Chapter 158 The Imperial Order is here
Tang Shunzhi told Chen Silence that the imperial envoy had arrived in Shaoxing and was resting at Xiaoshan Post, waiting for the auspicious day of the zodiac to enter the city.
The imperial envoy was the emperor. Although it was to pass the imperial envoy to Chen Mo's family, Shaoxing City had to work hard... We couldn't count on the Shen family's father and son to hang all the roads the imperial envoy had to pass, and then splash them with clean water. They couldn't finish it even if they were exhausted.
So starting from the second day of the lunar month, all the yamen runners and carpenters in the city were dispatched, starting from the North City Gate, crossing Fuqian Street, and all the ten streets, six or seven miles away, were tied into colorful sheds, and red yarns were pasted on the sheds.
For a moment, the craftsmen could not find so many red silks, so they passed the white silk, white cloth, white silk and white veil in the red dye, and then exposed them to the scorching sun for two hours to turn the white into red to fill the number.
But because the city gate and the gate of the Shen family were the places where the imperial envoy stood, they all used the best Western Shu red silk, so the shed was naturally very finely tied, and the fine wood was used to build it like the Jade Emperor's Nantian Gate.
The outside was busy, but Chen Yu and Shen He were not anxious at home. When Mr. Shen came over with dozens of servants and maids, the two of them were sitting on the bamboo chair and gnawing watermelons in large pieces.
As soon as he saw Mr. Shen coming in, the two of them quickly stood up and greeted: "It's a hot day, Master, sit down and eat a watermelon."
When Mr. Shen saw that they were still leisurely and was furious, he immediately became angry and pointed outside and said, "The whole Shaoxing City is busy with you, so you can still have the leisure to eat watermelon here."
Seeing that the master was angry, Chen He quickly smiled and said, "The house that was only built after the Chinese New Year has been filled with pink walls and black tiles, and three new insides and outsides. Do you still need to clean up again?"
Mr. Shen was so angry that he stamped his feet and said, "I'm confused! What's this? This is a grand ceremony of imperial edicts that is more grand than weddings and funerals! How many years will it take to be held in Shaoxing City? That's every step and every detail, which must be written into the genealogy, county annals, and government annals!"
Chen He jumped up with a roar, complaining and silently: "It's all this guy who's fault. Just say that others are busy. We both are just waiting for the day to change into new clothes and answer the order!"
"He is ignorant, you are not sensible?" Mr. Shen cursed: "Move all the things in."
Then there was a group of servants carrying loads and pushing a cart into the yard. The momentum was even greater than moving. Chen He looked at each of them, such as the tables, chairs, beds, four gold-painted screens, the curtains of Suzhou embroidered tassels, brocade quilts with lake silk satin, Western jacquard carpets, and everything for home use. Even the lacquer and gold-painted buckets were delivered.
Looking at these things, Chen Hexin asked terrified: "The imperial envoy wants to live here for a long time? Why does it feel like he wants to import a child?"
"Of course not." Mr. Shen shook his head and said, "After the order is finished, you have to invite the imperial envoy. You must not ask the imperial envoy and his team to change their clothes and rest?"
When Chen He heard this, he felt embarrassed and said, "That's too much for the master."
Mr. Shen twitched a few times and whispered: "This is what I borrowed for you... but be careful. If you break one, you will have to pay hundreds of taels of silver."
Chen He was rubbing a set of tea sets from the old Song official kiln. He heard this and quickly retracted his hand and said, "I have to compensate if the imperial envoy breaks it?"
Mr. Shen said angrily and amusedly: "You can get the imperial envoy to compensate."
Before noon, the governor of Shaoxing Prefecture came over and gave Chen He a list of guests to watch the ceremony. When Chen He saw the long list, there were nearly a thousand people, and almost fainted. He pointed to his yard and said, "There are no 50 tables in front and back, and half of them had to sit on the roof."
The governor was familiar with him and pulled him aside and said, "Brother, why can't you think it through? Look at the name on it, which one is not a well-known person in Shaoxing Mansion? Many people rushed over from Yuyao and Shangyong just to eat your cold soup and cold rice?"
Chen He smiled bitterly and said, "I know it's not, but it's really hard to eat." He pointed to the next door and said, "If it really doesn't work, I can only let them sit at the neighbor's house."
"That's not possible. They are just here to come to this reward ceremony," the governor shook his head and said, "What's the matter if you get it to another family?"
"What do you think you should do?" Chen He sighed.
"Disassembled it!" The governor slapped his hands and said, "If the courtyard walls on both sides are demolished, will the three families become ones? I will go to find a craftsman now." After that, he didn't care whether Chen Heda agreed or not, and hurried away.
Chen Hexin said, then he had to talk to the neighbors first. Then he wanted to find Chen Si to tell him.
But the front and back yards were busy, and it was so messy that Chen He looked around but couldn't find it. Finally, when he returned to the front yard, he saw Chen Mo and Shen Jing, bringing two big carts, cups, bowls, saucers and pots in.
As soon as he saw Chen He, Chen Jing smiled and said, "Uncle, Qingyishui Jingdezhen porcelain has not even been sealed. Chaosheng has such a great face."
It turned out that he was going to borrow tableware. Chen He had no time to praise him and ordered: "Go to Zhang Bo's house on the left to talk to him, and see if the courtyard walls of our two families can be demolished."
Chen said silently: "What are you doing when you have nothing to do to tear down other people's yard walls?"
"If you ask you to go, go!" Chen He glared and said, "Our house can't sit still, and we can't let the VIPs who are watching the ceremony sit in another house."
Chen He said silently, "I don't have that ability." Chen He said, "You have it," and drove him out of the monk.
Chen Jing also wanted to join in the fun, but Chen He called out and said, "There will be food delivery guys coming here later. You can go to the backyard to pick it up."
Chen Jing nodded and said, "Okay." He took the list handed over by Chen He and went to the backyard.
In the backyard, the servants were building stoves. Chen Jing counted: "Does twenty stoves cost so many?"
"There was a thousand guests," said the servant who was in charge. "There was a place with ten stoves, and I had to add ten more. When I saw that, I stood there."
Chen Jing joked with her a few words, and a bell sounded outside the door, but the food delivery guy came. He opened the door and saw that there were ten trucks of fish, meat, eggs and vegetables! He couldn't help but laugh and said, "Shaoxing City can't eat vegetables today, right?"
The owner who delivered the food smiled and said, "That's not the case, but it's three or four times more expensive than usual."
The two convenient start handing over the ingredients, with a total of 500 kilograms of high-quality white rice, a total of 6 taels of silver; 200 kilograms of high-quality pork, a total of 6 taels of silver; 200 kilograms of high-quality mutton, a total of 4 taels of silver; 200 kilograms of high-quality beef, a total of 5 taels of silver; 200 kilograms of eggs, a total of 2 taels of silver; 50 fresh live carp, a total of 50 silver; 50 sea bass, a total of 15 taels of silver; 50 live chickens, a total of 50 silver; 50 live ducks, a total of 3 taels of silver; 25 live gooses, a total of 3 taels of silver... and 50 various fruits, vegetables, a total of 15 taels of silver.
After counting it correctly, the cash was paid, the boss smiled and said, "Young Master, what else do you have to give?"
Chen Jing also smiled and said, "Boss, you have a big deal again." He pointed to the ten big lanes: "I'll get another copy of the same thing."
The boss was surprised and said, "Isn't this enough?"
"There are a lot of customers." Chen Jing sighed and said, "Go quickly, your money won't be short."
The boss smiled bitterly and said, "Young Master, these are most of the ingredients in the county and city today, but I don't have the ability to make up another one."
"Then go to Shanyin to buy it!" Chen Jing patted the door behind him: "When the county magistrate and government bureau, the ceremony will be fine, but because of the vegetable merchant, the guests will only have half of their food, and you will be infatuated for thousands of years."
The boss immediately glared and patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, young master, I'll go buy it now. Even if I can eat porridge in the whole city, I'll make another copy for you." As he said that, he smiled carefully and said, "The little one is not called XX, but Chai Shouli. You must help Xiaode County Chronicle to leave your name."
Chen Jing looked at Chai Shouli with a funny look and nodded, "I will talk to the person who wrote the county annals for this job."
Boss Chai was immediately happy and shouted to the guys: "Download the truck quickly, go to Shanyin to find me after all." After that, he ran to arrange the matter first.
Chen Jing didn't want to see the whole yard killing chickens and goose, so he turned to the front, but saw an official with a face-to-faced look asking Chen He with a arrogant expression, where the imperial envoy changed clothes, where the wash, where the decree was announced, where the swallows sat, where the banquet was held, where the banquet was held, where the rest was retreating.
Chen He was about to arrange for the official to talk to him, and the official began to look straight and look straight. He said that he should use a cloth curtain to block the encirclement here, and said that there was not enough regulation, which made Chen He two big ones on his head.
Seeing this, Chen Jing hurried to the study room and said to the account that he brought to his home, "Seal a bag of silver." The accountant took out a piece of silver cake and wanted to use scissors to open it, but Chen Jing stopped him and said, "Don't need to be relied, just seal it all."
"This is twenty taels!" The accountant opened his mouth and said, "Why are you doing so much?"
Chen Jing then told the situation before. The accountant said, "Then I'll exchange gold for the young master, that's much lighter."
Chen Jing cursed, "What to change? This is what you want!"
When the official took over a heavy bag of silver without changing his face, his voice became much softer. He didn't pick on the fault. He also in turn advised the Shen family where they should go, where they stood, what to call the imperial envoy, what to pay attention to when receiving the imperial envoy, and how to entertain the imperial envoy later. He also emphasized that the imperial envoy likes to listen to Kunqu Opera, and it is best to find a troupe to entertain the entertainment.
Chapter completed!