"I wish Marquis Lu and his wife a happy marriage and a son soon. I won't say anything more, hahahaha."
The Fourth Prince glanced at the top of Lu Yan's head, drank the glass of wine with a smile, and immediately several more people came forward to toast Lu Yan.
The banquet in the outer courtyard was divided into three areas. The princes and dignitaries were in the house, the civil officials were in the courtyard, and the military officials were outside.
The people who were toasting him now were either higher in rank than Lu Yan or more powerful than him, and he couldn't refuse any of them.
The civil servants in the courtyard listened to the noise in the house, but didn't think much of it. However, the military generals on the other side of the wall all looked unhappy, because from the beginning until now, they had not said a word to Lu Yanjian!
Qian Si came over from the other side, carrying a wine jug, and said, "I saw the banquet inside. It looks almost the same as ours, but there are twenty-four dishes there, and we only have eighteen. The wine is also different. Come and try it."
As the wine poured into the glass, a mellow aroma hit their noses. It was different from the Shaodaozi they were drinking. This was obviously a good wine with a good age. It smelled extremely mellow, and everyone's faces changed slightly.
They don't care about the quality of the food and wine. Back then, they were on the battlefield, fighting with the enemy for several months, without food supplies, and had to eat dirt and grass. What kind of hardships had they not experienced?
But what they care about is different treatment!
Zhao Qi smashed his wine glass. "If you look down on us, then don't invite us. Since you've invited us, why are you making distinctions between different levels? Isn't that shabby?"
"Yes! We went through life and death with him, yet we were treated like this."
"Let's just say that times have changed and people change. Forget it. We can't afford to marry Lord Lu."
Zhao Qi said: "No, I want to argue with him!"
Ren Liuyi grabbed him and said, "Don't make a fuss. Today is a happy day. If you make a fuss like this, it will become our fault. There are many civil officials in this place. Aren't you just asking for trouble?"
Zhao Liu held his breath and said, "Then what do you say we should do?"
Ren Liu saw the wine jar on the table and said with a smile, "He served us Shaodaozi, so we should use Shaodaozi to toast him. Brothers, let's go and toast our good general."
A group of people immediately went into the yard carrying jars of wine.
There were so many people that they naturally wouldn't rush up all at once. They would go up in groups of three or five. After one group toasted, the others would follow. Lu Yan was drunk and drank the wine as soon as it was offered to him. He only remembered that Zhao Qi and Ren Liu came to toast him first, and he had no idea who came after them.
Xie Qing, who was like an invisible man, watched the Fourth Prince retreat outside the crowd. When no one was paying attention, he quietly slipped out the back door.
Qin Wan took Qin Yan straight to the glass shop. The shop was opened in the morning at an auspicious time. There were not many people at the beginning, and most people came to watch the fun. After all, the shelves were filled with samples made by Yangshi Lei, which could not be seen on weekdays.
But at this moment the shop was bustling with people, as all the ladies who had left the wedding banquet had gathered here.
In the glass shop, there are no glass ornaments or glass jewelry, but a whole surface of flat glass.
The largest piece is three feet square, and the smallest piece is about two or three inches. There are irregular pieces of broken glass stacked in the corners. When they are stacked together and placed in the backpack, they are surprisingly translucent and beautiful.
These pieces of broken glass are as big as a palm at the largest and as small as two inches at the smallest, and their shapes are irregular.
But the clerk said that such a shape did not hinder its use. On the cabinet at the back, there were not only the hot samples made by Yangshi Lei, but also many windows made of broken glass.
The window lattices are adjusted according to the colored glaze, and have various shapes, but in the end they form a square and regular window, which looks surprisingly good.
Such colored glass is not valuable. It is sold by the basket, a few dozen coins per basket. Compared with those large pieces of colored glass that cost dozens or even a hundred taels, it is really cheap.
The fastest-selling glass is also this kind of glass. When you go back, you just need to find a craftsman to make windows, which saves a lot of money.
When Qin Wan and Qin Yan arrived, not only was there no place to stand downstairs, but the private rooms upstairs were also full of people.
They stood at the door and took a look, then left Taoyao to help in the shop and went to the teahouse opposite to rest.
As the sky darkened, the noise in the shop gradually calmed down.
The shopkeeper brought the account book and said, "Today's turnover is a total of 87,360 taels and 300 wen."
Qin Wan looked through the account book. Large pieces of colored glaze were sold in relatively small quantities, and the most ordered pieces were two-foot square and one-foot square pieces of colored glaze.
Tao Yao drank two cups of tea before her dry throat eased. She smiled and said, "There's actually a drawback to using large pieces of colored glaze. The windows in most houses are small, so if you use large pieces of colored glaze as windows, you'll have to find another way to open them for ventilation."
"It's just like the glazed greenhouse in the Pingyang Marquis's house," Tao Yao added. That greenhouse really was ugly.
Qin Wan couldn't help laughing: "So they would rather buy a smaller one than a larger one."
Tao Yao nodded: "Several people have ordered large colored glaze, and they all said that they will use it to make the roof of the greenhouse in the future."
Qin Wan asked a few more detailed questions. Now that the glass workshop was on track, she could free up her hands to do other things.
Qin Yan saw that everything was fine and was about to get up and leave: "I'm going home, you should go home early too."
Qin Wan grabbed her skirt and asked, "What are you going back for?"
Qin Yan said: "Your good nephew is still waiting for me at home."
Qin Wan glanced at her and said, "When you're not at home, they feel more at ease."
Qin Yan's face darkened immediately. "Why is my belly so unreliable? I can't even give birth to a girl. I took a concubine for him, and she gave birth to three sons in a row. This family is in chaos all day long. I'm so worried that my hair is turning white."
Qin Wan suddenly remembered the shocking words Bai Wanyi had said in her previous life. She blinked and smiled, "As the saying goes, you reap what you sow. If you can't give birth to a daughter, blame the bad seeds."
Qin Yan snorted in amusement: "Your crooked logic actually has some truth to it." After that, she sat down again: "Then tell me, what is the reason you called me over?"
Qin Wan smiled and said, "I want to watch the fun. If you don't come, don't blame me for not calling you."
Qin Yan was curious: "What's the excitement? Don't you have spies in Pingyang Marquis's Mansion? Can't you just have someone tell you about it later? Why do you have to go and see it yourself?"
Qin Wan kept it a secret: "Some things naturally depend on the actual situation."
Want to see a good show live?
Qin Yan's curiosity was immediately piqued, and he hurriedly pulled Qin Wan out, "Let's go, where are we going?"
When a nightgown was brought to him, Qin Yan's eyes widened: "Are you trying to be a thief?"
"Are you going or not?" Qin Wan asked Zhenzhen and Yijia to help her change her clothes.
"go!"
Qin Yan could only nod. Her two maids looked at Tao Yao with a puzzled expression, "Why don't you try to persuade them? They are the eldest daughters of the two marquisates, and they are also the mistresses of the house. They are already mothers, and yet they are still acting like a scoundrel."
Tao Yao just gave them a look, asking them to quickly help their master put on clothes. The two maids had no choice but to step forward to help.
The two men wore night clothes and took a carriage to the back door of Pingyang Marquis' Mansion.
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