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Chapter 251 Two Cities
Chen Mu was a little dazed by the royal gift package. Although he hadn't met Emperor Longqing yet, it seemed that he had been bribed.

The first thing he knew was that Emperor Longqing was very stingy towards this man, which was reflected in the fact that he saved 8 or [-] taels of silver a year compared with his father, but his rewards were not stingy.

Although not much silver was rewarded, the so-called platinum hundred taels was just an elegant name for silver.

All kinds of brocades and eight covers, embroidered lions are because the first and second rank military officers are made of lions, in fact, there are less than ten imperial brocades, and the eight covers are eight sets of inner and outer fabrics, that is to say, he is enough to make eight sets As for the royal material of clothes, he can ask someone to do whatever he likes to wear.

The tribute Koryo silk scarves are hair scarves, the hair net scarves used by men in the Ming Dynasty, and the flying fish clothes worn outside to keep the wind off.

There are sable furs in winter and fans in summer; royal horses for those who go out, with long knives around their waists; servants and maids who serve, and farms that will not let the general starve to death. A hundred acres of farmland is not a hundred acres of land for him , but to give him the harvest of a hundred acres of land, which is actually not much, and the annual harvest is only about two hundred shi rice.

General Chen's current monthly salary is 61 shi, which is equivalent to receiving fifteen months' salary in the next year.

It is worth mentioning that Yangsan pulls wine. Because of this, this thing is a novelty for Chen Mu. In fact, it literally means leading a sheep to carry wine and reward meritorious deeds. However, in the Ming Dynasty, meritorious rewards and rewards had already been set A very mature specification, as is the case with Yangniu wine.

The three sheep are driven side by side like horses, and there is a large bottle of royal wine behind the car, which is called a bottle of sheep three pull wine.

No, Mr. Chen has thirty bottles of wine like this, and the sheep belong to him too.

In addition to the Yangsanyanjiu, the imperial court’s reward specifications also include Yangwuyanjiu. For example, earlier this year, Ma Fang’s cavalry kicked Alda’s house in Saibei, and the emperor rewarded Ma Fang with [-] bottles of Yangwuyanjiu.

Sheep and wine, in fact, whether Ma Fang or Chen Mu, the court did not send them to eat and drink slowly, and stay at home to shear the sheep. In fact, the emperor was afraid that the generals would win the battle but had no money to reward the soldiers who fought bravely with him. So reward sheep and wine, get rid of the most expensive things in the army's rewards, and let these meritorious people who fought desperately for the country to win the victory let go of their hands and feet to celebrate the victory.

Chen Mu didn't keep much for himself, and as soon as he received the [-] bottles of wine, he sent someone to deliver them to Jiang Yuelin and Hu Xing, so that they could have a good meal with the Banner Army.

There are only more than 2000 veterans on his side, and the meat meal that Lao Bai gave to the soldiers is less than [-]. One person can eat less than half a catty, and they can cook soup at night.

What's more...he already has a house in Beijing.

It is located in the east of the imperial city in the inner city, next to Dongdacang, not far from Chaoyangmen, and is located between the inner city and the lamp market.

"My dear brother, you don't know that this house is in a rare and good location!"

Left and right were relieved of their official positions and were in a panic in the north. Chen Mu took Long Junxiong and two people with him to the capital to find Xu Jue. If he was fine, he asked him to take him to find a new house by following the title deed. How did he know that Xu Jue saw the title deed? He was very surprised, pointing to the land deed with emotion and said: "A hundred years ago, the streets before and after were all nobles!"

"To the west is Dong'anmen, after passing through Dong'anmen is the inner city, and at the end of the inner city is Donghuamen, which is the east gate of the imperial city."

Xu Fatty and Chen Mu were walking on the street. Although the two got along very well, Chen Mu could clearly feel that Xu Jue's smile came from accommodating him, not from his own personality——Xu Jue in the crimson flying fish suit Walking in the streets of the imperial capital can be described as rampant, even in Chen Mu's view, it is a bit rampant.

He walked right in the middle of the street.

The first four Tiqi from the capital led the way, and the four flying fish in brocade clothes accompanied them. They were like street tigers, and they really ran rampant in the market. When people saw them, they didn't care if they were riding horses or sitting in sedan chairs, and they didn't care if they were wearing blue robes or blue robes. Civil officials or military officials all backed away, and ordinary people bowed down to pay homage when they saw them. Xu Jue ignored them and walked over arrogantly, pointing to Chen Mu's left and right sides as he walked.

"The inner city to the west opens every Thursday every month, and outsiders are not allowed to enter. The most prosperous area is Dong'anmen. Your commander-in-chief badge is not easy to use. Turn around and brother will give you the badge of Commander Jinyi. Go shopping then. , that has the best things in the world.”

Xu Jue talked about these clearly and logically, "Bronze wares from Xuande, kiln porcelain from Chenghua, lacquerware from Yongle Orchard, and enamel from Jingtai Yuqian Workshop are all treasures that are hard to find in the world. Artifacts stolen from the palace will also be lost to the people from the inner city. Every time the market opens, the princes and concubines will send people to buy them, and you can also send people to go shopping."

While speaking, Chen Mu looked at the high-rise buildings on both sides of the street, and there were many commercial markets. Even outside the inner city, it was extremely prosperous. Country bumpkin, novel everywhere.

It's just that wherever they go, the crowded crowds will be pushed elsewhere, and the bustling joy of shopping will be a little less.

"This area belongs to the Outer Market, which is commonly known as the Lantern Market in Beijing. After going out of Dong'anmen, crossing the Yushi Bridge and then going east, from the east of Wangfu Street to the west of Chongwen Street, this section is the Lantern Market. At the earliest, there were only ten lantern festivals on the Lantern Festival. Days, or the ancestors changed six days to ten days in the Song Dynasty, but now ten days a year is not enough."

Xu Jue smiled and said: "Except for the market strike from the eighth day to the seventeenth day of the first month of the Shangyuan Festival, the fifth day, the tenth day, and the twentieth day of each month are also the third day of the month. It is also unique, every year the Shangyuan court gave all the officials a ten-day vacation, two miles and nine markets, the goods went with the convoy, and every evening the lanterns were lit for fun, and the fireworks went up into the sky, the most. "

"The lanterns that can be lit on the opening night of the Lantern Market are all valuables from all over the world. They are selected from Fujian and Guangdong techniques, Suzhou and Hangzhou brocade, and marine materials. Dare to take it out."

Xu Jue patted his forehead and said: "Your house should have two outbuildings, which can be leased to others for business on weekdays. When you go to the Lantern Market, the outbuildings are the best way to enjoy lanterns and drink. The thirteenth day of the first month comes At the peak of the sixteenth century, you can see from upstairs at night that there are courtiers and family members everywhere on the terrace, and lamps and shadows are everywhere mending python clothes. If you don’t use it when you go out, you can rent it out for a day and it’s worth a hundred taels of silver.”

As he spoke, he walked to a shop with a rather wide doorplate, and the signboard had a tailor's shop with "Yuan's tailoring" written in an imperial pen. Xu Jue stood still and said, "This is a few shops outside your house. I'm too lazy to turn the corner. Let's go in from his shop, this shop is very good at making clothes, His Majesty's clothes are all ordered by the Shang Yijian from his house."

Passing through Yuan's tailoring, to the bustling back street, facing the three-in-one big four-in-one with two big evil spirit beasts on the door face, the lintel of the house has been changed now, and there is still a sculpture of carved lions and rolling hydrangea in front of the door. The big stone, engraved with the seal of "Meritorious General's Gate", is Chen Mu's new home.

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)