Tian Tonghe's sudden disappearance caused quite a shock in the trading city. In order to appease the emotions of various shops, Wu Yi and Dai Peng summoned the shopkeepers of each shop the next day to explain what happened.
In terms of profit and loss. The implication behind the words is nothing more than that Tian Tonghe colluded with Rakshasa, offended Bei Haijun, and committed suicide. We cannot imitate him.
After hearing this, all the merchants swore and promised that they would follow Lord Wu's footsteps and chase the dogs instead of the chickens. In addition, for the sake of the future of the trading city, everyone promised that they would never fight against Cullen.
Report, everything will be based on Mr. Wu’s explanation as the standard answer.
Although he agreed on the surface, Tian Tongzhou, the shopkeeper of "Mei Gong Yu Ji", was in extreme pain in his heart. Tian Tonghe was his biological brother! If he was really killed by the other party, Tian Tongzhou wouldn't know how to explain it to his family.
No! We must find a way to contact the other party, even if he pays a lot of money to ransom the person, he will admit it. However, as a shopkeeper, it is taboo to transfer the money in the cabinet for personal matters, so Tian Tongzhou can only send a man south to Zhangjiakou to report to the boss.
He reported to the counter and at the same time came up with the idea of the secret passage that had been blocked.
Not to mention how Tian Tongzhou's side works, more than ten days later, the wedding date of Zhao Xin and Shen Xuan arrived.
December 2, 1788, which was the 21st day of the twelfth lunar month in the fifty-third year of Qianlong's reign, was said in the almanac to be a rare auspicious day for everything.
For today's wedding, everyone in Beihai Town mobilized. Except for the power plants, steel plants and coke plants that cannot cease fire, all other workshops have a day off.
In order to understand the etiquette issues, in addition to asking Wang Zhong as a wedding consultant, we also specially asked several old eunuchs from the Qing palace who had committed crimes from the exiles in Ninggu Pagoda to help.
It is said that among the eunuchs who were exiled in Ninggu Pagoda, except for a few who were involved in palace secrets, most of them were exiled because they violated the Qing court's "Regulations on Punishment of Palace Eunuchs".
Some suffered such hardships that they escaped and were caught many times; some were greedy for alcohol and got into trouble; some even secretly fished for shrimps in the Old Summer Palace because they didn't have enough to eat.
According to information obtained from inquiries, there are currently 127 eunuch institutions in the Forbidden City, and the total number of eunuchs is less than 3,000, which is far less than the tens of thousands in the pre-Ming Dynasty.
What is very different from the situation where many eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty could control the king and bully and kill ministers at will, most eunuchs in the Qing Dynasty were real slaves. The emperor's strict management of eunuchs cut off their channels for political communication.
This prevents them from using their hands and feet to play political tricks.
Since the Bei Navy captured Ninggu Pagoda, these people saw that both the civil affairs clerks and the high-ranking officials of the Bei Navy treated them as equals without any disdain. Every one of them would burst into tears and burst into tears of gratitude. If it weren't for
Who would want to do this for a living if they couldn't survive?
The upper levels of Beihai Town treat these people as equals and arrange some things for them within their capabilities; such as working as clerks in Beihai Trading Company or working as gatekeepers in factories. However, because of their physical disabilities, these people have extremely low self-esteem and cannot be like Chunlai.
It is almost rare to enter the civil affairs system and become a clerk.
Because of the Ming system of the Qing Dynasty, when the civil affairs officials found some old eunuchs, asked about the details of the palace wedding and asked them for help, the old eunuchs were all in high spirits and happily came to help.
In their view, they had no hope of returning to their hometown and could only become lonely ghosts outside the Great Wall. They had to follow Beihai Town back to the pass and get back the "treasure" they had left with the knifemaker in the capital.
Only after being buried and reincarnated can he become a man again.
Early in the morning that day, Zhao Xin and Shen Xuan had to perform their respective rituals.
At 5 o'clock in the morning, Zhao Xin was woken up by Ah Si's son Guisheng. Because he had to take the wedding vows, he couldn't have breakfast. After washing, Chun Lai, who was called to help, started to help Zhao Xin put on his leather clothes.
.There are certain rules for how to wear this thing. Without Chun Lai's help, Zhao Xinyi, who had not rehearsed beforehand, would definitely be embarrassed.
First of all, you need to wear a middle single made of plain yarn. Its shape is a cross-collar and large sleeves. It is divided into two pieces, upper and lower. It is made of twelve pieces of yarn below the waist. The collar, sleeves and placket are all edged with red yarn. The collar
There are eleven black patterns woven on it ("Ya" pattern, thirteen for the emperor and eleven for the prince).
After putting on the middle single, you can't move around. You have to have someone help you put on the leather bean suit outside. This dress is actually a continuation of the Tang Dynasty style. The top is made of a dark red cross-collar and right-fold sleeves. Whether it is
The collar, cuffs and hem are all edged in dark red; the lower skirt is a dark red "big skirt" style composed of front and back parts. There are several pleats (vertical lines on the clothes) from top to bottom on the front and back.
Pleats), a narrow red waist is used to connect the front and back parts together; there are silk tapes at the upper ends of both sides for tying.
After it is put on, a leather belt should be tied around the waist, and then a large belt should be worn on the outside. The big belt is red and white, divided into two parts: a corset and a hanging belt. The corset part is tied with buttons and decorated with false knots.
With artificial ears. The waist, knot, and ears are edged with red, and the hanging belt is edged with green. The large knot is tied with a plain ribbon.
Then you need to hang ribbons on the back and left and right sides of the garment. The ribbons in the Ming Dynasty were made in the Song Dynasty. The emperor had to use six-color silk ribbons, and the rest used four colors. The way to wear them is to hang a large ribbon on the back of the waist and one on the left and right sides.
Three small ribbons.
The large ribbon must be divided into three groups to braid and hang three dragon-patterned jade rings. The small ribbon must hang a jade pendant outside the ribbon. This jade pendant is not as simple as one or two pieces of white jade, but a large string of jingling jinglings, each with its own name.
Methods, such as gold hooks, jade, jade, jade, jade flowers, jade drops, Huang, teeth punching and jade beads, etc.
Finally, a red knee cap is hung on the waist to cover the area from the thighs to the knees, flush with the hem of the top. In order to ensure that the knee cap is vertical and prevents it from running around, a pair of jade hooks are attached to hold it down.
After finally getting dressed, I looked at my watch and it was already past 7 o'clock in the morning. Okay! More than an hour has passed.
Zhao Xin's waist was sore after standing for so long. He was about to sit down on a chair and take a break. Li Ji and Shino, who were in charge of receiving guests today, came to report that Wang Zhong was here.
"Please come in, Mr. Wang."
As soon as Wang Zhong entered the room, what a surprise! This guy was actually wearing a full set of leather clothes and a crimson official robe of the Ming Dynasty civil servants. He walked in with square steps, just like an opera singer on the stage. Zhao Xin was stunned.
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"Mr. Wang, where did you get this outfit? Why haven't I heard you tell me about it before?"
Wang Zhong, who had been growing his hair for more than half a year and had a bun on top of his head, saw Zhao Xin's appearance, his nose suddenly sore, and a line of hot tears already spilled on his chest.
One hundred and fifty years later, the clothes of the motherland are finally seen!
He lifted up his robe, knelt down towards Zhao Xin, leaned over and said, "Your Majesty, Wang Rongfu, is here to see King Zhao."
Zhao Xin was dumbfounded. This guy was serious. After such an experience, Zhao Xin had already made up his mind that he would never wear this outfit again except for festivals. It was so tiring!
He leaned over and helped Wang Zhong up, and said with a smile: "Mr. Wang, where did you get this idea from? I am getting married today, and we don't have an emperor in Beihai Town."
Wang Zhong took the towel handed by Guisheng and wiped his tears, and explained: "I understand. But the etiquette cannot be discarded. Today, as a Jiao ordained priest, how can I wear Manchu clothes? This official uniform is from the family.
Jing helped sew it."
In fact, Wang Zhong and his wife alone would not be able to do it. Without the help of a group of women who are good at embroidery and sewing, such as Tang Xiao and Er Tang, Wang Zhong's praise today would definitely not be possible.
Zhao Xin looked at the pattern of buns on Wang Zhong's chest and asked, "What grade of buns do you have?"
"From the fourth grade Yunyan Buzi." Wang Zhong felt that as the vice principal of Beihai Town Primary School, he could not be as good as the deputy minister of the Imperial Academy.
"Tsk, tsk." Zhao Xinxin said, today is my happy day, you can be as happy as you like, even if you can get a genuine crane patch, there will be no problem.
The two were about to talk again when Li Ji hurriedly came to report that Chen Qingsong, Yu Deli, Wang Yuanfang, Deng Fei, Zhao Liang, Ding Guofeng, Hong Tao, Zhang Bo, Cao Peng, Wu An'an and many other people had arrived.
When a group of people cheered into the main room in the backyard, everyone saw Zhao Xin's dress and started talking at once.
"I'll go, they're all made of yarn. I said Mr. Zhao, is it cold for you?"
"Stand still, let me see, good guy, how many pieces of jade are you hanging here? Is it Hetian jade?"
"Everyone is here! Say hello to Mr. Zhao~~" Under Ding Guofeng's instigation, a group of guys in suits and leather shoes began to pretend to twitch their sleeves, imitating the Qing palace opera, and pretended to kneel down.
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Zhao Xin looked at the virtues of the guys in front of him and said with a smile: "Kneel down, if you dare to kneel down, I will make everyone equal! Drag them out and serve them with fifty boards each! Hahahaha~~"
"Bah!" The time travelers present laughed and spat in unison.
A group of old men were fussing and fussing for a while, and the jade pendants hanging on Zhao Xin's body were all twisted together. Chun Lai, who was on the side, quickly came over to help fix them one by one, sweating profusely from the tossing.
Chen Qingsong and Yu Deli praised Zhao Xin's outfit and said, "This is what we call serious Hanfu. The robe and mandarin jacket are so ugly!"
Zhao Xindao: "Just to wear this outfit, I started putting it on at 6 o'clock and wandering around for more than an hour. When I think about having to wear this outfit until night, my head is getting big! This is the only time!"
Deng Fei, who was next to him, laughed and said, "Once? Who went on a date with that girl Wang at the beach a few days ago? I heard that they froze into two popsicles in the end."
Ding Guofeng also said: "That's right! Besides, there is little A Miao waiting behind."
"You are a bunch of bad people who spread rumors on your big day. Am I the kind of casual person?"
"Yes, yes, Mr. Zhao is not a casual person. If he is casual, he is simply not a human being~~"
Wang Zhong, who was sitting nearby and smiling, saw that what he was saying was getting more and more outrageous. He quickly stood up to dissuade him and said, "Everyone, it's almost time. I should go to the Mingtang to perform the ceremony of offering sacrifices."
Everyone looked at their watches again, and they all agreed, saying that it was getting late, and they had to go to the cafeteria to drink after they were done.
When spring came, he helped Zhao Xin put on the Heavenly Crown, fasten the belt, and put on the jade bag containing the jade bag. Zhao Xin, at Wang Zhong's prompt, slowly walked out of the house, walked through the front yard and came to the gate.
However, when the courtyard door was opened by two guards wearing military uniforms, Zhao Xin and others were immediately startled by the scene in front of them.
According to the previously established measures, from the outside of Zhao Xin's new house to both sides of the road to Beihai Town Mingtang, a soldier of the Northern Navy wearing military uniforms and hanging ribbons stood every one meter.
When Wang Yuanfang and the others came just now, there were only ceremonial soldiers outside. Who would have thought that just over half an hour later, men and women, old and young, were already standing on both sides of the road. These people were not only local residents of Beihai Town, but also many others.
Few people came back from Fuldan and Khabarovsk to congratulate him.
Thanks to Beihai Town's tireless grassroots education, these people just bowed deeply when they saw Zhao Xin coming out. Only a few newcomers this year fell to their knees in panic when they saw the well-dressed Zhao Wangdian.
He kowtowed, but was quickly lifted up by the people next to him.
The distance from Zhao Xin's new house to Mingtang is not far, but in order to keep his clothes neat and tidy, the civil affairs side still arranged carriages, which are the ones built before for concierge reception, with a jet black appearance.
A bright, four-wheeled carriage with the Northern Navy emblem on the door.
Ten minutes later, when a carriage pulled by four tall horses slowly arrived at the gate outside the Mingtang, a group of guests were already waiting at the door.
Speaking of Zhao Wangdian’s marriage, if you don’t come to curry favor now, when will you come to curry favor?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! So the island country’s Mutsu Alliance, headed by Sendai Domain, Choshu Domain, and even the shogunate sent congratulatory envoys. All the people present in the island country were wearing formal clothes and wearing hats.
Funagata Karamo. On the private side, the two major shareholders of Hokkai Trading Company, Denzo Katsuyama and Jiroemon Murata, also came with several of their subordinates and a lot of congratulatory gifts.
In addition, the last envoy from the Li Dynasty has not left. Cai Jigong suddenly changed his identity and turned into a congratulatory envoy to celebrate the wedding of Prince Zhao.
The Ainu people from Ezo Land also came. They arrived with the ship of Beihai Trading Company. When Zhao Xin got off the carriage, he saw the obscenely fat Ainu King Tuka and his men at a glance.
Admiral sea dog.
In addition, leaders of various border tribes from all over the Northeast, mainly from Heilongjiang and the middle and lower reaches of the Ussuri River, also came, as well as chiefs of various surnames from Oroqen, Hezhe, Feyaka, and Gesandawuya from various townships.
A large crowd stood in front of them, among which the tribesmen with the Sa surname in Balke Village were the most conspicuous; the men were all wearing full military uniforms of the Northern Navy without military ranks, while the women were wearing gorgeous fish skin clothes under the clothes and animal skin clothes on the outside.
As for Merguana, the leader of the Feyaka people who came from Bitter Leaf Island, he came even earlier. Not only did this leader come by himself, he also brought his wife, children, and two of his subordinates, including Sembakul. They
I came with Zhang Bo in late September and will stay in Beihai Town until the spring of next year.
In addition, the French expedition led by the Count of La Perouse also came from Whale Town. Both the count and the lower-level sailors were all freshly dressed at the moment. They couldn't help but admire Zhao Xin's carriage when they saw it.
When Zhao Xin stepped out of the carriage, the people from the Li Dynasty mission saw his leather bean uniform at a glance. When they discovered that Zhao Xin's attire completely conformed to the prince's etiquette in the "Da Ming Huidian", as a Southern Party member
The leader, Cai Jigong, was so excited that he had tears in his eyes. He led everyone in the envoy to kowtow on the ground, with tears streaming down his face. He burst into tears and said, "Your Majesty, Cai Jigong, the envoy of North Korea, welcomes King Zhao of the Ming Dynasty!"
As soon as these words came out, it was over! Hundreds of people present immediately knelt down, bowed to the ground and said: "We~~ welcome King Zhao of the Ming Dynasty!"
When Zhao Xin saw it, he immediately shouted MMP in his heart! This guy from Li Chao is really good at flattering. He sighed secretly and said loudly: "Everyone, please get up! I'm here to welcome the bride today. Please watch in the bright hall.
present."
"Thank you, King Zhao!" Since there was no prior organization, everyone present responded in a messy manner, using any language.
At this point, Zhao Xin no longer wanted to tangle with these people anymore, so he signaled to Wang Zhong and then walked slowly towards the Mingtang.
Just as he walked through the door of Mingtang Courtyard, Lao You, who had been waiting in the courtyard, quickly raised his hand to signal, and the traveler in charge of playing Yale also pressed the play button.
A low drum sound sounded from the four large speakers on both sides of the Mingtang, followed by five tones and eight tones, the sound of jade and gold merged into one, and the "Xuan Ping Chapter" of Zhonghe Shao Music began to play.