Daming Yuanfu

The imperial palace is very large, so the imperial chariot has to take a chariot to go to and from everywhere in the palace. The high and pragmatic Jianxinzhai Villa is also very large, and it is built on the mountain. There are pavilions, academies and medicine gardens on the mountain, and there is a horse farm at the foot of the mountain. You also need to take a car to and from the school grounds and the Craftsman School - Gao Pragmatic is famous for not liking to ride in a sedan. In addition, Jinghua has a horse-drawn carriage business, so it has become a fixed arrangement for visitors to take a car when visiting Jian Xinzhai.

The emperor has his own rules for traveling. Although Zhu Yijun has seen Jinghua's carriages, he has not experienced them personally. Today, he happened to bump into one and had the opportunity to try it out.

Jinghua's carriages have always been differentiated according to high and pragmatic marketing concepts. Today's guest status has reached its peak, so naturally they must be equipped with the best carriages. Fei Yingdong was obviously of great status and actually transferred one of Gao Pragmatic's own special cars for the emperor's use.

The reason why it is "one" is because Gao Pragmatic has more than one car. He has several special cars depending on the purpose of travel, season, etc. The car used today for the emperor to ride on is a car commonly used in high pragmatic summers. It is outstanding in that it is ventilated and not hot.

In terms of structure, this car has omitted many wind-blocking structures such as door panels and replaced them with sparsely woven copper wire mesh. However, the carved beams and paintings on the main structure have not been reduced, and the interior is even more luxurious. In addition to the seat having a hollow back for ventilation, the material is wood covered with copper, and the armrests on both sides are simply made of full-body jadeite from Myanmar. The main theme is a perfect interplay of gold and jade, which also ensures practicality.

Zhu Yijun couldn't help but secretly expressed surprise that he was the emperor, and said to Chen Ju who was accompanying him on horseback through the side curtain: "Chen Ju, have you ever ridden in the Rixin car?"

Chen Ju answered honestly: "Back to your Majesty, I was fortunate enough to ride with Yuan Fu two or three times, and one of them seemed to be in this car."

"What do you think of this car?" Zhu Yijun asked again.

Chen Ju replied: "I think it is very exquisite and ingenious."

"Just these two sentences?" Zhu Yijun didn't look satisfied. He patted the seat and said, "Is this a golden chair?"

Chen Ju was shocked and quickly explained: "Your Majesty, I think you haven't looked carefully. The material of the seat is teak wood covered with copper. It's just that Jinghua is good at smelting, so the brass looks the same as gold at first glance. But if it is chopped with a sword, After a while, you will find that there is a big difference between the two. This brass is far harder than gold..."

It is true that Zhu Yijun didn't take a closer look, but he immediately reacted to Chen Ju's words. Before the latter could finish his words, he interrupted: "You just said it was brass. Is it possible that I have to draw the sword and try it?" Give it a try?" After a pause, he touched the jade armrest and said, "These two armrests seem to be made of a whole piece of jade, and the jade patterns are natural, just like landscape paintings... It's really a big hand."

Chen Ju already knew the emperor's thoughts, and pretended not to care and said: "Your Majesty, I don't know. Burma is not so good at other things, but it can produce jade, especially jadeite. In the past few years, Burma has not paid off the compensation, so it used In order to pay off the debt, Jinghua held an auction for a lot of high-quality raw jadeite, and auctioned off the best-looking ones in batches.

At that time, many nobles and wealthy people in the capital were involved in it, and indeed some of the jadeite with excellent appearance and unique jade patterns were sold at high prices.

However, as far as the slave girl knows, in order to give those jadeite jadeites a chance to be auctioned at Jinghua's auction house, the King of Burma used a batch of the same top-quality jadeite for a price of 100,000 taels of silver, and only then did he get this qualification. The slave guessed that the armrests of the carriage seat probably came from that batch of jade. "

Zhu Yijun suddenly realized that although this jadeite was precious, it was obtained by Gao pragmatism by robbing the Burmese king. No wonder it was used so lavishly - there was no cost, so why not just use it casually?

But after thinking about it, Zhu Yijun couldn't help but said: "Although the Burmese King deserves it, why does he have to auction it at Jinghua's auction house, even if he does not hesitate to offer the best jade worth one hundred thousand taels?"

Chen Judao: "Although the auction has been around since ancient times, it has been promoted by Yuan Fu in recent years. Jinghua's business spreads all over the world, so its auction house can always get some novelties, and over time it will become a success It became the most famous auction house in the capital and even in the entire Ming Dynasty.

The emperor does not know that the same thing that can be sold for ten thousand taels elsewhere may be sold for twenty thousand or thirty thousand at Jinghua Auction House. Some rare items may even be sold for more. As a result, those who have a large supply of goods will naturally flock to Jinghua Auction House. In order to pay off the debt, King Namian sent countless people to mine gold, stone and jade mines in the country. There were indeed enough good goods in hand, so naturally they had to be auctioned at the Jinghua Auction House in order to obtain more silver. After all, King Burmese had no choice. Even if he had to spend a hundred thousand taels of top-quality jade to obtain this qualification, he had to do it, otherwise where else could he go? "

Only then did Zhu Yijun understand the details and nodded: "This is the monopoly that Rixin and I talked about! These gameplays were all created by him, and everyone can only play according to his wishes and change the methods. Not only did he give money, but he even had to laugh with me while giving it away."

Chen Juqian smiled and said: "Yuan Fu can always turn decay into magic. With his ability to turn stone into gold, people like this servant can only be amazed."

While talking, Zhu Yijun realized that the direction of the carriage did not seem to go up the mountain, but he clearly remembered that the main body of Xinzhai was above Xiangshan Mountain. He couldn't help but become confused and looked at the "guard" Fei Ying who was walking side by side with Chen Ju. Dong asked: "Isn't Rixin meeting Xinzhai? Why are you walking in Wangdong?"

Fei Yingdong explained: "Replying to the emperor, my master and my princess went to the racecourse today. It is said that they were competing in riding and shooting."

Not only Zhu Yijun, but Chen Ju and others were also surprised. The accompanying Dongchang, Jinyiwei Dajue, and the guards even subconsciously pressed their hands on the handle of the waist knife.

It's not a secret that Gao Pragmatic has armed servants. Who doesn't know about it among the officials and people in the capital? Even speaking of it, which of the nobles in the capital does not have an armed servant? It's just a matter of size.

However, when the emperor comes to your home, you are actually competing in riding and shooting. This is hard not to make people think of it.

Although Zhu Yijun was taken aback, he could still remain calm. He glanced at Chen Ju, who understood and immediately asked Fei Yingdong: "A competition in riding and archery? Is it possible that there is a martial arts competition among the high-ranking servants today? Then why didn't you participate?"

Fei Yingdong looked very honest, rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "I misunderstood the palm prints. It's not the servants who are trying out riding and shooting. It's the master and my family who are trying out riding and shooting."

Chen Ju was stunned: "Yuan Fu... Yuan Fu and Mrs. Ru are competing in riding and shooting?"

This is too fucking bullshit. Yuan Fu is the leader of the civil servants in the world. Why are you competing with others on horseback and archery? What's more, it's still compared to his own wife, a maiden! Don't tell me what to do if you lose, you won't be embarrassed even if you win!

However, after being stunned for a moment, Zhu Yijun became interested and clapped his hands and said: "Okay, okay, interesting, so interesting. I have seen Rixin fighting with Confucian scholars, and I have seen Rixin sweep thousands of armies, but I have never seen his cavalry and archery. ...Hahahaha, today is a really lucky day, and I can see something new!"

Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something and asked Fei Yingdong with great interest: "By the way, I heard from Rixin that the Ye He family is good at riding. Since your 'Gege' was born in Ye He, she seems to know a lot about it." In your opinion, who is better at riding and archery, Rixin or Madam Ru?"

Fei Yingdong heard sweating from behind, and laughed dryly: "Your Majesty, this is really difficult for me. I know how good my family is at riding and shooting, but I have never seen my master show off his prowess in riding and shooting... This, it’s impossible to guess at such a young age.”

Zhu Yijun thought about it and immediately said: "Then what are you waiting for? This kind of scene is not easy to see. Hurry up and speed up. You must not miss this competition. I want to see it with my own eyes!" He couldn't help but laugh. , jokingly said: "It would be a great pleasure in life if I could see Rixin become deflated - I have never seen such a scene in all these years!"

Everyone was sweating profusely.
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