Chapter 361: Volunteering to make cotton clothes, great love!
In the following days, Gu Yunfei was the busiest person on the farm.
Qin Zhizhi brought her daughter Nian Nian, Gu Yunfei, and Ning Ning to live directly on the farm.
There are quite a few temporary workers hired on the farm now. Every day, the hundred acres of cotton need to be picked, peeled, and dried.
Only dried cotton can be processed. Considering the needs of soldiers at the border, Qin Zhizhi first made cotton clothes.
Qin Zhizhi handed the task of processing cotton clothes over to the Wang family.
In this era where everything depends on manual labor, the Wang family obviously cannot meet the demand, so Qin Zhizhi asked Mr. Wang to find someone else to cooperate with.
The Wang family is the richest family in Beijing, so naturally, the people they know are all businessmen. Moreover, Mr. Wang is the chairman, so it is more convenient for him to do this.
Qin Zhizhi transferred Qin He over to specifically coordinate with Mr. Wang on this matter.
In order to deliver these cotton-padded clothes to the soldiers before the heavy snow came, Qin Zhizhi asked Master Wang to recruit a number of tailors and embroiderers to make the cotton-padded clothes.
The patterns of the cotton-padded jackets were all provided by Qin Zhizhi. They are both warm and convenient, and do not interfere with the soldiers' daily training.
Each soldier was equipped with a long cotton jacket and a thinner short cotton jacket.
In order to speed up the work, Mr. Wang charged the tailors and embroiderers very high wages. They only made simple styles, which were only for warmth and practicality, without any fancy designs.
The embroiderers usually do delicate work, so they were not used to this kind of work at first.
After a few days, the work was done faster and faster. Qin Zhizhi suggested that Mr. Wang pay labor fees based on the piece work. The more work he did, the more money he would earn.
Without supervision, everyone works hard and can earn more money.
Somehow this matter got out, and when people found out that the job was to make clothes for the soldiers, some people tried to sign up.
They don't want wages because someone in their family is in the army.
After Mr. Wang told Qin Zhizhi about this, Qin Zhizhi understood their feelings. These women were good at needlework, but what was even more rare was that they had such a heart.
Qin Zhizhi immediately asked Mr. Wang to arrange another place to make cotton clothes so that these people could fulfill their wishes.
All you need to do every day is arrange reliable people to distribute the cloth and processed cotton.
The first person succeeded, and the news spread very quickly. Within two days, even the young ladies from wealthy families who were good at needlework joined in.
The speed of making cotton-padded clothes has been greatly improved, and Qin Zhizhi no longer has to worry about not being able to make cotton-padded clothes before winter.
After Qin Zhizhi told the princess about this, the princess personally took Mu, Qin Zhizhi, Gu Yunfei, and Ning Ning to the scene.
Not only did he praise these women from aristocratic families, he also gave generous rewards to ordinary women and girls.
After the emperor learned about this, he issued an imperial decree to praise the noble ladies who were willing to come out and do this.
Those court officials who were proud of their daughters were even happier and fully supported their wives, daughters, maids and servants in doing charity.
For a time, many people followed suit and made cotton-padded clothes at an increasingly faster pace.
When all the cotton-padded clothes were made, the eldest princess held a banquet in her mansion and invited those who made cotton-padded clothes for the soldiers.
After the Queen Mother learned about this, she went to the Princess's Mansion in person to attend the banquet.
The noble ladies were very happy, and ordinary people felt even more honored to be commended by the eldest princess and received in person by the queen.
Many people never have the chance to see the Queen in their entire life.
Their original intention was to hope that their children could have cotton clothes to wear during the cold winter, but they did not expect to have such an opportunity.
Qin Zhizhi also invited them to make cotton-padded clothes together in the future, and they would get paid for it.
"County Lady, can common women really join?"
"Of course you can. I've seen the cotton-padded clothes you make. They're strong and warm. We have so many soldiers and we need to make cotton-padded clothes every year. I hope you can come and help."
Qin Zhizhi has already discussed with Mr. Wang that they want to become bigger and stronger.
"County Lady, we are willing. This is also a serious job."
"Okay, welcome to join the Warm Pavilion. Go and sign up tomorrow."
Mr. Wang from the shop has already made preparations, and everything will just follow the normal procedures from now on.
"County Lady, can I do the same? My father and elder brother are both at the border, and I also want to do my part to help the soldiers there."
The second young lady of the Li family was a symbol of beauty. Qin Zhizhi remembered her because she was the leader among the noble ladies.
She has a cheerful and generous personality, is good at needlework, and is both literary and martial.
"As long as Miss Li is willing, we are welcome to do it." Qin Zhizhi didn't expect that she would be willing to continue.
"I do. I'll tell my mother when I get home." The little girl was very happy.
The Queen also praised their righteousness and their determination not to be bound by worldly concerns.
A party, everyone is happy.
A lot of cotton clothes were made in this batch. Not only did Qin Zhizhi have nearly a hundred acres of cotton on the farm, but she also exchanged a lot with Wanwan.
Anyway, the key links are all their own people, so no one will care if she exchanges it.
The emperor asked the Ministry of Revenue to purchase these cotton-padded clothes, but Qin Zhizhi refused.
She had said at the beginning that she would give it to the soldiers, so naturally she would not go back on her word.
Of course, Qin Zhizhi was not doing it in her own name. The farm where cotton was grown belonged to Gu Yunfei, and Mr. Wang was in charge of making cotton clothes. Qin He helped with other matters in the shop.
The emperor rewarded the Qin, Gu and Wang families. Of course, Qin Zhizhi and Gu Yunfei also received separate rewards.
This time, the emperor values Qin Zhizhi even more, and this batch of cotton-padded clothes is not a small number.
The emperor was deeply moved by Qin Zhizhi's righteousness and gave the task of making cotton-padded clothes for the soldiers to Qin Zhizhi and Gu Yunfei.
Qin Zhizhi cooperated with the Wang family, so the Wang family also indirectly became a beneficiary.
The merchants who participated in this matter with the Wang family were extremely happy. From now on, when they go out, they can say that they have done things for the royal family.
The Wang family's status among merchants is now getting higher and higher. They know clearly that good things will happen if they follow the Wang family.
Qin Zhizhi decided to use the farm that the emperor had rewarded her with to grow cotton, raise crayfish, and build a cotton processing workshop.
She asked the Agricultural Bureau to promote cotton, hoping that the people could have enough food and warm clothes.
She also asked her husband and uncle Gu Ting to write a letter, suggesting that appropriate planting be carried out in suitable places.
The emperor directly adopted this suggestion and handed it over to the Ministry of Agriculture to do this matter.
The past two years can be said to be the busiest time for the Agricultural Institute. Thanks to Qin Zhizhi, it is also their highlight moment.
We have high-yield corn before, and next year we will start promoting cotton planting.
The people in the entire Agricultural Institute are very busy, and they don’t know that they will be busy for many years to come.
The people of Qinjia Village also began to grow cotton, and under the leadership of the current village head, they have reclaimed a lot of wasteland.
Even crayfish were raised. The lobster seedlings given by Qin Zhizhi were sold directly to Wang's Restaurant after they were grown.
Therefore, Qinjia Village is the first village other than the capital to raise crayfish and grow corn and cotton.
They are very grateful to Qin Zhizhi. Now Qinjia Village is very prosperous and every family lives in a detached tiled house.
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