Chapter 433: Confinement

Gu Jiu has experienced how boring and irritable confinement is.
She couldn't go out, she endured it.
She couldn't blow it, she endured it.
But she couldn't bear to take a bath.
How can people not take a shower.
Look at the knotted hair, is this still a young and beautiful lady?
I can't look at myself directly after smelling the smell on my body.
If she didn't hide from Mother Fang, she wiped her body with hot water, she was afraid that she could rub out a layer of mud.
Oh!
It is not easy for my brother to finally have a big name.
In order to choose a name, Liu Zhao racked his brains and deliberately sought the consent of the emperor.
King Ning's lineage came to his brother's generation. He was a generation of Chinese characters. After going through the four books and five classics, it was difficult to get a good name.
Liu Zhao thought of a name, and worried about taboo.
He secretly ran to the palace, chatting with the emperor, and knocking on the side.
The emperor disliked him, and told him to speak quickly and let go of farts.
Liu Zhao said that he was here, "Grandson wants to name his brother, can you?"
Yu, don't commit a taboo, just look at what the person sitting on the throne thinks.
The emperor thought that it was a taboo.
If the emperor doesn't care, that's fine.
After all, I didn't hit the emperor's name.
The emperor is very disgusted, "Something big, it will make you so worried, shameful! Get out."
Liu Zhao consciously got out.
The emperor has no objection, and that is to allow the child to use the imperial name.
Half a month after his brother was born, he finally had a big name, Liu Yu. All the people in the Fuzhong are called Yu Ge'er.
What Xiaoxiao, Popo, Yangyang, similar nicknames are all invalidated. There is no spirit of Yu Ge'er.
Gu Jiu was disappointed.
Although she is not very good at naming, but the nickname she gave to her brother is not bad.
Why does everyone dislike her nickname.
After the brother had a big name, he was all called brother Yuge.
Liu Zhao's heart hahaha, this son is slightly better than the lady.
On the face of it, he is still serious, "My son has a nice name."
Gu Jiu gave him a white look, and simply put the child in his arms, ready to get up and exercise and regain his vitality as soon as possible.
Liu Zhao held the child, one big and one small, you stared at me, I stared at you.
Brother Yu's eyes were completely opened, their eyes wide. In just a short time, it seems that he has a few eyelashes.
Are the father and son looking at each other affectionately?
Liu Zhao: Why doesn't the brat laugh. Or poke him in the face... It's so amazing!
Liu Yu: Wow wow wow... well, my baby is going to cry loudly.
Gu Jiu turned his head and stared at Liu Zhao fiercely, "Why is the baby crying again?" Why does the baby cry as soon as he reaches your hand.
Liu Zhao: "The brat doesn't match me."
Liu Yu: Wow wow... I cried more and more.
Gu Jiu disliked, "No matter, you are responsible for taking him today. I am very tired. You can hand him over to the nanny in half an hour."
Liu Zhao: Xiaojiu is fierce and has a tendency to become fierce. Stinky boy, still crying, are you crying vigorously? Since giving birth to you, your father's status has plummeted, your mother is not gentle anymore.
Liu Yu looked at Gu Jiu eagerly, but Gu Jiu was busy exercising.
Little baby Liu Yu is cleverly aware that crying can't help him return to his mother's arms, so why not be with his father.
Although Dad is a bit annoying.
Little baby Liu Yu gradually stopped crying, and continued to stare at him with big eyes, displeasing each other.
Gu Jiu was relieved to see this scene.
This is the filial piety of the father and the son!
What a warm and sweet scene.
The loving father took the child and was very moved. This scene should be kept forever.
Loving father Liu Zhao?
Dutiful son Liu Yu?
Xiao Jiu (mother) must be an illusion.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather is getting colder every day.
After everyone put on the slightly thick autumn clothes, Gu Jiu was finally out of confinement.
In order to clean the whole body, she tossed in the bathroom for two hours.
Make sure that the fragrance smells all over the body before she comes out of the bathroom.
The autumn breeze was slow and it was a bit cold.
Put a small tiger-head hat on Yu Ge, take it out of the room and feel the autumn breeze.
"Come here, move out the books and kill the time."
Gu Jiu was bored enough and wanted to find something to do.
"Madam's body is still very vacant, wherever you turn the account book now, watch your eyes." Qingmei was the first to speak.
Sister Fang was very satisfied, "Qingmei is right, Madam, be careful of your eyes."
Gu Jiu was very heartbroken, "I haven't turned over the account book for more than a month, and I didn't plan to take it, so my heart is empty."
Others confinement for 30 days, she confinement for 40 days. Because she has a grandma beside her.
In the past forty days, she hadn't had a chance to turn over a page of the account book or read a page of books.
She was dying of hunger and thirst.
"I'm out of confinement now, so you can't go too far. Move the ledger out quickly. I'll read two books first."
Brother Yu was placed in a large baby carrier covered with a thick quilt and covered with a small quilt. He was staring at his legs, his eyes rolling, and he looked around curiously.
Qingmei hesitated and took a ledger.
When Gu Jiu saw the ledger, he felt very kind.
She flipped through the pages of the ledger and looked like she did a mental arithmetic by the way.
After she turned over the ledger, she also got a one-month general ledger.
"The business last month was average. It stands to reason that the autumn harvest is over, and now is when everyone has money."
"It's time to save money for the New Year. No one dares to spend money indiscriminately these days." Qingmei said.
Gu Jiu nodded, which made sense.
"Go and call Bai Zhong, I want to ask him what is going on at the Zhu family."
Qingmei picked it up and said urgently: "Bai Zhong is running a new project recently. He has taken a fancy to an alley and plans to renovate it. It is rare to have time.
The Zhu family sold the property and cleared the accounts of the bank. Originally thought that the Zhu family bank had encountered a catastrophe this time and was about to close down, but because the Zhu family kept its promises, it cleared its accounts. As a result, some people said that the Zhu family was trustworthy and kept the money in the Zhu family bank for safety. "
Gu Jiu frowned, this news is really not good news.
"Are you saying that the Zhu Family Bank not only did not go bankrupt, but continued to operate?"
"Yes. But only one storefront is open. Zhu Family Bank has a total of twelve stores in Beijing, and eleven are closed, leaving only the main store open."
Gu Jiu asked, "How's the business?"
"So so, few people go in."
Gu Jiu was a little unhappy.
The centipede is dead but not stiff.
The Zhu family's background is profound, and one slap can't die.
She asked again: "Are the firms and shops under the Zhu family's name operating? Are those partners still making trouble?"
Qingmei shook her head, "The commercial bank is open and the shops are still closed. Those cooperators and Zhu's relatives and friends have not received a penny, so they have to go to the door at both ends for three days."
Gu Jiu smiled swiftly, "It seems that the Zhu family intends to rely on their accounts to the end, so it's no wonder that they won't open a shop."
As soon as the shop opens, these partners will emptied the goods in the shop.
As for the firm, there is no inventory, only accounts.
"Has Chengenbo Zhuci show up recently?"
"The servant girl heard that Cheng Enbo was ill."
Gu Jiu smiled when he heard the words, "It should be called a disease."
"Have all the shares given to Huang Qubing been done?"
"Madam, don't worry, it's already done. Young Master Huang also rented a few shops in the market outside Nanchengmen, planning to make North and South goods."
Gu Jiu was very thoughtful, "I will have a look at the door tomorrow."
She hadn't been out since the third trimester, and she was going crazy.
Before winter, when the weather is still cold, go out for a tour.
"Madam is going to go out, so she has to bring more manpower. Madam is not what she used to be. I don't know how many people in Beijing are paying attention to Madam's movements."
Gu Jiu laughed, "Pay attention to what I am doing? I am working on a project outside the South City Gate, and other businesses are not mixed."
Qingmei lowered her voice and whispered: "The news from the northwest has reached the capital. Now many people know that his wife is in the munitions business. Together with the 20,000 sets of cotton uniforms signed with the Ministry of War, they were also turned over and brought to the court. .
Someone impeached his wife, saying that his wife would harm the country and the people and corrupt the general status. He also impeached Luhou and the Ministry of War, saying that they accepted bribes from his wife. Even the son-in-law was impeached, saying that his husband was weak and he could not let his wife stay indoors. "
Gu Jiu's mouth twitched.
This group of Yushi was full and supported it, even Liu Zhaofu's sluggishness came out for impeachment.
She asked: "Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing before."
Qiaomei was a little vacant, "The wife was in confinement before, and the son told her to hide her from her."
"Is it still impeached?"
Qingmei nodded repeatedly, "Every day there is a memorial to impeach the lady. The slave and maid heard that the master was very angry, and felt very embarrassed. Master Gu Yu sent a letter, telling the lady not to look back at the house before."
Gu Jiu laughed, "Thank you Gu Yu, Brother Gu. Those who want to be impeached should be impeached. Since your Majesty hasn't spoken, it's fine to come. What is the attitude of the Ministry of War and Luhou?"
Qingmei said hurriedly: "The Ministry of War Shangshu sent a message to his wife to deliver the goods on time. If the delivery is not on time, he will have to delay the payment time."
Gu Jiu bared his teeth, and doing business with the Ministry of War really didn't make much money. I have to be dragged down and I'm so heartbroken.
If it were not for the smooth start of work in the winter and to ensure that all the refugees who went to work had cotton clothes, she would really not be guilty of doing this business with the Ministry of War. It is purely thankless.
Now it also provoked a fishy.
It's just that the contract has been signed, and she doesn't want to offend the Ministry of Defense. Even if it provokes a fishy, ​​she can only bite the bullet and carry on the business.
Gu Jiu ordered: "I will go outside the city in three days."
Qingmei replied, "Isn't the madam worried about the northwest side? The business in the northwest has been smashed. Now everyone knows that there is a horse farm and wool weaving under her name."
Gu Jiu smiled softly, "Is there anything to worry about. I am not the one who runs the horse farm business. As for wool weaving, I am the first one, but I just took the lead.
Didn’t the letter from Da Zhuang say that the northwest is densely packed with hundreds of wool workshops? The woollen fabrics are sold to the capital, and they are not my family's goods. There is nothing to worry about. "
Gu Jiu is happy to see the wool weaving industry grow.
So when other people also opened wool workshops, they didn't stubbornly play tricks. One or two technologies will occasionally be announced.
She hopes that this industry can grow like the silk textile industry and become an industrial chain that connects thousands of households.
When taxation, people's livelihood, economic development, and official performance in the northwest are inseparable from the wool industry chain, anyone who dares to move the industry has to think about the consequences of reaching out.
Eating alone is definitely the road to self-destruction.
No one in the world can eat alone to become the richest man.
Zhu's family has been the richest man in the capital for so many years, not because they are behind thousands of households. It is tantamount to indirectly kidnapping thousands of households.
Gu Jiu doesn't like to eat alone, she likes to take everyone to make a fortune.
As the saying goes, people are powerful.
The more people participate, the greater the power.
The Northwest wool industry chain was initially established and has begun to show its edge. The local herdsmen, the grassland people, and those businesses were all stirred in by her industrial chain plan.
At this time, whoever dared to act rashly would ruin the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people. Indirectly affects the lives of millions of people.
To be more serious, it even affected the court's offensive and defensive strategy on the grasslands.
Without the cooperation of her wool industry chain, how could Luhou manage the grassland so smoothly in the past two years.
Qingmei doesn't understand Gu Jiu's industrial chain plan, she is simply worried.
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "Don't worry. Others don't care. As long as Luhou is on my side, the wool industry will be invincible."
When Luhou wanted to explore the grassland, she would cooperate with him and get what he needed.
She makes money, he wants people and land.
"A letter to Da Zhuang telling him that by the end of this year, wool can fully enter the capital market."
Since someone pierced the window paper ahead of time, she didn't need to continue covering up.
I bought so many shops from Zhu's house, and they all came in handy.
Ome took this down.
Gu Jiu asked her, "Have you all learned to knit sweaters?"
Qingmei smiled and nodded, "I learned it all. The little maids in the mansion have also taught them. The textile workshop chose 30 clever and neat women, and all taught them to knit sweaters. Some people directly knit sweaters on the textile machine. , Just not detailed enough."
"The textile machine needs to be improved so that the knitted sweaters will be warm and dense. Ask Deng Cunli another day, is there any progress in the carpenter workshop? If our craftsmen cannot improve the textile machine, we can only ask the young man to supervise. The master came forward to help improve."
It would be better to improve the pedal-type textile machine.
The hand crank is too traditional and too slow.
It's a pity that she didn't go to school seriously, nor did she study mathematics, physics and chemistry, or mechanics, otherwise she would have to personally transform the textile machine.
As long as the remodeled textile machine can double the efficiency, she will earn money.
At that time, just a textile workshop can solve tens of thousands of jobs. She can also open the textile industry chain to Jiangnan, Southwest, and any densely populated places.
She stroked her plan again.
I always felt that I had overlooked something, and I couldn't remember it.
Forget it, don't want to.
I'll talk about it after visiting the industry.
At this time, with a wow, Yu brother started to cry.
"What's the matter, what's the matter? Are you hungry or peeing?"
Sister Fang pampered her children very much, even more than the parents of Gu Jiu and Liu Zhao.
As soon as she heard the child crying, she ran out of the house and picked up the child to check.
"Oh, my brother is stinky. Go, mother will clean it for you."
With a contented look, Mother Fang took the baby and washed it inside.
Gu Jiu: "..." It seems that there is no such thing as me being a mother, so I will happily be the shopkeeper.
Throwing his hand at the shopkeeper Gu Jiu, he blew the wind and the sun that would not be warm enough, and finally went back to the small study and sat down obediently.
The small study is different from the past, and there is an extra crib in the corner. The child can be placed in it after falling asleep.
She sat in a long-lost but familiar position with a look of satisfaction.
The life after confinement is the life of a person.
Pei was worried about the child and asked people to take Yu'er to Chunhetang for a while.
Thinking that Pei was generous and gave so many gifts, Gu Jiu waved his hand and asked Mother Fang to lead the team, and took the fragrant Yu brother to Chunhetang to brush her face.
Also brushing his face in Chunhetang is a one-year-old elder brother and sister Nian who is less than one year old.
Sister Nian can't walk, so she loves to climb.
The eldest brother is very interested in Yu Ge, he pointed to Yu Ge, "Brother, younger brother..."
Pei happily, "This is Brother Yu, you want to be your second brother."
The eldest brother reached out to poke Yu's cheek, "Why doesn't younger brother cry?"
"Ouch, the eldest brother can't poke the younger brother, be careful to poke the younger brother."
"Brother poking is not bad."
The eldest brother is under two years old and speaks very clearly.
Mother Fang was very angry.
Baby bump, Yu brother, how can he be poked like that by big brother.
Fortunately, it only prodded.
She showed it to see if it hurt.
The eldest brother was very wronged and felt that Madam Fang didn't like him, so he cried out.
As soon as he cried, Yu Ge'er also cried, and Nian's sister also cried not to be outdone.
The three children cried together, like three hundred ducks quacking in their ears.
In an instant, Pei couldn't stand it anymore.