The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 575 Is it more than 5 taels?
Gao Chong himself didn't expect that there would be such a day. He had an extra sister and a brother-in-law, and he was still his young master. This really surprised him.Now the matter of Zhao Gou and Li Shishi has become a fact, and everyone knows it well.

If Li Shishi married Zhao Gou, she would fly on a branch and become a phoenix, and Gao Chong's status would be different.He became Zhao Gou's brother-in-law directly, but it's a pity that his brother-in-law couldn't be Li Shishi's master.If there is a conflict with Zhao Gou, I am afraid that he will be the first to give in. No matter who makes Zhao Gou's martial arts and abilities far surpass Gao Chong.

Both happy and helpless!
Ever since the old lady threaded the bridge, the relationship between Li Shishi and Zhao Gou has grown by leaps and bounds. For the next few days, Zhao Gou and Li Shishi got tired of being together.As for the preparations for the wedding, it wasn't Steward Wang, Zhao Gou, or the old lady who worried about it.

Because Zhao Yougong had conveyed the emperor's imperial decree, Zhao Gou's wedding was not arranged according to common people, but everything was treated according to the prince's treatment.Therefore, Pan Lianggui, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, has been very busy these days, and he is busy making arrangements.

"Is it my big wedding or his big wedding?" Pan Lianggui is the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and he has no choice but to swear. He is as tired as a dog, but the person concerned is letting go. Just look at the final result.

Steward Wang quickly said: "Pan Shangshu, my young master is like this, please forgive me!"

"Although I am not an official who specially prepares these gift lists, I have helped people do it a few times, but I have never seen anyone with such an attitude, as if this is not his big wedding, but my big wedding, what are these called? What the hell!" Pan Lianggui was furious, if he hadn't had the sacred decree, he would have patted his ass and left.

Now, the date of the big wedding is getting closer and closer, and Zhao Gou's family is preparing the gift list, which is Nazheng.In the Song Dynasty, only the four procedures of Nacai, Naji, Nazheng, and personal welcome were retained. As for the two procedures of asking for names and asking for a date, the two procedures were cancelled.However, in the Song Dynasty, there would also be the practice of a daughter-in-law and a wealth of money.

"Tong Zi Cai" means that in addition to the names and birth dates of the man and woman, the property status of the family should also be stated in the marriage certificate. The performance of marriage is very obvious.Before the personal welcome, things like pollen will be sent in the south to "urge the marriage", and the bride's family will decorate the new house with curtains, bedding and the like, which is called "shop room".

As for "matching daughters-in-law", it is a blind date in modern terms, but the modern blind date is somewhat different from that at that time.In the modern blind date, that is to meet, have a meal, or chat, if you are satisfied, you stay together, if you are not satisfied, you leave separately.

The blind date in the Song Dynasty was different. If the match was right, the man would put gold hairpins on the woman's hair bun; .It's just that these are basically invisible in modern times. Besides, modern women don't have the habit of wearing their hair in a bun. If they really do, they will directly give rings.

At the time of Najib, Zhao Gou also sent some gifts to the door, which represented the marriage contract ceremony; now Zhao Gou is already the procedure of Najib, and along with Najib, there are wedding documents, that is, the specific time when the man will marry the woman, and gift list.

The gift list for accepting taxes depends on the woman's wealth and status.If the woman is the daughter of an official, or a lady from a famous family, then the type of gift list must conform to her status, which is a precious thing; , usually six or eight.

When the wedding document is delivered to the woman's home, a gift list will also be attached to the document, or it can be presented separately. The gift list must be written in detail from big to small, and there must be no omissions or lacks. auspicious.

As the purchaser, Pan Lianggui did everything according to the royal standards, which made him very busy and his forehead was sweating.Finally sorted out all the gift lists and handed them over to Zhao Gou for review.At this time, Zhao Gou was looking at the book leisurely and elegantly. Seeing Pan Lianggui coming, he quickly put down the book and said, "Pan Shangshu is busy!"

"Here is the gift list, please take a look!" Pan Shangshu glared angrily, then gave the gift list to Zhao Gou, regardless of Zhao Gou's willingness, sat down on his buttocks, and kept tapping his legs.

Zhao Gou opened the gift list, which clearly stated: "Eight pieces of fine silk from the Western Regions, eight pieces of Suzhou Jinxiu cloth, six strings of beads inlaid with gold blessing characters, eight red gold pearl pendants, a pair of red gold and Ruyi hairpins. , a pair of gold-plated butterfly earrings, a butterfly hairpin inlaid with gold-plated treasures, a pair of mutton fat jade bracelets, a pair of jade embossed lotus mandarin fish pendants, two pairs of top-quality Beihai black ink pearls, and eight glazed cups with colorful paintings Only one red sandalwood and silk painting mirror brocade makeup, one pair of Hetian jade pinched gold bracelets..."

Zhao Gou looked at the densely packed writing on it, and after reading it for a quarter of an hour, he smiled and said, "Pan Shangshu, is there anything else?"

"What else?" Pan Lianggui said angrily, "These are all first-class things. If it weren't for the fact that the Xing Mansion is also a family of officials, and you are not a prince, you would not have given so many gifts. Do you know these things?" How much silver is added up, a total of 5 taels of silver, which is rare in the Song Dynasty."

"Is 5 taels too much?" Zhao Gou looked at Pan Lianggui suspiciously. 3 taels is really not much to him, that is, half a month's work, or even half a month's work. Money is already too much for Pan Lianggui.

"You're such a prodigal!"

Pan Lianggui was so angry that his beard turned up. He had never seen such a prodigal. He actually spent 5 taels of silver for a big wedding. Well, the money was distributed by the national treasury, but the imperial decree was personally issued by the emperor, which made Pan Lianggui's heart ache.

"I see you in a steady state on weekdays, but I didn't expect you to be a extravagant person! Alas, this old man misjudged the wrong person, what a pair of eyes he has for nothing!"

"Is Pan Shangshu underestimating me, Zhao?" Zhao Gou said lightly, "A mere 5 taels of silver is nothing more than a drop in the bucket to me. It depends on whether I want it or not, I can still afford the money!"

"You..." Pan Lianggui said suspiciously.

"Master Shangshu doesn't believe it?" Seeing that Pan Lianggui didn't believe it, Zhao Gou took out six silver taels from his pocket, all of which were cashable bank notes, five of which were 1 taels of silver bills, and one was for 5000 taels. He said: "Although Lord Shangshu complies with the imperial decree, he has worked hard and made great achievements. This money can also be regarded as the happy money I gave to Lord Shangshu and other brothers. It is used for eating and drinking!"

"you……"

Pan Lianggui turned from being suspicious to shocked. He didn't expect Zhao Gou to take out 5 taels of silver in one place, and casually said that the 5000 taels were for drinking money for them. This made Pan Lianggui a little unbelievable. It is impossible to have so much money from birth to death, but I don't know where Zhao Gou got it from.

(End of this chapter)