I just want to make money

Chapter 196 Lin Yi's Fame

Enzhou.

The state capital of Qinghe County is located by the canal, stretching for dozens of miles, with rows of shops and shops, very prosperous.

In fact, it is most convenient to take a boat from Qinghe Daoenzhou. The reason why Lin Yi chose to ride a horse was to collect those cottages.

This time he got a lot of money.

The cottage took in five or six people, and the leader took in a dozen people. These cottages had two or three hundred minions more, and one or two hundred less. Only eight or nine hundred people were recruited by the gangsters, and they all caught up with Liangshan. He knelt down and swore that it would be impossible to betray him.

And Lin Yi,
Also harvested a wave of 'anti-thief value'.

Although there are not many families, the sage said, "If you don't accumulate steps, you can't reach thousands of miles; if you don't accumulate small streams, you can't form rivers and seas; if you accumulate soil to form mountains, the wind and rain will rise; 'Work hard step by step, and victory is ahead.

Lin Yi enters the city,
I found a high-end inn to stay.

The poor horse was sold directly the next day.

He lost a few bucks, but it also prevented someone from discovering his tracks through the livestock.

At this time, there was still half a month before the imperial examination, and his classmates had already arrived, so Lin Yi searched for them, and found them in another inn.

"Dongyang, you are finally here. Originally, we went to your house to look for you and came to Enzhou together, but your housekeeper said that you had already come out, saying that you were visiting friends all the way to come to the imperial examination. We have been here for seven or eight days, but we have never seen each other. When you came here, you thought that something happened to you on the way, but I heard that there has been a lot of banditry recently."

Yang Nandou, a classmate and good friend who was with Lin Yi.

Dongyang is Lin Yi's word.

This word was given to him by his school teacher when he was an adult. If it wasn't for the name of his classmates, Lin Yi himself would have forgotten this word.

Lin Yi said: "I met my friends and stayed for a few more days. You guys are here early. How are you getting ready?"

"After staying in the inn, I also read all day, and I felt my mind was going to go numb, and my head was dizzy." Li Ying, another classmate, said.

Lin Yi smiled, "Study also requires a combination of work and rest. How about I treat you to a Hualou and have a drink and chat with the sisters, so that you can relax your mind and relax your tense nerves?"

Several guys were overjoyed when they heard this.

"It's embarrassing to make Dongyang spend so much money."

A guy named Mao Zhu said, but looking at the expression on his face and his body that had already stood up, he didn't look a bit embarrassed.

Say no with your mouth, but be honest with your body.

Call the shop's second brother and ask which brothel is the best in Enzhou City, and the shop's second brother points to Baihua Pavilion.

"Baihua Pavilion has twelve flower gods and 36 flower girls, each of which is as beautiful as a flower. There is also an oiran from Honshu sitting in the town. It is very lively. Guests can go and have a look."

"The Baihua Pavilion is magnificently decorated, there are many beauties, and the service is good. The only drawback is..."

Xiao Er hesitated for a moment.

"What's the downside?"

"It's just more expensive. Whether it's the entry fee, tea fee, drink fee, table opening fee, room entry fee, or overnight fee, it's all [-] to [-] percent more expensive than other houses."

Lin Yi chuckled: "It doesn't matter if it's more expensive, as long as it's worth the money." As he said that, he threw over twenty copper coins to the waiter, who took it and thanked him quickly.

Lin Yi took a few friends from the same class and strolled all the way to Baihua Pavilion. I have to say that the decoration here is really gorgeous. There is a pretty woman at the door to welcome you. When you enter the hall, the waitress asked in a charming voice: "Sirs, Are you in the hall or the box, do you want tea and dried fruit or noodles?"

"In the box, at the table, call your best Flower God, one for each of us." Lin Yi said very chicly.

rich,

Full of confidence.

All the cheap people in the sky walk around.

The box of Baihua Pavilion is on the second floor, closed on three sides and open on the other, like a box for watching a theater, where you can watch the performances on the stage in the hall at any time.

At this time, there was a group of musicians playing on the stage, and the music was soft and soothing.

The banquet was on the table, and the beauties came over, and Yingying Yanyan was very lively. I have to say that the overall quality of girls in this era is much higher than those in modern places.

After all, there is a mature industrial chain now.

"What's your name?" Lin Yi asked.

The women here are all masters with shrewd eyes, and they can tell at a glance that the person who pays here is probably this uncle.

Immediately, they reported their names one by one, Yingshuang, Youbo, Hanmei, Yiping, Yichun. In short, they all sound very nice.

Lin Yi asked the woman beside him, "What's your name?"

The woman shyly said, "Nujia Peach."

"Aren't you the flower god? Why did you become a fruit? Could it be that you were still a peach blossom a few years ago, but you have gained weight in the past two years and turned into a peach?"

When everyone heard this joke, they all burst into laughter, and the girls were also trembling with laughter, Mi Tao flung herself into Lin Yi's arms coquettishly.

"Young master is good or bad, feel it, feel it to see where the servant is getting fat."

Lin Yi stretched out his hand to touch two, and then said solemnly: "Well, I have tasted it, and it really should be called Mitao."

"Hahahaha~~!"

The crowd laughed again.

You don't come here just to relax.

As the time got late and more and more guests came, Mi Tao fed Lin Yi a glass of wine, and said in Lin Yi's ear, "Master, there is an oiran competition tonight, do you want to participate?"

"How to compete?"

"Our family's oiran, Miss Ruyan, is a performer but not a person. She is proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. She is famous and broadcast in Enzhou City. Many high-ranking officials and nobles want to have a cup of tea with Miss Ruyan, even if they have a chat."

"If you want to sit and chat with Ruyan, you need to have three talents." Mi Tao stretched out three fingers and gestured.

"I only know the three talents of heaven, earth and man, so which three talents does Miss Ruyan want?" Lin Yi asked.

Everyone else was curious to listen too.

"The three talents are talents, literary talents, and money."

"Talented people naturally have to be handsome, and a young master can definitely pass this test. As for literary talent, it is poetry, song, music, chess, calligraphy and painting. If there is one thing that is better than Ruyan girl, they can be selected. In the competition between two sons, it depends on which son has the most literary talent. As for money, we can drink tea and chat with Miss Ruyan to talk about age, two hundred guan at a time."

Hearing the price, several of Lin Yi's classmates were speechless.

This is just drinking tea and chatting.

If you can't even eat meat, you need to pay two hundred guan, which can buy more than ten acres of good land outside Qinghe County.

Lin Yi felt a little funny.

The so-called showmanship does not sell body, isn't it just to raise the price, there is no need to make it so pretentious.

Beautiful makeup welcomes the door, fighting for beauty and smiling.

Don't make the shelf too high.

But Lin Yi didn't say these words, he just listened to Mi Tao with a smile, he came to this brothel tonight, not just to drink flower wine, but also for another purpose.

Famous.

Throughout the ages,

The wind of prostitution was the most prosperous in the Song Dynasty.

Officials and literati regard sex with prostitutes as elegant. It is said that half of Song lyrics come from brothels, and Song lyrics can be sung. Whoever sings them is naturally those geisha.

It is precisely because of being sung by prostitutes that many poems can be spread all over the world, and after the poems are spread all over the world, literati will become famous.

With fame, you can eat and drink for nothing everywhere.

Li Bai's white.

The imperial examinations in the Song Dynasty also paid more attention to reputation. If the examiner had heard of your reputation, the perception would be very different. Therefore, many scholars tried their best to become famous.

to be honest,
This is a whole chain of interests.

Indispensable.

Lin Yi randomly guessed why there were so few good poems in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, because the Ming and Qing dynasties clearly prohibited officials from prostitutes, which suppressed the inspiration of those people, so good poems could not be produced.

The drums sounded.

very loud,

Peach eyes with spring water and winking eyes said to Lin Yi, "My lord, don't touch it, Miss Ruyan is going to perform, do you want to go and see?"

"Okay, let's go and have a look." Lin Yi would like to see what is so attractive about this Ruyan girl who is a performer but not her body.

Go to the railing and look down.

On the stage.

There are two rows of maidservants in Tsing Yi on both sides, and a Yaoqin in the middle. Looking around, all the guests in the surrounding boxes have come out to look forward to it, and the hall is also full of guests.

The bead curtain is opened,

A tall and slender beauty came out. She was about twenty years old. Her head was full of pearls and emeralds, and her phoenix was double. The blue skirt, the two sides are forbidden to walk, and the appearance and temperament are all clever.

This girl has a beautiful face with pink makeup and a charming appearance. She has two slender eyebrows that penetrate directly into her temples, and a pair of phoenix eyes dripping from her eyes.

Lin Yi nodded.

Yes, she is indeed a stunning beauty.

As soon as Miss Ruyan came out, no matter whether it was in the box or in the hall, the men all looked at her straight away, their eyes shining brightly.

The woman sat in front of the Yaoqin, without any nonsense, fiddled with it lightly, and a string of strings sounded, and the musicians next to it immediately followed suit,

"The chilling cicadas are miserable. It's late to the Changting Pavilion, and the showers have just stopped. There is no way to drink in the tents of the capital, and the place of nostalgia is urged by the Lanzhou."

Listening to the first sentence, Lin Yi already knew that it was Liu Sanbian's Yu Linling. When Liu Yong was alive, he visited brothels for many years, wrote countless poems, created a generation of graceful style, and was widely circulated among prostitutes. Lin Yi actually admired him very much. , because he also wanted to be as chic as that buddy, but it was a pity that Liu Yong had been dead for decades, so it was a pity that he couldn't see him for the first time.

"Passionateness has hurt parting since ancient times, and it is even more desolate for the Qingqiu Festival."

Lin Yi watched Miss Ruyan sing, and had to say that she has a beautiful appearance, a quiet temperament, a sweet voice, excellent piano skills, plus the name of a talented woman, a proper high-quality actress, no wonder there are so many fans sought after.

"After many years, it should be a good day and a good time. Even if there are thousands of styles, who can tell me?"

Although it has been sung,

But there was still a lingering sound in the hall.

The men around cheered.

Girl Ruyan stood up, bowed down to thank her, she opened her mouth lightly and said, "Tonight's topic will be 'Love', and it will be limited to one stick of incense. Then I will choose the three best poems and share them with you." Let's judge together."

The scholars in the audience applauded immediately.

Now is the eve of the imperial examination, and the students who come to take the state examination gather in the state capital, which is a good time to show off.

Ruyan bid farewell and left.

The crowd asked the servants to bring pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and began to study what poems to write. Some of them might have been prepared in advance, and they could be written as soon as they were picked up. A poem was written in one go.

A servant came to Lin Yi's room with a pen, ink, paper and inkstone in his hands, "Would you gentlemen write poems and participate in the evaluation?"

Someone shook his head,

avoid ugliness,

Some people are planning to participate, just for the sake of elegance. Among them, Yang Nandou and Li Ying each wrote a poem. Looking at it, Lin Yi can't say it is very good, but he can only say that he has no literary talent and is dry. Lin Yi does not plagiarize such poems Eight ancient poems can be written in one minute.

"Brother Dongyang, do you want to have a song too?" Mao Zhu asked.

of course,

This sentence is just polite.

The few of them know how good Lin Yi is, they are not as good as them, he is good at whoring prostitutes, and writing poems will probably worry him to death.

But to their surprise, Lin Yi nodded.

"Well, then I'll write one."

Everyone was surprised,

The heart said you really should?
Seeing Lin Yi coming to the desk, after thinking for a while, he picked up a pen and wrote a line, "You and I, you have so much love, so much love, it's as hot as fire."

"Hey, brother Dongyang, your word"

"What happened to the words?"

"It's so charming!"

"Yeah, Brother Dongyang's handwriting is so beautiful. I didn't expect to see such a great improvement in calligraphy after a few years. I believe a little bit what he said before when he said that he retreated to study and practice in the past few years."

"Just this handwriting, the examiner will give more points when they see it."

Lin Yi ignored them and continued to write.

Soon a word is written.

Lin Yi's classmates looked at the poems, and many of them felt puzzled, "Dongyang, I don't think you have seen this poem before, have you ever seen it?"

Lin Yi smiled, "I made a new CI card myself."

"Ah~!"

Several people opened their mouths in surprise, "You created a new word card?"

"What's new about this? There have been more than 1000 cipai throughout the ages, none of which were created by humans."

After watching the ink dry, he handed the poem to the servant.

By the way, a piece of broken silver was placed on the plate.

The servant kept thanking him.

A total of 34 poems were collected and handed over to Ruyan girl's room. Ruyan picked up one and glanced at it, then threw it out.

The word is ugly.

the second one.

Nothing new.

third.

Barely catches the eye, let's stay first, who knows how many talented scholars this time will put this poem on the table.

keep reading
leave,
leave,
leave,
Stay.

When she dropped one and looked at the next one, she was first attracted by the writing on the paper, and then lightly highlighted two words.

"Good word!"

She is a talented woman, and she has a lot of experience in calligraphy. Lin Yi's calligraphy immediately attracted her. Although Ruyan hasn't read the poems yet, she already has an idea in her heart. Even if the poems are extremely dull, she will keep them. This word.

And when she saw the poem,

That heart was touched again.

"You and me, there are so many emotions, so many places, hot as fire. Take a piece of clay, twist a you, and mold a me. Break the two of us together, and mix them with water. Twist a you, and mold another Me. I have you in the mud, and you have me in the mud. I was born in the same quilt as you, and died in the same coffin."

Such straightforward poetry,

no elegant words,
but,

And so captivating.

Moreover, he had never seen this Qupai before, could it be that person wrote it indiscriminately, who might have such calligraphy, how could he write indiscriminately.

Signed "Lin Yi."

She remembered the name.

at last,

Ruyan selected three poems.

One of them was written by Lin Yi.

Ruyan appeared on the stage again, attracting everyone's attention. She glanced around, not knowing which one was Lin Yi.

"The slave family has read all the poems, and selected the three best ones, and then the slave family will play and sing them one by one, and invite all the officials and sons to comment."

I'm coming.

The people in the audience were very excited.

Hope to sing my own.

The lyrics of the first poem is "Butterfly Love Flower". The poem tells about the childhood sweethearts of men and women, the sweet state of love, and the overall is not bad.

The words are sung,
Ruyan asked: "I don't know who is Mr. Zhou Xixian?"

Lin Yi looked over, and saw a tall, thin guy standing up. He was already in his 30s. In ancient times, he could have become an old man. Now he was being called, with a proud and excited face.

"Hahahaha, I'm Zhou Xixian, it's very lucky for Miss Ruyan to take a fancy to my humble work."

Ruyan didn't say anything, just nodded.

Continue to sing the second song.

The second song is "Autumn Moon Night", but it tells a story about not being able to love, and finally had to be separated, which is a bit sad, and the overall level is higher than that of the first song.

After the second song,
Ruyan asked again: "I don't know who is Mr. Shen Jing?"

A young man in brocade clothes in his twenties stood up to the van, with a slight color on his face, but he tried to keep reserved, and bowed his hands to the girl like smoke.

This attire looks like the son of a rich family.

It's the third poem's turn.

Miss Ruyan did not sing for a long time, everyone in the audience was surprised, at this time Ruyan said: "This is a poem that my family has never seen before. I don't know how to sing it. I want to ask this young man to tell my family that this Can the first words be sung, and what is the tune?"

"May I ask who is Mr. Lin Yilin?"

The people in Lin Yi's room suddenly became excited, "Brother Dongyang, your poem has been selected, hurry up, Miss Ruyan is calling you."

Lin Yi then stood up from his seat.

Standing by the railing, Lin Yi smiled and said, "Miss Ruyan, I am Lin Yi."

Ru Yan looked up, and saw that the man who was talking was tall and handsome, and she had seen countless people, but she had never seen many men like her.

"Ask Mr. Lin, what is the tune of this poem?" Ruyan asked.

"There is no tune card, I created it originally, but I already have the tune in my mind." Lin Yi said.

Ru Yan was delighted to see Lie Xin, "Master, you can understand rhythm, can you play it for Ru Yan to see?"

Lin Yi nodded,

"Simple, send a flute here."

Not long after, a servant quickly came up with a tray, on which was a bamboo flute, and when the servant handed it over, he specifically said: "Master, it has been wiped."

Lin Yi took the flute,
Started to play, the sound of the flute spread all over the whole brothel.

Ru Yan stared blankly at Lin Yi playing, only to feel that the people around him disappeared at this moment, only her and Lin Yi opposite.

When she wakes up,

Lin Yi has finished playing.

Several classmates in the room started to applaud, "I didn't expect Brother Dongyang to have such a skill, the flute is really good."

"The tune is also very nice."

"Thank you for letting me know, my lord. Then Ruyan will sing this poem." After speaking, Ruyan plucked the strings lightly and began to sing.

Lin Yi was also a little surprised, this woman's brain is so good, she memorized it after only listening to it once, it seems that there are quite a lot of people in ancient times who have a photographic memory.

"You and I, there is so much love, so much love, it's as hot as fire"

It was a very straightforward poem, but it was sung by Ruyan with a lot of emotion. Lin Yi came into being, playing the flute to complement each other, and the tune became richer immediately.

It actually made the two of them play with the feeling of harmony.

The song is over.

There was applause in the hall.

Ruyan took a look at Lin Yi and announced, "For this poetry competition, I will choose the poem by Mr. Lin Yi."

"Mr. Lin, I still don't know what is the name of your poem?" Ruyan asked.

Lin Yi thought for a while, "This is a new creation by me, and there is no name for the lyrics. Since you asked, let's call it 'Wo Nongqu'."

at this time,

Someone in the audience shouted loudly: "Miss Ruyan, I don't accept it. The last lyrics are straightforward, without aesthetic feeling, sweet and greasy. It is a third-rate lyrics."

It was Shen Jing who wrote the second poem who spoke.

He intends to kiss Fangze with Ruyan, and also intends to make a name for himself here. He was full of confidence at first, but he didn't expect to be overwhelmed by a guy. The most important thing is that he felt that the lyrics were really not good, compared to his gorgeous essays. Not far.

Shen Jing looked at Lin Yi with disdain.

Lin Yi was amused.

He is the one who is the least afraid of big troubles, and immediately said loudly: "Girl Ruyan chooses poems, whether it is good or not depends on her mood. You say my poems are third-rate, haha, but this third-rate poem may hit Ruyan just right. Girl's heart, it's useless if you don't accept it."

Shen Jing on the other side was about to speak, but Lin Yi was a step ahead of him, "Ms. Ruyan has three requirements when choosing a benefactor, talent, literary talent, and money. Since we have passed the first two, why don't we compare money?" .”

A trace of color appeared on Shen Jing's face.

"I pay two hundred guan." Shen Jing said.

"I have four hundred guan." Lin Yi shouted immediately.

"I'm six hundred." Shen Jing immediately followed.

"I'm eight hundred." Lin Yi refused to budge.

"I have a thousand puns." Shen Jing was clearly on top.

"Deal~!"

Lin Yi slapped the railing, and there was a crisp sound, like a final decision in an auction, and everyone around was stunned.

"Congratulations, Xiongtai, Qianguan, you can drink tea and chat with Miss Ruyan tonight."

Suddenly everyone around realized something.

Even Shen Jing woke up.

one thousand strings,

just drinking tea,
Although his family is rich, it is not so extravagant that he can take out a thousand guan to drink tea. Shen Jing was a little flustered. Although he came to the exam this time, although he brought three to five hundred guan, it was not enough. Yes, if I spend all of it here, how will I explain to my family when I go back.

Immediately his face was very ugly.

Lin Yi ignored him, and said to the students around him, "The girls around me are still satisfied. If they are satisfied, then there is no need to change."

"Satisfied." Several students nodded.

Lin Yi beckoned to Mi Tao, who quickly ran over and said excitedly, "Young Master, you~ do you want to stay in Mi Tao's room tonight?"

"Are you willing?" Lin Yi hooked Mi Tao's chin and asked.

"Yes, yes, 1 of my slaves are willing."

"The building is too noisy, is there a quiet courtyard?"

"Yes, there is a spare courtyard in the backyard. By the way, Miss Ruyan also lives in the small courtyard in the backyard." Mi Tao said.

full of wine and food,

Everyone dispersed to do their own work.

Lin Yi came to the small courtyard behind with Mi Tao in his arms, and Mi Tao was served by a maid named Ren'er, which means Tao Ren.

Coincidentally.

Ruyan took her maid back to her small courtyard, but Shen Jing found an excuse to leave. When she reached the intersection, she happened to see Lin Yi bringing Mitao with her, frowning slightly. Her maid said: "I just asked , Mr. Lin Yi ordered peaches to serve tonight."

Ruyan just lay down.

There was the sound of babbling and singing in the backyard, and there were whispers and singing incessantly. Apart from herself, there were only Mr. Lin and Mi Tao in the backyard. She naturally knew that it was Mi Tao who made the sound.

Can,
but,

Is it necessary to be so loud?
She turned around annoyed,
Xin said waiting for you a cup of tea time.

But what a dream.

The sound didn't stop for a long time, which made her ears feel a little hot and irritable, and the maid in the outside room was also turning over, and she probably couldn't sleep because of the noise.

In fact, this peach is definitely good-looking, with a plump figure. Lin Yi has already tested it on the wine table. Her skin is delicate and her skeleton is soft, but she is also a fun girl.

As for spending two hundred guan to drink a cup of tea and chat, Lin Yi felt that it was boring, and he could only see if he could eat or not.

She's not good enough to be elegant.

The poem that Lin Yi said tonight is by no means a third-rate poem, but something new to this world.

New comes with new benefits.

easy to remember.

People don't even bother to look at those mediocre old poems, but this kind of new words will always attract some people.

Besides, there are a lot of things worth noting in this song You Lennon Me Lennon.

Otherwise, it is also included in the anthology of classic poetry.

There are tens of thousands of poets, and what can be remembered are classics. Now it doesn't matter whether they agree or not, as long as they can remember.

As for Lin Yi.

He didn't think about these things at the moment, he was enjoying Mi Tao's service wholeheartedly.

The name peach is really not called for nothing.

Not just peaches.

And it's peaches.

(End of this chapter)