Zhou Dongtian admitted that this inference was not bad, but it was of no use to them. The inference was based on 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. One 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 passed by just now?"
Judging from Zhao Yiggong's personal situation, Zhang Dai is quite consistent. But Zhao Yiggong denied his guess. He had read "Tao An Meng Yi" and remembered that Zhang Dai's name was "Zongzi" and his nickname was Tao An, Tiansun.
Die'an layman, etc., but there is no Longmian 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 fleeting glimpse."
Zhou Dongtian sneered, "It's pointless to know so much. Anyway, the ground will be clean as soon as the cannon washes it. Why do you care about so many fireworks and cannons?"
A few people continued to watch on the platform for a while, and after the fresh energy had worn off, they returned to the cabin. Merlin was no longer so restrained, and was talking to Meiyan'er about the Buddhist statues of "Tian San Zhu" - this was about what he had done for many years.
I heard a little bit about it in the elective class when I was studying in school. Not only did Meiyaner listen carefully, but she was also able to speak a few words to each other. Zhao Yingong was secretly surprised; the high-end prostitutes in this time and space are indeed a bit low-level. No wonder she is training
Yu Eshui said in the 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 out the banquet, she asked the distinguished guest what kind of wine he wanted to drink.
"I have a rare and good wine here, and I asked someone to get it. Do you gentlemen want to have a taste?"
Zhao Yingong saw that four exquisite table plates had been laid out on the table, and he immediately smiled and said, "Oh? What kind of good wine is so rare? Is it so difficult to get it in this most beautiful place in the south of the Yangtze River?"
"It comes from Guangli. It is said that foreigners make good wine." Meiniang 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?
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At this point, Zhao Yingong already understood that it must be the "si wine" brewed by Guo Yi. Unexpectedly, this prostitute on the West Lake could actually get the unparalleled national scholar! This wine is very difficult to get even in Guangzhou - Guo Yi originally
It is engaged in "hungry sales", taking the high-end gift route, and the output is very small. After the winery in Guangzhou Station was destroyed last year, it has just recovered and the output is even lower.
He immediately said, "Guo Shi Wushuang's temperament is too strong. It's hot now, so it's better to use some lighter Shaoxing wine."
Mei Niang smiled and said, "Okay, there is still a bottle of fine Lanling wine in the slave house. 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 guests.
Socializing is all-round.
Eight kinds of exquisite cold dishes for drinking and drinking were brought to the table, four meat and four vegetables. Snow-white glutinous rice and lotus root, bright red Jinhua tui, yellow chicken pine, and bright red watermelon cake...it looked pleasing to the eye.
The wine was boiled and he immediately drank and ordered. He also listened to Meiyan'er singing a few songs. Her words were refined and her southern accent was elegant. Everyone except Zhao Yingong didn't understand what they heard. They just thought the music was good and praised it randomly.
sentence.
The boat Zhang Dai was on 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 quite influential in the society and knew that he loved fun, played with toys, and was interested in new things.
He was very interested, so he changed his original plan and tried to win over Zhang Dai in Hangzhou first.
Fortunately, Zhang Dai is not a cold and arrogant scholar. He is quite free and easy in his daily life and is easy to make friends with. Wu Zhixiang did not put much effort into being introduced by an acquaintance and presented eight pots of Dutch tulips, rare "foreign flowers", that he had brought all the way from Guangzhou to Guangzhou.
"I liked Zhang Dai very much. He saw that the other party often came to visit him and respected him a lot. In addition, Wu Zhixiang was also very talkative and brought many anecdotes about Guangdong, especially the recent popular "Australian products".
As a result, he gradually became warm to this new friend. As time went by, the two of them 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 were stretching under the clear early summer sunshine.
The colorful petals exuded bursts of floral fragrance and drifted to the banquet with the warm breeze. Several friends had already watched and admired them once - no one present was amazed at the gorgeous color of this exotic flower. They were sitting on the floor today.
The boat went out to tour 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 scenery.
flower.
At this time, the banquet table carefully cooked by the master chefs in Zhang's mansion was half ruined. The servant girl was cleaning up and laying out the 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, "The big red and big yellow are bright and eye-catching, and they are independent. 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 "vulgarity", "elegant beauty", "positive beauty", "coquettishness", etc.
Waiting for his own invention of Pinhua Tiao Tiao.
"I think your words are biased. There are various types of flowers, but they are just natural. There is no need to determine whether they are high or low." The speaker was Sun Chun, an ordinary Confucian scholar with an unspectacular appearance.
Although his appearance is not impressive, he is a key member of the society.
"This is wrong"
Two people argued about this.
When he got up, Zhang Dai's face already showed a look of boredom. 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.
Finally, 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 calmed down the debate. After that, they changed the topic from the tulips in front of them to "foreign goods."
superior.
"Speaking of this Western thing, it's not 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, so 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 had just commented on the tulips. His name was Wen Huai, and he was born in Jiaxing Prefecture.
"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. You have to come by boat.
How many can I bring here? Where can I find them in my spare time?"
From the telescope, we talked about the recently popular Australian products. Wu Zhixiang came from Guangzhou and brought a lot of "Australian products". Recently, we often talk about the various novelties of Australians, and are obsessed with rich children like Zhang Dai.
He said that ordinary foreign goods are no longer rare, but the few "Australian goods" Wu Zhixiang brought out opened his eyes and made him very interested in Australians.
Wu Zhixiang then talked about the ins and outs of "Australians", their enjoyment of taking medicine and various novelties, which attracted several people to listen in rapt attention. Although they did not fully believe what Wu Zhixiang said, the various novelties of Australians
They had seen the goods before, so they were full of curiosity about this "Australia" that suddenly appeared.
"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, kept beautiful maids, and fried agarwood - it was just 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 so ingenious and ingenious that it was beyond anyone's reach.
."
Now he talked about the water pipes, valves, water supply machinery and water storage towers one by one. Wu Zhixiang was very curious about the various facilities of Ziming Building, and had been asking Pei Lixiu in the past. Ziming Building was sealed
After that, he paid off the yamen guard, and went in to look around Ziming upstairs and downstairs, inside and out. Now he was talking clearly.
Zhang Dai was amused 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 scene!" He then shook his head, "If the journey hadn't been too much,
Lao Dun, even my brother wants to see all the wonders of this Australian."
"What's wrong with this?" Wu Zhixiang was currently working hard 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 are now Qiweizhan, making it more convenient to take a sedan or a boat than in the past."
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 use 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.”!