Qing Dynasty: Pampering The Queen

Inside are some jewellery, pocket watches, perfume, music boxes, fans, hats, Western canvases, Western oil paintings, Western atlases, small decorations, exquisite toys and so on.

Mu Jin ordered someone to open it to have a look, liked it very much, picked a dozen or so pieces and kept them, and ordered Madam Yan to take the rest, and took the maids to share.

Concubines and children naturally have to share.

Sisi and Hongzhang had quite a few companion books, so there are only a few pieces left.

However, these are gadgets, delicate and exquisite, exotic, just for fun.

For example, perfume is still available in the Qing Dynasty. Guoshang has its own perfume workshop, and there are more than one.

Among them was a bracelet inlaid with diamonds and rubies. The shape of olive branches and leaves was neat and delicate. Mu Jin specially ordered someone to take it out. This bracelet is very suitable for Sisi, and the little girl will definitely like it.

Mu Jin was really surprised when she looked through the tribute list.

Master Jiu brought back a lot of good things this trip!

There are no fewer than hundreds of gemstone and pearl jewelry. More that has never been inlaid.

There are also a dozen sets of the whole set, including three sets of diamonds and three crowns with jewels.

There are more than 30 large chiming bells of various shapes, some of which are as high as five stories, almost as tall as a grown man.

There are also all kinds of gold utensils, fine spices, famous paintings, artworks, medicinal materials, and cloth.

She wondered, when the Western Gardens were built in the Old Summer Palace, did they build a large museum-like place by the way? Used to collect some famous products.

That’s all for the rest, just these jewels, Mu Jin felt that if they were sold off, it would not be a problem to support the various research experiments of those people in the Baigong Institute and let them spend more than five years without any pressure!

Master Jiu is really capable!

The two seagoing ships came home full of all kinds of western goods, and the firm that had registered with the Shibuya Yamen before went to pick up the goods with the original vouchers.

All elated.

The sales of Western goods in the Qing Dynasty were still very good. In the past, the quantity was very small, and they were often snapped up as soon as they went on the market. It will take at least several years for this lack of state to be basically alleviated.

After all, ocean trade is not so easy to do. It takes a full year to go on a ship this year and return next year.

Therefore, merchants who get this batch of goods don't have to worry about sales at all.

And other merchants saw that the imperial court was really going to open the sea trade, and they couldn't grab the top spot, so they couldn't let go of the next step, and they all inquired at the Yamen of the Shipping Department.

Some want to buy goods, and some sell their own silk, porcelain, tea and other things.

The yamen of the Shibo Department became lively for a while.

In the past few days, Da Gege still goes to the palace to accompany Concubine Qi every day.

Not long after returning to Bai's house this afternoon, Mrs. Bai ordered someone to ask Da Gege to talk.

Big Ge quickly passed by.

She, Ge Ge, is really treated like a daughter-in-law in the Bai family, not Ge Ge. Otherwise, Mrs. Bai would go to her in person, why would she send someone to call her over?

She was generous enough to have no problem with that.

Not only did he have no opinion, but he also cooperated quite well.

"Mother, you are looking for me!" Da Gege entered the room and opened his mouth with a smile.

Mrs. Bai didn't expect her to come over so quickly, she hurriedly asked her to sit down: "Sit down quickly, it's a little thing, I want to ask your opinion."