The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

Yun Yanhui and Zheng Ling found a lot of suitable sunken wood and stones for landscaping. They also asked Yu Hao for advice on this and asked him for some help.

Yun Yanhui prepared five tanks. The first idea was the Crystal Palace, presenting a fantasy underwater Crystal Palace, and the building was really built with the help of Yu Hao.

The fish and aquatic plants in this tank are equally important. In addition to the strange aquatic plants and stones, a group of brightly colored fish swimming around will definitely make people enter the scenery at once.

The second, third and fourth are canyons, mountains and gardens respectively, and the fifth is water and land scenery, that is, half water scenery and half land scenery.

This kind of landscaping is very wonderful. There are mountains, trees and pavilions in the high places of the land scenery, and aquatic plants grow at the bottom of the water, and fish swim around. The perspective is very unique.

These water plant tanks are all designed by Zheng Ling's drawings, and each one is a big tank.

Big is spectacular.

However, it took a lot of time. It took almost a month just to choose the right landscaping items, and some fish had to be salvaged by a special person.

However, these are worth it.

Starting from setting up the scenery, sprinkle the soil, some aquatic plants can be planted directly, and some need to be sprinkled with seeds.When the grass grows slowly, be careful that the walls of the tank are covered with algae.

It is too troublesome to clean up every day, so they put some small fish or snails that eat algae into it to balance the biosphere.

Different tanks put different organisms in, and some tanks hardly need to be put in.

During this process, Zheng Ling feels that his level has been greatly improved, and art is interlinked.

Yun Yan Hui also had a particularly sense of accomplishment. After finishing, she said to Yu Hao with emotion, no wonder you like architecture so much. I felt amazing when I set up such a small scene. It’s hard to imagine that the building you designed will be completed. , how satisfied you should be.

Yu Hao was stunned, and then burst out laughing, "Brother Yan, you are such a wonderful person."

Yun Yan was a little puzzled.

Yu Hao felt emotional in his heart, no matter how superb his skills are, the world always regards him as a "craftsman" and despises him.However, Yun Yanhui's attitude towards him can be felt from the very beginning that it is different from others.There is no contempt at all, it can even be called respect.

Today's few words made Yu Hao realize that Yun Yanhui really respected him.

But for Yunyan, who has grown up in a different society, this is quite natural, and he doesn't feel much about it in his heart, so it's a bit baffling.

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While Yunyan continued to improve the details of the water plant tank, she and Zheng Ling also bought the house next to the farm, specially buying sunken wood, stones, water plants, etc., as well as placing glass tanks.It has been decided to start the planted tank business together.

It took nearly three months to complete the five tanks. On May Day, Renzong held a banquet in the palace to entertain the officials.

Dozens of powerful servants brought out the water tanks covered with black cloth one by one. These tanks were often two arms long, extremely large, and placed on the table, they were heavy.

After opening the black cloth, there are bizarre underwater worlds.

The Crystal Palace carved out of coral stands tightly amidst the swaying water plants. A group of finger-sized colorful fish drag their tails and shuttle past the Crystal Palace. In a trance, people feel that the Crystal Palace is shining...

The vines hang low, and the tangled roots are covered with green aquatic plants, like towering trees, and strange rocks stand up. This is a valley without people.

The small pale yellow crab crawled over the sand and stones at the bottom of the water, climbed up the bank along the tree roots extending into the bottom part of the water, and crossed across a small bridge to the opposite bank...

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For a long time, there was no sound in the huge palace, only the sound of breathing.

It can only be described as shocking. This is the nature in the glass tank and the miniature world under the water, which makes everyone addicted to it.

"My dear friends are busy with state affairs and have no time to enjoy thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. However, this method allows everyone to travel thousands of miles and enjoy the beautiful scenery." Renzong said with a smile, and gave three of the vats to the prime minister and the royal family on the spot. Director Shi Tai also has several confidants of Bao Zheng.

When Renzong spoke like this, the scene boiled like a frying pan.

All the ministers were full of praise for the planted tank, but only regretted that they didn't get one.

Indeed!After seeing these tanks, does anyone still dare to claim to have a fish tank at home?It's just a container!

In the future, if you raise fish and turtles, how dare you use an ordinary tank, decorate with water and pebbles and raise an aquarium?Isn't it crude!

Renzong also generously told everyone that these were all made by the children of Zheng Zhiyuan's family. If you want, you can go to him to make an order-yes, it is the one that produces the green turtle.Moreover, the designs were all completed by Zheng Feibo, who was waiting for Zhao in the Hanlin.

Zheng Yun was a little dizzy.

It's all right for Yunyan to come back, and now he is very famous in a small area, and has won the favor of the officials-whether he used a small treasury to invest in him to develop real estate?

But their family, Zheng Ling, has never been praised so much.

After agreeing to Zheng Ling's admission to the painting academy, Zheng Yan gave up on him and let him pursue his ideals romantically.

But now, being praised one by one by his colleagues, boasting the planted tank to the sky, boasting of philosophy, boasting of elegance, not to mention that officials are also very sought after... Zheng Yun suddenly felt very long-faced.

Especially when everyone gathered around and asked him to talk, open the back door for them and so on.

——This is probably due to the fact that the expected value has dropped a lot.

Inexplicably moved, Zheng Yan decided to praise Zheng Ling when he went back, and it was not in vain that the whole family took care of his business secretly.

Zheng Ling was not qualified to attend the banquet that day, and when Zheng Yun ordered him to go after returning home, he was still a little apprehensive.

"Ah Weng, why are you looking for a baby?"

Zheng Xun also didn't go to today's banquet. He thought that some villain was mocking Zheng Ling in front of Zheng Yun, so he followed worriedly.At this time, he was surprised to see that his father, who had always been serious, held Zheng Ling's hand with a smile and praised him.

Zheng Xun: "..."

After listening to the content, Zheng Xun was almost numb.

Zheng Xun was really convinced by his little cousin, Brother Yan.Feibo followed Brother Yan, and even raising turtles made such a big splash. Some time ago, I heard that the green fur turtles and water tanks given out as national gifts are also very popular. Now there is such a wave in China.

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Zheng Xun took his colleague Ling Xu to the green turtle farm. Next to this farm, there is now a store called "Water View".

Outside Shuijingji, there are many stalls selling aquariums, fish, shrimp, snails, and crabs, and there are many people looking for them.

Shuijingji opened in a low-key way about half a month after the May Festival banquet, without even an opening ceremony, which is very different from Yusunhong's opening.However, since the opening day, many dignitaries have come to patronize, which has become the best sign.

The trend of water tank landscaping started from the upper floors, and it is now the most fashionable thing in Bianjing. Because everyone has no experience, it has become the best way to "get into the circle" by coming to Water Scenery to buy or ask for advice.

Those who love to keep aquariums are the first batch of followers.But now, there are also some people who love to grow aquatic plants. Those aquatic plants of various shapes, combined with sunken wood and stones, can simulate almost all land scenery.

Ling Xu, Zheng Xun's colleague, is also a newcomer to the circle. He knows that Zheng Xun is the father of the owner of Shuijingji, so he asks him to go shopping with him.

Seeing the bustling scene outside Water Scenery, Ling Xu said with emotion: "This shop also feeds a lot of people."

"That's right," Zheng Xun said with a smile, "They never drive them away, they just order these vendors to tidy up their stalls and clean them up."

The two entered Water Scenery together. The most conspicuous thing inside was a row of planted tanks for display. Many people stopped in front of them to appreciate them, and some people were introducing them.

There are rows of shelves on both sides, on which are placed various shapes of glazed jars, sunken wood, stones, pocket pavilions, etc., all of which are used for landscaping and are exquisitely made.

Today is also a coincidence, Yunyan Hui and Zheng Ling are both in the store, they don't come every day on weekdays, Zheng Ling is fine, Yunyan Hui rarely comes here except for the period when it just opened.

When they saw Zheng Xun, they both came forward to greet him.

Zheng Xun introduced Ling Xu to them and explained Ling Xu's reason for coming.

Zheng Ling beckoned to the shopkeeper and asked him to introduce to Ling Xu.

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Mr. Do you want to buy a ready-made scenery, or choose a vat and decorate it yourself? And we also have a special master here who can help you design drawings and provide a complete set of raw materials. You can put it according to. There are different Themes, such as the scenery of Suzhou and Hangzhou, the mountains and valleys, the beauty of the grasslands, the underwater world..."

The shopkeeper was very talkative, and introduced Ling Xu to him as he walked.

Ling Xu didn't know that there were so many services, so he fainted immediately, and asked him in detail where the difference was.

"Nowadays, most people buy it back and build it themselves," said the shopkeeper. "Some don't even need help with the design. It's very interesting to arrange it by yourself. Not long ago, we had a customer who made his own As for the scenery of his hometown, he didn't find a suitable stone here, so he went to pick wild stones by himself..."

Ling Xu was fascinated when he heard it, but he didn't expect such a way to play.

Yun Yan returned to them and stood not far or near to listen, and seeing Ling Xu fascinated, Yun Yan replied in a low voice: "In a few months, I plan to hold a waterscape seminar to gather aquatic plant landscaping enthusiasts in Beijing, Exchange and discuss, and show off their masterpieces."

Since Zheng Fan's attitude towards Zheng Ling changed, Zheng Xun naturally became a lot more amiable, and even the relationship with Yun Yanhui eased a lot.

Zheng Xun and Yun Yan didn't see each other very often, sometimes they were more sensitive, and said, "I found out, why do you like this meeting and that meeting so much?"

Yun Yan replied: "..."

Alas, there is no way, it's an old problem...

Conferences, exhibitions and seminars are always going on.

"This is my way of doing things." Yun Yan changed the subject, "Speaking of which, I plan to invite landscaping enthusiasts from the Liao Kingdom to attend the conference."

Zheng Xun stroked his beard, "Well, this is a good thing, don't you want to discuss it?"

Yunyan replied: "Oh, no, just to humiliate the Liao people's aesthetics, so that they will work harder to buy our tutorials..."

Zheng Xun & Zheng Ling: "..."