On the other side, King Ping Li Rong and the princes and ministers were walking around the newly built library, showing off the books in the royal palace. On the other side, the second wife accompanied the noble ladies to appreciate the glazed treasures, which was enviable.

The relatives of the foreigners, Shen Dafu and Shen Wanbao, also came, and some wealthy families in Jinling submitted posts to congratulate him, but they had no way to enter.

It's noon and the engagement banquet is about to begin.

Emperor Xiang Yanran, Empress Dowager Chen, Empress Cui, Concubine Yang, Crown Prince Xiang Tiange and others, under the escort of Cai He and the eunuchs and the imperial guards, finally arrived late and arrived at the Prince Ping's Mansion.

"Welcome the Queen Mother, the Emperor is here to the Prince Ping's Mansion!"

"Welcome the Empress, the Imperial Concubine, and the Prince to the Prince Ping's Mansion."

Accompanied by Li Rong and his second wife, Chu Tianxiu and Li Yu, the group entered the palace.

...

In the banquet hall, guests attended the banquet.

"Yu'er, the emperor's grandmother is waiting for your engagement banquet today! The last time the emperor's grandmother came to Ping's Mansion, you were just born. This time, you came to the palace as a guest. You have become a big girl and are about to get married!"

Empress Dowager Chen sat in the master's seat, holding Princess Danyang Li Yu's hand, and laughed constantly, "The emperor's grandmother has no other gifts, so she will give you three thousand households and hundreds of hectares of fertile land!"

"Thank you for the grace of the Queen Mother!"

Li Yu was wearing a red princess dress, with red lips and white teeth, beautiful eyes and a faint smile.

Princess Danyang originally had a fief of 3,000 households, with one household having five people, and the 15,000 people in Danyang County were all her fief of 10,000 households.

This greatly increased by 3,000 households and 100 hectares of fertile land, and an additional 15,000 people. She was in need of more fiefs to arrange many craftsmen.

The servants of the Prince Ping's Mansion served the dishes one after another, and all kinds of delicacies were served on the table like flowing water.

The first plate was served with large cubes of frozen fruits and melons. Each guest had one plate, which was as many as hundreds of plates.

Emperor Xiang Yanran just glanced at these fruit plates and felt at ease.

The emperor came to Pingwang Mansion this time, and was here to be the witness of Princess Danyang and Xiaohunhou. But in his heart, he was still a little worried.

Someone sued the Prince Ping’s Mansion to build an armory in the name of digging an ice cellar and privately harbor a large number of weapons, which was suspected of being rebellious.

The emperor did not believe that King Ping would have the intention to rebel.

However, everything will not be groundless.

Whether the Prince Ping’s Mansion was dug up with an ice cellar or an armory cannot be judged by trust alone. Only by taking a look at it with one's own eyes can he completely dispel his concerns.

Just by being a witness, he came to the Ping Palace to inspect it himself.

Seeing this, the emperor felt relieved.

If it weren't for a large ice cellar, it would be absolutely impossible to squander this, and hundreds of plates of ice cubes and fruits were put on at once. The so-called digging of weapons in the arms warehouse was purely a false accusation.

Then, various delicacies were served.

The utensils are all kinds of high-end and luxurious glass wine pots, glass cups, glass bowls and chopsticks... The luster is transparent and bright, dazzling, and I can't let go of it.

All the kings, princes, ministers and noble ladies were shocked.

This...there are more than a thousand pieces of glassware alone, and it costs at least 100,000 taels of silver to afford it.

The kings, officials and noble ladies were filled with incredible surprise.

This is so grand!

It is worthy of being the number one clan in Jinling City. It is the top Pingwang Mansion among the kings. It has such a strong financial resources that the other nine clans cannot catch up.

No wonder Li Rong only talks about collecting books and never mentions the word "silver"... vulgar, vulgar!

This engagement banquet for Prince Ping’s Mansion is so shameful!

Everyone knows that from now on, the wealth, luxury and prosperity in Jinling City will no longer be the former Hunhou Mansion, but the Pingwang Mansion.

...

Chen Wanbao's eyes widened, and he was extremely envious, and he whispered: "Boss, have you produced so many glazed treasures? When can I give you a batch of goods?!"

Chu Tianxiu shrugged and ignored it, "These are the first batches produced, so I will use them for the engagement banquet first. The next batch will be estimated to be half a month later. After the banquet is held, you might as well sell them to the princes and the Huns!"

This is just about some ordinary glass pots and pans in the mall, and it costs dozens of dollars each, which is nothing.

He now exclusively monopolizes the "luxury goods" of glass, and the price starts at hundreds of taels of silver. It is equivalent to tens of thousands of thousands of yuan in later generations and hundreds of thousands of yuan per piece.

He took it out at this engagement banquet, just to show it, and to advertise it in front of the powerful and wealthy in Jinling City to attract them to buy it.

Of course, no one of the nobles of the Great Chu Dynasty knew the real cost of Liuli, and even Chen Wanbao didn't know. If they knew, they would probably vomit blood if they were bargain.

"Okay!"

Chen Wanbao was overjoyed.

He could make tens of thousands of taels of silver just by selling it.

...

Almost all the dishes on the table are filled with expensive spices, even the cheapest eggplant in a basket.

The eggplant that was originally a penny of copper coins, after adding a lot of garlic spices, instantly turned into a delicious dish of several taels of silver per plate.

Spices are not produced locally, and they have to be transported from the distant Western Regions, Sichuan, southern Yunnan and other places.

Not to mention the delicacies of mountains and seas, the wine pool and meat forest, any plate of delicacies cost a few dozen or hundreds of taels.

These high-ranking officials and nobles have a clear understanding of the prices.

Just such an engagement feast, you have to spend 20,000 to 30,000 taels of silver just for the cost of dishes. This is not considered other expenses.

This is even more extravagant than a feast in the palace~!

Xiang Yanran was so extravagant at the banquet that she was so extravagant that she couldn't even hold the glass chopsticks.

He knew that King Ping Li Rong had always been thrifty and had a simple daily life. He did not like the arrogant and extravagant style. He had been doing this for decades and had never wasted extravagance.

This kind of extravagant trend will definitely not be so extravagant except Xiao Hunhou.

Xiaohunhou has only been in the house for half a year, and brought this extravagant atmosphere into the Pingwang Mansion. How long has it been since the Pingwang Mansion gone from frugality to extravagance and squandering?

If this continues, the wealth of the Prince Ping’s Mansion will probably not be able to resist the squander of Xiao Hunhou!

The emperor couldn't help but feel scared.

It seems that the princess wanted to marry Xiaohunhou, but he flatly refused it. Otherwise, within ten years, even a mountain of gold would be ruined.

He gave Xiaohunhou to the Prince Ping's Mansion and went to the Prince Ping's Mansion.

Seeing that the emperor did not move his chopsticks, Li Rong couldn't help but wonder, "Master, is it because the dishes are not to suit his appetite? What the emperor wants to eat, I told the kitchen to make it immediately."

The emperor sighed, feeling a little guilty, and said, "Ping Wang, I asked Xiao Hun Hou to marry in. I wanted you to control his playboy spirit, but I didn't expect that he would bring the extravagant wind into the Pingwang Mansion. This banquet alone would cost a lot of money. This is a harm to your Pingwang Mansion!"

"Uh...is it?"

Ping Wang Li Rong couldn't help but be stunned.

This engagement banquet was organized by Li Yu and Xiao Hunhou, and he didn't spend a tael of money!

Since Xiaohunhou set up a papermaking workshop, Li Yu gradually had free money.

Later, Xiao Hunhou went to Danyang County to smelify iron tools, which had become the best-selling iron tools in Dachu.

Merchants from all over the world only need Danyang iron tools.

counterfeit?

The iron smelting technology in other places is not good and cannot be imitated. When the knives chop each other, the inferior iron tools will break directly.

However, Danyang ironware is mainly made of farm tools and kitchen knives, and only farmers and women on the ground know that it is easy to use. Danyang County does not build and buy and sell weapons.

The kings and princes and powerful people almost didn't care about these things.

Recently, Xiao Hunhou set up another glass workshop. Not to mention this top-level luxury product, anyone with eyes can tell that it is the top-level luxury product, which is more expensive than silk and is even better sold.

I'm afraid that outsiders don't know how much money they can earn.

I don’t know when, the ancestral property of the Prince Ping’s Mansion was no longer enough to be seen in front of Xiao Hunhou.

Li Rong was too lazy to care about Li Yu and Xiao Hunhou. Anyway, Xiao Hunhou had to handle the expenses of the banquet himself.

"I still remember the first year banquet after Li Yu was born, and I and the Queen Mother of the Lateran were guests of the Prince's Mansion.

At that time, there were only dozens of tables, and the dishes were ordinary delicacies. Eggplant was filled with salt and big meat was also a little spice, which cost only one or two thousand taels of silver.

The banquet in front of you is impossible to handle without more than 100,000 taels of silver. The annual income of the Prince Ping’s Mansion is only tens of thousands of taels of silver.”

Emperor Xiang Yanran sighed.

Although the accumulation of the Pingwang Mansion for sixty or seventy years is great, he can't help but squander like this! Decades later, the Pingwang Mansion became another Huohou Mansion.

Li Rong couldn't help but feel confused when he heard this.

yes!

This would have been replaced by the fact that if the mansion held such a luxurious banquet that ruined the customs of the Prince Ping’s Mansion, he would definitely be furious.

But now, he was not angry at all, but enjoyed it.

When did he change his habit?
To be continued...