According to the meaning of the fifth master and the fifth wife, their young son is mourned, and it is not a whole life, originally I didn't want to make a big deal, but the old lady of Songhetang felt sorry for her young son, not only the fifth wife was sad these days, but the fifth old man also decreased a lot.

In order to make her son and daughter-in-law happy, the old lady personally spoke, asking the eldest lady to spend money from the public middle school, specially organize the birthday banquet of the fifth master, and book the troupe in advance. The fifth old man didn't want to arouse the old lady's interest, so he posted to his colleagues and friends.

On the thirteenth day of June, the Yang Mansion ushered in a very lively send-off, and the banquet of course had to be placed in the outer courtyard of the Yang Mansion, but the inner courtyard was not quiet. The fifth master is the imperial history of the city patrol, and there are not many colleagues, but he is the first assistant, and the officials in the capital who have sharpened their heads and want to tie up the first assistant to be promoted to the official and take advantage of the officials, there are not a hundred but eighty. Even if you don't receive the invitation, you have the cheekiness to come to the door with gifts to congratulate you, the so-called reach out and don't hit the smiling person, everyone is coming, you can't kick people out again. These officials took their wives and children, and there were not a few people who took the ladies' route. So there was also a big banquet in the inner courtyard, and only a few wives were so busy that they couldn't even find the north.

Due to the unexpected number of people coming, the eldest lady lacked mental preparation, and the courtyard outside the hospital was a little busy for a while. Yulan and other sisters came early in the morning to celebrate the birthday of the fifth uncle, and they were also pulled by the eldest lady and the fifth lady to help welcome Mrs. and Miss Something.

There are more than a dozen tables in the inner courtyard, and the ladies are accompanied by the eldest wife, the second wife, and the fifth wife, and Yulan's table is all official ladies, including Ma Yunniang who met Ma Yunniang when he visited the Jinghai Marquis Mansion last time, and came to pay homage to the fifth master with his father and brother.

As a confidant of the Son of Heaven and a high-ranking official, the commander of Jinyiwei is not a big face. Naturally, he was invited to sit in the main hall of the outer courtyard, and Yulan had always wanted to meet the head of the Great Chu Special Service, and it seemed that it would be difficult to achieve it for a while.

The social circle of the family members of civil officials and the families of military generals is not very different, since the separation of the Marquis of Jinghai, this is the first time the two have met. Ma Yunniang was very happy to see Yulan, and pulled Yulan to say intimate words for a long time. Seeing that no one was paying attention to them nearby, Ma Yunniang leaned in and whispered, "Have you seen your cousin closely?" ”

Yulan just smiled: "I only met my second sister once on the day she got married, why, you still miss Cousin Minchun?" ”

Ma Yunniang smacked her and said, "You girl knows how to make fun of me!" His face flushed, and he suddenly said with some excitement, "I heard that he didn't get married to the three girls of Jiangxia Hou Mansion, and I don't know what kind of girl he wants?" ”

Yulan couldn't help but joke with her when she heard this: "Oh, then your chance is not coming, hurry up and call Master Ma to propose marriage, if this becomes you, won't you be my cousin-in-law!" ”

Ma Yunniang's face was blushing, and she raised her hand to hit her, "If you talk nonsense, see if I don't tear your mouth!" ”

Yulan hurriedly said: "Don't fight, don't fight!" ”

Ma Yunniang complained: "Why don't you know anything about your cousin? ”

Yulan said: "I don't want to marry him, I know what to do so much!" ”

The two were laughing, Yufei, Yuxin, Yuxia, Yuqing and a few girls came over to say hello, and the two quickly stopped the topic.

This meal has been eaten for more than an hour, Yulan was poured a few glasses of wine by Ma Yunniang halfway, and her head was a little dizzy, so she took Xiaoyue to the nearby garden to blow the wind and sober up.

There is a small lake in the garden, and several rockeries are made of strange stones nearby, and the stones under the willow trees sit down on the edge of Yulan Lake. But I don't know that behind the rockery is hidden a young man in a brocade robe and jade belt, he drank a few more glasses like a rain to sober up, walked here, and saw two little girls coming far away, at that time men and women were not kissed, he was not good to go out to meet, so he hid behind the rockery, ready to wait for the two Yulan master and servant to go back to the front yard.

The summer was scorching, there was no wind, and Yulan was sweating on his forehead. Xiaoyu fanned her, there was a moisture rushing by the lake, there was no one else, Yulan stretched comfortably, and said, "Rest here for a while, save me from going back Ma Yunniang's girl and forcing me to drink again." ”

The man couldn't help but grin bitterly.

Xiaoyue smiled: "I didn't expect that the horse girl was delicate and weak, but she was a good hand when she drank wine." I've been following the girl for so long, and it's the first time I've seen her eat like this. He laughed coquettishly.

Yulan scolded with a smile: "You dead girl who eats inside and out!" ”

Xiaoyue said: "But the troupe is about to start in a while, this time the eldest lady invited the famous Huizhou class of the Beijing Division, I heard that the Huizhou class is very difficult to invite, the opportunity is rare, don't you plan to listen to it?" "Xiaoyu is a drama fan, in fact, the ancient boudoir women lacked entertainment activities, and watching the drama was very important entertainment for large families, so the proportion of drama fans among the female dependents was very high.

Yulan couldn't appreciate this kind of ancient opera, she said: "If you like to watch it, you can go first, anyway, this place is not far from the flower hall, and I will go back by myself when I have rested enough." Those babbling things are noisy and noisy, I really don't know how you like it so much! ”

Xiaoyue was a little unconvinced when she heard this, "Is there anything more interesting in this world than listening to a play?" ”

The man behind the rockery was also a fan of the show, and he couldn't help nodding his head after hearing Xiaoyu's words.

Yulan said: "Naturally, there is, and there is more than the same!" "Xiaoyue is also an ancient person, how can she imagine the colorful entertainment activities of the future world.

Xiaoyue obviously didn't believe it, so she said, "That girl told me two things, so that I could also open my eyes." ”

Yulan thought that there was no one else nearby, and she didn't pay much attention to her personal girl, so she said: "It's okay to tell you a few things, such as opera, for example, drama, male and female groups, and a lot more, these things are much more interesting than watching a play." No matter which troupe it is, they only play back and forth, and of course they will get tired of listening to too much. And their tone is really unaccustomed to me! ”

She said it to the point, and even the man behind the rockery couldn't help but nod his head in acknowledgement.

Xiaoyue naturally asked her what opera is, what drama is, and what is group composition. Yulan explained concisely and concisely in a language that the ancients could understand. At this moment, Zi Xiaoyue and the man were all stupid.

Xiaoyue is nothing, but the man is well-informed, and his knowledge is a hundred times higher than that of Xiaoyue, he carefully thinks about the manifestations that Yulan said, and only feels that the more he thinks about it, the more he feels that it is infinitely useful, if it is according to what Yulan said, he really makes a repertory troupe and a musical troupe, and he is sure to be able to become an instant hit.

The man couldn't help but be curious, just now he was in a hurry, he didn't see Yulan's appearance clearly, he only felt that this little girl's voice was like a yellow warbler out of the valley, it was very good, and she was not very old when she heard the voice, how could there be so many whimsical ideas.

Xiaoyue said: "Girl, you said this, I was confused, and I haven't heard any drama?" ”

Yulan coughed and said, "If you don't have it now, it doesn't mean you won't have it in the future!" I don't know if I'll ever have the opportunity to see this in my lifetime......"

Xiaoyue scratched her head, she only understood a small part of it after listening to it for a long time, and couldn't help laughing: "Our seven girls are just different, no wonder other girls read the script, you love to read food and goods." ”

Yulan smiled: "The food and goods are much more interesting than those words. There are a lot of truths in it, depending on how you read it. It may be that after drinking, Yulan was very interested, and she said: "To give you an example, at the beginning of the founding of my Great Chu, the exchange price of silver rice was one or two silver to buy one stone of rice, and today the price of rice has become one or two eight dollars of silver and one stone of rice, this matter looks simple, but it contains a lot of information. ”

Xiaoyue couldn't help asking, "What information can this have?" I just know that food is expensive! ”

Yulan explained: "I have gone through three generations of Dachu, and although I am committed to encouraging reclamation, I have checked the food and commodity records, and the grain production has increased, but the increase is not large. There is only one reason why the price of grain has risen so much, and that is that there is more silver circulating in the market. ”

Yulan briefly explained inflation to Xiaoyue, and then threw out another point of view, "The silver mines in my Dachu are limited, and it is impossible to mine so much silver in just a few decades, not to mention that the silver mines belong to the government, I have checked the output, and there is not much at all." So I concluded that the silver must have come from overseas. ”

Xiaoyue was already a little dizzy: "Overseas inflow? ”

Yulan nodded: "A very important policy of my Dachu is the sea ban!" When the sea is forbidden, how does the silver flow in? Then there is only one conclusion: smuggling is rampant in the coastal zone! ”

Xiaoyue didn't seem to understand it, but the man behind the rockery was shocked for a while when he saw her accurately deduce such a conclusion from a simple market phenomenon. He has an extremely large intelligence network in his hands, and of course he knows that Dao Yulan is not bad at all.

In recent years, the imperial court has repeatedly issued edicts to prohibit the sea, but the huge profits of overseas trade have made countless people take risks. The collusion between officials and businessmen in the coastal provinces led to rampant smuggling trade, and a large amount of silver flowed into Dachu every year, resulting in the price of silver falling year by year.

Even he only saw this phenomenon, but he never connected the rise in food prices with overseas smuggling. Combined with her evaluation of opera just now, this young woman is much more profound than that of erudition.

The man couldn't help but have a strong curiosity. He was a person who despised etiquette, so he didn't hesitate at this time, turned out from behind the rockery, hugged his fists and said: "The girl is really a god!" Under admiration, admiration, admiration! ”