"If you go to hear about Yu Xiaozhu, how can you tell the truth in the street? Wouldn't it spread all over the city and cause uproar afterwards?"
He found another elegant restaurant and booked three private rooms on the third floor. He then invited everyone to occupy one of the rooms and plausibly said to prevent others from eavesdropping. Zhu Er was furious with Zhang Shou.
Question. Not only him, but several other people also secretly agreed. However, the status of teacher and student has been determined, and Zhu Er, the future second uncle, is undoubtedly more suitable to come forward.
"Because if you go there today, even if you don't say it in the street, it will spread all over the city tomorrow." Zhang Shou calmly bit into the soup-filled dumplings, and then let the soup flow onto the spoon, and then he tasted it with relish
Tasting the sweet and familiar taste, he then said slowly, "Instead of others preaching it, it's better to uncover it yourself."
After a pause, he continued: "In this way, everyone can leave a good impression of sincerity and honesty in front of Yingying and the girls from each family."
Zhu Er couldn't help but murmured in a low voice: "How good is the impression? I heard that we actually went to a place like Tingyu Xiaozhu to fool around. People must question our moral integrity." As soon as he finished speaking, he received a sneer from Lu Sanlang.
, it was easy to understand the meaning - you, Mr. Zhu Er, still have character and integrity? You must know that the first time I met you was at Tingyu Xiaozhu!
Zhu Er, who was so angry, immediately retorted: "My reputation doesn't matter, but the reputation of so many of us does matter! And your reputation, Dr. Zhang, is even more important. This is also related to the reputation of our Zhao Guogong Palace!"
"That's why I came out during the day. It's not like last time. It's almost night and I'll call Mr. Zhu to come with me." Zhang Shou didn't even raise his head when he saw that Zhang Wu and Lu Sanlang were already starting to move like him without hesitation.
Chopsticks offered sacrifices to the five internal organs temple. Zhang Lu and Zhang Chen also hesitated for a moment before following. Only Zhu Er was still anxious and hesitant, so he continued to speak slowly.
"Furthermore, among the regular customers of Tingyu Xiaozhu, there are Jieyuan like Tang Ming, Imperial Academy chief like Xie Wanquan, as well as officials from the imperial court, senior officials at the level of Jiuqing, and local governors. In the final analysis, then,
We don't stay or spend the night here. It's said to be the most elegant place in the capital, but it's definitely not a brothel. We're going there in the daytime, so what kind of people are we afraid of?"
"The most important thing is that if the play wants to be staged as scheduled, you have to go over to watch the rehearsals from time to time. If you are afraid of people's words today, how will you go in the future?"
Will you... go there again? Even Lu Sanlang was so surprised that he almost splashed soup all over himself, let alone other people. But after the initial surprise, several people looked at each other, except Zhang Chen and
Lu Sanlang's face was so changeable, but everyone else was secretly happy. A place like Tingyu Xiaozhu was usually not cheap. They couldn't afford to go there, but how could they go there often in the future?
But what Zhang Shou said immediately poured cold water on their enthusiasm: "Of course, if you go alone, it doesn't matter if you gossip, but if you really linger, it will be terrible. When you go, why not
I asked Ah Liu to follow."
Ah Liu followed... Damn it, with that evil star following him, who would dare to do anything else?
Zhu Er shuddered when he thought of Ah Liu dragging him around like a dead man. For a moment, he was not interested in going to Tingyu Xiaozhu to see any beauties. In the final analysis, his family's upbringing was too strict, and he already had
He is a thief but has no courage! At that moment, he muttered in a low voice: "Lu Sanpang is already engaged. If he goes to a place like that, isn't he afraid of being disliked by the Liu family girl?"
"So, you are going during the lunch break, once every seven days, and taking up an elective class in the afternoon. Among you, there are nobles with top backgrounds in the capital, and there are also children from official families with high vision. Are they good at acting?
, of course you can tell the good and bad at a glance. If you think it’s good with your eyes, when it officially starts, you won’t be booed by others.”
Zhang Shou paused for a moment, and then said meaningfully: "To outsiders, you can say that the flowers are becoming more and more charming... If you can practice your character in that kind of place, when you have heavy responsibilities on your shoulders in the future, you can
Who would be fascinated by beauty now?"
How can you still find such a reason?
Except for Lu Sanlang, most of the people looked at me and were dumbfounded. But Lu Sanlang coughed slightly and said thoughtfully: "Those guys who talk about their talents all day long and are going to the examination hall can listen to it."
Yu Xiaozhu, why can't we go? I'm not afraid of shadows when I'm upright. I'll go back and ask to see Liu Shilang, and I'll just lend you two followers."
Everyone was immediately stunned by Lu Sanlang's strange idea. Was he going to use his father-in-law's family to testify for him? After looking at each other for a while, Zhu Er suddenly found that other people's eyes suddenly fell on him.
Zhang Lu even laughed and said: "Brother Zhu, instead of making Fatty Lu so troublesome, why not ask your wife to send two safe people to follow us!"
In the midst of laughter, the table full of wine and food was eaten. Zhang Shou lightly knocked on the table and then said: "Don't take what Lu Sanlang said to you when I went out with Uncle Weinan before.
Is he interested in money, or is he just talking about it. Even though this kid is fat and big-eared, and he never liked his father before, in fact, he is not just talented in arithmetic."
Glancing sideways at the serious Lu Sanlang, Zhang Shou casually introduced what he knew about the bookshop run by Lu Sanlang and his method of locking people up in a small dark room. Opposite him, Zhu Er, Zhang Chen, Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu
As expected, they were dumbfounded. And when he avoided Lu Sanlang's sex in Tingyu Xiaozhu and only said that Renhe and Weinanbo had become friends by chance, the four of them were even more shocked.
Even though they may appear to outsiders to be glamorous and wealthy young men, even those with extraordinary family backgrounds like Zhang Chen and Zhu Er are at the top of their own circle at best. They are far from qualified to join the circle of their fathers.
.Now Lu Sanlang, a little fat guy who has always been laughed at, not only secretly owns his own industry, but can also talk to Weinan Bo Zhang Kang?
For a moment, Zhang Chen felt that his pretentiousness in the past was simply stupid. He glanced at Lu Sanlang with some confusion, and after a long while he finally regained his composure and snorted softly: "Pang Lu Sanlang is also good at it.
These little fights are nothing!"
"It's just a small fight, but the seven-story pagoda has to be built from the foundation. Otherwise, Zhang Chen, you can succeed the Duke of Qin, and it's hard to say what officials the other people here can be in the future. If it continues like this, it will be
As I said before in Cuiyunjian, how will you and your children and grandchildren live when you get married and separate in the future? Will you be worse than a mere steward?"
Although Zhang Chen was specifically mentioned as a counterexample by Zhang Shou, he did not feel happy at all - after all, his father's disregard for him had always been a thorn in his heart. Moreover,
, after inheriting the Duke of Qin, what will he do? Is it possible that he will be like his father, burying himself in a pile of books all day long, and be a noble official like a civil servant?
"So, what Mr. Xiao means is to let Twelve Rains from Tingyu Xiaozhu perform the Peach Blossom Fan, and we will watch and comment from time to time. Is there any purpose in this?" Compared to Zhang Chen who was distracted, his face turned dark.
Zhu Er, as well as the dejected Zhang Wu, and the well-behaved Zhang Lu realized Zhang Shou's overtones more quickly.
"How should you enter the official career? I can't help you with this matter. And if you don't become an official, how will you make a living in the future? The capital seems to be full of shops, but the competition in various industries is very fierce. Behind many industries, there may be
Standing are the elders in your own family. Lu Sanlang previously chose a bookstore with no big-name background, but even so, he also cooperated with Shiwen Selector."
"What about you? What kind of industry do you want to rely on in the future to meet the expenses of a family? Don't tell me about the land that may be allocated to you. You know, in the past, one acre of rice fields in the south of the Yangtze River could produce four stones, but now
In the north, one acre of land can produce two to three shi, which is already a high yield, thanks to Emperor Taizu’s insistence on the use of fertilizers. Let’s calculate it as three shi, and one thousand acres of land is 3,000 shi.”
"And if you are a tenant farmer or a long-term laborer, then the land rent you can collect in a year is 70%. Round it down to the nearest two thousand dan." Speaking of the three words "70%", Zhang Shou couldn't help but secretly think to himself.
Sighing, I thought that the tenants of Zhao Guogong's mansion in Rongshui Village had indeed received very light rents, which was very different from the greedy behavior of most dignitaries and dignitaries these days who exploited farmers.
"And these two thousand stones of grain, when the grain is cheap in a good year, are probably worth a thousand guan, and when the grain is expensive, it is probably worth about 2,000 guan. But the premise of all this is that you can allocate
There are a thousand acres of land, and the grain can be harvested one grain at a time. Oh, I haven’t counted the taxes paid to the court."
Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu suddenly smiled bitterly. Their home was said to be a Hou Mansion, so there was naturally a lot of land, but for bastards like them, how could they get a farm as big as a thousand acres? A separate family could have two or three hundred acres.
Mu, that's already a lot of money. Calculating it this way, the amount of money you can get in a year is five to six hundred guan at most, and one or two hundred guan at sometimes less. Besides, which manager doesn't take advantage of others?
And even Zhu Er thought that if his eldest brother came back safe and sound, the family might not be divided, but that would mean that he would always depend on his eldest brother to live. And if the family was separated, he might be able to get a lot of things, but if the management
If we don't have a good family, then our life might not be as good as it is now. So, he simply asked bluntly: "Then what kind of property should we rely on to live on in the future?"
"Nowadays, the only thing that can get involved in the capital is entertainment. The so-called entertainment means having fun. Although there are many opera troupes and there are also many people playing music and singing in teahouses and restaurants, people like Tingyu Xiaozhu are not rich.
There are quite a few expensive ones, but overall, there aren't many varieties. You used to be idle, so you should have been to all the places you should go, and you should be good at this in the first place."
As Zhang Shou spoke, he glanced around at several people and said with a smile: "Why do you think the story I told you today is interesting? Don't you think that the talented man and the beautiful woman are too cliché? In Lu Sanlang's bookshop, the books written by the scholars are getting more and more popular.
The more boring it is, isn’t it because every day there are poor scholars who win the top prize on the gold medal list, and talented and beautiful women spend the last month? Using an already famous girl like Twelve Rains to interpret a different story is just an attempt. What should you know?
It’s the one that attracts the most similar people.”
Zhang Chen, Zhang Lu and Zhang Wu exchanged glances, and felt something in their hearts. But Zhu Er's reaction was straightforward: "Yes, in the past, as long as there was something new in the capital, everyone would be afraid of falling behind. Now why don't we