kingnovel Chapter 474: Spring is here again
Chapter 474: Spring is here again
Xiao Mo sat on the dragon chair, gently stroking the multi-treasure bracelet on his hand. After a long while, he spoke, "Let Xia Ying live in the palace first. Remember not to let them exchange information."
"Yes."
Xiao Mo didn't have a good impression of the Danyang Marquis' Mansion. He was just doing this to keep the Marquis' Mansion hanging and make them unable to sleep or eat.
He had also heard the rumors outside. It was estimated that the people in Danyang Marquis' Mansion thought that if he kept Xia Ying in the palace, they could continue to live a glorious life in the capital.
That’s a nice thought. After Ye Jintang returns to the capital, he will slowly deal with them.
Not long after New Year's Eve, the weather in the capital gradually warmed up, and it finally stopped snowing in Ningchuan City, and the south wind began to blow.
After growing for a winter, Xiao Jin has grown into Da Jin. Whenever it has time, it will circle around Ningchuan City, and even strong winds and heavy snow cannot stop it.
Xiao Jin grew up almost together with homing pigeons, and he was well fed every day, so he would not attack the homing pigeons when flying around Ningchuan City. However, he would occasionally tease the homing pigeons when he got angry, and was often scolded by Ye Jintang for this.
"Xiao Jin, if you dare to scare the carrier pigeons again, you will have to eat vegetarian food from now on. I will save the delicious chicken for Tuan Tuan and Huo Yan to eat."
Ye Jintang stood in the yard and rubbed Xiao Jin's head hard. It was still a little unhappy and chirped at her from time to time.
The carrier pigeon from Quyang City hid in Luzhu's arms trembling. It was its first time flying to Ningchuan City, and it was scared half to death by Xiaojin, and almost lost its bamboo tube.
"Stop playing dumb here. I know you can understand. There is no chicken for your dinner today. Eat vegetables."
Xiao Jin was a little dumbfounded. He didn't expect Ye Jintang to be serious. He flapped his wings and cried while circling around Ye Jintang. It was obvious that he was protesting.
"It's no use protesting, Pingping. You can't secretly feed Xiao Jin meat at night. You can only feed him vegetables."
Ping Ping, who was named, stepped out from behind the pillar and said, "I know, mother."
When Xiao Jin saw his savior coming, he immediately jumped over and gently rubbed Pingping's chubby little hand.
"Xiao Jin, you just don't learn your lesson. I can't save you today."
Pingping glanced at Ye Jintang and saw that his mother had a cold face. He muttered in his heart, "My mother is angry. The consequences will be serious. Xiaojin, you just have to bear with it."
Ye Jintang asked Luzhu to take the carrier pigeon to the pigeon house and feed it some good food, and she went to the study with the bamboo tube.
In fact, punishing Xiao Jin today is also for its own good. It has been eating too much meat recently, and it would be good for its body to have a vegetarian meal with medicinal herbs occasionally.
Qiao Yuan was already waiting in the study.
"Master Qiao asked you to come here today because he has something to tell you."
"I just received a pigeon message from my cousin. He is in Quyang City and needs a batch of Hongluojin and Yuehuajin."
"Red silk is not so expensive, a carriage is not worth much, but a piece of Yuehua silk is worth a thousand taels of silver, a carriage is not cheap."
"I want you to personally escort this batch of fabrics to Quyang City."
When Qiao Yuan heard Qu Yangcheng, he was obviously stunned.
Quyang City is very close to the capital, and it only takes several months to go back and forth.
"Yes, I will go and organize the convoy right away."
"There's no rush yet."
Seeing that Qiao Yuanlai didn't say a single extra word and agreed very readily, Ye Jintang was very satisfied. She liked subordinates like this.
"The emperor ascended the throne years ago. Sooner or later, we will all return to the capital. I think you can take advantage of this business trip to bring your cousin back to the capital first."
"Your Majesty, the weaving and spinning workshops in Ningchuan City have always been managed by Wan'er. If you ask her to leave immediately, I'm afraid she won't be able to leave for a while."
"I've thought about it. No matter how big the workshops in Ningchuan City are, they only have a few hundred people. If my cousin returns to the capital, the women workers who make Yuehuajin and Hongluojin will go with her. In this way, there will only be a few women workers who weave cotton cloth in the city. These people can be handed over to the people below."
After Ye Jintang said this, Qiao Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It is extremely difficult to train female workers who can weave Yuehua brocade and Hongluo brocade. It would be great if we could bring them to the capital.
"My queen, the weaving workshop is moving, and we have to take so many female workers with us. I'm afraid we won't be able to get to Quyang City very quickly. Will it delay Master Wen's request for the goods?"
"It's not a big problem. Just deliver the Yuehua Brocade and Hongluo Brocade before May. After the delivery, you and your cousin will open a weaving workshop in the capital right away."
"The capital city has no shortage of skilled female workers. You just need to recruit them at a high price. As long as their skills are up to par, we can negotiate their wages."
"Yes, I will not let you down."
Qiao Yuan was quite excited at this moment, as Ye Jintang was finally about to set off back to the capital.
Even though he is just a chief historian in the palace now, things will be different after he returns to Beijing.
Not only will his official rank be promoted, but his status in the capital will also rise as Ye Jintang is enthroned as queen.
From now on, no one will look down on him just because he is an orphan and a businessman.
The silk needed to make Yuehua Brocade and Hongluo Brocade is unique to Ye Jintang's space, so it is natural for Ye Jintang to take the silk with him when he returns to the weaving workshop in the capital.
Other workshops do not need to be so troublesome. The winery and the medicine workshop all use local materials. Even if Ye Jintang leaves, these workshops can still operate normally.
While Ye Jintang was carefully making arrangements for her return to Beijing, she was also accompanying her two children as they grew up, along with three small animals. Even without Xiao Mo, her life was extremely fulfilling.
Almost in the blink of an eye, winter passed and spring came. The temperature in Ningchuan Prefecture rose. The snow on the official road had just begun to melt when Qiao Yuan's carriage team set off.
"Take care on your journey, cousin. We'll see you in the capital."
At the east gate of Ningchuan City, Ye Jintang came to see Qiao Yuan and Gu Wan'er off in person. She stepped forward and gave Gu Wan'er a big hug, lowering her voice and saying, "Life will be stable after we return to the capital. Don't drink the contraceptive soup anymore. Master Qiao is not young anymore, so it's good for him to have a child of his own."
"I know."
Gu Wan'er's cheeks flushed slightly when Ye Jintang said that. She and Qiao Yuan had been married for some time, but for the sake of the spinning and weaving workshops, she had never dared to have children.
After returning to the capital, there are many capable managers there. She can find a few more to keep with her, so that even if she gets pregnant and has children in the future, it will not affect the work in the workshop.
"It's getting late. You should leave early. Send me a pigeon if you have anything to say."
"Yes."
Qiao Yuan and Gu Wan'er stepped forward to salute Ye Jintang, then rode away together.
This time, there were more than 40 carriages loaded with goods in the carriage team. In addition to the carriages for female workers, carriages for sundries, and carriages for guards, there were more than 70 carriages in total.
In addition to the carriage, there was also a team of horseback guards who specifically escorted them to Quyang City.
All of this added up to a fairly large team. Ye Jintang stood on the city wall and it took him a while to see the tail of the team disappear on the horizon.
The departure of Qiao Yuan's carriage team foreshadows the beginning of the countdown to Ye Jintang's return to the capital.