Qingzhou has a long history, since the beginning of the summer, the world is divided into Kyushu, Qingzhou is one of them. For thousands of years, although Qingzhou City has undergone several changes, it has always been an important center of Qilu. Since the Tang Dynasty, Qingzhou has been one of the major states in the world. After the middle of the Tang Dynasty, Qingzhou City has always been the seat of Ziqing Pinglu Jiedu Envoy.

In the Tang Dynasty, he first set up the king of Qi, and then was named the king of Longxi County by the imperial court, Li Na, the envoy of Ziqing Pinglu Jiedu, when he was in charge of Qingzhou, in order to facilitate pleasure, he ordered people to widen and deepen the Nanyang River, so that it was convenient for boating on the water, and built pavilions and pavilions on the bank of the Nanyang River. Since then, the Nanyang River has become an excellent place for talented and beautiful people, literati and ordinary people to play.

Qingzhou City in the Northern Song Dynasty was not only the seat of Qingzhou Prefecture, but also the location of East East Road of the Great Song Dynasty. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Qingzhou was known as the "Great Power of the East", and Qingzhou City enjoyed the lofty reputation of "Haidai Famous Capital" and "Eastern Xia Capital".

During the Northern Song Dynasty, there were more than a dozen prime ministers who served as the governor of Qingzhou, Kou Zhun, Wang Zeng, Fu Bi, Fan Zhongyan, Wen Yanbo, Ouyang Xiu, etc., all of whom served as the governor of Qingzhou. Of course, this is a later story, but it also shows the important position of Qingzhou in the Song Dynasty and its prosperity.

When Liu Xu had dinner with Xu Jin'er and walked on the streets, the streets and alleys were already crowded.

Liu Xu originally wanted to ask Wang Zeng to come to the poetry meeting together, but Wang Zongyuan disciplined Wang Zeng very strictly, because he was young and rarely let him come out to participate in these entertaining things.

But it's okay not to come, Liu Xu is happy to play freely with Xu Jiner.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a grand festival for the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and the streets and alleys of Qingzhou City have been lively since the daytime.

And in the evening, the carnival and liveliness of the Mid-Autumn Festival have reached **.

There is no curfew in the Great Song Dynasty, and the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Shangyuan Festival, the two major festivals, Qingzhou City is not even closed. The excitement and joy of the Mid-Autumn Festival will last all night and will gradually dissipate until the early morning of the second day.

Liu Xu couldn't help but think that the people of the Great Song Dynasty were still very happy. Fortunately, he was in the Song Dynasty, if he went to another dynasty, the night curfew would be a nightmare for Liu Xu, who came from later generations and was used to living a nightlife. Historically, except for the Song Dynasty, other dynasties have implemented curfews.

Not long after dinner, the people of Qingzhou City came out of their homes and gathered in the most prosperous streets centered on Haidai Street and Nanyang River. The roads are full of lanterns, like a mighty and unquenchable fire, hawkers shouting and selling goods, dragon and lion dancers pass by, gongs and drums are beaten, and jugglers gather in the streets.

When Liu Xu and Xu Jin'er walked through the crowded crowd and arrived at the bank of the Nanyang River, the bank of the Nanyang River was already crowded with people, like a sea of joy.

The banks of the Nanyang River are hung with countless lanterns, the lights are bright, and the Nanyang River at this time is like a bright pearl in Qingzhou City. In the village of a green building on the bank of the Nanyang River, there is a faint singing voice to solicit guests, and sometimes you can see the dance inside, and there are people coming in and out from time to time, which is very lively. The slightly famous Qinglou woman has a place to go tonight, and occasionally a seat can be found in the hall, and from time to time there will be news on the street that there is a certain son and a certain new oven, which is one of the highlights of tonight's grand festival. Then you can hear a famous person in a certain green building chanting this poem. Then I can hear the news that another son's masterpiece has also been released, and the talents compete with each other, and the beauties decorate these talents with a beautiful crimson atmosphere.

Of course, the lively festival is indispensable for lantern riddles, performances, moon viewing and other links. Talented and beautiful people are competing in poetry, singing and dancing, while most of the ordinary people are enjoying the lanterns and watching the excitement.

The way of poetry has flourished since the Tang Dynasty, and after hundreds of years of development, the status of poetry has reached a glorious position. Although being able to write good poetry does not necessarily mean that you are capable, if you can really write a good poem, it will definitely not lack respect and courtesy wherever you go. The elegant atmosphere is the imprint of this era. During the Tang and Song dynasties, there were many literati who wrote poems to recommend themselves to high-ranking officials, and there were many excellent works. Poetry has also become an important weapon for literati to win the appreciation and recommendation of those in high positions.

During the Tang and Song dynasties, the flourishing and vast poetry culture has precipitated into the foundation of the entire society and has become the most shining part of the history of civilization development. Countless masterpieces such as the stars and Hengsha set off the most important part of the Han civilization.

At this time, in Qingzhou City, Haidai Street and Nanyang River are the most lively and prosperous places. In these prosperous places, there are display boards placed by merchants, and the poetry works that can be used by various talents have gathered one after another. Occasionally, someone will read aloud, and there are also shrewd merchants who will arrange for a girl who can sing a song to sing a paragraph.

On the streets, in the nearby teahouses and restaurants, in large and small gatherings, literati and students shook their heads and commented on the best poems, appreciating whose poems could be sung the longest. Even the small people in the market who have never studied can feel such an artistic conception in such an atmosphere, and discuss with the people around them, and get some elegance.

When Liu Xu came to the Great Song Dynasty, it was the first time he saw the real prosperity and romance of the Great Song Dynasty. Liu Xu was completely infected by joy and liveliness, and Liu Xu took Xu Jin'er to shuttle through the crowded crowd, watching juggling, guessing lantern riddles, buying snacks, and watching people compete in poetry.

At this time, the Nanyang River is already a painting boat, the lights are bright, the sound of silk and bamboo, and the singing is melodious. Some upper-class people with status or some money in Qingzhou City will buy or rent a painting boat tonight to be elegant. There are many painting boats on the surface of the Nanyang River, and there are many painting boats parked on the bank, obviously these painting boats docked on the shore, and some important guests have not yet arrived.

Of course, the painting boat on the river is inseparable from the famous Qinglou Ji in Qingzhou. Today's poetry meeting is also the annual selection of Oiran in Qingzhou, and tonight's Oiran competition will be held on the painting boat on the Nanyang River. Each Qinglou family will paint their own boats and whitewash them, and compete for beauty.

Today is also a good opportunity for the Qinglou to improve its reputation and attract business, and the red girls of the Qinglou who are expected to compete for the Oiran are some of them seizing the last time to rehearse, and some are in harmony with the lyrics and songs of those talented and famous people, and there are bursts of laughter on the gorgeous painting boat.

The most dependent on the survival of the celebrities is fame, and being elected to the Oiran is undoubtedly the best means to improve their fame, but there is only one Oiran after all, and not everyone can be elected. The fame of Mingji is mainly won by those literati and scholars, so a good relationship with famous talents in Qingzhou is also an important means for Mingji to improve its fame. If a famous talent writes a wonderful poem for himself, and he composes a tune and sings it, he can undoubtedly become famous the fastest.

And those talented people also hope that their poems will be praised by others. In this era, there are not as many media means as in later generations, and Qinglou singing is basically the only and best means of media promotion. At this time, the songs are quite talented, not everyone's poems they will sing regardless of the good and the bad, the poems that do not enter their eyes, you beg them and they are too lazy to sing, so sometimes to a large extent, the poet also has to ask for the name. Through the singing of popular celebrities, it is also an important means to increase the popularity of one's own poems and improve the fame of one's talents. And these names can often go in and out of the wealthy, contact with the powerful, if she sings your poems, and then introduce two sentences to the dignitaries: "This is a certain son's masterpiece, this son is outstanding in learning, quick in writing, and is a first-class talent." It will quickly spread your fame as a talented person, and maybe you will also be appreciated and recommended by some dignitaries, so that you will rise to prominence. Therefore, the name of the talented man is mutually beneficial, and the name of the talented man is hot.

Moreover, if the celebrities are good, the first choice is also those talented and famous people, and marrying a businessman covered in patina is their last most helpless choice. Rather be a concubine than a businessman's wife, it is the mainstream of this era. And the talents win the hearts of beauties with their poems, they have to be guests of the curtain, or they have to hug the beauties, and they will definitely be rumored to be good stories in the Great Song Dynasty. Maybe after tonight, there will be many talented and beautiful people and romantic stories circulating.

Liu Xu walked around with Xu Jin'er for a while, and couldn't help but regret participating in the poetry meeting with Xu Jin'er. With Xu Jin'er with him, he wants to go to the Qinglou to see the romance of the Great Song Dynasty, but it is not suitable, I don't see any talented man who takes his wife to visit the Qinglou, even if it is simply to meet friends with poetry. So when Xu Jin'er took out the invitation card of the Ning family and said that she was going to the Ning family's painting boat, Liu Xu decisively agreed. Liu Xu secretly thought in his heart: When he arrived at the painting boat, Xu Jin'er went to a party with his sisters, and then he found a way to take the opportunity to sneak away, go to visit the Qinglou Jijia, and see the romance of the Song Dynasty.

Maybe he can win the heart of a certain beauty by throwing his first words, Liu Xu couldn't help but think narcissistically.