In the study room of the side hall of Chengyun Hall.
Xu Yi stood by the window sill, quietly looking at the blazing flames in the copper basin at his feet.
Even though the copper basin is burning with the results of his hard writing all night long.
There was no other emotion on his face.
Some things are destined to their final destination from the moment they are born.
When the black smoke in the study room of the side hall gradually became choking, it meant that the rice paper with the public and private lines written on it was about to be completely reduced to ashes.
After more than ten breaths.
Xu Yi held an iron stick and slowly moved the paper in the copper basin to make it burn more thoroughly.
After all the papers were turned into ashes, Xu Yi moved the iron sign in his hand again so that there was no trace left.
After making sure everything is safe.
Xu Yi pushed open the window sill and let in the fresh morning air.
As the window sill slowly opens.
The moment inside and outside the window gives people a particularly clear sense of division.
Inside the window, black smoke billowed, and from time to time ashes flew into the air.
Outside the window, the sun is shining brightly, and birds will stay temporarily in the potted plants in the open space from time to time, resting their feet and smoothing their hair.
Xu Yi stood quietly on the edge of the window sill for half a quarter of an hour.
No one knows how many thoughts ran through his mind in this short half-quarter of an hour.
Half an hour later.
With a tired look on his face, Xu Yi slowly closed the window sill.
Then he turned around and walked towards the Circle Hall.
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Changchun Hall of Prince Yan's Mansion.
Wang Qiujin, wearing a simple and elegant undershirt, squatted on a stool in the kitchen of the side hall with two extremely round black circles on her head.
The upper and lower eyelids playfully attack each other from time to time.
But his eyes were always fixed on the clay pot on the stove.
The lingering fragrance of green smoke lingers in the kitchen of the side hall.
Wang Qiujin stood up slowly, opened the pottery pot and stirred it gently with a wooden spoon, then turned and walked towards the door.
"Tan'er, has the prince not come back yet?" Wang Qiujin stood at the door of the kitchen, stuck her head out and looked at the maid who was more than ten steps away and asked.
Upon hearing this, the maid Tan'er bowed and said, "Go back to the princess, the prince has not returned yet."
"Oh." Wang Qiujin whispered, then turned around and returned to the kitchen.
Upon seeing this, the maid Tan'er looked at Wang Qiujin with distress, and in just one or two breaths, she opened her mouth several times and then closed it again.
Seeing that Wang Qiujin was about to turn around and leave.
Tan'er finally mustered up the courage.
"How about I find someone to go to Chengyun Hall to ask?" Tan'er looked at Wang Qiujin's back, bowed and said.
It is different from the maids rewarded by Emperor Zhengde.
Tan'er was bought by Wang Qiujin on Xu Yijufan Road.
To a certain extent, Tan'er is more reliable than those palace maids who were rewarded.
What's more, considering the situation at that time, Wang Qiujin was equivalent to saving Tan'er's life.
Wang Qiujin paused for a moment, then replied softly without looking back: "No, I think he must be busy with something important, so it's best not to disturb him."
Tan'er sighed in her heart when she heard this, and then said, "Princess, you have been awake all day and all night. Why don't you let your servants make porridge while you go and take a nap."
"The prince will feel distressed when he sees you like this."
Wang Qiujin chuckled and said, "He likes to eat the food I cook."
After finishing speaking, Wang Qiujin stopped talking and walked straight to the stove.
Take out a clay pot from next to the stove, as well as polished rice, red dates, longan, lotus seeds, hawthorn and other items.
After some cleaning, Wang Qiujin lit another stove again.
Beside the stove, there were several identical clay pots.
Although those clay pots have been cleaned, if you smell carefully you can still smell the red date mountains
The sweet taste of longan and lotus seed soup.
After the flame ignited, Wang Qiujin slowly sat the pottery pot on the stove.
Then he turned around and lowered the flame in the other stove a little more.
After everything is finished.
Wang Qiujin returned to the stool aside and waited silently.
Just as his upper and lower eyelids became more and more playful.
Xu Yi's figure suddenly appeared quietly outside Changchun Hall.
As soon as Fang stepped into the Changchun Hall, a faint scent of fragrance hit him directly.
Xu Yi waved his hand slightly to stop the maid in the palace from saluting.
Then he slowly walked towards the side hall kitchen following the scent of fragrance.
As Xu Yi got closer to the side hall kitchen, the tiredness on his body continued to fade away.
"Wang" Tan'er's hand was stopped by Xu Yi before he could say the word "father".
Then he walked towards the kitchen of the side hall without stopping.
Fang and his party arrived in front of the kitchen door of the side hall.
Then I saw a graceful figure squatting on a low stool, nodding up and down from time to time.
Xu Yi sighed slightly in his heart, and then stopped walking lightly.
He strode towards Wang Qiujin.
Wang Qiujin, who was originally drowsy and trying to keep herself up, turned around hurriedly when she heard the footsteps.
"You're back." A bright smile suddenly broke out on Wang Qiujin's tired face, and she quickly stood up.
A long-lost heartfelt smile appeared on Xu Yi's lips, and he replied: "I'm back."
The words are over.
Xu Yi strode forward and hugged Wang Qiujin, who was walking towards him.
Then he lowered his head and whispered in Wang Qiujin's ear: "I had important matters to deal with last night, so I wasted time."
Feel the heat waves coming from the tips of your ears.
Wang Qiujin's ears instantly turned red.
"I know, business is important." Wang Qiujin breathed in the smoky smell of Xu Yi and replied softly with blushing cheeks.
Xu Yi smiled and hugged Wang Qiujin tighter.
I do not know how long it has been.
Maybe it's a quarter of an hour, maybe it's more than ten breaths.
Wang Qiujin gently broke away from Xu Yi's arms.
"Are you hungry after a busy night?"
"I've cooked lotus seed soup for you. Eat it while it's hot. Take a good rest after eating."
"I haven't seen you for a few days. You seem to have lost a lot of weight and become more haggard."
Wang Qiujin spoke softly, turned around and walked towards the stove.
After opening the clay pot, he served Xu Yi a bowl of fragrant and hot lotus seed soup with a wooden spoon.
After pouring honey on it, Wang Qiujin slowly walked to the dining hall with the lotus seed soup.
As he walked, he warned: "If it's not enough, there will be more in the pot."
From the corner of Xu Yi's eyes, several pottery pots flashed by.
Then he stepped forward, padded the pottery ears with a wet towel, and slowly picked up the pottery pot.
Wang Qiujin couldn't help but turn her head when she saw Xu Yi's delay in responding.
"Leave me alone." Wang Qiujin slowly put down the lotus seed soup in her hand and walked briskly towards Xu Yi.
Xu Yi chuckled and said, "Go and get the bowls, chopsticks and honey. It's been a long time since I've had any rice, but I'm starving."
"Okay." Wang Qiujin said nothing more after hearing this, nodded and couldn't help but speed up and walk to the kitchen.
It doesn't take a while.
The couple sat at the dinner table, eating the lotus seed soup that exuded a refreshing fragrance.
The two looked at each other from time to time, adding a little warmth to this ordinary breakfast.
soon.
Xu Yi's bowl full of lotus seed soup was completely empty.
"Don't eat too much in the morning, add half a spoonful." Seeing a hint of unfinished expression on Xu Yi's face, Wang Qiujin said softly.
Xu Yi nodded slightly and said, "Okay."
A quarter of an hour later.
The couple walked out of the kitchen, talked and laughed and walked into the bedroom.
"Go to bed quickly." Wang Qiujin gently removed Xu Yi's black uniform.
Xu Yi nodded slightly and said, "Okay, let's sleep together."
"This..." Wang Qiujin looked up at the sky with a blush on her face.
Xu Yi seemed to know what Wang Qiujin was going to say, and said quickly: "No one in my family dares to talk nonsense, not to mention you haven't slept all night. Now that I'm back, it's time for you to rest."
The words are over.
Don't wait for Wang Qiujin to say anything more.
Xu Yi squatted down and picked up Wang Qiujin.
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Not yet.
When the sun is scorching.
Xu Yi slowly opened his eyes on the bed.
Slowly withdrawing his slightly sore arm, Wang Qiujin and Bai Zhe gently placed a seal on his face.
Xu Yi slowly stood up and was about to get off the bed.
Wang Qiujin, who was sleeping particularly soundly, suddenly opened her eyes.
The big, fluttering eyes blinked slowly and looked at Xu Yi, who was tiptoeing to get off the bed.
He didn't seem to say anything, but his big, fluttering eyes seemed to say a lot.
See Wang Qiujin wake up.
For some reason, Xu Yi suddenly felt guilty.
"I'll go to the workshop outside the city. You can sleep a little longer." Xu Yi said with a dry laugh.
"Oh." Wang Qiujin nodded obediently, and then asked softly: "Will you be back in the evening?"
"Return." Xu Yi replied decisively.
After finishing speaking, Xu Yi quietly lowered his voice and added: "It might be a little later."
He did not mention asking Wang Qiujin to sleep first.
The reason is very simple. He knows that no matter how late it is, Wang Qiujin will wait for him to come back.
Wang Qiujin nodded very obediently and said, "Then I'll prepare dinner for you when you come back. What do you want to eat tonight?"
"Anything is fine, as long as it's made by you, I like to eat it." Xu Yi smiled and rubbed Wang Qiujin's slightly messy hair.
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East of Juyang City.
There is a large open space twenty miles away from Wang's Camp.
Thousands of civilians braved the scorching sun, shirtless and busy in the open space.
On the dirt road not far away, carriages loaded with wood were connected to form several long queues whose heads were visible but not their tails.
If you look down from a high place.
It can be seen that the huge open space was artificially divided into three large pieces.
The first two plots are each hundreds of acres in size.
The piece at the back is hundreds of acres in size.
At this time, the prototype of the house was already beginning to appear in the huge open space.
In a makeshift pavilion on the edge of the clearing.
Zhu Zongting, the eldest grandson of the Zhu family, and the plump young master in brocade clothes stood upright in the pavilion.
There were several basins of clear water placed on the stone table between the two of them, with scattered crystal clear ice cubes floating in the clear water.
But even so.
The two of them were still sweating profusely.
You can imagine how hot it is today.
"Brother Ting."
The fat man in brocade clothes looked up at the sky and wiped the sweat on his face that could not be wiped off.
Then he slowly asked: "Tell me, will His Highness King Yan come again today?"
Zhu Zongting slowly looked away from the distance and replied with certainty: "The prince said he would come today, so he will definitely come."
After he finished speaking, Zhu Zongting looked at the fat young master beside him and said slowly: "If Zongnian can't stand the heat, go back to the carriage first. I will send someone to call you when the prince arrives."
Zhu
Zongnian wiped the sweat from his forehead, then waved his hands slightly and said, "This is disrespectful to His Majesty King Yan, so let's forget it."
Zhu Zongting paused slightly when he heard this, and then stopped pressing.
Just like every family has some children with "unique hobbies".
As the first aristocratic family in Shanggu County, the Zhu family naturally has many children with "unique hobbies" in the family.
Not only was there no shortage of land, but because Yan had been without a king for twenty years, it was exceptionally abundant.
Such people are generally called "dandy" by outsiders.
However.
Among this generation of the Zhu family, there is another child who has unique hobbies but has never been called a playboy by outsiders.
This person is clearly Zhu Zongnian next to Zhu Zongting.
Others love romance, handsome men and beautiful women.
He only loves steel things.
When he was eight years old, he was able to forge swords, and the swords he produced were all made of hundreds of steel.
When he was twelve years old, he reconstructed an armor that had been missing for hundreds of years according to ancient books.
His father was so frightened that he fainted several times.
This incident directly alarmed Zhu Huaimin.
If Zhu Huaimin hadn't destroyed the long-lost armor in time and issued a hush-hush order to all insiders.
I'm afraid that the entire Zhu family will be implicated and fall into deep quagmire.
After that, Zhu Zongnian was directly banned by Zhu Huaimin for three years.
However, Zhu Zongnian has not been idle in these three years.
It took him three years to rely on some ancient books to finally recover the Liannu that had disappeared for hundreds of years.
This incident soon alarmed Zhu Huaimin again.
If it is said that hiding armor is a major crime against the nine tribes.
If you hide more than a certain number of crossbows without authorization, you will also be punished by the nine tribes.
Poor old man Zhu Huaimin, he had to wipe his ass for Zhu Zongnian even though he was already in his sixties.
In the following years, Zhu Zongnian finally stopped completely.
But just last night.
Zhu Zongnian, who had been dormant for several years, has made waves again.
He forced his father to seek an audience with Zhu Huaimin overnight.
Fortunately, what Zhu Zongnian brought this time was no longer a shock, but a big surprise.
Zhu Zongting composed himself, then looked at Zhu Zongnian and confirmed again: "Zongnian, are you sure you can really improve the blast furnace and greatly increase its iron tapping efficiency?"
Zhu Zongnian nodded very solemnly when he heard this, and then replied while wiping his sweat: "According to my estimation, the efficiency can be increased by at least 50%."
"It's a pity that the government does not have the conditions to verify it in person."
After saying that, Zhu Zongnian sighed with regret.
Then he looked with bright eyes at the half-burning blast furnace not far away.
His eyes were full of eagerness to try.
"At least 50%." Zhu Zongting murmured in shock.
Although this was not the first time he heard this sentence from Zhu Zongnian.
But for some reason, every time he heard it, Zhu Zongnian was uncontrollably shocked by it.
At least 50%?
What is this concept?
This means that the Zhu family can complete the tasks assigned by Xu Yi at least half the time ahead of schedule.
The better the task is completed, the greater the benefits the Zhu family will reap in the future!
