In the fifth year of Zhenguan, on November 16, Chenshi, Qinjiazhuang, Qin Mansion.
The morning sun had filled the yard. After Xiao Qingwan got up, she came to Qin Ming's yard as usual, ready to help her wash up.
However, when she opened the door, she found that Qin Ming was still awake, which puzzled her.
Qin Ming usually gets up very early, but today he didn't wake up for a long time. She was a little worried whether Qin Ming was sick.
So, she walked to Qin Ming's bed, sat down, put her hand on Qin Ming's forehead and tried it, but there was no fever.
Then she breathed a sigh of relief, but when she took her hand back, she noticed from the corner of her eye that there seemed to be some water stains on Qingming's bed.
I put my hand on the bed and touched it. It was indeed a little damp.
Then, she reached out and touched Qin Ming's quilt and found that it was also damp.
Just when she wanted to wake up Qin Ming, Qin Ming opened his eyes first.
Qin Ming and Xiao Changxi practiced till very late last night and went to bed very late. Before dawn, Xiao Changxi left Qin Ming's house.
At this time, Qin Ming had just woken up and his consciousness was still a little blurry. He looked at the figure in front of the bed and thought it was Xiao Changxi who was back.
Without thinking too much, he reached out and hugged him, hugging him in his arms and saying vaguely:
"Hey, Xi'er, are you back?"
After saying that, without waiting for the person in his arms to reply, he kissed her again.
After just a short kiss, he realized that the person in his arms was not Xiao Changxi, because the rabbit in his hand was the wrong size.
Qin Ming's hand movements paused slightly, and he thought to himself that he had recognized the wrong person just now. Wan'er wouldn't have heard what he just said, right?
Xiao Qingwan was a little confused at this time. Did she hear it wrong just now? She couldn't help but think
"Young Master seems to have called someone by his own name just now, right? It seems to be Xi'er, who is Xi'er? Is there a maid named Xi'er in the house? And the young master said he's back? Could it be that a maid named Xi'er came yesterday? "
Qin Ming looked at Qingwan, whose eyes were rolling around in his arms, and felt a little dizzy, but he could only pretend to be nonchalant and said:
"Wan'er, what are you thinking about?"
Qingwan heard Qin Ming's words, looked at Qin Ming with moist eyes and said:
"Sir, who was Xi'er you just talked about?"
Qin Ming pretended to be confused and said:
"Really? I just mentioned Wan'er clearly."
Qingwan looked at Qin Mingzheng'er's eyes and murmured in her heart again,
"Did I hear it wrong? The young master just called my name."
Qin Ming knew that Qingwan was still suspicious at this time, so he quickly patted her butt and said:
"You're distracted so early in the morning. I wonder if the master won't teach you a lesson."
After saying that, he hit Xiao Qingwan twice as a joke.
Xiao Qingwan's face turned red with embarrassment after being manipulated by Qin Ming, and she couldn't think of anything else for a moment.
He could only cover his butt with both hands and move his body back and forth to avoid Qin Ming's attack.
A few moments,
Qin Ming kissed Qingwan on the face, then looked at his sheets and said:
"Okay, the young master sweated a lot in his dream last night. I have to get up and wash up."
When Xiao Qingwan heard this, she remembered that Qin Ming's quilt was quite damp, so she quickly stood up and said:
"Well, Wan'er, wait for the young master to wash up. After a while, I will put the bed quilt in the yard to dry."
After a long time, Qin Ming, who had washed up again, breathed a long sigh of relief as he looked at Qingwan drying the quilt in the yard.
It was temporarily smoothed over.
...
After breakfast, Qin Ming came to the study in a happy mood, and saw Xiao Changxi in the house.
The two just looked at each other and didn't speak. But Qin Ming saw her deep affection for him from her eyes.
Qin Ming thinks this kind of life is quite good, developing industries in Zhuangzi and occasionally getting intimate with the people he likes.
There is also a beautiful little maid beside me. Well, I really hope that life can stay like this.
But his peaceful life was soon broken by a letter of greeting.
Qin Ming took the invitation from Qingwan and looked at it carefully.
I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, this day has finally come. Although I had asked the transportation team to hide their whereabouts as much as possible before, as the business on Zhuangzi increased, more and more business came.
Teams transporting alcohol and vegetables to and from Zhuangzi are becoming more and more frequent, and Zhuangzi is still known to some interested people.
However, Qin Ming had already made plans for this. Since the Wang family from Taiyuan was coming, he might as well meet them first and see what the purpose of the Wang family from Taiyuan was.
Thinking of this, he called his servant and asked him to take the guest to the front hall of the house first.
A few moments,
Qin Ming met the Taiyuan Wang family's people in the front hall.
This man is about thirty years old, wearing a light blue gown, a black futou, a Chinese character face, and a short beard.
This person is Wang Gui's nephew and a steward of the palace. As soon as he entered the front hall and saw Qin Ming on the main seat, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.
Although he had long known that Qin Ming was young, he did not expect that the owner of the popular Huaxia Vegetable Shop in Chang'an would be so young.
But he also knew that his uncle was particularly interested in this trip, so he saluted Qin Ming and said:
"X is the steward of Wang Shizhong's house. Head of the Qin family, just call X Wang San.
This time, someone was entrusted by the master's family to deliver a letter to the Qin family leader. "
After saying that, Wang San took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Qin Ming.
Qingwan stepped forward and took the letter from Wang San and handed it to Qin Ming. Qin Ming took it and said to Wang San:
"Sanlang, please take a seat, Wan'er will serve tea."
After saying that, Qin Ming opened the letter and read it.
The letter was handwritten by Wang Gui. In addition to some greetings, the letter mainly expressed his appreciation for his creation of a method of growing vegetables in winter at a young age.
While greatly appreciating Qin Ming, he implicitly expressed that as a servant, he hoped that such a good method could be promoted in the Tang Dynasty so that more people could eat green vegetables in winter.
He can help if there is any difficulty.
At the end of the letter, Wang Shizhong said that he wanted to invite him to Ximeng Tower tomorrow.
After Qin Ming read the letter, he probably understood what Wang Shizhong was thinking. He is interested in the business of his own vegetable greenhouse.
Now Qin Mansion's business already includes a tea frying workshop and a brewing workshop, and there may be more in the future.
Naturally, Qin Ming didn't attach much importance to the vegetable greenhouse. Because he knows that the principle of vegetable greenhouses is very simple and can be understood by outsiders at a glance.
Sooner or later, this secret cannot be kept. In this case, it is not impossible if it can be sold to the Wang family in Taiyuan.
Thinking of this, he looked up at Wang Wudao:
"I already know what the envoy means. Please Sanlang go back and tell the envoy that I will be waiting for you at Ximeng Tower tomorrow."
Wang San put down his tea cup after hearing this, stood up and bowed:
"Okay, thanks for the hospitality, Master Qin. I won't bother you anymore. I'll take my leave and go back to report to my uncle."
Qin Ming stood up and bowed to Wang San, then called his servants to send him out of the house.
Seeing that the guest had left, Qingwan walked to Qin Ming and said curiously:
"Sir, who is that Wang Shijun, and why did he invite you to Ximeng Tower?"
Qin Ming smiled and said:
"The person in charge of the Wang family in Taiyuan in Chang'an and the servant of the current dynasty. I guess he is interested in the greenhouse in our house."
Qingwan was a little worried after hearing Qin Ming's words. She held her clothes with her little hands and said:
"Sir, what should we do? Should we ask Duke Lu and Prince Hejian for help?"
Qin Ming saw Qingwan's nervous look and smiled slightly. He stood up and pulled her to his side, holding her in his arms.
Xiao Qingwan couldn't help but blush and said:
"Sir, someone saw me in broad daylight."
Qin Ming smiled and said:
"Wan'er, do you want to hear what the young master thinks?"
Xiao Qingwan blinked her big curious eyes, looked at Qin Ming, and then at the empty hall. In the end, curiosity overcame shyness, and he bit his lip and nodded.
Qin Ming looked at Xiao Qingwan's cute appearance, tightened his arms, brought Xiao Qingwan closer, and then whispered his plan in her ear.
Qingwan's voice came from outside the hall from time to time.
"Sir, are you planning to sell the greenhouse method?"
"But why?"
"It's so expensive, will they buy it?"
"I'm going this time too."
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