503 tastes like this
The premiere of the Imperial Theater made the people of the empire flock to it, although the ticket price of fifty taels of silver a piece discouraged many ordinary people, but the empire now has no shortage of rich people. [Marshmallow updates quickly, the website page is refreshing, there are few ads, no pop-ups, I like this kind of website the most, be sure to praise]
The first 600 ordinary seats worth 50 taels of silver were swept away by the rich people of the Luoyang and Chang'an generations within two days, and the rich people of the Qizhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou, and Liangzhou generations who rushed to hear the news came one step too late, so they had to add another 50 taels of silver to buy the second-floor luxury seats.
But even so, they felt that the money was well spent. Let's ask the family, the villagers, how many people have seen the emperor of the Ninety-Five? They have met, not only have they met, but they have also been in the same room with His Holiness the Pope, which will not only win them face, but also add a lot of daily conversation to them. They were excited to think about it.
Admittedly, the rooms on the third floor are the most expensive, but they are no less popular than the regular seats, as there are only twelve ...... Twelve opportunities to get up close and personal with His Holiness the Pope.
There has never been a shortage of merchants with strong assets in the empire, and 50,000 taels of silver is just a drop in the bucket for their abundant capital reserves, and they can earn back tens or even hundreds of 50,000 yuan by transporting some products back and forth to Jeju, and they don't care about this money at all.
Therefore, at the beginning of the public auction of the box, the wealthy families in the states of the empire made their moves one after another, and under their competitive bidding, the auction of the box became a stage for them to compete for wealth.
The auction has thus developed into a money-throwing competition, and whoever smashes more will represent whose pockets are more bulging and who has more confidence.
At first, the businessmen were quite polite among themselves, and after fighting for a day and a night, each with red eyes and thick necks, "Lao Tzu plus 100,000!" "Loud voice, to show that he is more confident.
"Lao Tzu plus 500,000! Do you still dare to add? The man said triumphantly.
50,000 plus 100,000, 500,000 for a family, and the price of the box jumped to 650,000. The big voice looked disdainful, "Lao Tzu adds a hundred." Fixed price: 1.65 million. ”
The proud one just now immediately turned blue when he heard this, "One million .65 million is just to listen to music for a year, you crazy person." After saying that, he walked away.
The loud one shouted at his back, "Look at your poor face." Lao Tzu has money, and having money is capricious, Lao Tzu not only has to spend more than one million to listen to music, but Lao Tzu also wants to take hundreds of thousands of silver to play in the water! ”
As soon as he heard this, the loud-voiced servant walked up to the loud-voiced man with drooling and asked, "Master, when are you going to take the silver to the water?" ”
"What for?"
The servant rubbed his hands together and said happily, "I'm going to go to the water to make money!" ”
"." He kicked the servant in a loud voice, "Master, I'm joking, can't you hear me?" By the way, don't let the eldest lady know about renting a box for 1.65 million, otherwise she will trouble me again. ”
"Hey, okay!"
Well, this one is still a tracheitis.
A total of 12 auctions like this were held, and finally the twelve boxes were sold out at an average price of 800,000 taels of silver, Luan Yikong gloves and white wolves, and earned more than 10 million taels of silver with a commercial performance, not only earning back the manufacturing cost of the opera house, but also making a surplus after filling the expenses for compiling the Neon Clothes and Feathers Song.
Tickets sold out, and the day of the show followed.
On the day of the performance, the Empire's elite dressed in festive costumes walked through the converted square of the palace vestibule to the location of the Imperial Opera House.
In the open space in front of the theater, small business-minded traders and vendors, under the guidance of the guards, set up stalls in an orderly manner, and the cries of selling pastries, fruits, sweets, and sugar gourds came and went.
There were rich squires who took what they needed and bought a few, but were stopped by the guards when they entered the opera house. They told the squire that the Imperial Opera House was an elegant place, and no foreign vulgar objects were allowed to enter.
The squire Fujia understands this. After all, this time I was listening to the music with His Majesty, and the necessary rules still had to be told, so I took the initiative to hand over the things in my hands, stepped into the theater empty-handed, and took my seat.
After sitting down for about a stick of incense, they listened to a burst of fierce applause coming from the top of their heads, and everyone at first somehow looked up to see several figures flashing out of the private room in the middle of the third floor. Due to the distance, although they could not see the face of the comer, they immediately guessed the identity of the figure. "Your Majesty is here!"
When they arrived, they were informed that the aisles of the theater were narrow and there were too many people to watch the performance, so the people in the theater today did not have to kowtow, but only bowed and applauded to show their respect.
The audience present kept these rules in mind and did them one by one, and even more enthusiastic applause burst out in the theater hall, "Long live my emperor, long live." ”
On the high platform, Luan Yi waved his right hand and questioned the people, and then shouted to the copper-skinned horn inlaid with gold in front of him: "Everyone, take a seat!" ”
Seeing the Pope in person, the audience was so excited that some even had red eyes and drew a cross on their chest.
"Your Majesty is waving to me!"
Someone corrected: "It's not 'me', it's 'us'." Beckoning to us. He then nervously said, "Not only beckoned, but also spoke to us!" Let us be exempted and sit down, do you say that this is a holy decree, do we count this as receiving a holy decree? ”
"Count, why not? We are also counted as those who have received the holy decree. ”
And the people became happy because of it.
On the high platform, Yang Wan, Sun Shangxiang and Zhen Mi sat on the left and right sides of Luan Yi, as the actual queen Yang Wan sat on the right side, and her son - that is, Luan Yi's eldest son Luan Ping; Zhen Mi took advantage of her unshakable position in the Luan family to sit on Luan's left side, and beside her were Sun Shangxiang and her second son Luan Wei.
As for Cai Yan and Diao Chan, they are now making the final preparations before the show starts backstage. Luan Yi wanted to go down to see them - also to visit the class, but after thinking about it, it would inevitably make the musicians nervous at this time, and if it affected the quality of the performance, it would be worth the loss. So I gave up and waited until the end of the performance to visit.
After thinking about this, Luan Yi's eyes wandered to the person sitting in the corner of the box, and secretly sighed that the happy atmosphere of his family became embarrassed because of this person's intervention - this person was Lao Kudong, the leader of the Qiang prison sister tribe.
This old guy doesn't know if it's on purpose, or if it's really a coincidence as he said, he happened to come to Luoyang on the first day of the premiere of the Imperial Theater. Come on, come on, as soon as this old guy hears that the Grand Theater is going to put on a grand song, he wants to come and listen to it.
Just listen to it! Buying a ticket is ...... But Old Bitter Winter is notoriously slamming the door. He wanted to enjoy the treatment that others couldn't enjoy, and he wanted to pull out a dime, so he found Luan Yi, and he had to go to Luan Yi's box to listen to the play.
Speaking of which, Bitter Winter is still very good on the whole, he is shrewd, humorous, cheerful, friendly, humble, and polite, so Luan Yi has a good personal relationship with him, and he also knows that the reason why he picks the door is not because he is stingy in his bones, but when he used to burn Dangqiang to rule the Qiang Department, the prison sister Qiang was bullied and afraid, they made money for the Qiang people, and they couldn't pay the tax burden to meet them was the disaster of extermination, he was too afraid of poverty, and he developed the habit of picking the door in a few decades.
His slamming of the door is excusable, Luan Yi not only understands, but also can't help but feel a little compassion.
Therefore, when Old Kudong found various reasons to find Luan Yi to listen to it, Luan Yi only hesitated a little and agreed to Ku Dong's request.
But it wasn't until he sat in a box that Luan Yi realized that his choice was so wrong...... It's outrageously wrong, as for the reason - when I met Old Kudong before, I kept a certain distance in the spacious hall, so Luan Yi never noticed that Kudong had a fox smell. What's even more unbearable is that it may be the problem of eating beef and mutton all day long, and there is a strong smell on the body of the bitter winter. Although Bitter Winter himself seemed to be aware of this embarrassing problem, he smoked some spices and smeared some Western Regions flavors and other things before leaving, trying to hide his body odor.
But instead of achieving the desired effect, he made a mess of various fragrances that blended with fox odor and body odor, and the taste became even more weird and unpleasant.
Luan Yi swallowed a mouthful of saliva, held his snort, in order to save face for Old Ku Dong, he didn't say anything, but smiled at Ku Dong, raised the delicate glass cup in his hand and saluted, and took a sip.
After a glass of wine, the obvious cramped and uneasy expression on Ku Dong's face disappeared a lot, and he also smiled warmly at Luan Yi.
Putting down the wine glass, Luan Yi cast his eyes on Yang Wan on the right hand, obviously ...... In the airtight box, the smell of bitter winter's body made her very uncomfortable, and she was now wrapping her nose with a handkerchief, her eyebrows tightened. Luan Ping, who was sitting on Yang Wan's right hand, had a different attitude, his waist was twice straight, as if there was a cross pinned behind him, he did not squint, and sat upright, as if the turbid pungent smell did not exist.
After seeing Luan Ping's performance, Luan Yi was very satisfied. As his eldest son, the first choice of the future prince should have this bearing and mind. I can't even bear the slightest strange smell, how can I endure the difficulties I face after ascending the throne, and what qualifications do I have to rule the people? Thinking of this, Luan Yi nodded with satisfaction.
Diametrically opposed to Yang Wan, Sun Shangxiang, who was rectum, frowned and opened his mouth to ask, "Oh, what does this smell like!" ”
Old Kudong licked his lips with an embarrassed expression. "This ...... That ......"
To the surprise of Old Bitter Winter, when he indirectly said that the taste came from himself, Sun Shangxiang not only did not dislike him, but was very interested in the smell on his body that was so strange, "Hey? Why do you smell like this? Are all Qiang compatriots like this? Or is it just you? ”
Lao Kudong said: The vast majority of the Qiang people are like this.
"Aren't you showering then?"
"Uh......" Old Bitter Winter had a black line, "Wash! Take me as an example! I soaked in the water tank all night yesterday! But the smell is already in our bones, and a little sweat comes out again. ”
"It's weird!" Sun Shangxiang put her nose close to Luan Yi and sniffed, "Why don't we Chinese have this smell?" ”
Old Kudong didn't know how to answer, "I don't know either!" ”
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