Red and green were the main colors in weddings during the Song Dynasty. It was not like the weddings in later generations where both men and women wore bright red.
This also corresponds to Qin Mumu's "green, fat, red and thin" and Ye An's "covering up boring green, covering up shameful red."
Ye An is wearing a bright red Jifu, while Qin Mumu is wearing a green Jifu. Her bright green Jifu is also decorated with red trimmings, and a round fan covers her face, attracting endless spring...
Women cannot wear red when they get married, they can only wear green. Only the princess can wear red together with her consort when she is getting married, so even if Qin Mumu gets the imperial title, she cannot marry in red.
As the saying goes, "red with green is ugly." Both Ye An and Qin Mumu were very resistant to this color. In later generations, it was almost the most rustic color, but it is still leading the fashion in this era.
Even so, when Qin Mumu went out with her fan in hand, the onlookers still shouted, "I'm shocked!"
Even Ye An himself stood there silently for a long time. This little lady was really beautiful, but it was said that Nuwa was shy and used it to cover her face when she got married. However, in Ye An's eyes, her charming face was behind the fan.
More attractive.
After being single for two lifetimes, he finally married a wife. Ye An smiled stupidly and said to Qin Mumu who was slapping him behind him: "My wife, come up here!" After saying that, he knelt down and carried Qin Mumu on his back to the sedan chair.
There are strict regulations on the use of sedan chairs. In the chaos of the early Song Dynasty, anyone could use a sedan chair. Later, Emperor Taizong ordered that only specially appointed officials could ride in the warm sedan chair, and ordinary people were not allowed to ride in the sedan chair.
Even so, the officials of the Song Dynasty would not ride in sedan chairs out of a humanitarian style. This was a kind of Confucian respect for people and a manifestation of their unwillingness to treat people as animals.
Women can ride in sedan chairs, but they are not allowed to wear warm sedan chairs. There are a lot of things to pay attention to.
"The hanging curtains are like bamboos, and a journey of thousands of miles is like a banquet." This describes the warm sedan, which is enclosed on all sides, has windows and doors, and is spacious and comfortable. This kind of sedan is far from the small sedan in the film and television works.
Only on the day when a woman gets married, there is no such taboo on the important event of marriage. A woman goes to her husband's house in a warm sedan chair, which reflects the respect of the husband's family for the bride. Of course, this kind of respect is only for the wife, not for concubines.
Such treatment.
At this time, the gift list was also required. Originally it was just something that should have been delivered early, but for some reasons, Ye An delayed delivering it until now, and Qin Mumu did not have a natal family, so all these things would be used as dowry before being shipped back to Hou.
Mansion.
The onlookers also wanted to see how much "family wealth" this Yunzhong County Marquis spent on marrying the famous Qin family, and they all looked forward to it.
Not to mention the silk and brocade, two wild geese were also brought out. Wild geese are migratory birds, and traveling south to north is an act of "reciprocating in accordance with yin and yang". Moreover, wild geese are devoted to love. This noble character symbolizes the fidelity of marriage.
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A box of copper coins, a box of silver collars, a set of three gold jewelry, gold necklaces, gold bracelets, gold pendants, as well as flowers, fruits, tea, wine, and some pastries. These are not expensive gifts.
But this was not the end. Ge Shanshu shouted loudly: "Three boxes of stone honey!"
As the words fell, three boxes were carried up, and when they were opened, they revealed huge translucent pieces of candy.
This is really an astonishing amount of wealth. Sugar was a luxury product in the Song Dynasty, and it could only be enjoyed by rich families. The average candied fruit shop did not use much sugar, and even salted it to extract the sugar.
But three big boxes full of stone honey were right in front of them, and they were put aside casually as if they didn't need money. The people watching were really amazed, how much money did the Yunzhong Lord have?
This box is probably worth more than several thousand guan, and three boxes contain tens of thousands guan of wealth! The dark red candy cubes exude a charming gem color in the sunlight, making everyone present salivate.
In this way, those gold and silver utensils, silk and satin are nothing.
A large piece of stone honey was broken into pieces, and the fallen powder and small pieces were wrapped in a thin layer of glutinous rice paper and given to the onlookers.
"Dad, mother! Sweet!"
Some of the sensible children handed the pieces of stone honey in their hands to their parents, and the onlookers could not help but admire the kindness of the newlyweds again...
The fat Bai Yi stood petrified in the crowd, staring blankly at the wooden box like a chicken strangled by the neck, unable to say a word, and could only utter "Uh, uh..." from his throat.
sound.
The veiled Rosanna bit her silver teeth lightly and said word by word: "He can indeed squeeze sugar out of sweet radishes. There is no way that six carts of sweet radish can squeeze out so much sugar from one box.
It’s impossible!”
"Master, we were fooled! We sold him ten guan for a car, and he didn't lose anything up to fifty guan."
Rosanna's eyes were like a knife: "We have lost money, but Ye An still has to ask for us. Without us, he would have no sweet radish... Oh, it's Yucai! From now on, everything in Tokyo City
Let’s take back all the jade vegetables. He, Ye An, can’t do without our family’s business by pressing sugar. We’ll just raise the price when the time comes, and we’ll have to make him spit out the money he earned!”
Rosanna's eyes turned red when the three large boxes of candy were reflected. For her, making money was her only way out and obsession. Seeing Ye An turning sweet radishes into candy in the blink of an eye, she felt jealous.
Burning in the fire.
There were also some people who paid attention to Shi Mi in the crowd. After these people saw the things in the box, they showed strange smiles and thought to themselves: "The "capital" of Lord Yunzhong is here!"
These people quickly squeezed out of the crowd and disappeared on Nanmen Street, but soon they appeared together next to a carriage. The people in the carriage did not show up. They whispered: "No big names appeared.
, but there are three big boxes of stone honey!”
There was a long silence in the carriage and a question came from the carriage: "How do you know that it is Shimi? What color is it?"
Several people looked at each other and said: "The light red stone honey was given to the child to eat on the spot, and the people praised it!"
The carriage was silent again, and after a long time the carriage slowly left. Not a single word was left, but it was more important than anything else.
The few remaining people immediately disappeared into the alleys on the roadside, as if they had never appeared.
Seeing those people leaving from the car window, Zhao Zong said he was a little confused: "He Ye An really sold that box of noodles to the saint?! But where did these stone honeys come from?"
Zhao Zongli smiled: "If he had money, he wouldn't need to use Shimi to cover up his appearance! It may be true that he sold his face to the saint, but what about his money? Of course it will be used for other places. This guy's stall is very big.
, wants to get involved in any business, but is there any place for him to get involved in Tokyo city?! In this case, money must be used to clear the way! We can also take the opportunity to capture these stone honeys!"
"These stone honeys are not cheap..."
Zhao Zongli glared at his cousin next to him. If he didn't have to, he would have kicked him out of the car: "He took over the debt of Daxiangguo Temple, shouldn't he pay it back?!"
"But my uncle told me not to antagonize Ye An during his wedding day, nor to punish him. The saint is watching!"
God can testify that if blood can be shed to identify relatives, Zhao Zongli now wants to see if this kid is related to him and whether he is of clan blood. How could he be so stupid?
"My father wants us not to embarrass him personally, but repaying debts is a matter of course. What else can Ye An say if he goes to Daxiangguo Temple to ask for money?!"
Seeing Zhao Zongshuo suddenly realized, Zhao Zongli felt that he should draw a clear line with him early. This boy had a violent temper like his father, but his mind was very confused!
Such a person is not suitable for deep friendship. Sooner or later, he will harm himself. So it seems that his father's advice to him is not unreasonable.
No one knows the value of stone honey in Tokyo better than Zhao Zongli. As long as the stone honey is stored properly, it will not go bad for a year or even several years.
What is a rare thing to live in? This is a rare thing to live in!
Zhao Zongli, who is well versed in businessmanship, saw an excellent opportunity. His family shop purchased a large amount of cane sugar and stone honey in the south, and sold part of it every year. Over time, he could use the large amount of stone honey in his hands to exert influence on Tokyo and even the city.
The price of sucrose was controlled throughout the northern part of the Song Dynasty.
As for the three large boxes of stone honey in Ye An's hands, once ground into powder, it is excellent sucrose. If the color is not lost, Zhao Zongli even wants to turn these sucrose stone honey into white sugar, so that it can be sold better.
price.
This boy has some skills, especially in the business world. Although he doesn't want to see him, his father praises him as a rare businessman. If he can take him under his command...
Since you can't use it for yourself, you are an enemy in the market, and you can't target it too hard!