Chapter 55 Two Cities
Chen Mu was a little confused by the royal gift bag. Although he had never met Emperor Longqing, he seemed to have been bribed.
First of all, he knew that Emperor Longqing was very stingy about this person himself, which was reflected in his savings of 70,000 to 80,000 taels of silver a year than his father, but his reward was not stingy.
Although I didn't reward much silver, the so-called 100 taels of platinum is just an elegant name for silver.
The lions are embroidered in various styles of brocade, because the first and second-rank military officers are lions. In fact, there are less than ten pieces of brocades given by imperial gifts, while the eight-sided fabrics are eight sets of inner and outer fabrics, which means that they are given enough imperial materials to make eight sets of clothes. They can ask people to do whatever they like to wear.
The tribute Korye silk scarf is a hair scarf, a hair net scarf used by men in the Ming Dynasty, and a flying fish suit worn outside to cool the wind. The texture of the boots and socks is also of the best quality, and the sable fur that protects the cold outside is also fully matched.
There are marten furs in winter and fans in summer; the horses who go out and the long swords on their waists; the servants who serve also have fields that will not let the general starve to death. The 100 acres of land in the farm are not given to him a hundred acres of land, but to give him a harvest of 100 acres of land. In fact, there is not much, and the harvest is only about 200 stones of rice and flour in a year.
General Chen’s monthly salary is now 61 stone, which is equivalent to fifteen months’ salary a year later.
It is worth mentioning that Yang Sanqianjiu is because of this, this thing is a novel thing for Chen Mu. In fact, it means literally to harbor the sheep and reward merits. However, by the Ming Dynasty, there was a very mature set of specifications for merit rewards and rewards, and this is the case with Yangqianjiu.
The three sheep were hanging side by side like horses, and behind the car was a large bottle of imperial wine, which was called Sheep Sanqiang wine a bottle.
There are thirty bottles of sheep like this, but Mr. Chen has a total of thirty bottles of sheep like this, and sheep is also his.
In addition to Yang Sanqiang wine, there are also Yang Wuqiang wine. For example, Ma Fang kicked Altan's house at the cavalry in the northern Seychelles at the beginning of this year, and the emperor rewarded Ma Fang with fifty bottles of Yang Wuqiang wine.
Sheep and wine, in fact, whether Ma Fang or Chen Mu, the court did not send them to eat and drink slowly, and stayed at home to shear the wool. In fact, the emperor was afraid that the generals would win the battle but would not have the money to reward the soldiers who followed him to fight bravely, so he rewarded sheep and wine to solve the most expensive thing in the entire army, so that these meritorious people who fought for the death to win the country and let go of their hands and feet to celebrate the great victory.
Chen Mu didn't keep much of it. As soon as he received the twenty bottles of wine, he sent someone to Jiang Yuelin and Hu Xing to send it to them and the flag army for a good meal.
There were only more than 2,000 warriors on his side. Including the fact that Lao Bai gave him less than 3,000 meals of meat, each person could eat half a pound, and he could make soup to drink at night.
And... he has a house in Beijing.
Located in the east of the Imperial City in the inner city, next to Dongdakura, not far from Chaoyangmen, it is located between the inner city and the lantern city.
"You brother, you don't know, this house is a rare and good location!"
After being relieved from his official position, he was very idle in the north. Chen Mu took Long Junxiong and two of them to accompany him to find Xu Jue. Seeing that he was fine, he asked him to take him to follow the land deed to find a new house. However, Xu Jue was surprised when he saw the land deed. He pointed to the land deed with emotion and said, "A hundred years ago, the people living in the streets in front and behind were all nobles!"
"To the west is Dong'anmen, passing Dong'anmen is Neicheng City, and to the end of the Neicheng City is Donghua Gate, that is the East Gate of the Imperial City."
Xu Pang and Chen Mu walked on the street. Although they got along very well, Chen Mu could clearly feel that Xu Jue's smile was just due to his condulence to himself, not his own personality. Xu Jue, wearing a crimson flying fish suit, was rampant in the street market of the imperial capital, and even seemed a little rampant in Chen Mu's opinion.
If he wants to walk, he will walk in the middle of the street.
The four cavalry in the capital led the way, and the four fish in the back were accompanied by the four flew fish in brocade clothes. They were really rampant in the streets. When people who came and went to see them, they all retreated, regardless of whether they were riding horses or sitting in sedan chairs, whether they were civil officials or military officials wearing blue robes and green robes. Ordinary people would bow down to bow when they saw them. Xu Jueli ignored them and walked over arrogantly, pointing to Chen Mu left and right at the capital.
"The inner city to the west opens every four months, and outsiders are not allowed to enter. The most prosperous one is the Dong'anmen area. Your general's waist card is not easy to use. Let's go back and give you the waist card commanded by Jinyi. When you go shopping, there will be the best items in the world."
Xu Jue said these things very well, "Xuande's bronze ware, Chenghua's kiln porcelain, Yongle Orchard's lacquer ware, Jingtai's imperial workshop's enamel are all treasures that are hard to find in the world. There is never a shortage of inner cities. Sometimes the utensils stole from the palace will even be trampled among the people from the inner cities. Whenever the market is opened, the concubines of the royal palace will send people to buy them, and you can also send people to visit them at that time."
While talking, Chen Mu looked at the tall buildings on both sides of the street, and the shopping malls gathered. Even outside the city, it was extremely prosperous. There were all kinds of shops, and the wine, food and towers gathered here. In comparison, he came from the south like a country bumpkin, and was novel everywhere.
But wherever they went, the crowds of people were squeezed out elsewhere, and there was less of the bustling joy of shopping.
"This is a foreign market, which is commonly known as the Lantern Market in Beijing. Go out of Dong'anmen and cross the Yushi Bridge and go east, Wangfu Street east to the west of Chongwen Street. This section is a Lantern Market. At first, only ten days are on the lantern Festival. The ancestors changed the six days of the Song Dynasty to ten days, but now ten days are not enough every year."
Xu Jue smiled and said, "In addition to the eighth day of the first lunar month to the seventeenth day of the Shangyuan Festival, the fifth day of the month, the tenth day of the tenth day of the twentieth day of each month, the opening of the market for three days each month. Although the artifacts are not as good as those of the inner city, the lantern market is also unique. Every year, the Shangyuan court gives officials ten days off, two miles and nine cities, goods follow the team, and every evening, they set up lanterns and have fun, and fireworks are constantly flying. It is the most important thing."
"The lanterns that can be lit at night when the market opens are all precious in the world. They are selected by using Fujian and Guangdong skills, Suzhou and Hangzhou, and marine materials. If the lanterns lit by any one of them are a little ordinary, they will not dare to take them out."
Xu Jue said, patted his forehead and said, "Your house should have two outer buildings. You can rent them for others on weekdays. It is best to enjoy the lanterns and drink when you go to the lantern market. When you go to the lantern market, you can watch the lanterns and drink. When the thirteenth day of the first lunar month is at its peak, you can see from the upstairs at night. There are internal officials and relatives everywhere on the stairs, and lanterns and pythons everywhere. If you don't need to go out, you can rent them for a day worth a hundred taels of silver."
As he said that, he walked outside a shop with a wide door sign. The sign was written in a tailor shop with an imperial pen that was 'Yuan's cut'. Xu Jue stood up and said, "These are several shops outside your house. I'm too lazy to turn around. Let's go in from his shop. The clothes made in this shop are very good. Your Majesty's clothes are all ordered by Shangyijian from his house."
After passing through Yuan's work, we arrived at the bustling back street, facing the door, two large evil-proof beasts were placed on the front of the door. Now the house has been changed, and there is a large stone carved with lions and rolling balls in front of the door. The seal carving of the "Governor of Meritors" is Chen Mu's new home.
Good morning!
Chapter completed!