Chapter 1,075 Maple Leaf Painting Appears!

Marquis Chengen knows his own affairs, and being a stable Marquis of Chengen is already very good. As for other matters, forget about them, he is not that capable.

His sister is the Queen Mother and his nephew is the Emperor, so he has nothing to be dissatisfied with.

Marquis Chengen was a kind little old man. He walked this street specifically. When people who knew him called him, he nodded happily to them.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs manages all the sundries in the palace. Marquis Chengen felt that he should also take a look at the prices of some goods on the market, lest the prices of the goods purchased by the Ministry of Internal Affairs were too high and make people think that he had gained some benefit from them. of.

Sometimes after seeing good goods and confirming that there are no safety hazards, Marquis Chengen would order them and send them to the palace.

After some smart businessmen learned about this, they became more and more polite to Marquis Chengen. Some even waited on the roadside specifically to see if they could please Marquis Chengen and take a fancy to their own goods.

Being able to send gifts to the palace represents not only money, but also dignity. Even if it is not frequent, if you send gifts to the palace once in a while, you can brag about it for the rest of your life. For businessmen, this is also a famous thing. I have done all the business in the palace, let alone other people’s business.

It can be seen that doing business with him is extremely safe.

Therefore, Chengenhou received warm greetings from many shops along the way.

Marquis Chengen was in a good mood today. He walked leisurely along the way, saying hello to people from time to time, and going into the store to look at the goods. However, he never met anything he liked, so he just walked by as he pleased.

"Master Hou, we have a few new boutiques here today. Would you like to take a look, Master Hou?" When passing by an antique store, the shopkeeper was waiting at the door early. As soon as he saw Cheng Enhou, he greeted him from a distance. stand up.

This was Marquis Chengen's favorite shop in the past. Every time he walked by this place, he would definitely come in, and he was familiar with the shopkeeper here.

He walked into the store and asked, "What exquisite products do you have?"

"Master Hou will know after seeing it." The shopkeeper said with a smile, leading Marquis Chengen inside.

After sitting down in the room where the distinguished guests were entertained, the waiter had already brought tea. Marquis Chengen took a sip and repeatedly praised: "This tea is good!"

"You are so polite, Mr. Marquis. Who doesn't know that most of the tea Mr. Hou drinks is rewarded by the palace. What I drink here is just some ordinary tea leaves, just for the sake of freshness." The shopkeeper said politely with a smile.

"This tea of ​​yours is not just new!" Marquis Chengen took another sip and tasted it before saying.

Spring tea has been on the market for a long time, and the palace has also sent a batch of new tea early, but it is not as delicious as the tea in front of you, and Marquis Chengen is also surprised.

"Master Hou is so amazing. He can even taste such a delicate tea flavor. In fact, this tea is not sold outside. It is grown in my hometown. There are only a few tea trees. I grow it carefully at home and it will last about the same time." I hired a twenty-eight-year-old girl to pick them before the dew came, and asked an experienced craftsman to fry them on the spot. Although the quantity was small, it took a lot of effort. If the Marquis likes it, I can even give you a pound here. If there’s too much, it’ll be gone!”

The old shopkeeper and Marquis Chengen were also acquaintances, so he didn't pay much attention to what he said.

"Okay, then I'll thank the shopkeeper!" Chengenhou smiled and thanked him. He really thought this tasted good, even better than the ones rewarded by the palace.

It's just that they are people's private goods, and the quantity is not large. Even if they want to supply the palace, it will not be enough. When the time comes, something unexpected will happen.

The goods supplied to the palace must at least be in quantity. Otherwise, if the empress of a certain palace has had a good drink and wants to drink more, but is unable to do so, it would be better to just not have it. Besides, there is also the emperor. If the emperor likes it, if not, it will be better It's possible to lose your head.

It is said that the tributes in the palace are the best, but that is not necessarily the case.

Seeing that Marquis Chengen had accepted the tea, the shopkeeper clapped his hands twice, and the two waiters waiting at the door came in with several brocade boxes and scrolls of paintings.

The brocade boxes were opened one by one, and the scrolls were placed aside.

The shopkeeper stood up, pointed at Marquis Chengen with a smile and said, "How would you like, Lord Marquis, to see this jade pendant?"

It's not an ordinary jadeite, it's a blood-red blood jade. It's all crystal clear without a single flaw. When you look at the eye-catching red jade, you can tell at a glance that it's not an ordinary jadeite.

Marquis Chengen stood up, picked up the jade pendant and nodded while looking at it: "Not bad, not bad, very good, it's a good thing."

I picked it up and looked at the sunlight through the window. It was indeed crystal clear.

"Master Marquis, look at this again." The shopkeeper smiled and pointed to another brocade box. This brocade box contained a ruby. It was a complete piece. It was only slightly cut, but it was still a complete whole. Such gems are rare in the market. It was difficult to see it above, but when he saw its quality, Marquis Chengen was once again amazed.

In the third brocade box was a red piece of something I couldn't tell what it was. It looked like a mushroom, but it wasn't.

"What is this?" Chenghou Mansion asked curiously, reaching out to get it.

"Master Marquis, please slow down, that's not how you take this!" The shopkeeper stopped him with his hand, and then carefully lifted the brocade box in front of Marquis Chengen, "Master Marquis, please take a look!"

"Is this... Blood Ganoderma?" Marquis Chengen sniffed it, and a light medicinal fragrance entered his nose, immediately clearing up his face and brightening his eyes.

The shopkeeper gave a thumbs up and said, "Master Hou has a good eye. Isn't this the blood Ganoderma lucidum? Although it is not big, it is not young."

"Okay, great!" Marquis Chengen praised repeatedly.

"The Marquis came to take a look at these calligraphy and paintings. There are some that the Marquis likes. They are definitely authentic. They have been appreciated by others. The Marquis has no doubts about their authenticity."

The shopkeeper walked over to several scrolls of paintings, reached out, picked up a scroll, opened it and spread it flat on the table.

Marquis Chengen came over and nodded while looking at it. He didn't have much experience in the court, but he had great ideas about calligraphy and painting. The method in front of him was indeed good.

I read one volume and then the next. These volumes are very good. Although they are not as satisfactory as the previous three items, they are still good products and will not be seen on the market on weekdays.

After waiting to finish reading, Marquis Chengen said: "Shopkeeper, I want all these things, please give me a cheaper price, otherwise I will really go bankrupt."

"Master Hou is joking. With Master Hou's net worth, let alone these small things, even if it's my shop, it's just a matter of words for Master Hou to buy it, and it won't hurt at all." Business is done. The shopkeeper was in a good mood. He flattered Marquis Chengen quietly and asked the waiter to take Marquis Chengen's servant to check out.

"On the occasion of the Queen Mother's birthday, I always want to find a few different things to give to the Queen Mother. I have been buying a lot recently," said Marquis Chengen.

He specifically asked the shopkeeper to find these items before. In fact, he was looking for more than just these items, but it was already good to get these now.

"Master Hou is complaining about the poverty of a small business like ours. How can we survive? Since Master Hou said so, we will do a big bloodletting today. How about giving Master Hou a 10% discount on everything?" My face hurts.

"Okay, okay, thank you very much, shopkeeper!" Marquis Chengen laughed.

The reputation of this store is very good. In the past, there was basically no discount, even if you bought a lot of things, but now it is really for the sake of Marquis Chengen that it only offers a 10% discount.

The few things I just bought are of great value. If you buy them like this, you will also get a lot of silver.

"Master Hou, just visit our store more often in the future." The shopkeeper said cheerfully.

While the two were talking, the waiter and the boy had already calculated the silver. Marquis Chengen asked the waiter to follow his boy back to find Mrs. Chengenhou to get the silver notes. He planned to continue walking around.

After walking a short distance out of the door, I suddenly saw a guy chasing me.

"Master Marquis, our shopkeeper said there is another scroll of paintings. Do you want to take a look?" This guy looked a little unfamiliar. He was wearing the clothes of the guy who worked in this shop just now. He was catching up from behind. Marquis Chengen thought he should be The shopkeeper just now found something suitable.

Turn around and go back.

"You don't have to leave, Mr. Marquis, just take a look here. If you don't like it, our shopkeeper will ask the young man to take it back, so as to save Mr. Marquis from making another trip." The waiter said smartly, pointing to a place not far away. "Our shopkeeper said, if Mr. Hou takes a fancy to it, let me take it back to the house for Mr. Hou first. We will settle the matter of the silver later. Is it possible that we are afraid that Mr. Hou will not pay the bill?"

The waiter looked like he could talk. He smiled and finished speaking in one breath. He nodded repeatedly as Marquis Chengen said. He looked back at the store door not far away. Although it was not far, it was troublesome to walk back. A picture There is indeed no need to make another trip to do the painting. With the shopkeeper’s relationship with me, of course he is not afraid of defaulting on his debt.

That is to say, it is a matter of a scroll of paintings. There is indeed no need to go back. Marquis Chengen nodded, took the scroll and opened it. After opening it, he saw the painting in front of him, and his eyes immediately lit up.

The maple leaf was used as the background, and it was exactly what he imagined. He had asked the palace painter to paint the same type of painting before, but it was always unsatisfactory.

The Empress Dowager gave birth to two sons and raised another son. She has three sons to her name. In order to express the Empress Dowager's love for mother and son, she painted a mother and three princes.

The painting in front of me is exactly like this. It was painted almost perfectly according to the intention of Marquis Chengen.

The woman in the painting has a kind face and is feeding a child medicine. This child looks to be the oldest. There is another child who leans admiringly next to the woman and watches her brother on the bed drinking medicine with bright eyes. The youngest one was playing with a ball on the side. He looked back at his mother and two brothers cutely.

The scenery is very appropriate, and the artistic conception is perfect. The best thing is the maple leaves on it. It is a picture scroll drawn with maple leaves as a background. Most of them are made of maple leaves, including women's clothes, skirts, and children's pockets. The jacket and the quilt on the bed are all made of maple leaves piece by piece. Only a few blank spaces are added with a few strokes of ink.

The Queen Mother has a small hobby that others don’t know about, but Chengenhou is very aware of it. The current painting situation is very appropriate, and it must be in line with the Queen Mother’s wishes...