Despite suppressing the strangeness in King Cheng's heart, Brother Zhang and Cuizhu had already begun to study everything needed to go to sea.
"Cui Zhu, you know more words than me. These are all books about navigation that I bought from the bookstore. Take a look, are there any we need?"
Cuizhu flipped through the books in front of him one by one. After all, this was in the capital city. Rich merchants from the coast opened large ships to transport goods from the seaside.
So naturally there are some books about navigation.
Cuizhu looked at the books one by one with a frighteningly calm face.
"Second brother, let me sort out what is in these books first. We still have to find some old masters who have been to the sea to learn from their experience. Going to the sea is not as good as going to the mountains, and we have more knowledge."
Brother Zhang nodded repeatedly and got busy again.
When they were farther away, the couple sighed unconsciously, and the sadness in their eyes was visible to the naked eye.
If it hadn't been for the couple entering Dali Temple again and again, maybe the sailing matter wouldn't have been put on the agenda so quickly.
In the capital city, there are too many ambitious people who have no power and can only be used as cannon fodder. It is better to make plans in advance.
Since Zhan Qingyue and Han Yiyun are temporarily unable to spare their time to find a way out, it will be up to them.
Thinking of this, Brother Zhan and his wife's eyes became firm.
The sun was rising and the moon was setting, and soon it was the Queen Mother's birthday.
Early in the morning, the invited officials and their families didn't even dare to take a sip of water. They put on gorgeous and exquisite court clothes and entered the palace.
There was a long line of carriages lined up at the entrance of the palace, all of them luxurious.
Zhan Qingyue and Han Yiyun's carriages were squeezed in the middle, particularly inconspicuous.
Zhan Qingyue's eyes were black and blue, her face looked tired, and she yawned one after another.
Seeing her like this, Han Yiyun put his hand around her shoulders and gently pulled her towards him.
"Yueyue, it will take a while. You can sleep against me for a while. I will call you when the time comes."
Zhan Qingyue nodded and did not refuse her kindness.
After finally entering the palace, after a complicated ceremony, it was finally time for the guests to present their treasures to the Queen Mother.
Many people stared at the birthday gifts presented by others with wide eyes, secretly competing with officials at the same level, for fear of being outcompeted.
After the ministers finished presenting their gifts, a foreigner dressed in gold and silver came forward in a swaggering manner. He looked at the others present with contempt and raised the corners of his mouth.
After performing their own courtesy towards the Queen Mother without much respect, he said proudly: "Dear Queen Mother, I wish you a happy birthday. I have brought you a beautiful glass lamp from a distant country. I hope you can like."
After he finished speaking, he clapped his hands, and immediately two foreigners came forward carrying a large box, one on the left and the other on the right.
The two foreigners were also so arrogant that their eyes almost floated to the sky.
"Look, everyone, this is a glass lamp produced in our country."
The leading foreigner proudly opened the box and took out a glass cup that was completely turbid, had a thick body and had a strange color.
In that box, there are many other glazed products of the same type.
Even though the thing was not very good, it really caused an uproar at the entire birthday banquet.
The various looks from the crowd made the counter-contractor even more arrogant.
I just heard him say proudly: "Honorable Queen Mother, Your Majesty, since you all think that my glass is the best, can you agree to my small request?"
The Holy Emperor and the Queen Mother looked at each other. It was well known to everyone that Sima Zhao was a countryman. He had previously wanted to rent a trade road between the two countries, but the Holy Emperor did not agree.
I didn't expect that he would actually mess with his birthday. Such a good treasure, and there were so many people on the scene, and they were all talking too much.
If you don't agree to his request, wouldn't you be setting yourself on fire?
The Holy Emperor was embarrassed for a moment. He frowned, looked coldly at the foreigners below, and said indifferently: "First, tell me what your request is?"
If it is still a matter of renting a road, then this birthday gift can be returned... It should be possible...
Just as the Holy One was thinking, he heard the native say politely: "Your Holy One, you rejected my request to rent a trade road last time. This time I have changed my mind. I want to borrow a large piece of cowhide along the coast for unloading goods." Get on the boat, I hope you can agree to my request for the sake of this precious glass."
Everyone was in an uproar, and the Holy One fell into deep thought.
Zhan Qingyue, who was originally extremely bored, only felt that it was very similar to a certain period of history she learned in the history books of her previous life. She snorted disdainfully and took out some glass products from the space under the cover of her sleeves. .
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother."
Zhan Qingyue bowed respectfully to the two venerables in high positions, left the table and walked directly in front of the people from that country.
"Your Majesty, how can I lend my ancestral land to outsiders, not to mention whether the people of this country will return it? It's just that this glazed lamp, such a defective glazed lamp, only the people of this country can afford it."
Han Yiyun and King Cheng, who were sitting on the male guest's side, looked at each other and knew that Zhan Qingyue was trying to expose his own glass.
I saw that the people's noses and eyes were almost crooked by Zhan Qingyue.
"Madam, you are so arrogant. You say that such a beautiful glass lamp is useless."
Zhan Qingyue raised her eyebrows and sneered: "Isn't it?"
As she spoke, she took out a cup from the cross-body bag she carried with her. It was transparent and you could clearly see what was on the other side through the cup. The cup shone brightly in the sunlight.
"Outsiders, what do you think of my glass cup?"
Everyone in the banquet was in an uproar when they looked at the transparent glass cup.
Unexpectedly, the next second Zhan Qingyue took out a few other small things made of colored glaze from the bag, such as bowls, cups and the like.
The Fanbang people's eyes were almost distorted, their faces were in disbelief, and the corners of their mouths were twisted.
"This, this, this...how is this possible? How could you have such a good glass lamp?"
Now that things have come to this, how can the Holy One talk nonsense to him?
He cast a grateful look at Zhan Qingyue, then looked at the foreigners lightly and said: "Outsiders, your colored glaze is really unsatisfactory and cannot be considered a treasure. You'd better get down quickly and don't embarrass yourself here."
If it hadn't been in front of so many people, he could hardly contain the ecstasy in his heart.
Zhan Qingyue sensed the change in the space and was equally ecstatic. She made a pilgrimage to the Queen Mother and silently sat back in her seat.
In a corner not far from the birthday banquet, a little palace lady's chin almost touched her chest.
"Is this done?"
The little palace maid nodded repeatedly, with horror in her eyes: "Don't worry, princess, everything is fine, just wait for King Zhanxian to drink the water."
