Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 617 - 310 Efficacy_2

Chapter 617: Chapter 310 Efficacy_2

After returning home, Manjiang recounted today’s events to Yixiu in a low sigh, "With the Emperor saying this, he will definitely pay attention to where the Prince’s silver goes. The silver from the Glass Factory that belongs to the Prince can no longer be used for other things."

It seems that the Emperor also fears that Prince Ning will use such an amount of money to cultivate his own power. But Prince Ning indeed needs silver. Since he will eventually be the victor, our family should support him with all we have.

In a soft voice, Yixiu said, "Father, let’s give all the income from the glass workshop over the past few years to the Prince so he can do what he wants."

This was exactly what Manjiang wanted to say, but because the Glass Factory was all his daughter’s doing, he felt embarrassed to bring it up. Hearing her say this, he exclaimed joyfully, "Good daughter, so magnanimous, truly displaying a spirit not inferior to any man."

When Manjiang told Prince Ning about this, Prince Ning rejoiced saying, "Great kindness does not require words of thanks, I will remember this favor." He was worrying about the issue of silver.

Manjiang hastily replied, "This official dares not accept such praise."

After this, Prince Ning simply stopped going to the Ministry of Trades and Crafts. Every day, he had people search all over for skilled carpenters, buy quality timber, decorations, and flowers to refurbish the Prince Residence. As there were no large tracts of good farmland for sale near the Capital City, he sent people to Jiaodong, Lake Province, and other places to purchase land. Sometimes, he even went out personally to search.

In the blink of an eye, it was the beginning of June, and at the foot of Jiufeng Ridge, the waste lands around Dongshi Village, Xishi Village, Shangling Village, and Xialing Village had turned into boundless lotus ponds and two undulating hills. At the same time, the several large courtyards that popped up were also renovated anew.

These courtyards were the Qian family’s Plum Court and Peach Court, Prince Ning Mansion’s Chrysanthemum Courtyard, and the Liang Mansion’s Orchid Courtyard. Paths made of blue stones were laid between the courtyards. Around and between the courtyards were vast lotus ponds.

It was exactly when the lotus flowers were in full bloom, and the endless stretch of green lotus leaves, the graceful lotus blossoms standing upright, and the intoxicating fragrance lured many visitors. The area also received a very elegant and pleasant name, the Ten Lotus Fragrance.

Since late spring, the weather had been sultry. Yixiu had come to the Plum Court with Grandfather Sangui to escape the summer heat and to handle some preliminary affairs of the Glass Factory. After over a month of busyness, the matters had been mostly settled, and from now on, she could wait idly as an absentee owner to collect silver.

Old Master Pan had come too, not to escape the heat, but drawn by the Ten Lotus Fragrance, forgoing even his teaching duties.

Sean, on the other hand, had been recruited with a high salary to Songpan Academy to teach mathematics, returning to his original profession.

Yixiu originally wanted Pan Yue to bring Mingming and Jingjing to the estate to avoid the summer heat, but their little mother didn’t want to leave Father Jiang. On the fifth day of this month, the little mother had taken the last Serpent Vine Chrysanthemum Pill. Yixiu was somewhat concerned and wanted to return to the mansion to see how her illness was progressing. However, whether the glass beads could be successfully produced would become clear during this period, so she had no choice but to patiently wait here for news.

Yesterday, she received a letter from Jack brought by someone, saying that what she had requested was ready. Overjoyed, she hurriedly sent someone to Prince Ning Mansion with a letter, waiting for Prince Ning to come before going to the Glass Factory to retrieve the items. It was safer to keep the items there than at the estate.

After the noon rest, Yixiu, feeling bored, went to the Peach Court to check on the growth of the peach trees. The trees in the garden had all been grafted with Golden Peach Tree branches brought from Huaxi Village, awaiting the next year to see if they would bear Golden honey peaches. If they couldn’t bear Golden honey peaches, she would come up with other plans for the land. Unlike Old Master Pan, who had such elegance to waste over ten acres on a Mei Garden, she would not

The name given to the lake in the Peach Court was Moon Lake, and Yixiu had spread the first-grade golden lotus seeds taken directly from Cave Sky Pool, making the scent of the lotus flowers in the lake somewhat more intense than that in the ponds outside the court. Additionally, she had people cut down some plum trees in front of the Plum Grove in the Plum Court and dug a crescent-shaped lake, named Crescent Spring, where she also spread first-grade golden lotus seeds. The ponds outside the courts were all filled with second-grade golden lotus seeds.

This year, these lakes and ponds would not be profitable, only by next year would there be gains.

After inspecting the peach trees, she left the Peach Court with Zi Zhu and Monkey Sister, accompanied by several guards for her protection.

Because of the Glass Factory, she was also concerned about her personal safety. Every time she went out, she was followed by multiple guards, and either Monkey Brother or Monkey Sister had to be by her side.