"Xiao Er, what are the characteristics of this place in Zhejiang, let's hear about it?"

In front of the silver, Xiao Er was full of energy, and even chatted about the ten scenes of Qiantang. Chen Kai nodded while listening with relish, and then asked about some other prefectures and counties, such as Shaoxing, Ningbo, Quzhou, and Jinhua......

"In Jinhua place, the guest officer forgives his sins, and the villain doesn't know much. Earlier, I heard a few interesting words from Jinhua merchants. ”

"Oh? Let's hear about it over there. ”

"The villain doesn't remember very clearly, but a few of them, such as Jinhua's bluff, Yiwu's fist, Wuyi's taro, Lanxi's port, still have some impressions."

Jinhua County is a mansion in Jinhua, which is a thousand-year-old prefecture, and the locals regard themselves as superior; The local people of Yiwu are fierce, and there are strong soldiers like the Qi family's army, and the word fist is as the name suggests; Wuyi County does not just refer to the abundance of taro here, but it is said that the local area is famous for serious farming, and the description has the meaning of three-point wood; And Nalan River, located at the confluence of Qujiang River and Wujiang River, confluence from there is the Lanjiang River, down the river, through Yanzhou Mansion is Hangzhou, is the water point of Hangjia Lake into the Jinqu area, so the wharf is famous for many.

"It does mean something."

Next, after continuing to talk a few words, Chen Kai waved away Xiao Er, and then called Kuang Lu, Cai Qiao and others to talk secretly.

"Dao Sect Master, notify the past, and continue to inquire about the whereabouts of that person. However, there is no need to force it. ”

"Humble duty understands."

"Zhan Ruo, you don't have to continue to investigate, in the past few days, you have interacted more with those scholars who have entered and exited the Temple of Literature, and getting acquainted with each other is the most important thing."

"Well, it's all as it says."

"As for me, I'm going to start preparing the ship for us to leave here tomorrow. However, this time, we will only take the boat of the Lanxi people......"

The next day, Chen Kai left the inn early in the morning. With a few people, I went all the way south and went straight to the pier in the south of the city. The city of Hangzhou is an irregular rectangle, long from south to north, short from east to west, in the shape of a long strip, of which the north side is wider, and the south side reaches the Qiantang River.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the Qiantang River, one north and one south, stand far away. Chen Kai arrived early, so he casually asked someone, and chatted with the owner of the boat from Yilanxi.

"In a few days, I'm going to take a boat to Quzhou. However, I still have to continue to visit friends recently, so I have agreed to get on the ship in Fuyang. ”

Fuyang County is in the southwest of Hangzhou, upstream of the Qiantang River. The owner didn't ask much, but there was a tacit understanding with each other, and that's it. As for the fixed money or something, Chen Kai has not yet determined when he will leave, and he will have to wait until the date of the trip is determined before coming and paying.

"By the way, Your Excellency is a native of Lanxi, do you know that Li Xian, a talented son of Lanxi, is his person?"

"It's hard to say anything after Shen Lang goes, how can you not know that the maid is the head of the star?"

At the mention of this person, the owner of the ship is quite proud. It is normal to come here, Lanxi is famous for fishing, shipping and other industries related to the confluence of the river. In Jinhua Mansion, compared to the city, Dongyang and other counties, Lanxi is not very conspicuous in the name of the text, until a few years ago there was a talented Li Xianlu, in the Eight Wing Lou since the Southern Song Dynasty Li Qing inscribed "Yong Eight Wing Lou" no one dared to chant poems to make this couplet, Lanxi literary affairs in the limelight can be regarded as having a name to compete with other counties.

This is a well-known contemporary scholar, one of the leading local scribes, and the owner of the ship knows everything he has to say. Soon, such as the vision of Li Xianlu when he was born, Xiangshi's words about Wenqu Xing's descent to the earth, being different since he was a child, and being famous when he grew up, and so on, poured out, for fear that Chen Kai would think that he was exaggerating.

There is a local celebrity, which is something that can only be boasted about, and it is nothing like it in ancient and modern China and abroad. It's just that in the end, the owner of the ship still seems to be a little regretful, because since it was the massacre of Jinhua, that Lanxi genius simply did not participate in the imperial examination. Otherwise, according to his view, it is not unthinkable to win the top prize in the examination.

"Yes, that Li Shilang, but now he doesn't call this name, he changed his name to fish, which seems to have some meaning of playing the world."

After talking for a long time, it seems that the owner of this ship was also enlightened in his early years, but it was limited to enlightenment and did not go deeper. When Chen Kai heard this, he complimented him, and asked the man: "Come to think of it, Your Excellency and Li Xianlu, well, and Li Yu, are you acquainted?" ”

"I don't dare to know each other, he took my boat when he came to Hangzhou."

"That's a blessing." Nodding, Chen Kai changed his words and immediately asked, "Can you recommend one or two on your behalf?" ”

"Why not, it's just that he's been busy with family affairs lately, and it doesn't matter if he sees it or not."

Li Yu, originally known as Xianlu, later changed his name to Yu, the word Qi Fan, and the number Liweng. He was a writer, dramatist, drama theorist, and aesthete in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. He has accumulated rich experience in opera creation and performance for a long time, and has put forward a relatively complete drama theory system, which has been praised by later generations as "the ancestor of Chinese drama theory", "the master of world comedy", and "Oriental Shakespeare".

Since listening to the lyrics of "The Peony Pavilion" outside the hospital, Chen Kaidang even thought of this person, because it won't take long for this person to become well-known in the streets, and his works such as "Ten Kinds of Songs", "Idle Courtyard Occasional Mail" and "***" have received excellent responses since their birth, until later generations. And now, this person seems to be still scratching his head for the debt he owes for the lawsuit in his hometown.

"Your Excellency only needs to be introduced, whether you succeed or not, you must have a heart, and you hope to accept it."

It doesn't matter if you want it or not, the owner of the ship is very happy that a foreigner like Chen Kai can have such admiration for the talented man in his hometown. What's more, judging from the owner's eyesight, Chen Kai seems to be a wealthy businessman with some courage, if Chen Kai and Li Yu have a good relationship, giving some goods will just alleviate Li Yu's current economic predicament. For him, being able to thread it is also a friendship between the two, and it may benefit him in the future.

Thinking of this, the owner of the boat said that he would do it, and even took Chen Kai and his party to find Li Yu. Li Yu's home is not far from here, but it is not close. Fortunately, in this era, the villagers see the villagers, and they still belong to the kind of teary-eyed people, and the fellow villagers are very grouped in different places, and many foreigners in the same place will have some contact with each other.

Near lunchtime, I arrived at Li's house, which was an inconspicuous courtyard, with the four characters of martial arts and small buildings written on it, but it was also a little elegant. But looking at the surroundings, there are civilians in coarse linen clothes who come and go, how can they imagine that this will be the residence of a talented man who has already become famous.

When I knocked on the door, there was a woman in her forties, who at first glance looked very poor. Chen Kai expressed his intention, and the woman hurriedly invited Chen Kai and others in, and hurriedly returned to the room. In less than a moment, a middle-aged man in his forties, also in his forties, walked out and bowed his hand, polite to the person who came to visit.

This person is Li Yu, a playwright who only started writing plays for a living at the age of 40, but was able to produce one to three works a year in the next fifteen years, and became a hot dramatist.

When they first met, Chen Kai didn't plan to talk too much, but they just talked for a while, and I don't know where they heard a bowel sound, and seeing Li Yu's embarrassed face, he called Cai Qiao over.

"Find a decent restaurant around and buy a few tables of wine and food that you can eat."