Fragrance Returned

There was a lot of commotion at home, but Ding Li and Ding Dafu didn't seem to notice, so they were doing whatever they were supposed to do. Ding Sanfu went to Ding Youshou's house, and Ding Youcai hung around outside until dark before going back.

Through his eldest brother's marriage, Ding Erfu also realized that his parents were unreliable and that the villagers ridiculed them. If he wants to change the status quo, he has to make a difference.

He knew that Ding Zhao was going to the capital, and Erfang and his family would go to the capital to enjoy their happiness in the future.

I also heard that Dingshan and Ding Zhao would go to Beijing to look for business opportunities, hoping to bring Sanfang and his family out in the future.

I only have my own family, and if I don’t think about how to make money and live a good life, I’m either in a daze or struggling.

bored.

He wanted to get out of Linshui County, and like his third grandfather, he wanted to pursue a career with his second wife.

He doesn't want his wife to be like his mother and sister-in-law in the future.

But he is illiterate, does not know how to do business, and only knows how to fight. The most suitable person is to be a bodyguard. The second uncle is an official and asked him to help introduce an escort agency in the capital.

Ding Zhao is packing his things at home. He will go to the capital in three days.

After hearing Ding Erfu's request, he smiled and said, "You have another way, such as becoming a soldier. There are people above my second uncle. As long as you work hard, you will definitely be promoted."

It's rare for him to brag despite his low profile.

Ding Zhao had previously heard from his daughter that Ding Erfu was of little use as a bodyguard, and that he should go into the army camp to pursue a future, which was also a boost for his eldest son.

The eldest son wrote that he had been transferred to the south camp on the outskirts of Beijing. Qin Hai and Zhu Zhan were on the top.

Originally, I wanted to wait until Ding Erfu was a year older before talking about it, but he came to find him today and it was just right.

Ding Erfu was overjoyed. It is said that there are people in the court who are good at becoming officials. The second roommate knows the commander-in-chief and the generals in the army, and the second uncle is familiar with the high-ranking officials who make weapons. If he works hard, he will definitely have a future.

Moreover, I heard that the government is recruiting people to serve as corvees again and go to Shanhaiguan to build the Great Wall. This time they will have to serve for a year. If you become a soldier, your family will be exempted from corvee service.

He immediately stood up and kowtowed to Ding Zhao, "Thanks to my second uncle for showing me the way. My nephew is willing to serve as a soldier."

This matter must be discussed with Guo Shoubei, who will send him to Zhu Qian, and Zhu Qian will find a way to get him to Ding Lichun.

He knows Ding Pandi, and some things are easier to handle.

Although he was involved in that matter, although there was danger, he could still earn some credit when the Dong family reversed the case.

Ding Erfu went home and told Ding Li and his parents, but they were unwilling.

You can't make any money as a soldier, and you've wasted several good years in vain. If you do a good job as an escort, you can earn twenty or thirty taels of silver a year.

Looking at his ignorant grandfather and parents, Ding Erfu patiently explained the reason.

They only agreed after they heard that Ding Zhao guaranteed that the second rich man could become an official in the military camp and exempt his family from the corvee once.

Dingshan, Xie and Ding Zhen were busy at home packing things for Dingshan.

I heard that Erfang will open a branch of Jiulu Zhixiu Pavilion in the capital in the future, and Dingshan also wants to open a shop in the capital. It's still like Linshui County, picking up leaks from Jiulu Zhixiu Pavilion. Zhixiu Pavilion sells mid-to-high-end goods, and they sell mid-to-low-end goods. They changed from selling only cloth to selling cloth and embroidery.

Now that my family has more than a thousand taels of silver in savings, if I borrow a few hundred taels from the second house, I can still rent a shop and open a shop in the capital.

In the evening, Dingshan was invited to drink by the second roommate.

Ding Xiang said, "Third Grandpa, you can't make much money by opening that kind of shop, at most a few hundred taels per year."

Dingshan smiled and said, "Earning hundreds of taels of silver every year is something I couldn't even imagine before." He then asked, "What suggestions does Xiangxiang have?"

Ding Xiang, Ding Zhuang, and Ding Zhao have already discussed that since the Qin family wants to marry Dingshan, and the Zhu family is also happy to see it happen, they must support the Dingshan family as soon as possible.

They had always wanted to support Dingshan to expand his business before, but they were not as anxious as they are now.

Ding Zhuang proposed to give him six or seven thousand taels of silver directly and let him open a larger shop.

Ding Zhao and Ding Xiang disagreed, thus exposing their family background. Moreover, if relatives give such generous amounts of money to each other, it will be difficult to get along with each other in the future.

Lilac suggested letting him do that.

It was a business she thought up a few years ago.

I originally thought of it for Jiulu Weaving and Embroidery Workshop. At that time, I didn’t expect that my family would become a nouveau riche in just a few years. I just wanted to start on a small scale and then slowly develop and expand.

At that time, I also wanted to bring the Dingshan family and Zhang family to do it together, but they were separated.

Lilac always remembers Grandpa Zhang's love. My family got so many good things from Feifei, and they were both at Grandpa Zhang’s house. Grandpa Zhang and Zhang Dabao are honest, but Zhang Xiaobao, a foot merchant, has grown up.

Zhang Xiaobao went out again and told him about this when he came back.

The business that Lilac wants to do is the textile industry.

Not weaving, but spinning thread.

Spin out the suitable thread, hook the sweater first, and then knit the sweater. The wisdom of the ancients is infinite, and it would be even better if they came up with woven sweaters.

Now that I have money, I will let them do cotton spinning first, and then I will do wool spinning myself.

Cotton spinning is easy to do, and there are many places to grow cotton in Dali. But the deformation of cotton thread is not so gentle.

There are not many sheep farmers in Dali, and they can only make a small amount of high-quality wool. Furthermore, the wool products woven from countries such as the Western Regions and Northern Yuan Dynasty are much more expensive and cannot be afforded by ordinary people.

Ding Xiang stood up and took out a pair of blue cotton gloves, a relatively simple style, with four thumbs connected to one.

Dingshan was still shocked.

Gloves!

He took it and put it on. It was ironed and warm.

He smiled and said, "How did you do this?"

Ding Xiang said, "It's made of thick cotton thread. The weaving method was thought up by my mother and Aunt Yang."

It was indeed the "joint" idea of ​​Dingxiang, the Zhang family, and the Yang Hu family.

Ding Xiang drew a crochet pattern and asked Ding Zhuang to make two copper crochet needles, saying that she saw them in a book.

I took it home and fiddled with it, and I "fiddled" with it and made a long strip.

The Zhang and Yang Hu families are extremely novel. Under Lilac's constant temptation, the long strip turned into a small square, and the small square turned into a small tube.

Then he asked Zhang Yu to spin a ball of thicker cotton thread.

The three of them started a heated discussion and practice again, knitting a small hat and then a glove.

Ding Xiang said happily, "Ah, mom is so smart, and Aunt Yang is so capable. If we continue to study more, we will definitely be able to knit clothes, pants and socks, which can be ironed and kept warm when worn inside."

They are still exploring how to weave clothes and trousers, and Ding Zhao and others are about to go to the capital.

Dingxiang told Dingshan about the prospects of this kind of cotton thread and textiles.

Let Dingshan first set up a cotton thread workshop, and then buy a few women's hook-up products, including hats, gloves, clothes, pants, and decorations. Then open a weaving and embroidery workshop or cloth shop to sell this new type of textiles.

The original textiles had to be kept secret and sold at high prices. But this is a simple labor-intensive industry and cannot be kept secret all the time. When the hook method spreads, fewer people will buy the finished product, but more people will buy this kind of cotton thread, and they will still make money...