Chapter 22 Drumming and Picking Flowers
On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the top Qinglou will prepare its own dragon boat, but it is not those small dragon boats, it is more appropriate to call it a building boat, this dragon boat race is not a test of manpower, but a test of talent. The power of dragon boat racing is not the traditional wooden oars made of wood, but the poems written by talented people.
Every building ship has the top brand of this Qinglou and the two talents invited by this Qinglou, but generally the main thing to look at is the first talent. There will be a large high platform next to the Yi River, which can also be called a stand, and in the middle of the stand will sit three referees, these three are generally well-educated Confucians, and behind the three there are nine large drums and different forms of gilded peonies. The rest of the stands were for the Los Angeles magnates.
Before this day, someone will mark a section of the Yi River early, which is not long or short, and it is exactly a thousand zhang. All the ships will be waiting at the starting end.
At the beginning of the festival, the talented people on each building ship composed poems in public, and the three great Confucians evaluated the quality of the poems, which were divided into A, B, C, and III. The first class gets three drums, the second class has two sounds, and the third class has one sound. The total of the three great Confucians is the achievement of the talents, which is conveyed by the sound of the drum. Every drum sounds, the building boat can travel a hundred zhang, the head card on the boat can get a peony, the more drums the building boat travels farther, the more peonies everyone gets the head card.
The original rule was that the first boat to reach the finish line wins, but with the passage of time, the rules have also changed, but as for what the change, because Xiao Mo has not yet agreed to participate, it is naturally unknown.
But if there is a talented person who can directly get nine drums and nine flowers in a poem, it will be a direct victory, but there has been no such situation since the beginning of the drum and flower picking. The winner of the Qinglou on the ship will become the Oiran of the entire Luodu year, and the talent who has won the most drums in the whole event will be crowned with the title of the first talent in Luodu.
Of course, there are restrictions on this poem, a talented man can only write one poem, a building ship at most three poems, which is still allowed in the case that the two talents add up to no more than five drums, the general courtyard level, usually in order to show their own strength, to prove that the talent invited by their own talent, is basically completed by the first genius alone.
On this drum and flower picking, for the courtyard level, the poem with the highest quality is seen, and which poem gets the most drum sounds, this family will naturally be ranked the highest.
However, for those lower-grade courtyard buildings, if all three poems cannot reach the end, they will not have the opportunity to beat the drum and pick flowers in the next year.
Of course, there are exceptions to everything, and it is not excluded that a dark horse suddenly appeared in an unknown Qinglou.
Of course, before the start of the drum and flower picking competition, there will be a warm-up event where everyone performs, although it is not counted in the competition, but it also has a very important impression score. It also forms the beauty of talented and beautiful women.
Due to the grandeur and popularity of the event, every time the first few Qinglou will be called the courtyard, and the corresponding top brand will also be famous. As for the talented, not to mention, the talented will become famous in one fell swoop. Even the position of the three assessed Confucians is very popular, which is a proof of ability and reputation, and so many talented people are regarded as half of their own students after this, if they can be assessed as Confucians for several years in a row, it is easy to fill the world with peach and plum.
Therefore, before this festival, the major Qinglou will try their best to attract really talented people to help their own fame, especially the well-known Daqinglou, which is rushing to seize the Oiran and get the name of the compound. Many talented people will also recommend themselves in order to gain a good reputation.
In particular, the first talent invited by each Qinglou to participate in the "drum picking flowers" on behalf of their own families is already a proof of fame, not to mention the famous four courtyards in Luodu and the Sihailou that are similar to them.
The Dragon Boat Festival's "drum picking flowers" is extremely important for the entire Luodu people, and it is an absolute honor to participate in it, and it is recognized by everyone to win the title of "Luodu's first talent" on this day.
Xiao Mo looked at the urgency on Xiaoya's face and knew that it would be difficult for him to refuse this matter, otherwise this girl would definitely keep persuading herself every day.
But it's okay, I definitely can't go back to the original world now, and it's really not something I can get used to after suffering here for so many days. It doesn't take much to participate in this "drum picking flowers", just treat it as a part-time job, earn some money and improve your life with Xiaoya first. I don't know when I expect the Wang family's dividends to be waited for.
Thinking of this, Xiao Mo said to Yun Yuhan: "It's no problem to participate in the drum picking flowers on behalf of Sihailou, but I don't know the employment fee of Miss Yun?" How do you calculate it? In Xiao Mo's habitual thinking, it is a matter of course to hire himself and pay his salary, so this is also justified.
Hearing Xiao Mo's words, Xiaoya's face instantly turned red, not because her young master was excited to participate in the "Drumming and Picking Flowers". It's because of his young master's cheekiness, and even a bit of shameless behavior, and ashamed. I haven't heard of a talented person who has to be paid when he receives an invitation to the courtyard level.
Yun Yuhan was obviously stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "This employment fee is a new word, but Sihailou will definitely not disappoint the world brother." It's just that the little foot was stamped several times.
Xiao Mo doesn't think there's anything wrong, I'll help you work, it's normal for you to pay your salary. Besides, I am really poor now, and I still have the financial ability to do voluntary labor.