Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 37
This scholar is also very knowledgeable.

After a while, he hugged a girl.

This made Fan Jing stunned and wanted to hit someone.

Today, he is no longer the poor scholar he was then.

After hanging around in the hall for several months, he became infected with a lot of gangsterism.

Looking at his hand, he first touched a porcelain tea bowl, shook it to make sure there was no tea in it, then turned it upside down in his palm and looked at the "girl-snatcher"'s head.

Li Yu stopped him with his eyes and continued fishing with a straight hook.

Instruct Mr. Turtle to serve some wine, vegetables and fruits, regardless of the price.

Mianyuelou's drinks are available in ten grades, ranging from fruit wine and rice wine to mellow spirits, Western wines, and European wines.

After ordering a round, it was almost written on my face that I was not short of money.

This approach is equivalent to opening a card deck and ordering a dragon set hundreds of years later!
Tell everyone, come on, come on and rub me.

History is a cycle, there is nothing new under the sun.

The so-called news is all old news.The so-called new people are also old people.

Your so-called free and unrestrained life, the ancestors laugh and say nothing under the ground.

……

There were four more scholars at Li Yu's table.

After a while, I became familiar with it.

There is a young man named Baiyi who is smart but fails the county examinations time and time again.

There are scholars who excel in government examinations and fail repeatedly in provincial examinations.

There is also an unhappy middle-aged man who was unexpectedly dismissed from office after winning the election.

They all feel that their talents are not appreciated and they can only pretend to be crazy and stupid in a place like this.

If you are lucky, you may be promoted by a noble person after making a name for yourself.

Or he may boast that he is handsome and his poems are outstanding, so that girls can recommend themselves as pillows.

Anyway,

They are all a group of scholars who are neither rich nor poor, who do not distinguish between grains and grains, who are not diligent in all aspects of life, and who only want to have an official career.

This is a relatively closed circle to outsiders.

But once you get to know a few of them, it's as easy as dominoes to push back.

Li Yu soon became the focus of the hall.

In order to scare these scholars, he repeated his old tricks.

A table was cleared and rice paper was spread out.

When he started painting, he used the three girls he ordered as prototypes.

The three women were restless, sitting or lying down.

In the crowd's onlookers, she became a fairy on the drawing paper.

The talent of the art students once again amazed the audience.

Scholars of the Qing Dynasty were used to seeing paintings with unbalanced proportions and two-dimensional portraits.

The pictures of ladies that look exactly like real people, or even more in line with the golden ratio than real people, make the scholars’ eyes tremble.

……

"Brother Li is so talented that he is astonishing to the heavens." A senior official praised from the bottom of his heart.

Even the Madam of Mianyue Tower saw huge business opportunities.

"Master, can you paint some of our popular girls? Don't worry about the retouching fees. Please be lenient!"

"This~" Li Yu pretended to be hesitant and reserved, "I'm afraid it's an insult to politeness."

In fact, a villain in his heart was shouting crazily to promise her.

The madam resisted the urge to roll her eyes and said, "You guys are so polite. You guys have been so polite for a long time."

"I don't want to insult you with money. But when a romantic person like you comes here, he takes pity on these girls and gives them a living. This is doing good and accumulating virtue."

All the scholars were all wonderful people. They knew the elegant meaning of the string song after hearing it, and they all advised:
"Brother Li, I think what mom said makes sense, just do a good deed from now on."

"Yeah, you just have to accept those yellow and white vulgar things."

"We all know that you are a noble person. After collecting the money, we can come here every day and spend it on the girls. Take it from the people and use it to the people."

"Flowers, snow and moon are an elegant thing in the literary world."

Li Yu yelled crazily in his heart, brothers, you really understand me.

This step was paved for me, a perfect assist.

However, it wasn't yet to the point where he relented.

He looked at the madam with questioning eyes. The old madam was charming and smiled: "The retouching fee for a painting is 50 taels."

Good price, took it.

"In that case, I'd rather be respectful than obedient."

"Find a secluded place where no one will disturb you."

"Prepare a furnace of incense, a cup of tea, the four treasures of the study, and all mineral pigments."

"Brothers, I'll pay for today's drinks!"

"Okay." A group of scholars were beaming and immediately made Li Yu their confidant.

Fan Jing, as a follower, took over immediately.

To use a cliche, ask who has a high status in Suzhou's literary circle today and who is willing to write inscriptions.

...The third floor, a quiet place.

According to Li Yu's instructions, everything is ready.

"Come in."

The first one is naturally the number one in this building, his appearance is extremely disturbing to the heart rhythm.

However, in Li Yu's eyes, they are all red and pink skulls, nothing more.

There is no woman in my heart, so my writing is natural.

Think of this Mian Yue Tower as the first-class cabin of the Titanic.

"Removal of armor."

"..."

In the time it takes to burn an incense stick, a second person comes in.

Repeatedly, it is extremely efficient.

When everyone came out, they were holding a painting with the ink still wet.

A senior expert commented that if you buy a painting for 50 taels, Mianyuelou will make a lot of money.

The vertical painting, which is 1 meters high and 5 centimeters wide, unfolds like a real person in front of you.

Moreover, it also comes with beauty effects.

At this time, Li Yu was having a cordial conversation with the fifth girl.

"You have slight blemishes at the corners of your eyes, and this mole is slightly redundant. Did you know that?"

"My family has been like this since they were young. There is nothing we can do about it."

"The girl in front of you gave me 10 taels and asked me to cover her up when I was painting."

"The slave family will give you 15 taels."

"Okay, okay, girl, you have a bright future."

Li Yu painted a total of 7 paintings, just in time to get lucky and touch the seven fairies.

The polishing fee is 350 taels, and the private tip is 90 taels.

The Madam of Mianyue Tower read it over and over with joy.

Based on her ten years of experience in the industry, these paintings are very punchy.

In this era, it is a dimensionality reduction attack.

Those rich owners might have their brains broken when they see it.

"Mr. Li, if you enter our industry, you may be able to dominate Jiangnan Fengyue."

At this time, she already knew Li Yu's true identity, and he was actually a well-known gang leader in his hometown.

She couldn't help feeling that the world was too chaotic.

The man who lives in the rivers and lakes is very graceful and graceful.

Those who wear official clothes look extremely vicious.

Li Yu smiled, there was no way he would get involved in this industry.

Because it damages your reputation.

In the future, when a separate regime meets the Qing court's swordsmen.

He didn't want to be publicized by the Qing court and Confucian scholars as a rebel who started his career in a brothel.

Although the emperor does not matter his birthplace!

Beggars, thieves, farmers, mat weavers and shoe sellers, and criminal thieves all do not matter.

However, you can’t start by relying on skin and flesh.

Li Yu didn't want to become emperor and angrily arrest those who spread rumors.

Just look at Yongzheng and you will know that he actually wrote a book to defend himself to everyone in the world. It was so embarrassing.

……

"I'll give you another idea. Bao Mianyue Tower will become the No. 1 Feng Yue House in Fucheng within half a year."

"There is a pavilion upstairs, let's call it Ziyun Pavilion, and seven portraits will be made into a rotatable screen."

"Girls should not show their faces in the future. Let the guests enter the pavilion to look at the pictures and choose the seven fairies to come to earth to create a sense of anticipation."

"I'll sell this idea to you for 100 taels."

Li Yu made another fortune, which slightly eased his tight financial situation.

More importantly, he entered the literary circle.

These people introduced him to two candidates for the inscription.

One is Pan Shien, who comes from a scholarly family. He has just passed the imperial examination and is quite famous in the literary world. He is currently short of money.

Another student, Qian Qi, ranked first in both the county and government examinations.But he failed consecutively in the provincial examination, and he was also considered a celebrity in the industry.

Both are potential stocks and both are historical figures.

Pan Shien will not talk about it. Later, he became the number one scholar and his family prospered. He was "the elder of four dynasties" and "there is no other family in the world".

Qian Qi was even more strange. Four years later, he suddenly cheated and won three yuan in the provincial examination and the palace examination. This is where the name of the ancient city of Suzhou, Sanyuanfang, came from.

Li Yu smiled and said:

"Prepare generous gifts tomorrow, and I will personally visit you to ask for a letter."

"I also ask a few dear friends to help introduce me."

(End of this chapter)