Chapter 71 What Liu Qingyue called home was naturally…
The home that Liu Qingyue referred to was naturally the one from ancient times.
In ancient times, the weather in the south was much warmer than in J City.
As long as it doesn't rain, staying in ancient times would be quite comfortable.
Unfortunately, the weather there is quite rainy, and rainy days in winter can be very difficult to endure.
If there are consecutive rainy days, not only is the air and ground damp, but people also get soaked. Families that are not well-off don't even have enough warm clothes to change into during the winter.
Fortunately, Liu Qingyue will only stay in ancient times for about half a month, and he can return to modern times after the New Year.
When it rains, he can stay at home and warm himself by the fire pit, which makes it less unbearable.
As the Lunar New Year approached, Qin Lianrui packed up and went back home.
She had never spent the Lunar New Year away from home, and even though Qin Ren was a familiar face in the village, her parents were still quite worried about her.
This time, Qin Ren didn't see her off; she took the high-speed train back by herself.
J City isn't far from their hometown, and taking the high-speed rail back is much faster than taking a car.
After seeing Qin Lianrui off, Liu Qingyue was taken to the ancient world by Qin Ren.
Qin Ren has been quite busy lately; he has already led a team to make tires.
Tires take longer to develop than alcohol or cement.
Firstly, the process is quite complex, and secondly, the industrial level here is relatively low, so many industrial raw materials have to be made and used on the spot, which results in a lot of wasted time.
When the tires were first made, Wen Lingzheng came and took a few. He said he wanted to make bicycles and also send a finished product back to His Majesty in the capital.
Qin Ren currently only has about ten pairs of tires in his possession.
Among these ten pairs of tires, there are a few smaller pairs that Qin Ren plans to make into children's cars.
The children's version of the car was made for Qin Ren and Liu Qingyue's unborn child.
The child hasn't been born yet, so the stroller can be made and the child won't need it for the time being. It can be used as a toy for Liu Qingyue.
Qin Ren still remembered that Liu Qingyue really liked those toy cars.
Most of the roads in Da Yong are still dirt roads and stone slab roads.
This type of road is not suitable for high-speed vehicles, but it is suitable for low-speed vehicles.
Qin Ren thought it would take three to five years for cement roads to be gradually rolled out.
It's not too late for him to research a better car when that time comes.
After Liu Qingyue returned from the modern world, Qin Ren was showing the design drawings to several craftsmen, wanting them to make a children's stroller for her according to the drawings.
For a car to be sturdy, it should definitely be made of iron, preferably steel.
Since Da Yong doesn't have steel yet, Qin Ren can only make an iron one for now.
When Liu Qingyue learned that Qin Ren was going to make him a children's car, she remembered the cars he had bought before. If she weren't currently pregnant and unable to drive, she would really like to bring the cars back to ancient times.
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Just before the New Year, the emperor's reward for Qin Ren arrived.
The cement that Qin Ren produced this time was handed over to Wen Lingzheng at the cement workshop. The emperor liked Qin Ren's attitude very much, so he rewarded him quite a bit.
Qin Ren was rewarded with 5,000 taels of silver alone, along with 50 bolts of silk and satin, two boxes of pearls, a chest of precious herbs, 20 craftsmen, and 100 slaves.
Qin Ren did not send the five thousand taels of silver back to the modern era.
He is now the Marquis of Yuling, and a marquis cannot be without money.
He planned to leave the money here, so that he wouldn't be short of cash if something happened in the future.
Then there were the artisans and slaves, whom he temporarily housed in his rubber workshop.
Rubber workshops don't just produce tires; they also make condoms, rubber gloves, rubber rain boots, and more.
Other complex rubber products are currently beyond their industrial capabilities to produce, and they will need to be developed gradually in the future.
Qin Ren sent those one hundred slaves to repair the road.
Now that cement is being produced on a large scale, Qin Ren can buy cement from Wen Lingzheng at a low price. He plans to buy some first to repair the road in front of his house.
Later, when the emperor issued decrees, many places began to use cement to build roads.
Qin Ren built a section of road himself, which can be considered a benefit to the surrounding people.
Qin Ren entrusted the remaining rewards to Liu Qingyue.
There are fifty bolts of cloth, which seems like a lot, but in reality, not much can be made into clothes, duvet covers, sheets, curtains, and the like.
Liu Qingyue glanced at them and then had them put away; he didn't intend to send them all to the modern world.
These aren't even enough for their family, so there's no need to send them to the modern world to exchange for money.
As for the herbs and pearls, Liu Qingyue picked and chose among them, keeping a wild ginseng, a lingzhi mushroom, and a box of pearls.
He planned to have Qin Ren sell the remaining herbs and pearls later.
Herbs would have been very precious in the past.
But the situation is different now. Now Liu Qingyue can go to the modern world. The medical level in the modern world is high. If they get sick, they can see a doctor in the modern world, so they don't need to leave so many herbs behind.
And then there are the pearls. Liu Qingyue isn't one for extravagance. He has no use for these things; in fact, he wanted to sell them all.
After thinking about it, I realized that no matter if he has a son, a girl, or a daughter in the future, it's always good to leave them something nice.
Even if it's a son, he can still use pearls to please his future wife.
Liu Qingyue packed her things and personally delivered them to her modern home.
After delivering the goods and returning, it started to drizzle in ancient times.
Looking at the gloomy, rainy weather, Liu Qingyue was reluctant to leave the house.
He is afraid of the cold, and this kind of weather makes it inconvenient for him to go out and walk around.
When Qin Ren returned home that evening, he found Liu Qingyue sitting by the fireplace reading a book.
Since her trip to the modern era, Liu Qingyue hasn't read many books, especially paper books like these.
He suddenly started reading a book today, mainly because he was bored.
Seeing this, Qin Ren stepped forward and asked, "Aren't you bored being home alone?"
Liu Qingyue: "It's alright. I was busy all morning, so I only had a little free time in the afternoon."
"I'll go back tomorrow and see if I can find you something to pass the time?"
What do you want to bring back?
"Hmm, shall I download some TV series, movies, music, and stuff for you?"
After hearing this, Liu Qingyue thought for a moment and said, "Could you download some e-books for me?"
He really enjoys reading novels, especially the kind that are a bit scary.
However, Qin Ren probably wouldn't let him see it. It's said that pregnant women shouldn't be frightened, otherwise it will be bad for the baby.
"Okay, what kind of novels do you like?"
"I'll read a farming novel. Reading these kinds of novels makes me sleepy, so this way I can get some rest."
Qin Ren nodded, and then, seeing that Liu Qingyue seemed a little tired, he helped her take her hair out.
After letting her hair down and combing it properly, Liu Qingyue started to feel sleepy.
Qin Ren: "Then you should take a nap first."
Upon hearing this, Liu Qingyue said, "Won't that be bad? I haven't had dinner yet. Won't the servants laugh at me?"
"No, don't worry, I'll call you when it's time to eat."
Liu Qingyue slept for about an hour and a half, then Qin Ren woke him up to drink some porridge before going back to sleep.
Liu Qingyue was a little reluctant, but thinking about the child in his belly, she reluctantly opened her eyes.
Liu Qingyue leaned against Qin Ren's chest, drank about half a bowl of salty porridge, and then waved her hand, not intending to eat any more.
Seeing this, Qin Ren didn't force him. He helped Liu Qingyue rinse her mouth and then let her lie down to rest again.
Qin Ren didn't rest immediately; he was busy until after 11 p.m. Just as he was about to rest, Liu Qingyue woke up after having had enough sleep.
Looking at Qin Ren, who was getting ready to rest, Liu Qingyue said, "How about we sleep in separate rooms?"
Qin Ren is so busy every day that Liu Qingyue's sleep schedule is very irregular.
Sometimes when he got hungry at night, it would affect Qin Ren's rest.
Qin Ren knew what he meant, and shook his head and said, "It's okay, it's only a little past eleven. When I lived in the modern world, I usually rested after eleven."
Besides, Liu Qingyue wasn't always like this.
He gets hungry easily when he's pregnant, even though his sleep schedule was always very regular before.
Moreover, the child is Qin Ren's, so there's no reason why Liu Qingyue should suffer all the pain while he, as the father, shouldn't take any responsibility.
Qin Ren: "Are you hungry? Do you want something to eat?"
Liu Qingyue nodded. "I want to eat meat. I was just dreaming about eating braised pork."
Qin Ren said, "Alright, I'll go to the kitchen and ask the cook to make you braised pork."
Liu Qingyue wanted to suggest that it didn't need to be so complicated, just make something simple with a little meat. But before she could say anything, Qin Ren strode away.
Around midnight, Liu Qingyue finally got to eat braised pork.
The braised pork was made for him by Qin Ren, and the cook made him a bowl of sweet soup to cleanse his palate.
Besides braised pork and sweet soup, I also cooked two bowls of rice.
Liu Qingyue couldn't finish the food. He only ate three pieces of braised pork and a small bowl of sweet soup, leaving the rest to Qin Ren to finish.
Qin Ren ate a lot at night, so he didn't rush to rest.
He took Liu Qingyue's hand and walked around the courtyard for a while before the two of them went back to rest together.
Because he had stayed up late all night, Qin Ren did not get up as usual the next day.
He slept until noon before getting up, and then went back to the modern world alone.
He had two things to do when he got back. The first was to find something to amuse Liu Qingyue.
Qin Ren used to read novels, but that was many years ago.
He registered a new account, deposited two thousand yuan into it, and started buying novels from the bookshelf.
Liu Qingyue said she wanted to read farming novels, so Qin Ren searched for more than a dozen farming novels for her, and added more than a dozen popular ones, and then subscribed to them all for her to cache.
Reading novels requires a mobile phone, and since he was going to bring his phone anyway, he simply downloaded some TV series and movies.
After Qin Ren finished all that, he began to look up the information he needed.
Researching information was the second thing he wanted to do upon returning.
The information he needed to look up was about automotive energy and the like.
He's currently making toy cars, which involves the issue of power.
He couldn't make a battery for the time being, so he wanted to see if he could make one that burned oil.
When it comes to oil, petroleum comes to mind.
Qin Ren has been sought for a long time, but there has been no news yet.
However, considering the vastness of the land in Nanning, there must still be oil underground.
Even if there is no oil for the time being, he can still make a coal-fired engine, so he is not worried that the car will not be able to run.
After checking the information, Qin Ren yawned and prepared to go back.
He went to bed a little late last night and is still a bit sleepy.
With his phone and documents in hand, Qin Ren returned to ancient times through the passage.
Liu Qingyue was delighted to see the phone. As she skillfully opened the phone and searched for novels, she caught a glimpse of what Qin Ren was holding out of the corner of her eye.
Liu Qingyue asked curiously, "What are you holding in your hand?"
"Things like steam engines."
Liu Qingyue didn't understand any of this, and immediately lost interest upon hearing it.
It wasn't that he didn't want to study and improve himself; the main problem was that Qin Ren was currently at a stage he genuinely couldn't understand.
He wanted to learn and improve, so he started by learning from the basics. Only after gaining a basic understanding could he gradually grasp the more complex aspects that followed.
Qin Ren: "Then I'll go out. If you need anything, remember to call Xiang Sui and the others."
Liu Qingyue nodded, and after Qin Ren left, he started listening to the novel using the audiobook function.
Liu Qingyue liked to use a gentle female voice, which made him feel like he was back in his childhood, when his mother liked to tell him stories in that way.
While Liu Qingyue was getting drowsy listening to the novel, Qin Ren rode his horse out of the city gate.
Whether it was a cement workshop or a rubber workshop, they were all located outside the city.
Since setting up the cement workshop, Wen Lingzheng has often stayed inside it.
It was only recently, because Qin Ren made tires, that he was able to divert some of his attention.
On Qin Ren's way to the workshop, Wen Lingzheng was riding her newly made bicycle and showing it off in front of a group of subordinates.
Wen Lingzheng had bought a bicycle from Qin Ren, but unfortunately, he didn't get to play with it for long before it was taken apart.
He disassembled the bicycle mainly to study its structure, hoping to be able to make more of it himself.
At that time, they lacked the resources and ability to manufacture car tires, so their plan to make more cars was shelved.
Now that he has waited so long, Qin Ren has finally made the tire, and his plan can be implemented once again.
When Qin Ren arrived at the rubber workshop, Wen Lingzheng had just arrived as well.
He wanted to ask Qin Ren if they had made more tires here, as he wanted to buy some from Qin Ren.
As soon as Qin Ren saw him coming, he knew what he wanted.
Qin Ren: "There are no more tires available for the time being."
Wen Lingzheng: "Why? You have so many craftsmen here, and His Majesty has given you twenty more. Aren't these people enough?"
Qin Ren: "No, that's not it."
"If it's not a matter of not having enough manpower, why are you unwilling to sell to me? It's not like I'm not going to pay you."
Wen Lingzheng had nothing, but she was never short of money.
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