Listening to Xia Wanyi's explanation, the officials present all nodded: "That's right." ”

"Then I wonder if Prince Xia has any research on corals?" Zhang Mengjiang smiled at Xia Wanyi and pointed to the red coral tree on the tray and asked.

Sample, my brother knows astronomy and geography, and Sister Feng who has read "Reader" and "Yilin" since he was a child can't compare. Besides, in the previous life, the prince Xia Wanyi had visited various places in private service many times, and he had seen a lot of things, so this problem is not a problem!

Ahem, blow it up. Xia Wanyi straightened up: "It's just that astronomy and geography are slightly involved, and there is no research to talk about."

This coral is a colony of polyps or their fossilized bones. The polyp is a marine animal, it feeds on the small plankton in the ocean, the food enters through the mouth, and the food residue is discharged from the mouth, and in the process of growth, it can absorb some nutrients from the seawater, and then discharge the limestone, which becomes its own survival shell. In our Shenzhou, coral is a symbol of auspiciousness and wealth, and it is estimated that some people have seen coral handicrafts.

The Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf are all produced coral, which can be used as medicinal materials and decorations, and have the effects of beauty and beauty, blood circulation and eyesight, hemostasis and heat repellent, and are precious medicinal materials of traditional Chinese medicine. Some people also believe that it has the function of preventing disasters and giving people wisdom.

Corals are divided into non-plant-based 'coral trees' and non-mineral 'coral reefs'. It is reported that there are coral islands in the Persian sea. The seafarers took the big ship and fell into the iron net to take it underwater. The rocks where the coral is born are as white as a fungus. Yellow at the age of one, and red at the age of two. The branches are staggered, and they are three or four feet high. People have no water to make their roots with iron, tie them to the net, and twist them out. If you don't take it at the right time, you will rot beetle.

A coral carving is also quite difficult to create. Each piece of coral has a different shape, so it has to be conceived and crafted by craftsmen before it can become a craft, so each coral piece is unique, and its collection value and price are expensive. ”

Xia Wanyi smiled, hugged her fists and said, "Special Envoy Zhang, is what this palace said right?" ”

Special Envoy Zhang secretly said in his heart: "What's more, I just said that I haven't studied it, but now I have to talk about it one by one, this guy is too capable of pretending......"

However, although he thought so in his heart, his mouth did not dare to say this: "What Prince Xia said is extremely true. I admired your erudite and talented name for a long time, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its name. ”

Nima, can you not speak so fakely? In his previous life, the prince was ambushed by your Qi State and was caught in the prison and tortured to death, why didn't you say at that time, "Prince Xia is a talent, he can't move!" ”？

But Xia Wanyi said: "Special Envoy Zhang has won the award." ”

Privately, some officials have deepened their admiration for him.

Xia Yongmei sat on the dragon chair and listened with relish, nodding her head from time to time to express her appreciation. Xia Wanyi's performance today really earned him a lot of face.

"Since Prince Xia knows so much, then please also introduce the remaining two gifts." Zhang Mengjiang continued to plead.

Xia Wanyi walked to another tray and looked at the ivory ornament, which was a cluster of finely carved palaces, and this palace turned out to be the palace of the Xia Kingdom. On the whole, this palace is located on a boat, which means that the Xia country is smooth sailing.

In fact, he only knows about the first two items, this ivory, he is a little white, and he only knows that it is forbidden to hunt elephants in modern times. And those greedy poachers, often just for the teeth, hunt a whole elephant, and then take the teeth and then discard the whole elephant, which is extremely hateful!

But fortunately, in his previous life, he was a person who had read all kinds of books, and there were still relevant records of ivory in his head, so Xia Wanyi relied on his memory and explained: "This ivory, as the name suggests, is the tooth of an elephant, and many books have recorded it, such as "The Book of Songs, Lu Song, Pan Shui": Yuan turtle ivory, bribe Nanjin. "Zuo Biography" contains: The elephant has teeth, so burn its body and bribe.

There was already an ivory carving industry in the Zhou period, and according to the record of "Zhou Li Dazai", ivory is one of the eight materials. The Zhou Dynasty stipulated that only princes could hold elephant wat wats, and by the Tang Dynasty, officials below the fifth rank could hold ivory wat wits. Ivory is preferably fine and shiny, and is mostly used for carving ornaments. Wang Bao of the Han Dynasty recorded in the "Dong Xiao Fu": Bring ivory and break it to meet. "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty, the Biography of Southwest Yi, and the Wailao" also recorded: In the first year of Yongchu, more than 3,000 people such as the outer Han Dynasty raised the seeds and attached them, and offered ivory, buffalo, and sealed cattle. Wang Bo, a famous genius in the Tang Dynasty, also said in the "Preface to the Records of the Four Divisions of the Law": Therefore, the ivory fan and the picture of the poor bay leaf were studied and sharpened in five years.

That's all Hongu knows. ”

Zhang Mengjiang couldn't help but nod.

Xia Wan pointed to the remaining gift and said, "If this palace is not mistaken, this bead is the Bright Moon Pearl." ”

In ancient times, the night pearl was called "with the pearl", "hanging pearl", "weeping thorn", "bright moon pearl" and so on. It is formed by the accumulation of some luminescent materials in the earth in the ore over millions of years, from the initial magma eruption to the subsequent geological movement. Containing these luminous rare elements, after processing, it is what people call the night pearl, often yellow-green, light blue, orange-red and other colors, put the fluorescent stone under the white fluorescent lamp, it will emit beautiful fluorescence, this luminescence is obviously manifested as weak day and strong night.

The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, such as "Hanging Li" and "Hanging Thorn Wall", are priceless, comparable and bi. At that time, no more than two people could buy it.

The Jin State once used the "wall of thorns" as a bait to "fake the head and Yu to compile on behalf of the editor". Doctors from Chu, Qin, Wei and other countries once used the night pearl to imply philosophy and discuss national affairs. Qin Shi Huang was buried in the night pearl, in the mausoleum "to replace the anointing candle".

After the death of the Empress Dowager Cixi, she also put a night pearl in her mouth, which was finally stolen by Sun Dianying, the thief of the century.

Regarding the night pearl, most of them are related to emperors and generals in history. They have always monopolized and monopolized the Night Pearl, and ordinary people don't even have the right to see the style of the Night Pearl.

In fact, the royal family of Xia Kingdom also has a lot of night pearls, but this night pearl is very special, not only as big as a football, but also carved into a hollow three-dimensional pattern!

Xia Wanyi had to marvel at the outstanding wisdom and labor creativity of the ancients.

Zhang Mengjiang added: "The pattern on this bright moon pearl was carved by my skillful craftsmen after five days, and it is a unique scenery when viewed at night in the dark. ”

"Good!" Xia Yongmei stood up at this time, "Qi Guo is really generous, we accept this gift, and there is a special envoy of Lao Zhang to thank you Tianhe Emperor for my good life." ”

"Yes." Zhang Mengjiang clenched his fists and bowed and said: "This Tianzhu sandalwood fan is given to His Majesty the Emperor, the coral tree is given to the queen of your country, the ivory ornaments are given to the prince, and the hollow moon beads are given to the crown princess." ”

With that, the two deputies behind him bowed down and raised the tray as a gift.

Li Fanxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Wang Xuetian, the waiter, stepped forward to accept these gifts for Xia Yongmei.

(Originally, on Chinese New Year's Eve, two chapters were updated every day on the first day of the new year, but there was no change on the 17th, plus time does not allow, so I will continue to make up for two more on the second day of junior high school, please forgive me.) I found some information on the Internet and wrote these two chapters, hoping that they are not injecting water. Before I knew it, it was past 1:40, good night! ）

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