Song Yunqi was shocked and realized that he had been distracted and not paying attention to the work in his hands, and he ruined a piece of rabbit skin.

"Oh no! Another piece is wasted." Song Yunqi sighed.

Song Yanzhou looked at his brother's absent-minded look from afar, and couldn't help but narrow his eyes, shook his head and sighed softly.

Song Mingli walked towards his eldest brother with a scroll in his hand.

"Why is eldest brother sighing and shaking his head? What happened? Second brother can't leave Beijing?" Song Mingli asked.

Song Yanzhou sighed, "The emperor has approved it. Yunqi can leave the capital disguised as an ordinary caravan."

Song Mingli was overjoyed and couldn't help but exclaim, "Brother is so awesome!"

There was a glimmer of light in Song Yanzhou's deep eyes, "It's not me who is awesome, it's you, Mingli, who is awesome."

Song Mingli smiled slightly, "It's my elder brother who has the solution. I'm just a little woman. If it weren't for my elder brother, I would only be able to sit in the inner house and daydream!"

Song Yanzhou looked at his younger sister with a doting and admiring look.

But when he glanced at his second brother, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

"Since the emperor has approved it, why is elder brother still so unhappy?" Song Mingli asked.

At this moment, Song Yunqi also saw them.

He immediately dropped what he was doing, wiped his hands casually, and jumped over to the brother and sister.

"Brother, how is the situation? Can I go?" Song Yunqi looked excited.

Song Yanzhou sighed and shook his head, "Your Majesty won't allow it."

"Ah?!" Song Yunqi's eyes widened, his face full of surprise and disappointment.

Song Mingli also looked at his elder brother, huh?

That's not what you just said.

"Why?" Song Yunqi was unwilling.

He clenched his fists and his eyes turned red with anxiety.

"Are we going to be kept here for the rest of our lives and be unable to do anything?"

"How long has it been since you had a fight with the third son of Duke Qin's mansion? If it weren't for my little sister helping you, you would still be in jail!

"You haven't changed your temper and you still act on impulse. Instead of asking you to go out, it's better to ask you to stay in Kyoto!" Song Yanzhou said sternly.

Song Mingli raised his eyebrows.

She seemed to understand her brother's intention.

Song Yunqi pouted his lips in grievance and indignation, muttering softly, "He's a bully who bullies men and women and the weak and fears the strong. He deserves to be beaten by me!"

Song Yanzhou sighed, shook his head, and left with his hands behind his back.

Song Yunqi hung his head like a defeated rooster.

Song Mingli thought for a moment and whispered, "Second brother, do you know how to nitrate fur?"

Song Yunqi raised his head, "Not yet...

"I did everything you said, but the fur is not smooth, it becomes hard, and it falls off if you apply a little force. It also has an unpleasant smell."

Song Mingli also sighed, "The saltpeter making process requires patience, step by step, and no half-heartedness.

"If we neglect the process, the result will neglect us."

Song Yunqi was stunned. "Big brother shook his head and sighed at me, and you sighed too, little sister... Did I disappoint you all?"

Song Mingli was slightly startled, and looked at his second brother seriously, "No, second brother, I believe you can do it well, but you just lack practice."

Song Yunqi was slightly excited when he heard this, "Really? Do you believe I can do it?"

Song Mingli smiled and nodded, "Of course, you are my most admired second brother, Jingyou's most admired second uncle!"

The defeated rooster, as if given a shot of chicken blood, picked itself up again.

He raised his head and said, "Okay! Although I can't leave Beijing, I won't give up halfway. I must learn the process of making nitrate well! It's always good to have many skills!"

Song Yunqi smiled at her, then immediately turned around and carefully read through the method Song Mingli wrote for him.

"Oh! I see... I was so careless just now!"

I saw that my second brother had regained his spirits and overcome his previous perfunctory and impatience.

Song Mingli clenched the scroll in his hand and turned to chase his elder brother.

"Don't tell him the truth."

Song Yanzhou said to his sister, "Look at him, he is impulsive, impetuous, and careless... After leaving Kyoto, it will be impossible for you and I to stay with him.

"If he doesn't grow up, he will only cause greater trouble in the future. It would be better for him to be wasted in Kyoto!"

Song Mingli looked at his elder brother who was disappointed with him and nodded, and then comforted him in a gentle voice, "Brother also grew up in difficulties and setbacks.

“Now that I can’t leave Beijing for the northwest, it’s a small setback for my second brother.

"If Second Brother is not defeated by this setback, but instead becomes more courageous, doesn't that just show Second Brother's potential?

"We want our second brother to go to the northwest, isn't it because we want him to hone his skills in this field? Don't be too impatient, eldest brother."

Song Mingli handed the scroll in his hand to his elder brother.

"Hey, if I can't come to see you off when you leave Beijing, please pass it on to you, big brother."

Song Yanzhou unfolded the scroll, which was about one foot wide and actually depicted the appearance of cotton in various stages.

"Yes! The cotton looks different in different months! Mingli, you are so attentive." Song Yanzhou said in surprise.

Song Mingli smiled and said, "I am worried that this thing may not be called this name in the northwest.

"Besides, I don't know what this thing should look like when my second brother goes there, so I just describe what Daddy wrote in his notebook."

Song Yanzhou nodded deeply, "I just hope he won't let you down."

"No, my second brother has never let me down." Song Mingli was very confident.

When we went to the northwest, my eldest and second brothers were responsible for stockpiling furs and cotton.

Song Mingli was going to stock up on coal, so she would do it herself.

However, the previous investments and the "rich support" of the people around her left her with almost no spare money.

Although there were rewards and gifts from the Princess's Mansion and the Duke's Mansion.

But those things cannot be sold.

Song Mingli sorted out the title deeds of the shops and farms he had.

She picked two of them and went to the most reputable money house in Kyoto that she knew in her previous life.

She planned to mortgage her two shops and borrow some money to stock up more charcoal while the weather was hot and dry and the price of charcoal was low.

Wait until this winter when it gets cold, and then sell it, and you can make back your money with a profit.

Song Mingli looked at the golden sign of the money shop, "Shenglong Money Shop", and she asked the carriage to stop.

She cleared her throat, looked at Zi Su, and they both got off the carriage.

Two young and handsome "men" walked into Shenglong Money House.

The guy immediately greeted us warmly.

"Would you like to exchange or deposit money?"

"How much is the interest for a mortgage loan? How do I apply?"

Song Mingli asked in a hoarse voice.

When the waiter heard this, he immediately said, "Please wait a moment. I will ask the shopkeeper to come in for you."

The shopkeeper was on the second floor at this time, reporting the latest news and business conditions to the boss behind the money house.

The guy went upstairs and opened the door.

The beaded curtain at the door blocks the view of people outside.

But the people in the room could see what was happening outside through the bead curtain.

At this moment, the person sitting in the main seat in the room glanced casually across the lobby on the first floor with indifference.

He had already withdrawn his gaze, but his expression was slightly startled...

What did he just see?

As if afraid that he had seen it wrong, he stood up and walked to the bead curtain, staring downstairs.

Seeing this, the man couldn't help but curl his lips.

He put his hand to his chin, "Disguised as a man? What is she doing here?"

As soon as the person sitting on the main seat stood up, the shopkeeper also stood up quickly, nodding respectfully and standing aside.

The man waved his hand and said, “I’ll report back later. Go entertain her first and see what she’s here for.

"Find out more...but don't let her get suspicious."

The shopkeeper looked at his master in surprise, but did not dare to ask more questions. He quickly bowed and said, "Yes."

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