Chapter 179

The queen added: "Xiao was born in a wealthy family. He grew up rich and well-off. Now he is a queen, but he didn't expect anyone to be so luxurious."

His majesty sighed and said, "yes, now the world says that a table of rice in the humble house of the Qin family can support a city! Its extravagance is just incredible. "

He turned his head and glared at Qin Murong and said, "Viscount Qin, come and have a drink of my wine."

Immediately a palace maid came forward and poured a glass of wine for Qin Murong.

Qin Murong said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, I have a lot of wine It's not a good drink

"No, you're fine."

"Oh..."

Qin Murong took a sip and then froze. The wine was in his mouth. He wanted to vomit. He had to swallow it hard. He bared his teeth and grinned for a long time. Then he realized that he was a bit impolite and made a quick apology.

Your majesty snorted coldly and said, "it's not good to drink, is it?"

"This..." Qin Murong quickly said: "this is the wine of the emperor. Is it something that a humble person like Wei Chen can enjoy? This is Good wine

"Fart!"

Your majesty can't help but scold it, which makes the Queen's eyes turn white.

But he kept humming: "you asked the Qin chamber of Commerce to ban me from drinking. Don't mention that you don't give me medicine and wine, even the simplest red wine you don't give to the palace! If the degree exceeds 10, you dare to ban it from me? I specially asked someone to buy it from Qiaozhuang. The shopkeepers of the Qin family have good eyes. They can recognize it one by one. If they are killed, they will not sell it? "

Qin Murong, in a cold sweat, said with a bitter smile: "my minister Weichen, it's also for your Majesty's good. "

"Fart! You're just afraid that Yanguan won't be able to join you! "

Qin Murong said: "I'm not afraid of ginseng. It's only harmful to use wine and meat to string intestines. I can't manage my business anywhere else, but I can still talk about my own business. It's your Majesty's edict. It's a big deal I can afford to burn a few more workshops. "

It's hard to say.

The empress was stunned. Seeing that her majesty didn't feel angry, she realized that this was the normal situation between the two monarchs and ministers. She couldn't help laughing and said, "Your Majesty has been shriveled now, which is very gratifying."

After Qin Murong and his majesty such a row, the queen no longer calls herself "the palace".

The whole atmosphere relaxed.

It's like eating a home meal, so relaxed.

Qin Murong looks at a table of dishes. To tell the truth, he really has no appetite. In addition, there is a sweet and greasy aroma in Weiyang palace, which also makes people lose their appetite.

Qin Murong thought for a moment, then took out a small package from his arms with a smile, and said: "originally intended to give it to your majesty, but now I feel that I should borrow flowers to offer Buddha."

"Oh?" Your majesty said with a smile, "Viscount Qin's things have always been rare and precious. It seems that I will lose them today. Ha ha ha!"

Qin Murong secretly rolled his eyes, then put the small package on the table and spread it out carefully.

Above is a transparent white stone, bigger than the thumb on a circle.

But It's like the crystal stone by the river. There are some black and yellow marks on the surface. It's not beautiful.

"This is What is it? Food? Sugar? "

His majesty asked curiously. When he thought of Qin Murong, he immediately thought of food.

Qin Murong said with a bitter smile, "Your Majesty, this is a diamond."

Your Majesty was stunned, and then frowned: "Oh, diamond, that It's not a good thing. "

Even the queen turned from hopeful to disappointed.

"This It's precious. "

Your majesty said, "what is precious? Which of those porcelain shops on the market doesn't have it? "

Qin Murong rubbed his brows.

That's true.

It's a long-standing saying that you can't do porcelain without diamond.

It has nothing to do with making porcelain.

If porcelain is broken, cracked or broken, it's a pity to throw it away. If you want to repair it, because there is no such good glue in the world, the way to repair it is "curium".

That is to use gold, silver and copper wire to "sew" the crack. The best craftsman can make it watertight without a trace of glue.

In this process, it is necessary to drill holes in porcelain. The hardness of porcelain is very high. Only diamond can make a hole smoothly and perfectly, so there is such a saying on the market.

So diamond is a very common thing.

Qin Murong sighed and said, "it's big and white. The key is transparent. It's several times bigger and better looking than the diamond in the hands of those craftsmen."

His majesty directly picked up the "stone" and looked at it in front of his eyes. Then he said, "I don't think it's very good-looking. It's a lot bigger, at least ten times bigger, but that's all. Besides, there's no need to curize porcelain in the palace. Isn't it a waste?""Er..."

Qin Murong's eyes twitched.

Then he said, "Weichen thinks I should be ashamed of myself before the snow. I finally took out a treasure. I was so despised by your majesty Please ask your majesty to send me a set of tools. I'll make an ornament for the queen. If the queen is not satisfied, I'm willing to give you a year's food and drink for free

As soon as his Majesty's eyes brightened, he immediately said, "that's settled!"

The queen had no choice but to smile bitterly.

Since ancient times, how can the emperor take advantage of his ministers' food and drink? I'm afraid it's a joke to tell.

However, thinking of Qin Murong's "neither sweet nor salty", the queen was expecting something.

It is said that your majesty will not eat alone. He will always give some to himself.

It's only half an hour. I eat and drink here and talk about what Qin Murong has seen and heard in the East. The leopard over there has sent the set of things Qin Murong has made these days.

It's just a small tool table. Although it's small, it's full of things.

Putting the tool table directly in the Weiyang palace and beside the dining table, Qin Murong pulled the chair and sat down directly. Then he said to his majesty, "Your Majesty, please allow my family to give me a hand."

"Easy to say, easy to say!"

Your majesty is obviously in the grip of victory, obviously excited.

Xiaobai Xiaolan two girls also followed, low head carefully standing beside.

They two ordinary people's wenches, how can they think that one day they can stand so close to your majesty and the queen? But there's nothing exciting about it. It's just that I'm scared to death.

"Come here, you two. Oh, don't shake your hands!"

"Oh..." The two little girls are pathetic. Xiaobai pulls Qin Murong's clothes. Even if she pulls, she doesn't speak, which makes Qin Murong turn his eyes.

Leopard can't help laughing, sitting cross legged on the ground, constantly pulling a mechanism, as if the wind pull box, the sound, this force drives the mechanism inside, has been driven to a small black flat on the tool table, let it rotate quickly.

This is a diamond grinding plate. With the craftsmanship level of the Qin chamber of Commerce, it's really not difficult to make it.

Even the middle transmission shaft does not have excessive shaking, which makes the disc rotate very stably and will not bump up and down.

Qin Murong took the diamond and looked left and right. Then he said to Xiaolan, "keep your hand steady. Pour water on it. As I taught you, the water must be very thin and the position of the flow must be stable."

"Yes, young master."

Xiaobai said, "what about me?"

"You're holding the lamp by the side."

Big candlelight, while blocking with a whiteboard, so that the light can be refracted back, increase brightness.

Compared with pouring water, holding the lamp is obviously a harder job. Xiaobai flattens his mouth and his face is full of grievances.

When everything is ready, Qin Murong puts the diamond on the grinding plate A peep Grinding begins!

This kind of work reminds Qin Murong of his past life. When he was very young, he did many jobs, involving all aspects. He was very tired and easy to be scolded and beaten.

But that kind of day is also very happy for Qin Murong. Even now, he is very grateful to the employers who hired him.

Even if they break the law.

Compared with living in the street with wild dogs and cats, or stealing small touch, this as long as a little hard can eat and eat things, it is just like a dream!

He made handmade bullets for small workshops, did jewelry processing, and even ground artificial teeth for a while All kinds of jobs, always back and forth.

It's not that he likes the new and dislikes the old. It's that the small workshops don't last long. Sometimes, after only a few days' work, the small workshops are destroyed and can only be replaced.

That evil city has laws to protect children, but it doesn't include him.

Qin Murong couldn't help recalling, but he didn't delay his work.

In this case, he can't get the basic cutting work of eight hearts and eight arrows, and he can't do the more advanced 81 sides now.

So it's just fifty-eight noodles, which also cost Qin Murong an hour and a half!

This is because his strength is much stronger than that of his previous life.

After finishing the basic shape, Qin Murong took off the black grinding plate, replaced it with a wool pressed grinding plate, smeared a layer of cooked lard on it, sprinkled some crystal powder from the two pots, spread a thin layer, and then slowed down the speed of rotation, and continued to grind the diamond on it.

This process is even slower than before!

For two hours, Qin Murong devoted himself.

Then put on the cowhide grinding plate, apply two kinds again, and continue to grind.

This time it took three hours.In a flash, a night passed, and then the day passed, and the day went up.

Your majesty has been sleeping in the soft cave nearby for two nights.

Every time I wake up, I can see Qin Murong's four people are busy there, while the queen moves a chair and sits on one side, looking at it for a moment, as if she is very happy.

"What's so good about this..."

Your majesty turned his lips and went on sleeping.

Don't say, this kind of mechanical peeping sound is not very loud, or just right. In this kind of noise, your majesty sleeps very well.

Maybe it's also because Qin Murong is here.

When Qin Murong polished off the last defect, he took it in his hand and looked around. Then he sighed and said, "sure enough, the tools are not enough, and the diamond powder is not fine enough..."

"Diamond powder?" The queen asked, only to find that his mouth are some wood, the body is also stiff fierce, just move, feel where are numb, where are tired.

"Queen, this diamond powder is diamond powder."

"Diamond powder? Isn't that the hardest thing? "

Qin Murong said with a smile: "it's hard, but it's brittle. With refined iron as a jar and refined iron as a pestle, you can get diamond powder. But just because only refined iron can be used at most, there's no way to grind the diamond powder to the degree of fineness that the micro minister thinks is enough, so the polishing degree of the finished product is not very high. If there is a better polishing powder, Better grease should polish better. "

"And Better? "

Qin Murong smiles, cleans the polished diamond in water, and then carefully wipes it with silk cloth. Finally, he goes to the gate of Weiyang palace and holds a thumb sized finished diamond in front of him

When the sunlight shines down, it passes through the diamond surface, part of it passes through, part of it reflects, and the part that passes through and refracts hits the surface below, and the whole part is bounced back, dissolving with the previous light dazzling!

As the palm turns, the color of fire keeps turning, just like holding a piece of galaxy.

The queen was stunned. She realized that she didn't wait for nothing this evening!

The reason why she can sit beside Qin Murong for such a long time is that every moment, she can see that diamond changed in Qin Murong's hands, just like something was reborn!

After showing off for a while, Qin Murong came back, first yawned, then apologized with a smile, and said: "I'm glad to tell the empress that I'm not insulting. I've finally got him out."

"This What a beautiful thing it is

"But How to use it? "

Qin Murong said, "Oh, I almost forgot. Can I borrow the Phoenix hairpin on the Queen's head?"

"Oh, you can."

The queen took down a phoenix hairpin, with a pearl inlaid at one end and a exquisite ring pendant at the bottom. There will be a very clear sound when they collide with each other, which is very nice.

Qin Murong took fengchai in his hand and looked at it. Then he returned to his position. He suddenly picked the Pearl in the middle and threw it aside.

"That's Dongzhu is still very precious. "

The queen said awkwardly, but also some distressed.

Qin Murong was stunned for a moment. Then he scratched his head awkwardly and said, "I forget that Dongli is rich in pearls. What you call Dongzhu is Dongli's pearls?"

"Yes, there are not too many of those who paid tribute before."

Qin Murong laughed and did not answer. Instead, he stretched out his hand and rummaged in his arms for a long time. Then he directly took out a Dongzhu which was only a circle smaller than an egg and threw it to the queen casually. He said, "this is the biggest and roundest thing I've scraped in Dongli. It's rare. Originally, I was going to make a carry on jewelry. Since you like Dongli If Zhu's words, Wei Chen will lend flowers to Buddha. "

The queen quickly picked up Dongzhu for fear that it would fall off the table.

Then I put it in front of my eyes for a long time.

There will be a layer of fluorescence on the surface of Dongzhu. The heavier the fluorescence, the better. This Dongzhu is not only big, the key is that it is rounder than its own small one, but also the fluorescence on it is much better!

Qin Murong said while playing with the Phoenix hairpin: "you can't blame those people from Dongli, Dongzhu and other things. The harvest depends on luck. If you pay tribute, you will be punished. But if you give the best, will you have such a good harvest tomorrow? No one knows, if the first year to send good, but the second year can not get the same, it is not a sin? Therefore, any tribute can only be of medium quality, not even the best. On the contrary, businesses can always find better ones, and some of their private collections are the best of the best Such a big bead, I'm afraid it will take decades or even a hundred years to produce one, especially so perfect. Even in order to pick this bead, I'm afraid I will lose several lives. "

Qin Murong said these words lightly, and the queen was surprised: "then Isn't it precious? "

Qin Murong said with a smile, "it's very precious. From a certain point of view, I'm afraid it's more precious than the diamond in my hand, but what can I do?"He sighed and said: "these objects are not precious things. What is really precious is the craftsmanship of Weichen. The diamond is given to you. This craftsmanship is a gift for your majesty, so that your majesty can know that we have another craftsmanship in Daliang, which can make a lot of money with the rich people all over the world! Of course, there is also the queen. You sit here for a night just to witness its appearance. These are really precious things. "

With that, Qin Murong turned around and gave the empress a smile. He handed over the things in his hand. Unexpectedly, he had already inlaid the diamond on the Phoenix hairpin!

Suddenly, the queen took some of her weight and didn't move.

She thought for a moment, turned her head and looked at his Majesty's direction. She found that he was still asleep heartlessly. She turned her head and said in a low voice, "if this kind of craft is made by the Liu family, can it be as exquisite as the Viscount?"

Qin Murong said with a smile, "if you are a good craftsman, you will only do better than Wei Chen."

"Well Is the Viscount willing to give up

"Naturally."

Qin Murong said with a smile: "I said earlier that this is a gift for the queen."

The queen nodded slowly, a little pleased, and thought that Qin Murong was good at being a man.

But looking at his smiling face, he said in a deep voice: "tell me, what can I do for you?"

Qin Murong said, "please release concubine Liu."

The Queen's face immediately sank and said, "the purpose of this meal today is here."

Qin Murong said: "yes It was yesterday's meal. "

"Hum!"

The queen said in a deep voice, "what if this palace doesn't allow it?"

Qin Murong sighed and said, "in fact, this matter The fault lies only in Wei Chen. Wei Chen should not have any connection with the people in the harem, but because there is no red matter, Liu's concubine is implicated. Now, Wei Chen can only mend up after he dies... "

Speaking of this, Qin Murong was silent for a moment and suddenly asked, "do you know how much profit this jewelry business will make?"

The queen didn't respond for a moment, and said subconsciously, "I don't know about this palace."

Qin Murong said: "it's a luxury. With the prestige of Daliang, you can easily buy raw materials from other countries at a very low price. The output of diamond in Daliang is very low, but it has been very common for a long time, and it was bought from other countries. At that price and with such craftsmanship, it can be turned into a treasure that can only be bought by powerful families in a flash, especially if the queen wears it on herself. "

"Oh? What's the solution? "

Qin Murong said: "jewelry can add luster to the queen, but in fact the queen can add luster to the jewelry! The things you wear will surely be sought after by ladies from all walks of life. This is a source of sales, and they all take them with them. If people from abroad see it, they will only think that it is the most popular thing in Daliang. Because they like to imitate Daliang, they will definitely want to buy it by design. Who knows that the queen is the driving force behind these jewels ？”

The queen narrowed her eyes and thought for a moment, then she was silent.

Qin Murong laughed and said, "as for this diamond, it can be sold for thousands of gold!"

"Thousand gold?"

"The queen sneered:" such a price, not everyone can take out

"Yes, they can't take it out!"

"No? How can you sell it? "

"I don't want to sell you this. If I sell it, it's naturally a much smaller one, even if it's as big as a small fingernail. It needs at least 100 liang of silver! This is the main force of sales, and what people can buy is those smaller ones, which are slightly larger than rice grains. They sell them with one or two grains of silver. If many families are frugal, they can afford to buy them. "

The empress suddenly said, "this is what our palace is wearing. Is it the same? They know that this palace is worth a lot of money. For those who sell only a hundred taels of silver, they will feel that it is not so expensive? "

"Yes! That's the truth

Qin Murong said with a smile: "businessmen are divided into three levels! Very junior businessmen calculate the price, add the cost of raw materials to the operating cost of craftsmen, and then fill in a little profit they want to earn, so as to sell. The price of this kind of commodity is very stable, and it is generally a more competitive commodity, such as rice noodles. Many businessmen are selling it. If you sell it expensive, others will not buy it. "

The queen nodded and said, "that's the truth. There are still two levels of merchants."

Qin Murong said: "the middle-level businessmen are exploratory businessmen. I have commodities. I set a price for them, and then put them on the market to test the affordability of consumers, that is, buyers. If they rush to buy them, I will raise the price. If no one buys them, I will lower the price until it reaches one So far as the business is balanced! "

"No wonder your majesty always says that you are a unscrupulous businessman. You can think of such a method."

The queen was a little angry, and she finally understood why her mother's family was so oppressed by the Qin family in business that she didn't have the ability to resist. Even the family had asked her to come forward more than once to teach Qin Murong a good lesson.However, thinking of this, the queen was stunned and immediately asked, "is there a third one? Is it more difficult than this method How smart are you? "