"How much money will this cost?"

Walking into the peach grove and passing through the peach grove, there are well-arranged pavilions, pavilions, and pavilions. There are also carefully trimmed gardens and nurseries, as well as rockery lotus ponds, and there are corridors with carved railings and painted buildings on the lotus ponds.

There were people pruning the peach trees in the peach grove, weeding and fertilizing in the garden, the roads everywhere were swept clean, and the buildings passing by were also spotlessly clean.

Compared with Peach Blossom Villa at the foot of Peach Blossom Mountain, this place is larger and more elegant.

Li Chenan was very impressed, thinking that this villa was many times better than the villa he was proud of in his previous life.

"The merchants are not short of money."

"Why?"

"First, the merchant belongs to a prominent family in the south of the Yangtze River. His ancestral home is Pingjiang in the south of the Yangtze River, and his family runs a silk business."

"Secondly...the merchants charge a very high price for composing music."

"How expensive is it?"

"A song worth a fortune!"

"..."

That is indeed expensive!

"If a good poem wants to be sung all over the world, it must either be so good that it can be included in the "Ning Shi Ci Collection", or it needs to be set to an excellent song and sung in brothels."

"Don't underestimate places like brothels. After all, those who can go to brothels are rich people."

"These rich people can basically read and write, but they tend to be half-full, and they prefer to be arty."

"Once they have good lyrics and music, they will be proud to show it off, especially the music of merchants, which can become their bragging capital."

"This is why Shang's music is so expensive. Of course, there are exceptions. If the lyrics are really good, Shang's are even willing to compose music for free."

"For example, he didn't take any money from your song "Die Lian Hua"."

This business is pretty good and doesn't rip off the poor.

The three of them were walking along the way, and when they reached a lotus pond, they saw a pretty woman coming towards them.

She stood in front of the three of them, said a long blessing, and asked softly: "May I ask if the head of the family invites you to join us?"

Li Chenan shook his head: "I heard the name of Mr. Shang, so I came here to visit you. It's a bit abrupt. I asked the girl to inform Mr. Shang."

The girl frowned slightly, because the master of the house liked to be quiet and didn't like to entertain guests.

If you are not invited by the head of the house, you will usually not be received by the head of the house.

But tomorrow we will hold the Dragon Boat Festival Literary Festival here, and I think these two young men should be students participating in the cultural festival.

Then go and report it to the head of the family.

"Dare you ask me your surname?"

"My Excellency Li Chenan, this is Mr. Su Muxin."

Obviously the girl had never heard of Li Chenan, because she looked at Su Muxin in a blink of an eye, and there was even a little surprise on her face:

"Master Su? Master Su, the leader of the four most talented men in Kyoto?"

Li Chenan was a little embarrassed, this guy is really famous!

"It's down there."

"Master Su, wait a moment, I'm going to report it to the head of the family!"

The girl turned around and left happily. Su Muxin looked at Li Chenan and smiled proudly: "So, fame is still very important!"

"You idiot! No matter how famous you are, you are still not the first shopkeeper of my tavern!"

Su Muxin's whole body felt bad.

He glared at Li Chenan, "Do you think I am willing?"

"If you are stubborn again! If you are stubborn again, call me Junior Uncle!"

"..."

Su Muxin shut up, took a deep breath, and looked at the lotus pond to calm his extremely uncomfortable mood.

The three of them were waiting silently. The girl ran into a waterside pavilion in the backyard, saluted Shang Yi who was burning incense, and said happily: "Master, there are three people outside who want to see you."

Shang Di held a stick of sandalwood in his hand and circled it in the air before carefully inserting it into the exquisite incense burner on the table. "I won't see any guests today, let them go back."

"...Master, those two young men, one is Su Muxin from Kyoto, and the other is called Li Chenan."

Shang Di raised his eyes and looked at the maid, with a hint of doubt in his eyes. The girl thought that the name Su Muxin had impressed the head of the family, but she didn't expect that Shang Di was stunned because of the name Li Chenan.

"You said... there is a young man named Li Chenan?"

"Yes, he said his name is Li Chenan."

Shang Di thought for a moment and said, "Qiu Ju, go and invite them in. Chunlan, get me the jar of Mao Feng and make a pot of tea for the guests."

"Slave, you obey!"

Qiu Ju turned around and left the waterside pavilion, feeling a little weird in her heart, because the head of the house changed his mind not because of Mr. Su Muxin, but because of the little-known young man named Li Chenan.

Why is this?

So is there something special about Li Chenan?

She came to the lotus pond in the front yard again, and this time took a closer look at Li Chenan.

Apart from being born quite well, there seems to be nothing special about this young man.

She looked at Su Muxin again, thinking that Mr. Su was better looking, and his literary aura was also richer.

As for Wu Xichen behind the two of them, he was wearing a bamboo hat, carrying a sword on his back, and was dressed as a warrior. She thought he was the guardian of a certain young master's family.

"The master of the house has invited three servants to go to Tinglan Waterside Pavilion."

…

…

The so-called tinglan refers to the beautiful flowers blooming by the water, and also describes a person's character as noble as an orchid.

It was a small lake.

Tinglan Waterside Pavilion is built on that lake, connected to the shore by a corridor.

There are many peach trees planted on the shore, and a lot of orchids are also planted among the peach trees.

The spring orchids have faded, the cymbidiums are blooming just right, and the jianlans are already in bud.

There is a faint smell of orchids in the air.

This businessman is a very particular person!

Traveling all the way from the island to here is enough to show the merchant's high taste.

So what is this person like?

When the three of them stepped into the Tinglan Water Pavilion, Li Chenan saw the old man who was slightly thin but energetic standing inside.

He was wearing plain linen clothes.

Has a head of gray hair.

The two eyebrows are also gray, and some of them are very long.

He is the only old man here, presumably one of the Shang Di Shang family.

But at this moment, Shang Di only glanced at the faces of Li Chenan and Su Muxin, and his eyes fell on Wu Xichen's face.

He showed a smile and shook his head: "I haven't seen you for sixteen years, and I thought you were dead."

Wu Xichen took off his bamboo hat and casually threw it on a desk.

"You're not dead yet, how can I dare to die? But I have chosen the cemetery on Peach Blossom Mountain."

"Well, I have also chosen the cemetery on Peach Blossom Island."

Saying this, Shang Di looked at Li Chenan and Su Muxin again, "Which one of you is Li Chenan?"

Only then did Li Chenan realize that the master and the merchant were so familiar with each other. If he had known this, he would have asked the master to take action, wouldn't it have been settled?

He bowed his hand and said:

"This junior is Li Chenan!"

Shang Di's eyes fell on Li Chenan's face, and after a moment he nodded: "Old Man Hua said you are the most talented young man he has ever seen!"

"I have also seen the song "Butterfly Loves Flowers" written by you."

"very good!"

"Please sit down!"

"Chunlan, serve tea!"


Chapter completed!