Manchu traitor, how can you let me be the emperor of the ages

Chapter 40
There was a flattering smile on He Shen's chubby face, and he said in his unique voice: "Your Majesty manages the affairs of the day, manages the government affairs, and works tirelessly. The courtiers see it and worry about His Majesty."

"Um……"

Li Qian took a sip of the tea on the table to relieve the tiredness. It has been really hard these few days.

Seeing this, He Shen bowed and said, "I happened to find a strange object a few days ago. It was exquisitely made and unique in craftsmanship. I was very happy to see it. I specially sent it today and wanted to present it to Your Majesty."

"A strange thing?"

Li Qian thought it was a bit funny, is there anyone in Dagan who understands strange things better than him?
The planes in the sky, the trains on the ground...the "strange things" he had seen in his previous life, He Shen probably couldn't even dream of them.

However, He Shen's actions made Li Gan confirm that his previous guess was correct.

He Shen really intends to be his licking dog.

As for whether this licking dog is completely loyal and reliable, it will take time to verify.

However, does this count as a punch to start the plan to achieve initial results?

Li Gan rubbed his chin, thinking about the situation in the previous court meetings.

If I had been timid before, would He Shen still come today?

After roughly confirming that his efforts were effective, Li Gan waved his hand immediately in a good mood: "Heqing family, bring up the strange thing you mentioned!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

He Shen was overjoyed, and turned to greet the outside of the hall.

After a while, two eunuchs came in carrying a wooden box painted red and inlaid with gold, and carefully placed it on the table.

Li Qian finally developed a trace of curiosity, thinking that the size of this strange thing is not small.

"Your Majesty, please see."

He Shen walked over quickly, opened the lid of the box, and saw that the bottom of the box was covered with a layer of luxurious red silk, and on top of it was an exquisite and tall round green and white jade vessel, which was carved with nine flying dragons. Columns around.

The body of the dragon is made of warm white jade, but each dragon's eyes are blue in color, completely natural, without any sign of stitching.

Under the nine dragon heads, there are also nine white jade cups, exquisite and exquisite, each of which is embossed with a sapphire pan dragon flying through the clouds, or bending down to reach its claws, or flying clouds to spread rain... The posture of each dragon is completely different .

Li Gan looked at this exquisite jade article, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

He gently picked up a jade cup, rubbed it in his hand, and felt the cool touch, delicate as a beautiful woman's skin, and the sapphire dragon puffing clouds and mist carved on it, lifelike.

Inside the white jade cup, there is also a dragon's head protruding upwards, looking mighty and majestic.

There was a bit of surprise and love in Li Gan's eyes.

Well, he admitted that he had never seen this thing in his previous life.

A treasure of this level is regarded as the treasure of the town hall, how could it be possible for him to hold it in his hand and play with it?

This life can be enjoyable.

He Shen stretched out his hand on one side, and explained with a smile: "Your Majesty, this object is called the Nine Dragon Cup."

"Kowloon Cup?"

Li Gan looked at the Nine Dragon Cup and nodded slowly. He seemed to have heard of such a name in his previous life.

With a flattering smile on his face, He Shen continued to explain: "When the wine is poured from above, the wine will be sprayed out from the mouth of the dragon below, and the nine jade cups will be evenly filled."

"And the most mysterious thing about this Nine Dragon Cup is the cup below. It is the most fair cup to hold wine. It can only be filled shallowly and not too full. Otherwise, all the wine in the cup will be leaked, and there will be no drop left. "

"This is the water of those who are content, and the water of those who are greedy."

"Um……"

Li Qian nodded lightly, and when He Shen said this, he remembered the origin of this thing.

Legend has it that the magistrate of Fuliang County in the early Ming Dynasty specially asked the porcelain workers of the local "Royal Kiln Factory" to make it in order to please Emperor Hongwu.

After the finished product of the Kowloon Cup was finished, the county magistrate rushed to the capital in order to get promoted and make a fortune, and dedicated the treasure to Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.

And the magistrate of Fuliang County who presented the Nine Dragon Cup was also quickly promoted, from magistrate to magistrate...

The result of the legend is very beautiful, the emperor won the treasure, the county magistrate was promoted, and the porcelain worker was praised... But the real story, how could there be a perfect result?
In Li Gan's view, the legend is a bit magical.

Who is Zhu Yuanzhang, if he dares to covet 60 taels of silver, he will behead you. He has flayed and pretended to be grass in his whole life. I don’t know how many corrupt officials.Such a person would be promoted to Fuliang county magistrate because of his treasure offering?
Moreover, the county magistrate Daitian herdsmen are responsible for guarding the land, and they are not allowed to leave the county without special circumstances, otherwise they will be severely punished.

If he rushed to the capital to present the treasure in person, it would not be a treasure offering, but a gift of the head from thousands of miles away, and there is no such way to seek death.

Therefore, this wonderful story is either fictional, or there are many hidden secrets in it...

Thinking of this, Li Gan coughed lightly, with a chuckle on his face. Regardless of the origin, he liked the Nine Dragon Cup very much.

This is a treasure of art!

Sending goose feathers thousands of miles away shows affection.

What's more, He Shen gave such a precious thing?

Even if you don't need it, you can sell it for money, right?

Thinking of this, Li Qian decided to cooperate with the adults to improve his gift-giving experience and mobilize his enthusiasm for gift-giving.

Only in this way, the next gift giving with adults will come sooner.

After finally catching a fat sheep, Li Gan didn't intend to squeeze him just once.

Heshen claims to be as rich as a country, and there must be more than one Nine Dragon Cup in his family. There must be many more precious and useful things than this!
He wants to let Mr. and Mrs. send it off faster, better, and more happily...

Thinking of this, Li Gan showed a kind smile on his face, turned to look at He Shen, and asked curiously: "Heqing family, is this thing really so magical?"

"Naturally, naturally."

Seeing that he was interested, He Shen smiled brighter: "Your Majesty, if you have wine now, you can try it."

"Okay, let's try it!"

Li Gan smiled and gave Wei Zhongxian an order, and immediately a little eunuch came to fetch water.

With the help of several eunuchs, He Shen also carefully took the Nine Dragon Cup out of the box and put it on the table.

"Your Majesty." He Shen smiled and stretched out his hand: "Your Majesty, please..."

Li Gan was not polite either, and took the golden jug with dragon pattern inlaid with jade and curved neck from the little eunuch at the side, and poured the water in the jug into the empty trough above the Nine Dragon Cup.

The clear water filled the white jade trough, and after a while, water slowly flowed out from the mouths of the nine dragons below, and fell into the white jade cup below, as crisp as pearls falling on a jade plate.

Li Gan continued to add water, and the jade cup filled with more and more water, which soon covered the tap in the cup.

Under the watchful eyes of several people, the water level in the cup dropped rapidly!
As if some mechanism was triggered, all the water leaked out and flowed onto the table!
The eunuchs standing nearby immediately took silk cloths and wiped the table in a hurry. Li Gan didn't pour water, but stared curiously at the wonderful Nine Dragon Cup.

(End of this chapter)