Farmer sister: Escape from wilderness and farm with Lingquan space

The emperor at the top also looked unhappy.

Eunuch De's heart sank, and he quickly scolded:

"You two useless things! Didn't you have breakfast? You can't even lift such a small wicker basket!"

The two young eunuchs no longer cared to rub the swelling on their foreheads, and quickly knelt down and begged for mercy:

"Your Majesty, spare your life! Your Majesty, spare your life!"

"Okay, open the lid!"

The emperor rebuked impatiently.

The two young eunuchs quickly stood up, hurriedly untied the rattan strips wrapped around the basket and the lid, and lifted the lid.

Suddenly, pieces of agate and Xiuyan jade raw stones, which were larger than the palm and had only been roughly polished on the surface, emitted various colors of light.

The first and second rank officials who were nearby stretched their necks to look into the basket, and then began to whisper.

"So many jades! The quality is pretty good."

"Why are you putting such an expensive item in a broken rattan basket? Isn't this disrespectful to His Majesty?"

"Didn't you hear what the great doctor Qiao said? The Agate Country is a barbaric land, uncivilized, and there must be nothing there. They can only make a rattan basket to hold things."

"That makes sense. Hey, there's a little box on top! What's in it?"

The emperor sitting on the top also expressed his curiosity and winked at Eunuch De who then asked the young eunuch to open the box.

"Wow! Dongzhu! So many Dongzhu, how much are they worth?"

"Dongzhu is produced in our Great Yue. It is very rare. We can only get a few as a reward from the emperor. How could there be Dongzhu in their barbarian land?"

"No, it's not Dongzhu! I've only seen white and black Dongzhu, but I've never seen one with so many different colors, and it's even bigger than Dongzhu."

"Pearls this big and this beautiful can only be found in the treasures brought as tribute by foreign envoys, right? And there aren't that many of them. A few or a dozen would be great. A box this big must contain hundreds of pearls, right?"

"What a generous move! You even say that we are from a barbarian land, but we also know treasures."

At the top, the emperor was looking at the basket full of agate and jade and the box of large pearls of various colors with a delighted look on his face.

There are agates, jades and other things in this basket, and the quality is also good. They can be used to make many jewelry and ornaments, and they are also valuable.

But he was not too eager about it, after all, he had plenty in the national treasury and his own private treasury.

But pearls of this quality, and so many of them, with such beautiful colors, were something that even an emperor like him could not help but covet.

If this were used to reward concubines or ministers' families, it would be very important.

"Are these all produced in the Agate Country? Does your Agate Country have so many treasures?"

The emperor asked with interest.

Qiao Dajiang bowed and replied:

"There are only one or two islands in the Agate Kingdom that have jade mines. This is the largest and most beautiful batch that has been mined. People have carefully selected it. And these large colorful pearls can only be found in the deep sea. They are extremely rare. This is also the best box that can be collected on the island. I brought it here specially to present to the emperor. I hope the emperor likes it."

"Yes, I like it. I am very satisfied. The ruler of Agate is thoughtful!"

The emperor asked some more questions about the Agate Kingdom, and Qiao Dajiang answered them one by one.

Finally, the emperor asked curiously:

"I heard that the people of Manju and Dai Viet look very different. Why do the guards you brought with you look similar to Dai Viet? Could they also be Dai Viet?"

Qiao Dajiang didn't say anything. He turned his head and looked at his daughter. It would be better to let his daughter answer this question.

Qiao Ran stood up and said:

"Bama is indeed a native of Manjushri. Because of his strange appearance, I made him a mask to dress him up a little bit in case the emperor and the others are scared. If the emperor wants to see his true appearance, I will let him show his true face."

"Okay, I want to see how strange it is."

Qiao Ran nodded and gestured to Bama.

Under the curious gazes of the emperor and his ministers, Bama did not hesitate at all and simply reached out and took off the mask on his face.