Xiao Changqi looked at her and didn't speak for a while.

Ye Qingyan didn't dare to get up.

"Lord Wang, are you leaving now?" Zhu Hai's voice sounded from outside the carriage.

Ye Qingyan immediately remembered the forty 'snowballs' that she had rolled down personally, and didn't care if Xiao Changqi let her get up and got out of the carriage again.

"Zhu Hai, the forty snowballs that came down with me, inside are the cloud wood incense I bought, help me bring them back to the house."

"Yes, mother, the slave will do it."

"Good work."

"It's all a minion's job."

Ye Qingyan smiled, then turned around and went back to the carriage.

saw that Xiao Changqi had closed his eyes, and there was a faint green shadow under his eyes, and it could be seen that he should not have had a good rest recently.

crept over, knelt in front of his legs, glanced at him secretly, and saw that he was still indifferent, before he raised his hand, clenched his fist weakly, and beat Xiao Changqi's legs.

"Lord Wang, I went to Xidi and bought a batch of cloud wood incense, good medicinal materials. There are also some spices peculiar to this area, which I have also collected quite a bit, among which there is an extremely rare musk wood, which tastes better than the real musk in my opinion. There is also a kind of herb that I found on Qiang Mountain, but it has never been recorded in books, the locals call it seven-inch grass, and I have picked a lot of it, and made it into vanilla oil, and I plan to try what I can do when I return to the house. ”

"It's good to know that you're going home." Xiao Changqi opened her eyes, and her gaze fell lightly and softly on her face.

"......" Ye Qingyan met his gaze, and suddenly he couldn't say anything, his nasal cavity and eye sockets couldn't help but be sour, something wanted to overflow!

"I ...... Of course I'll go home. Ye Qingyan drooped his head, not letting him see her eyes, and the movements of his hands ignored the severity because of distraction.

Xiao Changqi's leg was already injured, and he hadn't been able to get a good idea, and he was hammered by her, and it hurt faintly.

He grabbed her arm and took her into his arms, "That's enough." You can go wherever you want, but you can't say goodbye anymore. If I have time, I can go with you. ”

"Oh." Ye Qingyan lowered his head, not daring to look at him.

Xiao Changqi poured her a cup of hot tea, "Can you tell me what you've been through?" ”

Ye Qingyan took the tea, drank it all, one cup was not enough, and two cups came in a row, and after the whole body was warm, she told Xiao Changqi what had happened to her these days. As for Chu Jiu's matter, she didn't hide it, but she still didn't say a word about Yao Palace.

After hearing this, Xiao Changqi asked her, "Is there nothing else?" ”

"No ......" Ye Qingyan did hide something, so he had a little less confidence in what he said.

Xiao Changqi nodded, "Forget it if it's gone." ”

Ye Qingyan: "......"

What's going on here? It seems very unhappy, do you know that she is not telling the truth?

"Lord Wang, Niangniang, everything has been packed, in addition to forty big bags, there is also a small baggage, which should be Niangniang's." Zhu Hai's voice sounded outside the carriage.

When Ye Qingyan heard it, he hurriedly said, "Yes, it's mine." ”

got out of the carriage and took her baggage.

Xiao Changqi said: "Go home." ”

"Yes, lord." Zhu Hai responded.

The carriage began to move.

Ye Qingyan opened her baggage in the carriage, and in addition to some medicines and needles used for her treatment, there was also a palm-sized box.

When Xiao Changqi incarnated as Chu Jiu, he had been following her, so he knew very well what she had, but he had never seen this box.

"This is for the prince, it should be a gift for the prince when he went to Xidi this time." Ye Qingyan handed the box to Xiao Changqi.

Xiao Changqi lightly raised his handsome eyebrows, he was surprised that this thing was actually for him.

Take the box and open it—

It's a pitch-black stone.

"What is this?"

"Black gold."

"Gold?" Xiao Changqi pinched his fingers hard, and the stone turned into dust. I also smelled the stones, but there was no smell.

Ye Qingyan: "...... Can you hear me finish? ”

Xiao Changqi put the box on the car table, looking deaf.

Ye Qingyan said: "When I was harvesting herbs, I found that there was a family burning this thing, which can replace firewood, and it is more resistant to burning than firewood. ”

In the previous life, this black gold was called black charcoal. It was also used during Xiao Changqi's reign, and there were many such things in the ground of Xidi, and Xiao Changqi began to vigorously mine black coal after occupying Xidi. It is more resistant to burning than firewood, and it is better to use it for iron smelting than firewood.

In fact, there are also places in Jizhou City where this kind of black charcoal is available, but Xiao Changqi doesn't know it yet, and he hasn't found the use of this thing.

"Instead of firewood?" Xiao Changqi thought for a while, took out a fire fold from the drawer of the car table, and was about to burn black charcoal.

Ye Qingyan hurriedly said: "You can't burn it like this, you need to add firewood and burn it with firewood." ”

Xiao Changqi: "That's more convenient with firewood." ”

Ye Qingyan: "......"

Xiao Changqi saw that she looked tired and didn't want to speak, and said with interest: "You continue." ”

"Listen to me, this thing is more resistant to burning than firewood, which means that it is a higher thing than firewood!" Ye Qingyan's eyes widened and he puffed up.

Xiao Changqi looked at her like a puffed frog and couldn't help laughing, "So, what do you want to say?" ”

Ye Qingyan: "...... I'm hungry, do I have anything to eat? ”

Xiao Changqi: "......"

……

Because of Ye Qingyan's insistence, Xiao Changqi ordered people to look for black charcoal in Jizhou.

Ye Qingyan already knew where there was in his previous life, so he went to look for it in person, and naturally he found it as soon as he looked for it.

She ordered the blacksmith to make iron out of black charcoal, which was better than firewood, and better at making iron.

Xiao Changqi understood what Ye Qingyan meant.

Jizhou has poor soil and not many trees, especially Jizhou is still long in winter, and needs more charcoal for heating, so every year in terms of charcoal, Jizhou always needs to ask the imperial court for help. Last year, he asked the imperial court for charcoal, but only half of it was approved. As a result, there are people who have frozen to death in many places in Jizhou.

If black charcoal can replace charcoal, it will be a big deal for Jizhou.

As a thank you, Xiao Changqi hugged Ye Qingyan into his nest...... made Ye Qingyan very depressed, whether she was meritorious or guilty, how could she be eaten by him inside and out in the end.

……

In the blink of an eye, another two months have passed, the snow in Jizhou has melted, the bare branches have begun to sprout, and the flower trees have begun to bloom.

Ye Qingyan's Yipin balm shop is doing very well.

The goods in the store are not enough to sell every day, and many merchants from other places come to smell the fragrance, and finally take a piece of balm to a farther place.

Business is booming, and Ye Qingyan is more and more enthusiastic about studying other balm recipes, and he also likes to collect wind everywhere, and even went to Xidi twice to buy more spices.