The next morning, a unique supply and marketing meeting was held in Prince Yong's Mansion. Dozens of female relatives of high-ranking officials gathered in the outer hall of Prince Yong's Mansion to select fabrics and fillings for winter clothing.
The big shopkeeper of Junuang Pavilion personally took three assistants and brought dozens of kinds of fabrics, silks and satins, sheepskins and fine furs, as well as various filling materials, cashmere, duck down, kapok, straw cotton, etc., and various samples.
Three big tables were filled.
"Amei, do you think I should choose blue satin or this fine cotton?" Lu Xiu asked his friend Li Mei with a smile.
Li Mei glanced at the most lively table, where there were more than a dozen people gathered around, all buying high-quality cotton cloth. She whispered: "If you are making cotton-padded clothes, I suggest you use silk and satin with a kapok core. That white cotton cloth
The fabric is like a mourning dress, which is too ugly. The lining is not bad, and the same goes for bedding. The fabric must be satin, and the lining should be cotton that is breathable."
Lu Xiu covered her mouth and smiled and said, "Please keep your voice down. Others will be angry if they hear about filial piety."
"I'll be honest! It looks like good quality, but it's not practical unless you send it to a dyeing shop for dyeing."
Lu Xiu nodded, "My husband said that there will be more and more of this kind of cotton in the future, and it will gradually replace linen, and it will be very cheap. However, this kind of top-quality cotton has always been scarce. He suggested that I buy some and collect them."
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Li Mei thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll buy some too. It costs 30 guan a piece. It's so expensive!"
"Thirty guan is the market price, and the cost price is the cost of selling it to us. It only costs 20 guan per horse. Our family has a large population and we plan to buy a hundred horses."
"Then I will buy less. Thirty horses will be enough."
The two of them came to the counter. The shopkeeper was recording the orders. Basically, every house bought them, mostly buying ten or twenty horses. He smiled bitterly in his heart. There were only three hundred horses in the warehouse, and now they were all sold out.
But the shopkeeper was very smart, and Princess Yong hadn’t spoken yet! She couldn’t sell all of them to other ladies, so he cleverly kept a hundred horses and only gave two hundred to other ladies, and they were all sold out in the blink of an eye.
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"Master, do you still have the fine cotton?" Lu Xiu stepped forward and asked.
The shopkeeper quickly smiled and said: "They have bought out all the current inventory, but if the princess wants it, I will think of a way, but I can only get a hundred horses at most."
Lu Xiu glanced at Li Mei and said with a smile: "Give us all one hundred horses! I want seventy horses, and Mrs. Lu Sima wants thirty!"
The shopkeeper quickly wrote it down and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Princess! It will be in stock tomorrow."
"We also want to buy some stuffed thermal insulation materials. Could you please introduce them to the shopkeeper?"
"Okay! Okay! I wonder if the princess and Mrs. Lu want cashmere, kapok, or straw cotton?"
Lu Xiu smiled and said: "Every family has cashmere bedding. I mainly want to buy a set of cotton bedding and pillows for my family. I just want to ask the shopkeeper, which one is better, wood cotton or straw cotton?"
The shopkeeper quickly came to another table, took two small bamboo baskets, and introduced them to Lu Xiu and the ladies: "These two baskets contain the best grass cotton and the best kapok. If you want to choose,
I recommend choosing kapok, which is warmer and more breathable than straw cotton, but because the amount of grass is small, the price is high, and the quality is actually not as good as kapok.”
Lu Xiu nodded, "How much kapok do you have in stock?"
"Don't worry, Princess, there is enough kapok in stock."
"Okay, I want to buy a thousand kilograms of kapok, no problem!"
The shopkeeper was shocked to find that he wanted a thousand kilograms of kapok, but as soon as he thought about it, he realized that this was the princess, not an ordinary person. Not only her family, but also the servants and King Yong's soldiers must have taken it into consideration.
"No problem, we have enough goods and can deliver them tomorrow morning."
Lu Xiu took another look and saw several sisters standing in front of the fur table, choosing for themselves. They were full of top-quality fox and mink furs. Not only were they there, there were also a large group of ladies chattering together to choose.
Lu Xiu sighed in his heart, looking around, fur was still the most popular.
Lin'an also received its first light snowfall since the beginning of winter. Thin and dense snowflakes were flying in the sky. There were people walking on the street, but the restaurants and teahouses were full of people.
In the afternoon, Changfeng Teahouse was also full of guests. Everyone was drinking tea and chatting, and the teahouse was very lively.
In an elegant room on the second floor, Hu Yun, Zheng Tongquan and Wang Mu were also sitting together drinking tea.
"I invited Dongzhu Zheng out for tea today. The main reason is that I have something to discuss with Dongzhu Zheng. Of course, it is His Highness King Yong's wish. I am just conveying it!"
When Zheng Tongquan heard that His Highness King Yong was looking for him, he quickly said: "Brother Hu, feel free to speak out!"
Hu Yun smiled and asked: "How many large ships do the proprietor still have in his hands?"
"There are still about a hundred and fifty ships left!"
"Are you still traveling overseas?"
"It mainly goes to Korea and Japan, and also to Luzon. The price of sugar in Luzon is very low, and you can sell it at a good price when shipped back."
Hu Yun hesitated and said: "His Royal Highness King Yong would like to ask the proprietor whether it would be convenient for him to rent a hundred ships if he is not the proprietor?"
"Of course. I wonder how long your highness will rent it?"
"Lease for three years and pay rent according to market price."
Zheng Tongquan smiled slightly and said: "I know why His Highness only leased it for three years. The Western Army is also building large ships in Quanzhou and Fuzhou, and will deliver a hundred large ships in three years. But I know in my heart that the shipbuilding period is very long, and it will definitely take three years."
If you can't pay it, it will take at least five years, so be it! I will rent it to His Highness King Yong for five years, and give me a rent of one hundred guan per year."
"One hundred strings?" Hu Yun suspected that he heard wrongly.
"That's right, one hundred guan. In addition, I will bear all the crew's salary expenses."
"This won't work!"
Hu Yun shook his head like a rattle, "His Royal Highness King Yong will definitely not agree."
"Please Brother Hu, please convince His Highness. If you still don't agree, I can only offer the ship to His Highness!"
Wang Mu next to him said with a smile: "Old Hu, with Dongzhu Zheng's current net worth, money has no meaning anymore. I would like to give your highness a suggestion to change the form!"
Hu Yun nodded, "I understand, it shouldn't be a big problem!"
Zheng Tongquan smiled and said nothing, but Wang Mu understood his thoughts!
At this time, Wang Mu added: "In the past two days, there have been many public demands on the streets of Lin'an, demanding that Lin'an be officially designated as the capital. The newspaper office also received hundreds of letters from people, asking the Beijing News to publish their appeal and make Lin'an the capital.
Make it a stable capital."
Hu Yun said in surprise: "Didn't I say a few days ago that many people called on the emperor to move the capital back to Bianliang?"
"Yes, our newspaper office has also received many letters from ordinary people asking to move the capital back to Bianliang. Now there is another group of people. I feel that there are two groups in the court fighting. One group wants to return to Bianliang, and the other group wants to move the capital back to Bianliang.
I want to stay in Lin'an, but as for writing to the newspaper, I think I want to test King Yong's attitude."
Hu Yun pondered for a moment and said: "The attitude of King Yong has always been clear. He does not want the court to return to Bianliang. The Beijing News can publish letters from readers who have settled in Lin'an."
Zheng Tongquan said from the side: "I know that I should not participate in the military affairs decisions of the Western Army at will, but I still want to make a suggestion."
Hu Yun nodded, "Dongzhu Zheng, please tell me!"
Zheng Tongquan said slowly: "Whether Qin Hui or Queen Mother Wei, they all speak for the interests of the Jin Kingdom. Starting from the interests of the Jin Kingdom, the emperor also wants to recapture Bianliang. I just suggest that the Western Army beware of the sudden northward movement of the imperial army."
Hu Yun smiled and said: "I will definitely convey Dongzhu Zheng's suggestion to His Highness King Yong!"
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[There are a lot of things going on at home today, so I only have two updates. I’m really sorry!]