"Let's go, I'll take you to get to know each other."
Jin Feng held one hand and led the two to the carriage and introduced: "Xiaorou, Xiaobei, this is the ninth princess of the current Dynasty, Her Royal Highness Princess Wuyang!"
Guan Xiaorou never thought that one day she would be able to see the princess. At this time, her mind was still confused. She only smiled stupidly at the ninth princess and even forgot to salute.
Seeing this, Tang Xiaobei had no choice but to squat down slightly and salute the Ninth Princess: "Tang Xiaobei, a commoner woman, has met Your Highness!"
Only then did Guan Xiaorou come to her senses and quickly imitated her: "Guan Xiaorou, a civilian woman, has met His Highness!"
"Are you two your husband's wives? I heard Sister Mu Lan mention it many times in her letter."
The Ninth Princess did not put on airs and said with a smile: "You two are indeed as beautiful as Sister Mu Lan said."
Guan Xiaorou's face turned red after being praised by the Ninth Princess. She could only wave her hands and could not speak.
When Tang Xiaobei saw this, he could only smile and reply: "Your Highness is the most beautiful woman Xiaobei has ever seen."
"I heard that the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce has been managed by Sister Xiaobei. She is able to run the Chamber of Commerce so well. Sister Xiaobei is very powerful!"
"The Chamber of Commerce was able to open a market in the capital, thanks to His Highness's help. Xiaobei is very grateful!"
Tang Xiaobei said and bowed to the Ninth Princess again.
"You two will talk later." Jin Feng saw that the two of them were getting more and more enthusiastic as they chatted, so he quickly interrupted: "Your Highness, I have something to deal with here, why don't you and Xiaobei go back to rest first?"
"No, I'm not tired either. Let Sister Xiaobei and Sister Mu Lan take me around the village."
Princess Ninth said with a smile.
Qing Mulan had told her about Xihewan so many times in her letters that the Ninth Princess had long been curious.
In addition, she was also curious about how Jin Feng dealt with the matter between Xu Laosan and his concubine.
"That's okay," Jin Feng turned to look at Guan Xiaorou: "Xiaorou, then go back and tidy up the main room first, and then inform Runniang to cook a table of delicious dishes. You can't neglect His Highness."
"Okay!" Guan Xiaorou was eager to leave quickly. After hearing this, she felt like she was being pardoned, so she agreed without even saying hello to the Ninth Princess. She lowered her head and ran away.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness. My wife is naturally timid. I hope Your Highness will forgive me for being rude."
Jin Feng had no choice but to apologize for Guan Xiaorou.
"It doesn't matter. Your Majesty, you look like a simple and kind-hearted person. I like this kind of temperament very much."
The Ninth Princess smiled and said: "Besides, if my wife's brother hadn't sent someone to rescue her in time, my body would have sunk to the bottom of the river by now."
"Actually, Xiaorou is also very good. The soap that Mr. Wang first made was tasteless, and she mixed the scent." Qing Mulan said.
"That's really awesome."
When the Ninth Princess heard this, she was slightly surprised.
With her eyesight, she could tell at a glance that Guan Xiaorou was an introverted mountain village woman, so she didn't take it to heart at first.
Only now did I realize that she had misjudged Guan Xiaorou, and she actually knew how to prepare spices.
When she was in the capital, Princess Ninth had always paid close attention to the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce. She knew very well that various scents were very important for soap to successfully open up the business.
Unexpectedly, those scents were made by a woman who blushed so much that she dared not speak when she saw someone.
Jin Feng saw the villagers gathering at the entrance of the village one after another, so he said hello to Princess Ninth and jumped onto the high platform for the gathering at the entrance of the village.
The Ninth Princess did not leave, but asked the coachman to drive the carriage aside and called Tang Xiaobei to get on the carriage.
"Sister Mu Lan, didn't my husband go to save you? Why did we meet His Highness again?"
Tang Xiaobei was still confused about this matter, so he pulled Qing Mulan to ask as soon as he got in the car.
Qing Mulan started from Wulang Mountain and recounted what happened these days.
The three of them were chatting when they suddenly heard the sound of dense footsteps coming from the village.
The female workers from the textile factory appeared in neat lines.
Nowadays, there are several textile workshops in Xihewan. In addition to spinning threads, a new weaving workshop has also been opened.
The twine produced in the spinning workshop is no longer sent to Guangyuan for sale. Instead, it is processed twice and made into cloth before being sold.
As a result, the overall profit of the textile factory immediately increased a lot, and the scale became larger and larger. The number of female workers in the day shift, plus other types of work such as logistics, totaled more than a thousand people.
Thousands of people may not sound like a lot, but gathering together is still very spectacular.
Four people lined up, and the line stretched from the entrance of the village to the depths of the village, with no tail visible at all.
"They all work in Mr.'s factory?"
Princess Ninth asked in surprise.
"These are only for the day shift, the night shift ones haven't arrived yet." Qing Mulan replied.
As soon as he finished speaking, the female workers who were resting in the dormitory also entered the venue from the south under the leadership of a workshop director.
Then the villagers from Xihewan and the second group of villagers led by Zhao Laoshan also arrived one after another.
Finally, the village chief led the men from construction sites, brick kilns and other places.
There were people everywhere in the huge threshing floor.
Jin Feng saw that people were almost there, so he jumped onto a wooden platform in the middle of the crowd.
"Fellow folks, brothers and sisters, I'm sorry for wasting everyone's time, but I found a very serious problem that must be solved, so I called everyone here."
Jin Feng clasped his fists at the crowd.
"Brother Feng, what's going on?"
Many villagers asked aloud.
Jin Feng raised his hand and pressed it lightly, and the villagers immediately fell silent.
"Some time ago, many families in our village took concubines, right? I heard that the most common ones had eight or nine!"
Jin Feng said coldly: "I know what you are thinking, don't you just want to marry more concubines, not only can you spread your business, but you can also go to work in a textile factory and help your family make money?
As long as the girl is willing, I won't say anything, but have I ever said before that beating a new girl is not allowed?"
At this point, Jin Feng's voice suddenly became louder and turned into a shout: "Men who beat women are the most useless. If you have the ability, go and fight bandits, party members, and Khitans! What kind of skill does beating women count?"
"
After Jin Feng shouted, many men present lowered their heads.
Some people also showed unconvinced expressions.
"Why, I think some people are not convinced? It's okay if you are not convinced. Now stand up and I will arrange for someone to send you to the Tielin Army tomorrow. Qinghou is fighting the Dangxiang people, so you can go over and beat the Dangxiang people!"
Jin Feng sneered: "Is anyone willing to go? Come forward!"
Hearing what Jin Feng said, the unconvinced men also lowered their heads.
"Why is no one talking?" Jin Feng said: "If no one is talking, then let's talk about the concubine."
"I hope everyone will understand one thing. This girl married you not because of how wise or powerful you are, but because she couldn't survive in her own family and had no choice but to go to Xihewan!"
Jin Feng said loudly: "This girl is also the daughter of a father and a mother. Marrying you is not free. She works in a textile factory and earns more than you. Why do you hit her?"
These words spoke to the hearts of those girls, and there was a sudden burst of applause in the textile factory team.