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Chapter 76 Yangzhou Boiled Crane
(PS: I planned to stick to two changes every day from today. I never wanted to stay up late and oversleep watching the ball, and break my promise on the first day. If friends hate Pure Wolf, please recommend tickets and monthly tickets to smash Pure Wolf!)

On the tenth night of June in the fifth year of Tianqi, Master Zhang and his party finally arrived at the third destination of the trip to the south of the Yangtze River - Yangzhou after three days and three nights of traveling day and night!When the boat arrived at the wharf, just as the gangway was lowered, Master Zhang's two good brothers, Wei Liangqing and Fu Yingxing, led the General Cao Shangshu Guo Shangyou stationed in Yangzhou, Huaiyang Governor Xu Qixiao, Lianghuai Salt Fadao Long Yuqi, Yangzhou Prefect Liu Duo and a large group. Local officials and gentry came forward to welcome them.Young Master Zhang, who was formally dressed in an official robe, walked down the springboard. Of course, the local officials greeted him with courtesy, but the two brothers Wei Liangqing and Fu Yingxing were not so hypocritical. One grabbed Young Master Zhang's left hand, and the other grabbed Young Master Zhang's right hand, and said in unison: "Brother Zhang! , why did you come here? But it’s fine if you come, give brother an idea and get a chick!"

"Help you find a chick? Brother Wei, Brother Fu, with the talent and family background of the two of you, what other chick can't handle?" Young Master Zhang was confused when he heard that, and said casually: "If you really like it, then send The matchmaker will hire her and marry her to be my concubine."

"Marry her? No, no." Wei Liangqing and Fu Yingxing waved their hands again, and said in unison: "That chick is a brothel girl, if I dare to marry her back as a concubine, and ruin the Wei family style, my father (uncle) will definitely kill me No." Wei Liangqing and Fu Yingxing's words are indeed true. It's fine for them to go out to prostitutes, as long as they don't make too much noise, but if they marry a brothel girl and go home, they will be in big trouble - after all, our Wei Zhongxian The father-in-law has a special body structure and cannot stand such a stimulus.

"No wonder they are good friends, they really share the same taste." Zhang Qing snorted coldly and floated past Young Master Zhang, and rewarded Young Master Zhang with a few hygienic eyeballs viciously.Young Master Zhang pretended not to hear, but just smiled at Wei Liangqing and Fu Yingxing: "Wothhouse girl, isn't that easier? Throw more money, smash her to lie down, spend some more money, smash her to love you, can't you just have fun?" That's it?"

"No way! If it's that simple, do we still need you to teach me?" Wei Liangqing and Fu Yingxing cried together again and said, "That little bitch is a famous prostitute in Qinhuai. Chang Xiaomarry. If you want to get her into bed, you have to meet three conditions."

"Those three conditions?" Young Master Zhang also became curious.Wei Liangqing hurriedly said: "First, you need to give the old bustard a large sum of money - this is of course not difficult, but the difficulty lies in the latter two conditions. The second condition is to find a lot of literary talents to accompany you , and sing poems and songs with her to make her happy. The third condition is that she must pay attention to her and get her nod."

"So troublesome? There are still such prostitutes in the world?" Young Master Zhang was even more curious.This time it was Fu Yingxing's turn to rush to answer: "It's because there are such bitches in the world and it's so troublesome, so we two brothers are in a hurry to ask you for help. Brother Zhang, you are a new talent, and everyone in the world says you are talented." Badou, who is well-educated and has a nose and eyes, will definitely help us get rid of that little girl who pretends to be noble."

"I'm so talented and well-educated, there will be no illiterates in the world!" Young Master Zhang muttered in his heart, but he said with a smile: "It's easy to say, as long as brothers can help, we will do our best. This is not a place, we should go first Find a place to sit down, and let's talk slowly." Long Yuqi, the Lianghuai Salt Fadao, also came up next to him, and said with a smile: "What the imperial envoy said is very true. The lower official has already prepared a banquet in the shabby house for the imperial envoy. My lord accepts the wind and washes away the dust, please be sure to appreciate the imperial envoy."

"Master Long invites you, how dare you refuse to accept the invitation?" Young Master Zhang, who was growling with hunger, agreed without hesitation.Long Yuqi was overjoyed, and hurriedly greeted other officials and colleagues to lead the way. Over there, Wei Liangqing pulled Long Yuqi's sleeve and said, "Master Long, it's a treat anyway, just like last night, you send someone to take Miss Yang Wanyang with you." How about coming over and singing a few ditties? Let me, Brother Zhang, who is an imperial envoy, also see Miss Yang's face?"

"This..." Long Yuqi was a little embarrassed, and said awkwardly: "Young Master Wei, forgive me, Miss Yang Wan is arrogant, it is difficult for Wang Sungui to see her, last night it was the shopkeeper Wang Fuguang who had a big face, That’s why I invited her to be my companion, and I’m afraid that she might not be willing to come, and I’ll send someone directly to invite her. How about this, I’ll send someone to try it out, and if it doesn’t work, Mr. Wei, please don’t blame the official.”

"Wang Fuguang?" Young Master Zhang was alarmed, and hurriedly asked: "Brother Wei, Brother Fu, Wang Fuguang, the number one salt merchant in Yangzhou, invited you to the banquet last night. Are there any other salt merchants attending the banquet? What did you say? ?”

"Yes, salt merchants with more than 1 yuan in Yangzhou have participated." Wei Liangqing was quite honest, and whispered in Young Master Zhang's ear: "Brother Zhang, Wang Fuguang and those people gave me and Fu Yingxing [-] taels." Yinzi, please let us say in front of you that this time we will raise funds for disaster relief, we should take less from them, and my brother agreed. Brother, for my brother's sake, if you can spare them, let's do it."

Young Master Zhang nodded and smiled, noncommittal, but snorted coldly in his heart, "Damn it, if you want to play tricks on the bottom in front of me, Young Master, you should be more tender! And you also underestimated Mrs. Wei, he is greedy and poisonous, and it's a big deal. Don't be confused, don't think that you can get rid of him if you get rid of his idiot nephew and idiot nephew! By the way, that prostitute surnamed Yang must have been bribed by the salt merchant to use beauty tricks, it seems that I have to treat her too Be careful."

While talking, Young Master Zhang and his party boarded the carriage prepared by Long Yuqi, and rushed all the way to Long Yuqi's luxurious and elegant mansion. When they arrived at the gate of Long Mansion, Young Master Zhang just dismounted. A group of people greeted them, knelt down in front of Young Master Zhang, and shouted in unison: "The grass people bow to the imperial envoy." Young Master Zhang glanced lazily, and found that the group of people were dressed in different colors, not like As a servant of the Dragon Mansion, he asked suspiciously: "Who are you? What can I do with you?"

"Master Imperial Envoy, the younger one is a servant of Yangzhou salt merchant Wang Fuguang Wang's family." A middle-aged man kowtowed, took out a big red envelope from his arms, held it above his head with both hands, and said respectfully: "My master heard that The imperial envoy came to Yangzhou to raise funds to help the victims. He was very happy. He planned to kneel down to greet the imperial envoy in person, but he never thought that the salt field flooded today, and the kitchen households suffered heavy losses. As a last resort, my master had to go to the salt field to check the disaster with other salt merchants in Yangzhou. Unable to come to greet the imperial envoy. So my master sent a villain to apologize to the imperial envoy first, and at the same time send my master’s disaster relief donation, please accept the imperial envoy. And other salt merchants in Yangzhou who could not come, they also sent The next person came to confess the crime, and the acquaintance offered a donation."

As he said that, the middle-aged man lifted up the big red envelope with Wang Fuguang's face on it again. Young Master Zhang knew something was wrong, so he quickly winked at Lu Wanling. Lu Wanling understood, stepped forward to take the envelope, opened it, and took out the inside Banknote counting.But after only one glance, Lu Wanling screamed, "150 taels! Wang Fuguang, the largest salt merchant in Yangzhou, only donated 150 taels?!" The middle-aged man lowered his head, not daring to answer.Young Master Zhang kept his composure, first waved to Lu Wanling to put away the bank notes, and then smiled at the middle-aged man: "Very good, go back and tell your Master Wang Fuguang that he volunteered to donate money for the needs of the victims. Thank you very much, tell him to deal with the matter at the saltworks with peace of mind, and when he is busy asking questions, I will invite him to drink to thank you."

"Yes, Caomin must bring the words of the imperial envoy." The middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly kowtowed in agreement.The servants sent by other salt merchants also stepped forward one after another and handed over their master's disaster relief donation to Lu Wanling, but except for Qiao Chengwang who donated 150 taels, all the other salt merchants donated 100 taels of silver. The number of thousands of households is indeed pitifully small.Seeing this scene, most of the Yangzhou officials present gasped, thinking that Wang Fuguang and Qiao Chengwang had taken the wrong medicine, and they dared to slap the imperial envoy in the face so openly?Only our young master Zhang remained calm, just smiling and thanking them all. At the end, young master Zhang said loudly: "You all go back, go back and tell your masters that I thank them for their voluntary donations. Wait a few days , I invite them to drink again, and thank them in person."

"Caomin and others will definitely bring the words of the imperial envoy, please rest assured." The servants sent by more than two dozen salt merchants kowtowed together, got up and quickly slipped away.But Zhang Shitou, the confidant of Young Master Zhang, was in a hurry, and he leaned over and said in a low voice, "Master, these salt rats are the richest households in Yangzhou City, and they only donated one or two hundred taels of silver. donate?"

"No way, I can't forcefully stipulate the amount of their donations." Young Master Zhang shook his head, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, I have plenty of ways to deal with them. Let's eat and sleep well tonight, and we'll talk about it tomorrow." Young Master Zhang did not forget to add, "By the way, remember to write the names of these salt merchants and the amount of donations on the notice, and paste it all over the gates of Yangzhou City, so that all the people in Yangzhou can see what kind of virtue these iron cocks are." " Zhang Shitou gritted his teeth and agreed, and then followed Young Master Zhang into the Dragon Mansion swaggeringly.

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Not to mention that Young Master Zhang and his party ate and drank at Long Yuqi's home in Lianghuai Yanfa Dao, but that Long Yuqi's servants rushed to Slender West Lake, found Yang Wan's flower boat, and invited Long Yuqi Guo Fu sang the song and told Yang Wan that Yang Wan wanted to refuse, but he also heard that the imperial envoy Long Yuqi was hosting was Xinke Tanhua, who was well-known in the world for his literary talent. Yang Wan couldn't help being a little curious, nodded and said: "Okay, I'll go, I would like to see how talented this well-known Xinke Tanhua is?" Long Yuqi's servants were overjoyed, and hurriedly prepared a car for Yang Wan, and took Yang Wan to Longfu.

When Yang Wan entered the hall of Longfu with a pipa in his arms, the third round of the Longfu banquet had already passed, and the officials and gentry attending the banquet were playing finger-guessing games, beating drums and passing flowers, making a lot of noise.Seeing Yang Wan, who was wearing a light green dress and holding a pipa, came in, there was a sudden commotion in the audience, and almost everyone greeted him with a smile on their face to say hello and strike up a conversation. Surrounded by the same clan.But Yang Wan, who had long been accustomed to this kind of scene, remained calm and asked calmly: "Which one is Xinke Zhang Tanhua? Xiaonuxin made a poem, and I want to ask Tanhualang for advice."

"Brother Zhang, Miss Yang called to see you, where are you?" Wei Liangqing shouted excitedly.It was only at this moment that the crowd discovered that the imperial envoy Young Master Zhang was not among the crowd welcoming Yang Wan. When they searched carefully, they saw Young Master Zhang sitting at a table with Bo Jue and Zhang Qing, looking at a sketch Arguing about something, Young Master Zhang yelled at Bo Jue: "You bastard was so stubborn yesterday? I've said it a hundred times, you have to engrave the rifling inside the barrel, why did you design it for me? A musket without grooves?"

"Master Zhang, the grass people don't understand this, why do you insist on engraving some rifling?" Bo Jue retorted unceremoniously: "Let's not say that there is no way to engrave the rifling inside the barrel, even if it is engraved, there is no way to engrave the rifling." What's the use? When the iron bullet is fired from the barrel of the musket, it rubs against the barrel, which reduces the range of the shot?" Zhang Qing also chimed in and said, "Yes, Zhang Haogu, if you don't understand muskets, don't talk nonsense. I’ve seen muskets before, and the inside of the barrel is smooth, so what’s the use of what rifling you insist on engraving?”

"What do you know?" Young Master Zhang shouted: "Who said I'm going to use iron bullets? You first find a way to make me a rifled musket, and then you will know which is more powerful, a smoothbore gun or a rifled gun." Already!"

"He's Zhang Haogu? He's so young, and he looks pretty good." Yang Wan secretly looked at Young Master Zhang, and had a pretty good first impression of Young Master Zhang's serious appearance.And Wei Liangqing was also anxious, and shouted again: "Brother Zhang, why are you still in a daze? The girl Yang Wanyang I told you about at the pier today is also here, and she wants to invite you to appreciate her new lyrics and music."

"Ms. Yang, please ask others to appreciate your new words. I don't have time, let alone interest." Young Master Zhang didn't even look at Yang Wan, just waved his hand casually, and continued arguing with Bo Jue without thinking. Whether the musket is smoothbore or rifled is better.Zhang Qing glanced at Yang Wan, intentionally or unintentionally, stood between Young Master Zhang and Yang Wan, blocking Young Master Zhang's sight with his body.Seeing this scene, and hearing those unceremonious words of Young Master Zhang, even Yang Wan was cold-hearted, but at this moment, she was so angry that her face turned pale, her fingers trembled, and she almost wanted to slam the door and leave.Fortunately, Guo Shangyou, Minister of Water Transport, and Xu Qixiao, Governor of Huaiyang, both came from the third list of Jinshi. They were talented and could speak, so they volunteered to appreciate new songs for Yang Wan.

"Okay, since you are arrogant, then I will teach you how to be arrogant with the song first." Yang Wan was also impatient, and determined to conquer Young Master Zhang with her beautiful singing voice, so that Young Master Zhang would also bow down under her pomegranate skirt.At that moment, Yang Wan pulled himself together, took his seat, fine-tuned the strings, Ding Dingdongdong played a few times, and said in a relatively high volume: "My lords, the piece that my daughter is going to play this time is called "" "Partridge Sky" is my young girl's latest work, and I think it's pretty good, so please give me your advice."

"Good!" Almost everyone applauded.Only Young Master Zhang and the mechanical lunatic Bo Jue were still arguing in the distance without even looking this way, while Zhang Qing continued to block Young Master Zhang's sight, preventing Young Master Zhang from seeing Yang Wan at all.Yang Wan felt even angrier in her heart, she gently squeezed her jade fingers together slowly, and the soft and gentle sound of the pipa rippling, just like a place where a breeze blows, and the waves of the lotus pond are soft, Yang Wan stretched her throat and sang:
"On the day after Qixi Festival, chant Weaver Girl.

Good day and early vacation.Magpie Bridge has no plan to stay late.Facing the wind, the mandarin couples are blown away, and the couples are thinking about the moon and the sky.

After farewell, two yoyos.Whoever voted for the title of Jinziqian.Jin Shuo's languidness adds to the melancholy, and tears continue to flow through the Milky Way. "

The singing voice is elegant, each sentence is matched with the rhyme of the pipa, sometimes it is like flowing water, sometimes it is like a silver bell, and it makes everyone present feel refreshed and happy, like a spring breeze, even Yang Wan himself thinks this is his own ups and downs But our young master Zhang and the mechanical lunatic Bo Jue are still immersed in the musket sketches, arguing endlessly over the length and thickness of the musket barrel, and turning a deaf ear to Yang Wan's voice of nature—in fact, our young master Zhang I can't understand Yang Wan's lyrics at all, and I can't understand the pros and cons of the pipa music.So Young Master Zhang not only didn't notice Yang Wan's rare and charming eyes, he didn't even look at Yang Wan.

Seeing this scene, Yang Wan was naturally furious, and simply got up from the table, quietly walked to the side of Young Master Zhang, and asked softly: "Tanhua Lang, is the lyrics and music sung by the little girl still pleasant?"

"What? You've finished singing?" Young Master Zhang was taken aback for a moment, then raised his head and blurted out, "No wonder the roots of your ears are clean."

"Is the root of the ears clean?" Yang Wan was dumbstruck, and could hardly believe her ears—her pipa and singing voice have long been well-known in the south of the Yangtze River. Wealthy businessmen and wealthy businessmen would not be able to see her in their spare time, but the imperial envoy, young master Zhang, who was famous all over the world and was praised by countless literati, dignitaries and dignitaries as the world's most romantic talent, actually gave her the phrase "the ears are not clean" For Yang Wan, this blow was more than just a mere word 'humiliating'.

"It's so beautiful! It's even more beautiful than my eldest wife, Xiong Hu!" It was only at this moment that Young Master Zhang could truly see Yang Wan's beauty.But before Young Master Zhang had any other reaction, Yang Wan had already dropped the pipa, covered her face and cried bitterly and left.Seeing this scene, the two brothers Wei Liangqing and Fu Yingxing naturally chased them out without saying a word, while the officials in Yangzhou were extremely embarrassed, only the mechanical lunatic Bo Jue was still puzzled and asked, "Master Zhang, what did you just do? Why? That girl ran away crying?"

"I don't seem to have done anything?" Young Master Zhang spread his hands and replied very wronged.Zhang Qing said with a smile: "That's right, I can't see that Zhang Hao was usually glib and not in the slightest shape, but when it comes to beauties, you can still control it - just based on this, I will ask my father to recommend you Promoted."

(End of this chapter)