Yang Qian stepped forward with some curiosity and saw this old boy doing private work for him.
"Hey, Lao Xia, it's not bad. This teapot is quite standard."
That's right, Ou Yexia is making a teapot, which is the kind of teapot that was used in later generations of purple clay teapots. It was Yang Qian who taught him. After all, you still have to use a teapot to drink black tea.
With just one cup, it feels like drinking tea from a big tea vat. It's comfortable, but it also loses its charm.
Ou Yexia was stunned for a moment, turned around and looked unhappy.
"Hey, hey, what's that expression on your face!!! You don't want to see me."
"Hahaha, sir, what's the matter?"
Yang Qian snatched the yellow thing directly from Ou Yexia's hand and looked at it carefully. Needless to say, just from the feeling of pressing his hand, he knew that it was gold.
A kettle made of gold is the size of an instant noodle bowl. What a luxury.
"It's a private job I took on outside, tsk tsk tsk. I even had to use engraving. It's not easy."
Ou Yexia instantly became paralyzed. Before she could say the words she had just prepared, she was already exposed.
"Well, in principle, you can't take on private work, but now I don't care. Just don't make sensitive things anyway. As for this teapot, I just took it away. It looks pretty good. I can't say anything about my craftsmanship."
"Ah? Young Master, if you take this, don't you want me to pay compensation?"
"Nonsense, who asked you to be caught by me, but you are so stingy. I have given you a lot of money a year, and there is still some gold in stock in the foundry..."
Yang Qian just teased him. After all, the foundry still relied on him to support him. He just beat him up. After all, some people have wild minds. After one or two troubles, they will become more and more unscrupulous.
Ou Yexia muttered weakly.
Yang Gan immediately turned around and said.
"Are all the armors ready?"
"Are all the spare armor plates ready?"
"Have you finished the horse armor?"
"Is it plated with meteorite?"
"Are the weapons plated?"
Ou Yexia's face instantly became filled with despair.
"Damn it, the donkeys in the production team need to take a rest. You are comparing me to the donkeys!!!"
Ou Yexia immediately started to fight back!
"Sir, what I'm saying is that this thing comes in a set, and there are a dozen small tea bowls. Since you took the teapot, take the others with you."
Yang Gan looked confused. This old boy was so proficient in his business, he must be a habitual offender.
I saw Ou Yexia taking out a huge brocade box, which contained a dozen smaller tea bowls. The middle one happened to be empty, so it must be a gold teapot.
Old boy, you are fully prepared, even the brocade box is ready. Just looking at the material, you can tell that even the box is not cheap.
After Yang Gan packed the things, he gave some instructions.
"If you come up with anything interesting in the future, remember to tell me. Sometimes I find it quite useful."
The corners of Ou Yexia's mouth twitched fiercely. Only now did he know what was going on.
As long as you don't build ordnance or anything like that, your Majesty won't care about it, and you didn't just come here to investigate.
But he happened to see himself carving a golden teapot, and he wanted to take it away, so that's what he thought. Ou Yexia shook his head with a wry smile.
Although some scholar-bureaucrats are more promiscuous, there are also many scholar-officials who are very outstanding in moral character, and can even be said to be excellent.
But Mr. Wu An, hey, don't try to reason with him. The truth is what others say, as long as you live a good life, this man is simply the reincarnation of a monkey, he is too shrewd.
Back home, Ran Jing and Zhou Zhiyu had already gone to work.
Yang Gan specially gave a large yard to the two of them, and assigned a dozen servants to serve them. Now the two of them were shopping on the street.
That's the sentence. In Wu Anjun's mansion, you just need to abide by his rules. As for etiquette? Haha, when you are outside, your work looks better, but at home? Just do whatever you want.
Yang Qian sometimes had no choice. In this position, he had to show some dignity. When he got home, he would not be like that.
"Tsk tsk tsk~~~"
When he returned home, Yang Gan took out the gold teapot and couldn't put it down. He also took out the teacup next to him and kept rubbing it on his hand.
I have to say that the color of gold is really beautiful, so golden that it almost blinded his golden eyes.
Before Zhang Yumeng came, gold still had some impurities, and there were bubbles on the back of the gold cake, which was obviously related to the backward gold-related technology.
But with the support of Zhang Yumeng's technology, things like mercury were used.
The gold is refined to over 95%, and the gold cakes are extremely regular. The difference in weight is only about ten grams, which is completely within the acceptable range.
Of course, mercury is also very valuable in this era, but Zhang Yumeng feels that mercury needs to be refined on a large scale to keep the cost down.
Every time it is made, the raw material of cinnabar is almost calculated in tons. With the technology that is beyond this era, it can be done quickly. If it is divided, the cost will naturally not be high.
"Hey~~~Where can I go to rob something?"
Seeing Yang Qian admiring the teapot in his hand, Zhang Yumeng immediately walked over and looked at it.
"This, isn't it made of gold?"
"Ang, yes, it's gold, or pure gold~~~How about it, my taste is good."
Zhang Yumeng curled her lips and said, "That private job that Lao Xia took over? Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, I worked hard for several days to get it, you are too embarrassed."
"Please, I paid you, okay, it's important to turn a blind eye and close one eye!"
After seeing such a teapot, Zhang Yumeng's eyes also became cautious.
"It's so beautiful, gold is the best!"
Yang Gan nodded in agreement.
"Actually, if you like it in the future, it's okay to replace everything in the house with gold. How about just asking that old boy Ou Yexia to make a gold toilet? Anyway, I have so much gold that I can't even use it up."
Zhang Yumeng took a small teacup and admired it carefully.
"Well, I definitely hope for hope, just like the luxuries of this lifetime."
Yang Qian let out a breath of bad breath.
"I really can't understand it. It costs hundreds of yuan, or several hundred yuan, but when sold, it can easily cost tens of thousands, seven to eighty thousand, or hundreds of thousands."
"They call it a luxury product, no matter what. No one can afford it. This kind of thing has no actual value."
"Gold is better, and I also bought gold and bonds."
The reality is quite speechless. I thought many people had the ability to spend, but in fact they all borrowed money to buy a bag worth tens of thousands, so what?
Yang Qian, who has been in the magic city for a long time, understands that people who can afford bags may not necessarily be rich. Rich people will buy luxury goods, but they will not target them, but there are an incredible number of them in China.
According to Yang Qian, although the dragon-slaying knife is extremely precious, not many people can use it.
But there is nothing strange about this, because it can be used by itself and has other due values.
But now, Yang Gan understands that it doesn't matter what you use. What matters is that if a person wears something that does not match his class, there is a high probability that it will be regarded as a fake.
The best propaganda is that if an ordinary item is worn by some powerful people, its price will soar. This is the right way to go.
Touching the slightly bumpy gold teapot, Yang Gan raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, the carving is very good. Only the old boy Ou Yexia knows this skill. Now all his disciples and grandsons have been led astray by you."
Zhang Yumeng shook his head.
"How is it possible? The dozen guys headed by Li Wang have studied hard. They already understand the principles of many things."
Yang Gan smiled.
"That's right. Ou Yexia is a craftsman. It's completely different for you to forcefully train his apprentice to become a mechanic."
Having said this, Yang Qian filled the kettle with water, brought it to a boil, put tea leaves into the tea bowl, and started brewing it himself.
I have to say, the feeling of soaking water in a golden teapot is really intoxicating.
After taking the teapot back to his study, Yang Qian began to handle official duties.
Three days passed in a blink of an eye.
Inside the mansion, there are lanterns and colorful decorations.
Lord Wu An's order carries so much weight.
It can be said that wherever it can be used, with almost full cooperation, the bronze ritual vessels are made in one day.
Tons of red lanterns and various red blankets and fabrics were delivered to the mansion.
Not only was the mansion decorated, but a red carpet had to be laid on the ground.
After three days of processing, the two people's dresses were also rushed out.
Day four, early morning.
When the first ray of sunshine shines on the earth.
The entire Yuntong County is like a dormant giant beast, once again exuding fresh and exciting vitality.
Inside Zhuangzi, it was very lively. Red lanterns and red carpets were hung at the gate, and everyone was full of joy.
Ran Jing stood outside wearing a formal dress.
The people who came today are almost all officials from Yuntong County, and their ranks are not low, but most of them are generals from the border army.
In Yuntong County, apart from Yang Qian and Tian Zong who were already stationed in Taihuang, Ran Jing was already worthy of the name of one person under ten thousand people.
Naturally, the generals in the army need to come and congratulate him. In fact, everyone is joking that at this age, this boy is the only one who has not yet gotten married.
As for Fei Lian, that's not the case. Strictly speaking, Fei Lian is not considered a member of the military.
He is more like the king's personal guard or retainer.
"Hahahaha, general, congratulations!"
Zhu Hongfang had been in Goguryeo and finally came back. This time he happened to catch up with Ran Jing's wedding banquet.
Seeing that Zhu Hongfang was here, after the two of them held hands, Ran Jing kept hugging him with excitement on his face.
Although front-line generals such as Jinghuai, Wu Gaolang, Gu Weiqi, and Jia Guohao were lower in rank than him, in a strict sense, they were his peers in the past.
But Zhu Hongfang was not. He was a soldier he led out hand in hand, and Ran Jing had high hopes for him.
