It was already past 3 p.m. when the carriage arrived at Lihua Manor.
Manager Shang received the news and waited outside the manor early. When he saw the carriage from the palace, he immediately came to greet it.
The carriage stopped in front of him, and a handsome man with a tall and straight figure got out first. Then a beautiful and graceful woman opened the curtain and walked out. The man held her hand and walked slowly towards her.
When Supervisor Shang saw that this person had an extraordinary demeanor and was acting very intimately with the princess, he guessed his identity and quickly knelt down to pay his respects: "I am here to see you, my Lord and Princess."
"No need to be polite." Liang Qingchen uttered two words.
Jiang Muyu said, "Manager Shang, I came here personally with the craftsmen today. Are all the things I ordered you to do ready?"
"My lady, everything is ready."
"good."
Jiang Muyu then brought the craftsmen who were accompanying him into the manor.
When she arrived at the location where she had planned to build a vegetable greenhouse, she could see many tenant farmers waiting there from a distance.
Shang said, "Madam, those were carefully selected by the common people. They are young, strong, and hardworking."
"Yeah." Jiang Muyu saw that everyone was in high spirits, and thought that Manager Shang had already given instructions.
When she walked over, she saw a tall and thin man in a light blue gown standing among the tenant farmers. He had a scholarly air and looked much more handsome than the last time. His beard had been trimmed, making him look even whiter.
"Why is Mr. Lin here too?"
Lin Xiucai came over, bowed, and said, "I am Lin Hanzhi, the humble servant, and I have seen you, Lord and Princess."
After a pause, he continued, "To answer the princess's question, I heard that Lihua Manor needs to make some adjustments, so I came here today to learn from you."
Jiang Muyu heard his full name for the first time and smiled, "Mr. Lin, that's a very clever name."
"Uh..." He shook his head in embarrassment, "Your Majesty, I am too kind. My name was given by my parents."
Liang Qingchen was slightly unhappy, and felt that the look in Lin Xiucai's eyes when he looked at Jiang Muyu was a little too hot. He slightly leaned to block his line of sight and said, "Zhao Zhao, is it time to deploy?"
"Well, yes." She called all the craftsmen over.
This time she brought a total of eight craftsmen, planning to arrange three to direct the construction of vegetable greenhouses, three to direct the digging of canals, and two to make drum wheels. All of them were recruited from the capital, and they had good skills and reputation.
She first shared her ideas for the vegetable greenhouse, and the three craftsmen wrote them down one by one. She drew a blueprint in advance, on which she drew the structure of the vegetable greenhouse in detail and made many marks.
The craftsmen looked at the drawings and thought this thing was very rare. After they got together and discussed for a while, they organized the tenant farmers to start working.
After arranging this, she went to communicate with the other three craftsmen about the canal, which was relatively simple. She used the blueprint of Lihuazhuang drawn by Mr. Lin to point out the specific route for digging the canal.
In this era, there was no cement, so she drew the drawings using traditional stones piled on both sides of the ditch and filled the gaps with yellow mud to make it stronger.
The last one is the enhanced version of the drum wheel. Most of the drum wheels of this era are relatively simple and still rely on the flow of water to rotate. They will be affected by the dry and wet seasons of the river.
She was unable to develop mechanization all at once, so she could only temporarily use the principle of the high-rotating drum wheel developed after the Southern Song Dynasty in history, using human or animal power to power the drum wheel.
One of the craftsmen she arranged to make the drum wheel was the carpenter who had previously made toys for Tangtang. She saw that the carpenter had good skills and whenever he encountered a problem, he would not ask for advice immediately, but would try to find a solution actively first. He had a certain scientific research spirit and was a rare talent.
After all these matters were arranged, it was already getting late.
This time she also brought three chefs, all of whom had worked in restaurants, so she made arrangements early and treated everyone to a good meal tonight.
Liang Qingchen followed her throughout the busy afternoon, watching her arrange things in an orderly manner, being serious and detailed, and patiently answering the questions raised by the craftsmen one by one.
She was doing what she was good at and passionate about, and her whole body seemed to be covered with a layer of golden light, shining brightly.
Lin Hanzhi also followed for an entire afternoon, from the vegetable greenhouse to the water diversion ditch, and then to the high-speed drum truck. He looked at every drawing carefully and felt that they were all extremely exquisite.
He was very curious about how a woman could come up with so many things that others could not think of. The drawings she drew were also very exquisite, with the brushstrokes and details handled properly, showing that she had a certain level of skill.
His admiration for the princess increased a little.
After being busy for the whole afternoon, Jiang Muyu was extremely tired. In addition, she had not been feeling well since waking up this morning. As soon as she took a break, she felt sore in her waist and back.
She sat on a chair with most of her body leaning on the pear wood table, so tired that she was too lazy to even lift her eyelids.
Liang Qingchen brought a white porcelain cup and said with a smile, "Zhao Zhao, drink some lotus seed and pork rib soup to calm down."
Jiang Muyu moved his head, opened his eyes a little to look at him, and asked weakly, "Where did you get the soup?"
"Of course I asked the chef to cook it early in the morning. It was simmered over low heat for more than an hour."
"You have been with me all this time, haven't you? When did you arrange these things?"
"You're so busy that you don't have time to care about me. How can I notice when I arranged it?" Liang Qingchen put the porcelain cup on the table, opened the lid, put the porcelain spoon in it to stir it, and said, "Drink it while it's hot."
Jiang Muyu touched his nose awkwardly, unable to make excuses. He was so busy today that he indeed forgot to take care of him.
She straightened up, moved the white porcelain bowl in front of her, and took a look. The soup was surprisingly clear without much floating oil, and the ribs and lotus seeds sunk at the bottom were clearly visible.
"It looks very appetizing." She sighed.
Liang Qingchen said nothing, walked behind her, pinched both of her shoulders with both hands, and rubbed the acupuncture points.
Jiang Muyu sighed with satisfaction, "Master Liang, great cooking!"
Liang Qingchen said with a sigh, "You really show the soft body of eating people's mouths to the fullest."
"You need to be happy to hear this so that you can serve wholeheartedly, right?"
"Okay, drink your soup and don't be stingy."
"Okay." Jiang Muyu then scooped a spoonful of soup into her mouth. It was cooked to the right temperature and tasted good. She immediately felt that all the hard work and fatigue of the day were comforted.
Liang Qingchen lowered his eyes, his gaze falling on the snow-white skin behind her neck that was exposed outside the collar. Faintly, a little red mark could be seen, which was exactly his handwriting.
"Jiang Muyu."
Hearing him suddenly call her name, she was stunned for a moment, turned around, and looked at him with a puzzled look, "What's wrong?"
He loosened his hands that were pinching her shoulders and instead gently pinched her thin, pointed chin, lifted it up, then leaned over and kissed her.
The moment the slightly cool soft lips covered Jiang Muyu, she was stunned for a moment and blinked.
Her long eyelashes gently brushed against his face, making him feel itchy and itchy straight into his heart.
Suddenly, a crackling sound interrupted their intimacy.
Jiang Muyu pushed him hastily, but he did not continue to cling to her like he did last night. He retreated obediently.
They both looked at Lin Hanzhi who had walked in. On the floor in front of him lay a tray and broken bowls, with the soup and chicken inside spilled all over the floor.
"I'm sorry." He was a little flustered and quickly squatted down to clean up the mess on the ground. However, because of his haste, he was scratched by the porcelain pieces and blood dripped onto the ground.
Jiang Muyu saw this and said quickly, "Mr. Lin, just let my maid clean it up. The wound on your hand..."
Lin Hanzhi waved his hand quickly and said, "It's just a minor injury, nothing serious."
Liang Qingchen said, "Mr. Lin looks very frail, it would be better if he gets some treatment. I happen to have some medicine here."
"This..." Lin Hanzhi felt uncomfortable after hearing this, but he didn't dare to refuse, so he had to say: "Thank you very much, Your Majesty."
Liang Qingchen then ordered Yun Xuan to bring a bottle of medicine for Lin Hanzhi.
Lin Hanzhi took the medicine bottle, bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty. I will take my leave now."
"Yeah." Liang Qingchen nodded slightly.
Lin Hanzhi took the medicine and left in a hurry. His back looked like he was fleeing in panic.