The early spring is very cold, especially in the morning and evening, in addition to the newly made clothes that Pearl brought to her husband, there are also tweed robes, tweed cloaks and tweed materials made last year, and even brought moisturizer to her husband, Pearl deliberately picked a very light fragrance, Qin Hui saw that Pearl brought this to herself, she was stunned, and said, "Master, I am a big man, what does it look like to rub this?" ”

Pearl glared at him and said, "The spring wind hurts the skin the most, and the weather is still so cold, the old man rode out on horseback, if you don't bring this, I'm afraid that when the time comes, your face will be full of broken skin, and it will be ugly." Besides, this is just to prevent the skin from drying out, and it won't make you a little white. ”

Qin Hui had no choice but to hide it in the purse on his body, and there were also a few golden nudes weighing one or two in the purse, which were prepared just in case, as well as ginseng pills made of thousand-year-old ginseng, four of which were filled with wax pills, and a small bottle of Yunnan Baiyao. Qin Hui secretly applauded, but his daughter-in-law was thoughtful!

After leaving his clothes and shoes and socks, he also brought a small box to Qin Hui, which contained two ginseng of about 500 years, a pearl in a purse, ten jade pendants, ten jade pendants, two famous calligraphy, and 20,000 taels of silver tickets. And instructed Ming Qian, if you need to give gifts, you can take it from the box, if it is not enough, go to Zhuangzi to get it, the good things in the house are there, there are not only pearls on the dowry list of treasures, but also pearls these treasures transported over. Not much silver was transported, because silver tickets were usually delivered, and Pearl carried the silver and gold tickets to Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing, so that they could cash them all there, and then put them in the treasury. Qin Hui's original gold and silver at home. Coupled with the gold and silver that I got from the small treasury later, as well as the gold and silver tickets, the pearl had 110,000 taels of gold and 1,280,000 taels of silver in Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing. This is Qin Hui's entire net worth. The contents are all rare treasures, as well as precious woods such as golden silk nanmu and red sandalwood, ebony, and iron wood.

There is a jewelry processing workshop in Zhuangzi, and there are five or six sets of jewelry every month, and the good ones are kept for the pearls and put in the warehouse, and very few are sold, because they are few, because they are too exquisite. The price of a complete set of jewelry starts at 10,000 taels of silver. There are more pieces of jewelry in a single piece. But I didn't make much of a move. If Qin Hui wants it, there is one in the warehouse.

There are not only cultivated flowers on the Zhuangzi, but also all kinds of exquisite porcelain and special products from the south, especially good wine and tea. Of course. There are also a lot of medicinal herbs. There is also a jade jewelry workshop. There are a lot of jadeite, and it seems that only pearls buy jadeite in large quantities, so the price of the rough stones bought is not high. There are also mutton fat jade, black jade, agate, etc. It's all processed here. There is no shortage of pearls here.

Zhuangzi also opened a new textile factory and embroidery workshop, the woven cloth is very precious, although there is no brocade, but those shiny silk brocade and colorful satin, two-color and multi-colored silk are hard to find, which are mixed with gold and silver thread, the workmanship is very exquisite. If Ming Qian wants to give a gift, the fabric warehouse also has it for him to choose.

Because the Essence Cultivation Pill was a good thing, Pearl prepared ten more jade bottles, and put fifty pills in each bottle so that he could give it away.

There was only a part left in the house, two thousand taels of gold, and seventy thousand taels of silver, which should be enough for expenses. After Qin Hui left, Pearl began to dig cellars in private houses, the summer here is also very hot, you can put ice, you can also put food, if the city is surrounded, you can also let the residents evacuate from the tunnel.

Pearl knew that without the help of her own firearms this time, the war would definitely expand a year later, and the firearms factory in the capital would not be able to produce firearms in large quantities now. There were only twelve pieces of artillery that worked, so Pearl felt that it was necessary to store food and arrange for the evacuation of the residents. Therefore, Pearl had her guards dig cellars and tunnels day and night. On the other hand, a large amount of grain was purchased from Nanyang, and the caravan was asked to buy medicinal materials, and the largest pharmacy in the city was asked to help make Chinese patent medicines, some to stop bleeding, some to prevent diarrhea, and some to prevent diseases. People bought a lot of lime from outside.

Yongcheng where they are located is the gateway to the north of Daliang, once this place is breached, then Yidi can attack the capital in one fell swoop, after Yongcheng, there is no dangerous terrain can be defended, a horse Pingchuan, just suitable for cavalry operations, at that time it is a disaster. It's good that the mother's family has moved to the capital, and it's best to let the uncle's family and grandfather's family also go to the capital, although their relationship with their own family is not good, but if it's bad, I'm afraid it will accumulate a lot of resentment for no reason. After thinking about it, Pearl still wrote a letter to her parents, persuading them to take everyone over, it has not been peaceful recently, and it will be the same when she comes back after the incident, and repeatedly emphasized in the letter that this is a military secret and must not be leaked. Then he sent his most trusted Liu Lan to deliver the letter.

Liu Lan took a few guards and drove the carriage to go, because not only to send a letter, but also to send a gift to the coral, the youngest sister, married to such a high family, the pearl gift this time must be very heavy, one is to show attention, the other is also to save a dowry for his sister, the jade letter also means this, and also said that the sword and good horse sent by Qin Hui made Zhang Da like it very much, and he was excited, and now their horse is the same treatment as a pregnant woman who is about to give birth. I also told the pearl, this time I plan to give more things to the coral, Jade's dowry is a lot, and the pearl is often subsidized, her mother-in-law is also a military general, the official position is not low, although now retired, but after many years of fighting, the family is very rich, Jade is now a housekeeper, plus the pearl and the gifts sent by the mother's family are very valuable and rich every time, I believe that this time will not cause trouble for Jadeite. Jade said that she would send jewelry and fabrics to coral, as well as some good materials and some valuable ornaments.

Of course, the pearls are also very well prepared, and two sets of large sets of jewelry are prepared, made of hibiscus jade, crystal and tourmaline beads, and one is ruby. Scattered jewelry, the least in the ceremony is the hairpin. There are pearls in this thing, a pair of threaded crested hairpins of mutton fat jade, a pair of jasper dragon and phoenix hairpins, and a pair of silver magnolia hairpins. There are also four pieces of crystal tassel step shake and gold step shake. Cloth was given to twenty horses. Two high-quality dyed fox fur cloaks, two fox fur capes, two mink fur cloaks, as well as scarves, hoods, and so on. I also sent a pair of red glazed porcelain vases, a jade orchid flower arrangement, and a bamboo and stone embroidery screen embroidered by myself. Plus some supplements such as bird's nest, sea cucumber, cordyceps, etc. Yang Jing Dan also sent four bottles, this is for parents and family to eat, the old man often eats, and now he is in very good health.

There were two more boatloads of jade from the Zhuozhou wharf, or Zhao Qingyu brought them, and also brought a boatload of Tongkat Ali that was more than a hundred years old, and the pearl asked Liu Qing to collect it, and sold him weapons, but the pearl no longer considered it, if the Ryukyu country was really in danger, she felt that she could send the army over instead of taking out the weapons herself, otherwise, she would be targeted again. It's the same with selling those medicines, she is not short of money now, and the gold and silver in the space are piled up. However, I can't save more people, Pearl feels sorry, but in fact, those Western medicines shouldn't have appeared in the first place, and they can't be regarded as their own fault! Let's talk about it then!

Although there is already a lot of jadeite in the space, but the pearl is too fond of jadeite, with a good one, just sell it or put it in the warehouse, pearl plans to wait for the rough stone he has accumulated enough, and then dedicate the jadeite to the emperor, at that time the price of jadeite will rise, and he can make money, otherwise he will sit and eat the mountain, and take out the money from the space to raise so many people, I am afraid that even Qin Hui can't hide it!

Qin Hui has been gone for more than a month, and he sent a letter to Pearl in the middle, saying that he wanted him to arrange the matter from the firearms factory, and the emperor also knew about the flat glass, and also knew that Qin Hui had let the magnates and ministers in the capital participate in the shares, so the emperor also joined. Pearl felt that the emperor's participation was not necessarily for money, but because he was worried that Qin Hui would entrap his own power because of the glass factory, and the emperor made a great affirmation of his subordinates' behavior of eating black, saying that he wanted to build a big ship by himself! Qin Hui proposed to build an ironclad ship, using a steam engine. This pearl had been discussed with Qin Hui, because when the textile mill was built, the pearl made the Jenny spinning machine, and the steam engine used was very useful, which could increase the speed of spinning fifteen times! If it is used on a ship, the speed is not comparable to that of a human-powered ship.

Pearl discussed these problems with Qin Hui, although Qin Hui was not very proficient in mechanical physics and other knowledge, but this did not prevent him from looking at the problem. If the shells fall on the plank, the big ship will immediately shatter, and if it is an ironclad ship, it may not be. Therefore, the emperor and Qin Hui also discussed the issue of fleet construction, this time Qin Hui has brought the design drawings of the steam engine ship, but to build a ship, you also need a dock, this is a big project, where the dock is located, how to build, you have to think carefully.

Of course, Qin Hui did not forget what his daughter-in-law explained, the coral and the ceremony, attended by the old lady of the Qin family, Prince Rui with the princess, the British duchess, the wife and daughter of Xu Baojing, the first assistant of the cabinet, as well as the wife of the imperial historian Li Lun and the wife of the cabinet scholar Gao Wenbin and so on. They all sent congratulatory gifts. The banquet was also very richly prepared, which can be said to be very successful, and Qin Hui has been there for most of the day. Do a good job of the accusation of the eldest son-in-law.

Later, I received a letter from home and coral, and the letter from my parents at home was written by Jade Jade, and the letter said that the old lady of the Qin family came, although she was holding a shelf, but she was okay and did not embarrass her parents. Qin Hui has been helping to entertain guests, and the ladies also have a lot of praise for coral, the banquet is held at Liu's house, and both jade and coral are proficient. This kind of thing is not very difficult, the things sent by the ladies are very valuable, and at first glance, they are going to Qin Hui and Prince Zheng, which makes them very uneasy, and the coral also means this, and the pearl immediately replied to them, saying that they should just let them keep it, and there should be no burden.

The silver that Qin Hui brought with him was definitely not enough, because there was news from Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing that the master went to Zhuangzi to withdraw 20,000 taels of silver, and also selected some sets of jewelry and some jade and jade ornaments. (To be continued......)