These days Ren Baqian spends his time in that courtyard except when he goes back to the palace at night... in a daze...
Just in a daze, because from the beginning to the end, what he did was to instruct others how to make that not-so-complicated still, and most of the time he was in a daze.
After the busy few months in the Land of Sky View, he enjoyed the days of being able to do nothing in a daze.
Due to his special status, Ren Baqian rarely interacted with other officials, so he didn't know that there were more than one discussions about him outside the courtyard these days.
The main reason is about the guard Captain's Mansion and the current Zhang family that were created in the Tianjing Land.
Although the Guard Captain's Mansion is still outside the establishment, under the nod of the empress, it will become an official department of Dayao in a short time.
And this time, the Zhang family, no matter whether they win or lose, will probably work for Dayao in the future. If the Zhang family wins Ren Baqian, they may take this opportunity to get an official position.
Ren Baqian is used to multi-ethnic countries on Earth, and he is also used to being able to do everything. But this seems to be a normal thing for Ren Baqian, but it is not a trivial matter in the hearts of many people.
Because in the past few decades, there has never been a precedent for people from other clans to enter the court as an official of the ancient clan.
He himself can be regarded as because of his special status.
Following the things he did, everyone began to accept him as the future husband-in-law of the Empress after experiencing the initial onlookers.
But now there is another Duwei Mansion, which is completely composed of survivors of Hao Kingdom, and there is such an extra Zhang family, which makes many people in the court have opinions.
It's just that the empress has already nodded to these two matters, and with the empress' temperament, no one can stop these two matters.
But the voice of discussion could not be suppressed, but it didn't reach Ren Baqian's ears.
Even the empress had heard about it, but she just put the matter aside with a slight smile and ignored it. She has seen many things more than others. Judging from the final results of Tianjing Land, it also gave her a little more confidence in Ren Baqian's approach. The rest is just waiting for time to test. See Let's see if everything will develop as Ren Baqian thought.
Five days passed like this.
Five days later, when the door of the east courtyard opened, the well-dressed Zhang Jun stood in front of the door and looked up to see the door of the west courtyard that had already been opened. Ren Baqian was dozing off in a rocking chair in front of the door.
"Your Majesty, I have been waiting for a long time." Zhang Junzheng said with a smile, wondering whether Ren Baqian had done it all, or gave up after failing.
From experience, the latter may be more likely. But at this time, he was still worried, and even more nervous than before. After all, this matter is related to the future of half of the members of the Zhang family. It can be said that the relationship is extremely important, even he is not immune.
Although he was neatly dressed and looked energetic, the bloodshot eyes still explained everything.
"It's over for you too?" Ren Baqian raised his head and looked at Zhang Junzheng's uncle and nephew, as well as the tightly wrapped carriages behind the door.
"I'll send someone to notify His Majesty to be a witness." Ren Baqian smiled, turned around and shouted, and soon a guard left.
"It's time for you, sir." Zhang Junzheng cupped his hands, then sat down and closed his eyes to rest.
After an hour, everyone heard the sound of mounts coming from outside the yard, and there were many people coming.
Ren Baqian finally cheered up and went out to meet the empress.
When I left the door, I saw a mighty team, besides the guards and the empress' Luanjia, there were many more ministers behind, such as Shi Qing, Tong Zhenye, Tu Wan, etc., all of them were wearing sunglasses and a head. Like a blind bear walking upright.
The ancient men were majestic, while the women had enchanting figures. Tu Wan and other graceful female officials were also very conspicuous among them.
"I have seen Your Majesty." Ren Baqian paid his respects to the empress first, and then glanced at the ministers with a smile, only to find that Li Qianqiu, Xiyueya, and Hongwu were among them, and he presumably came back to celebrate the empress's birthday.
Li Qianqiu and Xi Wanya nodded at Ren Baqian as a greeting.
Hong Wu's nose is not nose and eyes are not eyes. When Ren Baqian and the empress left, he deliberately kissed at the gate of the city. He had held back this resentment for half a year, and now he finally saw Ren Baqian.
If eyes could kill, Ren Baqian would have to be hacked into pieces.
"It happens to be at the court meeting, so I will let you all come with me to take a look." The empress said lightly.
Ren Baqian didn't feel anything, he had seen many of these people, but Zhang Junzheng was excited, the bigger the scene, the better.
Moreover, the empress brought so many high officials from the imperial court, which made him feel that this matter was taken seriously by the empress.
"Get ready, both of you, let's start." The Empress said lightly as she got off the Luanjia and walked forward in a red dress.
Everyone stood up in the courtyard, Ren Baqian asked with a smile: "What is the first competition?"
"Let's compare dyeing." Zhang Junzheng said. He knew in his heart that he might lose in the brewing competition. If he lost the first round in the opening game, he would be underestimated. It is better to directly compete in dyeing.
"That's it." Ren Baqian smiled, and ordered people to go to the yard to take out all the dyed fabrics.
The Zhang family’s fabrics were brought out first. There were seven rolls of silk in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple, all of which were pure colors. Due to being in time, the color is a little light, and others feel that the color is not correct.
Zhang Junzheng quickly explained: "It takes a very long time to dye this cloth. This time, it only took five days. The time is definitely not enough, so the dyeing is somewhat insufficient. Therefore, the competition between Caomin and Master Ren is about the durability of the color."
"Oh, this is the first time I've heard of it. Where's yours?" The Empress said lightly, then looked at Ren Baqian and asked.
"It'll be here soon." Ren Baqian chuckled when he heard the footsteps in the yard.
Then I saw three guards coming out holding rolls of cloth that looked quite small. Each guard was holding seven colors of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue and purple, but the colors of the cloth each guard was holding were different. different.
It turned out that each color was dyed three times.
And the color is bright and bright, which is fuller than the fabrics sold on the street. As long as you are not blind, you can see the difference at a glance.
The eyes of several female officials in Tuwan lit up when they saw these cloths.
The other ministers were not very interested in this competition, but when they saw Zhang Junzheng's seven bolts of silk and Ren Baqian's twenty-one rolls of cotton cloth, they all laughed lightly.
It would have been okay if Zhang Junzheng hadn’t said what he said before, but just after he said that, and the fabrics dyed by the two sides were compared again, Zhang Junzheng’s words made people want to laugh no matter how they thought about it.
Didn't you say that five days is not enough? Ren Fuchang not only dyed better than the market, but also each color is divided into three different colors. What else do you say
As for Zhang Junzheng's eyes straightened when he saw the cloth that Ren Baqian was carrying out, his face was full of disbelief, how did the other party do it in five days? And why is the opponent's color so bright? How many times did they dye it in five days
What kind of dye did they use
Then he discovered the problem. The fabric used by the other party seemed to have never been seen before.
"Master Ren, can I touch this fabric?" Zhang Junzheng cupped his hands.
"certainly."
Zhang Junzheng took a few steps forward and stroked the fabric with his fingers, and it really was a fabric that he had never seen before.
It seems that the problem lies in the fabric. Could it be that the fabric is easy to dye
"Thank you, Mr. Ren. If we were to compare the color of the fabric, we would have lost this round. But this time we are comparing the durability of the color and washing." Zhang Junzheng said. Although the Zhang family lost in the color comparison, he regretted why they didn't ask both sides to use the same fabric.
But the most important thing is to look at the degree of color fading after washing, which is the content of the test.
"nature."
When two cut pieces of fabric of the same size were placed in hot water, one of the pots immediately began to turn red.
The other basin of water had only slight changes.
Zhang Junzheng's face also became extremely ugly, and the pot of reddened water was the Zhang family's fabric.
Without taking out the two pieces of cloth for comparison, he knew that the Zhang family lost in the first round of competition.
The Zhang family, who had always mastered the best cloth, lost to the person in front of them, no matter in terms of color or durability.
This hit him even harder than losing the first game.
You must know that with the estimated wine making, the Zhang family lost two games, that is to say, the Zhang family is inferior to the opponent in these two items. Moreover, these two items were chosen by oneself, and they were compared without the opponent's prior knowledge.
The chances of the other party cheating can be said to be very small, and Dayao can't beat the Zhang family in these two items, let alone in such a short period of time.
Is there really a person in the world who is proficient in all walks of life at a young age? Is there really someone who knows it