Chapter 564: The Contest (I)

These days, Ren Baqian spends all his time in that courtyard except for returning to the palace at night...... Idle......

It's in a daze, because from beginning to end, all he does is instruct others how to make that set of stills that are not complicated, and most of the time is in a daze.

After a few busy months in Skyview, he enjoyed being able to be in a daze for nothing.

Due to his special status, Ren Baqian rarely interacted with other officials, so he didn't know that there was more than one discussion about him outside the courtyard these days.

The main reason is about the guard Duwei's Mansion and the current Zhang family that were made in the Land of Heavenly Views.

Although the Guard Governor's Mansion is still outside the establishment, with the nod of the empress, it will not be long before it will become an official department of Da Yao.

And this time the Zhang family, whether they win or lose, I am afraid that they will also serve Dayao in the future, if the Zhang family wins Ren 8000, I am afraid that they will take this opportunity to get an official position.

Ren Baqian is accustomed to a multi-ethnic country on the earth, and he is also accustomed to being able to do everything. But this seems to be a normal thing in Ren Baqian, but it is not a trivial matter in the hearts of many people.

Because in the past few decades, there has never been a precedent for people from other ethnic groups to enter the court as officials.

He himself can be regarded as having a special status.

As he did the same thing, everyone began to accept him as the future husband of the empress after experiencing the initial onlookers.

But now there is another Governor's Mansion composed entirely of the remnants of the Hao Kingdom, and there is such a Zhang family, which makes many people in the DPRK and China have opinions.

It's just that the empress has already nodded her head for these two things, and with the empress's temperament, everyone can't stop these two things.

But the sound of discussion couldn't be suppressed, but it didn't reach Ren Baqian's ears.

Even the empress had heard about it, but she just smiled lightly and put the matter aside and ignored it. Many things, she has seen a lot more than others, judging from the final results of the Heavenly Scene, it also makes her have a little more confidence in Ren Baqian's approach, and the rest is just waiting for time to test and see if everything will develop as Ren Baqian thinks.

Five days went by.

Five days later, when the door of the east courtyard opened, Zhang Jun, who was neatly dressed, stood in front of the door and raised his eyes to see the door of the west courtyard that had already been opened, and Ren Baqian was sitting in a rocking chair in front of the door dozing.

"You've been waiting for a long time. Zhang Junzheng smiled and said, wondering in his heart whether Ren Baqian had made it all, or gave up after failure.

As a rule of thumb, the latter is more likely to be the case. But he was still nervous at this point, and he was even more nervous than before. After all, this incident is related to the future of half of the Zhang family, and it can be said that the stakes are extremely important, even if he is not exempt from vulgarity.

Although he was neatly dressed and looked energetic, the bloodshot under his eyes still said it all.

"Are you also finished?" Ren Baqian raised his head and looked at Zhang Junzheng's uncles and nephews, as well as a few tightly wrapped carriages behind the door.

"I have someone go and inform Your Majesty to give a witness. Ren Baqian smiled, turned around and shouted, and soon one of the guards left.

"There's a Lady of Labor. Zhang Junzheng arched his hand, and then sat down on the side and closed his eyes to recuperate.

After an hour, everyone heard the sound of mounts coming from outside the courtyard, and it was quite a few people coming.

Ren Baqian finally cheered up and went out to greet the empress.

When I went out, I saw a huge procession, in addition to the guards and the empress's Luan, there were many more ministers behind, such as Shi Qing, Tong Zhenye, Tu Wan and others were among them, all wearing sunglasses and walking upright like a blind bear.

The men of the ancient tribe are majestic, the women are enchanting, and several female officials with graceful figures such as Tu Wan are also very conspicuous among them.

"The minister has seen Your Majesty. Ren Baqian first visited the empress, and glanced at the ministers with a smile, but found that Li Qianqiu, Xiyue Cliff, and Hongwu were among them, thinking that they were back to participate in the empress's birthday.

Li Qianqiu and Xi Wanya gently bowed their heads at Ren Baqian, which was regarded as a greeting.

Hongwu is not a nose and eyes are not eyes, when Ren Baqian and the empress left, they deliberately kissed under the city gate, he held back this resentment for half a year, and now he finally sees Ren Baqian.

If his gaze can kill, Ren Baqian will have to let him cut it with a thousand knives.

"It happened to be at the court meeting, so I asked you to come with me to take a look. The empress said lightly.

Ren Baqian didn't feel anything, he had seen a lot of these people, but Zhang Junzheng was excited in his heart, and the bigger this scene was, the better.

Moreover, the empress brought so many people to the court, which also made him feel that this matter was very valued by the empress.

"Prepare yourself two and let's get started. The empress walked forward in red clothes after getting off the Luan car, and said lightly.

Everyone stood in the courtyard, and Ren Baqian smiled and asked, "What is the first competition?"

"Let's dye it. Zhang Junzheng said. He knew in his heart that he was going to lose the winemaking competition, and if he lost the first game in the opening, he would be looked down upon, so it was better to directly compare the dyeing.

"That's it. Ren Baqian smiled and ordered someone to go to the yard to take out all the dyed fabrics.

The cloth of the Zhang family was taken out first, and there were seven rolls of silk in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple, all of which were solid colors. Because it was in time, the color was a little light, and others felt that the color was not correct at first glance.

Zhang Junzheng hurriedly explained: "It takes a long time to dye this cloth, and this time it is only five days, and the time is definitely not enough, so the dyeing is a little insufficient." Therefore, the grass people and Lord Ren tested the color durability this time. ”

"Oh, this is the first time I've heard of it. What about you?" the empress said lightly, then looked at Ren Baqian and asked.

"It's coming right away. Ren Baqian chuckled as he listened to the footsteps in the courtyard.

Then I saw three guards come out with a roll of cloth that looked much smaller, and each guard was holding seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple, but the color of the cloth each guard held was different.

It turned out that each color was dyed with three.

And the color is bright and bright, and the color is fuller than the fabrics sold on the street, as long as you are not blind, you can see the difference at a glance.

The eyes of the female adults in the picture lit up as soon as they saw these cloths.

The other ministers were not very interested in this competition, but when they saw Zhang Junzheng's seven silk horses and looked at Ren Baqian's twenty-one rolls of cotton cloth, they all chuckled.

It's okay if it doesn't have Zhang Junzheng's previous words, but as soon as he finished saying that, the fabrics dyed by the two sides were compared, and Zhang Junzheng's words made people want to laugh no matter how they thought about it.

Didn't you say that five days was not enough? Not only did the governor dye it better than the one on the market, but each color was divided into three different colors. What else do you say?

As for Zhang Junzheng's eyes straightened after seeing the fabric that Ren Baqian let people hold out, his face was full of incredulity, how did the other party do it in five days? And why is the other party's color so bright? How many times did they dye it in five days?

What kind of dyes do they use?

Then he found out that the other party used the fabric, which he hadn't seen before.

"Lord Ren, can I touch this fabric?" Zhang Junzheng arched.

"Of course. ”

Zhang Junzheng took a few steps forward and rubbed the fabric with his fingers, and sure enough, it was a fabric that he had never seen before.

It seems that the problem lies in this fabric, could it be that this fabric is easy to dye?

"Thank you, Lord Ren. If it is compared to the color of the cloth, the grass people have already lost this field. But this time, we're comparing the durability of color washing. Zhang Junzheng said. Although the Zhang family lost in color comparison, he regretted why he didn't ask both sides to use the same fabric at that time.

However, the most important thing is to see the degree of fading after washing, which is the content of the competition.

"Naturally. ”

When two pieces of fabric of the same size were cut and placed in hot water, one of the basins immediately began to turn red.

In the other basin, there was only a slight change.

Zhang Junzheng's face also became extremely ugly, and the pot of red water was the fabric of the Zhang family.

Without taking out the two pieces of cloth for comparison, he knew that the Zhang family had lost the first round of the competition.

The Zhang family, who has always mastered the best cloth shop, actually lost to the person in front of him, both in terms of color and durability.

It hit him harder than he lost the first game.

You must know that with the projected winemaking, the Zhang family lost twice, that is, the Zhang family was inferior to the other party in these two games. And these two items are all chosen by themselves, and they are tested without the other party knowing in advance.

The chance of the other party cheating can be said to be very small, and looking for Dayao can't beat the Zhang family in these two things, let alone in such a short period of time.

Is there really a person in the world who can become proficient in all walks of life at a young age? Is there really a person who is born to know it?