Chapter 7 Yizhou City
Huang Shiyun was in her heart, looked at Du Erniu and said slowly: "Er Niu, can you comment on my poems too?"
"Sister Huang!" Du Erniu had a good relationship with Huang Shiyun. She didn't want to hurt her, so she held her hand and smiled: "I'm just talking nonsense, you'll be laughing at me if you tell me!"
Huang Shijun sighed and said, "You are so talented, you should laugh at us. Tell me, I want to hear it."
Du Erniu was a little embarrassed and stuck out her tongue, saying, "Okay, I'll just say that. Sister, don't laugh at me."
"Comments on poems are the rules of our poetry club. Everyone can say, what are the funny things? What's more, your comment on Mr. Tang's poem is sharp and accurate. I believe my poem has many flaws. Even if you say it bluntly, I am not talented, but I also feel happy if I hear it."
"Okay." Du Erniu picked up Huang Shiyun's manuscript and read it gently, "There is only one place for my sister's poem to be considered."
"where?"
"This sentence: 'Marble shoes are all over the clouds of Longtou'. Marble shoes are straw shoes. However, Sister Huang, you, the daughter of a wealthy family, has never worn straw shoes? It's almost the same for ordinary people or monks traveling around the world."
Huang Shiyun was stunned for a moment and said, "I just used this word to highlight the hard work of searching for spring scenery. If I wanted to replace it with embroidered shoes, I would lose that artistic conception, but I forgot my identity. Oh! I was not thinking carefully. You are right."
Du Erniu stuck out her tongue again, held her arm affectionately, and said with a smile: "Actually, my sister's poem is very well written. I can't find spring. When I returned home and picked up the plum blossoms and sniffed it, I found that the spring was on the plum blossoms in my hands. - Isn't this what many of us do? I've been pursuing hard, but in the end I find that it's right by my side without knowing it. My sister's poem contains deep Zen. If it's written by a monk, it's perfect. It can be said that it's no less than my poem!"
Huang Shijun was stunned and looked at Du Erniu in front of her. This limerick girl could have a complete insight into the artistic conception of her poems. Her insight alone was already extraordinary! How could she know that this was what Xiao Jiading told Du Erniu just now.
After a while, Huang Shijun sighed and said, "I am really convinced! Erniu, if you say that I still don't believe that the two poems in the previous ones were written by you, but now, you can see the profound meaning of my poem at a glance. This insight is extremely extraordinary! I lost today and I am convinced! - Bring the wine!"
A maid had already held a large wine bottle full of wine. Huang Shiyun drank it in one breath. As soon as she finished drinking, she was already overwhelmed and wanted to vomit. But she tried hard to hold it up, picked up the second bottle and poured it down. She only poured it a little while, and then felt dizzy and could no longer hold on. With a wow, she was outstanding on the spot. She also collapsed on the grass.
It is rare to see the number one talented woman in Yizhou getting drunk on the spot. The young ladies giggled constantly. Jiang Chengqian said, "Miss Huang, keep going! You are the second to last, but you have to drink three seas. Only one sea is more, come on!"
When Du Erniu saw Huang Shiyun getting drunk like this, she had always been intimidated with Huang Shiyun, so she felt unbearable, so she spread her anger on Tang Rongxuan. Seeing him standing aside awkwardly and not drinking on his own, she poured out the wine of four big wine bottles, picked up a glass and delivered it to him: "Mr. Tang, I am willing to accept the loss! You won't betray you, right?"
Everyone started to cheer, and Tang Rongxuan had to pick him up and drink. He was already drunk. He only drank two large bottles of wine, and he was already vomiting all over the ground. He fell to the ground and hummed.
Du Erniu finally got this opportunity to take revenge with pride, so she would not let it go. With the help of the maid, she forced Tang Rongxuan to pour the remaining two seas. Now, Tang Rongxuan even vomited bitter gall, as drunk as a dead dog!
Huang Shijun struggled to drink another big wine bottle, and then vomited into a dark place, drunk into a pool of mud!
The others and the people around who were watching the flowers and spring laughed loudly when they saw the two of them in such a mess.
Mrs. Ji said, "Okay, don't drink it anymore, you're spitting all over the floor. How can you enjoy the flowers? Let's just stop here today. We also appreciate Erniu's two wonderful poems, which is worthwhile. Go back!"
Everyone laughed and carried the two drunken people onto the carriage and walked back singing.
Du Erniu took advantage of the excuse and ran to the riverside to thank Xiao Jiading, but he was no longer visible. He could only wait until the next day when he made an appointment to meet at noon.
Xiao Jiading found that Tang Rongxuan and Huang Shiyun were so drunk that they didn't know what happened, so he knew whether their poem would continue. He quietly left the riverside and walked into the city with a small song alone.
He hadn't been in the county town yet. When he had just crossed over, he was outside the county town. When he was about to enter the city, he was treated as a monster by passers-by, so he felt a little guilty, so he didn't go into the city, but went to the village to find clothes. Now that he has a coarse cloth shirt, there is no need to worry.
He walked into the city swaggeringly, and went downstairs of the city gate. He looked up and saw two big black words written above the city gate hole - Yizhou!
There were several soldiers under the city gate, but they did not conduct any inspections on the people entering and leaving, nor even looking at them, just sitting there and bragging. So he entered Yizhou City without any obstacles.
When you enter the city, the streets are bustling with people, and it is very lively. There are shops on both sides of the street, and large blue and white cloth curtains of various sizes are floating on both sides, with certain wine shops, inns, shops, etc., which is called "flag look". It looks very lively at first glance, a bit like the flag of the nation on a ship.
In the Tang Dynasty, except for the special commercial districts such as the East City and the West City in Chang'an, the capital, the other prefectures and counties did not strictly divide commercial districts like this, and various shops were scattered throughout the city.
This Yizhou City is equivalent to the current municipal level, with 16 counties under its jurisdiction. Yizhou City is the location of the Yizhou Governor's Office, which is the location of the regional government. There is also a county-level yamen called Shaocheng. The county yamen is in the east of the city and the government yamen is in the west of the city.
In the end of the Sui Dynasty, Shu became a large rear, and almost no robbery was robbed. Refugees from many places fled here. Therefore, in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the dense population and economic prosperity of Jiannandao in Shu were even more than that of Chang'an and Jiangnan.
He walked all over the city and admired the prosperous scenes of the early Tang Dynasty. He was dazzled, but his legs were sore. Before he could see it, he came to a street near Shaocheng County Government, preparing to find an inn to stay in and finish his meal.
There is an inn at the intersection. It looks good. The green flag says "Youpeng Inn". Then he stepped in and the waiter smiled and greeted: "Langjun, do you want to bet on the tip of the shop or stay in a hotel?"
Xiao Jiading almost vomited it out by a hippie man. Fortunately, he studied legal history and knew some relevant historical knowledge. During the Tang Dynasty, the young strange men were usually called Langjun. At that time, the meaning of "Langjun" was not the later name of his wife to her husband.
Xiao Jiading said, "Live in a hotel!"
"Okay!" The waiter glanced at him again and said, "What kind of room do you live in?"
“What kind of rooms are there?”
"Datongpu, each person has two quotas. Four people downstairs, each person has three quotas and four quotas upstairs."
Xiao Jiading thought for a while and said, "Isn't there anything to go to the room?"
"Go to the room?" The waiter looked at him again. Although he was wearing a coarse cloth shirt and looked like a farmer, his demeanor was extraordinary and he dared not underestimate it. He smiled and said, "I have to go to the room, each room costs thirty cents."
Xiao Jiading thought, on the first day of traveling to the Tang Dynasty, he could not be wronged. As the so-called poor family and rich, he lived in this legendary Shangfang and saw what it looked like. Then he said, "Come on a Shangfang!"
"Okay!" The waiter quickly greeted him, came to the counter, and shouted to the shopkeeper at the counter: "This man wants to go to a room!"
The shopkeeper quickly changed his smile and took the pen to register. Xiao Mimi said to Xiao Jiading: "Mr., how many days will you stay?"
"Live for one day first. Let's talk about it tomorrow."
"Okay, thirty folks."
Xiao Jiading lifted up his clothes, exposed the money wrapped around his waist, took down thirty copper coins, and pushed them to the shopkeeper.
Seeing that he was surrounded by a thousand words, the shopkeeper did not hesitate to take out the money and was very generous. He did not dare to underestimate it. He hurriedly collected the money and nodded and said, "Please be on the upper floor!"
There was a waiter next to him who was responsible for taking care of the distinguished guests in the room. He nodded and said to him, "Uncle, please come with me. - Do you have luggage? The younger one will carry it for you."
After living in the room, he changed his name from Langjun to Uncle. The treatment has been improved quite quickly. It is better to have money. He curled his lips and said, "No luggage!"
"Oh, please come here for me!——The little one is called Li San. What is the old one? Even if you call me Xiao."
As he said that, Li San led Xiao Jiading to the wooden stairs and went upstairs with a loud bang. He came to one of the rooms, pushed open the door, and said, "Uncle, do you think you like it?"
Xiao Jiading glanced at it and found two suites inside and outside. The outer room was an antique guest room, and the inner room was a bedroom, and the furniture was complete. When you opened the window, you could see a back alley, a tall courtyard with green bricks and green tiles not far away. From the direction, it should be the yamen.
Xiao Family Ding pointed his hand and said, "Is that Shaocheng County Government?"
"yes."
Xiao Jiading nodded and looked at the roofs. If he wanted to go in and become a member of the house, he had to spend money in addition to relying on Du Erniu's relationship. As the saying goes, "The horoscope of the yamen is open, so don't come in if you have any reason or not." This is how you go in and go in and seek a job.
But now I have less than my usual money, so this money is not enough to make some connections. I have to find a way to make money.
How to earn this second pot of gold?
Xiao Jiading had no idea and said to Li San: "Okay, this one is fine."
Chapter completed!