On weekdays, Xia Qingyun does not apply fat powder, in order to hide her slightly pale complexion, Qingmei mixed some rose rouge, spread it with jasmine dew, and lightly applied it to Xia Qingyun's face. He painted his eyebrows lightly, and a little peach blossom grease was on his lips, and his delicate little face immediately looked delicate.

Qingmei took out a pale pink thin cotton robe sprinkled with lilies from the cabinet, the neckline and cuffs were inlaid with snow-white rabbit fur, Xia Qingyun wore it on his body, looked at it in the mirror, and frowned lightly: "It's a little too bright, let's replace the light cyan one I often wear." ”

Qingmei smiled and persuaded: "I just took that robe to dismantle and wash it this morning." This robe has not been worn since it was made. Madame always says that you are dressed too plainly, and it is not yet the New Year, and it is also appropriate to wear more gaudy clothes. ”

As she spoke, she took out a pale pink velvet palace flower from the dresser and wanted to help Xia Qingyun insert it on Luoyun's sideburns.

"I don't want that." Xia Qingyun smiled and pushed her hand away, "It's flowers from head to toe, I'm really not used to it, so I'll wear that bamboo silver hairpin." ”

Qingmei pursed her lips and smiled, following Xia Qingyun's words, while holding her head, she smiled and said: "Sister Qingyun is only dressed up so simply, she looks many times better than the third and fourth princesses in the palace!" ”

After freshening up, Qingju brought the preparation of the small kitchen early, Xia Qingyun had no appetite, so he ate two things slightly, and went to greet his father and Mrs. Zhenguo.

After talking to his wife and his mother for a while, the next person sent a letter from Yao Xili, and Mrs. Zhenguo smiled: "If you have something to do, you can go and get busy, you don't have to accompany us." ”

She came out of the house. But when he saw that his father was also following him, he asked, "Is there something wrong with Daddy?" ”

Xia Jianping nodded, "Let's talk about it in your room." ”

When he came to the study, Qingju offered two hot teas, and Xia Qingyun asked with a smile, "What does Daddy have to tell his daughter?" ”

"Qingyun," Xia Jianping rubbed his hands and smiled a little embarrassedly: "I have lived half my life in the mountains, and now I accompany your mother in this Gaomen compound, eating well and dressing well, but I always feel uncomfortable." ”

Xia Qingyun chuckled. "Isn't Daddy so bored?"

"Not really. If it's true, we're Nord Stream. It's long past time to go up the mountain to take care of the tea plantations. Stuffy in the house all day, I felt like my muscles and bones were going to shrink into a ball. ”

Xia Jianping took a sip of tea and said, "When I entered the treasure pavilion that day, I saw that you planted a lot of vegetables and fruits from Fanbang. Anyway, your mother still has a few months to give birth. I don't have to be with me every day. Why don't I take care of your vegetable garden? ”

"It's good! Then you tell your mother, and I'll take my father in later. Xia Qingyun agreed with a smile.

Xia Jianping happily went to discuss with his mother, Xia Qingyun opened Yao Xili's letter and read it.

The cloud tower has been taken down. The price was fair, only three thousand taels of silver were spent. But from the inside to the outside, it has to be renovated, this amount of money is not a small amount, Yao Xili asked for instructions on how much silver to spend, and secondly, he asked Xia Qingyun if he had any drawings and what he planned to decorate.

When Xia Qingyun woke up in the morning, he was still thinking about yesterday's bickering, and his mood was a little depressed, but now that he was distracted by these things, he felt that the whole person was much more relaxed.

She spread out the pen and paper and wrote a reply letter first, so that Yao Xili did not have to worry about the cost of money, and only chose the best materials and craftsmen.

Then, she thought, drawing on paper.

The cloud tower is also a three-storey building, and the pattern does not need to be moved. One side of the first floor is used as a tea counter, and the other side is arranged as an exhibition hall. The second floor is more delicately decorated, and is used to display fine tea sets, tea utensils and tea tables. The third floor was originally a few large private rooms, which were converted into VIP rooms, which were later used to entertain large buyers and discuss business.

Halfway through the painting, Xia Jianping came over and said that he had already agreed with his mother, and he would take care of the vegetable garden and orchard for Xia Qingyun in the treasure pavilion every day during the day. It's just that he still doesn't know the vegetables and fruits of Fanbang, and he doesn't know how to deal with them.

Xia Qingyun said with a smile: "How did Daddy forget, you don't need to bother planting anything in the Treasure Pavilion, Daddy just helps to harvest the fruit and plant some new ones." ”

She took her father to the treasure pavilion, called Qingguo and Qingye to accompany her father to the vegetable field, and told them to grow more grapes, tomatoes and corn.

As soon as she picked up the pen before sitting back on the bookcase, Qingmei came in and said, "Sister Qingyun, that imperial prince is here again, do you see it or not?" ”

Xia Qingyun put down his pen, "I want to see him, please invite him in." ”

After a while, Huangfu Xiangnan followed Qingmei and walked in, and when he saw Xia Qingyun bowing first, Xia Qingyun got up and said with a smile: "It's not that I said, I don't need to do this big gift in the future." ”

"When you see the county lord, you can't bow down!" The emperor laughed loudly to the south, took out a folded piece of parchment from the tucked boot, and spread it on the bookcase.

"The day before yesterday, you told me that you wanted to buy a boat, I asked for you, and it happened that there were two boats in Deyixing in the capital that wanted to change hands, so I went to ask for the drawings."

Xia Qingyun leaned over to take a look, only to see a clear drawing of the internal structure of a wooden ship on the parchment.

She nodded, "Judging from the picture, the ship is quite big!" ”

Huangfu explained to Nan: "I don't know about the other ones, but I have seen these two ships. It was only launched the year before last and made two trips to the South Seas, and the hull was very strong. ”

"Such a good ship, why don't they use it themselves?"

"Deyixing is engaged in silk trading, and it is well-known in the capital, and the business is quite prosperous. When I first bought these two ships, it was also the third son of his family who met me, and when he saw me running to Fanbang, he also went to see a Western scenery together. Last year, the family told a family that they would get married after the first month, and the bride's family didn't want him to go to sea again, so he planned to change hands. ”

Xia Qingyun smiled: "Since I am your acquaintance, I can trust it." I don't know the price? ”

Huangfu patted his chest to the south and said, "Don't worry, I think it's worth it." A ship costs 28,000 taels of silver, and if you buy two ships together, it's a total of 50,000 taels! ”

Xia Qingyun pondered for a moment and said, "If you have a ship, you have to find a captain and sailors, otherwise it will be useless to buy it empty." ”

"You don't have to worry about this, there are already people on the ship, as long as they take it together. You can rest assured, there are only more than 100 merchant ships going to sea in the entire Great Qi Kingdom, and I know most of the sailors and captains. ”

Xia Qingyun smiled, turned around and took out 50,000 taels of silver tickets from the drawer, "Then I'll ask you, after the Shangyuan Festival, I will let people go through the formalities with you." ”

Huangfu was not polite to the south, and put the silver ticket in his arms, "The delivery of the merchant ship also needs to be filed with the provincial government, but I am familiar with the people over there, and it can be done in half a day." You just have to think about what you want to bring this year, it's still the same, and you're going to sea in the first month. ”

The two chatted in the study, but they didn't know that Si Hong Bowen got off the court early today, and when he returned to the house, he didn't even change his court clothes, so he went straight to Xia Qingyun's study. He thought about it for a long time last night, and felt that what he said was a bit too much, so he came to her to make amends.

When she came to Xia Qingyun's study, Qingmei happened to go to the small kitchen, but she didn't stay at the door. Si Hong Bowen could hear the man's conversation and laughter in the room, and was about to push the door in, but it happened that the people inside opened the door and came out.

He saw Xia Qingyun's delicate little face, and he was twisting his head to laugh with a young and handsome man. (To be continued......)