He didn't know which yamen Shaofu Temple was, but he had heard of the textile factory, and his heart suddenly felt warm.

After getting the job to make a living, Zhang Daniu quickly knelt down to thank him, and then went to Master Zhang's house to receive a bucket of rice. He knelt down again and carried more than ten kilograms of coarse rice on his back. He didn't feel any weight at all.

Finally he breathed a sigh of relief.

We walked to a thatched house. Although the doors and windows were dilapidated, they were neat and tidy. The fence barely formed a small courtyard. The original chicken coop was also empty. It had been sold to treat illnesses with his son and mother.

At the door, his mother-in-law, wearing a shabby skirt and a wooden hairpin, was feebly making medicine. The eldest son was nowhere to be seen. He must have gone to the mountains to cut firewood and planned to sell it in the city to exchange for some money to buy medicine.

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"Master, where did you get the food?" Seeing her husband coming back with a small bag of food, the wife's eyes suddenly lit up and she said in disbelief.

"Let's borrow it from Mr. Zhang!" Zhang Daniu said: "He is a face-saving person, so when he was drinking tea, we went to beg him and gave up a bucket of rice to our family, so that we can live a better life!"

"By the way, are my mother and son feeling better?"

"After taking the medicine, I fell asleep and looked better. In order to prevent them from catching cold, I got some straw and plugged the cracks in the window. There was no wind at night!"

The mother-in-law was a little happy, and quickly took down the food and asked her husband to make medicine: "I have to cook some porridge. Mother and the little boy have been empty for two days. Drink some hot porridge. Maybe they will get better faster!"

"That's right!" Zhang Daniu boiled the medicine and watched his mother-in-law cooking porridge. One side smelled of medicine and the other side smelled of porridge. He felt mixed emotions in his heart. He thought for a moment and then said:

"I heard a job from Mr. Zhang, which may help us get through this period!"

"What kind of work? It can only satisfy my stomach, no matter how hard or tiring it is, it doesn't matter?" the mother-in-law said while cooking porridge.

"This, this, this is what you women did, we can't help you!" Zhang Daniu said embarrassedly: "You are from Shaofu Temple. They are planning to build a textile factory in the north of the city. Many women are there. You

Your craftsmanship is not bad, if you go there, our family won’t have to worry about food!"

"What's the matter? I've also heard that this textile factory belongs to the emperor's family. Many women go there to spin yarn and make cloth. Although they are tired, they will definitely be full! I didn't want to go there because I took your face into consideration!

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"From the emperor's family? You don't choose concubines to enter the palace, right? Mother-in-law, how about..." Zhang Daniu hesitated for a moment, feeling very complicated in his heart.

"Bah, what are you thinking about?" After opening the lid of the pot and taking a look at the porridge in the pot, the mother-in-law put her hands on her hips and said:

"I'm over thirty and have turned into a yellow-faced woman. How can the emperor still like me? Don't be embarrassed. I know that you don't want me to go out to work. Women have a bad reputation as breadwinners! But nowadays, I

Neither I nor my little bastard can take medicine, so how can I care about face!"

"Hey, let's go take a look tomorrow!" A bowl of hot porridge was placed in front of Zhang Daniu. He glanced at the mother-in-law's busy figure, and the man's eyes instantly turned red.

Early the next morning, the couple drank a bowl of porridge and drove seven or eight miles to the north of the city. Sure enough, at the city gate, they saw a group of women queuing up, with men on both sides of the line.

, or lowered his head, or was ashamed, and said nothing.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Daniu consciously prepared to stand in the queue to see his wife, but as soon as he moved, he was pulled by his mother-in-law to the front of the queue and asked the recruiting woman:

"Madam, are you recruiting people for the emperor's textile factory?"

"Of course, yes!" The woman recruited was fierce and powerful, and quite intimidating. Even Zhang Daniu was frightened when he saw it. Isn't this woman a general of the Forbidden Army?

"What are the conditions? How much is the salary? My little girl can't read!"

"As long as you can spin and weave, you must be at least thirteen years old. As for the salary, it is a small amount of copper coins. Basically, you are given food, one stone a month. If you do well, there will be rewards!" Although the woman looked fierce, she spoke with a smile. It's gentle.

"Thank you madam!"

So, the mother-in-law queued up at the back, while Zhang Daniu could only wait aside.

But thinking about what he just said, he was still uneasy. One stone of food a month, but going to the market to buy it cost two to three hundred dollars!

We don’t charge lead coins, and there are fewer and fewer of them on the market. All transactions are done in copper coins. Without the lead coins, copper coins are also more expensive. One stone of grain is enough for their family to eat for more than a month. If they switch to whole grains, they can eat two or three more. Months are much better than plowing the fields, and the harvest is guaranteed despite droughts and floods...

No, farming is my profession. Wherever the food is grown, we can eat it reliably. When times get better, we will let the mother-in-law come back and rely on women to support us. This is really hurtful.

After waiting for about half an hour, Zhang Daniu saw his mother-in-law running back happily and said with a smile:

"We've passed it, and we'll go after the New Year!"

"Seven or eight miles away, it's a bit far, and you're a woman..." Zhang Daniu said hesitantly.

"It's okay. We're in the city. Someone picks us up at the city gate every day. We're going from the east gate. It's only two or three miles away. We can get one stone of food every month!" The wife noticed her husband's hesitation and said A fatal blow.

"so be it……"

"I just found out that the Forbidden Army is recruiting people. Our boss is also sixteen. If he joins the Forbidden Army, he can earn five hundred yuan every month!" Zhang Daniu said softly.

"No, only green-skinned scoundrels become soldiers, and they even go to the battlefield to kill people -" the wife refused.

"It's different now!"

"Why is it different?"

Zhang Daniu was speechless for a moment and was speechless.

Since several new textile factories were established and tens of thousands of funds were used, as usual, Shao Hai, the Shaoqing of Shaofu Temple, needed to report to the Ming Emperor for explanation.

On this winter day, he hurried to the palace. It was the first day of the new year in two days. Although the palace was a little deserted because of the passing of the Supreme Emperor, it still had a somewhat festive atmosphere.

The emperor was dressed in linen. According to the custom, he was required to wear linen and mourn for twenty-seven days. In the imperial study, several braziers were lit. The emperor was sitting on the table, looking at the memorial.

"Your Majesty——" Being led by the eunuch, Shao Hai knelt down.

"Get up!" The emperor asked directly without blinking:

"How many venues have been set up this time? How many people have been recruited?"

"Reporting to your majesty, we have set up five venues this time, built tens of thousands of pedal spinning wheels, and recruited 10,000 to 20,000 women. We will start spinning after the new year. These five venues alone can bring in tens of thousands of spinning wheels every year. money!"

"Why so many?" The emperor was a little surprised.
Chapter completed!