Chapter 53 Watching Liu Qing drive the car further and further away...
Watching Liu Qingyue drive further and further away, Qin Ren squatted by the village road, holding his little dog Bianbian, looking like a pitiful little thing abandoned by his wife.
Bianbian barked a few times at the back of the old man's car, but couldn't bring back its owner who was driving further and further away.
Liu Qingyue drove her old-man's car all the way, almost ending up in another village.
Because it was getting dark, he belatedly realized that he was a little scared.
While calling Qin Ren with his smartwatch, he awkwardly turned the car around.
Qin Ren answered the phone quickly, and his first words were, "Are you coming back?"
Liu Qingyue said somewhat guiltily, "We've already driven back. I think this car is even easier to drive than a toy car. I couldn't resist driving too far the first time I drove it."
If he had known it would get dark so quickly, he should have brought Qin Ren with him.
However, he didn't go too far, as he was still wearing a children's smartwatch.
This watch was useless in ancient times, but it can be used to make phone calls in modern times.
The SIM card in the phone watch is Qin Ren's secondary SIM card, and calls between the two devices are still free.
Liu Qingyue was on the phone while driving back when he encountered two people on the way.
The two men were riding a motorcycle, and Liu Qingyue was dressed in men's clothing with his long hair tucked into his helmet, so they didn't pay much attention to him.
Liu Qingyue was initially a little scared, but after seeing that they only glanced at her and then passed by her car, she was no longer as afraid as before.
Soon, he met Qin Ren on the road.
Qin Ren was on the phone with him while slowly walking towards him. The two met before he returned to his starting point.
Qin Ren hung up the phone, opened the door, and sat in the back seat of the car.
Qin Ren: "If you like driving, then drive it back."
Liu Qingyue smiled upon hearing this, "Alright, then you can sit tight."
Qin Ren was amused by his words. This old man's car could only be driven up to 30, but Liu Qingyue told him to sit tight, as if he could speed the car up.
Qin Ren: "If you come to the modern world in the future, you must bring your own smartwatch or cell phone. Also, don't go to too remote places, and be careful if strangers talk to you. This place is not absolutely safe either; there are quite a few human traffickers and pyramid scheme operators these days."
Liu Qingyue immediately nodded obediently, "I didn't mean to run far away by myself just now, I just didn't expect the car to go so fast."
Compared to cars, the speed of the "old man's car" is not fast.
However, compared to toy cars, the old man's joyride is still quite fast.
"It's okay, I didn't mean to blame you, I was just reminding you."
The two quickly returned home. Qin Ren, knowing that Liu Qingyue liked driving, opened his tablet and searched for a few small cars for her.
There are electric cars, electric tricycles, mini motorcycles, and ordinary electric scooters.
The two chatted as they made their selections.
Qin Ren: "This kind of car is different from toy cars. You have to be careful when you drive it. Don't run around and crash into things, otherwise you might hit someone or get hurt yourself."
“I know, I’m not stupid. When I drive my toy car, I know I won’t hit anyone, that’s why I dare to drive so recklessly. I wouldn’t dare drive a big car like that, and I wouldn’t just randomly crash into people.”
"Okay, I'll get you an ID card later, so you can go to driving school and get a license so you can drive big trucks on the main roads."
Since Liu Qingyue doesn't have a driver's license, she can only drive on sparsely populated village roads. Qin Ren doesn't dare let her drive on the main roads casually.
Liu Qingyue was dazzled by the choices, wanting this one moment and that the next.
Liu Qingyue: "This looks good. We can take this to Da Yong Kai."
Liu Qingyue was talking about a monkey-themed motorcycle, an oil-powered vehicle, which was quite fast.
Because of its small frame and light weight, it was indeed possible to transport the carriage to Dayong through the passageway.
However, Qin Ren cannot get it to him for the time being; he will have to wait a while longer.
"Okay, I'll buy you one. What color do you like?"
This car comes in quite a few colors.
There are pink, yellow, green, blue, red, and so on.
Pink and yellow are the most popular colors, loved by many girls and short boys.
Liu Qingyue looked at it carefully, "Red is better, red looks festive."
Qin Ren nodded upon hearing this; he had originally thought that buying a small car would suffice.
After placing the order, Liu Qingyue remained on his shoulder without moving, staring at him with her bright, sparkling eyes.
Qin Ren asked with an amused look, "What's wrong?"
Liu Qingyue seemed to know that she was beautiful, and she leaned in and gently kissed Qin Ren on the cheek.
Fragrant, soft lips pressed against Qin Ren's cheek, causing Qin Ren to pause slightly in surprise.
Liu Qingyue asked Qin Ren, "Can I buy another one?"
Qin Ren, having fallen for her husband's honey trap, instinctively agreed upon hearing this, saying, "Sure."
Liu Qingyue immediately smiled and said, "Husband, you are so good."
So, Liu Qingyue reached out and took Qin Ren's hand, and bought herself two more cars.
Including the previous one, there are a total of three cars.
A mini monkey motorcycle, a very cute two-wheeled electric vehicle, and a four-wheeled mini electric car.
After Qin Ren bought it, he couldn't help but feel a little worried.
His old family home used to have a large yard, but now that he has bought three cars, his yard looks very small.
Qin Ren felt he needed to buy a house quickly, otherwise his hometown would become too small to accommodate everyone.
Afterwards, they played until after 10 p.m. before returning to ancient times together.
Back in ancient times, Qin Ren began making soap with Liu Qingyue.
Liu Qingyue's shop hasn't opened yet, and she doesn't have the capital to set up a small soap workshop.
Qin Ren thought it best to take Liu Qingyue with him first to familiarize her with the soap-making process.
Once he teaches Liu Qingyue how to make a workshop, she will be able to run it herself.
Qin Ren knew the soap-making process without even looking up any information.
However, in order to succeed in one fell swoop, Qin Ren still made a special effort to look up information so as not to waste time.
Making soap generally takes about a week.
When Qin Ren was making soap with Liu Qingyue, Qi Shi and Ke'er also came to help. This kind of handmade soap is not difficult to make, and the two of them learned how to make it while helping.
Qin Ren taught them the most basic version. Liu Qingyue was intelligent; she learned the basic soap making method and then gradually figured it out on her own, eventually creating other versions.
Some had spices added, some had flower petals added, and some were even made into molds.
Because they experimented with many versions, they produced quite a few soaps.
These soaps weren't suitable for selling, and they looked a bit shabby, so Liu Qingyue decided to take them to the shop and give them to customers as samples.
The soaps made in the experiment were given away as samples.
Only the most exquisitely made and beautifully presented soaps are placed on the shelves for sale.
Most of these soaps were made by Liu Qingyue, Qi Shi, Ke'er, and Liu Qingyue's personal maid, Xiang Sui.
Because they don't have many people and their work is quite exquisite, there aren't many finished products.
However, considering that they had just opened and were unsure whether the people of the capital would accept their business, Liu Qingyue felt that doing less was a good idea.
Even if no one buys it, their soap costs are not high, and they can keep the soap for themselves, so they won't be considered to be losing money.
But when it actually opened, it sold much better than expected.
The people of the capital did not hesitate to buy things from his shop just because his surname was Liu.
Liu Qingyue is now married, and he is now considered a member of the Qin family.
In addition, not everyone knows him, and he doesn't stay in the shop by himself, so the opening of the shop was quite lively.
After nearly two months of busy work, Liu Qingyue finally earned her first pot of gold and was extremely happy when she returned home.
Time flies when you're busy.
During those two months, Qin Ren only spent the first half of the month accompanying him while he was busy, and then he went to work on his Jenny.
During this period, the young couple spent little time together, and Liu Qingyue had no time to miss Qin Ren.
Having made money today and having a bit more free time, Liu Qingyue realized she hadn't seen Qin Ren for several days.
When Liu Qingyue returned home, she asked Madam Qi, "Mother, where is my husband? I haven't seen him for several days."
Upon hearing this, Lady Qi said to him, "He was taken to the palace the day before yesterday. I heard that the emperor's eldest son had an accident."
The new emperor is still very young, and he currently only has one prince.
This prince is still young, not even three years old, still a child.
Upon suddenly hearing that the eldest prince was in trouble, Liu Qingyue couldn't help but ask nervously, "What happened? Why is my husband being summoned to the palace?"
Lady Qi: "I don't know either, but it definitely has nothing to do with my brother-in-law. It's probably because my brother-in-law is knowledgeable and experienced, and His Majesty was worried that something might happen to the eldest prince, so he brought him into the palace."
Just as Liu Qingyue was worried about Qin Ren, Qin Ren had just come out of the palace.
A few days ago, the eldest prince got injured while playing, and unexpectedly, because of his weak constitution, the small wound became infected.
It was at this time that Qin Ren learned that the emperor's child was the product of consanguineous marriage.
This child was the legitimate son of the emperor and his cousin.
The emperor's cousin, who is now the empress.
In ancient times, it was customary to marry within one's own family; therefore, their marriage was a union between close relatives.
Children born from consanguineous marriages are generally considered to be less healthy than children born to non-consanguineous parents.
In addition, the wound became infected, and a three-year-old child could easily die.
Because Qin Ren was learned and knowledgeable.
Seeing that the eldest prince was on the verge of death, the imperial physicians in the palace were helpless. The emperor was desperate and, in desperation, brought Qin Ren into the palace.
Qin Ren went to check on the Crown Prince's condition and first had someone use alcohol to physically reduce the prince's fever.
Since Qin Ren made alcohol, the palace has also stocked up on a lot of alcohol.
The prince was injured and should have been disinfected with alcohol.
However, disinfecting the wound with alcohol was very painful, and since the prince was young and afraid of pain, the imperial physicians did not dare to disinfect it for him.
Physical methods can help reduce fever to some extent, but since his high fever was caused by a wound infection, their effectiveness is limited.
Upon seeing this, Qin Ren sent someone to invite Prince Ying, instructing him to bring fever-reducing medicine with him.
A long time ago, Qin Ren sold Wen Lingzheng a bottle of fever reducer.
Wen Lingzheng then gave the bottle of fever reducer to Prince Ying.
Seeing that the fever wouldn't go down, Qin Ren had no choice but to ask Prince Ying to get medicine to save the person.
For fever caused by infection, simply taking antipyretics is not very effective, especially for children with weak immune systems.
Later, Qin Ren had no choice but to take out a bottle of antibiotics.
To be honest, he's not in a good position to take antibiotics right now.
Given the current level of development in Nanning, it is impossible for the city to develop its own antibiotics.
Qin Ren was worried that if he produced antibiotics, the emperor would see how effective they were and might want him to go to sea to obtain more medicine.
Da Yong's navigation skills were poor, and Qin Ren really didn't want to risk going out to sea.
In addition, since there are no antibiotics or other medications available overseas, they can only drift aimlessly at sea.
If the emperor finds out that there are no antibiotics or mountain bikes overseas, Qin Ren will be in great danger.
But he had this concern: if he had antibiotics on hand, he really couldn't bear to watch his child die.
Of course, at this point, Qin Ren couldn't be 100% certain that the antibiotics would work on the Crown Prince.
First of all, the eldest prince is too young. High fever caused by wound infection in such a young child can easily lead to seizures.
Secondly, he was born from a consanguineous marriage, which inherently leads to many defects in the child.
Even if Qin Ren gave him the best medicine, it wouldn't necessarily save his life.
However, Qin Ren still gave it to him in the end. Firstly, he really wanted to save the eldest prince and couldn't bear to see a child die like that; secondly, he really needed the money and had no choice but to take a slight risk.
As it turns out, Qin Ren made the right gamble this time.
After taking antipyretics and antibiotics, along with scientific physical methods to reduce fever, the prince's condition quickly stabilized.
The emperor did not imprison Qin Ren or force him to find a way to produce more medicine simply because the antibiotics were effective.
He simply asked a few questions, "How much of this antibiotic do you have left?"
Qin Ren: "No, this kind of medicine is scarce overseas, and my family isn't well-off, so I didn't bring much with me when I came here."
"If you don't have antibiotics, do you have any other medications?"
"There are still some, but not many."
"Hmm, what kind of medicine is it?"
"We have antidiarrheal medicine, cold medicine, and some painkillers."
"Go back and bring all these medicines with you. I have spent a lot of money to buy them all."
He wanted to buy all the medicine Qin Ren had, and then give some of it to the Imperial Hospital for research.
The Imperial Medical Academy does have some capable people; they might be able to come up with something.
It is said that it is better to rely on oneself than on others, and he did not agree with obtaining these life-saving medicines through trade.
Because the more they care about this kind of thing, the more likely others are to use it as leverage.
Even if trade were to resume, Yongzhou might find itself in a very passive position.
Therefore, he wanted the imperial physician to try it first, and if it really didn't work, then it wouldn't be too late to think about trade.
After leaving the palace, Qin Ren went through the passage and brought out some medicine.
He replaced all the medicine boxes before taking the items back into the palace.
They were unsure of the efficacy of these drugs and Qin Ren needed to inform the Imperial Medical Academy personnel one by one.
Qin Ren brought four kinds of medicine: two boxes of cold and flu medicine, one bottle of painkiller, one bottle of antidiarrheal medicine, and one box of gastrointestinal medicine.
Qin Ren explained the effects and contraindications of these medicines to the people at the Imperial Medical Academy in detail.
Among them, the cold medicine for wind-cold is a traditional Chinese medicine, so I guess they might actually be able to research something.
Afterwards, Qin Ren went to meet the emperor and received many rewards from him.
First came the reward for saving the eldest prince. The emperor learned from Prince Ying that Qin Ren loved money, so he gave him a thousand taels of gold in one go.
In Qin Ren's world, gold is much more valuable than silver.
Seeing that the reward this time was gold, Qin Ren felt that his adventure was quite worthwhile.
Next came the reward for the medicines he had contributed; the emperor gave Qin Ren a leisurely official position.
This official position was only of the sixth rank, and in Da Yong it was called Qu Cheng Si Shao Qing.
He held no real power; his previous duties consisted of traveling around giving lectures, making him a truly idle official.
However, this official position was given to Qin Ren, not so that he would travel around lecturing.
The emperor wanted to find a legitimate reason to give Qin Ren a salary, while also changing Qin Ren's status as a merchant.
Merchants in Da Yong were prohibited from taking the imperial examinations for three generations. Qin Ren had only been in Da Yong for a short year, yet he had already brought so many benefits to them.
If the sweet potatoes were really as good as Qin Ren said, it wouldn't be too much for him to bestow a marquisate upon Qin Ren.
However, considering that Qin Ren has half foreign blood, the officials of Dayong probably won't let him have his way, so the matter of being granted a marquisate will have to wait.
Once the sweet potatoes are grown, promoted, and everyone sees the results, it won't be too late to bestow a title upon him then.
The imperial decree appointing Qin Ren to an official position was delivered to the Qin family after Qin Ren left the palace.
Along with the rewards previously given to Qin Ren, they were also carried into the Qin family home by people from the palace.
It was at this time that Liu Qingyue and Qi Shi learned that Qin Ren was going to become an official.
Although it was a sinecure, Qin Ren would not take up the post of Qu Cheng Si; the position was just a nice-sounding title.
However, Qin Ren was a merchant before. In the social hierarchy of scholars, farmers, artisans and merchants, he went from the lowest level to an official in a single day. Both Liu Qingyue and Qi Shi were very happy for him.
After Qin Ren saw the people from the palace off, Liu Qingyue stepped forward and touched the imperial edict.
Liu Qingyue asked, "From now on... you won't be a merchant anymore?"
Qin Ren laughed and said, "That's right."
He never expected that the emperor would grant him an official position.
Having an official position is indeed quite good; Liu Qingyue won't have to worry about being laughed at when she lives in the capital.
Afterwards, Qin Ren had his household guards carry the imperial gifts to the main courtyard.
Among these rewards, besides the reward for saving the eldest prince, there was also the reward for making the Jenny.
Now, the entire capital city has begun using the spinning jenny, and the efficiency of weaving has increased significantly compared to before, so the emperor has given him quite a lot of rewards.
He was rewarded with a thousand taels of gold for saving the prince.
He contributed medicine and was given a sinecure of the sixth rank.
Jenny rewarded him with two hundred taels of gold, twenty bolts of jade brocade, and a pair of jade ruyi scepters.
Qin Ren and Liu Qingyue counted the gold and took eight hundred taels of gold to the modern world.
The remaining four hundred taels of gold were split equally between Qin Ren and Liu Qingyue.
The reason for giving Liu Qingyue so much money was firstly because Liu Qingyue was in charge of managing the household and the household expenses would be covered by him.
For example, paying the servants' monthly wages, furnishing the mansion, renovating the courtyard, and returning gifts to other families.
These expenses add up to quite a bit. The thousand taels of silver that Qin Ren gave to Liu Qingyue was his betrothal money, and naturally he couldn't use his own betrothal money to help support his family.
Qin Ren thought that he should give Liu Qingyue more money for household expenses, so that Liu Qingyue would not need to ask him for money for anything.
As for the twenty bolts of jade brocade and the pair of jade ruyi scepters, Qin Ren handed them all over to Liu Qingyue to manage.
Now that Liu Qingyue is in charge of the household, these things will naturally be entrusted to him for management.
Seeing this, Liu Qingyue led her servants to move those things into the storeroom.
Their storeroom was in the main courtyard, next to his and Qin Ren's bedroom.
There was a room that was about half the size of a house, so Liu Qingyue cleaned it up and used it to store his dowry and valuables.
After the servants left, Liu Qingyue had Qin Ren move his silver into the passageway.
Since Qin Ren said he wouldn't use his silver, there's no need for it to remain in ancient times.
Liu Qingyue said, "Why don't you change the passageway? Move those boxes away and replace them with narrower shelves."
The boxes Qin Ren placed look like they're taking up quite a bit of space.
Liu Qingyue thought that instead of putting boxes there, it would be better to put a row of narrower shelves.
It's one of those shelves with many layers, capable of holding a lot of things.
Qin Ren understood what he meant and actually measured the dimensions, preparing to customize several more storage racks.
Then we'll put their frequently used items on these shelves.
This way, they won't have to go back to the modern world every time they need something.
Qin Ren: "Alright, I'll go back and take a look at the house while I'm at it."
Qin Ren said he wanted to buy a house in the modern city, but he hadn't been able to find the time because he was busy with many things.
Now that the Jenny machine is finished, but the sweet potatoes haven't been planted yet, Qin Ren finally has a little time.
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