Chapter 303 Chapter 303 A Makeover
The winter is very difficult for the people. In previous years, there were many people who froze to death.
How could Fu Qingyu not be excited when he suddenly learned that Qin Run had people plant dozens of acres of cotton.
Since Qin Run can cultivate dozens of acres, does that mean that other people can also cultivate it?
Even if he didn't get rich from it, but if one acre of land could be used to make a cotton-padded jacket and quilt to keep warm, would the people of his Dayan Dynasty still freeze to death?
Maybe there will still be some, but definitely not as many as before.
Fu Qingyu and Fu Qingxu left the palace.
In the open space next to the cotton field, Qin Run asked the workers to spread a layer of bamboo mats, and the picked cotton wool was dried on the bamboo mats. The large area of white and soft cotton made people happy when they saw it.
When Fu Qingyu arrived, he saw a vast expanse of white. As an emperor, he enjoyed the dignity of being above everyone else, but at the same time, he loved his people like his own children, so the pressure on him was enormous.
Seeing so much cotton, Fu Qingyu's hands began to tremble. "Really? It really is cotton."
"Third brother, see, second brother didn't lie to you. Next time Master Jing comes back, ask him to talk to my nephew-in-law. He brought some great things."
Fu Qingyu: "..."
Wow, now you know that he is your nephew-in-law?
Seeing Fu Qingxu's smug look, Fu Qingyu felt a pang of anger. "If it weren't for the King of Qin, you wouldn't have had anything to do with him. Don't be so proud."
Qin Qingfeng was startled when he saw Fu Qingyu coming. He wanted to go forward, but Fu Qingyu shook his head to stop him. He saw Fu Qingyu lean over, grabbed a handful of cotton and looked at it carefully. Suddenly he took a deep breath, looked at the dozens of acres of cotton, and saw the workers picking cotton in the fields. His eyes darkened and he couldn't help but smile from the bottom of his heart.
Qin Run needed too many workers. The workers sent by Qin Feiyu and Xiao Hengzhi all had some disabilities, but they were all nimble and worked efficiently. Qin Run paid them a high daily wage of forty cents.
The prices in the capital are higher than in Qingling County, so the wages are naturally higher.
After the cotton is picked, it is time to harvest the sugar beets.
Xu Yunfan asked Qin Run to find someone to plant dozens of acres of beets. As for why Xu Yun asked him to arrange workers to plant so many beets, Qin Run probably guessed what Xu Yunfan was going to do.
There are several factories in the northern suburbs that have been in a state of being bare factories. Qin Run has visited the equipment inside, but unfortunately he couldn't understand it. However, Xu Yunfan spent a lot of money to have the equipment printed out, so it is not for decoration.
The white sugar of the Dayan Dynasty was bought from the Great Qi Dynasty, so it was sold at a high price. The villagers could not afford the brown sugar, let alone the white sugar from the Great Qi Dynasty.
I heard that the white sugar of Dayan Dynasty is made from beets, so does Xu Yunfan want to make sugar?
Qin Run's breathing became heavy when he thought of this.
Qin Run walked from the cotton field to the beet field. Looking at the dozens of acres of land, he seemed to see countless silver flying towards him.
Qin Run was still happy. The next day, Xu Yunfan came back from work. He was laughing happily while playing with the three children. After all, he was not the kind of person who would bring negative emotions back home. That night, he sat on a chair in the study, hugged Qin Run's waist sullenly, and leaned his head against Qin Run's back. He said sullenly, "Brother Run, I have to go on a business trip."
"Business trip?" Qin Run didn't quite understand what a business trip meant.
Xu Yunfan explained, then sighed in sorrow and helplessness, "I don't want to go, but there's no way. The Great Yan Dynasty is so short of talents like me. I don't want to leave you. I won't be used to it without you holding me at night. As expected, the capable will do the most work. Sometimes I get angry at myself. Why do I have to be so outstanding? Don't worry, I have already made an agreement with Lord Qi that I must be credited for this project. I will work hard and strive to earn you a royal husband in a few years."
Qin Run: “…”
What Xu Yunfan said at the beginning was quite sad, but his words at the end immediately dispelled the sadness of the impending separation.
"How long are you going to be gone?" Qin Run turned around, spread his legs and sat on Xu Yunfan's legs, and put his hands on Xu Yunfan's shoulders. "I don't care about any imperial decree, I just want you to be well. Don't push yourself too much. I don't want you to be tired."
Xu Yunfan looked up and met Qin Run's gaze. He put his right hand behind the man's neck and exerted a little force, and the man lowered his head in response.
When their lips touch, love surges.
Influenced by his family, Xu Yunfan did not have much pursuit of money. But when he arrived in the Dayan Dynasty and experienced hunger, he began to love money.
But at the same time, he still has an excessive desire for power.
He knew that with the Qin and Xiao families around, even if no one dared to touch him easily, it was not enough. They could protect him temporarily, but they could not protect his descendants.
She wants to work harder for her husband and the children who may appear in his life in the future, and strive to give them better conditions, just like the conditions his father created for him, whether it is love, money, or power.
He wants real power. Only with power can he flex his muscles and do more of what he wants to do. Therefore, he wants to climb up, which means he needs political achievements, and how to get political achievements is naturally by doing.
Xu Yunfan has no regrets, he is determined to do it.
After the lingering kiss, Qin Run leaned on Xu Yunfan's shoulder, reluctant to leave before they even separated. "I don't want to be separated from you... But if you want to go, I support you. I'll wait for you at home."
"Okay, don't worry. I'll definitely take good care of myself out there. I can only rest assured if you're doing well with the children at home. Before I leave, I'll tell you how to deal with the beets. You can take care of it then. I still have a few days before I leave. I'll be back in about half a month or a month."
It is the busy farming season now, and recruiting corvée labor will only delay the people. Besides, it snows there in winter, which is not suitable for construction.
The purpose of this trip was, first, to determine the route, second, to assist in the implementation of the compensation matters, and third, to prepare the explosives needed to open the road. Only he knew how to do this, and it would not be appropriate to send anyone else. Moreover, Xu Yunfan had no intention of telling others the secret method, as it was too dangerous. Since ancient times, human hearts have been unpredictable, and they cannot withstand the test.
Xu Yunfan patted Qin Run on the back and said, "After the grain is harvested this year, you can ask them to plant more vegetables. The food city may need more."
"I see. Planting more than ten acres of vegetables should be enough."
"It's not enough, you should plant more."
"But if we plant too much, it will be a hassle to store all the vegetables if it snows."
Xu Yunfan: "No need to store them. You can have someone build a greenhouse when the time comes. Some vegetables are difficult to store, so it's better to build a greenhouse. I went to the farm the other day and saw that there are still some vegetables left that haven't been eaten. They have all flowered and aged. You can have them pick them and blanch them in the sun. They should know how to make dried vegetables."
Xu Yunfan had never made dried vegetables before, but Qin Run had experience with it. However, Xu Yunfan had asked them to prepare a lot of dried vegetables this year.
There are dried bamboo shoots, dried ferns, dried beans, etc. He knows what wild vegetables are available in each season and specially asks people to pick them and make them into dried goods.
During the season when bracken and chicken mushrooms are harvested, Xu Yunfan hardly ever goes home. He loves to run to the fields and mountains. Not to mention the warehouse on the farm, there is still a lot of chicken mushroom oil at home.
Qin Run was very curious, "Why make so many dried vegetables? We still have a lot of dried goods."
These dried goods are not easy to sell. It’s okay for rich people to eat them occasionally to try them out, but other people are reluctant to spend money to buy such things as there are plenty of them in the mountains.
Xu Yunfan pondered for a moment, "It will be useful. Have you forgotten the Xiao family army far away on the border? And the Qin family army outside the Great Wall. These dried goods will be easy to sell. Also, find someone to build a few greenhouses. I will teach you how to grow mushrooms. These mushrooms are very delicious in hot pot in winter."
"Okay." Qin Run naturally didn't refute what Xu Yunfan said. He rubbed Xu Yunfan's shoulder and said, "If there's anything else, let's talk about it after we understand. It's late now. We should go back to our room and rest."
Xu Yunfan raised his eyebrows and laughed, "Do you want me to go back to sleep, or do you want... um?"
Qin Run, who was buried in his trance, replied sullenly, "I want both."
He really wanted to have a husband as good as Xu Yunfan. It would be abnormal not to want him. Besides, he could handle it.
When he thought of Xu Yunfan who was emotionally attached to him, he saw that forbearing face, a side that only he could see. No one else could see except him.
Xu Yunfan only showed this side to him.
Qin Run felt a tightness in his lower abdomen when he thought of this.
"Run'er, you are so greedy! You want this and that. Hey, who says I am a good man and a good husband? Since you want it, I must satisfy you."
Xu Yunfan picked the man up, and Qin Run was so scared that she clamped her legs together and hugged his neck tightly with both hands. The two of them got closer and closer, so close that they both felt an inappropriate but sincere impulse against each other.
"Have you thought about it?" Xu Yunfan smiled softly twice, and seeing Qin Run's earlobes that were hot and red, he deliberately leaned close and blew a breath on them teasingly. After Qin Run subconsciously straightened up, he changed his target and kissed the thin lips that he had tasted countless times.
The two of them quarreled until the middle of the night. The next day, before Xu Yunfan got up, Lord Qin and Second Lord Qin had already arrived.
It turned out that the Zheng family had a new member. As the cousin of the Second Lord Qin, the Second Lord Qin naturally had to go and congratulate them.
As the master of the Qin Mansion, Lord Qin naturally had to go, so the two of them wanted to bring Qin Run and his wife with them so that they could meet more people. The more people they knew, the wider their network would be, and some things would naturally be easier to handle.
"Then let Yunfan go. I'll go to the farm to attend the wedding." Steward Sheng's son was getting married, and Steward Sheng had specially sent him an invitation a few days ago. Now that he had received the invitation, it would be bad not to go. Since it was about making connections, and the Zheng family was an official family, it would naturally be more appropriate to let Xu Yunfan go.
Xu Yunfan came out of the room in a daze. As soon as he reached the kitchen door, he heard Qin Run say this and immediately shook his head, "I don't want to go to the Zheng family."
"Why?" Lord Qin asked curiously.
Xu Yunfan: "Isn't the Zheng family the family of Zheng Daxueshi? He is my superior. If I go with you, people will think I got in through the back door."
Second Lord Qin went up and pinched Xu Yunfan's face. "I see you're still asleep. You're talking as if if you don't go, no one will know you're the Qin family's grandson-in-law. Besides, since Zheng Ke is your superior, as a subordinate, shouldn't you go?"
That seems to be the case.
After Xu Yunfan washed up and changed his clothes, he went out and saw Qin Run looking for clothes and shoes for Xiaobao. Xu Yunfan looked at Fang Zixi again. Fang Zixi was holding Xiaobao's hand. The father and son were whispering to each other, "Run'er, what are you doing? Are you taking Xiaobao to the wedding?"
"No, I'll take An Ge'er, Mu Ge'er and the others, and you take Xiaobao." Qin Run replied while his hands were busy.
Xu Yunfan glanced at Xiaobao and met Xiaobao's gaze, "I'll take him to Zheng's house?" Can't he go alone?
"Yunfan, my cousin is back today, so I have to go back. It's not convenient for me to take Xiaobao with me."
Fang Zixi's baby was already several months old. His cousin had come back with his family, and since there were so many people, he was worried that he wouldn't be able to take good care of the baby. "My uncle's family lives at No. 36 Qinxuan Road. It's too far away, and it's not convenient for me to take the child there."
Xu Yunfan had never been to Qinxuan Road, but he had seen the map of the capital. It was very far from here, and the capital was big. It would take at least an hour and a half to get there by carriage, and it would take about fifty minutes to get there from Zheng's house.
Xu Yunfan nodded, "Okay, then I'll take him to the Zheng family."
After saying that, Xu Yunfan went into the study, took out a bottle and a comb, and waved to Xiaobao, "Xiaobao, come here."
Seeing Xu Yunfan's attitude, Xiaobao clasped his hands on his head, a little frightened, "Father, are you going to cut Xiaobao's hair again?"
"No, your mushroom head is a little... your hair is too long. We are going to a wedding today, so you have to dress up. Come, dad will give you a handsome hairstyle."
Fang Zixi watched as Xu Yunfan used both hands to scratch and spray Xiaobao's head. At first, she didn't know what he was trying to do. But when the hairstyle came out, Fang Zixi's eyes bulged.
My God, where is his adorable, fairy-like son?
Who is this handsome boy in front of me?
What does it mean that a hairstyle can save a face?
That's it. Although Xiaobao's face didn't need saving, once Xu Yunfan fixed his hair, Xiaobao went from being the dream grandson of thousands of ladies and uncles to becoming the dream of thousands of girls and boys.
Xiaobao looks like Xu Yunfan, with incredibly delicate facial features, a rosy little mouth, long and curled eyelashes, and black and bright eyes. Like Xu Yunfan, he has fair skin and never gets tanned no matter how much he gets in the sun.
The child has good skin, which is white and rosy. His slightly long hair is tied into a three-seven-color veil by Xu Yunfan. He is handsome and beautiful, and cannot be compared with the cuteness of the mushroom-headed girl.
Whether it is the mushroom head in the past or today's hairstyle, each one is unique.
Fang Zixi blinked. If he hadn't watched it from beginning to end, he almost wouldn't have recognized that a child with such good looks was his own.
Lord Qin and Second Lord Qin were so envious of him that they kept touching Xiaobao. Xiaobao was so shy that he grabbed his right hand with his left hand, lowered his head, and wiggled his butt shyly. As soon as he made a sound, his handsome boy temperament disappeared. "Grandpa, please don't look at Xiaobao like that. Xiaobao is embarrassed."
The two masters laughed heartily and kissed Xiaobao twice. They really liked this child no matter how they looked at him.
When Qin Run carried Xiaobao to change clothes, he couldn't help but kissed him on the forehead, "Our Xiaobao looks so handsome today."
"No, Xiaobao looks like his father, he is so handsome every day~" Xiaobao is sometimes quite conceited. He also kissed Qin Run, his eyes full of admiration for Qin Run, "Daddy Qin, Xiaobao loves you so much~"
"Daddy loves Xiaobao too."
Xu Yunfan was scratching her hair at the dressing table beside her, listening to the sweet words between the father and son beside the bed, and silently looked away.
The Zheng family is holding a banquet today, and many people have come to congratulate them. Since they have come to give gifts, it is only right that we arrange a meal for the guests.
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