Tang Shunzhi told Shen Mo that the Qin Cha had arrived in Shaoxing, and was resting at Xiaoshan Station at the moment, waiting for Huang Daoji to enter the city.

The edict is on behalf of the emperor, although it is to deliver the edict to the Shen Mo family, but Shaoxing City has to be busy...... Can't you expect the Shen family father and son to put all the red colors on the road that the Qin mission is going to pass through, and then splash it with clean water? They can't finish it even if they're tired.

Therefore, starting from the second day of the new year, all the carpenters in the city were dispatched, starting from the north city gate, passing through the front street of Fu, all the way to Yongchangfang, and all the more than ten streets, six or seven miles away, were tied with colorful sheds, and the sheds were pasted with red yarn.

For a while, they couldn't find so many red silk, so the craftsmen passed the white silk, white cloth, white silk, and white yarn in the red dye, and then exposed to the sun for two hours, and then turned the white into red.

But the two places at the gate of the city gate and the door of Shen's house, because they are the places where the Qin Cha is footed, are all made of good Xishu red silk, and the shed is naturally very fine, with good wood, and it is like the Jade Emperor's Nantian Gate.

It was busy outside, but Shen Mo and Shen He were not in a hurry at home, when Master Shen came over with dozens of slaves and maids, the two of them were sitting on bamboo chairs and munching on watermelons.

As soon as they saw Master Shen come in, the two of them hurriedly got up and greeted, "On this hot day, Lord Shen quickly sit down and eat a piece of watermelon." ”

When Master Shen saw that the two of them were still wandering here, he was angry, pointed outside, and said: "The whole Shaoxing City is busy with the two of you, you are good, and you still have the leisure to eat watermelon here." ”

Seeing that the eldest man was angry, Shen He hurriedly smiled and said: "The house that our family only rebuilt after the New Year, with pink walls and tiles, three new inside and outside, do you still need to clean it up again?" ”

Old Man Shen was so angry that he stomped his feet and said, "Confused! What's going on? This is a ceremony that is more solemn than weddings and funerals, and I don't know how many times more solemn the holy decree reward ceremony! How many years does Shaoxing City take place once? That is, every step, every detail, must be written into the genealogy, county records, and government records! ”

Shen He jumped up with a sigh, and said silently without complaining: "It's all to blame this stinky boy, just say that others are busy, we just wait for the two of us to change into new clothes that day to receive the order!" ”

"He's not sensible, and you're not sensible?" Master Shen scolded and said, "Let's move everything in." ”

Then there was a group of slaves, carrying their loads, pushing the cart into the courtyard, and the sound was even greater than moving. Shen He has seen them one by one, what rosewood tables, chairs and beds, four gold-painted screens, Suzhou embroidered tassel curtains, lake satin brocade quilts, Western jacquard carpets, everything should be used in the home. Even the lacquered gold bucket was delivered.

Looking at these things, Shen He asked in horror, "Lord Qincha wants to stay here for a long time?" How do you make it look like you want to import it? ”

"Of course not." Master Shen shook his head and said, "After the decree is over, you have to invite the Qin Cha, don't you ask the Qin Cha and his party to change their clothes and rest for a while?" ”

When Shen He heard that this was the case, he was embarrassed and said, "That makes the eldest master too expensive." ”

The corners of Master Shen's mouth twitched a few times, and he whispered, "This is what I borrowed for you...... But be careful, if you break one, you will have to pay hundreds of taels of silver. ”

Shen He was rubbing a set of tea sets from the former Song Dynasty official kiln, and when he heard this, he quickly retracted his hand and said, "If the Qin Cha is broken, I have to pay for it?" ”

Master Shen was angry and funny: "You can make Qin Cha compensate." ”

Before noon, the governor of Shaoxing Mansion came over and sent Shen He a list of guests to watch the ceremony. Shen He looked at the long list, there were nearly a thousand people, and he almost fainted. Pointing to his yard, he said, "There are no more than fifty tables in front of and behind, and half of them have to go to sit on the roof." ”

The governor knew him well, pulled him aside and said, "Brother, why can't you think about it?" Look at the name on it, which one is not a head and face in Shaoxing Mansion? Many people rushed over from Yuyao and Shangyong, just to eat your cold soup and cold rice? ”

Shen He smiled bitterly: "I know it's not, but it's really unbearable." As he spoke, he pointed to the next door and said, "I really can't do it, so I can only let them sit at the neighbor's house." ”

"That's not good, people are here to come to this ceremony," the governor shook his head and said, "What's the matter with you getting someone else?" ”

"So what do you say?" Shen He sighed.

"Demolished!" The governor clapped his hands and said, "If the courtyard walls on both sides are demolished, won't the three families become one?" I'm going to find a craftsman now. After speaking, he didn't care whether Shen He agreed or not, so he left in a hurry.

Shen Hexin said, then you have to talk to your neighbors first. I wanted to find Shen Mo to inform him, but the front and back yards were full of people busy, going in and out, it was just a mess, and Shen He looked around and didn't find it. When I finally returned to the front yard, I saw Shen Mo and Shen Jing coming in with two carts of cups and dishes.

As soon as he saw Shen He, Shen Jing smiled and said: "Uncle, the Jingdezhen porcelain in Qingyishui has not even been sealed, and Chaosheng's face is really big." ”

It turned out that he went to borrow tableware, but Shen He didn't have time to praise it, so he ordered: "Go to Uncle Zhang's house on the left and talk about it, and see if you can tear down the courtyard walls of our two houses." ”

Shen Mo said: "What are you doing by tearing down the walls of people's courtyards?" ”

"If you are told to go, you will go!" Shen He glared and said, "Our family can't sit open, and we can't let the VIPs watching the ceremony sit in another house." ”

Shen Mo said, 'I don't have that ability', and Shen He said, 'You have', and threw him out of the house.

Shen Jing also wanted to join in the fun, but was stopped by Shen He and said, "There will be a food delivery in a while, you go to the backyard to pick it up." ”

Shen Jing nodded and said, "Okay." He took the list handed over by Shen He and went to the backyard.

In the backyard, the servants were building stoves, and Shen Jing counted: "Twenty stoves, can you use so many?" ”

"I said there were thousands of guests." The servant woman in charge said angrily: "Originally, there were ten stoves just right, but I insisted on adding ten, where I saw where to stand when I stir-fried." ”

Shen Jing laughed with her for a few words, and there was a bell outside the door, but it was the food deliverer, he opened the door and looked, heh, a whole ten carts of fish, meat, eggs and vegetables! couldn't help laughing and said, "Shaoxing City can't eat today, right?" ”

The boss who delivered the food laughed and said, "That's not it, but it's three or four times more expensive than usual." ”

The two conveniences began to hand over the ingredients, with a total of 500 catties of high-quality white rice and six taels of silver; 200 catties of high-quality pork, six taels of silver; 200 catties of high-grade mutton, four taels of silver; 200 catties of high-quality beef, five taels of silver; 200 pounds of eggs, 2 taels of silver; More than three catties of fresh carp fifty tails, five taels of silver; Fifty perch of more than three catties, fifteen taels of silver; fifty live chickens, five taels of silver; Fifty live ducks, three taels of silver; There are twenty-five live geese, counting three taels of silver...... and all kinds of melons, fruits, vegetables and vegetables totaling 500 catties, counting 15 taels of silver.

The count was correct, the cash was paid, and the boss smiled and said, "Son, what else do you command?" ”

Shen Jing also smiled and said, "Boss, you have a big deal again." Pointing to the ten large driveways: "Another copy of the same thing." ”

The boss was taken aback and said, "Isn't that enough?" ”

"It's a bit of a lot of guests." Shen Jing sighed and said, "Go quickly, you can't shorten your money." ”

The boss smiled bitterly: "Son, these are most of the ingredients on the market in this county today, but I don't have the ability to make another one." ”

"Then go to San'in and buy it!" Shen Jingyi patted the door behind him and said: "When the time comes, write a pen on the county chronicle, everything is good for the ceremony, but because of the vegetable merchant, the guests only have half of the food, and you will be stinking for 10,000 years." ”

The boss stared, patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Son, I'll go to the purchase, even if it hurts the whole city to eat porridge, I'll make another one for you." As he spoke, he smiled cautiously and said: "The little one is not called so-and-so, but Chai Shouli, you can definitely help the small county Silyu name." ”

Shen Jing looked at the Chai Shouli with a smile, nodded and said, "Do this errand well, I will say hello to the person who wrote the county chronicle." ”

The boss of the firewood blossomed and shouted to the guys: "Unload the car quickly, and go to San'in to find me when you are done." After saying that, he ran to Zhang Luo first.

Shen Jing didn't want to see the yard slaughtering chickens and geese, so he turned to the front, but saw an official with a face, who was asking Shen He with a proud expression, where did Lord Qincha change clothes, where to wash, where to proclaim, where to sit, where to have a banquet, and where to retire.

After Shen He made arrangements to listen to the official, the official began to pick his nose and eyes, saying that this place should be surrounded by a cloth curtain, and saying that it was not regulated enough, so that Shen He had two big heads.

Seeing this, Shen Jing hurriedly went to the study and said to the account room brought by the family: "Seal a bag of silver." The account room took out a piece of silver cake and wanted to open it with scissors, but was stopped by Shen Jing and said, "Don't hinge it, seal it all." ”

"That's twenty taels!" The bookkeeper opened his mouth and glared: "Why do you use so much?" ”

Shen Jing said the previous situation. The bookkeeper said: "Then I'll exchange the gold for the young master, it's much lighter." ”

Shen Jing scolded and said, "What to change?" That's what you want! ”

When the official took the heavy bag of silver without changing his face, his voice softened a lot, and he didn't find fault anymore, and in turn pointed out where the Shen family should welcome at that time, which side to stand on, what to call the Qin Cha, what to pay attention to when receiving the order, and how to entertain the Qin Cha after that, and emphasized that the Lord Qin Cha likes to listen to Kunqu Opera, and it is best to find an opera troupe to help the fun.

The Shen family hurriedly rearranged the arrangements according to the instructions, and was so busy that no one slept on all fours this night.

(To be continued)