The Red Chamber: Jia She Xiuxian Ji

After carefully reading the instructions, Wang Lun hurriedly introduced to the queen: "Go back to the empress, Rong Guogong said that this is a device for fish to breathe. After all, these fish are caught from the deep sea, and they have to be transported." It’s a long way to the capital, and if you want to keep the fish alive, you can only use some small tricks.”

Otherwise, all the fish would have died if they were sent from such a far away place.That's it, it's only half of the original, the dead fish and shrimps are all discarded.

After saying this, the queen understood, she laughed and said: "Only Duke Rong and Prince Zhongrui can think of making these weird things, and they are the only ones who have the ability, it's rare."

Emperor Xing Ning snorted: "How else can I say that it is a waste of manpower and material resources to transport these fish?"

Only that kid, Jia She, has money and some very human means, otherwise, it would be really not easy for him, Emperor Daqi, to eat this kind of fish from the far sea.

He dared to say that the same emperor, his father, the current Supreme Emperor, had never eaten it when he was in power!

Hahaha, Emperor Xingning is very proud, his luck is better than that of the Supreme Emperor!When he was in power, he was able to meet Prince Zhongrui and Rong Guogong as assistants, and his name will go down in history, just around the corner!

The queen asked again: "Your Majesty just said that the imperial dining room should get fish? What kind of fish? Is it alive?"

Emperor Xingning shook his head: "It's a big fish called tuna. It's not small, and it weighs more than 500 catties. The fish is too big. It didn't take long to catch it and sent it to be frozen. When it was delivered, I So I ordered people to send it to the imperial dining room for cooking. After a while, the queen will taste it together."

The emperor naturally nodded in response.

At this time, some palace people opened one of the boxes made of nanmu, and when they saw clearly what was in the box, these palace people had seen too many treasures in the palace, and they were also attracted by them. The thing exposed in the box opened its mouth wide in surprise.

Emperor Xingning noticed something was wrong, and hurried over, seeing it, he was also severely surprised.

"This……"

I saw that this nanmu box, which was half the height of a person, was filled with pearls the size of pigeon eggs, white, pink, purple, black, and gold!

The white is pure and flawless, the pink is delicate and lovely, the purple is elegant and pure, the black is mysterious and charming, and the gold is unparalleled in luxury.

The queen who also came over took a deep breath.

In the end, it was the empress who came back to her senses first, and hurriedly directed the palace staff: "What are you doing in a daze? Quickly open the other boxes!"

The maid didn't dare to delay, she quickly opened the other boxes.When all the things in the box were displayed in front of everyone's eyes, everyone was so shocked that they could no longer speak.

At the same time, Rongguo Mansion, Rongqingtang

Shi Xiangyun held the list sent along with the fish and other items, and read it to Jiamu one by one: "...a pair of half-human tall red corals, one white pearl, one pink pearl, one purple pearl, and one black pearl. A dendrobium, a box of tourmalines, a box of rubies, a box of sapphires, a piece of amethyst, a giant clam, a pair of colorful conch shells, a pair of butterfly fish, a pair of angelfish..."

The list was very long, and Shi Xiangyun read until his mouth was dry before finally finishing it.

Mother Jia felt sorry for her throat, and hurriedly asked the little girl to pour tea for Shi Xiangyun.

"Go and pour tea for Yun girl, just use the white tea sent by the prince before."

The little girl hurriedly responded and poured tea.

Calling Shi Xiangyun to sit down on the step and holding her hand, Jia's mother felt distressed. The child was a little hoarse, "You can rest here with me, I see that you are tired."

Shi Xiangyun was really exhausted, took the teacup that the little girl brought up, and took a deep sip.Not to mention, after reading such a long list in one breath, her throat was about to smoke.

With lingering fear in her heart, she said: "Master is really ruthless. He sent back so many things at once, and it took so long just to read the list. It's too scary."

Wang Xifeng said with a smile: "Isn't that right? I heard that this time the number of people sent to the palace is much higher than ours. Sister Zhaoyun recites the method like this, and several people have to take turns to recite it."

A few words made Jia Mu and others laugh, but don't they need someone to read the list in turn?Good guy, almost in time for the gift list.

After laughing, Mother Jia pointed to the large and small boxes and glass tanks on the ground, and said to everyone: "You also have your part in these things. Except for the ones that are clearly written on the list, the rest are up to you. Come up to see if there are any you like, take some back."

The value of the items sent to Rongguo Mansion this time is immeasurable. Many items may not even be seen in the palace, but they can have them. There are so many of them, which shows how much they like it.

Under the management of Jia Amnesty, the Rongguo Mansion was thriving and had a lot of money.

Earlier, Jia's mother heard people say that the money Jia Amnesty earned from doing business was too much for several private treasuries to hold, so she had to dig several underground treasuries to store the gold and silver earned over the years.

In the past few years, Jia Mu and Jia Amnesty did not get along, and Jia Amnesty was very disappointed with Jia Mu, and he was not willing to honor Jia Mu when he had good things.Except for the regular money given by the officials to each house and the income from the dowry, Jia Mu did not have much income, and the money in her hand gradually became empty.

In recent years, the relationship with Jia She has eased. Jia She and Tu Yu have given her a lot of good things, and her private treasury has not been able to enrich.

However, compared with today's these, it is nothing.But who can think that money is too little?With so many treasures, if you take out any one casually, it is enough for ordinary people's families to live for more than ten years.

But these are her son's filial piety, and Jia's mother is very happy, and she doesn't mind letting go of her hand to win people's hearts.

Sure enough, after hearing what Jia Mu said, Wang Xifeng and the others, who had been blinded by those shiny golden things for a long time, seemed to be happy, stepped forward quickly, took away the things they liked, and expressed their kindness to Jia Mu. Thank you, good things don't come out like money.

Mother Jia was very relieved, the smile on her face never broke, and her smile became like a chrysanthemum.

Jia Zheng stepped forward timidly, hesitating in front of the box full of calligraphy, paintings and rare books of the former dynasty. They all moved to her place, but Mother Jia only allowed them to take one piece. Because of this, Jia Zheng suffered from difficulty in choosing.

It is said that there is no mother who knows the son. Jia Zheng was born by Jia Mu and grew up by her side since he was a child. Jia Mu can always guess what he is thinking.

Originally, Mother Jia didn't pay much attention to these calligraphy, paintings and isolated copies. Even if Jia Zheng gave them all, no one would say anything.

But no one knows better than her what the second room is like now.If these things got into Jia Zheng's pockets, they would all be gone within three months.

If these are Jia's mother's own, it's nothing to give them to Jia Zheng. After all, after a hundred years, all the things behind her will be left to her two sons. If they are given to Jia Zheng in advance, Jia Amnesty will not say anything .

The problem is, these things now belong to Jia Amnesty!Although things are being delivered to her now, who knows if Jia Amnesty has other arrangements?

If she gave the things to Jia Zheng, and he gave them away, in case Jia Amnesty needs them and asks her later, where should she go to get the things?

Thinking of this, Jia's mother turned a blind eye to Jia Zheng's entanglement, and let him tangle, it's fine if he is elected, and it's best if he can't be elected.

When the people in the capital were curious about the fish and treasures that came from afar, Jia She's boat had been sailing on the sea for more than three months, passing countless countries, large and small, along the way.

It was also after experiencing so many places that the boys and girls on the boat who were born in the land of beautiful sorghum realized that not all countries are like Daqi, with vast territory, abundant resources and large population; it turns out that A small place with a population of more than [-] can become a country by itself.

Really knowledgeable.

Life on the ship is actually very boring. Apart from practicing, these children often form poetry clubs. Their pens have written a lot of poems and articles that can be passed down to future generations.

Lin Daiyu even picked up the pen and accepted her as the lead writer, Xue Baochai polished it, and wrote the travel notes "Xiao Xiangzi Travel Notes" about what he saw and heard along the way, which became a window for Daqi people to open their eyes to see the world.

Jia She often sighed: "As expected of the two heroines and important supporting roles in "A Dream of Red Mansions", this literary talent is really beyond the reach of ordinary people."

"Children, where are you going next?" Jia She asked.

Tanchun was the first to raise his hand: "I want to visit Qianxiang Country. I heard that the emperor of that country is a woman. I want to go and see her."

Lin Daiyu said: "Xianxiang Country is rich in spices. I also want to see if there is anything that can be used as medicine. During the 'Longevity Festival', they brought a spice that contained a medicine. It can paralyze people, and maybe it can be used to improve Mafeisan. It's a pity that there are too few materials before, otherwise I could have studied it thoroughly."

Lin Daiyu's wood spirit root is vital to life, and it is a good seed for medical practitioners and pharmacists. She is also very interested in these things. Jia She doesn't insist on what she must learn, as long as she doesn't think about it, she wants to understand it. , he can provide books and materials, which surprises these children.

The other children were not so obsessed with where to go. Now that Tanchun and Daiyu proposed the next destination, everyone reached an agreement, and Tu Yu ordered to adjust the course of the ship and head straight for Qianxiang Country.

The ship sailed for only half a day, and the crew in charge of the lookout found a merchant ship with the national flag flying in front of it. The merchant ship also spotted their ship and was using the semaphore to send a message.

Not long after, the crew trotted forward and reported: "My lord, my lord, the merchant ship in front is the merchant ship of the Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce. They are transporting goods to the Qianxiang Kingdom for sale. They asked if our ship would like to join their fleet. Go to Qianxiang country together?"

Jia Amnesty raised his eyebrows: "Since it's Daqi's merchant ship, let's go together."