"What is this? Bring it to me and see what good things a small barbarian country like the Western Regions can have." Lu Ying'er breathed out and pointed at her servant and ordered.
Yun Shang did not refute, and held the mirror with both hands. Lu Ying'er's personal maid stepped forward to take it, turned around and handed it to her who was sitting on the horse.
Yun Shang was shocked the first time she saw the little lady at home playing with a mirror. How could such a treasure be left to a child to play with? She felt so distressed when she bumped it. Liuli is the most unbearable thing.
Fell.
But my wife looked unconcerned and said casually that this was a gadget given to her by her senior brother when she was a child. It was nothing important and she had several hidden sides.
Later, Lin Wanwan took out two mirrors, one large and one small. One was placed on the dressing table and the other was carried with her. They were much lighter than the heavy bronze mirrors. Although the bronze mirrors made by craftsmen could only illuminate people at first, they were not easy to use.
Maintenance requires regular polishing, which is naturally far inferior to the practicality of glass mirrors.
This incident also made Yun Shang full of admiration for her wife's legendary brother Ranger. With such a powerful brother and master, it's no wonder that no matter what she does, she always exudes confidence.
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Lu Ying'er held a double-sided mirror in her hand and was surprised to find that the two sides of the mirror were actually different. One side showed the person clearly, while the other side seemed to magnify the picture. It was extremely magical.
The world's first exquisite and complex glass mirror was made by Italian Venetians Andrea and Guerro in 1507. As soon as it appeared on the market, it caused a sensation throughout Europe and became a fashionable mirror that was sought after by the princes and nobles of the time.
thing.
Italy even legislated specifically for this, and the secret recipe for making mirrors was not allowed to be spread to foreign countries. Anyone who leaked the secret would be immediately executed. Because of this harsh law, Italy dominated the mirror market for a full 156 years, and was finally banned by the French ambassador to Italy.
He went to great lengths to smuggle the mirror technician back and successfully stole the secret recipe.
The mirror Yun Shang took out at this moment was far more exquisite than the mirrors made in Italy with tin foil and mercury. It would be surprising if such a thing appeared under the eyes of the young people of the Tang Dynasty who lived in the fourth year of Zhenguan, so it would not cause a sensation.
A girl nearby saw Lu Ying'er's expression changing and said curiously: "Ying'er, let me take a look at this glazed mirror."
Lu Ying'er, who had a complex expression, handed the mirror out, and it spread all over the place, and everyone's eyes changed when they looked at Lin Wanwan.
At first, the slaves on the other side said that this thing came from the Imperial Palace of the Western Regions, and everyone just thought that this country girl was talking nonsense. It can be seen that after seeing the true face of the Liuli Mirror in Lushan, everyone was convinced.
Except for the nobles in the palace, no one else could have such a good treasure. But how did this country girl get it? How could she become so rich? And she could use it as a polo jackpot so casually!
He was so arrogant that no one present could match him.
Which family of gods was the hermit who adopted her?
Lu Ying'er was silent for a long time, gritted her teeth, reached out to pick up the pearl and jade necklace hanging around her neck, and frightened her personal maid to exclaim: "Auntie, you can't help me!"
"Shut up!" Lu Ying'er glared at her, finally took off her Yingluo, raised it towards Lin Wanwan and said, "Your Western Region Glazed Mirror is certainly rare, but my Yingluo is no ordinary thing, by comparison."
"Okay." Lin Wanwan smiled faintly and sat leisurely in the pavilion. However, Xiao Ronghua and the others were extremely anxious. The game was too big this time. No matter they won or lost, they couldn't afford it.
Lin Wanwan said to Xiao Xianghua: "Cousins, don't be burdened, feel free to compete, I support you."
Xiao Xianghua turned to look at Lin Wanwan in the pavilion, pondered for a moment, nodded heavily and said, "I will do my best."
"So are we." Xiao Ronghua and others also expressed their opinions quickly.
Because the lottery jackpot is extremely valuable, this eight-person women's polo match, which was originally ordinary, became eye-catching.
Of the two teams, the red team is headed by Lu Ying'er, and there is also a young lady from the county Cheng family, and two noble daughters of local Qiantang gentry; the green team is headed by Xiao Xianghua, and the rest are all sisters of the Xiao family.
Lin Wanwan and Xiao Qingyu were sitting in the pavilion, while Yun Shang and Huanong were peeling walnuts for them. They were eating and watching the competition on the field with great interest.
Using a mirror worth over a hundred yuan to fish out a Yingluo made of mutton-fat jade and large pearls, she felt like she was getting an advantage no matter how she calculated it, so Lin Wanwan felt very relaxed.
The two teams on the field were going back and forth, it was very lively, and each had its own victory or defeat.
After watching for a while, Lin Wanwan suddenly said: "Why do Lu Ying'er's horses look so much taller than those of my cousins? We are at a great disadvantage."
Xiao Xianghua's maid covered her mouth and smiled: "Ms. Lin, the ladies in our family are riding donkeys instead of horses, so they are naturally shorter."
"Ah?" Lin Wanwan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, "That's it."
The information does say that when women played polo in the Tang Dynasty, most of them rode donkeys instead of horses. Compared with tall horses, donkeys were docile, petite, and easier to control.
A large number of relics were unearthed from the tomb of Cui, the wife of Boling County, including lead stirrups and donkey bones. Scholars have found that the donkeys in Cui's tomb were smaller in size, had abnormal movement patterns, and were well fed.
, supporting the inference that noble ladies in the Tang Dynasty played polo and rode donkeys.
Lin Wanwan couldn't tell the difference between a horse and a donkey at first, but after being reminded by the maid, she finally could tell the difference. The contrast in size between the two is quite obvious, but a tall horse is not necessarily stronger than a short donkey. In terms of maneuverability, and
With the cooperation of the owner, the donkeys on the field are even more powerful.
After half a stick of incense, it turned out that the Xiao sisters on the donkey were slightly better. The score was now three points for the red team and four points for the blue team.
"The women of the Tang Dynasty are not bad. They look so youthful and cheerful." Lin Wanwan commented slowly. When she was their age, she spent all day immersed in books, forgetting to eat and sleep in order to study hard, and studied hard.
Even if you do sports activities, you are still trying to score points.
At this moment, a sudden change occurred, and the daughter of the gentry in the red team suddenly pulled the reins of the horse and rushed straight towards Xiao Xianghua.
Lin Wanwan stood up suddenly, her heart skipping a beat.
It was too late, but it was too soon. Xiao Xianghua suddenly used his luck and avoided the collision at the moment. However, because the turning point was too big, he couldn't hold back his strength for a moment. In the end, he staggered and fell a few steps, including the man and the donkey.
Fell down.
Everyone on the sidelines rushed inward, but there was a "Bang!" from the other side, and the red team actually took this opportunity to come back, as if the accident here had not happened at all.