The fine points called by Wuyun Pavilion have goose fat, pepper and salt, and the price is not low, ranging from 140 to 200 wen a piece. Shuanghonglou's own baked cakes also have sugar fillings and meat fillings, and the salt merchant Shen Sanguan is rich and rich, and ordered the store to come to three portions and collect all the orders.

Jia Cong tasted it carefully, it was delicious and delicious, Jia Lian completely let go to eat and drink, took off his cloak, Shuanghong Building was luxurious and beautiful, and the seat screen was separated into a private room, Jia Lian raised his head and said: "Why don't you play music?" ”

"Master Tongzhi and Jia Xiaoxianggong, please use it slowly, Miss Caiwei will come here." Shen Sanguan had a triangular face, a pointed chin, wearing a cloth shirt, his hair was tied up, and the merchant was not allowed to wear silk on his face, so he turned around and urged: "It's been a long time, why can't she come?" Can't I invite you for 3,000 taels? ”

Na Sui said in a low voice: "Master, Miss Caiwei is arrogant, Yangzhou thin horses are all this virtue, she didn't want to come, the little ones threatened the name of the prince of the capital, so they dressed up, but they didn't care much...... It's almost ......"

Shen Sanguan's expression was gloomy, just a fireworks woman, and she looked down on us businessmen! Cheap! Turning his head and laughing, he said: "Slow use, slow use, this girl is a famous thin horse, it is difficult to invite some ......"

"It doesn't matter." Jia Lian smiled and didn't criticize him, Jia Cong looked like a good child watching from the sidelines, and after a while, his entourage came to his ears again, Shen Sanguan's face looked better, he raised his hands and clapped, and the sound of the silk and bamboo orchestra behind the screen suddenly rose, and suddenly sang a song tune with a Jianghuai accent:

"Listening to the first shift, the drum is beating, and my heart is annoyed.

I thought about it at the beginning, what a luxury it was to have a night banquet.

Lamb in, wine poured, sheng song noisy.

Now in the lonely and deserted store, I have to get drunk village mash. ”

Ancient Chinese opera is divided into nine palaces in the north and south, with seven tones of palace, Shang, horn, sign, feather, change sign, and change palace with twelve rhythms, and get eighty-four palace tunes, the north and south are divided, and the north and south are divided into one palace, and the south is not limited to the palace rhyme, and the flexibility is large, but the timbre of the same flute and piano sound requires the same or the same.

The guqin is also divided into seven strings, this woman's tone is very good, the timbre of the dubbing is very different from the Jingshi Tianqiao, softer and more charming, this song "Hanging Branches" is sung sadly and resentfully.

“…… I want to sleep in the beginning, and the brocade silk ......

Thinking about the beginning, who is disrespectful?

Jiuqing is called a junior, and the prime minister is a private minister.

Now the trend is declining, scattered like floating grass!

Thinking about it, in that day, the python was facing the sky......

The sound of chickens is in the month, and the moon shadow is the smoke of the grass bridge.

It's really a long distance, and I look at it and go back to the distance......."

Three sighs, one go and three brushes, this song "Hanging Branches" sang in tears, Shen Sanguan's anger also disappeared, but he did not forget the purpose: "Lord Tongzhi went south this time, and it was not easy to work all the way, presumably Lin Yushi is going to resign from his illness?" What do adults think of this song? ”

"Good! I can't say what's good, it's just good! Jiangnan is really outstanding! Jia Lian's eyes were full of surprise, and he said the old truth: "Aunt Lin can't be cured, I don't have to wait for a while, maybe I will go back to Suzhou...... Hey, why don't you call Yangzhou Skinny Horse out to meet? ”

Liu Caiwei's song really lived up to her name, and she heard Jia Cong's various emotions in her past and present lives, and as soon as she heard Jia Lian's words, Jia Cong scolded in her heart: "Idiot, Jia Lian, you idiot!" "Hanging Branches" is sung by Wei Zhongxian, so you can't hear it. Shen Sanguan obviously didn't mean to drink, he would invite us for no reason? At least I'll have to get some money...... What a pig teammate......"

Shen Sanguan's eyes flashed with joy, and he raised his hands again and clapped them: "Miss Caiwei, come out, these two are the grandsons of the famous Guogong, this is the second master of Lian, and this is the master Cong, who is known as the first prodigy of Dashun......"

The ink screen was opened, Jia Lian's eyes suddenly straightened, and a young woman with a water-green long skirt, Hangzhou eyebrow makeup, and a lying rabbit scarf walked to the banquet, shaking three times in one step, petite and exquisite, with a smile and a smile, every move, all of which hooked people's souls, pointed and small chins, and all kinds of charms.

The salt merchants' appearance is often too ugly, especially the salt merchants from Huizhou, who take money to smash people at every turn, Liu Caiwei refuses to come, but people carry them out of the country's mansion, she leans on the door to laugh, and the banquet is playful, how dare she offend the powerful.

Her pretty face has been indifferent and cold, and she bent her knees slightly to Jia Lian, and when she came to Jia Cong, she glanced at her slightly, and then gave a blessing: "The old man of the mountains and seas is famous in Jiangnan, but he doesn't know that the son is still in the middle of the young chong." ”

"The girl praises it." Jia Cong smiled appreciatively, not to mention, Yangzhou thin horses are really seducing, walking, talking, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, dance steps and songs, are all specially adapted to the literati and cultivated, to a certain extent, the famous fireworks women, they are a hundred times more standardized than the boudoir in etiquette, the easiest to attract readers, in turn, fireworks women are also proud of marrying scholars, and ashamed of marrying businessmen.

""Hanging Branches" is sung for Wei Zhongxian, right?" Jia Cong saw through the self-pity and cunning of Gu Ying, who was forcibly invited over, and deliberately used this song to ridicule Jia Lian and Shen Sanguan, but unfortunately Jia Lian, who didn't read poetry and books, and Shen Sanguan, who was vassally elegant, didn't know what he meant.

Liu Caiwei didn't ask for forgiveness, she stepped aside and frowned, "Childe is really knowledgeable." ”

"Why don't you do a dance?" Jia Lian was full of interest, he didn't know who Wei Zhongxian was.

"I broke my leg and couldn't jump." Liu Caiwei refused with a smile, Shen Sanguan was dissatisfied, and Jia Cong said: "Then don't be embarrassed for others, save yourself from ruining your fun." ”

Liu Caiwei smiled at Jia Cong, although Jia Lian was moved, but Shen Sanguan said that Liu Caiwei traveled back and forth between Suzhou and Hangzhou, Weiyang, and Jiangning, and was very famous, in case of entanglement, he would not end well, this kind of woman, among the scholars, is generally related, it is rumored that Liu Caiwei was Yang Qinghe's concubine, and was later expelled from the house, returning to the old business, the first assistant Yang Qinghe is a frequent acquaintance in Suzhou, and Jia Lian does not dare to make a big fuss.

Jia Cong made the decision and said: "Then girl, please go back, we are also going to end." ”

Liu Caiwei gracefully gave a blessing, her eyebrows blinked slightly, Qiu Bo smiled, and her legs bent and retired.

A few people left, Shen Sanguan paid the bill, Jia Lian raised his feet and left first, Jia Cong went out of the private room and saw someone next door talking about "The History of Confucianism", secretly scolding the profiteer, the copyright is in his hands, the book was sold in Jiangnan, he didn't know, but he also laughed at fifty steps and a hundred steps, Shanhai Books sold Jiangnan books, isn't it also an infringement of copyright, engaging in commodity economy is just two words, interests, Jia Cong's face is too selfish.

But you can't always play with nothing to do, Jia Cong said: "Mr. Shen's family is in Huizhou, your She Yan in She County, Huizhou, is well-known in the world, and now I came to Yangzhou, only to know that my books have also been sold, I have a few workshops, buy a few rooms." ”

Shen Sanguan was perfunctory and didn't do much good, Jia Cong didn't do him any good: "The contemptible people only know that it is sold by the Yanshe branch and Jiang Zuomeng." ”

"Jiang Zuomeng? Who is their leader? ”

"I came here just now, Jiang Huajiao, a native of Rugao in Yangzhou, he was promoted as the leader of the Jiangzuo League, a generation of Wenzong." Shen Sanguan smiled and slipped away: "Don't disturb the little minister, the son wants to buy a few stores and buy a house, but you can find a tooth shop." ”

Shen Sanguan elegantly got down from the Shuanghong Tower, got on the sedan chair, and more than a dozen entourages tended to both sides, and he hurriedly said: "Lin Yushi also resigned from illness, take advantage of this moment, our hundred and ten ships of salt will be transported to Shandong as soon as possible, if there is a leak, ask the director of the salt field to immediately scuttle the boat and sink the boat, do you know?" Did the Chamber of Commerce send the 100,000 taels of silver there by the salt transport envoy? ”

"It's done, sir." The entourage cronies said: "I just went to inquire with the comprador of the Lin Mansion, that Jia Cong's son, it is said that Lin Yushi asked him to temporarily act as the official of the mansion." ”

"What?" Shen Sanguan was shocked: "Quick, turn back, I'll see him in person." ”

[Note: The salt field of the Ming and Qing dynasties has directors, shopkeepers, maids, stewards and other layers of hierarchical supervision, the salt field of the merchant is called the merchant pavilion, the guest pavilion, the area of the two Huai salt farms in today's Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei, Hunan are distributed, refer to the "Two Huai Salt Law Chronicles", "Artesian Well Records"]