The soldiers of the New Army's Fourth Army, who did not take part in the war to destroy the Western Xia and Liao, were in an uproar when they heard the news that His Royal Highness the Regent was transferring the Fourth Army to fight in the Western Regions.
Commander Cheng Yu had a smile on his face, and he told the deputy generals who were attending the military meeting, "My fellow officers, His Royal Highness the Regent has given our New Army Fourth Army the opportunity to participate in the war, and I know you have been holding back a lot of energy.
However, I hope that although you are eager to fight, you should keep a cool head and not be greedy for merit and rush forward. You should respect and value the young staff officers stationed in the various military camps on a daily basis. During combat operations, you must obey the orders of Marshal Yang. "
Several deputy generals spoke up to guarantee that they would never be greedy for merit and advance rashly, and that they would respect and value the young staff officers sent by His Royal Highness the Regent from the capital, and would never dare to disobey the military orders of Marshal Yang.
Cheng Haonan's heart was pounding with excitement. After His Royal Highness the Regent personally issued an order to arrange him into the Fourth Army of the New Army, he worked hard to practice martial arts and studied hard those new tactics taught by the young staff officers in the training class. He did this all for the opportunity to go into battle and make meritorious service, and to avenge the shame that his father and brother had brought to the Cheng family.
After hearing General Cheng's words, Cheng Haonan bit the tip of his tongue and let the pain calm him down. This distant cousin was right. Even if he was eager to fight and was eager to make achievements, he must not be greedy and reckless and disobey orders. Otherwise, he would not be able to make achievements for the country and become a sinner of the Song Dynasty, adding another black mark to the Cheng family. In that case, Cheng Haonan would not be able to see his nephew, the little emperor, and his sister, the Empress Dowager Zhaoning, in the palace again, and he would not be able to let down His Royal Highness the Regent and his wife. ………
Luo Li, the matchmaker, was sincerely entrusted by Duke Cao Bin of Lu and his wife, and Prince Gao Huaide of Bohai and his wife after they hosted a banquet. She only joked with her two good friends Yang Yanqi and Gao Ruoying about it. Unexpectedly, the two friends shyly nodded and agreed. Luo Li was stunned to have picked up a cheap matchmaker.
She was really surprised and dumbfounded. The ancient woman's train of thought was so strange that she was a little confused. After the smelly embroidered shoes were eaten by someone once, she fell in love with him and had a crush on him?
It was not until Luo Li dug deep into the matter that she realized that these two stupid friends had been captured by the shameless Cao Wei and Gao Yingxiong for a long time.
After Luo Li covered her stomach and laughed for a while, she said leisurely, "This is really a good match made in heaven by two "stinky embroidered shoes"! As the instigator, I should be the matchmaker."
Over the past two years, the three books and six ceremonies had been completed, but because Cao Wei and Gao Yingxiong were highly valued by the Regent Zhao Defang, they had no time to return home to get married.
Luo Li, who was escorted out of the Bohai County Prince's Mansion, sat in the carriage and laughed while thinking. Hong Gu and Mo Ming, who knew the process of these two happy marriages, also sat side by side on the shaft of the carriage and couldn't help laughing.
The one who was on duty with the young lady today was Ruhua. She patted Yingchun's arm and laughed so hard that she couldn't breathe. Yingchun, who was shaking with laughter, said, "Princess, when Miss Gao and General Cao get married, how about the female soldiers of the Big Foot Women's Corps and the maids in our palace each make a pair of embroidered shoes for Miss Gao to add to her makeup?"
Ruhua laughed even harder, patted Yingchun and said, "Yingchun, I didn't... I didn't expect that you would learn... to be so bad!"
Luo Li imagined that wonderful scene, wiped her tears and agreed repeatedly, "It's feasible, it's feasible, this is feasible! For the female soldiers in the Big Foot Women's Corps who can't do needlework, let them pay to go to the embroidery workshop to buy a pair, and make sure they get a large size."
The next day, Zheng Niangzi, the owner of the "Zhengxiufang" with the best embroidery in the city, was surprised to find that several unfamiliar big customers who came to Zhengxiufang to order embroidered shoes had placed orders for 1,006 pairs of embroidered shoes. They were of various colors and styles, but all in large sizes, and they all wanted the most expensive and high-end ones, and the delivery time must be within one month.
With such a huge windfall in front of her, Madam Zheng excitedly accepted the big order and received a deposit of three thousand taels of silver. She ordered the immediate purchase of fabrics and embroidery threads of various colors. The more than 30 embroiderers employed by Zheng Embroidery Workshop worked day and night to complete the order. The profit from this order could reach tens of thousands of taels of silver. …
The Palace of Prince Bohai and the Palace of Duke Lu are both first-class prominent families in the capital. Especially after the new emperor ascended the throne, Prince Bohai Gao Huaide and Duke Lu Cao Bin made the right choice to stand on the right side and were highly valued by the new emperor.
The groom, Cao Wei, who got married today, was a general promoted by His Royal Highness the Regent, a young marquis who had made great military achievements and was awarded a title. The bride, Gao Ruoying, was a close friend of the Regent Princess, a "brainless trio", and this honor was no less than that of General Cao's marquis.
As the groom Cao Wei rode his horse to pick up the bride, both sides of the street were crowded with people who came to watch the fun.
The custom in the capital city is still for the dowry to follow the wedding procession. The common people crowded on the roadside, and after seeing the handsome and elegant groom dressed in red and colorful wedding clothes riding on his fine horse, they praised him endlessly.
The appearance of the bride in the big red sedan could not be seen. Those who knew the bride or had seen her enthusiastically described her to people around them, saying that she was tall and strong, heroic, with a face like a silver basin, and a natural look of blessing.
The dowry tied with red silk was carried in a row by servants in wedding clothes. The line was so long that the end of it could not be seen.
The people watching the excitement on the roadside counted the number of people and talked about it happily. Regardless of the wealth of the Bohai County Prince's Mansion and the Duke of Lu's Mansion, as one of the shareholders of the Regent Princess's several businesses, the bride herself was a wealthy person.
"Sisters from the Regent's Palace, prepare the bride's makeup! Sixteen pairs of exquisitely embroidered shoes!..." After Hong Gu used her inner strength to shout, she laughed so hard that she covered her eyes and quickly got into the carriage on the side of the road.
"Sisters of the Big Foot Women's Corps, please add makeup to the bride, Deputy Commander Gao! One thousand and six pairs of large-sized embroidered shoes with exquisite designs!..." The tall and burly Pang Ying shouted in a loud voice, then smiled and lowered his head to get into the group of female soldiers behind him.
When the boxes after boxes of exquisite large-sized embroidered shoes were opened and placed in a line, and were carried by female soldiers who were so happy that they lowered their heads and covered their mouths, the people who were watching the fun were dumbfounded.
Madam Zheng and the embroiderers in the shop, who were crowded on the roadside to watch the fun, finally understood who bought the batch of high-end embroidered shoes that they had been working on day and night!
The crowded street was quiet for a moment, then burst into wild laughter.
Those who knew that the groom Cao Wei and the young marquis Gao Yingxiong had eaten Miss Gao and Miss Yang's embroidered shoes in front of the Xuanyi Pavilion, were all wiping away tears of laughter and telling people around them about this good marriage that was brought about by the "embroidered shoes".
Amidst the laughter that became louder and louder, the bride Gao Ruoying, who was sitting in the bridal sedan, lifted the red veil and her pretty face flushed, "Luo Naocang! I gladly accept your gift. For the rest of my life, I can wear a pair of embroidered shoes every day and never have to spend money to buy them!"
The two maids who came with the dowry laughed so hard that they covered their mouths with one hand and their stomachs with the other, secretly admiring their young lady's broad mind and thick skin.
The groom Cao Wei, who was riding on the horse, had a face as red as a piece of dyed red cloth, but he still held his chest and head high, looking very dignified.
[His Royal Highness the Regent can shamelessly call himself the princess's licker, so what does it matter if I, the Marquis, have eaten my beloved wife's embroidered shoes? ]
Yang Yanqi, who was squeezed in the carriage of the palace, hit Luo Li one after another in anger, and laughed with his eyes covered to make conditions, "Luo, you idiot! You can't be partial to one and treat the other differently. When I get married, the dowry cannot be less than more than a thousand pairs of exquisite large embroidered shoes!"