And just looking at the posture, ordinary people don't dare to enter - all the sedan chairs are stopped at the periphery, and the people who come down are dressed and look like they are either rich or expensive. There are a lot of female guests in the pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info where do ordinary people dare to get together?

Of course, there will always be no shortage of bold and reckless idlers in this world, and there are more such people in Jingshi, but this time it is impossible for them to make trouble. Because the people who were standing in the periphery and were responsible for maintaining order turned out to be Jinyi Wei Fanzi and the officials of Shuntian Mansion! Even if someone could get closer, they could see the green-skinned shorthair soldiers standing on their stakes in the inner circle. Guests will only be invited in after presenting the invitation, otherwise they will have to watch the excitement outside.

"It's a big scene...... Anyway, this short-haired daughter-in-law, what are you doing in the temple of a foreign monk? ”

It was inevitable that someone present raised this kind of question, and there happened to be someone next to him who knew the inside story and gave the answer:

"It is said that this girl believes in Yijiao, and according to the rules of Xiyi, marriage must swear in front of their gods, so they want to come here to hold a ceremony."

"Haha, the first time I heard that there was a monk who got married in the temple...... The old salted fish teases the cat, aren't those foreign monks angry? ”

"No, no, they're not angry. Their favorite is the handsome little girl...... Moreover, they also have money to preside over this kind of ceremony, just like our local monks and Taoists who go to people's funerals to recite scriptures and beat Jiao, which is a normal income, and their reputation is much better. ”

"Huh! Dude Coco is really well-informed, and he actually knows so much! ”

"It's easy to say...... I often go to Qiongshifang to walk around, and I can always hear some interesting things......"

-- Such a group of people have no invitations, and they can't get in, so they can only watch the lively idlers entertain themselves outside, and they are also happy. The two robed gentlemen who were pacing slowly next to him couldn't help but look at each other and smile when they heard this.

"Haha, among the strange theories of the short hair, it is really this kind of rhetoric that spreads the fastest."

"That is, didn't Shorthair himself say that he wanted to learn the language of other countries, and the fastest thing to learn must be swearing...... I only remember that sentence, what is it called......********* hehe, you have to be careful, you can't say these words here. ”

"It's okay, it's okay, it's English. And the Tang host here heard that he is a German, not a country, so he may not be able to understand. ”

"It's better to be cautious, today's big day, don't cause trouble for a moment."

“…… Brother Zhu advised, it's better to be careful. ”

While talking, the two of them had arrived at the intersection, and the idlers next to them saw these two wandering all the way over, and they didn't look like they were dressed like they were rich and noble, and they thought that they were just coming to see the excitement. Unexpectedly, the two walked to the front of the guard, took out two posts, signaled, and swaggered in, which really surprised the onlookers.

If they could still see inside, they would definitely be even more surprised - after entering, it was Hu Wen who personally greeted them:

"Eh, two gentlemen are here, welcome, welcome."

-- Chen Zaizhu, Qian Yangxian, and Qian Qianyi's two Qing guests, now they all have the name of a consultant here in Qiongshifang, and a hundred glittering silver dollars a month is called a comfortable one, and of course they have to be diligent to help if there is something here.

This time Chen Tao's marriage, whenever there are matters involving dealing with locals, the two of them have also made a lot of efforts, and it is natural to get two invitations. In fact, with their current income, they can afford to raise a set of carriages and horses and hire a group of sedan chairmen. It's just that, like most of the "middle class" of this era, although the economic situation has improved greatly, they can't change their original habits of thrift for a while in life - even if they want to get a car and set up a score, the person who is in charge of the money bag at home will not let go of his mouth.

Moreover, these two often go in and out of Qian Shangshu Mansion and Qiongshifang, and there are many opportunities to rub the car, so they are not in a hurry to buy it themselves. This time, it was already said that the Qiongshi Fang would send a car to pick it up early in the morning - those ornately decorated wedding cars were prepared for relatives and friends. But when they met at Qian Qianyi's house in the morning, they heard that there were a few more guests who were going to watch the ceremony in the Ge family, and they were also female dependents, so the two cars originally arranged were a little unable to sit down.

As a Qing guest, this kind of look must be there - the two immediately said that they were in a mood for a while, and it was good to go shopping in the car, so they walked all the way over.

After checking the invitation, I entered the courtyard of the Catholic Church, where the main man had not yet arrived, but there were already many people standing in the courtyard. Those who can enter here must have a close relationship with Shorthair, but their status is not too high - those who really have status and status will definitely not come in advance, and they may not even come to participate in this kind of Xiyi ceremony, and it is considered to give face when they turn around and show their faces at the main banquet.

But Qiong Haijun's interactions in the capital are originally three-minded and nine-rate, and everyone has them. Especially in this era, the merchants who were not very looked down upon, but they have always been treated as peers as equals - Chen Tao himself still hangs the name of the owner of "Mingguangtang". Today, Boss Chen's happy day, there are many business partners, or even merchants who have only had some contact, come to cheer. These people are afraid that they will not be thoughtful enough, so they all came early and waited here.

Hu Wen, as today's chief dispatcher, has a lot of things, hurriedly said hello to Qian Chen and the two and then went busily again, these two as the Qing guest of the old family of the pavilion, and a group of businessmen can't talk together, greet each other, say hello, and have nothing to say. They would have liked to talk to them more, but they didn't look down on them—though they didn't discriminate against merchants because of the influence of the shorthairs. But it is inevitable that the high in the bones of the scholar is inevitable after all, and those people come to talk to them just to take advantage of the relationship between the old family of the pavilion or the Qiongshi Fang, why should they be this bridge in vain.

So the two of them walked around on their own, and "rejoiced" inside and outside the Catholic church. Frankly - there is nothing to see. Catholicism was a standard foreigner in the Ming Dynasty, and the fact that it was not suppressed was already the result of the hard work of the missionaries, and it was impossible to spend hundreds of years of continuous construction of cathedrals like in those Western countries.

Today's Xuanwumen Catholic Church is just a very ordinary Chinese-style courtyard, with only a cross in the conspicuous place, which is slightly distinctive, and the other is that the houses are more exquisitely built - even among the Jingshi, all the buildings made of brick and stone are considered very high-end. And judging by its quality, it seems that the construction time is not too long - this Catholic church was only opened in the 33rd year of Wanli, and the age of the building is not even 30 years old. In the capital, where more than 100-year-old houses abound, it can really be regarded as a "new house".

Qian Chen and the others were chatting while looking around:

“…… The luck of these foreign monks is good, and it has always been Xu Ge Lao who has been protecting them before. Now Xu Ge is seriously ill, but he has taken the edge of short-haired again. Looking at this posture, I am afraid that this time I have reaped a lot of benefits. ”

As he said this, the two of them stomped on the ground in unison, and both smiled understandingly—the road beneath their feet looked unremarkable, a gray hard concrete floor. No one will take this seriously in the future - it's not hard, it's called a road.

But in today's Ming Dynasty, the hard paving itself represents high technology, high grade, and hard power - not to mention anything else, it is the Ming Palace, the Forbidden City, the big square in front of the Supreme Imperial Palace, the place where the Son of Heaven held a great court meeting when the civil and military officials stood to greet him, weeds still often grew in the gaps between the bricks, and it took a lot of manpower to pull it out.

Qian Qianyi, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is now in charge of this part, so Chen Qian and the others knew that their boss had planned to buy cement in large quantities from Shorthair and pave the entire large square. The short-haired side agreed to be extremely happy, but on the contrary, it was the Ming court that was arguing on this matter - the key was the last time the three major halls were rebuilt, and the host was Wei Zhongxian!

Qian Qianyi took the initiative to repair the square in front of the palace, even if he really wanted to do something practical for the imperial court, in today's political atmosphere, it is easy to become an excuse to be attacked by political opponents, including the Donglin Party will not support him - for the Donglin Party, digging money out of the inner treasury of the Son of Heaven is a great achievement, how can there be a reason to take the initiative to use foreign court funds to help the emperor build the palace? Even if the square in front of the Imperial Palace is mainly used by officials, it won't work!

So, after much discussion with his staff, Qian Qianyi finally gave up the plan. But as the masterminds, Chen Qian and the others are a lot familiar with this part of the affairs. At this time, as soon as I stepped on the hard concrete floor, I immediately remembered this section.

"The road under our feet, although inconspicuous, is really indispensable. I heard that all the newly built port areas in Tianjin will be paved with this kind of plaster...... That's a lot of money. ”

"Cut, what is this, according to Wang Jieshan, over there in Qiongzhou, Hainan, in the entire Qiongzhou capital, almost all the roads are paved with this kind of cement. The gang in Qiongzhen even built a cement road from Qiongzhou Mansion to Lingao, where they started...... This distance is not far from our Jingshi to Tianjin. ”

"Eh, it's a pity that it's built in that remote place, if this road is really near our capital division...... I don't want to go as far as Tianjin, as long as I can go to Tongzhou, it can really be of great use. ”

The two were idle, and suddenly heard the sound of firecrackers outside, and there were gongs, drums, suona, and beating at the same time, and I don't know how many people were cheering in unison.

Then the door of the Catholic Church courtyard opened with a thud, and a most magnificent gilded carriage stopped at the door. A large group of servants from the Qiongshi Square quickly ran and spread a long red carpet from the entrance of the courtyard to the inside of the Catholic Church.

-- The bride has arrived.