Ming Dynasty 1566

Chapter 24

"Do you really want to see it?" Yun Niang was crying, her voice was already as cold as Shen Yishi.

Shen Yishi looked up: "You do what you want, it's my business whether you see it or not."

Yunniang didn't look at him either: "I can't do it."

"It's too cheap, isn't it?" Shen Yishi's tone changed from cold to contemptuous.

Yunniang: "It's cheap."

Shen Yishi: "Then do it."

Yun Niang: "Can I do what two people do?"

Shen Yishi stared at her suddenly.

Yunniang also looked at him: "If you really want to know how cheap you are, just learn from Li Xuan."

Shen Yishi never expected that Yunniang would dare to speak in such a way, and grabbed the piano with ten fingers like dry wood.

At this moment, the steward's timid voice came from outside the door: "Master."

Shen Yishi slammed the qin he was grabbing onto the ground fiercely, pity the qin, the strings broke at this moment.The remaining two unbroken strings made a "buzzing" vibrato.

It was quiet outside the door.

Shen Yishi asked sharply: "What's the matter, tell me!"

The voice outside the door was a little trembling: "Hui, Hui Master, Master Zheng and Master He are waiting for Master in the workshop... Said, said that there is some change in the matter of buying fields..."

"Tell them, if you want to get rich, buy it yourself!" Shen Yishi shouted, "Get lost!"

There was no sound outside the door again.

After a while of venting, Shen Yishi's face was as white as a sheet of paper, and then he jumped off the bed with his bare feet in tabby socks, and walked to Yunniang's side: "What did you just say, let me learn from Li Xuan?"

Shen Yishi's heavy breathing almost hit Yun Niang's face, Yun Niang was calmer than ever before, the tears in her eyes were gone, and she softly replied: "You can't learn."

Shen Yishi smiled, very creepy: "I really want to learn. How to do it, tell me."

Yunniang shook her head lightly: "I told you, but you still can't learn. Li Xuan regards me as a celestial being, but you treat me as a slut, how can you learn from him?"

Shen Yishi was startled.

Yun Niang stopped looking at him again, and looked up, the scene of that night seemed to emerge in her eyes: "I sat on the bed, he sat on the ground, drank and cried for half the night, He didn’t dare to look at me, so he fell asleep on the ground. I hugged him, put his head in my arms, and let him sleep until dawn. He didn’t wake up yet. The eunuch from the Weaving Bureau poured cold water on him to wake him up. If you are willing to get drunk, cry in front of me, and sit on the ground and fall asleep, I will hold your head and let you sleep until you wake up."

Shen Yishi was really stunned, and gradually an apology appeared in his cold eyes, and then a pity appeared in his cold eyes, and he subconsciously stretched out his hand to grab Yuniang's hand.

"Don't touch me!" Yun Niang resolutely withdrew her hand, "You said just now, you won't touch me again from today on."

When had Shen Yishi been so cold, the apology and pity that just surfaced were nailed to the ground by the natural arrogance and embarrassment at this time.

Yunniang: "You bought me with money. My life is still yours, but you can't touch my body from now on. You have endless money to spend, and Nanjing, Suzhou, and Hangzhou also have endless prostitutes."

"Okay..." It took Shen Yishi a long time to say this word, "Well said!" He said without putting on his shoes, and walked towards the door with his bare socks on.

Walking to the door, Shen Yishi stopped again without looking back: "I do have a lot of money that I can't spend! The prostitutes in the palace, the government, and those courtyards in Nanjing, Suzhou, and Hangzhou are all waiting for me to go." Flowers. I have to spend money for them now. Eunuch Yang will not come back in a few days. Since I paid for your life, stay here for a few days. Let me tell you, from the time I put From the day you bought it, you are not a heavenly being, nor is your lover, just a slut!" After speaking, he opened the door and walked out.

The door was wide open, and Yunniang was still standing there.

"Sin." At this time, Shen Yishi returned to the usual low-key Shen Yishi, and walked towards Zheng Michang and He Maocai who had been waiting in the living room of the workshop for a long time, "There are dozens of ships of grain coming from Jiangxi. It got stuck on the card. There is a fee of 50 taels per boat, and the people at the bottom don’t know anything about it, so I will only pay if I ask.”

Zheng Michang: "Didn't you show them the official document of Zhejiang's disaster relief?"

Shen Yishi smiled and said, "Official documents are still useless without money."

He Maocai: "Send a letter to Jiangxi Governor's Yamen, what kind of corrupt officials are they raising!"

"Forget it." Shen Yishi also sat down, "For something less than 1 taels of silver, there is no need to hurt the peace of the two provinces."

"Then let's talk about big things." Zheng Michang looked at Shen Yishi, "Our proposal was resisted by the new prefect of Hangzhou."

Shen Yishi was also surprised: "The Gao Hanwen recommended by Mr. Xiaoge?"

Zheng Bichang: "Yes."

Shen Yishi pondered: "It shouldn't be like this. What did he say?"

He Maocai: "It is said that one mu of paddy field below 50 shi cannot be bought or sold. Zhongcheng and I calculated it, and we bought it according to what he said. If we buy 1000 mu of land, if we add 700 shi per mu, it will cost [-] more. Wan Shiliang, that is [-] million silver!"

Shen Yishi was stunned: "If this is really the case, I won't be able to spend so much money for a while."

Zheng Michang: "This is still a clear account. If you really want to buy it at 50 shi per mu, you can't buy 1000 mu of land in Chun'an and Jiande. If you go to a county that has not been affected by the disaster, you will need 50 shi per mu Counting this, without adding more than [-] million silver, the [-] mu of rice converted into mulberry fields this year will be ruined."

"Then why does this person do this?" Shen Yishi looked at Zheng Michang and He Maocai.

"Don't you want to be a whore again, and want to set up an archway!" He Maocai became angry again as he said, "Put a 10 tael bank note, and I think everything will be fine!"

Shen Yishi: "If that's the case, I'll issue a bank note to him immediately."

"Let's discuss the matter, don't be angry!" Zheng Michang glanced sideways at He Maocai again, and then turned to Shen Yishi, "This man is famous in Neo-Confucianism, but he has more fame and fame than anyone else in his heart, so Mr. Xiaoge chose him. I killed him, also to stop those Qingliu's mouths in Chaoli. A person like this will obviously not take money from him."

Shen Yishi: "Can't you suppress him with the authority of the two adults?"

Zheng Michang: "There is nothing that can't be suppressed by a magistrate. This person was recommended by Mr. Xiaoge, and the strategy of 'reform and relief' was also proposed by him. If he denies our account and stabs us in Beijing, Don't talk about others, even Xiao Ge may not necessarily listen to us."

"Then let him admit our account!" Shen Yishi's eyes sparkled, "Or let him shut up!"

Both Zheng Michang and He Maocai looked at him closely.

"How much do you two adults know about this Gao Hanwen?" Shen Yishi also looked closely at the two of them.

He Maocai obviously didn't know anything, and looked at Zheng Michang.

Zheng Michang thought for a while: "Lord Luo and Lord Yan wrote to me, saying that this person is good at writing poems and words, and he is also proficient in rhythm."

Shen Yishi's eyes lit up: "Can the proposal be discussed a day later?"

He Maocai: "Master Zhongcheng has thought about it a long time ago, and decided to discuss it the day after tomorrow."

Shen Yishi: "Just one day."

"You have a solution?" He Maocai asked anxiously.

Zheng Michang also stared at him closely.

"There is no money that cannot be earned, and there is no person who cannot be killed!" Shen Yishi stood up and looked at the two, "As long as the two adults make up their minds, I can make him change his mind when discussing matters the day after tomorrow."

"We can make him change his mind, why don't we want to!" He Maocai slapped his legs and stood up, "If there is any way, just say it."

Shen Yishi looked at Zheng Michang again.

Zheng Michang's brain is obviously better than He Maocai's, and he immediately guessed what Shen Yishi was thinking, and slowly stood up: "If it's a trick like a beauty trick, I don't think it will work on this person."

Shen Yishi smiled: "Master Zhongcheng is Lord Zhongcheng. Of course, if you really want to trick him into a beauty trick, it may not work. But what about making the fake one real?"

He Maocai understood a little this time: "But this person was recommended by Mr. Xiaoge after all. If we come forward to do such a thing, Mr. Xiaoge is afraid that we will not be able to explain it."

Shen Yishi: "Of course it's inappropriate for adults to come forward. What if we let people from the Weaving Bureau and people from the palace come forward?"

"That's fine!" Zheng Michang immediately affirmed his thoughts, and then stared at him again, "Then I will leave this person to you."

Shen Yishi was disgusted for a while, but his face remained calm: "But Mr. Zhongcheng must send a word to let him see me."

Zheng Michang: "In what name are you asking him to see you?"

Shen Yishi: "I will call him to see me tomorrow in the name of knowing the silk market of the Weaving Bureau, and I will take care of the rest."

Zheng Bichang thought about it again: "I can call him this."

"Okay!" He Maocai slapped the coffee table, "And the two newly appointed county magistrates are not kind either. Get rid of Gao Hanwen, and let me take care of these two people!"

The yamen of the prefect of Hangzhou was located in Hangzhou, so Gao Hanwen had his own back house when he arrived in Hangzhou, and he moved into the house that night.Hai Rui and Wang Yongji are guests here, but they lived in the official post that night.It was just dawn, and the two came here from the official post, waiting to go to the Water Transport Wharf with Gao Hanwen to check the grain market.

Hai Rui changed into a clean gray cloth gown. Wang Yongji probably came from a very good family, but he was wearing casual clothes but a thin silk gown at this time. The two sat in the living room facing each other, waiting for Gao Hanwen to come out.

"Brother Gangfeng." Wang Yongji called out to Hai Rui.

Hai Rui was sitting there thinking about something, but now he raised his head and looked at Wang Yongji.

Seeing Hai Rui's serious look, Wang Yongji swallowed back the topic he wanted to talk about, looked at him and smiled, "Let's buy a set or two of silk clothes too. Let's go out together like this, you look like a long man." follow."

Hai Rui: "I'll be your long-term follower."

Wang Yongji: "It's my birthday. In terms of age, brother Gangfeng is ten years older than me. If you don't mind, I'll give you two sets when we break up tomorrow."

Hai Rui: "I only wear civilian clothes."

Wang Yongji smiled awkwardly: "I'm being abrupt."

Hai Rui: "I don't mean that. Although it's hot in Hainan, it's a remote place where few people can afford silk clothes. If they don't go out to meet guests, they'll be naked all year round. It's customary. As for long-term suits, There is no distinction of age either. For example, Gaofutai, if he is sincerely for the court and for the common people, we can all be his long-term follower, no problem."

Although it's only been a day since we met, Wang Yongji knew that Hai Rui was a man of few words. Hearing his explanation now, he obviously regarded himself as a fellow-spirited person, and he felt warm in his heart: "That's what I meant."

Hai Rui: "Then why did it get involved in the clothes?"

Wang Yongji smiled and said: "There are things to do, food to eat, and clothes to wear."

Hai Rui also gave a rare smile: "Then I'll still wear civilian clothes."

While speaking, Gao Hanwen also came out wearing a thin silk casual jacket.

Gao Hanwen: "You two have been waiting for a long time, let's go."

Looking at the back of Gao Hanwen's silk shirt, Hai Rui and Wang Yongji smiled at each other, then stood up and walked outside with Gao Hanwen.As soon as the three of them walked to the front yard, two people greeted them with smiles on their faces.

The man in front was obviously a man from the magistrate's yamen, he bowed one leg and bowed in front of Gao Hanwen, stood up and said: "My lord, Mr. Zhong Cheng sent a sedan chair over, saying that he is asking you to take a look at the silk. "

The person behind also rushed over and bent over: "Everything is ready over there, just wait for the adults to pass."

Gao Hanwen thought for a while: "Please go back to Mr. Zhongcheng. In the morning, I will go to the grain market with the masters of the two counties. There is no rush to see the silk at any time."

The person who picked him up: "It's not easy for a villain to say that. Because Zhongcheng has already notified the Weaving Bureau, and the Weaving Bureau is waiting for an adult."

The words "Weaving Bureau" stunned Gao Hanwen. After thinking about it, he turned to Hai Rui and Wang Yongji, "Since it's about the weaving bureau, I have to go. You two should go to the grain market first."

Hai Rui watched Gao Hanwen gradually walk away, and there was a hint of worry in his eyes...

No matter how reserved, Gao Hanwen was a little surprised when he entered such a large workshop and saw so many looms weaving different silks at the same time.

Shen Yishi walked slowly with him, and said loudly: "Half of the silk used in the palace every year is woven here. There was no sea ban in Jiajing 32 years ago, and half of the silk shipped to the West is also produced here."

Gao Hanwen nodded.

Shen Yishi: "It's too noisy here, I'll accompany the adults to see the silk samples first."

Gao Hanwen already had the feeling that "the world is too big to see too little", so he nodded and followed him.

For an unprecedented time, Shen Yishi led Gao Hanwen to his other courtyard that he never let others know about.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, before reaching Shen Yishi's piano room, Gao Hanwen stopped in the middle of the courtyard with a look of surprise in his eyes.

""Guangling San"!" Gao Hanwen cried out inwardly, and was startled more and more by the sound of the piano coming from the piano room, and was stunned for a moment.

Shen Yishi also stood beside him, glanced sideways at him, and felt somewhat confident in his heart: "My lord..."

Gao Hanwen woke up with a start: "What place is this? Here are the silk samples?"

Shen Yishi smiled and said: "Yes. In the past, Western guests would come here to see the silk samples."

Gao Hanwen still stood there, scrutinizing Shen Yishi: "Raise an expert to play "Guangling San" here, so that Western guests can see the silk samples?"

Shen Yishi pretended to be surprised: "Master Gao can hear that this is "Guangling San"?"

Gao Hanwen didn't reply to his words, but still looked at him.

Shen Yishi: "The sound of the zither and the color of the silk are all the style of the celestial dynasty. Doing business with Westerners is not only for selling more silk, it is also the responsibility of the Weaving Bureau to spread word of mouth to foreign countries. Mr. Gao is also proficient in melody, and his job is even more difficult. So I can reply to the adults in detail. Please."

Gao Hanwen's feet were no longer his own, he followed Shen Yishi to the sound of the piano, and walked into the piano room.

Even in the daytime, lanterns are lit in the piano room, and the lights illuminate the rows of cicada-winged silk on the hangers like a dream.

Standing there, Gao Hanwen glanced slowly, not looking at the silk, but looking for the sound of the piano.

The sound of the zither was blocked by a silk wing hanging down from the curtain, that is, the bed on the east side was just blocked by the silk wing of the curtain.

"Master Gao, please take a look." Shen Yishi held up a piece of double-sided embroidered silk, "This kind of silk is very popular in the West. The name is very vulgar. It is called Four Seasons Flowers, and they prefer it."

Gao Hanwen had to pretend to be serious to look at the piece of silk, but he was still attracted by that piece of silk—it was such a big thin silk shirt, and there were more than a hundred flowers embroidered on it!Moreover, the flowers are different, and the scattered embellishments are all in the position, and the color matching is also uneven in shades and shades.

Shen Yishi put down the silk shirt and deliberately led him towards the sound of the piano.Gao Hanwen looked at the silk curtain that blocked the sound of the piano again.

Shen Yishi: "Then let's look at this silk curtain first."

"Okay." Gao Hanwen strolled to follow him.

The piano was still playing, but Gao Hanwen stopped.

Shen Yishi also stopped, looking at Gao Hanwen.

Gao Hanwen shook his head, and said softly, "It's a pity, it's a pity."

"What a pity?" Shen Yishi asked intentionally.

Gao Hanwen: "The mistakes in "Guangling San" are often made in this place. Ji Kang was originally a person with a loose temperament, but he became a doctor of Zhongsan in Wei State. I hold out my heart and there is no place to put it. Later, I realized that Mangshan is the navel of my Chinese life. Only the soul returning to Mangshan after death is the real destination. Therefore, before the execution, I was full of sorrow and joy. , Mangshan is located in the horn tone among the five tones, so this passage should be played in Jiao tone. Later generations don’t know, the tone has been turned into a high-pitched tone, and it is translated into Gong tune, thinking that its heart is tragic, but it is a big mistake.”

There was also a light in Shen Yishi's eyes, not just the excitement of "this person is in the game", but also the feeling that he really has a friend who hates being late. When he looked at Gao Hanwen, his eyes showed real admiration.

Shen Yishi: "I have a merciless request, I don't know if Mr. Gao will appreciate it."

Of course, Gao Hanwen also guessed that this "unfeeling request" was to teach the piano player himself, so a deep sense of elegance surged out, and he immediately replied: "Please tell me."

Shen Yishi: "My lord, please point me to this luthier here, not only for the sake of the court's business with Western merchants, but also to prevent the fallacy of "Guangling San" from being spread."

A feeling of giving up to me arises spontaneously, Gao Hanwen immediately replied: "Let's learn from each other."

Shen Yishi: "Then I thank you in advance." Then he grabbed the silk curtain and gently pulled it.

(End of this chapter)