Zhan Qi still insisted, "The City Lord must reconsider. As the daughter-in-law of the Wang family, it's already inappropriate for her to come to the city palace once every five days. If she comes once every two days, the City Lord and she will definitely be talked about."
Ye Nankun had to think twice. He was not afraid of what others said, but Yu Jinshu was a woman and she could not bear it if someone said something bad about her.
He could not forget that last night Yu Jinshu cried in his arms like a little rabbit, afraid that she would be thrown into a pig cage by the Wang family.
With him around, the Wang family would definitely not let her be thrown into a pig cage. But people's words are scary, and saliva can drown people.
"Otherwise, I will go find her tomorrow."
When Ye Nankun thought of this, a smile appeared on his handsome face. If it wasn't already late at night, he really wanted to go find her right now.
The next morning, at the Wang family mansion.
Yu Jinshu took Wang Zeqing and his two siblings out.
They were dressed in plain men's clothing and were riding in a very shabby carriage.
We went out of the city and went to Sangtian on the outskirts of Beijing.
Inside the carriage, Wang Zeqing's second sister, Wang Yunxiang, asked curiously, "Sister, why don't we go directly to the weaving factory, but go to the mulberry fields in the suburbs?"
Yu Jinshu explained, "Yesterday, the palace compared the fabrics from recent years. The quality is much worse than before, and the appearance is not good. In every aspect, it is incomparable to the past. We are not familiar with the weaving factory, so we have to disguise ourselves and find the root cause of the problem."
Wang Zeqing said, "I understand. First, find the root of the problem, and then solve it one by one."
Yu Jinshu smiled and nodded: "Exactly."
What she was thinking in her heart was that Wang Zeqing had just regained his intelligence, and was as ignorant as his two sisters who were kept in seclusion.
I'm afraid they will be scared next.
But as a businessman, you always have to overcome this hurdle.
The Wang family has 6,000 acres of mulberry fields and more than 2,000 mulberry farmers.
Yu Jinshu took his three siblings through the mulberry fields and found that the leaves of the mulberry trees were not dense.
In the mulberry fields, there were a few mulberry farmers picking mulberry leaves with bamboo baskets on their backs.
My younger sister, Wang Yunxue, pointed at the mulberry farmers and asked curiously, "Sister, why aren't they wearing silk?"
Yu Jinshu laughed: "These mulberry farmers make silk, but they are the lowest class of people and cannot afford to wear silk."
It’s really sad to talk about it.
This was ancient times, and the mulberry farmers were exploited by their superiors. Not to mention wearing silk, they probably couldn't even get enough food to eat.
I don’t know what the living conditions of the Wang family’s mulberry farmers are like?
Yu Jinshu brought his three siblings to the village.
As soon as you enter the village, you can see mulberry farmers and children with pale faces and thin bodies.
Yu Jinshu saw a middle-aged man carrying mulberry leaves on his back and heading home, so he hurried over and asked, "Uncle, we're hungry. Can you make us a meal?"
The uncle looked at these young men, all of whom were delicate and tender, and sighed, "I'm so sorry! We can't even fill our stomachs, and we don't have any extra rice at home for the four young men. You should find another way!"
Wang Zeqing was stunned. Logically, the Wang family weaving factory should have supported many people, but why couldn't these mulberry farmers even fill their stomachs?
Yu Jinshu asked again: "Which family in this village has more rice?"
The uncle shook his head. "Everyone in our village is very poor. People die of starvation every now and then. Once the elderly in the village can no longer work, they starve to death in the graves dug earlier in the mountains. You should leave! Don't starve here."
Wang Zeqing asked, "Uncle, what about the man who manages this mulberry field? Where is his home? Does he have food to eat?"
The uncle said, "They all live in the city and come to the village regularly to collect the fresh calluses from our hands."
Wang Zeqing was puzzled: "You have fresh cocoons to sell to them, so why are you starving?"
The uncle gave a bitter laugh and said, "The price is too low, not enough for us to eat. Our fields have become mulberry fields again, and there is no land to grow rice. Of course, we can't eat enough, and we are starving to death."
Yu Jinshu said, "Uncle, can we go to your house and take a look?"
The uncle looked at these handsome and friendly young men and nodded in agreement.
Yu Jinshu took his three siblings to the uncle's house. Except for the house for raising silkworms, which was built more sturdily, the other house they lived in was completely bare. The three children in the house were all malnourished, and it was sad to see them.
Working hard but not getting the proper reward.
Without adequate pay and food, they were unable to take care of the mulberry trees, and most of the mulberry leaves were eaten by insects, resulting in poor quality of the cocoons.
After seeing all this, Yu Jinshu left the village.
After returning to the city, Yu Jinshu immediately ordered his servants to purchase a large amount of food, meat and vegetables and send them to Sangtian's village.
In the afternoon, after having a full meal in the city, Yu Jinshu took his three siblings to the weaving factory.
The head of the weaving factory was Wang Sheng, the son of Wang Baoshan’s grandfather’s cousin.
Yu Jinshu did not change back into women's clothes. Instead, he pretended to be a customer and took a look around the weaving factory, where he found many serious problems.
After returning to the Wang family mansion at night, she sneaked away to the weaving factory and only came back to sleep late at night.
Early the next morning, Yu Jinshu washed up and sat in front of the dressing mirror. Zhenzhu tied her hair and put on some makeup for her.
"not enough."
"Miss, what's not enough?"
“Not domineering enough.”
Yu Jinshu picked up the lip balm and rubbed it into her mouth.
Then she picked up the black brush and drew the end of her eyebrow upwards.
Her face is so delicate and pretty, and lacks any aura, so she can only work on her makeup.
Today she was wearing a rosy-colored dress embroidered with gold. The style was still her special one with a cinched waist and sleeves, making her look dignified and capable.
Wang Zeqing was also dressed solemnly, and looked quite imposing.
Yu Jinshu did not let Wang Zeqing's two sisters go. After all, no one could predict what would happen there.
I went to the weaving factory yesterday and found that Wang Sheng was simply a local tyrant. Not only did he suppress the price of mulberry farmers in the mulberry fields, but he also withheld the workers' wages in the weaving factory and beat and scolded the workers at will. This was normal.
Not only that, Wang Sheng also molested the female workers and ordered them not to tell anyone.
Last night, after returning to the Wang family mansion, she went to the weaving factory and saw Wang Sheng molesting a female worker. If she had not arrived in time and made a noise to scare Wang Sheng, the female worker would have been killed.
When the carriage from the Wang family mansion arrived at the weaving factory, they heard sounds of beating, scolding and screaming coming from inside.
Yu Jinshu got off the carriage. The worker guarding the door was about to go in to report, but was suppressed by the palace guards brought by Yu Jinshu.
These palace guards were assigned to Yu Jinshu by Ye Nankun the day before, and they are specifically responsible for protecting Yu Jinshu.
Last night, it was these guards who took her to visit the weaving factory at night and stopped Wang Sheng from harassing the female workers.
Escorted by the guards, Yu Jinshu strode into the weaving factory.
In the hall of the weaving factory, Wang Sheng was holding a long whip and whipping the male worker who was rolling on the ground in pain.
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