"It's also fortunate that Mrs. Liu was invited, otherwise this child is so big, I'm afraid it will be difficult to give birth......" Thinking of the hardships of childbirth, Qi couldn't help but reddened his eyes.

Huang Yi'an hurriedly smiled: "It's the second aunt and the little brother who are blessed, although the process is a little difficult, but the mother and son are safe!" ”

She didn't dare to take the credit.

In the previous life, there was no Mrs. Liu, and the Qi family gave birth to a child smoothly.

It's just that the process was more difficult, and Qi also hurt his vitality because of it, and since then he has been with the decoction as his companion, and later passed away early.

Anyway, in this life, she finally changed some things and made up for the regrets of her previous life, and it was not in vain.

……

As soon as Huang Wei got out, he rushed over directly.

Before he could see his little nephew, he was pulled to the study by Huang Lun and urged him to name him.

Huang Wei pondered for a long time and wrote down a few names for Huang Lun to choose.

Huang Lun picked for a long time, and finally chose Huang Kai.

……

Huang Kai's relatives and friends who came out of the Huang family on the day of the "three ceremonies", and many wealthy officials who usually have no dealings with them gave gifts to the door, and they couldn't receive them at all as soon as they entered the courtyard.

Huang Lun had no choice but to send someone to the restaurant to book a table.

As soon as the people were sent out, there was a sound of gongs and drums at the door.

"Your Majesty has a reward—"

The shrill voice of the waiter instantly suppressed the noise of Dao He in the courtyard.

Huang Lun was startled and panicked.

Huang Wei was still experienced, and hurriedly ordered people to set up incense cases and kneel to thank the holy reward.

A number of brocades of various colors, a longevity lock, a set of bracelets and anklets, and a number of tonic medicinal materials, although the things are not very valuable, but this dignity is extraordinary.

It can be seen that the faces of those who came to congratulate them with proper and polite smiles suddenly became vivid and sincere, and full of enthusiasm.

Therefore, Huang Lun was also very sincere and grateful when he thanked the Holy Grace, his forehead was red, and his gratitude to the servant who passed on the reward was also very rich.

The chamberlain returned to the palace to resume his life, and he had to speak for Huang Lun.

After hearing this, Empress Dowager Li smiled at Qi Yu and said, "I have never heard of anyone who can knock his forehead red when he knocks on the holy reward, which shows that everyone in the Huang family is concerned about the Holy Monarch and is sincere." ”

Qi Yu nodded with a smile, thinking so.

In the end, he did not argue with Zhang Shoufu about the reward for the national father, and he has always been sorry for the future queen in his heart, and now he is rewarding Huang Lun's young son, which can be regarded as compensation.

I hope she understands what she means.

As Qi Yu expected, as soon as the courtiers came, she knew that the emperor was apologizing to her euphemistically, and of course, expressing his dissatisfaction and resistance to Zhang Gui.

It's not that she and the emperor have a heart-to-heart agreement and mutual understanding, but after the wedding in her previous life, Princess Shouyang always chattered in her ear, saying many good things for the emperor, and she looked like she was going to help her brother and sister-in-law get along and be harmonious for a long time.

Among them, there is the matter of rewarding Huang Kai.

At that time, she listened to Princess Shouyang's words, but she was moved by the emperor's love for her and her family, and she didn't expect that this might be just a way for the emperor to resist and demonstrate against Zhang Gui.

Later, when she saw the emperor's liquidation of Zhang Gui, and saw that every time the court officials wrote a letter to impeach the emperor for favoring the Zheng family and his family too much, the emperor would double the reward for Zheng's mother and son, as well as Zheng Chengxian's father and son, and slowly understood this truth.

It's a pity that I understood it a little late, so I mistakenly paid the true feelings of my youth, and I also wronged myself for a long time.

……

At the end of April, good news came from the northwest that the trial planting of long-staple cotton was successful!

Most of the long-staple cotton plants on the four acres of land survived.

Huang Yi'an was very happy to receive the news, and immediately folded all the silver in his hand into a silver ticket, and asked Huang Lun to send someone to the northwest.

Huang Lun counted, no more, no less, exactly four thousand seven hundred taels, plus the three hundred taels sent by Huang Yi'an before, just enough for five thousand taels.

It's 1,000 taels more than the 4,000 taels that Huang Yi'an said last time!

Rao received a lot of unexpected gifts on the young son's "baptism three ceremonies", Huang Lun is now a person who has seen the world, but when he saw Huang Yi'an take out such a silver, in order to go to the northwest to plant cotton, he still couldn't help but persuade:

"Although the cotton seedlings are alive, but it is still early to knot cotton bolls, spit out, and pick cotton, are you not afraid that if something goes wrong in the middle, all this silver will be wasted?

"Besides, it's useless for you to take more silver to the northwest now, and now you have missed the cotton farming time!"

Huang Yi'an sighed with a smile: "By the time the cotton is sown next year, I will probably have entered the palace, and then I have to send silver out of the palace, but it is not as convenient as now." ”

After Nanhaizi returned from the spring chase, Empress Dowager Li planned several auspicious days with Qin Tianjian, the most recent of which was the day of May 16 planned in her previous life. For this reason, in the previous life, Empress Dowager Li did not do anything on the third birthday of the fifth month.

If there is no accident in this life, Empress Dowager Li will probably choose a date nearby.

Huang Lun was stunned, nodded and said, "This is also ......"

The palace is forbidden and the forest is not as free as the outside of the palace.

"Besides, you can't insist on waiting for the profit to be willing to invest because you are afraid of losing money. Since cotton is to be planted extensively in the northwest, the natural land, manpower, cotton seeds, warehouses, etc. must be prepared in advance, and perhaps in the future, it will be necessary to purchase spinning wheels, looms, and hire weavers......

"These things have to be prepared in advance, so that they won't be in a hurry when the time comes."

Huang Yi'an said with a smile.

Zhang Lan has helped them a lot this time, and in the future, they can't rely on Zhang Lan every time they have something, they have to stand up first. Otherwise, no matter how benevolent others are, they can only help for a while, not for a lifetime.

Huang Lun couldn't help nodding in agreement, but when he heard the end, he couldn't help frowning and asked, "What, don't you plan to sell cotton to Jiangnan to make a profit?" ”

The most developed textile in the world is Songjiang and other places, the demand for cotton is naturally very large, local cotton alone may not be able to meet the demand, not to mention the long-staple cotton is priceless.

Sister Xi traveled thousands of miles to the northwest to scatter silver and plant cotton, not to make money, could it be to do good deeds?

The northwest is vast and sparsely populated, sometimes there are enemies to harass and plunder, the people's lives are poor, the clothing and cloth are mostly home-woven coarse cloth, and there is a large amount of cotton and textiles to make any profits!

"Naturally, you want it." Huang Yi'an said with a smile.

She is not so selfless as she is to do some loss-making transactions.

Besides, Ben has lost everything, even if she wants to do good deeds, what will she use to do it?

"However, I don't have such a big heart, if I can make a small profit in the northwest, why bother to transport it all the way to the south of the Yangtze River to sell?" Huang Yi'an excused, "For me now, the word 'convenience' is much more important than 'big profit'. ”

The dream of "no cold in the world" is too far away, and it may not be trusted to say it. That being the case, it is better to use other excuses to perfunctory.

Huang Lun heard Huang Yi'an say this, and remembered that she might enter the palace soon, so he nodded and said no more.

"Your second aunt and Sister Ning are at home, I don't worry, so I won't stay longer. I will collect the 4,700 taels of silver tickets first, and when Yang Fu or Yang Gui comes back from the northwest, I will arrange for them to act according to the plan. Huang Lun said.

Speaking of this, he felt a little ashamed.

This time, Yang Fu and Yang Gui went to the northwest to try to plant long-staple cotton, and along the way, the steward of the British government took care of Sister Xi'er's face, and Zhang Lan also helped take care of it when they got there, and took care of all the affairs properly.

Not only did his uncle not help much, but he didn't even pay a penny.

Sister Xi said that Yang Fu and the two went to the northwest, success or failure was uncertain, and he still had a big family to take care of, and it was not appropriate to break the bank, so he covered all the expenses needed to go here, which was the remuneration of Yang Fu and the brothers, and it was also from Sister Xi.

Sister Xi said that when the cotton planting in the northwest is safe, let him put silver into it.

It was something he was passionate about, but it turned out to be all thanks to Sister Xi'er.

The only thing he can do now is to take care of the cotton business in the northwest for Sister Xi after she enters the palace.