In Canton, going to a banquet is not a trivial matter, even if it is a small private banquet.

As a city that gathers the prosperity and luxury enjoyment of the top of the Southern Dynasties, different object levels, different banquet occasions, different seasons, different seasons, different solar terms, different times of the day, and even different hours have corresponding dress etiquette.

Bathing before going out at home, drinking some hangover to get rid of the heat, and then using toye or sandalwood to smoke the body, wearing a clear and loose pullover, in the same way, this is a city that is warm and rainy all year round, all kinds of fumigated sweat towels and fans, as well as flints, drain knives and other small items, are also essential.

Some people will also bring a bag of tobacco, even if they don't smoke it, they can repel insects and smell, and women will bring embroidery bags with dried flower petals, or refined essential oils and flower dew bottles, which can be poured out when needed, and wiped on the forehead and chest to wake up and be tired.

Like what I carry on my waist, the powder that has been fried and then ground into new tea has a green fragrance of tea, and then inserted a silver short knife and a lacquer sheath horizontal knife, I can go to the cob double knife flow......

Of course, this is a more extreme example, although it follows the legacy of scholars with knives since the Sui and Tang dynasties, but in fact, most of the local swords are decorative, and they are useless except for looking good and lightweight.

There should also be three or five followers, two riding in front and back, two on foot and left, one driving in the center, plus the weapons hidden in the car, even if it is a small five-flower array.

The so-called Meishan Pavilion, in fact, is located on a low hill, occupies a large building, the place name of Meishan is from the Kaiyuan period, once served as the governor of Guangzhou Song (Jing) Wen Zhengong, left the "plum blossom fu

Therefore, it is surrounded by pavilions and villas of wealthy dignitaries, similar to several urban squares in the emerging luxury residential area. The upper city, which is crowded with the powerful, presents a completely different style.

The Zhumen Gaodi, which winds up along the small street around the hill, is hidden behind the clean white wall, and the curved top cornices of the mansion villas, the lacquered doors, the swimming fish and beasts, and the moire flowers.

Through the door carving of the fish-tailed lion body, the strange-shaped lake stone wall of several zhang wide is coming, and it is the artesian spring carved out of the whole moire marble and the flower shape of the acacia flower.

The abundant spring water flows along the terrain, a huge pond full of red and white water lilies, and several artificial streams that circulate and swirl around, together with the small bridges and winding corridors and bamboo tube waterwheels that span the top, creating a scenery that is completely different from the local style of Quang Nam with distinct layers of flowers, and makes people can't help but feel a refreshing scenery of Jiangnan gardens.

Occasionally, I will bump into some rockery pavilions, different from servants and slaves, who seem to have nothing to do, sitting there contentedly, or whispering and talking.

As a companion of power and wealth, the most common here is attached to a large number of nobles, wealthy families, and even larger groups of doormen, customers, and diners, who have a skill in a certain field, or are good at vassal elegance, cheering for the master's family, enlivening the atmosphere, and living a leisurely life that is more than the majority of ordinary people.

Among them, it is divided into three, six, nine and so on, the lowest is also worry-free about food and clothing, and the most leisurely life, while the best can enter the house as a close person, participate in privacy, and even go out with the main family to serve as an official, completing the process of transforming the family idler into an important member and subordinate.

This is also the basic cover identity I gave to the fifth level, Han Liangchen and Bo Fu can also be counted as this type.

"Virtuous ......"

Mrs. Chen, dressed in a blue skirt and yellow gauze with light makeup, personally greeted me and led me in side by side.

Similar to the venue layout of a buffet mode, there are already some guests in it, but the number is not too much, the dress is more homely and casual, looking at the atmosphere and environment, it is more like a private reception in a small circle

Introduce me to them one by one, and the people who usually come and go here are mainly divided into three types of people, one is the small circle created by Mrs. Chen, the so-called stakeholders, the other is the upper-level people who are waiting to be befriended or have good intentions, and the other is the full-time people who come to support the scene, or the wealthy business officials who have a need for help.

It seems that after a period of preparation and deliberation, she made up her mind to introduce me to the level of her friendship, which can be regarded as the first meeting and test of the waters of Cheng Dù in a small circle.

And I've heard my name somewhat, and even the property under my name, it seems that my sister has done a lot of work beforehand.

For example, some officials whose status is not prominent, but are considered important, or Qingwang people who have made achievements in some key fields, or a franchise businessman with quite a special character.

If we compare their nodes and roles in their respective fields, we can naturally outline a network of mutual influence and help.

But these were only appetizers, and after they spontaneously gathered to talk, they heard the maid's words

Leaving a little, a look of envy and hatred, I was ushered into the inner hall and invited to sit aside.

"The Clan has passed the relevant resolution......

She got straight to the point

"Congratulations to Sister ......"

I said with a smile

"I want to know who the other party is?"

"Little brother, haven't you already guessed some ......?"

"It's just that it still needs to be further explained by Sister A......"

"Then have you heard of the Zhedong chaebol?"

The so-called chaebol in eastern Zhejiang is an interest group formed in the southeast coastal area.

Compared with the chaotic situation in the mountains and the traditional economic system of the Northern Dynasties, which was deeply rooted in the land-based system, the power of commercial activities and the capital derived from them undoubtedly had a broader world in the Southern Dynasties, or a more active paradise for them.

In the process of the expansion of the Southern Dynasties, these forces with the background of sea and land merchant groups and families also played an active role such as leading the way, being the vanguard, and even secretly pushing and backing.

therefore

With the vast territory under the jurisdiction of the Southern Dynasties, it was natural to form large and small interest groups according to the relations between different regions and township parties, trade activities and traditional outputs, which were one of the background and basic forces in the political pattern of the DPRK and China.

Although the Southern Dynasties had turned the coastal areas into similar economic colonies, they still needed to rely on supporting and cultivating some indigenous forces in the local area as agents and indirect access to resources.

Although this has caused the bankruptcy and decline of a large number of traditional industries in the southeast, it has also cultivated a large number of compradors-like and emerging interest classes in the local area, and the relatively stable environment of the southeast coast has been used as the raw material production area and dumping market, and the cultivation of traditional cash crops, mining and smelting, and even the secondary dumping of the inland have formed a considerable scale and system of their own.

In a way, they are also one of the practical beneficiaries of the rise of Huaiyang, the traditional southeast economic center of gravity after the war was destroyed.

At present, just standing on the table, there are more than a dozen large and small families, as for the behind-the-scenes and underneath the related, I don't know how many, because of the relative stability of the coastal area and the prosperity of humanities, the Southern Dynasty also naturally supported the township party group called the Zhejiang system.

Only this time, they happened to be on the opposite side of Mrs. Chen, or rather, they were the biggest resistance to changing the status quo.

It is conceivable that if the Southeast Xingsi really wanted to turn the coastal and even inland areas of the Southeast Provinces into land under the direct rule of the Southern Dynasty, then I don't know how many people's interests and privileges would change drastically because of this.

The so-called robbing people of wealth is like killing their parents. Not to mention the privileges of vested interests.

"Although they are not just the Zhedong consortium, but the Ning family is not the only one behind the concubine."

In the end, Mrs. Chen hinted with a clever smile.

"As long as there is the right opportunity, they will naturally stand up and push the boat......

"Another ......"

She turned to the right color.

"Regarding your Tiyì, the concubine body can represent other people, and the preliminary consent ......"

"And can give enough assistance within the duties of the concubine and the inner son......"

I nodded, and that's the best good news I've ever had today.

"In addition,"

She hesitated, and continued as if embarrassed

"The slave also has a personal reluctant invitation"

"Can you do something for me with the help of your manpower......"

"I don't know, what is the difficulty of Sister."

I hesitated

"In Guangfu, there are many eyes and ears and interests entangled, and there are only people you brought back...... Hardly anything involved."

"After all, I had four messengers dead before and after I got this opportunity, but it also attracted the attention of the opponent......"

"So I can only ask you......"

A moment later,

"The mantra of the negotiation is: the hillside where the kapok is in full bloom",

My first reaction was that this wouldn't be to get involved in any red apricot out of the wall, love changes, etc., the plot of Qiong Yao's bloody drama, and his expression was a little remarkable.

"Do you know that although the slave is also from the north, she is only the adopted daughter of the Chen family in Raozhou,"

But she smiled disapprovingly, and fell directly into some kind of memory mode

"Before that, when the kapok was in full bloom, we, the children of the military, would go to the bushes to pick kapok and use it for weaving......

"The ancestor of the slave is said to be the orphan of the children of the Dragon Guard,"

"Our ancestors have been in the army for more than ten generations for the great cause of the Northern Expedition......

"It's just that in our generation, there is nothing left except a surname......"

"A woman like me has to come out and work like an adult when she is young, so that she can have food and clothing."

"It's the same when I got acquainted with that person, I was born short and thin, and I always ...... behind others."

"So there was always a silent boy who took care of me like a brother......

"I once swore to repay ,......"

"Then I was lucky enough to be found and taken away by my fellow people from a distant branch to my present father's name......

"Of course, meeting the current husband is another story......

"You don't need to sue me for so many ......"

I sighed a little embarrassed

"With my identity in Sihaiwei, have you thought about the consequences of leaking out......

"Then I can only blame me for not knowing people, and I am to blame for myself......"

After she said this, she seemed to be relieved, and even had the mood to laugh at herself.

"It's a pity that my husband is going to be implicated......"

"Well, you won, Sister,"

I shook my head helplessly, although this is her initiative to be handled with me, but it is also equivalent to tying me up in disguise, and this kind of thing must have enough identity and background to fully function

After all, this is a feudal society with strict hierarchical barriers, and it is not the modern style of later generations that a few cents of stamp money, or the cost of a car to petition at one's own expense, can be used to name a certain official and his family for suspected problems

"It's just that things are really so urgent......

I thought about it and then asked

"You may not know that the garrison in Ki is not as tight as you think,"

She sighed

"Although many of them are still in place, they are not fully ......established."

"Therefore, the big men in the upper city, especially undecided, threw the power in their hands out......"

"Guangfu has been too peaceful and comfortable for a long time, which has consumed too many people's ambition and enterprising spirit,"

"Not only are the officials in the administrative system sluggish and sluggish, but even the higher-ups are inevitably suffering from gains and losses, not seeking merit but no fault."

"So, this time we'll have to figure it out ourselves......"