But Yun'er didn't recognize the bullfighting uniform.
He just walked forward quickly, curiously took out this set of luxurious brocade clothes from the box, looked at it again and again, touched it again and again, and made a sound of admiration.
"What gorgeous clothes."
Yun'er loved the fabric of the dress so much that she even rubbed her delicate face on the exquisite hand-stitched embroidery, feeling the silky touch.
The little maid then said happily: "Ah, Master, this official uniform is made of brocade material, and the embroidery is so well made... much prettier than the brown one."
Looking at the little maid who is getting taller and plumper, she can see the coquettish look on her pretty face.
Shen Lie was speechless.
It sounds awkward to say this.
aside.
Yue Xuan'er burst out laughing, then walked over with gentle steps, put his plump jade arms around Yun'er's shoulders, and spoke close to her little ear.
"Don't be ignorant, this is not an official uniform, this is a bullfighting uniform...the embroidered one is a bullfighting animal of the zodiac sign. Gold is precious."
After all, he is the number one in the romance industry in Beijing.
So knowledgeable.
Follow Yue Xuan'er's words.
Yun'er also covered her mouth in surprise and let out a soft cry: "Ah?"
Although she didn't recognize it, she had heard of it.
The bullfighting suit is similar to the python suit and the flying fish suit. The decorations on the suit are similar to the Longgun suit worn by the emperor. They are both gift suits.
The bullfighting suit is one level lower than the legendary flying fish suit, and two levels lower than the python suit. It is not part of the official uniform system, but is a special reward for the imperial eunuchs, eunuchs, and prime ministers of the Ming Dynasty.
As we all know.
In this day and age, being able to receive such a gift would be regarded as a great honor by the people. Of course, later on, as more and more gifts were given, it became a bad thing on the street.
As the two girls gathered together, chattering and touching the patch of the python's horn, they both burst into smiles.
Yue Xuan'er said excitedly: "Brother is neither an eunuch in the inner court nor a minister, so being given this bullfighting uniform is definitely not an ordinary favor. It seems that the emperor really values my brother."
Yun'er's little chicken pecked at the rice and nodded desperately.
"That must be it!"
Back and forth.
The two little girls were chattering and insisting on forcing Shen Lie to put on the bullfighting uniform. Shen Lie couldn't resist, so he had to go into the back room and try it on.
After another moment.
As the door opens.
But they saw a young and heroic young man walking out of the room, and the bright eyes of the two women lit up. Sure enough, a man relies on his clothes and a horse relies on his saddle.
As soon as you put on this bullfighting uniform, you will feel noble.
Yun'er's eyes were full of little stars, and Yue Xuan'er also said in a daze, "You are a fifth-rank official."
“So impressive!”
In the sound of warblers and swallows.
Shen Lie also looked down at his buttocks and smiled slightly.
Don't say it yet.
Putting on this domineering outfit, she put on a heroic pose and enjoyed the admiration of her beautiful little maid and stunning stepsister.
This taste is really a bit ecstatic.
But this is the situation.
But she wasn't there.
Shen Lie always felt empty and missing something.
In laughter.
Yun'er wondered again: "Now that the young master has become a high official, does our family count as... a family of officials?"
This question stunned Yue Xuan'er, and she couldn't answer it.
Thinking deeply.
Yue Xuan'er shook his head: "It can't be calculated."
Shen Lie rolled up the sleeves of his bullfighting uniform and said with a smile, "Our family is now an imperial merchant."
The two girls were stunned again, and began to think carefully about the two words "Huang Shang", but the more they thought about it, the more confused they became.
Yue Xuan'er asked curiously: "What is an imperial merchant?"
She didn't understand and wasn't surprised.
As the name suggests.
The imperial merchants were engaged in business to make money for the Tian family.
But in the ninth year of Wanli, there were no imperial merchants in the Ming Dynasty, because the power of the emperor in the Ming Dynasty was too weakened.
Do you dare to make money for the emperor...
Scholars will put on a big hat of competing with the people for profit.
A complete sycophant.
The emperor is already rich in the world, so what do you need money for? Money is an external possession and should be left to the noble and self-sufficient scholars to earn it!
The imperial merchants really became popular in the Qing Dynasty, because the emperor of the Qing Dynasty was not used to scholars, and no one would dare to scold the emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
That’s really boring!
What kind of literal hell, sticky spots, blood drops...
Go to death!
But scholars don’t even dare to fart.
At this moment, Shen Lie, who was wearing a bullfight uniform, narrowed his eyes and naturally thought of the eight great imperial merchants of the Qing Dynasty who would be familiar to everyone in later generations.
There are also those royal business dramas that he has participated in, such as the Qiao Family Courtyard, the Wang Family Courtyard, the Chang Family Manor, and the Cao Family Sanduo Hall.
Most of them are Shanxi merchants.
There are also some Zhejiang businessmen.
At their peak, these imperial merchants were responsible for the taxation operations of the Qing Dynasty, and controlled 70 to 80% of the entire dynasty's silver inventory through ticket numbers!
This is the terrifying imperial merchant!
Wherever the imperial merchants went, from Guangdong and Guangxi in the south to Kyaktu in the north, trade routes, camel gangs, and boat gangs spread all over the country, creating the flow of goods and logistics.
With the support of the ticket number, there was no tea, horse, silk, or iron business that they dared not do. It was through the power of the royal family.
They have built a huge business empire.
There are two branches of government and businessmen, black and white take both sides.
This faint past incident made Shen Lie's eyes darken, and then he took off his bullfighting uniform and whispered to Yun'er.
"keep it."
Yun'er quickly responded: "Oh."
The little maid carefully folded the bullfighting uniform, put it into a sandalwood box, and then hid it in a side room, a storage room specially used to store belongings.
At this time, there were already several large boxes gifted from the emperor in the storage room of Shen's mansion, and Yun'er's little face turned into a flower with a smile.
In her opinion, the old Shen family has more and more heirlooms.
A night of silence.
In the blink of an eye, it was early morning the next day.
At dawn.
The backyard of Shen Mansion was busy as usual.
Now that the business has been on a regular track, and the few apprentices can now take charge of their own business, Shen Lie has become more relaxed.
Yawning.
Shen Lie stretched out and walked out of the room, looking at the clean and tidy courtyard in front of him.
Under the sunshine of the rising sun in the early morning, two virtuous women, Yun'er and her adopted sister Yue Xuan'er, were sitting side by side, washing their clothes with soap locust.
As Yun'er wrung out a piece of clothing and hung it up, she couldn't help but look up at the sky with her shining eyes wide open.
The little maid asked with lingering fear: "Master, is the locust plague gone?"
Shen Lie responded softly: "Yes."
At this moment.
A familiar and graceful figure hurriedly appeared outside the Moon Gate and walked hurriedly. Yun'er and Yue Xuan'er hurried forward to say hello.
"The big shopkeeper is here."
Shen Lie also showed a bright smile to his sweetheart and said softly: "Here he comes."
Zhang Jingxiu nodded.
See you again.
Shen Lie's eyes were filled with unbreakable affection.
After another moment.
Yun'er and Xuan'er hung up their clothes to dry, then brought out the cooked meals. The family set up a table in the courtyard of the inner house and started eating leisurely.
Eat enough, drink enough.
Zhang Jingxiu came to the imperial edict and began to analyze it word by word.
"There are thousands of households in Dongchang...what a big official."