Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Boy of the County Town

"Who's knocking?" The porter at the gate of Ouyang Mansion opened the door and asked with great momentum. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Student Qingshan Zhu Zhenguo, I came to visit your son-in-law Ouyang Wenfeng, and I hope to convey it." Zhu Zhenguo came to the county seat, and came to Ouyang Wenfeng the next day. As the saying goes, the prime minister has seven officials in front of the door, and this Ouyang Zheng was at least a deputy prime minister before, so Zhu Zhenguo was quite polite to call the door today to face this little guy.

"Childe, wait a minute, the villain will go inside and pass it on." This little guy can come to guard the gatehouse is also quite discerning, seeing that this young man called the door is dressed noblely, and said that he knows his own young master, he will not dare to slack off. If ordinary people ask to see them, they must be embarrassed and collect some broken silver before they can do things.

The porter went into the house, and not long after, Zhu Zhenguo saw Ouyang Wenfeng, who was wearing a green shirt, walking out quickly with a smile on his face. There were still more than a dozen steps away, and Ouyang Wenfeng spoke: "Brother Xian thinks so hard about his brother." ”

Zhu Zhenguo also smiled when he heard this: "My brother is also a showman, so he will come immediately." ”

Ouyang Wenfeng had already arrived at the door, and Zhu Zhenguo stood still in front of him, and when he heard Zhu Zhenguo get a show, he smiled and said: "Haha... I said that it is okay for the virtuous brother to take the exam, and sure enough, congratulations to the virtuous brother. ”

Zhu Zhenguo also smiled, and Ouyang Wenfeng seemed to remember something again: "Brother Xian, please, come to my small mansion to talk." ”

Zhu Zhenguo didn't squirm, and entered the door in the posture of Ouyang Wenfeng's hand, Ouyang Wenfeng turned around and said to the porter: "This is my best friend, I will bring it directly next time." ”

The little guy bowed and nodded in understanding. Ouyang Wenfeng walked two steps and led the way in front of Zhu Zhenguo.

After entering the front house, there are pavilions and pavilions along the way, bamboo, wood and stone bridges, the environment is pleasant, and the Suzhou garden that Zhu Zhenguo has seen in his previous life is really a fight. One or two people passed by on the path from time to time, and they all stepped forward and bowed to Ouyang Wenfeng. Zhu Zhenguo felt that he had walked for a while, and finally arrived at the door of a small mansion, thinking that this was where Ouyang Wenfeng lived.

Zhu Zhenguo was still a little shocked in his heart, the Dashi clan inherited in this era, although they were demoted out of Beijing, are still so rich, which is also the most important reason why these literati are studying hard, thinking that Ouyang Zheng is not the kind of corrupt person, such a house in this sandbar will definitely cost 350,000 taels to go up.

Ouyang Wenfeng led Zhu Zhenguo into the small mansion in this big mansion, came to the main seat of the main hall and sat left and right, and prepared tea and pastries without instructing the servants.

"Brother Xian has come to Shazhou this time, he will definitely have to stay for a little longer, so my brother will take you around for a while." Ouyang Wenfeng said enthusiastically.

"Brother Ouyang is gracious, it is not a small time for the younger brother to enter the city this time, it has to be a matter of two years and three years, I have to learn more from the talented people in this city, and strive to take the exam to go back." Zhu Zhenguo bowed his hand to express his gratitude to Ouyang Wenfeng for his hospitality.

"That's good, it's good, the virtuous brother stays in this sandbar for a long time, and the foolish brother asks his father to write a letter after the year, so that the virtuous brother and his brother can go to this Wenchang Academy to study together." Ouyang Wenfeng and Zhu Zhenguo intersected with sincerity, and they only wanted to be good for this virtuous brother.

Zhu Zhenguo was a little repetitive in his heart, saying that it was a good thing to go to school in this Wenchang Academy, but Zhu Zhenguo was a little unable to obey the discipline, the college school in this era was not as good as modern times, basically all year round, not to mention, the time was still very long, and if you were lazy and skipped, you would be punished.

This punishment was not an ordinary punishment, many of the professors in the academy were themselves famous gentlemen, and there were many retired court officials in Dajiang County. If these gentlemen are evil, then there is basically no hope for the imperial examination.

Zhu Zhenguo had no choice but to say: "Thank you brother for your hard work, this matter will be discussed again after the year, this time the younger brother Xinzhong is the head of the case, and I came to find my brother to celebrate together." ”

What Zhu Zhenguo said is true, he has always celebrated at home before, and he is not much happy, he is really tired, this time he is celebrating with his friends.

"Brother Xian was hit by the case? It's really gratifying, with the qualifications of a virtuous brother, he will definitely be in the middle of three yuan in the future. Ouyang Wenfeng was quite happy to hear Zhu Zhenguo's words, and he was honored. Lianzhong Sanyuan probably means that Xiucai is the first, the first person to lift, and then a champion, this is Lianzhong Sanyuan, which is rare from ancient times to the present.

"Brother Ouyang has won the award, please lead the way, find an elegant place, you and I have a drink or two." Zhu Zhen National Road.

Ouyang Wenfeng listened to Zhu Zhenguo's words, thought for a moment and said, "Okay, today Brother Fool will take you to the most elegant place in this sandbank city." ”

Zhu Zhenguo saw that Ouyang Wenfeng smiled a little unusually, and he didn't know if it was really the most elegant or what, so he only followed Ouyang Wenfeng out of the mansion and got into the carriage.

To say that the most favorite place for literati in this sandbank city is the East Lake, which can only be regarded as a small lake compared to the water-rich lake, only a radius of ten miles, and also connects the big river. It's just that there are many painting boats in this lake, and the people who live in this painting boat are the Qing people.

To say that the ancient Qinglou is actually an elegant place, the Qinglou and the brothel have a world of difference, the brothel is an inferior place, a place to hook the fence. However, the Qinglou painting boat is an elegant place, a place to talk about elegant poetry, a place for piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and most of the Qingqi people in the Qinglou painting boat are talented women who only sell their art and do not sell their bodies. Otherwise, in ancient China, there would not have been Dong Xiaowan and Chen Yuanyuan who made many talented men crazy.

To say that this Ouyang Wenfeng is already fourteen years old, he can go to this kind of place, but this Zhu Zhenguo is only more than twelve years old, and it is really not suitable to go to this kind of place. But where can these two half-sized people care about this?

"Brother Xian, you see that ship is for everyone, let's get on that ship later." Ouyang Wenfeng looked at the painting boat he wanted to go to with anticipation on his face.

"Brother Ouyang, who is this to everyone?" Zhu Zhenguo looked in the direction Ouyang Wenfeng pointed. To be honest, this Zhu Zhenguo is really a dirt bun, and he doesn't know anything about the entertainment industry in this era.

"Brother Xian, this solution is called Xie Bingyu, is a famous Qing Qi person in Beijing, it is really a beautiful city, the poetry is amazing, the sound is like a kingfisher, the piano is like a god, the person who does good things is known as the first family in Dahua, these two months in Shazhou East Lake, and then I will return to Zhongjing for the New Year." After all, Ouyang Wenfeng is a genius in a big city, and he really knows the things of this "entertainment industry" very well.

"Brother Ouyang, have you seen this solution?" Zhu Zhenguo probably also understood, this interpretation is the meaning of the superstar.

"Hehe, Brother Xian is laughing, my brother hasn't seen everyone's demeanor yet, if Brother Xian comes to make an appointment this time, my brother can't bear to pay this one hundred and eighty taels of silver." Ouyang Wenfeng is straightforward. Although he is the son of an official eunuch, more than 100 taels of silver is also a huge amount of money, and it is not something he can easily accumulate.

"One hundred and eighty taels? What does it cost one hundred and eighty taels? "Although Zhu Zhenguo has seen the world, but this one hundred and eighty taels is really a little scary, and his brother Qingshan came to the county town and his father to give a total of more than five hundred taels.

"Brother Xian, it costs one hundred and eighty taels to get on the painting boat, and the others don't need silver money. Not only does it have to be 180 taels of silver, but everyone also has to write a poem on a topic, saying that the poetry is not good, and you can't go up if you have money. Ouyang Wenfeng patiently explained to Zhu Zhenguo slowly, as if he was showing off.

"Then everyone is really rich." Zhu Zhenguo didn't think much about literary and talented things, he just wanted to pay for the economy, one hundred and eighty taels for one person, one thousand eight hundred taels for ten people, making so much money in one day, wouldn't it be more than 600,000 taels a year, where is there such a profitable business in this era.

"Brother Xian thinks it's bad, this solution everyone only opens the boat twice a month, otherwise how can there be so many talented literati so rich." Ouyang Wenfeng said as he took Zhu Zhenguo to the dock where the ship docked.

"Even so, I'm afraid everyone is rich enough to rival the country." Zhu Zhenguo Road, although the rich rival country is a bit exaggerated, but this money is too easy to earn, a month to accompany dozens of scholars to talk and perform a show to earn tens of thousands of taels of silver, it is indeed the same as robbing a bank, and robbing twice a month.

"Virtuous brother can't be considered like this, although everyone has made a lot of money, he is also a gentleman, but whenever there is a natural and man-made disaster in any county, everyone has donated tens of thousands, and he is still so for the country and the people in the dust, and it is also like this to earn such a great reputation."

Speaking of which, Zhu Zhenguo has a better impression of this superstar, and he earns more than 100,000 taels of silver a year for singing, which is really scary in this era, even the annual income of Dajiang County is only two or three hundred thousand taels.