Within two days, Yuntao received what Li Qianchen sent her.

There was a box full of jade silk flowers and half a box full of sparkling gems of all kinds.

Yuntao opened the letter written by Li Qianchen, and the letter said that this was a gift to her.

Gemstones are raw materials for grinding paint, and Li Qianchen found them for her to use in painting.

Pearl green silk flowers are a popular style in the capital today. I didn’t know what Yuntao liked, so I picked a few for her.

Yuntao looked at the gems in the box. They were of different sizes and pure and translucent.

The gemstones of this era were not as valuable as those there, and they were hyped up into various wedding ring concepts, but they were not cheap either.

It takes a lot of effort to collect these from south to north.

Li Qianchen also said in the letter that if you have any difficulties, just send him a letter and he will help.

This made Yuntao think deeply, isn't this person far away in the capital?

It takes less than half a year to send a letter back and forth. Unless Babaili rushes it, the day lilies will be cold waiting for him to process it!

Could it be that he is not in the capital, but somewhere nearby?

Yuntao didn't know that her guess was right.

Li Qianchen had left the Bailong Envoy and went to another place for appointment, and the place of appointment happened to be not far from Li'an.

Yuntao found a pack of candied fruits made this year and wrote back a letter to Li Qianchen, asking him to work hard and not think about himself.

Then he got involved in Li'an's planning.

Li'an's development obviously relies on tourism and trade.

Even if the nobles want to spend a lot of money, they can only buy some toilet water and oil.

All the fields cannot be used for planting flowers. There is a lot of rain in the south and the risk is extremely high.

Expanding production will inevitably lead to a drop in the price of goods. The current pace is very good. Except for part of the palace, there is no need to worry about anything else.

It is unrealistic to rely on scattered flowers to make people rich. Eggs cannot be put in one basket.

If all the people in a village make a living by growing flowers, and one day there is an extreme weather event, the entire village's harvest for the year will be wiped out.

If people want to stabilize their livelihood, they must grow food!

Yuntao has no plans to expand her flower fields on a large scale for the time being. She is content with the fifty acres of land added this year, so she will rely on these for the time being.

As for ordinary people making a living at home, Yuntao thought about it and decided to plant sugar cane!

Each household would plant an acre and a half, and she would harvest it together, which would allow ordinary people to save some extra money over the course of a year, which was better than selling grain.

Moreover, sugar is a hard currency. Although wealthy households have no shortage of sweet sources, sugar cane cannot be grown anywhere, especially in the north.

Not selling to Gaomen, just selling to businessmen from overseas.

Yun Taoyuan heard about the fight between foreign merchants in Li'an for sugar.

In short, even if the high-ranking officials in the Jin Dynasty don't buy it, there are many foreign nobles who want to buy it.

So growing sugar cane is totally fine!

The next thing after eating is to dress warmly!

Yuntao opened a large chicken and duck factory in Li'an, and harvested a lot of goose down and duck feathers.

Yuntaoyuan was planning to make a big splash and take the down jacket route.

The fabrics that can be used to make down jackets are expensive and the output is small. It is difficult to expand production for a while, but it is not a big problem to make a few pieces in small batches.

Yuntao picked out what was sent to the palace this year and gave it to Grandpa Grandpa in the capital. After giving it to Zhan'er, the Yun family in Cangxing Mansion and Li Qianchen's clothes, there was not much left.

Yuntao didn't prepare anything for her parents or herself because the winter in the south wasn't cold at all, so there was no need for down jackets.

Looking at the small feathers floating lightly in the air, Yuntao suddenly felt inspired.

She had some very fine, complete and beautiful down collected and made a head flower.

Snow-white velvet flowers hang on the head. When the wind blows, they look like flowers trembling and flying, giving it a pure white and delicate beauty.

Everyone who saw Xinlu Xinrui said it was good.

Even if you take a few steps when there is no wind, it will look very beautiful, like snowflakes in full bloom, vividly alive.

"County Lord, why don't you take this goose feather and dye it with some colors? Wouldn't it look better to make colorful flowers?" Xinlu said.

Yuntao smiled when she heard this. "I think white is the prettiest, as snow-white sets off black hair. Besides, dyed fingers may not be as light as they are now."

Xinlu nodded, feeling that what Yuntao said made sense.

She is a slave and must obey her master.

Little did she know that what Yuntao was thinking about was the various large goose-feather shuttlecocks from her world, tied with various hairs and dyed into colorful shapes. They were not very pretty and looked very tacky.

It was hard for her to imagine someone wearing colorful feathers on their head.

It is said that birds are sometimes jealous of the beautiful feathers of their own kind, so they peck out the feathers of the jealous object and pin them on themselves.

Yuntao thought of this, glanced at the parrot in the cage, and quickly stopped imagining.

I looked in the mirror at the fine goose down on my head. It was small and refined, and that was enough.

In addition to making velvet flowers, Yuntao also asked people to pick some fine goose feathers to make things like scarves.

The goose feathers need to be glued one by one and tied with strings. This is quite troublesome to make and the yield is not high.

If it can't be contained on the inside, it will leak out on the outside.

Around now, this year's offerings have been prepared, and they are not expensive gifts yet.

Yuntao looked at what she had prepared and was extremely satisfied.

Cheap, novel, practical, thoughtful, and large in quantity!

It's perfect!

After solving the problem of keeping warm items available, it is time to solve the problem of keeping warm for the people of Li'an.

Yuntao heard from her parents what happened when they were young. There were many brothers and sisters in the family and they didn't have much money to buy clothes.

The eldest child wore the clothes of the second child, and the second child wore the clothes of the third child, regardless of gender, and they were passed down from generation to generation. Being able to buy new clothes during the Chinese New Year is a very happy memory when I look back many years later.

If your relatives and friends are richer, you can find a lot of good-quality second-hand clothes for your children.

When Yuntao was born, the family conditions were very good, and since she was an only child, she did not encounter such an embarrassing situation.

However, Yuntao recalled that when she was buying clothes when she was a child, her mother would tell her that every time she took her out, she would grow taller.

The clothes that fit you well now will outgrow them next year. It is better to buy looser and larger clothes that can last another year.

Yuntao nodded after hearing this!

As a result, she bought loose new clothes every year, but never wore any clothes that fit her well.

Not to mention the people of Jin Dynasty.

The children in the family wear clothes that are made from old clothes worn by their elders.

If the sleeves are too short, I'll give you a piece of fabric, and if the trousers are too small, I'll sew an extra piece of waistband.

I spent my childhood sewing and mending, and continued to wear adults' old clothes when I grew up.

Ordinary people don't have any difference between summer clothes and winter clothes. They just wear layers of clothes, just like matryoshka dolls. They wear the same clothes all year round. They add more clothes when it's cold and take them off when they're hot.

There is no need to take a shower when the weather is cold, and there is no need to worry about changing clothes.
Chapter completed!