Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 83 Opening Song
Gu Mei was very satisfied with Yang Chao's arrangement. The reason why she agreed to attend Yang Chao's rally was because she valued Yang Chao's various unexpected ideas. She believed that Yang Chao would not make her rally ordinary.

Just based on the fact of entering the door, Gu Mei has already determined that this gathering will not be unknown, and I believe that there will be a period of time when it will be missed by the elegant people in Nanjing.

And Gu Mei is still confident that Yang Chao's methods are more than that, and there are still things waiting to surprise her!

Gu Mei herself was looking forward to the subsequent arrangements. With this feeling, Gu Mei walked into the Golden Hairpin Tower accompanied by Yang Chao.

Everything was arranged, Gu Mei was taken to a room to prepare for rest.

Kang Hui was busy taking people to arrange seats for various dignitaries, literati and talented scholars, rich merchants and rich merchants.

The seats will not be messed up. According to the different identities, there are their own seats, and these are all posted with nameplates one by one.

Like later generations, people in the Ming Dynasty were also very concerned about their seats. If they made a mistake, these people would be dissatisfied.

The hall is on the second floor, facing the street. This hall is also the largest of the four halls in Jinchai Building, with a length of ten feet and a width of more than four feet.

It can easily accommodate 300 people, but at this time there are only less than [-] seats, a total of four rows.

The first row was full of officials, and this time there were a total of eight people.

The second row was filled with literati and talented scholars, and more than ten people came.

The people sitting in the third and fourth rows are all wealthy merchants and rich merchants, a total of 50 people.

These four rows of seats are all fine wood carvings, very delicate wooden chairs.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the imperial court banned ordinary people from using fine wood furniture. After the Longqing and Wanli emperors, no one took care of it. The economically developed folk rich people rushed to buy fine carved fine wood.

Even "although the slave Kuaijia's family all used fine wares, but the small carpenters of Huizhou competed in the county government, that is, dowry and miscellaneous wares, all belong to the same category."

As for the "luxury and extravagance of the dandyism", the wood is not very expensive, and all the beds and tables are made of rosewood, eucalyptus, ebony, acacia and boxwood, and they are expensive and clever, costing tens of thousands of dollars, and they are also very vulgar. "

The furniture made by Yang Chao is naturally extremely luxurious.

The first row of official seats are all carved rosewood chairs, with a round sky and an elegant atmosphere. There are eight seats in total.

All of them are made of pears and carved with boxwood wood. Each of them has more than 3 coins, which can be exchanged for more than 30 taels of silver.

In front of the grand master's chair, there is a table carved with huanghuali, on which there are wine glasses, tea cups, and some melon and fruit snacks.

The eight seats are arranged side by side in the four-foot-wide hall, and form a semi-circular arc, which is naturally very loose.

Therefore, between the two grand master chairs, there can be a small square table with a copper, porcelain or glazed incense burner on it, smoke rising faintly, and a flower vase.

The second row of scribe wooden chairs are all Nanmu official hat chairs, and of course the carvings are also extremely fine.

However, this row of chairs is arranged more closely than the previous row, and there is no table in front, but between every two chairs, there is a carved square table, on which there are also teacups, wine, snacks, fruits, and some Flower arrangement, but no incense burner.

The wooden chairs in the third and fourth rows are ebony armchairs with passion flower patterns, a total of fifty.

There is also an ebony waist-carved square table in the middle, with teacups, wine, snacks, and fruits on it, but no flower arrangements and no incense burner.

Just to build these chairs, it cost thousands of taels of silver, eight huanghuali carved grand master chairs cost 300 taels, sixteen nanmu official hat chairs cost 300 taels, fifty ebony armchairs, It cost more than 600 taels, and the furniture alone cost 500 taels of Jinchai Building, plus other carved wooden tables, square tables and square tables, at least [-] taels.

In fact, there are still some chairs left, but they are not displayed, because the remaining chairs are all common beech wood chairs, and there are a total of 300 chairs. When it reaches [-] taels, it's a little obvious to put it out at this time, so Yang Chao doesn't plan to put it out.

After everyone sat down, they found that there was a dark red curtain in front of it, hanging directly from the roof beam above to the ground. No one knew what was behind the curtain, so they couldn't help but secretly guessed.

Kang Hui directed the maids to pour tea and wine for these guests, and set out fruit and snacks.

He himself kept nodding and bowing, but whenever anyone looked at him, he would bow slightly with a smile on his face.

Yang Chao was in the last row, standing far away, beside Hu Quan who looked worried.

"Brother Yang!"

Hu Quan spoke.

Yang Chao didn't notice Hu Quan's expression at this time, he was looking ahead.

Without turning his head, he said directly: "Brother Hu, don't worry, it's about to start."

After Yang Chao finished speaking, a crisp sound came out through the thick curtain, obviously it was the sound of a pipa.

But the difference is that the sound of the pipa seems to be too heavy, and even gives people a sonorous and powerful feeling.

"Hey, brother Longyou. The sound of this pipa is quite heavy, and there is a sense of looping."

The seats in the first row are closest to the curtain, but they are not lined up in a row, but in another arc, as if surrounding something.

On one of the seats, a middle-aged guest who looked like an old master spoke to the companion next to him.

"Haha, Master Ling, I don't know what this means, but there will always be something different in Mr. Yang's gathering."

Said another middle-aged scribe who was about the same age.

"Brother Longyou, if you are not in the officialdom today, you should call me Yiqu when you are in the brothel."

"The subordinate dare not."

"Then do you also want me to call you Master Yang?"

"Hehe, how dare you dare, you are so presumptuous, brother Yiqu!"

"Brother Longyou, that's exactly what it should be."

One of these two people is Yang Wencong, the magistrate of Jiangning County, and the other is Yin Lingjunfu of Yingtianfu, whose name is Yiqu.

The last time I helped Yang Chao clean up Xu Zhongxiao, although it failed in the end, Yang Wencong was not without gains.

At least he finally agreed to let Xu Zhongxiao go, which was tantamount to giving face to Ling Junfu who was begging in private, and the two started dating after that.

As immediate bosses, Ling Junfu and Yang Wencong knew each other from the beginning. This time Yang Chao fought Xu Zhongxiao and used a lot of connections, which made Ling Junfu feel that Yang Wencong's power should not be underestimated, so the two became acquainted with each other after coming and going, and they often walked around.

Among the officials invited today, Ling Junfu is the one with the highest rank. Although Ying Tian Fu Yin may not be of high rank, this is a government office with real power, so it should not be underestimated.

The other officials were also officials from Yingtian Mansion, and they were here to accompany Ling Junfu.

"Brother Yiqu, it's opening!"

Suddenly Yang Wencong saw that the curtain slowly opened with the sound of the pipa.

So after reminding Ling Junfu, he also fixed his eyes on the curtain.

Unlike the others, Yang Chao frowned slightly. He heard some harsh sounds in the sound of the pipa, which was the friction sound of sliding pulleys.

Yang Chao installed a set of pulleys on the beam parallel to the seat, and the curtain was hung on the pulleys. Once the ropes on both sides were pulled, it would slowly open.

But enough oil has been applied, and the pulley block still has friction sound. Fortunately, it is covered by the sound of pipa. If you don't listen carefully, you won't notice it.

Seeing that everyone is staring at the curtain at this time, they all want to see what is behind the curtain, and what makes the pipa sound different from the past.

But when the curtain opened, there was only one person behind, a man playing the lute.

Suddenly everyone was surprised, how could playing the pipa alone have such an effect.

This person is standing on a large platform, which is three feet high, and she is in the very center, holding a pipa in her arms and plucking the strings.

The original crisp voice has become thicker, and the original direct voice also seems to be looping.

"Meisheng's piano skills are really unique!"

The people in the audience naturally knew the people on the stage, and they all knew that it was Gu Mei, a famous prostitute with a surname.

They really couldn't find a reason, and they could only blame Gu Mei for these things, thinking that it was Gu Mei's unique piano skills.

In fact, Gu Mei was also very surprised at this time, and she also found that the sound of the pipa she played seemed to start to resonate.

She felt particularly clear on the stage, as if there were bursts of sound under her feet, coming from the ground, and then resonating with her own pipa sound, resulting in this thick and looping sound.

The curtain was completely opened, and everyone was looking at Gu Mei. Suddenly, Gu Mei's hand stopped and she held down the strings of the pipa, and the sound stopped abruptly.

But suddenly, bang bang, the sound was loud, it was the sound of a pipa, but it was like beating a drum. Everyone felt their hearts were being hammered and hammered. Careful people had already discovered that the tea or wine placed next to them was constantly spitting. The circular dense water wave vibrates.

At this time, everyone discovered that there was more than one Gu Mei. Not far behind Gu Mei, in a place where the light was not very bright, groups of pipa players were sitting on small stools, and they were also playing. , like a syllable.

"Oh!"

At this time, countless people exclaimed, and they suddenly realized, no wonder the sound is so heavy, it turned out that it was not a single person playing, but a group of people, and some even started counting silently, and they were surprised to find that there were a hundred girls playing play.

But this is only for those who are not proficient in rhythm, especially the wealthy businessmen in the third row think so, the talented scholars and officials in front are even more strange at this time.

Because these people are more educated than wealthy businessmen, and some are proficient in rhythm, they can tell that the heaviness is not because of the large number of people, but because of another reason.

At this moment, a person stroked his beard and nodded secretly, his eyes looked at the platform under Gu Mei's feet.

Yang Chao is also very satisfied with the girls he rehearsed.

The reason why Kang Hui bought a hundred maids was to prepare for such a big scene.

In general brothel performances in Nanjing, the girls play and sing alone, relying on the personal skills of the solicitors.

But Yang Chao felt that this kind of music mode was still too monotonous. Yang Chao believed that large-scale music like symphonies would definitely be enjoyed by people, so he bought so many girls.

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