On the eighth day of August, half of the moon hangs in the treetops. The cool breeze was blowing, the insects were chirping, and a few fireflies were flying slowly with hanging lights. This scene, how romantic and romantic, if it weren't for the rhubarb that fluttered fireflies.

Qin, Xiaocao and Sanye sat in a row, waiting for Xiao Nuan to play the piano. Xiao Nuan behind the piano case, in order to look elegant, deliberately wore a long gown with aqua blue wide sleeves, with a comb on her hair and a bright moon in her earlobes, which was very different from the usual appearance of the little girl. She took a deep breath and lowered her eyes and raised her hand.

Seeing that her sister was about to start, Xiaocao whistled and called Rhubarb back and hugged him.

"When-" Xiao Nuan plucked the strings, and the third master's brows jumped slightly; "Zheng-" Xiao Nuan plucked the second string, and her voice came out tactfully. Although Xiao Nuan didn't handle the rhythm well, he didn't play a string wrong, and there was really a little sadness in it, the third master's brows stretched, and the corners of his mouth curled.

When Xiao Nuan stopped and looked over, Qin and Xiaocao looked at the third master in unison, waiting to speak. The third master nodded, "You can play the piano rhyme when you are a beginner, and you are very perceptive." ”

"Right? I also think that Xiao Nuan's play is very good, which makes people's hearts calm when they listen to it. The Qin clan praised it greatly.

Xiaocao is even more likely to boast, "The so-called ...... The aftermath lingers, and it is still endless for three days, and it is my sister! ”

Rhubarb crawled on the ground, his eyes still chasing the fireflies, and he didn't express an opinion.

Xiao Nuan smiled, she has listened to the piano in the past three years, just the song she just now, it is not even decent, but she has won such praise, the third master is a lover's eyes, and the mother and Xiaocao are calves, so I think she plays well.

She loves to hear it, though! It's a pity that there are a lot of people today, and I can't let the third master dance the sword, and I will talk about it in two days. Xiao Nuan returned to the third master and sat down, and the family sat around eating fruits and snacks and chatting.

Qin talked about the growth of cotton this year, Xiaocao talked about the interesting things that happened in the study and Fengyuan, Xiao Nuan listened quietly and did not speak, and all her thoughts were placed under the table. Because the third master took advantage of the moonlight and the cover of his sleeves to hold her hand and massage her fingertips little by little. Without looking at his face or listening to him, Xiao Nuan felt that he felt pity for himself, and his heart was so soft that he was a mess.

She boldly spread her fingers, interlocking them with his. The third master's movements stopped and tightened slightly. The comfortable temperature spreads from the palm of your hand, warming the slightly cool autumn night. It wasn't until the third master said goodbye that the two parted their hands.

When King Sheng arrived, the civil and military officials of Ji County all came to visit him, and the third master saw everything he should see in one day, but Lu Qiyuan, the magistrate of the county, was blocked from the door and had no chance to enter. In the evening, when Lu Qiyuan returned to the county office with his legs up, he felt that his official career had dimmed.

When Mrs. Lu heard this, she was also anxious, "How can King Sheng be like this!" ”

"Why not? He's not here for business, of course, he can see whoever he wants! Lu Qiyuan said angrily.

Mrs. Lu asked again, "Will this matter implicate Lin Ping, who has returned to Beijing?" ”

"How do I know this?" Lu Qiyuan stood up, flicked his sleeves and walked out. Mrs. Lu hurriedly asked, "Where is the master?" ”

"Naturally, I will arrange for people to guard the fertile fields at night, and we must not lose a grain of rice!" Otherwise, the black veil on his head would be unnecessary!

Mrs. Lu felt sorry for her husband, worried about her son, and hated Xiao Nuan, but she was helpless, she only hoped that King Sheng would return to Beijing soon, and that the old man's magistrate in Ji County would hurry over and start over in another place.

After finishing his work, the rest of the time is to accompany Xiao Nuan. The third master was dressed in a comfortable cotton robe, nested in the study of the first village with Xiao Nuan, taught her to play the piano and write, and lived a happy life like a fairy.

In a blink of an eye, the third master is about to return to Beijing. Xiao Nuan pulled his sleeve and reluctantly, "In a few days, we will go to the fourth village to harvest cotton, and we will see you again soon." ”

The third master said, "You don't enter Beijing before the end of the year, live here for a good life, if you want me to write a letter, I will come to accompany you." ”

This farewell is next year. Xiao Nuan's hand tightened suddenly, she opened her mouth a few times, and finally only said one sentence, "Don't let Zhou Qionghua go to Shengwangfu or the Fifth Village to play." ”

The third master responded with a smile, "Don't worry, she can't come in." ”

"You take care of yourself and Concubine Hua, don't care about others." Xiao Nuan whispered again, "We're going to get married next year, Mo Duo has branches." ”

"Okay." The third master responded, "If the toothless Taoist or your master returns, remember to send me a letter." ”

Xiao Nuan raised her head, not knowing what important things the third master had to do with his ancestor and master. The third master smiled, "I want to ask them how to welcome you into the mansion safely and well." ”

Xiao Nuan's face was red, Xiaocao was just making a fuss alone, how could the third master also make it look like they were about to get married, obviously there were still ten months and five days.

After sending off the third master, Xiao Nuan relieved himself for a day before he had the energy to do other things. This year is another good year with good wind and rain, and nearly 10,000 acres of cotton in Dengzhou are full of snow-white cotton. Although this year's cotton is several times more than last year's, the price has not dropped at all, and the cotton planters can't close their mouths, guarding the cotton fields and the hope of the family like watching treasures day and night.

After the cotton was picked, the silk clothes, cotton mills, and weaving shops the size of Dengzhou rushed to harvest it, and the cotton in the hands of the peasants really turned into white silver, which was more than the silver they had earned from planting grain for five years! The people often laughed, and they all praised the people of Qin'an and the lord of Wenchang.

The good news of Dengzhou spread to the capital, Emperor Jianlong was overjoyed, and issued a holy decree to praise the prefect of Dengzhou for its good governance, praised the Qin family and Xiao Nuan's merits, and ordered the eighteen states near Dengzhou, the number of acres of cotton planted in each state next year shall not be less than 1,000 mu.

Dengzhou and its nearby eighteen states account for nearly thirty percent of the territory of the Great Zhou! The imperial court vigorously promoted cotton, but it was gratifying to the large and small cotton merchants in Dengzhou, because the printing and dyeing and textile technology of cotton were in their hands. Everyone is holding back their efforts to study cotton weaving technology, and they want to make Dengzhou known as the hometown of cotton cloth.

Of course, the backbone and weather vane of these people is Chen Xiaonuan's cotton mill. Because most of the cotton textile technology is studied by Chen Xiaonuan's cotton mill. As early as this summer, when the cotton growth in Dengzhou was gratifying, Xiao Nuan had already anticipated the grand occasion of the cotton harvest, and her cotton mill spared no expense to recruit more than 100 skilled craftsmen from all over the world, and placed them in the Nanshan Pass to drill and develop cotton technology together.

In addition, Xiao Nuan also bought no less than 200 acres of fertile land in each of the ten states near Dengzhou, and the first purpose of these cotton fields was not to grow grain and sell money, but to grow cotton, for craftsmen to study the differences in cotton in various places, find the most suitable soil for cotton planting, grow the best cotton, and weave the best cotton cloth.

Because Xiao Nuan has predicted that cotton will be widely planted in three years, cotton cloth will surely reach thousands of households. At that time, the comparison between each business is not whether there is cotton cloth or how much cotton cloth there is, but whose cotton cloth is of the best quality. Xiao Nuan is far-sighted and takes precautions, looking for advantages in three years.

Recruiting craftsmen, buying fertile land, buying cotton, etc., everything needs silver, and the money earned by Aya Luo Nishang flows out of the treasury like flowing water, Xiao Nuan is not distressed, only thinking about how to balance the income and expenditure, and not to break the capital chain of Aya Luo Nishang, which leads to risks.

She didn't feel sorry for the money she spent, and the Qin family was also tossed by Xiao Nuan, but someone was in a hurry.

On this day, Mama Li ran to the Qin family and said anxiously, "Madam, the slave maid and Sister Wang fell in love with a jade screen in Dengzhou, only two hundred taels of silver, but the housekeeper told the slave maid that there is no silver in our Zhuangzi's account. ”