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"Put your hair in a bun that is convenient for doing things, just use a jade hairpin." Sitting in front of the dressing table early in the morning, Chu Shuang instructed Luo Yang.

"Understood, Miss." Luo Yang said briskly.

Today is the day when Jin Hejian's skilled workers arrive, and Chu Shuang, as their new employer, will naturally go there.The workshop of the cotton factory has been finalized, and she, Ms. Jin, the head of Fu'an County, and the others have also made plans to contribute. In addition to buying the money for the workshop, they also need to arrange the workers' board and lodging, buy machines, and buy raw materials. It is not a small expense, even if several people share it.

Chu Shuang couldn't ask Chu Min for money, so she sold some of her jewelry, including the gold-plated phoenix wearing a peony.

After combing her bun, Luo Yang put a jade hairpin on her hairpin, Chu Shuang looked at the mirror twice, suddenly there was a commotion outside, and then she heard the voices of the nuns in the mansion.

"The master has ordered that this yard will be closed today, and no one can enter or leave." A nun who was about fifty years old said, the wrinkles on her face were deep, and she looked dignified.

"Li nanny, what's the matter?" Chu Shuang quickly walked to the door, and blessed her upbringing nanny.Nanny Li came out of the palace and used to be the concubine's servant, so Chu Shuang was quite polite to her.

"Miss," Nanny Li nodded back, still saying seriously, "This is the master's order, and I just follow orders."

"I'm going to find my dad."

Chu Shuang lifted her skirt and was about to go out, but Nanny Li stretched out her hand to stop her: "Miss, you are not allowed to go in or out either."

No joy or anger could be seen on Li Nanny's deep-lined face, she stopped in front of Chu Shuang, who didn't even know how to plead for mercy.

In the northern outskirts of Chuzhou Prefecture, the newly purchased workshop has started to be repaired, and all the workers from the Jin family are employed. Miss Jin Li of the Jin family came to supervise the work early in the morning.

At first, her family was a little hesitant about her running the cotton factory, but later they heard that she was cooperating with Miss Chu, the head of Fu'an County and other noble women, and quickly changed their attitude.

No matter how the business ends, being able to establish a good relationship with these noble girls will be very beneficial to the future of the Jin family.

Jin Li didn't think too much about it, she just envied her father and brother to be able to run outside and do all kinds of meaningful things, and she thought so too.

Chu Shuang told her yesterday that a group of skilled workers from Jinhe Supervisor would arrive today. Jin Li was looking forward to it, and Chu Shuang also said that she would come to meet them, but when the scheduled time came, Chu Shuang still did not arrive.

Seeing that Jin He's supervisors would arrive at any time, Jin Li became anxious.

"Miss, Miss!" A small worker from the Jin's shop trotted over, stopped two steps away, and panted, "I heard from Ah Fu, the vegetable seller, that Miss Chu's feet seem to be grounded. According to the news from my cousin's sixth aunt, that sixth aunt is the mother-in-law of the Chu family, so it can't be wrong."

"Foot grounding?" Jin Li frowned, and immediately thought of her family's attitude at the beginning, and immediately understood.

"You come with me... No, let's go to Chengxuan's office first." Jin Li said.It was useless for her to go to the Chu Mansion by herself, and she didn't know where to send reinforcements for a while, so Gu Lan would come to Chu Shuang from time to time, maybe it might be of help.

Chu Min sighed in front of the gate of the Chu Shuang Courtyard in the west courtyard of the Chu Mansion, but went in anyway.

After a while, Chu Min came out again and coughed dryly with his fist on his lips, covering up the embarrassment of being kicked out by his daughter.

Mrs. Chu was also in Chu Shuang's room at this time, but Chu Shuang never let go.He only found out last night that the jewel in his palm actually opened a cotton factory with a few girls behind his back, and one of them was Jin Li, who was born as a businessman.

It's really harmful.

Chu Min was anxious all night, he must not let his daughter go out to do business in public, otherwise what would others say about his family?

Anyway, he is a relative of the emperor, so he must not lose face.

As soon as Chu Min came out of Chushuang's courtyard, he saw the butler trotting over: "Master, Mr. Gu, the chief envoy, is here, right at the door!"

"Why is he here?" Chu Min frowned, and walked quickly to the door without delay.

After receiving Jin Li's message, Gu Lan bit the bullet and went to visit Chu's house.He didn't have anything to do, but he saw Chu Shuang running around for the cotton factory, and couldn't bear her wasting her hard work for so many days.

Gu Lan thought that she had a thick skin. In order to blackmail Tong Ran into building roads, she even did office work in front of the Xiaoguo County Yamen, but when she saw Chu Min come out, she was a little nervous for no reason.

Chu Min didn't invite him in, but came to the door of the Chu Mansion and said politely: "Master Gu is polite, I should have invited him to sit in the main hall, but there are some family matters to deal with, so it is inconvenient to invite Mr. Gu to come in."

Chu Minben also suspected that Gu Lan really had something serious to do, seeing that he was dressed in ordinary clothes, he guessed that it had something to do with his daughter.

Although he didn't know how Chu Shuang and Gu Lan met, he couldn't agree to the matter of the cotton factory, even if Governor Tong came in person.

Chu Min politely chased away the guests at the first sentence, which made Gu Lan at a loss for words, and couldn't think of words for a while.

"Master Gu, please." Chu Min raised his arms, as if to see off the guests.

Gu Lan stood there in a daze, whether to leave or stay, while hesitating, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar carriage coming across the lane from the corner of her eye.

It's Master Tong!Gu Lan was overjoyed for a while.

But after thinking about it, so what if Tong Ran came, Chu Min clearly didn't intend to give face.

When the carriage came to a complete stop, the little tiger jumped out first, followed by Tong Ran.

Chu Min sighed softly in his heart, one after another is really endless, but no matter who comes, he will not let his daughter go out to show his face!

"Master Chu." Tong Ran nodded, "Where is Miss Chu?"

Chu Min bowed his hands and bowed, much more polite than when facing Gu Lan. After all, Tong Ran has a title and is different from ordinary officials.He said politely: "The little girl is not feeling well, and it is not convenient to see guests at this time."

Where Chu Min couldn't see out of the corner of his eye, Gu Lan pouted at Tong Ran with a helpless expression.

It was with great difficulty that Tong Ran suppressed the corners of her mouth. It seemed that Gu Lan's hard work these days had been quite effective. People around Chu Shuang already knew that they had problems and asked Mr. Gu.

Tong Ran picked up the little tiger who kept scratching his robe, and said to Chu Min: "Master Chu, please forgive me, Your Majesty has an order, and please invite Qianyuan to kneel in the main hall to meet him."

"Wooooow." The little tiger barked a few times, as if talking.

Tong Ran patted its buttocks to signal it to be quiet.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty?" Chu Min was startled.Why did this alarm His Majesty again?

"Master Chu, please lead the way." Tong Ran didn't take care of the other party's surprise.

Chu Min glanced behind Tong Ran, and sure enough there was a man in the color of a servant following behind, bowing and holding a tray with a bright yellow scroll on it.He didn't dare to neglect any longer, and hurriedly led Tong Ran in.

Chu Min led the way, while Tong Ran held the little tiger half a step behind. The little tiger turned its head in his arms, as if looking around.

A few days ago, when Tong Ran was talking to the human form of it, he mentioned the issue that Chu Min might object to.This is easy to solve, it immediately wrote a commendation note and sent it.

Chu Min brought Tong Ran to the main hall, and the butler quickly ordered tea to be served, and soon after, Chu Shuang walked in accompanied by Mrs. Chu and the maid.

Without delay, Tong Ran directly opened the imperial decree and read it amidst the respectful voices of the Chu family receiving the decree.The content of the decree was very simple. First, Chu Shuang was commended for opening a cotton cloth factory, and then a reward of 500 taels of silver was awarded.

I heard that the national treasury is tense recently, and the silver comes from Chu Jun's small treasury.

Seeing the servants holding out the silver, Tong Ran felt as if his legs had been cut off.

After reading the imperial decree, Chu Min thanked him, and when he kowtowed, he was very unwilling. Once the decree came to pass, not only could he no longer oppose Chu Shuang's business, but he had to show his support.But after thinking about it, with His Majesty's endorsement, no one would dare to laugh at his daughter's business affairs.

Hey, I really don't know whether it's joy or sorrow.

He sighed inwardly, and glanced at Gu Lan, who was smiling slightly.

The matter of Chu Shuang's opening of the cotton factory was brought to the light. With the support of the holy will, other noble ladies who cooperated with her dared to tell the family about the matter. As if they didn't know, some families gave their daughters more money, so that the initial funds for the cotton factory were finally enough.

On the same day, Chu Shuang met a skilled worker from Jinhe Supervisor.

The leader, Tan Xian, was originally a worker in a cotton factory on Wanghai Road. Because of his skilled skills, he was reused as soon as he arrived at the cotton factory in Jinhejian. Capable.

Tan Xian and others gave a lot of advice on plant repairs and equipment introduction.The new factory building in the northern suburbs was quickly repaired, and new looms arrived soon.

After the imperial decree, the news of Miss Chu's cotton factory was spread all over Chuzhou Mansion. There were many people talking about it in the streets and alleys. Girls and women are looking forward to it.

Tong Ran didn't join in the fun. The people sent by Supervisor Jin He needed skills and experience, and Chu Shuang was also smart and eager to learn. With the help of these people, he was not afraid of not being able to do well.

"Wow!" The little tiger jumped down from the museum shelf and scratched the corner of Tong Ran's robe.

He has been immersed in the paperwork for two hours without moving, the little tiger has approved more than half of his own memorials, and he is busier than the emperor as a governor?

"Wait a little longer, brother, finish reading this." Tong Ran said while spreading a hand under the table to comfort the little tiger.

The little tiger immediately hugged his hand and did not let go, but Tong Ran couldn't take it back, so he had to bring the tiger up with him and put it in his arms.The little tiger was still restless in his arms, so he had to put his head on the table.

Tong Ran was so absorbed in looking at things that she didn't have time to stop her.

It turned out to be the detailed measures of the sentry method.The little tiger watched for a while, and finally figured out what Tong Ran was doing.

He has read the draft of this item, and Tong Ran also mentioned it when he contacted him through Yupei. This is a good method, but it requires a lot of manpower.Tong Ran's idea was that since the soldiers in the army are idle anyway, it's better to distribute some of them to each sentry post.

After reading it for a while, Tong Ran finally finished reading the document and began to write a comment.

Then he put this one away, and took another copy at random, intending to read it again.The little tiger couldn't bear it any longer, roared "Wow", jumped onto the desk and slapped Tong Ran's hand that was trying to hold the document.

"Wow!" Eat!

It's already afternoon, so if you don't eat, you can even have dinner together.The little tiger bared its teeth fiercely at Tong Ran.

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