Lin Yutong sat on the kang, carefully taking out the books one by one and placing them on the kang. In the warehouse, she found a problem. The paper in the books seemed to have become brittle, as if it would break and break into pieces if she poked it with a finger.
It's just like pieces of debris. It's not surprising that this problem occurs when paper is stored for a long time. But it also depends on the environment. If this is a dry and ventilated place, it is reasonable to become like this. But
This book has been stored in a dark warehouse for more than ten years. It is not eaten by insects or moldy due to moisture, but has become brittle. This is a problem.
The box is not a well-sealed box, and it cannot block moisture. It is also not made of camphor wood, which can ensure that the contents inside are insect-free. An ordinary box stores books in such an environment, but this phenomenon happens.
It can be said that the owner of this book regards this book as extremely important. It should be that the pages of the book have been specially processed. But it is difficult to say that the owner of the book regards this book as important. Why can't it be replaced with a better box?
Are you there? How much money can a camphor box cost?
Isn't this very contradictory?
Now that I think about it, this contradiction just shows that the owner of this book is indeed interested in this book, but she doesn't want people to know that she is interested in this book. The more casual it is, the less noticeable it will be. If this is the case
Thinking about it, it seems that the explanation makes sense.
"Stay outside." Lin Yutong shouted to Sanxi.
Before Sanxi could answer, Fourth Master opened the curtain and came in. Seeing Lin Yutong's posture, he closed the door from the inside.
"You're back so soon?" Lin Yutong glanced up, quickly looked away, and carefully put down the book in his hand. Then he looked up and looked out the window, and then he suddenly realized that it was already half afternoon.
Fourth Master helped Lin Yutong get off the kang, "You haven't had lunch yet. Go eat first. I'll get these things."
Lin Yutong handed Fourth Master a pair of small scissors: "There is nothing wrong with the pages of this book. Let's take a look at the binding."
When Lin Yutong finished his meal and went in, there was already a small pile of scraps of leather on the kang table.
"What kind of leather?" Lin Yutong picked up a piece, "It looks like sheepskin, but it's lighter than sheepskin." And there's no hair at all, just a layer of skin with no regular lines drawn on it, "Is this a map?"
The Fourth Master said ‘hmm’, “Only by spelling it out can you know where this map is?”
As a result, the two of them stayed up all night and couldn't figure out the map.
"Is the map incomplete?" Lin Yutong asked irritably. Each piece of this map is only the size of a thumb cap, a total of 108 pieces. This is trivial.
The Fourth Master pushed the thing away and said, "Put it away. It's probably because we don't have the chance."
Lin Yutong could only put this thing in a small box and put it away, "What on earth is there to hide? What kind of treasure is there to make the Miao family so careful."
The fourth master didn't seem to pay much attention to the map. He lay down on the kang and stretched: "With this thing, we can take shortcuts. Without this thing, it doesn't matter much. I'm actually thinking that this racecourse might be more than just a map.
A place where horses are raised…”
That's right, raising horses can raise cavalry.
Lin Yutong whispered: "The Duke of this country and the Prime Minister of Chu are only afraid of colluding with Bei Liao. What on earth did they provide Bei Liao to make Bei Liao give them such a cover."
"Salt, iron and food always occupy the same place." Fourth Master turned over and said, "Take a nap quickly and stay up all night."
It seems that he doesn't plan to go out today.
It was already noon when they fell asleep. When they came together, they saw the girls packing things quietly outside.
"What are you doing?" Lin Yutong asked hurriedly when he saw Sanxi putting all the things in the boxes, as if preparing to move.
Sanxi glanced at the Fourth Master awkwardly: "Madam sent someone to tell me that yesterday we asked people to clean up the easternmost house. We worked all night last night. Isn't that... said that it was almost cleaned up. We asked people to come and explain.
We can move there."
This is an eviction order.
But moving somewhere is so easy.
Lin Yutong listened to the cold wind outside, "Is it still snowing?"
Man Yue nodded: "Yeah! Not too young."
It was windy and snowy, not to mention how difficult it was to move this thing there even in the snow. As long as the house was not warm, how could anyone bear it. Mrs. Chu's work really... had no place to reason.
The fourth master glanced outside: "The second master has also moved there?"
"They're all the same." Sanxi glanced at the room, "There are fire wall dragons on the east side, but where can we get charcoal on a day like this? I heard that the second lady went to the eldest lady to ask for it, and the eldest lady gave her two hundred
catty."
By the way, there are also charcoal.
What is two hundred kilograms enough for? This slap in the face!
Sometimes the trick to make things difficult doesn't necessarily have to be clever or effective.
"Then move it." Fourth Master waved his hand, "Put the food on the table. I'll go out and find a way to get charcoal in a while." Can you still bow to her for this little thing?
Lin Yutong smiled, life is not easy anywhere.
Prince Heng's Mansion.
Mrs. Gan personally brought the soup to Prince Heng and asked, "How have you been doing these two days, Your Majesty? Has your Majesty seen anyone?"
Prince Heng took the soup bowl over and nodded: "I saw it. It looks like I have a cough."
Mrs. Gan nodded, Prince Heng was a very good actor. I heard that he was very comfortable being a dutiful son to the emperor at night. He prayed during the day and stayed outside the emperor's hall at night. If the emperor didn't call him in, he stood in the hall outside.
In the house, he asked someone to move bedrolls and sleep in the hall at night. The emperor was worried that the weather was really cold, so he asked him to go inside and stay. This time he was even more dedicated. When the emperor coughed, he rubbed his chest and gave him a
He hammered his back and wiped the tears from the emperor's pain. He brewed the medicine with his own hands, tested the medicine himself, and fed it to the emperor's mouth. He waited on the emperor until he got up in the middle of the night without borrowing any help from others. He dressed up and lay under the dragon bed every night.
He stepped on his feet and guarded the emperor for a moment. But when it was dark, this man disappeared on time. The emperor would never see this filial son when he woke up. Prince Duan was very busy in the court, and I heard that he had already
The two ministers of Liubu were moved. Above the ministers was the minister. They put their own people in Liubu, ready to take over the minister appointed by the emperor at any time. Comparing the two, even if he knew the purpose of this filial son, he couldn't be so
He is simple, but he still feels at ease in his heart for no reason. This son who shows his fangs is not as lovable as the son who is obedient and easy to control.
Now, the benefits of staying by the emperor's side have been revealed. He knows exactly what the emperor's physical condition is.
Prince Heng was holding the soup bowl and was about to drink it, but he was suddenly stunned.
Gan took a look, brought the bowl over, and took a sip: "What's wrong? Isn't it clean? No."
Prince Heng watched Mrs. Gan take a sip without hesitation, and the expression on his face softened: "Don't be so rash in the future. It's not that the soup is unclean, I suddenly remembered that when the emperor finished drinking the medicine and handed over the medicine bowl,
The remaining concoction inside oscillates slightly, like water ripples... I hold the soup, and the soup doesn't waver either..."
A trace of doubt flashed in Mr. Gan's eyes, "What do you mean?" As he spoke, he glanced at the soup bowl and placed it gently on the table.
Prince Heng stood up for a moment, then hid his hands in his sleeves, bending his arms to show Gan, "These days, I have never seen my father show his hands."
Not showing your hands? Is it because it’s cold? How cold can it be where the emperor lives?
Gan's eyes flashed: "Your Majesty, are you saying that the Emperor's hands are shaking badly?"
Prince Heng's eyes flashed brightly: "I'm afraid it's more serious than uncontrollable shaking..." He made a hunched-up gesture with his hands, "He's having a stroke! Your Majesty, he's probably having a stroke..."
As he said this, he first chuckled, then laughed out loud, as if he was crazy. He laughed and stamped his feet.
Aunt He looked worriedly inside and outside, and started going crazy again.
Mrs. Gan looked at Prince Heng, who was laughing uncontrollably, and suddenly said: "Then what does the prince plan to do?"
Prince Heng's laughter suddenly stopped, he turned to look at Mrs. Gan, stretched out his hand to touch her face, "What do you think I should do?"
Mrs. Gan chuckled and said in a low voice: "If I say that Mrs. Chu from Duke Jin's Palace is a little harsh on my daughter and wants to ask the prince to find Jin Chengan to stand up for my poor daughter, what will the prince think?"
Prince Heng's hand suddenly pinched Gan's chin, with a hint of coldness in his eyes. But then he laughed again, "Okay, okay! What a good idea!" He smiled and looked at Gan's eyes.
With a bit of warning, "You are indeed smart, but you have to know that I am not that easy to take advantage of."
The expression on Mrs. Gan's face did not change, and she only gently brushed Prince Heng's hand away: "I would like to know how I took advantage of the prince? If I tell the prince, Duke Jin and the Chu family are probably not clean behind their backs.
Does the prince still think that I am planning something for her future?" She lowered her eyelids, remembering Lin Yutong's words from Shi Zhongyu, and said: "The prince is here, I can live a good life, although this life is not easy. But if the prince is not here,
I really have no time to live. Can’t I understand the importance of this? What I want is just... to keep that child safe in the future."
Prince Heng frowned: "Dong Jin and the Chu family? How did you know? Do you have contacts outside the government?"
"Didn't the prince already know this?" Gan said frankly: "Mr. Chu made my daughter kneel in the snow and her legs were frozen. I left someone outside the house to send a message. I asked people to keep an eye on Jinguo.
The government is here for this child, but they didn’t expect me to know such important news..."
"Your eyes can always see things that others cannot see, and your ears can always hear things that others cannot understand." Prince Heng raised his eyebrows and pointed at Gan's brain, "I don't believe it is so important.
Things can be easily spied on by you. I can only say that you have a smarter head than others. When it comes to the ability to peel off cocoons, I am not as good as you." He put his hand on Gan's shoulder and squeezed it.
Gan frowned in discomfort and laughed, "No matter what Jin Chengan and Chu Yuan want to do, they dare not do it now. You are right, I have no children. If Jin Chengan's ambition is greater than originally estimated,
That's a good thing. It's really unlikely that he will refuse my proposal." He said, looking at Mr. Gan, "When your daughter gives birth to a son, we can adopt him as his heir and grandson. What do you think?"
Mrs. Gan chuckled: "You are really scheming. My daughter's son is also a grandson to Jin Chengan. But if Jin Chengan is too close to the Chu family, Jin Chengan will be more willing to support the Chu family's daughter.
The legitimate grandson. At that time, the adopted child will be pitiful. If he doesn't listen to you, who can he expect?" She glanced at Prince Heng, "This will all happen in the future, don't worry. I
Not ready yet."
Prince Heng patted Mrs. Gan's face: "You are indeed an ambitious woman. But I don't care!" As he said this, he reached for the cold soup bowl on the table and drank it in one gulp.
He threw the bowl on the ground and said, "Just wait! It won't take long before I can ask you to sit on the queen's throne."
Looking at Prince Heng's back, Mrs. Gan's eyes were filled with darkness.
Queen?
She turned around and glanced in the direction of the main courtyard where Princess Li Xiangjun lived. She wanted to be the queen, so what about the serious princess?
These words are just to fool people. Prince Heng will not call himself the queen, unless he has a reason to force him not to make her the queen. But he is just a queen, and he really can't do this...
Several days had passed since Lin Yutong and Fourth Master moved to the east yard.
I don’t know how Fourth Master did it, but in the past three days, the charcoal kiln in Xishan has sent a lot of charcoal. One thousand kilograms of fine Yin Shuang charcoal, two thousand kilograms of medium-grade charcoal, and ten thousand kilograms of firewood.
I can't even use it for a year at home.
"Did you sell some prescriptions?" Tan was very nervous on a day like this, and it was not easy to buy so much. Lin Yutong and Fourth Master were walking in the corridor of the new house, wanting to take a look around.
After a while, she couldn't help but ask again.
Fourth Master waved his hand: "It's bamboo charcoal."
"We already have this stuff." Lin Yutong whispered, "Don't we know how to bake in this kiln? Besides, these charcoal kilns in the east, west and south are rare, and they are in front of the capital. Where can I get old bamboo?" Besides, this is also arty.
People use it once, who usually uses this. It is too difficult to light. But as a thing to freshen the air, buy some and make bamboo charcoal bags and put them in the house.
"As you said, the sales volume of this bamboo charcoal is limited. If you burn it in a kiln, you won't be able to sell it for a year." Fourth Master helped Lin Yutong up the steps, "This bamboo charcoal is good for making bamboo charcoal soap. After the prescription is sold, I will also drop by
You’ve got it. You don’t have to worry about these things.”
Bamboo charcoal soap, this is easy to say, but the alkali used in it is not easy to make. She thought about it several times in her mind, as if plant ashes can extract alkali. If only a little simple refining is done, the effect may not be good, but as a low-level
This is barely enough for the high-end products. He had forgotten all these things, but he remembered them all.
The two of them were talking intermittently. Gui Wu hurriedly chased after them. When he got in front of the two of them, he whispered to the Fourth Master: "Prince Heng posted a message and invited the Duke to go out for tea."
Lin Yutong suddenly understood that the opportunity for him to meet Mr. Gan should be right in front of him.