Qian Qinzhuan pointed at Xia Wanchun's forehead with a jade-like onion and said angrily: "You, I don't know anything about my sister's thoughts."

Xia Wanchun asked in confusion: "What's the matter with the third sister?"

Qian Qinzhuan gave Xia Wanchun a angrily glance, "Can you remember this? The prince was trapped in Huai'an at that time. Before his husband sent troops, how did the third sister lead the students of Mingshe and Taiping Prefecture to come to our mansion to cause trouble?"

"What's wrong with speaking out for justice?"

"You... are such a stupid goose!" Qian Qinzhuan said angrily.

Only then did Xia Wanchun come back and say in surprise: "Does the third sister treat the eldest brother..."

"I just understand?"

Xia Wanchun suddenly realized it, but then frowned and said, "Absurd... The eldest brother already has a princess, a concubine, and the daughter of the King of Jin in Hangzhou Prefecture...."

"What? My husband dislikes... the third sister can't get the title of a official family?" Qian Qinzhuan said disapprovingly, "The emperor's ninth concubine, does your husband think that the prince will come in the future..."

"Don't lie!" Xia Wanchun said in a deep voice, "What do you think in your heart... Can you argue with me? Besides, I don't care whether the third sister has a reputation as a real wife, but that the third sister is too indulgent and annoyed her brother!"

Qian Qinzhuan looked depressed, looked at her husband and smiled bitterly. She grabbed her husband's clothes and said, "How can outsiders understand the love between children? My husband is just a brother and brother. How can he guess the thoughts of the prince and the third sister with his own heart... Whether it is successful or not, they have their own qualities. Let's wait for the news."

Xia Wanchun looked at his wife blankly and sighed: "I...I'm afraid that the third sister will hit the eldest brother."

"Since my husband is a good match for the prince and brothers, then the third sister is also the prince's third sister... I don't know what my husband is worried about?"

"But...that's really not something that should be told to the eldest brother."

Qian Qinzhuan's face gradually became solemn, and he sighed softly: "It's... the third sister is tough, if this is..."

Xia Wanchun stomped her feet and said, "No, I have to call my third sister back."

Qian Qinzhuan thought for a while and said, "It's not appropriate for your husband to go... In this way, I'll go find my elder sister and then call my third sister back together."

Xia Wanchun hesitated for a moment and replied: "Then... OK."

....

Xia Huiji's speech was clear and orderly, which made Wu Zheng's brows frown tighter and tighter.

This is a typical case of corruption in which officials, businessmen, wealthy families and clans colluded with each other and poisoned the people.

Taiping Prefecture is under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. Unlike the prefectures under the General's Mansion of Wu Zheng, Princess Wu's identity is not enough to obtain extrajudicial power in Taiping Prefecture.

Although the expansion of the Weaving Department has long crossed the Yangtze River in the past two years, in terms of power, the Weaving Department is just a private businessman organization, without official positions, ranks, and does not have the power to rule or enforce the law.

Then, when the Weaver Department opened a branch in Taiping Prefecture, the first contradiction faced was the recruitment of local weaver girls.

Of course, due to Wu Zheng's relationship, Xia Wanchun provided sufficient convenience.

But county officials are not as good as the current management. Xia Wanchun cannot provide more help to specific matters.

It is said that the imperial power does not go to the countryside. The emperor controls the ministers and ministers serve as emperors and herdsmen. Since the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, even the most powerful empires, their grassroots governments are at the county level.

And the one who truly controls towns, towns, villages and villages is the clan.

The clan leader’s words are often better than the county magistrate. This is why every county magistrate needs to visit the local wealthy clans when he takes office.

Only by establishing good relations with these large clans can you ensure your own safety and smooth life.

Originally, the clans of the counties in Taiping Prefecture would not have had much rebound due to the establishment of the branch of the Weaver Department, because no one dared to challenge the majesty of the King of Wu for no reason. Isn’t this seeking death?

But once anything involves interests, simply put, is money, then no matter how great the majesty is, it can be ignored, including imperial power.

The wages of the weaving department are paid too high. The salary of the weaving girl in the Hangzhou Weaving Department is a legend in Jiangnan.

The salary of up to dozens of taels or even nearly one hundred taels per month is simply an original sin.

This made the people of Jiangnan grit their teeth and have more children, and they were crazy. In order to give birth to a daughter, raise it until they were eleven years old, learn weaving and embroidery, and then before getting married, they earned enough wealth for their family that they had never imagined before. This indirectly caused a large number of newborns in Jiangnan to be born in three years.

Of course, this is not the most important thing. The main thing is that the clan is not happy, the wealthy family is not happy, and the officials and merchants are naturally not happy.

The clan was unhappy because the Weaver Girl had to weave embroidery, which caused a delay in the marriage age, and it was a significant delay. People in Jiangnan lived a wealthy life, and the marriage age of women was relatively late, usually between the sixteen and eighteen years old. But now, the general marriage age of Weaver Girls was delayed to after the age of twenty or even twenty-four.

Twenty-four years old, this is already a mother of two or three children for a normal marriage.

In an engaged husband's family, no one is willing to marry a woman of such an old age, because before the Weaver Girl gets married, all the money she earns will be in the woman's home and has nothing to do with the man.

But the man who had already been engaged to marry the couple had already paid the bride price, but he had to wait five, six years, or even seven or eight years before he could marry his wife, and a conflict of interests inevitably occurred.

And the clan always stands on the side of the man, and his butt determines his position, and it is a patriarchal society.

This is the first contradiction.

The wealthy families and merchants are not happy, so it is naturally because of interests. But the difference is that they are mainly because it is becoming increasingly difficult to find workers. Whether they are farming or setting up workshops, the first thing is labor. If each male family becomes a hired worker, then the women in the family will have to take half the sky.

The opening of the branch of the Weaving Department broke the balance of labor in Taiping Mansion. Not only is it difficult for men to find, but now it is difficult for women to find.

Labor wages that cost one price for a few days or even one price for a day directly lead to labor shortage.

This is the second contradiction.

Officials from all prefectures and counties are not happy, and of course they are also beneficial.

The Taiping Prefecture and its surrounding prefectures and counties under its jurisdiction are under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and the system remains the same.

The evaluation of officials is mainly reflected in the political achievements of food, population and public security.

Then, the instability of the clan has brought about food and taxes, out of control of population, instability of wealthy families and merchants, which has led to the out of control of taxes and public security.

This is the third contradiction.

To sum up, the three contradictions led to the Taipingfu branch of the Weaver Department having to reach a private agreement with the interests of all parties.

That is, the weaving department needs to hire local weaver girls, which must be approved by the clan and local governments before they can be hired.

Originally, this was a good thing, which balanced the interests of all parties and also allowed the weaver department to successfully hire enough staff.
Chapter completed!