The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 326

Three days later, Natong sent someone to send a secret letter to Mu Xu, in which he listed in detail the types and quantities of weapons and armor related to this transaction.

After Mu Xu checked carefully, he found that there was not much difference from the previous agreement between the two parties. The only difference was that there were [-] more bows and arrows.He made some calculations in his mind, calculated the required amount of money, put away the letter, and waited for the transaction in a month's time.

Now that the important matter on his mind was gone, Mu Xu simply took the opportunity to take a good tour of Tokyo city.

After the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin implemented the strategy of governing the country by emphasizing literature and despising military affairs. He once warned his subordinates, "Life is too short, it is better to accumulate funds, live in the city, farms and houses to leave children and grandchildren, and sing and dance for a lifetime." Under the influence of this thought of carpe diem, the families of scholar-bureaucrats danced and danced every night, the wealthy businessmen and dignitaries spent a lot of money, and the royal family and nobles were even more extravagant.

The extravagance of the upper-class nobles also drove the consumption of the lower-class people. "Song History" recorded the scene of Tokyo people competing for extravagance. Gold and jade win each other by ingenuity, not only are they expensive and close, but they are more and more prosperous", which shows the prosperous and luxurious life of the people in the imperial capital.

Taking Ruan Xiaoqi and Mu Xu with them, they lingered for more than half a month at the famous places of interest and the bustling streets in the city, until Zhang San returned from Liangshanpo on this day.

Seeing Mu Xu, Zhang San replied, "Brother Qi, Master Lu and Second Brother Ruan personally brought three hundred sailors and ten large ships to the Bianhe Ferry outside the city."

Mu Xu smiled and nodded, "Okay, take a rest for a day, and run another errand tomorrow, tell them to wait patiently for a few days, and wait for my order at any time."

But Zhang San refused, "The little one will go right away, there is no need to rest any more, this journey is all by boat, now I want to take a few more steps on land."

Mu Xu had nothing to do, and watched Zhang San go.

The next day, Mu Xu was talking with Chai Huangcheng in the hall, but seeing Ruan Xiaoqi looking around the door from time to time, he couldn't help shouting, "Didn't you see me talking with Chai Shishu? Why did you do such a sneaky thing?"

Chai Huangcheng smoothed things over, "Let him come in, so you can't tell your nephew about something important."

"Hurry up and get out, thank Uncle Chai Shi for speaking for you!" Mu Xu got up the steps and called Ruan Xiaoqi in.

Ruan Xiaoqi entered the hall, first paid homage to Chai Huangcheng, and then looked at Mu Xu with a hesitant look on his face.

Seeing him like this, Mu Xu frowned immediately, "Just say what you have to say, Uncle Chai Shi is not an outsider."

Ruan Xiaoqi Ai Ai said, "This, this is not my business, it was Zhang San who asked me to ask my brother, can the things I have done before count?"

"What did I promise?" Mu Xu was stunned, and when he saw Ruan Xiaoqi, who was always generous and cheerful, he felt a little embarrassed. He suddenly understood, and couldn't help shaking his head and laughing,
"Just say it straight, you just want to see Goulan Washe in Tokyo. Why do you have to act like a child?"

Speaking of this, he thought for a while, and then said, "Go and tell Zhang San, I will take you out tonight, remember to dress decently, don't embarrass me!"

After Ruan Xiaoqi happily left, Mu Xu explained to Chai Huangcheng, "My brothers are all from ordinary backgrounds, so I couldn't help but be curious about those places, which made Uncle Shi laugh."

Chai Huangcheng waved his hand and said, "Food and sex are also human nature." Then, the old man looked like a fellow-dweller, and asked with a smile, "Where does my nephew plan to take them, maybe I can get along with the old man?" Be a companion?"

Mu Xu was not surprised when he heard this. After all, the scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty were known for their love of courtesans.

Take Su Shi, who has been famous for thousands of years, for example, he is a good player, and he has left many well-known stories for this.

For example, once, Su Dongpo took a prostitute to visit the Jinshan Mountain with Foyin, got Foyin drunk while drinking, and then let the prostitute and Foyin sleep on the same bed.This joke was a bit big, but Foyin didn't get angry when he woke up. Instead, he wrote a poem on the wall in a humorous tone to prove his innocence: "Ye Lai went to bed drunk and didn't realize that the pipa was beside my pillow. .There is a rumor that Bachelor Su of the Imperial Academy never plucked a single string."

In addition, for example, Liang Shicheng, who is now famous and later ranked among the six thieves in the Northern Song Dynasty, advertised himself as the son of Su Shi.

This is really not groundless. At that time, it was rumored that when Su Shi was exiled, he sent his maidservant to a friend of the Liang family, and Liang Shicheng was born in less than a month, so historians are more vague.Liang Shicheng claimed to be "the son of Su Shi" and "the remains of the Su family", which was not denied by the Su family.It is said that Liang Shicheng took into account the brotherhood, and even said to the accountant at home, "If Xiao Su's money is less than [-] guan, don't sue me, just pay it."

It can be seen from Su Shi that the scholar-officials in the Northern Song Dynasty can play.In front of Ruan Xiaoqi and the others, although Mu Xu assumed a well-informed posture, he knew very well in his heart that it was the first time that he was a big girl on a bridal sedan chair.

In order to avoid making a fool of himself, Mu Xu took advantage of the fact that there was no one around, and immediately asked Chai Huangcheng for advice, "My little nephew is coming to Tokyo, I wonder if Uncle Shi has any advice?"

Chai Huangcheng stroked his beard, and said with a smile, "What's so difficult about this, my nephew, please listen to me carefully. If you want to say which building is the most famous in this Tokyo city today, it must be the Qinlou. The girl in this building is originally All of them looked like gods, not to mention that Li Shishi, the leader of the upper hall in Tokyo, was among them. Besides, Zhao Yuannu from the Yuexiang Building, and the newly promoted Oiran Nian Nujiao also often performed in the Fanlou. "

Mu Xu suddenly became interested, "Then Li Shishi might see it?"

"This old man knew that my nephew would definitely ask this question!" Chai Huangcheng showed a look of anticipation, and said with a smile, "I think my nephew has heard about the rumors about Zhao Guan's family and Mr. Li?"

Seeing Mu Xu nodded, Chai Huangcheng continued, "Actually, this is not a secret in Tokyo City. Not only Li Shishi, but Zhao Yuannu is also the favorite of Zhao Guan's family. With the appearance and wealth of the nephew, it is not difficult to meet them." , but if you want to be the guest of honor, it may be difficult.

First, with Zhao Guan's family in front, the bustards in that building dare not force them to entertain guests.Secondly, what these women love the most are literati, unless the nephew can write good words like Zhou Bangyan.Otherwise, even if you spend a lot of money, at most you will win a smile from a beautiful woman. "

Mu Xu's heart moved, and he thought to himself, "Although I can't make it myself, I still remember a lot of nouns from the Northern Song Dynasty onwards. If you encounter a suitable topic, it's not a big deal if you do a copy of it."

Thinking of this, Mu Xu said, "Even if you can't be the guest of honor, it's good to see it, so that you don't come to Tokyo for nothing."

Seeing that Mu Xu had made up his mind, Chai Huangcheng naturally would not choose to spoil the scenery, so he nodded and agreed immediately, "Forget it, then let's go to the Loulou!"

"Then Uncle Lao Shi will be your guide. All expenses tonight will be on my nephew's head."

In the evening of that day, the group had a hasty dinner. Mu Xu and Chai Huangcheng were in front, and Ruan Xiaoqi and Zhang San were behind as followers. The four of them left Xiaotianshui Lane, turned to Yu Street, and walked again. After a stick of incense, I came to Ji'er Lane.

I saw Yanyue plaques on both sides of the street, and when I came to the middle, I saw a tall archway, and there were five large characters on each side of the archway, "Singing and dancing gods and fairies, Merry Huayuekui."

The three of Mu Xu followed Chai Huangcheng, and walked forward for half a mile, and came to a three-story building with a very large area and carved beams and painted buildings. There was a plaque on it, which read "Fanlou".

Chai Huangcheng is obviously a frequent visitor here, as soon as he showed up in the lobby, a young man in a green coat and a small hat came up to greet him, bowed to him, and greeted him, "Mr. Chai is very polite, I don't know which girl to meet accompany?"

Chai Huangcheng shook his head and said, "It's not busy, just take me to see Mama Li first."

The young man didn't ask any more questions, and immediately made an invitation gesture, and walked to the front to lead the way.Turn into the middle door and come to a hall. There is a bowl of mandarin duck lamps hanging inside, and on the rhinoceros skin incense table below, there is an ancient bronze incense burner from Boshan, which emits incense finely.There are four landscape paintings of celebrities hanging on the two walls, and there are four rhinoceros skins under it.

(End of this chapter)