The evil mother-in-law does not whitewash, she only abuses her children

If Tong Huaqiong heard the clan leader's complaints, she would just smile it off.

When the name of the weaving workshop was being decided, the great talent Gu Jingzhe came up with many auspicious and nice names, but they were all rejected by Tong Huaqiong.

Tong Huaqiong strives to make the name concise and easy to understand.

For example, the pastry shop is called Peach Blossom Dessert, the seed and pesticide shop is called Tong Xiangjun Seed and Pesticide Shop, the pig farm is called Tong Widow Pig Farm, the supermarket is called Jufulai, and the weaving workshop Tong Huaqiong decided to call it Tong Family Weaving Workshop.

If for no other reason, the main purpose is to highlight the characteristics of a century-old shop of this era, such as Li's Lamb Restaurant, Sun's Tailor Shop, Zhang's Scissors Shop...they are all named after their surname and main business.

According to most people's thinking, the weaving workshop opened by Tong Huaqiong must be called Gu Ji Weaving Workshop or Gu Family Weaving Workshop, because it cannot be separated from the word "Gu".

After all, she married Old Man Gu, so she would be a member of the Gu family in life and a ghost of the Gu family in death. She belonged to the Gu family from head to toe. Her title of Widow Tong was also given by Old Man Gu, so her name must have the word "Gu" in it.

But Tong Huaqiong didn't want her business to be associated with the Gu family, so she named the shop Tong's Weaving Workshop without hesitation.

When the name of the Tong family weaving workshop came out, not only the head of the Gu family was shocked, but even Prefect Yao and County Magistrate Liu were slightly shocked when they saw the name of the weaving workshop.

Tong Huaqiong didn't care. Anyway, the title of Lady of the Country bestowed upon her by the Emperor was Tong, not Gu Tong, the widow of Old Man Gu.

Therefore, she felt at ease using the Tong family's name to travel the world.

"From now on, the Tong family weaving workshop is officially open for business." Tong Huaqiong shouted happily.

After Tong Huaqiong finished shouting, the sound of firecrackers rang out.

The opening ceremony was very simple. After the ribbon-cutting, there was no other extravagance except for the shouting and the exploding firecrackers.

Tong Huaqiong feels that the most important thing for a weaving workshop is to start work as soon as possible. The purpose of these female workers coming to work in the weaving workshop is to make money, and the earlier they start work, the earlier they can make money.

The cotton-fluffing machines, spinning machines and looms were already in place, and the female workers came in one after another and began to work according to their job types.

Picking cotton, fluffing cotton, spinning, weaving... everything goes on in an orderly manner in the house.

Prefect Yao, accompanied by County Magistrate Liu and others, visited the weaving workshop.

Other people in the village were very curious about the weaving workshop and wanted to watch it, but they were blocked outside by Gu Dashu.

"Go away, don't let your big stinky feet fumigate the cloth."

"Don't disturb the others from working."

Gu Dahan was afraid that Gu Dashu had offended everyone, so he prepared candies and melon seeds to distribute to everyone, and asked everyone to be tolerant.

The villagers grabbed the candies and cracked them, thinking that who would dare not take responsibility? Every time the machine started, it made the sound of silver gurgling. They only hated themselves for not having the ability to work in the weaving workshop.

I used to feel bad when I saw Tong Huaqiong making a fortune selling cakes. We were all poor peasants, so how come you were the only one who was able to make money?

Ever since Tong Huaqiong's business has flourished in all aspects, I can no longer be jealous, so I just lie down and stop being jealous.

Since you can't beat them, just join them first.

Many villagers are eagerly waiting for Tong Huaqiong to start her next business so that they can quickly curry favor with her.

So the honest Gu Dahan became the object of everyone's flattery.

"Dahan nephew, does your mother have any other business plans?"

"Brother Dahan, when Aunt Tong needs someone next time, can you help me put in a good word for Aunt Tong?"

"Brother Dahan, does your weaving mill still need cotton? I plan to grow cotton next year."

Gu Dahan was not good at talking to begin with, and after his family became wealthy, Tong Huaqiong always told his family members to be careful of others who tried to get close to them, because they only tried to get close to them because there was profit to be made, so don't let others' smiling faces trap you in a trap.

So Gu Dahan started to give the universal answer: I don’t know, I’m not sure, I can’t make the decision. Then he gave out the candies and rushed home to see his little girl.

While it was bustling outside the weaving workshop, it was another busy scene inside.

All the female workers were busy using their hands and feet without looking around.

Since Tong Huaqiong recruited skilled workers, and had them trained by Song Qiaoniang and Gu Xiaoxue before they officially started working, they were able to spin the yarn at a dazzling speed and weave at an eye-catching speed.

Prefect Yao watched and admired.

He sighed, "I heard that you not only have a weaving workshop in Qinghewan, but also a pig farm. If every village has such a livelihood, villagers will have the opportunity to make money in addition to farming, and they will not become refugees when disasters occur."

Magistrate Yao came from a scholarly family, but he did not have a hierarchy of scholars, farmers, artisans and merchants in his mind.

He knew very well that in addition to agriculture and sericulture to ensure food, the most important thing to ensure the livelihood of local people still came from commerce, not to mention that commerce could bring in a lot of tax revenue.

Tong Huaqiong agreed, "That's right. But it's not easy to develop these things in the countryside. It depends on the clean governance of the local government. Otherwise, it would be too difficult to add agricultural taxes and commercial taxes. Thanks to the clean governance of Lord Liu, no one dares to bully the villagers. I was able to grow from a small business to the current scale. Otherwise, the management alone would be enough to stop those who want to do business."

County Magistrate Liu did not expect that Tong Huaqiong would actually praise him in front of Prefect Yao.

However, although Tong Huaqiong's words may seem like flattery, they are actually true.

When she first opened a stall in Yanguan Town, she was not embarrassed. Of course, she had to pay the commission to the pawnbroker, but that only accounted for a small part of the turnover. She heard that in many places, pawnbrokers and government officials colluded with each other to squeeze the merchants, thus undermining their enthusiasm for business.

The reason why she was able to get off to a smooth start in the early stages was indeed due to the strict administration of County Magistrate Liu.

Prefect Yao looked towards County Magistrate Liu with an admiring look.

County Magistrate Liu said excitedly: "My subordinates just did what they were supposed to do."

The look in County Magistrate Liu's eyes made Tong Huaqiong feel that his next sentence would be "serve the people."

Tong Huaqiong added: "Also, everyone's concept is constrained. Scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans are the first in the hierarchy, and merchants are the last."

If social concepts cannot be changed, more people will be bound to the land.

Of course, this kind of conceptual issue is not what Tong Huaqiong cares about. She does not have any ranking of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans in her mind. No matter how low the status of a merchant is, it is not as good as money to her.

Magistrate Yao stood in front of the loom.

Prefect Yao learned from Mr. Lu that Tong Huaqiong's weaving workshop used cotton as raw material and wove cotton cloth.

In his impression, cotton cloth is very rough and is usually worn by people who do rough work.

In addition, cotton needs to be removed from the cotton seeds and needs to be washed and fluffed, which is a complicated process. The final product is not very good, so cotton cloth was not popular from Shengjing to the folk.

He came to Tong Huaqiong's weaving workshop just to see how the finished cotton cloth products produced by Tong Huaqiong's weaving workshop turned out.

In his opinion, Aunt Tong, who can eliminate corn pests and ensure a good corn harvest, would definitely not produce cotton cloth for no reason.

Tong Huaqiong handed the cotton cloth that Gu Xiaoxue had woven in advance to Prefect Yao and said, "Master Yao, how about you touch this cotton cloth?"

"Is this cotton cloth?" asked Magistrate Yao.

Tong Huaqiong said confidently: "Of course."

The cotton cloth fell into Magistrate Yao's hands. It was completely different from what he had imagined. It was soft and warm, not rough at all.