The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty Chapter 159: Bamboo forest listening to Zen jar

Renzong promised Yunyan to return, and sent the green turtle as a national gift. Yun Yan told Zheng Ling that this is a great opportunity, and you must choose a healthy one with long hair and a beautiful body.

Zheng Ling said in confusion: "A beautiful body...?"

Yunyan replied: "Well... big."

Zheng Ling nodded, "Okay!"

Now their business is still being released in batches, and they have not yet been sold in large quantities, but a lot of them have been farmed and stocked. Zheng Ling went back and ordered someone to take an inventory and choose a healthy big green turtle to send as a national gift.

At this time, people from Honglu Temple also came to connect with Yunyan Hui, and they were responsible for preparing the gifts they brought in the past.

"Are we to choose the container for the turtle, or do you buy it yourself?" asked the person from Honglu Temple.

Because Zheng Ling is their old colleague, and Zheng Ling has a share of the business, they also opened a hole. After all, this green-haired turtle is privately provided, maybe they will have their own ideas, and the packaging will be more delicate and distinctive.

Only after saying this, Yun Yan was reminded to return.

If a plain water tank is loaded and shipped to the Liao Kingdom, it will inevitably lose its color. But how beautiful can a water tank be? How can it not reflect the characteristics of the green-haired turtle.

And if the turtle is fished out, the green algae on its back won't look as good as when it floats in the water.

"I'll prepare, but please allow me to think about it." After Yun Yan returned, he racked his brains and thought about it for a few days, but he couldn't figure out how to pack it. He still wanted to be perfect.

The Liao Kingdom is very much advocating Buddhism, and Yun Yanhui even considered whether to engrave Buddhist scriptures on the water tank, but this seems to be a bit wrong.

Yun Yan Hui simply went out.

Shuangyi was the only one at home, saw him go out and asked, "Where is Brother Yan going?"

Yunyan replied: "I will go to Daxiangguo Temple to find inspiration!"

Yunyan went straight to the Daxiangguo Temple, found it, and hugged his thigh, "Master, give me some inspiration!"

Understand: "Huh?"

Yun Yan replied: "Calculate how I should pack the green turtle!"

Understand: "..."

Learn and speechless: "Fortune-telling is not a panacea. You can't rely on calculations for everything, people calculate, can you calculate by the sky?"

Yunyan stood up with a pouted mouth, "I'm a bit stuck and don't know what to do."

Knowledge stroked his head and said, "Let's take a walk in the temple and pay homage to the Buddhas in each temple, maybe it will give you some inspiration."

Yunyan thought about it too, so she calmed down and walked around the temple, offering incense to the temples and greeting the brothers in the temple. As soon as he left, he went to his own house.

Yunyan sat back on the verandah, reaching out and brushing Beibei's hair, a breeze blew, and the leaves in the bamboo forest rustled.

A piece of green is reflected in front of my eyes, and bamboo shoots are springing up, which is the season to eat bamboo shoots...

Yun Yanhui's thoughts quickly pulled back from the roasted bamboo shoots. Looking at the dense bamboo, he suddenly had an idea in his heart, "I know what to do!"

Yunyan couldn't help but shouted in response, but only Bei Bei could hear him and looked at him blankly.

Yunyan jumped out of the yard, knocked on Beibei and kissed, "Haha, I know how to pack it."

This bamboo forest gave Yunyan back inspiration. He found a Dashi businessman who helped find dogs and gave manicures before. This Dashi businessman was in the glass business, and Yun Yanhui wanted to order the glassware from him. .

Although there are also workshops making glazed ware in the Song Dynasty, the glazed ware of Dashi is the most transparent.

Yun Yanhui wanted to create a transparent glass jar. To reflect the green-haired turtle, of course, a glass jar is the best, but it will inevitably be troublesome when transporting.

However, fortunately, the Song Dynasty also had some fragile utensils as a gift to the state, so he was always very careful, and the shockproof has always been well done.

Yun Yanhui also thought about it before, it would be better to use a glass tank, but the empty tank is not as good as the simple water tank, which is in line with the aesthetics of this time.

But now, Yun Yanhui has an idea, that is, aquatic plants landscaping.

He is going to create a landscape in a glass tank. A colleague of Yun Yanhui used to like to play with aquatic plants to create landscapes. In the tank, he used wooden roots, aquatic plants, sand, stones and other things to display natural scenery. Canyons, forests, mountains... all kinds of scenery can be presented.

For decoration and to clean up unsightly algae, various fish are raised. At first, Yunyan went back to his house and saw a large group of fish in the tank, as well as crabs, snails, etc. He thought he liked raising fish, but after understanding it, he realized that he was actually playing in a water plant tank.

If you build such a water plant tank and put green turtles in it, it must complement each other.

And, in the future, you can also design more and sell it with the green turtle.

Yun Yanhui chatted with the food merchant for a long time, and learned that it took him a long time to order, but, as Yun Yanhui said, the purity is high, and there is no fancy cylinder shape in the shape Glassware, their craftsmen have burned them in their daily practice, and they never thought of selling them.

Yunyan returned to the rejoicing and bought the glass jar. Although it was not as pure as the modern one, it was still very good, so they agreed to order a batch.

The businessman of Dashi didn't expect the good relationship he forged in the past, and now he still has business, and he is very happy.

Time is not enough. If you are serious about landscaping, you will have to wait for the water plants to grow up. Fortunately, Yunyan recalls this scene, which is very simple and doesn't take long. Basically, you don't have to wait until the water is clear That's it.

Yunyan fiddled with it for a few days, built the scene, and put the green turtle selected by Zheng Ling in it, and the effect was really good.

Zheng Ling was shocked when he saw it, "Brother Yan, this is really...really..."

There is no way to describe it as beautiful. The scene is actually very simple, but he was just taken aback.

And I've never seen a decoration method like this before. It's a bit like putting the real estate model made by Yan Geer into a water tank - this can also be used!

I want Zheng Ling to say that this and the green-haired turtle they are selling are a natural pair, they set off each other, and raised each other's worth!

If this packaging method is used, the price of green turtles will inevitably increase in the future.

"You think it's not bad, right? That's good, I'll show it to the officials." After all, this is what Yun Yanhui applied to Renzong, and he went to show Renzong's eyes to prove that his products were not just for the embassy. The forceful style also plays its own role.

Yun Yanhui moved the glass jar to the palace to show Renzong.

He also specially asked Kaifeng House f4 to help, and then the glass jar was moved to the palace smoothly.

Yun Yanhui put the glass jar on a table, and the sunlight came in from outside the door, and strands of light were reflected in the jar.

Renzong came in from the back of the hall and saw the front of the glass jar at a glance, and his footsteps stopped involuntarily.

"..." Renzong stared at the water tank intently, before slowly saying two words, "Wonderful."

The scenery in this water tank is very simple. The back wall of the tank is covered with a dark green background cloth. You can see through the transparent tank walls on the front and both sides. Some green little water plants.

In the background, there are bamboo poles standing in the sand and gravel, like a little bamboo forest - the upper part that is exposed to the outside of the tank is also fixed by steel wires to prevent them from falling. Occasionally there are spots on the bamboo body, adding a sense of simplicity and vicissitudes.

In the foreground, is a Buddha statue covered in moss, sitting on a gravel with his back to the "bamboo forest", his hands clasped together, his eyes lowered, and his face showing a state of compassion.

A green-haired tortoise swam lightly in the water, bringing up layers of water waves, shuttled through bamboo forests and Buddha statues, and the green hair on its back swayed in the water...

If you just look at the part in this vat, it will be like a world full of Zen. Green turtles swim in the bamboo forest with a soothing posture. Calm down too.

Yun Yanhui's colleagues liked the water plant tank with Buddhist elements and have made several. It can be complicated or very complicated, such as an ancient temple in a deep mountain. At present, this kind of bamboo is relatively simple, but it is very suitable for the current needs, so Yun Yanhui reproduced it.

Sure enough, everyone I've seen so far has highly recognized it.

Renzong admired it for a long time before he said, "I'm a little reluctant to ask you to give this away."

Although this water plant tank is easy to copy, it is obviously not so precious to make a second copy of the national gift sent out, and it does not conform to the style of Song people.

"Because the Liao Kingdom worships Buddha, I created such a scene. I plan to sell green turtles in the future to match such aquariums. I have already ordered a lot of glass water tanks. When that time comes, I will build a few more unique ones. Let’s make decorations for the official family.” Yun Yanhui would naturally not miss the opportunity to advertise, he wanted to send back a few more green-haired turtles to Renzong, but Renzong refused to accept them.

Renzong nodded this time, "Very good."

Yunyan replied: "It's just that it may take a little longer. I want to create a big scene, and I need to make the plants in the tank grow."

And this is not the same as modern times, which have a lot of tools to help build the biosphere in the aquarium, so presumably it will take longer. Yun Yanhui also does not have such high aesthetics. In addition to drawing on the successful experience of modern times, the design of the entire scene will still depend on Zheng Ling's art.

Renzong knew that good things had to be waited for, "It's okay, you can do it slowly." This kind of thing, elegant, novel, can show his mind.

Yunyan will go back there, and of course he will also use the advertisements on Renzong's side... ah no, the demand is the most important, and he will start to launch new products after helping him.

Yunyan returned to this water plant tank, only a few people saw it, so it was not widely circulated later, the shock of hearing and seeing it was still different, and it was even considered to be a real estate model, similar to children playing s things. Therefore, there were no major waves.

This tank was given a name by Renzong himself, called "Zhulin Listening to Zen".

The delegation from the Song Dynasty went to Liao, and they also specially learned how to feed green turtles, clean up the water weed tank, and took care of them when they arrived in Liao, and presented the gift list.

When Emperor Liao saw it, he didn't notice that the bamboo forest was listening to the Zen jar. He thought it was a utensil, but when he saw the words "Green-haired Turtle, a special product of Bianliang", he thought it was very funny. Why is the green-haired turtle It has become a specialty of Bianliang, right? Do you think the Liao people don't keep turtles?

The courtier introduced Emperor Liao, "I heard that there was a small official in Bianliang who got a green-haired turtle from the palace. After returning, he raised it with other turtles in the family. Unexpectedly, other turtles also grew up. Green hair, and the turtles put in later will be assimilated and grow green hair. Presumably because of this, they call it a special product of Bianliang.”

The green-haired turtle is not a special product of Bianliang, but the green-haired turtle grown in this strange way is of course a special product of Bianliang, and it is unique.

After hearing the story, Emperor Liao wanted to see this unusual green-haired turtle, so the palace people moved to the bamboo forest to listen to the Zen jar.

The Liao Emperor, as well as the other courtiers and palace servants who were serving him, took a breath when they saw a green-haired turtle swimming leisurely in the Zen jar in the bamboo forest, with a compassionate ancient Buddha behind him. Just feel shocked.

The introduced courtier said: "This is another realization. Bamboo forest listening to the Zen jar is one with the green turtle."

Two separate objects, yet one, both are precious.

The Liao Emperor was very close, and when he looked at the world in the tank, he was amazed and said sincerely: "Song people are really smart, we can't get out of Liao for such things."

This very thoughtful and very innovative gift was very fond of the Liao Emperor, and immediately ordered it to be placed in his bedroom.

Because of the love of the Liao Emperor, the Liao Kingdom has also developed a trend of opening tanks for landscaping and raising turtles.