Over there, Li Rong, the king of Ping, and the princes and ministers were strolling around the newly built library and showing off the palace collection. Here, the second lady accompanied the ladies to admire those glass treasures, which was enviable.

Relatives Shen Dafu and Shen Wanbao also came, and some wealthy families in Jinling handed over posts to congratulate, but there was no way to enter.

It was noon, when the engagement feast was about to begin.

Emperor Xiang Yanran, Empress Dowager Shen and Empress Cui, Yang Guifei, Prince Xiang Tiange and others, under the escort of Cai and the great eunuch and the forbidden army, finally arrived late and arrived at the Pingwang Mansion.

"Welcome to the Queen Mother, the emperor is coming to the Ping Palace!"

"Welcome to the queen, concubine, the crown prince to the Ping Palace."

Accompanied by Li Rong and the second wife, Chu Tianxiu and Li Yu, the group entered the palace.

...

In the banquet hall, all the guests took their seats.

"Yu'er, the imperial grandmother is waiting for your engagement banquet today! The last time the imperial grandmother came to the Ping Palace, you had just been born. Come to the palace again this time, you have become a big girl, and you are about to get married! ”

Empress Dowager Shen sat on the main seat, took the hand of Li Yu, the county lord of Danyang, and laughed non-stop, "The imperial grandmother has no other gifts, so I will give you 3,000 households and 100 hectares of fertile land!" ”

"Thank you for the grace of the Queen Mother!"

Li Yu was wearing a red county lord dress, red lips and white teeth, beautiful eyes, and a light smile.

She was the county lord of Danyang, originally 3,000 households, a household of five people, and 15,000 people in Danyang County were all her household registration.

This has increased by 3,000 households and 100 hectares of fertile land, and can increase the population by another 15,000. She was in need of more food to arrange for a large number of craftsmen.

The servants of the Pingwang Mansion served the dishes one after another, and all kinds of delicacies were served on the table.

The first plate of frozen melons and fruits with large ice cubes was served, and each guest had a plate, which was as many as hundreds of plates.

Emperor Xiang Yanran just glanced at these fruit bowls and felt at ease.

The emperor came to the Pingwang Mansion this time, and on the surface, he came to be a witness to the marriage between the lord of Danyang and the marquis of Xiaodu. But in the bottom of my heart, there is still a trace of worry.

Some people sued the Ping Wangfu for building an armory in the name of digging an ice cellar and hiding a large number of weapons, which is suspected of plotting against him.

The emperor didn't believe that King Ping would rebel.

But nothing comes out of nowhere.

Whether the Pingwang Mansion is digging an ice cellar or an armory cannot be judged by trust alone. Only by taking a look at it with his own eyes can he completely dispel the concerns in his heart.

Just by being a witness, I came to the Pingwang Mansion to inspect it personally.

Seeing this, the emperor was also relieved.

If it weren't for a large ice cellar, it would definitely not be able to squander it like this, and hundreds of plates of ice cubes and frozen melons and fruits in one go. The so-called digging of armories to hide weapons is purely false accusations.

Then, all kinds of delicacies were served.

The utensils are all kinds of high-end and luxurious glass wine jugs, glass cups, glass bowls and chopsticks... The luster is transparent and bright, dazzling, and you can't put it down.

The princes, ministers, and ladies were stunned.

This... Just this set of glazed utensils, not to mention thousands of pieces, let alone 100,000 taels of silver to afford it.

All the princes and eunuchs, and the noblewomen were extremely envious in their eyes.

It's magnificent!

It is worthy of being the first gate valve in Jinling City, the top Ping Wangfu in the prince, how strong the financial resources are, and the other nine gate valves can't catch up.

No wonder Li Rong only talks about book collections and never mentions the word "silver"... Cheesy, cheesy!

This engagement banquet of the Ping Wangfu is laid down, what a face!

Everyone knows that from now on, this Jinling city will be rich and extravagant, and it will no longer be the former Duhou Mansion, but the Pingwang Mansion.

...

Shen Wanbao's eyes widened, he was extremely envious, and said in a low voice: "Boss, the glass treasure has been produced so much?" When will I be able to give my little brother a batch of goods?! ”

Chu Tianxiu shrugged his shoulders and didn't care, "These are the first batch to be produced, so let's use them at the engagement banquet first." The next batch is estimated to be half a month later. After the banquet, you can simply sell these to the princes and the Huns! ”

This is placed in the next two thousand years, that is, some ordinary glass pots and pans, everywhere in the mall, dozens of dollars a piece, is nothing at all.

He now has an exclusive monopoly on the "luxury goods" of colored glass, and the price starts at a few hundred taels of silver. It is equivalent to tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of dollars a piece in later generations.

He took it out at this engagement banquet, purely for display, and used it to advertise in front of the magnates of Jinling City, so as to attract them to buy it.

Of course, no one in the nobles of the Great Chu Dynasty knew the true cost of the glaze, not even Shen Wanbao. If they knew, it was the price of cabbage, and I was afraid they would vomit blood.

"Okay!"

Shen Wanbao was overjoyed.

He can earn tens of thousands of taels of silver just by selling it.

...

Almost all the dishes on the table are filled with all kinds of expensive spices, even the cheapest eggplant.

The eggplant, which was originally a penny of copper coins, was instantly transformed into a delicious dish for several taels of silver after adding a lot of garlic spices.

Spices are not locally produced, and they have to be transported from the distant Western Regions, Sichuan, southern Yunnan and other places.

Not to mention those delicacies of the mountains and seas, the wine pond and the meat forest, there are dozens of mountain delicacies on any plate, and the price of a hundred taels is available.

These high-ranking officials and nobles have a good idea of these prices in their hearts.

For such an engagement feast, the cost of the dishes alone will cost twenty or thirty thousand taels of silver. And that's not even counting the other costs.

This is more extravagant than the palace feast~!

Xiang Yanran couldn't help but be surprised when she saw such extravagance at this banquet, and she couldn't hold the glass chopsticks.

He knew that Li Rong, the king of Ping, had always been diligent and thrifty, and his daily consumption was very simple, and he did not like the style of arrogance, and he had never been extravagant and wasteful for decades.

This kind of extravagance, except for the little dusk, will definitely not be so extravagant.

Xiao Duhou has only been in the house for half a year, and he has brought this extravagant atmosphere into the Pingwang Mansion. How long has it taken for the Pingwang Mansion to go from frugality to extravagance and profligacy?

In the long run, the Wanguan family wealth of the Ping Wangfu is afraid that it can't help but be squandered by the little faint marquis!

The emperor couldn't help but feel palpitations.

Thinking back then, the princess once wanted to marry Xiao Duhou, but he flatly refused, which seemed to be very wise. Otherwise, within ten years, even a mountain of gold will be lost.

He gave the little dusk marquis to the Pingwang Mansion and scourge the Pingwang Mansion.

Li Rong saw that the emperor didn't move his chopsticks, and couldn't help but wonder, "Your Majesty, could it be that the dishes are not appetizing?" Whatever the emperor wants to eat, I told the dining room to do it immediately. ”

The emperor sighed, feeling a little guilty in his heart, and said: "King Ping, I let the little dusk marquis come to the door, I wanted you to control his stubbornness, but I didn't expect him to bring extravagance into the Pingwang Mansion instead. This feast alone cost as much silver as it spent. This is harming your Pingwang Mansion! ”

"Uh... Is there one? ”

Li Rong, the king of Ping, couldn't help but be stunned.

This engagement banquet was organized by Li Yu and Xiao Duhou, and he didn't spend a tael of silver!

Since Xiao Duhou set up a papermaking workshop, Li Yu gradually has spare money.

Later, Xiao Duhou went to Danyang County to make ironware, which has become the best-selling ironware in Dachu.

Merchants everywhere only need Danyang ironware.

Counterfeit?

Iron-making technology in other places is not good, and it cannot be imitated. The knives split with each other, and the inferior iron directly shattered.

It's just that Danyang ironware is mainly based on farm tools and kitchen knives, and the farmers and women in the field know that they are easy to use. Danyang County does not build, buy and sell weapons.

The princely magnates, on the other hand, cared little about this.

Recently, Xiao Duhou has set up another glass workshop. This top-level luxury, not to mention, anyone with eyes can see that it is the top-level luxury, more expensive than silk, and better selling.

How much silver can be earned, I'm afraid that except for Xiao Duhou himself, outsiders don't know at all.

I don't know when, this ancestral property of the Ping Wangfu is no longer enough in front of Xiao Duhou.

Li Rong didn't bother to care about Li Yu and Xiao Duhou, anyway, the cost of this banquet was handled by Xiao Duhou himself.

"I still remember that year, at the first birthday banquet after Li Yu was born, I and the Empress Dowager were guests at your Pingwang Mansion.

At that time, there were only dozens of tables, and the dishes were all ordinary delicacies, the eggplant was only salted, and the big meat was also a little spice, which added up to only one or two thousand taels of silver.

The banquet in front of him could not be held without more than 120,000 taels of silver. The annual income of the Ping Wangfu is only tens of thousands of taels of silver. ”

Emperor Xiang Yanran sighed.

Although the accumulation of sixty or seventy years of Pingwangfu is thick, it can't help but squander it like this! Decades later, the Pingwang Mansion became another Duhou Mansion.

When Li Rong heard this, he couldn't help but be in a trance.

That's right!

This is to be replaced half a year ago, when such a lavish banquet was held in the mansion and ruined the atmosphere of the Ping Palace, he would definitely be furious.

But now, instead of being angry, he is enjoying it.

When did he change his habits?

It should be since the little dusk marquis arrived at the Pingwang Mansion and wiped his ass with the faint marquis paper, everyone followed suit, and there was no need to use the toilet anymore.

Then there are the dishes on weekdays, all kinds of food and clothing, all looking to the little dusk.

The thrifty atmosphere of the Ping Palace, in this way, gradually changed customs, went up and down, and never returned, and unconsciously changed into the most luxurious palace of the Great Chu Dynasty.

Then again, though.

These expenses didn't cost him a copper plate in the palace, and he didn't feel distressed at all.

The emperor just stared at the extravagance and wasted it, and he definitely didn't know how much money the little dusk marquis could make.

No one dares to check the account books of Xiao Duhou, I am afraid that in a few years, the private accounts of the county lord of Danyang will become a small treasury.

"The emperor's lesson is that I will discipline it well when I go back, and I must not be so extravagant and wasteful! Otherwise, the Ping Wangfu will have to be defeated. ”

Li Rong buried his head in eating the fragrant garlic roasted eggplant and nodded frequently.

"Queen Mother, try this garlic roasted eggplant... This was invented by the little dusk. If you don't have a good appetite and can't eat big meat and greasy, this garlic eggplant is the best. ”

Li Yu said with a smile.

Empress Dowager Shen took a bite and immediately praised: "This dish is good, fragrant, moist but not greasy!" In the imperial dining room of the harem, add a dish of this dish. ”