Subsequently, Xiao Rui visited Qin Mingyue many times. Sometimes, Qin Mingyue received, and sometimes, Xiao Rui told Qin Guosong directly. Every visit was about planning a trip to Ba.

Because he knew that Qin Guosong was also going to Ba Province, Xiao Rui discussed many things with Qin Guosong. After coming and going, Qin Mingyue was still cold to Xiao Rui, but Qin Guosong and Xiao Rui had a good relationship.

Time passed quickly, and because of the national mourning and the cold winter, the capital was not as lively as before. Even the banquets of the noble officials and eunuchs are gone. The wives and ladies of the eunuchs' families used to be busy because they had to go to the palace every day to cry and mourn. Now, after the funeral is done and after a period of rest, I get bored.

However, fortunately, everyone is well-informed, and the Queen Mother's illness is not a one-time meeting, so everyone has set up a family affair for the children at home in advance, and they are waiting for the national funeral to get married.

As a result, the business in the market is not actually depressed, but has a tendency to increase. Although the ladies and ladies of wealthy families do not need to wear new colors of satin, the light colors, blue, gray, black, and white are popular. Even those colors of red and willow green are also sold well, because the big families want to buy them and make them into clothes, curtains, etc., so that they can make dowries for girls. Anyway, the national funeral is just not allowed to wear brightly colored clothes, and it is not forbidden to make brightly colored clothes.

Qin Mingyue's silk business is still very hot. In particular, the printing and dyeing workshop knew the news in advance, prepared a lot of plain silk, and there were many pearl gray, indigo, cyanism, navy blue, sand green, smoke chestnut, black color, sauce color, yuan green, coarse crystal soap color, oil smoke ink color, lead white, gray white, snow color, moon white, porcelain white, ripe brown, brown and other colors of printed satin, but it was a big sale. Not only did several of Shen Xingyi's shops follow the boom in business, but some shops outside the capital have come to buy.

Even so, Qin Mingyue still asked Qi Yang to control the output and focus on expanding the workshop, striving to complete the national funeral next year and produce a large number of them.

Time flies quickly, and winter is coming to an end, and it has entered the wax moon.

Qin Mingyue was still busy with the matter of picking up the Star Tower. It's going to be the New Year, and the Star Picking Building is in charge of the world's doors, and when it comes to the New Year's Festival, it is especially busy. However, these things are all things that Qin Mingyue is used to. At this time, the politics of the imperial court were clear, there was no place for constraints, the people were rich, there were many people who believed in Taoism, the sect was prosperous, and there were people who wanted money, but it was much easier than Qin Mingyue's previous life.

Therefore, Qin Mingyue was only busy for a while, and everything was finalized. After the year, how she managed and handled government affairs after she went out was assigned in an orderly manner.

After finishing the affairs of the Star Picking Building, she asked about her property again. Under her name, the emperor, Shen Guoshi, the empress, the grange shop sent by the queen mother, etc., the harvest is not bad. However, today, Qin Mingyue doesn't think much of this silver, so she directly asked someone to take these outputs and silver to Qin Guosong, and asked the two grandmothers to help Qin Guosong arrange the things he needed for the New Year.

A national mansion, at the time of the New Year, is not as idle as a small household. The clansmen should give alms, the servants should reward money, and relatives and friends should give each other New Year's gifts. However, these trivial matters were all done by Qin Guosong and the two grandmothers, and Qin Mingyue was idle.

Qin Mingyue, who was idle, had the opportunity to entertain Xiao Rui in person.

At the beginning, Qin Mingyue still entertained Xiao Rui in the flower hall in a regular manner, and she couldn't stop Xiao Rui's attendance, every time she was delayed, the people wanted to ask some questions for a while, but they had to wait for a long time, it was too delayed. Later, Qin Mingyue had no choice but to tell her subordinates that when she and Xiao Rui discussed things, they would ask the two grandmothers for everything, and the two grandmothers would just ask her if they were not sure.

On this day, Xiao Rui was holding a big map to discuss with Qin Mingyue: "It's faster to make a carriage or ride a horse." However, Mingyue, you have a weak body, how can you compare with us rough men, you can't hold up the long journey at all. Besides, you'll have to take time off to deal with some Dao Sect affairs. This is inconvenient right away. Instead of that, let's just take a boat. Although it is a little slower, it is smooth and trouble-free. ”

"First make a boat from the capital, along the canal all the way to the Yangtze River. Then go up the Yangtze River and directly into Ba Province, what do you think? ”

Xiao Rui said as he pointed to the map and explained to Qin Mingyue.

Although Qin Mingyue has been exercising for more than half a year, her body is already much stronger, but after all, she is a girl in the boudoir, where can she withstand such a long journey, I heard that I can go south and west comfortably by boat, so I am naturally happy and said, "This is a good idea." Just, in this way, how long will it take to arrive? ”

Xiao Rui said: "When we go slower, because it is a countercurrent, we will come back very quickly." Besides, I know that there is a dockyard, and the ships that have recently been built very fast, and we will bring some more men, and it will cost a few more dollars, and we will take turns to operate the boats day and night, and we will reach our destination in half a month. ”

Qin Mingyue calculated for a moment and said, "Half a month's time, it's okay." It's already very fast, and I can't go fast on horseback, but, what kind of dock, out of such a fast boat, how do I not know? ”

Xiao Rui smiled mysteriously and said, "You'll know later." ”

Qin Mingyue was already familiar with Xiao Rui's current hippie smiling face, and she didn't ask any more when she heard the words. At this time, Dongqu came in from outside the door, holding an account book and said, "Miss, Mama Liao sent me to ask you, is it the gold and silver mule you ordered in the Jinlou?" And all these pieces of jewelry or something? Is it 20,000 taels of silver? ”

If it weren't for such a huge number, people would not have come over to ask in front of Xiao Rui.

Qin Mingyue didn't care: "Well, these are all for the New Year's Festival to reward the masters in the mansion." And jewelry, which was intended for the sisters. Although there is a national mourning here, everyone is familiar with it, but what should be rewarded is still to be rewarded. Originally, I wanted to take the jewelry, gold and silver to pick the star tower and ask the craftsmen to do it. Later, I found that this brocade building is really good, and the patterns made are very fresh, even better than those made in the palace and the star picking building. So, I told their shopkeeper and asked them to customize it for us. I heard that there was still a queue. In the capital, there are too many people who order. ”

Dongqu was busy and prepared to let Mama distribute the silver.

At this time, Xiao Rui suddenly said: "Mingyue likes the things of the Jinlou so much? That relationship is good, I will ask the people in the Jinlou to send a good set of jewelry to Mingyue to play. ”

Qin Mingyue couldn't help but look at Xiao Rui suspiciously. How to send jewelry to girls?