Chapter 710
Leng Siye, actually his original real name was Leng Si.
He had many names in his life. In the past, he used to change his name when he worked in a job, but he was most well-known for his surname Leng, and his family was rich and respectfully called the Fourth Master.
Many people think that the Fourth Master is too rich and stupid, but those who have done business with him know that he is as smart as a fox.
In the business world, he will not give up a penny, and the price should be whatever it should be.
But he is also very principled and never violates the principles he sets himself in business. Just like the Lenglang Gate, he would rather pay for those rules by himself.
Because of this, many people like to do business with him because he does not lie, and he is smart and has no businessman's philanthropy.
The Fourth Master is very stupid in his life. He is willing to pay money for people and things he is happy with, but it is limited to material things, because he can afford these things and does not care much about them.
But if there are others, he will be very stingy.
For example, emotion.
He doesn't like someone easily. He likes Yuan Qingling very much now, but in his eyes, Yuan Qingling was simply a piece of coal balls, and he looked down on them in all kinds of ways.
If I hadn't watched hundreds of lives snatched from her on the Lefeng Mountain, I still would have the idea of killing her.
Therefore, when he likes someone, he treats that person wholeheartedly and wholeheartedly.
In order to save Yuan Qingling's life, he gave her the only disciple.
The Fourth Master is indeed a cold-faced person.
What the Fourth Master wants most in his life is a snow wolf that belongs to him.
When a person reaches a certain time, his material life reaches a certain level, and his pursuit will also be further improved, from material to spiritual.
Snow Wolf is his spiritual pursuit. Many people don’t know why he is so persistent. People from Lenglang Sect think he wants Snow Wolf just to make Lenglang Sect more worthy of his reputation.
But it wasn't! At noon that day, he sat in front of the porch, holding the gray wolf in his hand, watching the figure of the snow wolf flashing outside the yard, and the plunder flashed out of his eyes, but he had to listen to Rong Yue's in Balabala, "I heard that this is the emperor's intention, let me marry the princess Yuwenling."
The Fourth Master hugged the gray wolf and stroked the gray wolf's head. The wolf was originally unruly, but he was tamed by the Fourth Master to be as obedient as a dog, and let his big hand suddenly cover it, "Do it!"
"Maybe the emperor has ulterior motives!"
Rong Yue reminded.
"I don't believe you can marry the princess to a businessman in the market."
The Fourth Master has deep eyes.
"Well, do you really want to agree?"
Rong Yue felt a little risky.
"promise!"
The Fourth Master let go of the gray wolf, let it run out, turned around and entered the house, "You ask someone to prepare and choose a good day to celebrate the gift!"
Since the founding of the Northern Tang Dynasty, there has never been a try for a princess to marry a businessman.
Emperor Mingyuan's move brought a big message, that is, the court began to pay attention to merchants and economy.
Since the founding of the Great Master, the Northern Tang Dynasty has always been a policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce. During the Supreme Emperor, the status of merchants was gradually improved, and some policies that benefited businessmen were introduced, which led to huge merchants like Leng Siye.
Now, the court has opened up trade with the Great Zhou Dynasty and married the princess to the merchant family. It seems that the court should be developing business in a large scale.
Emperor Mingyuan stood by the window late at night, thinking that if the economy prospered, tax silver would flow into the treasury incessantly, and he would eventually bid farewell to the title of Pauper Emperor! Concubine Xian's condition was already very serious, so Emperor Mingyuan decided to hold the princess' marriage as soon as possible, preferably in the first lunar month, which would kill the people from the Ministry of Rites.
Fortunately, the efficiency of work is related to having money but not having money. The Fourth Master has money, so there are naturally more people who do things, and the efficiency of work naturally increases.
The wedding date is set at the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which is very hasty, but there are still many things that should be there, and even very grand.
The Ministry of Revenue and the inner palace sorted out the dowry list for the princess to get married that day and handed it over to Emperor Mingyuan for a review.
After seeing it, Emperor Mingyuan frowned, "Why is it so shabby?"
The headmaster of the inner palace spread his hands and said helplessly: "It is hard to cook without rice. The emperor, now that he has gone this year, he has to spend money everywhere. The end-of-year silver, cloth, silk, jewelry, rouge, oil, and fire wax for the palace banquets of each palace are all a huge expense."
Emperor Mingyuan actually gave the princess the best possible way, but he was short of money and could not do anything about it.
After thinking about it, he said, "Okay, let's do it for the time being. I'll think of another way."
The next day, all the princes were summoned to the palace.
Emperor Mingyuan's words are also very simple. Your sister is going to get married, and you brothers will add makeup to her.
Yuwenhao is not stingy because Yuan Qingling thought of this before. When the emperor was holding a marriage for King Huai, he was already very shabby. Now that the princess is getting married, it is the end of the year, and there is really not much money he can afford.
So, today the emperor summoned them to the palace and knew that it was because of the dowry, so he told Yu Wenhao that he would add makeup to the princess 100,000 taels.
Yu Wenhao's 100,000 taels were thrown out, and King Huai immediately said he would give him 100,000 taels.
King Ji and King An glared at King Huai fiercely. This person who was surviving would definitely take out 100,000 taels, but if they were too tired, wouldn’t they make the father unhappy?
But 100,000 taels are not something you can take out casually, and even if you can take it out, it will be a pity.
The two of them stingedly and finally agreed to get 20,000 taels.
Emperor Mingyuan sighed deeply, and looked at his sons and felt so much.
He, a king and father, could not take out a hundred thousand taels at will, so they took it out casually.
Let's wait a little longer. As long as the treasury is abundant, he will issue an order to double the amount of money allocated to the internal affairs every year, and life will be better.
Emperor Mingyuan asked his father-in-law Mu Ru to record the money, and these silvers must be in place before New Year's Eve.
The Supreme Emperor also gave 100,000 taels of silver. That would be considered as a dowry to the princess.
The inner mansion took the money to dowry and carried it into the palace in boxes and boxes. He only waited for the day the princess got married, and then transported them to the princess's mansion.
The 29th day of the twelfth lunar month is the Chinese New Year, and the holidays start to be sealed off from the 28th.
New Year's Eve is the palace. The palace banquet is very grand, so the concubines naturally attended, except for the "seriously ill" virtuous concubine.
I heard that Concubine Xian's condition was getting worse and worse. There were always shrill screams in the middle of the night. No one in the harem knew what Concubine Xian had. She just thought that this disease was too terrible and she always got sick late at night.
Yu Wenhao brought his family to the palace to attend a dinner, and then went to Qingyu Palace to pay tribute.
Chapter completed!