Early this morning, the Xiucai in Jinling City had already gotten up early, they bathed in incense, tidied up their appearance, wore brand new clothes, and even some scholars from poor families gritted their teeth and took out their savings to buy a few decent winter clothes. Updates are fast and ad-free.

There are also many scholars who have memorized the good poems they have accumulated over the years overnight, preparing to show them at tomorrow's literary meeting.

There's a lot more to it like that.

It can be seen that the talents of the whole city attach great importance to this cultural meeting.

Li Xiuyuan didn't care too much, but when the Wenhui was about to start, he invited all his friends to go to Lin Yuan in the Hou Mansion.

Li Houfu in Jinling City is a real home of the powerful, and Fu Tianqiu, the squire of the military department, has to borrow the manor of the Hou Mansion to hold a literary meeting to show his dignity, and it is conceivable how high the status of this Hou Mansion is in Jinling City.

"Brother Li, we're late, you see that those showmen have already entered the park. ”

When the group came to the side gate of the Hou Mansion, they saw that the door of the mansion was wide open, and there were already many scholars walking around.

Even though it's winter, the beauty of Houfu Forest Garden is still worth admiring.

"It's not that we're late, it's that other people are early, and the article says that the meeting will be held at noon, and it's just the right time. Li Xiuyuan looked up at the sky.

But I saw that today's thick clouds covered the top, the sky was dim, and it seemed that there was a heavy snow that would not fall, which made people's hearts dull.

It's not a good day.

"It seems that we are still a little too honest, I didn't expect other people to come to the conference so early, mistakes, mistakes. Wang Ping shook his head and sighed, quite regretful.

Li Xiuyuan said with a smile: "What kind of mistake is this, the Wenhui has not started, many important figures have not arrived, the officials in the city, Lord Fu of the Ministry of War, the Marquis Li of the Hou Mansion, and the deans of some academies near the Qinhuai River, as well as the respected old Confucian in the city, these will only show up at the beginning of the Wenhui, and now it is just the Xiucai in the city making friends with each other and visiting the forest garden of the Hou Mansion." ”

"Brother Li is right, it's better to come early than to come by chance. Ning Caichen nodded.

"Without further ado, let's go first to have a look, I heard that the forest garden of the Hou Mansion is a great beauty of Jinling City, but there is no one who is invited by the Hou Mansion who does not praise it. Zhu Yu said a little excitedly.

Li Xiuyuan said: "If you can see a few beautiful scenery in the middle of summer, but now it is winter, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, it will wither. ”

"This brother's words are not accurate, at a glance, you know that you are a talent from other places, the forest garden of the Hou Mansion is like spring all year round, even in winter, there are peony flowers blooming, hibiscus stretching, otherwise how can it be qualified to become a beautiful scenery of Jinling City?"

A scholar passing by suddenly smiled, and after saying a word, he entered the forest garden.

"It's like spring all year round, so I want to see it. Li Xiuyuan was a little curious at this time.

Could it be that the garden of the Hou Mansion has the blessing of Taoism? It can isolate the scorching heat and cold?

However, when the group walked into the forest garden, they felt a warm breath rushing to their faces, as if they had suddenly entered the warm spring from the harsh winter outside, and they were extremely comfortable.

Moreover, the forest garden is really lush, the flowers bloom in all seasons, and the fragrance of birds and flowers comes from the bursts, which is not a scene that should be in winter at all.

"Huh. It's amazing, it's so warm in here. ”

"Yes, it's really like spring all year round, it's not a rumor, you see it's a flower that can only bloom in midsummer, and it's actually open at this time. ”

"Brother Li, you are well-informed, do you know the mystery of this?" asked Zhu Yu.

The other scholars also looked at Li Xiuyuan with the idea of solving doubts,

They are all scholars from ordinary families, and where have they come into contact with such a powerful person, they naturally know many things in it.

"Underfloor heating, underfloor heating. ”

Li Xiuyuan felt a hot steam rising from his feet, and immediately spoke.

"Floor heating?is it the kind of ordinary people's homes?" Wang Ping said in surprise: "But, how can this make the entire forest garden so warm?"

"It is not surprising that there is a pipe for heating under the soil of this forest garden, just keep burning charcoal in one place, and the hot air will heat the whole forest garden along the pipes to make the forest garden warm in winter, and if it is in the hot summer, the well water will enter the pipe, which can make the forest garden extremely cool in summer, so as to make the four seasons like spring. Li Xiuyuan said with a little emotion.

This is not Taoism, but artificiality.

"Hey, how much money does it cost to maintain such a large forest garden for a winter. The other scholars gasped when they heard this.

Although they don't understand, they can roughly imagine how much charcoal they need to burn in a winter to ensure the heating of a forest garden.

Li Xiuyuan said: "If it is ordinary charcoal, it is estimated that it will cost thousands of taels of silver in a winter, but I can't smell the charcoal smoke here, so it should be the best silver charcoal, so it will cost at least 20,000 to 30,000 taels in a winter." ”

The so-called silver charcoal is the charcoal used by the emperor, because the color is like frost, there is no smoke, and it is regarded as a treasure among the charcoal.

Only dignitaries can afford to use it.

But if you can afford to use it, you can afford to use silver charcoal to maintain the operation of a garden, which is a luxury.

No wonder when Li Xiuyuan and Li Liang Jin Wenwen were fighting that day, 30,000 taels of silver didn't blink their eyes, living in such a powerful family, 30,000 taels was indeed easy to take.

"Although there is money, it is really inappropriate to waste it like this. He shook his head in his heart.

Just for the sake of a forest garden, countless dollars of money and silver are scattered, and it is impossible for anyone with a little saving idea to build such a forest garden, because this is a bottomless pit, and money has to be swept every year.

When several people heard about burning silver charcoal, their faces changed.

In particular, Wang Ping looked like he was in pain, he had asked the price of silver charcoal when he bought carbon before, it was really unbelievably expensive, he just bought a pack and stored it at home and was reluctant to use it, which was used by friends to entertain friends in winter.

"This, this is too extravagant and wasteful. After half a sound, Ning Caichen held back a sentence.

Li Xiuyuan shook his head slightly and did not comment.

The high-ranking families are like this, they only care about enjoyment, no matter what extravagance and waste, in their eyes, there is no extravagance and waste, as long as they like it.

"Brother Li, I'm afraid your Li family can't afford to build this garden. Zhu Yu suddenly joked.

"Hmm...... It's hard to say, it's not a question of whether it can be built, it's a question of whether it will be built, my family will never build such a forest garden in their lifetime. Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said.

His Li family holds the tailwind dart line, it can be said that the day into the gold fight, but to make a lot of money, spend money is also fierce, every month to raise a group of outlaws in the dart line, but also to continue to expand the dart game, so there is not much money in hand, if the expansion is stopped, the money accumulated for a few years, this Hou Mansion is nothing in his eyes.

Don't say that one forest garden, ten forest gardens are not a problem.

It's just that Li Xiuyuan has always believed in the belief that Da Ze will help the world, so most of the family's money has been spent, and only his father Li Dafu has saved a treasury of gold and silver.

A dart line has gathered a lot of outlaws and let them go the right way instead of robbing homes and houses, which is a great merit.

Even if it costs a little more to raise it, it's worth it.

A few people chatted while walking, and with a little curiosity, they wandered around the forest garden of this Hou Mansion, and they also met some talents on the same list along the way.

This is the way for scholars to make friends, classmates, exams, lists, places, and so on, and now they are naturally closer to each other in Jinling City.

"Okay, good poetry, the ancients said, Shibei should be impressed for three days, but I didn't expect to see each other for a few days, Brother Zhu is like a spring of thought, and the exquisite poems are continuous, which is really admirable. ”

"The pair of Li Xiuyuan that day made me think hard for a few days, Brother Zhu actually came out yesterday, which is really amazing. ”

"With Brother Zhu's literary brilliance, it seems that the title of the gold list will be stable in the future, and it will be convincing. ”

When the group passed by a gazebo, they saw a group of scholars gathered together, and from time to time there was a sound of stroking their palms in agreement.

There are also scholars who loudly praise someone's exquisite poems, which immediately attracted the attention of many people.

Standing in the crowd, Zhu Erdan stood with his hands in his hands at this moment, looking confident, with a bit of arrogance, and his eyes were shrewd, which was completely different from his previous temperament, as if he had changed someone.

"You have praised it falsely, and you deserve such praise at this point. He was modest, neither humble nor arrogant, and full of etiquette.

"Jurdan?"

Li Xiuyuan's expression moved, and he subconsciously looked over.

He thought of what happened in the Qinhuai River that day, he was angry and punished Zhu Erdan, but now they have a grudge with each other.

This is the second person besides Li Liangjin who Li Xiuyuan doesn't want to intersect.

"Hey, isn't this Li Xiuyuan, Brother Li? What a coincidence, I didn't expect Li Gongzi to also come to participate in this meeting. At this time, Zhu Erdan also found Li Xiuyuan passing by, and actually bowed from afar with a smile on his face.

Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he saw the danger of his enthusiasm.

When did Jurdan become so polite and polite?

However, when he vaguely noticed the indifferent look in Zhu Erdan's eyes, he frowned again.

"Joy and anger are invisible, even I can't do this, only Li Linfu, the old prime minister, has such a ability, this Zhu Erdan can actually do it at a young age? What stimulated him?" Li Xiuyuan's heart sank, and he felt an indescribable change in this Zhu Erdan.

"It turned out to be Zhu Erdan, what a coincidence. ”

Thinking about it in his heart, Li Xiuyuan still returned the salute, after all, this etiquette can't be lost, but he can't be so enthusiastic, so he just replied lukewarmly.

"Haha, Brother Li, you came just in time, the pair you gave me last time is now coming out, and I invite Brother Li to come over and have a look, I don't know if it's neat or not?"

What a lot of hands.

Li Xiuyuan felt the power coming from this Zhu Erdan's hand, and he was a little frightened.

Is this the strength that a reader should have?

It's not so much please, it's more like a forced pull.