Soon it was the day of Yang Xiaoshan's wedding.

The mansion that Hu Xueyan found for Yang Xiaoshan turned out to be the county king's mansion of the county king Yijing, who was sent to Xinjiang after fighting against the British army in the First Opium War, and his mansion was bought by a wealthy merchant.

Hu Xueyan likes that this house is relatively close to the monk's mansion, and the feng shui is good, the layout of the mansion is proper and does not exceed the system, and it is suitable in all aspects. So he negotiated with this rich businessman to buy a house, and at the beginning of the period, the rich businessman refused to sell, Hu Xueyan gave three times the price, and the family moved out overnight that night. Now it has become Yang Xiaoshan's Guogong Mansion.

With Hu Xueyan's hand, this wedding banquet is of course extremely luxurious and extravagant. There is a private garden in this mansion. The lights are as bright as day. The main guests are arranged here, and the banquet is all delicious food and wine.

The liquor is the royal liquor of the Liangyu Department under the Gwangrokuji Temple. This wine is made from Jingxi Yuquan water in spring and autumn every year, and is made of glutinous rice with beans, wheat malt, Sichuan pepper, yeast, bamboo leaves, and sesame seeds. Only the relatives of the emperor can drink it, and no matter how good the restaurant is, it can't be bought.

The dish is a first-class Manchurian and Han cuisine, and it is the master chef specially invited by Hu Xueyan from Yangzhou. The Manchu and Han banquets are divided into five parts:

The first one, the number one five bowls and ten pieces - bird's nest chicken soup, braised pork tendon with sea cucumber, shredded fresh razor and radish soup, shredded pork belly soup with kelp, braised pearl cabbage with abalone, mussel and shrimp roe soup, shark fin and crab soup, simmered chicken with mushrooms, reeling hammer, simmered ham with fish maw, chicken soup with shark skin, blood meal soup, and first-grade soup rice bowl.

The second part, No. 2 five bowls of ten pieces - crucian carp tongue stewed bear paw, rice lees scarlet lips, pig brains, fake leopard fetus, steamed hump, pear slices mixed with steamed civet, steamed deer tail, pheasant slice soup, wind pig slices, wind sheep slices, rabbit breast milk room sign, first-grade soup rice bowl.

The third part, ten pieces of fine white soup bowl - pork belly, fake Jiang Yao, duck tongue soup, chicken shoot porridge, pig brain soup, hibiscus egg, goose gizzard palm soup, steamed anchovies, false spotted fish liver, Shih Tzu milk, Wensi tofu soup, soft-shelled turtle meat slices soup, cocoon soup, first-grade soup rice bowl.

The fourth, 20 pieces of hairy blood plate - broiled, harba, piglet, fried pork and mutton, hanging stove oiled chicken, goose, duck, pigeon, pig offal, haggis, burnt pig and mutton, boiled pig and mutton, steamed piglet, lamb, chicken, duck, goose, white flour dumpling rolls, assorted fire, plum buns.

The fifth, 20 pieces of foreign dishes, 20 pieces of hot food and wine, 20 pieces of side dishes, 10 pieces of withered fruits, and 10 pieces of fresh fruits.

Hu Xueyan also invited the most famous opera troupe and singers in the capital to accompany them, and let them sing and dance lightly and sing in a low voice during the banquet.

Even the servants who came with them from various provinces also had places to eat and drink, and the grade was not low, pigs and mutton, roasted goose, etc., and rice and soju were drunk casually.

Su Saburo was a little depressed and ate wine, he had just gotten married, and it was already a high-grade wedding banquet in the capital. But compared with Yang Xiaoshan this time, it is simply a heaven and an underground, and it can't be compared at all, and the luxury of Yang Xiaoshan's wedding banquet is far beyond his imagination. When I went home today, my daughter-in-law didn't know how to bury herself, and a rich wedding banquet was so much stronger than her own.

"It's amazing to be rich, and the people invited are all rich businessmen, and the guests I invited to the wedding banquet can't be compared with their status!" Su Saburo recognized the identities of some of the guests, and secretly belittled Yang Xiaoshan in his heart.

He saw it well, these people were all invited by Hu Xueyan, although the status of the businessman was low, but the money he gave was scared to death, almost all of them started with one hundred taels of silver. You must know that one tael of silver in the Qing Dynasty is about equivalent to 700 yuan now. Even if it is a high-ranking official, a share of about ten taels of silver is considered a very high gift money, and most people only earn more than 100 taels of silver a year.

Hearing the money of those scared people to death, Su Saburo pondered in his heart, this Yang Xiaoshan made a lot of money by holding a wedding banquet, and the money of these businessmen alone reached more than 50,000 taels of silver, and he was even more jealous in his heart.

"Prince Gong, Prince Duan, and Prince Yi have arrived!" The celebrant of the curtain said loudly.

These are all important ministers of the imperial court, who attended Su Saburo's wedding, and this time they also came. Su Saburo snorted coldly, and said in his heart: "But it's all for the sake of the face of the monk king, this Changshan has no foundation in the capital at all, and with his face, he will definitely not be able to invite any dignitaries!" ”

But Su Saburo was secretly comparing here, and several princes took the initiative to go to Yang Xiaoshan to talk. They are all old foxes in the court, Yang Xiaoshan's rocket-like speed promotion, no matter what the reason, there is nothing wrong with taking the initiative to make friends. In particular, Prince Gong is extremely enthusiastic, he seems to be very familiar with Yang Xiaoshan, he didn't look away, Yang Xiaoshan is indeed a manufacturable material, the stronger his strength, the greater the help for himself.

Seeing that the princes looked at Yang Xiaoshan so differently, some other officials who originally came for the face of the monk and the king couldn't help but go to Yang Xiaoshan's side to worship the dock, and the old rivers and lakes knew that it was not wrong for officialdom to follow the leader.

The more Su Saburo looked at it, the more angry he became, he was not far from Yang Xiaoshan, why didn't anyone come to him, and they all went to Yang Xiaoshan's side to climb the relationship.

The next person who came made his jaw drop even more.

"Master Li Hongzao and Hanlin Bachelor Zhang Peilun have arrived!" The celebrant shouted loudly.

Not only Su Saburo, all the officials during the banquet were stunned, these two are famous Qing schools in the court, even if it is the prince's wedding banquet, they will not participate, no matter how big the official is, how much money is paid, no one can move. They have always been clean and self-conscious, and they are very disgusted with hospitality and gifts, how could they appear at Yang Xiaoshan's wedding?

Yang Xiaoshan didn't expect that he didn't know these two at all, but when people came, he still had to come forward to greet them.

"Two adults, please." Yang Xiaoshan arranged them on the reserve seat.

"They're here for us!" Ding Baozhen and Wei Heng, who were behind the two, walked in front of Yang Xiaoshan.

"It's you!" Yang Xiaoshan understood that Wei Yuan was the Qingliu Party of the older generation, Wei Heng, as his grandson, used this relationship to support himself, and Ding Baozhen was also an official with an excellent reputation, and he had some face in Qingliu.

During this banquet, the guests were still stunned, and the Guogong Mansion ushered in several heavyweight guests.

A black tuxedo, a bow tie, followed by several tall orderlies.

"Mr. Davis, the U.S. Minister, has arrived."

"Mr. Jack, the British Consul, has arrived."

"Mr. Nino, the French consul, has arrived."

Yang Xiaoshan's wedding came to a group of blonde and blue-eyed foreigners, not only Yang Xiaoshan, but everyone else was a little blindsided.

"What kind of way is this Changshan, foreigners buy his account?" Su Saburo is even more faint, Yang Xiaoshan's wedding is out of the limelight, and he rushes at these people, which is also the biggest talk of people in the capital in the next few years.

Yang Xiaoshan saw Charles who was following closely behind and understood that he must have invited him for himself.

Charles smiled evilly, only he knew Yang Xiaoshan's identity among so many people here, "I invited the American minister, and I don't have such a big face as the British and American consuls, it was because you saved a French consul in Shanghai that they used this way to repay you." ”

Yang Xiaoshan was helpless, he didn't want to be in such a limelight, but he couldn't help but receive people when they came. I could only step forward and shake hands and say, "Nice to meet you!"

The foreigners took off their hats and saluted Yang Xiaoshan.

Yang Xiaoshan's casual actions made the guests marvel: "This groom is really not simple, and he can speak foreign languages!" ”

Prince Gong saw it in his eyes, and said secretly in his heart: "Changshan, Changshan, how many surprises can you bring me." He understands the current situation of the Qing court too well, and now the court is afraid of foreigners like tigers, and how important it is for an official who understands foreign affairs.