To put it simply, Shen Qingyu wanted to go out one last time before giving birth, and then come back to focus on giving birth and breastfeeding.

Qi Yunxiao seemed to understand Shen Qingyu's thoughts to some extent.

Half a month later, two ships from Liuli Island arrived. Shen Qingyu and Qi Yunxiao boarded the ships and stored all the glass shards in their spatial storage.

Then the two ships were loaded with enough exchangeable and daily necessities to be transported back to Liuli Island.

When they came back, both ships were full of glass shards again!

In addition, they also brought some newly produced carousel lanterns.

The lampshade is made of glass, which is crystal clear, allows good light transmission, and can also block the wind. This is much better than a paper lantern!

If this revolving lantern were hung on a carriage at night, it could provide light!

This is all silver!

For the first time, Shen Qingyu directly experienced what it felt like to be extremely wealthy.

The remaining space in the warehouse was filled with glass shards, and the worthless coconut oil was piled up on the cargo ship. Shen Qingyu and Qi Yunxiao, along with Erbao, embarked on their journey back to Daqi.

As for Da Bao and Xiao Bao, after experiencing the pain of traveling by boat, they were now reluctant to go on long journeys by boat and would avoid it if possible.

I'm not envious! You guys go ahead!

I don't know if it was because we had been running and jumping around on the beach for a long time, and then we had gone between the nearby islands in a small sampan a few times, but when Erbao got back on the boat, he didn't get seasick at all!

Shen Qingyu felt much less worried.

The mad Taoist priest, however, was still seasick.

The poor old man's gray hair was shaken into a mess, but he didn't care. He lay on the bed looking half-dead, groaning and moaning.

Seeing his pitiful state, Qi Yunxiao brought him seasickness medicine that Shen Qingyu had prepared in advance, and also gave him some spiritual spring water to drink, and the old man finally fell asleep.

Once the ship docked, the porters carefully unloaded the glass shards and loaded them onto the carriage. The tightly packaged glass shards were then hauled away, box by box, towards the capital.

The people who came to pick up and deliver the goods were naturally sent by Yu Ji Grocery Store, and the leader of them was the Dragon Guard who came from Shenjia Village.

Having undergone rigorous training and acquired exceptional skills, the leading Dragon Guard had also trained the previous coachmen and guards over the past few months, making them far more skilled than the average coachmen and guards.

Besides them, Shen Qingyu and Qi Yunxiao, who were sent by His Majesty to pick them up, ignored them and rode in their carriages, leisurely making their way to the capital.

When the carriage arrived in the capital, it was already late spring, and summer was just around the corner.

Shen Qingyu delivered the glass shards to Yu Ji's general store in the capital, instructing the store to notify the major families who had paid advance payments to come and collect the goods. At the same time, she also took stock of the accounts for this period and withdrew the store's profits...

Shen Qingyu was shocked to see that Yu Ji Grocery Store in the capital had made tens of thousands of taels of silver in profit in less than half a year.

Although soap and glass shards contributed the most, that was enough to make people's hearts flutter.

There were over 100,000 pieces of glass transported back, but only 20,000 pieces were sent to the capital this time. The rest were stored in a warehouse purchased next to the dock, ready to be distributed in batches to Yu Ji Grocery Stores in various places.

Tens of thousands of glass shards would be too many if only placed in the capital, but if distributed to other cities and towns, there wouldn't be many left.

Officials and wealthy families took pride in having houses with stained glass windows. After decorating their studies and reception halls, the owners of each house began to compare their properties...

At the same time, a type of revolving lantern made of glass also began to be sold at Yu Kee Grocery Store and became popular in various places.

The glass lampshade was crystal clear, and if it got dirty, it could be wiped clean and reused... Hanging on a carriage, it was a symbol of status!

The first thing to be used was actually the palace carriage.

When the powerful and wealthy people in the capital saw the revolving lantern of Yu Ji hanging on the corner of the carriage coming out of the palace, they went crazy again!

Shen Qingyu was satisfied. After receiving various rewards from the palace, she and Qi Yunxiao, heavily pregnant, saw Erbao and the mad Taoist off on their journey to continue their charlatanry. Only then did she and her husband board the carriage and head to Shenjia Village.

Along the way, in every prefecture city they passed through, Shen Qingyu would take out a portion of the glass shards from her spatial storage beforehand and have them delivered by carriage to the various Yu Ji general stores...

Yu Kee's various grocery stores would also promptly report the accounts and profits to Shen Qingyu.

Piles of glass shards and revolving lanterns were eventually exchanged for boxes of silver, which were then piled up in the space warehouse. The sense of satisfaction was truly immense!

By the time they arrived in Hengshui Town, Shen Qingyu had already collected hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!

Once you have a lot of silver, whether it's tens of thousands more or less, the feeling isn't as strong anymore.

Shen Qingyu tossed a silver ingot in her hand, somewhat absentmindedly asking, "I wonder if Yuqiao has given birth yet?"

Qi Yunxiao: "You can go and take a look."

Shen Qingyu waved her hand: "We'll go on the way back. How about we check out the pastry shop first?"

Shen Qingyu hadn't had to worry about that pastry shop since it opened; Yu Qiao had been managing it all. She wondered if it was still there.

As the carriage passed, sure enough, there was a queue outside Lai Fu Kee, people waiting for freshly baked mung bean pastries.

These snacks are naturally best when they're fresh.

Shen Qingyu almost drooled from the sweet aroma: "No, I need to buy some hot snacks to eat."

"Alright, buy it." What could Qi Yunxiao possibly be unhappy about? He immediately went forward to buy it, but as soon as the carriage curtain was lifted, he saw a person carrying a child coming out from behind the pastry shop. Who else could it be but Yu Qiao?

Shen Qingyu froze for a moment, then clumsily ran towards the carriage, calling out as she ran, "Yuqiao! Yuqiao..."

Yu Qiao was stunned, staring at the clumsy woman with her belly sticking out high, she could hardly believe her eyes.

"Qingyu?"

Shen Qingyu nodded excitedly.

During her pregnancy, she ate a lot of seafood on the island, which made her lose some weight, making her belly appear exceptionally large!

“Your belly…” Yu Qiao clearly remembered that Shen Qingyu wasn’t pregnant before she left Shenjia Village.

Shen Qingyu smiled a little shyly: "It's twins, so my belly is a bit bigger."

Yu Qiao gasped!

"Have you prepared your midwife, female doctor, and other such personnel?"

Shen Qingyu nodded repeatedly, then looked at the butler Qi Yunxiao: "He was told to come along, he just wasn't in the same car as us."

“With such a big belly, you’re still running around everywhere…” Yu Qiao said, while noticing Shen Qingyu swallowing.

Never mind, let's get her some snacks first.

The mung bean pastries are done, and so are the red bean pastries.

Shen Qingyu wanted both, but Yu Qiao only gave her red bean pastry: "Mung beans are cold in nature, and you are pregnant with twins now, so you should avoid them."