Chapter 611 The Heart of the Ocean
"Hey, what's this all called? It was clearly done by the emperor, but we were asked to do the two of us to do the things we had to do. It's really." Zhang Nan can only describe it as "I can't bear to live a life."
"Yes, but the father has sent all the letters back. If we don't do it, it will be a dead end." Li Chengqian also looked desperate.
"What else can we do? Let's go to the Queen now and tell me, by the way, what does the Queen like? Should we prepare in advance and make the Queen happy first? Maybe when we are talking about this, the Queen may not be so angry." Zhang Nan said.
"Let me think about it, by the way, my mother likes a kind of orchid in the mountains the most. Every time I encounter that orchid, my mother will be happy for a long time." Li Chengqian clapped his hands and said.
After hearing this, Zhang Nan looked dark.
"It's easy for you to say. In this winter, where can I find orchids? Think about it again." Zhang Nan said.
"Uh, then I'll think about it again."
Li Chengqian thought for a long time before finally saying, "Apart from orchids like that, my mother likes only jewelry. Although my mother lives very frugal, I know she still likes beautiful jewelry."
As soon as he heard that Empress Changsun liked jewelry, Zhang Nan knew that this was easy to deal with. Then Zhang Nan reached out to Li Chengqian.
"Master Zhang, what are you doing?" Li Chengqian asked with a strange look on his face.
"Give it money, why do I get you jewelry if I don't give it to you?" Zhang Nan said as if he was taken for granted.
"Does it cost money to get jewelry? Let's just go to the inner warehouse to get two pieces?"
"If you don't say you are stupid, how can your mother not recognize the jewelry in Neiku? Besides, how can those jewelry make your mother happy? So you'd better give me some money and I'll get you a jewelry that will ensure that the queen is satisfied." Zhang Nan said.
"This... what do you want, Master Zhang? I don't have much money now. The East Palace is so poor."
Zhang Nan naturally knew that Li Chengqian didn't have much money. If he was the one he used to, there might be some small treasurys. After all, Li Chengqian spent tens of thousands of dollars to collect those Turkic things.
However, from the perspective of Li Chengqian's lifestyle, he is quite frugal.
"Just tell me how much you have." Zhang Nan didn't want to report an exaggerated price at once to scare Li Chengqian. After all, the money spent on the expedition this time was given to Lao Li, and Zhang Nan's debt was still very clear. Whoever owes the money would pay back. Lao Li would have to pay back the money he owed by himself. For Xiao Li, Zhang Nan just charged a little interest.
"To be honest, Master Zhang, I only have 5,000 guan here, which is all saved up by every article I usually do. Don't take it all away. If you take it all away, my Eastern Palace will have to borrow money to live." Li Chengqian said with a sad face.
"How could you take it all? In this way, you can get me a thousand guan first. When the captives of Goguryeo come back, we will build a gambling horse farm. At that time, I will sell you a little bit of your share, and your Eastern Palace will not be so difficult." Zhang Nan casually pulled a blank check for Li Chengqian.
Unexpectedly, Li Chengqian believed it.
"Really? Mr. Zhang of the betting horse farm, are you really willing to give me some stocks?"
Li Chengqian's internal affairs are already very good now. As for economic issues, Li Chengqian is also very good at it. Li Chengqian has actually discussed the profits of the gambling horse farm with his third brother, Li Ke. The result of the discussion is that this gambling horse farm is definitely a sure profit without losing money.
So Li Chengqian had long wanted to participate in a group, but there was no news about this gambling horse farm, so Li Chengqian wanted to make money was put on hold.
Zhang Nan also thought it very clearly. Anyway, if the gambling horse farm is built, it will definitely be a big deal for the royal family. After all, the cake needs to be eaten together to be stable. If Zhang Nan eats it alone, Zhang Nan knows that he will definitely not be able to eat it.
So after giving the cake to Comrade Li Er, how to divide it will be Comrade Li Er’s own business.
Zhang Nan and Li Chengqian each made their own plans and reached the deal.
Soon, Li Chengqian asked the palace servants to withdraw a thousand guan of money from his Eastern Palace treasury and gave it to Zhang Nan. Zhang Nan was not polite and directly collected the money and exchanged it for points. Then Zhang Nan slowly searched the system. After watching for a long time, Zhang Nan selected a copy of the Heart of the Ocean.
In fact, diamonds are arranged in a certain order of carbon atoms. According to the raw materials, they are not worth much, but they are scaryly expensive. Fortunately, Zhang Nan buys things in the system rather than in a jewelry store.
Therefore, the artificial diamonds in the system are fairly priced, and they are within Zhang Nan's tolerance range.
The diamond exchanged by Zhang Nan is the legendary Heart of the Ocean.
This dark blue large Tanzanite, also known as "Hope", can be said to be a more famous diamond in the entire world history. It not only has a beautiful appearance, but also has a difficult life experience and the bad luck it brings to every owner. It can be said that it also adds a lot of color to this diamond.
This diamond can be found in total, but none of these seven people ended up being a good end.
The first owner was French explorer and jeweler Tavimil, who was finally bitten to death by a wild dog during the expedition.
The second owner was Louis XIV, the French king, but he had to be burping with smallpox just once.
The third master was Louis XV. Although he vowed not to wear this diamond and gave it to his mistress, the mistress was sent to the guillotine during the French Revolution.
The fourth master was Louis XVI and his queen. In the end, Louis XVI and his queen also died in the vigorous French Revolution.
The subsequent masters, Türkiye's Sultan Hamid II, and McLan, the postal director of Washington, USA, did not get any good results in the end.
However, Zhang Nan doesn't believe these. These are all feudal superstitions. What's more, the heart of the ocean that Zhang Nan exchanged for Empress Changsun is just a copy. Even if the curse of the heart of the ocean is real, it will not touch Queen Changsun's head.
After Zhang Nan took out the dazzling string of sea hearts, Li Chengqian's eyes were straightened.
"Sir Zhang, do you want to give this jewelry to my mother?" Li Chengqian said with a look of surprise.
"That's natural. As the saying goes, you get what you pay for. What I can take out is definitely not ordinary things." Zhang Nan said proudly.
Chapter completed!