Chapter 207: The Honeymoon Returns to Chang'an (2)
Weiyang Palace, the essence of ancient Han palace architecture, belongs to the Western Han Dynasty Royal Palace, located about 3 kilometers northwest of Xi'an City, built in the southwest corner of Chang'an City, on the Longshou Plain, which is the highest place in Chang'an City.
The ruins of Weiyang Palace were vast, and Pei Pei and Austin visited the Maoling Museum, which was built near the ruins. Then, under the guidance of the tour guide, we visited the adjacent Daming Palace ruins.
The ruins of Tang Daming Palace are also located on the Longshou Plain in the northern suburbs of Xi'an, not far from the ruins of Weiyang Palace. After several maintenance and repairs of the Daming Palace by the state, it is now open to the public.
With a nostalgic thought, Pei Pei took Austin's arm and followed behind the tour guide, all the way to browse the ruins of the Sanqing Palace, the ruins of the Hanyuan Palace, the ruins of the Qingsi Palace, the ruins of the Taiye Pond and many other old landscapes buried in the depths of memory.
It's a pity that a qiΔ has long been a thing.
In a certain hall of the ruins of the Hanyuan Palace, Pei Pei saw a group of maintenance personnel who were doing repair work.
In addition to remembering the old places, she also had another purpose for her trip to Xi'an: to hire a group of professionals who study ancient architecture.
Next year is the year of the Chinese Olympics in 08, and as a dignified Han person who cares about China overseas, she wants to do something for her motherland.
There are countless cultural relics and historical materials collected in the space jade, and there is also a bombshell - the jade seal of the country.
Donated?
Although it is now a new society, the jade seal of the country is no longer a symbol of the divine power of the monarch, but as the daughter of the old Li family who has produced characters such as Wu Zetian, she once privately thought that the jade seal of the country was obtained by her, which was her destiny. Now she wants to donate the jade seal to the country unconditionally. It's like cutting her flesh.
Everyone has selfishness, and the selfishness of the county lord, who has been raised by the divine education of the monarch in her previous life, is even heavier!
In order to balance selfishness and righteousness, she thought for a long time before she came up with a way to achieve both worlds, that is, to build a private museum in the form of ancient buildings, and put the precious cultural relics in her space, including the heirloom jade seal, in the private museum built under her name for permanent display.
When she was alive, the museum's private property was protected by the law, and when she died, she would donate the museum to the country with a suicide note. In this way, she can take into account both her selfishness and the general interests of the country. It's the best of both worlds.
Come to think of it. Pei Pei stepped forward, stopped a staff member and asked, "May I ask, who is the person in charge of the project here?" β
The staff wearing construction uniforms and helmets glanced at Austin behind Peipei and thought it was a foreign visit. Don't dare to slack off. Pointing to a middle-aged man wearing a helmet who was surrounded by the crowd in front of him, he replied, "That is the permanent engineer in charge of the maintenance and repair of this project." β
Pei Pei took out two 100 yuan from her wallet. He said to the staff member, "Can you help me get someone over?" β
With the brand-new 200 yuan extra money in hand, the staff immediately enthusiastically made an OK gesture, and then rushed towards the Chang engineer surrounded by the crowd.
The staff rushed to the front and back of the opposite side. After whispering a few words, I saw the Chang Engineer turn his head in surprise to look this way.
Then, the other party said a few words to the crowd around him, and strode towards Pei Pei.
Austin couldn't understand Chinese and didn't know what his wife was looking for the other party, so he asked the tour guide next to her and asked her to translate.
"Hello, miss, I'm Chang Changhui, what's the matter with me?" Chang Changhui walked up to Pei Pei and asked.
"My surname is Lee, I'm a Chinese-American, and this is my husband, Mr. Hercules." After a brief introduction, Pei Pei began to talk eloquently: "That's right, after my ancestors left the mainland in the early years, they left with a batch of family heirloom cultural relics and antiques. In recent years, my grandfather has always had a wish to build a private museum in Hong Kong to exhibit his family heirloom cultural relics and antiques for the Chinese people to enjoy. And the architectural style of the museum, my grandfather always wanted it to be an ancient architectural style. I just happened to see that you are doing maintenance and repair work here, so I was inspired to invite you over. β
After a pause, Pei Pei looked at the other party and continued: "As far as I know, the maintenance and repair of traditional buildings like this must be designed by professionals who have a certain study of ancient buildings and then handed over to the supporting construction team. So, I'd like to ask you about the professionals in this area. β
Chang Changhui was silent for a moment, and replied lightly: "If your ancestors want to exhibit the cultural relics and antiques handed down by the family, why not send these cultural relics and antiques back to the domestic museum, wouldn't it save trouble and effort." β
The tour guide on the side whispered to Austin.
Pei Pei spread her hands and replied helplessly: "It's not that I don't want to, first, some antiques have been handed down from our ancestors for several lifetimes, and they can't be given to the country lightly, and second, China's cultural relics protection project is not perfect enough." As far as I know, in recent years, many cultural relics have been illegally exported abroad, and the smuggling of cultural relics in China has been rampant to the point that some exhibits that should have been in domestic museums can be openly dropped in the private collections of some rich or famous people in Europe and the United States. That's why my grandfather had always had concerns, so he came up with the idea of building his own private museum. So be itβ"
Pei Pei took out a business card from her bag, handed it to Chang Changhui and said: "This is my business card, if you are willing to accept the appointment or help introduce relevant talents, please call here or send me an email." β
Chang Changhui silently took the business card, pursed his lips and nodded, ready to turn around and leave.
Seeing this, Pei Pei hurriedly added: "The budget cost of the museum is 10 million US dollars, and the remuneration of the chief engineer is 300,000 US dollars. Once the design drawings are accepted by me, I will immediately sign an employment contract with the other party, and once the contract is signed, I will pay the other party one-third of the salary! β
Chang Changhui paused, pondered for a moment, took out a pen and paper from his pocket, and wrote down a string of numbers. Then folded the paper in half and handed it to Pei Pei: "This is my mobile phone number, I can't talk about it in detail because I have work to do." So, if you really want to, please contact me after five o'clock, and we can find a place to sit down and talk in detail, what do you think? β
After Pei Pei took back the piece of paper with the other party's contact information written on it into her bag, she smiled and stretched out her hand to the other party: "That's decided, call at five o'clock." β
Chang Changhui stretched out his hand to shake Pei Pei back, and then turned around and walked towards the crowd.
"My dear. Is what you just told that gentleman true? Austin didn't step forward until this point. Grabbed his wife's shoulders and asked.
"Of course!" Pei Pei replied without hesitation: "However, my grandfather didn't know about building a museum at all, it was my own idea. β
"Then the Chinese cultural relics and antiques in your mouth, your grandfather doesn't know?" Austin asked with a frown.
Pei Pei glanced at the tour guide next to her. Tugging at Austin's cuffs, he replied, "I'll tell you more about this in the evening when it's just the two of us." β
Austin smiled and nodded.
Subsequently. The group left the ruins of Daming Palace. Rush in the direction of Pucheng.
The tomb of "let the emperor" Li Xian be buried in Huiling in Pucheng according to the emperor's mausoleum system. The Peipei people have come to Xi'an, so why do they have to kowtow to the incense of Aya Shangzhu in her previous life.
When the group arrived in Pucheng, it was almost half past one in the afternoon. The young couple, together with the driver and tour guide, were already hungry at this time, and after quickly filling their bellies in a KFC, they set off again and headed for the "Tang Rang Emperor Huiling Conservation Area".
At the gate of the tomb road of Huiling, there is a security room. There were several uniformed staff members in the security room who were smoking and chatting. When the tour guide walked in and asked if she could take someone to visit the tomb, she replied that it was a protected area and was generally not open to the public. As he spoke, several of the staff members also glanced at Austin and Peipei outside the door, intentionally or unintentionally.
Pei Pei saw the tour guide take out a hundred from her wallet and put it on the table.
The reaction of those staff members was to shake their heads directly.
Who would have thought that one of the staff members would get up and point to Austin to the tour guide, and then Pei Pei heard the other party say: "Girl, what about you with foreign guests, a hundred is a little less, right?" At least that's the numberβ" The other man raised a big slap as he spoke.
The tour guide seemed to want to bargain, but at this time, Pei Pei interjected: "Give them to them, I will reimburse you for the money in a while." β
There was a financier who was willing to reimburse, and the tour guide immediately became refreshed, took out four more renminbi from her wallet, and handed them to the staff member who spoke.
There were exactly five staff members in the security room, exactly one hundred. After dividing the money, the staff member who spoke took out a bunch of keys from the drawer, threw the cigarette in his mouth on the ground and stepped on it, and then beckoned to the tour guide, "Come with me." β
The tour guide beckoned Pei Pei and Austin to follow the staff, and while walking, she explained to Pei Pei and Austin in English: "It is said that it will take a while for the official opening of this place, but if there are tourists who want to visit, the general market is 20 yuan per person. β
When Austin heard this, he smiled and didn't answer.
Pei Pei was very unhappy to listen to, this tour guide is too ignorant, what is there to explain this, she is not unable to understand Chinese, specially explained that it is not a shame to throw abroad.
She coughed deliberately, and stopped the guide lady from continuing to explain with her eyes.
The group followed the staff to the gate of the cemetery, and the staff opened the gate with the key and led everyone into the cemetery passage. (To be continued......)
ps: The great sentiment of donating free of charge is very inconsistent with the three views cultivated by the heroine's education in two lifetimes. Therefore, the author thought about it and felt that the jade seal of the country should be more in line with the heroine's values in this way. If you have different opinions, you can leave a message in the comment area, don't scold the author for being selfish and unpatriotic, the author has really thought about donating, but considering the heroine's thinking angle, free donation will definitely not be something that the county lord's mother will do.