Chapter Twenty-Six: The aristocratic interpretation of the big shopkeeper Tang Yuan
Bursts of ethereal music floated down the stairs and echoed through the halls. These pieces of music are not very rare and unheard, but they only hear and do not see people, but I feel that such a very ordinary piece of music adds a bit of elegance.
On the ground, there is a thick carpet, green sè, giving people an unusually thick feeling, although sè ze is not so conspicuous, but it makes people feel warm and luxurious!
On each table, there is a name written on it, and in the first row, it is naturally a member of the royal family, standing out from the crowd, and there are only four tables. Everyone was thinking in their hearts: this noble hall is really a big name, and even the royal family has not arranged a private room...... But the more they are in the same hall like this, the more people feel that they are really among the ranks of real nobles - there is no distance from the royal family, is not a noble?
So everybody was happy, uh, except for the royals.
The second row is the descendants of the major families, in no particular order, the third row is the descendants of officials and the rich with titles, and the fourth row is the rich people in Tianxiang City.
Between each row, there is a pearl curtain that seems to fall from the sky, but it only covers three feet above the person's head, but everyone feels that the opposite side is hazy and can't see clearly...... In the surrounding corners, in each corner, there is an extremely jīng incense burner, and the curling green smoke slowly spits out from the crane's beak and floats in the air, feeling more peaceful.
Some of them came early and had been waiting for almost half a morning, but there was no impatience at all. On the contrary, it is more jīng full of spirit and full of interest.
Dozens of girls in pale yellow sè clothes came and went with tea cups, wearing flowers and butterflies, all of them were light, pretty, generous, and measured.
In front of the first row, there is a heavy tapestry of rǔ white sè, which seems to fall from the sky, covering the back tightly, and at first glance it looks like an unusually thick wall.
The music stopped abruptly.
Everyone is jīng God is a good show, is it finally going to start the gong?
The snow-white tapestry in front of him rose silently, revealing a huge snow-white platform as a whole, just at the moment when the tapestry rose and the auction table was revealed, the surroundings suddenly shlendid, which was inlaid with countless gemstones, and then folded into a circle of light with different parts, covering the round platform, a small square place.
There, there is a table.
There is a hammer and a timpani on the table!
It's a fantastic arrangement. Sheng Bao Tang, which claims to be the No. 1 auction house in the mainland, compared with this design, it is like a pheasant encountering a golden phoenix, and a beggar meeting the prince...... Heavy footsteps rumbled, and everyone looked at them at the same time, just listening to this sound made people feel unusual. What heavy behemoth does it have to carry to make such soul-shaking footsteps?
End of the light.
A mountain of meat was walking slowly from the dragon, looking forward to walking slowly and proudly, and with each step, the fat white meat under the solemn black robe danced a cheerful dance, which was rhythmic.
"Since you have received the invitation sent by this hall, then you are the nobles of my Tianxiang City, and you are also the guests of honor of this hall! Below is the chief treasurer of the noble hall, Tang Yuan, and the chief auctioneer, on behalf of the three families of the Equality Palace, the Jun family, and the Tang family, and also on behalf of the noble hall, I would like to greet all the nobles and extend the warmest welcome. Tang Yuan endorsed it and said loudly fluently. After speaking, he actually bowed.
In fact, Tang Fatzi is still endorsing. Because this speech was written by Jun Dashao himself, he sprinkled a large piece of it, and almost wrote about the construction of the jīng divine civilization and the material civilization.
There was a round of applause from the audience, very warm, if nothing else, just say the sentence "the nobles of Tianxiang City", whether it is genuine or not, at least in the future, it will be able to suppress those who are not dealing with themselves!
"The Hall of Nobles, as the name suggests, is a place where only true aristocrats can come. So, what exactly is nobility?" The fat man worked hard to put his hands behind his back, making a look of pointing out the country, and said with real difficulty: If you want to say that the fat man puts aside a fat body, he is not short, and the proportion of his limbs is normal, although he is not tall and mighty, but he is also the body type of a middle-aged person, but after adding that fat meat, the arms that were not short were wrapped in fat, not short and short, plus the thick waistline, it could not be surrounded at all, and the two fat hands could not be handed over behind his back, but Tang Yuan still tried his best to make such a gesture in accordance with Jun Dashao's instructions, in order to show his elegance and confidence。
However, although Tang Yuan's self-feeling is good, and he feels that he is the most limelight moment in his life, but in the eyes of the people below, he is like a bear doing an elegant walk with his hands behind his back, and his every move is extremely clumsy. Everyone tried to hold back their laughter.
Tang Fatzi glanced around as if "majesticly": "The so-called nobles are superior people and superior people! For example, this thing." Tang Yuan flipped his hand, and a round thing appeared in his palm: "I believe everyone knows and tasted this crop called potatoes." As we all know, a pound of potatoes can be bought in the market for only three cents, which can be said to be the most common vegetable. But ......"
Tang Yuan paused again, apprehensive.
Everyone didn't understand, why did this guy take out a potato when he was talking about aristocrats? This thing has never been brought to the table by a big family or a famous family!
"Potatoes cost three dollars a pound, not only cheap, but also convenient for cooking, as long as you cook them in water when you go home, you can eat them. Or shredded or sliced, or cut into pieces, all unsatisfactory. ”
Tang Yuan felt that his words were very cultured, and he felt a little 'Hongru', and couldn't help but make a 'gentle and elegant' smile proudly, looking at the eyes of all the 'nobles' in the audience, but it was like the kind of convulsions shown by a pound of female pork hanging on the wall being whipped by someone, it was simply miserable!
"But, as long as it is put in the tavern, whether it is shredded and sliced, as long as it is made into a dish, it will cost half a tael of silver, more than a hundred times the profit!" Tang Fat Man gushed. "The man who spends half a tael of silver in the tavern, compared with the man who cooks his own food at home, is obviously a nobleman, and the aristocracy eats for a price! ”
"If it's in a higher-level hotel, it's the same shredded potato, but it costs at least three taels of silver. Naturally, it's a step higher here. Count it up, for example, if you go to the Qinglou in Lingwu Lake, hold it with a powder in one hand, and then order a shredded potato, it will cost twenty taels of silver, if you want one more 'everyone' who sells your art and does not sell your body, this shredded potato will have to rise, and it is estimated that it will not be able to come down without fifty taels of silver, anyway, if you can invite 'everyone' to accompany you in Lingwu Lake, you will care about a little silver there......"
When Tang Fatzi said that he was elated, it was like giving a speech to a group of piáo guests in the jì courtyard, blinking vigorously, and his face showed a smile that only a man can understand.
Sure enough, a tacit lewd laugh suddenly sounded below. This kind of laughter made several female guests in the hall frown! Especially Yue'er's 'everyone' who came with the second prince was already so angry that their faces turned blue...... Princess Reimu heard that there was such laughter around her, and when she looked sideways, she saw that her father was squinting and touching his beard, and the light in his eyes was actually a kind of immeasurable smile that she had met her confidant and felt the same way. I couldn't help coughing, and I coughed a little harder. He whispered, "Hmph! Men are not good things!"
His Majesty the Emperor coughed twice in embarrassment, and then his face became as heavy as water, and he hurriedly put away his unrestrained memories, and sat down on the small pier with a serious face. But in my heart, I thought: grass! I was almost fooled by this fat man, we are elegant people...... "...... Of course, if you go to the ninth floor of the Tianlou, the most luxurious hotel in Tianxiang City, and order a shredded potato, a shredded potato that also has no special place at all, you will receive a hundred taels of silver!" Tang Yuan stretched out a finger and gently waved it in front of him.
This action was also learned from Jun Moxie. Jun Moxie is tall and has slender fingers, when he does this action, he is naturally quite elegant, and it will also bring out the arrogance in his bones. Tang Yuan was envious, and secretly learned, at this moment, in front of the public, in front of everyone, he consciously showed it in a very chic way, and his heart was dark for a while, and his buddy finally showed his face once.
The fat man undoubtedly showed his face, to be precise, he should say that he leaked his face...... Because in the eyes of others, the fat man is like a fat old sow who can't walk with a carrot in her hooves swinging around like a dead life, and with some nervous stiffness and trembling, there is actually a smug smile on his face, and the nobles present are all terrified, even if they are strong with good strength, it is really disgusting!
"A full hundred taels of silver, enough for an ordinary family of four to buy potatoes to eat for five years! But in Jietianlou, you can only eat a plate of shredded potatoes, a cheapest dish on the top floor of Jietianlou, and a plate of home-cooked food that can be eaten anywhere!"
Tang Yuan laughed, raised his arms and exclaimed: "This, is it really shredded potatoes that are eaten? No, what is eaten is grace, what is eaten is elegance! What is eaten is status! What is eaten is taste! Also, what is eaten is also at this price! What is eaten is the loneliness of the high place! This is the real aristocratic enjoyment!"
"And all of you who can be in the hall of our noble hall today, any one of them, among the rich people in the entire Tianxiang City, is equivalent to sitting on the ninth floor of the Heavenly Tower!"
Tang Yuan's voice was hoarse, his muscles trembled and jumped excitedly, and his expression was hideous and crazy: "Here, it is the paradise of the real nobles! Even if we just drink a glass of white water here, it is also the white water that belongs to the real nobles! To paraphrase the previous sentence, what we drink is not white water, but the loneliness of the high place! The loneliness at the peak is the loneliness that only the true nobles can experience!"
The thunderous applause was loud, and the fat man's words could be said to be deeply popular and resonated.
And in a large room upstairs, Jun Moxie burst out laughing: "It turns out that the so-called real nobles in the mouth of the fat man are the lonely people who eat shredded potatoes and drink boiled water!"