That beautiful kingfisher was already very vivid, but this portrait of a person shocked Qiao Qing even more.

In this era, painters generally value gods over shapes. In many cases, portraits of people drawn by painters are actually very different from real people.

Like Qiao Qing, few painters can paint her charm. This is normal. Most of the beauties that Qiao Qing has seen are not as good-looking as real people.

Qiao Qing thinks that this may be the aesthetic difference between her and this era. Although she has the memory of the former prince, she is also affected by certain memories, but she and the Qi Dynasty painters have been separated for more than a thousand years. Their morality There are certain differences in the values ​​and aesthetics.

But after seeing this carved painting, Qiao Qing feels that any aesthetic difference is bullshit.

The works of real masters span thousands of years, and they will still shock and look good after thousands of years.

If such a boutique is placed a thousand years later, I would like to be able to auction a high price of several hundred million yuan, Qiao Qing thinks so, and looks like an artist who has created such a great work of art.

Unlike those artists with tousled hair, Yanyu itself is a perfect work of art. In this era of no ps, no plastic surgery, no makeup and sorcery, nature's supernatural craftsmanship has created such an ingenious face.

Yanyu's sleeping face was very quiet. Qiao Qing stared at him for a while, feeling that his eyes and heart had been cleansed like a spring breeze.

Although the other party did not show exhaustion, if you look closely, you can still find the faint dark circles under the other party's eyes.

Obviously the other party spent time sculpting some mahjong for so long, but her portrait. Just looking at the fineness of the two works, you know that Yanyu's emotional and dedication to the two is completely incomparable.

She silently put the mahjong board away, then put it into the pocket inside her sleeve openly.

Anyway, Yanyu has this craftsmanship, as well as raw materials, as long as there is time to make another pair, this uses her portrait rights, and must be confiscated.

When Yanyu woke up again, there was no sign of Qiao Qing by his side. Asking again, the emperor had already left the National Teacher's Palace.

Qiao Qing originally had government affairs in his hands, and it could be said that it was a matter of day-to-day management. On weekdays, all kinds of political affairs were backlogged and he was very busy. It was quite difficult to spend two days in his national teacher's house.

Yan Yu felt a little regretful in her heart, she should wake up earlier instead of listening to Qiao Qing's words and going to sleep.

But he cheered up quickly, now is not the time to lose, he should make that deck of cards as soon as possible.

He went to get Qiao Qing's calligraphy, and then learned that she had also taken away all the stick figures that Qiao Qing drew yesterday.

Compared with the delicate artworks, her paintings are of kindergarten level, and they are simply unsightly. It is better to take them away so as not to suffer a blow.

But she remembered that Yanyu's memory was very good, even if she took it away, the other party should be able to reproduce it perfectly.

Qiao Qing took the two finished mahjongs yesterday along with the drawing paper. Fortunately, he did not lose the other one he had carved before.

Yanyu sighed, put his hand into his sleeve, and touched the hidden object. As a result, he felt empty when he touched it, and his face turned pale.

The puppets who stayed in this shop yesterday were only puppets who could only work, could not speak, and were unaware. Yanyu immediately went out and asked about the entry and exit of the National Teacher's House yesterday, and confirmed that only the emperor had been here.

Most likely, the emperor found his deck of cards and then took away his jade cards.

Should he be happy or sad.

Yanyu's face was red for a while and white for a while, and his emotions fluctuated like a tide, rising and falling.

After that, his mood calmed down, and he decided to make multiple pieces according to the pieces Qiao Qing said, each with a portrait of Qiao Qing.

He wants to make two copies of these things, give one to Qiao Qing, and keep one for himself.

It should be the emperor’s birthday in a few days. This is the second birthday of the emperor when the two of them met. When he first entered Miyagi a year ago, the gift to the emperor was only twelve golden statues.

Although the statues are exquisite in shape and invaluable, they have no intentions at all and are really too perfunctory.

This time I am going to do it myself. Jade statues can be made, gold ones can also be cast, and silver ones can be made as well, as long as Qiao Qing likes it.

Qiao Qing sneezed, then hurriedly copied those drawings, and quickly sent them out, letting the craftsmen under her work overtime to make them, and then, as usual, in the same way other people presented treasures, Sent to her palace.

In the more than a year since Qiao Qing took office, many novelties have been added to this palace, but in order to make money for those high-ranking officials and nobles, they generally would not make this thing invented by himself.

After all, the emperor plays with these strange and ingenious tricks, it is not doing business properly.

Some people may buy these things to please her, but they also have a bit of prejudice against these gadgets.

It is useless to get the title of an inventor emperor. It is Qiao Qing's goal to go to the city to market, and to permeate these gadgets quietly into thousands of households and earn everyone's money.

Moreover, these things were not originally invented by her, but Qiao Qing stood on the wisdom of her ancestors and arranged for people to make things. She did not have the shame to take the credit.

After arranging these things, Qiao Qing began to flip through various financial reports this year.

Winter is about to enter, and this year's taxes have been collected, probably because Qiao Qing's position is more stable than in the first year, and the people below dare not fool her easily.

Coupled with the smooth weather this year and the reform of the financial sector, many of the originally silly accounts have been forcibly filled in. The officials who served him have reduced their staff. After increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, the treasury's account has almost doubled this year.

The money entered into the account last year was not too much, but it is already quite a remarkable achievement to be able to grow close to 100%.

If you want to reach such a level next year, you must increase overall productivity, and military expenditure is a very large expenditure.

In order to guarantee the rights of the royal family, she spent a lot of money on her private army this year.

The Army of the Southwest The Army of the Northwest is like two big pockets that are not filled up. You take a bite and I eat a lot of her money.

Fortunately, Qiao Qing also opened many shops and factories in his own name in private.

Of course, there are no large factories in this era, only various private workshops.

What cloth houses, tea shops, wine shops, clothing shops.

Many things are supplied to the army, and the price of the goods is only cost. Qiao Qing asked him to sign an order with his private industry, and while making money from the court, he could also ensure that he would guarantee the quality.

It is that the court officials want to be greedy, and she will be notified as soon as possible.

Like some industries where oil and water can be fished, Qiao Qing basically closed one eye for some officials' oil and water fishing behavior. As long as the other party is within the controllable range by default, she will not pursue this matter.

The encouragement of Liangxiu Qingfeng is certainly to be encouraged, but for a considerable number of officials, these salaries are simply not enough. Their usual cost of food and clothing plus the management of up and down to maintain the network of relations.

People from two sides stared at her, so that nothing shoddy would happen to the important materials.

Qiao Qing used an abacus to calculate an account for herself. Without spending from the treasury, her personal income alone would be able to feed the entire southwest and northwest army.

She breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she set aside a certain amount of money to make clothes for the children of Jishantang.

Cotton is very limited now, and it is unrealistic for a person like the palace to send out a few sets of clothes.

You must know that even in Miyagi, the ladies of the palace who serve high-ranking officials can only get a thick winter coat a year, which can be obtained by grade. According to Gao Fu, the kind of humble eunuchs are There is no such treatment.

However, they will always find ways to keep warm, such as rubbing the emperor Qiao Qing and the floor heating in the Queen's Palace.

The earth dragon consumes a lot of resources, that is, the emperor can afford it.

Generally, noble ladies burn charcoal, and the silver charcoal and other things that are issued are still limited, and they must be strictly in accordance with the quota set in the palace.

Qiao Qing thought for a while, it was enough for everyone to make a thick padded jacket and add some coats such as coarse cloth.

Although winter clothes cannot be provided for the poor seniors, but this year the weather is good and the food is cheaper. She still ordered these people to move more, eat something when they are hungry, and be stronger, so that they can rely on a strong body. Against the cold.

The students she raised with so much money must not be weak scholars who can't carry them on their shoulders and hands. They must develop comprehensively in moral, intellectual, physical, and artistic.

Qiao Qing enthusiastically added notes and new arrangements, and Gao Fu came in again and sent her a letter.

This letter came from the northwest border, which is now under Hu Duan's jurisdiction.

Hu Duan wrote a lot of headlines in the letter this time. The first sentence is to thank the emperor for thinking about his lifelong events. Now he has embraced the beauty and wants to set the wedding date.

Princess Renxing used to be an orphan, but now she is the righteous sister of the emperor, and the righteous daughter of the Empress Dowager. Naturally, her marriage can't be decided by herself, and she can't have sexual relations without beauty.

In this letter, Hu Duan asked his Majesty to marry the princess.

Generally speaking, Princess Shang’s husband means that she has no real power, but Princess Renxing is a righteous daughter after all, not a royal bloodline, and has the emperor’s encouragement, so he naturally has no scruples.

Qiao Qing thinks about the image of Hu Duan, a handsome guy, although not as beautiful as Princess Renxing, but for the princess Renxing born in this era, Hu Duan is a reliable husband-in-law candidate.

Things developed according to Qiao Qing's vision, and she naturally picked up a pen and wrote a quasi-character.

Unexpectedly, the first share of money she handed over in her life in another world was actually given to Hu Duan.

Hu Duan is the first case, but there will be a second case and a third case. The excitement is theirs, and she has nothing.

The emperor's concubine is not called a big marriage at all. Qiao Qing somewhat wants to marry a queen, and she also wants to collect money.