open sea

Chapter 1449
The tea stove is boiling.

Shakespeare changed into a new costume and felt uncomfortable sitting in front of the prefect.

There was also a theater tour in his hometown. He would talk to the actors in a graceful manner, and he could talk to the nobles without being humble or humble when changing the scene.

The problem is not with him.

In this magistrate's yamen, there is a tea stove with animal feet on the table, freehand paintings of flowers and birds on the wall, pine wood southern official hat chairs and chairs, cotton cloth Mingmeng style draping, hair scarves and big hats on the head, The blue brick floor under your feet.

Even the vaguely scented aromatherapy in the house made his heart skip a beat and he became nervous.

There is even the name 'Weng Li'an'.

In this space, it seems that all of Shakespeare's eloquent talents have disappeared, leaving only a deep and unspeakable anxiety.

As smart as he is, he can probably guess the source of this anxiety. Since he stepped on the bluestone street where the magistrate's office is located, what he sees and hears has been separated from the England he is familiar with.

In such an environment, even if he put aside his official position and status, he still wouldn't be as comfortable as Tang Xianzu.

Because it's not his, not 'his' in the sense of possession.

Everything was created for the man named Tang Xianzu in front of him, not for him, William Shakespeare.

For a long time, the two of them didn't talk to each other. Tang Xianzu, who was dressed in dark brocade uniform, just told him to sit quietly, waited for the tea stove to boil, and poured him two cups for him to drink.

He wanted to speak several times, but because of his limited command of Chinese, he didn't know where to start.

Tang Xianzu said slowly in a calm tone: "Weng Li'an, I'm in the Chinese Literature School, and I heard from the teaching that your ancestor was Wealthy households in small towns, poor families, have tasted the hardships of the world, so they are very eager to learn."

Shakespeare knew clearly that he was waiting for an interpreter.

The woman who came was Bai Lier. She followed Liu Zhi to design neighborhoods in the lower city and acted as an interpreter for the past few days. Today, she heard the magistrate's call and hurried all the way here in a carriage.

There were especially many lucky boats catching up with the seaside on the road. The cargo ships on the Thames River were unloading, and the carriages carrying the goods blocked the road. They came late, which made the magistrate wait a long time.

She translated Tang Xianzu's words into words, but because the English of this era had not been expanded by Shakespeare decades later, words were extremely scarce, and it was very difficult to translate into Chinese.

It is already very difficult to find words that can barely understand the meaning, and it is impossible to even think about expressing it.

Even so, if Tang Xianzu said a word, Bai Lier would have to say at least eight sentences to explain it clearly.

The only one whose family was in trouble, only used two sentences.

When she finished speaking, and just took a breath, Shakespeare stared - what should he say?
In his context, he didn't think Tang Xianzu's words were like a dialogue, but talking to himself, like an elder commenting on a junior, and he didn't intend to ask him to answer at all.

The fact is exactly the same. After Bai Lier finished translating, Tang Zhifu spoke again, but this time he realized the difficulty brought by words to Bai Lier, changed some words, and said: "I read your script, it is very short. , Very new, I don’t understand.”

The script handed over to Tang Xianzu by the Chinese Literature Academy is a story about aristocrats that took place hundreds of years ago under the historical background. According to the above words, the purpose is to make people laugh.

In Tang Xianzu's understanding, this is a story of an aristocratic buffoon.

But there are too many serious erotic descriptions in it, and Tang Xianzu didn't see what made people laugh. Even if the characters in the play arranged belly laughing scenes, Tang Xianzu didn't understand why they laughed.

"What do gloves mean?"

This stumped Shakespeare, and he froze for a moment before he thought about it and said, "My lord, this explanation may be very long."

He knew what kind of glove Tang Xianzu was asking about, it was the token of love that his aristocratic protagonist accepted when he parted with the prostitute lover, his copywriting had hints there, and the audience would smile.

"It starts with my father. He was a farmer in the countryside. He first learned to make gloves and leather accessories in the town. The raw material for gloves is animal skin."

"The skin comes from the slaughterhouse. Merchants and apprentices go to the slaughterhouse every day to buy materials and bring them home for processing. In addition to the skin, the slaughterhouse also has bladders. These things will be made into things that help women not get pregnant."

Tang Xianzu showed a clear look, isn't this just Acacia clothes.

This time, the men's tacit understanding crossed mountains and seas. Tang Xianzu didn't need to speak, let alone ask for translation. With just a look, Shakespeare clearly got the message: the magistrate understands.

"This can't be sold in shops like leather goods, but can only be sold secretly. Whether in the countryside or in the city, we all know the meaning of gloves."

"I once opened a leather goods store. When a customer came to buy gloves, I wanted to see through his clothes to see who he was. If I thought he was here to buy gloves, I would give him gloves."

"If he comes to buy those gloves, slip them into his hand."

Tang Xianzu didn't expect such a saying, he nodded and pondered for a moment, and said: "It's very good to put the meaning in things."

This made Shakespeare overjoyed, not because Tang Xianzu uttered this word that even Belle couldn't understand, but Tang Xianzu's tolerance for vulgar plots.

In fact, he thought too much. Most of the novels and dramas circulated in the Ming Dynasty are more vulgar than his.

The most widely spread is often not the exquisite and elegant literati taste, but the more primitive and down-to-earth lower Liba people.

But this Lower Riba man is by no means so primitive that it is unbearable to look directly at him, but a flattering one that appeals to both elegance and vulgarity.

In fact, Tang Xianzu was not so tolerant of these things. He didn’t think of this aspect before the chat, and he didn’t pay attention to this aspect after the chat. Instead, in the same writing technique, Shakespeare reminded him of Guan Hanqing’s Copper Pea.

There is also a hidden door, outside the door is the elegant hall of love, but once the door is opened, the other side of the door is related to eroticism.

If you don't understand, you will skip the key points; if you understand, you will smile.

talented.

What's more, Tang Xianzu also needs someone to let him understand the art form of the theater here. After all, it is different from Daming. Since he wants to use it as a weapon, he must know what kind of armor the enemy wears.

It's not easy to knock on the iron pagoda with a stick.

"But you write about nobles in the script. Don't just write about nobles. What's the meaning of nobles? You should write more stories about common people. You don't have to write about all good people. Where in the world can there be good people and perfect people?"

"After a while, I will give you a book called "Water Margin". It is very long. When you can read it, you will be able to write scripts in Chinese. There will not be many good people in the book."

"But the novelist is extremely clever, and rightly pointed out that those one hundred and eight are all demon stars, and they have reasons for doing bad things."

Tang Xianzu patted the table with a smile, and said: "Study hard, I heard that your livelihood is difficult, and if you encounter unsolvable problems, you can come to the magistrate's yamen, and when you write a good script, the magistrate's yamen will help you."

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)