Li Si opened the wooden box and saw that there was a lot of cotton stuffed in the wooden box, obviously to prevent shocks. All kinds of white utensils lie across the box, crystal clear and shiny. Looking at their surfaces, they are rounder than gold utensils and more eye-catching than silver utensils.
Lu Buwei stared at the porcelain and asked, "What... is this?"
Li Si picked up a teapot, handed it to Lu Buwei, and said, "Lu Xiangbang, of course this is a teapot."
Lu Buwei carefully took the porcelain pot, but felt that it was smooth and cool.
Ying Zheng also reached for a spoon and looked at it carefully.
"This is made of pottery with a glaze added by some craftsmen. Because the time is still short, all the techniques are immature and have not been carved or dyed, but it is quite pleasing to the eye." Li Si explained.
Although Ying Zheng had seen this kind of porcelain, he had never seen so many styles. He couldn't help but put down his spoon, picked up a wine glass, and looked at it again.
Lu Buwei was still observing the porcelain pot carefully. He saw that the body of the pot was slightly green, the joints were smooth and neat, and the weight was not as heavy as gold, silver, copper and iron. It felt very good in the hand and was very ornamental. He couldn't help but praise it!
Li Si continued: "Since Lu Xiangbang thinks it is good, the princes and nobles of various countries will also be very impressed. And such skills are unique to Da Qin. Isn't such a national gift very valuable?"
Ying Zheng smiled and said: "This is made with the value of copper and iron, but gold and silver are difficult to buy."
Lu Buwei then withdrew his gaze and said: "Although jade is beautiful, it is not practical. This porcelain has greatly improved the quality of pottery. I think the princes and nobles will be the first to get it, but I don't know the output of this product."
Li Si smiled and said to Lu Buwei: "Even if the output is sufficient, it is not advisable to give away more. As the saying goes, things are rare and valuable, so it is better to let the princes and nobles take over their minds."
"Hahaha..." Lu Buwei said with a smile, "That's a good statement."
"In that case, I'll ask Jing Fan to bring some more ready-made porcelain to the palace tomorrow. I originally wanted to use it on the wedding day, but it will be more useful now." Ying Zheng said happily.
"If this is the case, the king might as well give this set of porcelain to Lu Xiangbang." Seeing that Lu Buwei liked these porcelains very much, Li Si reminded Ying Zhengdao.
Ying Zheng had already seen what Lu Buwei was thinking, and immediately said: "This is natural. Although there will be more porcelain in the future, the significance of this first set of objects is extraordinary. Why not give it to Father Zhong."
Lu Buwei was overjoyed, but also pretended to refuse.
Ying Zheng insisted on sending it away, so Lu Buwei no longer shied away, thanked Wang En and accepted it.
Both Ying Zheng and Li Si could see that Lu Buwei was pretending to be calm, but in reality he was already happy.
The three people calculated the quantity of porcelain needed, and then Li Si wrote a detailed list of national gifts from various countries.
Lu Buwei then compiled a list of envoys to various countries and asked Ying Zheng to consult for details. How could Ying Zheng have any objections, he immediately decided on these candidates.
Lu Buwei felt secretly happy again, but he didn't know that his direct subordinates had been exposed.
After everything was sorted, Lu Buwei resigned and returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion carrying the wooden box containing the porcelain.
Ying Zheng smiled and said to Li Si: "Sir, we made this move brilliantly."
"In this way, it is indeed a blessing for the king to accomplish multiple things with one stone." Li Si responded with his hand.
"It's just that I have seen the porcelain made by Jing Fan and others before. It is not so exquisite?" Ying Zheng was indeed surprised by the porcelain.
Li Si smiled and said: "What the king saw before was the way various types of paint are integrated with pottery bowls. Once the ingredients of the paint are fixed, it is not difficult to make the glaze, and the molds for making pottery are also available. It’s ready-made, so it doesn’t take much effort to make these porcelains.”
Ying Zheng nodded and asked: "In your opinion, sir, can this paint be copied?"
"The real paint is not an exact copy. The porcelain glaze made by Jing Fan is just a combination of paint with a few missing ingredients combined with pottery to make porcelain." Li Si shook his head slightly and said.
"That's right." Ying Zheng didn't seem very anxious, "Then there's no need to worry. Let's get married first and then talk about other things."
Li Si was a little surprised by Ying Zheng's attitude. Seeing that if he met the requirements for replicating items, he could enter the next level of King Wu's Mausoleum, and the "Book of Changes" would also be collected accordingly. Ying Zheng calmed down. So anxious.
But Li Si didn't ask any more questions. Seeing that it was getting late, he resigned and left Jingyao.
Ying Zheng followed Li Si to the door of the study and called Zhao Gao over.
"You have prepared my life, are you ready?" Ying Zheng asked Zhao Gao.
"Back to the king, everything is ready." Zhao Gao said with his hands in hand.
"Okay, go and welcome Princess Hu Yu, and then arrange for a few maids to serve." Ying Zheng said in a low voice, "After that, you go to Jing Kiln, um... It's best to understand the detailed progress there every day, just now The porcelain that Li Si took out really surprised everyone."
At this time, Li Si had already walked away. Seeing that there was no one around, Zhao Gao also whispered: "Go back to the king, the wooden box of porcelain was brought back by the slave before noon."
"Oh?" Ying Zheng was quite surprised.
"At that time, the king was sorting out letters with Lu Xiangbang. The servant did not dare to disturb him, so he showed them to Mr. Li Si. Unexpectedly, Mr. Li took them and gave them to Lu Xiangbang." Zhao Gao said in an angry tone, as if he was unwilling to do so. .
"Hahaha..." Ying Zheng said with a smile, "I see, don't worry, others will not take away your credit. As for giving it to Lu Xiangbang, it has its own purpose."
Zhao Gao was stunned for a moment, obviously not understanding what Ying Zheng meant.
Although there was no one around but the two of them, Ying Zheng still approached Zhao Gao and whispered: "Although this porcelain has just been researched and is rare in quantity, with Jing Fan and other craftsmen, the raw materials are not rare. In the future, You can make as much as you want, and Lu Xiangbang obviously likes it. If I don't give it to you, he will try to get it. And I not only give him this box, but also give him many more, and then investigate Whoever he gave it to.”
Zhao Gao suddenly understood and said: "Your Majesty, you are saying that you can follow the clues and lead out Lu Xiangbang's gang members?"
"Not only those from the DPRK." Ying Zheng took out the list of envoys written by Lu Buwei and the list of ministers from various countries, and said, "Find a way to keep an eye on these people, including those from various countries, and find them secretly when necessary. General Mengwu assists."
"I obey the king's orders." Zhao Gao put away the bamboo slips with the list on it and stepped back out.
Not long after, Zhao Gao sent Princess Hu Yu to the door of the study, then turned around and retreated.
Princess Hu Yu appeared at the door prettyly, fidgeting with her hair shyly.
Ying Zheng came over and said with a smile: "I am not used to you being so shy."
Hearing what Ying Zheng said and there were only two of them in the room, Princess Hu Yu immediately relaxed and said angrily: "The king has been hanging around Sister Nansu all day long, how can he think of her?"
Ying Zheng knew that she was jealous, so he pretended to be serious and said: "According to you, I have really become a womanizer, hanging around women all day long."
Hu Yu thought Ying Zheng was really angry, so he quickly explained: "Hu Yu didn't mean this. Your Majesty, please don't get angry."
Ying Zheng couldn't hold it back and laughed out loud. He took Princess Hu Yu's hand and sat down.
"I'm not that stingy, and I can't get angry easily." Ying Zheng's voice became softer.
Seeing that Ying Zheng was not angry, Hu Yu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, Hu Yu is not that stingy, nor does he want to argue with Sister Nansu."
"That's how you look like." Ying Zheng said with a smile, "Actually, we are not in a hurry. It's just that the Queen Grandma forced us to pay back everything we borrowed. She lost Chenglong, so she asked us to pay her a great-grandson. Come, so I asked Nan Su to come and sleep with me."
This reason was explained to Hu Yu before, but it was just what Nan Su said. Now that Ying Zheng said it himself, his heart felt much smoother.
"In this case, the Queen Mother is at a loss." Hu Yu said.
"Why do you see it?" Ying Zheng asked.
"If you get a great-granddaughter, wouldn't it be a loss for the Queen Mother?" Princess Hu Yu said in a low voice.
After saying that, the two laughed.
After chatting and joking for a while, Ying Zheng asked: "The sound of Nansu's piano is very beautiful. Can you play the piano?"
Hu Yu shook his head and said: "Hu Yu only knows how to wield a sword and a spear, why not compete with the king in archery?"
Ying Zheng thought of the last time he lost to her on the safari, so he excused himself and said, "This is the palace. How can you shoot arrows randomly? Why don't you dance the sword for me?"
"Okay." Hu Yu stood up and went to get the sword, but when he pulled the sword out of the scabbard, he saw that only half of the sword was left.
Only then did Ying Zheng remember that on the day he first got the Xuanyuan Sword, he and Li Si cut off the sword during a sword test, but later forgot to replace it. The broken sword had been left there, forgotten in a corner.
Hu Yu stared at the broken blade and murmured, "Your Majesty, what kind of blade cut off this sword?"
Hu Yu was born with a love for martial arts, so how could he not see that this sword was cut off?
"This sword had a gap before, and then it broke when it collided with other sharp blades." Ying Zheng said casually.
"Does the king think that Hu Yu is a child?" Hu Yu pouted and said, "There is no break in this sword. It was clearly cut off. The other sword must be extremely sharp."
The woman started to get to the bottom of things and wouldn't stop until she achieved her goal.
Seeing that he couldn't hide it from her, Ying Zheng said, "The sword is indeed sharp, but it's not unusual."
Hu Yu put back the broken sword, came to Ying Zheng's side, stretched out a small hand, and said: "Your Majesty, take a look."
Ying Zheng looked troubled and said, "There's nothing interesting to see. I'll just order someone to bring another sword and replace it."
Unexpectedly, the more Ying Zheng said this, the more curious Hu Yu became, thinking that Ying Zheng must have hidden some kind of treasure blade, and he was reluctant to show it to her, so he pestered Ying Zheng endlessly.
Ying Zheng couldn't resist her, so he had to say: "You can see, but you must not mention it to others, no one."
Seeing the seriousness of what Ying Zheng said, Hu Yu knew that Ying Zheng was not joking, but his curiosity became even stronger.
Ying Zheng asked Hu Yu to wait where he was, turned around and entered the inner room, and took out the Xuanyuan Sword.
Ying Zheng's sleeves covered half of the Xuanyuan Sword, but it still couldn't block the dazzling golden light.
The moment Hu Yu saw Xuanyuan Sword, he couldn't help but stay there. Not only was his eyes unable to move, but his mouth was frozen there, unable to speak.
Ying Zheng walked up to Hu Yu and waved the Xuanyuan Sword in front of Hu Yu's eyes a few times. Although Hu Yu's head did not move, his eyes followed Xuanyuan Sword several times and refused to leave for a moment.
Ying Zheng couldn't help but find it funny. He put Xuanyuan Sword in Hu Yu's hand, grabbed her shoulders and shook her.
Hu Yu finally came to his senses. He held the Xuanyuan Sword with both hands, looked at the Xuanyuan Sword from top to bottom, and murmured: "What a golden sword!"
"The golden one is true, but there's nothing unusual about it." Ying Zheng tried his best to keep the Xuanyuan Sword's value down.
"Your Majesty, what is the name of this sword?" Hu Yu's burning gaze stared at the strange lines on the scabbard and the monster-like pattern.
"It's just a sword, why should I give it a name?" Ying Zheng said casually. If Hu Yu found out that this was an ancient treasure, she wouldn't ask for it.
With a clang, Hu Yu drew his sword out of its sheath. I saw that the blade of the sword was also golden, and it was a bright golden color that was even more dazzling than the scabbard. It was so dazzling that people looked at it, as if they were in a dream.
Ying Zheng knew that Hu Yu was good at martial arts, and it was not impossible for him to look at the sword all night long, so he immediately said, "Why don't you use this sword to dance for me?"
"Okay!" Hu Yu said happily, then handed the scabbard to Ying Zheng, turned around and walked out quickly.
Ying Zheng also followed quickly. As soon as he reached the door, he saw Hu Yu dancing, his sharp sword slicing through the air. The setting sun reflected on the golden sword light, making it even more dazzling.
What caught Ying Zheng's eyes was a beauty rarely seen in the world. He was dressed in red Hu clothes and dancing with a golden sword. It was like an immortal dancing with a sword. The sword moved with people and people danced with the sword.
Ying Zheng couldn't help but be stunned.
Compared with Nansu, they are really quiet and active, one is civilized and the other military, one is like gentle wind and drizzle, and the other is like blazing sun.
One is delicate, the other is vigorous, the taste is really different.
