Chapter 297: Yue Xiaoyue
The banquet is still carried out on the painting boat, and the chef's craftsmanship does not say, for the meat dish Lu Wang's only love of shrimp, the other greasy taste is only a superficial taste, but some stir-fried vegetarian dishes let him eat with relish.
Clear river water, slight autumn breeze, steamed vegetarian stir-frying, wine and delicacies only the sound of the piano and strings, this is not that Lu Wang doesn't like it, but he is really talking about business while eating now, and he doesn't want to be disturbed!
And this is the real reason why he came to Nanjing, that is, to open a shop and do business, if there is no war, Lu Wang has enough time to toss and sell by himself, but he really doesn't have so much energy now, but he is too short of manpower under his hands, and there is no way, in order to accumulate the greatest wealth in the shortest possible time, he needs to find a partner, Jinan to find King De, then the best candidate in Nanjing is none other than Wei Guogong!
Although you are the prince of the country, but you are also short of money, there is a saying to describe the Ming Dynasty's nobles said well, that is, the gods and horses are floating clouds! Because whether it is the prince of the country or the marquis or the uncle, it is just a name, because in the Ming Dynasty, except for those feudal kings of their own family who were sent to fiefs all over the country, other princes and generals were honestly imprisoned in the capital, they only had food and no fiefs, and under normal circumstances, they also relied on wages and benefits. Even that Mu Guogong is only Yongzhen Yunnan and not a fief!
As soon as I heard that Lu Wang was looking for him to cooperate in business, and what he bought turned out to be something unheard of but very novel and practical, Wei Guogong's sixty-year-old face immediately turned into a delicate chrysanthemum, and he took the initiative to toast Lu Wang with red wine in both hands, which made Lu Wang smile bitterly, and reminded Grandpa Guo from time to time to pay attention to the forced style, and the red wine glass should be held with one hand, and what replied to him was Grandpa Guo's hearty laughter!
At one o'clock in the afternoon, the banquet ended, Wei Guogong left cautiously and happily with two wine glasses, Lu Wang used two wine glasses to buy Grandpa Guo to run errands for him, what are you doing? In the name of Guogong, a banquet was held in the Guogong Mansion tonight to invite Fu Xingbo, and in order to express the solemnity, the rich people of the city were invited to accompany the guests! Such a big pomp must not be a trivial matter, so Grandpa Guo hurried home to get busy!
As for the other officials, they also resigned one by one. But it's a pity that they didn't talk about wine glasses, even chopsticks didn't take away a pair, but Lu Wang didn't give them hope, but when they left, he flicked the wine glass with a finger ding, and said lightly in the buzzing back, "An unexpected gift to come to the Guogong Mansion in the evening!" Everyone knew it, and left with a smile on the corner of their mouths, even Shi Kefa, who was originally unhappy, bowed slightly!
This meal is tired, and Lu Wang has to change a little trick from time to time to show off his postmodern gadgets, of course, they are all small things. More importantly, while talking about business with Grandpa Guo, we also have to answer the bigwigs from time to time to check the household registration and ask about the eight generations of ancestors, for which Lu Wang already has a set of rhetoric: In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and the ancestors and their families went overseas to establish themselves for the country, and now it is difficult to return to China if they have achieved great success.
More than 200 of the more than 300 guards of the Lu family have gone to relax and kill horses and chickens, of course, there are some people who are not good, they just stay on the boat honestly and guard, as for Lu Wang's side, there are only three guards by his side, the night owl and the two brothers.
"Boatman, rock the boat to a remote place. I want to rest for a while", Lu Wang drank a lot of wine at noon, and now he is a little upset, and more importantly, he is tired in spring and autumn. The scorching sun made him want to sleep.
The shipman answered, and went to move the ship, but Louvon did not go to the cabin to rest, and let the night owls open the table and chairs in front of them, and a long sofa appeared. Lie down on your stomach and look at the scenery on the shore!
Nanjing's prosperity, whether it is in peacetime or turmoil, does not affect his prosperity at all, and Qinhuai River, as the most prosperous red light district in Nanjing, gathers rich businessmen all day long, and talented and beautiful people and famous prostitutes are constantly lingering. It's dizzying and dazzling!
There are already a lot of flower boats on the riverbank, and it's only just one o'clock in the afternoon. Lu Wang muttered mentally, looking at the flower buildings along the coast, there is no such thing as the one in the movie waving a scarf to play, that is unrealistic! The current female branch girl is very compelling, and the posture in the movie can only appear in the dark box or the end of the Qing Dynasty, those are mainly skin and flesh, and the end of the Ming Dynasty is the most glorious time of Qinhuai River and the time when famous prostitutes come out, people play in style, supplemented by art and prostitutes!
"Come here!" Louvon looked at it for a moment, and then looked up at the little girl in the corner of the boat, who was about twelve or thirteen years old.
The little girl was secretly eating the leftovers of the banquet just now and was really twisting her ears after being found by the boat lady, probably because she was afraid of making a noise to Lu Wang, so she didn't reprimand, hearing Lu Wang's shout, the little girl was scared silly, and knelt down with a poof, "Childe spare me, I don't dare anymore, I, I'm too hungry"! A standard Nanjing accent sounded quite comfortable, which made Lu Wang can't help but want to ask: Ah want chili oil!
"How old are you!" Lu Wang looked at this little girl who was supposed to come on the boat to sing a little song, but he didn't let her open his mouth because he wanted to talk about things, and it was estimated that he wouldn't be able to get the money in the past!
"The slave is thirteen this year", a few big tears slipped from the little girl's big eyes, which looked crystal clear, which made Lu Wang a little puzzled why he was crying, I didn't beat you or scolded you, I guess I was afraid!
"Get up, come here!" Louvon whispered! The little girl got up tremblingly and walked over, holding the corners of her clothes nervously from time to time!
"What's your name?" , Lu Wan said and leaned back on the sofa with hard work, and waved his hand to let the boat lady pour him a glass of water!
"The slave is called the Nightingale!" The little girl whispered!
"Nightingale, it seems that you sing well, what is your real name?" Lu Wang smiled faintly, and the little girl was nervous!
"Yue Xiaoyue!" The little girl whispered!
"Xiaoyue, hmm", Lu Wang said and reached out and took out a silver ingot and handed it over, "It's hard for such a big child to come out to make ends meet, it's a pity that you are at school age!" The boatman, this kid is from the workshop or from your ship! ”
Seeing that there were about ten taels of silver ingots, the little girl liked it but didn't dare to take it, and the boat lady on the side also hurriedly accosted, "Hui Gongzi, this girl is from the Kou family on the banknote street, just come to sing a little song and get some reward, she is still young, no, no, no, ......no" The boat lady looked at the silver ingot in Lu Wang's hand, and then looked at his drunken red face, and what she wanted to say understood people. If it was a normal guest, she might have said it a long time ago, but although he didn't know who Lu Wang was, the people who accompanied him to eat just now were all heavenly kings and giants in Nanjing City, where could she offend!
"The Kou family?" Lu Wang thought about it for a while, and then he had a little impression, but he didn't say anything, and threw the silver directly, and the little girl quickly took it, holding it in her hand and not knowing what to do, her face showed anxiety.
"Where do you want to go!" Lu Wan smiled faintly, "The boat lady pulled over to the side. You go to Kou's house and say how much it costs to help this girl get out of the country Let them say the price, the little girl will be free in a while, you can go wherever you want, sing me a song first and let me rest! Louvon closed his eyes as he spoke
"Childe, don't"! Yue Xiaoyue suddenly said, tears streaming down again, "What should I do after I have no father and no mother to help me get out of my nationality, I am still too young to support myself." Please don't help me get out of the country! ”
Eh, Lu Wang was stunned, he was looking at this little girl pitifully and moved with compassion, but he didn't expect people to ......, "Then you want to keep mixing in this land of fireworks, you are still thirteen years younger." There's still a long way to go, and this land of fireworks is full of filth......" Louvon said with a sigh
"But I don't have anywhere to go! The slave was born to be this cheap life......" Yue Xiaoyue sobbed in a low voice!
"Well, would you like to follow me and be a maid for me to take care of food and daily life. When you look back, you will find a good family to marry", Lu Wang thought for a while and said! Yue Xiaoyue nodded vigorously, with a smile on her face!
The boat stops at a remote river channel by the river. On the shore is a small grove, the autumn afternoon sun is warm and Lu Wan closes his eyes and gradually falls asleep, Xiaoyue is singing softly, the night owl takes Dasha and Ertun to go ashore to release water and smoke, from time to time to look at the boats in the river to and fro, whispering about the city of Nanjing.
I don't know if Lu Wang gradually woke up or not, don't pee, opened his eyes and took a look, he was dizzy, he only slept for half an hour, he looked up and saw that Xiao Yue was still standing aside and looking at the riverbank with wide eyes and looking at something, Lu Wang followed his eyes and looked over, it turned out to be three night owls on the shore, and those goods were playing on the shore!
"Aren't you tired from standing?" , How to find a chair to sit on, Lu Wang said softly and scared Xiaoyue, Childe, you are awake, you can't sit on a slave! Satsuki is nervous to see Rwan right now
"First, in our Lu family, we don't call our son a young master, second, in our Lu family, we don't call ourselves slaves, third, in our Lu family, there are not so many rules, how can you be comfortable, how can you come, and fourth, if you can't do this, I will sell you back", Lu Wang smiled lightly after speaking, turned around and walked out of the cabin and went ashore, Xiao Yue was first shocked and looked at Lu Wang's back, and a smile slowly appeared on his face!
"Why don't you guys go to the horse to kill the chicken, you see that Ma Han is in a hurry", Lu Wang asked while standing next to a big tree while releasing water and taking the cigarette handed over by Dasha!
"We're not interested in that thing, it's not interesting, it's better to play cards!" The big fool smiled and stretched out his hand, young master, you see that you won two taels of silver just now!
"Look at your three virtues, you know that gambling, how can a woman know that it's boring if she hasn't played!" Lu Wang scolded with a smile.
In addition to Rwan's painting boat, there are four or five boats on the side of the river by the woods, many of which are flower boats, and from time to time people come ashore to dump garbage or something, watching Rwan's three people laughing from a distance, only a little surprised, but there is no other reaction
Ding Dong, just when the three of Lu Wang were sitting on the dry grass on the shore and laughing, a piano sounded, Lu Wang's face changed, waved his hand to stop the laughter of the three night owls, and looked at a small flower boat in the distance, and at this time the sound of the piano had already sounded
As a modern person, Lu Wang has not heard any music, what song has not been brainwashed, so he has long been numb, but he never thought that he was suddenly shocked by the sound of a piano, Lu Wang has no musical talent, does not know the instrument and does not know the score, but never thought that the sound of the piano in ancient times was so beautiful, even if it was just a finger plucked out of a ding, it was unforgettable, and it was simply a day and a place than all kinds of electronic percussion music in later generations!
With the sound of the piano, Lu Wang involuntarily slowly walked towards the flower boat not far away, less than 100 meters in a blink of an eye, this is a very luxurious flower boat, at least the most luxurious one that Lu Wang has seen all the way! At this moment, he stood outside the door of the flower boat and listened to the beautiful sound of the piano.
Suddenly, the sound of the piano stopped abruptly, and there was a woman's coughing sound, and after a while, the piano sounded again, and then muted again, and then stopped ringing, Lu Wang felt a little boring, and was about to leave with a wry smile, when suddenly a crisp voice sounded on the flower boat, "What happened to the son?" ”
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Do you know how hard it is to code words, in fact, hard work is nothing, only to see even one word of encouragement, a ticket support, everything is worth it! (To be continued......)