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  Chapter 305 C-character volume poetry and wine take advantage of the time, and marriage, marriage

  Feng family's feudal marquis may not be too much touched in the eyes of civil servants.

After all, it is the practice of the Great Zhou to establish a country because of military exploits, and the fact that Feng Qin died in Hulun Sai was well known at the time, but now I think of it, probably because the children of the Feng family came after the second-class Jinshi and Shujishi in high school. A follow-up effect brought about, in the minds of many civil servants even feel that it is an incidental.

  But for the martial arts group, this is quite unusual.

It is a common practice for Lord Wu to attack and surrender. I didn't expect Feng Qin to be promoted to a higher level after eighteen years, but this was in exchange for his life. Doesn't it mean that the Feng family is about to get lucky again?

Back then, Feng Qin and Feng Han died of illness successively. As a result, the real seal was replaced by a false seal on Feng Tang. A few years ago, Feng Tang was even dismissed from his post as the commander-in-chief of Datong Town. Even when he served as the chief guard of Yulin Town the year before last, he was far less prosperous than he was at the same time, so no one was too optimistic about the Feng family.

   But it is different now. The Feng family's son-in-law selects a concubine, and Feng Qin pursues the title of Hulunhou, which means that the Feng family has suddenly become prosperous.

   Facing congratulations from the Wu Xun family, Feng Ziying fell into a panic again.

This kind of thing was indeed an accident to him. If the selection of the Shu Jishi really had a heart in his heart, then it was a complete accident for this uncle to pursue the title of Hulunhou, and all kinds of things that followed The impact is really not well judged.

"Ziying, why are you worrying so much? Don't you think that the marquis title fell on you? If your uncle hadn't fought so hard, he would have been the current emperor and king Zhongshun if he saved the king at that time. The imperial court really remembers this? Of course, it’s also because of the fact that you selected the concubine and your uncle to serve as the commander-in-chief in Yulin Town. Hmph, there are not many people in the family who really repay their kindness, they are all mean Well, Brother Yu has seen through the cruel and merciless generation."

  When Liu Xianglian came, Feng Ziying was wielding a big gun, seeing the situation, he joined the battle group, swords and guns came and went, the killing was dripping with joy, sweating profusely, and the two of them gave up.

  Feng Ziying was delighted, "Brother Xianglian, isn't it so exaggerated? Why are you so touched all of a sudden?"

Although Liu Xianglian's father used to be a soldier in the army, he was just an ordinary military officer. He died of illness when Liu Xianglian was still young, and his mother also passed away a few years later, so it has nothing to do with the Tian family. .

   "Brother Yu is not talking about myself, do you know about King Zhongshun?" Liu Xianglian's expression turned colder.

   "Who doesn't know Prince Zhongshun?" Feng Ziying frowned.

"The King Zhongshun bought the Mingyue Tower, and with Jiang Qiguan as the leader, he immediately gathered fame. The Yanzi Tower and the Raoliang Pavilion over there were not to be outdone, and they also recruited quite a few famous actors. Now the three families are competing Great, many small teams and teams from other places were suppressed and bought by these companies, and some of the leading roles of the teams were poached away. Originally, Yanzilou took a fancy to a corner of the Sun's team from a foreign team, and said Okay, but I never thought that I was injured on the road, and now I am still being treated in the hospital, if it doesn't improve, I'm afraid it will be useless,..."

   Liu Xianglian was filled with righteous indignation, but it made Feng Ziying a little vigilant: "Brother Xianglian, don't get involved, King Zhongshun is not someone else..."

"Brother Yu won't go, but the people behind the Swallow Tower are not easy to provoke, and they will definitely come back for revenge." Liu Xianglian snorted softly: "It's just that the capital city has turned into such a mess, and Shuntian Mansion turned a blind eye to it,... "

   Those who can open such a famous building in this capital city must have backgrounds and footholds. Feng Ziying doesn't like to listen to operas, so she never cared about it, but she didn't expect it to rise to this level.

   "Then who is behind the Swallow Tower?" Feng Ziying couldn't help asking, it might not be easy to dare to fight King Zhongshun.

"I'm not sure. Some say it's a businessman surnamed Wang from the Shanshan Guild Hall, and some say that Beijing King Shuirong also has a stake in it, but it's a steward surnamed Liang who came forward." Liu Xianglian also commented on these situations. not very clear.

  Shanshan Guild Hall? This surprised Feng Ziying quite a bit. There are shadows of the Shanshaan Merchant Gang behind these theater buildings? And Beijing Jing Wang Shui Rong?

  He doesn't really believe in these superficial things, but it can't be said to be groundless. If the Shanshan Merchants Gang didn't get involved in it, they would definitely not tolerate others borrowing their names.

  However, Feng Ziying also knows that the Shanshan-Shaanxi Merchant Gang is not monolithic internally. It is also divided into several factions, and there are also conflicts of interest, but they can still maintain the same externally.

   But Feng Ziying was surprised that King Zhongshun would get involved in such matters.

It is reasonable to say that King Zhongshun likes to sing and listen to operas, and it is normal to even spend money to support his favorite actors. A good stubble, but it's different now, it's unlikely that he would act so recklessly after the emperor ascended the throne.

  Especially this Swallow Tower also involves the Shanshaan Merchant Gang and Beijing King Shuirong, which is even more intriguing.

  Seeing that Feng Ziying didn't say a word, but squinted her eyes and concentrated on thinking, Liu Xianglian was also very curious why this virtuous brother became interested in such things.

  He just said it casually, and he also knew that Feng Ziying didn't like these entanglements, but he didn't expect Feng Ziying to think about it so seriously.

   "What's wrong, Ziying?"

   "Oh, it's nothing." Feng Ziying withdrew her thoughts, "Where did the Liang Pavilion come from?"

  The Raoliang Pavilion is where Liu Xianglian often goes now. It is said that he is very popular in the Raoliang Pavilion. Many dignitaries in the capital like Liu Xianglian's performance very much.

   It's just that Liu Xianglian is so self-willed. If she's in a good mood, she can perform three shows in a row. If she's in a bad mood, it's normal not to show up for ten and a half months.

"Brother Yu is also not very clear. There should be several bosses. One of them should be a wealthy businessman from Jinling, and the other seems to be from Songjiang Prefecture. Jingzhong should have something to do with Mr. Fan, the right servant of the Ministry of Industry." Liu Xianglian thought for a while before saying: "But it should be more than that, but who is behind this, brother Yu can't know."

  The three-storey Raoliang Pavilion, the south is the stage, the northeast and the west are the grandstands, which is particularly grand. Although Feng Ziying doesn't like opera, she has heard of such luxurious places.

  Every day, there is an endless stream of dignitaries, dignitaries, wealthy merchants and wealthy businessmen in Beijing. Even if you want to make a reservation, you need to book in advance. The situation of the Swallow Tower is similar to that of the Raoliang Pavilion.

   "Brother Xianglian, these attics are funded by wealthy businessmen, I don't know how profitable they are?" Feng Ziying also wanted to know how this kind of business is, whether it is everyone joining in the fun, or it is a good business in itself.

"Well, I haven't asked about that." Liu Xianglian shook her head after being taken aback for a moment, "If you don't care about the capital of the building, but only about the daily life, it must be a lot of income, and both the Raoliang Pavilion and the Swallow Tower have their own teams Yes, of course the expenses are much smaller, and usually they also find some outside teams to find some famous actors to set up the stage to add to the fun, so as to make the popularity more popular, but this kind of expenses are not worth mentioning when compared with the daily expenses of the guests Already..."

"... just the ordinary private room costs two taels of silver for one afternoon or one night. This does not include the expenses of tea, snacks and other things. When it comes to bits and pieces, a private private room costs three or four taels of silver." Two silvers are enough to settle it. There are ten or twenty such private rooms in the Raoliang Pavilion. The daily income alone is probably one or two hundred taels. The lobby on this floor has not been counted, and there are those The special Accord is probably priced at ten taels of silver,..."

  Hearing Liu Xianglian speak so eloquently, Feng Ziying couldn't help asking: "Is it so full of customers every day? Are there so many such generous guests?"

"Didn't Brother Yu say it before? The private rooms are full every day, not to mention, basically you have to book three or five days in advance. The lobby on the first floor is not necessarily, but most of the time there are 70 to 80% of the guests. If it's the end of the year, you may not be able to book a seat even ten days in advance. As for the guests, brother, do you know how many officials and officials there are in the capital city? Family members? How many merchants and scholars rely on these people for a living? How many people can a mere Raoliang Pavilion accommodate?"

  What Liu Xianglian said really brought Feng Ziying back.

How pale and barren is the cultural and entertainment life in this era, especially if there is no curfew in the Great Zhou Dynasty if there is no war, there are many kinds of entertainment and entertainment at night, and listening to opera is probably the most popular one for all ages and tastes Door entertainment.

Moreover, this capital city is different, many officials' family members may not have brought them to the capital, so there is nowhere to go at night, naturally I like such occasions, it is more decent than going to that building .

"Brother Xianglian, if you are interested, you can actually find someone to run a team at home. As for the building, find a place to go and find more people to work together. I guess there will be a lot of profit in such a business. ..."

Feng Ziying didn't just say it casually, he saw that Liu Xianglian really seemed to be planted in this way and didn't want to come out, but it would be a bit inappropriate to ask him to do this specifically, and find an outsider to support her. The tabletop, and then find a few people to be the host, which can not only satisfy the preferences, but also make a living, which is not bad.

In addition, he also has some other thoughts, such occasions are places where the three religions gather, and the officials in Beijing and China also like such occasions, so if it can be used as a suitable platform, no matter from which point of view, it should be a very good platform. Useful place.

Liu Xianglian was slightly moved, "I haven't thought about it, and I'm afraid it's not easy to make a living like this. I saw that it took a lot of effort to take care of all kinds of entertainment around the Liang Pavilion, and I don't know the inside ways... "

"Brother Xianglian, there is no easy job. If you don't do it, how will you know the way inside?" Feng Ziying patted the other party's shoulder, "Thinking about it, you can also look at the situation at the side of the Liangliang Pavilion, and I'm not in a hurry. This moment,..."

  While the two of them were talking, they saw Ruixiang trotting all the way over, "Master, someone is coming from Mr. Qiao's house, please come over to talk to me."

  Feng Ziying was quite surprised that Master Qiao had found someone to recruit him so early?

  A few days ago, Feng Ziying went to pay a special visit to Master Qiao and Master Qi after the selection of the Shu Ji Shi Hall. It has only been two days, why did Master Qiao come to recruit her again?

   After saying goodbye to Liu Xianglian, Feng Ziying hurried to Qiao Yingjia's mansion.

  Qiao Yingjia lives in Tianshuijing in Nanxunfang, which is also the main residential area of ​​high-ranking officials and nobles. It is separated from Fengcheng Hutong where Feng's residence is located by a palace city.

   "Ziying, your uncle pursued Hulunhou, what is your family's plan? I remember that your Feng family has no close relatives in Beijing, and Linqing should be far away from the side branch, right?"

  Qiao Yingjia's direct inquiry made Feng Ziying stunned. When did you start to care about such things? It should be said that Master Qiao is not very interested in this kind of knighthood.

"Yes." Feng Ziying replied hastily: "I have already written to my father. As for the attack on the noble, I probably have to wait for my father's reply. However, I think the attack on the noble is not a recent event, right? I have no intention of attacking the noble." It's just my uncle's branch, my mother wants me to be a part-timer so that I can inherit my uncle's family incense, and by the way, I can also become a nobleman..."

   "Being a noble has nothing to do with your career as a scholarly official. Of course, there may be some criticisms. If you don't want to be a noble, wouldn't your father's general Shenwu also want to be a noble?" Qiao Yingjia asked, frowning.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, civil and military officials were separated, and civil servants were never knighted, but it is not uncommon for Wu Xun’s children to take the road of civil servants after they became knights. It’s just that most of them took the initiative to give up the titles to their brothers or hand them over to their sons, like Feng Ziying. It is really rare for Mai Danchuan to be so young and have no heirs, not even a concubine brother, and now he is still facing the problem of his uncle's need to become a nobleman after he is granted the title.

   "My disciple means that if possible, when we get married and have children in the future, the title will be inherited by the disciple's heirs." Feng Ziying paused, "I think it would be unbeautiful for me to inherit the title myself."

Qiao Yingjia still hoped that his disciples would not attack the nobles, because civil servants would easily be rejected by the entire civil servant group and regarded as an alternative. As a child of martial arts, he finally passed Qingtan Academy to study and pass the exam. It has been downplayed, and this has to attract attention.

   But it would be a pity to give up. Not every child will be able to pass the entrance examination in the future. No matter how bad you are, you can also give up the title to your concubines to inherit it. That would be a beautiful thing.

   "After your father writes back, you can think about it later. Then, have you considered the issue of marriage?" This is probably the core issue that Qiao Yingjia asked Feng Ziying to talk about today.

  (end of this chapter)