A few generals came to the capital, and the capital broke out. After all, these are generals with outstanding military achievements. They followed His Majesty when His Majesty first rose. Returning to Beijing is the highest standard of courtesy.
Let’s talk about the houses first. They are all large houses that were copied from the house before. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has already started to clean them up. According to the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the ponds are all running water, and they will not stink after more than ten years, unless the source done.
Speaking of the house, it is equivalent to rebuilding. The wood is all good materials, not to mention the furniture. The old craftsman carpenters beat them, not to mention burrs, there is no flaw at all, and the places on the ground are ground flat.
They are all fashionable styles, with three-door wardrobes. In addition to the rooms where the servants live, the generals and their families live in large rooms, as big as ordinary people's main rooms. There are tables and chairs inside, and the floor is also covered with weavers. Carpet woven with coarse wool.
The floor is still tile - that's porcelain!
Tiles are also new. Which young master made them. They are easy to break when beaten, but they will not slip on the ground, but as long as they are covered with carpets, they are very beautiful, easy to organize and good-looking.
And it’s cheaper than ordinary porcelain. I don’t know how much a big kiln can save at a time. I heard that the young master’s family made a lot of money with this, and now they can live in a big mansion in Beijing.
People from the Ministry of Internal Affairs were very excited, and the listeners were also excited.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs also said: "Just talking about the porcelain, it is all good porcelain. If you talk about white porcelain, there is absolutely no variegated color. If you say it is flower porcelain, the color must be correct. Prepared, although it was bought, it is all good stuff.”
In the end, the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs also summed up: "If I can live in that house for a few days, my life will be worth it!"
The listeners are also envious: "Your Majesty is thinking of them!"
"Who said no? I followed His Majesty many years ago. I heard that His Majesty was only a village owner at that time, with 180 people under his command."
"Our Majesty is the real Dragon Emperor!"
Zhu Yuanzhang brought his family to Beijing and was about to find an inn to stay in. He expected that he would arrive early, and he estimated that the house given by His Majesty would have to be cleaned by someone.
The inner official is a handsome man with a white face and no beard. He was born well, with only a few fine lines at the end of his eyes. When he smiled, the spring breeze blew his face and cupped his hands: "Xiaguan Chu Lin, I have seen the general."
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't raise the air. He had just arrived in the capital, and he hadn't figured out the place yet: "Is there something important to do, Master Chu?"
Chu Lin smiled and said, "Your Majesty ordered the lower officials to take you to the mansion, everything is complete."
Not having to go to the inn is of course a good thing, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, Chu Lin mounted the horse and led the way, and Zhu Yuanzhang's frame followed behind.
After reaching the gate, Chu Lin said to Zhu Yuanzhang, "Your Majesty said that the plaque will not be put up until the other two generals arrive."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "I know."
He understands what this means, and will definitely not hang the general's mansion. This plaque will only be hung when His Majesty has given them titles.
Zhu Yuanzhang took his wife and daughter in first, and the servants entered the yard through the back door, first unloading their luggage.
As soon as she entered the yard, Aunt Zhu started to make trouble. She grabbed Ma Shi's hand and stared at the boss with a pair of almond eyes: "Mother! This house! I have never seen such a house!"
The floor is covered with carpet, and walking is very soft. Where there is no carpet, there are bright tiles. The furnishings in the main room are all high-quality goods. The tables and chairs are all styles that she has never seen at the border. She found a chair to sit on. Go down, the bottom of the butt is soft, and it is padded with cotton pads.
"Little girl! Let's go to the room to see!" Aunt Zhu led her sister to the back house to find her boudoir.
After pushing one by one, each room felt good, but when they pushed the two adjacent rooms together, they would not be out of breath.
"This room... It's for us at first sight!" Aunt Zhu closed her mouth, remembering what her friend said, that all the ladies in the capital speak in a low voice, walk in small steps, and eat in small bites. Although she feels that it is too tiring, But I also felt that maybe they could integrate into the capital by learning from them.
Speaking of which, Aunt Zhu is still a little inferior.
She heard the book said that girls from big families, those are willow waists, cherry blossoms, and willow eyebrows, should speak softly, be generous and decent when dealing with people, and have the restraint of a girl's family, and be proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Stewardship should also be learned from a young age. When I was a child, I read with my brothers. I don’t say that I am proficient in the Four Books and Five Classics, but I have to read it.
There is also female red, embroidered flowers must be able to attract butterflies, and cooking must be able to make delicious food.
Aunt Zhu felt that she would not be able to learn even if she gave birth to another child. It was too difficult. Where are all the ladies, they are all spirits who began to practice in the mother's womb.
Just saying that embroidery attracts butterflies, Aunt Zhu can’t do it. She doesn’t love them. Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Shi also don’t force their sisters to go to school. You don't have to learn these things. With Lao Tzu here, how can you reduce their clothes and clean up
On the contrary, Zhu Yuanzhang hoped that they would be strong enough to be able to live in the house, and not to be held by men in the future. If they were coaxed by men, the Zhu family's family would become another family's, and the children might not follow the Zhu family's surname, then he would be dead. , also sat up from the coffin angrily.
Aunt Zhu looked at the house in front of her, it was very translucent, the windows were pushed left and right, pulleys were installed, and there were curtains. The curtains were made of cotton, but they were well woven and dyed in dark blue, and they were drawn when the sun was shining. The room was full of blue light.
The table was made of wood, but it was also coated with dye, and it was dyed so well that no primary color could be seen.
Especially the bed, there are no four-corner pillars, and there is no layer on the top, just a big bed, and the sheets and bedding are all arranged.
Except for the pillows and cushions, you can tell that they are not soft at first glance. Aunt Zhu turned to look at her sister, walked to the door of the next room, and found that there was no difference between the two rooms except the color of the curtains and the color of the sheets and bedding. They are all covered with carpets, which are thick and soft, and are very comfortable to sit on.
"Let's go see my parents' house?" Aunt Zhu asked excitedly.
Zhu Xiaoniang was also curious and nodded again and again.
The two found the largest room, and when they opened the door, they were frightened by the scene in front of them.
The house is bigger than the two of them combined!
Liangtang is the second place. The room has a bed, a bookcase, and a carved wooden table on which is carved the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each of which is lifelike.
Everything told them silently that someone had bothered to decorate it.
When Aunt Zhu and the others had almost finished watching, they ran back to the main room, only to see that their parents were already using dim sum.
It turned out that it was Chu Lin who heard that they were entering the city, and he had already called someone to go to the dim sum shop to buy the dim sum that was just out of the pot.
"Come on, dim sum in the capital." Ma waved to his daughters.
Aunt Zhu took her sister over and ate one with Ma Shi's chopsticks, and was immediately conquered by the taste.
No matter how good the border is, you can't make such dim sum. The capital is worthy of being the capital.
"Mother, I saw your house!" Aunt Zhu said, "It's almost bigger than this main room!"
Ma said with a smile, "Speaking nonsense, whose house is bigger than the main room?"
Aunt Zhu said quickly, "I'm not talking nonsense, really, you can see it by looking at it. There is also a table, you can see it is good wood at a glance, I can smell the fragrance, and there are carvings of the Eight Immortals crossing the sea on it."
Aunt Zhu felt that she had lived in vain for the past few years!
She drank a sip of tea and couldn't sit still with excitement. She was already afraid when she was on the road, but now she's not afraid anymore. Everything she saw was novel. She used to be in a border town, where there was a lot of wind and sand, and there were not many vendors on the street, so she was afraid. The wind blows, and my daughter's family wears bunts, which is easy to work.
In the early years, there were many widows in the border town, and the head of the family left in the early years, whether it was dead or alive and every news.
After waiting for several years and more than ten years, there is no hope of waiting, and there are soldiers coming over. Many soldiers have married widows or girls in the local area, and they have been stationed at the border all their lives.
Even though Aunt Zhu was a girl from the General's Mansion, she didn't have the habit of not walking outside the door. Just take care of home affairs.
Some of the servants hired below are also bold, wanting to coax the two sisters while the mistress of the house is away, greedy for some money.
The two sisters were inexperienced at first, and they were coaxed several times. Later, they made threats and sent people to the government. Not only did they vomit out of greed, but they were also imprisoned for two years for the crime of theft and the huge amount of the crime.
The servants think their big family has a good face. Even if they find out, they will at most send them away. Go away, you've got enough money anyway.
Aunt Zhu has known from then on that it is not a good thing to talk well and to have a good face. She has to be like her father, saying that one is one, and two is two, so that others will not dare to coax her and be afraid of her.
Zhu Yuanzhang was drinking tea and looking at the scenery of the garden outside the main house, his eyes were a little stunned. After so many years, his daughter also arrived at the time of getting married, but occasionally, he still felt that he was still the same person who just came out of Huangjue Temple back then. The little monk who lives in a turbulent life just wants to eat in one bite.
When the parents died, if it wasn't for the kindness of other landlords, he wouldn't even be able to find a piece of land to bury them.
Who would have thought that he could still be a general now, living in such a luxurious mansion and drinking freshly made tea
Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head to look at Ma Shi, Ma Shi seemed to have sensed it, raised his head and collided with Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, pursed his lips and smiled.
Wife and daughter, wealth and status.
In his life, he was content.