Chapter 9: Poetry Club (Part II)
"Why don't you go over?" Xu Chen casually grabbed a small fruit with an unnamed name and threw it into his mouth, chewed it over and over again, raised his finger and pointed, and joked at Lu Hao.
"What are you kidding? I need to be like them?" Lu Hao pursed his lips, with a hint of disdain like looking down on all beings, patted his arms, and said proudly: "I have goods here!"
"That's my ......," Xu Chen gave him a blank look.
"When it comes to my hands, it's naturally mine!" Lu Hao's face did not change, and he said as a matter of course.
"Big brother, if you want to, you can write it again!"
"You should be a good poet and a cabbage?"
"Could it be...... Isn't it?"
“……”
After raising the bar for a few words, Lu Hao pointed to the Oiran surrounded by everyone not far away and said: "Qingqi people like them, the more famous they are, the more they carry around, the more you get up, the more she doesn't take you seriously, it's not just a joke, it's either fame or fortune, give her a few good poems to hold her famous, and a lot of gold and silver will be smashed down, this is a real benefit, I don't lack either, are you afraid that she won't come up?"
"Okay!
"It's still done! The industry is good at diligence and frolic, and the success is in thinking and ruining. This thing is broad and profound, you can learn from it, don't copy it......"
The flower hall was lively, and in a room on the next floor, Qian Jingwen, the contemporary head of the Qian family in Yangzhou, was quietly drinking tea at the moment, and Qian Hong was bowing down and talking.
"The head of the family, most of the land near Tangshan Wharf is in the hands of the second room of the Lu family, and there are some in the hands of the big house, but not much, and it is far from the water......
"Lu Wengui, the son of the second room, will also come tonight, in the eyes of their Lu family, the piece of Tangshan is just a piece of land after all, and it shouldn't be a big problem to spend some money to take it down......"
"But the big house of the Lu family heard that they have been inquiring about sea ships and sailors recently, and I don't know if they want to get involved......
Qian Jingwen listened quietly and said lightly: "Don't worry about him, if he really wants to eat this bowl of rice, take him for a ride, if he can't take it, it's okay to take a step back and cooperate with the two families." ”
"That's good!" Qian Hong nodded, and asked again: "On the Wu family's side, how is the head of the family going to talk?"
"The left and right are just giving away some benefits, and the Wu family has suffered a lot of losses in the past year, as long as you are willing to sit down and talk, you can always negotiate!"
When Yangzhou fell, the Qian family gave half of the family wealth to the rebels, and originally expected to sell it at a price when the official army besieged the city, but they didn't expect that the rebels had no intention of defending Yangzhou at all.
Coupled with the chaos that lasted for more than a year, the maritime trade was interrupted, and the decline of the Qian family has not been reversed. Although most of the maritime merchants in the southeast are in the same situation, the Qian family was the first of these maritime merchants in Yangzhou before, and the stalls are too big, from the source of goods to the ships, from the route to the sailors, and now every link has more or less problems. As the head of the family, Qian Jingwen can only go to various places in person, trying his best to maintain the original situation, as long as this first batch of goods can go out smoothly and come back smoothly, all the crises of the Qian family will be solved.
This time I came to Pinghu, in addition to stabilizing the Wu family, my former ally, but another purpose was to come to Tangshan Wharf.
After this difficulty, it will take at least half a year to a year for Yangzhou to completely restore its previous grand situation. Yangzhou is in ruins, the original forces have been reshuffled, and there is a large blank, so how can no one peep into it? Among them, no one can predict what kind of secret war will break out around this piece of fat in Yangzhou. What is certain is that there will be a bloody battle, not to mention anything else, that is, the seven sects and five surnames who were defeated from Yangzhou at the beginning will not be willing to fail.
It is said that the position of Yangzhou Taishou, as early as when the rebels withdrew from Yangzhou, the imperial court should have sent people, but at the beginning, with the reason that the war situation was undecided, Yangzhou City has actually been under the control of the military, and there are not only people from the Jiangmen family, but also the shadow of the prince's family.
The Qian family now has no mind or ability to mix these things, in addition to maintaining the existing situation, the Qian family does not plan to compete for anything, in order to restore the waterway as soon as possible, the Qian family is even preparing to open a new return port near Yangzhou.
Tangshan Wharf is located in Hangzhou Bay, which is a natural harbor and close to Yangzhou. The most important thing is that the power in Pinghu is relatively simple, and it only needs to deal with the Lu family.
This time, the so-called poetry meeting is just a beginning, it can be regarded as a program for several companies to chat about when they meet, of course, for talents, the Qian family is also very needed at this time, but it is not a literati who writes poetry, but people who can do practical things.
As for the Oiran Qilan girl, it was just a courtesan that the Qian family piled up with money, and when Yangzhou fell, this Qilan girl was taken back to the ancestral house by the Qian family, so she was saved from death. It's not a noble reason to say, the Qian family has spent a lot of money on this woman before and after, and now they have no profits, so they naturally don't want to see her being harmed by the rebels. When there is a real need, how much freedom can a prostitute have?
Talented and beautiful women or something, that's the story in the legendary book, just take a look, just don't take it seriously.
It is precisely because she has a very clear understanding of her own destiny, whether it is in Yangzhou or in this small Jiaxing, Qilan, who has always been the focus of the banquet, has always had a shallow smile, both reserved and not alienated.
The current situation of the Qian family, Qilan knows a little bit, when she learned that Qian Jingwen had not yet married a wife, she didn't have a little idea in her heart, the wife couldn't look forward to it, but a concubine could be expected. It's just that after the upheaval in his own family, Qian Jingwen, who was originally not very concerned about the affairs of men and women, now has no idea in this regard, although the Oiran girl has used all kinds of means, when she arrives at Qian Jingwen, it can only be the intention of the goddess, and King Xiang has no intention.
This time I came to this small place in Jiaxing, but the head of the family deliberately brought himself, and Qilan knew that it should be time for her to return to the Qian family.
Of course, the person who is worthy of his own shot is definitely not these so-called talents like flies in front of him, in Qilan's own opinion, or a certain son of the Lu family or the Wu family should be his final destination.
I hope I can meet someone with a better temper......
This is the last expectation of happiness in the heart of the Oiran girl, who is now surrounded by the stars and the moon.
When the scene was almost warmed up, the Qian family, as the organizer, finally showed his origin.
Qian Jingwen doesn't like this kind of occasion very much, and as the head of the Qian family, he really doesn't need to come forward in person to entertain the sons of the other two families. The meaning that should be conveyed should be conveyed appropriately, and when it comes to specific negotiations, Qian Jingwen still has to talk to their head of the house.
Qian Jingwen, who was young but had already been steady, came forward to say a few polite words, and everything was handed over to Qian Hong.
After the great changes, the original Jiangdong genius has long since faded from arrogance and youthfulness, and has become more sophisticated and sleek.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here today, meeting friends with poetry and writing, you are learning from each other, so as to stop at the point, don't hurt the harmony!"
Poetry is naturally not really easy to come by, this poetry meeting did not promote much in advance, most people are not prepared, at most the previous inventory modification and modification will be taken out.
Fortunately, the subject matter is not limited, otherwise these country talents who don't have much ink in their stomachs may really be cold.
It's just winter, chanting some lotus, chrysanthemums and other scenes is somewhat indescribable, but fortunately, half a bucket of water is shaking, and the crow falls on the pig, and no one is black.
Qian Jingwen left for a while, and when he came back, he was followed by Lu Wengui and another young man in brocade, who must be the son of the Wu family.
In terms of poetry, Lu Wengui does not have much attainment, at most he only understands, and it is not difficult to pile up a poem with a neat appearance, but the actual meaning is much worse, and the artistic conception is even more half-pointed.
For this reason, Lu Wengui is also quite self-aware, even if these people who came tonight are not very talented, but they didn't come out to show ugliness. The purpose of Lu Wengui's coming here tonight is mostly for Qilan, the Yangzhou Oiran.
After he sat down next to Qian Jingwen, a pair of eyes were fixed on Miss Qilan, from top to bottom, and then from bottom to top.
"It's really a stunner! A big place is a big place, and it's really not something that these vulgar fans can compare! It seems that I have to let my dad have some blood when I go back, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to take this girl......"
It is impossible for anyone to be happy when they are looked at like this, but thinking of each other's identities, Qilan, who is an Oiran, can only smile to herself.
These poems in the field, Xu Chen is naturally not rare to listen to, those famous poems that can be sung for thousands of years, Xu Chen has heard a lot, although he can't write them, but people who are used to eating delicious food will force themselves to eat those things that pigs don't want to touch because they are not cooks?
Xu Chen, who didn't put his mind on this, actually kept looking around.
He deliberately followed Haifeng after he saw him enter the Yixiao Building, and since Haifeng came in, he naturally didn't come for the poetry meeting. Yesterday outside the gate of the Lu family's compound, Xu Chen guessed that this person should have a trick, and after going to the small temple in the west of the city, he saw that he had even settled down with his old mother, so it was naturally impossible for him to stop fighting.
The reason why Xu Chen was interested in such a person as Haifeng, in addition to that justice, was more curious about how this person could defeat the strong with the weak and do this almost impossible thing.
Xu Chen knew a little about the Lu family's forces, but it was unlikely that he would be defeated by an ordinary head catcher just because of what he had already learned.
After all, the woman who died was not killed by Lu Wengui, and such a thing as rape and adultery is really not uncommon for famous families, not to mention that with the Lu family's reputation and prestige in Pinghu, it is unlikely that there will be a boiling of public resentment.
So in the absence of external force, how should Haifeng, a small head catcher, take down Lu Wengui, a wealthy son?