"Master Liu?" Xie Wengshan looked at Xie Laosi suspiciously and asked, "What gift?"
Xie Laosi thought for a while and said, "It's Mr. Liu, the governor of Xihai County. Please let me see the gift for myself."
Xie Laosi really didn't know what official position Liu Ziqiu held. But he stayed in Weiding City for a while and knew that Liu Ziqiu had a high prestige among the local tribes. He also saw Liu Ziqiu's elite soldiers and generals. When it came to Liu Ziqiu, he
There was an inexplicable awe, and he didn't even dare to mention Liu Ziqiu's name. As for what exactly was in the box, Xie Laosi had no idea. There were seals on the mouths of the boxes, and there were 30 people sent by Liu Ziqiu.
The warrior personally guarded it. No matter how curious he and his men were, they did not dare to open the box. However, Xie Laosi knew that one box was particularly heavy, so he asked the men to carry it over.
Xie Yun stepped forward to check the seal in person and found it was intact. Then he nodded to his father. Xie Wengshan said in a deep voice: "Open it!"
Two servants came forward and opened the lid of the box. Everyone looked over and said "Huh" with disappointment on their faces. It turned out to be a box of stones. Xie Yun thought that the man named Liu was trying to play a trick on the Xie family.
, feeling a little angry, his face sank: "Throw it into the river!"
In fact, Xie Yun has always acted in a measured manner, but more than a month ago, his beloved daughter was forced to leave the house. His mood was extremely low, and he lost his previous patience. Several servants came forward and were about to leave the house.
After lifting the box, I heard Xie Zhiwen say: "Wait!"
Xie Zhiwen picked up a stone from the box, observed it carefully for a while, handed it to Xie Yun, pointed to one of the places and said: "Father, please look here."
Xie Yun looked at the light for a while, nodded thoughtfully, waved his hand and said, "Come here, please come over."
The three Xie Wengshan brothers have retreated behind the scenes. In front of others, Xie Yun is the head of the Xie family. Hearing that the head of the family was calling, Ren Erjian ran over and bowed: "My slave is here, please give me your instructions."
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Xie Yun handed him the stone in his hand and said, "Take a closer look."
Ren Er also had another identity. He was a famous jade worker in the Jiangnan area. He picked up the stone, took one look at it and said in surprise: "Master, where did this stone come from?"
Naturally, Xie Yun would not tell him the origin of the stone, but only asked: "What do you think?"
Ren Er's eyes shone brightly, his hands kept rubbing the stone, and he murmured: "Okay, okay. If this slave is right, this should be Kunlun jade!"
Kunlun jade, also known as Hetian jade later, is extremely precious even in modern times. Uncut jade is uncarved jade, also known as seed jade in later generations. Since the end of the Jin Dynasty, the trade routes to the Western Regions have been cut off.
As a result, Zhongyuan lost an important source of Kunlun jade, and the price of jade soared for a while. The piece of rough jade in any second hand is larger than the alms bowl. If it is carved properly, it should be possible to get three or four pieces of jade.
Only then did Xie Yun realize that he had misunderstood Mr. Liu, but his face remained calm as he said, "Then look at how many jade pieces there are in the box?"
Ren Er walked to the door of the box and was stunned. The stones in the box were all Kunlun jade, and the quality of the piece in his hand could only be considered medium. For a jade worker, he could have the opportunity to carve such
There are so many high-quality jade stones that it would be worth asking him to die right away.
Xie Wengshan suppressed the excitement in his heart, stroked his beard and asked: "Ren Er, what do you think the estimated value of this box of stones is?"
Ren Er shook his head and said, "I dare not tell you, I think it's priceless."
Things are rare and expensive. The price of jade is already high, and the source is cut off. It is really difficult to estimate the value. However, the Xie family all understand that if this box is full of high-quality Kunlun jade, coupled with superb carving,
Skills are priceless, which is a humble statement.
Xie Wengshan was stunned for a while, then turned around and asked: "Xie Laosi, who is Mr. Liu? What does he have to do with my Xie family to give such a heavy gift?"
Xie Laosi cupped his hands and said: "Back to the old man, I only know that Mr. Liu is called Liu Ziqiu, but I don't know about the others."
"Liu Ziqiu?!" Everyone in the Xie family was shocked.
Xie Zhiwu had the most forthright temperament, stroking his hands and laughing, "Haha, I knew Brother Ziqiu was fine, but I didn't expect him to become an official!"
Xie Yun glared at his younger son and asked: "Xie Laosi, what position does Mr. Liu hold now?"
Xie Laosi grimaced and said, "Sir, this villain really doesn't know. However, the entire Hexi Road seems to be under his control."
Xie Yun took a breath. He didn't expect that Liu Ziqiu would accomplish such a big thing in half a year. It seemed that he had a lot of foresight when he promised his daughter to Liu Ziqiu. But when he thought about his daughter's current situation, Xie Yun couldn't bear it.
He shook his head and sighed.
However, Xie Zhiwu couldn't hold himself back and urged: "Quick, quick, let's see what treasures are in the other boxes?"
The next two boxes contained fox skins. One box contained fire fox skins, which were as red as fire, and the other box contained snow fox skins, which were as white as snow. These fox skins were carefully selected by Liu Ziqiu.
There is no trace of color in the whole fox skin, and there is no wound. It is hunted by the best hunters directly by shooting the fox in the eye. Moreover, fire fox and snow fox are extremely rare, and it is not a wealthy person to be able to collect these two boxes of fox skins.
It can be done. However, compared with the box of Kunlun jade, the value of these two boxes of fox skins is much smaller.
Xie Wengda frowned and said: "Xie Laosi, are you talking about Liu Ziqiu from Changshan Village? Can he get so much money as a soldier? Are you mistaken?"
In fact, the power of the Xie family is only concentrated in the south of the Yangtze River. There are no close friends in the Hexi area, and it is impossible for anyone to give them such a generous gift. And the person who gave the gift is an adult and his surname is Liu. With Xie Wengda's shrewdness, it should have been long ago
I thought it was Liu Ziqiu. And although these three boxes of items are precious, they are only relative to the Central Plains and Jiangnan. In fact, these items are specialties of the West Sea. If it is true as Xie Laosi said, Liu Ziqiu has occupied the entire Hexi Road.
It is really not difficult to get these things. However, Xie Wengda has recently become very close to Wang Shichong of Jiangdu. He has bet the future of his team on Wang Shichong, and naturally he is unwilling to admit this fact.
Xie Laosi pondered: "The villain doesn't know where he comes from or what he did in the past. I just remember that he said that the heaviest box was for the three old ladies, and the two boxes of fox skins were for the old ladies.
, there is also a box for the two young masters and the young lady."
At the mention of "Miss", Xie Yun felt a pain in his heart again. He waved his hand and said, "Open it."
When the box was opened, it was divided into three compartments. It was obvious that the gifts given by Liu Ziqiu had been divided among the Xie Zhiwen brothers and sisters.
The middle shelf contains several volumes of ancient books, which were given to Xie Zhiwen. These ancient books were all collected in the palace. Yang Guang brought them with him for entertainment during the expedition to Dadou, but they were lost in Dadou Bagou. Later, the ice and snow melted, and these ancient books were recovered.
The herdsmen picked it up, but didn't know what it was, and presented it to Liu Ziqiu. Liu Ziqiu himself had no interest in reading, but he knew Xie Zhiwen's hobby, so he came to borrow flowers and offer them to Buddha.
One square on his left hand was a saber. The blade was like the moon and the blade was as sharp as snow. Xie Zhiwu pulled out the saber he carried with him. When the swords touched each other, they heard a "choking" sound. The sword had been broken into two pieces, but the sword was intact as before.
, not a single gap was found. As the son of the Xie family, Xie Zhiwu’s sword was naturally not of ordinary quality, and it was unexpectedly worthy of a blow from this sword. When everyone saw it, they couldn’t help but praise in unison: “What a great sword!”
In fact, this is just the most common sword for Lieutenant General Liu Ziqiu. After Liu Ziqiu mastered steel, he began to organize people to make knives. In Chinese history, Tang Dao occupies an extremely important position. After Liu Ziqiu joined the army, as a special forces soldier, he would inevitably have to contact
Various cold weapons, he learned all kinds of knowledge about Tang Dao at that time. When Liu Ziqiu discovered iron ore and coal in the West Sea, he started to build his own "West Sea Dao".
There are five types of knives in the Western Navy: Yi Dao, Mo Dao, Heng Dao, Zhan Dao and Saber. Except for the saber, the other four types of knives are originally Tang knives in history. Yi Dao is made based on the knife used.
There are very few of them. They are mainly equipped with government guards. Their shape is similar to that of Mo Dao, but their weight is only half of Mo Dao. And all Mo Dao are modeled after Liu Ziqiu's own sword, and they all weigh fifty kilograms.
The first Mo Dao army of 5,000 people has been formed. However, it takes time and materials to build the Mo Dao. However, the 5,000 Mo Dao army is only equipped with 500 Mo Dao. The barrier sword is a short knife that is carried with you for self-defense.
It is only equipped with generals above centurion, and the most widely used one is the horizontal sword. The saber is similar to the horizontal sword, except that the blade is narrower and has a larger arc, which is more conducive to chopping on horseback.
The sword given to Xie Zhiwu was a horizontal sword. It was different from ordinary horizontal swords in that the scabbard was more ornately decorated. But none of the people present had ever seen such a sharp sword, and they all thought it was a precious sword. In comparison,
, on the contrary, the few volumes of ancient books given to Xie Zhiwen seemed to be lackluster.
Xie Zhiwu sheathed his sword and said loudly: "Look, what did he give to his sister?"
Xie Yun was very helpless towards his son, but he also wanted to see what kind of treasure Liu Ziqiu gave to Xie Muyu. At the same time, he was very conflicted in his heart. What if Liu Ziqiu sent jewelry, but his daughter has now become a
I'm so naked, but I don't know how to face it.
At this time, Xie Zhiwu had already taken out the contents of the grid, three yellow silk bags. The first bag turned out to be a short knife, which was actually a barrier knife. The other bag contained seven dazzling stars.
The beads are black, white, red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple, with seven different colors. Each one is the size of an egg. It is difficult to collect one. It takes a lot of effort to gather these seven beads together. In fact, this
It was a collection from the Longxi Palace, and Liu Ziqiu made it as a gift. But what everyone didn't expect was that the last yellow silk bag contained only green salt.