Daming Yinghua

Chapter 58

After all, Zheng Haizhu is from the perspective of later generations, and it is clear from the first hearing that serving as an internal building agency for the court is very different from supplying goods to Emperor Wanli and selling them to foreigners.

The former is a supplier of royal supplies, while the latter is like an agreement factory under the state-owned foreign trade.

The former not only requires the weavers to be incorporated into the artisan households of the Weaving Bureau, but also to turn over textiles, porcelain, tea, etc., the intrigues of various factions in the palace, the opportunities of the favorite concubines to find faults, and the exploitation of eunuchs for profit will all bring There are endless troubles, but if any link is not handled properly, the tribute items will be returned, and there will be no credit but hard work, or you may even be fined and sent to prison.

The latter is different as a state-owned foreign trade agreement factory. For example, the fabrics from the south of the Yangtze River are mostly shipped to Yuegang, Fujian, where the eunuch in charge cooperates with the local government-run tooth shop to sell them to merchants and transport them directly by sea ships without going through The capital, at that time, it is enough to send the silver obtained from the sale to the emperor's inner treasury.

In short, this Liu Shimin and Eunuch Liu in front of him can take charge of the overall situation and fulfill these orders by himself, so even if he needs to manage, it is to manage Eunuch Liu and his team, which is not that troublesome.

Thinking of this, Zheng Haizhu felt distinct joy in his chest.

When she came to the Han family, she really didn't mix food and drink. In the past few months, she was not only concerned about her desire to open a private school, but actually made new products with the masters of the Han family weaving workshop.

Cotton cloth is soft, sweat-absorbent, not delicate, and has advantages that silk and satin do not have. The fusion of velvet and cotton cloth takes into account both practicality and beauty, making Songjiang cotton cloth and Zhangzhou velvet stand out from each other.

Although this kind of innovation is not so grand, whether it is the cleansing towels purchased by the Songjiang House Station to receive senior officials, or today's recognition by the dignified Suzhou and Hangzhou weaving admirals and eunuchs, it all shows that this small product of the Han family is successful. .

Of course, I have to thank one person: Yan Siqi.

If Yan Siqi hadn't taken out the velvet shawl with the sunrise on the sea like an oil painting on Daishan Island, Zheng Haizhu might not have had concrete inspiration.

After Zheng Haizhu sincerely thanked his ex-boyfriend Yan Siqi, who was rewarded by heaven, he hurriedly gave Liu Shimin a deep blessing, made a happy and grateful face and said: "My father-in-law can take a fancy to this veil, my master, and These weavers, I don’t know how happy they should be. Little woman, little woman with a stupid mouth..."

She was overjoyed, but she didn't forget the touch of the word "lime" in the dye just now.

While flattering and thinking about how to turn the topic back, Liu Shimin said: "However, I won't hide it from your family. It's not certain whether it can make this happen. Our family has to rush back in two days. Jingshi, plead guilty to the Holy Majesty, alas, it is also caused trouble in your Songjiang Mansion."

Zheng Haizhu thought in his heart that most powerful people are very tight-lipped. If you express your emotions in front of a low-level grassroots like yourself, it may be because this matter can be brought out in public.

Then he responded with concern: "Ah? In our Songjiang Mansion, is there someone who doesn't know the severity and offended Eunuch Liu?"

Liu Shimin didn't answer immediately, but stepped out of the computer room.

Then he said to Zheng Haizhu who came out: "There is an old man's son in our family, surnamed Yu, who lives in Qingpu. He bought a painting by Wen Zhengming from a broker this year. He didn't want to find out that the painting was a fake later. Live well." For a while, the broker became more courageous, and went to a literary meeting to continue to sell fake Wumen paintings. Mr. Yu happened to be there, and stepped forward to expose them, and the two had a dispute. Among the literati, some of them were admiring some Japanese paintings at that time. Mr. Yu actually stabbed the broker to death with a knife. Our family felt that the broker had repeatedly committed crimes, and he was a vicious and vicious bastard. The prefect of Suzhou discussed whether he could be convicted of manslaughter. Alas, somehow the censors in Nanjing found out, and immediately made a statement, impeaching our family for favoritism, perverting the law, and manipulating the court.”

Zheng Haizhu lowered his head and listened carefully.

It is not without precedent for weaving eunuchs to intervene in local lawsuits.

Nowadays, the speech officials in the two capitals are thinking every day about how to shut down several weaving bureaus in the south of the Yangtze River, nothing more than admirals and eunuchs.This time, they were just looking for an excuse to show eunuch Liu some color, right?

Zheng Haizhu tentatively said: "Eunuch Liu is in charge of this big business for the Lord Long Live, so it is impossible for him not to ask about the criminal names and lawsuits in the local area at all. Besides, although the young lady is stupid, but after hearing it, that Yu Yu Young master, it was indeed a manslaughter. In fact, there is only a word difference between a manslaughter and a manslaughter."

Liu Shimin's expression changed: "Why is there a one-word difference?"

"To kill is to 'use' the knife. To kill by mistake is to 'throw' the knife."

Under Liu Shimin's careful observation, his brows widened, his eyes suddenly became full of admiration, and he sighed: "What a murderer with a knife! Our family knows how to tell the Holy Majesty. Miss Zheng really did what Zhuang Zhifu and General Xiao Ma said, It came from a family of scholars, hehe, hehe..."

Zheng Haizhu said in his heart, today is a golden opportunity, I have to seize it for Brother Zhang Dai and Sister He.

So he said humbly: "My father-in-law's praise, in fact, the common people are just borrowing the wisdom of the predecessors. For example, the method of weaving fake weft loops into cotton cloth, if there is no modification of the loom by Huang Daopo from Songjiang It can't be done. As for the difference between using a knife and throwing a knife, the young woman also heard that a county lord wanted to exonerate the chivalrous man who killed the people, so the master asked him to write a confession and submit it to the court. In the state government office, the chivalrous man was indeed convicted of manslaughter and survived."

Liu Shimin smiled and said, "That also requires you to be able to apply what you have learned."

The atmosphere was so harmonious, Zheng Haizhu felt that the heat was almost ready, and suddenly knelt down on his knees.

"Eunuch Liu, the woman has the courage to ask the father-in-law to solve a mystery for the woman."

"Ah?" Liu Shimin raised his hand to her, "What do you want to ask our family, get up and speak slowly, don't panic."

Zheng Haizhu then got up and collected himself, starting from his running for the nun's murder case and discovering the disappearance of insects and ants around the bloody soil, and talking about the key points of adding lime to red dye taught by Eunuch Liu just now. The murder scene was carefully planned.

As Liu Shimin listened, the smile on Maitreya's face that had always been on his face disappeared, and changed into a pensive look.

"Miss Zheng, our family asked you directly, how many people avoid murder cases, and you rushed to help the Zhang family, did you have the idea of ​​making friends with famous people and earning a good way out for yourself?"

Zheng Haizhu replied calmly: "Eunuch Liu, if it is said that the young woman went to make friends with the intention of being close to Zhu Zhechi, it is also true. The white head is as new, and the cover is as old as before. Mr. Zhang is quite considerate of the young woman's friends when they meet by chance. And she has no intention of repaying favors, and she is so concerned about the safety of his old servants. It can be seen that her temper is as clear as a spring. The young woman really appreciates such a man, and she wants to help, but she is as insignificant as an ant. Just now I listened to my father-in-law After talking about Mr. Yu from the neighboring county, the young woman was overjoyed suddenly, thinking that her father-in-law had the merit of supervising the jailers, and he was so clear in judging right from wrong, not wronging the virtuous, so, regardless of whether it was proper or not, she asked her father-in-law to ask for help. gone."

Liu Shimin stared into Zheng Haizhu's eyes.

It is rare for ordinary people to talk to him without avoiding their eyes.

This woman not only has good eyes, but she is also good at talking with her mouth. The last sentence, where there is no sense of propriety, is obviously just right.

It was a wake-up call for myself.

About him, Liu Shimin, has already been impeached by the censor for interfering in local prisons for hunting people in Qingpu County. If the nun in Shanghai County was really wronged, and with the participation of his Eunuch Liu, the real murderer came to justice. Take each case together and focus on the case of being wronged. With Qingpu's case as an aid, the Holy Majesty should feel that in these small counties in the south of the Yangtze River, the prison system is not clear, and there are internal officials who are imperial envoys of the Tian family to intervene. , can be regarded as a good act of correction.

Thinking of this, Liu Shimin said in a deep voice: "You hour today, bring that Zhang brother to the inn where I'm staying."

……

It was another clear morning, and the sun was shining generously on the houses and bluestone streets in Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture, but the chill in the air became stronger.

A sturdy local man was driving a mule cart and stopped in front of Huji Dyeing Workshop.

The gate of the workshop was wide open, and a young man came out of the courtyard when he heard the sound of mule bells.

"Ajun, has the county master convicted the murderous nun in Jiulian Nunnery?"

While unloading the bamboo basket full of Huzhou raw silk from the mule cart, the strong man asked curiously.

The boy named Ah Jun shook his head and said, "Not yet."

The brawny man smirked: "She looks so good-looking, maybe, the county magistrate couldn't bear it, sentenced her randomly, sent her to the outside, made up an excuse for her illness and death on the way, and then secretly brought her back, and entered the bridal chamber with himself. Ahhh Ah, the old bark of the county master is in his fifties, and he can sleep with a pretty nun in his youth, tsk tsk, this taste..."

Ah Jun's eyes widened: "You scabies, Er, you are not allowed to say that about my little teacher."

"Ouch, brother fifteen's back strength is good, I'm looking for a sweet girl to fall in bed, Ah Jun, you're feeling springy, and my heart aches for a beautiful nun."

The brawny man was about to continue his nasty chatter, when a fat woman walked up to him, her face was bigger than the bamboo plaque in Canhu's house, she smiled and scolded the brawny man, "I miss you, old lady, so you can cut me down? Don't talk nonsense. Four is out of order, go in quickly, and count the first batch of dyed silk. You are a craftsman registered in the imperial court, and you are delayed, so you are not afraid that the imperial court will punish you."

The strong man salivated and said, "Don't be afraid, after the beating, sister, you will feel sorry for me."

When the two flirted and flirted into the spacious courtyard, Ah Jun and other dyers had already dragged out ten or twenty baskets of lake silk dyed in various colors, red, orange, yellow, blue and green, shining in the sun with the unique delicateness of silk. Glossy, really good-looking.

At this time, the strong man was no longer glib, but untied the burden he was carrying, took out the flower book wrapped with colored threads from inside, squatted down, picked up the colored threads, and compared them carefully.

In each of the three counties of Songjiang Prefecture, there is a brocade weaving workshop for the Suzhou Weaving Bureau. Six excellent dyeing workshops.

The patterns of the brocades supplied to the palace were determined by the Suzhou Weaving Bureau, and the colors could not be wrong. If the color inspection in the dyeing workshop was sloppy, no matter whether it was the master of flowers or the head of the weaver, they would be punished and their wages deducted.

After checking it carefully for more than half an hour, the strong man stood up, rubbed his eyes, thumped his thighs, and with a compliment on his face, he said to the fat woman: "Sister Hu, your family's dyeing skills are reliable, come on, even if it's from Suzhou The eunuchs of the Weaving Bureau are standing here at the moment, and they can't make a mistake."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of chaotic people driving away outside the door.

"Hu Guihua, Eunuch Liu, the admiral of weaving, is here, bring your fellows to kneel down to welcome you!"

Chief Jia with a gray beard trotted into the courtyard and scolded.

After being frightened for a moment, everyone in the dyeing workshop quickly threw away the work in their hands and knelt down together.

The strong man who came to collect the silk hung his head and stared at the ground, spitting to himself in his heart: If you say eunuchs, you will come to the eunuch. How come you never come to the money when you are nagging about money!
Admiral and eunuch Liu Shimin, still dressed in a plain Songjiang cloth robe, stepped into the courtyard.

This time, instead of wearing his usual kind smile, he walked to the silk basket expressionlessly and looked at it with his hands behind his back.

Hu Guihua, the hostess of Huji Dyeing Workshop, heard a frosty voice above her head: "Are these baskets dyed by Xiuye, Huang Jinhua and Dayerong?"

Hu Guihua moved her knees and said submissively: "If you go back to your father-in-law, it is these dyes."

"Is it the color the palace wants?" Liu Shimin asked again.

Hu Guihua pointed to the strong man lying on the side: "Elder-in-law, that elder brother is a craftsman in the brocade workshop of our county, and he is in charge of colored silk."

Liu Shimin said "oh", turned to the strong man and asked, "Is the color right?"

The brawny man shivered and held up the color silk sample: "Returning to my father-in-law, there are eight kinds of autumn fragrance, tooth yellow and honey color dyed by sleeve leaves, four kinds of amber, Jia Luo, brown black and coal black dyed by Huang Jinhua, ocher and Bull blood red and sandalwood red are all right."

Liu Shimin took the notebook, flipped through it, nodded and said, "It's dyed well, especially the bull's blood red of this big-leaved banyan tree. The blood color is very positive. The amount of lime added, the dyers are very interested."

Hu Guihua seemed to be admiring her own craftsmanship, she was a little relieved, and thanked her again and again.

But Liu Shimin ignored her, and still asked the strong man: "The brocade weaving workshops in Shanghai County follow the rules set by the bureau, right? One color can only be sent to one dyeing workshop."

The strong man nodded repeatedly.

Liu Shimin said again: "Da Yerong is a blood red man, only this Hu Jiran?"

The strong man didn't understand why the powerful father-in-law asked this question repeatedly, and glanced at Hu Guihua, and saw that her face seemed to change slightly.

Could it be that this old lady didn't know what to do, and secretly took the special color prescribed by the government to dye silk and cloth for other families?
At this time, the strong man of course had to disregard his own ties first, and show that he was a craftsman who knew Gangji well, so he replied with certainty: "Elder-in-law, the most beautiful colors used by Long Live and the nobles in the palace, let alone us Ordinary people, even the masters of Juren and the masters of non-members, dare not use them. For example, on the flower books in the bureau, the colors of ai blue, autumn fragrance, coal black, and brown black can also be worn by ordinary people. Smaller dyeing workshops in the county, There are also similar colors, and they are dyed by silk merchants and cloth merchants, but the craftsmanship is poor. But the colors of oxblood red and carmine red on the flower book have been dyed by a family, and other dyes like this cannot be kept, otherwise If you are sued, you will face a big lawsuit!"

(End of this chapter)