The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

Renzong agreed to Yunyan's return and sent the green turtle as a national gift. Yun Yan told Zheng Ling back that this is a great opportunity, and one must choose a healthy one with long hair and a graceful posture.

Zheng Ling was confused and said, "A beautiful body......?"

Yun Yan replied: "Um...big one."

Zheng Ling nodded, "Okay!"

Now their business is still being released in batches, not yet sold in large quantities, but a lot of them have been bred, and they are stocking up. Zheng Ling went back and ordered someone to count, choose a healthy big green turtle, and prepare to send it out as a national gift.

At this time, the people from Honghe Temple also came to meet Yun Yanhui, and they were responsible for preparing the presents they brought with them.

"Whether we choose this container for tortoises, or do you buy it yourself?" the person at Honghu Temple asked.

Because Zheng Ling was their old colleague, and Zheng Ling had a share in this business, they also started a business. After all, this green turtle is privately provided, maybe they have their own ideas, and the packaging is more delicate and distinctive.

This remark reminded Yun Yan back.

If it is installed in a simple water tank and transported to Liao, it will inevitably lose its color. But how beautiful can the water tank be? Nothing can reflect the characteristics of the green turtle.

And if the tortoise is fished out, the green algae on the back will not look as good as when floating in the water.

"I'll prepare it, but please let me think about it." After Yun Yan returned, he racked his brains and thought for a few days, but didn't figure out how to pack it. He still wanted to be perfect.

The Liao Kingdom advocated Buddhism very much. Yun Yanhui even thought about whether he wanted to engrave Buddhist scriptures on the water tank, but this seemed to be a bit wrong.

Yun Yan returned and went out altogether.

Shuangyi was alone at home, and he asked when he went out, "Where is Brother Yan?"

Yun Yan replied: "I'm going to Daxiangguo Temple to find inspiration!"

Yun Yan went straight back to Daxiangguo Temple, found it clear, hugged his thigh, "Master, give me some inspiration!"

Clearly: "Huh?"

Yun Yan replied: "Calculate how I should pack the green turtle!"

Clearly: "..."

Clearly and speechlessly said: "Fortune telling is not a panacea. You can't rely on calculations for everything. Human calculations, can you calculate fortunes?"

Yun Yan pouted back and stood up, "I'm a bit stuck and don't know what to do."

Clearly stroked his head and said: "Walk around the temple and worship the Buddhas in the temples. Maybe it will give you a little inspiration."

Yun Yan thought about it, and calmly walked around the temple, putting incense in the temple one by one, and greeted the seniors in the temple. As soon as he left, he walked to his own home.

Yun Yan sat back on the terrace, stretched out his hand to touch Beibei's hair, a breeze blew, and the leaves in the bamboo forest rustled.

A piece of green is reflected in front of the eyes, and bamboo shoots are springing up. It is the season to eat bamboo shoots...

Yun Yanhui's thoughts quickly pulled back from the roasted bamboo shoots, and when he looked at the dense bamboo, he suddenly had an idea, "I know what to do!"

Yun Yan couldn't help but yelled out in return, but only Beibei could hear him, looking at him blankly.

Yun Yan jumped back out of the yard and threw a bite of the pigeon, "Haha, I know how to pack it."

This bamboo forest gave Yun Yan back his inspiration. He found a food merchant who had helped find dogs and gave nails to him. This food merchant was in the business of colored glaze, and Yun Yan wanted to order colored glaze utensils from him.

Although there are workshops for making glazed ware in the Song Dynasty, the glazed ware made by Dashi has the highest transparency.

Yun Yanhui just wanted to build a transparent glass tank. To reflect the green turtle, of course, it is best to use a glass tank, but it will inevitably be more troublesome when transporting.

However, fortunately, there are also some fragile utensils in the gifts of the Song Dynasty, so I have always been very careful and have always done a good job in earthquake prevention.

Yun Yanhui also thought before that it would be better to use a glass tank, but the empty tank is not as good as the quaint water tank in line with the aesthetics at this time.

But now, Yun Yanhui has an idea, which is to make aquatic plants.

He was planning to make a landscape in a glass tank. In the past, Yun Yanhui had a colleague who liked to play with aquatic plants. He used wood roots, water plants, sand, stones and other things in the tank to display the natural scenery. Canyons, forests, mountains... all kinds of scenery can be presented.

For decoration and cleaning up unsightly algae, a variety of fish are also raised. At first Yun Yan went back to his house and saw a large group of fish and crabs and snails in the tank. He thought he liked to keep fish. After learning about it, he realized that he was actually playing in the aquarium.

If you build such a water plant tank and put the green turtle in it, it will definitely complement each other.

Moreover, you can also design more in the future and sell it with the green turtle.

Yun Yan went back to the big food merchant and chatted for a while, and learned that it took a long time for him to order it, but, as Yun Yanhui said, it was pure and there were no fancy cylinder-shaped glassware in its shape. Their craftsmen practiced burning them on weekdays, and never thought of selling them.

Yun Yan was overjoyed and bought the glass jar. Although it was not as pure as the modern one, it was also very good, so he agreed to order a batch.

The food merchant did not expect that the good fate he had formed in the past, but now there is still business to find, and he is very happy.

There is not enough time. If you are serious about making the scenery, you have to wait for the water plants to grow up slowly. Fortunately, Yunyan recalled that the scenery he made was very simple and not long. Basically, you don’t need to wait until the water is cleared. .

Yun Yan fiddled with it for a few days, finished the scene, and put in the green turtle selected by Zheng Ling. The effect was really good.

Zheng Ling was shocked when he saw it, "Brother Yan, this is...really..."

I can't describe it as beautiful. The scene is actually very simple, but he was shocked.

Moreover, I have never seen such a decoration method. It is a bit like putting the model of the real estate made by Ge Yan in the water tank-this can also be put on!

Zheng Ling said that this is a natural pair with the green turtles they sell. They set off each other and raise their value!

If this packaging method is used, the price of green turtles will inevitably increase in the future.

"Do you think it's not bad? That's fine. I'll show it to the officials." After all, this is Yun Yan who applied to Renzong to give Renzong the palm of his hand to prove that his goods are more than just the force of the mission. , It also plays its own role.

Yun Yanhui moved the glass cylinder to the palace and showed it to Renzong.

I also specially asked Kaifeng Mansion F4 to help, and then the glass cylinder was moved to the palace steadily.

Yun Yanhui put the glass jar on a table, the sunlight came in from outside the door, and the wisps of light reflected in the jar.

Renzong came in from the back of the palace and saw the front of the glass tank at a glance, and his footsteps could not help but stop.

"..." Renzong stared at the water tank intently, and then said two words slowly, "Miao Zai."

The scenery in this tank is very simple. The back wall of the tank is covered with a dark green background cloth. You can see through the transparent tank walls on the front and both sides. The bottom of the tank is a layer of gravel with some green on it. Little water plants.

In the background, dense and dense bamboo poles stand in the sand and gravel, like a little bamboo forest-the upper part that exposes a little outside the tank is also fixed by steel wires to prevent them from falling. There are occasional spots on the bamboo, which adds to the quaint vicissitudes of life.

In the foreground, a Buddha statue covered in moss, sitting on sandstone, with his back to the "bamboo forest", his hands folded, his eyes closed, his face showing compassion.

A green turtle swims lightly in the water, and the layers of water brought up shuttle through the bamboo forest and Buddha statues, and the green hairs on its back are swaying in the water...

If you just look at the part of this tank, you will be like a world full of Zen. The green turtle swims in the bamboo forest, with a relaxed posture. The Buddha statue is not sad or happy, wonderful and shocking, so that the viewer's heart is calmed down. .

Yun Yanhui's colleagues like it very much for the water plant tanks with Buddhist elements, and they have made several of them. They can be complicated or complex, such as visiting an ancient temple in a deep mountain. At present, this kind of bamboo is relatively simple, but it is very suitable for current needs, so Yun Yanhui reproduced it.

Sure enough, everyone I've seen so far is highly recognized.

Renzong admired it for a long time before he said, "I'm a little bit reluctant to ask you to send this out."

Although this aquarium is easy to copy, it is obviously not that precious to make a second copy of the national gift given out, and it does not conform to the Song people's style of doing things.

"Because the Liao Kingdom worshipped the Buddha up and down, so I created such a scene. I plan to sell green turtles with such aquatic plants in the future. I have already ordered a lot of glazed water tanks. At that time, I will make a few more chic ones for the officials. Home furnishings.” Yun Yan will naturally not let go of the opportunity to advertise. He wanted to send back a few more green turtles to Renzong before, but Renzong refused to accept it.

Renzong nodded this time, "Very good."

Yun Yan replied: "It's just that it may take a little longer. I want to create a big scene and I need to let the plants in the tank grow well."

And this is different from modern times. Modern times have a lot of tools to help build the biosphere in the aquarium, so it will take longer to think about it. Yun Yanhui did not have such a high aesthetic, and the design of the entire scene at that time, in addition to drawing on the successful experience of modern times, would still rely on Zheng Ling's kind of art.

Renzong understands that good things are waiting, "It's okay, you can do it slowly." He was still thinking that he could also reward some important officials to show his love. Such things, elegant and novel, can well show his intentions.

When Yun Yan went back there, he would of course also use Renzong's advertisements...Ah no, demand is the most important thing. Only after helping him get it right will he start launching new products.

Yun Yan returned to this water plant tank, only a few people saw it, so it was not widely circulated afterwards. The shock of hearing and seeing it in person is still different, and it may even be regarded as a real estate model, similar to what children play. Therefore, no major disturbances have been caused.

This tank was given a name by Renzong himself, called "Bamboo Forest Listening to Zen".

Da Song's delegation went to Liao and learned how to feed green turtles, clean up the aquariums, and take care of them. After arriving in Liao, they presented the gift list.

When the Liao Emperor saw it, he didn't notice the bamboo forest listening to Zen jar. He thought it was an artifact, but he saw that it was written "Bianliang Special Green Turtle", but he thought it was very funny. Liang's specialty? Do you think the Liao people don't raise turtles?

The minister introduced to the Liao Emperor, "I heard that there was a small official in Bianliang who got a green turtle from the palace. After returning, he was raised with other turtles in the family. Unexpectedly, the other turtles also grew green hairs. The tortoise that was later put in will also be assimilated and grow green hairs. Presumably because of this, they called it a specialty of Bianliang."

The green tortoise is not a specialty of Bianliang, but the green tortoise that grows in this strange way is of course a specialty of Bianliang, and it is the only one.

After the Liao Emperor heard the story, he wanted to see this unusual green tortoise, so the palace people moved to the bamboo forest to listen to the Zen jar.

The Liao Emperor, as well as the other courtiers and palace servants waiting beside him, saw a green turtle swimming in the bamboo forest listening to the Zen jar leisurely, with a compassionate ancient Buddha behind him, he took a breath and felt his mind. Shocked.

The courtier who introduced him said again: "This is another realization that listening to the Zen jar in the bamboo forest is one with the green turtle."

They are two separate objects, but they are one, and both are precious.

The Liao Emperor was very close, looking at the world in the tank, he was deeply impressed, and said sincerely: "Song people are really smart, and we can't get out of these things in Daliao."

This very thoughtful and innovative gift was very much loved by the Liao Emperor and immediately ordered people to put it in his bedroom.

Because of the love of the Liao emperor, the Liao Kingdom began to open the vat for landscaping and tortoise breeding.