The two of them warmed up for a while and came to the corridor outside. Ruyan asked Xiaoman to inform everyone and prepare to rehearse a new play so that Jia Cong could see it.
Through the railing, I looked at the busy people below. Jia Cong asked curiously: "Ruyan, what is the name of this new play? Tell it first so that I can understand it." Ruyan smiled sweetly, shook his head slightly and said: "Sir, let me let the slave family get away with it first. Really? Just watch it carefully, it will definitely open your eyes. Only then will you be surprised, right?" After hearing what Ruyan said, Jia Cong became even more curious.
Could it be that Ruyan and the others really did something in their rehearsals, a great new play?
"Well, since you said so, I won't ask. From what you said, you seem to be very confident about this new drama. This really piqued my interest and I want to watch it carefully. After seeing it." Ruyan smiled and said: "The slave family is indeed quite confident. Let's not talk about it for now. We will talk about it after you see it later." Jia Cong said: "Then it is as you wish. If you don't go down, Do you want to arrange it?" Ruyan said: "No, it's enough to have that girl Xiaoman down there. She has been following the whole process these days and she is very familiar with it." Jia Cong nodded and said, "This girl Xiaoman does have some abilities. , she is also smart, so I can help you a lot." Ruyan smiled and said: "Well, with Xiaoman here, I feel a lot more relaxed. I can just leave a lot of things to her, and I can have some free time. ." Jia Cong looked through the railings and carefully looked at the stage below.
I saw screens being moved onto the stage one after another, and each screen was covered with a curtain. The stage was quickly decorated.
The little actors returned to Tianxiang Tower and started putting on makeup. About two-quarters of an hour later, everything was ready and the little actors were in their places.
Xichun
He ran up with a bang and shouted excitedly: "Brother, it's about to start." Jia Cong smiled and pulled her to sit next to him, scolding: "Why are you running so fast? There's no one around." If I accidentally fall while chasing you, it will be terrible." Xichun said with a smile: "Brother, your sister is not such a useless person. Although she is not as good as Sister Lin, I also exercise regularly." Jia Cong looked at her doubtfully and said uncertainly: "Why didn't I know you were exercising? Besides, I've never seen you exercise before. Could you be deceiving me?" Xichun said unconvinced: "What? Sister Yun and I were in the garden, running around. Isn't this also exercise? I feel better and better. If you don't believe me, just look at it." After saying that, he stood up and jumped on the spot. A few times.
"Oh..." Jia Cong was speechless for a while, looking like I knew it was like this. When Ruyan saw the brother and sister bickering, Jia Cong looked speechless and couldn't help covering his mouth and snickering.
"Keke, what the fourth girl said makes sense. Running is also a form of exercise. This is true. I remember that I used to run a lot for exercise." What Ruyan said is true. Running is indeed a form of exercise.
But Xichun and Shi Xiangyun were not running. They were playing wildly in the garden. They climbed trees to dig out birds and went into the water to catch fish. There was nothing they had not done before. The tail of the green peacock was pulled out by the two of them. .
Now the green peacock, seeing the two of them, turned around and ran away in fright. The two of them together were like a pair of troublemakers.
This is when a drumbeat came from below, and the fun began. A few people stopped worrying about this matter and looked down at the stage. They saw the curtain slowly opening, and on the huge screen was a scene of a small courtyard in the south of the Yangtze River.
A handsome man holding a spear was waving the spear in the yard. The spear came out like a dragon, and the tiger was like a tiger.
Standing next to her was a beautiful woman, holding a towel in her hand, looking eagerly at the man dancing with the gun.
At this time, another person came into the courtyard, carrying a pair of iron halberds behind him. When he saw the people in the courtyard practicing dancing, he laughed and said, "Brother Yang, you are so diligent." Brother Yang's eyes widened when he saw the person coming. Liang Liang, turned around and stabbed the people with the spear in his hand.
"Brother Guo, take the move." Brother Guo didn't show any weakness, and with a twist of his body, he took the two halberds into his hands. The two rolled over and fought together.
After a long while, the two of them put away their weapons. They looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.
"Have fun, have fun." The woman next to her stepped forward and said,
"Uncle, Sir, please take a rest quickly." Seeing this, Jia Cong still didn't know that this was a stage play of "The Legend of the Heroes of the Withered Heroes".
More importantly, this script is closer to a modern script. It digests and assimilates some of the modern ideas Jia Cong told them.
Then there was a fight on a snowy night, the officers and soldiers wiped out the family, the battle at Yanyu Tower, Guo Jing was born, the desert accepted disciples, etc. The scenes reappeared in front of us. Although they were still a little immature, they were still the same.
Although these little actors are young, their performance skills are very good. Xichun said happily: "Brother, this is really good-looking. Isn't this the "The Legend of the Heroes of the Heroes" that you talked about? This is much better than those operas that only know how to sing. I will tell Sister Yun later." Jia Cong said. : "Well, it's indeed quite interesting. Ruyan, you have made a big step forward in opera. Now everyone is listening to operas, and in the future everyone will be watching operas, so we will pay more attention to the performance skills and the performance. The more real it is, the more popular it will be." Ruyan was very happy to hear the recognition from the two viewers, and this was also her hard work.
"I and the fourth girl think it looks good, so the slave family is relieved. Our efforts during this period have not been in vain. Listen to what I mean, won't our singing skills be useless in the future?" Jia Cong said: "Survival of the fittest is the survival of the fittest. The law of survival of nature is that when there are better things, who will use the bad ones? You should all understand this truth. Of course, these operas will not disappear, but there will be fewer people who like them, and they will gradually decline. In the future, this kind of stage play will become the mainstream, and it will no longer focus on singing. It will tend to be more about normal conversation and communication like us, and what we have experienced, such as the last trip to the sea, will be brought to the screen exactly as it is. Singing skills are also not as good. It’s not that it’s useless, it’s just separated out, just like the kind of lyrics in a brothel, which is mainly about singing, beautiful melodies, coupled with beautiful lyrics, either lingering, unrestrained, passionate, joyful, or sad , even more popular." Jia Cong's words made Ruyan startled.
Although I admire myself as a man and trust him very much, these words are still a bit hard to believe.
This man is undoubtedly excellent, but who knows what will happen in the future. Could it be that he could really predict the future?
"Master, how do you know about the future? Even if Miss Miaoyu can calculate, I'm afraid she can't calculate, right?" Xichun also opened his eyes wide, waiting for Jia Cong's answer.
Jia Cong smiled and said: "I have mentioned it just now, using survival of the fittest and survival of the fittest. These eight words are enough to explain it." Seeing that they still looked puzzled, Jia Cong said again: "Last time I fought on the canal, and you all saw the power of firearms. If I had a team all equipped with firearms, who would be my opponent in this world? Today's swords, guns, swords and halberds will soon be replaced by firearms. If If you continue to fight with swords and guns, it is like hitting an egg against a stone. The world of swords has become the past, and the future is the world of firearms. This is the survival of the fittest. With that said, you understand." The two nodded thoughtfully, I don’t know if I really understand it or if I pretend to understand it.
Ruyan asked: "Sir, is it true that only by continuous improvement can we avoid being eliminated?" Jia Cong smiled and said: "You finally understand. It is this truth that everyone likes good things and bad things. Everyone dislikes it. In fact, everyone understands it, but few people go into it." Ruyan smiled and said: "Thank you for your enlightenment. Now I really understand." Xichun said: "Brother, I understand too. Come on." Xichun returned to the garden and told the sisters about the stage play "The Legend of Shooting Point Heroes", and everyone became interested.
The next step is to organize a group to go to the theater. After watching it once, I repeatedly agreed to watch it twice before giving up.
Then, he called Mother Jia, Aunt Xue and others over and looked at it again. Old people such as Jia Mu and Aunt Xue are already accustomed to the old plays. They just find these stage plays a little novel and fresh, and they are not as fond as these young people.
On the other hand, people like Wang Xifeng who have never studied in school like it very much and understand it as soon as they hear it. It's not like those operas where you can hear them covered in clouds and mist.
When Ruyan had nothing to do, she would go to Xichun's yard and help her paint. Occasionally, Jia Cong would go too.
During this period, the poetry club held several more poetry gatherings. In addition to Xiang Ling, Lian Ruyan also joined the poetry club, and it became more lively as there were more people.
Jia Cong also participated every time, mainly just to join in the fun. Occasionally, when inspiration comes, one or two sentences will come out, or even a song will be copied, which makes everyone exclaim again and again.
Even Lin Daiyu said: "Brother Cong, you and Xiangling should learn poetry with me. I believe it won't be long before a great poet appears in the Jia family." Jia Cong was noncommittal about this. If he really wanted to copy it, he would do it in an instant. Poetry.
He doesn't have much time now. In addition to playing with his sisters, Jia Cong is also taking time to improve the steel refining process in the hope of producing more advanced firearms.
At the same time, we found several top craftsmen and established a trial production team for internal combustion engines. Based on the information and ideas provided by Jia Cong, experiments were conducted again and again in the hope of success as soon as possible.
With the internal combustion engine, there is a source of power. All kinds of mechanical equipment do not need to be located by the river. They are driven by water power, and their concealment is better.
At the same time, his warships will also have new power, which can save a lot of manpower and increase the sailing speed a lot.
Jia Cong has decided that no matter what happens in the future, maritime power will never give up. He plans to build a powerful fleet that can traverse the four seas, protect the mainland, and intimidate the barbarians.
Every six or seven days, Jia Cong would go to Zhuangzi to see the progress of various research and obtain first-hand information.
Sometimes I go alone, sometimes I take Lin Daiyu with me and spend a day playing in Zhuangzi.
On this day, the two of them had just returned from Zhuangzi and came to the inner courtyard of Ningguo Mansion. When the maids saw Jia Cong coming back, they all came forward to congratulate him.
"Congratulations to the Duke, congratulations to the Duke." This sudden congratulation made Jia Cong feel a little baffled. There must be some happy event, but why didn't he know about it?
He glanced at Lin Daiyu with some suspicion, and Lin Daiyu was also looking at him in confusion. Jia Cong asked: "Is there some happy event in the house?" The maid said: "It will be a great joy for me to return home. It's a great joy. You will definitely be happy when you know it."
"Oh, tell me, what kind of happy event is it? I'm confused." Jia Cong was also confused. He shouldn't not know about the happy event. Could it be that there was an imperial edict in the palace and he was promoted?
But this shouldn't be the case. Based on the intelligence analysis of Dai Quan and the Queen, Emperor Longqing would not use himself now. He wanted to leave himself to the next emperor to protect the safety of Chu.
The maid smiled and said, "My lord, Sister Yuanyang won't let me tell you. You can ask her later." After saying that, she turned around and ran away, fearing that Jia Cong would ask again.
Jia Cong was speechless. He was not at home, and this became a world dominated by mandarin ducks. He turned to Lin Daiyu and said, "I don't know what it is, and it's so mysterious." Lin Daiyu said, "It's not a reward from the palace, right?" Jia Cong shook his head and said, "Probably not. , the court will not use me in the short term, but I can accompany you well. It would be great if we got married." Lin Daiyu knew what Jia Cong meant, she couldn't help but blush slightly, and stared. Jia Cong glanced at him and said, "Bah, you actually want to do something beautiful." Jia Cong smiled and said, "It's a beautiful thing. Not only am I beautiful, but you are also very beautiful." Lin Daiyu blushed and patted Jia Cong, scolding her. Jia Cong said: "Brother Cong, can you stop talking nonsense outside and let people hear it? What does it look like?" Jia Cong begged for mercy: "Okay, let's not talk anymore. Let's talk quietly when no one is around." , let's go back and see what the happy event is. I'm a little curious." Lin Daiyu said: "Brother Cong, you really can't guess it?" Jia Cong said: "I can't guess it, you are so smart, otherwise you Guess for me?" Lin Daiyu said with a smile: "It's enough time to guess, why bother with all this effort." While the two were talking, they came to Jia Cong's room.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw everyone gathered here. Everyone was here, no one was missing, even Youshi and Qin Keqing were there.
When they saw the two people entering the door, everyone gathered around them and said congratulations.
"congratulations."
"Master, congratulations to you, I'm so happy."
"Uncle Cong, congratulations." Jia Cong said: "Stop, stop, stop congratulating me. I'm still confused. What kind of happy event is it? You have to let me know first. "Yuanyang, you don't want anyone to tell me, what do you want to do?" Yuanyang said with a smile: "Master, didn't I want to give you a surprise? This is a great event for our Ningguo Mansion. It's huge. Happy news, Ping'er is pregnant."
