The Nameless of the Common Clans

April 18, the second year of Chuping, Hedong, Anyi.

Early in the morning, the whole city of Anyi was filled with a cheerful atmosphere. To celebrate his wedding, Chen Mo had ordered Anyi to be exempted from 50% tax this year. Almost all the land near Anyi belonged to Chen Mo, but he did not hire tenants. Instead, he rented the land to the people to grow crops. Forty percent of the grain he earned was paid as rent and taxes. It seemed too much, but now that the world was in turmoil, Chen Mo's tax was set according to his own farming policy, which was not too much. Now that he was exempted from 50% tax directly, it was equivalent to only paying 20% ​​tax this year.

This was not Chen Mo's idea alone, but the result of consultation with the gentry of Anyi. The gentry of Anyi was naturally exempted from tax, but the gentry of Anyi looked down on this tax. The real reason why they strongly supported this matter was that Chen Mo exempted not only agricultural taxes, but also commercial taxes, which was also a disguised encouragement for more prosperous business. At the same time, as the county seat, Anyi was the core city of the entire Hedong. After this incident, it would attract more retail investors to move here or do business here.

You know, when Chen Mo got married, the princes of all directions, including Dong Zhuo, sent people to celebrate, and also brought a lot of merchants from all over the country, which was equivalent to further promoting it to these people. The wealth and opportunities brought invisibly are difficult to estimate.

It is precisely for this reason that most of the people in the city were happy about Chen Mo's wedding. In troubled times, it is rare to feel this emotion from the lower-class people.

"It's a bit tight." Chen Mo reached out and grabbed the hand that helped him tie his collar, frowned and twisted his neck. This wedding dress is not only complicated, but also a bit uncomfortable to wear.

"It looks better this way." Yun Si smiled as she helped Chen Mo straighten his clothes.

"Why? Am I not good-looking enough?" Chen Mo asked after glancing at Yun Si.

"My husband is naturally good-looking." Yun Si chuckled. Chen Mo is seventeen this year. If you count the ten months in the womb, he is eighteen. He is at the age of vigor and vitality. He is eight feet tall. Because of his long-term martial arts training, although he looks gentle and refined, his stature is not as thin as that of ordinary scholars. If you get close to him, you will feel an inexplicable sense of oppression. He has sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, a nose like a gallbladder, and his skin is not white, but wheat-colored, but it adds a bit of masculinity.

This appearance, coupled with his long-term high position, gradually nurtures a sense of power. Now Chen Mo gives people a gentle and elegant feeling when he is not smiling, but if he smiles, even Yun Si, who is already very familiar with him, will feel a heartbeat and blush.

"But this marriage is a big deal for my husband. It would be best if it can be better." Yun Si smiled.

Now Chen Mo is not from a small family, and he is marrying the daughter of a great scholar. Even though Chen Mo has learned about the complicated etiquette from books, he really has a feeling of doubting life when he experiences it personally.

He has been up since the third watch, and until now, when the sun comes out, Chen Mo has washed and dressed neatly. With the efforts of Yun Si and Juan Er, the belt around his waist is so tight that Chen Mo is obviously very hungry when he sees the food, but he can't eat it, so he can only let Dian Wei drag him away.

"Wait a minute, I'll loosen my belt!" Chen Mo said to Dian Wei while holding a cake. Does this guy want to starve himself to death?

"My lord, there is no time. Get on the horse quickly. It's not good to miss the auspicious time!" Dian Wei was not very good at dragging, so he simply picked up Chen Mo and threw him on the horse's back. Fortunately, Chen Mo's riding skills were superb, otherwise the marriage might not be completed today.

"Get out of the way, call Man Chong, or Xu Huang, don't scare people!" Chen Mo stared at Dian Wei with an ugly face.

"My lord, I don't want to either. Bo Ning is in charge of things in Cai's mansion. Gong Ming went out early in the morning to welcome guests and arrange patrols. Now I am the only one who has nothing to do in the whole mansion." Dian Wei felt a little wronged.

"What about Uncle Wang?" Chen Mo gritted his teeth.

"Old Wang and Old Zheng were sent by the old lady to do things. My lord, don't worry, I have selected a dozen fair-skinned people from the army to support the appearance." Dian Wei pointed around while leading the horse. Sixteen handsome soldiers selected from the army were waiting around.

"I will do it myself!" Chen Mo wanted to take back the reins.

"How can a groom lead his own horse?" Dian Wei said while pulling Chen Mo's horse: "Don't worry, my lord, you see me fighting on the battlefield..."

"Stop, today we are going to welcome the bride, not to the battlefield, why are you carrying two iron halberds?" Chen Mo only then realized that Dian Wei's waist was bulging, and stared.

"I'm afraid someone will assassinate me!" Dian Wei said.

"This is Anyi!" Chen Mo stared at Dian Wei and said: "Leave me the weapons before you go."

Chen Mo's wedding will definitely cause chaos in public security, and assassination is naturally possible. However, before Chen Mo returned to the city, Anyi had issued a ban on swords and weapons. In addition, there are now 3,000 soldiers and horses patrolling around Anyi City. Chen Mo has arranged people in various places that are conducive to assassination. Even if someone really sneaks in, it is difficult to get close to the ceremonial guard.

"Yes!" Dian Wei had no choice but to hand over the two iron halberds to the guards and let Chen Mo lead the war horse out.

Naturally, there were many people watching the fun along the way, but there was no need for assassination. Firstly, Chen Mo did not have many enemies now, and secondly, he and the Hedong gentry were now in a mutually beneficial stage, so these people had no reason to assassinate him.

All the way to Cai's house, there was another round of red tape. Chen Mo always thought that welcoming a bride was no different from marrying a concubine. At most, there were more etiquette. But today, he really saw it. After entering Cai's house, he felt that marrying a bride was more tiring than fighting a war. At least there were clear goals and plans in fighting. Just destroy the enemy or turn the enemy into your own people. But these things are obviously not applicable here, let alone destroying them. Everyone present was a relative and friend. Who should be destroyed?

It was not until he came out of Cai's house that Chen Mo was relieved after welcoming the bride into the wedding sedan. However, thinking that he would have to go through this again after returning, Chen Mo had the feeling that he wanted to go on this road all the way.

"Huh~" Dian Wei bent over and dragged the reins. He looked at Cai's house with lingering fear and said, "My lord, are those women crazy?"

"You look too scary. I told you not to go in, but you didn't listen." Chen Mo sat on the horse's back a little weakly.

"I often go to ordinary weddings, but this is the first time I've seen a wedding of a big shot like my lord. Don't you want to go and take a look?" Dian Wei said with a lingering fear.

"How do you feel?" Chen Mo looked at Dian Wei and asked with a smile.

"Not very good, lord, why do you have to go through all these red tape?" Dian Wei asked in confusion.

"This is etiquette. How do people distinguish from all things? Etiquette is one of them." Chen Mo sat on the horseback, never tired of people asking questions around him, and would explain whenever he had the chance.

"My lord, please stop talking!" Chen Mo quoted from many sources and had not finished talking about the records of weddings in many classics. Dian Wei was already a little overwhelmed: "If you continue to talk, I am afraid that Old Dian will not be able to go back!"

A chuckle came from the sedan chair. Chen Mo turned his head and clasped his fists to the sedan chair and said: "Madam, please don't laugh at me. Dian Wei is a warrior. Sometimes he doesn't know how to learn."

"If my husband wants this general to learn, it is better to let this general do it directly. My father said that some people seem to be born with some resistance to reading, but these people are generally quite active. The principles in the book are actually the results of the ancient sages' understanding of time and everything. Let this general experience it directly, maybe it will be faster." Cai Yan said softly in the sedan chair.

"That's a way." Chen Mo nodded and turned to look at Dian Wei.

"My lord, what are you looking at me for?" Dian Wei felt something was wrong and his back was a little cold.

"It's nothing. From now on, you only need to write a sentence every day and be able to recite it. I won't force you to do anything else." Chen Mo smiled.

"No need to recite?" Dian Wei asked in confusion.

"No, just recite, but if you do something wrong or say something wrong, you will be punished." Chen Mo said with a smile.

"Don't worry, my lord, you don't know what Old Dian is like?" Dian Wei patted his chest and said with a smile: "Who in the army doesn't know that Old Dian is the best to talk to."

Looking at Dian Wei's smug expression, Chen Mo suddenly didn't know what to say.

Cai's mansion was not far from Chen's mansion, but according to custom, he didn't go back directly, but went around the city in a circle before returning to the mansion.

Here, we have to worship the heaven and earth and parents. Chen Mo lost his father when he was young, but Zang Hong was here, so he accepted Chen Mo's worship as an elder.

After offering sacrifices to the ancestors and thanking relatives and friends, Cai Yan was sent back to the bridal chamber, while Chen Mo had to drink with the guests. He had basically not eaten anything since morning, but he was filled with wine. After finally making it to nightfall, he had to enter the bridal chamber. Even if Chen Mo was holding back, he was still seven-tenths drunk, but it was not time to rest yet, and he had to make trouble in the bridal chamber.

The custom of making trouble in the bridal chamber began in the Han Dynasty. "The Book of Rites. Zengzi asked" said that the family of marrying a daughter did not put out the candles for three days, thinking of separation; the family of marrying a daughter did not play music for three days, thinking of inheriting the family. However, after the Qin and Han Dynasties, these customs began to change, and began to be carried out in a big way, and there were corresponding etiquette, and this making trouble in the bridal chamber was one of them.

However, Chen Mo was a county governor after all, and he married the daughter of the great Confucian scholar Cai Yong. The bridal chamber was relatively elegant, just some drinking orders, or some tricky questions.

Although Chen Mo is not a master of ancient and modern knowledge, he has a wealth of knowledge in his mind, which few people in the world can match. At least these people cannot ask him. Finally, Chen Mo smiled and said, "Do you know why this bridal chamber disturbance started?"

"Why?" Tang Yuan asked curiously.

"It is said that a long time ago, the immortal Ziweixing came down to earth and met a wedding procession on the road, and a woman in mourning followed closely behind. Ziweixing saw that it was an evil ghost who wanted to take the opportunity to do evil, so Ziweixing followed the wedding procession all the way to the groom's house, but found that the evil ghost had already arrived at the groom's house and hid in the bridal chamber. When the newlyweds finished the wedding ceremony and were about to enter the bridal chamber, Ziweixing told the newlyweds that there was an evil ghost in the bridal chamber. Everyone was at a loss and asked Ziweixing for advice. Ziweixing told everyone that the evil ghost hated the crowd the most, and the crowd was powerful, so the evil ghost dared not commit crimes. So all the guests at the wedding followed the newlyweds into the bridal chamber to laugh and play, and they really drove away the evil ghost with laughter."

Everyone suddenly felt that the originally festive house had a little more chill.

"Okay, now that it has been so long, even if there is an evil ghost, it has been scared away. It's getting late, everyone should go to rest." Chen Mo smiled and waved his hand.

Everyone left with some suspicion after hearing this.

Chen Mo then untied his belt a little tiredly, and came to the table to eat a few cakes with a relaxed body.

"Where did you get these allusions from, my husband?" Cai Yan asked curiously.

"It's just a rural book, madam, please don't take it too seriously." Chen Mo ate a few bites, stood up, and helped Cai Yan take off her outer clothes while she looked a little overwhelmed. He smiled and said, "Let's not talk about these things on this wedding night. We should do something else."

"What else?" Cai Yan looked at Chen Mo curiously. Although she had been married once, Wei Zhongdao had been weak for many years and had long been unable to have sex. In addition, her mother died early. Although someone told her some strange things, she didn't understand them very well.

"This is difficult to explain. How about I teach you, madam?" Chen Mo smiled as he looked at his wife's face from a close distance.

"Do you want to take off your clothes?"

"This is a must. Leave it to me next."...