Chapter 71 The Meeting of the West Lake
Jin Se is obviously used to Ye Qing drinking tea like this, after all, the tea itself is not expensive, so it is not a waste.
But this habit of drinking tea, in You'er's eyes, is extremely abrupt, and it is the first time she has seen someone drinking tea, as if drinking water.
Hearing Ye Qing take the initiative to ask, Yan Qingcheng, who was originally on fire in her belly, was startled by Ye Qing's naked upper body in the ironcraft workshop just now, and at this moment there were Jinse and You'er in front of her, even if she was still a little angry in her heart, in front of the two maids, she was embarrassed to attack, but for no reason she wanted to save some face for Ye Qing in front of the two maids.
After smelling the cheap tea that was not of the same grade, and then took a shallow sip, and thanked Jin Se, Jin Se was extremely sensible, got up with You'er, and walked to the backyard eaves of the backyard ironsmith workshop, and gave the gallery pavilion to the young lady and son of their respective families.
After watching the two maids leave, Yan Qingcheng let out a long breath, as if he was going to spit out the breath that he couldn't vent after holding his stomach.
There is a faint flush left on the beautiful face, not only has the expression turned normal, whether it is emptying his eyes, or frowning and organizing words, Yan Chengcheng's every move can indeed be called the posture of the country and the city.
"Is that okay with you?" Yan Qingcheng stroked his forehead, and asked with some tiredness in his tone and demeanor.
"So anxious now?" Ye Qing frowned, looked at Yan Qingcheng and asked.
Beauty is taking advantage, and the relationship during this time, as well as Yan Tingcheng's generosity and trust in his attitude, have made Ye Qing quite emotionally useful.
Just like the porcelain, jade, ironware, and dyeing workshops, he can let himself go in and out at will without defense, and take things at will, which is enough to show Yan Chengcheng's unconditional trust and support for him.
Of course, Ye Qing also knew that there was a so-called trick of controlling people, and the so-called suspicious people were not needed, and they were not suspicious, not to mention that he and Zhao Qi'er had saved her life.
Although Yan Tingcheng did not deliberately show the method of how to win people's hearts from her father Yan Hongyuan, no matter what, Yan Tingcheng still used some strategies to Ye Qing in this way, even if it was unconditional trust and generosity, it was actually a trick to win over talents.
It's just that after Yan Chengcheng was mixed with other factors, everything became so natural and subtle, like an orchid on a backpack, obviously this was not within the scope of Yan Chengcheng's strategy.
In addition, at this moment, after a period of trial, the palace alone is already in short supply, and the additional benefits that this brings to the Yan family are obvious.
Therefore, after Yan Qingcheng had something on his mind, as well as the separation of the Yan family, and the pressure of the palace's urging, he would naturally think of Ye Qing, and wanted to rely on the method Ye Qing said to eliminate the impact on the Yan family after the separation, and solve the problem of brightness after the fabric dyeing.
"Well, I'm in a hurry." Yan Tingcheng personally poured tea for Ye Qing, and then looked at the teapot that was obviously from the Yan family's porcelain shop, and said in a daze: "After the two golden envoys were inexplicably assassinated, the palace was afraid of long nights and dreams, and the matter of marrying Princess Gong to His Royal Highness King Gong may have to be advanced, even if it is not in advance, but it seems that the marriage will be earlier, so the palace only informed my father at first, but during this time, because of the strong urging, several other businessmen who may replace my Yan family have also been notified." β
"Doesn't that mean that if someone else comes up with a beautiful fabric, your imperial merchant's hat will be yellow? Oh, if it's yellow, it's no play, it means to take it off. Ye Qing looked at Yan Qingcheng with his chin on his lean, blinking his bright eyes, tilting his head a little puzzled, and then explained.
"That's what you mean, so I really want to ask you, you haven't been to a dyeing workshop in the past half a month, but you are so diligent in the jade shop, porcelain shop, and ironware workshop, are you really busy with this matter?" Yan Qingcheng's tone was calm, without the slightest question, as if he was discussing with Ye Qing.
Ye Qing first shook his head, and then gave Yan Qingcheng a thumbs up and said, "I thought you could hold back and not ask, but I didn't expect to ask it." But it's okay, since you asked....... β
"Is there hope?" Yan Chengcheng put down his chin hand, and asked with some excitement in his spirit.
"How is it possible, I haven't been to a dyeing workshop once, do you think there may be hope?" Ye Qing immediately poured a basin of cold water on Yan Qingcheng's head, then looked at her who was gritting her teeth, and continued: "But don't be discouraged, in the next time, I really need your help, let's put it this way, I don't know much about it...... The color of this fabric is bright and beautiful, so after these two days, I really need you to go to the dyeing workshop with me to try it. β
"Isn't there hope, then?" Yan Tingcheng slapped her thigh, her expression was even more excited, the bad news of these days suddenly seemed to her to be nothing, as long as she had the secret recipe that made the color of the fabric more beautiful, even if she separated from the second and third uncles, then it would not be a difficult problem for the Yan family.
"It's not as simple as you say." Now it's Ye Qing's turn to sigh, if it was really as simple as Yan Chengcheng said, then Michel Eugène Scheffleur would not have spent so long to really establish a standard color wheel system.
Looking at Yan Qingcheng's beautiful eyes that made people's hearts sway, looking at that beautiful face, Ye Qing sighed again and said: "This takes a long time to experiment, although it does not require a lot of fabric, but it requires a lot of energy and patience. Today, I came to this iron workshop just to make a scale with accurate proportions, but I can't find it in our Da Song Dynasty, so I can only build it myself. β
"Da Song can't find it? So how do you know? "Look at how shrewd Yan Qingcheng is, this is the eldest lady of a profiteer who believes in people at will, she is obviously a complete profiteer.
"A few days ago, I passed by the street and saw a copy of "Mengxi Writings", which was recorded, but it was not sold, so I could only grope for it according to the record." Ye Qing said casually, he really didn't believe it, Yan Chengcheng would even watch "Mengxi Pen Talk", if it was, how boring it would be for this eldest lady to live in her spare time on weekdays.
What made Ye Qing's jaw drop was that after listening to him, Yan Tingcheng really tilted his head slightly and began to think about it seriously, as if she had really watched "Mengxi Pen Talk": "Is there a record of scales on it?" No, are you mistaken? β
"I ...... I'm so capable that I can remember wrong, you must be wrong, by the way, I won't talk to you yet, I have to go over and see how a few of them are doing for me. Ye Qing threw down the teacup, beckoned Jin Se to close the stall, and then ignored Yan Qingcheng, who was still sitting alone in the pavilion, looking at him, and hurriedly walked to the ironware shop.
The scales seemed quite simple to him, but if he wanted to make one himself, it was obviously impossible to spend a day soaking in the ironware workshop, so when he was about to leave with Jin Se, Yan Chengcheng hadn't left yet.
As if there was something else going on, more like an overseer, he looked at what he was holding, and finally when he walked to the door of the ironsmith's workshop and was about to get into the carriage, he said, "You will have to ...... in a few days You'll have to accompany me out of town. β
"Still out of town? You're not afraid of death, aren't you? Ye Qing was taken aback, their Yan family's mess was not over yet, so they thought about going out of the city again, would her father agree? Could it be that you really want money and don't want to die!
Yan Qingcheng frowned, glared at Ye Qing, who reacted greatly, and then said: "I made an appointment with the second and third uncles, and in a few days we will discuss the matter of dividing the family in West Lake, but my father is reluctant to meet them, so I will take Mr. Su over." β
"Oh, that's it, okay, take people's money, you can do whatever you say, I'll fight for it in these days, and finalize the matter at hand." Ye Qing nodded, tightened the backpack on his shoulders and said, and then said hello to Li Heng and the others with Jin Se, and then took the lead in leaving the ironsmith workshop.
Looking at the tall and slender back, Yan Qingcheng's mind involuntarily appeared again with Ye Qing's bare upper body just now, revealing a wild appearance of strong muscles.
After looking down and seeing that no one noticed his abnormality, Yan Qingcheng calmed himself down, and just now he had some inexplicable heartbeats, so he got into the carriage and started to walk back.
Originally, she also wanted to tell Ye Qing that the day she settled with Yan Hongsheng and Yan Honghu happened to be the two days when the contemporary Confucian Zhu Xi and Lu Jiuyuan debated in the West Lake, and her second and third uncles found Fan Niande, who was also famous in Lin'an City, to be a witness to their Yan family's separation.
Inviting a famous person to be a witness is also for the sake of the reputation of the three brothers of the Yan family, just like after having a witness, others will not make irresponsible remarks behind their backs after their Yan family separates, and they will not think that the three brothers are separated because of the uneven distribution of interests and because of the conflict between the brothers.
But even so, with the famous Confucianism testifying for them, Yan Hongyuan is still reluctant to attend, for him, face is more important than the lost interests, the three brothers can't work together, and they want to split up, he, the eldest brother, is naturally not good-looking on his face, and there is a knot in his heart that is difficult to untie, and he can't cross the hurdle.
A few days ago, the forbidden army was in Lin'an City, because of the assassination of the Jin envoys, in Lin'an thunder and rain for several days, just quieted down a few days later, Zhu Xi and Lu Jiuyuan will meet in the West Lake, and the news of the debate on academics will spread.
As a result, the literati of the entire Lin'an City, the famous contemporary Confucians, the students in the academy, etc., are all gearing up, looking forward to the arrival of this day in their hearts, so that they are fortunate to be able to see the demeanor of the two great Confucians.