Chapter 10: Heaven and Earth

Tian Sheng has been living a fulfilling life recently, a fulfillment he hasn't had in 20 years.

Since he was a child, Tian Sheng has been compared by his parents with his brother Tian Wei, but how can he compare? Whether it is knowledge or martial arts, they are all a cut behind. It seems that God has inherited all the talents of the Lao Tian family to Tian Wei, and he has not left any of them to himself.

Tian Sheng, who has lived in the shadow of an excellent brother for a long time, simply broke the jar and broke it, did nothing all day long, followed the eagle and lackeys of Chang'an City, and still achieved nothing in his early twenties.

However, just a few months ago, his half-sister, the current Empress, sent him into the palace to meet his nephew, His Royal Highness the Prince, seven-year-old. At that moment, Tian Wei, who was full of doubts, walked into the prince/palace, and also opened a door that completely changed his fate.

After three hours of shocking education by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Tian Sheng, who was half-incomprehensible, returned home in a daze with several imperial chefs and craftsmen in the Prince Zhan Shifu. What followed was a full load of dozens of copper coins, a whole million dollars!

The most incredible thing is that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked Tian Sheng to use this million dollars to build a house that does not occupy too much of an area, and it costs millions of dollars! Tian Sheng really didn't understand what kind of house would be so expensive.

Fortunately, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent a note called the plan, which recorded in detail the various accidents that may occur in the future and how to deal with them, as well as how to maximize the benefits in the future.

After the bamboo slips used to record this plan arrived, they filled most of the room, and it took Tian Sheng three full days to read them all. I just feel that the more I watch it, the more fascinated I become, and I even re-watched it several times.

Tian Sheng felt that he had a plan in hand, and if he couldn't get things done, he really had no face to live in this world. For a while, he suddenly felt full of pride, like a general with a pearl of wisdom in his hands, and he couldn't wait to rush to kill in the mall.

Tian Sheng of the great man! He inherited the glorious tradition of Chinese merchants. Tao Zhugong, Lü Buwei, and Deng Tong are possessed by their souls at this moment! Tian Sheng is a person, he represents the long history and tradition of Chinese merchants, at this moment he is not fighting alone, he is not alone!

In Chang'an City, the mansions of the wealthy and dignitaries are distributed in the Beique area, which is called "Beique Jiadi". As the younger brother of the current queen, Tian Sheng also has a set of courtyards that occupy a large area in this place where every inch of land is valuable.

On the second day after Tian Sheng finished reading the plan, he personally took more than 100 craftsmen and helpers to raze this set of valuable courtyards to the ground in the surprised eyes of everyone.

Subsequently, the craftsmen sent by the crown prince Zhan Shifu began to hold silk silks with strange lines drawn, and constantly compare and measure them on the ruins. After a few days, they began to direct hired helpers and various craftsmen to build a strange three-story building on the ruins.

Unlike the surrounding wooden buildings, this one is made of bricks. Several large deep pits were dug at the back of the building, which were connected to the building by a ditch.

The most striking thing is that the walls of the building are all pasted with a novelty. The surface of what the craftsmen called tiles was as smooth as finely polished marble (Yunnan marble), but much thinner than marble, and the patterns on it were clearly not naturally generated.

According to the craftsmen involved in the interior decoration work, the tiles on the walls of the building can be patched together with various exquisite patterns. Each stone has a specific location and should not be confused.

The entire building was erected in a short time, and in less than ten days, this extremely gorgeous building had been topped out. Just when people thought they were done, it took another month for the craftsmen who came in and out to finish the interior of the building, and one could not help but start to speculate about how elaborate the interior should be.

The day after the completion of the project, hundreds of carts covered with straw mats secretly sent many objects into the building, and the whole process was handled by the people sent by the Prince Zhan Shifu.

For two months, Tian Sheng was busy for two months. During this period, he refused all the invitations of his fox friends and dogs, and devoted himself to the construction of this building.

In response to the curious inquiries of the people around him, he adhered to the principle of maintaining a sense of mystery that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince repeatedly requested, and kept his mouth shut, and even his parents couldn't get out half a sentence.

The only people who have really seen the whole picture of the building are him and Zhan Shi of the Prince's Mansion. Even the craftsmen of the Prince's Mansion could only see a small area for which they were responsible. When the building was finished, he hugged his head and cried.

This is the most serious thing Tian Sheng has done in his life, after two months, he who originally had a ruddy complexion, fat head and big ears, but his face was haggard, like dry bones, which shows how much he cares. Of course, the final result was completely worthy of Tian Sheng's efforts, and as a senior gentleman, he knew very well how rich the rewards could be from such a fairyland-like place.

After another half a month, in the speculation and expectation of the magnates of the entire Northern Quejiadi, this extremely luxurious building was officially hung with a plaque, and the four big characters of gold "Heavenly Rén Room" were officially hung.

A notice was hung outside the gate of the "Heavenly Room", stating that only female guests would be accepted, and it would be open.

For a while, countless men with the surname Su were depressed to death, but they didn't dare to trouble Tian Sheng, and there were Queen Mother and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince standing behind them, and if they wanted to die, don't drag down their families.

A few days later, the ladies who had participated in the last palace banquet received an invitation unexpectedly and pleasantly. The invitation said that the queen lady felt that the ladies worked hard to keep the house, take care of their masters, so that they could better serve the Han Dynasty, so they spent a lot of effort to get a free hospitality coupon for the "Heavenly Room", and invited all the ladies to participate in the opening experience of the "Heavenly Room" after three days.

The ladies didn't know what the free hospitality ticket meant, but the gist of the invitation was clear. It was the queen mother who asked her eldest brother Tian Sheng for a favor, so that they could become the first batch of experiencers of the "Heavenly Rén Room" three days later.

Recalling the pomp and circumstance of the last palace banquet, coupled with the recent mysterious rumors in the "Heavenly Chamber", the ladies couldn't help but anxiously wait for the early arrival of that day.

Three days later, the heavens finally unveiled her mystery to the world.

As soon as the sun showed its red face, and as the first rays of sunlight fell on the streets of Chang'an City, for the first time in their lives, the noblewomen of Beique Jiadi went out earlier than their husbands, got into carriages, and hurried up to the sky.

Outside the courtyard gate of the heavenly chamber, there were two rows of three smiling palace maidens, who carefully checked the reception tickets in the hands of the nobles, and then the other maids led them into the courtyard gate.

Many noble ladies who did not have coupons wanted to get through the tricks, but they were politely blocked by the maids, and they had no tricks, so they could only attract the contempt of everyone, so they had to leave stupidly. Several of the gentlemen of the important ministers of the imperial court were full of displeasure, and they were about to make trouble, but they were knocked over by the prince's guards who had already hidden in the crowd and handed over to the guards of the lieutenant's mansion to escort them away.

As soon as the ladies entered the hall on the first floor through the corridor of the courtyard, they were immediately struck by the beautiful scenery in front of them.

On the high ceiling in the center of the hall, a huge glass chandelier hangs, and the bright light from dozens of giant candles is projected to the entire hall through the glass lampshade, forming a colorful soft halo.

The ground is paved with mirror-smooth beige tiles, which can almost illuminate the shadow of a person. The exquisite tiles on the walls are pieced together with several huge patterns, including horses, eagles, mountains and rivers, and moons and stars.

In the center of the hall is a large round platform, which, according to the maid, is the stage, designed for cabaret performances. At this time, a girl in white was holding the stage and playing "Mountains and Flowing Water" with the guqin placed on the table in front of her.

The hall is surrounded by round tables, each surrounded by a semi-circular seat. According to the maids, this kind of sitting is called a sofa, which is used for everyone to rest when enjoying the performance.

At the special suggestion of the maids, the ladies were curious to visit the miraculous latrines known as the toilets.

There is a copper tube called a flap on the hand wash, and when you twist it to the left, it will produce a warm stream of water, and if you twist it to the right, it will flow a cool stream of water. Before cleaning hands, there will be maids who will hand over the pancreas (in fact, the Han Dynasty used bath beans, which is too ugly); After the hands are cleaned, the maid will deliver a clean handkerchief in time.

There is a ceramic toilet called a flush toilet in the snow hidden room, which automatically drains the water and flushes away the filth by pulling the string next to it. Before going to the toilet, there will be a maid who will wipe the toilet with silk silk first; After going to the toilet, you don't need to use the toilet chip, but there will be a clean silk hand.

It can be said that this way of complimenting has completely risen to the level of art in the eyes of the ladies.

The maid then led the ladies up the elaborate spiral staircase and continued to the second floor. The entire second floor is divided into small rooms. There is a maid in each room, with a table and a few chairs in the middle, surrounded by a sofa and a coffee table.

"Please forgive me, the third floor is temporarily closed to the public." At the staircase leading from the second floor to the third floor, a maid stopped a noblewoman who wanted to go up to visit.

"Why is that? I'm going to see what's going on? The lady was too curious, and the more she was not allowed to look at her, the more she wanted to see it.

"Madam, if you want to go up to the third floor, you must show your special VIP card."

The lady was stunned when she heard this, and hurriedly asked, "What is the special VIP card?" Where are you going? ”

"Now only three special VIP cards have been given, respectively in the hands of the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother and Princess Guantao." The maid smiled as always.

Whew, the lady breathed a sigh of relief, and didn't dare to mention the matter of going up to the third floor again, but she was thinking about whether she would be able to get a so-called special VIP card in the future, which was a symbol of status.

It took almost an hour for the ladies to let go of the maid in charge of the introduction, and began to experience the wonders of heaven on their own.

Several ladies with a good rhythm sat around a certain sofa in the hall, listening to the melodious sound of the piano coming from the stage, and kept commenting. Obviously, another girl played the piano, and the fingering was slightly different from the piano master just now, which gave the ladies a lot of topics.

"Ladies do you want to drink some juice?" A maid approached, handed the ladies a silk book, and bowed to ask.

The ladies gathered around to take a look, and saw a variety of different fruits drawn on the silk book, with names and prices marked on the back.

"Pear-flavored, 100 baht, it's not expensive. Bring me a bottle. One of the ladies was indeed a little thirsty, and reached out to get money from the cuff.

"Hehe, the ladies have the free hospitality coupons given by the queen's mother, and now all the expenses will be counted in Tian Shengguo's uncle's account, and there is no need to pay additional bills." The maid smiled slightly and reminded, but in order to avoid misunderstanding later, she added, "But only today, Madame will come back later, and she will have to pay the bill." ”

Yes?!

Only then did the ladies really understand the meaning of the free hospitality coupon, and the feeling was that the queen gave us a free gift of food and drink. What's so polite? So, while thanking the queen for her blessings, the ladies ordered drinks lavishly.

Seeing a certain lady ordering several bottles by herself, the maid hurriedly stopped: "Ladies, wait a minute, this shop is not only for drinks, but also for all kinds of pastries, this is a list. ”

After saying that, the maid handed over a thicker silk book, on which were also drawn various pastries, marked with names and prices.

The eyes of the ladies lit up, since the last palace banquet, the pastries that people still miss can be eaten casually? That's a bit bigger, and I nodded it for a while.

The maid politely wrote down the things ordered by the ladies on a thin piece of porcelain with charcoal, and after reconfirming, asked the ladies to wait for a while and retreated.

After a few moments, several maids brought out various juices and pastries and filled the table. The ladies ate and drank while listening to the music of the piano, and their mood was extremely comfortable.

"Ladies, do you want to make a song?" Another maid stepped forward and asked.

A noble lady asked with interest, "Can you still make a song?" ”

"Exactly. If no one clicks the song, the luthiers will play the song as originally planned. If the lady likes to listen to it, you can order a song, this is the track list. The maid handed over a silk book with the name of the repertoire, the introduction of the repertoire, and the price of the repertoire.

"You don't need money for a little song today, do you?" One of the shrewd ladies asked tentatively.

"Exactly, today all projects are free."

"Then let's have the first "Guangling San", I like it very much."

"No, please wait, ma'am." The maid replied and respectfully withdrew.

After the girl on the stage finished playing, she replaced herself with a new pianist, and the song "Guangling San" sounded faintly, and the ladies were fascinated by it.

Completely different from the casual and elegant atmosphere of the hall, the boxes on the second floor are very lively, and many ladies are playing novel games around the table.

"Three sevens with two eights!"

"Two ghosts, bomb!"

This is to play against the landlord.

"Dongfeng!" "Bump!"

"North Wind!" "It's mushy!"

This is the ...... of playing mahjong

In short, flying chess, beast chess, checkers, upgrades, tractors, you name it.

I have to say that most of these ladies from famous families are smart people, and after the maid briefly introduces the rules, she will soon be able to play. Some ladies are tired of playing, so they sit on the sofa next to them to rest, drinking juice and eating pastries while watching others play.

Gradually, many ladies wanted to go out of favor due to overeating, and they were accustomed to going home to the toilet, but suddenly remembered the magical bathroom, and quickly rushed in to feel it for themselves. After coming out, I couldn't help but sigh that the feeling of going to the toilet can be so wonderful, it is really worth the trip.

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