Reborn in a Noble Family - Chapter 185
Chapter 185 Dental Acid
“Mother, please rest assured. Those cocoon sons have looked carefully. There is no problem with the quality.”
“Fourth Brother, deal with it together with Third Brother.”
“Yes, Mother.”
Faced with Old Madame Qiao spared no effort to pave the way for Fourth Fang, the people of the other Fang did not dare to say anything.
Once the source of the goods was found, the rest would be easy to deal with. Qiao Family had the skills and strength, and with Fourth Master Qiao putting in all his effort, it was progressing very quickly. In order to ensure the quality and progress, Fourth Master Qiao brought the servants to eat and sleep in the factory and worked with the workers.
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In the east courtyard, Qiao Yunxi happily ate the cherries. “The cherries in the courtyard are bearing fruit one after another. I sent some to the middle courtyard before, so I don’t need to send the cherries I picked this time.”
“Yes, Miss.”
After thinking for a while, Qiao Yunxi said, “Send a basket to the Zhong Clan and ask him to deliver it to Gu Jinzhen.”
Astragalus suppressed his laughter and hurriedly replied.
“You have something to say?” Qiao Yunxi’s eyes narrowed dangerously.
“Young miss, this servant did not.”
“Huh?” Qiao Xi was obviously impatient.
Huang Qi hesitated for a moment before trying to say, “Miss, Servant just feels that you treat Childe Gu differently.”
After he finished speaking, he blushed and felt uneasy.
“Just because of a basket of cherries?” Qiao Yunxi raised his eyebrows and said, “You’re overthinking it. It’s just courtesy. He sent so much game over. If I don’t send anything over, Zhong Chenglin would be whispering in my ear all day long. I’m just trying to be quiet.”
Regardless of whether it was true or false, no one dared to question her words.
“Young miss, it has been more than ten days since Fourth Master returned to the manor.” Huang Qi said solemnly.
“This batch of Shu brocade is so important. It concerns his prosperity and bright future. Can he not care? It is true to eat and live with the workers, to weave Shu brocade, and to peek at the secret recipe.”
Heh, do you really think that Old Four Qiao is so ambitious in order to compete for the Emperor Merchant spot?
Without the support of those secret recipes, how could he survive until now?
“Miss?” Huang Qi looked at Qiao Xi worriedly.
Qiao Xi smiled and said, “The so-called secret recipe is just an exaggeration of the people from the few rooms. It’s not that powerful. It’s just a little trick.”
It was indeed just a small trick. Adding a medicinal ingredient during dyeing could keep the color bright and beautiful. Moreover, there was an additional procedure. It was not complicated. It was common in everyday life, but no one would use it on dyeing.
As for the improvement of the weaving technique, the secret was naturally in the machine. If Old Four Qiao looked carefully, he might be able to tell.
It wasn’t that Qiao Yunxi looked down on Qiao Lao Si’s IQ. It was really that people in Qiao Family liked to deceive themselves the most. Who was to blame?
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Nanjiang.
A month passed and letters from the soldiers came in succession. Although Gu Jinzhen tried his best to maintain a calm mind, his gaze unconsciously swept over the soldier who was in charge of collecting the letters every day.
Every day when he returned to the tent with a stern face, he would secretly poke through those letters that had not been distributed. Without his own name, his face darkened the next day, and he would train his soldiers even more viciously.
Just as Tang Yuan was about to lose his patience with Master’s low pressure and was even more active than Gu Jinzhen in sorting out the letters every day, trying to find the letter to Master as soon as possible, he did his best. On the last day, he finally waited for Qiao Yunxi’s parcel.
“Master! Master! It’s a package from Miss Qiao!” Outside the tent, Tang Yuan howled happily.
“Package!” Gu Jinzhen quickly stood up. Before he could even lift his foot, he thought of something. He smoothed out the wrinkles on his outer robe, then raised his chest and retracted his abdomen. He calmly walked to the entrance of the tent.
Tang Yuan excitedly lifted the door curtain, hugged an oil paper wrap, and buried his head as he rushed in.
“Steady! How did I teach you to be steady? You are still my lieutenant. You are embarrassed.” Gu Jinzhen scolded Tang Yuan solemnly, his gaze fixed on the parcel in his arm without blinking.
The four-sided package was not big, and when they got closer, they could feel traces of cold air.
Was this ice?
Tang Yuan curled her lips.
He clearly wanted it anxiously in his heart, but on his face, he said righteously that he didn’t want it.
Who did you learn this virtue from?
His belly was full of curses, and Tang Yuan had to look even more anxious than Gu Jinzhen. It was his duty to be anxious about his master.
“Master, isn’t this subordinate happy to see Miss Qiao’s package? Are you a little complacent?”
Gu Jinzhen pulled the package over and said, “Why are you so proud of the package Qiao Qiao gave me?”
“Subordinate, no, sir …”
“Alright, step down.” Gu Jinzhen waved his hand and disdainfully sent Tang Yuan back.
She happily returned to the desk, took a few deep breaths, and carefully opened the parcel with devotion.
Cherry.
Not much, just a basket or so.
He was afraid that the road would break down. He wrapped up the thick oil paper and separated it from the outside by an oil paper bag. The oil paper bag was filled with shattered ice.
This package must have been sent by Zhong Chenglin quickly. He was afraid that the road would break, so when he got it, the shattered ice hadn’t completely melted, and it was still cold in his hands.
Gu Jinzhen carefully removed the oil paper bag wrapped in shattered ice. Looking at the pile of red cherries, Gu Jinzhen laughed foolishly.
The cherry was only the size of his finger, round in shape, plump, with leaves carefully placed on it to keep it fresh.
From Jincheng to Nanjiang, it wasn’t far, it wasn’t near, but it would take more than ten days. Zhong Chenglin didn’t know how many horses had died before he sent the cherries to him in the shortest time possible.
Gu Jinzhen swept his eyes and saw the letter in the middle. He raised his finger and pinched the letter between his fingers.
The letter was written by Zhong Chenglin. First, he said that Qiao Yunxi had asked him to help deliver the cherries. Then, he explained the situation in Jincheng in detail.
Holding the letter, Gu Jinzhen’s attention returned to the cherry.
She pursed her lips and gravely pinched a cherry into her mouth. She turned the tip of her tongue and gently bit it open.
It was sour and sweet, and it tasted a little strange.
The initial sour smell carried an astringent taste. His body couldn’t help but stretch out, as if he was resisting something. Following that, it was sweet, warm, and moist. There was no overwhelming momentum. It was like a slowly flowing stream that slowly corroded and swallowed, until it was finally filled with sweetness.
“It’s indeed a cherry from Qiao Qiao. Only the cherries from Qiao Qiao’s family have such a good appearance and taste.” Gu Jinzhen muttered to himself and nodded seriously.
Seeing that there weren’t many cherries, but there were also quite a few, Gu Jinzhen thought for a moment. Without any hesitation, he ate them all in one breath. Finally, he carefully kept all the cherry seeds.
Lunch.
Gu Jinzhen held the bowl and looked at the food in front of him with a sad expression.
It wasn’t him who was picky. In the army for more than ten years, he was very casual about food. It was good to have stuttering, but today was a bit special.
He rubbed his cheek sadly. He had already washed his mouth, but his teeth were still sour and painful. Not to mention the wild vegetables and mountain flavors, he could not even drink the porridge.
Gu Jinzhen heavily sighed. He poured the tea into the bowl and randomly poked it twice. He swallowed the tea and rice whole. His eyes were still rolling on the oil paper. He didn’t know what Qiao Qiao would give him next time. If only Qiao Qiao had personally cooked it.
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Jincheng.
The Internal Affairs Department is quite interesting, low-key into Shu, high-key “talent selection”.
Looking at the dazzling room full of Shu brocade, Qiao Yunxi was a little funny.
The inconsistent attitude of the Internal Affairs Department was very interesting.
He entered Shu Prefecture under the banner of choosing royal merchants to help the Emperor inquire about the economy, the terrain, or the Marquis of Zhen Yuan. After his whereabouts were exposed, he simply “drafted” to cover up his true purpose. And these merchants of Jincheng happily participated in it, thinking that the Internal Affairs Department really valued them for having such a big battle.
He looked around boredom.
The best silk merchants from Shu Prefecture had all arrived. Some Qiao Yunxi knew them, some of them had no impression of them at all.
The masters of the Qiao Family’s rooms talked to the people around them with ease.
Everyone would seize the opportunity to expand their connections.
Because the name of the Qiao family was there, the heads of the few rooms were all praised, and the atmosphere was very good.
The place for today’s “talent show” was the club of the Jincheng Chamber of Commerce. As the president, Qiao Yunxi naturally had to make proper arrangements. However, she left this opportunity to Old Four Qiao and let him take full responsibility.
Fortunately, Qiao Lao Si was a very measured person, and he did not try to flatter the Chamber of Commerce again because he wanted to curry favor with the people from the Internal Affairs Department.
This was the Chamber of Commerce’s main hall. The Chamber of Commerce’s main hall could accommodate nearly a hundred people. Not to mention, it was very spacious, and its line of sight and light were very wide.
A few days ago, the merchants who were preparing to participate in the “talent show” all brought Shu Jin to Jincheng one after another. In order to cooperate with the Internal Affairs Office, the officials of Jincheng actively mobilized their manpower. On the one hand, they were responsible for the safety of the people in the Internal Affairs Office, and on the other hand, they were responsible for maintaining law and order in Jincheng. Fortunately, the order in Jincheng had always been stable, and there was nothing special to pay attention to.
The people from the Internal Affairs Department hadn’t appeared yet. Now was the time for the merchants to freely display themselves. As early as the audition, the Chamber of Commerce had already issued a number plate according to the order of everyone’s registration. A total of 80 Shu brocade merchants had participated in the “Draft”.
Don’t underestimate this number. Although the “talent show” this time seems to be fair and has no special restrictions, there are still minimum requirements. In the entire Shu Province, there are 80 Shu brocade merchants who can meet the auditions requirements. It can be said that a large number of them.
Eighty merchants were divided into four groups, twenty in each group taking the primary selection together.
Qiao Yunxi didn’t know what the Internal Affairs Department was doing with this gimmick. Anyway, he had nothing to do, so he decided to join in the fun.
After a long while, after a commotion, the people of the Internal Affairs Department, accompanied by the officials, entered the arena arrogantly.
Qiao Xi looked at it carefully.
She didn’t study the officials and eunuchs. She didn’t know how big the officials and eunuchs were. The only thing she was curious about was that she could observe the eunuchs from a close distance.
After all, it was a species that he had never seen before, so he was very interested in it.
Qiao Xi knelt on the ground with everyone else and curled her lips dejectedly.
Qiao Xi trembled and got goosebumps from the sound of half-yin and half-yang coming from above her head.