Chapter 308: Pre-Wedding Preparations
After Pei Min and Yurong's wedding, the next few days were also boring, everyone was busy preparing firewood for winter, and the thatch outside and inside the city of Chang'an was cut and dried for use in winter.
Meng Yu was not idle, because in a few days it will be his wedding with Changle, and he also has to prepare well, because this is the princess's wedding, so he doesn't want Changle to leave a little regret, and he doesn't want the wedding banquet scene to be grand enough, so that people in Chang'an can't remember that this wedding is the wedding of the princess he married to the Tang Dynasty, Princess Changle.
It is only three days before the day of marriage, and he has a lot of things to prepare, although he has been preparing for a long time, he is still a little uneasy, so he went to the tailor shop to find Feng Xinyi today, to see how those wedding dresses are?
His face was a little nervous, he didn't expect that he was going to get married so soon, and he was still a little uncomfortable, but he was facing a major event in life, something he had never experienced, and he would naturally be so overwhelmed.
"Haha, I've arranged for the beggars to help that guy get ice for me these days, but only on the day of the wedding, we can use the ice cubes to place the courtyard, and we can also use the ice cubes to make this hot weather." Meng Yu walked on the street, thinking about the preparations in the past few days, and couldn't help laughing to himself.
He had already found someone to deal with the problem of ice cubes a few days ago, although there was no electricity in this era, and there were no machines such as refrigerators and ice machines, but it was actually very simple to make ice, a few days ago Meng Yu had personally purchased a large amount of saltpeter, using the principle that saltpeter dissolves in water will absorb heat, and made ice cubes in clean soil.
This principle has not yet appeared in Datang, so he immediately took out some of his savings and bought a wine shop with a very bad business to specialize in making ice, of course, this ice will also be sold very cheaply, and you can buy a large piece for only a penny, which has become popular in the streets and alleys of Chang'an City in the past few days, and has made a lot of money.
However, this means of making money may also attract the attention of the nobles of the palace, if His Majesty Li Er knows, I am afraid that he will have to pay tribute unconditionally, so Meng Yu does not plan to make it in large quantities, so he will hide some of it and let those barren people use it.
His ice shop is not going to buy a rich man, but only to provide for the poor people, so that they can cool down in such a hot weather, so this rare ice cube is also cheap enough to be affordable for everyone.
This practice has benefited many people, and it is also Meng's favorite thing to do.
But the important thing today is to see how the wedding dress is, so that he can bring the wedding dress to the palace and let Changle try it, although he doesn't know which one is suitable, but he gave Feng Xinyi a lot of drawings, and naturally made five or six wedding dresses, all of which are sewn according to the aesthetic concept of the Tang Dynasty.
He walked to the store and saw Feng Xinyi sorting out the accounts, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, and then walked in to stay aside, not busy bothering.
All the matters of the tailor shop and the cloth workshop are handled by Feng Xinyi, and many times it will make him very busy, so he will sometimes be so busy that he has no intention of paying attention to other things, when Meng Yu came in, he really didn't notice it, but Meng Yu's breath was very weird, he finally turned around, looked at Meng Yu, and smiled indifferently.
"Hmm!? It turned out to be Ziran, who should I be, I haven't said anything for so long, speaking of which, Ziran, you came to see the wedding dress, right? After all, the wedding is coming, it's with the Tang Princess, I naturally won't let you lose face, there, you can see for yourself, it's the best ice and snow silk, this thing is very cool, and the ability to keep warm in winter is also good, haha, you can see for yourself first, I still have a little account to sort out, so I won't say more to you. Feng Xinyi smiled ashamedly, he was very kind, he was already familiar with the young man in front of him a lot, so he spoke very casually.
Meng Yu walked aside, he was very happy, for the ice and snow silk, he had also heard of it, this kind of thing is very good, it is a deep snow valley, a kind of snow silkworm living on the cliff spit out silk, because the snow silkworm eats ice and minerals in the rocks and the ice grass in the snow valley, so the silk they spit out is very soft, and has the effect of warm in winter and cool in summer.
This kind of snow silk is very precious, I heard that it can only be traded in the snow mountain tribe north of Loulan, and it also requires a high level of craftsmanship to make cloth, so Feng Xinyi sewed it completely by himself, and also let him work overnight for a long time, so he made these wedding dresses well. Although this wedding dress is not exactly ice and snow silk, the preciousness of the wedding dress itself is also incomparable to the wedding dress in the palace, plus the wedding dress made by Meng Yu adds a modern European style, which is more in line with the identity of the princess, so these wedding dresses are almost priceless.
Meng Yu's hand reached out to the wedding dress, touching the cold silkiness, looking at the young man's patterns and delicate sewing with great satisfaction, he couldn't help but be full of gratitude to Feng Xinyi, and this wedding dress was expensive, so he didn't want to accept it at any cost, he really couldn't go, and he was very uneasy.
"Haha, this wedding dress is really good, my worries are superfluous, but Uncle Feng, don't worry, when I enter the palace and let the princess choose a satisfactory wedding dress, I will give you the rest back, and then organize an auction, it will definitely make you a lot of money at that time, this thing is already exquisite, whether it is a rare material or Uncle Feng's craftsmanship, this is precious and rare, I think this can also let Uncle Feng relieve the pressure recently, right?" Meng Yu smiled silently, and put away the clothes with emotion and put them into the baggage that was taken out casually.
He learned that Feng Xinyi had recently acquired a lot of stores, and he was very sad because of financial problems, so he made such a suggestion so that he could relieve the pressure on hand.
"Hehe, Ziran, uncle is indeed a little nervous, haha, but you don't need to be like this, this wedding dress is really a congratulatory gift from me to you, if you take it out for auction like this, I think the princess will be angry." Feng Xinyi smiled helplessly, he understood Meng Yu's kindness, but after thinking about it again, he decided not to use this method.
The rest of the princess's selection was put up for auction, if the princess saw it, would it make her angry, this was all a matter for Feng Xinyi to consider, after all, Spicy was just an ordinary businessman.
"Haha, no need, I'll make it clear to her, this thing should also be, doesn't my uncle's store have my bonus? I'm also an investment, uncle doesn't have to mind, this is also for the sake of the poorer people! Meng Yu laughed, not caring about the problem of silver at all.
For him, money was something outside of his body.
Feng Xinyi smiled, it was not easy to shirk, reluctantly accepted, and said: "Ziran, I will go back to the wedding, but it may be later, don't blame your uncle!" ”
Meng Yu nodded in agreement, and said with a smile: "Naturally not, I'll go first, Uncle Feng, you're busy yourself!" ”
"Alas!" Feng Xinyi agreed and continued to work.
(To be continued)[.]