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Chapter 544 The Wedding Ceremony (1)

The next morning, the Lianggong Weapon Shop on Yu Street beat gongs and drums, and the firecrackers were sounding loudly. A group of dancers sang and danced in front of the shop. This was the opening of Baoyanzhai Yixin, attracting a large number of people to watch.

The original Lianggong Weapon Shop covers an area of ​​six acres, three acres of storefronts and three acres of back houses. The back house is still a Lianggong Weapon Shop, but the store is divided into two and two acres of land is rented to Baoyanzhai. Lianggong Weapon Shop only has one acre of storefronts. It originally does not rely on the storefront to make money, but on regular customers to make money. The store is not important to them.

Li Daqi spent thousands of cents of money to renovate the two acres of shop, divided it into display areas, makeup areas and small warehouses. In addition, a very small shop was built next to the shop with a tent, which was only six feet wide, red and yellow, and the colors were very bright, and was specially used to sell balm.

This is also the solution that Mrs. Sun thought. The new store is only two or three hundred steps away from the old store. Many old customers went to the original site to find that Baoyanzhai disappeared. As soon as they turned around, they could see this brightly colored small tent shop, which would definitely be attracted. Li Yanqing deepened this creativity and required all Baoyanzhai shops to paint red and yellow colors, including Baoyanzhai's flag, so that these two colors could penetrate into the hearts of customers.

Li Yanqing wanted to go out to relax today, but his father Li Daqi forced him to Baoyanzhai on Yujie. In Li Daqi's words, he was going to Alum Building this morning to confirm the details of the wedding. He really didn't have time to consider the opening of the new store, so he asked Li Yanqing to take charge of the new store on Yujie for him.

Although he was in charge of the new store, Li Yanqing was unwilling to receive guests outside. It was enough to have Manager Wu and Mrs. Sun. He sat in the small warehouse and replied to Yue Fei and Wang Gui. Yue Fei asked someone to send a letter a few days ago. He regretfully told Li Yanqing that his father refused to leave his hometown and his mother refused to leave his grandfather's tomb too far, so he could not move to Ezhou, so he could only let Li Yanqing down his kindness.

Wang Gui also wrote a letter telling Li Yanqing that his wife Tang Yuaner was pregnant and he was finally going to be a father.

The warehouse is about 200 square meters, full of boxes and shelves of all sizes. There was no time to organize all kinds of goods, and they were stacked together layer by layer. Five or six chairs and a small table were placed in the corner, which was considered a resting place for the outsider. Li Yanqing sat at the small table to write a letter.

At this time, the door suddenly opened, and a female clerk walked in and bowed to Li Yanqing and said, "A distinguished guest is coming outside. The chief manager asks the little boss to go out quickly."

"Who is here?"

"It seems to be the head of the Cao family."

Li Yanqing was startled, hurriedly put away the letter and walked quickly outside the store. Outside the store, Cao Ping looked at Baoyanzhai's big sign. He was a person who knew the goods and recognized the three words "Bayanzhai" at a glance, which was written by the emperor by the emperor. The name of the Lianggong Weapon Store next to him was also a famous work, and it was written by Su Shi himself.

Manager Wu next to him was very nervous. He had never received a high-ranking official like Cao Ping, but the boss went to the Alum Building. Fortunately, the small official was there, otherwise he really didn't know what to do.

At this moment, Li Yanqing walked out of the store quickly, and Manager Wu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, "Report to Mr. Cao, my little boss is here."

Cao Ping's eyes narrowed, "Yanqing, it looks good!"

Li Yanqing was not as listless as he was worried about, but still full of energy and confidence in his eyes, which made Cao Ping feel really relieved.

Li Yanqing bowed and asked, "How come my grandfather is there any time to come today?"

"Baoyanzhai's new store has been opened. I'm here to congratulate you, is your father not here?"

"My father went to the Alum Building to confirm the details of the wedding. I asked me to stay in the new store. Grandfather asked me to come in and sit in!"

Li Yanqing asked Cao Ping to go to the store to rest, but Cao Ping shook his head, "The store is full of women, so I won't go in, why don't we go to the next door and sit down!"

Li Yanqing was indeed not good at asking Cao Ping to rest in the warehouse, so he nodded and followed Cao Ping to the weapon shop next door. They came to the back room to sit down, and the shopkeeper hurriedly went to make tea for them.

"The fact that you were demoted has spread throughout the capital. Mr. Fan left Beijing this morning, why didn't you go and give it a gift?"

"I had already gone to his house to say goodbye last night. Mr. Fan specifically asked me not to see him off this morning, so as not to get hurt by the scene."

"There are many people going to see you off today! More than fifty officials from the court went to see you off in the west of the city, which is in line with the old saying, "Justice is in the hearts of the people. Everyone knows what's going on, it's not the so-called formation of cliques and private interests."

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and said, "I never regret it either!"

"That's right. Now the Song Dynasty court is dark, with treacherous ministers in power, and slightly upright ministers have been demoted, which is heartbreaking, but I believe that sooner or later there will be a day when the clouds clear and the sunrise."

"I'm afraid that the court will completely sink into the darkness and be ravaged by the great rivers and mountains of the Central Plains by the tiger and wolf army of the alien race."

"Even if there is one day, I'm not afraid. As long as you are here, I will expel the Tartars and restore the Han Dynasty. Yanqing, am I right?" Cao Ping stared at Li Yanqing with anticipation in his eyes.

Li Yanqing nodded, "Grandfather said it right. If there really was one day, thousands of Song Erlang would definitely stand up to defend his country, and Yanqing was no exception!"

Cao Ping smiled approvingly and said, "What a good man. Yun Niang is lucky to marry you. You will get married in three days. After getting married, you will go to Jiayu County together."

Although Mrs. Wang was determined to let her daughter marry the Wang family and regretted the marriage with Li Yanqing, it was a pity that the Cao family was not the one who decided by her. Her husband, who had always obeyed her, also performed very poorly this time. The marriage was not finally restored, and her daughter had to marry Li Yanqing.

Even though Mrs. Wang was reluctant, she had no choice but to do anything. Seeing that her daughter had an upset with her, she didn't want her daughter to get married with resentment. Mrs. Wang had to take the initiative to find her daughter to admit her mistake, and wiped her tears in front of her daughter. Speaking of the pain of giving birth to a child, Cao Yun, who was kind-hearted, forgave her mother's ridiculousness, and the mother and daughter reconciled.

On February 15th, everything is good. This is undoubtedly a very rare and good day. Whether it is opening a business, moving house, getting married, or getting out of the ground, you will choose to do it today. Therefore, today's capital is particularly lively. Early in the morning, there were crackling sounds of firecrackers everywhere in the capital. There were hundreds of families who were married today. There were red and green hangings at the doors, and the big characters "四" were posted on the doors.

Today is of course also an important day for Li Yanqing to get married. According to the plan, most of the wedding was held in the Alum Building, and when you were sent to the bridal chamber, you would return to your own mansion. However, today's bridal chamber was not located in the Li Yanqing mansion of Yunqi Bridge, but in the Li Daqi's mansion of Li Daqi Street. This was the unanimous decision between Li Daqi and the Cao family. The reason was very simple. Not long ago, a murder case occurred in the Yunqi Bridge mansion. Even if the monks from Fayun Temple came to Houyuan to recite scriptures for three days and three nights, they could not dilute the murderous aura of going to Houyuan.

In addition, the Freezer Street is not far from the Alum Tower, so it is easy to get into the bridal chamber.

Before dawn, more than a dozen female guests from the Cao family brought several ox cart items to Li Daqi's mansion on the freezer street to make a bed. Making a bed is a common saying of laying a bridal chamber, which is an important part of marriage. It is a bit like today when the man prepares a house and the woman is responsible for the decoration. The man's family needs to prepare a room and a bed cabinet, and the woman prepares to arrange it in detail. This is also part of the woman's dowry, and it is often arranged magnificently to show the woman's family's financial resources.

The bridal chamber is located in a small yard in the backyard, with two houses that have been closed empty. It is actually Li Yanqing's room, but Li Yanqing has never lived in it, and it happens to be used as a bridal chamber today.

The bridal chamber was hosted by Yang. Li Daqi went to the Alum Building early in the morning. Today, there were many guests from the man's family and the woman's family. The woman was not only a child of the Cao family, but also some family friends with great relationships. The man was mainly the Li clan, including the tribe members of Tangyin County and the capital. There were also some giant merchants in the capital, all of whom were Li Daqi's business friends, and there were also important managers of Baoyanzhai.

Li Daqi estimated that at least five or six hundred people would come today, only Alum Tower is the most suitable. The biggest advantage of Alum Tower is that it can separate the guests of the man and the woman. The guests of the Cao family are mainly officials, while the guests of the Li family are mostly famous shopping malls. It seems that both parties are a little out of place. Li Daqi has considered it over and over again, but he still thinks that it is most suitable to attend the seat separately.

Of course, it is not the first time that the Alum Tower holds a wedding, but it is definitely not a common thing. It costs at least tens of thousands of guan a day to pack a Alum Tower. This is definitely not something that ordinary people can afford. Not to mention the expensive gifts to every guest. The guests are given a red box worth fifty guan per unit. Li Daqi spent nearly 30,000 guan a day, and there was only one son. Of course, Li Daqi would not be stingy, nor did he want to be shabby and be looked down upon by the Cao family.

"Stick to the right, move a little more!"

A huge character "囍" is hanging in the atrium garden of the Alum Tower. The character "囍" is hollowed out of golden nanmu. It is one meter long and wide, weighs a thousand pounds. It is painted in vermilion red and decorated with colorful satin, which looks particularly happy and prosperous.

Li Daqi was also looking up at the lifting of the word "囍". He said to the manager: "You have to go to the right a little further, and be in the center of a pair of red candles below!"

The manager immediately shouted: "Another foot to the right, yes! Move slowly and listen to my command."

At this time, a servant stepped forward and said to Li Daqi: "Little Li drum team is here, waiting outside!"

Li Daqi was overjoyed and quickly turned around and walked outside. The Li drum team is the most famous drum team in Beijing. It is said that they can be very passionate about playing. The wealthy families in Beijing have to invite them to hold weddings and weddings. Of course, the price is not cheap. It costs 300 guan a day. Their business is lined up until the end of the year. Li Daqi spent 500 guan to join the team and invited them to play for a day.

The head of the drum team was also named Li, and the name was Li Suona. He was nearly 60 years old. Although he was not young, he was full of energy and his steps were very agile. When he saw Li Daqi coming out, he hurried forward and bowed and smiled: "Please treat Lord Li Dong!"

Li Daqi laughed and said, "I'll be in trouble with Li Banto and everyone today."

"You don't have to be polite to Master Li. We just want to eat this bowl of rice. We guarantee that Master Li will be satisfied. I don't know when to set off to welcome the bride?"

"There will be a moment left. Shin Shi will set out at a time, and there will be a team leader to arrange it. What a coincidence, he is here!"

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