Chapter 639 Exotic Wedding
The Central Plains region describes the luxury of a house, and they like to describe it as the glorious golden wall. Of course, this idiom cannot be understood literally. After all, in the Central Plains region, no matter how rich it is, no one will really use gold as a wall. At least in the thinking of Li Ke and Lu Wan, no one will do such a thing.
But when they entered Abu's villa, everything they saw suddenly subverted their thinking. When they first came in, this villa that covered a large area was nothing in Li Ke and the others' eyes. In their opinion, the architectural techniques of the great cannibal were a bit rough, and some places were designed unreasonable.
Then Abu led them into the main hall, which was a typical Dashi building with a high and pointed roof on it and was decorated with luxurious outside. However, after entering the main hall, Li Ke and others felt dazzled, because both the walls and the columns were all full of golden light. Li Ke and the others could see at a glance that they were all real gold, and there were countless colorful jades embedded in these golden walls and columns. Under the light, they flashed charming light.
"This...this..." Even with Lu Wan's concentration, he was shocked by this gold-filled house and could not speak. As for the important members of the fleet who came with him, they were all stunned. It is estimated that the scene in front of him only appeared in their dreams.
Li Ke and Cen Changqian were full of strange looks, and at the same time, they thought that the taste of these great cannibals is really special. No matter how rich they are among the Han people, they will not stick gold all over the room. To put it bluntly, Abu's practice is nothing like an explosive household among the Han people.
Although Abu has been to the Tang Dynasty and Taiwan, he obviously has not reached the height of the Han people in his thoughts. Especially when he saw Lu Wan and his other shocked expressions, he said proudly: "Person Lu, please see, this hall was carefully crafted by me. The outside is made of solid bluestone, and a lot of cement has been transported from Taiwan. It can be said that it is very strong. As for the decoration of the interior, thousands of kilograms of gold were used, and then made into thin slices and pasted on the wall. There are also priceless gems. Whenever I am in a bad mood, I like to stay here. Looking at these charming gold and gems, my whole mood will gradually improve."
"Well, if I stay in such a luxurious hall for a while, I will definitely get better." Lu Wan said half-jokingly that although he likes to study, he is actually a pirate in his bones. He has no prejudice against Abu's practice of decorating the house with gold and gems. As for some of the people behind him, their saliva is almost flowing down. Unfortunately, this is a big food here, not a native tribe that can be robbed at will, otherwise they would really dare to kill and seize the decision. After all, for these guys from slave hunting teams, this kind of thing is like drinking cold water.
Abu was obviously very satisfied with Lu Wan and the others' reaction, which greatly satisfied his vanity. Next, he was very enthusiastic to entertain everyone, and gave barbecue and wine with desert-style style, and accompanied by beautiful female slaves.
"Not only is there a golden house here, but also Yan Ruyu. This businessman Abu can really enjoy it." Cen Changqian tasted the bright red wine and said with a smile.
"The concepts are different. Our Central Plains region has always despised merchants very much. The status of merchants is low, so no matter how rich he is, he dare not show it. However, the merchants in Dashi have a high status and even recognize the status of merchants in religion. Therefore, they have a strong influence on the government. Every merchant has a deep background, so they dare to reveal their wealth so unscrupulously." Li Ke chuckled. Influenced by Li Yan over the years, his views on some things have also been somewhat different, and sometimes they have been deeply rooted.
Cen Changqian thought when she heard Li Ke's words, and then smiled for a moment: "What Your Highness said really makes sense, just like His Highness King Qi values business, so the status of merchants in Taiwan is much higher than that in the Central Plains. In recent years, many merchants from the Tang Dynasty chose to settle in Taiwan and other places, and the mansions built were also very luxurious. This shows that the behavior of these merchants was indeed influenced by their own policies."
After a sumptuous dinner, Li Ke and Lu Wan and others were resting in this villa. The next morning, the businessman Abu arrived here in person and invited them to the city. Today is the day when my mother officially entered her husband's house. Not only was Abu's house decorated with lights, but there were even a few bands and dancers arranged on the street, which attracted a lot of people to watch and looked particularly lively.
Since you attend the wedding, of course you have to give gifts. This is the same in both the Tang Dynasty and the Dashi. Li Ke and the others naturally cannot be empty-handed. However, there are various goods in their fleet, including high-end goods such as porcelain and silk. It is also very respectful to take out some as gifts. Lu Wan, as the captain, prepared a set of perfumes of five flavors, and Li Ke also prepared a mirror as a basin, which are very expensive gifts.
However, what Li Ke and the others did not expect was that when they entered Abu's house, they were told that there was no need to send the gift for the time being. Instead, they had to wait until the evening before a ceremony called "Sabahieye" was held, and then the gift was given to the host.
As VIP guests, Li Ke and Lu Wan were welcomed into the main hall of Abu's home. This main hall is almost the same as the main hall of the other courtyard. Although there is no gold on the wall, there is a Shu brocade worth ten thousand gold hanging. This Shu brocade has a very low output in the Tang Dynasty. It was used to be only used by the royal family and the nobles. Later, due to the stimulation of industry and commerce, the output has increased to a certain extent, but it is also quite limited. Even in the Tang Dynasty and Taiwan, there is a saying that there is a gold medal. Although the Shu brocade here in Abu is not the best, it is definitely more expensive than gold in places like Dashi.
In addition to these precious Shu brocade, there are also many gems inlaid on the walls and pillars. Most of the Abu and the guests who come and go also carry a lot of gems. It seems that these big cannibals really have a special love for gems.
The wedding of the cannibal is very luxurious, especially in the banquet, which has been exhausted. Among them, the Central Plains delicacies prepared by Abu are naturally very popular, and the guests who come to congratulate them all praise them.
Li Ke and the others were very interested in some of the foods in Dashi. For example, there is a roasted camel, which is a must-have food at Dashi wedding banquet. When cooking this food, the first thing is to put a cooked egg into the fish belly, then roast the money, then put it in the chicken or duck belly, then roast it and put it in the sheep belly. Finally, the roasted sheep is placed in the camel's belly. The camel is cooked directly at the banquet, and the owner takes out the egg in the belly and gives it to the most honorable guests at the banquet.
Although the guests at the banquet were the most noble as Li Ke, they were unfortunately not exposed, so the egg was given to Lu Wan by Abu. Then everyone shared the roasted camel and Li Ke tasted it curiously and found that the camel meat was not delicious, but the mutton and chicken in the camel's belly had a unique flavor.
After the wedding banquet, the ceremony of "Sabahieye" began to enter, but before that, the guests gave gifts to the married couple. Among them, the gifts of Lu Wan and Li Ke caused a sensation, because both perfumes and mirrors were luxury goods used by the nobles of the Tang Dynasty, and few of them were circulated outside. Now these two Han people gave such precious gifts at once, and they were guests of Lang Yifang, which made Abu and his son feel very proud.
What made Li Ke very interesting was the final Sabahiye ceremony. In short, this ceremony was to show the guests his dowry and jewelry. The richer the dowry and jewelry, the more face the mother's family would be, and the wealth was incomparable to Abu, but the dowry prepared was also very rich.
The wedding was very lively and luxurious, but Li Ke felt regretful that they could not see the true face of their mother from beginning to end, because during the wedding, the male and female guests were separated. It was not until the last wedding that the mother showed up, but the wrapping was very tight, and there was no way to see the beauty, ugly, fat and thin.
After watching my mother and Lang enter the bridal chamber, the guests outside continued to celebrate. After all, this is the first day of the wedding. This kind of celebration will last for a month. Of course, Li Ke and the others will not stop here for a month. The chefs of the fleet will only help here for three days and will leave at that time. This is also the one that we had negotiated with Abu before.
"Your Highness, we have the saying that we are worth a thousand gold for a moment, but the custom of big food is very strange. Today, the man has to stay alone in the empty room and wait until the next morning to see his mother. This thousand taels of gold was wasted." Cen Changqian pulled Li Ke and whispered, his face full of dirty smiles.
After hearing this, Li Ke also joked: "Mr. Abu can take out tens of thousands of taels of gold to decorate the house, what does a few thousand taels count as?"
During the following celebrations, Abu ordered people to raise a huge bonfire in the yard, and then many beautiful female slaves danced around the fire. These female slaves did not cover their bodies like those big-food women, but wore veils and showed graceful curves. As the waist swinged, they attracted the attention of many young men in the field.
When Li Ke and Lu Wan and the others returned in the evening, Abu gave them another surprise, that was, a female slave was arranged for each of them to sleep. The reason why they did not arrange it last night was because, considering that Lu Wan and the others had just arrived yesterday, they were tired and needed to rest for a night.
Of course, Lu Wan and others would not refuse Abu's kindness. Even Li Ke and Cen Changqian have always considered themselves romantic figures. Moreover, if they don't taste this exotic style in this foreign land, wouldn't it be a pity for the enterprise to not taste this exotic style?
Chapter completed!