Chapter 412 Birthday Gift
Qin Yuwei held Yan Jing in her arms and came over to take a look curiously.
The first gift was a copper alarm clock that could be wound up. There was a small line of words engraved on the back of the alarm clock:
“If you don’t study hard when you are young, you will regret it when you are old.”
Qin Yuwei smiled knowingly. This was naturally the meaning proposed by Xiao Wan and done by Zhao Sicheng.
What Qiao Youyou brought was a silver note.
This is no ordinary silver note.
Daliang's currency circulation system is not yet fully developed. Previously, when it came to large transactions, the most that could be done was using something like "flying money".
Since Qiao Youyou took over Tongyun Money House, she worked together with Xiao Wan and started printing and issuing silver bills with the support of the government, and put forward a series of suggestions on relevant legal regulations.
The silver bills were piloted at Tongyun Money House and were issued in the capital for two years with remarkable results. The people praised them highly and this year they are preparing to officially promote them to other counties in Daliang.
And Qiao Youyou also became the "Boss Qiao" known to everyone in Beijing.
Zhu Lan took out the silver note. The number was written on the upper left corner of the note. The ink used to write the number was specially made by Zhou Da. It could show different color effects at different angles under the sun, thus achieving the purpose of anti-counterfeiting.
"Tongyun Baochao No. 00000001."
Qin Yuwei saw the number clearly and widened her eyes slightly.
Zhu Lan smiled and said, "This is the first silver note officially issued in Daliang. Youyou gave it to Jing'er as a souvenir."
"By the way, there will be an extremely grand fireworks show in the capital tonight. Zhou Da specially arranged it and said there will be some new tricks."
Qin Yuwei couldn't help laughing, "Hasn't he developed the big firecracker yet?"
“It is said that there has been progress, but the safety is still unstable and needs to be studied slowly.
On the contrary, a lot of by-products were produced during the research process, and he turned them all into fireworks, which also generated a lot of income for the Military Equipment Supervision Bureau." Zhu Lan said.
What Xu Shiming sent was an exquisite and interesting model of the movement of celestial bodies.
"It's different being the director of the Imperial Observatory." Qin Yuwei smiled when she saw Yan Jing had started fiddling with the model.
Zhu Lan nodded, "He even invented a telescope in the Imperial Astronomical Observatory. Your Majesty built a stargazing tower specifically for him. He wishes he could eat and sleep in it every day."
Liang Zhou sent a set of chessboards. Each chess piece was made of the finest South China Sea jade and was priceless.
A small booklet fell out of the chess basket. Yan Jing stretched out his little hand to pick it up and read in a baby voice:
"The Ultimate Secret of Gobang..."
As expected of Liang Zhou, Qin Yuwei was a little amused and helpless.
Zhu Lan explained: "Don't underestimate this Go manual. Liang Zhou said that Go is profound and difficult to understand, so he simply built a number of Go chess halls in Yingcang County, which immediately attracted all the men, women and children in Yingcang County.
Those chess halls teach chess in the morning and teach in the afternoon. The current academic atmosphere in Yingcang County is almost catching up with Qingxi Town.”
Qin Yuwei said, "I have heard that Liang Zhou has made outstanding achievements in Yingcang County. Your Majesty also knows this, but why hasn't he been promoted yet?"
Zhu Lan smiled and said, "He himself was reluctant to leave, and Magistrate Ding also helped him."
Qin Yuwei then picked up a military book and saw that it was sent by Gu Chaoyang.
Four years ago, Gu Chaoyang was transferred from the Northern Frontier Camp, where everyone wanted to go, to Longyou because he accidentally killed the third prince.
In the past two years, the imperial court has been supporting the Dong family in Longyou to form a new army. Gu Chaoyang started over as a small soldier, but he has extraordinary martial arts and knowledge of military tactics, and now he has been promoted to the position of captain again.
"Jing'er won't be leading troops in battle in the future, so I'm afraid this military book..."
"That's not necessarily true." Zhu Lan touched Yan Jing's little head and said to Qin Yuwei, "Qing Yan knows that you and I have a good relationship. He also said that when Jing'er grows up a little bit, he will come to teach her martial arts in person."
"Mother, look at this, Rabbit..."
Yan Jing grabbed the last gift from the box, his eyes shining, and showed it to Qin Yuwei.
Qin Yuwei took it and found that it was a carved light brown lop-eared rabbit with a carrot in its front paws. It had lively eyes and was very cute.
“Could this be a gift from Old Chang?” Qin Yuwei asked in surprise. With Old Chang’s personality, it seemed clear that he would not be able to carve such a cute rabbit.
"It's true. He personally selected the bones and found a bone carving master to carve them."
"Old Chang...select bones...?" Qin Yuwei felt a chill running up her back, and her hands shook so much that she almost lost her grip.
"It's cow bones, yak bones! I asked specifically about it, it has auspicious meanings."
Qin Yuwei finally breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Zhu Lan, and laughed at the same time.
"Finally..." Zhu Lan sat up straight and coughed twice solemnly, "It's a gift from me."
Qin Yuwei looked at the empty box and began to wonder where Zhu Lan had hidden the gift. Was it on his body?
Zhu Lan came closer to her and smiled mysteriously:
"This gift is not only for Jing'er, but also for you."
"Oh?" Qin Yuwei became interested.
"From the moment you entered the palace until now, you have been feeling a little worried. I guess it's because according to the palace regulations, Jing'er is two years old and will be sent to the Queen's palace to be raised, right?"
"Yes." Qin Yuwei sighed softly.
"I have no choice but to follow the rules passed down from the previous dynasty. Although I have a good relationship with the Queen, we are still living in two separate palaces. If I send Jing'er there, we won't be able to see each other every day. How can I bear to do that?"
Zhu Lan smiled slyly, stood up, and took out an imperial edict from his arms.
The content of the imperial edict was to abolish the old custom of concubines exchanging to raise young princes and princesses, and Yan Jing could stay with Qin Yuwei.
Not only that, Yan Xiuyun also personally gave Yan Jing a title, and gave her the title of Princess Zhaoyang from that day on.
Qin Yuwei was overjoyed. You know, with her current favor, she had even failed to achieve her wish when she asked Yan Xiuyun for it. She didn't know how Zhu Lan did it.
Zhu Lan looked quite proud.
"I looked through the late emperor's daily notes and finally found one that said the late emperor had mentioned the idea of abolishing the old harem rules, but encountered some unexpected circumstances at the time and the decree was not issued.
So I petitioned the emperor to fulfill the late emperor's will, and after much persuasion, I finally got the imperial edict."
Qin Yuwei hugged Zhu Lan excitedly, not knowing what to say.
Just then, Qin Yuwei's personal maid Biyu hurried in.
"My lady, the Imperial Household Supervisor sent a message saying that they are preparing a birthday gift for the princess...
It was lost in the warehouse last night."
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