On behalf of the queen, it was Tao Shang Palace, one of the six Shang Palaces of the Imperial Palace, of course, although it was the same Shang Palace, she could not be compared with Su Shang Palace.

On behalf of the emperor, Sushang Palace is the link between the emperor and the ministers in handling official affairs, and he has great power.

And her rights are limited to the palace, in the palace, she assists the queen in managing the harem, and she is also considered a high power, but the scope of power cannot leave the palace.

But even so, she personally gave the gift today, which also gave Zhou Bei a great face.

Zhou Duo welcomed Li Ji to the small living room to talk first, and Zhou Bei specially called his mother out to receive the queen's gift together.

Most of the gifts from the palace are tributes, and the quality is absolutely first-class.

Especially the box of jewelry, all of which are boutiques, and the silk gold step bobblehead, each of which is worth a lot of money.

And these jewelry needs to be worn by grade, and there is no command, so they can only be offered at home.

Mother Zhou was naturally extremely happy, not to mention whether the gift was expensive or not, but this face was something she didn't dare to think about before.

However, her grade is still a little low now, and she has not borrowed Mrs. Zhou Beifeng, so she can't enter the palace to thank her.

Accepting the gift, Zhou Bei also took out gold coins, one for each palace maid and miscellaneous servant, and four for Tao Shang Palace.

This is also the highest number of thank-you gifts stipulated by the Ming Dynasty, if the value of more than forty silver coins is, no matter how big the official, it is a bribe.

In addition to these, Zhou Bei sent a set of makeup boxes in the space to Tao Shanggong, which is a makeup box exported to Africa in China, cosmetics are not very suitable for Chinese, but those makeup gadgets are still more elegant.

Although Tao Shanggong is also fifty years old, he has been waiting for people all his life, and he pays special attention to dress.

She has money, leisure, power, and is at the age of enjoyment, so she is naturally very satisfied with this set of gifts.

Knowing that she was waiting for Zhou Bei to speak immediately, she didn't bother much, counted the gifts, conveyed the queen's greetings, and left.

After sending off the happy Taoshang Palace, Zhou Bei turned back to the small living room, where Zhou Duo accompanied Li Ji to talk about the earthquake in Yuezhou County in the south of Tangzhou.

Tangzhou is located in the middle of the southern continent of Dongzhou, and Yuezhou is the area south of the Chilean capital.

The Hengduan Mountains separate the east and west of the southern continent of Dongzhou, and Yuezhou is also the capital of the most narrow state in the Ming Dynasty.

Earthquakes in that area have always been frequent, but this time the earthquake occurred near the county town of Yuezhou, causing at least 1,000 casualties.

Seeing Zhou Bei enter the house, Li Ji stood up with a smile. "In Heng moving, the old man is not in Yingtianfu, and he comes to the door today, a small gift, and I hope I don't dislike it."

Zhou Bei had already noticed that there was a slender wooden box in his hand, and he took it unceremoniously and said with a smile: "The gift of the commander is disrespectful. ”

He smiled and said: "Between words, I heard that Zaiheng has a special respect for Da Vinci, I had a good relationship with Da Vinci in my early years, and I am still the godfather of his eldest son Daqing, and I have several paintings of him in my hand." This time it's also a love cut......"

When Zhou Bei heard it, it was not a surprise, but a suspicion.

As the Pope of the Truth Church, Leonardo da Vinci is even more famous among the people of the Ming Dynasty than the prime minister today.

People who don't care about politics may not know who the prime minister is, but if you read a book, you will know who the Pope of Shinrikyo is.

After the death of his godmother and mother-in-law, Princess Yongqing, he spent two months in retreat in his studio, painting a series of world masterpieces, and then announced that he would close his pen and devote all his energy to the invention of Gewu in the future.

Since then, the price of his paintings has risen all the way, and now one of his sketches can sell for thousands of silver coins, and as for the fine paintings, most of them have been looted by major museums, and some people from the outside world have paid 50,000 silver coins to buy them.

Seeing Zhou Bei's expression, Li Ji smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have reported to Your Majesty." ”

Zhou Bei still didn't dare to take it. "For Your Majesty to break the rules, the commander must have paid a lot, and what he asked for must be extraordinary, right?"

Li Ji shook his head and smiled, and said frankly: "My ancestor, my father, and myself are not good at management. For three generations, he has been living on the ranch fiefdom of Yazhou County, and although life has passed, it has also been tight.

Now my descendants are not people with strong minds, nor are they the material of the Jinyi guard, Your Majesty pities the incorruptibility of my Li family for three generations, and agrees that I will cooperate with you to run an economy. ”

Yazhou County (New Zealand) and Yaozhou County (Cuba) are the two most special states and counties in the Ming Dynasty, and the two princes here are the two sons of the original traveler Lan Guifei.

Fearing that future generations would be wars due to political corruption, she asked for these two islands for her two sons as fiefs.

On the surface, Yazhou County only has agriculture and animal husbandry, and there is almost no industry, but it is the backup center of all the technology of the Ming Dynasty.

No matter what happens in other regions in the future, whether it will lead to the subversion of the regime and the interruption of the accumulation of science and technology due to the war, it can be restarted there.

Therefore, the family fiefs of the Jinyi Guard and the General Administration Department were all sealed there, and the imperial court was also garrisoned by the most trustworthy soldiers there.

Zhou Bei didn't know this, and when he heard Li Ji say this, he understood that the gift of his subordinates was fine, and immediately put the wooden box on the table and opened it. "This gift is precious, and I have to think carefully about what I can cooperate with the Li family."

Zhou Duo's eyes were also staring at Zhou Bei, and he was relieved to see that Zhou Bei did not directly grasp the painting with his hands, but only held the painting scroll.

"The Pope's paintings have to be ordered at Ma's house to order a vacuum drawing board in order to preserve them for a long time.

The Ma family is a wealthy family of the Ming Dynasty, and its family has produced two marquises, and the best quality glass technology in the empire is still controlled by their main branch.

For example, the lenses of telescopes and cameras, their family has always produced the best.

And the branch is Xiaoyao Houma Electric, which is one of the people with the largest number of patents.

Zhou Bei opened the painting and found that it was not Leonardo da Vinci's most famous oil painting, but a splashed ink landscape painting.

Compared with traditional painters, he has less freehand and more workmanship, and the details are amazing.

This painting depicts the clouds of the Yellow Mountain, green pines, strange rocks, and clouds and mist in the mountains, which makes people can't help but immerse themselves in the painting.

The perspective of this painting is at the top of the mountain, but the expressions of the group of climbers on the opposite mountain can be clearly seen.

Zhou Duo sighed: "Although this is not the best oil painting of the Pope, there are not many ink-splashed landscape paintings that he is satisfied with, and the value will only be higher." ”

Li Ji smiled and said: "I may not be able to take out the silver from my Li family, but my Li family has developed for five generations, and it still has a bit of a background." ”

When he came to Yingtianfu, Zhou Bei was restricted everywhere, and he always felt constrained.

Even in the face of the emperor who wants to marry his daughter, he is a little disgusted, but he has no bad feelings in the face of Li Ji.

He asked directly: "My lord, what is the charter of Your Majesty, I am still confused!" ”