"How much silver will this cost?"
Walking into the peach forest and passing through the peach forest, there are well-designed pavilions, terraces and pavilions along the way, and small buildings and pavilions. There are also carefully trimmed garden nurseries, as well as rockery lotus ponds, and there is a Langfang with carved railings and painted buildings on the lotus ponds.
Some people are hoeing and pruning in the peach forest, and some people are weeding and fertilizing in the garden. The roads everywhere are cleaned, and the buildings passing by are also spotlessly clean.
Compared with the Peach Blossom Villa at the foot of Peach Blossom Mountain, this place is larger and more elegant.
Li Chenan admired it very much, thinking that this villa is so much better than the villa he was proud of in his previous life.
"The merchants are not short of money."
"Why?"
"First, the businessman is originally from a prominent family in the south of the Yangtze River. His ancestral home is in Pingjiang, the south of the Yangtze River, and his family runs a silk business."
"Second... the merchants charge a lot for composing music."
"How expensive is it?"
"A piece of gold!"
"..."
That is indeed expensive!
"If a good Ci wants to be praised in the world, either the Ci is really so good that it can be included in the "Ning Poetry Collection Yuan Baipian", or it needs to be accompanied by an excellent tune and sung from the brothel."
"Don't underestimate places like brothels, after all, only rich people can go to brothels."
"These rich people can basically read and write, but they prefer to be half-baked, and they prefer to be arty."
"Once they have good lyrics and music, they will show off complacently, especially the songs of the Shang masters, which can become their bragging capital."
"This is the reason why Master Shang's music is very expensive. Of course, there are exceptions, that is, if the lyrics are really good, Master Shang is even willing to compose music for it for free."
"For example, for your song "Butterfly Love Flower", he didn't take any money."
Everyone in this business is pretty good, and they don't cheat the poor.
The three of them walked all the way, and when they reached a lotus pond, they saw a pretty woman coming towards them.
She stood in front of the three of them, said a blessing, and asked softly, "May I ask if the three of you are invited by the Patriarch?"
Li Chen'an shook his head, "I heard about Master Shang's name, and came to pay a special visit, but it's a bit abrupt, so I'd like to ask the girl to inform Master Shang."
The girl frowned slightly, because the head of the house likes to be quiet and doesn't like to entertain guests.
If there is no invitation from the head of the house, it is usually not received by the head of the house.
But the Dragon Boat Festival will be held here tomorrow, and I think these two teenagers will be students participating in the literary fair.
Then go and report to the Patriarch.
"Dare to ask your surname?"
"This is Li Chen'an, this is Mr. Su Muxin."
Apparently that girl had never heard of the name Li Chenan, because she looked at Su Muxin in a blink of an eye, and there was even a little bit of surprise on her face.
"Mr. Su? Mr. Su, the head of the four great talents in Kyoto?"
Li Chenan was a little embarrassed, this guy is really famous!
"It's right down."
"Master Su, wait a moment, I'll report to the Patriarch right away!"
The girl turned around and left happily, Su Muxin looked at Li Chenan and smiled proudly, "So, fame is still very important!"
"Fuck off! No matter how famous you are, you are still the shopkeeper of my tavern!"
Su Muxin's whole body is not well.
He glared at Li Chenan, "You think I am willing!"
"Stubborn! Call me little uncle again!"
"..."
Su Mu shut up, took a deep breath, and looked at Fang Hetang to calm his extremely uncomfortable mood.
The three of them were waiting silently. The girl ran into a water pavilion in the backyard, saluted Shang Di who was burning incense, and said happily, "Patriarch, there are three people outside asking to see you."
Shang Di held a stick of sandalwood in his hand, circled it in the air, and carefully inserted it into the exquisite incense burner on the table, "I don't see any visitors today, let them come back."
"... Patriarch, of those two young men, one is Su Muxin from the capital, and the other is called Li Chenan."
Shang Di raised his eyes to look at the maid, with a look of doubt in his eyes. The girl thought that the name Su Muxin had moved the head of the house, but she didn't expect that Shang Di was stunned because of the name Li Chen'an.
"You said... There is a boy named Li Chen'an?"
"Yeah, he said his name is Li Chen'an."
Shang Di pondered for a moment, "Qiu Ju, you go and invite them in, Chunlan, fetch the old man's can of Maofeng, and make a pot of tea for the guests."
"The servant obeys!"
Qiu Ju turned around and left this water pavilion, feeling a little weird in her heart, because the head of the family changed her mind not because of Su Muxin, Mr. Su, but because of that little-known boy named Li Chen'an.
Why?
Then is there something special about Li Chen'an?
She came to the lotus pond in the front yard again, and this time took a closer look at Li Chenan.
Apart from the fact that this young man was born fairly well, there really seemed to be nothing special about him.
She looked at Su Muxin again, and thought that Mr. Su was better-looking, and Mr. Su also had a stronger literary spirit.
As for Wu Xichen behind the two of them, he was wearing a bamboo hat, carrying a sword, and was dressed as a warrior. She thought he was the guard of a certain son's family.
"The Patriarch invites three of you, please go to Tinglan Waterside Pavilion with your slaves."
...
...
The so-called Tinglan refers to the beautiful flowers that bloom by the water, and it also describes a person's character as noble and pure as an orchid.
It was a small lake.
The Tinglan Water Pavilion was built on that lake, connected to the shore by a corridor.
There are many peach trees planted on the bank, and many orchid grasses are also planted among the peach trees.
Chunlan has thanked, Cymbidium is just in bloom, and Jianlan is already budding.
There is a faint smell of orchids in the air.
This businessman is a fastidious person!
Walking all the way from Dengdao to this place is enough to show the high taste of this merchant.
So what is this person like?
When the three of them stepped into the Tinglan Water Pavilion, Li Chen'an saw the slightly thin but energetic old man standing inside.
He was dressed in plain sackcloth.
Has gray hair.
The two eyebrows are also gray, and some of them grow very long.
He is the only old man here, and he is probably a businessman.
But at this moment, Shang Di's eyes only swept over the faces of Li Chen'an and Su Muxin, and his eyes fell on Wu Xichen's face.
He smiled and shook his head, "I haven't seen you in sixteen years, I thought you were dead."
Wu Xichen took off his bamboo hat, and casually threw it on a table.
"You are not dead, how dare I die? But I have chosen the cemetery on Peach Blossom Mountain."
"Well, I've also chosen the cemetery on Peach Blossom Island."
After saying this, Shang Di looked at Li Chenan and Su Muxin again, "Which of you is Li Chenan?"
Only now did Li Chenan know that the master and the merchants are so close, if he had known this, wouldn't the matter of inviting the master out would have been settled?
he bowed
"The junior is Li Chen'an!"
Shang Di's gaze fell on Li Chenan's face, and he nodded after a while, "Old Man Hua said you are the most talented young man he has ever seen!"
"The old man has also seen the song "Butterfly Love Flower" written by you."
"very good!"
"Please sit down!"
"Chunlan, serve tea!"