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The first day of the first month of the twenty-ninth year of the first emperor.

Note: The first month of the Qin calendar Jianyin, October Jianhai, January 1, in fact, is already the March of the New Year, called the month of Yin, in order to keep everyone's reading habits from being confused, and will no longer be entangled in this problem, and will be written in accordance with the normal month.

The first day of spring marks that the cold winter has passed and spring has arrived.

And the first day, is also an important sacrifice day, whether it is the emperor or the king, the nobles or the common people, on this day to burn incense to worship the god of spring, and then to go out to visit each other's neighbors, get together for entertainment and play, commonly known as the spring community day.

The day before, many princes and princes in Xianyang received invitations from the Marquis of Qinghe, inviting the Spring Society to gather in Qinghe Garden in the east of the city to drink and watch the play.

As the hottest and most popular marquis of Daqin today, Chen Xu's reputation has long been resounding throughout Xianyang and even throughout China.

Therefore, everyone who received the invitation gladly agreed.

Li Si, the prime minister of Zhongshu Province, Feng Quji, the prime minister of Shangshu Province, Meng Yi, the imperial historian of the supervision province, the six orders, the internal history order, the Shaofu order, the Marquis of Tongwu, the Marquis of Di Dao, the general Wang Jian and other non-military affairs, as long as they are above the second rank or above the title of Marquis of Guannei, they are all invited by the Marquis of Qinghe.

Of course, in addition to these courtly civil and military ministers, the Marquis of Qinghe also invited Qin Dada, the biggest boss of Daqin, and Qin Dada's wife Concubine Zheng, Concubine Jiang, Concubine Shu, etc., since it is a treat, it naturally includes all of Qin Dada's children, so including Princess Qingning Wang Qingsleeve, Princess Huayu Ying Shiyan, Gongzi Fusu, Gongzi Jianglu, Gongzi Gao, Gongzi Kun, Gongzi Hu Hai and so on all sent people to send beautifully made invitations.

And this ingenious invitation has naturally become a topic of discussion for all the invited guests, and it is also regarded by some people as their first special gift of special significance in the New Year.

The invitation is an excerpt made of snow-white bamboo pulp paper.

In this era when all books were still bamboo and wood slips and even bark and animal skins, paper had only just been used for more than a year, and it was mainly popular among the official and aristocratic classes.

This invitation made of snow-white paper is a new way of writing, cut to half a foot wide and folded together, with a beautiful hand-carved incense wood cover on the front and back, which looks antique but very novel.

opened the first fold, and there was a strange little poem written: I don't know when I sleep in spring, and I smell birds everywhere. The sound of wind and rain comes at night, and the flowers fall to know how much.

The second fold is the content of the invitation.

The third fold is written with the room number of the host inviter in Qinghe Hotel.

The fourth fold is written with the name of the song and dance drama that Qinghe Theater is about to perform, one is called Tianxian Pei, and the other is called the White Snake Legend of the West Lake Encounter.

For the food of the Qinghe Hou family, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military ministers have long known, not to mention the daily foods such as steamed buns, dumplings, noodles, and tofu that became popular last year, I heard that those were invented and made as early as when the Qinghe Hou was still in Qinghe Town, and the Qinghe Hou since he arrived in Xianyang in just two or three months, and invented tofu milk, stinky tofu, bean sprouts, hot pot and all kinds of delicious braised vegetables, and because of the braised vegetables, it also led to a thief in Xianyang City who specialized in stealing chicken wings, duck feet, pig ears, and some time ago, people were panicked and restless.

As early as last year, there was a rehearsal of a song and dance drama called Tianxian in Wancheng, which caused all the celebrities in the world to flock to Wancheng to watch, and the reputation and singing of Tianxian have already swept almost the entire Daqin, and even some gardens and cool houses in Xianyang City have singers and dancers performing, as for the legend of the White Snake, it has only been performed once in the Qinghe Theater in Wancheng and has never been performed again, Therefore, except for Li Simengyi and other ministers who accompanied Qin Shihuang at the Qinghe Theater in Wancheng, no one had seen it, so the content of this invitation card also ignited the great interest of almost everyone who received the invitation.

And Chen Xu also specifically noted on the invitation that he could bring three family members, which also caused all the officials who received the invitation to be worried at home and couldn't open their eyes, because all of them could have a big family, and there were several wives and concubines in the main house of the family, and there were more children, and the three places were not enough to be allocated.

But these are not the main ones, the main thing is that this meal and this scene everyone has been waiting for a long time.

Even Li Si, who has watched the Legend of the Heavenly Immortals and the Legend of the White Snake once in Wancheng, still can't wait to brush it for the second time.

Therefore, on the day when Qinghe Garden opened for business today, the sky had just dawned, and countless people had already heard the news and came to block the gate of Qinghe Garden, and the gate of the Lingering Fragrance Garden on the opposite side was also crowded.

And it wasn't until the end of the day that Chen Xu rubbed his eyes and came to Qinghe Garden in a carriage escorted by a group of guards.

Today, Qinghe Park is officially opened, and in the future, it will become the most profitable garden in Xianyang, and as a big boss, you must come to participate in the unveiling ceremony.

On both sides of the gate of Qinghe Garden is Qinghe store, there are two storefronts on both sides, upstairs and downstairs, respectively operating porcelain, tea, jewelry, wine vinegar, mahjong, four treasures of the study, clothes, etc., divided into categories and clearly marked prices.

At this time, although the gate of Qinghe Garden was closed, the plaque on the lintel had not yet been opened, and the facades on both sides were still closed, but the helpers and clerks inside had already worn neat uniforms, and the colors were divided into several kinds.

Next to this group of staff, there is a team of women in long skirts, all with bright eyes and bright teeth, and a group of musicians behind them, carrying gongs and drums, and two groups of lion dance helpers, carrying two huge lion props tied with bamboo and wood.

As the gate was opened, a carriage slowly drove in from the outside, escorted by a group of tiger-backed guards, and all the helpers in the line looked up at the brocade-robed young man sitting in the carriage.

"Meet Master Hou!" Under the leadership of Huang Fuque, nearly 200 people saluted Chen Xu together.

Chen Xu jumped down from the carriage, looked at the neatly lined up employees, and asked with a very satisfied smile on his face: "No courtesy!" Are you all ready? ”

"Master Hou, it's all ready!" Huangfu said excitedly.

"Let's get started! It is estimated that there will be guests in a while! ”

"Yes, Master Hou!" After the emperor gave up his hand, he turned around and yelled, "All the stewards are in place and open for business!" ”

"Whoa!" With a neat sound, several stewards who managed the Qinghe store, the steward of the hotel, and the steward of the Qinghe Theater each led a team of people straight to the territory under their management, and several burly guards who acted as security guards opened the closed door again.

At this time, the crowd crowded on the street outside Qinghe Garden and the gate of Liuxiang Garden on the opposite side were looking at it.

Just when Qinghehou arrived, the gate opened, and everyone closed the door before they had time to see what it looked like, and it opened again at this time, and with a team of flowery and colorful skirt beauties lined up and stood in front of the gate, a team of burly guards also rushed out to block the crowd, and an open space with a radius of more than ten zhang was instantly vacated in front of the door.

Immediately after that, several helpers came out, each lit a string of red things in their hands and threw them in the clearing.

"Papapapa......" With a crackling sound, the red things thrown on the ground began to explode, and at the same time, puffs of green smoke rose into the air.

This sudden explosion immediately frightened the crowd around them, and they screamed and retreated in fright.

"Don't panic, this is a firecracker, a thing used to drive away ghosts and evil spirits!" The guards who maintained order shouted loudly, and the panicked crowd slowly quieted down, but looking at the firecrackers bouncing and exploding on the ground, their faces were very frightened.

There weren't many firecrackers, less than 500 firecrackers, so they exploded in just over ten seconds, and in addition to a layer of red scraps of paper falling on the ground, there was also a strong smell of gunpowder flowing in the air.

"Master Hou, after the exorcism is complete, you can unveil the plaque!" Putting down the hands covering his ears, Huangfu said to Chen Xu respectfully.

"Good!" Chen Xu walked to the gate in the green smoke of firecrackers, took the rope in the hand of a helper, looked up at the plaque covered by the red cloth, and pulled it gently, as the red cloth fell, a huge smoky plaque with a length of one foot and five feet high was revealed, which said that Qinghe Garden had four large characters that seemed to be seals and non-seals, and seemed to be subordinate to non-subordinates, and the font was filled with gold dust, although the font was weird, it looked extremely luxurious.

The crowd of onlookers in "Qinghe Garden" let out one exclamation after another.

"Wow, it's miserable, Qinghe Hou opened such a big and luxurious garden opposite, I'm afraid the Lingering Fragrance Garden will not be able to open!"

"Who said it wasn't ......"

"Look, look, the door next to it is also open!"

With more exclamations, I saw that the row of gates that had been closed on both sides of Qinghe Garden also opened almost at the same time, revealing the furnishings inside.

"Wow, that's a lot of porcelain!"

"There is also Qinghe wine"

"Mahjong...... I saw mahjong ......"

Looking at the neatly arranged goods displayed in the open Qinghe store, the crowd was even more shocked and commotioned, and many people squeezed directly to the door of the store, and the guards no longer stopped at this time, but when these people rushed to the door of the store, looking at the goods on the shelves inside and the price tags placed inside, many people involuntarily stopped and stood outside the store and did not dare to step in.

No, you can't get it back, because these prices are so scary.

Porcelain not to say, now for the people of Xianyang, although it is still a rare object, but it is not mysterious, the prince's home more or less have a few pieces, there are also rich merchants, and even some folk families who are not usually inconspicuous can occasionally see, so many people have seen it, but the price of porcelain in Qinghe store is as I heard before, it is ridiculously expensive, the price of a set of ten wine glasses is 8,000 yuan, a set of dishes is more than 10,000 yuan, and a set of tea sets is worth more than 20,000 yuan. Even the cheapest teacup with a bottom tray and lid costs as much as 5,000 yuan.

However, these porcelains are expensive, but they are very different from the simple ordinary porcelain in the past, because not only the texture is delicate and smooth like jade, but also there are colorful paintings, or poems or paintings, flowers, birds, insects and fish look with a strong luxurious atmosphere, which makes people reluctant to take their eyes off at a glance.

Although this is the capital Xianyang, it is true that the rich gather, but most of the people who come to play in the garden are the children of the ministers or idle people who have nothing to do, and they may have some spare money to gamble, but this kind of large sum of money obviously cannot be easily taken out, so most people are directly scared away after seeing it.

However, in addition to the porcelain shop, there are also tea shops, wine and vinegar shops, jewelry and stationery shops, and clothing stores, all of which seem to be expensive, but they are much cheaper than porcelain.

The most expensive porcelain bottle of Qinghe wine is 8,000 yuan per bottle, which is much cheaper than last year's market, and just a fine porcelain bottle is worth thousands, so it is not outrageously expensive.

For example, a piece of jade pendant costs only 2,000 yuan.

The price of a wrench is only 800 yuan.

The price of a folding fan is only 500 yuan.

An inkstone is only two or three thousand dollars.

Ink strips are cheaper, and the cheapest piece is only 300 yuan.

As for the mahjong that most gamblers like, although the price of a box is as high as 10,000 and 800 yuan, but it can't bear the large number, there are more than 100 porcelain tiles with delicate and white texture, and it seems that it is not expensive to calculate a few dozen dollars.

Moreover, all the items in the Qinghe store are marked with a unified logo, or engraved or inscribed, or printed or engraved, almost all of them are exactly the same Qinghe two small red seal fonts, and the two words Qinghe are almost a banner that is popular in Daqin today, as long as there are items stained with the word Qinghe in their hands, they are the objects of envy and envy of many people.

As a result, many people hesitated for a moment and then rushed into several other shops to start looking at the shops, and the trained male and female clerks were smiling and began to make introductions, and after a while, some people began to pay for them.