On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, Yuanfeng Year 57, it was auspicious to travel, offer sacrifices, receive wealth, and wed.
It was the wedding day of Bao Zhongqing, son of the Earl of Shuofang, and Miao Yuzhi, daughter of the Prefecture Governor of Cangshu Prefecture.
The Bao Family's wealth needed no questioning, given that they controlled thirty percent of all carriage-house business in Qi State. Naturally, the Bao Clan's enterprises extended far beyond carriage houses. Using them as a foundation, they had expanded into every field, long since weaving a dense commercial web.
To give a simple example—although Chongxuan Sheng had paid heavily to acquire the Golden-feathered Fengxian Flower business, he still needed the Bao Family's channels to send those flowers to Chu Kingdom.
Among Qi State's great prominent clans, in terms of wealth alone, the Bao Family likely ranked second only to the Yan Clan of Bei Prefecture.
When Bao Zhongqing took a wife, the convoy carrying the betrothal gifts stretched for a full ten li, with no end in sight from either direction.
In Gui City, where the Miao Family resided, traffic had been blocked for a time.
In Linzi City, the capital of Great Qi, where every inch of land was worth its weight in gold, three entire streets had been draped in red. A continuous banquet would be held for nine days, signifying a love that would endure as long as heaven and earth.
The Bao Clan had three earls in one family. In terms of power and standing, they were among the foremost aristocratic houses of the Great Qi Empire.
Bao Yi, Earl of Shuofang, was commander of the Nine Legions and a Current Era True Lord. He commanded the Nine Legions' Thunder Annihilator and stood among the highest ranks of the Great