"Nachu, don't be rude." Brother Yutian reprimanded: "Don't retreat yet." ”

"Hey" everyone said loudly: "The wine order is like a military order, there is no dignity in the wine field, Brother Yutian should not break the rules." ”

Yutian smiled when he heard this: "I can't help you anymore." ”

"Not anymore." Nachu raised his eyebrows.

Everyone elected the most learned Li Yuanwai as the main master, and Li Yuanwai said with grace: "We can't be overwhelmed by the crowd, let's let the little brother solve the question first." ”

Na Chu didn't shirk either, so he began: "Wei Zheng." ”

"Wei Zheng" and all the guests looked at each other, which must be familiar with the four books, and must be quick to think before it is possible to face it. Those who have not read seriously do not bother to think about it, and they are dedicated to cheering up a few people who read outside Li Yuan.

"Wei Zheng, for politics" Fortunately, Li Yuanwai is also good at this, and after a while, he suddenly said: "But" Mencius saw King Liang Hui? ”

In the midst of the applause, Nachu drew his cup and said without changing his face: "It's your turn." ”

"Since the little brother uses the sages of the Tang Dynasty, I will have a five-generation one." Li Yuanwai said: "Xu You! ”

Those who had food in their stomachs began to rack their brains, and more waited to see Nachu's jokes.

Lu Xianggong was also thinking about it, and before he could come up with a reason, he heard Na Chu's crisp voice sound: "You can make it cure!" He immediately understood, and couldn't help but nod.

Most of the guests also understood, but there were also those who did not understand, and those who understood explained: "Confucius once commented on Zilu and said: "You are also a country of a thousand times, and you can make it endowed." , isn't it just praising Zhong You, referred to as "Xu You,." ”

Everyone praised: "Wonderful! Wuzi is thin, Han Confucianism shoots, but that's it. "Then they all drank a cup of pleasure.

It was Nachu's turn to ask the question: "Tian Guang." ”

"Grains don't grow!" This is simple, Li Yuanwai opened his mouth to answer, and after Nachu drank a cup, he said: "Bi Zhan." "This is the doctor of the Spring and Autumn Teng Kingdom.

"Carry it off." This is not difficult, Nachu answered in one bite, and then asked: "Black tun." ”

Many people were stunned and said, "This is also the name of the ancients?" ”

"Jin Chenggong's name," the man next to him whispered.

It is forbidden to be ashamed of one's loneliness.

"Sit on the charcoals." didn't stump Li Yuanwai, he asked again: "Wang Meng! ”

"The widow is so brave!" It's hard to stop Nachu. Everyone drank a cup, and they felt that it was not cost-effective: "It is more difficult for the staff to come out, otherwise we will lose a lot of money if we exchange more than a dozen cups for him!" ”

"I have to wait for the little brother to come up with the question first." Li Yuanwai smiled bitterly.

"Yu Rang." Nachu asked. This one was a famous assassin in the Spring and Autumn period.

Li Yuanwai was stunned for a moment, and the rest of the people racked their brains to nothing, just when the time was about to run out, Lu Xianggong said loudly: "But" Tai Boqi can be said to be the most virtuous. ”

"Yes." Li Yuanwai said with a ashamed face: "Thank you Xianggong Lu for your help." "Taber three let the world, isn't it just hobby giving way, referred to as "Yu Rang,".

After Nachu drank a cup, Li Yuanwai dug up his mind and said: "This time it's not a name, listen up." Taking a deep breath, he said like a cannon: "Every ten into one, every eight into eleven, every nine into one, every ten into one, every ten into one!" ”

Nachu was stunned, his brows frowned slightly, and he had no idea for a while, so everyone coaxed: "Drink ten cups in a row!" He couldn't help but look at the "father" who was sitting there for a long time, playing with the white jade pendant on his waist, not only his eyes lit up, but he raised his head and said confidently: The answer to this mystery is "Zhigui,!" ”

"Awesome." Li Yuanwai sighed: "1 Little brother is quick to think, and he is old. ”

Someone dipped these two words in tea and wrote them on the table, and everyone was also impressed and drank this cup happily.

"Lu Ti is fighting in Kansai!" Since Li Yuanwai did not follow the rules, Nachu was not polite.

Li Yuanwai thought about it again and again, rubbed Fa Mu's head and said, "Everyone, I have no tricks. ”

"What about Lu Xianggong?" Everyone looked at Lu Xiangmo and said.

"I can't figure it out either." Lu Xianggong smiled bitterly.

"Those who don't know think it's meat. Those who know it think it is rude. At this time, Brother Yutian spoke, he looked at his son with a smile, and said, "Isn't that right?"

"How do you elbow out!" Nachu didn't give in: "Is there a father like you?" ”

"You said you wanted one person to pick up the whole table." Yutian smiled: "Although we are father and son, we are not the same person." ”

"Brother Yutian, with good intentions, how can we be such adults to bully a junior together.

I'm willing to gamble and lose. Lu Xianggong laughed.

"Then let's drink, fortunately, although our book bag is narrow, the wine is quite wide!" Brother Sima laughed to himself, and in a burst of laughter, everyone drank ten cups in a row. Although they are all veterans of the alcohol test, it is impossible to play this kind of brain-wrenching game again.

One by one, one by In the theater building, there are more than a dozen small square tables, on which there are delicate refreshments and fruits, and each table has three chairs, which are empty on one side of the stage.

The play has not yet begun, but the musicians on the upper floor of the theater have already played the drum and bamboo flute. The drums are not beating people's ear drums one by one, but beating people's hearts one by one.

The flute was clearly played by the flute master sitting there in front of him, but it made one feel that it was coming from the distant sky above the great hall. Such a natural sound without fireworks can only be played by the top Kunqu opera troupe.

Everyone sat down one after another, and Lu Xianggong beckoned Yutian and his son to sit at a table with him. The class master respectfully came over with a plate and asked Lu Xianggong to order a play, Lu Xianggong looked at it and said: "Back then, Shen Ge Lao conquered Annam, set up the Central and Southern Economic Strategy, met the princes of the eight countries, and signed the "Thanh Hoa Treaty", so that we people are where we are today. People can't forget their roots, so today it's still "The Biography of Pingnan". ”

"I never get tired of hearing it!" Everyone echoed and laughed.

Nachu's expression was relieved.

Most of the lights in the theater were extinguished, and only the stage was brightly lit. But the main play can't start immediately, and you have to give people time to put on makeup, so the troupe will arrange a mat performance first.

On the stage, turning his head and playing funny, Lu Xianggong naturally didn't pay attention, he turned sideways, and saw Brother Yutian eating tea there gracefully and watching the excitement, so he smiled and said: "Brother Yutian, I've known you for so many days, just hearing others call you Brother Yutian, we don't know your surname." ”

"My surname is Qin, my cheap name is Lei, and the grass word Yutian." Brother Yutian smiled and said, "I've known you for so many days, and I only know your surname, but I don't know Taifu." "It turned out to be Brother Qin, by the way, I haven't introduced myself yet.

Lu Xianggong laughed at himself! "The contemptible person is called Lu Kun, the cursive character Uncle Jane,

Brother Qin calls my uncle, but it's easy. "Lu Xianggong's name is like thunder, and I know it no matter how lonely I am." Qin Lei said with a smile.

"It's tiring to be famous." Xikun smiled bitterly: "Don't say anything else, on this ship, I'm afraid that only your father and son will talk to me without utilitarianism." ”

"This is human nature, Brother Lu shouldn't care too much." Qin Lei smiled and said: "If it weren't for the fact that our father and son had no ambitions, we would have wanted to live a life of idle clouds and wild cranes, and I am afraid that we would have to be careful with flattery." "Wuyu is indeed rigid." Seeing that he was silent, Lu Kun cut off his idea of soliciting, but instead became competitive, and said with a smile: "But Brother Qin should be the one who has been in a high position for a long time." "I have never been out of office, and I live by the shadow of my ancestors." Qin Lei shook his head and smiled.

Seeing that the other party was reluctant to reveal his identity, Lu Kun didn't want to ask again, and the two sides met in Pingshui, so there was no need to break the sand pot and ask to the end.

When the gong started, everyone watched the play quietly. The boss of Shen Ge on the stage showed his might, but Qin Lei under the stage couldn't sit still, and made a gesture to Lu Kun to smoke, wanting to take the opportunity to smoke.

Who knew that Lu Kun actually got up and came out with him: "It's too stuffy inside, it's breathable." Qin Lei smiled, and the two went to the Lu platform outside the stage to smoke, Lu Kun took out the silver cigarette case from his arms, gently pressed the lid of the box, popped out two thin cigars, lifted the windproof lampshade, lit it and handed it to Qin Lei. Qin Lei took it and was about to take a puff, when a crisp voice sounded behind him: "Smoking is harmful to health." It turned out that Nachu followed.

"Not really." Lu Kun was about to vomit a smoke ring, and coughed when he heard the words, for a person like him, there is nothing more valuable than his own life: "Didn't the newspaper say that smoking is good for health? "Tobacco leather is a consumer product that has emerged in recent decades, and with the rapid expansion of the planting area, especially the plantation production in Nanyang, tobacco has gradually become a mass consumer product. Twenty years ago, only the gentry could afford to smoke, but in recent years, smoking has become a habit and fashion, and men with slightly better economic conditions have cigarette bags and pots hanging from their waists. They took advantage of the advertising effect of newspapers to insist that tobacco had medical benefits. It is said that this "herb, after drying and ignition" emits a large amount of smoke and a choking smell, which opens all the pores and meridians of the body. This not only prevents the blood vessels from becoming blocked, but also opens up the meridians in a short period of time: so people can stay healthy, stay away from diseases, and help people resist the invasion of diseases. , Yunyun.

Lu Kun clearly remembers an advertisement he had seen saying that tobacco could "protect our health and reduce our suffering." Let's find the pleasures of the senses and relax our tired brains. , that's why he endured his disgust with the bad smell, three times a day, after meals, and smoked this thing until the craving for cigarettes formed.

"Can you believe what you say in the advertisement?" Nachu sneered: "This burning weed looks disgusting, smells disgusting, and harms both the brain and the lungs!" ”

"Really?" Lu Kun looked at Qin Lei.

"This is what Li Shizhen said." Nachu moved out of the authoritative road.

"Do you know Doctor Li?" Lu Kun was surprised.

"It's just hearsay." Qin Lei hurriedly said.

"It's probably like that" Lu Kun looked at the cigar that was still half left in his hand, flicked his fingers and threw it into the sea, shook his hand and said: "I'd rather believe it than believe it, don't smoke it." ”

"Brother Lu is really free and easy, and his hobby for many years will be broken." Under Nachu's gaze,

Qin Lei had no choice but to extinguish the cigarette in his hand and said with a wry smile: "But if the people of the country are like you, Emperor Wanli will be depressed." ”

In the winter of the eighth year of Wanli, the Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty announced to the world that it was forbidden for the private people to buy and sell tobacco by themselves, and only the merchants who paid the franchise fee and obtained the right to operate the business, and the imperial store opened by the royal family were eligible to sell tobacco.

As soon as this order was issued, hundreds of officials wrote to dissuade them, saying that this was "competing with the people for profit, and the holy virtue is lost, Yunyun, but the Wanli Emperor did not plan to talk to the outer court mushrooms at all, and his holy decree was given to the eunuchs."

Nearly 10,000 eunuchs were added to the inner court, but the household department refused to pay for it, and the emperor was reluctant to pay for it himself, so he wanted the eunuchs to support themselves. The best way is to restore the tax customs of the imperial store that was banned during the Longqing period, and the emperor made the "tobacco monopoly, which is nothing more than taking the opportunity to restore the imperial store that does monopoly business, and the tax customs that check and collect taxes have always been the livelihood of the eunuchs."

It has been more than half a year since this edict was issued, and although most of the country is still the same, the tobacco market in Gyeongshi is indeed monopolized by eunuchs who are like wolves and tigers, and they open tax cards all over Gyeonggi, and anyone who transports tobacco will be arrested, and if they do not pay a huge fine, they will live in Dongchang Edict for the rest of their lives. The Si shops opened by the emperors and the big blocks were all over the capital, and the price of tobacco rose tenfold, and the tobacco merchants all changed their careers.

One by one, one When it came to domestic affairs, Lu Kun said worriedly: "What is even more worrying is that the emperor unscrupulously broke the rules, bypassed the outer court at every turn, and used eunuchs to do things for himself." I heard that another 8,000 eunuchs have been recruited this year. Now there are nearly 30,000 eunuchs in the inner court, and they can't live in the palace, so I think eighty percent of them will be sent to the provinces, to be precise, the southeastern provinces. He sighed and said, "I'm really worried, it's only been a few days, and it's coming to an end." "Is it that serious?" Qin Lei asked.

Kun nodded, and said solemnly: "Shen Gelao's "Economics", have you read it?" ”

Qin Lei nodded.

"It is said that SI has property that is protected by the state and is the basis for economic prosperity." Lu Kun said: "This sentence is really right, only when people know their property and will not be robbed by others, can they have no worries and let go of their hands and feet to make money." If you can be taken in by the emperor at any time, then what else do you have to do? "Will the emperor rob it openly?" Qin Lei said with a look of astonishment.

"Don't let others do this, only allow yourself to make money, it's no different from robbing." Lu Kun said: "I'm afraid that the fate of the southeast merchants is the same as the merchants in the capital." ”