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It would be even more unimaginable if the dowry already loaded on the ten flying boats in the flying boat docking area was added.

Anyway, Chen Qi was completely numb.

Fortunately, there is another spell in this world called Mustard Seed Sumeru, and there is a kind of treasure called Sumeru Hundred Treasure Bag.

Otherwise, with so much dowry, let alone ten large flying boats, even twenty more would definitely not be able to fill them all.

The bearers and the bridesmaids sent the bride and groom on the Dragon Phoenix Flower Bridge to the flying boat, and then the flying boat slowly rose again and headed back towards Qingzhou County.

It's just that it's different from when we came here. When we return, it's no longer a flying boat, but a full eighteen flying boats.

In addition to the dowry of ten ships, the rest are relatives and friends of the bride, guests of the bride's family and so on.

When the flying boat to welcome the relatives returned to Qingzhou County, it happened to be close to You hour, around dusk.

It can be said that all the time is almost timed, in order not to miss the auspicious time of the wedding.

Get married, get married!

From the word "marriage", we can know what time was the auspicious time in the eyes of the ancients.

Pay attention to the morning and evening travel, go to the south in the morning to marry the bride at the woman's house, and then hold the wedding ceremony at dusk.

Marriage characters are divided into "female" and "hun", and the "hun" is the time of dusk.

Therefore, in the eyes of the ancients, the best time to hold a wedding is at dusk.

Chen Qi felt that this was easy to understand. After all, marriage in ancient times was nothing more than a bride getting married, getting married, and then sent to the bridal chamber.

There's nothing wrong with this step.

If the worship is at noon, how can the bridegroom be sent to the bridal chamber after the worship?

You can't take a lunch break.

That's really funny.

Therefore, there is no problem in choosing the auspicious time for weddings in ancient times.

Therefore, Chen Qi will also follow the afterglow of the sunset to pay homage to his new wife and get married. .

Chapter 150

dusk!

Qingzhou County!

On this day, the entire city of Qingzhou County was decorated with lanterns and festoons, and the lights were brightly lit!

The streets and alleys are filled with red silk and festive red lanterns. Countless people in Qingzhou City dressed in festive clothes went to the Chen Mansion to congratulate them. Find an empty table on the street outside the house, and have a happy meal.

The Chen family was overjoyed to marry the sixth lady of Hongnong Yang's family. Therefore, the whole city celebrated together and held a Liu-Shui banquet in the city of Qingzhou County.

No matter men, women, old or young, rich or poor, high or low, everyone who comes is a guest and can be seated for free.

The entire flowing water mat is centered on Father Chen in the center of Qingzhou County, and goes in all directions along the street until it is placed at the gates of the four major cities of Qingzhou County.

Adding all kinds together, there are more than [-] tables in total.

Every table is filled with chicken, duck and fish, and the food is cleaned up at one table and then moved to the next table. It is like flowing water, so it is called "flowing water table".

At the same time, there are documents issued by the General Military Mansion. Anyone who puts up lights and festoons at the door of their house and hangs red silk lanterns can go to the General Military Mansion to buy them at half price.

This is equivalent to buying a piece of cloth that can only be bought for a penny of money on weekdays, but now it can be bought for only half a penny of money.

Although they are all red silk, this does not affect the desire of the people in Qingzhou to buy.

If it is not stipulated that each family can only buy a limited amount, I am afraid that the people in Qingzhou City will go crazy.

Of course, the rich and noble families in the city would definitely not look down on this red silk discount.

But if you don't like this little discount, can you still fight against the General Military Mansion, Qingzhou Yang's family, or Hongnong Yang's family?

not hang up?

Do you have any complaints about the Yang family in Qingzhou, the governor of Qingzhou County, and the Hongnong Yang family?

Therefore, the rich and noble families in Qingzhou City can see more clearly, not only hanging red silk lanterns in front of their houses, but also taking money privately on the city walls, and hanging red silk lanterns on the streets.

They are very shrewd, if they can climb the big tree of Qingzhou Yang's family with this small amount of money, it must be worth it.

As a result, almost every household in Qingzhou County was festive, decorated with red silk and red lanterns.

The most important thing is that even so, the Chen family and the Qingzhou Yang family did not spend much money, but made a lot of money instead.

Is it hard to figure it out?

In fact, this is not difficult to understand.

Such as red silk cotton brocade, if it is collected from Qingzhou Prefecture, it will definitely lose money if it is sold at half price.

But if it is purchased in large quantities from Jiangnan or Shuzhong, then the cost must not be so high, let alone sell at half price, even if it is half price, there is still some profit.

The high price of ancient commodities is mostly due to transportation costs.

All kinds of city entry taxes, tariffs, the pumping of green forest heroes, labor transportation costs, time costs, etc. are added together.

It takes at least five or six guans of silk cloth in Jiangnan to pay back its original cost when it is shipped to Qingzhou.

What if people from the Yang family and Chen family in Qingzhou are allowed to purchase in the name of the imperial court?

These costs are negligible.

Don't ask why the procurement cost in the palace and the official procurement cost of the court will be higher.

Because, this kind of people's procurement officials also need to eat. Although there are no various tariffs and green forest heroes pumping water, etc., there are layers of vampires.

In this way, it is no wonder that the procurement cost is not high.

So don't look at the Yang family and Chen family in Qingzhou who decorated the entire Qingzhou county with lanterns and festoons, and the streets and alleys were all hung with red silk.

But they really didn't lose money, but made a lot of money.

If not, where did the Chen family get the money to hold a banquet in Qingzhou County, and entertain the entire Qingzhou City people to eat and drink.

Wool comes from sheep, and it has been so since ancient times.

Of course, those who know these things know it, and those who don't know can't think of the cause and effect if they think hard.

I can only use a shocked and dumbfounded expression, looking at the lights and festoons all over the city, I can't believe the red silk and red lanterns.

For example, at this time, in the sky above Qingzhou County, on a small white jade flying boat, a Chang'an merchant who called himself Lao Li was completely dumbfounded when he saw Qingzhou County in front of him.

"You told me earlier that the Chen family is just a small family in a small county?"

"Is this the financial power that a small county family can have?"

"Or is the scene in front of you all written by Hongnong Yang?"

A certain old Li looked at Qingzhou City, which was almost wrapped in red silk, and was completely stunned. He turned his head and looked at the white-faced butler beside him.

"Your Majesty... no, master, I swear to God, the Chen family is really a small family in Qingyang County, and these must be the work of the Hongnong Yang family."

"Yes, it must be Hongnong Yang's handwriting."

The housekeeper couldn't help being dumbfounded looking at the scene in front of him, he came back to his senses, and immediately replied in an affirmative tone.

Mr. Li, a wealthy businessman from Chang'an city, also nodded in agreement when he heard the words.

He also didn't believe that a small family in a small county could be so rich and make such a big presence.

It's almost the same as the Hongnong Yang family in the top family of the Tang Dynasty.

When a wealthy businessman surnamed Li heard the words, he couldn't help but said sourly: "The Hongnong Yang family is worthy of being a thousand-year-old family with strong financial resources. They are really rich!"

"Let's go, let's go to the city to have a look, Zhen... No, it's the master, I also want to see what is so extraordinary about Chen Qi, that he can marry Hongnong Yang's daughter."

Well, this rich businessman surnamed Li from Chang'an is the current emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin.

And the white face next to him doesn't need a housekeeper, and he is also the chief steward of the Tang Palace, Wang De.

They who couldn't figure out the twists and turns of the red silk all over the city could only attribute the scene in front of them to Hongnong Yang's wealth.

Of course, it was impossible for Li Shimin to bring his servant Wang De to Qingzhou City alone.

Behind them, there are not only dark guards and Baiqi personal protection, but also the strong priests in the Tang Palace hiding in the dark.

"Hey, the bride and groom have entered the city!"

Li Shimin was about to enter the city with Wang De when he suddenly heard the sound of festive gongs and drums not far away.

The two looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a continuous red wedding party coming from afar on the ground, carrying the flower bridge and dowry, heading towards Qingzhou County, with no end in sight. .

"Master, it seems to be coming from the flying boat docking area in Qingzhou County."

Wang De glanced at the welcoming team on the ground, and said quickly.

Climb high and look far!

At this time, the white jade flying boat that Li Shimin was on was in the clouds, so he could naturally see very far away.

In addition, Li Shimin is not a monarch without the power to restrain a chicken. He also led troops to fight in the north and south in his early years, so his martial arts cultivation is naturally not bad.

However, even so, they still could only see the head of the welcoming team, but not the end of the team.

Look at the welcoming team, whether there are two people or four people, they are all struggling to carry the big red dowry.

Li Shimin couldn't imagine how rich the dowry of the sixth daughter of Hongnong Yang's main line was.

Thinking about the Datang treasury and the inner palace that were almost empty, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty couldn't help feeling sad.

What the hell, these aristocratic families are really too rich.

What depressed him the most was that seeing the marriage of the sixth lady of the Yang family was even more grand than the marriage of his daughter, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Both are not of the same class at all.

This made Li Shimin extremely depressed.

I just feel that I have a disease, pink eye disease!

Li Shimin took a deep breath, forced himself not to look at the welcoming team like a red dragon, and said in a deep voice, "Let's go, let's enter the city!"

After Li Shimin finished speaking, someone from the royal family manipulated the flying boat and landed it not far from the city of Qingzhou County.