Being a Life Player in the Middle Ages

He was a descendant of aristocrats and a famous lawyer. However, his tastes came from among those of the nobility. Most of them were aristocrats themselves, so naturally he understood the aesthetic taste of the aristocrats very well.

Especially when preparing gifts for someone, the one who pursues fashion and always stands at the forefront of the storm is a beauty-loving man, or a senator and aristocrat.

The so-called Senate, also known as the Council of Elders, was a political institution second only to the emperor in power during the Roman era. However, during the Eastern Empire, its power was greatly reduced, and it often only held power in name only, with little actual authority.

In symbolic terms, the Senate still held a high status, and although its members governed both the nobility and the common people and did not necessarily possess political power, they were all very wealthy and would naturally have high expectations of the people they served.

Of course, the current Senate itself is not as glorious as it used to be, but it does not necessarily have no power at all. Take the current Emperor for example, although nominally it is jointly nominated by the Senate and the Church - although everyone knows that the current Emperor is actually the emperor with real power appointed by the successor emperor, and there is no such thing as the Senate and the Church.

It is even revealed that His Majesty the Emperor is suppressing the Senate, hoping to make it exist in name only.

Although the Senate is more glorious than before, it does not mean that its members have less power, especially those born into wealthy and aristocratic families. Although they may no longer be able to participate in politics - the Senate has set an age requirement for its members, and at that time, members must be at least 40 years old. Therefore, there are many elders among the elders, and it is called the Council of Elders - but their nephews and nieces still hold important positions in the family, and their own good connections still exist. Although their power status may have changed, they still belong to the top aristocracy.

When the nobleman wanted to please the lady of the family of the senatorial noble, she was on her way back to Constantinople. She heard the news and source and wrote to tell her that the nobleman's lawyer had to resign from his job due to health reasons, so the noble was looking for a new lawyer. The nobleman's family had a lot of say. If she could get the other party's favor, she might get this opportunity to further advance her career.

Lei was a little worried about what gift to give to Martha. Although she had some assets, they were not worth the price for upper-class people. In order to buy a precious gift that would catch the other party's eye, she had to come up with a surprise. So Lei kept looking for a suitable gift on the way back, but she had no luck until she saw something that could be made for Martha.

If someone makes a request, the winner will definitely agree, no matter how much you offer. It is unimaginable how much time and effort it takes to hand-weave lace. You have to be prepared to become a good lace weaver. However, you may be a rich woman at the moment, but you need money. It will be more worthwhile to work yourself to death for those gold coins.

And the requirements are very high, and you want to be able to make a piece of gold lace for yourself.

"I know a queen who can stretch gold into threads thinner than a hair. I would like you to use that thread to make lace."

The nobles were very fond of embroidering lace on clothes, which could highlight their status. The noble husband was fond of luxury, so he naturally thought that weaving lace with gold thread would win his favor.

But I didn't really want to take this job, and when I heard that it would require gold wire, I was even more willing.

"If you want to make lace out of gold, why would you ask a goldsmith to make it directly out of gold? How can you get the same effect?"

Shang Chugui frowned: "I want the latter."

Actually, the craftsmanship and the final effect are indeed different, but I don't intend to argue about it. Then I continued, "And, sir, I've never used gold thread and woven lace before, so I don't know if it can be successful. If you can give me enough time to slowly figure it out, I'd be willing to give it a try."

Of course, if you agree at the right time, you can delay it for another year or two.

Of course, you have to be able to agree to it when it's time to go, and you have to be able to delay things. The longer you delay, the chances are that you will become someone else.

"What's your opinion then?"

"The main material of lace is linen. Can you tell me your preferred style and favorite plants? I can design the pattern. I hope you will tell me what I will do. I don't plan to make a living from this. I hope you will come to me for custom lace again."

If you are willing to sit and play when you are interested in something, then you may not necessarily have to do it as a job.

It would be a bit expensive to agree, in fact, although Coco readily agreed, after all, this gift would be more precious after it was withdrawn.

Then tell me what you know about the husband's likes and dislikes.

I was able to write it down and had some ideas in mind.

Kamide Takashi asked, "So how long will it take you to make it?"

I can calculate it: "Half a month, I can give you the finished product in half a month."

Shang Chugui frowned: "It will take too long. I can only wait until the next week at most."

The man said helplessly: "Later Zhou Silk Bank, if you want to pass that, you can only simplify the pattern a little bit."

Shang Chugui asked, "Like Mrs. Martha's?"

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In fact, the nobleman thought that Mrs. Martha's lace was already very complicated, and even thought that the nobleman would be able to make the finished product. Since he could tell what was going on, he would certainly wait and see.

In order to disturb the work, Shangchugui took the initiative to say that he would visit again tomorrow and bring all the relevant documents and things with him.

Then he took out the last piece of parchment and said, "I will leave a list of items according to your request. Would you like to take a look at it?"

After that, he took out another piece of parchment, and this time he would get the list of the inheritance, which mainly included houses, shops, workshops and movable properties. All the properties listed above had to be sold according to the requirements.

"Because time is tight, the selling price may be slightly lower than the market price, but don't worry, you won't suffer any loss."

Because the nobles sold all the properties they were about to take away to the local officials and nobles, in exchange for making things easier for them and speeding up the inheritance process, no one dared to make trouble throughout the whole process.

"Thanks to Her Majesty the Queen for pushing for the new law, otherwise it wouldn't be so easy for you to inherit the inheritance."

"Your Highness the Queen?"

I wonder what's going on with the queen in this meeting?

It is not surprising that in that era, ordinary people would not even need to know a few words, let alone pay attention to the laws issued by the country.

"Her Majesty the Queen proposed that some women should have the right to inherit and be prostitutes. Even if you are your father's only legitimate child, you may still inherit his estate."

The decree proposed by the Queen for the benefit of women has been in effect for several years. Therefore, it was possible for these women to inherit the inheritance so smoothly.

At that time, the child was still young and didn't want to talk to her parents about these things, so naturally she had no way of knowing about them. When she grew up and knew about the new laws, it was probably not until later that women of that period could give birth and have their own inheritance rights.

Now that I know what's going on, I'm more and more curious about the queen who will issue the new decree. I always feel that the queen will become a legendary figure.

But Shang Chugui did not talk much about the matter of the queen. He seemed to be very secretive about it. He only mentioned it briefly from time to time and then changed the subject.

We agreed on a time to meet tomorrow, and I paid some money and left. I still had to look for other gifts, so that I could ensure that if something unexpected happened, I could still choose the gift myself.

After the lawyer leaves, I can slowly look through the two lists.

The prices of the movable properties sold were all marked on the back of the parchment. It was not clear whether the prices were true. The lawyer did not seek personal gain from it, but he felt that since it was Bayard who introduced him, it should be a good deal. He expected the other party to take some money from it, but the amount would not be too large.

To everyone's astonishment, after Lei sold all her properties, Shang Chugui was finally able to bring back nearly 120,000 Nounsma gold coins for her. After deducting some inheritance taxes and legal fees for Shang Chugui, the remaining gold coins would only be the properties in Shang Hao's father Lei's hometown. However, Lei also had many shops and properties in other cities and countries. She had decided to leave the latter to Shang Hao's father's mistresses and illegitimate children, but Shang Chugui had sent some assistants to help recover the former. What should she do?

Coco said that Shang Haodie was really successful.

It will take time, and the 120,000 gold in front of me will be the highlight. I will have to do everything by then, so that I won't have to worry about food and clothing in my future life.

And the things that were left that I didn't sell were not many. They were basically the books in my home and some relics of my parents. The relics were mainly clothes and personal items of my parents. In fact, I needed to know which ones I had, so I took the opportunity to ask my mother's personal maid who worked at home to sort them out, and found that all these things were listed on the parchment.

The total cost of bringing back those things seemed too high, so of course some of the gold coins would have to be brought back directly, and some would have to be deposited in the money store at the headquarters in Standiburg, and then the money order issued by the money store would be brought back.

I originally planned to notify you and have you come to my residence to pick up these things, and settle the lawyer's fees in person. It's expensive and I need you to help me make the lace, and the sooner the better. Of course, if I don't want to waste that time, I can choose to deliver the things myself later.

After reading some lists, I was satisfied with the work ability of the above-mentioned people, and I would naturally pay more attention to the matter of helping them make lace.

After talking to Martha, I asked her to temporarily take over the lessons for those who were learning to knit. There would be a period of time when Martha could knit. At that time, as long as she had free time, she would pick up her needle and start knitting with us. After all, the balls of yarn in our house were getting more and more, and it would be difficult to use them up by herself. Besides, Martha was very good at knitting, especially when she was knitting and chatting with others. It would be really hard to distract herself from her work and gossip.

So we can see that in front of Leilei's herbal medicine shop, and even behind it, two circles are usually formed. The one in the back may be the center, and the one in the back may be Martha. The former is mostly young girls, and the latter is mainly middle-aged and young women. The two groups of women occupy the open space in front of Bayard's house, making it look like after a tea party.

Moreover, Martha has now learned the basic knitting methods of various wool fabrics. She only needs to learn more patterns in the future. But she can read the drawings in the future. As long as she shows the drawings of the patterns, she can knit them according to them. So it is very suitable for her to temporarily teach those who are good at knitting wool.

Martha nodded in agreement, but then she began to worry: "Those nobles are very picky. I think that noble lawyer is not as easy to talk to as he is now. What if you are not satisfied with the lace in the end?"

"Don't worry, Mom. Wei Yu will draw the design first and then come up with the blueprint. We'll start when everyone agrees."

I can do it myself, so I told Martha and went back to my room.

There are many kinds of lace patterns. If you want to equip less lace in the recipe column, you can refer to some of the luxurious and currently popular lace styles. Finally, you can draw some of the back panels to create the "noble lady's" style. The hollow lace collar with the theme of "gambling style" can be used as a reference.