Yu Wenyu's wedding arrived as scheduled, and the whole Taifu mansion was bustling with activity from dawn on this day.
There have been happy events in the Yuwen family before, but they were all married women, and this was the first time that the son of the household married a wife. Although he was only the eldest son of a concubine, Daxingtai was also very happy, and the marriage partner was his Wuchuan Township Party friend Duguxin.
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Leaving aside the son of Zhao Gui, who is engaged but has not yet married, this is the first time that Yu Wentai has been married to the Wuchuan Township Party, so this wedding also has extraordinary significance.
In order to show the importance he attaches to this wedding, Yu Wentai, who has always been frugal with expenses, also approved a considerable budget for the wedding. Although it is still a bit tight for Li Tai, who is responsible for preparing the wedding, he also knows that relative
Daxingtai has always been unusually generous in its urine.
As the preparations for the wedding progressed, Li Tai gradually realized that Daxingtai had appointed him to take charge of this matter not just to show the public that he was still one of Daxingtai's most trusted confidants, but also for some reasons.
The meaning of beating the autumn wind to deceive the local tyrants.
The budget given by Dahangtai is limited, but the personnel required are huge. Although it can be done in Feng and Jian, if the wedding is too simple, people will not think that it is because Dahangtai is stingy.
Instead, he would blame Li Tai for not doing things well.
So in the second half of the wedding preparations, Li Tai basically spent money on things himself, as if he was marrying his daughter-in-law, and finally prepared the wedding properly.
On the wedding day, guests came to Taifu in an endless stream to congratulate them, and were arranged to have banquets and plays in different halls, waiting to watch the ceremony at night.
Li Tai naturally does not have time to sit down and drink for fun. He needs to lead his staff to patrol everywhere so that when an accident occurs, he can appear in time and deal with it.
In particular, the atmosphere in Kansai is heroic, and those town soldiers don't care about anything after they get involved. They vent themselves first, so it is even more necessary to arrange some emergency measures to prevent others from messing up this carefully prepared wedding.
Yu Wentai was naturally happy to enjoy his success. He had been sitting in the main hall of the inner palace since early morning to receive congratulations from internal and external ministers. His face was red and he was in a good mood. His hearty and cheerful smile echoed throughout the hall.
Li Taiqi, who was so busy that his feet didn't even touch the floor, might be passing by here when he saw several Zhu Guo who were accompanying Yu Wentai to banquet and chat in the hall. He couldn't help but murmur in his heart: Just keep it like this, you old guys just sit like this.
Drink and drink tea in the hall, leave all external affairs to me, and when the time is right, I will bury you together!
Yu Wentai was unaware of these sinister thoughts in Li Tai's mind. In addition to enjoying the benefits, he would occasionally express his gratitude and condolences to the busy Li Tai, personally fill a glass of wine for Li Tai to come and drink, and he would almost spoil you.
A bad doting expression.
Little did he know that Li Tai was not grateful at all for such concern. He picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, then hurriedly left the hall and hurriedly went to another hall to calm things down and appease the crowd.
Fortunately, he is now the number one person in the country below Zhuguo, and his prestige is enough to control the situation. No matter whether the people at home and abroad are convinced or not, they always have to give some face. If he offends Da Xingtai, Da Xingtai will
Xingtai may be magnanimous and not care about it. But if he offends General Li, Zhu Guo Zhao Gui is a living example. After being tense for several years, he finally had to bow his head and settle the matter.
In this way, under Li Tai's careful maintenance, although the whole day was lively, there were no fights or disturbances. The congratulators also drank too much and were very drunk. All of them were arranged in the side room of the other hall. Even
Even drunkenness will not affect the progress of the wedding here in the inner palace.
Finally in the evening, the wedding procession started from Taifu with the groom Guanyu Wenyu and went straight to Duguxin's residence in the south of the city. All the congratulators in Taifu also stopped their banquets and games and each sipped buttermilk.
, tea and other drinks can relieve hangover and relieve fatigue, and wait for the ceremony later.
There is no custom of drinking tea in Guanzhong nowadays. Even in Luoyang during the Northern Wei Dynasty, which was more enlightened and tolerant, tea drinkers were still derided as cheese slaves. This was by no means an elegant name, but the people of the Northern Dynasties expressed contempt by belittling the eating habits of the southerners.
The habit of drinking tea is not completely absent in Guanzhong nowadays, but it is mainly concentrated among temple monks and people who have lived in the Southern Dynasties and come from the north. Such as Li Tai, his cousin Lu Rou, and even his father
Although Li Xiao is not a big addict, he still likes to drink a little tea occasionally. Of course, this is just an example and is far from a trend.
Li Tai knew that the market prospects and profits of tea, a daily drink, were very considerable, so he always seized the opportunity to promote the habit of drinking tea.
Of course, what he really values is not to make profits, but to gradually eliminate the gap between the southerners and the northerners through similar living and eating habits. Although the alienation between the north and the south caused by hundreds of years of division and chaos is far from a cup of tea.
It's a bridge, but at least it's a point of convergence, and it's free of charge and you can even make money, so why not do it?
Today at Yu Wenyu's wedding, while the dignitaries of the Western Wei Dynasty gathered together, Li Tai also regarded tea as a key promotion item.
There is a special case between every two guest seats, and a maidservant is arranged to serve tea. Various large and small porcelain jars contain tea foam, orange peel, ginger, garlic, pepper, sugar and other seasonings.
A small red clay stove was set up, and the maid who served the tea put in various condiments one by one. Regardless of the taste of the drink, it was already full of ritual, and it was several times more elegant than the buttermilk drank by a cow.
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Taking advantage of the convenience of Li Tai introducing tea drinks to the government these days, Yu Wentai has gradually developed a taste for it. Now he has become a health expert in the circle of friends. While holding tea drinks, he said with a smile: "Tea is popular."
It was spread to the south, but not popular in the north. This is not because the properties of the product are not good, but because the predecessors could not drink it in the same way. Nowadays, people go down to Jianghan, connect Huainan in the east, Hu State in the west, and Jinshan in the north, collecting the riches from all directions.
Tea from Jingxiang, oranges from Huainan, pepper from the Western Regions, and milk from Jinshan are all combined into a precious drink. How can anyone who appreciates taste not love this?"
As he spoke, he took a sip of the warm and spicy tea soup, then sipped and tasted it between his lips and teeth, and then swallowed it gently into his throat, praising in his mouth: "It's really refreshing!"
When the King of Liang who was sitting on the side saw this, he quickly raised the sugar in the porcelain jar and said: "Although tea is not as sweet and thick as buttermilk, if it is paired with frost sugar and stone honey, it will be sweeter and last longer."
Be happy to come back!"
It is still difficult to make people accept a new eating habit in a short period of time, so there is no harm in trying new things.
In particular, the two highest-ranking people present all expressed their love for it, so the guests in the hall also tried it one after another. Immediately, various praises came one after another in the hall. This artistic conception is quite like the emperor's new clothes, even if
Some people who cannot adapt to this taste in a short period of time are now embarrassed.
While the crowd was still tasting tea in the hall, the wedding team had already returned to Taifu. Duguxin's home was not far from Taifu, and it seemed that he did not make things difficult for the wedding team, so he welcomed the bride so quickly.
Return to the bride.
Next, Daxingtai and all the guests who were watching the ceremony moved to the green tent outside the hall, waiting for the auspicious moment to salute. At this time, Li Tai still had no time to watch people worshiping in the hall, and instead took the inner government officials with him.
Go and take stock of the bride's dowry to put into the internal treasury.
When Li Tai got married, his father-in-law prepared a large dowry for his young lady, including but not limited to all kinds of frivolous property, utensils, manors, slaves, etc.
Originally, he was secretly thinking that his father-in-law would have to spend a lot of money this time, but when he checked to receive the dowries, he was quite surprised. Although there were dozens of dowries in large and small boxes, and hundreds of pieces of silk and miscellaneous colors.
, copper, tin, lacquer and other dozens of utensils, ten male and female servants each, plus a garden covering several hectares on the outskirts of Huazhou, which is all the dowry.
Of course, it cannot be said that this dowry is meager. For ordinary people, it is still very considerable. It is enough for a poor family to become a well-off family. However, for a family like Duguxin, it is definitely not rich. Especially,
Compared with when the eldest daughter got married, it could even be said to be shabby, and even Li Tai felt a little sorry when he saw it.
But when I think about it, I also spent money to help Yu Wenyu prepare for the wedding. As a brother-in-law, it is definitely interesting. If Yu Wenyu is picky and dissatisfied with him because of this, it would be a bit ignorant.
Because of his own experience in getting married, Li Tai also asked the servants in the palace to carefully check all the dowry boxes and boxes to avoid the buy-one-get-one-free farce like last time. Although he has many sisters-in-law,
, but it can’t be delivered like this.
By the time he finished his work here, the ceremony had been completed in Qinglu, the guests returned to continue the banquet, and the newlyweds were sent to the bridal chamber. Naturally, Li Tai did not need to follow him to the bridal chamber, and was planning all the matters he was responsible for.
After making arrangements with the housekeeper, his task was completed and he could finally go to the hall and have a glass of wedding wine.
When he came to the hall, all the guests were already drunk, and Yu Wentai was also drunk. When he saw Li Tai entering the hall, he quickly waved for him to come forward, then he set up a table next to his and placed the table in front of him.
The wine and food were served to Li Tai's case, and he said with emotion: "Boshan is really my confidant. Regardless of public or private matters, as long as Boshan takes care of them, I have nothing to worry about!"
Li Tai stepped away from the table, held the wine glass in both hands, raised it high above his forehead, and replied: "I am a young disciple of Meng Lang. Fortunately, I was appreciated by my master and conquered the palace. I was diligent in repairing, generous and indulgent. After thinking about it, I had to be honest and sincere."
, we share the same taste, and the favor we receive is unparalleled among all other colleagues. Do you dare not to repay it with all your sincerity?"