Jiang An was so angry that he almost died. He was so old, but he still followed her.
In the evening, after dinner, Jiang An took his equipment and ran to Chunxianglou. Because he painted for the girls for free, and his paintings were pretty good, the proprietress wanted him to paint a picture for her when she found out. She simply waved her hand and said, "From now on, if you come to my place and just drink tea, you don't have to pay!"
This is like getting a free ticket directly.
Unable to control him any longer, Feng Xiaoli simply let him go, but stipulated that he must return home before midnight every night, and Jiang An obeyed the order very well.
It has been nearly half a month since the winter wheat matured. Jiang Tuantuan calculated that the Jizhou governor should be arriving soon.
Speaking of Cao Cao, here he is, the Governor of Jizhou comes riding over on his pony.
"Miss Jiang, I've already told His Majesty about this matter. His Majesty agrees that this method is very good. I came here this time to purchase some wheat seeds and plant them on various royal farms for a season. If there is no problem, this method will be gradually promoted throughout the country."
This is a major undertaking that will benefit the people of the world. Jiang Tuantuan is naturally willing to do it, but how should the price be determined? "Of course, no problem. How much wheat seeds would you like to purchase this time?"
"Two thousand jin."
Jiang Tuantuan: "What about the price?"
The Jizhou governor chuckled and said, "Let's just go with the price outside. How about 20 coins per catty?"
Jiang Tuantuan thought to himself, what a thief! A pound of wheat seeds sells for thirty cents outside now, and twenty cents was the price before the flood, and the wheat seeds are better than what is sold outside. But for the sake of the people of the world, Jiang Tuantuan still agreed.
But she didn't have enough wheat seeds here, only one thousand kilograms. Why didn't she buy some from the space? She was afraid that the sudden appearance of so much wheat would arouse suspicion, which would be bad.
The Jizhou governor looked at the 1,000-jin wheat seeds and said, "I heard that the Zhou family in Fujiang County also planted them, didn't they?"
Jiang Tuantuan immediately understood what he meant, "Yes, I'll take you to Zhou's house."
When Mr. Zhou heard that it was the governor of Jizhou who came to purchase wheat seeds on behalf of the emperor, he immediately became serious. Jiang Tuantuan sat outside waiting and ate cakes with Zhou Rouer. After a while, the governor of Jizhou came out with a smile. It seemed that the deal was done.
After the Jizhou Governor left, Jiang Tuantuan said to Master Zhou with great embarrassment, "When the Jizhou Governor came to buy wheat seeds this time, I didn't expect him to want so much. So he did some research and found out you were also growing them, so I had no choice but to bring him here. I'm really sorry to sell them to you at such a low price."
"Miss Jiang, there's no need to say that. I'm very happy to be able to do business with the Royal Family this time, even if the price is a little lower. Being able to establish a connection with the Royal Family will make my caravan more respectful when it goes out in the future. Speaking of this, I have to thank Miss Jiang."
After hearing this, Jiang Tuantuan finally felt relieved.
In the palace, the emperor was discussing matters with his courtiers in front of the main hall, and ordered that no one was allowed to enter.
But Princess Mingman was bored being alone, so she quietly slipped in from the back of the hall. When the palace maids and eunuchs saw her, they did not say anything to stop her.
The emperor had few children and only one daughter, Princess Mingman, born to the empress. She was raised in the palm of her hand and her food, clothing and other expenses were even better than her brother, the crown prince.
She dared to do what the prince didn't dare to do. Once when she was a child, the emperor was discussing matters with his courtiers, and she insisted on sleeping in the main hall. When she disagreed, she started crying. The emperor had no choice but to hold her in his arms, coaxing her to sleep while discussing matters with his courtiers. After she woke up, he sat in the main hall and ate cakes.
Therefore, the palace maids and eunuchs have become immune to Princess Mingman's behavior. Since they can't stop her anyway, they just pretend not to see it.
Princess Mingman sneaked to the front and hid behind a pillar. She stuck her head out and looked ahead quietly. The prince happened to meet Princess Mingman's eyes and secretly waved his hand to signal her to leave first. As a result, Princess Mingman made a face at him.
The prince turned his head and glared at her. The emperor was sitting on the throne and knew every move of the prince. Looking in the direction of the prince, he found Princess Mingman hiding behind the pillar.
The emperor coughed hard in the direction of Princess Mingman. Princess Mingman immediately realized that she had been discovered, pouted at the prince, and ran away.
Sitting at the back of the hall, I ate pastries out of boredom.
An hour later, when the sun was about to set, the emperor finally finished his meeting. Ming Man immediately ran to the emperor and found a bunch of wheat on the table. "Father, what is the wheat on the table for?"
The emperor looked at his beloved daughter and said, "This is winter wheat. The grains are larger and fuller than ordinary wheat."
Ming Man: "I've only heard of wheat being grown in the spring. This is the first time I've heard of it being grown in the winter. Who brought up this idea?"
The emperor thought for a moment and said, "According to the governor of Jizhou, it was Lieutenant General Li's wife, Jiang Tuantuan, who discovered it and proposed the new method of building the dam."
"Jiang Tuantuan, what an interesting person! I really want to meet her."
At this time, Jiang Tuantuan was celebrating the successful production of the first set of jewelry. She had no idea that the emperor's daughter had become interested in her.
Over the past two months, thanks to the unremitting efforts of Mai Feng and Madden, it was finally completed. The most important thing is that Jiang Tuantuan is very satisfied. If she is not satisfied, the two will have to make further changes!
After wiping the cabinets in the shop clean, he gently placed the jewellery inside. The empty second floor instantly became bright and lively because of these five sets of jewellery.
Everyone who comes to buy pearl cream will be recommended to go to the second floor to take a look, and everyone likes it very much after seeing it.
But when I looked at the prices again, a bracelet was forty taels, a pair of earrings was fifteen taels, and a hairpin was fifty taels. I was instantly discouraged by the prices. It was too expensive.
Some colleagues heard that a new jewelry store had opened in the county, so they came to check it out. Mai Feng took out a rose hairpin from the cabinet. When the colleagues saw the hairpin for the first time, they thought it was cleverly designed, elegant and noble. When they held it in their hands, they felt that the texture was also very good. When they carefully observed the carved patterns on it, they felt that it was very delicate, without a trace of redundancy. It could be called a masterpiece of a master.
The fellow immediately wanted to recruit the carver to his shop, so he asked, "This hairpin is very beautiful. I would like to visit the person who made it."
Mai Feng said, "We did it together," and then pointed at Madden.
My colleague looked at the two eighteen-year-old young men in front of him and was a little annoyed. I came to visit sincerely, but you two are playing tricks on me. "Stop joking. I really want to visit you. Please introduce me."
Madden realized that he was being looked down upon, so he simply pulled him aside and started explaining the basic craftsmanship and techniques of making silver jewelry, which left his colleague stunned.
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