Zhou Dongtian admitted that this inference was not bad, but it was of no use to them. [Full text reading] Reasoning is based on mastering a wealth of information. They were completely ignorant of the various local characters in Hangzhou. There may be hundreds or thousands of people who fit Zhao Yingong's inference. Confucian scholars choose names and numbers for themselves like eating cabbage. A person may have three, four or even a dozen. Who knows who this "Longmian Fool" is.
Xu Xu suddenly said, "Could it be Zhang Dai who just passed by?"
Judging from the personal situation inferred by Zhao Yingong, Zhang Dai is quite consistent. But Zhao Yingong denied his speculation. He had read "Tao An Meng Yi" and remembered that Zhang Dai's nickname was "Zongzi" and his names were Tao An, Tian Sun, Die An Jushi, etc., but there was no Long Mian Fool.
"Let's go back and find a copy of "Jin Shen"," Zhao Yingong said with emotion, "We know too little about the basic situation of the Ming Dynasty. It's just a glimpse."
Zhou Dongtian sneered, "There's no point in knowing so much. Anyway, the ground will be clean as soon as the cannon washes it. Why do you care about so many fireworks?"
Several people continued to watch on the platform for a while, and then returned to the cabin after the fresh energy wore off. Merlin was no longer so reserved, and was talking to Mei Yan'er about the Buddhist statues of the "Third Heavenly Zhu" - this was probably something he had heard in an elective class when he was studying in school many years ago. Meiyan'er not only listened carefully, but she was also able to exchange a few sentences. Zhao Yingong secretly marveled; the high-end prostitutes in this time and space are indeed a bit low-level. No wonder Yu Eshui said in the training class that wealthy people in the Ming Dynasty visited the courtyard mainly to live a "social life."
It was almost noon, and Mei Niang had already brought the maid in with a tray. While laying the table, she asked the distinguished guest what kind of wine he wanted to drink.
"I have a rare and good wine here, and I got it through someone else. Do you gentlemen want to have a taste?"
Zhao Yingong saw four exquisite tables and plates already laid out on the table, and immediately said with a smile, "Oh? What kind of good wine is so rare? Is it so hard to get it in this most beautiful place in the south of the Yangtze River?"
"It came from Guangli. It is said that foreigners make good wine." Mei Niang said, "Not to mention the advantage of that wine, the bottle that contains it is also priceless! How can you not make it if you are not a big boss nowadays? ·······”
At this point, Zhao Yiggong already understood that it must be the "sī wine" made by Guo Yi. Unexpectedly, this prostitute on the West Lake can actually obtain the unparalleled national talent! This wine is very difficult to obtain even in Guangzhou - Guo Yi originally engaged in "hungry sales", taking the high-end gift route, and the output was very small. After the winery at Guangzhou Station was destroyed last year, it has just been restored and the output is even lower.
He immediately said, "Guo Shi Wushuang's temperament is too strong. The weather is hot now, so I'd better use some light Shaoxing wine."
Mei Niang smiled and said: "Okay, there is a bottle of fine Lanling wine in the slave's home. It is ten years old. I opened it for the master." She was modest and the kitchen on the ship was simple and there was no delicious food to entertain the guests. Socializing is all-round.
Eight kinds of exquisite cold dishes were brought to the table, including four meat and four vegetables. The snow-white glutinous rice and lotus root, the bright red Jinhua Huatuǐ, the yellow chicken pine, the red watermelon cake... look pleasing to the eye.
The wine was boiled and he immediately drank and ordered. He also listened to Meiyan'er singing a few songs. She spoke in a sophisticated southern accent. Everyone except Zhao Yingong didn't understand what they heard. They just thought the music was good and praised it randomly. sentence.
Zhang Dai's boat was now on the lake less than 200 meters away from them. After Wu Zhixiang arrived in Hangzhou, she found out that Zhang Dai was very influential in Fushe and knew that he loved fun, played with toys, and had a strong interest in new things. So he changed his original plan and focused on winning over Zhang Dai in Hangzhou.
Fortunately, Zhang Dai is not a cold and arrogant scholar. He is quite free and easy to treat others and makes friends. Without much effort, Wu Zhixiang was introduced by an acquaintance and gifted eight pots of Dutch tulips brought all the way from Guangzhou. The rare "foreign flowers" suit Zhang Dai's taste. He saw that the other party often came to visit him and respected him a lot. In addition, Wu Zhixiang was also a good talker and brought many anecdotes about Guangdong, especially the recent popular "Australian products", so he also treated his new friend. It gradually became warmer. , as time went by, the two became familiar with each other.
At this time, Wu Zhixiang, Zhang Dai and a few friends were relaxing on the boat building. The eight pots of tulips that had traveled across the ocean were divided into two rows and displayed in front of the steps. The gorgeous flowers are spreading their colorful petals under the clear early summer sunshine. The fragrance of flowers exuded and drifted to the banquet with the warm breeze. Several friends have already paid attention to watch and admire it once - no one present was amazed by the bright colors of this exotic flower. Judgment Today, I took a boat trip to the West Lake not to see the beautiful scenery of the West Lake, nor to see the dragon boats, but to hold a specially organized "flower viewing party". We also composed a few poems, and now we are sitting and chatting while continuing to drink and enjoy the flowers.
At this time, the banquet carefully cooked by the master chefs in Zhang's mansion was already half ruined. The servant girl is cleaning up and laying out new wine and fruits.
"Beauty is beautiful, but it's too gaudy." A scribe, who was already half asleep, commented on the pots of tulips in front of him, "Big red and big yellow, bright and eye-catching, and an independent branch. This style is out of vulgarity and missing. A sense of elegance and beauty...”
Zhang Dai disagreed; "According to what you said, peonies and peonies have also fallen out of vulgarity?"
He is a richly dressed Confucian scholar with an intelligent and friendly face and three carefully groomed mustaches on his chin.
"Although peonies and peonies are gorgeous, they are bright and bright and have no charm at all..." This person is still talking about "vulgar beauty", "elegant beauty", "zhengyan", "coquettishness", etc. Waiting for his own invention of Pinhua Tiao Tiao.
"I think your words are quite biased. Flowers come in all kinds of sizes, but they are just natural. Why should there be any definite distinction?" It was Sun Chun who spoke. He is an ordinary Confucian scholar with an ordinary appearance.
Although his appearance is not impressive, he is a key member of Fushe.
"This is wrong"
Two people argued about this. When he got up, Zhang Dai had a look of boredom on his face. He took out a bright red cherry from the large Xuan porcelain bowl beside him, picked off the green leaves on it and put it into his mouth with a lazy and elegant gesture. Seeing Wu Zhixiang sitting there helplessly, she couldn't help but smile.
In the end, as usual, it was Zhang Dai who came out to smooth things over, saying that all flowers have their own merits, and viewers can have their own preferences. In fact, it was not Yi Xuanyuan who settled the dispute. After that, they changed the topic from the tulips in front of them to "foreign goods".
"Speaking of this Western thing, it may not be a gold or jade weapon, but it can charm people's hearts." Zhang Dai said with a smile, "A few days ago, Mi Zhi lost a telescope on this lake. He sent someone to fish it out. I didn’t catch it either. I was so upset that I didn’t even want to stay in Hangzhou. I simply set off for Nanjing yesterday.”
"What's the big deal about a telescope? Why don't you just go to the Catholic Church to find one?" said the Confucian scholar who just commented on the tulips. His name is Wen Huai, and he is the reincarnation of Jiaxing Mansion.
"Although the telescope is not a rare thing, it is not often available." Zhang Dai said, "I often go to the Catholic Church and have friendship with Tang Ruowang. According to him, this thing is also rare in Folangji, and you have to come by ship. How many can I bring here? Where can I find them in my spare time?"
From the telescope to the recently popular Australian products. Wu Zhixiang came from Guangzhou and brought a lot of "Australian goods". Recently, I often talk about the various novelties of Australians. Shu said to a rich kid like Zhang Dai that ordinary foreign goods are no longer rare, but the few "Australian goods" Wu Zhixiang brought out opened his eyes to Australians. Have a strong interest.
Wu Zhixiang then talked about the ins and outs of the "Australians", their enjoyment of taking and various exotic goods, which attracted several people to listen in rapt attention. Although they did not completely believe what Wu Zhixiang said, they had already seen all kinds of novel goods from Australia, so they were full of curiosity about this sudden appearance of "Australia".
"I really like this Australian porcelain toilet." Zhang Dai said with a smile, "In the past, some people set up a beautiful couch in the toilet, placed beautiful maids, and fried agarwood in it - it was nothing more than a latrine, where Nothing compares to this clean and refreshing experience.”
"I just heard that it is not easy to build." Wu Zhixiang said, "In the past, Prince O, the governor of Ziming Tower, asked Kun to be his brother. He once entered Ziming Tower and went to see his decoration - it was really ingenious and ingenious, and it was really unparalleled. .”
Now let’s talk about the pipes, valves, water supply machinery and water towers for water storage one by one. Wu Zhixiang was very curious about the various facilities in Ziming Building and had been asking Pei Lixiu about them in the past. After the Ziming Tower was sealed, he paid off the government officials who were guarding it, and made a special trip to look inside and outside the Ziming Tower. Now it's time to talk clearly.
Zhang Dai heard this interestingly and said with a smile, "Fortunately, your words were not heard by Mi Zhi, otherwise he would have been tempted to go to Guangzhou immediately to see this Western scenery!" He then shook his head, "If it weren't for the long journey, Lao Dun, even my brother wants to see all the wonders of this Australian."
"What's wrong with this?" Wu Zhixiang was currently spending her energy on Zhang Dai, and immediately said that as long as he wanted to go to Guangzhou, he could stay in the "humble house".
"...As for the road, there is a Qiweizhan now. Whether it is taking a sedan or taking a boat, it is more convenient than before."
Zhang Dai was about to speak, but Wen Huai said: "Australians claim to be descendants of the Chinese people, Miao descendants of the Song Dynasty, but they only focus on industry and commerce, and they do all kinds of strange and ingenious things. They are all vulgar and incompetent, making them seem less flashy than flashy. Yi, I’m afraid the ancestors of the Song Dynasty will cry underground.”! .
