This made Tang Shiyue, who felt painful at first for giving the essential oil as a gift, feel very embarrassed.
Only Chen Hong, who was most familiar with her, gave her an original handwritten notebook.
Although it was to please him, it was enough to prove that he had no money.
Tang Shiyue is not stupid. After so many days, she certainly knows that his "classmates" and "fellow townsman" are all fabricated. But he is able to make up something interesting. Even someone like her who has read millions of novels likes to listen to it. This person definitely has a talent for this.
So she smiled and said to him, "Master Chen, are you short of money?"
Chen Hong is really in need.
He was born in a poor family, and although he passed the imperial examination and became a second-class Jinshi, he is now only a sixth-rank official with a low salary and no extra income.
So ten minutes later, she successfully negotiated with him a price of one hundred taels of silver for each storybook, and also agreed that if she thought it was good and wanted to have it printed, she would pay extra.
So everyone was happy.
As for other gifts, she couldn't make up her mind, so she went to ask Emperor Ming Yan.
...
...
Emperor Mingyan smiled and said, "Do you want to take it?"
Tang Shiyue said: "I really don't care about the others, just this one." She picked one out: "I just want this one."
Emperor Mingyan took a look and saw that it was a hot spring resort in the suburbs of Chang'an. He said, "I will give you one of these resorts."
"No!" Tang Shiyue said, "This farm used to belong to the Huo family." She looked at him eagerly.
Emperor Ming Yan suddenly realized and felt sad as if his cabbages were being eaten by pigs.
He sighed, "I see." Then he touched her head and said, "Just accept all of these. Since they are giving them to you, you should accept them. You are not an official and you do not hold any power. It would be a waste if you do not accept them."
Gu Jiuxing's expression was very strange.
This person is really unconventional. He actually came with a list of gifts and asked the emperor if he could accept it. As a result, the emperor actually said... Where can I go to seek justice?
Then Emperor Mingyan said with a smile: "I have also prepared a house for you. I will have someone clean it up when you get back so that you can live comfortably there."
Tang Shiyue nodded, with a very cute expression: "Okay! Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Remember to come early," Emperor Mingyan said, "You can write a letter to me and bring it to Jiahe."
"Okay!" She blinked her big eyes and said, "Then Your Majesty, please don't think I'm annoying. I will definitely miss you as soon as we separate. I will definitely write to you every day!"
Emperor Mingyan laughed: "I'm not bothered."
They were about to separate, and her little mouth was as sweet as if it was sprinkled with sugar. She acted cute and adorable, chirping all night before leaving.
When she went out, she saw Lin Weixin waving at her with a smile: "You finally came out, I've been waiting for you for a long time!" He led a horse over: "This is for you, a little Ferghana horse."
What what?
The polite words that were about to come out of Tang Shiyue's mouth suddenly stopped.
The legendary Ferghana horse! Those who have seen The Legend of the Condor Heroes should still remember this vividly. I never thought it really existed!
The horse was not very big, its color was red with a hint of gold, it had big double eyelids, a long mane, and a shiny body. It was simply so beautiful...
Tang Shiyue couldn't resist the temptation for a moment, so she decided to accept it: "Thank you very much."
The two chatted for a few words in the yard, and then Tang Shiyue personally followed others to put the pony away, and reminded Jiahe not to forget to take it away tomorrow.
As a result, when she came back, she saw another tall figure waiting in front of the door. Seeing her coming, Yan Chengyuan took a few steps forward and handed her a whip: "Seeing you learn to use the whip, I'll give you one."
Tang Shiyue took a step back and said, "No thanks."
His hand remained still, so she walked around him. When they passed by, he said, "People from the Lin family are somewhat utilitarian. It's not advisable to get too close to them."
She stopped, tilted her head, slowly raised her eyebrows and looked at him.
Commander Yan actually read from her eyes the meaning of "You should take care of your son first."
But she didn't say it in the end, and the two of them just went their separate ways.
The next day, the emperor left Dongfeng County, and Tang Shiyue returned home with Wei Xin, Jia He and several other people, as well as a lot of gifts.
As soon as she entered the door, she had a feeling of "Wow, I'm finally home."
It’s actually quite interesting to be on the road, but there are also benefits to going home.
Tang Shiyue took a shower, changed clothes, and sat lazily. Ding Jiu and the others reported their non-urgent matters of the past few days. Tang Shiyue said, "Ding Xiaoyan will be my housekeeper from today on! Don't worry about other things, just welcome and see off guests."
Ding Xiaoyan jumped in from the window, a little surprised: "Me? Why did you pick me? I can't do it!"
"She's good-looking!" Tang Shiyue said, "I just like people based on their looks."
Everyone: “…”
Tang Shiyue called Ding Jiu again: "I received a lot of gifts. I saw there is even a local house. You go to Weixin to pick and see if there is anything useful. I am planning to open another essential oil shop..."
Xia Yuhui came in hurriedly from outside, and as soon as he entered the door, he smiled and said, "Madam, I am honored to be here."
"Don't try that." Tang Shiyue immediately frowned, "I will never forgive you."
Xia Yuhui laughed: "Are you still angry? Actually, I didn't mean to throw it to you on purpose. It's just that under that situation, everyone would naturally look for you. Who else would they look for?"
Tang Shiyue snorted, and he began to talk about the lawsuit on his own initiative. After he finished speaking without leaving any suspense, Tang Shiyue was satisfied and ordered him, "Write an 'invitation letter' to invite people from the neighboring counties to come and participate in the cotton harvest. Remember, it's not for observation, but for them to work. Tell them not to send those scholars."
Zhang Baigui came over in the afternoon.
After County Magistrate Qin left, the new county magistrate had not yet taken office. The emperor obviously had some ideas about this position, so Zhang Baigui could only take over the position temporarily.
But Zhang Baigui was a clear-headed man. He had no intention of being perfunctory and just worked hard, as if he was going to stay here for the rest of his life.
Tang Shiyue returned with the emperor, carrying so many bags, obviously favored by the emperor. Naturally, Zhang Baigui's attitude became more cautious and respectful.
Tang Shiyue didn't change much, so she discussed with him: "No one has ever grown cotton in large quantities, so what I mean is that this time when we harvest cotton, every village nearby should ask the head of the village to pick ten people to come, and then write a letter to the neighboring county, asking them to send people if they want to. They all need to be farmers who can work, and they can be divided into batches. Anyway, after the cotton bolls are opened, it usually needs to be picked every six or seven days."
"When these people come, we can pick and remove the seeds together. If anyone wants to buy, we can sell them the seeds and teach them how to plant them. They can see with their own eyes and buy and plant if they want. We don't need to say anything more and we don't need to teach them again later. We can also take this opportunity to send a batch of watermelon seeds to them for promotion next year."
This trip wasted a lot of time, otherwise she might have been able to make the cotton gin butterfly come out.
The principle of an ordinary hand-cranked cotton gin is very simple. It is mainly composed of a cylinder with hook teeth and a rolling gear shaft. However, she did not have a particularly clear impression of it in her mind. She was afraid that if she wanted to make it, she would have to try it twice, and she could only try it while collecting.
Naturally, Zhang Baigui would agree to such a good thing.
The two discussed some details, and Xia Yuhui also wrote out the "invitation letter". Zhang Baigui took a look at it and found nothing to change, so he quickly asked a few people to copy it, and then sent people to various places in Qinzhou overnight, and the time was set for two days later.
The situation at this time was probably similar to when Yuefang was first opened.
The surrounding counties all had a feeling of joy similar to "Goddess Fu is finally willing to take us out to play", and they responded in unison.
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