Chapter 167: The poet thief meets the poet thief, it's too depressing

Tang didn't have much to do at night, he was a person who just did what he said, and after making up his mind, it was not too late to see that it was too late, so he went with Guan Guan to see the place she had chosen.

Liulinfang is the place where the green building of the city and the fireworks of Goolan gather, because it is still the time when the sunset is full, it is not lively at the moment, only some turtle slaves with small servants are wiping the lanterns and adding lamp oil. In the pavilions on both sides, there was a faint smell of fat powder and the sound of laughter.

The place selected by Guan Guan is on the left hand side in the middle of Fang Street, "Guan Guan, I'm afraid this place will not be successful."

"This place is a little back", Guan Guan nodded, "But this is no way, the more you rely on the garden at the gate of the square area, the more expensive it is, and they all have masters, and no one wants to let go."

"That's right, there are a lot of people coming and going in those places, so I can make money", Tang Cheng smiled when he heard this, "Let's go, look inside."

This is a long and narrow courtyard, it is very deep after entering, but the width on both sides is obviously not enough, Tang Cheng turned around roughly, and then shook his head directly and said: "Guanguan, this place is really not successful, we have to choose another place."

Hearing this, Guan Guan's face was stunned, and then he nodded and said, "I listen to you, it's just, Ah Cheng, the ...... I've saved over the years."

Guan Guan was not too popular most of the time when she was in Yangzhou before, and when she was really popular, she had redeemed herself and was good, plus at her age, excluding the years of learning art, the time for her real debut was not too long, and the private house that she could accumulate was limited, the cost of going home to find relatives, the life of such a few days in Jinzhou, plus the money invested in this garden, even if there is anything left, I am afraid that it will not be much.

Knowing what she was going to say, Tang Cheng smiled and waved his hand. "I'll leave the money to me, and when the place is done, this daily maintenance will depend on you."

Guan Guan was silent for a while when he heard this, then raised his head and looked at Tang Cheng with a silent smile, "Ah Cheng, how big do you want to lay out this garden?" According to what you said in the inn, I'm afraid I won't be able to support it."

"Big doesn't have to be too ......," said here. Tang Cheng lowered his head and thought for a while, "Guanguan, I have to ask you to go back to Yangzhou."

"Back to Yangzhou?".

"Yes, go back to Yangzhou", Tang Cheng nodded, "You go to Yangzhou and invite a few experienced bustard sisters in the industry to come over, these people will be your helpers in the future, you have to pick carefully."

"Ah Cheng, what do you want?".

"You can be older. The appearance requirements can also be relaxed, but it must be the kind of long-sleeved and experienced dancers, in short, it is to make the guests feel at home when they see her." Tang Cheng's experience in going to Qinglou is really limited, so he can't say it in too much detail, so he can only talk about the overall feeling vaguely, and that's it. Tang Cheng deliberately followed again: "By the way, that kind is too bewitching, and you must not ask for it when you see the guest's body."

"Ah Cheng, I understand what you mean, this kind of bustard sister is not easy to find, I will try my best", Guan Guan pursed his lips and chuckled, "What else do you want, the girl also wants to buy it from there?" And the luthier. Pipa, tooth board, such musicians should also invite some back."

"Yes, of course", Tang Cheng raised his hand and motioned for Guan Guan to go out, and continued as he walked: "When looking for a girl, it is best to go to the official office to pick and choose, if you meet such an official eunuch from a family and can be good at painting with good demeanor and bearing, even if you look poor, you can buy it." It's when you buy it from someone. This one is also the most important. The appearance can be worse, but the girls' bearing must be good. In addition, you must have a good body and some talent in singing and dancing. As for the musicians, it's the same, it's okay to be older, but the skills must be good. All in all, it's the same sentence, everything has to be the best."

"Ah Cheng, your requirements are really high."

"Either you don't want it, if you want to buy it, you must be the best", Tang Cheng saw that Guan Guan was in trouble, and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry, don't talk about money, you can't spare money when you do this, I have my own '' heart." In addition, I have a private message to Durach when I go to the ground, and when you have something difficult to do, you can ask him for help."

"Durach!" , As an old song "prostitute" in Yangzhou, Guan Guan knows too well the influence of Du Lahe in Yangzhou, "This is rest assured, otherwise I will not invite these people who have money to come." That's it? ”。

"In addition, I have to buy some things, some good things that can't be bought with money in Daocheng, but I will arrange someone to handle this matter, and you will be responsible for what you just said", at this point, Tang Cheng stopped and said with a smile: "Guanguan, you have been resting for the past two days, and when you get busy with this matter, you can't stop when you want to rest."

After talking to Guan Guan and returning to the inn, Tang Cheng thought about the whole thing carefully again, and then began to write a letter.

In addition to the letter to Du Lahe, the other is a family letter, in which Tang Cheng said a lot, one of which is to ask the family to send someone to invite Zhang Xiangwen's fourth uncle to come to Daocheng.

When he wrote this, Tang Cheng was really helpless, people hated less when they used it, whether it was at home or in his career in the past two years, he was not unhappy, but the previous foundation was too thin, and now when he really wants to do big things, it is difficult to find suitable people in the house, and he has to trouble Zhang Zichuan again and again. Although it is easy to buy people these days, it is really difficult to buy a competent person who is reliable, capable, and knowledgeable.

After writing the letter that night and sending it out early the next morning, Tang Cheng went to rest after reading the book for a while and didn't mention it.

The next two days passed quickly, Zhang Xiangwen still did not arrive, and early on the morning of the third day, after Tang Cheng was about to return to Xiangzhou, Meng Haoran sent him away, and then took Feng Haizhou along the official road of Fangzhou that was being built all the way to those state capitals.

The officialdom of the Tang Dynasty was more particular about ushering in and sending them off, and if according to the practice of the officialdom at that time, unless it was to observe and make the senior officials in charge of a certain thing in the yamen come down, the assassins in the local state capital would not come out to greet them, or send them to drive, or send Sima, record the secretary to participate in the military, and other reciprocal reception.

According to this convention, Tang Cheng, who was only in charge of a small portal, was obviously not within the scope of the place where the assassin Shi personally greeted him. But to his surprise with Feng Haizhou. When they arrived at the first state capital, they were greeted by the envoy of the state, although this greeting was only at the gate of the state government, far from the grandeur of the ten miles out of the city and the gate of the city, but this incident itself is enough to show that the state capital attaches great importance to his coming and the mood of urgent road construction.

"If you follow the rules, it should be me who goes to invite the envoy to meet the king, Tao envoy is like this, it really makes me dare not be it. Trespassing, trespassing", Tang Chengbian when the envoy greeted the gentleman, he still sighed in his heart, only more than ten days ago, when he saw the envoy of a state, he still needed to respectfully respect the courtesy of his subordinates, only a few days of effort, and he had already walked side by side with this Tao envoy. Greetings and entertainment, in this era, there are too many things that come with identity changes.

"I'm not welcoming you, I'm welcoming the God of Wealth, Secretary Tang of the Governor of Benzhou. It's like the clouds of hope for a long drought, ah, it's good to come, it's good to come." After the chubby Tao envoy Jun laughed, he was like Maitreya Buddha, which made people look very kind, "Besides, it's hard to say goodbye to the state capital now, who doesn't know the appreciation of Secretary Tang by observing the envoy of the state officials near this Fangzhou official road?" A few days ago, in the official document issued by the Yamen, the envoy also praised the road construction in Jinzhou, but the envoy carefully counted it, and the name 'Tang Cheng' appeared four times in this official document."

That's it. Tao Envoy Jun pretended to be mysterious and lowered his voice and said: "Secretary Tang, this envoy has heard that this official document was personally drafted by the Observation Envoy!" Seeing that Secretary Tang is so young, you have made such great contributions in Jinzhou, and you have such an appreciation from your observations, and the future is unlimited, unlimited."

"Tao Envoy Jun don't want to hold me anymore", Tang Cheng made a gesture of mercy, "Compare it with you." I'm still going to learn a lot of things. Don't kill me, Your Excellency."

After Tao Zhijun smiled and was happy, he became more and more Maitreya Buddha. "The future is terrifying, the one who comes is better than the present, how can this be a killing?".

Not only was it warm and polite to meet him, but Tang Cheng's accommodation and accommodation arrangements were far beyond the high standards of his position, but he was not able to eat two meals in the small courtyard where he lived alone.

Tang Cheng naturally knew what these people were thinking, but what they were thinking was exactly what Tang Cheng wanted to promote, even if these official matters aside, the biggest businessmen here still had a partnership relationship with him, whether it was public or private, such a banquet could not be avoided.

The post official in the post house looked at the bustle outside the gate of Tang Chengyuan, and shook his head incredulously, "Hey, third brother, take a look, the Jin family in the south of the city, the Fang family in the old north city, and the Tongyou Xu family, these are a few big rich people sitting in rows in this state, why are they coming in turn?" The one surnamed Tang is just a secretary! This official is not big, how can he make this hot battle."

"The official is not big, but he can't stand the fact that he is the confidant of the observation envoy, have you forgotten Su Yicheng's previous lecture?" , Li San pursed his lips, "I also heard that Secretary Tang who lives here is a God of Wealth who can make gold on the ground."

"It's impossible, he's only a little older, and he can't do this before he is twenty."

"Liu Scar, don't say that you are eating in the post house when you go out, ah, remember, with your eyes, we can't afford to lose that person", Li San's mouth pouted even more, "I heard the people in the state yali, when he came, even the smiling tiger Lao Tao personally greeted the state ya, you don't know that old Tao, don't look at what the smile is like every day, the eyeballs are on the brain, just this, you weigh it carefully."

Tang Cheng didn't know about these discussions, he had been soaked on the wine table in the past two days, but this also had the advantage of "feeling" the thoughts and requirements of the merchants.

After this round of banquets, the main thing was opened, and the procedure was nothing more than the same as that of Jinzhou, after the state government demarcated the route of road construction, the merchants who could count the number in the state gathered together and began to auction the acres of land on both sides of the road, the grand occasion of this auction and the amount involved were naturally not comparable to Jinzhou, but there was no problem in building a road dozens of miles long.

Of course, there are naturally some dark box "manipulations" in this, which can be seen from Tao Yuanjun's smiling face, but I am afraid that it is in his heart. I can't wait for this "auction" to drag on as long as possible.

"Brother, you are really talented", after the auction, Tao Yuanjun sighed: "It is enough to think of this way to make money, and this 'auction' is even more wonderful. It's fun to think about it", after laughing, Tao Yuanjun patted Tang Cheng's shoulder: "Just such an idea, how much money to save for Daoli, if such a recipe is used all over the Tang Dynasty, how much worry does the Ministry of Industry have to save, and how much grain can the Ministry of Household save in a year, brother." It's still the same sentence, you, the future is limitless! ”。

After being busy with this state and the next state, Tang Cheng's purpose this time is mainly to help the states plan and introduce an "auction" system that can maximize the benefits of land resources. The specific work is in the local state office, and he is not too busy to be mainly responsible for guidance, but he can't stand the round of banquets and banquets.

Since leaving Daocheng, except for the time on the road. Tang Cheng can be said to have been soaking in the banquet for a long time, and finally finished the carriage of the last state to return to Daocheng, Tang Cheng sighed with relief, "Haizhou, it can't go on like this, I don't want to find a way to come out, we will have to die on the wine table sooner or later."

"My lord, if you don't say it, I have to say it, the wine I drank in the first thirty-six years is not more than ten days. It's really not possible", speaking of this, Feng Haizhou, who has been following Tang Cheng to the banquet, is also miserable, "It's just that this is our business, and this method is not easy to think."

"Hmm", Tang Cheng shook his head without speaking, and then fell into deep thought, seeing him like this. Feng Haizhou knew that the top boss was holding back his mind again. Be careful not to make a sound, so as not to disturb his thoughts.

About two pillars of incense after kung fu. Tang Cheng suddenly opened his eyes, "Haizhou, go back, let's sum up, summarize the experience of these 'auctions', and then formulate a standard clause, and if there is this matter in the future, send a standard clause and let them do what is written above."

This is another new term, and Feng Haizhou, who listened to it, was a little stunned, "Standard terms? ”。

"To put it simply, it is to fix this set of land processes according to one, two, three, four, what should be done in the first step, and what should be done in the second step are clearly written, with such a thing, they will naturally understand it at a glance."

"Well, that's a good idea", Feng Haizhou's eyes lit up and nodded, "In this way, we can send someone down to supervise at most, but we don't need to 'operate' everything personally, just from the promotion point of view, this is too convenient."

"Yes", when Tang Cheng nodded, what suddenly came to mind was Tao Yuanjun's sentence, if this set is implemented all over the Tang Dynasty, how much less heart will the Ministry of Industry have to ""? How much money can the household save in a year?

When Tang Cheng returned to Daocheng, it was already a month later, not only Zhang Xiangwen and his fourth uncle had arrived, but Zhang Xiangwen's fourth uncle also helped Tang Cheng's house in Daocheng and the place where he was going to set up a garden.

Hearing this, Tang Cheng was stunned, "Fourth uncle, I didn't say in my book that I wanted to buy a house."

Without waiting for Zhang Zichuan to answer, Zhang Xiangwen on the side smiled and said: "Big brother, this is what my sister-in-law repeatedly told me when I left with my fourth uncle, but my sister-in-law said that when the house here is settled and I send her a letter, she will come to Daocheng."

"Nonsense, she's been in body for three or four months, can she withstand such long-distance bumps?" , Tang Cheng glanced at Zhang Xiangwen angrily, and then couldn't wait to follow Zhang Zichuan to see the place where he chose to set up a garden.

To say that Zhang Zichuan's work is really comfortable, the place he chose is exactly in the square area next to Liulinfang, so it has not only borrowed popularity but also has a difference from Liulinfang's Qinglou. This house next to the gate is really satisfying in terms of location, size and structure.

After the place has been selected, the matter of running the garden has officially begun to be done, and after allocating the money brought by Zhang Zichuan to Guanguan, she set off for Yangzhou, and Tang Cheng has also begun to rotate continuously.

During the day, he worked out the rules in the yamen, and after the yamen was dispersed, Tang Cheng spent most of his time in that garden, but. He didn't ask a word about the usual renovation of this garden, there was Zhang Zichuan there staring at people and he was relieved to come down, the reason why Tang Cheng ran here over and over again was actually all the time spent on Jin Jianyou, who was in charge of repairing the back garden.

Jin Jianyou's family has been cultivating gardens for people for a living since their great-grandfathers, and when it came to his generation, the Jin family had become a well-deserved first signboard in Daocheng.

Tang Cheng was also annoyed when he first came, but as the conversation between the two deepened. The more Tang Cheng talked, the more Jin Jianyou changed, and later, the changes in this garden simply became a cooperative discussion between the two. Needless to say, Jin Jianyou's harvest in it, and Tang Cheng, who didn't know how to do the specific construction "operation", also reproduced the famous garden experience that later generations saw in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in this process through Jin Jianyou's hands.

Busy with business and outside of the garden. These days, Tang Cheng also has a fixed schedule, that is, to take Zhang Xiangwen together to walk around one green building after another in Liulinfang.

After he went, he didn't do anything else, just invited the most popular aunt in the building to come out to sing songs and perform dances, since he wanted to do this business. Naturally, you have to be familiar with the level of the industry, and know yourself and know that the other side can not be defeated.

This night, after the Tian's "color" Heiding Garden was finished, Tang Cheng took Zhang Xiangwen to the Yueming Tower, which was known as the first fireworks in Daocheng.

Yueming Building's top red aunt has a very chic name: Spiegel. It's really not easy to see her, from the initial decision to finally see her tonight, Tang Cheng queued for seven days.

Compared with the other red-faced aunts I saw upstairs a few days ago, although Spiegel is the most famous, it also makes Tang Cheng the most disliked, this is not to say that she is not good-looking, in terms of appearance alone, she is really worthy of her worth. The problem is that the cold route she took really upset Tang Cheng.

I spent money and lined up to come in, just to see this cold face, I haven't been so cheap! Because of this, Tang Cheng didn't have a good face, and waved his hand and said, "Sing two tunes, pick up your hand, and dance the next section regardless of whether it is a healthy dance or a soft dance." Let my brother finish this wine."

The "prostitute" house is cold. Tang Cheng's guest is cold again, how good can this atmosphere be? Spiegel didn't say much when he heard this. After calling the musicians, they began to sing.

As soon as he listened to the musician's plucked strings, and then listened to the spiegel's open song, Tang Cheng's mouth quietly "revealed" a smile, it seems that this Shannan is not comparable to Yangzhou after all, the singing skills of the top red aunt in the first month of fireworks in the Ming Building are at most on par with Guan Guan, as for the level of those accompaniment musicians, it is at least a grade worse than Yangzhou Happy Building.

With such a foundation, Tang Cheng became more and more confident in his garden.

"Second brother, come, big brother invites you to a lamp", Tang Cheng, who was in a good mood, touched Zhang Xiangwen and drank all the wine.

The two of you went back and forth, and when they were having their best, the three stacks of Spiegel's first song had ended. After a moment's pause, she began to sing a second tune with a tap on her tooth plate.

"Lonely and secluded grass grows on the edge of the stream, and there are yellow orioles singing in the deep trees. The spring "tide" brings rain and comes in a hurry, and the wild ferry is unmanned by boat. The graceful song of Mingjing's light opening of Tankou made Tang Cheng's whole body shocked, and the wine ou in his hand fell on the table with a bang.

"Big brother, what's wrong?" , Tang Cheng turned a deaf ear to Zhang Xiangwen's question, and after a pause, he suddenly got up and walked to Mingjing's side, "Where did this poem come from?" ”。

As soon as Tang Cheng came in, he was cold, when did the top aunt Mingjing suffer such a grievance, and at this time, seeing his reckless words, he became more and more reluctant to speak.

The musician who was still playing on the side saw that Tang Cheng's face was a little wrong, and smiled and agreed for Mingjing: "Daguanren, this is He Laocai's new work, Mingjing has been practicing new songs for many days."

"He is a new work of old talents?" , Tang Cheng's face became more and more heavy, "You said that it is He Zhongda."

"Isn't it him", seeing Tang Cheng's strange expression, Na Legong specially added: "This is all for the pen."

At this moment, the feeling in Tang Cheng's heart is really indescribable.

Because of the prominent position and role of poetry in the Tang Dynasty, there were many poets and thieves in this era. It is rumored that Liu Xiyi, who is "similar every year, is different every year", is suffocated to death by his uncle, Song Zhiwen, who is also a famous poet, because of these two poems. This is probably the most famous case among the poets and thieves of the Tang Dynasty.

But for Tang Cheng, the poet thief seemed to him to be more of a joke and a legend, but tonight was good, the legend really hit him on the head, and he himself became a joke.

depressed, extremely depressed, "*** He Zhongda, if Lao Tzu doesn't ruin your reputation, I won't have the face to borrow poetry in the future."