I handed in the sand sculpture through the book system

Rao has seen the world since time travel, and the corners of Mu Chen's mouth still twitched slightly when he heard the "ten catties of gems" in Liu Heng's mouth.He coughed and adjusted his expression, waved his hand to signal Liu Heng to back away, and continued to look at the box of gems.

In order to earn face for the team in front of the envoys of the Northern Dynasties, Liu Heng and others put a lot of thought into preparing the gifts this time. Not only did they carefully select the synthesis technology of the gemstones, but they also invited chemical experts to decontaminate and polish them.Now the sun is directly above the head, and the treasures in the box are shining brightly, almost blinding people's eyes.

So dazzling and eye-catching, the effect is really outstanding.Even though the envoys from the Northern Dynasties were familiar with extravagance, they were suddenly overwhelmed by this undisguised astonishing brilliance, and almost lost their composure for a while.The traversers in the hall looked at each other, secretly a little happy in their hearts.Mu Chen coughed lightly, and waved for the guard to bring the second box of gifts.

According to the practice of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the gifts prepared by the Hengyang Mansion were divided into two parts, one was a national gift to the emperor of the Northern Dynasty, and the other was a private gift to the envoy.Of course, state ceremonies should be extravagant and heavy, but private ceremonies don't need such fluff.Considering that Yuan An is considered a friend of the time-traveling team (they have signed such a contract, how can they not be friends?), the consultants also put a lot of thought into choosing gifts.After opening the box, the first layer is full of silks and satins.Yuan An saw it at a glance, but finally recovered from his trance, and quickly crossed his hands to thank him.

When the door of time and space was opened and the advisory group was preparing to travel through materials, the country made a special trip to Suzhou to contact a textile factory that made Hanfu, wrapped up all the unsalable materials, and transported them to the Middle Ages.Compared with 1000 years ago, the textile technology in modern society is simply a blow to dimensionality reduction. Yuan An leaned over to examine it carefully, and was immediately amazed.

Mu Chen smiled slightly, and quickly adjusted his expression and posture.He casually leaned on the proof table, and his tone showed the laziness he had prepared for a long time. He only said that the relationship between the North and the South is very important, and that he and the envoy hit it off right away.

Obviously, due to the limited vision of the times, the envoys from the Northern Dynasties did not know much about Versailles literature, so Yuan An's expression changed, and it was obvious that he had been bluffed again.But what does the traverser do more than this?Mu Chen clapped his hands, and the guard beside him quickly stepped forward and brought up two small porcelain bottles.Mu Chen groaned with a smile, and said in a brisk tone: I met Yuan Qing before, and saw that my feet were inconvenient to speak, and seemed to be suffering from dental disease. This is a little secret recipe of Gu's hand, Yuan Qing might as well give it a try. "

Yuan An was overwhelmed by the flattery, and quickly bowed to take it, but saw that the small white porcelain bottle was shiny and smooth, like beautiful jade, and there were two small corks on it.He pulled out the cork and sniffed it lightly, only to feel that the fragrance was enticing to the nose, and then a burst of coolness entered the throat from the tip of the nose.With a twitch of his heart, he flipped his hand and poured out a white pill, and opened his mouth to hold it in his mouth.But after a short while, the burning tooth on his left side felt cool, and the pain immediately eased.

Yuan Anku was addicted to fine wine, but after forty he suffered from toothache, and never enjoyed it to the fullest.Even if you searched for famous doctors in the capital of the Northern Dynasties, after all, the medicine was useless.Now that a mere porcelain vase has such an effect, I was so shocked that I couldn't hold back the etiquette, it took me a long time to remember to salute and thank you, but my voice trembled a little, it was obvious that my emotions were turbulent.

Xiang Liang saw it clearly in the hall, couldn't help tugging on Wang Zhi's sleeve, and asked in a low voice:

"What kind of medicine is this, so effective?"

Wang Zhi smiled slightly, and also answered in a low voice:

"It's just a powerful broad-spectrum antibiotic and anesthetic. With this ancient medical technique, it can be used for almost any disease. It's a panacea."

90.00% of human diseases can be related to bacteria. In this era when bacteria have not even identified drug resistance, broad-spectrum antibiotics are purely dimension-reducing blows, and they do not pay attention to martial arts to the extreme.But the traveler painstakingly prepared this drug, obviously not just to satisfy an old friend who signed the declaration of integration.Wang Zhi paused, and whispered to Xiang Liang the thoughts of the economic advisory group for the past few days.

To put it simply, as modern technology gradually enters the south of the Yangtze River, these medieval towns will quickly complete industrialization.Industrialization requires a huge external market. General civilian products can be transported by merchants, and high-end products have to rely on diplomatic channels between the north and the south. In the middle ages, most of the nobles were sweet-loving, and their daily drinking fiber was rough. Dental caries was almost everyone’s share. The prospect of analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs is extremely broad.

Xiang Liang immediately understood the thinking of the economic team, but after thinking for a moment, his tone was a little hesitant: "Of course it is necessary to expand the market...but the industrial gap between the North and the South is too large. If we sell unilaterally, isn't it economically—unbalanced?"

He tried his best to be euphemistic, but the meaning behind his words is clear—the industrial advantages are so different, and there is no tariff barrier between trades. This is simply textbook-level dumping. I’m afraid it won’t take long. North Shore China's economy is about to explode!

Wang Zhi's smile deepened, but his tone was extremely relaxed:

"It's not that easy." He said casually: "The economic advisory group has calculated that even with Mr. Mu's unreserved financial support, it will take at least five or six years for Jiangnan to build the most basic industrial system—just It takes a lot of effort to eliminate illiteracy. As for five or six years later...you won’t delay the unification for so long, will you?”

Xiang Liang pondered for a moment, and finally laughed too.

"Of course not." He said happily, "That's all right."

·

Yuan An in the audience thanked him again and again, apparently never dreaming that there would be such a high-powered speech in the classroom.He carefully put away the medicine bottle, and seeing the amiable attitude of King Hengyang, he finally mustered up the courage to speak out his presumptuous request carefully.He bowed down and reported, saying that his younger sister missed his daughter and was already seriously ill in bed, so he begged the Southern Dynasty to show his kindness and allow his niece to go home to visit her relatives.

Unexpectedly, King Hengyang agreed to Yuan An's prayer without hesitation, and immediately asked someone to bring Yang Chan.Yuan An was surprised and astonished, he couldn't believe it for a while, and when he saw his niece being ushered into the hall, he finally took two steps forward and said that he wanted to take her back.

Yang Chan finally got rid of her veil this time, but there was some kind of flesh-colored plaster on her temples, which looked rather strange.When she heard the news of her mother's serious illness, she subconsciously became a little dazed - her uncle had a deep talk with her yesterday, but he only said that her mother was feeling a little unwell.Yang Chan was astonished, before she could ask any questions, she saw her uncle turn around and look at her fiercely.She froze for a moment, but finally shut up.

Seeing Yang Chan bowing his head in silence, Mu Chen was quite surprised - he thought that the concubine Gongfei had been away from home for several years, and she should be ecstatic when she had the opportunity to go home to visit her.However, he had no intention of spying on other people's privacy, so he simply got up and left his seat, signaling the envoy of the Northern Dynasty to go at his own pace.

·

Yuan An saluted King Hengyang respectfully and led his niece out of the lobby. When he reached a secluded place, he heard his niece asking in a low voice behind him:

"Uncle, is my mother really seriously ill?"

Yuan An breathed a sigh of relief, and thinking about how smooth his actions were today, he couldn't help laughing:

"You were smart in the past, why do you look so stupid today? Concubines are never allowed to leave the palace. If there is no excuse for serious illness and filial piety, can the King of Hengyang agree? As for your mother—it's just the same!"

Yang Chan was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice:

"Mother is still the same... what about my aunt?"

This time Yuan An was also silent.Yang Chan's mother is the princess of the Northern Dynasty, and she was originally a noble and incomparable status among her sister-in-law; but more than ten years ago, the court was turbulent, and after the civil strife, the imperial family declined. .However, Aunt Yang Chan has a very shallow relationship with Princess Qi, and since then she has been on the rise with the honor of being a nobleman, and her mother can't hold her head down at home. this vent...

He pondered for a moment, and finally decided to reveal the truth a little bit, so that his niece could be mentally prepared.

"A few years ago, King Qi won many battles and made great achievements in battle. He added Jiuxi, gave the scepter, and Zhang Tianzi drove him. It is already unsealable. Your aunt--aunt's prestige has become more and more trembling. Before that, it was just meddling. Housework, arbitrary expulsion of servants, and now even the expenses of each house are managed together. Your mother has been restrained by her, and she hasn't gone out to make friends for several months."

Yang Chan's expression changed immediately.She was born in an honorable family in the Northern Dynasty, so of course she knows how important daily communication is to a noble lady. Her mother was so embarrassed that she couldn't go out for several months. In the eyes of celebrities, she might be no different from a dead person!

Yuan An looked at Yang Chan's face, finally sighed softly, and explained to her in a low voice:

"Uncle can't help it either. Although he helped a lot in private, it's still hindering King Qi..."

Yang Chan's eyebrows twitched, and she already planned Yuan An's words out loud.

"How can I blame uncle?" She said in a deep voice: "Uncle is an official under the King of Qi, so of course he has to take into account the face of his superiors, besides, my mother only has one daughter, and she is in such a predicament now, can I blame others? Of course it should be my business."

These words were resounding, but Yuan An was moved, but also murmured in his heart-the social contacts of the powerful and powerful are not just visiting, and it costs a lot of money just to dress and make up. The Southern Dynasties have always been unfavored, how can they afford such expenses?

He thought about it for a while, and felt that his niece might be lying on the spur of the moment, and was thinking about giving her a step up, but he saw Yang Chan blessing him with a solemn tone.

"Uncle, please go back to the foot and wait for a while." Yang Chan said, "I'll go and collect my salary first, and then I'll let someone bring the things over."

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This waited for at least an hour, Yuan An sat quietly for a long time in the guest room where the envoy was placed, watching the sun dipping outside, almost thinking that his niece had an accident.He was thinking about asking the guards to ask him carefully, when he heard someone calling outside, saying that his niece was waiting.

Yuan An walked out of the house in two steps, just glanced up, and subconsciously froze—the wooden boxes and boxes in front of the house were piled up to the brim, almost blocking half of the street, if not for his niece standing next to him, he would have been Think that the government sent people to search the house.

Yuan An opened his mouth slightly, looked up and down, and finally couldn't help but said in a shy voice:

"Li Niang, you—are you moving?"

Yang Chan smiled shyly, and said softly: "Uncle was joking... I also feel that it is not easy to go back, and I just want to bring more things. These are the clothes and fabrics in stock in the store, so they are very cheap, but niece see It’s also good to wear.”

Yuan An opened his mouth, feeling his throat getting dry: "These are...cloths?"

Yang Chan smiled, and asked the workers on the side to open the box on the top. Inside, there were indeed neatly stacked silks and satins of various colors. At first glance, it was a good material that was smooth, dense, and exquisitely woven.The workers next to them opened several boxes again and again, only to see that there were all kinds of colors and colors, and the piles were full.

Yuan An approached slowly, stretched out his hand to touch it lightly, but withdrew it like an electric shock.He was stunned for a moment, and finally asked in a low voice:

"Li Niang, these - how much did you spend on these?"

Yang Chan pursed her lips, feeling embarrassed to mention Aduwu: "My niece is here to teach the musical instruments of the court ladies, and she is paid every month. These fabrics are not top-notch, so they only spent a month's salary. .I spent the rest of the money on jewellery, which will be delivered shortly."

Speaking of this, she couldn't help but blush, and said in a low voice: "Uncle's family doesn't know how much this has been remembered, and my niece is out of control."

Yuan An's lips trembled, but he didn't speak immediately.Yang Chan was right, the clothes in the Yuan Mansion's treasury were indeed better than those in this box—but, but, it was the Yuan clan's hard work accumulated over a hundred years, the emperor's rewards over the years, and painstaking efforts to finally have such a little stuff!And these cloths, these cloths... the salaries of high-ranking officials in the Northern Dynasties were extremely rich, but even the most honorable kings of Zhou and Qi in the court, the official salary rewards for an ordinary year would definitely not be able to exchange for so much cloth and silk!

But what was his niece saying—oh, she seemed to say it was just a monthly salary...

Yuan An looked dazed and stood in front of the suitcase without speaking for a long time.A moment later, footsteps rushed at the corner of the street, but a girl rushed over with two big boxes, panting from exhaustion all the way.

The girl put down the box and opened the lid for Yang Chan to check.Seeing all kinds of jewelry in the box shining brightly, Yang Chan was forced to cover her eyes with her hand and almost took a step back.

She was about to step forward to take a closer look, but she saw that her uncle beside her suddenly took a step forward and had already reached out and grabbed her shoulder.

"Liniang." Yuan An said in a solemn tone, "The musical instrument teaching you just mentioned—is there any specific requirements?"

·

Mu Chen waved the envoy of the Northern Dynasty to retreat, stood up from the collapsed platform, beat his waist and turned behind the screen.

——Even though it has been more than a month since he was in the book, he still can't get used to this kneeling posture.

While kneading the sore muscles on his side, Mu Chen thought about doing a cultural output to promote the seat in an all-round way.He rubbed his muscles and took a few steps forward, but was suddenly taken aback for a moment - the figure behind the screen was swaying, but it was Dr. Shu Baishu who was standing in a daze.

Mu Chen was immediately puzzled—according to the rules set before, Shu Bai should sit in Jiangling together with Duan Ke and Duan Gong.He changed his mind and asked:

"Doctor Shu?"

Shu Bai turned his head and gave him two huge dark circles.

"Hello, Mr. Mu." Shu Bai sighed softly, and his tone was quite tired: "I just arrived, and I haven't had time to inform you yet. Let me make a long story short——according to the observations from Jiangling City, I'm afraid it will happen soon. There's a plague outbreak."