Cowardly Stepmother Dressed As the Hero

Although he admitted that he was used to the elusiveness of King Bei'an, Cao Mi was stunned for a moment when he heard the news.

But soon, Qi You pushed open the door and walked in.

Cao Mi hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said, "Your Highness."

Qi You frowned slightly: "The princess hasn't gone to bed yet?"

"Well..." Cao Mi tried to explain: "Because tonight is the birthday banquet of my concubine, I just checked some gift lists, and I almost forgot the time."

After Qi You heard it, a sentence popped up out of nowhere: "This king remembers."

Cao Mi didn't understand, and looked up at him blankly.

Qi You stood at the table five steps away from her, suddenly took the tea cup on the table and poured a cup of tea to moisten his throat.

Cao Mi took this opportunity to carefully observe him, and found that the King of Bei'an was wearing a horse-riding attire, and the hair on his temples was a little messy, obviously he just came back.

She asked carefully: "My lord... did you just come back?"

Qi You put down the teacup and made a sound of "um".

"Will the lord take a bath first?" Cao Mi asked, "My concubine went and ordered the people below to prepare the bath soup?"

Qi You shook his head: "This king has already ordered it."

As soon as he said these words, Cao Mi was completely confused.

So you went back to the house just for a cup of tea?

Just when she was in doubt, King Bei'an, who had been standing upright since entering the door, suddenly approached her, took out two pieces of paper from his arms, and handed them to her.

Cao Mi took it hesitantly: "My lord, this is..."

"This king is going to Fengping to supervise the construction of the city wall." Qi You coughed uncomfortably: "By the way, cough, I found that the nearby Yongyu and Huaitong also need to be repaired. So, I negotiated two deals for you. "

When Cao Mi heard this, he unfolded the paper in his hand. Under the faint candlelight, she couldn't take a closer look, only glimpsed the word "Deed Book" at the beginning.

"These..." Before she could react, she asked in a daze.

"It was the prefect of Yongyu and Huaitong who paid for it." Qi You added directly: "Those two families have been in the city for a long time, and I don't know how much money they have paid. This king inspected the city defense and found many omissions. , so they will replace the punishment with merit and re-strengthen the city wall."

Cao Mi nodded and was about to speak, but Qi You interrupted her again.

"Well, you know it's fine, I'll take a bath." He turned and walked out the door.

Before going out, he turned his head and instructed again: "It's getting late, you go to bed first, don't wait for me."

When Cao Mi heard the words, he couldn't care about the deed in his hand, so he hurriedly bowed and sent Qi You away.

After Qi You left, she opened two deeds.

The content of the deed is about the purchase contract of cement.

After contacting Qi You Fangcai's words, Cao Mi finally clarified the relationship.

King Bei'an went north and found that the city defenses of the two cities near Fengping were not up to standard.

So he punished the officials in the city and sent her two big orders by the way.

Cao Mi looked at the huge transaction amount on the deed and couldn't believe it.

Finally, she confirmed the contents of the deed word by word, and jumped twice in excitement.

The two orders Qi You negotiated for her required a huge amount of cement, and they did not require one-time delivery.

According to the production efficiency of the cement plant today, probably from now to the end of next spring, the output of the cement plant will no longer have to worry about sales!

This is dozens of times more than the amount purchased by the family in the city.

Realizing this, how could Cao Mi not be excited!

After all, she didn't know how long it would take until her restaurant in the city was built, and when those noble families discovered the magical effect of cement. During this period of time, she originally thought that she would survive by gritting her teeth, but the two orders sent by Qi You happened to be Solved this embarrassing period of the cement plant.

Cao Mi laughed so hard that he could not see his teeth but his eyes. After regaining his senses, he quickly hid the deed.

She had just closed the wooden box when she suddenly heard a movement outside.

At this time, Cao Mi finally realized that he had been excited for a long time because of those two orders. According to Qi You's daily efficiency, he should have returned after bathing at this time.

Thinking of this, Cao Mi quickly took off his coat and went back to the bed to lie down.

She tried to control her breathing so that she looked like she had fallen asleep.

Sure enough, before her drowsiness was brewing, she heard the sound of someone pushing the door open.

After washing up, King Bei'an came to the bed, sat on the edge of the bed for a while, and then slowly lay down beside her.

Even though he kept telling himself not to show his flaws, Cao Mi still had a stiff back.

But fortunately, after Qi You lay down, he stopped moving, and Cao Mi's uneasiness caused by being crossed a safe distance slowly dissipated.

She was excited because of the two orders, and she was not sleepy at this time. She thought about the operation of the cement factory for a while, and then she thought about the details of the cooperation with Zhang to buy wool.

But the thoughts drifted, and they inevitably drifted to the person beside the pillow.

It was probably the silence in the dark night that gave Cao Mi the courage, she hesitated for a while, then slowly turned around, turning her back to Qi You to lying flat.

After that, she quietly turned her head to look at King Bei'an's eyebrows.

In her mixed thoughts, there was a faint guess that Qi You went to Fengping this time, probably because of the two cement orders.

But she didn't have enough reason to convince herself, so she was a little curious about this King Bei'an who played cards out of common sense.

Xia Yue was just right, but the moonlight was blocked by the bed tent. Cao Mi couldn't see anything in the darkness, but he could feel the shallow breathing of the people around him.

It was when she was bold, so she slowly turned to her side again, facing Qi You, trying to get closer.

But just halfway through her plan, she felt a hand on her side waist.

Cao Mi's movements stopped instantly, and after returning rationally to the cage, he began to frantically curse at himself who had been blinded by lard thirty seconds ago.

After a stalemate for a while, Cao Mi finally couldn't help it, and asked in a voice that only she could hear: "Your Highness?"

Qi You stretched out his hand and gently pushed her back, without even opening his eyes, he replied, "Don't make trouble, go to sleep."

When Cao Mi heard the words, it was as if he had been granted amnesty, and he took the opportunity to turn over and cover his head with a quilt with his back to Qi You.

Silent all night.

The next day, when Princess Bei'an woke up, she still maintained the quail-like sleeping position from last night.

——

Cao Mi had something in mind, so he went straight to Liu Ge without delay after breakfast.

She asked straight to the point: "How is the matter over the ink going now?"

Liu Ge reported the truth: "Back to the princess, Zhang Mao has already found some ideas for the development of ink. The ink that has been transferred is already sticky, but there is still some distance from what the princess needs.

"We have re-optimized several formulas and ink mixing processes. After a while, we will be able to get the ink that the princess needs."

"Very good." Cao Mi nodded with satisfaction.

As a modern person, she is well aware of the difficulty of innovation. So, even if there is no progress on the ink side, she can understand.

Now that he heard the good news from Liu Ge, Cao Mi was naturally very satisfied.

So she asked again: "Is Zhang Mao in charge of the ink side? Are you busy? If you can, you can get out. I have other things for you to do."

Liu Ge was stunned.

Since he entered the palace, Cao Mi has explained that his work is something novel. But he didn't expect that the cement had just come out, and the ink side had just found some ideas, and Cao Mi had a new idea.

But he didn't show it, he just said respectfully: "Princess, despite your orders."

Cao Mi nodded and talked to him about wool.

In this era, human's application of fur was limited to rough treatment methods such as tanning.

Cotton and wool, which are common in modern times, are not fully utilized here.

Cotton is probably still hidden in some corner of India and Arabia today, waiting for people to discover its magic. But wool is something that is readily available today.

Before, Cao Mi had commissioned the Caravan Gate to purchase a batch of cashmere in order to cover up the food issue of Rongguang Villa.

In fact, subdivided, wool can be divided into ordinary wool and cashmere.

Ordinary wool is easy to obtain, and the white hair on the sheep can be used directly by shaving it off. Cashmere is different. Cashmere is a type of down that grows on goats to keep out the cold and sheds itself every spring.

Cashmere yields less, but it retains more warmth and is much easier to handle.

According to Cao Mi's idea, it is natural that these two types need to be purchased separately, and different clothes can be made according to different needs.

It just so happened that Cao Mi had already begun to worry about going to Rongguang Villa to spend the winter with more than 1,000 refugees. After all, the heated kang could only guarantee the indoor temperature in winter, which was obviously not enough.

So Cao Mi thought about it for a long time last night, and finally made up his mind to get the sweater out first.

Just imagine, if things go well, the first batch of sweaters can be made before winter.

At that time, the refugees of Rongguang Villa will be roasting on the hot kang in the house. When they want to go out, they can also wear warm woolen clothes, which will not affect their work at all!

Of course, the people in the house had to make arrangements, especially the three children who were afraid of the cold.

Qi An and Qi Ran are already round and round. With sweaters, they don't need to be wrapped into a ball to be allowed to go out to breathe this winter.

Thinking of this, Cao Mi couldn't wait.

She said to Liu Ge, "I want to use wool to make a sweater to keep out the cold."

"Wool?" Liu Ge frowned.

Like Dongli, he couldn't imagine how those clumps of wool could be made into clothes to wear.

"The processing of cashmere is quite simple." Cao Mi smiled, and first mentioned the processing of cashmere to Liu Ge, "Like twine, cashmere can be used by twisting it into a ball of thread.

"Ordinary wool... takes a little work."

The author has something to say: I went back and modified some of the previous content, which has no effect on the main line. I don't need to look back when I see the cuteness here.

I wasted a bit of time today, this chapter is only 3000 words long, I will find a time to make it up as soon as possible.

Thank you for your support!

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: 1 Muyue;

Thanks to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution: 10 bottles of BEYOU; 6 bottles on the water side; 5 bottles of Tianzige and LOL; 3 bottles of the name of the doll; 1 bottle of the left ear east;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!