Infrastructure Throne

The light from the kerosene lamp was dim, illuminating the dark and shiny face uncertainly.

In the bedroom, no one spoke for a while.

Yan Zui casually leaned against the head of the bed, squinting his eyes, staring at the other party from bottom to top, his expression was full of meaning that could not be expressed in words.

His lips parted slightly, the lip color still had the luster of water after being moisturized, the tip of his tongue pressed against his lower teeth, his index finger slid across his lips at a very slow speed, stretched into his mouth from the corner of his lips, and sucked it.

When it was pulled out, the fingertips were wet and a little jade white.

Even though his right hand was handcuffed, it didn't delay him using the other one to molest his master priest.

Shen Qingze's back was tense, and the muscles on his face twitched unnaturally.

Yan Zui didn't let go of the slightest expression on his face, looked at his slightly sliding Adam's apple, and almost laughed out loud: "Master Officiant, your complexion is so bad, is there something wrong?"

Shen Qingze took a step back vigilantly, and forced out two words: "No, yes."

Yan Zui raised the corners of his mouth: "Why be polite, how about this city lord rubbing it for you?"

A picture subconsciously appeared in Shen Qingze's mind, the other party's fair fingers, bright red lips, slender body, curled toes... His complexion instantly became uglier.

I can't wait to pounce on him and strangle him to death!Let him seduce himself!Now it's all right, the straight man of steel bends as soon as he says he wants to bend!

"My lord, rest well." Shen Qingze said these words with difficulty through the gaps between his teeth, then turned his head and left.

Yan Zui's chuckling voice came from behind: "It's useless to escape, my Lord Priest. Face the reality~"

Shen Qingze choked heavily on the last particle of the tone, quickly stepped out of the door, and closed it forcefully, as if this could lock everything inside.

No matter how fast he escaped, Yan Zui's last joke still caught up with him: "Good night, remember to dream of me at night."

Shen Qingze: "..."

Hehe, even if he jumped from the corridor on the third floor, he would never dream about this guy!

Yan Zui listened to the sound of the other party's footsteps gradually drifting away, and suddenly felt uncomfortable with the sweat on his body. He used the key that Shen Qingze had left on the pillow to loosen the chain at random, changed into new pajamas, and fell back into the soft big bed .

The place where Shen Qingze slept still lingered in his breath.

Yan Zui buried his head in the pillow and took a deep breath, stretching his hands under the quilt, arching back and forth like a silkworm baby in a chrysalis.

"Shen Qingze..."

The high-level healing potion had obviously completely dispelled the curse, but Yan Zui felt hotter than before.

Thinking of the other party's embrace, intertwined breaths, and long kisses, Yan Zui panted lightly, and finally fell asleep in a certain uncomfortable emptiness...

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Early the next morning.

It was rare for Shen Qingze to sleep an hour longer than usual before waking up.

He didn't wake up naturally, but was awakened by the duck's feathery wings. He opened his eyes sleepily and held a large feather pillow in his arms. The poor duck was squeezed between the pillow and him. Between the chest, almost suffocation.

Shen Qingze stared at the suspicious water stains on the pillow with a strange look, and lowered his eyes expressionlessly: "Are you drooling again?"

Duck: "???"

Choo Choo Choo?

Ah Bai was obediently squatting beside the bed with his shoes in his mouth, waiting for his master to get up.Shen Qingze threw away the pillow, sat up from the bed, and as soon as he lifted the quilt, he suddenly felt an indescribable discomfort.

He glanced down...

In the spacious room, one person, one bird, one dog looked at each other with big eyes, and the room was filled with awkward silence.

Shen Qingze covered half of his face with a slap, he didn't want to recall it at all, but the scenes in the dream were replayed back and forth one after another, even Yan Zui's voice of biting his earlobe and humming with his eyes closed was extremely clear Scroll playback.

Shen Qingze rubbed his face with cold water, and couldn't help but peek at the favorability bar on the system board.

I don't know if I don't look at it, but I was shocked when I saw it-mysterious favorability has officially broken through the 80 mark, and it has risen to 82, and the entire progress bar is getting redder and redder.

There is a new note at the back: There is a certain chance of triggering an unexpected event.

What does contingency mean?

Shen Qingze silently exited the system panel, clutching his chest, feeling a little heartbroken, is he destined to be a gay for the rest of his life?

What if one day the game world goes wrong and the system returns itself to the original world?

Even if they can't go back, neither he nor Yan Zui can give birth to a baby, so should they adopt a child?

But whose last name is the baby?Which kindergarten do you want to go to in the future?

Oh, I almost forgot, there is no kindergarten yet.

Shen Qingze tilted his head, leaned against the cold wall, and fell into long imaginations about the future.

His mouth was a little itchy, and he suddenly missed the cigarettes from his previous life.

"Tuk Tuk Tuk-"

The persistent knock on the door finally dragged Shen Qingze back from his contemplation, he frowned slightly and turned his head.

I saw Yan Zui leaning on the door frame with his arms folded: "Master Officiant, you missed breakfast, and the people below thought something happened to you, so they hurriedly asked me to come over and have a look."

The attendants following behind him couldn't help but slander in their hearts. It was clearly the city lord himself who was yelling, and insisted on running up to see it himself, and even blamed him!

Shen Qingze frowned even tighter: "Don't make noise, I'll think of it soon."

"?" Yan Zui was a little confused, "What did you think of?"

"Of course it's ours..." Halfway through Shen Qingze's words, his whole body froze like a stuck gear, his mouth was tightly closed, and he squeezed into a straight line.

"Ours?" Yan Zui's ears twitched slightly, his amber eyes were like sparkling lakes.

Shen Qingze said dryly: "Your Excellency, the city lord, heard it wrong. I said that we should go to see the newly built silkworm breeding room and silk reeling factory today."

As he spoke, he walked towards the door without looking sideways, and when he passed by Yan Zui, he was stopped by the other party's hand.

"Master Priest, it seems that you didn't sleep well last night?"

Being stared at by Yan Zui with probing eyes, Shen Qingze felt a little bad when he thought about the situation in the morning.

"I slept very well, very well." Shen Qingze emphasized emphatically, "I never dreamed anything I shouldn't have dreamed of!"

Yan Zui narrowed his eyes: "Huh?"

Shen Qingze: "...No hey!"

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The silkworm breeding room and silk reeling factory were set up near the mulberry garden outside the city.There are large stretches of mulberry trees planted in the garden, some of which are original, and more are newly planted saplings after spring.

Delicate green buds are densely dotted on the branches, and the fast-growing ones have drawn out full green branches, layered into sheets, endlessly.

In order not to disturb the work of the people in the workshop, Shen Qingze and Yan Zui kept things simple. After entering the workshop, they only looked at the production process from the window.

There are rows of wooden frames in the silkworm breeding room, and each wooden frame is covered with seven layers of square planks, densely covered with green mulberry leaves.

The silkworm house purchased the first batch of spring silkworms. The white and tender young silkworms are small and huddled in the mulberry leaf bed, eating and sleeping when they are full.Being poked lightly with a finger, he curled up shyly.

The steward who manages the silkworm breeding room is an old sericulture household who has devoted himself to raising silkworms for many years. Along the way, he is full of praise for the various novelties of the silkworm breeding room:

"For example, this thermometer. My lords, please look at this small glass stick, which is said to be dyed red kerosene. The scale on it can accurately grasp the room temperature of the silkworm house. It doesn't work if it's too high or too low."

"When the silkworms form cocoons, they must be sent to the silk reeling factory next door for processing."

"In the past, farmers planted mulberry trees by themselves, and set up a room at home as a silkworm house. From taking care of the mulberry trees, to picking leaves, picking mulberries, feeding silkworms, then making cocoons and reeling silk, and finally spinning the reeled raw silk. It’s all done by one hand. But if there is any omission in the middle, the raw silk that comes out will be greatly reduced, and you will have to drink northwest wind all year round!”

"It's all right now. There are special people in the mulberry garden who are responsible for taking care of, picking, and processing and transporting them here. The silkworm farmers in our silkworm breeding room are only responsible for raising and raising silkworms. The cocoons are sent to the silk reeling factory, and they don't belong to us. Nevermind. Get paid more than ever! No risk!"

The steward of the silkworm house said cheerfully: "I heard that the mulberry garden will bear fruit, and they will pick mulberries to make wine. Hehe, mulberry wine is a good thing, and we can try it when the time comes."

The steward led the two of them to the silk reeling factory, and someone was already waiting at the door.

In the core area of ​​the factory building, there are a large number of female silk reeling workers working in full swing. Each of them has a pedal silk reeling machine, and a copper basin in front of them is filled with boiling water and silkworm cocoons. .

Silk reeling is a technical job that requires extremely patient and careful operators. In boiling water at 80-90 degrees, use a thread broom to wipe the cocoon layer. After the silk comes out, the female worker twists the thread out with her hands and rolls it onto the silk-rolling wooden pole above.

As the foot steps on the pedal, the wooden pole rotates continuously to complete the winding work.

"What's that?" Yan Zui noticed that the female workers were wearing green half finger cots to prevent burns.

Shen Qingze observed for a moment, and said: "It's half of the lotus seed peeled off from the lotus seed."

He wondered if this thing could be really useful, it was better than nothing.

Before the technology tree system lights up the steam engine, most of the mechanical power still relies on manpower and animal power. Although water power can be used, it is too affected by the location, so it can only give priority to heavy industries such as steel.

From mulberry farms to silkworm houses to wineries, silk reeling and textile factories, it is a series of industrial chains. The biggest cost is labor costs. As long as the management is proper and the middle circulation price difference is eliminated, the cost is lower than that of individual sericulture farmers. Much more.

The final silk produced will be at a very competitive price.

Shen Qingze thought absently, I don't know how many new silk merchants will be added in Pearl City this time, can't wait to fight him desperately?

"Master City Lord! Master Priest!"

The two turned their heads, only to see a familiar face at the door, walking forward in two quick steps, bowing to the two of them.

Yan Zui signaled the other party to stand up: "Teng Er, why are you back?"

Teng Er's brows were tightly wrinkled, dusty and dusty, his legs and feet were still stained with mud, he had just entered the city, before he had time to wash up, he went straight here:

"My intelligence office has received news that the lord of the Pearl City, who knows what kind of tricks he has, is going to attack our Yuanliu Yinzuo in the Pearl City!

"I immediately ordered people to move away all the goods that could be moved, and all the people were called back, and they left Mingzhu City overnight."

"On the second day after we left, the shop was sealed up by Lott's people. The reason was that our goods came in an improper way, maliciously suppressed other merchants, and confiscated all the things that could not be taken away!"

"My lord, the trade of Pearl City accounts for more than half of our total trade. If we don't think of a way, there will be nowhere to sell the things produced by our factory! What do you eat and drink?"