Mi Zhen said that the Linxian Garden is located near Biyong outside the Kaiyang Gate, because it is adjacent to the National Taixue of the Han Empire, so it is called the Linxian Garden.

At this time, among the entertainment venues in Luoyang, the most famous should be Xun's typhoon shelter teahouse and Hongxingshe's Diaoyutai restaurant. The two occupy a huge market share in the catering service industry in Luoyang City, and basically belong to the leading position in the industry, while Linxian Yuan is a force that has sprung up in the past year, and it has formed a three-legged situation with typhoon shelters and Diaoyutai at the beginning of its appearance.

The typhoon shelter and the Diaoyutai originally had Liu Wei's shares in them, but when Liu Wei succeeded to the throne, because of the restrictions of his identity, he gradually donated the shares of these two places to the Xun family and Hongxingshe, which was regarded as a reward for them. After all, Liu Wei now has so many industries as papermaking, porcelain, and glass, and he doesn't care about these small money.

Xun had only recently taken over the typhoon shelter completely, and then began to implement reforms in the teahouse, introducing a membership system. Diaoyutai Restaurant also has members - this is Liu Bian's idea, and the typhoon shelter imitates it, but the objects of the members are all dignitaries or celebrities in Luoyang. The Typhoon Shelter Tea House has been transformed into a private high-end clubhouse.

However, the Diaoyutai Restaurant still adheres to the style of the past, from the princes and nobles to the peddlers and pawns, as long as they take the money, they will not refuse.

However, there are also some scholars who are reluctant to live in the same room with merchants in Diaoyutai, or some scholars with straightforward personalities feel that Diaoyutai Restaurant has prostitutes and casinos, and some of the more poor young scholars feel that they can't afford to spend money in a place like Diaoyutai, and when the typhoon shelter teahouse begins to take the noble route, the birth of Linxian Yuan has become the best choice for these people.

The owner of Linxian Garden is Wei Qi. Today's Hedong Wei clan has begun to transform from an old scholar landlord to a merchant family, and its center of gravity has gradually shifted from Hedong to Chang'an and Luoyang. In addition to the sugar factory, the family's pillar industry is also trying to invest in other industries, and Linxian Yuan is one of them.

The entire Linxian Garden is built on the Luoshui River, covering a large area, almost twice the area of the Diaoyu Tai and the typhoon shelter combined. It is surrounded by a wall, and the water is brought in, forming a small river in the garden.

The flowers and plants in the garden are flourishing, and the green trees are verdant, and it is unforgettable to go deep into the garden. In addition, there are also buildings such as Ming Tower, Fengting Pavilion and Yaxie, which can be used for people to rest and eat, taste tea and drink. There is even a shop that sells things such as pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and books, so it can be said that Linxian Garden is a multi-functional garden integrating leisure, entertainment and shopping.

At the beginning of its opening, Linxian Garden was patronized by many scholars, especially Wei Qi's unique vision in site selection, which opened Linxian Garden next to the Imperial National Taixue, which also brought a stable flow of customers to Linxian Garden.

In terms of commercial marketing, Wei Qi even invited Cai Yong to the opening platform of Linxian Yuan through the relationship between Wei's and Cai Yong, and the three words of Linxian Yuan on the horizontal plaque outside the gate are Cai Yong's handwriting. You must know that Cai Yong has a very high reputation among today's scholars, and he is also the commander of Tai Academy and the Minister of Education of the country, so when he appeared in Linxian Yuan, it caused a great sensation.

Soon, the popularity of Linxian Yuan started in Luoyang, and Cai Yong's daughter Cai Yan would also hold literary meetings in the Ming Tower of Linxian Yuan from time to time every month, which also attracted a large number of young talents who admired Cai Yan's talent and beauty. All the expenses of the Wenhui are in charge of Lin Xianyuan, and the reason why this is done is also for the purpose of boosting popularity.

Liu Wei had heard of Linxianyuan's various marketing methods, and he was quite surprised by this. In fact, he himself may not be able to come up with such a good business idea. The business acumen of the ancients is not much for the modern people. In fact, if big businessmen like Mi Zhu and Weiz are given enough space, the power and passion that they have burst out in pursuit of profit are amazing.

After Liu Wei and Mi Zhen got into the carriage and came to Linxian Garden, Mi Zhen got out of the carriage and went straight to Minglou. At this time, Liu Wei learned from Mi Zhen that the reason why she came to Linxian Yuan so stubbornly was actually in today's Ming Tower, there was a literary meeting held by Cai Yan.

At this time, although Cai Yan had not yet reached the same high prestige as in history, she was also recognized as a talented woman in the current scholar circle of the Han Empire. Her attainments in music, calligraphy, and poetry are no less than those of her father Cai Yong at this time, and her appearance is bright and moving, and her temperament is dignified and elegant.

Although he is now widowed, there is no shortage of admirers around him. Every month's Minglou Literary Meeting, attracted a lot of young talents in Luoyang, everyone ostensibly the purpose of the Literary Club is naturally to exchange talents, but there are also many people who want to show their talents through the Literary Society, get Cai Yan's favor, and finally hold the beauty, enter the court as an official, pay homage to the marquis, and embark on the peak of life.

Mi Zhen is keen on Cai Yan's literary meeting, and her inner thoughts still come from her inferiority complex as the daughter of a businessman, hoping to come and see what the gentle and elegant women of the real scholar clan are like. After all, the criterion for the Son of Heaven to choose a concubine is still the mainstream among the daughters of the scholars.

Liu Wei's thoughts about Mi Zhen also understood a little after he came to Linxian Yuan with her. didn't break it, just accompanied her in the neighborhood garden while enjoying the scenery in the garden, and walked along the stone road to the Ming Tower.

There are not a few people who walk towards Minglou with them in twos and threes, most of them are single young scholars, and it is rare to see a man and a woman like Liu Wei and Mi Zhen walking side by side. However, no one mentioned them as strange, after all, the people who came to participate in the Wenhui were not all single people who wanted to be favored by Cai Yan.

It's just that although the atmosphere of the Han Dynasty was open, it would still be reprehensible for men and women who did not have a husband and wife relationship to walk together. However, Liu Wei and Mi Zhen have a tacit understanding not to break it, and they walk side by side with each other to taste the heart-warming and exciting feelings.

Others don't know the relationship between the two, but they are just a couple who raise their eyebrows and have a deep affection, and they come to the Wenhui to see the excitement. Some people looked at Mi Zhen's beauty, and they also cast envious glances at Liu Wei.

After a while, Liu Wei and Mi Zhen came to the front of the Ming Tower.

Liu Wei found that the construction of Minglou was in the style of the Ming and Qing dynasties that imitated the Diaoyutai Restaurant, but the scale was not as large as that of Diaoyutai. Nowadays, there are many civil and commercial buildings that imitate the architectural style of Diaoyutai Restaurant, which can be said to lead a new architectural trend, and Liu Wei has also seen a lot, and Minglou is one of the most successful imitations.

Walking into the Ming Tower, Liu Wei saw that the structure inside was similar to that of the Diaoyu Tai, but the Ming Tower was only divided into two floors, and the lobby on the first floor was already full of people at the moment, some people were talking, some people were arguing fiercely, and some people were drinking quietly.

There are waiters guarding the stairs on the second floor, and I found out that Cai Yan's Wenhui is located on the second floor, and only those with invitations can go up.

At this time, Liu Wei and the others realized that Cai Yan's literary meeting was not a drama performance of Hongdu Menxue, and they could go in and watch it by buying a ticket. It's a private party. They came in a hurry, ignoring the question of whether they were invited or not.

The waiter politely stopped them on the first floor and told them that they could only stay in the lobby without invitations. In fact, most of these people in the lobby also wanted to attend the cultural meeting but were not invited. They gathered on the first floor, waiting for the article to come out with some good sentences or good articles, and they could enjoy it for the first time.

And those who can go up to the second floor are all people invited by Cai Yan or related households in the business of Linxian Yuan. Or like Lu Zhi and Zheng Tai, and upstarts in the literary world like You Heng and Ruan Yu, as long as they come here to sign up, they will naturally be invited to the second floor. Or the kind of person who is full of wealth in his heart, but his reputation has not yet been revealed, if he makes an article or two and sends it, and is favored by the above, he will also be invited. But you must have enough courage and talent to do this, otherwise if the article can't convince the people above, you will be ridiculed and lose face.

None of these methods can be used by Liu Bian. In fact, if you really want to use the memories of your previous life to write a flowery article, Liu Wei can also do it easily, but it is too conspicuous to do so. Lin Xianyuan is too close to Imperial Taixue, and there are many Taixue students here, Liu Wei still wants to keep a low profile in order to hide his identity.

However, seeing Mi Zhen's disappointed gaze, Liu Wei felt a little unbearable in his heart. They were followed by the guards, Liu Wei gave a look, and the guards who had already understood stepped forward and said to the waiter: "My master just wants to go up to see Miss Zhaoji's demeanor, and don't do anything else, and hope that the little brother will be accommodating." ”

The waiter just wanted to refuse sternly, but the guard stepped forward and held his hand, and the waiter's expression changed, and the words immediately changed: "In this case, I also wish to be beautiful in the world." But you can't wait to make a mistake. ”

"Of course." Liu Wei also stepped forward and said.

The waiter turned sideways and asked Liu Wei and the others to go upstairs, and after they went up, he ran to the corner and opened his palm to see that what the guard had just stuffed into his palm was actually a thumb-sized gold.

The waiter smiled, this young man made a bold move, and he didn't seem to be an ordinary person.

A pair of eyes next to him kept watching Liu Bian and his group go upstairs, and noticed that Liu Bian gave the waiter a grain of gold, and couldn't help but shrink his eyes.

The waiter was ignorant and did not understand that this gold was not something that ordinary people could have. To be able to come up with this kind of thing, it must be a powerful person who is close to the Han royal family to be qualified.

Thinking of this, a thought came to my heart, which felt both ridiculous and somewhat reasonable: when today's son is young and has not yet reached the crown......

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The layout of the second floor of the Ming Building is actually similar to the first floor, which looks like a private room from the outside, but when Liu Wei and the others pushed open the door, they found that it was actually a transparent hall inside. Any door from the outside can be entered, and the middle of the hall is just a screen that separates the area and is not enclosed, but the whole is completely connected.

Liu Wei and the others entered the end of the hall, and after entering, they found that there were quite a lot of people inside. Some gathered at a table to talk or whisper, while others stood by the wall with their hands behind their backs, shaking their heads and admiring the calligraphy on the wall. The handwriting on it is all the handwriting of contemporary masters, and Liu Wei also saw one or two paintings of Cai Yong and Zhong Xuan in it.

More people gathered around a desk at the front of the hall, and Liu Wei could vaguely see a woman writing something behind the table, and from time to time the crowd would let out a sigh of admiration for the woman.

"That's Cai Zhaoji." Mi Zhen also saw the woman and whispered to Liu Wei.

Liu Wei nodded. Over the years, Cai Yan's talent and fame have also passed into the palace. Although Liu Wei will also be curious, it has not reached the point where he has to see it. After all, he is used to seeing historical celebrities, and Liu Wei has become numb.

Mi Zhen is different, she made a special trip to see Cai Yan.

Liu Wei wanted to pull her to find a remote table to sit down, but Mi Zhen walked straight to the table where Cai Yan was.

Liu Wei was afraid that she would cause trouble, so he had no choice but to follow her. When he came closer, the table was surrounded by a group of scribes who watched Cai Yan's writing, and Mi Zhen naturally couldn't squeeze around among these men, so she had to look outside.

Liu Wei also stood outside with her, and he could already see Cai Yan's appearance clearly at this time. Although Cai Yan has been married to a wife a long time ago, she is still in her prime, and she has the charm of becoming a ** person, but also loses her youth and beauty. In terms of beauty alone, Cai Yan is indeed not as glamorous as Ren Hongchang, nor is he as innocent and cute as Mi Zhen, but what he exudes is the unique demure and elegance of a scholar girl.

In fact, Queen Tang also has this temperament, but Cai Yan has taken this temperament to the extreme. Queen Tang focused on a static character, but Cai Yan fell on the elegant character. The aura exuded by the gestures made Liu Wei think of only one word: Queen Fan.

This is naturally not the kind of queen who is wrapped in straits, with a leather whip in her left hand and a candle in her right hand. What Cai Yan holds is the kind of noble, dignified and elegant image of the best character.

Liu Wei was a little stupid for a while.

Mi Zhen noticed Liu Wei's distraction, and there was a vigilant look in her eyes. The eagerness to observe the model of a woman of the scholar clan that he was still holding was suddenly poured out, and what was replaced was the remorse and jealousy that Liu Wei saw Cai Yan.

At this time, some people praised Cai Yan's calligraphy. Mi Zhen didn't care about anything else, she actually pouted and said, "I don't think it's a big deal." ”

In fact, she didn't see Cai Yan's writing outside at all, and she made sarcastic remarks out of jealousy. As soon as she spoke, she realized that she was in trouble—her voice was so loud that everyone present heard it and threw angry glances at her.

After all, Mi Zhen is young and a girl's family, how can she keep the eyes of so many people questioning, and she was so frightened that she hid behind Liu Wei.

At this time, Liu Wei's face was already pale, and he showed a wry smile.

(To be continued, stay tuned for the next chapter.) ）