Chapter 206 204. The New Year’s Eve Fair (please subscribe for a monthly ticket)

Author: nonsense and gossip

Chapter 206 204. The New Year’s Eve Fair (please subscribe for a monthly ticket)

Yes, Huang Yueying is not Liu Biao, so she doesn't have to look forward and backward so much. Give her two or three years... Jingzhou may be far ahead of other forces.

After all, the food foundation is now slowly being laid, and the light handicraft industry is also growing rapidly.

Furthermore, in two or three years, the current group of Class A students in the academy, as well as the earliest group of practical talents in the clan academy, will all be ready to work.

Thinking about it this way, Huang Yueying felt much more comfortable.

It’s like planting a seed in spring and reaping thousands of grains in autumn.

At least, in another two or three years, there won't be any situation where no one can use it.

"Little sir..." Sha Wenye, dressed as a guard, was leading his men on patrol. He saw the two gentlemen talking and said hello.

"Sha Jingfu." Huang Yueying said with a smile. Seeing Sha Wenye's appearance, it was quite bluffing.

"I've met you two gentlemen." Sha Wenye was also very polite.

He has been at Huangjiazhuangzi for several months.

The food he eats, the clothes he wears, and the way of life he lives here are much better than those there. Although he is brave, it is difficult for him to challenge the mandarin duck formation of the escort association here alone.

Plus, the food here is delicious!

After training every day, what he looks forward to most is eating.

After eating, go to bed...that's much more comfortable than being in the mountains.

"How is Sha Jingfu lately?" Huang Yueying was still concerned.

She took them to Zhuangzi, but within two days, Liu Biao called her to Xiangyang.

"Thank you for your concern, Mr. Sha. I'm... very good." Sha Jingfu's Chinese has improved significantly.

"That's okay." Huang Yueying smiled.

Sha Wenye and Keye and the songs they brought were part of her plan.

The first is to make the barbarians feel the importance of a happy life in order to attract other barbarians to keep coming; secondly, only if these barbarians can learn the technology, then... the life of the barbarians in the barbaric mountains can also be improved.

Improve slowly.

"In a few days, there will be a lantern festival at the village, and Sha Jingfu will have to work hard then."

"It's not hard, it's not hard." Sha Wenye said quickly.

Huang Yueying then smiled and said goodbye to Sha Wenye, who still had to patrol.

"It can be seen that Sha Jingfu is living quite comfortably these days, and he is stronger than before in the wild mountains." Next to him, Zhuge Liang nodded and said with a smile.

Huang Yueying laughed, "That's what my brother said."

…

The last day of the fifth year of Jian'an is also known as the New Year's Eve in the later world.

Outside the Huangjiazhuangzi, the original market has been taken over by people from the Zhuangzi, and there is a steady flow of people.

The workers, who had taken the holidays and received their wages and New Year's goods, had the rare pleasure of going shopping.

Grain, cloth, pork, mutton, dried fruits and special snacks have attracted everyone's desire to buy.

But the most eye-catching thing is the textile machine improved by Huang Hai.

These machines were originally provided to Zhuangshang Textile Workshop.

But after more than a year of production, the textile workshop in the village could no longer expand its capacity. After consulting Huang Yueying, Huang Yueying pointed out that the textile machines could be sold to ordinary people or other aristocratic families.

Huang Hai, Li Mu and others looked surprised.

Huang Yueying's words dispelled their concerns, "Brother Zhongniu, Li Mu, you can continue to improve new looms, let our own workshops use better looms, and then sell the unused ones to others."

Several craftsmen who like research and development thought this was feasible.

Therefore, the looms in Huangjiazhuangzi's weaving workshop appeared at the gathering on New Year's Eve.

They didn't expect anyone to actually buy it, but they wanted to attract the attention of other businessmen or aristocratic families in the county.

"Achu, aren't you afraid that other aristocratic families will steal the workshop business?" Zhuge Liang stood beside Huang Yueying, looking at the noisy crowd at the other end, and asked with a smile.

"What's so scary?" Huang Yueying wondered, "Brother Zhongniu and the others will continue to develop better textile machines."

Zhuge Liang laughed, and it seemed like this was the case.

In this way...if this loom can be sold in large quantities, then...the price of cloth will definitely come down.

But there is still no one in Jingzhou who can compete with Chu An.

After what he has seen over the years, the princes in the world... who value people's livelihood mostly only value food, and the importance of food is just to have enough food for the army when they go out to fight.

"This loom is used in our workshop. It was improved by Manager Huang. It is much easier to use than the previous one!" A woman, holding her child in hand, said to her husband beside her.

"What's the use for it?" The man next to me was puzzled.

The woman didn't waste any time and directly asked Li Mu on the side if he could get started. Li Mu naturally smiled and agreed, and the woman started to start without any further words.

"Oh! I know, the loom in the past could only weave one thread!"

"Yes! In this way, if you buy one, as long as your family can grow mulberry and raise silkworms, there will be no shortage of new clothes in a year!"

There were quite a few women I had never met before who were quite moved.

But this loom is not cheap.

Of course, there were some stewards from other wealthy families in Chu'an among the crowd. Of course they knew how good this loom was. No wonder the Lord Chu'an's fiefdom has been able to produce cloth continuously over the past year. It turned out that it was because of this.

A loom.

At that moment, someone asked Li Mu next to him, "Manager Li, are these looms sold to outsiders?"

"Yes." Li Mu smiled and nodded. This person... seemed to be a steward of a wealthy family in the county.

"How many are these?"

"Isn't it marked?" Li Mu pointed to a bamboo board next to him, with a piece of Chu paper stapled on it. On the Chu paper, it was written that the loom cost thirty thousand yuan a piece.

The manager thought about it and then felt that the price was not expensive. If he just bought one unit, the price would be hard to say, but if he bought a few more units, the price could probably be negotiated further.

So, he pulled Li Mu and walked aside.

Today, in Chu'an County, people in the entire county enjoy the benefits of winter wheat and summer rice.

Even wealthy households like them are no exception. Although they pay more taxes, the food they receive has also doubled.

In this case, no one would object to Mr. Chu An. On the contrary, they could use their connections to transport some grain out and sell it at a high price when there was a shortage of grain.

Furthermore, the guards in Chu'an County are now much better than before, and several surrounding counties have also praised them for ensuring the safety of the surrounding areas.

…

On the other side, there were also children standing in front of a stall selling dried fruits, but the stall owners... were Huang Cong and Huang Jun.

"You can try them, but don't finish them all! If you finish them, they will be gone this year! We have to wait until next year when the new fruits mature!" Huang Cong felt a little heartbroken and handed out some dried fruits for testing.

To be honest, dried fruits are a best-seller not only in Xiangyang, but also in Huangjiazhuangzi.

But Huang Yueying also had selfish motives, and wanted the people in the village to have a taste first, so the goods shipped by the trading house were all brought to the village first.

As a result, Huang Cong and Huang Jun actually had some left over to set up a stall.

Huang Yueying couldn't laugh or cry when she saw it.

"A Chu didn't think of it, did he?" Zhuge Liang also laughed. He took a piece to try and then asked, "How much is a pound?"

"Two hundred dollars a pound." Huang Jun frowned when he saw Zhuge Liang standing next to Huang Yueying.

"Here's half a catty," Zhuge Liang said.

Huang Cong didn't think much. When he saw Zhuge Liang, he also knew that this was Zhuge Jun's second brother. He picked up a small bamboo basket and weighed half a catty.

Zhuge Liang took it and asked with a smile, "How much will I give you?"

"One hundred dollars." Huang Cong said naturally.

"What if I want ten pounds?"

"Two thousand dollars."

"How about three hundred and fifty-nine pounds?"

"Seventy-one thousand eight hundred yuan." Huang Jun couldn't help but say, "Mr. Zhuge can't be just to test my brother's arithmetic, right?"

Zhuge Liang coughed lightly, took out a handful of money from the wallet on his waist, counted it, and handed it over.

Huang Cong smiled nonchalantly, counted the money, and put it in the bamboo basket next to him.

Huang Jun snorted, then turned around and whispered to Huang Cong. The latter was surprised when he heard, "Is this really what you said, Fourteenth Brother?"

"Otherwise! Can't you see? Who does this person spend most of his time with when he comes to our village?"
To be continued...