settle tonight or tomorrow.

"There is no news about Mrs. Liu's granddaughter yet. My people have already occupied the village. They have taken many people away, so we need to screen them one by one," Tong Ran said.

"Master Tong is bothering you." Chu Shuang said, "Is there anything I can do to help?"

Tong Ran must have said more than that when he called her here today, Chu Shuang believed that they did not have such a deep friendship.

"At the night banquet at the Governor's Mansion that day, Tong noticed something. I hope Miss Chu can clear up Tong's confusion." Tong Ran said.

"Master Tong, please speak."

"Tong supervised the establishment of a cotton factory in Jinhe, and produced a large amount of cheap cotton cloth that ordinary people could afford. However, after coming to Chuzhou Prefecture, Tong found that the people here rarely wore cotton cloth. Come on, most of the female family members of high-ranking families wear cotton fabrics. In addition, Tong also noticed that the girl and Lingtang didn't wear them." Tong Ran said.

Chu Shuang took another sip of tea, and then said in a clear and clear voice: "It is a good deed for adults to make cotton cloth, but you are quite appreciated by His Majesty, and your cotton cloth has also become the capital for showing off. Although your cotton factory has a large output, it is also I can't help but be robbed by so many people. Now the price of a piece of cotton cloth is one hundred or even two or three hundred times what you sell it for.

"Your Excellency has taken many measures to restrict large-scale purchases by big families. You can allow Chu Shuang to tell the truth. These people want people and money. Even if they buy from ordinary people who bought cotton cloth, ordinary people can't afford it. Pieces are available.

"After the cloth was bought, it was re-cut and processed by various tailors and embroiderers, and the result was what adults saw. In addition, those cotton quilt covers and cotton blankets probably had the same fate."

After Chu Shuang finished speaking, she let out a light and long breath, as if the words that had been suppressed in her heart for a long time finally came out.

Tong Ran was silent.This is something he didn't expect, and it's not something that can be solved by punishing scalpers who raise prices, or big families who rob goods.This is the reaction of the market, and even the imperial court cannot forcefully go against the market.

"Rong Chushuang, please say something." Chu Shuang paused for a moment and said again, "The only way to solve this problem is to increase the production of cotton cloth."

Tong Ran nodded, agreeing with what Chu Shuang said.

Gu Lan was stunned for a moment when he heard it. He had guessed the purpose of Tong Ran's trip, but he never thought that a girl who was trapped in a boudoir could tell so many reasons that even those who might become officials might not fully understand.

Really amazing woman.Gu Lan praised in her heart.

"Master Gu, can you restrain your gaze?" Chu Shuang asked again.

Gu Lan's face blushed again, she looked away and said, "Young lady has a great opinion, and Gu admires it, so she lost her composure."

Chu Shuang laughed lowly and said nothing more.

"What Miss Chu said is true. I wonder if you are interested in running a cotton cloth factory yourself?" Tong Ran said.Now that the supply of cotton cloth is in short supply, it is the market demand. He intends to expand the supply but does not want to control everything in the hands of the court.

"Me?" Chu Shuang was taken aback, and almost coughed out of control.

She covered her lips with her sleeve, and paused for a long time before saying: "Your Majesty Tong, you want me to open a new cotton factory. Are you secretly?"

"Almost, but I don't interfere with the operation of the cotton cloth factory. This factory is yours. You can use your own methods to raise funds and recruit workers. I will arrange experienced workers to help you, as long as they are willing." Tong Randao , "Of course, if you don't have enough money, I can lend it to you without charging interest."

He now has a pile of gold ingots piled up in the warehouse to eat ashes. This behavior of preventing money from circulating in the market is simply anti-human, and Tong Ran often complains to himself.If you can lend it to Chu Shuang to do business, you can feel at ease.

"I need to think about it." Chu Shuang said, this matter is too big, she used to let herself calm down for two days before making a decision.

"Okay, in two days, if Miss wants to cooperate, I'll see you here at the same time." Tong Ran said.

He drank the tea in one gulp, picked up the little tiger, and signaled Gu Lan to leave.

The bead curtains were raised and lowered, and they collided with each other to make a clanging sound.

When Chu Shuang turned her head, Tong Ran and Gu Lan had already left downstairs.

Two streets to the east of Wanghai Tea House, there is a simple tea shed, in which various vendors come and go, some of them have to rest for a while after drinking tea, and they chat in small groups.

"Have you heard that a girl was robbed in Yutou Village. Qiu (qiu2) Langshan gang did it!" A middle-aged man with a big beard said.

"I haven't heard of it, but I met that group of people. Look at my ring finger, it was chopped off by that group." A tall and thin man next to him showed his severed finger on his left hand and said, "What can't that son of a bitch do? ?”

"For four or five years, I haven't dared to go east of Taro Village."

"The government here doesn't care?" a stranger asked.

"Hey, what the hell, I'm filial." The bearded middle-aged man said.

"Isn't there a new governor here?" the outsider asked again, "I was thinking that Mr. Tong might be able to find a job when he came here."

"It's for fart, it's just a brat." The bearded man said.

What did the foreigner want to say, there was a commotion in the street, and many people looked towards the city gate.Immediately, the outsider also became curious. He squeezed out the crowd with a tea bowl. A group of people came from the east gate. The leader was wearing armor and riding a tall horse. Behind him was a row of soldiers with spears on each side. people.

The common people watching from the street were talking about it.

Only when the pedestrian approached did the outsider see clearly that it was the prisoners who were tied up with ropes and connected in a string.

Who are these?Outlanders are curious.

The bearded middle-aged man squeezed over at some point, pointed at the leader of the prisoners and said, "Fuck! Qiulang!"

"It's Qiulang?" His words were immediately heard by outsiders, as well as by the surrounding people.

"Crappie!"

"Son of a bitch, you have today too!"

There seemed to be quite a few people in the crowd who knew him, and all kinds of greetings came out all at once.

Gu Lan went to another place, and Tong Ran walked past the crowd with the little tiger in his arms.

You Yang moved very fast.Tong Ran sighed inwardly.He stroked the little tiger's hairy head and said: "The person who came back yesterday said that there are a lot of free-range chickens in the bandit's den. I'll send them to the mansion to feed you, okay?"

The little tiger looked at Tong Ran with big and round green eyes, and then said loudly: "Wow!"

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