The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

After returning home, the things were packed up yesterday.

Xiao Tao followed him back to the manor, while Shitou stayed in Chang'an for the time being, staying in the palace to wait for the mistress's dispatch. If there was anything, whether it was going to the palace or going back to the manor to deliver letters and run errands, he would be needed.

As for Li Shao, she would stay in Chang'an for a while, and it was not certain when she would go to the manor. Anyway, she would have her own arrangements at that time, and Li Fu would not ask too much.

Because it was also seen in the past two days that Li Shao, in addition to gathering with her childhood friends, was also seriously integrating into the circle of noble ladies in Chang'an.

Last year, there was no such opportunity. She had just got married and went to the manor last year, and Li Fu was not in Chang'an. She was in charge of the whole family, and because she had just taken over many affairs of the Jingyang Palace, she was not very skilled and did not fully understand them. She was focused on how to manage this big family.

By this year, after more than a year of training, I have already figured out the big and small things at home. Now I am familiar with handling many things, and I have more free time. There is no reason not to get in touch with people in these circles.

These days, Li Shao took advantage of the polo match at the arena, and got together with his friends. Then, through them, he kept in touch with and got to know other women of the same age in Chang'an City, and even older women of the same generation.

The backyard of Jingyang Palace finally has someone who can walk and socialize in the circle of women in Chang'an City.

In the past, the ladies of the noble families in Chang'an City wanted to get in touch with Jingyang Palace, but they had no way.

Getting in touch with Jingyang Palace, on the big level, can pave more roads for their own masters, and on the small level, it means that Jingyang Palace has so many industries in Chang'an City, and it is inevitable that they will have to deal with them in the future.

At present, there are more and more people in Chang'an City. Many families want to buy shops in busy places. As a result, they sent people to inquire. Where are the shops for sale in good locations or even medium locations in Chang'an City?

Those real estates and shops that no one cared about before, now they are all owned by owners.

They were all bought two years ago.

After inquiring through various channels, I found out that these real estates, shops, land and so on were bought by the Jingyang Palace.

Speaking of it, I have to admire their foresight.

In those days, the land, real estates and shops in Chang'an City were not worth much.

Now it is different. The price is getting higher day by day.

More and more people come to Chang'an City, and more and more people want to stay in Chang'an City. There are even more caravan merchants traveling to Chang'an City, doing business of all sizes, whether they are from other places in the Tang Dynasty or from the Western Regions outside the Great Wall. There are countless.

Walking on Zhuque Street, foreign countries and foreigners from outside the Great Wall are everywhere, which is not surprising at all.

The officials of the Imperial Household Department went to the Craftsmanship Bureau to find Yan Lide and wanted to ask Yan Lide for drawings.

"Drawings? What drawings?" Yan Lide wondered: "Why do you people from the Imperial Household Department want drawings?"

Yan Lide looked at the officials of the Imperial Household Department with suspicion, his face unhappy.

"Young Master Yan, it's like this, the envoys from Japan want some drawings of the buildings of the Tang Dynasty to take back for study."

The official of the Imperial Household Department explained.

"There are so many houses on the street, not enough for them to see? Go ask those who build houses for drawings, why ask me?" Yan Lide frowned.

He would not give out the drawings, let alone such an important building drawing of the arena, even other drawings in the Craftsmanship Bureau, as long as he Yan Lide can control them, don't think about taking them away.

Give it back to the Japanese?

Don't even think about it, it's a sin to think about it!

Don't think he doesn't know what those Japanese people are thinking.

They would think that since they live in Chang'an and are envoys sent by Japan, they have the opportunity to get all kinds of information.

No! No chance at all!

"Why are you glaring at me?"

"Don't say those nonsense. Although I am approachable, tall and handsome, are just a few Japanese envoys worth our Tang Dynasty's attention?"

"A pheasant wants to get the air of a phoenix?"

"You are an official of the Tang Dynasty, not an official of their Japanese envoys."

"You even ran to the Craftsman's Office to ask for drawings! What do you think?"

"What kind of drawings are in the Craftsman's Office? Don't you have any idea?!"

The official of the Imperial Household Department was scolded by Yan Lide.

Yan Lide also looked down on the man in front of him.

What's wrong with him? He helped the Japanese to come here to ask for drawings.As an official of the Tang Dynasty, don't you know what the Director of Craftsmanship does?

If there is any problem, how many people in his nine clans will be involved?

The Director of Craftsmanship is the one who works for the palace.

It is a place that is specifically in charge of palace construction. What kind of drawings are here? Other people in the Tang Dynasty cannot look at them at will, let alone Japanese?

Going to the Director of Craftsmanship to ask for drawings, your head must have been taken off and used as a polo for a few games before being put back together, right?

Idiot, right?

"This! You!" The official of the Imperial Household Department was so embarrassed by such a face-to-face attack that he looked unhappy.

"What do you mean?" Yan Lide slapped the table with a slap, which scared everyone.

"I'm telling you, scolding you is too light. You think I'm scolding you, but I'm saving you!" Yan Lide angrily scolded, "Before you came, you didn't even use your brain to think about what the Craftsmanship Bureau is and what it does. You came here to ask for drawings? What drawings do you want? Where are the drawings in the Craftsmanship Bureau from?"

"Can the drawings in the Craftsmanship Bureau be passed on to others? Even officials of the Tang Dynasty court can't see them. Who the hell are you? You're asking for them to show them to the Japanese and want them to use them for reference. If anything happens in the palace, it's all my fault. On your head! Because it was you! You took the blueprint out and leaked it!"

"Also, in addition to the blueprint, the Artisan Supervisor is also responsible for the production of gold, jade, pearls, rhinoceros and elephant treasures and exquisite utensils in the palace, embroidery of gauze and satin, and the creation of various exotic utensils.

This is the Artisan Supervisor, who works for the palace. Can these things be put outside the palace? Can people outside the palace use them?"

"Wakoku? What is Wakoku? What level are they? They use the same things as the nobles in our Tang Dynasty palace."

Yan Lide angrily criticized the officials of the Imperial Household Department for being brainless.

And this time, the officials of the Imperial Household Department finally realized the seriousness of the problem.

Sweat seeped out of his forehead in an instant.