Chapter 150: A Special Dowry?
Although it took a lot of construction to build a lot of money in Dongshan County, the chamber of commerce in Chang'an City has been making a steady stream of inputs, not only a Xuanwu Building, but also branches throughout Datang, which will send all the money earned to Chang'an every year. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Doing business in Datang, once the stall is spread, the next step is a steady stream of inputs, and Xuan Shijing's little cost is just a drop in the bucket.
After all, the accumulation of wealth in the Hou Mansion has lasted for ten years, and many things unique to the Hou Mansion are all monopolized by money.
"It's so inconvenient to store this copper coin." Xuan Shijing pouted.
"Yes, but you can melt all those copper coins and make them into bronze utensils, first, to facilitate storage, and secondly, the copper coins are melted and made into bronze utensils, which must be more valuable than the original copper coins." Qin Bingyue said.
"This is something that is expressly forbidden by the imperial court, and our family is not short of money, so as not to commit that taboo, Ming'er told Uncle Zhong that all those old copper coins will be exchanged for silver and gold."
"Master Hou, in this case, our house will lose a lot of money." When Qin Bingyue heard this, isn't this a money-losing deal? Now the ratio of silver to copper coins on the market, if it is really changed, it will definitely suffer.
"No, how can you suffer? Do what I say. Xuan Shijing said with a smile: "Don't touch the new money for the time being, and wait until the first day of the ninth lunar month, and send it to the princess's mansion as a dowry." ”
"Yes." Qin Bingyue nodded, if she just let those old money with patina be exchanged for silver, she wouldn't be so distressed.
Early the next morning, Xuan Shijing took the list of dowry gifts prepared yesterday to the Wang family to discuss and see if there was anything to add or decrease.
Wang looked at the thick stack of lists, and said with a slight smile: "Jing'er, if you marry a daughter-in-law this time, you are going to empty the treasury of our house." ”
Earlier, Xuan Shijing promised Jinyang that he must give her a wedding that caused a sensation in Chang'an and even became famous, so in every process of the wedding, Xuan Shijing will not be stingy, including engagement and dowry.
"Mother, what do you want to add or subtract?" Xuan Shijing asked, and then handed the marriage certificate to the Wang family for a look.
Wang shook his head: "There is nothing wrong with the dowry or something, although the number is large, but I always feel that it is a little ordinary, what my mother means is that there is nothing in this dowry...... Something special. ”
Wang remembered that when he was in the army, Xuan Shijing and his father asked him to marry, although there were not too many dowry gifts, but every gift had a special meaning, and for the two of them, it had an unusual meaning, and this kind of gift was what women were willing to receive.
Something special? Xuan Shijing frowned and thought about it, too, in modern times, whether it is a gold three-piece or a house and a car, it is nothing special, is the proposal..... Pregnant.
Xuan Shijing remembered that none of the Hu merchants in Chang'an City brought diamonds to Chang'an to sell? It's better to make a ring.
What is called rare is expensive, if in modern times, in addition to the symbolic meaning given by people, this diamond ring is not as valuable as those jade rings in Xuan Shijing's warehouse, but this noble marriage, the word value is not so meaningful, so Xuan Shijing listened to Wang's words and planned to order a diamond ring.
"Bingyue, you immediately set off to Chang'an City, and ask Qian Dui to contact those jewelry merchants and ask if there are any diamonds from the Western Regions. White, transparent, can refract colorful colors in the sun, not glass, but diamonds, very hard, let the money pile to find, find it immediately sent to the jewelry shop, Ben Hou to order a ring, as for the drawings, I will let Chang Le send it later. Xuan Shijing said.
"Yes, Master Hou." After Qin Bingyue responded, she retreated.
When Wang heard that Xuan Shijing said that he wanted to make a ring, he wondered what kind of stone this diamond was, was it more valuable than the agate jade in the treasury of the house?
"Mother has a bracelet here, and when Princess Jinyang passes through the door in the future, it will also be passed to her, this bracelet is the only thing that my mother brought out from her mother's house, and it is the token left by your grandmother back then, and it is the most token of our Xuan family, and it will be passed on to my daughter-in-law in the future." Wang pulled back his sleeves, revealing the jade bracelet on his wrist.
This jade bracelet is brought on people, people raise jade, and jade also raises people, and the jade bracelet on Wang's wrist looks old, and the color is much darker than ordinary jadeite.
Xuan Shijing nodded, whether it is a big family or an ordinary person, there are always one or two things that have been passed down from generation to generation, this is a tradition, unless you encounter any losers, for the sake of living a comfortable life, these old objects will be taken to the pawnshop, otherwise they will be passed down from generation to generation.
Just like the Wang family was in the army back then, they still protected this bracelet intact, no matter how down-and-out they were back then, they didn't sell this bracelet.
The ancestors of the Wang family are a big family, and the objects handed down will naturally not be bad, but the Wang generation was destroyed in the troubled times, and there is only such a bracelet left on the Wang family, which has become a thought.
As Xuan Shijing grows up, he wants to marry a wife and have children, and this idea will be passed down from generation to generation.
Agreed on the name of the dowry, and then the list will be given to Zhong Zishuo, and Zhong Zishuo will arrange it, and when it is the first day of September, Li Ke will come to the door to get the marriage letter, and then take the dowry to the princess's mansion to propose.
Xuan Shijing in the study drew the ring on the paper, and remembered that he didn't know how big the ring was going to be in Jinyang, in case it was too big and small.....
After the painting, add a sentence to the drawing, the requirement is that the ring can be slightly adjusted in size, the jewelry shop is specially made for this, should be able to understand the meaning of Xuan Shijing, so Xuan Shijing is not worried, in addition to the diamond, the rest of the ring is silver, as for gold, Xuan Shijing dislikes its color and discards.
The drawings were handed over to Chang Le and sent to Chang'an City, and then, Xuan Shijing's affairs were not over, Zhong Zishuo helped pack up the dowry from the warehouse, and also contacted the carpenter to build the box, Xuan Shijing needed to go over often to see, and Zhuangzi was here, after yesterday's agreement, those businessmen had signed a contract with the money pile, and now there will be a batch of goods from Chang'an with the relocation team and sent to the house.
And Yanlai Lou will also be moved to Zhuangzi, the name remains the same, it is still Yanlai Lou, which is in the Guannei, but it is a signboard.