The carriage, which was traveling at high speed, suddenly slowed down, and Shen Qing knew that they had arrived in Yongzhou.
She didn't open her eyes, pretending that she was still asleep.
The carriage stopped, and the carriage swayed as people walked around.
Cheng Zhiwen got off the car with his female companion.
Shen Qing didn't open her eyes the entire time.
After a while, the carriage started moving again, and she slowly opened her eyes.
Looking at the seat Cheng Zhiwen had just sat in, I felt a sense of emptiness.
Shen Qing lifted the curtain, sat down by the door, and chatted with Lao Xu to ease her emotions.
"What about the girl he's engaged to, who's taking Miss Zhu home to celebrate his father's birthday?"
Old Xu, holding the reins, shook his head and sighed, "The Liu family has the backing of Prince Beile, so we can't afford to offend them. I don't know what Boss Cheng is going to do."
Shen Qing also shook his head.
I had a feeling that Cheng Zhiwen was bound to get into big trouble sooner or later.
"In his first marriage, he disliked the woman because she was illiterate and took advantage of her family being just merchants, and he broke off the engagement without hesitation. Now his fiancée is a confidant of the Prince, so he's really going to run into a brick wall."
She was stating the facts in every word, without any distortion, and Old Xu agreed, not knowing what to say.
...
Back in Jiangzhou, Shen Qing threw himself into his business.
During this time, the duck armpit feathers collected by the pharmaceutical company were also delivered, and she quickly organized the female workers to come to the factory to clean and disinfect them.
The female workers were seeing so many soft and fluffy duck feathers for the first time and were very curious about what they would be used for.
Shen Qing still said it was for making ornaments and fur collars.
She controlled the raw materials precisely this time, and any that wasn't used up on the same day had to be destroyed.
To ensure that the raw materials do not leak out.
She studied marketing strategies for silk while keeping an eye on the factory's situation.
Thanks to everyone's efforts, the duck feathers were quickly disinfected and dried.
Shen Qing divided most of the factory into sealed warehouses for storing duck armpit feathers. After the dried duck feathers were placed inside, and the anti-down leakage lining fabric was made and cut, the processed fine down feathers could be directly inserted.
Everything is just waiting for the wire drawing machine.
The thought of the wire drawing machine made Shen Qing anxious.
More than half a month has passed, and there is still no news from Cheng Zhiwen. It is unknown whether the wire drawing machine was successful or not.
She thought to herself, "If he can't do it, he'll tell me right away, right?"
No news yet, is it still in progress?
As long as you keep trying, there is hope! — That's how she comforted herself.
Before the wire drawing machine came out, she originally wanted to start preparing sodium hydroxide, but considering the previous raw material leakage problem, she postponed it.
Sodium hydroxide is used to neutralize the acid in down-proof fabrics and is an essential chemical reagent.
Fortunately, she had successfully prepared the formula before when making rayon, so this time she was spared the trouble of re-testing.
Having experience in rayon research and development, we had much less to worry about in the chemical treatment of the fabric this time.
"Boss Shen! Boss Shen!" Old Xu rushed into the accounting room, waving a light brown envelope in his hand. "The telegram has arrived!"
Shen Qing snapped out of her daze and stood up in surprise: "Let me see!"
"Hey!" Old Xu handed over the envelope with both hands.
Shen Qing opened it and examined it closely.
The telegram read as follows:
Shen Qing:
The wire drawing machine is ready, but it requires electricity. I have rented a house in Shanghai for you to install the machine. You should take the raw materials to Shanghai as soon as possible.
See you at the usual place.
Zhiwen, in Shanghai.
Shen Qing screamed.
Su Lan was startled, put down her pen, and looked over.
Shen Qing excitedly stepped forward and hugged her, saying excitedly, "Su Lan! Master's business might succeed! Master will send you to study abroad in the future! Okay?"
Su Lan nodded obediently: "Okay! Thank you, Master! I will definitely take good care of you from now on!"
Shen Qing put her down and instructed, "Master is going to Shanghai for a few days. You must listen to Sister Chunju and not run around, understand?"
"Yes, Master! You can go to Shanghai without worry! Sulan will be good!"
Relieved, Shen Qing immediately asked Lao Xu to prepare the car.
She went to the warehouse to retrieve several bottles of amber essence and immediately set off for Shanghai.
Shen Qing arrived in Shanghai in the late afternoon and immediately went to the Astor House Hotel, because Cheng Zhiwen had arranged to meet at the same place in the telegram.
The usual place is the Astor House Hotel, where they always stay when they come to Shanghai.
Just as Shen Qing had put away her valuables, Cheng Zhiwen knocked on the door.
Half a month had passed since I last saw him. His hair had grown longer, his eyes were bloodshot, and he had lost some of his gentleness, gaining a sharper edge.
Shen Qing guessed that he hadn't been happy taking Miss Zhu back to Yongzhou, but she didn't ask anything. She put on her cloak, took the ingredients, and closed the door.
"Long time no see, take me to see the wire drawing machine first."
"Come with me."
Shen Qing followed Cheng Zhiwen downstairs, thinking they were somewhere else, but unexpectedly he led her to a room next to the hotel kitchen.
A small machine was placed inside.
No, it's less like a machine and more like the rice-milling machinery that Shen Qing saw when he was a child.
The fuselage is a rectangular prism with a large funnel-shaped top and a cube-shaped bottom encased in iron plates.
Shen Qing stepped forward and looked down through the large funnel.
It was pitch black underneath, and you couldn't see anything at all, but Shen Qing knew that the raw materials were thrown in from this large funnel.
She turned to Cheng Zhiwen and asked, "Can I try now?"
“Okay.” Cheng Zhiwen turned on the machine.
The machine immediately started roaring to life.
Shen Qing immediately took out a bottle of amber liquid that had been prepared earlier and poured it into the large funnel.
The machine became even louder, frantically stirring the amber liquid.
Shen Qing squatted down to observe the movement under the funnel.
There was a plate underneath the tin box, and at that moment, thin yellow strands fell from the tin box into the plate.
This should be the silk fiber she wanted.
She excitedly reached in, eager to be the first to get her hands on the silk fibers.
The moment her hand touched the plate, she screamed in agony from the heat: "Ahhhhh!"
Cheng Zhiwen, who was standing by the power switch, immediately pulled the switch to cut off the power. Her face changed drastically as she ran over and squatted down.
Seeing that Shen Qing's palms were covered in hot silk fibers, he didn't hesitate to break them off with his bare hands.
The silk fibers were not completely cooled, and the boiling point was well over 100 degrees Celsius. Every time he pulled, a blister would form on his fingertip.
Shen Qingyi's hands were already burned beyond recognition. Seeing him disregard the danger and use his bare hands to pull out the scalding hot wires for her, she was stunned and couldn't cry.
Finally, after all the hot wires were removed, Cheng Zhiwen led her to the sink and turned on the tap.
Rinse her hands with cold water to cool them down.
Under the jet of water, their palms were pressed tightly together... Her hands were no longer hot, so she turned and took his hand, letting the cold water flow over his hands as well...
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