The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

Liu Mengchun, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Liu Mengchun not only has a smooth career, but also has a happy family. He has lived for more than 40 years without taking concubines.

Liu Mengchun usually likes to raise some turtles, fish and the like, as a pastime.

Some time ago, Liu Mengchun asked Yun Yanhui to buy the green fur turtle he got from the imperial garden, but Yun Yanhui did not agree.However, the turning point has come. Today, Liu Mengchun received a letter from Yunyan back to the trustee, asking him to go over and talk. Liu Mengchun immediately thought, could it be that kid changed his mind?

Liu Mengchun couldn't help being a little excited, as soon as he went to court, he hurried home, and when he was about to change into casual clothes, he went to find Yunyan. They made an appointment to meet at Daxiangguo Temple.

After Liu Mengchun entered the yard, he saw his little daughter squatting with his back facing him to play. Normally, he would have gone up to tease her first, but now he was in a hurry to go out, so he hurried into the room to change clothes.

After entering, I saw that the lady was also dressing up.

Liu Mengchun asked smoothly: "Where is Madam going today?"

The servant's wife smiled, "The wife of your immediate boss invited monks from the Daxiangguo Temple to give a lecture in the mansion today, and invited us to listen together, and I will bring my little girl along."

Liu Mengchun didn't pay much attention, nodded, and reported, "I made an appointment with someone to see turtles at Daxiangguo Temple."

"Looking at your tortoise again." The servant's wife took a little offence, but she didn't really blame her. Her husband's hobbies are much better than others'. Buying a tortoise costs a little money, but it is still affordable.

After Liu Mengchun changed his clothes, his wife just finished dressing up, and they went out together.

The servant's wife yelled, "Little Nan, I'm leaving, what are you doing?"

When their little daughter stood up and turned around, Liu Mengchun and his wife saw that she was holding a rabbit and a tortoise in her hands.

Liu Mengchun saw at a glance, isn't the tortoise the one he loves the most and keeps in the glazed water tank in the study?At the moment, she is posing with limbs in Xiaonan's hands.

For a moment, Liu Mengchun could hardly breathe.

"Little girl, what are you doing..."

His daughter was supposed to be very well behaved and wouldn't play with his pets.

Xiaonan blinked her eyes, "Daddy, Mommy told me a story about the tortoise and the hare. I want the rabbit and the tortoise to run for me. Your tortoise runs so fast, and the rabbit didn't doze off." , nor as fast as it."

Where? That rabbit came out of the kitchen. Its legs were tied for a long time, so it couldn't move.

Upon hearing this, Liu Mengchun immediately turned to look at his wife.

The servant's wife covered her cherry mouth, "Oh, I found the story told by the monk last time interesting, so I told it to Xiaonan, but I didn't expect her to take it seriously. Sir, don't be angry, the turtle has solid skin, it should be No problem."

The servant's wife said, and quickly asked the servants to take the turtle back into the tank, feed something to comfort it, put the rabbit back into the kitchen, and take the little girl to wash her hands.

While washing her hands, Xiaonan said to the servant: "Father, where are you going? Let me tell you the story of the tortoise and the hare."

Liu Mengchun's face froze, and he still remembered that he was a loving father, "Okay, let's talk, my little girl."

So Xiaonan finished the story of the tortoise and the hare with the occasional addition from the servant's wife.

After listening to it, Liu Mengchun's complexion became much better. Only then did she realize why the madam would relay the story to Xiaonan, so she patted her head, "So, Xiaonan must remember to be a rabbit that is not lazy."

Xiaonan smiled and said, "Yes! Daddy, are you going to listen to the story with us today? Aunt said, today, the master of Daxiangguo Temple is going to tell a story about General Xiong."

"Father still has something to do, can I tell Dad after Xiaonan has finished listening?" Liu Mengchun said kindly.

Xiaonan nodded vigorously, "Okay, Dad, I'll write it down and tell you."

It was time for Mrs. Shi Lang to leave. Liu Mengchun said goodbye to her. In his busy schedule, he checked that his tortoise was not damaged, and then went out to Daxiangguo Temple.

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When Liu Mengchun arrived at the appointed place at Daxiangguo Temple, he saw two people standing outside the courtyard. They were both "turtle friends" he knew.

Liu Mengchun stepped forward to say hello, "Are you two offering incense today?"

The two looked at each other and shook their heads together.

Liu Mengchun felt a little strange, and suddenly thought of something, "Could it be...you are also here from Yunyan?"

The two nodded together again.

Liu Mengchun: "..."

This Yun Yanhui... Could it be that he wants to have an auction?

This auction method has been used since the Song Dynasty for the foreign scented tea trade, because the effect is quite good, and now if there are treasures for sale among the people, they will also hold an auction.It is common to get the highest price, but the auction is more standardized.

When Liu Mengchun saw them, he immediately suspected that Yun Yanhui was going to auction off the green fur turtle.

Suspicious, Liu Mengchun entered the yard with those two people, and sure enough, he saw other rich men from Bianjing who raised turtles with him, and he was not in a hurry. He was not the highest official, nor the most money. There is no way to rush.

Liu Mengchun sat down, drank tea and waited. After a while, Yunyan came out.

Yunyan coughed back, and everyone fell silent immediately.

"You must be wondering why I invited you here today." Yun Yanhui smiled slightly, without any intention of playing tricks, "Look at this, everyone will understand."

He turned around and shouted, and another young man came out of the room, this young man Liu Mengchun looked vaguely familiar, after thinking about it, isn't he the boy of Zheng Zhiyuan's family, who is now in the Hanlin Academy of Painting.

Zheng Ling took out a small water basin and put it on the table.

Everyone was sitting. At this time, in order to watch, they stood up one after another, but they were suddenly stunned.

In the water basin, there were about twenty turtles, all with green fur on their backs, about the length of two knuckles. Although they were not too long and dense, they were definitely genuine green fur turtles!

It is really rare for so many green fur turtles to gather in one place.This thing has a price but no market nowadays, there are very few people here who have raised green fur turtles, and even if there are, it is only one.

But now, there are twenty of them!

Liu Mengchun's breathing suddenly became rapid, he couldn't grab one, twenty... there must be one for him!

Looking at the others, they all stared straight at the turtles.

It's not that they are ignorant, everyone here is rich and well-known, and it's not a problem to buy all twenty of them.However, they were surprised why there were so many green-haired turtles in Yunyanhui.

Liu Mengchun couldn't bear to go that way, but Yunyan stopped shouting loudly, "Everyone sit down and listen to me, okay?"

Liu Mengchun sat back absent-mindedly, only to hear Yunyan reply: "Everyone must be very surprised, where did I get so many green fur turtles?"

Saying this, he immediately attracted the attention of Liu Mengchun and everyone present.

Yes, how did he come here?

"Some of you here know me, and some don't, but I believe that everyone who came here must know one thing. A few months ago, the government gave me a green turtle." Yun Yanhui said slowly, The expression on his face was extremely solemn, "After I went back, I raised that green-haired tortoise well. I was afraid that it would be lonely, so I bought some ordinary tortoises to accompany it."

"But I never expected that after a while, green hairs grew on the backs of other turtles. At first, there were only a little bit, and then they grew longer and longer. I added a few more to verify, who knows , and twenty of them, and finally all of them grew green hair, which has been so long until now!"

There was an uproar!

What?These tortoises were originally hairless, but because they were kept together with the green-haired turtles given by the government, they also grew green hairs?Some of them have green fur in their homes, and they have been placed in the same tank as ordinary tortoises, but their tortoises did not grow green fur!

Isn't this green hair something you can meet but not ask for?

Could it be that it was because the tortoise grew up in the imperial garden and was also contaminated with some spirituality...

Green-haired tortoises are considered auspicious in the first place, and if there are such deeds, it will become more true. Could it be that the current emperor has a good governance, so there are so many such auspicious green-haired tortoises?

All the people present were full of thoughts, the more they thought about it, the more excited they became, and they made up countless stories in their brains. At the same time, they deeply hated, why is this turtle not in their hands?

Really auspicious, this must be auspicious.

Otherwise, there is no way to explain the appearance of so many green fur turtles.

"Everyone is a tortoise lover, and many of them have asked me to buy the imperial gifted green fur tortoise. Although I don't want to resell this one, because it is very meaningful. But now that there are so many more green fur tortoises, since I am useless , it’s better to sell it to everyone, it’s considered the beauty of adults.”

When Yunyan said this, everyone was also very happy.

"However... what about the price?" someone raised it.

Originally, according to the market price of the green-haired turtle, it should be sold for tens of thousands of dollars, but now that the green-haired turtle can be produced in batches, even if it is an auspicious thing, the price should not be so expensive, right?

After all, everyone is not an idiot. After the original excitement faded, they immediately thought of the real problem.

No matter how auspicious it is, this is what Yun Yanhui wants to sell, I figured it out.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help being jealous again, how could this person be so lucky, he had such auspiciousness for no reason, it could be called a cornucopia... no, it's a treasure trout.If this tortoise is in their hands, how should they use it...

"I can follow the original market price," someone interrupted and said, "As long as you agree, control the number of green fur turtles!"

If the quantity is controlled, then the price has not changed, and the green fur turtles of these people are even more precious.

Yun Yanhui shook his head, "Since it is auspicious, it is natural to want to 'beautify the world'. Everyone, the growth speed of this green hair takes several months to grow so long, and this is the first batch. No matter how soon it is born, it will take a few months before it will appear, and its hair length will always be shorter."

You can't sell a lifetime of exclusivity, but you can still sell it for a few months, and the first batch of limited editions.

Another said, "Then can I send you my own tortoise until it grows green fur?"

This is even more thoughtful, to customize the green fur turtle.

After hearing this idea, many people's eyes lit up.

Yun Yan nodded back, "Of course it can, but I don't guarantee that it will be successful."

A few more questions were asked one after another. In the end, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and they were all concerned.

"Actually, I'm just telling you the news today. There will be an auction in a few days, and you can come to participate." Yun Yan said with a smile, "Before then, everyone can think about it for themselves."

Except for some conditions that are not enough, the rest are all one idea.

What to consider, buy it!Not to mention whether buying a tortoise is equivalent to supporting the official family...

According to Yun Yanhui's intention, the green-haired tortoise will not be very expensive in the future, but these first few batches are quite special and cannot be compared, the price will definitely be higher.Even, it may be more expensive than those wild green turtles before the meeting!

However, for these rich people who spend a lot of money just for their own happiness, it is nothing.

A tortoise, a pot of flowers, so what if you spend tens of thousands of dollars, and you will come back after all the money is gone.If the conditions are not good, just wait until there are more green fur turtles in the future, and then buy cheap ones.

However, they want to get the thing they love in the first place.

Not to mention, it can also be customized!In this way, you can get your favorite turtle species to grow green hair!

……

Before Yunyan returned to the auction, the green-haired tortoise was recruited into the palace by Renzong.

As soon as Renzong saw Yunyan coming back, he rushed up and grabbed him, "Where's my green-haired turtle? Bring it!"

Yun Yan replied: "..."

Excuseme?Your green turtle? ?

The author has something to say: Someday.

Brother Yan and Zhao Baitian went on an outing and found a natural hot spring.

Zhao Baitian blushed and said, "Let's come..."

Brother Yan: "Okay! Let's develop this place!"

Zhao Baitian: "..."

……

Put the short paragraph I wrote on Weibo before here~