After thinking about all this, Yan Jiao looked at Li Yuan who was helping her apply the kodan with blurred vision, feeling grateful and ashamed at the same time.
After a while, after seeing Li Yuan stand up and stretch, she said: "Sister Yuan, I'm sorry, and thank you!"
"What?"
Li Yuan was just retracting her hand when she suddenly heard Yan Jiao's confused words, and she couldn't react for a moment.
"Thank you, and I'm sorry!"
Li Yuan knew what that thank you meant. It probably meant saving her life with Lingquan water and giving her makeup when she got married.
But she really didn't understand what "I'm sorry" meant.
Yan Jiao couldn't see clearly, but she looked at Li Yuan very sincerely.
"Thank you for always treating me as a sister, and thank you for thinking of me wholeheartedly. I'm sorry, I always compare myself with you unconsciously. I'm sorry for making you worry!"
Li Yuan never thought that Yan Jiao would compare herself with her. After hearing this, she felt a little complicated.
She didn't talk nonsense, she just said: "Jiaojiao, you live your own life, you don't need to compare with others. Also, be happy in the future!"
Yan Jiao nodded and said "hmm" forcefully.
Li Yuan was afraid that she would be embarrassed, so she thought for a while and said, "You sit down for a while. I'll go out and take a look and get you something to eat."
After saying this, she went out.
When she came out, she saw her brother Xie and Ying Lei, dressed in red, discussing something in the corner in the wedding hall.
Both of them looked extremely serious, and they sounded like they were discussing important matters.
She subconsciously felt that it was related to Dongfeng Mansion, so she didn't bother her, but turned around and went to the kitchen.
On this day, Yan Jiao and Ying Lei's wedding ceremony was simple and warm.
By the time Li Yuan and Xie Yanzhi returned to Lijia'ao, it was already evening again.
Xie Yanzhi drove the carriage himself, with Li Yuan sitting next to him.
Along the way back, I met people who had gone to Lijia'ao to drink Zhuangyuan wine two days ago, and they all recognized Xie Yanzhi.
Facing the smiling faces of the common people, who either called Mr. Xie or the Number One Scholar, Xie Yanzhi also smiled back.
Time flies and it’s mid-June in a blink of an eye.
Ying Lei, who originally thought that Yan Jiao was going to die and planned to go to Dongfeng Mansion after settling the matters here, left alone on the third day after his marriage.
Yan Jiao, Doctor Xue and the old servant stayed here, waiting for Yan Jiao to recover before choosing a day to go there.
As for Xie Yanzhi and Li Yuan, they left according to their original plan.
Tomorrow is the day they set off.
The couple lay in bed at night, and Xie Yanzhi rarely slept.
"Mother Yuan, Brother Cao asked people to rush back to send the news over there. I have read a lot of books in the past few days, and went to Mr. Chen to discuss it, and came up with the following solution."
Li Yuan, who originally wanted to replenish her energy so that she could rush on the road, suddenly became energetic after hearing these words.
She didn't ask, but waited for Xie Yanzhi to finish it before telling her.
Xie Yanzhi first introduced the background of Dongfeng Mansion.
"Dongfeng Mansion has two major families, the Chen family and the Ye family. They are in-laws and control the merchants in the entire Dongfeng Mansion. The Ye family is a salt merchant, and the entire Dongfeng Mansion's sea salt production is in his hands. In addition, In addition, there is also a very important point, spices.”
"Dongfeng Mansion is an island, and ships from other countries traveling nearby will pass through this place for supplies. Dongfeng Mansion's spices are famous for their good quality. The spice business is also in the hands of the Ye family."
"As for the Chen family, it is reflected in travel and food production. Not only travel by land, but also sea travel. Especially the manufacturing of ships are all in the hands of the Chen family. In addition, the Chen family and We have excellent relations with other ethnic groups that mainly live in Dongfeng Mansion, and we also have their support.”
Li Yuan didn't quite understand the twists and turns of these officials. When she heard what he said, she asked: "Then you go, do you want to deal with these two families first? If they are united and exclusive, then Brother Xie, you and Master Ying Will it be difficult?"
Xie Yanzhi said "Yes" and continued: "Brother Cao sent back the news. He led his people to spread out to investigate and found that most of the people there were living in hardship. Because it is close to the sea, many places are salty. You can’t grow food. But the food that can be grown is far from the sea. Now most of it is in the hands of other ethnic groups.”
"Nowadays, the people near the sea are mainly salt farmers. They dry salt day after day, and pay a large amount of salt to the court every year. And the rest is their own. As for how much to give to the court, it's up to them. The Ye family has the final say as to what price to sell it at, do you understand what this means?"
Li Yuan agreed and did not ask why no one in the court took care of this matter.
She believed there should be some, but either they couldn't fight or they were complicit in it.
For the Ye family and the Chen family to be able to grow so big, they must have someone protecting them from above.
Therefore, it would be really difficult for Ying Lei and her brother Xie to open a gap between the Chen family and Ye Zi!
Li Yuan asked: "Brother Xie, what do you need me to do?"
Xie Yanzhi was not polite to her and asked directly: "Mother Yuan, there is little fresh water there, and sea water cannot be drunk, otherwise it will be bad for people's health. You are a fairy in the sky and know more than me. Do you have a way to solve this problem?"
Li Yuan's subconscious thought was that seawater turned into distilled water. Regardless of whether there was any other way, this was the only thing she could think of at the moment.
She immediately said: "Heating seawater can produce water vapor, and the water vapor condenses into fresh water. Although this method is a bit troublesome, it is indeed feasible."
Xie Yanzhi has also read about this method in his books, but he only mentioned it briefly, saying that it is enough to heat seawater, but the specific operation is not known.
In addition, he lives in Liuyun County and cannot go anywhere due to his own luck. Therefore, even if he has doubts, he cannot personally solve them.
As time went by, he gradually forgot about it.
If Li Yuan hadn't mentioned it, he wouldn't have been able to remember it.
When he heard this, he asked: "Put seawater into the pot and boil it?"
Li Yuan thought about it for a while and said, "Brother Xie, let me give you a similar example. After you clean the pot, put in water, cover the pot and boil it. After a long time, after the pot has cooled down, it has cooled down when you open it. The layer of water condensed on the lid of the pot is distilled water, which can be drunk. Fresh water can be extracted from seawater in this way, but it is a bit more troublesome."
Xie Yanzhi heard that it was quite simple, so he smiled and replied: "Don't worry about the trouble. As long as you can drink water, it is better than relying on collecting rainwater on rainy days. It is also better than spending an hour or two every day running to other places just for luck." It’s convenient to have some usable water.”
After solving the drinking water problem, Xie Yanzhi started thinking about other things, but there was no need to talk to Li Yuan about these at the moment.
When Li Yuan was about to go to bed, he asked again: "Yuan Niang, why don't you stay here first, and when Yan Jiao gets better, you can go with her?"
