The matter of the chief examiner and the examiners of each room is indeed very important, but there is one more important thing, that is, to give a gift to the prince, maybe Zhang Bin still wants to see Yiren in his heart, even if it is just a glance.

At the end of the early dynasty, he immediately ordered Zhang Pan to drive straight to Muchanger Lane, in the carriage, he directly changed his official hat, and put on a coat, which was simply covered up, after all, a court official ran to make children's toys, and it was not good to spread out.

It's still early at this time, because Chongzhen is in a bad mood, the early dynasty lasted less than an hour and ended, Zhang Bin rushed to Carpenter Zhao's house in Muchanger Lane, and he was worried that Carpenter Zhao didn't get things ready.

Fortunately, Carpenter Zhao is quite attentive to this work, sixty taels is already equivalent to his annual income, even if he doesn't sleep, he has to be driven out.

He gathered a group of old fellows, and after a busy night's work, the things had already been ready, and now he was directing his three sons to clean up the yard.

As soon as Zhang Bin got out of the car, Zhao Laohan immediately greeted him and said in surprise: "Master, you came so early." ”

Zhang Bin nodded, and didn't explain anything, but asked directly: "Are things ready?" ”

Zhao Laohan nodded again and again: "It's done, it's done, you can take a look and see if it's appropriate." ”

Zhang Bin breathed a sigh of relief and followed him to the courtyard.

At this time, a large open space has been cleared under the shed on the left, and a layer of wooden planks has been laid on the ground, and the twelve cute animals on the wooden board are neatly placed there, which is the twelve zodiac signs.

Zhang Bin squatted down, pinched a rabbit tail, took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, the sawed place had been ground very smooth, the edges and corners were rounded, the surface of the whole block was extremely smooth, and it was round and abnormal when he got it in his hand, without any feeling of pricking his hands, he checked a few more pieces, and then nodded and said: "Well, it's good, let's put it in the box separately." ”

Twenty boxes were also neatly stacked on the side, Zhao Laohan immediately commanded his sons to start packing, but he himself came to Zhang Bin and rubbed his hands and said: "Master, I don't know if you have finished drawing the picture?" ”

Yesterday, he went back to sleep after eating, and he didn't have time to draw, Zhang Bin patted his forehead and said apologetically: "This, I haven't painted it yet, I'll have someone send it over in the afternoon." ”

Zhao Laohan nodded again and again and said, "Okay, don't worry, you are busy first." ”

At this time, his three sons had already packed all the building blocks into the box, and Zhang Bin waved his hand directly: "Help me put them in the carriage." ”

Zhao Laohan hurriedly greeted his three sons, and each of them picked up five boxes and helped Zhang Bin stuff the carriage.

Zhang Bin didn't stop long, and directly asked Zhang Pan to drive to the branch of Dongshengtang on West Chang'an Street.

At this time, the shops are generally open at the hour, so Zhang Bin will rush to Zhao Carpenter's house first, when he arrived at the West Chang'an Street Dongshengtang branch exactly around the hour, but today, Cao Huayu let people open the door early, at this time he is taking people, waiting in the hall on the first floor with goods.

As soon as Zhang Bin arrived, he immediately welcomed Zhang Bin into the hall and came to the counter closest to the door, where a large number of things had already been placed.

The rolls were round and round, and there were about fifty pieces of carpets, large and small.

The rolls were oval-shaped, and they were silk and satin, about twenty horses.

The rest is a bunch of delicate boxes, there is nothing to introduce in Persian carpets and silk satin, and even rouge gouache has nothing to say, Cao Huayu just introduced him to flower dew and pearl powder.

Both of these things were packed in a precious sandalwood box, about the size of two palms, only about a fist high, and with this delicate pattern carved on it.

Cao Huayu directly picked up a box engraved with many pearl patterns, opened it carefully, and there were twelve white porcelain bottles the size of baby fists neatly lined up, and the bottles also had pearl patterns, and even flashed gold.

Zhang Bin curiously picked up a porcelain vase and looked at it carefully, and then carefully opened the cork covered with silk, which was filled with some white powder, a bit like flour and a little like the fine salt of later generations, anyway, he couldn't see anything.

Cao Huayu said solemnly: "Shuangquan, this is the best pearl powder, a bottle of thousands of taels of silver!" ”

Zhang Bin's hand shook when he heard this, and he almost didn't hold it steady, my God, such a small bottle, thousands of taels, this is simply more expensive than gold!

Cao Huayu saw his surprised expression, and hurriedly explained: "This is not a blind price, the best pearl powder is this price, according to legend, when Tang Wuzong, Prime Minister Li Deyu used jewelry powder, realgar, and cinnabar decoction as a soup, and each cup of food cost 30,000 yuan." Jewelry powder is the best pearl powder, a glass of 30,000 yuan, I don't know how big the cup he used. ”

Zhang Bin felt that he was a little underestimating the ancients, it turned out that the ancient luxury goods were also so valuable, perhaps, should be studied in this area, make a series of luxury goods, directly with silver or even gold made of bottle packaging, can definitely be sold at a sky-high price, you must know that at this time, the European royal family and nobles are rich scum, as long as it is a good thing, money is not a problem at all.

As he conceived in his head, he put the lid on the porcelain vase and put it back in the box.

Cao Huayu then picked up a box carved with osmanthus patterns and opened it in front of Zhang Bin, which also contained twelve small porcelain bottles, Zhang Bin picked up another one and looked at it, and the osmanthus painted on it was also shining with golden light.

He asked curiously, "Does this pattern with gold rim mean that the things inside are the best?" ”

Cao Huayu nodded and said, "Yes, these patterns are all drawn with real gold dust." ”

Sure enough, Zhang Bin carefully opened the wooden cork on the porcelain bottle, and suddenly, the entire lobby was filled with the fragrance of osmanthus flowers, and Zhang Bin only felt as if he had suddenly walked into the osmanthus forest.

Cao Huayu muttered on the side: "This bottle is also hundreds of taels, just one drop can turn a large bucket of water into osmanthus perfume, but this thing must be tightly corked when not in use, otherwise, all the flower dew in it will run out in a few days." ”

This thing is also volatile!

Zhang Bin hurriedly corked the bottle tightly and carefully put it back into the wooden box.

He looked at the counter, there were four boxes of pearl powder, eight boxes of various flower lotes, and four boxes of rouge gouache, exactly sixteen boxes, and he directly asked people to fetch eight empty boxes from the carriage, and each of them was stuffed with two sandalwood boxes, and filled the boxes with silk, and this most valuable gift was ready.

However, there was a slight problem at this point, for there was so much stuff here that he would have no place to sit if he had stuffed all these carpets, silk and silk and chests into the carriage.

Cao Huayu thought for a while and proposed, "Why don't I send a carriage to deliver it to you?" ”

It is better to give gifts to the queen and the crown prince as few people as possible, Zhang Bin shook his head and said: "You can prepare a horse for me, put all the things in the car, and I will ride the horse." ”

Cao Huayu nodded, and immediately asked someone to prepare for him to drive, the things were quickly moved into the carriage, and the horses were quickly brought over, Zhang Bin directly turned over and got on the horse, waved his hand, and rushed to the palace.

At this time, his heart was already starting to be a little nervous.

Will the Yiren be there, if they are not there, it will be a pity.

If so, do you have a chance to talk to her?

If you had the opportunity to speak, what would you say?

West Chang'an Avenue was originally only so long, and the distance from the Dongshengtang branch to the West Chang'an Gate was only so far, and before he could figure it out, the West Chang'an Gate arrived.

This imperial city is not so easy to enter, it is not easy for him to enter by himself, not to mention that he is still pulling such a large cart of things, as soon as he arrives at the West Chang'an Gate, he is blocked by the guards, at this time, no matter how big you are, it is useless, the emperor must speak, these things can enter the imperial city.

Zhang Bin had to honestly tell the guards that these things were given to the prince, and the emperor knew about it.

As soon as the guards heard that the emperor knew about this, they hurriedly sent someone to spread the word.

At this time, Chongzhen was busy, and he didn't have time to take Zhang Bin to Kunning Palace to play with the prince, he heard that Zhang Bin sent something, and he actually explained to Cao Huachun: "Companion, you take Shuangquan to Kunning Palace, remember, enter from Xihua Gate, don't go to the noon gate." ”

Cao Huachun was so excited when he heard this, in order not to arouse Chongzhen's disgust, he never communicated with his ministers alone, and even his second brother Cao Huayu came to the capital for so long He didn't dare to meet, and he didn't dare to speak when he met Zhang Bin.

Now it's okay, I finally have a chance to have a good chat with Zhang Bin, because this time, it was Chongzhen who asked him to take Zhang Bin to Kunning Palace, and the two had a lot of time to talk.

He didn't bring any of his entourage, and after explaining to the guards outside, he walked alone to the west gate of Chang'an.

Zhang Bin didn't expect that after waiting for a while, he would actually wait for Cao Huachun.

Cao Huachun secretly glanced at him, and then said to the guards: "The emperor has an order, let the Sprinkle family take Master Zhang to Kunning Palace, and you don't have to worry about it." ”

This Father-in-law Cao is the emperor's companion, who dares to care about him, all the guards immediately stepped aside, Zhang Bin simply handed over the horse to a city gate guard, and walked in with this Cao Huachun, Zhang Pan didn't dare to get into the carriage, but directly led the horse, pulled the cart, and followed Zhang Bin.

After being almost a hundred steps away from the West Chang'an Gate, Cao Huachun immediately said excitedly: "Shuangquan, is Chengen okay in Fujian, how are the Defu and their boys learning over there?" ”

He didn't turn his head when he spoke, and he didn't even move his body, still maintaining a posture of leading the way forward, which shows that he was very careful, for fear that someone would chew the root of his tongue in front of Chongzhen.

Chongzhen's person Zhang Bin also has a certain understanding, suspicious, impulsive, soft ears, easy to be deceived, Cao Huachun is completely necessary to be so careful, who knows which tendon Chongzhen suddenly made a mistake one day, and it is entirely possible to abolish him after listening to a few words of slander.

He followed Cao Huachun's example, maintained a posture of bowing his head and moving forward, and replied in a low voice: "Didn't Chengen tell you, he lived quite comfortably over there, and they learned very well in Defu, and they can basically collect taxes independently." ”

Cao Huachun was relieved: "That's good, that's good, Cheng'en didn't dare to write a letter, he could only let people talk, most of them were to report safety, how do I know how he is doing over there." By the way, I heard Taihe say that there is something wrong with Dongshengtang's business, does it matter? ”

Zhang Bin explained: "In fact, it is not a problem, but the pace is too fast, the expansion is too fierce, the silver can barely keep up, this I have solved it, although there was not much profit last year, but the scale has risen, this year's profits should be able to soar several times." ”

Cao Huachun nodded slightly and said: "Actually, it's not bad, Taihe said that the dividends last year were divided into tens of thousands of taels, with this money, my eldest brother and second brother don't have to worry about food and clothing at all." ”

Zhang Bin smiled and said: "Tens of thousands of taels are nothing, if everything is normal, half of the equity can be divided into at least two or three hundred thousand taels, look at it this year, it should be about the same." ”

Cao Huachun was surprised: "Ah, with so much money, there won't be any problems, right?" ”

Zhang Bin said calmly: "Don't worry, what we do is serious business, as long as we don't expose our relationship with Dongshengtang, it's fine." ”

Cao Huachun was relieved: "That's good, that's good, by the way, Wen Tiren, you must be careful, this person has almost figured out the emperor's character, and the emperor will say whatever he wants, so the emperor has extreme trust in him, last time he wanted to be unfavorable to you, I didn't have any choice." ”

Zhang Bin still said calmly: "Don't worry, his methods can also bully honest people, it's not that no one has compared him to shamelessness, it's just that many people can't do shameless things, he wants to be shameless with me, that's looking for the wrong person, I can be more shameless than him for shameless people." ”

When Cao Huachun heard this, he puffed out his eyes and tasted it for a long time, and then nodded and said: "Yes, he just bullies honest people by shameless tricks, and he can't reason with him, Shuangquan, I can rest assured that you can think like this." ”

At this time, Xihuamen had arrived, Cao Huachun stepped forward to say hello to the guards, and the guards immediately scattered on both sides, and Zhang Bin and Zhang Pan followed him and continued to walk inside.

The two chatted all the way, and soon, Qianqingmen was about to arrive, and Zhang Bin finally advised: "Brother Zhixu, you don't have to worry about the outside affairs, with me, don't worry, you just need to serve the emperor well." ”

Cao Huachun nodded slightly and said no more.

He knew what Zhang Bin meant, as long as he kept Chongzhen's trust and followed Chongzhen as his eyes and ears all the time, Zhang Bin would naturally handle the outside affairs properly.

The three of them entered the Qianqing Gate, and Cao Huachun did not take Zhang Bin to the direction of the Qianqing Palace, but took him directly from the left side to bypass the Qianqing Palace and the Jiaotai Hall and come directly to the gate of Kunning Palace.

Cao Huachun said directly to the eunuch guarding the palace gate, and immediately a eunuch ran in and passed it on, and after a while, the eunuch ran out and respectfully bowed his hand and said: "The queen invites Master Zhang in." ”

Zhang Bin looked at the carriage, and then said to Cao Huachun embarrassedly: "How can this thing be moved in?" ”

He knew that it was impossible to let Zhang Pan move in, and he couldn't take so many things himself, what should he do?

Cao Huachun said directly to the eunuch guarding the door: "Go, call a team of people to come and move things in." ”

The eunuch immediately ran in again, and in a short time, he ran out of it with a dozen eunuchs.

The gifts prepared by Zhang Bin were actually not heavy, but the number was a bit much, and the ten eunuchs were holding a bunch of them, just right, under Cao Huachun's instructions, Zhang Bin took a team of eunuchs and walked inside with the gifts.

Is the Yiren there?

At this time, his heart was inexplicably nervous again.