Honglouchun

This custom has existed since ancient times, as is the case with the "San Yue" recorded in "Zhou Li".

It's just that in this generation, the salt merchants in Yangzhou are too rich, and they don't need theatrical troupe to eat "hundreds of rice" for a living, so they just raise them.

In order to train them well and to make them famous, they opened a theater and opened it to the outside world.

Even ordinary people can enter the building to listen to it for ten or twenty yuan.

Among them, the Bai family's "Sixi class" is the most famous. In the whole of Jiangnan, only the Zhen family's Sanqing class can compare.

Although the Bai family is wealthy, it is far inferior to the Zhen family, which is known as the first family in the south of the Yangtze River.

Not to mention, Jiangnan actors and actresses call the head of the Zhen family, Zhen Yingjia, not even Master Zhen, but just call him "Zhen Buddha".

Because they only asked for something, and Zhen Yingjia basically responded to their requests.

How can this point be compared to a salt merchant in the Bai family?

But even so, the Sixi team of the Bai family can also rank second in Jiangnan.

In addition to the wealth of the Bai family, this also reveals another deep meaning:

The background of the Bai family is by no means as simple as a mere merchant.

but……

so what.

"Brother De Ang, please!"

"Hehe, brother Liangchen, please!"

"Zhongluan, please!"

"Second Master Qiang, please!"

In front of the archway of Sixi Building, Jia Qiang gave way to the left and right, laughed, and stepped forward without hesitation, striding towards the main entrance of the theater building.

The receptionist only saw Jia Qiang's style, and knew that she must be a wealthy person.

Looking back, cold sweat broke out. They didn't know Jia Qiang, so could they not know Qi Yun and Xu Zhen?

Even these two are one step behind, the identity of the person who is in the lead...

Thinking about the Pearl Pavilion incident that has been rumored in Yangzhou recently, it is actually not difficult to guess.

"Ouch, Uncle Jia, Uncle Qi, and Second Master Xu, among the three of you, please!"

Jia Qiang raised her brows lightly when she heard the words, Qi Yun chuckled, Xu Zhen threw out a piece of silver and scolded with a smile, "You're so cute..."

Then he said to Jia Qiang and Qi Yun: "We were wrong, we should change into a tattered beggar's clothes, and save trouble."

The boy smiled apologetically on his face, but was confused in his heart, unable to understand what it meant.

Jia Qiang glanced at him, and then said to Xu Zhen, "Then you just go and change now."

Xu Zhen laughed, changed the subject and asked the boy, "Is your young master, Bai Ziqing, here tonight?"

The little guy hurriedly replied: "Yes, Jin Yu, the famous star of our Sixi Troupe, will perform on stage tonight. Every time he takes the stage, our uncle will definitely support him!"

Xu Zhen smiled at Jia Qiang, and said, "Do you think Jin Yu is a man or a woman?"

Jia Qiang glanced at him, Xu Zhen laughed, and the three of them were led into the building by the young man, and sat down in the elegant seats not far from the stage on the first floor.

"Bai Ziqing, I haven't seen anyone."

After taking his seat, Xu Zhen looked around at the elegant seats where the melon and fruit tea trays were placed on the left and right, and asked with a smile.

It's no longer the little guy waiting in there, but Zhao Bo, the big brother of Sixi's team.

Zhao Bo smiled and said: "Uncle Bai is in the background, accompanying Miss Jin."

Xu Zhen laughed and scolded: "Girl Jin! She's clearly a handle!"

"you……"

Big Brother Sixi's face turned red when he heard the words. He was also a female singer, and he raised his hands in a effeminate manner, and raised his orchid fingers, wanting to reprimand Xu Zhen, but he saw Xu Zhen's generous smile, as if he was waiting for him Opened his mouth, the senior brother of Sixi Team is an old Jianghu after all, he saw something was wrong, held back his mouth, forced a smile and said: "Second Lord is also a person who often comes to our Sixi Team, anyway, he loves us so much, don't bully us. "

Jia Qiang took the initiative to move the chair away from Xu Zhen's side, her disgust was self-evident.

Xu Zhen scolded angrily: "Stop farting! You go to the theater after watching the show, not like the two of the Bai family who play with rabbits in the bed!"

As soon as this remark came out, not to mention Jia Qiang's sideways glance, Qi Yun was a little shocked.

He didn't expect that Xu Zhen would work so hard and the Xu family would be so generous.

No wonder Jia Qiang looked at Xu Zhen with admiration...

Then I heard a stern voice not far away: "Xu Zhongluan, what are you talking about? Get out if you don't want to watch the show!"

Jia Qiang and the others turned their heads and saw that Bai Ziqing of the Bai family came out from one side of the stage with two people behind him, coming to this side.

But after scolding Xu Zhen, he quickly changed his face, cupped his hands and smiled: "Brother De'ang, Mr. Jia, why don't you say hello when you come to my Sixi Tower to listen to the play? If you say it earlier, you won't be taking outside guests tonight. Qinglou welcomes you two distinguished guests."

Qi Yun smiled and said: "You Xue, why are you being polite. It's fine today, because Liangchen thinks of a troupe, so we'll come and see you."

The corners of Bai Ziqing's eyes twitched, he laughed and said, "Young Master Jia also thinks of the theater troupe? Why bother, if the master of Yanyuan wants to hear the play, just send someone to talk about it."

Jia Qiang said with a half-smile, "Aren't I a relative of the Yanyuan Yamen Censor who came from the capital? How respectable?"

These words were originally said by Bai Ziqing to ridicule Jia Qiang when he took the platform of Feng's family in Meiyuan that day.

At that time, the outside world always believed that Lin Ruhai was on the verge of death, even if he was rescued, he would still be half dead.

More importantly, the Yangzhou government already knew that the Yamen of Yanyuan would be abolished, and the power would belong to the Yamen of the governor of Liangjiang.

Lin Ruhai's weight has been greatly reduced, let alone a distant relative of his?

So Bai Ziqing didn't take Jia Qiang seriously that day.

But at that time, who would have thought that although Lin Ruhai was still sick in bed, he was generally fine, and he had a long-standing friendship with the new Governor of Liangjiang, and had been exchanging letters for many years?

Not only was Han Bin not in a hurry to seize power, but he entrusted the salt affairs to Lin Ruhai, and the seal of the Salt Institute was still in Lin Ruhai's hands.

The two big bosses of the New Deal knocked the Mei family and the Feng family into the dust in a flash, and they would never stand up again.

Under this kind of "excessive power", even the Qi family, the head of the eight major salt merchants, knelt down, flirted with Jia Qiang, and even sent them to a small island at a loss to please the salt courtyard, let alone a Bai family?

Being slapped in the face, Bai Ziqing was furious in his heart, but he smiled sincerely on his face, cupped his hands and said in apology: "It was indeed my fault that day, and I helped the Feng family before I knew what was right and wrong. "I'm really ashamed, ashamed."