Chapter 67: Dragon Boat on the River
Several more boats came to the dock one after another, and Feng Qian introduced Zhen Zhen to them one by one. Zhen Zhen listened with great interest. Listening to the voice, these new people from Anlan Pavilion went up to the fourth floor or higher.
Zhen Zhen turned his head to look at the back of Feng Hanzhao walking towards the hundred-meter outer platform, which became smaller and smaller. The wooden viewing platform stretches from the river to the water, and there is a shaded canopy overhead, which has a very open view, which is the end point of the dragon boat race.
Not far away, a few building boats rowed over. Just off the dock.
Feng Qian said: "Those are the ships of the big families in the capital. Did you see that? There was a ship with a plaque of 'Mao Changlong'. ”
"See."
"That is the famous time-honored silk cloth village in Beijing. Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, the dignitaries are feasted on the building boat. Many lower-ranking officials are proud to have received invitations from Mao Changlong. ”
"Don't officials and businesses have to avoid suspicion?" Zhen Zhen thinks that there is easy room for interest rent-seeking, which leads to incorruptibility.
But Feng Qian said: "Why should they avoid suspicion? Merchants often provide silver salaries for all kinds of officials, and officials also protect merchants from being robbed by robbers, which is a good thing for both parties! ”
"Oh." It may not be appropriate to use the integrity consciousness of modern people to demand the ancients, after all, I don't know much about the operation of this society, Zhen Zhen thought again.
"Hey, don't interrupt, that's not what I'm talking about. If you look at it again, there is also a building ship on the opposite bank, with a plaque of 'Maochang Building'. Feng Qian pointed to the distance and said.
"Huh?" Mao Cheong Building'? Something familiar. Zhen Zhen pondered.
"Right, that sounds familiar to you, right? This is a newly opened silk cloth shop in Beijing this year. In just a few months, business has been booming recently! I made this dress at his house. I have also seen your moonlight dress and the color of your mother's dress. ”
A silk shop? Haoxing's Maochang Building! Zhen Zhen remembered! She was hesitating to say that her brother was the boss of Maochang Building, and Feng Qian continued:
It is said that the owner of Mao Changlou was a friend of the boss of Mao Changlong before the opening, and he often inquired about news from the time-honored brand and learned the know-how of the silk cloth business. As soon as Maochang Building opened, it was so popular that it directly robbed the business of other time-honored brands. As a result, a few days ago, the time-honored brand found a group of people and called directly in front of Maochang Building, saying that they were ungrateful villains, and even the name of the store had to be stained with the light of Mao Changlong! He also said that he wanted them to close down and leave immediately. ”
Yes! And this thing! I haven't heard of it! Haoxing is hiding it tightly enough!
"How do you know?" Zhen Zhen asked, she glanced back at her mother, and saw that she was chatting with a few ladies, and she didn't notice what Feng Qian said at all.
"I happened to go to Mao Cheong Lou that day to try on this dress. It's not a rush to wear it today, in case it doesn't fit, it's better to change it on the spot. Who knows, there will be a quarrel. However, when my mother saw the quarrel, she pulled me away quickly. I don't know what the outcome of the quarrel will be. However, it seems that both of them have building ships, and it is estimated that this one is not finished. I don't know who will be invited on the ship of Mao Changlou. ”
"Do you know the bosses of these two houses?"
"How could the boss come forward on such an occasion? Mao Changlong's side is the head of the shopkeeper Xu, and Maochanglou's side is the head of the Wang shopkeeper. ”
"Shopkeeper Wang?" Zhen Zhen sighed secretly in his heart, he had been taking care of his affairs in the Lu Guogong Mansion recently, and he didn't even know anything about Haoxing.
"Well, a young man in his twenties, he can look at fabrics and people accurately! My pale yellow dress was what he recommended. ”
Zhen Zhen looked at the boat on the other side of the river, looked at the three eye-catching big characters of Maochanglou, and had mixed feelings in his heart, wishing that he could not become a bird and fly to the other side, and asked Haoxing what was going on.
In his ears, he heard Feng Qian shouting excitedly: "It's started!" Here we go! ”
On the other side of the viewing platform, a drummer with two drumsticks was struggling to beat a one-man drum. Officials at all levels have already sat down. Feng Hanzhao sat in the middle of the front row.
Hearing the sound of drums, the six dragon boats of the first group slowly rowed from the assembly position to the central river.
The ladies and ladies who were sitting and chatting came to the railing one after another, and Zhen Zhen pulled her mother to her side.
After the drumming stopped, I saw Feng Hanzhao get up and walk unhurriedly to the gong on the edge of the viewing platform.
The people around Zhen Zhen let out a burst of exclamations: "It's the king of Qingjiang who starts the game!"
I saw that the red figure took the gavel handed over by others, aimed at the gong and struck it hard.
"When"! With the crisp and loud sound of the gong, the sailors on the six dragon boats immediately started rowing, and six kinds of drums and six groups of trumpets resounded in the sky.
Zhen Zhen heard someone shouting in his ear: "This is my family's boat!" Our Qi State Mansion! Come on! Come on! ”
"Where! Or the ship of our Zhao Guogong Mansion! A voice said.
"Don't worry! Will catch up! Another voice said.
"Your family rows a boat, and their movements are not neat at all, how can they row fast?"
Feng Qian was squeezed next to Zhen Zhen, and she asked Zhen Zhen, "Which one do you think will win?"
Zhen Zhen shook his head and said, "I can't see it in the first half, and the endurance in the second half is very important."
The rest of the people around me heard it and said that whoever wins.
The track is about two or three miles, and halfway through the row, the gap between the six teams is apparent.
The ladies who support the teams are cheering and shouting at the moment, completely ignoring the word demeanor. The people on both sides of the river were even more joyful and enthusiastic.
Sure enough, the fleet of Zhao Guogongfu, which was leading in the middle of the way, took the lead and took the lead. The sailors stood up one after another, raised their arms and shouted "Win"!
At this time, the drums sounded again, and the second group of dragon boats slowly rowed towards the track and took place.
Feng Qian said: "This group of boats with the Lu Guogong Mansion are those people in white. They always wear white. Huh? It seems that the second group is still the king of Qingjiang! ”
Zhen Zhen looked at the viewing platform, the red figure had been standing by the gong and did not move, "Maybe it's standing there and watching, it's clearer." ”
Feng Qian said: "Last year, the king of Qingjiang only issued orders for the first group."
The second group of dragon boats has been lined up, the preparatory drums have stopped, and the people on both sides of the strait have quieted down, waiting for the new round of competition to begin.
Zhen Zhen watched Feng Hanzhao ring the gong again, and the second group of six dragon boats rushed out like arrows from the string when they heard the sound, the white dragon boat drums were dense and powerful, and the sailors rowed with the drum beat as if they were one person, and the speed was really faster than the other five boats!
However, at this moment, the crowd on the viewing platform was a little chaotic, Zhen Zhen asked about the smell of sulfur in the air, and the people over there obviously also smelled it, and hurriedly left their seats.
"What's going on over there?" Anlan Pavilion is also panicked! Countless voices are asking.
Zhen Zhen saw a black shadow rushing out of the viewing platform!
The black shadow pounced on Feng Hanzhao, and the two of them climbed over the railing and fell into the river!
There are assassins! He's going to kill Hanzhao!
Such a thought just flashed, and there was a bang on the viewing platform!
Exploded!
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