"Yu Yuan is thoughtful." Liu Shuying praised her first.

Yujuan is the character of Wei Yao. Nowadays, women who are officials in the Ming Dynasty are in line with men, so those who don't have the character are all given the character.

"His Majesty and Governor Qian have already anticipated the situation you mentioned and have made preparations for it.

The court's propaganda calling on the people not to hoard new money is just one of them. Although it seems that the court's call is not very effective, those people who do not listen to the court's call to hoard money frantically should be punished even if they really lose money in this matter.

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You must know that even if the government treats the people, they must not be merciful, but they must let them remember it, so that they will trust the court more in the future."

What Liu Shuying said is a bit cruel, but it is true.

The court has tried to persuade them, but the people have not listened. What can be done?

Is there a law prohibiting people from hoarding new money?

This standard is difficult to define and can easily offend people.

The imperial court has done everything it should do, and the rest is left to the people.

If you can't grasp it, you will lose everything, and you can't blame the court.

Seeing that Wei Yao was still frowning, Liu Shuying said: "You don't have to worry so much. The Department of Finance has identified many private money dealers and will launch an important operation in the next few days.

By then, many private money dealers will be brought to justice. Without these people secretly purchasing new money and spreading rumors to cause trouble, the price of new money will fall back, and people may not lose too much money."

"Yeah." Although she knew Liu Shuying's words were very comforting, Wei Yao still nodded.

"By the way, come with me to the lounge."

After saying that, Liu Shuying took Wei Yao to the ladies' lounge near Wuying Palace.

This place is called a room, but it is actually a row of corridors. There are spacious tea rooms with large windows and "single rooms" with closed doors and windows, which are specially used for female officials and palace ladies to rest and relax temporarily.

Of course, eunuchs and officials also have similar rest rooms.

After entering a single room in the lounge, Liu Shuying smiled and said, "You took leave today because of your menstrual period, right?"

Wei Yao couldn't help lowering her head, her face turned red, "Yes."

Liu Shuying took out something from the large purse she wore around her waist and handed it to Wei Yao.

Wei Yao took it and looked at it, and then she had a guess about the use of this thing. She couldn't help but blush even more, and asked in a low voice: "What is this?"

Liu Shuying smiled and said: "This thing is called a sanitary napkin. It is actually the menstrual belt that we women use, but it is much more convenient to use than the menstrual belt."

Then she glanced at Wei Yao's lower body, but she looked embarrassed and said: "But this thing needs to be used with underwear. I'm afraid you won't be able to use it now."

After listening to Liu Shuying's words, Wei Yao carefully looked at the "sanitary napkin" in her hand.

In fact, women in the Ming Dynasty had made considerable progress in solving menstrual problems.

Although cotton was introduced to China in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, its role was not developed and did not receive corresponding attention. It was always cultivated in small quantities in the western border areas. It was not until the late Song Dynasty and the early Yuan Dynasty that cotton began to be introduced to the inland.

After Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he ordered the forcible promotion of cotton throughout the country, so that its various functions were exploited and it became an important crop.

As the filling of menstrual belt, it is one of the functions of cotton.

It’s just that the menstrual belt is usually wrapped around the body, so it is a bit inconvenient to use.

So Zhu Aolao ordered people to imitate later generations of sanitary napkins.

If it were imitated regardless of cost, it would be very easy with the technology of the late Ming Dynasty. But Zhu Yuluo wanted low-cost sanitary napkins, because only in this way could ordinary women afford them.

Therefore, although Zhu Yuluo ordered the original needle work bureau (one of the twelve supervisors, four divisions and eight bureaus in charge of the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty, now merged into the Shangyi Supervisor) to develop it very early, it was not until a few days ago that she was able to develop a work that satisfied her .

Now, Zhu Yuluo has asked the Internal Affairs Office to come forward and invest internal funds to establish the Nanjing Underwear Factory, which specializes in producing underwear that is more beneficial to women's health for future generations. Sanitary napkins in the Ming Dynasty were its flagship products.

It's just that the underwear factory is still under construction, and the actual interview for its products will probably have to wait until September. Liu Shuying received the sample given by Zhu Aelao.

At this time, Liu Shuying was slightly embarrassed and then continued: "You can go to the Shangyi Supervisor later to ask for a sample, go back and ask your family to sew some pairs of underwear, and then you can use this sanitary napkin.

This is how it is used... Do you think it is much more convenient than a menstrual belt? It is also more hygienic."

After Liu Shuying whispered in Wei Yao's ear for a while, Wei Yao nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and her pretty face turned red with embarrassment.

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In Nanjing City, Gu Daqi was sitting on the third floor of Huixian Building, with a plate of wine and food worth dozens of taels in front of him.

There is a stage in the building, and there are musicians, singers, and dancers on the stage, forming a performance with beautiful sounds and sounds - this can be regarded as a good entertainment for the wealthy before tea and after dinner after the brothel industry was hit.

But Gu Daqi's eyes were not on the stage, but looking through the window at the street market below, as if he could see the specific situation among the bustling crowd.

Today is the first day that he sends people to reveal Wu Tongbao.

Even though he couldn't see the details of what his subordinates were doing while sitting here, he could still be notified.

At noon, Mr. Fan came over and whispered a few words in his ear. Gu Daqi immediately smiled and couldn't help but said: "Okay! Mr. Fan, please sit down and have lunch. Waiter, take your order!"

The reason why Gu Daqi is so happy is naturally because Mr. Fan has brought good news.

The Zhaowu Tongbao he shipped to the city today went smoothly and was exchanged for a good price, which can be said to be a small profit.

According to his and Mr. Fan's estimates, at least 50,000 yuan could be exchanged in Nanjing City by sunset.

It should be noted that he has also sent people to the counties under Yingtian Mansion. Taken together, he may be able to redeem hundreds of thousands of Zhaowu Tongbao today!

In terms of money made by Chongzhen, for every one Wen of Zhaowu Tongbao exchanged, he could earn at least five Wen of Chongzhen's money. If it was bad money of even worse quality, it could reach up to dozens of Wen.

It should be noted that he started hoarding Zhaowu Tongbao very early. At that time, it was much cheaper to redeem Zhaowu Tongbao than it is now.

However, it is really not as profitable as selling overseas to exchange like this now. Therefore, he plans to sell a small part and stop selling when the price drops...

Soon it was sunset, and Gu Daqi returned to the manor outside the city first. Not long after, several carriages came back with the copper coins exchanged today.

Just as Gu Daqi was about to personally direct the servants to carry it, an exclamation suddenly came from the gate of the manor.

Immediately, a large group of Imperial Guards rushed in and headed straight for this place.

Without thinking much, Gu Daqi ran to the dog hole reserved in a remote part of the manor without taking anything with him, trying to get out.

Unexpectedly, when I got halfway through the drill, I found that the waist and hip were too wide and got stuck.

He hurriedly said: "Mr. Fan, give me a push!"

Before Mr. Fan could agree, a pair of military boots appeared in front of him. At the same time, a man said, "Don't bother me. I'll just drag you out."

After saying that, he grabbed Gu Daqi's collar and pulled him out.

Gu Daqi looked up and saw several imperial guards surrounding him, all with smiles on their faces.

"Captain, have we caught the big fish?"

"Eighty percent yes." The captain of the Imperial Guard grabbed Gu Daqi's collar and said with a smile: "Look at his clothes and figure. Even if he is not the owner of this manor, he is still the butler."

Gu Daqi really wanted to bribe these Imperial Guards with his words, but when he looked around and saw other Imperial Guard teams coming over, he knew there was no chance.

I can only make other ideas.

So he shouted: "I am Gu Daqi, a scholar from Lishui. I am a scholar taking the provincial examination in this world. You can't arrest me!"

"I can't arrest you?" Upon hearing this, the corporal commander grabbed Gu Daqi's collar even tighter and shook him deliberately, "Whether I can be arrested or not is not your decision, but the court's decision."

After saying that, he asked his soldiers to tie up Gu Daqi.

When Gu Daqi was brought to the gate of the manor, he saw a small flag of a royal guard and four captains.

Xiaoqi looked at Gu Daqi with the portrait, nodded, and said: "Gu Daqi, a scholar from Lishui, minted private money, maliciously hoarded new money, disrupted the national economy, and is now under arrest pending trial. Take him away!"

"

After hearing Jin Yiwei Xiaoqi mention the matter of casting private money, Gu Daqi couldn't hold it any longer and collapsed like mud.

Lishui Gujia is just the beginning.

In the following month, hundreds of private money dealers and those who minted private money were arrested in Yingtian Prefecture and even in the entire southern Zhili and surrounding provinces.
Chapter completed!