Chapter 2515 Jinjiang
Nan Yan thought about what he had just said and said softly, "Weaving brocade requires skill. Jiangnan has been a silk producing area for hundreds of years, and the mulberry farmers and weavers are all experienced. If we move to another place, what can we expect to gain?"
Zhu Feng didn't say anything, but just picked up the tea she brewed and took a sip.
Then he said, "I remember that your grandmother traveled all over the country. Did she ever tell you about the history of brocade weaving?"
"The history of tapestry?"
Nan Yan murmured these words, thought seriously for a while, and suddenly her eyes lit up.
"Oh, right—"
Zhu Feng looked up at her and said, "What did you remember?"
"Your Majesty, has Your Majesty ever been to Shu?"
"I haven't yet."
"Your Majesty, do you know that there is a river in Shu called Jinjiang—"
Having said this, she was suddenly stunned and lowered her head to look at the passage from "Yizhou Chronicle" that Zhu Feng had just copied on paper.
"After the Chengdu brocade is finished, it is washed in the river water. The patterns are clear and better than when it was first finished. If it is washed in other waters, it will not be as good as the river water..."
He immediately came to his senses: "The emperor already knew about it."
Zhu Feng smiled, put the teacup back on the table, and said, "I haven't made a complete decision yet. I just thought about this and wanted to ask you again."
“…”
"I didn't expect that the imperial concubine and I would think of the same thing."
"snort!"
Nan Yan rolled her eyes at him.
Zhu Feng smiled and said, "Okay, don't be angry. I also want to gather everyone's ideas."
Nan Yan then added, "In fact, the words written by the emperor are already the answer. If we gather our wisdom, there is no better place than Shu, Chengdu."
Zhu Feng heard this, thought about it, and nodded gently: "That's true."
Shu is the most prosperous place in the southwest. Since ancient times, there has been a legend that Cancong taught people sericulture. The passage in "Yizhou Zhi" describes the Shu people's brocade weaving. Only by washing it in the Jinjiang River can the Shu brocade be more elegant and different from that of other places.
It also indirectly illustrates the prosperity of the brocade weaving industry in ancient Shu.
However, due to the impact of the war, the brocade industry in Shu was destroyed and has not yet fully recovered.
Jinjiang is now left with only the name "Jinjiang".
If we talk about opening up new sources of income and finding another place to revive the brocade weaving industry, what place could be better than Shu, where the brocade weaving industry once flourished?
Zhu Feng smiled and said, "You're the one who thinks quickly."
Nan Yan rolled her eyes at him again and said angrily, "Your Majesty has clearly thought of this a long time ago, but he pretended not to know and made me worry. He is just trying to amuse me."
Zhu Feng smiled and said, "Didn't I tell you to pool your wisdom?"
As he spoke, he picked up his pen and wrote a few words on the memorial. Then he closed it and put it aside, saying, "This can be submitted to the cabinet for discussion."
Nan Yan took the pen from his hand and hung it on the pen holder.
He asked, "After the court session today, didn't the Emperor mention this matter during the cabinet meeting?"
Zhu Feng said, "There is no cabinet meeting today."
"No?"
Logically speaking, since this matter gave the emperor such a headache, he should have asked several ministers in the cabinet to think of a solution.
Moreover, even though Zhu Feng cared about detoxification, he cared more about state affairs.
No matter how critical the detoxification process was, he would never slack off in the morning court and cabinet meetings. Why was there no cabinet meeting today?
Nan Yan looked at him: "Why?"
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