For such a noble person as His Highness Qin, calling Gu Qiancheng away at this time is certainly not for personal reasons!
Is it so obvious that His Highness Qin would do something like pretending to be a public servant for personal gain in front of others?
Qin Jiyan called Gu Qiancheng here alone to ask about purple gold soil. Purple gold soil mines are not difficult to check. All mines that are mined will be recorded by the government, but...
Qin Jiyan could guess without looking up that the purple gold soil used by the man behind the scenes to print the banknotes was definitely not mined from the soil mines recorded by the imperial court.
The mastermind behind the scenes can create such a big situation, so there is no reason for him to be negligent in such a small matter and expose a big clue for them to investigate.
Qin Jiyan took Gu Qiancheng to the study room where he worked, and ordered a secret guard to guard the door. Then he asked: "Is there any record in "Yi Guo Zhi", how many good purple gold earth mines are there? Where are they?"
Asking Gu Qiancheng about this kind of matter is more accurate than checking the geographical annals of Qin Dynasty.
"Zijin earth mine?" Gu Qiancheng was asked immediately. There are many records about gold, silver, iron ore and copper mines in "Yi Guo Zhi". As for the earth mine?
"My impression seems to be that there are some special earth mines near Yanxi. As for whether they are Zijin earth mines, I can't remember clearly." It's not that there is no record in "Yi Guo Zhi", but that Gu Qiancheng did not take it seriously.
Read the introduction to soil mining.
In Gu Qiancheng's impression, the only useful earth minerals are rare earth minerals. However, there is no introduction of rare earths in "Yi Guo Zhi". As for other earth minerals?
Gu Qiancheng knew how to use clay to make porcelain, but as for purple gold clay?
If His Highness Qin hadn't just mentioned it, she wouldn't have known that the ink used at this time was extracted from purple gold soil.
Having no knowledge is terrible!
Seeing Gu Qiancheng like this, Qin Jiyan no longer had much hope, "I'll send someone to Yanxi to check." In Qin Jiyan's impression, there seemed to be records of purple gold soil being discovered in Yanxi.
However, it was abandoned because the soil quality was too poor.
"I'm not sure. I only took a glance at it and didn't remember it carefully." Gu Qiancheng looked like a child who made a mistake, lowering his head to admit his mistake.
She memorized all of "Yi Guo Zhi" at that time, and of course she also memorized the ones related to earth and mines, but because she felt that earth and mines were not important, so...
I didn’t bother to remember it later, and I forgot about it as time went by.
"It's okay. I just sent someone to check it out. It won't delay the business. People from the Six Gates will also check." Qin Jiyan would not let the people from the Six Gates idle.
Gu Qiancheng thought about it again, but still couldn't figure it out. He said a little depressed: "I will think about it carefully when I go back. I should have memorized it at the time, but I forgot about it as time went by."
"It's good if you can remember it. If you can't remember it, let the people from the six gates look for it." Qin Jiyan saw Gu Qiancheng's sad face and immediately mentioned other things to divert Gu Qiancheng's attention.
"What's that magnifying glass of yours about?" His Highness Qin was quite interested in this thing.
"That one? I made it out of transparent glass. It's very simple..."
Gu Qiancheng did not hide his secrets and simply explained the principle of a magnifying glass. In order to let His Highness Qin understand that a magnifying glass is not a difficult thing, Gu Qiancheng used an analogy of water droplets.
"You can also magnify the writing by looking at it through water droplets. The effect of a magnifying glass and water droplets is actually the same. There is nothing special about it."
It's not special in Gu Qiancheng's opinion, but...
Who is able to polish a magnifying glass after eating enough to see magnified writing through water droplets?
In Qin Jiyan's opinion, only Gu Qiancheng could be so boring. Of course, His Highness Qin would never say this to Gu Qiancheng. If Gu Qiancheng knew what he was thinking, he would probably be followed by Qiancheng.
Kicked off the bed!
Gu Qiancheng had an appointment with the Feng family today. Qin Jiyan saw that the time was about the same, so he asked Gu Qiancheng to change clothes. Then he sent someone to take Gu Qiancheng to the Feng family, and at the same time explained: "I will have someone pick you up.
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Although Feng Sijin is not here, we still need to be careful.
Gu Qiancheng specially brought a set of clothes for the Feng family's banquet, and was about to ask his servants to pick them up. Before he could speak, he heard a knock on the door: "Your Highness, Miss Gu's clothes have been delivered."
"Come in." Gu Qiancheng didn't think much, thinking that Qin Jiyan had asked someone to get her clothes. But when she saw the bundle the secret guard put on the table, she realized that these were not the clothes she had prepared.
Gu Qiancheng raised his eyebrows and looked at Qin Jiyan, "Did you prepare it?"
"The old housekeeper asked someone to prepare it for you, try it." Qin Jiyan smiled and nodded towards Gu Qiancheng.
"Why did the old butler prepare clothes for me?" Gu Qiancheng asked in confusion. His Highness Qin lied without blinking: "I'm afraid you just returned to the capital and don't know the fashion in the capital."
"Really?" Gu Qiancheng looked suspicious, but Qin Jiyan didn't look like he was lying, so he held his clothes in doubt and went to change behind the screen.
Gu Qiancheng thought there was something wrong with the clothes at first, but when she opened it, she found that it was nothing special. At most, the workmanship was more exquisite, and the fabric looked better than what she was wearing.
Gu Qiancheng, who had never studied fabrics, had no idea that the dress in her hand was made of the colorful brocade silk that was presented as a tribute today.
The output of colorful brocade silk is extremely low. There are only three pieces in the entire Qin Dynasty today, and all three pieces were given to Qin Jiyan by the emperor.
As soon as Gu Qiancheng wears this outfit, anyone with eyes will understand...
The clothes were just ordinary styles, Gu Qiancheng could wear them by himself, and found nothing unusual. Gu Qiancheng, dressed generously, wore colorful brocade silk that could only be found in Prince Qin's palace.
"Not bad, it looks good." Qin Jiyan nodded with satisfaction and asked people to send Gu Qiancheng to the Feng family.
Only when he puts on these clothes and goes to the Feng family can he feel at ease!
Gu Qiancheng saw Qin Jiyan smiling like a fox, and felt fuzzy in her heart. She always felt that the clothes she was wearing were wrong, but she looked carefully several times and found nothing unusual. In the end, she could only attribute it to the progress of the case of missing money from the treasury.
His Highness Qin was extremely happy.
The colorful brocade silk is a famous offering, so it naturally has its own uniqueness. The clothes are not visible indoors, but once you go outdoors, you will find that as people move around, "colorful water patterns" will appear on the hem of the clothes.
Water streaks are an exaggeration, but are actually caused by visual differences caused by light. However, it is a pity that the owner of the clothes cannot see it, because the "colorful water streaks" will only appear behind the hem of the clothes.
Fortunately, when Jing Yan came to look for Qin Jiyan, he saw Gu Qiancheng's figure walking away. Jing Yan, who was sharp-eyed, noticed that the clothes were colorful brocade clouds, and he also knew that the owner of the figure was Gu Qiancheng.
"Sure enough, we are getting closer and closer to Qin Jiyan." Jing Yan's eyes dimmed, and he felt sadness and regret that he didn't know he had in his heart...
However, what right does a person like him have to regret?
Jing Yan took another look at the direction Gu Qiancheng was leaving. He looked away before the people watching him noticed. He tried his best to ignore the discomfort in his heart, raised a calm and calm smile, and walked towards Qin Jiyan's study.
He had to get out of the six doors as soon as possible, otherwise everything he had done before would be in vain!