sbdcsierra Chapter 139 Map
Chapter 139 Map
Speaking of the Duke of Lu's Mansion, Su Qin remembered that when she first entered the city, she hid in the carriage of the Duke of Lu's Mansion. The man in the carriage and the woman were "moaning" all the way in the car. She was nervous at the time and didn't care about anything else. Now when she thought about it, she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. She was afraid that the man in the carriage was this Mr. Qiao. Since she had borrowed his help, she should thank him. It would be useless to draw a headdress for him.
"The Queen's status is noble, different from that of other ladies. So I will draw her a set of phoenix headdresses. Give me two days. After two days, I will go to the shop in the Marquis' Mansion to deliver the drawings."
Qi Lusheng breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, I'll ask my mother to wait for you there."
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Facts proved that Su Qin was right. When King Liang learned that Princess Liang had spent a lot of silver on a bunch of useless things at the auction, he was angry. He needed money right now. The last time he donated more than 100,000 taels to the victims and got nothing in return was enough to make him angry. Now Princess Liang was spending the money on useless things, so of course he was angry.
But when he heard that the wife of the Marquis of Wuning not only took a lot less money, but also stepped in to stop others from bidding against Princess Liang, he actually laughed. He praised Princess Liang: "You did a good job. In the future, you can go to more auctions held by the Marquis of Wuning's mansion and interact more with the wife of the Marquis of Wuning."
The Princess of Liang, who had originally thought that the King of Liang would blame her for spending too much money, was delighted by the King's praise. She said joyfully, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. The Marquis of Wuning's wife treats me very well. I think the Marquis of Wuning is also interested in joining Your Majesty. Otherwise, the Marquis of Wuning's wife wouldn't be so enthusiastic towards me."
King Liang liked to hear this, and when the people he sent to investigate Zhao Liangchen and Su Qin came back and said they didn't find any problems, he was in a very good mood.
Zhao Liangchen basically stayed in the Imperial Guards camp. There was no problem with anyone he came into contact with, and no one noticed that he had any contact with the emperor or people from the Ministry of Revenue.
Su Qin never left the house, but Qi Lusheng from the Wuning Marquis's Mansion often visited her. However, the person who came back to report the news said that Qi Lusheng only started visiting Su Qin frequently after the Wuning Marquis's wife accidentally saw Su Qin in the shop, and he always brought different food every time he went.
The person who checked the news believed that after meeting Su Qin, the wife of Marquis Wuning thought she was good and wanted Qi Lusheng to marry her, so she asked Qi Lusheng to go to Zeng's house often.
King Liang agreed with this statement. Qi Lusheng did not have a very good reputation in the capital. Although his family was noble, he had no ability and could not inherit the title. Generally, noble ladies would not marry him. It would be more appropriate for him to choose an orphan girl from a noble family.
Su Qin had no idea that she and Qi Lusheng were already considered a match made in heaven. She toiled away for two days at home, meticulously painting a set of fifty phoenix headpieces.
For this set of headwear, she decided to use mostly crystals. Although crystals are not as precious as gemstones, they are colorful, larger in size, and more transparent.
She had asked Zhao Liangchen about this and knew that the queen loved reading and was a person who cared about culture.
Therefore, although the shape of this set of headgear is closely related to the phoenix, it is not as elegant and luxurious as the phoenix crowns of the past, giving people a sense of solemnity.
The phoenix crown made of crystal is as clear and elegant as a spring, yet sparkling and noble.
After the drawings were finished, she sent them to the jewelry shop of Marquis Wuning. After discussing with Marquis Wuning's wife and the craftsmen, she made some minor modifications and asked Qi Lusheng to send them to Qiao Haomin.
Qiao Haomin was particularly satisfied with this set of drawings, so the craftsmen began to create the headgear according to the drawings.
After finishing this matter, Su Qin began to prepare for the New Year. She first followed Mr. Zeng to give New Year gifts to his friends.
In previous years, Mr. Zeng had no money, so the New Year gifts were just some simple and ordinary things. But this year, with Su Qin here, Mr. Zeng is very proud. The New Year gifts he sent were all good things carefully selected by Su Qin, which made Mr. Zeng proud.
Of course, Mr. Zeng received more New Year gifts this year. Apart from the return gifts from his friends, most of them were from his students.
He started teaching in his early years. Zhao Liangchen was the last student he accepted. The other students were scattered all over the place. Some became officials, some taught and educated people, and some became literary masters.
As soon as the twelfth lunar month began, New Year gifts from students from all over the country began to arrive one after another.
In the past, Mr. Zeng’s yard could be used to store things except for the main room where he lived. Now that Su Qin and Aunt Zhang are here, there is no place to put things. The small east ear room has been full for a long time, and finally there is no place to put them, so they have to be moved to Zhao Liangchen’s yard.
Zhao Liangchen has also started sending New Year gifts recently. In previous years, when he lived in the Zhao Mansion, the New Year gifts were prepared by Mrs. Zhao. He held a low-ranking official position and did not have a branch family, so he did not need to send New Year gifts.
But this year he got promoted and moved out again. He planned to give a New Year gift to those who had helped and supported him when he was promoted to deputy commander, whether they were sincere or not.
Because he was usually busy and had no time to prepare New Year gifts, and none of his servants were reliable, he entrusted the task of preparing the New Year gifts to Su Qin.
Su Qin was also preparing a New Year gift for Mr. Zeng, so she helped out.
However, the New Year gifts she prepared were not the same as those prepared by other families.
When giving gifts, of course you have to cater to the recipient's preferences and touch their heart, only then will the gift not be in vain.
This is also a good opportunity to win over more court officials.
Su Qin asked Zhao Liangchen to make a list, privately inquire about the personalities and preferences of these officials, and then prepare New Year gifts according to their preferences. Anyway, everyone knew that Zhao Liangchen had no money, so the gifts did not have to be expensive, as long as they liked them.
Not to mention that Su Qin's actions really won Zhao Liangchen some favor, and many officials praised him highly.
Even King Liang was very satisfied. With his status as King Liang, he had everything he needed. No matter what Zhao Liangchen gave him, he would not look down on it.
Su Qin gave him an idea and asked him to send a huge three-dimensional relief map of the country to King Liang.
Maps are generally confidential and cannot be seen by unqualified people, but Zhao Liangchen is now the deputy commander, so he can see them if he wants to.
The three-dimensional map made by Su Qin is made of various materials, including minerals, jade, soil, grain, etc., and the bottom frame is made of wood.
In modern times, Su Qin often saw some handicraft bloggers using materials such as soil and grain to stick together a map.
She followed that idea and the maps of the dynasty, and identified the minerals and grains in the corresponding areas, and used those minerals and grains to create mountains, plains, basins, etc.
Rivers and lakes are all made of jade, gemstones and the like.
The map was as big as a wall. Because it was so big, it would be too eye-catching if it was sent to the Liang Mansion. So Su Qin divided the map into several pieces, drew the base map in them, and then asked Lai Fu and others to glue them together. Finally, they sent it to the Liang Mansion for assembly.
Because everyone stuck it in a different place, and they were all illiterate and didn't know what a topographic map was, so they had no idea what it was.
After the map was completed, Zhao Liangchen did not send it directly to Prince Liang's Mansion, but went to the palace to tell the emperor first.
Because making a map privately is equivalent to treason, he must get the emperor's consent. Otherwise, if the emperor knew about this, he would have a rift with him in the future.
When the emperor heard what he said, his eyes widened in anger: "You actually want to make a map and give it to someone else?"