"Old...Old Lu, I will take this as a gift to the emperor???" Xiao Han's eyes widened and he pointed to the coffin-like wooden box and asked Butler Lu uncertainly!
"yes!"
Seeing the disbelief on Xiao Han's face, Butler Lu thought he felt distressed! After agreeing, he hurried over and said in his ear: "Don't worry, Mr. Hou, we still have these things! When Xiao Da and the others become proficient in their craftsmanship, it will not be difficult for us to have as many as we want! By then, even if you have all the things in the house No one cares about you!"
Butler Lu became more and more excited as he talked! Look at him like that, if it weren't for the pull of gravity, he could fly into the sky at this moment!
However, you can’t blame him!
Ever since he learned that Xiao Han was going to present a gift to the emperor, he hadn't slept for several days! It took me a long time to pick out something like this among the gifts. Let’s not talk about anything else. For now, it is absolutely the only one in the world!
He reached out and touched the "coffin" in front of him. Ahem, it was a wooden box!
Butler Lu's shining eyes seemed to have seen Xiao Han bowing down to the ministers in the Jinluan Palace!
With this gift, our Lord, all the thousand-year-old corals and thousand-year-old turtles will stand aside! What is unique and what is unique in the world? that's!
While Butler Lu was still thinking about it, he didn't realize that Xiao Han's face had become wrinkled like a bitter melon.
What, what, what? what is this?
Isn't this just a mirror?
The surface is still numb and not smooth at all! Give this thing as a gift to the monarch of a country? Are you really fooling me? !
"Is this too hasty? Why don't you change it now? Do you think the jade pendant around my waist looks good?"
Xiao Han gritted his teeth and thought for a long time, but still felt that it was a bit unreliable to give this thing. He wanted to ask Butler Lu to change it, but unexpectedly he got a nervous look in his eyes.
Brother, uncle! Just the jade pendant around your waist? In the end, it's only worth a few dozen coins! In the emperor's treasure house, there are few jade pendants worse than this! Giving this thing as a gift is nonsense!
Resisting the idea of stretching out his hand to see if Xiao Han's head had a fever, Butler Lu twitched the corner of his mouth a few times, then pushed Xiao Han towards the palace gate: "Master Marquis, don't be joking! It seems that it's almost the same time now Now, hurry up and enter the palace!"
"But...this..."
"It's nothing! Don't worry, this gift is definitely the most precious gift tonight, and it can't be bought even with money! Hey, you guys! Don't be stunned, quickly close the box! It will be delivered to the palace gate in a moment. Let the guards carry it in, and make sure you tell me clearly, don't fall!"
In this way, Xiao Han was almost pushed into the palace gate. When he reached the square in front of the main hall, he was still a little confused.
In fact, mirrors were not a rarity in the hands of noble ladies of the Tang Dynasty.
Since Han Yuexuan in Chang'an East City has made jewelry boxes with mirrors its main product, in Chang'an City, it would be rare if any noble lady did not go to Ziyi to buy a mirror!
But Xiao Han didn't know that most of what they bought were mirrors embedded in exquisite jewelry boxes.
The largest one is no more than the size of a palm, but the piece given to Li Yuan now is two feet wide and as tall as a person. It is a complete dressing mirror!
Under the current conditions, let alone such a large mirror, even such a large piece of transparent glass!
Xiao Da and several close craftsmen experimented for a long time before making it, and countless efforts were spent on it! The waste produced has piled up into a hill!
Fortunately, the raw material for making glass is only sand. If it had been replaced by anything else, Butler Lu would have been extremely distressed!
"Hey, forget it, that's it! At worst, we won't sell big mirrors anymore. We'll wait until Xiao Li takes the stage before selling them!"
A gust of cold wind blew, Xiao Han shivered all over, and his mind became much clearer instantly.
He has thought it through clearly. The first-hand source of goods is in his own hands anyway! As long as he didn't sell it all over the streets, how would Li Yuan know that he was fooling him? If you don't know that you are fooling him, why are you afraid of settling the score later? !
Besides, except for the fact that the mirror itself is cheap.
The shelf is made of precious sandalwood and is inlaid with large and small gems. This is all money! Isn’t it said that in future generations, selling things will be selling packaging? Let’s try it now!
Thinking of this, Xiao Han immediately became energetic and took small steps towards Tai Chi Palace! Behind him, four guards carefully carried the wooden box that looked like a coffin...
Taiji Hall is the original Daxing Hall!
It is located on the central axis of Chang'an City and is the main hall of the entire Chang'an Imperial Palace.
Every first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, the great court gatherings, as well as various festivals and ceremonies are all held here! Xiao Han had come here to attend several great court meetings, so he was quite familiar with the Tai Chi Hall. But every time he came, he had to climb a long set of stone steps, which made him very uncomfortable.
Looking at the steps paved with bluestone in front of him, Xiao Han really couldn't understand!
Isn’t the essence of architecture meant to make people more comfortable and convenient? So what's the point of having such a high step? Has the designer’s brain been kicked by a donkey?
Such a high step is difficult for a young person to climb up. For those elderly people, isn't it a natural device to persuade officials to quit? After all, you can't even climb up, and you are still acting like a woolly official!
However, complaining is a matter of complaining. You should climb the stairs, but you still have to climb them!
Xiao Han came relatively late today and spent a long time at the door with Butler Lu.
So at this time, he was the only one left on the steps trying to move forward, with no one around him to encourage each other.
As for the four guards behind him carrying the box, they were not tired, but at this time they were all focused on the box, for fear of breaking the only treasure in the world.
After crawling to the end, Xiao Han, who was cold and tired, ran headlong into the Tai Chi Hall! He didn't have time to say hello to his acquaintances, so he sat down on a soft cushion and gasped for air.
It seemed like he had done nothing else but run errands these days.
"Haha! Brother Xiao is here! Don't sit at the door, come here, come and sit with the brothers in front!"
Just when Xiao Han sat down and took a breath, a rough voice rang in his ears!
Xiao Han didn't even need to raise his head, just by hearing the voice, he knew it was Liu Hongji!
"Brother Liu, let me take a breath first, I'm almost exhausted from climbing up!"
Xiao Han struggled to raise his arm and shook it towards Liu Hongji. He didn't want to go there now, he just wanted to sit here quietly.
"Hey, are you saying that you are so weak at such a young age?"
Liu Hongji was quite dissatisfied with Xiao Han's sick appearance. A Wuhou who couldn't draw a bow or dance with a spear was considered useless!
Now that I am so breathless after climbing several stairs, wouldn't I be laughed at by those same useless civil servants!
"Hurry up and wake me up... Huh? What's coming after you? You scared me!"
