According to Kong Tai's report, in the Ming Dynasty, a piece of silk was only 600 pieces, which is 0.6 taels of silver. The length of a piece of silk was 13 meters and about 1.4 meters wide. Then, the 10-mile-long (5,000 meters) red silk barrier on a single side was 385 pieces, and the 770 pieces on both sides was only worth 462 taels of silver...
"Well... so cheap? It's less than 500 taels? Then give my niece a 'Ten Miles Red Makeup'!" After Ma Lin calculated, he immediately made up his mind.
No wonder the ancient Chinese "Ten Miles of Red Makeup" was used. The relationship was not much money. 500 taels of silver, and there were so many small and medium-sized landlords who could afford the Ming Dynasty, let alone those rich families.
However, his son's use of ordinary cheap red silk was a bit worse. Marin decided to use ordinary red silk for his niece of 0.6 taels of silver per piece. His son used purple satin with 2 taels of silver per piece. In ancient times, purple was the most precious, especially purple was the most respected, both east and west. His son used purple satin to make "Ten Miles of Red Makeup" to marry the princess of England, which would probably shock the whole of Europe to death...
In fact, there are not many nobles in Europe who can wear purple silk clothes now. After all, European silk and purple dye are rare. Seeing Marin use 10-mile purple satin as a barrier like a fence, he will probably die of jealousy.
But they didn't know that in the Ming Dynasty, even the relatively expensive purple satin was only 2 taels of silver per piece. Moreover, silk that costs more than 1 tael of silver per piece was considered high-end goods.
After counting this, 10 miles of purple satin was only 1,540 taels of silver. Marlin was immediately unhappy - it was not rich enough! So he changed the specifications of Caesar's wedding, and the "Ten Miles of Red Makeup" became "Ten Miles of Red Makeup". Then, the length expanded to 3.2 times the original, but the purchase price was only less than 5,000 taels of silver, which was very cheap.
Marin didn't know that the specifications of his son Caesar's "Ten Miles of Red Makeup" were randomly set today, which later became the highest configuration for romantic weddings in Europe. However, it also made many men who pursue girls suffer. Because "Ten Miles of Red Makeup" is so expensive!
Later, some European girls asked the suitors—“Would you like to put ten miles of red makeup to marry me?”
Then, many men with insufficient financial resources were scared and turned around and left after hearing this...
Damn, although ordinary silk and satin were less than 1 tael and a piece of silver in the Ming Dynasty, they could sell more than a dozen gold coins in Europe. As for purple satin, they were even sold for 50 gold coins. The ten-mile-long purple satin barrier was laid, and the trench was trench, but it was worth 120,000 to 130,000 gold coins, which is affordable for ordinary people? It is equivalent to one tenth of the annual fiscal revenue of the Kingdom of France...
So, later European nobles accepted the concept of "Huli" of 500 meters. For nothing else, they just saved some length and spent less money on "Hongzhuang". With this cut, they saved most of the money... Then, those European nobles with financial resources would tell the pursuers - I am a person who has read books. The "Ten Miles of Red Makeup" that people say is "Ten Miles of Red Makeup", not ten miles. Don't be led by the inhumane guy Marin, we must respect the original...
Well, there is also, the ten-mile purple satin was also made by the trench emperor Marin. In fact, the original ones from Oriental are red satin, the type worth more than ten gold coins per piece, not 50 gold coins. We must respect the originality and don’t learn from the trench emperor to make a fortune…
Because of the "Ten Miles of Red Makeup" incident, Emperor Marin became synonymous with the "romantic father-in-law" in the eyes of European women in later generations. But in the eyes of male compatriots, this guy is a "treasury emperor", a kind of person who is particularly prodigal... But in private, the male compatriots also lamented in his heart - I also want to have such a rich father like Emperor Caesar, and I also want to be a tear-up onion...
In fact, "Tenli Hongzhuang" was ruined by Marin at all. The original intention was to say that the burden of carrying dowry stretched for a long time, and "Tenli" was also an exaggerated adjective. Marin, a second-hand man, thought that European silk was too rare and no one could see it in the box, such as "Who knew about the brocade clothes walking at night". Moreover, if you really want to get a dowry load that is 10 miles long, it is actually more valuable.
Therefore, he simply changed his concept and combined the "Shili Hongzhuang" with the silk barrier used by Shi Chong and Wang Kai when fighting in the FTSE, and created a fake and inferior version of "Shili Hongzhuang" with a double-sided barrier.
As a barrier, 1.4 meters wide silk cannot block the viewer's sight. But this barrier itself is not used to block people's sight, but to show off wealth. Therefore, this height is just right. It allows people to see the height of the wedding and the expensive silk show under their noses. Therefore, it is a perfect means of clothing comparison. Especially in Europe where silk is scarce, this counterfeit and inferior version of "Shili Red Makeup" is more shocking than the original one.
Look, the poorer nobles can't wear silk clothes. As a result, the Hoffman royal family directly used silk and the top purple satin among silk as the barrier fence on the wedding aisle. Do you think it's annoying? It's so rich and inhuman...
Moreover, Marin, the rich emperor, also brought European wedding customs awkwardly. Originally, it was actually popular to wear white wedding dresses in European weddings, symbolizing holiness.
But Marin is the soul of China and thinks that "Ten Miles of White Makeup" is too terrible, and it is simply a curse to kill the whole family. So, he first used the genuine "Ten Miles of Red Makeup" for his niece, and later used "Ten Miles of Purple Makeup" for his son, which invisibly raised the standards of European royal weddings.
Later, the European wedding atmosphere was under the skeleton of Emperor Marinho, so he no longer made a white wedding dress, but used red silk or purple silk vigorously. Among them, the aristocrats who were not rich enough used red silk as a barrier. However, the royal family generally began to use purple satin as a barrier. As a result, a word was born, called "purple clothing".
Being able to use a purple satin barrier and wearing a purple wedding dress means being noble enough. Even later extended to high-end weapons and equipment, also known as "purple suit".
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However, Caesar and Princess Margaret are still young, and the wedding will take a few years. Therefore, the "ten miles of purple makeup" cannot be done now. Moreover, it will take time to get back so much purple satin.
But at present, there are already a lot of silk and satin in the warehouse of the Orich Palace. And coincidentally, Marin's future daughter-in-law Princess Margaret also likes purple.
So, Marin called his son Caesar and gave him a task - to arrange for the tailor to make 100 various princess dresses according to Princess Margaret's size, as a summer gift for Princess Margaret. After all, the summer is approaching, so we have to prepare some clothes for our future daughter-in-law to take. Then, wait for autumn and winter, and prepare different styles...
"100 purple satin skirts? Dad, isn't it too extravagant?" Caesar was a little surprised and felt it was too wasteful.
Then, Marin knocked him in a broken head and cursed:
"You know what! England is behind Princess Margaret. When they unite England, the benefits are extremely great. What are the only 100 purple satin skirts?"
Chapter completed!