Chapter 676: The Old Father's Pre-Wedding Anxiety

The first thing needed for kingfisher feather art is the base, and the second is the kingfisher feathers themselves. Although Huaxia does not have kingfishers, it has other birds with brightly colored feathers. Baifeng does not know their names, but they can all be hunted. Baifeng has not established any protection laws for the various wild beasts and birds.

Baifeng only has one requirement: do not over-hunt. During specific times, namely the breeding season, minimize the hunting of wild beasts. After all, Huaxia needs Sustainable Development. If they do not pay attention now and hunt blindly, what will their descendants do? Won't there be no prey left?

The feathers of unknown birds, blue or green, especially the smaller and more vibrant neck feathers, are the best materials for making kingfisher feather art. Huaxia has long been able to boil bone, horn, and hide glue, as the Ministry of Works needs these things, and they are also required for making bows.

The feathers are treated with paste to bind the down together into a precious material, then trimmed with small scissors into the shapes needed to be applied to the base. Glue is applied to the base, then they are stuck on, and everything is done.

The craft is that simple; the hardest part is the manual skill, as well as patience and an eye for detail. How to achieve a perfect fit and make it more aesthetically pleasing requires constant practice.

Of course, this kind of work does not need to be done by a Blacksmith; that would be like Zhang Fei doing embroidery. Naturally, there are female workers specifically trained to do it. Women are more meticulous and handle such tasks with ease. Moreover, men are somewhat repelled by doing this kind of work; they prefer to utilize their physical advantages to do work that better reflects their masculinity.

Kingfisher feather art has appeared in Huaxia for quite some time. This is something Baifeng created to exchange for the surplus wealth of the rich. A woman's money is the easiest to earn. In the current Huaxia, it can also operate perfectly. Although women do not hold the power of wealth, men with enough surplus grain do not mind using it to exchange for beautiful jewelry for their women.

Among these upper-class women, beautiful jewelry is also a part of social life. Whatever Sui and Chinv wear on their heads, it will not be long before slightly inferior similar jewelry appears in the State-run Store. Women have vanity, and men also need women to earn face for them, so such transactions proceed very easily.

Zhi was so excited that she could not sleep all night. Yulong was much better; although he was also somewhat excited, he had already faced enough major events. It was just a wedding; isn't it just finding a woman for himself? It could not be considered a major event, so he quickly drifted into dreamland with an excited mood.

On the contrary, Baifeng now feels that everything is not very real. Sometimes he really doubts himself: does he truly exist in this world? Is this world his own fantasy, or a dream? If it really were a dream, then he would choose not to wake up.

If it were the him who had just transmigrated, or even the him after two or three years of transmigrating, he would certainly have chosen to wake up without hesitation and return to his own world. Even if life were a bit bitter, and he would become a very inconspicuous person in the vast sea of people, someone whose death would not stir up a ripple, he would not have had any hesitation. But the current him is unwilling. The time he has lived in this world is already as long as the time in his previous world. Which world is the dream, he does not know.

Perhaps the so-called previous life was just a dream of a savage who was almost killed, but everything magical seen in the dream can be realized in this original world. Otherwise, how could he have brought nothing but knowledge, naked and empty-handed?

What the truth is no longer matters. Baifeng is now Baifeng, the King of Huaxia, the King's son. Tomorrow he will welcome a bride, and his home will have one more family member.

Baifeng has already partitioned a small courtyard for Yulong to live in. Baifeng's home has been constantly expanding. After all, other people are constantly expanding their homes; as the King, should the place where he lives be worse than that of his Subjects?

A huge home was planned from the beginning, and now several small courtyards have been built. Numerous small courtyards are connected together, surrounding the building where Baifeng lives. This place cannot yet be called a palace; after all, calling it a palace is still a bit shabby. Baifeng thinks that at least after reaching the scale of the palace of the Korean family, it can barely be renamed a palace.

Here there are places for guards to live, places for Slaves to live, storehouses for keeping things, an armory, a sports field, a garden, and so on. It is definitely the largest in Huaxia, but Baifeng's family population is really too small, so it seems very deserted.

He has already prepared courtyards for all three children to live in. Each courtyard is built according to the standard of a large family of dozens of people. Although Changle cannot be King, it does not mean he must move out of here to live. He still hopes that his sons and daughters can always accompany him; Baifeng is too lonely in this world.

Miaoyin is the same. Baifeng hopes that even if she gets married, it will be the man who comes here to live. If the children want to move out and establish their own households, he has no objection.

However, all this is a privilege only their generation has. When Yulong's son reaches his age and is also preparing to get married, they will all need to move out of the palace and live in the Crown Prince Mansion or the Duke Mansion. Changle's children are the same; it cannot be avoided. Baifeng cannot guarantee that their children will be as harmonious as the two brothers; risks need to be avoided in advance. They are just an exception.

Sui and Chinv are a little excited. They have been planning for a long time, looking at which fine garment to wear and which set of jewelry to put on tomorrow. Although they are all to be the top-tier kind, they have more than one top-tier set.

Sui is one of the protagonists, but Chinv cannot be ignored either. After all, Baifeng only has these two wives, and Yulong was also raised by Chinv. In Yulong's view, calling Chinv "Mother" is also no problem; a concubine mother is also a mother, though a biological mother is closer.

Changle and Miaoyin originally planned to perform for Yulong in the Regiment, but Baifeng vetoed it. Learning musical instruments is fine for them, but that does not mean they can perform for others. This is not something people of their status should do. They can treat this as their career and promote the development of music in this era, but that does not mean they can be musicians.

Performing for Heaven is fine, performing for Baifeng is fine, but they cannot perform for Yulong on such a formal occasion, and they cannot perform for other people.