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Zhang Zhen saw a nearly well-preserved cotton production guide at that time, so he quietly stuffed it into his boots and escaped the inspection at the factory.

Today, the cotton production guide is in Zhang Zhen's sleeve.

He planned to take it back to his home in Chang'an City so that he could hide it for a living, and try to make a fortune when he has the opportunity.

The most urgent thing is to go to Pingkangfang to find some fairies and take good care of him.

The yellow-faced woman at home is old and pale, and Zhang Zhen feels scared even when she screams.

The fairies in Pingkangfang are good, they are understanding, gentle and considerate, young and beautiful, and their voices are melodious...

Thinking about it, Zhang Zhen felt elated.

At this moment, the carriage stopped suddenly.

Before Zhang Zhen had time to ask, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a man in black came in like a ghost.

Zhang Zhen was startled, his eyes widened, and he saw clearly that it was a young man in black.

The young man said coldly: "You are the engineer of the cotton factory, Zhang Zhen?"

Zhang Zhen stammered, "I, I am, the hero, spare me."

The young man smiled and said, "You don't have to be afraid, I was ordered to invite you as a guest."

"Ah? Who invited me?" Zhang Zhen was at a loss.

The young man said: "My master's name is Zheng Feiyuan. I think you have heard of it before?"

Zhang Zhen was startled, and asked, "But that Master Zheng of the Zheng family?"

"Yes."

"Oh, I didn't expect it to be Mr. Zheng. Okay, please take me to see Mr. Zheng."

Zhang Zhen used to be just a servant with little knowledge.

But now, he is already an engineer in a cotton factory, and his knowledge is not comparable to that at the beginning.

Of course he knew the origin of the Zheng family.

The Zheng family in Xingyang is known to everyone in the world.

Most importantly, the Zheng family was a big family in the cloth business before.

Now I find myself, mostly because of the cotton cloth.

Thinking about it, he touched the cotton production guide in his sleeve, his face beamed with joy, and he thought: Here comes the opportunity to make a fortune.

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at the same time.

The two edicts of the imperial court also began to be announced to the world.

First, inform the world that the West Datang Company has produced cotton cloth, the price of cotton cloth is reasonable, and the quality is high.

Second, the local government is required to immediately send people to Chang'an to transport the cotton cloth. After transporting it back, it will be sold to the common people at a fair price according to the price regulations of the West Datang Company. This is the official sale of cotton cloth.

As soon as the edict came out, the price of linen in various places plummeted.

Originally, he could barely sell some high-priced linen, but no one cared about it in an instant.

Cloth merchants everywhere can only lower the price of linen.

Tai Chi Temple.

At the Great Court Meeting.

Changsun Wuji said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, in the past two days, I have received reports from various government offices, saying that merchants in various places have opened warehouses to sell linen, and the price of linen has dropped again and again. In other words, in Chang'an City, the price of linen has become [-]% of the original price, but the common people, even if they can't buy cotton cloth, have to wait and are unwilling to buy linen. Weeping poorly, saying that he wanted to ask the imperial court to take back his will, but the common people rejoiced and praised His Majesty's sage..."

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"Long live Your Majesty!"

The ministers said in unison.

Li Er was in a good mood when he heard that.

He glanced around and said, "Those merchants hoarding cloth deserve what they deserve. They want me to take back the government's edict to sell cotton cloth, just dreaming."

The ministers also nodded in agreement.

At the beginning, the ministers headed by Changsun Wuji stepped up to the threshold of such a powerful family as the Zheng family, and wanted to ask these people not to hoard cloth anymore, but they were rejected one by one.

Now, not only Li Er is in a good mood, but their mood is also very beautiful.

After a pause, Li Er said: "Dear dear friends, there is another piece of good news. A few days ago, I went out of the palace and met Chen Chu. Chen Chu told me that the West Datang Company is going to recruit a batch of franchise stores. In the whole of Datang, every county will open a franchise store of the West Datang Company. Anyone who is a citizen of Datang can apply. You only need to pay a fee every year, and you can hang the brand of the West Datang Company franchise store. In the early stage, it was specialized in selling cotton cloth. Later, as long as it is the goods of the West Datang Company, it can be sold in the franchise store...The opportunity is limited, first come, first served. I heard this news, and I thought of you dear dears, you have many At the beginning, it was very hard work to fight the world with me, but now, the civil and military forces of the whole dynasty are all working hard for the country of the Tang Dynasty, but it is hard work... One of the people in me thought of you, so I asked Chen Chu to stop for the time being. The purpose of sending out the announcement is to give you dear friends a chance, I agreed with Chen Chu that the West Datang Company will only issue an announcement two days later, and you can go to the West Datang Company to apply for joining in these two days."

Franchise?

This new gadget immediately attracted everyone.

Moreover, the ministers present are all smart people.

Of course, everyone knows that the current West Datang Company is in full swing, and its development momentum is very rapid.

And there is the emperor to help.

The future West Datang Company will definitely soar into the sky.

Joining the Western Datang Company is a good thing to make money without losing money.

So everyone became enthusiastic and praised Li Er's sageness one after another.

Immediately, Li Eryi waved his hand: "Today, the court will come here, retreat."

Everyone rushed out of the Tai Chi Hall.

As soon as they left the palace, the ministers got into the carriage one after another and headed straight to the cotton factory in the north of Chang'an City.

According to the regulations of the West Datang Company, there can only be one franchise store in each county, first come, first served, and if you go late, there will be no franchise stores.

When everyone hurried to the cotton factory in the north of the city, they learned that all the counties in the Guanzhong area had been joined by the grandson's family.

It was only then that everyone realized why Changsun Wuji tried to persuade the court officials to sell cotton cloth at the court. It turned out that he had already reaped benefits in his anxiety.

Guanzhong is gone, but places such as Hedong, Shandong, and Shanxi are also good.

Everyone hurried to find Chen Chu to apply for a franchise store.

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Chapter 340 Zheng's Cotton Cloth

Two days later.

West Datang Company officially announced the franchise.

For a while, merchants all over the world couldn't sit still.

With the current reputation of the West Datang Company, it can be said that everyone knows everyone.

As for the matter, when the merchants ran to apply, they realized that all the good places in the world had been applied for.

Many people complained, but they didn't dare to say anything. In this era, nobles enjoy all the priority rights, and everyone is used to it.

Fortunately, Datang has a vast land and rich resources, and there are still many poor places. No one wants to open franchise stores, which naturally provides opportunities for small merchants.

For a time, the cotton factory in the north of the city was crowded with people, very lively.

The news of the franchise store naturally reached the ears of a rich family like the Zheng family.

Zheng Mansion in the west of the city.

Zheng Feiyuan hurried into the other courtyard.

Seeing Zheng Chengdong who was calmly enjoying the service of the twelve maids, Zheng Feiyuan said out of breath, "Father, something is wrong. The West Datang Company has such a big plan that they actually open some kind of franchise store to the world." , people from all over the world set up shops in various places to sell the cotton cloth of the West Datang Company. In just two days, there were hundreds of franchise stores of the West Datang Company. will be replaced..."

Zheng Chengdong was taken aback.

This franchise store was something he didn't expect.

Zheng Chengdong said nonchalantly to himself: "It's strange, this kind of practice of joining has never been seen in ancient times. Where did Li Erlang learn it from? Originally, my father thought that the cotton cloth of West Datang Company would expand in a short period of time. If you don’t reach the whole Datang, even with the government’s help, the West Datang Company lacks manpower and shops, but now that the franchised stores are released, it will become the biggest threat to my Zheng’s cloth shop..."

Zheng Feiyuan suggested: "Father, there are no restrictions on the joining of the Western Datang Company. Anyone who is a citizen of Datang can apply for joining. Why don't we also quietly send people to join in? When the time comes, we can sell The goods of the West Datang Company can also be sold by our own Zheng’s own goods, isn’t it killing two birds with one stone? However, the franchise fee is not cheap, in a high-end county, the annual fee for a franchise store is [-] guan.”

Zheng Chengdong pondered for a while, shook his head, and said, "My son, this is Li Erlang's poisonous plan. The good place, the franchise store must have been taken away. Even if we sell now, we can only get some remote places. , what's the use... But, Li Erlang is ruthless, so don't blame our Zheng family for being ungrateful, what happened to Zhang Zhen after he arrived in the mansion, did he make the cotton cloth?"

Zhang Zhen is an engineer at the cotton factory, and was previously a servant of Lu Guogong's mansion.

After Zheng received Zhang Zhen, he paid a high price to buy it. As expected, Zhang Zhen did not disappoint Zheng Chengdong. He even carried a cotton cloth production guide with him.

But to be on the safe side, Zheng Chengdong didn't believe it immediately, but asked Zhang Zhen to go to Zheng's linen workshop and try to produce a batch of cotton cloth first.

As for the source of cotton, it is also simple. At the beginning, the West Datang Company purchased cotton with great fanfare, which attracted the attention of everyone in the world. Zheng was also curious, so he bought some cotton to see what treasures were in it. Unfortunately, at the end of the research, Didn't find anything special either.

Now, the cotton comes in handy.

Zheng Chengdong hadn't finished speaking when he saw a young man running in from the door and said, "Old master, master, Zhang Zhen asks to see you."

Hearing this, Zheng Chengdong laughed loudly: "Really, Cao Cao Cao Cao will be here, hurry up, invite him in, Zhang Zhen is a lucky star of my Zheng family..."

After a while.

Zhang Zhen walked in holding a piece of cloth.

He said excitedly: "Old man, master, the villain lived up to everyone's expectations. It took ten days to finally make the cotton cloth."

"Quick, take it up and have a look!"

Zheng Chengdong stood up from his chair excitedly.

He took the cotton cloth from Zhang Zhen's hand and rubbed it carefully.

Look carefully again.

Sure enough, it is cotton cloth.

It's just that the color is a little worse.

The texture is not as good as that of West Datang Company.

It looks a little shoddy.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhen hurriedly explained: "Old man, it has been proved that the prescription brought by the villain is correct... However, the staff are messy, and it is the first time to make cotton cloth, so it will naturally be worse. It will surpass the West Datang Company..."

Zheng Chengdong thought about it.

This is the truth.

So he said happily: "Rewards, there are many rewards, Zhang Zhen, the old man will give you two thousand guan, and at the same time, you will stay in Zheng's in the future, we also have our own cotton factory, and you will be a great engineer... "

"Oh, thank you, old lady!"

"Thank you, old lady!"

Zhang Zhen was so happy that he kowtowed on the ground.

He was just a small engineer in a cotton factory, and he didn't even have access to the entire process of making cotton into cotton cloth.

But now it is different, he is the chief engineer of Zheng's cotton cloth business.

A big character is different.

Zheng Chengdong waved his hand and told Zhang Zhen to leave.

Then, Zheng Chengdong sat back on the chair, lovingly holding the piece of cotton cloth from Zheng's production place, as if he was stroking his concubine.

"Hahaha……"

Zheng Chengdong suddenly couldn't help laughing.

"Father……"

Zheng Feiyuan looked worried, for fear that Zheng Chengdong would not be able to bring it up with a smile.

Zheng Chengdong waved his hand: "It's okay, the old man is happy today. By the way, son, you just said whether I, Zheng, want to join in too. Now it seems that, no, I, Zheng, can also produce cotton cloth, so why ask for help? Quickly gather other gentry, tell them the news, let them advance and retreat with my Zheng family, my Zheng family is also like the Western Datang Company, allowing others to join, as long as they are citizens of Datang, they can join my Zheng family The cloth shop... Li Erlang is in the first grade of junior high school, so let's do the fifteenth... West Datang Company, after all, has just started, and the cloth shop and other shops of my Zheng family and other gentry have already spread all over Datang, as long as we wait With one heart, we will soon be able to suppress the West Datang Company..."

Zheng Feiyuan's face suddenly showed joy, and he also took the piece of cloth, touched it, and then said: "Father, don't worry, I will call other gentry to discuss. The appeal of my Zheng family is not Chen. Chu's Western Datang Company can compare..."

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Nanshan Mansion.