In the morning, Sima Lingji, dressed in plain white, entered the palace to visit the Queen Yuchi Chifan at the Vision House. There were many viability women who entered the palace with her, but they were all wearing viability clothes, so Sima Lingji's outfit seemed particularly conspicuous and a little rude.

But there is a reason for this, so the queen will not blame it, and other destiny women can understand it.

Last year, Sima Lingji's uncle (father-in-law) passed away, so Wu Ming and Sima Lingji and his wife had to stay in mourn for three years.

Wu Ming Dingyou guarded the tomb for his biological father Liu Taozhi. Although he still did not change his surname to "Liu", he had no grudges against his biological father, so he had to fulfill his last filial piety.

Originally, Sima Lingji should have mourned at home, but she was the head of the family, and her family's property had to be managed and her son had to be disciplined, so she had to "make an exception" and be busy all day long in plain clothes.

Wu Ming is a typical hand-off manager. He only cared about official duties when he was in office, and now he doesn't care about other things. Sima Lingji is the one who is busy with family affairs. Therefore, Sima Lingji, who has to go to the palace to pay homage to the queen from time to time.

You can't wear red and green, you can only wear plain white.

If you follow the temperament of other women, you always have to say something strange in private, but today everyone present is "his own people", so no one will say anything.

The so-called "one person" of course refers to the husbands of the destiny women, who were all "old men" from Huangzhou back then.

Some of these "old men" are the old people in the emperor's residence, and some are soldiers who follow the emperor (when he was in the residence), and they are followers who follow the emperor all the way.

Therefore, when the destiny wives were not destiny wives, they had many contacts during the Huangzhou period, with good relationships and "business dealings", so they would not sarcastically at Sima Lingji.

"The cotton fabric spun from Tianzhu is of good quality, and the knitted fabrics are even more obvious. Nansi has already negotiated with the princes of Tianzhu. Next spring and summer, the cotton shipped to the Central Plains will increase by 50%. Everyone should be prepared."

"There are great demands for paper in various countries in India. Nanshu will issue procurement announcements later. Pay more attention if you have time, or prepare stocks in advance."

"Nanshi is in contact with the Piao Kingdom. If the progress goes well, he will send a team to the north of the country's great river to see if as ancient books say, there is really an ancient road from the Piao Kingdom to Nanzhong that can be passed. Once this matter is confirmed, the South Central will be lively."

"The expansion of sulfur ore in Japan will increase by about 30% next year, so there is no need to worry about the shortage of sulfur, which will lead to insufficient bleach."

Empress Yuchi Chifan, Concubine Yang Lihua, Concubine De Xiao Jiuniang, Concubine Shu Yuchi Mingyue, and the destiny here were discussing the current "business situation". The "South Session" and "North Session" they mentioned refer to the trading companies of the North and South Oceans.

According to different matters, the site is divided into three "discussion groups", centered on the empress, imperial concubine and de concubine, and there are "cross-group discussions" from time to time.

This meeting was actually a regular meeting, and it can be said to be a "business talks" between Huangzhou industrial owners.

Such a gathering was from the practice of many years ago. Under the leadership of the Empress (Mrs. Xiyang County Duke/Princess Xiyang) Yuchi Chifan, all the women (the owners of the family industry) gathered at the palace (Duke/Princess) to share business opportunities, unify consensus, and discuss major plans.

Just as Yuwen Wen did not have the energy to manage industrial operations, and he had to be managed by Yuchi Chifan, the husbands of the wife were all working for the court and were very busy, and they were all taking care of the family's industries.

So around the queen, there is a specific small circle, which covers industrial groups with Huangzhou as the core. The members of the small circle are all foreigners who manage various industries.

Sima Lingji is of course no exception, so even though she was still in mourning, she had to enter the palace to attend a routine gathering in this small circle because her family's industry needed to "connect" with many peers to coordinate the next business plan.

This is the special meeting of the Maternal College.

The size of the small circle is expanding, and more and more members (outsider women) are participating. Not only Sima Lingji and other foreign women attach great importance to this small circle, but the same is true for the Queen Yuchi Chifan.

She knew that her husband used his interests to tie countless people together, and the wives of these people, among whom were destined to be married, would inevitably enter this small circle if they managed their family property.

Then she would use this small circle to unite all the foreigners to influence their husbands.

She managed this way in order to win more people to support Yuwen Weicheng as the crown prince and ascend the throne in the future.

This is a war between Yuchi Chifan. In order for his son to never lose, he has always paid great attention to maintaining this small circle, learning from his husband's methods, and using his interests to tie the foreign women to himself.

Take this opportunity to tie his husband and sons to the prince as much as possible.

However, because the industry involves too much, the imperial concubine Yang Lihua and the concubine De Xiao Jiuniang must attend, and there is nothing we can do about it. So Yuchi Chifan brought his sister Yuchi Mingyue, and the sisters worked together to guard against each other.

After years of development, the scale of this small circle is amazing. Yuchi Chifan looked at the many foreign women in front of him and felt a little dazzled.

Before I knew it, the "Huangzhou Group" mentioned by my husband did not expect it to have grown to such a scale.

The meeting process was very compact and could not allow Yuchi Chifan to be dazed, but now his sister Yuchi Mingyue is in charge of the discussion, so Yuchi Chifan can think of other things.

"Sanniang, do you know, Huangzhou Group, it's amazing!"

This was something Yuwen Wen said when he was drunk a little while ago. Yuchi Chifan felt inexplicably at first, but when he heard it, he was moved.

"Sanniang, Huangzhou...ah... there is a coal-iron-iron complex, with an annual output of 10 million kilograms of iron... it can make countless armored weapons, and can mass-produce artillery of various caliber!"

"With Ri Xingchang as a channel, it connects the world, has first-class financing capabilities, and is rich enough to rival a country!"

"There are many industries and can produce all kinds of products, materials, from small embroidery needles to large steamships!"

"With Han Mian, Dongting Lake, and Pengli Lake granary, you won't have to worry about not having enough food!"

"There are two-yang trading companies that do maritime trade, including Henan, Lianghuai, Jiangnan and even Hebei to do markets. The money they earn is not much worse than the court's rent and mediocre remediation!"

"Think about it, think about it, whoever dares to rebel, just organize the industrial workers in Huangzhou area, arm the armor, muskets, cannons produced in Daye, wear military uniforms produced in Huangzhou, eat Han Mian's grain, and ride a steamship made in Huangzhou to sweep the world. What a spectacular scene!"

"What is Guanlong Group, what is the powerful Hebei family, and what is the border tyrant? In the face of the industrialized Huangzhou Group, it's nothing! "

Thinking of this, Yuchi Chifan couldn't help but feel his fists clenched. She thought that her husband was engaged in industry and trade purely to bring everyone to make a fortune and win over the hearts of the people. Unexpectedly, when this so-called group developed, it turned into an unfathomable giant.

Therefore, this is also the prince’s greatest reliance.

Even if there are many people who oppose her and Yuwen Weicheng, as long as there is support from officials from Huangzhou Group, Yuwen Weicheng's position as prince will be stable. Yuchi Chifan confirmed this.

In the future, Yuwen Wen will die and Yuwen Weicheng will ascend the throne. If a treacherous minister causes trouble, then the Huangzhou Group will be the best "bodyguard".

Yuchi Chifan was thinking about his son, wanting to get closer to his "old-in-laws", but Yuwen Weicheng is now in Longyou, waiting to deal with Tuyuhun, and he didn't know when he would come back, so she couldn't tell her in detail.

Looking around, Yuchi Chifan felt that there was one less person attending the meeting.
Chapter completed!