Unparalleled Women in the World

The pattering rain, one after another, the earth has been soaked in the water.After that, it came to late autumn, and the weather in the capital was already as cold as water.

The leaves of the sycamore tree in the corner of the Anping Prince's Mansion were stained with the reddish-yellow color of the sun. When the west wind swept away, they scattered and rushed in all directions.

In Honghui courtyard.

Chi Yanfei sat quietly in front of the stone table. She held a carving knife and was carefully carving the wooden statue in her hand. The wooden statue was light yellow in color, very soft in texture, with a shiny luster.The wooden statue is a beautiful woman, the face lines are natural and smooth, the overall shape is simple and elegant, the eyebrows are exquisite, and they seem to be affectionate, which is very vivid and vivid. Looking at the hair, eyebrows and eyelashes of the wooden statue It is delicate and countable; the sleeves of the clothes are fluttering with the wind, undulating like flowing water, and the orchid pattern on the clothes is even more clear and lifelike.

On the stone table, a long tool bag was spread flat, on which was placed a complete set of carving tools, most of which were some carving knives, the wooden handles were the size of a brush, but the shape of the iron knife head was different, and there were small files , flat knife, round knife, oblique knife, machete, pointed knife, double-ended knife, triangular knife, etc...

Chi Yanfei sometimes frowned and looked at the wooden statue in her hand; Seriously, already in a state of ecstasy, Cui Wenyin and Su Lingyu came in front of her and stared at her for a moment, without realizing it.

Xuemei lowered her eyes and waited beside her, while Xianglan coughed lightly. When Chi Yanfei heard the movement, she suddenly came back to her senses. She looked up and saw the two of them.

Su Lingyu took a look at Xuemei and Xianglan, and she was amazed:

"Aren't these two the daughters of the county king? Why didn't you take them away?"

Cui Wenyin adjusted her eyes, and seeing the small portrait in Chi Yanfei's hand, she suddenly realized:

"So it turns out that Yan Fei's sweetheart is actually the king of the county!!!"

After hearing this, Su Lingyu looked at the wooden statue again, she sighed for a while:

"Hey... I have doubted it for a long time, but you just don't believe it!"

Cui Wenyin frowned, she pointed at Chi Yanfei first, then at Su Lingyu: "Both of you have become broken sleeves!"

Chi Yan raised her eyes and said seriously: "I'm not Duanxiu, but my sweetheart, who happens to be a woman."

Su Lingyu's beautiful eyes moved, she first mourned, then sighed:

"These flirtatious women are very feminine. Most of them are just for fun. Few of them can maintain a long-term relationship. It is the right way to marry a husband and have children! Yan Fei, you are sincere, this is not good!"

Cui Wenyin was silent for a moment, she took two steps forward and sat down on the stone bench:

"The county king, she already has a fiancé. You and her have a wrong name and words! There is also Taijun Anping here. If he obstructs you, it will be difficult between you."

Su Lingyu picked up a small round-headed file knife on the table, played with it in his hand, and said:

"I'm afraid you don't know that Jiangzhou women are more delicate and more feminine! You are really relieved that the county king looks like that? I don't know if there are any romantic encounters along the way!"

Cui Wenyin saw that Chi Yanfei's face darkened suddenly, and she comforted in a soft voice: "The king of the county is a good character, Yan Fei should not think too much!" She paused, and decided to change the subject:

"Recently, the queen canonized all the princesses, and even Lingyu's niece who is less than one year old also got a Guangling king."

Su Lingyu hooked his eyebrows, smiled and continued:

"Speaking of this, it is the second emperor who is very miserable. She was demoted to Cangzhou and only made a small Huaixing Marquis. It seems that the second emperor is completely out of luck! But this is her She deserved it, she allowed her subordinate officials to corrupt, occupy people's land, and caused a lot of life lawsuits, but forced the innocent civilians to take the blame, the most important thing is that she dared to get involved in the harem servant..."

"Those dangerous incidents that happened in the past few months, I thought that the crown prince was lenient and kind, which put the position of the crown prince in jeopardy! Looking at it now, most of these incidents of the second emperor's daughter are the crown daughter's retaliation. Benevolence is just an appearance, our Highness is not simple!" Cui Wenyin's eyes were full of meaning, and she added: "The empress is filial, and brought back two stunning men from Jiangzhou to present to the queen. , and is quite favored. The queen has recently indulged in masculinity, and has been slack in political affairs..."

Su Lingyu didn't care much, she replied: "It's nothing, there are three princes here, there are capable officials in the court, and there is a powerful princess, how the queen enjoys it, it won't affect anything!"

Chi Yanfei's eyes were cold: "It seems that the princess is eager to take the position!"

Cui Wenyin shook her head straight: "That's not the case! The country will be hers sooner or later, the empress's body is very healthy, and it will not be a problem to sit for another ten or eight years!"

Chi Yanfei's spine suddenly went cold, and she suddenly felt a deep sense of crisis. She could vaguely guess one or two of the queen's repeated actions, which were more or less related to Wangqing. The southern border was not peaceful, and the queen's attitude towards the Mei family It's weird, and it's impossible to talk about good feelings. If you treat him coldly, the end of the southern border will be very dangerous!If the prince sits on the holy throne, she will be able to protect Wangqing, and at the same time she will be able to win Wangqing even more!She threw down the carving knife in her hand suddenly, and the carving knife landed on the table and made a "dinglang" sound, which was very ear-piercing.

Chi Yanfei's voice was light and cold: "Xiaoyan's marriage will be at the end of the month!"

Su Lingyu looked surprised: "Didn't you say it was the end of the year, why did you change it?"

"Xiaoyan's hot filial piety has passed long ago. There are three auspicious days for choosing a wedding date. The nearest is the end of the month, the second is the middle of next month, and the last is the end of the year. I thought I could stay with Xiaoyan for a while, but now I think, Xiaoyan is going to get married sooner or later, besides, I can't wait that long..."

Cui Wenyin saw through her thoughts at a glance, and said: "After the end of the month, you will go to the southern border."

Chi Yanfei's face changed slightly, she nodded slowly:

"Lingyu's words reminded me that although I am assured of Wangqing's character, nothing will happen. However, I have a strong enemy!"

……

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

The weather in the capital is as cold as water, but in late autumn in the south, the climate is still warm.

Mei Wangqing has been so busy recently that she wished she could work separately.

First of all, she selected two sites in the city, and successively sent masons and carpenters to build three workshops and two shops.They are food workshops, textile workshops, and daily necessities workshops; one shop specializes in food, and the other specializes in daily necessities.

Mei Wangqing sent people to buy sugar cane and sweet potatoes in large quantities. In the eyes of the local people, these two things are just fruits and miscellaneous grains, and they are not grown very much. Shiwen took Jiabing to nearby counties and villages to establish designated buying stations. The amount is gratifying. This long carriage is loaded with sugar cane and sweet potatoes, and transported to the warehouse in Yutong City. At this moment, it has piled up into a mountain, and the air is full of the sweet aroma of sugar cane.

Twelve steps forward, she stretched out her hand and pulled out a blue sugarcane from the sugarcane mountain, then broke it with both hands, first broke the root, then removed the head, and finally wiped it with her sleeve, she gave it a "click" , began to chew in his mouth.

"Wangqing, are you going to practice sugar? Although brown sugar is rare in the southern border, it is not a rare thing..."

Mei Wangqing took a section of sugar cane from Jiufang. It was green and white, and the skin had been removed. She took a bite:

"Of course, what I want to refine is ordinary brown sugar, and some special ones..."

The sugarcane can be eaten from October to March next year when it matures. Both the production time and the source of raw materials are sufficient.Brown sugar is just a health product that ordinary people can eat. The brown sugar she refines is cheap, but on the basis of brown sugar, Mei Wangqing plans to use it to refine toffee and fruit candy, which can be used as high-end products. Naturally, the packaging needs to be exquisite, and the title also has tricks.

On this day, Anping Taijun and Xu You also became interested, and they came to the food processing workshop in front of the warehouse.

Anping Taijun saw several barrels of fresh milk in the corner, and several workers, wearing uniform white cloth caps on their heads, and a white cloth around their mouths and noses, were holding a wooden stick with a round plate on the end. , stirred up and down in a tall wooden barrel.

Anping Taijun was curious: "What are you doing?"

The steward of the workshop at the side replied respectfully: "Master, this is refining butter. Butter is one of the raw materials for Hongyan sugar."

Xu You asked, "Why is the cloth wrapped around your face?"

The manager of the workshop explained: "The king of the county said that food safety and hygiene are very important! The workers in this workshop have all checked their health and have clean hands and feet. They must wash their hands every time they enter the workshop..."

Taijun Anping continued to walk in. Not far in front of him, there was a large iron pot on an iron stove. The white cream in the pot was steaming. A worker was holding a large iron ladle, turning it from time to time. , I saw her pouring two large boxes of brown sugar into the iron pot, followed by a large bowl of maltose, and finally a box of fried, peeled peanuts, and a large piece of butter. The worker stirred, While observing the color of caramel in the pot, after a short while, she lifted the ears of the iron pot with both hands and moved it to the long table beside. There were two workers in front of the long table, and they poured the thick sugar liquid , poured into a long row of oil-brushed iron film tools.

Looking back, there is a long bank, with workers wrapping candies on both sides.

Xu You picked up a packaged box from the long case. He saw that the box was boxy, only slightly bigger and thicker than a fist. It was a hard paper box, and when the lid was opened, there was another layer of oiled paper inside. Inside the oiled paper were neatly stacked candies, each as big as a thumb, and they were individually packaged. He took out one, peeled off the parchment, There are dark brown square sugar cubes inside, stuffed into the mouth, silky and soft, with a strong milky aroma, very sweet, but not greasy!

Anping Taijun also chewed one, and he counted: "There are 24 pills in one box."

The manager of the workshop said: "The king of the county named this candy, Hongyan, and it can be given to confidants and lovers. The king of the county said that there are twelve hours in a day, and December in a year. There are 24 solar terms, twelve is complete, and 24 For double consummation..."

Xu You looked at the back again. There was also a kind of candy with various colors and shapes, which looked very cute and eye-catching. He chewed it hard, and it was crunchy in his mouth.

"This one is called Rainbow Candy, and it's for children."

Anping Taijun smiled when he heard the words: "These candies are a skill! I just wonder what Qing'er is doing with these sweet potatoes?"

After listening to the steward, he led the two of them to the workshop next door.

Anping Taijun saw that the workers here first picked out the rotten, bad, and bad-looking sweet potatoes, then washed the skin, cut them into small pieces, put them in wooden barrels and repeatedly crushed them, and pounded them back and forth. Rotten, and then filter out the water with a filter screen and a filter shelf. Next to it are several tall wooden barrels, which contain the filtered water, which is milky white.

The steward pointed to a few barrels next to it, which were filled with fist-sized white lumps, and explained: "Taijun, this is sweet potato flour, which is obtained by drying the filtered sweet potato water and forming lumps."

Anping Taijun looked at the making process of the vermicelli, as well as the egg and red oil salted egg.

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In Yutong City, two new shops opened on the street. The business is not particularly prosperous, but there is no shortage of customers who come to watch the excitement and buy goods.

These two shops are full of decent, articulate waitresses and male waiters. They have a gentle temper and good looks, and they can arouse the goodwill of others just by looking at their appearance.Take a look at the meticulous layout of the store, as well as the elegantly packaged products. The people who entered the store were all excited, their desire to buy and sell was overwhelming, and they wished they could empty their purses and bring them home...

The store on the left sells daily necessities.The toiletries include soap and toothbrush; the cosmetic products include face powder and deodorant; there are two types: high-end and cheap.The only difference is in packaging, shape, and fragrance.For example, this cheap soap has no fragrance, and has a single shape and simple packaging, while this high-end soap not only has a charming fragrance, but also has a beautiful shape, and the packaging is even more gorgeous.

The one on the right is a gourmet shop.There are strange-flavored eggs with a shelf life of 3-5 months. The owner even told us the edible dishes (preserved egg and lean pork porridge, preserved egg and winter melon soup, cold preserved egg, three-color steamed egg); the salty and fragrant red oil Duck eggs, with a shelf life of three months in summer, can be stored for one year in damp and cold conditions; instant noodles that can be eaten with a cup of tea are also particularly resistant to storage, and can be stored for one or two years; instant noodles that can be eaten with half a cup of tea in boiling water, and Beautifully packaged sweets.One is called Hongyan, which can be sent to confidants and lovers.The other kind, called rainbow, has various colors and shapes, and it is given to children to eat.There are also wines for sale, which can be divided into light fruit wine and strong fairy jelly (white wine). Among them, there are also cheap and high-end varieties of fairy jelly.

In Yutong City, the best sellers are ordinary soaps, toothbrushes, eggs, duck eggs in red oil, sweet potato vermicelli, fairy jelly, most of which are for daily needs, and this fairy jelly is the best Strong women like it.

Among these products, soap, face powder, fragrance dew, beauty candy, rainbow candy, fairy syrup, Mei Wangqing mainly focuses on high-end products.Naturally, in such a poor place in the southern border, this market is still very small, except for the slightly richer people in the local area who buy it as a gift, the sales of this high-end model are very light, far less popular than the cheap model.In the market of high-end models, Mei Wangqing pays more attention to Qiongzhou and Huzhou next door, as well as the few princes and small countries going south.

Mei Wangqing also purchased a large number of duck and goose down and wool from villagers.These can be made into down jackets; wool, which can be woven into wool, knit gloves, sweaters, socks, etc...

The workers in the textile workshop are rushing to work, but Mei Wangqing has not opened a cloth sweater shop. In the warm climate of the southern border, it is not available. Mei Wangqing is interested in the northern market. In the bitterly cold country of Yan, it is snowing heavily at this moment...