Lin'an City, outside the West City Gate Fengyu Gate, Fengle Building.

Fengle Lou is built according to the West Lake, thousands of peaks are connected, a blue and ten thousand acres, Liuting Flower Dock, between the historical fences, and the tour of the painting boat, the embankment sings, often with the downstairs, the lake and the mountains are in full view, it is a tourist attraction for the people of Lin'an City.

Compared with the "Fengle Building" in Bianliang City in the Northern Song Dynasty, the Fengle Building in Lin'an City is more like a garden. There are moon pools, shuttle doors, exotic flowers and plants, pavilions in the building, and swings and other things, which are integrated with entertainment and catering, which is equivalent to the luxury hotel of later generations.

Singing and laughing, the sound of silk and bamboo orchestras continues, and under the staggered planning, a prosperous scene.

Rubbing shoulders and smiling, Zhao Hong entered the restaurant and couldn't help but be in a trance.

Historically, there are more than one million people in Lin'an City, and under the prosperity and wealth, they are drunk and dreaming of death, and they are in the south of the Yangtze River. But they didn't know that the rolling iron horses of the Mongols were about to crush this false prosperity.

After Lin'an City became the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, Lin'an occupied the time, location, and people, and the style of luxury reached its peak. Chen Zao, a contemporary of the time, wrote in the "Postscript to the Mountain": "Now it is the imperial capital, and its benefits are extravagant and boastful, and it is also arrogant." In the "noodle shop" article of "Menglianglu", Wu Zimu called the people of the capital "delicate"; In the "workshop" article of "Wulin Old Things", Zhou Mi uses the word "arrogant" to describe the people of the capital. Their "coquettishness" and "arrogance" originate from the capital's consistent extravagant atmosphere.

The extravagance of the Southern Song Dynasty is not only the essence of the bureaucracy's drunken life and death, but also the epitome of the unprecedented economic and cultural prosperity of the Southern Song Dynasty. The Southern Song Dynasty court government advocated good deeds, paid attention to the people's livelihood, and sympathized with the people's suffering, so the folk customs of the Southern Song Dynasty, especially the folk customs of Lin'an Mansion, were extravagant and simple.

Collect the taxes of the whole country, all kinds of goods, for Lin'an City to enjoy, drunk gold fans, just like the floating world.

Just like in this restaurant, the birdcages and cricket boxes on the table are everywhere, all of which are carried by wealthy businessmen, dignitaries and nobles in brocade clothes, and ladies and ladies with beaded hair. The sound of talking and laughing is mixed with the sounds of insects and birds, and the sound is in the ears, noisy and impetuous.

This is much more lively than the Cantonese teahouses of later generations. But under the prosperity of Lin'an City, there are still people who freeze to death, and other state capitals in the Great Song Dynasty, those border areas, and people's livelihood can be imagined.

"Your Highness, this is a lot of money. In this meal, the people can work hard for a year. ”

Li Tang, who sat down nervously opposite Zhao Hong, asked with a dark face while being cramped and uneasy.

The country is easy to change, but the nature is difficult to change. This His Royal Highness Huahua has only changed his appearance for a few days, and he has come to this wine-colored place again.

"Li Tang, you still know that people's livelihood is suffering, very good. I just realized that I won't come back again. ”

Zhao Hong was slightly embarrassed and replied.

"Outside the mountain, Qingshan Lou Wailou, West Lake singing and dancing when will it be off. The warm wind smokes the tourists drunk, and only takes Hangzhou as Bianzhou. ”

The "building" in the poem refers to the "Fengle Building". Since you have come to this era, it is natural to see it.

Li Tang's face darkened, and he was secretly distressed.

Fengle Building, this gold cave, did you come to the old man before!

There is a difference between high and low, dignity and inferiority, and he doesn't seem to have enjoyed it at the same table with Zhao Hong before. Just eat a good meal today, anyway, it's not your own money.

The two are looking for the location of the window on the second floor, you can see the scenery of the West Lake, close to the end of the year, men and women all over the West Lake, tourists are weaving, I don't know how much.

Fengle Building is one of the largest stores in Lin'an City, and ordinary people can not easily go upstairs to the pavilion, but can only sit downstairs. Only those wealthy businessmen and magnates can do whatever they want.

"Li Tang, it seems that you don't like it very much here."

Zhao Hong saw that Li Tang was a little restrained and asked with concern.

Some people naturally don't like noisy places and prefer quiet. Maybe this Li Tang is this kind of character.

"Your Highness, the villain is just a guard of the National Mansion, with a salary of ten yuan a month, where can he come to such a place? The villain earns a year, and it's not enough to eat here! ”

Li Tang's words made Zhao Hong nod slightly.

Eating here is like a five-star hotel in later generations, the corkscrew is Lafite in 82, and the salary of ordinary people is three or four thousand, who is willing to go to these places to consume.

"Li Tang, I'm here today, eat and drink, I'll pay!"

Zhao Hong smiled heartily, a little embarrassed.

As a prince, he earns hundreds of dollars a month, and he is rewarded with food and clothing. Compared with the previous moonlight clan, now I finally experience the pleasure of spending money like dirt by a local tyrant.

"Your Highness, with the identity of a villain, it's good to be able to drink with Your Highness. Drinking alcohol is not necessary, so as not to make mistakes. ”

Li Tang hurriedly excused himself and was serious.

Zhao Hong saw him sitting upright, his waist was straight, and he secretly admired him.

"Li Tang, if you go to the army, you must be a good soldier!"

"Your Highness, the villain is a forbidden army like a golden gun. However, after the death of his father, the villain has no power and power, so he can only ......"

Li Tang was a little embarrassed.

"Your Highness, that's not what the villain meant. Don't go to your heart. ”

Looking at what he said, it seems that Zhao Hong is a pile of shit here.

"Huai Cai is not met! You have talent, but unfortunately you don't have a chance. ”

Zhao Hong waved his hand, not disagreeing.

"So, the guards in the palace are all forbidden troops of the front division of the palace?"

If this is the case, Li Tang may be Xia Zhen's subordinate under the command of the front division of the palace, and his henchmen may not be. Xia Zhen is Shi Miyuan's sworn friend again, in this case, you have to be careful.

"Your Highness, yes, the other guards are the forbidden army of the front division of the palace, Xu Sheng is the guard of the arrow class, Hu Datou is the guard of the silver spear class, his skills are good, and he is also hand-picked by today's officials, His Highness does not have to worry about the safety of the house."

Li Tang's black face unconsciously showed a hint of arrogance.

"Disrespectful, disrespectful! Great work! ”

Zhao Hong hurriedly bowed his hand and was in awe.

Zhongnanhai's bodyguards are really flattered to protect themselves.

"Your Highness, there is a difference between dignity and inferiority, you don't need to be like this. Otherwise, the villain will be restless. ”

Li Tang's black face turned red, and he unconsciously stood up again.

"Sit down, sit down."

Zhao Hong poured Li Tang a glass of wine and picked up the wine glass himself.

"Let's have a drink, just a drink, just a little bit of it."

Li Tang had no choice but to respectfully touch Zhao Hong and drank it all.

"Your Highness, I can still drink some wine, but Xu Sheng can't, after a few glasses of wine, he will get drunk and go crazy. If Your Highness takes him out, don't let him drink, lest he make a joke!" ”

Li Tang whispered, and Zhao Hong laughed.

"Why didn't you bring this guy out!"

He originally wanted to call that Tian Yilai, but he was afraid of disturbing others. Especially at the end of the year, the people are very busy.

"Li Tang, last time you said that your father had passed away, so who else is in your family? How are the days? ”

Zhao Hong poured Li Tang another glass of wine.

Since you can drink it, drink a few more glasses to get rid of the restraint on your body.

It is estimated that this 20-degree fruit wine will not be able to drink people, and it will only be put in water a few times at most.

"Your Highness, there is an old mother and a mixed family in the villain's family, and two young children, one is over the age of three and the other is three years old. The old mother and the mixed family do some needlework on weekdays to maintain the family, and they are okay. ”

Li Tang replied softly, unconsciously taking another drink.

In the past, Zhao Hong would never take these guards to eat at the same table, let alone ask these parents.

Zhao Hong nodded. In all dynasties, the lives of the people at the bottom have not been easy.

"Li Tang, do a good job. Believe me, there must be miracles in life! ”

If you are good, you will help the world, and if you are poor, you will be good alone. If you can't save the world, help the people around you, you should still have this ability.

"Your Highness has a heart! His Royal Highness still wants to keep his light and rein in his edge. Shi Miyuan is powerful, His Royal Highness doesn't have to fight him. When His Highness ascends the throne, there is an opportunity. ”

Li Tang said with a straight face, and Zhao Hong nodded appreciatively.

"Li Tang, you're right, I'll be cautious."

I just don't know, can I ascend to the throne smoothly?

All kinds of animal calls other than human voices came, and Zhao Hong couldn't help frowning.

"Li Tang, I see the people who eat here, birds, crickets, cats and dogs, etc., don't you have them at home?"

Playthings are demoralized, from these middle and upper classes of the Southern Song Dynasty, what he sees is full of disappointment. He let go of all the birds, beasts, insects, and fish in his house, but few people would be like him.

If there is also a "beautiful country" in this era, it is estimated that there will be no less elite class than later generations.

"Your Highness, how can the villain have the money to raise these things? However, there is one yellow cat, but it is to prevent rats. Rich and noble families raise crickets, mostly for the sake of shutting down. Sometimes after a fight, not to mention ten thousand gold, there are bankrupt people! ”

Li Tang said angrily, his brows furrowed.

Fighting crickets were popular in the Southern Song Dynasty, and Jia Rudao in history was called the "Cricket Prime Minister", and I don't know if it's true or not. At least from Li Tang's mouth, I know that fighting crickets is gambling, which is true.

"In addition to fighting crickets, there are also fighting tea. Tea fighting includes tea fighting, tea fighting order, tea opera, etc., from the emperor to the scholars, all of which are bad. The key to the victory or defeat of the tea fight, one looks at the color of the soup, and the other looks at the soup flower. The general standard for the color of tea is pure white. And the sooner or later the water marks appear, it becomes the basis for determining the quality of the soup flower......"

Li Tang introduced it carefully, but Zhao Hong listened to it with a big head.

Drinking tea can drink so many tricks, fighting crickets are all the rage, and the blood and qi are dissolved in the sound of dogs and horses, and it is not surprising that the country is dead.

Seeing that Zhao Hong seemed to be absent-minded, Li Tang decisively shut up.

He didn't know that Zhao Hong was naturally disgusted with these things.

Zhao Hong hesitated for a moment, and suddenly asked in a low voice:

"Li Tang, tell me, Shi Miyuan and I, is there room for reconciliation?"

Zhao Hong's words made Li Tang stunned, he looked at Zhao Hong, and hesitated:

"Your Highness, you and Shi Miyuan don't have a deep hatred, it shouldn't be difficult to sit down and talk. However, Shi Miyuan's power leans towards the government and the opposition, but he is a ruthless character, His Royal Highness still has to be careful. ”

Li Tang's reply made Zhao Hong laugh dumbly.

Although Shi Miyuan is domineering, he will not depose the prince, which is the opinion of most people in this era. He asked Li Tang, and it was a vain question.

In Shi Miyuan's heart, he was already a big trouble, and he wanted to get rid of it quickly. However, there is a sentence that Li Tang is not wrong, Shi Miyuan is a ruthless person, and even Shi Miyuan himself is afraid of being ruthless.

Two Confucian scholars in wide robes walked over and passed by Zhao Hong's table, and one of the thirty-year-old Confucian scholars accidentally saw Zhao Hong, and was surprised that he stopped and bowed.

"Your Highness, you are here too!"

"Mr. Hu, long time no see."

Li Tang hurriedly stood up and saluted Hu Mengyu.

He knew that Zhao Hong's brain had been bad recently, and he was in a daze, so he had to mumble about popular science in Zhao Hong's ear.

"Your Royal Highness, Hu Mengyu, Xiazhou Judicial Joins the Army, and is an honest official."

"Mr. Hu, you are here too, I am glad to meet you."

Zhao Hong pretended to be fake, stood up with a smile, and bowed.

Seeing that Hu Mengyu is around forty years old, he is still just a grassroots judicial prosecutor, and no one believes him when he says that he is not honest and honest.

"I've seen Your Highness!"

Another young gentleman was handsome and fair-skinned, with a graceful demeanor, and saluted Zhao Hong.

"Your Highness, this is my year-old friend Wu Wenying, a famous talent in Jiangnan."

Hu Mengyu recommended the young man next to him to Zhao Hong.

"It turned out to be Mr. Wu, disrespectful!"

Zhao Hong didn't dare to slack off and bowed.

This Wu Wenying seems to have some fame in history, and there seem to be some of his masterpieces in the 300 Song songs.

Wu Wenying hurriedly returned the salute. It is said that this prince Geng Jie is arrogant, why is he so approachable?

Are all those rumors about his extravagance false?

"Your Highness, there is nothing to do left and right, why don't you join me and wait for you to sit in the Cuiyun Pavilion in front?"

Hu Mengyu saw that the meal had not yet been served, so he invited Zhao Hong.

"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey. Two, please! ”

Zhao Hong smiled and did not shirk.

When you come to Fengle Lou to eat, you will inevitably encounter these powerful people, and it is not easy to refute the face of others.

Li Tang was helpless, so he could only follow closely with a black face.

It seems that Zhao Hong is going to be the big boss again today.