Chapter 90: Qi Nanxiang
Zheng He went to the West once, naturally he didn't just bring a few animals, some food, in fact, they all went so far, can they not bring some good things back?
However, when the list was sent to the inner court, Zhang Zhaohua knew how many treasures the eunuch of the Three Treasures had brought back, the gems the size of fingernails had been called inferior gems, and the gems the size of pigeon eggs had more than a dozen boxes, thousands of catties of spices, and thousands of catties of wood.
This thing is said to be a treasure that is hard to find, but Zheng He brought back more than a dozen at once, Zhang Zhaohua saw that someone cut a piece, yes, he cut a piece with a small knife, the same as cutting meat, and the section can actually pull out the filament like a shredded yam, pick up a piece to see, and find that this thing is dry to the touch, but rub it a little, there is actually a greasy feeling, the thing in the hand can be said to be softer and softer, as if it flows out of grease, but when she let go of this thing, she found that her hand was clean and clean, and there was nothing.
A very fragrant fragrance gradually filled the entire hall, Zhang Zhaohua was surprised: "This thing doesn't burn, can it still be fragrant?" She first smelled a fragrance of flowers and plants, but when she took two deep breaths, the fragrance seemed to turn into frankincense, and it didn't take long for her to feel like musk navel incense, this fragrance is rich in variety, there will be several different fragrances and taste it feels very comfortable and natural, from the nasal cavity straight into the brain to the heavens, it is indescribable.
According to the eunuch who went to the West, among the spices, agarwood is the top grade, and among the agarwood, Qi Nan agarwood is the top grade, and among the Qi Nan agarwood, Bai Qi Nan is the most, so Bai Qi Nan agarwood is the crown of the world's agarwood, and it is a veritable incense king. In fact, Qi Nan is a Sanskrit transliteration, and it has other translated names, such as Duo Jialuo, Jia Lan, Jia Nan, which means temple, and is named after this top agarwood for the temple's noble offerings, and unlike agarwood, there is almost no fragrance when the agarwood is not lit, and Bai Qinan has a fragrance if it is not lit, and the fragrance of Qi Nan can be divided into the first incense, the main incense and the tail incense, which are variable.
Under the guidance of the eunuch, Zhang Zhaohua put a piece of Bai Qinan in his mouth, the taste was good, but he could gradually feel a mild numbness and pain, the root of his tongue gradually became numb and stiff, and she hurriedly spit it out.
Zhang Zhaohua hurriedly put away this large piece of Qi Nan, she had seen too many good things, but this kind of thing made her quite excited.
"Niangniang," the little eunuch was anxious: "This Qi Nanxiang must be mixed before it can be sent to Niangniangโโ"
"Deploy it to others," Zhang Zhaohua said, "I don't need to deploy here." โ
Zhang Zhaohua received a bunch of things in the morning, which was handed over by the emperor to Wang Guifei to distribute, Wang Guifei took the Shanggong of the six bureaus to count things and distribute things, and she was so busy that she didn't sleep well for almost three or five days, after all, the level of things is different, and the level of the harem is also different, how to divide these things evenly to everyone, to ensure that the amount is roughly fair, and to reflect the difference in rank, it is really not easy. However, Wang Guifei was still smart, and first sent good things to the concubines of the East Palace, the princesses of Han and the newly sealed princesses of Zhao, and then began to boil down to the positions of the harem concubines, the concubines on the books, the concubines who were not on the books, the palace people, and so on.
In fact, Zhang Zhaohua is not greedy for these things, of course, this Bai Qinan is an exception. She has a lot of things offered by Zhang Sheng here, and there are too few things that she has never seen, but Wei's is different, even Princess Zhao and Mu are dazzled, and the two of them are amazed when they see the huge blue treasure of the box, but they pull down a few strings of shell jewelry.
Zhang Zhaohua laughed when he saw it: "You guys, stupid, don't want to think about what ordinary thing can be put in a box with Sapphire?"
Webster grabbed a string of shell-like things, looked left and right, and said, "Isn't this the bead of shell grinding?"
"This is a clams," Zhang Zhaohua said: "This string of gold silk clams in your hand, the naturally formed Taiji lines, like jade but not jade, nor the luster of pearl tortoiseshell, let alone crystal glass." These things are all Tibetan monks, specially seeking to refine magic weapons, and they are good things to ward off evil spirits and keep peace!"
Webster looked at the light carefully and exclaimed, "It seems, there really is a yellow-white halo!"
Mu Shi also followed the rarity for a long time, and said: "Sister-in-law, I saw something even rarer at Zhang Guifei Niangniang's place - a crystal mirror of such a size and with a tin-transparent body, which illuminates people's facial features very clearly, that is, a mirror that can be seen by the slightest hair on the face, when the emperor rewarded it, it frightened people, saying that it was a demon mirror!"
In the hands of the emperor, he naturally holds something better, and this rewards people according to his heart. For example, Brother Chun'er got a number of rewards, such as the diamond circle and the night stone, which are better than those of the prince.
"That's the Duobao Crystal Mirror. Zhang Zhaohua can't explain the chemical reaction between mercury and glass, and the ordinary mirror in the hands of later generations is now a supreme precious treasure: "You haven't seen that in the emperor's Qianqing Palace, there is a mirror-sized basin, and Zhang Niangniang's is still small." โ
It's small, it's also enviable, such a mirror, even King Han and King Zhao didn't get a piece.
However, Zhang Zhaohua does not like large gems very much, although the more precious the gemstones, the heavier, but such gems are too large in size, and they have to be cut to make jewelry, which seems to her to be a bit of a violent thing - she also asked the two concubines: "You have the size of a fingernail, and I will exchange the big gems of the same volume with you." โ
Zhang Zhaohua tried a big ruby before, and wanted to set it on the brim of the hat, but the land couldn't bear to look at it directly, and she pressed her hat to her forehead, she likes small gems now, which made Wei and Mu laugh.
Wei Shi was still staring at her clams jewelry, wiped it again and again with joy, and asked, "You said that the Three Treasure Eunuchs, how did you get such a good thing?"
"Nanyang is rich in products, as long as you keep going to sea, there will definitely be no shortage of such things. Zhang Zhaohua said: "Just as we rarely have such a huge gem here, the South Seas and Western countries are also eager for our tea silk in the Middle Earth." โ
Mu Shi came over, "This Jingshi has been passed around, saying that those who go to the West can make a hundred times more profits, and say that whoever smashes the pot and sells iron goes to the West to do business with the ship, and he has become a huge rich man in three or two years after he comes back." โ
"Then you are asking the right person," Wei said: "The princess's mother's brother, isn't it Shen Wansan today, when Yongle went to the West in the second year, he asked if he went with the ship, and her brother responded, how much did he earn!"
Zhang Zhaohua laughed, Zhang Sheng's sea ships now don't even need to follow Zheng He's fleet and go to the West and South Seas by themselves.
"My mother's brother was picked up and almost ran to Fujian, saying that he was going to sell goods to Nanyang!" Mu was so angry that he beat his chest and said: "I only knew when he ran out of Yunnan, but fortunately he was caught, otherwise he would be lawless!"
Mu is Mu Sheng's daughter, Mu Ying's granddaughter, and the emperor's newly hired princess to King Zhao, this woman is afraid that she also has a little ability, because she looks ordinary, and she can't compare to the previous Xu family, but the new marriage is only a month, and it is said that King Zhao has a group of young eunuchs.
Zhang Zhaohua observed this Mu family, and he was also a generous person, the three concubines sat together, and they all said it - Xu was more cramped with them before, because what Xu said, she always didn't pick up the two of them, so she didn't say anything.