Before dawn, Chen Jintong asked people to set up a carriage, and he didn't let people follow, so he and the coachman rushed to Huaihua Village, but when they arrived at the city gate, they had not opened the city gate, and they were delayed for a while, and it was already sunny when they arrived near Huaihua.

Unexpectedly, she left the coachman to wait at the intersection of the previous village and the village, and walked to Huaihua Village by herself. The path into the village is lush with trees, the snow has not melted much, as if no one has passed by in the past few days, the original footprints have been blurred by the snow that has fallen behind, the white path is like a jade belt hanging in the mountains, and her footprints are like embroidered embellishments.

When I arrived in Huaihua Village, the people in the village met a few people rarely, and no one bothered her when they saw that she was dressed extraordinarily.

"Nine stars!" As soon as I arrived at the door of the farmer's brother's house, I saw Jiuxing helping the farmer's brother make a table, surrounded by a circle of sawdust, and Jiuxing was expressionless with a planer on the flat plank.

Seeing Chen Jintong, Jiuxing's eyes finally had a glimmer of light, and he stood up with a reluctant smile on his lips: "Miss! ”

"Are you alright?" Chen Jintong carried a little gift that Guo'er bought yesterday and handed it to the farmer brother on the side, searching for Sixi'er all over the house.

"Miss is polite, and buy so many things! I guess I've found your relative! The farmer's eldest brother smiled innocently as he spoke, and led them back to the house.

"I found it, I came to pick them up today, bothering the eldest brother!" Chen Jintong took the stool handed over by his eldest brother and said in a sincere tone.

"Sixi'er is still asleep, so I'll wake her up." Jiuxing was about to knock on the door to call Sixi'er, but the farmer's eldest brother hurriedly stopped: "Let her sleep for a while, and you will leave after breakfast." ”

Chen Jintong declined the kindness of the farmer's eldest brother, and allowed Jiuxing to call Sixi'er, but he didn't see the sister-in-law, and he was probably still asleep. handed the silver ticket prepared in the morning to the eldest brother, but he said that he didn't want anything anymore, saying that the previous ones were enough, seeing this, Chen Jintong simply gave the horse he bought for Jiuxing last time to the eldest brother, anyway, they didn't need to take the carriage, and in exchange for a burst of gratitude from the eldest brother.

As soon as she saw Chen Jintong, Sixi'er, who was sleeping in a daze, instantly became happy, came over and hugged Chen Jintong and refused to let go, Chen Jintong was not annoyed, said goodbye to the eldest brother and returned to the capital with Sixi'er with Jiuxing.

It was already noon when they entered the city, and the three of them were eating outside, and Chen Jintong thought about buying some personal supplies for the two of them, so he proposed to go shopping and go back.

"Jiuxing, otherwise, you will wait for me to go to the Chen family's shop to recognize people, and I will be familiar with my face." Anyway, she had to go shopping, so Chen Jintong simply took the opportunity to learn about what her adoptive father left her.

"Miss, the master has instructed that the coal resale business will be closed after he leaves, and he is worried that you will not be able to afford it, and you will get into trouble." Chen Jintong knew that the Chen family was selling coal behind his back, and there were not many people who did this, but there were also a lot, because the coal mine belonged to the government, it was a big deal if something happened, and it was a big profit if something didn't happen, and the Chen family did make a lot of money on it before.

"Jiuxing, this matter is not a big deal, in the future, as soon as straw coal is popularized, the value of coal will be squeezed, no one can reason with this matter, we will not do it, and we will keep other businesses to make peace of mind." Chen Jintong knew that revenge would inevitably offend others, and if he was targeted, he would be used to make a fuss.

"I'm not familiar with other businesses, but I know who is familiar with them," Jiuxing was originally cultivating the people who followed Chen Jintong, and the most important thing was to protect her, regardless of business, but he was familiar with the entire relationship of the Chen family, which was also prepared for Chen Jintong.

Jiuxing took Chen Jintong to three shops, the Chen family made a fortune in the tea business, two of the three major tea houses in the capital are the Chen family, and there are several silk shops, but only one is larger, Chen Sheng is ready to extend the shop along the trade road to the west until the border pass, but he died before he succeeded, and died before he reached half the distance.

The third shop they entered was a pawnshop, and Jiuxing explained to Chen Jintong: "Miss, the owner of the pawnshop here is the chief consul of the Chen family's many shops, and Miss can go directly to him in the future." ”

This is what Chen Jintong didn't expect, but it is also reasonable, the housekeeper is in charge of the affairs of the Chen family, and there must be someone in charge of the business outside the Chen family, but she thought that the one with more power would be the owner of the tea business, who knew that it would be hidden in this small pawnshop.

After Jiuxing introduced Chen Jintong one by one, it was already twilight, and there were not many things to buy, so the three of them took the carriage back to the Hou Mansion.

Let people make a table of good dishes, the three of them had a good meal, and when the food has begun to get cold, Chen Jintong still has a chopstick with each chopstick and sends the dish to her mouth, since Mingyue Villa was destroyed, she has not eaten a good meal, and she has eaten more than usual today.

Seeing that Chen Jintong was still eating, Jiuxing called someone to hot the dish, and when she saw that it was going to be reheated, she didn't want to eat it again, so she removed the dining table and talked around the charcoal basin.

Sixi'er leaned on Chen Jintong, calling her sister from time to time, and didn't say anything else. Chen Jintong was a little distressed, Sixi'er had no relatives and was frightened, and she didn't know if it would leave a shadow on her.

"Jiuxing, when I come back from the palace, let's go and pay tribute to them!" The day after tomorrow is the day after tomorrow, the picture is almost drawn, Chen Jintong is ready to tidy up tomorrow, and when this matter is dealt with, he will officially go to pay tribute to the hundreds of people in Mingyue Villa.

The next day, early in the morning, Si Xi'er was still asleep, she seemed to feel a lot more at ease beside Chen Jintong, Chen Jintong got up to pack up her things and prepared to enter the palace, and arranged for Jiuxing to level the courtyard outside, thinking that she would put something useful in the future.

Outside the majestic and solemn palace wall again, before the officials went down to the early court, Chen Jintong was led to the side hall by the little eunuch to wait. Chen Jintong expected that something should have happened to Chaozhong, and at this time, it was already not far from the next morning court, so there was no need to let her wait in the side hall.

A palace maid sent a food box over, and it wasn't until lunch that Chen Jintong was announced to the Qinzheng Palace, and outside the hall, he met the palace maid who had withdrawn the meal neatly passing by.

"This emperor is quite diligent and loves the people," Chen Jintong muttered in her heart, but unfortunately according to her understanding, she really hadn't heard of this dynasty anywhere, and it didn't conform to the historical facts of a certain dynasty in history.

After the salute, Xiao Dezi presented the information she had drawn. The tools and materials for the production of straw coal that she drew were all available, and after the emperor saw it, his face seemed to be much better.

"What reward do you want for this great achievement?" The emperor's eyes were still staring at the picture scroll, and he raised his head after finishing speaking, with a little smile on his face, Chen Jintong saw the emperor's expression for the first time, and felt a little kind in a trance, Chen Jintong was even more puzzled, obviously the temperature has warmed up, she is still a little annoyed that this time is not a charcoal in the snow, see if this is what happened?