Pearl clothes also brought a lot, even more than Qin Min's, this time I will inevitably go to see a lot of ladies, and even enter the palace to celebrate my birthday, maybe more than once, so I prepared a total of two sets of phoenix crown and xia clothes, four sets of dresses, two sets of streamer brocade and seven-color satin, five-color satin, and two sets of clothes woven with gold satin. There are no patterns on these materials, the pearls are embroidered by themselves, and there are five sets of gowns and robes with patterns, all of which are fur, and six sets of household clothes, which are made of silk, woven gold makeup satin, woven gold brocade, and gold all over the material, all with patterns on the top, because it is the New Year, the choice is bright colors, or bright embroidery, skirts are more, and there are matching shoes, boots, handkerchiefs, purses, etc. The same is true for the headdress, the complete set was placed in the box and not taken out, in addition to the two sets of phoenix crowns, there are ten sets of red gold inlaid treasure head jewelry. The scattered jewelry also contained six boxes.

This time, I came to help my husband run diplomacy, and I also came to meet the people in the house, I heard that the third master will come back, after all, he is very close, and the clansmen of the Qin family, Qin Hui is the patriarch, there are elders, and there are countless juniors, these are all to prepare a meeting gift. Therefore, no less than 30 sets of gifts were prepared for the boys, all of whom were the four treasures of the study, plus two champions and the first golden nude, and a jade pendant. The juniors who practice martial arts prepare daggers, thousands of miles of chasing wind oil, golden nudes and jade pendants. The standard gift for the girl is a pair of silk flowers, two rulers, and a pair of silver bracelets inlaid with twisted wire, which can be adjusted in size, plus a pair of gold flower nudes, which look exquisite.

There is also a kind of that for those who are not very close. But out of courtesy, it is still necessary to return the gift, these are simple to prepare, a large box, in which two rulers are placed, one for men, one for women to wear, a pair of gold nudes, a pair of silver nudes, and two cans of tea. In addition, some glassware or ornaments made in glass factories.

After that, it's a new copper coin for going out to tip. One thousand taels of gold nude, two thousand taels of silver nude, two hundred taels of gold nude and two hundred taels of silver nude for each of Qin Dezhang and Qin Min. These gold and silver nudes. It is estimated that they will spend a lot this year. Qin Min is there. The pearls are ready. I brought all the jewelry, and I can give it away. But Qin Dezhang didn't have it there, except for letting his subordinates send these gold and silver nudes to Qin Dezhang. He also gave five taels of silver and 60 ingots, and then he also gave ten jade pendants and ten jade pendants, ten famous inkstones, ten fine daggers, and three sets of Hui ink, lake pens and clouds. These were given to him as gifts.

The pearl is the most scarce jade now, Liu Xuan has already followed Qin Hui's people to the Western Regions again, and when he comes back, he brings back more mutton fat jade and Hetian jade, and there are jade and gems sent every few months from the Zhuozhou wharf, and also brought precious and rare red sandalwood, ebony, iron wood, etc., as well as medicinal materials such as tongkat Ali. The jade jewelry for Qin Dezhang and Qin Min is considered to be the inferior grade of the pearl here, of course, the so-called inferior grade of the pearl here is better than the best jade jewelry in the silver building, plus the things sent by the pearl, the design is very novel, ingenious, plus the modern machine grinding and polishing, compare, even if it is the same piece of jade, the polishing of modern techniques and the polishing of ancient times, take it out and compare, the gap is very large, even a layman can see the gap.

Pearl was busy looking at the gift list, or adding or subtracting, or changing, and received the latest news from the secret guards on the outskirts of Beijing on the officialdom and in the shopping mall, especially the very important ones, even those that Qin Hui did not pay attention to, the reason why Pearl made people pay attention to these few is because in memory, these will be people in the court who can turn the clouds and rain, or villains who will repay the eyes, or virtuous ministers and fierce generals, and they will be helpful to Qin Hui in the future. In addition, when Qin Hui came back this time, he originally had the intention of defending himself in front of the ministers, presumably because the pressure on the emperor was too great. But there are two of them, and this time they really need to be treated differently by pearls.

The first is Song Lin in the household department, this person is upright and does not speak in the court, but he is the person responsible for registering the taxes and grain reserves of the provinces. The official position is not big, and the reputation is not obvious, but the work is very serious, and the future household is still a book. The other person is Feng Quan, the waiter of the Ministry of Industry, he is not only the waiter of the Ministry of Industry, but also the concubine of Princess Shuchang, but this is not favored by Princess Shuchang, but it is just a little transparent. But Feng Quan manages the weapons of the Ministry of Industry, and he still doesn't know how firearms are, when the time comes, let him know more, in the court, the two neutrals say good things to Qin Hui, which is more important than the people close to Qin Hui.

Gifts have to be given, favors have to be pulled, but the two have never had any contact, and Pearl thought of this, so he hurried to let people investigate. At this time, Mingyue came in, holding the big blanket they brought, and several other little girls were moving felt and bedding, Mingyue said to Pearl who was sitting on the edge of the desk,

"It's still Mrs. thoughtful, our clothes and bedding, and even the stove and bamboo charcoal have been brought, and we have brought daily necessities such as cooks and cooking utensils, otherwise, wouldn't we freeze to death and starve to death?"

Pearl smiled, watched them busy, and asked, "Have all the grain and vegetables sent from Zhuangzi arrived?" ”

"It's already arrived, the salute has been moved, and it just so happens that their car has also arrived, and the rice, flour, oil, vegetables, and meat that have been sent will be delivered every two days in the future, because the lady has already told them in advance, so the Zhuangzi is prepared." Mingyue replied,

Pearl looked at the house, although it was small, but Pearl didn't plan to stay here for a long time, thinking that there might be a banquet in the future, so she instructed Mingyue to let her communicate with the people in Zhuangzi, prepare seafood and river crabs, etc., and collect all kinds of fruits quickly. As for the drinks, the pearl will choose it himself. The Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing not only has a large secret room, but also has a very large wine cellar, which is collected in the previous life, collected in this life, and bought in modern times. There are all kinds of tea, all in accordance with the requirements of pearls, sealed very well, now pearls are going to come in handy, naturally those tea leaves to be opened, this year's gift boxes and boxes, pearls have let them find someone to do, there are a lot of sandalwood left over to make furniture, just can make a batch of boxes and boxes, thinking that the gifts given this year are too expensive, there is no good box and no lining gifts, so let the steward use the sandalwood in the warehouse, red sandalwood and ebony have used a few. But these are nothing, there are red sandalwood and ebony in the suburbs of Beijing, and there are more in Zhuozhou Zhuangzi than here, and there are a few golden silk nanmu! However, Qin Hui's kid secretly promised the emperor this time, and it is no longer hers.

When in Zhuozhou, Pearl ordered a lot of tin jars with the merchants of Nanyang, which were used to put tea, and also made a small cloth bag with special cloth, which was put with quicklime, which could absorb moisture, and as for Pu'er tea, it was also used the best "pottery jar stacking method": take a wide-mouth pottery jar, mix the old tea and new tea into the jar to facilitate aging. For the tea cake that is about to be drunk, you can disassemble the whole piece into loose tea and put it in a clay pot, because I heard that there are a few families who like this Pu'er tea, so this time I let my ceramic factory prepare a lot of ceramic jars, with the best colored porcelain, gorgeous colors, meaning auspicious. The master who made Pu'er tea was specially hired by Pearl from the south with a high salary, and according to the master who likes Pu'er tea, this Pu'er can be regarded as the best. So that the pearl is relieved.

This year is the day when the people who went to sea will come back, I don't know where they have been, if they go to Europe or beyond, it may be a long time. However, in the past year, it was possible to send fresh fruits and vegetables from the south by fast boat, and it was too late to send them to the capital, as well as seafood, fresh abalone, sea cucumbers, shark fins, etc., and in Zhuozhou, you can also receive the best furs and ginseng, venison, tiger bones and other medicinal materials from northern merchants, as well as wild things such as pheasants and hares, roe deer, and roe deer. These things are also urgently needed. There are also all kinds of dried fruits, these dried fruits, fresh fruits, milk, which are all necessary for pearls to make snacks, and this time I took great pains to bring a few new ovens, just because of the use. Pearls have been the most, the most valuable gifts put on the Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing, and the ones I carry with me are gifts for those who are not very sensitive, and there are gifts that I bring when I go out.

Qingfeng walked in, still holding a tray in his hand, with a bowl of tea on it, put it in front of Pearl, bowed down, and said, "Madam, the second young master and the eldest lady look good over there, but they are used to living in our side, the decorations, and the coverings are not half a star, when I came, the eldest lady also said that we have too many things, troublesome, but now she told me, fortunately, I listened to Mrs. 's words, and brought another set of daily use, I'm afraid I won't get used to it!" ”

Hearing this, Pearl wondered, "Oh? What's wrong? What's wrong? ”

"Although it is the house where the eldest lady used to live, but because it has been empty for a while, the cleaning is cleaned, but there is still something wrong in the house, or our girl and grandma said, it must be that there is too much dust falling on the beams, so there is still a smell in the house. All the girls found a ladder, cleaned the beams, and re-scrubbed the room twice, and waited until the things we brought were coaxed by the stove fire, and laid out, and the house was disinfected with our special alcohol, and then incense, and then it was all right. The eldest lady went to the second young master to warm up and waited for the girls to clean up. Seeing that the second young master was even more unbearable, the books in the study were dusty. The cleaning is not meticulous, no, when the slave and maid came back, the eldest lady pulled the second young master to her yard and asked the next person to clean the second young master's house. ”

Pearl smiled, it seems that she has pampered Qin Min during this time, and she has also seen results, in the original home, in the eldest lady's room, there is a splendid embroidery, a Persian carpet, a Rashiel blanket on the kang, and a soft satin embroidered duvet. In the room, there are crystal bead chains, a large glass mirror on the comb table, and the cosmetics visited are all in sets of glass bottles from head to toe. She was in her own yard, no one dared not listen to her, very respectful, in order to make the house smell fresh, but also put flowers bought, here is not comparable. (To be continued.) )