The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 94 Noisy
On the first day of the new year, the snow stopped.

Kaifeng, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, was lively, and it was so lively that it couldn't be more lively.

The capital city is wrapped in white snow, looking from a distance, it seems to be a fairy tale world.

After Liu Wei woke up and had a chat with Princess Ruyi, she went directly to the Liu Family Winery. Princess Ruyi had no elders in her family, so they didn't have to go to pay New Year's greetings. Get together, and then visit business partners.

After arriving at the Liu Family Winery, Liu Wei found that the business of the winery was also very good on the first day of the Lunar New Year. There was a long line of carriages outside to transport the wine. Liu Wei was curious and asked Liu Quan about it.

"Uncle Liu, this is the restaurant and inn, come here to deliver wine so early?"

Because of the business, Liu Quan was very happy: "Young master, this is not a restaurant or inn, but the richest man in the capital, Mr. Yan Xiaoyan, wants to entertain guests in his mansion, so he needs so much wine."

Hearing Liu Quan's words, Liu Wei was slightly taken aback. Yan Xiao, the richest man in the capital, had heard of Liu Wei, but he heard that Yan Xiao was very mysterious, and his shops were spread all over the Song Dynasty, and his business also touched every corner of the Song Dynasty. This industry, but not many people have actually seen him.

When a person has money, he will naturally think about his own safety, so there is nothing wrong with making himself a little more mysterious.

"Master, it's a common practice to invite business partners to the mansion for a banquet every year!"

Liu Wei snorted, and then stopped expressing his curiosity about this matter. After giving Liu Quan instructions, he left the winery.

The snow on the street was very thick, Liu Wei turned a few turns, and finally came to Zhao Defang's mansion. In the whole capital, Liu Wei chatted best with Zhao Defang, Cao Jue and others. Now that Cao Jue was still fighting the enemy in the Southern Han Dynasty, he Liu Wei came to visit, so he had no choice but to come to Zhao Defang.

Zhao Defang's mansion is very big, and it has been full of guests since the beginning of the morning. He is the current prince of the Holy Majesty, so naturally many people will come to curry favor with him.

After Liu Wei was brought into the mansion, he saw Zhao Chengxu and Dou Hao chatting and laughing. After seeing Liu Wei, the two of them rushed to greet him. Seeing this, Liu Wei smiled and said, "Where is King Qin Kanghui?"

"He is dealing with those court ministers, we brothers, we have to wait for him."

Liu Wei smiled: "It's okay to wait, the two chatted so happily just now, what are you talking about?"

Zhao Chengxu said with a smile: "I got the news from my father that our Great Song army has won a major victory in the Southern Han Dynasty. I'm afraid we will be able to return to the court after the beginning of spring. That kid Cao Jue is very brave. When he comes back, he must be sealed." Officials and nobles."

"Yeah, it's a pity that I don't have that good body, otherwise I would go to the battlefield and kill him."

Although the Song Dynasty was founded for ten years, the bravery left by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period still left a mark on the hearts of young people like them. Therefore, although the emperor in the court was always advocating the rule of law, these young people in private Most of them want to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds.

Hearing what the two of them said, Liu Wei smiled slightly, thinking what good is war?War is bloody. If those in power have less desire, wouldn't the people be able to live more leisurely?
While thinking this way, bursts of laughter suddenly came from behind: "The three of you came really early, but I, the host, have neglected you."

Zhao Defang came from behind, and after several people greeted each other, Dou Hao said: "Where shall we go to play? On the first day of the new year, why don't you just invite us to sit down?"

Zhao Defang smiled: "Well, I have a good place to go. Yan Xiao, the richest man in the capital, is going to hold a banquet at the mansion today. I heard that there are gifts to give away. Let's join in the fun."

After Zhao Defang finished speaking, Zhao Chengxu said: "What are our identities, can we covet Yan Xiao's gift? We just went like this, isn't it a bit disrespectful?"

These people are either princes or princes, sons of ministers in the court. It is really unreasonable to go to a merchant's house.

Liu Wei didn't think so, he was in business, so naturally he wanted to make friends with that Yan Xiao, but he had never met him before, nor had he been invited.

"Brother Chengxu, that's not the case. Yan Xiao has a huge collection, and his gifts are definitely not vulgar. We went there just to join in the fun. Where are the gifts for him? Besides, Yan Xiao gave this king a gift." Invitation letter, how can you not go?"

"He gave you an invitation letter?"

"That's right, Yan Xiao has a lot of support for the imperial court every year, and the middleman is the king, so I have to give him this face!"

When Zhao Defang said this, everyone immediately understood that Yan Xiao, like Liu Wei's father, had financial support for the court. If it wasn't for this, he wouldn't be able to make such a big business, right?

Now that they understood the situation, in order for Da Song to still get Yan Xiao's financial support in the future, they had no choice but to go to Yan's mansion.
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The Yan Mansion is very large, probably the largest in the entire capital except for the imperial palace and the residences of some princes.

Today's Yan Mansion is very lively. From the morning to when Liu Wei and the others came, there were still a lot of guests. Seeing the grand occasion here, they suddenly felt that there were really few guests in Zhao Defang's mansion.

After Zhao Defang took out the invitation card, the servants of Yan Mansion respectfully led him into the mansion. At this time, the flower hall of Yan Mansion was full of guests.

After the few people entered Deyan Mansion, they didn't know what to do for a while, so they took each other to enjoy the flowers in the Yan Mansion garden. At this season, the plum blossoms in the Yan Mansion garden were in full bloom, and the cold fragrance wafted through the nostrils, making people want to be drunk.

There are also quite a few guests in Yanfu Garden, but most of them are people dressed as scholars. Seeing this, Liu Wei was a little surprised. Zhao Defang seemed to know Liu Wei very well, so before Liu Wei asked, he explained : "The spring exam is coming after the beginning of spring. Many candidates from other places came early. In order to develop relationships, Xiao took great care of these talented candidates and opened a courtyard in the mansion for these scholars to study. These scholars are Yan Xiaorong's candidates."

After listening to Zhao Defang's words, Liu Wei was slightly surprised. He didn't expect Yan Xiao to have such a heart. These scholars are likely to be court officials or local officials after the Song Dynasty. Yan Xiao helped at this time. They, wouldn't it be much easier for Yan Xiao to do business in the capital or other places in the future?
It is not easy for a businessman to think so long-term about the future. Zhao Defang knows this, and the court also understands it. As long as Yan Xiao does not go too far, the court will turn a blind eye to it. only eye.

After thinking this way, Liu Wei smiled lightly, the more he felt that this Yan Xiao was a capable person, and the city was extremely deep, the more he thought about it, the more he wanted to see this person.

While the few people were chatting, the scholars beside them praised the plum blossoms in the garden.

"Plum snow and cold fragrance, the flowers that can bloom in this cold winter season, I think they have high bones."

"Brother Wu's words are not bad. With so many plum trees planted in Master Yan's house, he must be a noble person."

"It's not bad, it's not bad, Master Yan is a good man who donates money with righteousness..."

Those scholars were originally praising plum blossoms, but just after saying a few words, they became sycophants. Liu Wei and others thought it was extremely funny. Zhao Defang and Liu Wei could bear it, but Dou Hao and Zhao Chengxu couldn't help laughing out loud.

There was mockery in their laughter. When the scholar next to him heard it, his face turned cold. The man called Brother Wu seemed to have a lot of backbone. He stepped forward, looked at Dou Hao and Zhao Chengxu and said: Why are you laughing?"

Dou Hao said with a smile: "When you hear funny words and see funny people, you will laugh. Could it be that you still control us not to laugh?"

"That's right, that's right, plum blossoms are noble, but what you said is all bullshit."

The nonsense that Zhao Chengxu said was intended to be a curse, and he also said that what these scholars just said were all meant to flatter horses. I couldn't help laughing again.

The scholar surnamed Wu was so humiliated by Dou Hao and Zhao Chengxu, his cheeks were sometimes pale, sometimes flushed, and finally said angrily: "A group of ordinary people, how do you know what we scholars mean? Besides, what we say is useless. One sentence is false, Master Yan is indeed good to us, but you, as Master Yan's guests, are disrespectful to Master Yan, hmph, I really don't know if your hearts are dark."

Dou Hao and Zhao Chengxu were taken aback, they didn't expect that the scholar surnamed Wu was also an eloquent person.

The situation between the two sides felt that the situation was on the verge of breaking out, and the people around saw that there was something exciting to watch, so they ran over one after another. A young servant was afraid of causing trouble, so he hurried to find the butler of the Yan Mansion.

Liu Wei stood aside, acting very indifferent. He seemed not to care about what was about to happen, and Zhao Defang didn't care at all. Their identities have always been noble. Go down, they are not afraid.

Young and frivolous.

They are all in their youth, and they are rarely frivolous on weekdays. With today's matter, they don't want to take a step back, and they really want to teach these flattering scholars a lesson.

If the court is full of such officials in the future, what will the entire Song court be like?
Dou Hao and Zhao Chengxu looked at the scholar surnamed Wu, and suddenly burst into laughter. First of all, they had a sense of superiority, so they never put the scholar in front of them in their eyes, and this scholar must not know their identities. Makes them want to laugh.

The scholar surnamed Wu blushed and snorted coldly, "Why are you laughing?"

"I laugh at you scholars, living in a businessman's house without the ability to survive, and wanting to flatter that businessman at the end, isn't that ridiculous?"

Dou Hao is not shy at all, but when he said this, people around him condemned him.

This is Yan Mansion, if someone dares to disrespect Yan Xiao, how can they let it go?
(End of this chapter)