Then they divided into two groups. Chang Yu, Shi Kefa and a group of civil servants, accompanied by Lao Jiu and others, went straight to the capital, while the other group went west via Pinggu to Changping.
Lao Jiu is the commander of the Black Wolf Battalion. Although his Black Wolf Battalion went west with Prince Hu and his party, he still has to return to Beijing with Chang Yu because he has a close friendship with the three people in Wuzhong and must attend the wedding.
Before parting, Wang Zhengnan, the Chen brothers, Wang Lang, Li Bingxiao and others asked Chang Yu to pay their respects first. Chang Yu agreed and looked at the indifferent face standing on the roadside: "As colleagues, please send me congratulations.
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"I want to protect the little princess but I can't go back to the capital with you. Since there's no one here, there's no need..." Sujing said and suddenly sighed: "Well, although I don't like that guy in Wuzhong, the Song family brothers and sisters still do.
Yes, since Luo Yu saved your life, I will give you a gift as well." She rummaged through her body for a while and took out a five hundred silver note: "Is that enough?" She didn't understand the ways of the world.
, I have never followed the etiquette, so I have this question.
Chang Yu scratched his head: "I don't remember giving you so many bounties. How did you get so much wealth?"
"You think I am just patrolling the streets day and night..." Su Jing rolled her eyes at him, Chang Yu looked stunned, as if he had guessed something: "Don't do this kind of thing in the future, after all, you are from the Yamen.
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"I'm not from the yamen, I'm just yours." Su Jing rolled her eyes. Chang Yu felt weird hearing this.
If he hadn't been dragged down by a group of civil servants, he could reach the capital in one day at Chang Yu's speed, but... it took him a day and a half to arrive outside the city in the evening, but he happened to meet Tu Yuan and Jia Waixiong who were riding back to the capital dozens of times, and they were obviously pinched.
Come back soon.
The journey to Xuanfu Town was nearly 400 miles, and their group of dozens of people traveled day and night for a day and a half just to come back for the wedding. This friendship was quite precious.
"Governor, we are in Xuan Mansion..." Tu Yuangang was about to report on the way into the city, but Chang Yu stopped him: "I came back to attend a wedding. We are not talking about official business. Have you prepared any gifts?"
"We have discussed it, and each of us will give them fifty taels of silver." Jia Waixiong quickly said, "Master Governor, do you think it's enough?"
Chang Yu could fit an egg into his mouth: "One person is fifty taels, and one shot is one hundred and fifty taels. You are so rich."
"Who are the humble people who are so lucky to have such a generous boss like the Governor?" Lao Jiu chuckled, and Chang Yu thought for a moment: "It's too much to promote this kind of trend. No matter who the wedding gifts are in the future, they can't
If it exceeds twenty taels, and if you are too generous, you will be criticized by others and throw dirty water on you."
"We all earned this money by holding our heads high and working hard on the battlefield? Who among them who neither steals nor robs dares to talk nonsense and chew their tongues? I will tear their mouths apart." Jia Waixiong said and swiped fiercely at Shi Kefa and other civil servants.
After a while? All the officials pretended not to know.
Shi Kefa smiled slightly: "I have never been on the battlefield and have not earned so much silver reward. My salary is meager, so I just give a gift of ten taels? I hope they don't think it is too little."
Hearing what he meant, the three of them needed ten taels of silver. Each person was equivalent to a little more than three taels. As a minister of the Ministry of War, the accompanying gifts were indeed not much. But Chang Yu was very happy and knew that he meant this, because there were still other gifts with him.
There are dozens of officials. If he takes 20 taels, these officials will cost at least 10 taels of silver. Three people will cost thirty taels of silver? This is a huge expense for ordinary officials.
But the dignified Minister of War only gave out ten taels of silver. No matter how much they had, they would not be able to get more than ten taels.
"Master Shangshu has already given them a huge favor by going, and it doesn't matter whether he is polite or not." Chang Yu laughed and said goodbye to the officials, asking them to go home first and then leave the capital together after attending the wedding tomorrow.
Public office.
"Duke, shall we go back to the Yamen now?" Tu Yuan asked Chang Yu after saying goodbye to Shi Kefa and others.
"Go back to the yamen, hurry up and buy gifts. Gift money is gift money, and gifts are gifts." Chang Yu rolled his eyes. He thought he didn't understand all these things, but he didn't expect these people to understand them even less.
"Yes, yes, we only have twenty taels of gift money, so we have to buy some gifts to make up for it..." Lao Jiu patted his head, and Chang Yu couldn't help but give him a look: "It's two completely different things, you just pack two hundred taels,
You also have to buy another gift."
"Yeah, two hundred taels, forget it, I can't afford it." Lao Jiu chuckled. Chang Yu was about to say a few words to him, but suddenly thought that Su Jing had given him five hundred taels. Hey, he just said that the limit was two hundred taels.
There are twelve taels, and the rest...hehe.
In ancient times, when meeting red or white events, unlike today, most people only need to give gifts. Gifts, gifts, and gifts refer to gifts, and things are objects, both of which are indispensable.
For red events, in addition to gifts, rich people will also buy silks, gold and silver jewelry, and various cakes. Of course, ordinary people rarely spend gifts, just pull a piece of cloth to make quilts or clothes, and they can also buy some brown sugar.
Eggs and the like are just a matter of pulling off the white cloth.
Dongchang is a wealthy family. Chang Yu and his men are not short of money and must cover everything. The group of people walked around the city until dark and bought a lot of silk and satin. Chang Yu even specially picked out a few pieces of jewelry for Song Luoyu.
Go back to the Yamen.
The Dongchang Yamen has been very lively these days. Originally, it was just Chang Yu's subordinates who were getting married. However, because a princess married a princess from the Qingzhou Palace, and the emperor personally officiated the wedding, the whole city was instantly ignited. Everyone in the government and the public knew that Dongchang was planning to marry.
It's a happy event.
Some people even laughed and said that the killings in Dongchang were too heavy and they needed a happy event to lighten the situation.
But no matter what, there is no doubt that Dongchang will organize this happy event in a big way. The entire yamen is working together, and as the person in charge, Li Muxian is doing his best. For him, he has seen too much suffering in the world, and even more
Looking forward to good things, in addition to the fact that the emperor will preside over this wedding, it is very likely to be a blessing, so I have paid extra attention to everything, from decorating the house to purchasing ingredients...
Wuzhong and Song Luoyu are relatively free. They are both Jianghu people. In this troubled times, their relatives and friends in their hometown have died long ago and are scattered. They are just a bunch of colleagues and friends from Dongchang. But Song Luoshu's side is different. On the previous day,
As soon as the messenger left, he, accompanied by Hao Yaoqi and Ji Jike, hurried to Qingzhou to pick up the bride, because there was a vassal there, with many rules and people... plus Chang Yu's influence,
There are no shortage of people coming to have a wedding banquet. To put it simply, this is not just a wedding for the three of them, but a wedding in Dongchang!
All the guests who came to congratulate him were nine out of ten from Bendong Factory and Chang Yu's connections.
When Chang Yu returned to the Yamen, he saw Li Muxian frowning in the lobby. It seemed that he had encountered something difficult. Really, where was the wedding held in the first place? After all, it was two families.
Which one is Dongchang Yamen or Wuzhong or Song Luoshu?
In fact, Song Luoshu hasn't come back yet, but tomorrow is an auspicious time for the wedding.
Chang Yu thought for a while, after all, a yamen is a yamen and it is not suitable to hold a wedding. As for whose house to hold the wedding, he learned that they were both second-timers in the house and there were so many guests that there was not enough space in any house to hold the wedding.
"Our family agreed to send two people into the big house three times, why did they only buy the second one?" Chang Yu was confused. Li Muchian explained that it was Song Luoyu's intention. She and her brother Song Luoshu must be neighbors and buy the house together, and it must be far away from the Chang Mansion.
Recently, there are only two houses that meet this condition.
"So, you really bought two houses next to each other?"
"Separated by a wall," Li Muxian said.
"Tear down the wall!" Chang Yu made the decision without hesitation, and Li Muchian slapped himself on the forehead: "How could such a simple person get into trouble?"
The wedding scene was settled, but Song Luoshu, who picked up the bride, had not come back yet, which made Chang Yu seem helpless.
According to the original plan, Song Luoshu and his party would have to travel day and night to get to Qingzhou Mansion in at most three days. Even if they were delayed for a day to attend the wedding banquet there, it would be a bit tight to get back in five days, but they should still be there.
"Could something happen on the road and be delayed?" Chunxiang felt that it was unlucky to say this, and slapped himself after saying it. Chang Yu shook his head: "Hao Yaoqi and Ji Jike are accompanying us with hundreds of warriors.
, let alone some bandits and horse thieves, even if they encounter regular bandits or Tatars, they won't be able to make any mistakes."
"You should be back in five days," Chunxiang frowned.
"Five days is not a lot of time." Chang Yu thought for a moment: "When they left, they were riding fast and without any scruples. When they came, there was a bride in a carriage, which was almost half as slow. They traveled thousands of miles to Qingzhou, even if they traveled day and night.
Running two hundred miles a day and a night is no easy task."
Li Muxian nodded when he heard this, "Pindao has sent people to investigate, and I guess nothing will happen. I hope I can arrive in Beijing before tonight, and I must not miss the auspicious time tomorrow. It will be the emperor's wedding..."
This matter was urgent and we could only wait patiently. A few people discussed other matters about the wedding, and then Chang Yu conveyed an order: Any general under the command of the Dongchang Yamen must not carry more than twenty taels with the gift, and ordinary soldiers cannot
To receive gift money, if you want to drink wedding wine, just pull a piece of cloth and bring some cakes.
Other guards or soldiers from the Beijing camp who have a close relationship with Dongchang must also abide by these regulations, and must post these rules on a sign outside the door.
This move made Li Muxian very much in agreement. On the one hand, it would not condone the trend of generous gifts, and on the other hand, it would also gain a clear name for Dongchang. It could be said that it served multiple purposes with one stone.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Chang Yu was about to go to the wedding room to have a look. The eunuch in the palace was summoned by Emperor Chongzhen to enter the palace to meet the emperor.