Reborn on the day of marriage! After the marriage exchange, the elder sister went crazy

The officials from the Siyi Hall came here at the order of the emperor.

"When the King of Dongyi heard that the King of Pei had opened a palace, he specially sent tribute."

Officials from the Siyi Hall took out a list of gifts from the Dongyi.

At the top of the gift list was written "local gifts, several gold-woven red velvet rugs".

The Dongyi's gold-woven red velvet carpet is famous throughout the world. It is made of wool and is a top-quality tribute.

Li Jinglan observed the carpet carefully.

It feels extremely smooth to the touch, and the style is beautiful and gorgeous, with a strong Dongyi style.

There are gold woven patterns on the carpet, and the gold threads are all pure gold.

This proves that the Dongyi people not only mastered the technology of degreasing wool, but also mastered the technology of turning gold into gold thread.

Gold has a high melting point.

The ability to melt gold proves that there are coal, furnaces, and skilled craftsmen there.

It would be terrible if the Dongyi people applied the gold thread technology to iron making.

High-end products cannot form a large-scale production model and cannot mobilize and organize a large number of workers.

Only low-end consumer goods can form an intensive production model.

The people of Dongyi should be encouraged to knit sweaters and sell them to the mainland.

The common people of Dongyi all went to knit sweaters to make money, and few of them were willing to travel on horseback.

Then came the tribute from Samarkand: "a lion."

Li Jinglan was quite satisfied when she saw Dong Yi's gift.

But when Li Jinglan saw the gift from Uzbekistan, her face darkened.

What to do with a lion?

Opening a circus?

She looked at the officials of the Four Barbarians Hall and said, "I don't know the etiquette, so I want to ask what we should do after the Prince of Pei's Mansion accepts it?"

"Your Majesty said that the Prince of Pei's Mansion received the gifts as return gifts." The official from the Siyi Hall took out two lists of return gifts.

"This is the list of gifts that the Four Barbarians Hall prepared on behalf of Prince Pei's Palace."

After reading it, Li Jinglan's face turned even darker.

Send a lion and get thirty boxes of gifts in return?

More than one hundred kinds of silk, cloth, armor, ironware, and porcelain?

The envoys from Samarkand could make a fortune by shipping these things back to Central Asia.

How much is a lion worth?

No wonder when Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty heard that the envoy from Samarkand was sending a lion, he was so angry that he even refused to let the envoy from Samarkand enter Shanhaiguan.

Li Jinglan smiled slightly, "I remember reading a book about the Western Regions when I was a kid. It said that after Master Xuanzang crossed the Pamir Mountains, he saw that the land of Samarkand was planted with grapes and japonica rice..."

"The houses of the common people are all made of gold roofs and silver walls. The walls are inlaid with palm-sized blue and green gems, which are dazzling."

"Master Xuanzang also wrote that lions are common in the wilds and forests of the West, just like tigers and leopards in the Central Plains."

Li Jinglan smiled softly when she said this: "I don't remember the books I read when I was a child very clearly. I only remember these roughly."

what?

The officials of the Siyi Hall were stunned for a moment.

Are the roofs of the houses where ordinary people live all made of gold?

So rich?

Being so rich, yet he only sent a lion, which can be found everywhere in the mountains and forests, to congratulate our King Pei on the opening of his government?

Are you treating us as fools?

Li Jinglan took the gift list, crossed out the armor and ironware, and only left silk and tea.

Li Jinglan said in a bland voice, "I am a vulgar person who only likes gold, silver and food."

"I heard that there is a kind of round radish in Samarkand with red flesh. It smells fragrant and tastes as crisp and sweet as sugarcane."

"Next time the envoy from Samarkand comes, please send me a few hundred kilograms of seeds."

"I heard that there is a kind of pine nuts in Dayuezhi that are particularly delicious. You can also send a few hundred kilograms over."

Then he talked about Dongyi: "Dongyi's wool is good. Send me a few thousand kilograms next time."

At this point, Li Jinglan paused for a moment and decided to test Dong Yi. "I only want the wool that has been defatted."

The officials of the Siyi Hall didn't understand the meaning of Li Jinglan's words at all.

He went back with a livid face and anger at being fooled.

I heard that after returning, he scolded the envoy from Samarkand.

When the emperor heard the news, he just smiled.

I don't take it seriously.

Then take out a secret itinerary report.

Lu Bozhou's fleet was sailing downstream and would enter the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas in a few days.

Let go of this trip.

He took out another secret report.

This is a secret report about the Huai River.

After reading the secret report, the emperor narrowed his eyes slightly.

Among the people who accompanied Lu Bozhou south this time were spies from the Investigation Office.

"Duke Wei...Navy...King Zhao..."

The emperor slowly closed his eyes.

Before Lu Bozhou inherited the throne, he had to split up the navy.

Otherwise, the new emperor will be weak and the military officials will be strong.

The dynasty would fall in a moment.

The emperor opened his eyes, and a cold light filled them.

……

Creek Village.

Niu Dayi, who went home on vacation today, felt a little annoyed listening to his father's mumbling.

“There’s a long line of people proposing marriage to you…” Niu Dayi’s father was extremely proud.

Who could have thought that his son would now become the steward of Prince Pei’s Mansion?

And it hasn't been cleansed yet.

Niu Dayi's monthly salary is now paid by the palace and has increased a lot.

If you can work peacefully for a few years, maybe you can get a higher rank.

This is really a step to heaven.

Now when Niu Dayi's father goes out, people call him Master Niu.

"Don't you dare agree to my marriage proposal lightly. I can't marry anyone casually." Niu Dayi said to his father.

"You were just a farmer before, why can't you just marry anyone?" Niu Dayi's father got angry when he heard this.

Niu Dayi explained to his father, "I have to marry a female steward in the mansion or a steward in the workshop. You can't bring all the good or bad things to my home. Our family is not short of money or people."

How could he marry casually?

At least Li Jinglan and Lu Zhongyu have to agree.

"Anyway, don't worry about my business." Niu Dayi warned his father.

"You should get married soon." Niu Dayi's father said of Mr. Gu, "Don't be like Mr. Gu, who didn't have any children in his early years and didn't even have anyone to take care of him in his old age, so he had to find someone else to take care of him in his old age."

Hearing his father talking about Mr. Gu's new adopted son, Niu Dayi was a little curious, "This Yuan Er is actually a scholar?"

"Of course." Niu Dayi's father envied Mr. Gu's good fortune. "He just adopted a scholar who is pretty good looking. It's a pity that he has a scar on his face."

After leaving home, Niu Dayi walked slowly on the country road.

Now the road surface in Xishui Village has been smoothed and can accommodate oxcarts.

Behind the shade of the trees on both sides of the road, a few roofs are visible, all made of bricks and stones.

The villagers all have smiles on their faces, and you can tell at a glance that they live a prosperous life.

Occasionally, there would be ragged people carrying baskets to sell eggs. They were all from other villages.

There were crowds of people and ox carts standing in front of several workshops, all of them were people coming to pick up goods.

The stevedores were constantly moving around in the workshop yard, loading and unloading goods.

Li Jinglan now has three workshops under his control, one of which sells soap.

The remaining two workshops are engaged in pickling and canning.

Due to the limitation of oil, the production of soap workshops has not expanded and they have taken the high-end route.

However, the pickling and canning workshops are constantly expanding.

The previous workshop was just a small courtyard.

Now pickles and cans are kept separate.

Each workshop covers an area of ​​more than ten acres.

There are rows of houses in the workshop, all filled with female workers.