"Mother, do you have any wood like mahogany or rosewood in your residence?"
Doesn’t Mr. Apocalypse Tank like carpentry very much? There should be a lot of wood in the Imperial City's inventory, so it can't all be used to burn firewood, right? For the sake of the late imperial brother, maybe there are only a few left by the blame-shifting dad, right?
The mahjong of later generations was made of ceramics, but there were ingredients inside, otherwise it would be like a porcelain bowl and break when touched. There are also plastic ones, which are impossible to make in the Ming Empire at this stage.
After much selection, the best material for making mahjong is wood, especially high-end wood. After polishing, it feels as good as rosary beads and not much lower than ceramic mahjong.
Wooden mahjong is easy to make and wash, and the cost is not high. If you really feel that the quality is low, wait a while and ask the craftsmen to make a batch of ivory mahjong.
There is no use for the ivory that the foreigners brought into the palace. Instead of leaving it to mold in the warehouse, it would be better to carve some mahjong out and maybe get some cash.
"Perhaps there is? Mother is not sure, so you should ask the servants! Yan'er, go and call Sui An from Yin Shou Prison!"
Not long after the beautiful mother gave her orders, Su Yan, the female officer of Kunning Palace, led a guy with his head hanging down. After all, she didn’t have to go find someone in person for this matter. The eunuch would do the errands. She can just wait at the door.
The Seal and Shou Supervisor is an institution in charge of seals, inspections, talismans, letter talismans and similar things. It is also one of the twelve supervisors in the Ouchi.
If you can carve a seal, it shouldn't be difficult to carve a wooden stamp. Wooden mahjong is actually a kind of stamp that does not require a stamp.
"Slave Sui An sends greetings to Her Royal Highness the Queen and His Royal Highness the Prince, and wishes..."
"No need, I have called you here to inquire about something important! Do you have any craftsmen who are good at carving seals?"
Except for formal occasions, Yaoji really doesn't have the grace to wait for people to roll off their sleeves, lift their robes, and then kneel down and kowtow to say hello. After such a routine, it is estimated that a minute has passed, and it is as uncomfortable as waiting in line at the bank.
"Yes! Yes! Reporting to Your Highness, there are no less than dozens of such craftsmen in the Seal and Shou Supervisor! There are also a number of seal carving masters. I wonder what kind of seal Your Highness wants to carve?"
Sui An felt a false alarm. Now the inner chamber is busy arresting people. No matter how high the rank of the chambermaids is, as long as they can't hold chicken thighs like the queen and concubine and are targeted by the inner chamber, it's basically considered a crime. The silver and the head moved together...
Yesterday I donated 5,000 taels, and 80% of it was not enough. If the prince used the excuse that the errand was not done well enough to get angry at himself, wouldn't his life be in danger? It would be better to go back and sell some things and buy some Zijin bonds.
He is as strong as Gao Qiqian and is favored by the emperor, so what? The prince oversees the country. Isn't he like a dog who gets chopped off just as he says? No matter how much money you save, you must first have life flowers!
"Put your index finger out!"
Yaoji stood up and walked up to Sui An, walked around him, and then gave his instructions slowly.
As a domestic slave, even if he knew his fingers would be chopped off, he would not dare not stretch them out.
"Did you see it? This kind of stamp is as long as two joints of your index finger, one joint is as wide, and one joint is as thick. Try it with huanghuali first, and let the craftsmen make 120 stamps of exactly the same size. The six sides must be polished smooth without any burrs that can hurt your hands. I want to take a look at the semi-finished product first. Can the work be completed at noon tomorrow (11 a.m.)?"
Since it is a royal family, just use yellow wood. It seems that the color of huanghuali is quite beautiful, much softer than the color of mahogany, and it is not easy to get dazzled after playing for a long time.
This is all Yaoji's speculation. The actual effect will not be known until the finished product is released and tested.
"When I returned home, I ordered the craftsmen to start work immediately. The work will be completed at noon tomorrow!"
Although the prince spoke in a negotiating tone, Sui An knew that it would be a bad thing if the project could not be completed within the set time limit.
The only thing is that this job is not too difficult. You don’t need paper to write down the content. You can just use your brain to memorize it all. The requirements are not high. Moreover, there are many craftsmen in Yin Shou Supervisor. Let alone working all night tonight, even if we start working again tomorrow morning, at noon I was able to do business before.
Only this time, Sui An was not sure about the prince's affairs. He had done it for the prince before, but that was before the prince took charge of the country, and all he did was trivial and not worth mentioning. Now that the prince is in power, if he doesn't perform well, he will be in retreat.
"Remember to pay attention!"
Queen Zhou did not forget to warn her in a cold tone at the end to prevent these servants from deliberately fooling her precious son.
"This slave will definitely keep Her Royal Highness the Queen's order in mind and never dare to forget it!"
After being reminded by the queen, Sui An now knew better and had to be more careful.
The prince didn't know what he was capable of, but the queen knew it all.
Once something is found to be slightly flawed and makes the queen unhappy, it will be ruined.
By then, your work will be in vain, and maybe you will lose your head because of it.
Yao Ji did not intend to scare this slave, and encouraged him kindly: "With the sealing and ribbon supervisor's working ability, it is more than enough to make some seals. As long as you work hard, I will be satisfied. There is no need to worry about it, dear. By the way, Huanghuali may have?"
"Your Majesty, there are still more than a hundred huanghuali roots in the prison warehouse that are more than ten feet long and as thick as the mouth of a bowl. They can be used as seal materials!"
As an office of the inner court, even if the items in stock are not supplied, even if they are bought from the market, the materials are relatively good. These in stock are always ready to be used as tables, chairs, benches, etc. Who knows if there will be an "Apocalypse Tank Version 2.0" one day.
"Well, that's good, go ahead and do it!"
Even hundreds of cards can be played without using a single huanghuali. As long as the craftsmen don't waste too much, it shouldn't be considered a waste of high-grade wood.
Yaoji thought that one hundred and twenty sheets would be enough if carved first. If two hundred sheets were carved, one pair would be too much and two pairs would not be enough.
There are thirty-six chapters each for strips, cakes, and ten thousand, which adds up to one hundred and eight cards, plus four red cards, and you are all alive.
If you don't play fancy games, you can have fun with these 112 cards.
If the interest of these noble people is aroused, they may have to burn the midnight oil to fight...
After Sui An left, Empress Zhou asked eagerly: "Brother Xang, please tell me how to play this card."
It was the nature of upper-class women in ancient times to like playing cards, especially in the boring inner courtyard of the palace. It would be great to have another way to relax.
"Okay, by the way, can Sister Su know calligraphy and painting?"
Yaoji agreed wholeheartedly, and then turned to ask Su Yan who was waiting at the side.
Su Yan's surname is Su, and she is also from Suzhou. She is a fellow villager with her beautiful biological mother. She is graceful, beautiful, smart, good at abacus, and well-mannered. She won the favor of Empress Zhou as soon as she entered the palace. Although she is not good at playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting, she is also Can know the general idea.
You can also draw a Yaoji by yourself, but if the card has ten thousand characters, even if your own character is reasonable, it will not look as good as that of an adult.
If Sui An was allowed to copy the handwriting of his beautiful mother, it would still be a crime of disrespect if he damaged it. After much deliberation, it was safest to let Su Yan write it.
Su Yan pursed her lips slightly, looking a little cautious. She knew that she could only drag her tail, so she could only raise her teeth and reply: "Your Highness, I can only write ordinary documents, for fear of damaging Your Highness's chess and cards!"
"It's just a few words, from one to nine, plus the word '中' in the center and the word 'ten thousand' in the middle!"
Yao Ji almost blurted out "from one to ten", which sounded careless and made the speaker embarrassed. That meant there were more than four cards...
"Your Highness, is this really that simple?"
Su Yan couldn't help but frown slightly after hearing this, showing a look of disbelief. Isn't this too simple?
Yao Ji looked at the beautiful bewildered expression on the beauty's face, put his little hands behind his back and said with a smile: "This is a game in the fairy world. If it is so difficult to read words, then no one will play. Gods also need to entertain themselves!"
Since wooden mahjong is to be launched, it should look similar to the mahjong of later generations.
The material is tentatively selected as huanghuali, the card surface is painted white, the characters are all carved with seals, the grooves for the numbers are filled with red paint, the grooves for the swastika are filled with black paint, and the grooves of the remaining cakes and strips are filled with red and green paint.
The renderings that my brain came up with are almost the same as modern industrial products. If they are much different, Sui An will be pushed out and punished with twenty sticks. Yaoji will not take the blame anyway...
After chatting with his beautiful biological mother, Yaoji returned to his little chicken coop, the East Palace, with a group of servants.
"Sister Xi'er, where are the things I asked you to prepare?"
As soon as Yaoji entered the room, he didn't see the required materials on his desk, so he was very surprised.
"Your Highness, all servants will put the cloth on the chopping board here."
Xi'er did not dare to place such a lowly thing openly on the prince's desk. If the queen found out, she would inevitably have to be reprimanded again. Xi'er could only guess roughly what the prince was going to do. Anyway, the prince had always done amazing things since he returned from the fairy world.
It is also useful for Yaoji to ask this giant ball lady to prepare these things. For example, a certain prince plans to make some women's clothing.
The young lady in front of me wears a small suit-style cloud shoulder on her upper body, which is mainly used to cover the shoulders and waist on both sides. Wrapped inside is a light green main waist made of rhombus gauze, that is, a tube top. Because the outline of the object it wants to cover is too large, a short and deep ravine is exposed, as well as the proud white half of the small side...
The lower body is naturally a horse-faced skirt that can sweep the floor. Not to mention the thighs, even the calves and even the ankles, you can't see a single bit!
As the maid next to Yaoji, how could she be dressed like this?
"Sister Xi'er is wearing so many clothes, isn't it hot? I feel like I'm sweating all over just looking at you!"
During the Little Ice Age, the capital, like the vast area north of the Yangtze River, heated up quickly and rarely rained.
The eunuchs and maids had to dress up neatly every day and stay with their master all day long. By the time they could rest, their whole bodies were soaked to the bone, especially the underwear inside, which was stuck to the skin with sweat. It was not much different from a sauna. .
