Shuhan

Chapter 334: The bridal chamber was filled with flowers and candles for four nights!
In fact, it was just as Liu Chan thought.

There really is no time to spare.

At the scheduled time in five days, Liu Chan originally thought that he would have at least one day to rest and have a good sleep.

The results of it?
Not even a day.

At noon that day, the palace maid was sent to teach Liu Chan the etiquette of marriage.

This etiquette is not only intellectual, but also hands-on.

One of them, a white-haired palace maid, was said to have been a maid in the Luoyang Palace when he was Emperor Ling. She had been wandering all the way and now works as an errand in the palace.

Listening to this person's words, Liu Chan learned a lot of knowledge.

For example, weddings in the Han Dynasty originated from the pre-Qin period, and many of the more primitive and barbaric marriage customs among the people have not yet been abolished.

Among them, in Zhengdi, "men and women gather together urgently, so they are vulgar and promiscuous", and in Jidi, "guests pass each other, and women serve as guests. On the night of marriage, men and women are no different, but they are proud of it. After a while, it stopped, but it has not changed in the end."

In the Wei area, "there are obstacles on the mulberry trees and Pushang, so men and women gather together urgently, and the sounds and sounds are lively, so it is commonly known as the sound of Zheng and Wei."

At today's wedding party, the governor's banter is carried out with a stick, and the drunkenness is used to entertain the lust, and the prostitution is announced to the public.

At wedding banquets, couples and guests often drink and laugh, speaking and acting freely, which seems to be the origin of the custom of having a wedding ceremony in later generations.

Moreover, through Liu Chan's casual inquiry, Liu Chan learned that the palace had prepared tens of millions of dollars to prepare for Liu Chan's wedding. All preparations had actually started last year.

After hearing the news, Liu Chan could only say good guy!
Has Liu Chan become Cixi?

In order to celebrate her sixtieth birthday, Cixi spent the military expenses of the Beiyang warlords.

How many months had he, Liu Chan, delayed the rewards for meritorious soldiers in order to hold a wedding banquet?
"It's just a wedding, why is it so expensive?"

Liu Chan felt a little unhappy.

The old palace lady said: "What kind of person is Your Highness? A wedding banquet costs at least tens of millions of dollars. This is to show the magnanimity of Han China and to let the people see the atmosphere of Han China!"

Temperament and weather
This is not seen, it is typed, but Liu Chan knows that it is useless to say such things now.

Such is the mood of the times.

The bureaucrats and aristocrats of the Han Dynasty married in an extravagant manner, following the example of others, and competing with each other.

When the rich and noble marry, they have ten chariots and ten parallel chariots, and they ride on slaves and serve as servants.The rich are eager to outdo each other, while the poor are too shameful to catch up.

This extravagant trend has had a great negative impact on society.

Because the cost of marriage is so high, many people "the rich get money for nothing and the poor get loans" after getting married.

Many young people from poor families are unable to raise dowries and therefore cannot get married.

Such a phenomenon affects the increase in population.

Compared with later generations, it is actually about the same.

It can only be said that future generations will mourn and fail to take note of it, which will also make future generations mourn for future generations.

However, even for Liu Chan, this wedding was not decided by him alone.

He wanted to have a simple wedding, but not only Liu Bei but also all the officials in the Hanzhong Palace disagreed.

Although Liu Chan now has a considerable status, he still doesn't have enough energy to change this kind of atmosphere and political customs.

Since then, Liu Chan has been studying the knowledge of wedding banquets conscientiously.

Pre-wedding ceremony: Nacai → Ask for name → Naji → Naji → Ask for date
Main wedding ceremony: Welcoming in person → tying the knot together → untying and tying hair
Post-wedding rituals (marriage rituals): The woman meets her aunt → her aunt marries her → the woman presents her uncle to her aunt → she meets her married woman in the temple
After studying for two days, he already knew the entire wedding ceremony process clearly.

However.
Now was not the time for him to rest.

He still had to personally attend to the "Three Letters and Six Etiquettes" part of the pre-wedding ceremony.

It wasn't until the day before his wedding that Liu Chan felt free.

After four days of tossing, even Liu Chan's body was made of iron and he could no longer withstand it.

This body is visibly thinner.

Zhang Bao looked at Liu Chan pitifully from the side and joked: "Your Highness enjoys all the blessings of everyone, why is he lying on the bed, as if he is unhappy?"

Liu Chan rolled his eyes at Zhang Bao angrily and said, "I didn't expect it to be so complicated and tiring to get married."

Guan Xing also smiled and said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, during the wedding banquet, we will stop the drinking of those people for you."

This sentence actually made Liu Chan feel a lot better.

"With Anguo's words, I feel relieved."

But Guan Xing thought: If Your Highness is so drunk, how can you have a bridal chamber?

I'm in a hurry to hug my nephew!

"Why do you two have time to see me?"

As Liu Chan's brother-in-law, Zhang Bao and Guan Xing also played important roles in Liu Chan's wedding banquet.

Zhang Bao smiled softly and said: "The king is afraid that His Highness will be lonely, so he asked me to come and chat with His Highness."

"really?"

Guan Xing patted his chest and said, "Of course it's true!"

Zhang Bao hit his chest with a sandbag-sized fist, making a loud banging sound.

"Of course it can't be true anymore."

Seeing the two men's vows, Liu Chan sat up from the bed without comment.

"If that's the case, then you don't need to come see me. As you know, a man marrying four wives at the same time is something that ordinary people can't do. Although the process is a bit more difficult, I can still bear it. .”

Liu Chan glanced at him and signaled to see off the guests.

Zhang Bao couldn't hold it in anymore.

He quickly squeezed out a flattering smile on his face and said: "Your Highness, in addition to coming to relieve your loneliness, the two of us do have a small matter."

"Small thing?"

Liu Chan raised his eyebrows.

Zhang Bao and Guan Xing looked at each other and said, "For His Highness, this is definitely a trivial matter."

Liu Chan looked at the two people angrily and said, "If you have something to say, say it quickly, and if you have anything to say, let it go."

The two argued for a moment, but in the end Guan Xing was not strong enough and Zhang Bao pushed him forward.

He could only say in embarrassment: "Your Highness, aren't you going to take charge of Nanzhong? Can Your Highness see the strategy we have decided?"

Zhang Bao immediately echoed: "Yes! Yes! The Nanman strategy was the result of many days of hard work by the two of us. Don't you think that if we use our strategy, everything your Highness requires can be achieved?" ?"

"So that's why you came here."

It seems that the attraction of Nanzhong to the nobles of Chengdu is really not small.

After thinking about it, Liu Chan understood.

The world is full of goodwill, and the world is all good.

If you manage Nanzhong, you can not only get meritorious service, but also get incredible wealth. No wonder they are tempted.

"Did you really write your literary policy yourself?"

Zhang Bao nodded immediately.

"I will burn the midnight oil and fight at night. I wrote it word by word."

Guan Xing rolled his eyes and said, "I asked Master Chongwen Guan to do it."

As soon as Guan Xing said this, Zhang Bao immediately glared at Guan Xing, his eyes seeming to say: Is this allowed to be said?
"To support? Do you have a knife or a gun to support you?"

Liu Chan looked at the two brothers-in-law in front of him with hatred, and said: "Chang Yu ran to hide in the toilet, and you found him out. That article was written by gathering the thoughts of more than ten great scholars from Chongwen Hall. , it’s not your fault.”

Hearing this, Zhang Bao became a little unconvinced. "His Highness only said that he wanted a literary policy, but he didn't say that he must write it himself. Wouldn't it be beneficial for us to ask the great scholar to use his pen to help His Highness manage Nanzhong?"

Zhang Bao's words left Liu Chan speechless.

He could only put it another way and asked: "What do you two want to do in Nanzhong?"

Zhang Bao immediately said: "Of course it is to make contributions."

"Just making achievements?"

"Hey hey hey."

Zhang Bao laughed naively, scratched his head with his right hand, and said with some embarrassment: "The general has some servants and formed two slave-catching teams. If we can catch hundreds or even thousands of strong slaves, we will not have to worry about it for the rest of our lives. ”

Don’t worry about this, of course it’s not just about eating, drinking and having fun.

But you don’t have to worry about luxury and enjoyment.

"Today, the price of a strong slave in Chengdu has soared to [-] yuan. Before His Highness awarded the reward, the price was still between [-] and [-] yuan. In just a few days, it has soared by more than [-] yuan. Moreover, the price of slaves will only get higher and higher, so why don’t Your Highness also send out a few slave-catching teams, and when we get to Nanzhong, we will help His Highness act and make sure that His Highness’s inner palace is filled.”

The price of a strong slave is roughly around [-] yuan. An ordinary slave is between [-] and [-] yuan. As for a maid, it is more expensive.

Because the land was awarded, there was a shortage of labor, and the soldiers who were rewarded had spare money, so the slave business was booming.

But Liu Chan had already issued an order that Han slaves were not allowed to be sold, only barbarian slaves were allowed to be sold, and offenders would be killed without mercy.

If this policy continues, it is naturally to prevent those who are greedy for profit from seizing innocent Han people to sell for the temptation of huge profits.

Liu Chan didn't believe a hair about the integrity of these businessmen.

"If you catch a hundred slaves, that's two to three million dollars; if you catch a thousand slaves, that's tens of millions of dollars."

This is indeed a huge profit.

of course
Liu Chan knew in his heart that the price increase was caused by the shortage of slaves in Chengdu and the imbalance between supply and demand.

Once everyone goes to hunt slaves, the price of slaves will definitely drop. Even if the supply exceeds demand, the price of slaves will be lower than usual.

but
At least within one or two years, the demand will not be low.

Too many fields need to be cultivated.

This slave gap is definitely not a vacancy that can be filled by private slave catching teams within a year or two.

"The profit is huge, but just because of this huge profit, you are tempted?"

Why are you tempted just because of this huge profit?

Isn't that enough?

"Your Highness, this is not a hundred thousand dollars, nor a million dollars, but tens of millions of dollars!"

Catch a few thousand slaves and your highness will have enough money for your wedding.

Liu Chan said with a smile: "If you want to go, I will naturally agree. However, you can catch slaves in Nanzhong, but you can't catch slaves in Brazil? Brazil is much closer to Chengdu, and it is connected to Jingzhou by waterways. "

Brazil?

Zhang Bao and Guan Xing were stunned.

"Your Highness, do you mean to use troops against Brazil?"

Liu Chan nodded and said: "Let others go to Nanzhong. If we can't get through it, I will send troops there again. When the next spring comes, I will go to Langzhong to completely solve the problem of the barbarians in Badi."

The two of them looked at each other and immediately bowed to Liu Chan and said, "Then I will go to Badi with Your Highness when spring begins."

Now it seems that going to Badi is better than going to Nanzhong.

After all, the purpose of going to Nanzhong is to catch slaves. Do you mean to make money?
Indeed it is.

But I’m afraid the credit won’t be much.

And following His Highness will definitely result in meritorious deeds.

Wanting to understand the connection, the two of them immediately saluted Liu Chan.

"Okay, okay, tomorrow's banquet, if you hold back a few more glasses of wine for me, I'll take credit for your efforts. I have to be able to withstand such a small bone."

The two men immediately beat their chests and said, "Your Highness, don't worry, if even a drop of wine comes into His Highness's mouth, we will be incompetent!"

Liu Chan shook his head gently. He could still strategize a little bit about the war, but there was always a feeling that he was not sure about the marriage.

The next day.

wedding.

As Liu Chan expected, this process would not go smoothly.

He was originally going to go to General You's Mansion to welcome his bride, but when he arrived at General You's Mansion, the door was closed. Zhang Peilan's personal maid came forward and told His Highness to go and take the Guan family's wife into the Prince's Mansion first.

This humility was directly revealed.

Liu Chan thought: Got it!Lan Niang, please be humble and I will go to Feng'er.

As a result, the wedding team arrived at the former general's mansion, and the door was also closed.

Guan Yinping's personal maid came forward and said: "Madam Zhang's heart is beautiful and has the air of a big woman. You should go and greet Madam Zhang first."

Then Liu Chan arrived at Sun Luyu's residence, but he didn't receive anyone either.

When we arrived at Princess Zhurong's residence, no one was picked up again.

These four people kicked Liu Chan like a ball.

In the end, Liu Bei issued a royal order and asked Liu Chan to go to General You's Mansion to welcome the bride.

Liu Chan's journey has just ended.

of course
For Liu Chan, today was a bitter day.

But when this matter was spread among scholars, it changed drastically.

It is said that the four people married by the crown prince of Hanzhong are all well-educated, beautiful, intelligent, and considerate women. In order not to embarrass their husbands, each of them did not compete for position.

Your Highness is a blessed person!

Blessed
Blessed indeed.

It's just that the horse jolted her butt almost in half.

After arriving at the prince's residence, Liu Chan could finally enter the next process.

When the newlyweds enter the house, they perform the washing ceremony to show their solemnity;

The ceremony of sharing a prison cell expresses that we will become one family from now on;
Performing the ceremony of joining the 卺 signifies sharing the joys and sorrows;

Performing the ceremony of tying hair again means that we will be united forever;
Then perform the hand-holding ceremony, which means holding the child's hand and growing old together;
Finally, there are three bows, where the heaven and earth, the high hall, and the husband and wife bow to each other;
This process is already cumbersome.

As a result, this process needs to be carried out four times.

Liu Chan's waist was not broken.

During the night banquet, Guan Xing and Zhang Bao tried their best to stop Liu Chan from drinking, but Liu Chan didn't drink much.

Li was tired during the day, and Liu Chan naturally had to make up for it at night!

So ever.

For the next four days, Liu Chan stayed in the same room every day, truly enjoying the blessing of being together.

of course
In order to enjoy the blessings of this group of people, I have endured this hardship.

Hua Tuo and several of his disciples were waiting for summons at the prince's residence at any time.

I want to enjoy the blessings of all the people, but I can't bear this body!
The missing essence must be replenished!

(End of this chapter)