Qian Fatzi didn't know any music theory at all, his impression of chimes came from ancient times, and those princely houses had chimes.In fact, Qian Fatzi had never even seen a chime, he only knew that this was a very noble musical instrument, much more high-end than the pipa flute Xiao or something used by the girls in Yihong Courtyard.The best thing should be His Majesty's Emperor's, so Qian Fat Man came up with the idea of sending a bell to Chongzhen as a birthday gift.Qian Fat doesn't know what the chimes look like, but now that he has silver, it's not easy to know what the chimes look like?
Wouldn't it be nice to pay a sum of money, and then hire a scholar to help him draw it?
The fat man is now considered wealthy, and he can't look down on ordinary scholars, so he simply spent a few hundred taels of silver and asked a man to help draw the chime.After the bell was drawn, the fat man saw that it was really magnificent and expensive, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, and he couldn't put it down.So he immediately found Steward Hao and ordered him to send the bell painting to the gold and silver shop to see which shop could imitate it?
This Hao butler is the new housekeeper hired by the fat man, since the fat man has developed, he has placed a lot of slaves and maids, and the population of the family has increased all of a sudden, in order to manage well, he hired this housekeeper.This housekeeper Hao is the neighbor of the fat man, and before the fat man was developed, he had a very good relationship with him and grew up together since childhood.Hao's housekeeper's full name is Hao Ergou, and his family has been muddy for several generations, living by tenants of the landlord's land, and his life is miserable.When it came to Hao Ergou's father's generation, because his father was honest, he couldn't even get good fields, and he could only get a few acres of thin fields.One acre of thin field and seven buckets of income are sky-high, and they still have to pay rent, and their family can leave one stone of grain every year, which is considered a good year.Just one stone of grain, the Hao family has several people, no matter how much they save, it is not enough.Therefore, most of Hao Ergou's sisters and sisters became child daughters-in-law for others, in exchange for a little bit of meager food to support their families.And Hao Ergou has grown to thirty years old, and he can't even say that he has a daughter-in-law, their family is too poor, which woman is willing to marry him?
People would rather be concubines for big families and maids for rich businessmen than marry Hao Ergou!
Hao Er's dog mother wanted to tell him a child daughter-in-law, but the family didn't have enough food, and she couldn't even afford to say it.Hao Ergou, who was overwhelmed by such a hard day, was out of breath, but at the age of thirty, he was already looking old and haggard.Fortunately, the fat man developed later, and the fat man was indeed a good person, and he did not forget the villagers after he was developed.Not only did they distribute salt, rice and flour, sweaters, sweaters, and food to every household.He also deliberately brought Hao Ergou to his side to cultivate, and made him his housekeeper, paying ten taels of silver every month.Ten taels of silver, Hao Ergou has never seen so much silver in his life, in fact, he has never touched silver when he is so big!
Zhuanghu is generally a self-sufficient economic model, and it is very good to have a few copper balances throughout the year, and it is great to exchange eggs for some oil and salt.And Hao Ergou's family is even poorest of the poor, they can't even afford oil and salt, and they eat light meals all year round.Qian Fatzi was able to give Hao Ergou ten taels of silver, which can be described as a high salary, so Hao Ergou's family is quite grateful to Qian Fat.Hao Ergou is even more loyal to work for the fat man, and he has not slacked off at all.Hao Er took the chime painting and found many gold and silver shops, but none of them could make it.It is said that this chime is too big to cast such a big mold, and there are many protruding things on the chime, and no one knows what these protruding things are?
The matter of making gold and silver bells had to be put on hold for the time being, and the fat man was ready to send someone to the capital to visit after the beginning of spring.He estimated that the gold and silver shops in the capital were larger, and it should not be difficult to make this gold and silver bell.But now it's almost the New Year's Festival, and it is popular to get together before the Xuanfu New Year's Festival, and the people who gather are generally the lords of the government, officials, merchants, squires, etc.Although their professions are different, they all have one thing in common: rich and powerful!
The purpose of the gathering is to discuss some important matters, such as this year's gathering is to discuss how to celebrate the birthday of His Majesty the Emperor?
In the past, Qian Fat Man was just a small businessman, and he was not qualified to participate in such a grand event, but now it is different.Nowadays, even the big businessman Huang family brothers are only looking forward to him, so he is qualified to go to such a grand event.This year's gathering was held at Fan's house, which was a golden silk nanmu hall, which was the meeting place of Fan Yongdou back then.Golden silk nanmu, which is a precious wood from the deep mountains and old forests, is extremely difficult to grow, and red sandalwood has a fight.Ancient emperors loved to use this kind of wood to make coffins, it is said that it can keep the body from decay for thousands of years, of course, the price of this wood is also leveraged, ordinary people can not think of it.But Fan Yongdou actually used golden silk nanmu to pound a hall, which was worth at least hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!
Later, after the fall of the Fan family, Chongzhen confiscated his house, and all the gold, silver and jewelry were transported to the capital, but this hall could not be transported.Of course, if this hall is demolished, it will be worth a lot of money, but it is a pity, Chongzhen simply handed over this hall to the local government.Later, this hall became a meeting place for the rich and powerful near the Xuanfu, and it almost became a tradition.On this day, the fat man wore a sweater and pants, and a coat embroidered with gold thread, the original color of which was red.But it is densely embroidered with gold threads full of various patterns, and the background color can no longer be seen, which is called gold embroidered all over the ground.The outermost is an expensive mink coat, or the most expensive sable fur, which was not available at all in the Ming Kingdom a few years ago.Recently, because of the defeat of Huang Taiji, many merchants in Xuanfu and other Jurchen tribes caught up with each other, and this sable skin was transported back.Qian Fat Man took a group of domestic servants and lackeys, and swaggered into this golden silk nanmu hall, this guy's expression was very flat, and he looked like an upstart.Today's fat man is a bit annoying, because after this guy has money, he is very fond of it, and his clothes are shining, and he will put what is expensive on his body, regardless of whether his waist can bear it or not?
Everyone can accept the glittering clothes, and the sable fur coat doesn't matter, it's rich!
But what is the reason why this guy has more than a dozen jade pendants on his waist?
Are you afraid that others will not know that he has a lot of money?
The protagonist of today's banquet is Lu Xiangsheng, as the governor of Xuanda, he naturally sits at the top, and the rest of the squires and wealthy businessmen are seated according to their status.