As if sensing Baoer's uneasiness, Yinreng gave Baoer a soothing smile.
Then he suppressed the joy on his face and said in a serious tone, "Eighth brother, be careful with your words. Didn't Bao'er say that she got an incomplete recipe from a Westerner? It took her a year of research to succeed."
"My dear, are you jealous of Bao'er? Put away your ugly face. You should know that Bao'er has many good ideas in his mind. If they come true one by one in the future, you will be jealous to death." Yinzhen said unhappily. My dear is becoming more and more unpleasant now.
"My dear brother, why are you so petty? Baoer has worked so hard to come up with all kinds of solutions, but I didn't expect that you would doubt me like this." Yin said unhappily.
Fourteenth had a good relationship with Eighth Brother, but he actually instigated the Emperor to doubt Sister Baoer. It was unforgivable. "That's right, Eighth Brother, put away your jealous face. Just because you can't do it doesn't mean Sister Baoer can't do it. You didn't think about why you blame Sister Baoer. I used to think you were such a good person, but I didn't expect you to be so petty. I must have misjudged you."
Mr. Ba's expression suddenly turned much uglier after hearing what they said.
"Yeah, mynah, please talk less."
"Mynah..." The little ones here are also trying to persuade him?
The smile on the Eighth Prince's face finally couldn't be maintained after being bullied by several people.
In disbelief, he said, "Second brother, ninth brother, tenth brother, fourteenth brother, you..."
Then he pretended to be wronged and said to the emperor who was watching him playfully, "Father, look at how all my brothers are defending Marquis Rong'an. I was just joking with her, but who knew...it's my fault. I can't let my second brother and younger brothers like me."
The emperor watched the petty behavior of the Eighth Master's wife from the side, feeling a little upset. Such a petty-minded man was actually his son. How could he be getting worse and worse?
Of course, the emperor knew that some of the things Baoer knew were not for a little girl like her to know. Those who could become emperors were not fools.
But because of the secret thoughts in his heart, he pretended not to know and spoiled her as if she were his own daughter.
Moreover, as an emperor, even if he did not like Baoer, he would not embarrass a little girl for some reason. Moreover, this little girl was exposed in order to help the Qing Dynasty. She did things that benefited the country and the people.
So he said with some displeasure, "Old Eight, I think you haven't had enough rest recently and you are a little confused. Why don't you go back and have a good rest for a few days? It's my fault that I didn't make you tired."
"Your Majesty...it's your fault." The Eighth Prince's face turned pale and then blue. He didn't know how to react for a moment.
Why was he grounded just for saying one word?
The Emperor then gave Bao'er a loving smile and said, "You have made great contributions this time. I am thinking of promoting you from the third rank to the first rank. As for your mother, I will make her a first-rank imperial consort, as a reward for raising such an outstanding daughter like you. I remember that your father seems to have retired early, so let him be a first-class viscount."
It seems that the favor I have shown her has made her jealous. I should wait a few years before giving her a high position.
When Baoer heard that the emperor was going to reward him, he quickly came back to his senses and said, "Thank you, Father. However, this is not my credit. I just gave them a simple recipe. The others were researched by several teachers in my college."
"Okay, I understand your contribution, and I will reward them, so don't refuse."
Bao Er was delighted when he heard this and said, "Yes, thank you, Father Huang."
Seeing Baoer's satisfied look, the emperor was also in a good mood.
"Now that you're here, go see the Queen Mother and Concubine Yi. They must have missed you after not seeing me for so long. Let Yin'er and the others take you there."
"It's the Emperor," Baoer Yinyin replied.
Yinreng, standing by, felt that something was amiss with his father. Why hadn't he noticed it before? A thought flashed in his eyes. Could it be that the emperor really only treated Bao'er as a daughter? He had many sisters, after all.
Baoer and Yinzhen went to see the Queen Mother, then went to Concubine Yi and talked to them before finally returning home.
Sure enough, the next day the emperor brought his beloved son Yinreng to Baoer Academy to see the cement road.
Then he directly issued an edict to reward Baoer's family first, and gave the person in charge of those teachers a sixth-rank doctor in the manufacturing department, and the rest were appointed as eighth-rank officials.
He also asked several people to cooperate with officials from the Ministry of Works to produce large quantities of cement for use in various places.
Everyone was very happy for a moment, and several teachers were also satisfied. After all, if they really relied on the imperial examination, it would take who knows how many years it would take.
So they all expressed their gratitude to Baoer excitedly, and said that they would return to the academy after this mission was completed. Baoer also said that he was welcome to come back anytime.
The emperor specifically handed this matter over to Yinzhen and Yinzhen.
A year later, the seagoing fleet that Baoer and the men in her family had collaborated on finally returned.
Baoer got the news in advance and didn't go anywhere today.
As soon as the fleet leader arrived in Beijing, he brought several large boxes to the Rong'an Marquis's residence and said to Bao'er excitedly:
"My Lord, I and the others took the 300,000 taels you gave us, bought the goods you mentioned, and sailed to many places. Our Qing Dynasty goods were extremely popular there. We only visited four places, and the entire ship's cargo was swept away by them. We made a profit of over 2 million taels from this ship's cargo. Then, as you said, after selling the goods, we bought some Western goods at a low price there. I didn't expect that Western goods that are expensive here are really cheap there.
As soon as the ship landed, wealthy merchants along the coast actually spent a lot of money to buy those items, and then made more than 4 million taels. The total profit this time was nearly 6 million taels.
Then he pointed to several large boxes behind him and said, "This is what I did as you said. I exchanged a lot of gemstones with others, such as jade, sapphire, ruby, spinel, etc., rose quartz, agate, diamonds, etc...."
Baoer was delighted to hear this. In just a few months, less than a year, they had already made a net profit of over six million taels. Who wouldn't be jealous of such profits?
Bao Er listened and opened a box, which was filled with colorful gems, sparkling. Bao Er was simply dazzled.
Then the person in charge said, "There's also something that the master asked me to investigate. I went there and found that there are many silver, copper, and iron mines on the island..."
After hearing this, Baoer calmly said to the man, "You must be tired after your long journey. Go and arrange for everyone to rest first. I will arrange for Yinzhen to send you a reward later."
"Yes, Master, I will take my leave now."
As soon as the others left, Baoer excitedly shouted "I'm rich, I'm rich!"
Baoer was very excited when he saw those big gems.
Well, I will use these gems to make several sets of jewelry for each of my daughters, with different styles of jewelry. I will also have to make arrangements for the Empress Dowager and Concubine Yi in the palace.
My mother at home, and my sister Qingchuan. Ruoxi, and oh, my future daughter-in-law. The more Baoer thinks about it, the more beautiful it becomes, hehe.
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