That's right, if you marry a princess in the Tang Dynasty, you have to pay for your own money to build a mansion. At most, the royal family will give you a piece of land. Whatever you want is your own business.

The princess and the princess lived alone outside to take care of the inconvenience of etiquette. You should know that the princess has a noble status, even if she is a parent-in-law, she is a minister in name, let alone other people in her husband's family.

Although Wang Gui's efforts have been made, since Princess Nanping, all princesses will have to kneel down and bow down as long as their parents-in-law are still alive.

But this is also when you are newlyweds, and there will inevitably be conflicts in etiquette when you get along with each other. Therefore, if you are not upset and go out alone, you will also reduce this unnecessary debate.

Because of this, those who can marry princesses in the Tang Dynasty were all nobles and noble families, and it was impossible for a poor family to have a son-in-law.

This situation did not change until the Song Dynasty, at least there was no need to pay for the house by yourself. It became the norm for the royal family to marry a cold woman and the princess to surrender to a poor man.

Just like Chen Shimei, who was the top scholar, was also a poor scholar. If she could not afford to build a house in the Tang Dynasty, where would she marry?

Cheng Chubi led the way, as if he had arrived at his own home. The guards and servants knew him, bowed and bowed without stopping him.

Xu Qilin and Yuchi Huan followed behind, and they also had the idea of ​​fast in and out, and did not want to delay more here.

When he arrived outside the hall, Cheng Chuliang had already received a notice from his servants and stood up to greet him.

"Second brother." Cheng Chubi bowed carelessly and introduced: "This is a good brother of someone, Xu Qilin and Yuchi Huan, and the second brother knows him."

Xu Qilin bowed and said, "I wish my son-in-law a happy new day and a long and prosperous life."

Yuchi Huan also saluted and said auspicious words to wish you New Year.

Cheng Chuliang looked like a generous man, and he laughed and returned the greeting, reaching out to invite them into the hall.

When he walked into the hall and sat down to talk, although Cheng Chuliang had never seen Xu Qilin before, he looked very close. He also knew something about Xu Qilin and praised it from time to time.

Xu Qilin smiled and was humble. He took the time to wink at Cheng Chubi and urged him to hurry up.

Cheng Chubi nodded, got up and walked aside, and called his second brother. The two brothers whispered, and saw Cheng Chubi take out the mirror from his arms and hand it to Cheng Chuliang.

Cheng Chuliang showed joy on his face, but turned around and entered the side hall. This is a very ordinary design. The main hall and side hall are connected. If it is a family with ordinary conditions, there will be screens separated in the main hall.

This design is mainly to facilitate the female family to avoid temporarily. For example, Cheng Chuliang was sitting in the hall with the princess, and suddenly a guest came. The princess was inconvenient to meet, so she went to the side hall to avoid it.

Obviously, when Cheng Chubi broke through all the way, the princess had to go to the side hall and there was no time to go anywhere else.

After a while, Cheng Chuliang walked out of the side hall with a smile on his face. He came to Xu Qilin, bowed his hand, and said, "Thank you for your fulfillment. I will set the price in the future and I will give it as much as possible."

Xu Qilin hurriedly stood up and returned the tribute, saying, "The Prince-Consort is so polite. If it weren't for the regulations and constraints of Dayingku, just a mirror, wouldn't it be a slight effort to raise his hands?"

Cheng Chuliang smiled and nodded, reached out to hand over something, and said, "Your Highness the Princess knows that Qi Lin has a little sister. Although he has not met her, he also heard that she is smart. It is the New Year's Day, I will give you a small gift, thank you for your meaning in letting the mirror."

When Xu Qilin saw that it was a bracelet, it was probably taken down by Princess Qinghe to express her gratitude. As for the princess, she naturally couldn't give him anything to her, so she could only give it to her in the name of giving it to her younger sister.

After a little push, Xu Qilin took it and thanked His Highness the Princess for his reward.

Think about the Princess Qinghe, she got married at the age of ten and is only fifteen or sixteen now. She may not have graduated from junior high school yet! Judging from this, she is very thorough.

After the matter was finished, Cheng Chubi got up and wanted to leave. Cheng Chuliang tried to keep him, so he sent the three of them out of the hall and waved goodbye.

Seeing the three of them walking away, Cheng Chuliang turned back to the room and saw Princess Qinghe sitting down in the hall, looking happily in the small mirror, admiring the clear images inside.

"Dexian, I'm relieved now." Cheng Chuliang leaned over and said with a smile: "This Xu Qilin is pretty good, and he actually gave up his little sister's mirror."

Princess Qinghe, whose name is Jing, was named Dexian. When she heard her husband say this, she nodded with a smile and said, "I didn't expect it to be so smooth. It seems that Chu Bi has a good relationship with him."

After pausing, Li Jing continued, "When the price of the mirror is determined, you will give it to you and hand it over. The big mirror must be very expensive, so I won't buy it. But I like the fragrance of the Xu family."

Cheng Chuliang nodded and agreed, saying, "Even if it is that big mirror, our family may not be able to afford it. Let's look at the price and then make a decision."

Cheng Chuliang was also generous for the sake of the princess' wife. But even though he said that, he was not very confident.

According to the court's regulations, the princess had Tang Muyi, that is, the salary was paid according to the population of the fiefdom. For example, Princess Qinghe had a virtual seal of ten thousand households and actually a virtual seal of eight hundred households.

At that time, the tax burden of a household in a year was divided into five grades: upper, upper, middle, lower, lower, lower, and lower, and on average, it was about a thousand households and thousands of stakes. In other words, the money that Princess Qinghe could get per year was only about eight or nine hundred stakes.

If one tael of silver is calculated based on the usual one tael of silver, one tael of silver is equivalent to two thousand yuan in later generations, Princess Qinghe’s salary is 1.5 million and 600,000.

The salary is not high, barely comparable to the princess's first-class rank. But the money is not spent by the princess alone, and there are also officials of all sizes and officials in the princess's mansion and servants and palace maids who serve the princess. Let's divide it, but there is actually not much left.

Moreover, Tang Muyi had to get a princess like Li Jing after getting married. However, Jinyang and Xincheng were granted a real title early, which shows that there are different favors and treatments.

Princess Qinghe looked at her husband gratefully, but smiled bitterly, knowing that if the big mirror was thousands of thousands of scattered, the Prince Consort's Mansion could not afford it.

If you really want to buy it, there is no way. Just borrow money from my father-in-law! But it’s really hard to speak out like this.

The same princesses of the Tang Dynasty were quite different. The names and identities of Empress Changsun were not found in history books; the treatment of Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan was different from the daughter of His Majesty Li Er.

Not only is the income from the fief, but also the conditions for portraying a husband to be a princess are very different.

The more extreme ones are the princesses of Yiyang and Xuancheng, born by Concubine Xiao Shu, who grew up in the cold palace and was only in his twenties that Wu Zetian casually pointed to the lower-level guards in the palace.

Xu Qilin actually saw that Princess Qinghe was not favored. The object he gave to the mirror was not his own, but he asked His Majesty Li Er for instructions. His Majesty Li Er just took a look and did not make any increase or decrease.

It can be seen that apart from the legitimate son and daughter, His Majesty Li Er did not do anything to those illegitimate children. Of course, it may be that there are too many children and they can't take care of them.

"Brother Cheng, is your family doing business?" Xu Qilin suddenly thought of a question on the way and asked, "It's nothing else, I just want to know."

He turned his head to look at Yuchi Huan again and said with a smile: "Where is your family, I guess you won't do it?"

Yuchi Huan smiled and said, "My father left behind to thank the guests, so how could he get involved in business?"

Xu Qilin nodded. Yuchi Gong had the most fiefs, and there was definitely no shortage of money, including salary, salary, jobs, land, servants, etc.

Cheng Chubi shook his head and thought for a while, saying, "If you do business directly, there is no such thing. Perhaps there are similar tribesmen doing business and if there is a lack of funds, the Cheng family will borrow some money."

Xu Qilin nodded. If a senior official wants to do business, he will definitely not dare to get involved too deeply, either by using white gloves or by lending money.

Lending may be the most common, the returns are the most stable and there is no political risk. It is estimated that nine out of ten companies did this, but who made it impossible for them to have no banks or money shops at that time!

Of course, Xu Qilin didn't ask casually. He had long had the idea of ​​raising funds to run a bank, even if he gave a relatively low name, it would be fine.

You should know that the good thing of saving money and giving interest like in later generations was definitely not available in ancient times. Not only did it not exist, but you would also have to charge your storage fee if you deposited the money!

Don’t be surprised, for a long time, silver accounts and money dealers have operated in this way. What is the high interest rate deposit, but there is no such thing.

Then, banks must make money, but they only make more money and make less money. But the business of banks also varies greatly due to different times.

Tracing the root cause, banks emerged because of the prosperity of business. Due to the risks and inconvenience of merchants carrying a lot of money with them, they developed step by step from counters, bill numbers, silver numbers, and money shops.

Therefore, the first thing is to do is to relocate and then to acquire deposits and loans. Xu Qilin didn't think about whether this process can be reversed or not affect each other, and he was even more uncertain.

But he knew one thing: if it was an official, that is, with a royal endorsement guarantee, the profits of loans would definitely be more popular than bureaucratic capital.

The key is to regulate and have credit. If the emperor has no money and the bank is going to go bankrupt, the country will almost die. Saving one's life is the most important thing, what else is needed!

But Xu Qilin is still a little inaccurate whether His Majesty Li Er will agree. Moreover, he has not thought about various regulations, and it will take some time.

As he spoke, the three of them and the servants who accompanied him came to Cheng's mansion first. At this time, Cheng Yaojin had already returned and there would be an imperial banquet set up by the emperor tomorrow.

Cheng Yaojin is obviously the most famous. What is the devil king in the world and the three axes Dinggang Mountain? If you think of his name, you can know his deeds, even though it was made up by storytelling.

This was the first time Xu Qilin saw Cheng Yaojin, but it completely overturned his imaginary impression. Cheng Yaojin was not like a country bumpkin, with a decent speech, a kind attitude, and a kind old man.

Moreover, Cheng Yaojin is not from a grassroots family, but is a real family. He also married the daughter of the Cui family, which should belong to the Shandong family.

Of course, it is also possible to regard Cheng Yaojin as a newly emerging nobleman. After all, he was also promoted to the Duke step by step by step by step by step by military merit.

"In your generation, Qi Lin is the most promising person, unlike some of the incompetent bastards." Cheng Yaojin glared at his big eyes, and Cheng Chubi grinned.

"The Duke of the State praised it, but the officials were ashamed of being accused of being a subordinate." Xu Qilin hurriedly said, "Others don't know much. Brother Chu Bi is a master of archery and horses, and is far better than the officials. A man and a real man will immediately gain fame, which is like Brother Chu Bi."

Cheng Yaojin stroked his beard and looked at his son again, and said, "He thought it was time to gain fame soon, but he didn't think it was the material."

The older generation came from the sea of ​​corpses and blood, so naturally they didn't want their descendants to do that life-threatening thing. Cheng Yaojin Mingli belittled Cheng Chubi, but in fact he didn't want him to join the army to fight.

Ignoring Cheng Chubi's expression of wanting to argue, Cheng Yaojin turned to Yuchi Huan and said, "I'll let you go out and have a look. It's been so long since that matter has passed, why can't you let go? What kind of Qingshang music or building pavilions? Are you idle?"

Yuchi Huan agreed with his promise, but he didn't know what he thought.

In Xu Qilin's opinion, the Yuchi Sect God was scared after being admonished by His Majesty Li Er, but he didn't know how to say that he had changed his mistakes.

Whether it is abnormal, whether it is staying at home or everything is normal or not taking it seriously, as long as His Majesty Li Er does not doubt it, then everything will be fine.

Otherwise, no matter how you do it or what you do, nothing will be used for.

It is not easy to weave a crime when a person has two skins on his mouth? Why are you abnormal? Are you angry? What are you afraid of when you thank the guests behind closed doors?

Therefore, Cheng Yaojin said it was not easy to do, and Xu Qilin didn't want to take care of it, nor could he do it.

In his opinion, Yuchi's Sect God is not worthy of any respect at most. At such an old age, he should be calm and enjoy the happiness after half his life. Besides, the treatment is so generous and there is nothing to lack, so why are you still struggling with?

At this time, another guest came to pay New Year's greetings. Xu Qilin and others hurriedly left, led by Cheng Chubi to another room to drink and entertain.

The Cheng family has a large population, and the legitimate sons have Chushen, Chu Liang and Chu Bi, and the concubines have Chushen. Chu Cun, Cheng Jun and Xu Qilin met two more.

After sitting for a while, Yuchi Huan suggested going to his house. Xu Qilin didn't want to stay too long, so Cheng Chubi couldn't help but follow the two out of the house.

"Thanks to Brother Lin's persuasion, my father stopped practicing elixirs." Yuchi Huan was very grateful to Xu Qilin and said, "As for building buildings and pavilions, it is a trivial matter."

Xu Qilin smiled and said, "Has the Duke ever seen a play in a certain theater?"

Yuchi Huan laughed and said, "That's what I've been there. Is it a second-floor private room that I've asked Xiao Zhao to arrange for me? You were not in Beijing at that time, but I don't know how sensational it was. It's hard to get a ticket!"

Xu Qilin looked at Yuchi Huan with a smile, but knew that the younger sister would definitely not help in vain, and Yuchi Huan would not ask for help in vain, which would definitely be beneficial.

Cheng Chubi rolled his big eyes and said, "You are so cunning. I know that Qi Lin is not here, so I have to send someone to queue up to buy tickets, but the private room has not been settled, which has caused my father to scold him."

Xu Qilin smiled and said, "The building had been built at that time. I don't know when I wanted to be bigger. Well, the Royal Theater is very large and the decoration is better than that of a certain house."

"But that's in the city, it's still inconvenient." Yuchi Huan said, raised his hand and pointed, "Here, let's go in and talk."
Chapter completed!