Chapter 560: Peerless (1)

"Do you think, does my father know what we are doing?", Ye Tao and Tan Weixin's series of practices, she can feel what it is for, how the world's eye-catching family is to the outside, others actually don't feel obvious, but the atmosphere inside the family can't be hidden.

"What does it matter?" Ye Tao said with a smile. Tan Weixin is pregnant, which makes him feel very good. Although at Wei Xin's current age, production may be risky, but it can still be overcome. In order to prepare for this, it is really a national effort, and the most famous and accomplished doctors are making various preparations. And Ye Tao, the most important thing now is to make Tan Weixin feel happy. Years of restraint and self-control since childhood, coupled with mature psychological age, have long made Tan Weixin calm, and she is a little calmer than those nervous imperial doctors. Two hours a day are set aside for half of the time to check the accounts and meet with the heads of various merchants, and the other half is used to sort out the manuscripts. In addition to those things that have already been released, there are some new titles in the pipeline.

"If my father had guessed, he would have stopped it, right? Dong ping...... Now and in the future, in fact, it will be quite troublesome without you and your sister. You two are really different. Tan Weiying grinned and said that she didn't feel that her praise for her husband and sister was too much.

"I didn't say I wouldn't help, I completely withdrew from the matter, it's just that we have to be happy to help or not." Ye Tao said lightly: "From the beginning of my teenage years to the present, I haven't had a good rest for so many years, and what I have taken over is all hard work." Yunzhou, Northern Liao, Xiling, Yazhou...... It can be regarded as the result of our family, right? It's really tiring. ”

"Hmm." Tan Weiying held Ye Tao's head with pity. Hard work is something that everyone can see, Ye Tao has been in charge of the military and political affairs in the north for many years, it is needless to say, in the past, although it was still relatively tiring to travel to various places, but the road was also a routine time to rest and recuperate. Ye Tao invented the airship, but he had no leisure anymore. When telegraph and wireless telegraph were gradually born, all kinds of requests for instructions came from all over the country, and Ye Tao had a huge team of staff and secretaries, which was still exhausting.

Tan Weixin has not been much better since she was a child, although she has relied on precious medicinal materials to constantly recuperate, and now she is considered to be very good, but her energy and physical strength are still inferior to others. And she manages her money for Dongping, which is not necessarily easier than Ye Tao.

Not to mention Dai Yun, she really led the army to fight and established great feats. When it comes to military exploits, there are few people in the world who can compare with them, but how difficult and complicated is it to lead a large army? Many people only see the bright side, but Tan Weiying, who takes care of the Ye family's internal affairs, knows that before each war, it takes a long time for Dai Yun, Ye Tao and others to review their tactics, and every time they return to Yejiabao after the war, Dai Yun is so tired that he doesn't even want to move his little finger, and he sleeps for several days in a row.

Even Sophie had to run from place to place, going back and forth to various workshops to implement Ye Tao's designs, inspect the production and research of the workshops, and often inquire about the progress of various major projects. Today, Sophie is one of the most important advisors to the construction of the palace.

Is it easy to talk about Wei Ying and Dai Qiuyan? Dai Qiuyan knew that the family was busy, in addition to taking care of the children in the family, she also represented the Ye family in the family time. This naïve little girl back then, I am afraid that she will not be able to become a long-sleeved and good social expert in her life, but she always adheres to the position of the Ye family with her gentle and persistent attitude, but maintains close contact with the social circle. This kind of private contact played a role in the court dispute, and the explanations in the letters were completely incomparable. Although Tan Weiying sometimes joins such social gatherings, given her status, she can hear far less truth than Dai Qiuyan.

And talking about Wei Ying himself, how easy is it? This family gathers talented people from all over the world, but everyone also runs around all day long, not caring about various affairs at home. It is not an easy task just to stabilize the peace of the house, and Yejiabao itself is too complicated. And Ye Tao's position determines that he must have residences in Gangduo, Ningyuan, Benwolf Plain, Danyang, and Yicheng, and for a family like Ye Tao, a residence means a group of personnel responsible for operation and maintenance, with devices and equipment that need to be updated, peripheral relationships that need to be maintained, and servant relationships that need to be paid and resettled...... Tan Weixin only has the energy to take care of the more macro aspects of the economy, but it is not only the Ye family's workshop that belongs to the Ye family, but also the farms and wineries everywhere, the vineyards everywhere, and the industries in which the Ye family participates, such as the Homeinn chain inn, all of which are managed by Tan Weixin. She never had to worry about money, Yejiabao's bank had more than five million taels of silver deposited at any time, and there were twice as many deposits in Yunzhou Bank. But no matter how rich you are, maintaining a peaceful home is extremely complicated. And there are always so many children gathered at home, and Tan Weiying also takes care of the affairs of the nursery, which is also a troublesome matter. Tan Weiying's way to relieve stress in the past few years is to go to the kitchen to do something, come and go, the little princess who almost didn't know anything back then is now a cook and pastry chef with amazing skills. Watching the family members absorb nutrients from the warm taste and gradually regain their strength after being busy is the most pleasant thing to talk about. But in the past few years, these changes in himself have made Tan Weiying sometimes have to smile bitterly, sure enough, everyone who follows Ye Tao has to have a craft.

"Have you ever thought about writing something and printing books yourself?" When talking about Wei Ying's spirit, Ye Tao asked softly. Writing something is organizing your thoughts, and you are leaving something for the world forever. This is exactly what the Ye family is doing now, since Ye Tao has decided to pace loosely from the position of a person directly in charge and become a staff adviser, he must be sure that someone can take over the matter in his hands. Passing on the book to leave one's own mastery, and at the same time cultivating batches of young talents, can be regarded as one of their own answers.

"Me? What's the use of me writing a book? I don't know anything about it. Tan Weiying replied with a smile. However, since she also knows the significance of writing and publishing to the world, after Ye Tao mentioned this, the idea of writing something is like a vine with vitality, growing wantonly in her heart.

Tan Weiying has undergone the most orthodox royal education since she was a child, compared to Tan Weixin, she may not be so outstanding in economic and other aspects, but she is also very serious about reading and doing things. Tan Weixin can leave those educational subjects that give her a headache and ignore them, even if those teachers go to the lord to complain, most of Tan Xiaopei will cover for her. Tan Weiying doesn't have this kind of treatment, she is an out-and-out top lady of this era. And she has always had the habit of keeping all kinds of records, from the sentences she thought of at random to some of the usual tastes, and even some recipes, the spice ratio in the sachet, household experience, etc...... It's not a great thing, but these are very remarkable experiences for Tan Weiying.

"Why did Brother Ye say that he wanted to print a picture album for me?" When Tan Weiying was checking his diaries in the study, Dai Qiuyan ran into the study with a confused look and asked. Dai Qiuyan and Tan Weiying have partnered to run a family for many years, and their friendship is also very good. Ye Tao is also very capable, but his style is obviously not very suitable for Dai Qiuyan to play in those social activities.

"Album?" Talking about Wei Ying is confused, the printing of such things as albums can now be solved? The Ye family's Commercial Press is also directly managed by her, but she has not heard of any reports in this regard.

"It seems to say that the new machine in the workshop can print, Brother Ye asked me to go to the workshop tomorrow to see if it can work, it doesn't seem to be color, it should be a four-color or six-color color." Dai Qiuyan said with a smile. I don't know what I'm doing to publish a book, but I'm naturally a little excited.

"Then let's go and see it tomorrow." Tan Weiying smiled and said, "My husband is ready to retire, but I have to let others see something." Probably, it's also to throw down a batch of things for others to look at slowly, so that you can go out and play. ”

Dai Qiuyan nodded a little confusedly, and then sat down next to Tan Weiying. Seeing the various manuscripts spread out on the table, and the books that were obviously bound by themselves, Dai Qiuyan asked, "Sister, what are you doing here?" ”

"You want me to get some book prints...... But is there anything anyone wants to see about my stuff? Tan Weiying smiled.

"Yes, yes." Dai Qiuyan said happily: "You don't even want to show it to everyone, just those recipes are so interesting." We don't have to look at other people's faces, we just sort out the things we like, and just make them into a booklet. I know you've ordered so many different records, and it's good to keep them now. ”

Dai Qiuyan's words hit Tan Weiying, she frowned and thought about it, and then nodded lightly. These two began to nest in the study and sorted out their manuscripts, calligraphy and paintings.

Everything is ready-made, and Tan Weiying is old in pen power, and it doesn't take much effort to string together the original scattered things, and in less than half a month, the manuscript of the three volumes has been roughly written. Tan Weiying even had the spirit to help Dai Qiuyan complete the annotations, texts, and so on needed in the album.

But after more than ten days, the sample book brought by the workshop made Tan Weiying love it and was overjoyed. The three-volume book was finally named "Idle Dreams", which is very much in line with the taste of Her Royal Highness the Princess, and one volume is all kinds of housekeeping matters, from garden construction to home furnishings, as well as all kinds of utensils and supplies used in the house, from the carriage to the fruit plate, Tan Weiying has put a lot of effort into those details. And the entire manuscript of the book, all of which are like small stories and essays, with a lot of drawing fragments and illustrations, at a glance, you can see that in the binding design stage of the book, Ye Tao and Sophie also intervened. A volume is about recipes, including ordinary food, game, wine, preserved fruits, seafood and other things, as well as medicinal diets and the dietary essentials used to nourish the body and mind in various seasons, nutritional recipes for children of all ages and the like, just this volume is thicker than the other two volumes combined, taking care of the Ye family for many years, rich but low-key, pay attention to the quality of life, but do not like luxury and richness, regardless of food, clothing, housing and transportation, has always taken a low-key and exquisite route, recipes are a good embodiment, the same, There are also a large number of illustrations in the book, those extremely exquisite foods, Dai Qiuyan also loves them very much, and this kind of small pictures that make people feel like they are appreciating when they see it, for Dai Qiuyan now, it is almost not difficult to write it. The third volume is similar to a combination of essays and diaries, which are all little things, many of which are about the lives of those children in Yejiabao, and most of the others are also about Wei Wei's own feelings, which makes people feel warm when they read it.

According to the previous regulations, women's articles rarely can really be seen in words, so that many people can see them, especially Tan Weiying, a noble woman in the inner court, who is Ye Tao's wife, and her status is respected. But Ye Tao never talked about these taboos, and Tan Weixin is also a person who loves to publish books...... In general, the family has never really taken the rules and regulations of this era seriously. This kind of rule, which is already very inexplicable, was thrown away by Ye Tao because I don't know how early it started.

"Idle Dreams" is different from those other books. Whether it is Ye Tao, Tan Weixin, and Sophie's highly technical books, or Dai Qiuyan's picture scrolls, the fonts in them are all printed, but "Idle Dream" uses photocopying technology, directly using Tan Weiying's own handwriting. The other volumes are made of the current three-pound standard of fine book paper of the Commercial Press, while "Idle Dream" uses five pounds of characteristic watermark moire paper, the three-volume book appears indifferent and elegant, coupled with concise and beautiful color picture printing, and dotted in between, the whole floating astronomy network is sold in almost the entire Dongping territory, compared with those highly professional works, these contents can arouse the interest of ordinary people more. How did the rich family live, from ancient times to the present, this question has always puzzled many people and made them yearn for it. These three books by Tan Weiying seem to be answering such a question.