The last conscience of the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 128 The stone arrived

At Dali Temple, they began to investigate the issue about Zeng Bu.

Liang Xin didn't pay much attention to this matter.

Because the first batch of stones transported from Taozhou entered Bianjing by water.

Liang Xin went to the dock in person and stared at it.

Although she is a time traveler, this is the first time Liang Xin sees Tao Inkstone, not Tao Inkstone.

In fact, Su Shi also wanted to get one for himself. It would feel great to carve it himself, but he couldn't go. He needed to avoid it.

These old men in Dongkuaoyuan reached a consensus that everyone coming to Liang Mansion would naturally come quietly.

Outside, do not appear at the same time as Liang Xin unless necessary.

In fact, someone from the Liang Mansion followed.

Li Qingzhao, who was wearing a veil, shamelessly followed Liang Xin. If Li Qingzhao refused to let him come, Li Qingzhao would really dare to roll all over the floor in front of Liang Xin.

That's all, just bring a connoisseur.

On the ship, baskets were stuffed with straw. When we moved them off the ship, we took out the baskets and placed them in wooden boxes. The particularly large ones were placed on wooden boards, and the imperial guards were responsible for carrying them into the palace.

Li Qingzhao has turned over no less than 20 yuan of stones and has already picked out a few for himself.

Liang Xin said from the side: "Don't be greedy. The best one must be chosen first by the officials."

Li Qingzhao is definitely an expert in picking stones.

Pick a stone, find a broken one and rub it, then lean on it, ha!
Li Qingzhao took a deep breath and looked at the stone surface carefully, then tapped it a few times with a look of enjoyment on his face.

Liang Xin asked: "Is it superior?"

Li Qingzhao replied: "It is the best. A high-quality Tao inkstone can make water droplets when pressed and make no sound. Looking at the color again, it is as crystal clear as jade, the color of the stone is green, and the quality is hard and fine."

After speaking, Li Qingzhao turned over a piece with difficulty: "A piece like this is the best in my eyes. When choosing a stone, you must not only look at the stone, but also the appearance. If this piece is made into an inkstone, the stone skin must be retained."

"As long as it's top quality."

Li Qingzhao continued to turn over the stones and said: "There are records in books that some of the authentic Tao inkstones are from Liangzhou, some from Longxi, and some from Lintao, but they are all in the Hehuang area. Which one is more specific? A place is the most authentic, I can’t say for sure.”

After hearing this, Liang Xin became interested.

"The veins may stretch for hundreds of miles, and the places you mentioned may be the origin of raw stones, so where is the best one?"

Li Qingzhao shook his head: "I don't know, but this is indeed top quality."

Liang Xin asked: "Is it possible that Taozhou is indeed the origin of Tao inkstones, but the best Tao inkstones have not been discovered?"

"Yes." Li Qingzhao answered very affirmatively and then explained: "I once saw an inkstone. I didn't have the money to buy it at the time. The quality of the stone is slightly different from these, but it is definitely not worse than these, so there must be more than one place with high-quality stones. .”

"Okay." Liang Xin heard the answer he wanted: "By the way, how is the Liuli that I asked you to do?"

Li Qingzhao replied: "The Shen Supervision Department sent someone to take over. He said that it can be made bigger and flatter because the Ordnance Supervision has more craftsmen than we have in our house."

Liang Xin said: "Since you don't need to worry about that matter, pick a good day next year and use the pretext of looking for better Tao inkstones. You bring Jingyu, and the Cao family or the Gao family sends a son to lead three thousand troops. You can do it for me." I will go to Taozhou once. You are only responsible for finding stones, and others will take care of the rest."

"Yeah, yeah." Li Qingzhao liked this.

Li Qingzhao’s biggest hobbies in his life.

Gambling, wine, stones, paintings, ancient books...

Apart from drinking and gambling, rocks are her favorite.

He is definitely a model of irreverence.

Previously, Li Qingzhao's father, Li Gefei, was a very self-disciplined official and poor.

The family is poor.

I don’t have the capital to play if I want to.Now, spending the emperor's money on gold, stone and antiques...

Seriously, I am determined to stay in Liang Mansion. Although Liang Xin is hateful, I am very happy to stay in Liang Mansion, and the eldest lady Cao Tan is also very good to me.

That’s the evil person Liang Xin.

Arrange your work in various ways throughout the day.

It seems that the purpose of taking him home is his ability to appreciate calligraphy, painting, and writing.

What's more, Liang Xin, a wicked person, has never stayed in his Yiyuan.

While Li Qingzhao was scolding Liang Xin in his heart, he quietly kicked a few smaller stones off the carriage, blocked them with the corners of his skirt, and kicked them under his carriage.

What she didn't know was that Liang Xin actually saw it, but just pretended not to.

In fact, Liang Zhong also saw it.

Liang Zhong paid attention to Liang Xin's expression and gaze, but pretended not to notice.

Liang Xin didn't say anything, Liang Zhong didn't say a word, and the imperial guards and the eunuchs pretended they were invisible, just a few stones.

An hour later, Liang Xin entered the palace.

It was Liang Zhong who arranged for someone to move the pieces that Li Qingzhao had secretly hidden to the car.

After Liang Zhong helped Liang Xin get on the carriage, he ran to Li Qingzhao's car and said fiercely: "Ms. Li, you think the Lord doesn't know that the Lord rewards you. This time, the Lord won't hold you accountable. It doesn’t mean that there are no rules in our house. You can either go back to the eldest lady to apologize, or you can go to the eldest lady and complain about this matter after I serve the Lord and enter the palace."

Li Qingzhao was secretly happy a second ago, but when Liang Zhong said this, he wilted.

"I'll go talk to the eldest lady myself."

Liang Zhong snorted and ran after Liang Xin.

Liang Zhong is right.

Li Qingzhao also knew that he was wrong, but he just couldn't help it.

When I returned home, I didn't even change my clothes. I immediately went to Cao Tan to admit my mistake.

Really fighting.

Cao Tan asked someone to hit Li Qingzhao's hand, and then fined him half a month's money. It was his first offense and he had to admit his mistake. After the stone was confiscated, Cao Tan asked Li Qingzhao to pick a piece and keep it.

In the mansion of a wealthy family, rules are very strict.

Liang Xin can pretend not to see it.

Cao Tan couldn't.

If you break the rules without being punished, let others see and think what you think.

There are not just a few people in Liang Mansion.

Liang Xin entered the palace and asked people to place stones outside the door of Zhao Ji's study.

Zhao Ji had already changed into linen clothes and was waiting.

He is also professional.

Liang Xin stepped forward: "This place is roughly divided into three, six, and nine grades. My concubine checked them one by one on the dock. I saw that she was busy for more than an hour, so I secretly picked two small pieces to reward her."

Zhao Ji didn't care about this. He had already seen Tao inkstones that were better than those in the palace.

Liang Xin continued: "According to my concubine's analysis, Tao inkstones of different colors and qualities have appeared on the street next to Daxiangguo Temple. There may be better ones, but I don't know if they are in the mountains. Or in the river valley, or in the deep cave under the cliff."

"I will reward her with two pieces. It is impossible to go looking for stones in winter. When the weather gets warmer next year, I will arrange for her to go to Taozhou and find better rough stones, so I will reward her."

Zhao Ji analyzed Liang Xin's words very carefully.

(End of this chapter)