Dressed as a family of cannon fodder, the villain brother is busy opening up wasteland

The concierge had seen them a long time ago. At this time, the door was wide open. The concierge was secretly hiding next to her and peeking at Grandma Zeng. It felt like the two ladies were afraid of this grandma.

Then he saw that the maids beside grandma were holding bundles, and the porter was stunned.

Before entering the house, Aunt Shi had already brought Mingyue and Qiaoyan to welcome them. Seeing the two people's dignified and upright appearance, several people were stunned for a moment, and then saw the people following them. Aunt Shi's footsteps After a pause, he led everyone to salute: "Miss Rongrong, eldest lady, you are back."

"Yeah." Wen Yao hummed.

Aunt Shi looked at Aunt Zeng and the two maids again, and silently stepped forward to salute: "Miss, are there any guests? I will arrange for someone to clean up the guest room now."

Wen Yao thought about it for a while. Although Grandma Zeng was a slave, she was also a slave of the queen. They said they would let her live in their house in the future, but she did not dare to actually use this person around.

Then he nodded: "Well, Aunty Shi, this is Aunty Zeng who is next to the Queen in the palace. She will live in the Earl's Mansion from now on. Let's clean up a separate yard for Aunty Zeng."

Aunt Shi glanced at Aunt Zeng and saluted: "Yes."

Wen Yao introduced Nanny Shi to Nanny Zeng: "Nanny Zeng, this is Nanny Shi. Nanny Shi is now responsible for all the big and small things in the house. If you have anything, you can tell her directly."

Wen Yao didn't understand what the queen meant. Will Nanny Zeng return to the palace in the future? Or are you just staying at their house?

No matter what it is, let’s do this for now.

Nanny Zeng nodded to Nanny Shi: "Sorry to trouble Sister Shi."

Aunt Shi smiled: "No trouble, no trouble. It's okay. You come with me, Mingyue, Qiaoyan, take care of the good lady."

"Yes." The two girls responded quickly.

Aunt Shi led Aunt Zeng away, and Wen Yao and Qiu Rongrong breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed.

Qiaoyan was still curiously looking at the direction in which Nanny Zeng and the others were leaving, and said, "This is the nanny in the palace. She looks so fierce."

Mingyue nodded repeatedly. Fortunately, their Aunt Shi was not like this.

Wen Yao moved her neck. It was really tiring to keep in the same position.

"Don't worry about whether it's bad or not. She's from the Queen and she's here for our down jacket factory. Just be careful when you talk to her when you see her in the future. Don't be afraid."

Mingyue and Qiaoyan nodded repeatedly. They must be honest in front of Grandma Zeng.

Not long after, Granny Shi came back and was speechless when she saw Wen Yao.

"Mommy, what's wrong with you?" Wen Yao asked.

Aunt Shi then asked: "Miss, is this Aunt Zeng... going to stay in the house from now on?"

Wen Yao glanced at her, ah, Granny Shi's career is in crisis.

"How is that possible? I am the most trusted nanny around the Empress. She has been with the Empress for decades. This time she is here to keep an eye on our business on behalf of the Empress. When the business stabilizes, the Empress will definitely be there. There are other arrangements, don’t worry,” Wen Yao said.

She didn't dare to think that if Nanny Zeng was allowed to take care of this family, how could she be so relaxed? joke.

Aunt Shi breathed a sigh of relief and smiled slightly: "I just want to ask."

Wen Yao looked at her with a smile: "It's okay, Mammy, I understand, I understand."

In the next few days, Wen Yao wrote and drew in the study every day and drew the design of the down jacket factory. The division of labor in each factory was very clear. Zhuo Yi also wrote down everything he needed. He just handed the order to Qiu Rongrong and ignored it.

Qiu Rongrong found several people in Beijing who specialized in building houses, but they all felt dissatisfied. Although they were just building a house, they still had to build a workshop after all. After much deliberation, they could only ask Zhuo Yi to give an idea. .

In the end, Zhuo Yi said that it would be better to go directly to the Ministry of Works. Their business was with the Queen, and the Ministry of Works did not mean that it was entirely business-like. As long as they had enough money, they could also take on some outside work, not to mention The job of a queen.

Moreover, there are many craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry, so they can make whatever they want.

So when they approached the Ministry of Industry, people in the capital also knew that the Queen Empress had actually started a business partnership with Wen Changbo's two daughters. They built a down jacket factory and made the down jackets in Yuyi Pavilion.

It's still hot weather now, and no one knows what this down jacket is used for. They only know that it is the same as a cotton jacket, but warmer than a cotton jacket. Even the Palace Household Office has ordered some.

Suddenly, many people became curious about Yuyi Pavilion. A lot more people came to Yuyi Pavilion overnight, and there were also many more orders. This made Qiu Rongrong even more anxious to build the factory.

In addition to building factories, they also have to recruit people. They are now doing business with the emperor and queen, and the most basic confidentiality work must be done well. They can no longer recruit people from every household like in Gutong Village. The most direct The best way is to buy people directly.

In addition, the iron used to make sewing machines is also a problem. Fortunately, there are many households, and the iron ore is in the hands of the court, and there is a lot of it in the treasury every year.

lack? Then go to the Household Department to buy it.

Iron has always been the scarcest resource in every country. Weapons, agricultural tools, and everything are inseparable from iron, so the iron reserves in the national treasury have always been sufficient.

But if it is not enough, there will be no place to use it and it will be just a pile of scrap iron. So when Yuyige wanted to buy iron from the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue reported it to the emperor without thinking, asking if he could sell it, and he still knew why. Li moved his emotions to show that their iron ore resources in Annan are still rich. Now, wouldn't it be better if they could exchange the iron in stock for real gold and silver to fill the national treasury.

While listening to the report from the people in the Ministry of Revenue, the emperor secretly laughed at the people in the Ministry of Revenue. They really only have money in their eyes. Sell it, sell it. There will be many opportunities for them to make money like this in the future.

Although he thought so in his heart, the emperor still pretended to be worried, saying that after all, this was the property of the imperial court, how could it be bought and sold to merchants at will.

The people from the Ministry of Revenue said again that the person behind Yuyi Pavilion is the Queen and not an ordinary merchant.

What else could the emperor say? He could only sigh and agree. Who makes the treasury run out of money?

In this way, the people in the household department had to praise him for his wisdom.

However, these two girls are too cruel. One hundred thousand taels of silver are used to buy iron? How much money do they have?

In fact, it was not that Wen Yao wanted to buy too much, but that Wen Yao had vaguely guessed some of the emperor's plans. Anyway, he should buy more while he could now. It might not be so easy when the people in the household department reacted.

At the same time, there are letters sent back to Gutong Village, and the demand for duck and goose down must also keep up.

At this time, Luo Shi and Old Man Wen, who had not yet recovered from the news that his son had become an earl, had already boarded the ship to Beijing.

The people Qiu Rongrong sent to pick them up happened to meet the team sent by Princess Fu to pull the cans. They simply boarded the official ship together and went all the way to the capital. They would arrive in the capital in two days.