The location of Guo Ping's Pearl Restaurant is very good. You can see the colorful boat show from the second floor. The third floor has the best view. You can enjoy the lively street scene outside by sitting by the window.
Several children crowded in front of the window, chattering and talking about the street scene outside. The table below was quickly filled with food and drinks brought by the bartender.
Xue Tao knocked on the table and said: "You guys, hurry up and eat. Stop squeezing or be careful of falling."
The children had to sit down to eat. At this time, Xue Tao asked Guo Ping again: "Auntie, where is Mingzhu? Why don't you see her?"
"She went to practice the piano and said she would have a competition next month. She left early every morning and she was nowhere to be seen. She didn't come back until late at night. Alas! This child is very obsessed with music."
"Auntie, she shouldn't need to work so hard!"
Xue Tao asked very implicitly. Only girls from poor families study pipa desperately in order to change their fate, and then try to find a way to become famous. They just want to be favored by rich people. Mingzhu's uncle is the King of Jin. Does she need it?
"She just likes it! Since she likes it, I will let her go."
Xue Tao nodded, "I think it's better to invite someone to come to teach you, and you have to consider safety."
"Yes! I think so too, but Xiao Nizi refused, saying that it was boring to study alone at home, and she had to study with a bunch of girls. She had a big quarrel with me last time, and I couldn't quarrel with her.
I have to let her go."
Xue Tao knew that her husband had sent a female guard to protect the pearl, so there shouldn't be a big problem in terms of safety, so she said no more.
Not long after, the sound of drum music was faintly heard in the distance. Guo Ping suddenly smiled and said: "Listen to the sound of drum music, the flower boat is coming."
Everyone ignored the meal and crowded in front of the windows to look down. At this time, all the people were crowded by the river, excitedly waiting for the arrival of the flower boat.
"Coming! Coming!" Guo Weiwei pointed into the distance and shouted.
A group of colorful boats are slowly approaching in the distance. They are covered with various colored satins. They look particularly colorful and pleasing to the eye under the blue sky and white clouds.
On the first big boat were five Hu Ji dancing the Hu Xuan dance, and several Hu musicians were sitting next to them, beating the Hu drums very rhythmically.
The five Orchids are all tall and pretty, wearing beautiful long skirts and bloomers underneath. They spin like five flower umbrellas around their waists. The drums are very rhythmic, and the dancing postures are enthusiastic and unrestrained, which suddenly lifts the mood of the people.
When they mobilized, they attracted warm applause and cheers from the people on both sides. This is why they were placed first.
"Mom! Look at the second ship. That barbarian is breathing fire. It's so powerful!"
The person who said this was not his daughter Guo Weiwei, but his son Guo Jincheng, which really surprised Xue Tao. Even Dugu Youlan lightly touched Xue Tao's arm and gave her a knowing look.
Xue Tao found that his son was looking attentively and excited, and he clapped his hands with joy. At this moment, the young and mature young master disappeared, and the unique innocence of a young man was restored.
Xue Tao's nose is a little sore, this should be the true side of his son!
On the second ship, several artists from the Brahmin country were performing acrobatics. The Brahmin country is today's India, and the acrobatics are acrobatics. A bearded man stood on the bow of the ship and performed swallowing knives and spitting fire, which attracted waves of exclamations.
In the back, a bare-chested strong man is performing ganji. Ganji is a man holding a bamboo pole with two horizontal branches on it. Four young girls stand on it. This is the best acrobatics in the Brahmin country. Today, the country's motorcycles
The car show originated from this. There is also a person who is performing a jumping ball. A jumping ball is a few balls thrown in the air, usually three to four. Today this performer throws six balls. It is said that the highest record is nine balls.
The next boat was a dance of more than a dozen young Japanese women, singing and dancing, singing and dancing at the same time, which was quite refreshing. This was the most popular folk dance in the Tang Dynasty. Almost everyone in the Tang Dynasty knew it. Many people on the shore
Everyone sang along.
Then it gradually entered the climax, with eight beautiful dancers in long skirts dancing the palace swallow dance, with flowing long sleeves and graceful figures. Then came the collective playing of the pipa girl, and then the chorus of sixteen singers.
Suddenly, the crowd began to stir. On the top of the largest flower boat, a young woman with extremely beautiful appearance walked out. She was tall, wearing a six-length floor-length skirt, with her hair in a bun with jasper inserted sideways, and her face was as pretty as
The hibiscus has just opened, a pair of beautiful eyes are looking around, and the eyes are flowing with a smile, even Xue Tao is amazed.
"Auntie, who is she?"
"She is Liu Caichun, the number one singer in the south of the Yangtze River. Zhang Lei paid a huge sum of money to invite her to Chang'an. It seems like she just came to Chang'an yesterday. Last night she appeared on her first day and caused a sensation in the city. Many people came here specifically to see her today."
"It turns out to be her!"
Xue Tao has heard that the number one female artist in the south of the Yangtze River not only has a beautiful appearance, but also sings like the sound of nature, and is also a master of poetry and painting. He heard that she did not want to end up in a brothel, but stayed in poverty and sang for ordinary people. She started singing at the age of fourteen.
Her father took her on a boat tour, and in just three years she became famous in Jiangnan.
She should be twenty-three or four years old now, and I don’t know if she is married? A thought suddenly came to Xue Tao’s mind.
On the flower boat, the unparalleled beauty Liu Caichun softly opened her red lips and began to sing softly.
"Chen Yao is sitting there, looking forward to the clear moon. The wind is miserable and it rains at night.
Not knowing whether God is coming or not will make the slave’s heart suffer again and again.”
........
The sound was like the sound of nature, which could not be found in the human world. Everyone was mesmerized by the sound. Guo Weiwei suddenly let out a long sigh, "I want to learn to sing too!"
At this time, Xue Tao waved to the female guard standing aside. The female guard stepped forward. Xue Tao whispered a few words to her. The female guard nodded and turned around and went out.
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At the time of the grand parade of flower boats, Guo Song was also inspecting Taixue. This was his second inspection of Taixue since Taixue officially opened in September.
Taixue recruited more than 40 technical officials from various places, and finally realized Guo Song's long-cherished wish, and turned Taixue into a professional higher education institution, offering nearly 20 majors from agriculture to astronomy, from metallurgy to arithmetic.
, there are 3,200 students in school.
Taixue covers an area of about 2,000 acres. Many large trees were preserved during the demolition, making the Taixue campus towering ancient trees and a quiet environment. The west side of Taixue is close to Jianzhang Lake, a large lake in the city, with weeping willows hanging around it, like thousands of deep green trees.
There are twelve schools in Taixue, three main halls, one library, twenty-four rows of study buildings, and a dining hall. The conditions are very good.
Guo Song passed by a school where more than two hundred students were sitting. Liu Fang, a foreigner from the Sinong Temple, was teaching agriculture to the students and the key points of fertilizer collection.
Guo Song listened for a moment and then asked Wang Jian, the Imperial College Superintendent next to him, in a low voice: "Has Lu Yu's tea class started?"
Wang Jian bowed and said: "Reporting to your highness, Lu Yu can't get through yet. He is in the Yuzhang area, but another tea master Jiao Ran has passed away. Unfortunately today, he took his students to Zhongnan Mountain to look for water."
Guo Song nodded. Jiaoran was a distinguished monk. His attainments in tea science were no less than those of Lu Yu, but he was not as famous as Lu Yu. He was especially keen on training students. Therefore, when the civil servants of the Jin Wei Mansion found him in Yangzhou,
He agreed without hesitation, took a boat to Chang'an, and applied for a job as a doctor of tea science.
Guo Song came to Lingyi University Hall again, where about 300 students were sitting. Li Weijin, the Administrative Administrative Officer poached from Chengdu, was giving the students the key points of mineral selection.
"Iron ore is actually widely distributed, basically in every state, but whether it can be smelted and whether it can be used is a big problem. If the ore is poor, has many impurities, and has low iron content, then there is no point in mining it.
, and the convenience of mining should also be considered. If the iron ore is located in the Taihang Mountains, there is no point in mining.
In addition, mining must strictly follow the three steps of prospecting, selection and mining. Let me tell you a true story. Last spring, the imperial court discovered an iron ore in Jianzhou. The whole imperial court was in a state of excitement. They immediately allocated money to recruit people and spent a lot of manpower and material resources.
In the end, it was discovered that it was the Jiwo Mine, which disappointed the court.
The so-called chicken coop mine is just like a chicken coop. There is a pile of ore here and a pile of ore there. It is not connected to the ore zone. This is the result of no proven ore..."
Guo Song smiled at Wang Jian and said, "This man speaks well. What is his name?"
"Your Highness, his name is Li Weijin. He is the governor of the Southern Tang Dynasty. He is proficient in smelting and coining. His level is quite high. His classes are the most popular. Students say they can learn real things."
At this time, the bell rang and get out of class was over. Students came out of the classroom one after another. Wang Jian brought Li Weijin over.
When Li Weijin heard that His Highness the King of Jin wanted to see him, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "I'm sorry to see you, Your Highness!"
Guo Song nodded and asked with a smile: "Is everything settled at home?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, everything has been settled. I have been given an official residence and a generous settlement allowance. My son has entered the Imperial College to study, and his salary is also high. It is completely different from the life before. Your Highness's love, I am grateful in my heart.
extremely."
Guo Song added: "I have told the officials of the Imperial College more than once that Taixue not only teaches students, but also does research. If you are more proficient in smelting, then you can research how to make better steel.
I have a black sword, which is very heavy, neither gold nor iron, and extremely sharp. I won’t use it for the time being. You can do some research on how it was smelted."
Li Weijin said quickly: "Beizhi is of course willing to study smelting technology, and at the same time, he will also give students the opportunity to practice. Yesterday, Beizhi took students to the blacksmith shop to learn about the quenching process, but it requires a lot of things and manpower."
"It's no problem. You have everything you want. Just write down the list and the Ministry of Industry will arrange it for you."
"In this humble position, I must do my best to study it."
At this time, Guo Song asked again: "Have you ever minted gold and silver coins?"
Li Weijin nodded, "In the fourteenth year of the Dali calendar, I made a batch of gold and silver Kaiyuan Tongbao, about three thousand pieces each, for the burial of the late emperor. The casting molds and the money model were not taken to Chengdu. I guess they still have it."
In the warehouse of Shaofu Temple, I happen to have no classes tomorrow, so go look for it."
Guo Song said happily: "In a few days, the Mint Department will start discussing the casting of gold and silver coins. Since you have experience, you can also participate in the discussion."
"I humbly obey orders!"
Guo Song visited several other courses before leaving Taixue and heading to the Imperial College. He was going to the Imperial College to hear about the situation of the autumn examination.