Pick up a female emperor as a wife

Ningyan should have been happy that she didn't have to follow Qin Chuan to Qingyang City, but the truth was that she felt very disappointed in her heart. She could feel that she still longed to travel around the world with Qin Chuan and enjoy that freedom and worry-free life.

However, no matter whether she needs to deal with customers who buy Babaixiang next or she has already agreed to join the organization with Chu Fengwu, she cannot leave the imperial capital for the time being.

She sighed in her heart and took the initiative to invite him, "Sir, please stay in Ningyan Pavilion tonight. I will sing and dance for you."

"Haha, that's exactly what I meant."

Qin Chuan laughed.

Although the road ahead is difficult, this guy is very ambitious. He just wants to enjoy the wine and beautiful women first. If he encounters difficulties when he arrives in Qingyang City, he will worry about it then.

After a night of partying with Ningyan, Qin Chuan saw that no one was blocking him this time, so he returned home.

Now that he has decided to go to Qingyang City, Qin Chuan needs to prepare for the sale of lipstick and Babaixiang.

The ingredients for the Eight White Incense can be purchased everywhere in Qian Country, so there is still time to make it after going to Qingyang City.

It’s just that lipstick requires cochineal insects, most of which are attached to cacti.

The reason why he can get the cactus now is that the cactus presented by foreign countries as tribute was despised by Empress Dowager Chunyuan and thrown out of the city, and eventually it grew all over the mountains and plains. However, whether there is cactus in Qingyang City is a question mark.

Therefore, Qin Chuan needs to make as many lipsticks as possible before going to Qingyang City.

In order to ensure a continuous supply of raw materials, before Qin Chuan started making lipstick, he asked Tian Tianci to go outside the city to look for a persimmon forest and buy as many persimmon trees as possible.

The reason for this is that cochineal likes sweet food, and persimmons are also their ideal habitat. Cochineal eggs can be planted on persimmons, where they can grow and develop.

From then on, Qin Chuan no longer needed to rely entirely on cactus to cultivate cochineal, and the supply of raw materials would be continuous.

Tian Tianci was extremely efficient. In just two hours, he found a ten-acre persimmon forest on a mountain ten miles outside the city. The land on the mountain was cheap, and Qin Chuan only spent ten taels to buy the persimmon forest and the land.

Ten acres of mountain fields are the source of income for the old farmer's family who grows persimmon trees, but they were only sold for ten taels. The rich people in the imperial capital are willing to pay thousands of taels just to have a long chat with Ningyan, even though they can't even touch her hand.

It can be seen that no matter how chaotic the society is, the rich will never be affected, and it is always the ordinary people who suffer.

Qin Chuan felt pity for the old farmer. After taking over the persimmon forest and planting cochineal eggs on the unripe persimmons, he went to the old farmer's house and gave him an extra thirty taels of silver.

The old farmer was grateful and took the initiative to take on the job of looking after the persimmon forest.

For Qin Chuan, the more low-key the raw materials used in making the persimmon forest are, the better. As the original owner, the old farmer would not arouse suspicion if he asked him to continue to guard the persimmon forest.

In order to encourage him to take better care of the insects, Qin Chuan told him that the insects could be used as medicine in the future, and if he could watch them grow into adults, he would reward him with another twenty taels of silver.

At that moment, in the eyes of the old farmer, Qin Chuan was like the God of Wealth. He was so excited that he vowed to take good care of Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan did not stay. The more he appeared to take it seriously, the more suspicious he would be.

After returning to the mansion, Qin Chuan began to busy himself in the backyard.

Two days later, thousands of lipsticks were drying in Qin Chuan's backyard.

He just needs to wait for it to dry completely, and then he can leave the imperial capital and head for Qingyang City.

It takes at least five days to dry completely.

During this time he would go to the mountains and prepare as much gunpowder as possible for his eldest son's family before leaving.

With a plan in mind, Qin Chuan took Niu Dali and Qingyue to the mountains.

As for Ouyang Ronger and Tian Tianci, they stayed in the mansion.

The reason why Tian Tianci was not brought along was not because he was not trusted, but because he was too small to be of much help in physical work. However, he was quite capable of guarding Ouyang Ronger, and was quite insidious and ruthless.

With him around, Ouyang Ronger will definitely not be able to escape!

Qin Chuan realized Qingyue's loyalty to Nangong Wan, and there was no way she would be infiltrated by the Queen Mother. More importantly, she was very powerful and had enough strength to prepare the gunpowder, which could be of great help.

After arriving at the mountain, Qin Chuan became busy again.

Five days passed in a flash.

With the help of Niu Dali and Qingyue, they prepared 500 bags of explosives in five days.

These explosives really can't be used to give each of Nangong Wan's guards a portion.

But the speed of making saltpeter was too slow and the quantity was limited. It was already the limit for the three of them to produce so much.

Fortunately, as long as he can get the military pay settled, there will definitely be no soldier mutiny in the short term. He can continue the preparations after returning from Qingyang City.

This made Qin Chuan want to go to Qingyang City even more. When he was about to go back, the figure Qin Chuan had been thinking about day and night appeared outside the cave.

Nangong Wan took the initiative to look for Qin Chuan.

The moment she saw Qin Chuan, a smile finally appeared on Nangong Wan's cold and beautiful face.

These days, Nangong Wan has been troubled by the issue of military pay.

Ever since the assassination, people from all over the country have reported flood disasters and poor water transport, requesting the court to quickly allocate funds for rescue, which has made the already empty treasury even tighter.

Nangong Wan summoned the royal nobles, hoping that they could give some money.

As a result, although they were clearly living a life of luxury, they all cried and said they were poor, and finally gave only a thousand taels out of humiliation.

It can be seen that these royal nobles are all watching the fire from the other side of the river, hoping that they can reap the benefits by watching her fight with the Queen Mother.

After learning of their thoughts, Nangong Wan no longer placed her hopes on them, but shifted her target to the common people.

But the response they got was that the vast majority of merchants had obeyed the orders of Empress Dowager Chunyuan and were not allowed to donate silver to the emperor or cooperate with him.

The Lu family's influence among the people was far greater than that of Emperor Nangong Wan. Even though they were promised huge benefits, no one responded in the end.

Are we just going to watch the border soldiers mutiny?

Nangong Wan had no intention of giving up. She believed there must be a way, but she didn't know what the way was yet.

Under heavy pressure, she missed Qin Chuan more and more, and only seeing Qin Chuan could make her feel relieved.

After the morning court, she changed into casual clothes and went to look for Qin Chuan.

The two hadn't seen each other for many days and didn't say much. Even though Qin Chuan hadn't taken a bath for many days, Nangong Wan didn't mind.

The two sides were furious and fought a fierce battle.

The battle lasted until the early morning.

The joy of enjoyment reduced Nangong Wan's stress sharply, and at the same time, she felt more and more that Qin Chuan was a beast!

No, he was even more powerful than an animal. She had never heard of any animal as powerful as Qin Chuan.

It looks like she has found a treasure!

After learning that Qin Chuan was going to Qingyang City next, Nangong Wan was extremely reluctant to let him go. She fought with Qin Chuan until dawn, and only then did she reluctantly get up and leave this gentle land.

Before leaving, she instructed Qingyue to serve Qin Chuan and bring his head to her if Qin Chuan was injured in any way!

At the same time, she once again ordered Qingyue not to tell Qin Chuan about her current predicament!

Qingyue sighed in her heart. Although the emperor was a woman, her self-esteem was stronger than that of a man. She did not want the person she cared about to share the pressure with her.

Since Qingyue had promised Qinchuan before, she would need Qinchuan's consent before telling the emperor anything.

She did not mention a word about Qin Chuan raising military funds for the emperor.

As Nangong Wan left, Qin Chuan packed thousands of lipsticks and the remaining gunpowder into the carriage, and left the imperial capital with Ouyang Ronger, Tian Tianci, Niu Dali and Qingyue.

Qin Chuan's trip was not just to sell lipstick and eight-white incense. He also arrived in Qingyang City and thought of some ways to make money according to local conditions.

This guy still thinks he is the immortal poet!

Guys like Lu Yunchen and Jiang Xuanchen are admired by many people. He thinks that he is not worse looking than them, right?

The number of people who admire him must far exceed Lu Yunchen and Jiang Xuanchen!

If we organize a fan meeting and deliberately advertise that we can teach them how to write poetry, wouldn't we be able to make some money?

This is definitely a good way to make money!

Qin Chuan looked at Ouyang Ronger, who was standing aside, not convinced but still fanning him with a palm-leaf fan.

"What businesses does your Ouyang family have in Qingyang City?"

Ouyang Ronger immediately looked proud. "There are so many, wine shops, horse farms, cloth shops..."

"Is there a place like Yanzhi Tower or Tianhe Tower?" Qin Chuan interrupted Ouyang Ronger.

"Of course there is. Our Ouyang family's Beihuai Restaurant in Qingyang City is the second largest restaurant after Lu Tianyan. It is at least twice as large as Yanzhilou!" Ouyang Ronger became more and more proud.

"very good!"

Qin Chuan decided to use this place as the venue for his fan meeting.

Then, he pulled the corner of Qingyue's clothes while she was driving the carriage and said, "Qingyue, do you know anyone in the martial arts world who can help spread the news?"

Qingyue sighed, stopped the carriage and looked back at Qin Chuan: "Brother Chuan, what are you going to do?"