Chen Qing didn't go out today. He made an appointment with a shop to decorate his house. This shop was also moved from Bianliang, Tokyo. It's called "Jiayouqimu". It was originally the most high-end house decoration shop in Bianliang.
It is similar to today's home decoration stores, but it goes deeper and has a wider business scope than today's decoration stores.
For example, when an elderly person dies, they will come to set up a memorial tent, hang white flags, put mourning on the family, prepare coffins and ice, contact the temple for salvation, and find someone to mourn during the funeral, a one-stop service.
If you are getting married, the shop will be even busier. The house will be decorated with lights and colors, a green house will be built, carpets will be laid, a brazier will be set up, drums will be prepared, a banquet will be prepared, the bridal chamber will be decorated, and even fine silk and satin bedding will be prepared for you, as well as a vehicle for welcoming the bride.
Or the sedan is ready, so you don't need to worry about it.
Of course, if you want to dig fish ponds, build rockeries, build pavilions, create gardens, repair houses, etc., you should go to them because this is their main business.
As for how Chen Qing found this store, there is a dental store diagonally opposite his house, which specializes in providing various intermediary services.
Last year, Chen Qing even wrote two advertising slogans for this dental shop, ‘Only you can’t think of it, but I can’t do it’.
As if the big shop owner of the dental shop had found a treasure, he immediately found someone to engrave these two sentences on the sign and hang it in front of the dental shop. As a result, Chen Qing later discovered that almost all the dental shops in Lin'an had plagiarized these two slogans.
Not long after Zhao Wenxin left, someone came to the decoration shop. Two people came, a steward and a clerk. The steward was responsible for communication, and the clerk was responsible for recording. They listened to the requirements first, and then went back to prepare. They would start decorating the house tomorrow.
House.
"How long does it take you to decorate a house normally?" Chen Qingxiao asked.
The young steward's surname is Yang. He has been in the industry for ten years and has rich experience. He said with a smile on his face: "It depends on the size of the house. Generally, a single courtyard can be decorated in one day. It takes two days to enter the house. Like the young master,
It usually takes us three days to build a seven-acre house like this, but the young master’s banquet and worship hall are placed in Fengle Building, which saves a lot of things and can be arranged in two days."
Chen Qing hesitated and asked: "Speaking of Fengle Building, I have a little question. Fengle Building is a place of fireworks. Is it appropriate to hold a wedding there?"
Chen Qing's wedding was not decided by him, but by Zheng Tongquan and the Lu family. He only heard about this decision at the last time. He felt a little weird, but he didn't want to say anything, even in Lu Xiu's house.
It's not easy to mention this matter in front of her, after all, it was her father's decision.
I happened to be visiting this decoration shop today, so Chen Qing asked casually.
Manager Yang smiled and said: "Young Master is biased against Fengle Tower! Fengle Tower is not a place for fireworks. It is actually the best restaurant, the best teahouse, the best gambling house and the best music studio. Only
It’s not just a brothel. Most of the beauties there don’t sell their bodies. Even if they sell their bodies, they must be taken out. They are not allowed to trade in Fengle Building. Otherwise, how could the ladies of various prefectures allow their husbands to go to Fengle Building?”
Chen Qing has only been to Fengle Building once, just to gamble on arrows. He has not set foot in Fengle Building, so he can go there for a drink.
“Are there many weddings held at Fengle Building?”
"There are many of them, and they are all rich and powerful. Not only are the prices expensive, but they also have status requirements. Although ordinary businessmen have money, they can't get an appointment. Biyuntian is the most luxurious building among the five buildings in Fengle Building. It is a specialized building.
A place for weddings and birthday banquets.”
Chen Qing nodded, "Thank you, Manager Yang, for explaining. Let's start from the gate!"
"good!"
Manager Yang pointed to the front door and said: "The bride must come to her husband's house first, and then go to Fengle Building to pay her respects, so the first step is to feel the rug. Small families only have two rugs to take turns to change, but there is no need for the young master here.
After the rotation, we will lay the felt carpet directly in the main hall. The bride pays homage to her parents-in-law in the main hall, and she is considered to be part of her husband's family, and can walk around the house as she pleases."
"Then what!"
"Then there are lanterns. Those big lifeless lanterns are usually used for birthday celebrations. When newlyweds get married, they usually use golden boy and jade girl lanterns. The rich and powerful family use palace lanterns. Naturally, you also use palace lanterns. There are also wedding lanterns at the door, drum music, singing and dancing, firecrackers, and
Distribute candies, coins, etc., we will make arrangements."
"Since the wedding is in Fengle Building, why are there so many etiquettes in the mansion?" Chen Qing asked in confusion.
Manager Yang smiled slightly and said, "There are some ceremonies that cannot be replaced by Fengle Building. To welcome a bride, you must first come to your husband's house, meet your parents-in-law, and pay homage to your ancestors, and then you can go to Fengle Building. Therefore, many decorations in the mansion cannot be omitted.
It is said to be as simple as possible, and some unnecessary rituals are omitted, such as crossing the brazier and crossing the saddle. I heard that there are almost no relatives in the husband's family this time, so it will be even simpler. It saves a lot of tediousness and just enters the door.
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"Would it look deserted?"
Manager Yang smiled bitterly and said: "Desolation is unavoidable. There is no way around it. There are always pros and cons. Although there are many tedious things to do with relatives, it is also lively. Although we can also find people to pretend to be relatives, it would be meaningless.
Master, did you say so?"
Chen Qing nodded, and when the time came, he called Zheng Ping's family, Hu Yantong's family, Lu Wei and his own soldiers to join in the fun. It was not good if it was too deserted.
Manager Yang smiled and said, "Then let's continue walking in and talk about the layout of the front yard."
During this period, the Lu Mansion was also extremely busy. Not only did the Lu Mansion have to marry a daughter, but they also had to welcome a bride. Lu Jin's second son, Lu Wei, was going to marry Li Mei, which was three days later than marrying his daughter.
Lu Jin has two sons and two daughters in total. The eldest son Lu Jing was a Jinshi and is currently serving as the magistrate of Yugan County in Raozhou. The second son Lu Wei is currently serving as a military officer in Chen Qing's army. The eldest daughter Lu Xiu is about to marry Chen Qing.
The youngest daughter Lu Wen was born to his second wife, Mrs. Xu.
In addition, Lu Jin also has two brothers, Lu Qi and Lu Yu, who are both serving as officials in other places. This marriage of a daughter and a daughter-in-law is a major event for the Lu family. Except for Lu Yu, who is serving as an official on Guangnan Road and cannot make it back in time, everyone else has to rush.
came back.
However, Lu Jin still had a big worry about the lack of money at home. Lu Yihao had been an official for many years and although he had accumulated a lot of wealth, like all the nobles and official families, the Jingkang disaster caused huge property losses to them all.
The main loss is the loss of houses and land, that is, the loss of real estate. Various shops, manors, mansions, etc., which have accumulated a lot of wealth, are gone and have become the wealth of the Jin Kingdom and the Puppet Qi Kingdom.
In fact, another loss was the loss of copper coins. Many people's copper coins were stored in money shops or cellars. As a result, when the Jin soldiers entered the city, the shops and money shops were looted. The copper coins in the cellar weighed several thousand kilograms and could not be carried away at all.
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In the most pressing times, one tael of silver in Bianliang could even be exchanged for twenty guan of gold. The gold had long since disappeared. Even today, one tael of silver can still be exchanged for five guan of gold.
Many people's gold, silver, copper coins and other wealth were preserved because the emperor's southern tour was after the first Jin soldiers retreated from the city. At that time, a large number of foresighted and powerful people began to transfer their wealth to the south.
The same goes for the Lu family. They transferred tens of thousands of dollars worth of wealth and purchased shops and land in the Jiangnan area. The entire Lu family was finally able to survive.
But this is the family's wealth. When Lu Xiu gets married and Lu Wei gets a wife, this is Lu Jin's business. You can't use the family wealth on your children. Of course, the family will subsidize a little, but it's only 500 yuan per person.
, there will be no more.
This is why Zheng Tongquan asked Chen Qing not to give 20,000 pieces of cloth as a financial gift, because the Lu family would be very embarrassed if they could not provide a corresponding dowry.
The last thing Chen Qing sent was a gift of one thousand taels of silver. He converted the reward of 20,000 pieces of cloth into four thousand taels of silver. In total, he received a reward of nine thousand taels of silver from the inner treasury, and invested five thousand taels of silver in
He went to Zheng Ping to set up a trading company and kept the four thousand taels of silver in his hands.
Chen Qing has about 12,000 taels of silver in personal savings, but most of this money is stored in the Baoji Cabinet in Chengdu, and some is in Baling County. This time he only brought a total of 500 taels of silver to Lai'an.
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The five hundred taels of silver were far from enough to get a wife, so he could only count on the reward given to him by Emperor Zhao Gou for killing Yang Yao.
Chen Qing had enough money to marry a wife, but Lu Jin had difficulties with the money to marry a daughter and a daughter-in-law.