The empress glanced at Ren Baqian in the mirror, her eyes shifted, and after a while, she turned her eyes on herself in the mirror.
When Qingyuan finished her hair, the empress just turned around when she heard a burst of crisp and pleasant music, the sound really felt like crystal, crystal clear.
The melody is delicate and warm, which makes people feel warm in their hearts.
It is a style that has never been seen or heard, but it is easy to touch people's hearts.
It's just that the time is very short, but it stops after thirty seconds.
"Your Majesty, this is a gift chosen by the minister for His Majesty." Ren Baqian said while holding the music box in his hand.
"Did the sound just now come from this?" The empress asked curiously. In Ren Baqian's hand was a base with a crystal ball on it. There were three wooden horses inside that also rotated when the music sounded.
Very delicate.
At least the crystal ball and the crystal Trojan horse in the crystal ball look exquisite.
"Yes, Your Majesty, as long as you twist the spring next to it, you can make a sound." Ren Baqian said.
The empress took the music box and twisted the spring next to it, and the sound really sounded again. And the three wooden horses were also slowly turning inside with the sound.
"You have a heart." The empress said while fiddling with the music box.
Ren Baqian continued, "This is the candy I brought back. I also know that His Majesty likes spirits, so I specially found twenty-four bottles of fine wine to give to Your Majesty."
"Bring it up."
Ren Baqian handed the candy to Qing Yuan who was on the side, and ran back to bring the two boxes over to open, took out a bottle from it and unscrewed it to show how to open it, then twisted the cap and presented it.
Ordinary glass bottles are extremely crude in China, and people in this world don't think so.
After all, people in China are used to seeing things like glass, but it is still very rare for people in this world.
The empress clamped the mouth of the bottle with two fingers, her fingers were as slender as catkins, and her skin was as white as cream, it was completely impossible to see that this hand could dismantle the Gundam with one hand.
The bottle is transparent, and you can see that the wine inside is clear and transparent, without any impurities. This alone is enough to satisfy the Empress.
"You can have dinner with me. Hongluan, let someone notify the imperial dining room." The empress said to Ren Baqian, and threw the wine to Qingyuan casually.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Ren Baqian said hastily. This was the first time, before, the empress ate and he watched, and the empress sat and he stood.
Now the salary has been improved.
In the past, the empress always had meals in this palace, and it was enough to put a table in front of it. After all, the empress's life was not luxurious at all in terms of her status, and it was usually just four dishes and one soup.
This time, he came to another hall, where there was a table at least three or four meters long.
The empress was at the top, and Ren Baqian stood at the side with hands down.
"sit down."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Ren Baqian sat down not far below.
"Tell me what your country of Hua looks like. I'm very curious. I don't know what the world outside the sky looks like."
Ren Baqian thought for a while and asked, "What aspect does Your Majesty want to hear?"
"What do the strong men in your country look like?"
Ren Baqian pondered for a while, this is really hard to say. The strongest in Huaguo is estimated to be equivalent to the commoners of the ancient tribe, at most a little bit stronger.
"Your Majesty, every world has different rules and different scenery. In the country of Hua, strength is not judged by force, but by mind, wisdom, and knowledge.
We make all kinds of instruments. There are vehicles that can run without horsepower, and they are as fast as lightning. There are planes that can carry people in the sky. There is also a network that allows people to instantly know things thousands of miles away.
Personal prowess has been replaced by equipment. Firearms can kill people at a distance of a thousand steps, and they can be fired more than ten times in an instant. Artillery can attack long distances where the human eye cannot see, and nuclear weapons can destroy cities with one blow thousands of miles away. "
"Destroy a city with one blow from thousands of miles away? There is such a thing in the world?" the empress was slightly surprised.
Ren Baqian looked up at the surprised expression of the Empress, and also smiled.
Although the people on earth are not good at force, various technologies can still shock you.
"That's true. Within a ten-mile radius is like a purgatory, where there are no humans or animals. Such weapons are forbidden to be used because they are too powerful."
"Such a murder weapon should be banned." The empress said after a while.
"Yes, as I said before, Huaguo people determine a person's status by brains, wisdom, and knowledge, and develop various social divisions of labor according to individual interests and abilities.
Gather the wisdom of many people to make life more convenient, explore the mysteries of the world, and understand the nature of the world as the purpose of development. "
"Our society is more stable, and people's lives are more prosperous. Although there are differences between rich and poor, most ordinary people can say that their lives are prosperous."
"Basics such as food, clothing, housing and transportation are not things that most people need to consider. What most people consider is to get a better life."
"People's hearts are always insufficient." The empress said quietly.
"If you don't have enough people, if you want to get more and know more, the whole world will progress, otherwise it will become a pool of stagnant water."
Ren Baqian probably talked about things about China to the empress, but he tried his best to talk about it in a positive way, after all, he also had the idea that his family's ugliness should not be publicized.
Just like on Earth, if your country is prosperous and strong, you can gain more respect abroad.
Although the specifics still depend on the individual, when in a foreign country, the strength of the country is also a bonus item for a person.
It is completely different to rely on a strong country and a weak country.
Although it doesn't have that much influence here, he is still willing to make Hua Guo better.
While talking, the food was also served.
Ren Baqian stopped talking, instead got up and poured a glass of wine for the empress with a wine bottle.
After smelling the taste, the empress drank it in one gulp, then nodded and said: "Not bad." Judging from the expression on her face, she liked it very much.
"If there is enough food, this wine can be brewed." Ren Baqian said.
"I will leave this matter to you. I will go to the Qingxin Hall to choose the exercises in a while. After I have the foundation, I will send someone to send you to see if the iron mine can expand its production, and how to improve iron smelting. After that Just brew the wine. You don’t need much, just enough for the palace to drink.” The Empress said after thinking about it.
Ren Baqian nodded, this matter is not difficult.
In fact, Dayao is not lacking in food, but most of them are meat, vegetables, rice noodles and so on. Therefore, the empress did not dare to make too much.
"Actually, you can make wine and exchange grain, salt, and even ironware with Yunguo, Chenguo, and Daxia. There must be a considerable market for this kind of high-alcohol wine in those two countries. I just don't know where the wine for the banquet in the palace is. What level is the country considered?" Ren Baqian asked.
At the dinner that day, the wine in the palace was much better than the one made by Guanshi Shi, but it was still far behind the high-grade wine on Earth, in terms of taste and color. Ren Baqian wanted to know what grade the wine was in other countries that day.
"It's considered superior."
"That's it. If you can brew better wine than them, you can sell it to other countries at a high price and then buy the needed materials back. It will be a profit every time you come back. Only things that others don't have but need will be available." High value. Wine has always had a huge market." Ren Baqian laughed.
The empress put the chopsticks aside, listened carefully to his words and thought for a while: "It's a way, I've agreed to this matter. Do this after doing other things well. If you do it well, I will reward you. "