Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

Chapter 388: Moisture-proof Methods for Cloth Shops

Yu Jiusi turned many turns in the alley, and Xue Mai, who was following behind him, became dizzy, and finally stopped.

"Lang Jiang..."

Xue Mai felt a little aggrieved and confused, "Why did you send your subordinates away just now?"

Yu Jiusi chuckled and raised his eyebrows, "Why, are you afraid that I will do something bad behind your back and accept bribes from Ning Shunyou?"

Xue Mai looked at the wooden box in his hand, and said with trembling fingers: "You...you accepted it?"

Yu Jiusi exclaimed, "Take it, it won't be wasted."

Xue Mai felt a surge of anger rising from his heart to Tianling, and even raised his voice a little: "How could you accept it?! Are you tacitly approving their actions?!"

Yu Jiusi was speechless and kicked Xue Mai hard.

"If I had agreed, would I have called you over? Why would I have called you over? To share the spoils?"

"Uh......"

Xue Mai was stunned by his words, "Yeah... I am not your subordinate, even if the spoils are divided, it is not my turn..."

Yu Jiusi rolled his eyes at him and threw the wooden box into his arms, "Keep it."

Xue Mai's hands trembled and he almost didn't catch it.

He involuntarily raised his orchid finger, held the wooden box by the handle, and asked stutteringly, "Is it kept by me?"

"Yeah." Yu Jiusi raised his chin towards him, "Open it and take a look."

Xue Mai had already guessed what was inside, but when he actually opened the lid, he still felt that the things in the box took away all his breath.

He swallowed and said in a trembling voice: "This... so much... this, how much should this be..."

"I don't know." Yu Jiusi replied.

He seemed to be counting the banknotes in Ning Mansion just now, but in fact, his mind was not on the banknotes when he was counting them, but on what to do next.

Ning Shunyou's reaction today was somewhat beyond his expectations.

Before he entered the Ning Mansion, he thought that Ning Shunyou would never admit it, but he didn't think clearly about what excuse Ning Shunyou would use, and he didn't expect Ning Shunyou to deal with it so easily.

Whether it is grain prices controlled by grain merchants or flood discharge, he can get himself clean of it.

This was much more difficult to deal with than Yu Jiu had imagined, so he did not dare to act rashly and had to change his strategy.

Fortunately, there is Hu Dan’s move.

Hu Dan was his father's confidant, and he could trust him completely.

Thinking of this, Yu Jiusi took out a note from his arms and handed it to Xue Mai.

Xue Mai held the wooden box under his armpit, unfolded the note and read it for a moment, then read: "Gui Ning... uh, Nan, Nan..."

Yu Jiusi frowned and looked over, his face slightly green: "You can't read?"

Xue Mai's face flushed, and he argued, "It's not that I don't know it, I just don't know much. I'm learning!"

Yu Jiusi made a "tsk" sound and pulled the note back from his hand.

"If you want to be a general, you must be illiterate. Forget about reading military books and learning how to deploy troops. Even if I show you a secret letter, you don't know what's written on it. Isn't that embarrassing?"

Xue Mai straightened his back.

How did Lang Jiang know that he wanted to be a general?

Yu Jiusi read the note and said, "Nanyu Lane, Guining Street. The grain merchants who entered the city today settled there. The grain merchants who entered the city two days ago should also be nearby. I have delayed Ning Shunyou for two days. After two days, we have to open the city gates. We should send people to keep a close eye on him in the next two days. After two days, we must take action and cannot let him go."

Xue Mai's eyes widened. "How did you hold him back?"

Yu Jiusi grinned, "I will hint to him that I am the governor's man just like you. It is the governor's idea to investigate the grain merchants. We have to do it for two days to show him."

"Oh——" Xue Mai's eyes were full of admiration, "Let him let his guard down, and then we'll give him a heavy blow!"

Yu Jiusi nodded, "We should also send someone to Luzhou Prefecture to go there quickly. The prefect of Luzhou Prefecture thought that their people were not good at guarding the gate, and he is now trembling to find someone to take the blame. We just happen to give him a big gift to help him clear his name."

The admiration in Xue Mai's eyes was about to overflow, making Yu Jiusi feel sticky.

"Okay, let's get to work. It's also important to go to the county town to distribute grain."

Xue Mai said, "I dare not delay for a moment. The food for each county and town will be distributed soon."

Yu Jiusi nodded and walked out. "Arrange the relief grain from Liuyang Prefecture to Jimu Village. I will transport it there myself."

Xue Mai followed behind him, his face tangled, but after a moment he called out to him, "Lang Jiang."

"how?"

"I..." Xue Mai opened his mouth, made up his mind, and said firmly: "The matter here is over, and I want to work for you."

Yu Jiusi was a little surprised. "Me? The current title of Langjiang is just a nominal position. I was just a lieutenant like you before."

"I am willing!" Xue Mai was a little anxious. "You are different from others. I believe that you can't be a lieutenant for the rest of your life. I want to follow you!"

Yu Jiusi opened his mouth and a smile appeared in his eyes.

"Let's talk about it after I return to the capital. What if I am still a lieutenant after completing my mission? How can I ask the governor for someone else's position?"

In Xue Mai's ears, Yu Jiusi's words were equivalent to agreement.

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Tongan County, Xiahe Village.

Shen Zheng, Liang Fu and Shen Xingjian stood with their hands behind their backs. Facing them was the selected site of the cotton cloth workshop.

This land had not been cultivated for a long time, and the mud had become a little hardened, but it was just right for the workshop.

Liang Fu took two steps forward, then stood on tiptoe and rubbed the mud for a while, then murmured:

"Sir Shen, although the mud is hardened, the cloth workshop requires a lot of water, and the land and air will inevitably be damp. Therefore, we need to lay a layer of sand and gravel in the cloth workshop."

Shen Zheng didn't dare to act rashly in front of an expert. "Just do as you say. The raw material warehouse and finished product warehouse of the cloth workshop should be moisture-proof to prevent the cotton and cotton cloth from getting damp and reducing the shelf life."

Liang Fu said as he walked, "In fact, I have considered setting up the cloth shop in the town, but if that is the case, the land cost will be much higher. In the future, the most convenient way to export cotton cloth is by water, and this place happens to be next to the river, so after weighing the pros and cons, I still think it is safest to set up the cloth shop in Xiahe Village."

Shen Zheng was thinking about ways to prevent moisture in her mind, and agreed: "Master Liang is right."

Cotton cloth is actually the same as tea. If it is not properly preserved, it is best not to transport it in water to avoid moisture.

But water transportation is indeed the lowest cost among many modes of transportation, so Tongan County has no choice at the moment - the wool comes from the sheep, and if the transportation cost goes up, the price received by the people will become higher, so if Shen Zheng has to choose between the two disadvantages, he will still choose water transportation.