Princess, he is rich enough to rival the country

The situation in Prince Li's mansion is calm, but for the people in Beijing, there are many new things happening in Beijing during this period.

One is the reopening of two teahouses that were closed for more than a month, Guiyuanju and Yaoyue Pavilion.

I don't know if the owner has changed. When the two teahouses opened, there was a lot of movement.

Not only did they invite the band to beat the gongs and drums, but they even sent people to distribute leaflets on the street.

The people in Tianqi capital didn't know what this flyer was before, and they didn't see it for the first time until the opening of Guiyuanju and Yaoyue Pavilion.

Originally, the opening of these two teahouses was not a big deal to the people in Beijing.

After all, teahouses are just teahouses, which are not uncommon in Beijing. There are two of them on almost every street.

But after receiving the flyers, many people became interested and wanted to take a look.

In their words, "Anyway, if you enter the store with the leaflets, you will be given gifts. If you don't go, you won't go!"

After going there, these people were startled by the richness of the owner of the teahouse.

Not to mention the high-quality bluestone bricks on the ground, but the crystal clear windows that illuminate the bright windows in the house are amazing.

Later, someone discovered that not only the windows, but even the tea sets in the teahouse had similar materials.

The crystal is translucent, pour the tea soup into it, and watch the appearance of the tea leaves flying up and down, it is very beautiful.

Even if someone asks the shopkeeper, what are the windows and the tea set made of, and how are they so clear?

Regarding this point, the shopkeeper didn't mean to hide anything, and replied with a smile:

"Guest, what about the windows and tea sets? They are made of glass, called glass windows and glass tea sets. As for why they are so clear..."

The shopkeeper paused when he spoke, and after raising everyone's curiosity to the peak, he answered slowly:

"This is the characteristic of the material glass, but all glass products are like this!"

After the reopening of Guiyuanju, although the minimum consumption is not high, there is a minimum consumption for the private rooms.

That is to say, those who can sit in a box and order a pot of tea are almost all of them with some family background.

These people were not short of money, so they naturally became concerned about the glass window, and quickly asked:

"Then I don't know how to get this glass?"

"The owner bought this glass, and the little one doesn't know how to get it."

The shopkeeper smiled and asked the questioner

The man hit a soft nail, and before he saw the man, he wanted to ask something again:

"But my boss said that it won't be long before you can buy glass in Beijing."

The people who were a little disappointed at first and wanted to ask the shopkeeper who Guiyuanju's owner was, were diverted again at this time.

How long is it?

Where can I buy it in Beijing?

However, no matter how these people asked, the shopkeeper refused to reveal more.

I was in a hurry to ask, so I just replied with a smile, "My boss has said it, and you will naturally know when the time comes." Then he stopped talking.

The shopkeeper's attitude made everyone understand that there should be nothing to ask if there is nothing to ask, and they can only give up in the end.

Although they didn't say anything anymore, everyone's attention on the item "glass" was directly drawn to the top.

Some people even ordered their own servants to keep an eye on what's going on in Beijing, and to report back as soon as there was news about the glass.

Besides the decoration and tea sets, there are other surprises in the teahouse that surprise everyone.

Not to mention that this rich and powerful owner invited the most famous opera troupe in central Beijing to sing on stage.

Let's just say that the boxes on the second and third floors, once the doors and windows are closed, people outside the door can't hear the movement inside the door at all, so it is a good place to talk about things.

There is even a bell-like item next to the tea table in each box.

It is said that this small bell is connected to the shopkeeper with a special mechanism. If there is any need, you only need to press the bell a little, and a servant will come to knock on the door and ask for your needs.

On the contrary, it made those who were not used to being followed by strangers feel a lot more at ease.

Of course, what surprised everyone the most was the rest area in the backyard of the teahouse.

Not to mention the chess room on the first floor, but the reading area on the third floor is extremely rare.

It is said that this owner is someone who admires scholars, even though the other consumption in the teahouse is quite high, the things in this reading area are extremely cheap.

Among them, the cheapest tea is only ten cents a pot.

After ordering the cheapest pot of tea, you can sit down on the third floor and read books all day long.

The books on the bookshelf are also extremely complete, most of which are books needed for examinations such as the Four Books and Five Classics, Policy Theory, etc., but there are also miscellaneous books such as county chronicles.

If poor students are too shy to afford books, they can borrow and copy them in this teahouse.

So this Guiyuanju has only been open for less than three days

Here, he became famous among the students.

There are quite a few students from poor families who are shy in their pockets, and they will come to the garden residence to buy a pot of the cheapest tea and borrow books for copying.

I don't know whether it is because of the self-esteem of the poor students, or knowing that they are out of tune with the hustle and bustle of the front hall. There is also a special small door in the rest area of ​​the backyard.

If poor students who come to the third floor to borrow books do not want to enter through the front hall through the main door, they can choose a small door to go directly to the third floor of the rest area.

In addition, the storytelling by the storyteller on the second floor is also very interesting.

Not only is the storytelling that I have never heard before, but the type of the story is also somewhat different, which not only makes people feel refreshed, but also makes people eager to know the follow-up content.

No, now there are two sons and sisters gathered together on the street, talking about returning to the garden:

"Hey, isn't this Mr. Zhao Si? Where are you going?"

"I'm going to go to Guiyuanju for a while, Second Young Master Li, how about you?"

"Isn't this just a coincidence? This young master is also planning to go to Guiyuanju for a sit-down, let's go together?"

"Then let's go together, this has to be done quickly, if you go late, there will be no seats!"

"According to the meaning of Mr. Zhao Si, you also went to listen to storytelling?"

"Who said it wasn't? Yesterday just mentioned the place where He San signed up secretly. If I don't hear the follow-up today, I won't be able to sleep tonight!"

"Isn't this a coincidence? I was thinking about this yesterday, and I almost didn't sleep all night! Let's go, let's hurry up and get a seat at Guiyuanju!"

……

This kind of dialogue is not uncommon among young masters.

The reason for this is to start with Guiyuanju's main storytelling "A Generation of Famous Persons".

The names of this generation are about a farmer surnamed He who lives at home for three years.

Because there is an elder brother and a younger brother, they are in an in-between position, so they are not favored at home. They do the most farm work, but they get the least food.

He is obviously smarter and more flexible than the other brothers in the family, but his parents refuse to let him go to school, and even force him to go out to work for his brothers to go to school.

But He San was unwilling to give in. Not only did he secretly do an extra job to save money, he even secretly read and practiced calligraphy in his spare time.

It's a pity that because of my lack of money, I really can't afford a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, so I can only practice calligraphy with my fingers dipped in water on the ground.

Fortunately, the youngest son in the family, that is, He Wu, is a disappointment. He takes He San's money to go to school and hates studying.

write words.

After finding out that his third brother was studying secretly, he thought he had caught him and threatened his third brother to help him with the homework left by the teacher.

Little did he know that this was a wishful thing for He San. After pretending to refuse and being threatened, he "had to" agree.

Because of He Wu's actions, He San's knowledge is getting better and better.

He Wu was afraid that his parents would find out that He San wrote all his homework, so he consciously helped to cover up, and He San's parents never found out.

In this way, several years have passed, He San's knowledge is getting better and better, and He Wu has gradually grown up. Relying on He San's homework, he was repeatedly praised by the school teacher and became a well-known scholar.

Perhaps it was because of the compliments from his husband and those around him that made He Wu feel elated.

He felt that his knowledge was the best in the world, as long as he passed the exam, he would definitely be able to pass the high school, completely forgetting that his current reputation was all brought to him by He San.

When He Nian turned 13 years old, the master of the school looked at his article and suggested that he could pass the general knowledge examination.

He Wu, who had drifted too far to find the north, naturally didn't have any objections.

The Tianqi Imperial Examination requires the candidates or their family members to go to the government office to register in person with their family deeds. The He San family is far away from the government office, so the He family habitually let He San do this. .

This was the first time that He San had the opportunity to get in touch with his own deed, so he made a very bold decision——

While signing up for He Wu, he also signed up for himself.

The storytellers have undergone unified training by Gu Yanshu, and the way of storytelling is also different from other gentlemen in Tianqi.

A story can be said to be told with ups and downs, full of sense of substitution.

Just when everyone was fascinated by what they heard, and their hearts were beating wildly along with He San, they heard a gavel sound, followed by the voice of the storyteller——

"Predict what will happen next, let's listen to the next chapter to break it down!"

Gone?

Is this gone?

The storyteller's words almost didn't make the listeners jump up.

What happened in the end?

Did He San sign up successfully?

Was it discovered by the parents at home?

Can I successfully take the exam?

What are the test results?

……

With so many questions in mind, everyone's appetites were naturally high, but the storyteller seemed not to have seen everyone's prayers, and the table

Putting the books together, he turned around and left his seat.

If you were old bookworms in later generations, you might know it as soon as you hear the beginning. This is a typical heroic protagonist's face-slapping novel.

He San may encounter some setbacks in the future, but he will definitely be able to successfully participate in the imperial examination, and then he will go all the way, making steady progress until he is granted the title of Marquis and Prime Minister.

The rest of the He family naturally regretted their mistakes and lamented that they were blind.

If you add a little bloody element, you can even write a civet cat in exchange for the prince.

For example, the He family treated He San so harshly because He San was not a descendant of this He family, but a descendant of another big family.

It's just that the He family and his wife were greedy for the luxury and good food of the wealthy family, and by accident, they had the opportunity to exchange their children.

Of course I don't feel bad for children who aren't my own, but it's naturally Ke Jin's harsh treatment.

……

However, the Tianqi people who listen to books now are not like the people of later generations, who have read so many fancy novels and been splashed with blood after pot after pot.

The first time I heard such a story, it can be said that I have no clue about the follow-up conjecture.

No, the teahouse has just opened, so I hurried to the door, trying to hear the follow-up of the story as soon as possible.