Victor was satisfied, Lucien was still learning as fast as he had been a few days ago, and in less than fifty minutes, he had memorized the remaining grammar rules completely, and it seemed that in addition to being very intelligent and gifted in languages, his memory was also amazing.

As soon as he was in a good mood, Victor immediately had an inspiration, hummed a short melody, then clapped his hands and smiled gently: "Gentlemen and ladies, you must be very tired after studying for so long, why don't you have a cup of afternoon tea, eat some fruit, and relax your spirits." ”

With that, he went upstairs to record the melody.

Holding an elegant and beautiful pale white glazed porcelain cup, Lucien took a sip of black tea, finding that he had sadly adapted to this strange taste, and rubbed his temples to relax the swelling of his head brought on by the intense study of the past few days.

"Phyllis, when did you invite us to hunt on your manor? I miss the charming fresh smell and the bouncing rabbits and fawns,"

Another aristocratic girl, Anne, suddenly smiled and spoke, she had beautiful long golden hair and emerald eyes, but her facial features were not good, very ordinary, and her family situation was not good, her father was only the most inconspicuous of a certain baron's many children, not only had no hope of inheriting the title and territory, but also seemed to be unable to inherit a manor or estate, and could only barely maintain a decent income by being a city court clerk and the annuity of the baron's family.

In contrast, as a member of the Hayne family among the several major families in the Duchy of Valorit, Phyllis's father, although he ultimately failed to inherit the earldom and hereditary domain, the old earl still left him a large estate outside Aalto City, with forests, fruit groves, vineyards, and even patterned rock quarries, as well as a property in Aalto City.

Therefore, Phyllis's family background was the best among all the noble children present.

In the hot summer, you can go to the suburban manor to hunt and escape the heat, and enjoy the delicious wine made by your own family, which is the most envied thing for ordinary aristocratic teenagers and girls who do not have a manor in their own small families, including Lot, so Anne faintly flatters Phyllis.

"Really, Miss Phyllis, your manor has cute rabbits and pretty fawns?" asked Renee, a civilian girl, with a look of curiosity and yearning.

On Lucien's first day of study, Renee tried to talk about music to get close to Phyllis, Lot, Anne and other aristocratic students, and the effect was very good.

Encouraged by her, she inquired about a little music theory knowledge from somewhere in the past few days, and then asked Phyllis or Anne with a pretending to ask and wonder, and after hard work, she finally became familiar with them and was able to join their circle of communication.

With her as an example, Colin and David, two commoner teenagers, also looked for topics from this aspect, approaching the aristocratic students, and the effect was equally obvious, only Lucien, who was so focused on his studies that he didn't even say a word.

Since Lucien did not take the initiative to approach, neither the aristocratic students such as Lot and Phyllis, nor the civilian students such as Renee and Colin would not surrender their identities to talk to him, and still maintained a cold and estranged attitude.

Phyllis maintained a dignified sitting posture, and replied with a standard and polite smile: "I also miss those cute animals, but there are still more than three months left in Mr. Victor's symphony, and during this time, every weekend, Lott and Herodotus and I have to go here or the musicians' association to help Mr. Victor rehearse his music and practice his own instruments, and I really don't have time to go hunting in the suburbs." ”

For Anne's flattery, Renee's yearning, envy and flattery, Phyllis is actually very satisfied and happy in her heart, who doesn't like such a feeling.

Lucien on the side listened to their conversation, of course, he also had a certain yearning and wanted to have his own manor, but the most important thing at the moment was how to borrow the lingua franca from Mr. Victor, and how to finish such a thick dictionary in the hall and store it in the soul library.

In the exchange of Phyllis, Lot, Annie, Colin, Renee and others, either reserved or deliberate, Victor walked down, and a faint smile could still be seen on the corner of his mouth, obviously satisfied with the melody just now.

Just as Victor was about to continue teaching, Ace, the butler, opened the door and walked in, and whispered to Victor, "Master, the guest you have arranged for Lu has arrived." ”

"Oh, I forgot, damn it, to be obsessed with music again in the morning. Victor flicked his right hand, looking a little annoyed, "Invite them in." ”

After Ace went out respectfully and gracefully, Victor turned his head to look at Lucien and the others, spread his hands, and his face was full of apologies: "I'm sorry, dear gentlemen and ladies, I forgot to make an appointment with guests today, and your rest of your homework will be made up at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon, okay?"

Victor was so polite, Lott, Phyllis, Anne, and Lucien would not be unkind at all, but Lucian decided to borrow the lingua franca dictionary directly from Mr. Victor for a few days while he was apologizing.

Just as Lucien was about to speak, Ace had already ushered in the guests, a handsome silver-haired man in a red shirt and black coat, and a white-haired old man with a wooden box in both hands.

"Mr. Rhein......" It was Lucien and Phyllis who spoke at the same time.

Phyllis had a faint flush on her face, and Lucien was completely surprised, she didn't expect that Rhine, who was just a bard, would become a very important guest of the musician Mr. Victor.

"Hi Phyllis, hi Lucien. Rhine smiled and greeted gracefully.

Phyllis smiled shyly, then came to her senses, and together with Lott and the others, looked at Lucien in surprise, he knew Mr. Rhine?

"Lucian, do you know Mr. Rhine?" asked Victor with a smile.

Lucien nodded: "I met Mr. Rhine once, but I didn't expect to meet Mr. Rhine again at your house, Mr. Victor." ”

Rhine smiled a little charming, and echoed: "Although I have only met once, Lucien has a deep impression on me, hehe, you have really started to learn words, well, I admire young people with ambition and dreams the most." ”

Thinking that Rhine seemed to be both male and female, Lucien couldn't help but shudder in his heart when he was so appreciative.

Victor smiled and introduced: "Mr. Rhein, the concertmaster of the symphony orchestra with whom I worked, has an extraordinary understanding of music, and it is with him that I can write a satisfactory piano concerto with inspiration." ”

"He, he's even mixed up with the concertmaster of the symphony?!" Lucien was almost dumbfounded, Rhine was still living in the Bronze Crown Tavern in the ghetto a few days ago.

In the past few days, from the conversations of Phyllis, Lott and others, Lucien compared several books in the library, and learned that the composition of the symphony orchestra in this world is roughly the same as that on earth, and he has also learned a lot of knowledge, understanding that the position of the principal in the symphony orchestra is the first violinist, and when there is no conductor, he has to be responsible for conducting and coordinating.

As if seeing Lucian's surprise, Rhine smiled humorously: "Because the previous orchestra leader fell in love with a noble lady and eloped with her to the ancient kingdom of Syracuse a few days ago, I had no choice but to reluctantly replace her." ”

Phyllis couldn't help but interject: "Even if the former principal is still there, Mr. Rhine is strong enough to become the first violinist, and the cooperation with the orchestra only needs to practice a few more times." ”

"Yes, Mr. Rhein is one of the best violinists I have ever met, and he has his own unique vision of music. Victor also praised, "Meeting him is the biggest gain of my time." ”

Lucien looked at the smiling and unfathomable Rhine, and still felt very strange in his heart, as if it was too much of a coincidence, a bard wandering from the ancient kingdom of Syracuse, with a harp, had become the first violinist of a symphony orchestra in a few days, which was really hard to believe, and it was inexplicably weird.

Rhine pressed his right hand on his left chest, bowed slightly, thanked Victor for his compliment, and then introduced the white-haired old gentleman next to him: "This is Mr. Xavier, one of Aalto's best harpsichord makers, and should be able to help Mr. Victor complete the transformation of the harpsichord." "The harpsichord is also called a plucked piano.

"Welcome, Mr. Xavier, I have come to you because the current harpsichord is not sufficient for my new piano concerto, and I would like you to make some changes. Victor greeted warmly, and took Rhine and Xavier to the second floor, without giving Lucien a chance to borrow a dictionary.

However, he also seemed to have forgotten to let Lucian, Annie, Colin and others leave, and Ace, the housekeeper on the side, was not sure of the relationship between Lucien and Rhine, so it was inconvenient to ask them to leave directly, so the curious Annie, Colin and others quietly and quietly followed Phyllis and the others to the staircase.

Lucien hadn't borrowed the dictionary yet, so he was naturally unwilling to leave like that, so he followed him as well.

Going up to the second floor, Victor led Rhein and Xavier into his piano room.

"Mr. Xavier, I want the harpsichord to be able to control the volume freely and accurately with the force of my fingers, and to have a wider range, to be louder, richer, more delicate, and clearer. Victor made his own request as Xavier opened the harpsichord, revealing the intricate mechanism, plucked strings, and strings inside.

Since the invention of the harpsichord, its defects have been very obvious, it is difficult to achieve a change in volume with the help of the change of key force, so as to control the intensity and contrast of the music, but many musicians and producers have also tried and modified this, by attaching other devices, such as ejector rods, sound stops, Converting the keyboard and the like to achieve a similar effect, finally making it an instrument that could barely control the volume changes, and it was with such precedents that Victor thought of modifying the harpsichord to meet his requirements.

Xavier frowned: "Such a request, there is no way to complete it, after more than three hundred years of development, the transformation of the harpsichord has reached the limit, at most relying on experience, there are slight improvements." ”

Victor and Rhein didn't expect Xavier to answer so absolutely, the two of them suddenly fell silent, especially Victor, his face became pale, if the harpsichord could not meet his requirements, then his newly composed piano concerto could not be perfectly presented, which for him who played in the chant hall for the first time, it meant that he failed before he started, and he needed to rewrite or compose the music, which was unacceptable.

This wordless silence lasted for a long time, making Phyllis and the others feel suffocated.

"Why don't you pluck the strings of the piece and change it to a hammer?" Lucien thought for a long time, weighed the gains and losses, and whether he would show his feet, and in the silence, he suddenly spoke.

It seems that this world has not really given birth to the modern piano, which is known as the "king of musical instruments", and is still in the stage of two kinds of pianos, if he can help Mr. Victor complete the transformation of the piano to the modern piano, it seems that his tuition fees can be saved, and things such as borrowing dictionaries will no longer be difficult.

In Lucian's Soul Library, from the moment Victor made a request, Lucian opened the two books "Piano Making and Tuning" and "Principles of Modern Piano Mechanics", hurriedly scanned the first dozen pages, and had a general impression.

Xavier looked at Lucien sternly: "What's the difference between this and a piano, although the volume can be controlled by finger force, and the variations and contrasts are richer, but the volume is too weak, too soft, too delicate, and only suitable for playing in the home room, not in the chant hall." ”

Lucien, as a person from Aalto, the capital of music and the city of chants, whether it is Xavier, Rhine, or Victor, is not strange and suspicious of what he is to know the difference between the two pianos.