Chapter 62: Strange Half Wedding (Class)

Zhao Xing replied: "I heard that the Pansheng wine he brewed has a great taste and plans to ask him to give me some advice. If he doesn't care about business, he will just put a name in the winery and I will sell wine for him."

Su Dongpo nodded: "Li Ren can trust him, okay, I will turn around and persuade him."

There was no concept of a professional manager in the Song Dynasty. Any secret recipes that you have in your own house are hidden deep. Even if you don’t have the ability to open a factory, you will not entrust others to run it.

Pan Dalin passed away his hotel and lived in vain. It was not a solution to last. Su Dongpo was worried about him, and Zhao Xing had already thought of a solution, so he planned to turn back and persuade Pan Dalin. Because he knew Zhao Xing's ethics, he could see from the events in front of him that Su Dongpo wrote a poem, and he braved the storm to sell money in Japan. He didn't say that, no one knew that he made money with the poem, but he was very calm and admitted that he left some of the money to operate.

This kind of "not deceiving the dark room" made Su Dongpo convinced that Pan Dalin would never suffer any loss by handing over the secret recipe to Zhao Xing.

A few days later, Pan Dalin's affairs came to an end. Zhao Xing signed an agreement with him that seemed very strange in this era. The content of the agreement was: Pan Dalin was responsible for teaching the brewing method of Pan Sheng wine, while Zhao Xing and Cheng clan were responsible for the venue, manpower, funds, and sales. Pan Dalin took 40% of the profit, while Cheng clan and Zhao Xing each accounted for 30%.

According to the general Song people, Pan Dalin had a secret recipe. No matter how much money others paid, at least 80% of the profits should be his, and the others were just his employees. But Su Dongpo came forward to make peace, and Pan Dalin felt that he didn't have to do anything to make 40% of the profits in vain. This leisure alone was worth it.

In addition, the new wine is still named "Pansheng Wine", and the agreement also stipulates that at any time, he plans to reopen Pansheng Wine, and the recipe for this wine will be completely owned by him...

For Zhao Xing, this agreement was already very tolerant, but for the Song people, if there was no last article of the agreement, Pan Dalin seemed to suffer a lot - but no matter what, Pan Dalin could have sufficient funds to live his star-chasing career since then.

After resolving this, Zhao Xing prepared to return to Chengjiaao to hold a wedding. The mountain road was rugged, and tigers were inconvenient for others to go there. Zhao Xing only invited Su Dongpo to be his elder, Pan Dalin to attend as his friend, and Su Mai also accompanied him.

Walking through the Chengjiaji Xinzhuang by the Qishui River, you can see a road leading to the top of the mountain. Su Dongpo pointed to a sign beside the mountain road with the bamboo stick in his hand and asked curiously: "I remember that Liren once said that the house beside Xishui is a new residence, now called 'Chengjiaji', and the old residence in the mountain is called 'Chengjiaao'. Here... why should the wedding be held in the old village?"

There was a notice posted on the sign on the side of the mountain road, which stated that tigers were found in the mountains and that the mountain people were hoping that the mountain people would go in and out together. The notice was also covered with bright red seals from the magistrate of Qishui County and the magistrate of Huangzhou.

There was a bloody tiger head on the mouth in the blank space of the notice board, and these big words were written under the tiger head - "Tiger appears, be careful!"

Su Shi meant: Since there are tigers coming and going near the old residence, why are you still holding a wedding there?

Cheng Xia, who came to greet Su Dongpo, looked around and saw that several children from Chengjiaao had spread out and acted as a warning posture. He bowed and replied: "The master wants to ask, the disciples dare not hide it. In fact, there is no tiger in the mountain, but the teacher said that the harsh government is more powerful than the tiger. He was worried that the yamen runners would come to urge the koreas to cause trouble in the village, so he went to the county to report the tiger's love. A few days ago, the villagers across the mountain had hunted a baby tiger, and we had carried it to the county to submit it. After that, the county magistrate posted this notice."

Cheng Xia had not explained the whole truth yet. Since "discovering" the tiger's trace, Zhao Xing sent people to the county to report casualties every now and then. The county sent several yamen runners to suppress the tigers. As a result, these yamen runners evaporated from the world, and the hunters of Chengjiaao took over their positions. Since then, Chengjiaao became a fear of the officials. The yamen runners strangely warned each other: After coming to this mountainous area, they must be clean and respectful...

Su Shi nodded slowly. It turned out that tigers scared others, and there was no need to be careful when walking by their own people...

If he was still an official now, he would not allow Zhao Xing to make trouble, but he is now a criminal official, so he was not interested in dealing with Cheng Jiaao's slight scruples.

After resting for a day, I started to "urge makeup" outfits early the next morning.

According to the rules, when Azhu gets married, her parents' family will accompany her makeup dowry, commonly known as "dowry", which is called "dowry". The time for giving makeup is arranged the day before the marriage. Before Azhu gives makeup, Zhao Xing will hold a "makeup" ceremony. The so-called "makeup" means that the groom's family hires someone to carry it to make-up gift box, which contains several foods, such as tea, pastries and mutton. The gift is covered with red "five sons and two daughters" festive paper cut.

After the groom's house "urged to make-up" gifts were delivered, the bride's house only offered "deals", also called "deals". There was also a custom among the folk in the Song Dynasty that no matter the size of the makeup box, red paper-cut wedding characters and patterns must be pasted. Therefore, the bride and her female elders must cut out fireworks on the makeup box. The female elders of the groom's house must also cut out the wedding flowers on the wedding shed, auditorium and bridal chamber.

As soon as Zhao Xing and others arrived, they immediately "put their makeup" in the new house with the bride's house and arranged and hung wedding flowers - paper-cuts from the bride's hands.

On the wedding day, Zhao Xing got up early to prepare. According to etiquette, a two-person table should be placed in the house, vegetables, fruits, wine, tea cups and tea trays, chopsticks and "couple". Then put on a formal dress and put on a flower crown - it's time to go to the wedding.

The last etiquette before leaving home was: to express the ritual of the ancestors under the guidance of his father. Zhao Xing had no father, and Su Shi replaced him. He took a glass of wine from Su Shi to sacrifice, and after kneeling down and bowing many times, he accepted Su Shi's instructions: "Go to welcome you and inherit the affairs of our clan. Encourage and respect him, if so, there will be constant."

Zhao Xing replied: "I am afraid that I will not bear it. I dare not forget my life."

At the same time, Cheng Azhu's father also gave her the same warning: "Respect it and be wary of it. I will never violate my uncle and aunt's orders."

This is unnecessary. Zhao Xing has no uncle or aunt, but according to the form, this must be said.

Then, the bride's mother—substituted by the wife of the clan leader Cheng Tong—tied Cheng Azhu's phoenix crown and shawl, and taught: "Please encourage him and respect him. You will never violate the etiquette of the boudoir in the night."

At this time, Zhao Xing set out on the other end of the loft, with the wedding team. The team not only had the groom and entourage, but also several hired girls riding on horseback singing music, musicians and newly decorated sedan chairs.

Theoretical musicians should not appear in the wedding party because ancient China prohibited music at weddings. Confucian scholars believed that music was beating and belonged to Yang, which was not suitable for brides who belonged to Yin. However, the people liked playing music at weddings. Until more than ten years later, Zhezong's wedding, officials persuaded the Empress Dowager to agree not to use a band. The Empress Dowager said: "Ordinary people marry a bride, and they still ordered a few musicians" - and then ordered the composition of the wedding.
Chapter completed!