The first legitimate son of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 191 The first auction in Chang’an City
Three days later, the largest Hualou Shenglelou in Pingkangfang in Chang'an City ushered in Li An's auction. Why was this auction held in Pingkangfang? You must know that Pingkangfang is a place for fireworks. Others are willing to Come?

Whether the quality will be lowered, you can be absolutely assured of this. You must know that Pingkangfang is not a place of skin and flesh, because all the practitioners at that time were not just selling a smile or selling that as we imagined.She is much more educated than ordinary people.

He has to be proficient in playing music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, poetry and poetry.You have to be good at conversation, because you also need to be able to order drinks.

I also need to be a tour guide, because in the past, when princes, nobles or wealthy businessmen went out, they would take female companions with them. If you want to go out as an escort, in addition to good looks, you also need to be talented and cultured. You can’t make people think, oh, I took this with me today. People are really embarrassed.So their professional skills are beyond our imagination now.

On the contrary, if you take Pingkangfang as the center, you will find that it is right in the center of politics, economy and culture.It is very interesting to see it this way. It is a political, economic and cultural center.What does that mean?Only a rich, powerful, and educated person can live freely and receive high treatment.

Pingkangfang played an indispensable role in the spread of Tang poetry.It would be an exaggeration to say that without Pingkangfang, the output and quality of Tang poetry would have dropped by half.For example, there is an oiran who wants to sing a new tune today. The girls can arrange it, and they can play it themselves, but who will write the lyrics or the poems? That is the romantic talent, the literati and the poet. .Moreover, once the song is sung, not only the oiran will gain face, but the author will also gain face.

And it spread very widely and very quickly.Li Bai, Li Shangyin, Meng Jiao and a series of other famous figures in Tang poetry were all frequent visitors to Pingkangfang and received VIP-level treatment.Meng Jiao once wrote a poem, "After Enrollment", which he wrote after he got the honor. There are two lines in it: "The spring breeze is so proud that the horse's hoofs are so bad that I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day." What kind of flower is this, a peony?Rose?No, he went to Pingkangfang to see other flowers.

Therefore, Wei Wangning was not wrong at all in choosing the venue for the auction. No one would say, "Hey, this is a place for fireworks. On the contrary, you can take over the largest flower building in Pingkangfang, which shows that you Strength.

Ang Lee's auction house will invite everyone to have lunch from [-] to [-] o'clock in the morning today and have a chat. The auction will start again at [-] o'clock in the afternoon, and then it will end. During this period, in addition to the auction, large-scale auctions will also be arranged. There are song and dance performances, including sword dance, drumming, juggling, ancient colors, etc. Anyway, there are many activities and you will not be bored.

In the early morning, Liu Fangzi took Liu Yi, Qin Shi, and Zhou Qing to escort the items for today's auction to Pingkangfang. They also had to protect them closely. You must know that these items are the top priority today. If they are lost, , then why is the auction so high?

Wei Wangning is the leader today. Why doesn't Li An come in person? First of all, Li An doesn't like to be too sharp. You may call him cautious or timid. Li An, a person who traveled from modern times, knows a rule. That is to get the first shot. Ang Lee doesn't like too much exposure.

Secondly, Wei Wangning will take over all the external business of Lijiacun in the future, so Li An still feels that it is best for Wei Wangning to take the lead.

The last point is that Wei Wangning does have a talent in this area. After all, she used to take care of the business of the third house of the Wei family, and she did it very well. Li An had no objection to women making public appearances, so he let her Wei Wangning came directly.

"Third brother is here!"

About 8 o'clock in the morning, Li Ke, the king of Shu, came in with his younger brother Li Min. Li Zhi was personally outside to greet the guests for his good brother.

After Li Min saw it, he was ready to get angry again, but Li Ke said viciously: "You didn't receive the invitation letter. If you dare to talk nonsense here, and the ninth brother gets angry, you won't be able to get in. I tell you You, the people who are here today are not something you and I can handle casually. It has been very difficult for me to bring you here, so don’t embarrass me."

As soon as he said this, Li Min shivered instantly, and he could only swallow the words that came to his mouth bitterly.

Li Zhi also saw this scene and noticed that Li Min looked deflated. Not to mention how happy Li Zhi felt. At this time, Li Ke cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Ninth brother, your sixth brother also wants to come and see the excitement, and he happens to be with me." By the way, I’ll bring you with me, won’t it be troublesome?”

This is well said. Of course, Li Zhi is not the kind of person who accepts death. Although he and Li Min have conflicts, Li Min did not have an attack today and today is an event held by his elder brother, so he does not want to cause trouble. Isn't it more important to be nice? .

So Li Zhi didn't say anything but nodded with a smile: "Hey, look at the people working below, why did you forget Brother Six? I'm sorry, wait for me after a while, I will definitely go knock on the people working below, three Brother, Brother Six, tea has been prepared inside, please go in and drink some, there will be a performance in a while, Brother Three and Brother Six will not be bored."

"Okay, good ninth brother, you are getting better and better." With that, Li Ke held his hand and led Li Min into the Shengle Building.

Then came Li Tai, the king of Yue. He came with a large group of people, from the Chai family and the Fang family. Li Zhi respectfully invited Li Tai in. When Li Tai left, he even touched Li Zhi's hand. head to show intimacy.

Following him were Prince Li Chengqian, Du He, Zhao Jie, and Hou Zan who also came together. Li Zhi hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, and Li Chengqian looked at his brother and smiled.

After that, there are the sons of the major princes, the eldest grandson family, the Fang family, the Li family, the Cheng family, the Yuchi family, the Qin family, the Zhang family. After the second wave, there are the aristocratic families, the Wang family in Taiyuan, the Zheng family in Xingyang, the Cui family in Qinghe Family, Boling Cui Family, Yuwen Family, Dugu Family, Yuan Family, Hou Mo Family, Zhao Family. These are the top families, namely the Five Surnames Qiwang and Guanlong Family.

The last ones to arrive were the children of some high-ranking officials, the Wei family, the Gao family, the Yu family, the Wei family, the Qu family, the Liu family, and even Tang Jian had his son come, but it was not Tang Shanshi.People came and went, and by nine o'clock, about 300 people had entered the entire Shengle Building, and in the Shengle Building, all kinds of food were prepared at this time, just like a buffet, for everyone There are also many games prepared for eating, such as pot throwing and mahjong for everyone to have fun, and there are many seats in it.

This Xijiu is like the host of a banquet. She not only has to liven up the atmosphere, but also knows various poetry, dictionaries, idioms and sayings. When everyone judges what is right and wrong during the drinking process, let "Gangjiu" (responsible for the fine wine) To make the whole party happy is to be able to keep the whole party under control.

These seats liven up the atmosphere. You can't leave these people cold anyway, you want everyone to be happy here.

These Xijiu people are still very good after many battles. They are also very happy eating, drinking, and playing with the people inside. This time Li An invited not only men, but also women. However, the men were on the first floor. The auction will take place later, while the women are on the second floor, where Li Mingda and Wei Wangning are entertaining them together.

After the time reached ten o'clock, I heard the sound of bells coming from the Shengle Building.

"Clang, clang. clang.!"

Followed by the sound of birds chirping:

"Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo.!"

Just when everyone was a little surprised, Wei Wangning, accompanied by Qin Shi, walked to the center of the stage with a clock in his arms. At this time, there was a table in the center of the stage. Wei Wangning put down the clock in his arms with a smile. When he got to the table, he smiled and said: "Hello everyone, I am Wei Wangning, and I am also the person in charge of today's auction. I know that the main purpose of everyone coming to the auction this time is for watches.

Indeed, I also know the benefits of watches, that is, they can control time, but there are many things that can control time. Although watches are small and can be taken everywhere, but if you have such a large clock in your home, it can be used at any time just like a watch. Observation time to master time, I think this is also very good. "

With that said, Wei Wangning removed the red cloth covering the clock, and a clock appeared in front of everyone. Someone below asked: "Is this clock an enlarged version of the watch?"

"Yes!" Wei Wangning clapped his hands quickly: "What the gentleman said is very close. This big clock is actually an enlarged version of a watch. Although it can't follow you, it also has its own advantages, such as it can tell the time. of."

As he spoke, Wei Wangning turned the strings of the clock. When the clock reached the right time, he saw a little cuckoo bird running out of the clock, and the cuckoo started to cry.

Everyone was amazed, and then Wei Wangning said with a smile: "This is telling the time. The number of times the bird comes out to call tells what time it is. It is still very interesting."

"Not bad, not bad, I like it!" Someone below shouted happily: "Then what are you waiting for, let's get started!"

"Yes, start, start!"

"Hurry up and start.!"

The impatient voices of the people below sounded, and Wei Wangning nodded and said with a smile: "Then let's ask the first lady of our Shengle Tower, Jiuzhi, to start the auction for everyone."

After saying that, Wei Wangning stepped down, and another good-looking woman came up. This was Liu Zhizhi, the number one flower girl in Shengle Building. After Liu Zhi came on stage, many people below showed happy smiles.

This Liu Zhizhi rarely comes out now, and usually he really can't invite her. Who would have thought that Wei Wangning would invite her here with just one sentence, and he also quickly learned the auction skills. You know this Auctioneers are very testing people.

I saw Liu Zhizhi walking to Taichung with a smile and showing his signature smile: "Okay, gentlemen, the auction has begun!"

(End of this chapter)