When he was still looking around, Yang Chendong had already been led to a square table, on which some melons, fruits and tea were placed, and the location was also close to the stage (where Yi Ji performed), although it was not recent, but it was not bad.

Yang Yang naturally sat down there, and then his eyes began to wander, and he accidentally saw several acquaintances, and raised his hand to say hello.

Looking at Yang Yang's obviously somewhat ostentatious expression, Yang Chendong shook his head helplessly, "Fourth brother, what are you doing?" ”

"Say hello to acquaintances. Hey, sixth brother, don't you know, I rarely get to such a position, hey, I can sit here just for the table fee is twenty taels of silver. Yang Yang said with some distress as he explained.

"Hmm. It seems to be worth it. Yang Chendong also looked around, looked at the environment here, and nodded with satisfaction. I also began to weigh in my heart compared with my own decoration drawings, whether there is anything that can be improved.

Seeing that Yang Chendong didn't feel distressed at all, Yang Yang relieved himself. Although it is true that he is his own brother, it is other people's money that is spent in the end, and it is impossible to say that he is not guilty at all, he feels that he is pulling the banner and pulling the tiger's skin. And in order to show the necessity of his existence, mainly to be worthy of the sixth brother, he cautiously pointed to the two tables closer to the stage and said, "Sixth brother, do you see the people on those two tables?" ”

Yang Chendong's gaze moved, and on the two tables in his line of sight sat two young people in their twenties, dressed in brocade and satin, with arrogant expressions, seemingly empty-eyed.

Knowing that the sixth brother was paying attention to them, he smiled and whispered closer to him, "The son who seems to be a little older in the east is Xu Chengzong." The one on the west side is named Zhang De. ”

"Oh!" Yang Chendong raised his eyebrows, "But the descendants of the Duke of Wei and the Duke of England?" ”

"The sixth brother is really clear. Xu Chengzong is the eldest son of Xu Qin, the current Duke of Wei, and now he is not in good health, and they all say that he will pass on the title to this son. The one named Zhang De is just the second son of the British Gong Zhang Fu, and it is estimated that it is no fun to inherit the public position, but I heard that the relationship with his eldest brother Zhang Mao is good, and he should have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life. In order to please his sixth brother, or to have more silver to spend, Yang Yang poured out as much as he knew.

Yang Chendong nodded as he listened, he knew both of these people, and the Security Bureau had done a detailed investigation before.

Xu Qin, Duke of Wei, grandson of Xu Da, King of Zhongshan.

At the beginning, Xu Dake was known as the first hero of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and his descendants naturally enjoyed the glory of an extremely noble status.

It's just that descendants are descendants after all, and there are no real capable people, and the emperors of all dynasties are worried that they will be highly meritorious, so they have been suppressing and using them, and it is even more difficult to make a difference. And now Xu Qin's health is also very bad, he is bedridden at home every day to recuperate, as his eldest son, Xu Chengzong's call for succession is getting higher and higher, and this person's status is naturally rising.

As for the other person, Zhang De, he is the second son of the British Gong Zhang Fu. Zhang Fu has been mentioned before, and he has made a lot of meritorious contributions, and he can be called a generation of famous generals. It's just that now that the eunuchs are in charge, they are indeed suppressed, and this matter has been introduced in the previous chapters.

But no matter what, with the big brand of British Gong covering, not everyone can afford to provoke it.

It's just a Nine Arts Workshop, and it can make the two princes cheer here in the future, so it can be seen that this fragrant lady should be very level, and Yang Chendong can't help but look forward to it even more.

An Zhiruo sat on the chair, taking a sip of tea from time to time, and Yang Chendong sat here happily. As a newcomer to Beijing, he knew very few people, which saved him the trouble of making false promises and greeting others.

Time passed little by little, and the whole hall was becoming more and more lively, and there were constantly all kinds of people who were introduced by the maids to sit down in front of the square table, and slowly the climate in the hall began to rise, and all kinds of sweat smells were also filled here, making Yang Chendong's nose frown slightly, and shook his head again, the ventilation equipment here is not good, so that the smell here cannot be quickly dissipated, just this point, it seems to be a lot inferior.

It's not like the fairy dwelling that you want to open, not only has transparent windows, but also has a layer of screen windows outside, so that you can ensure that even if you are ventilated, there are no mosquitoes, and that is the place where the smell is fresh.

In the midst of waiting, or it can also be under torment, the occupancy rate in the hall has also reached more than seventy, and there was a sound of gentle walking, and two girls who looked like Zhou Zheng walked onto the stage with a pipa in their arms.

Yang Yang on the side has been observing Yang Chendong, ready to explain as a speaker at any time. Seeing that the two girls had come up, he leaned his head over again and said, "Fourth brother, these two people are warming up, not at any positive angle." ”

"Hmm." Yang Chendong nodded. In later generations, the Grand Theater also had this set of procedures, and there was a warm-up first, and the real horn could only be used as the finale.

With the appearance of two warm-up girls, the whole hall was indeed much quieter. Then the two women first bent down and saluted, and then the two women holding the pipa in their arms slowly opened their cherry blossoms and sang, "Red dragonflies, fly on the green poplar branches." When the spider saw it, he spread his web. Infatuated with his infatuation. Spider, you don't look at me, such a trap advises you to think less. Exhaust your thoughts, but not get into your net. ”

The style of music is very slow, and it is often sung for half a day, which has a little taste of Kunqu opera in later generations. This one was also a famous dragonfly word at that time, and some people nodded and shook their heads as if they were appreciative, as if they were reciting the Four Books and Five Classics, and those who knew it were also general.

But no matter what others do, Yang Chendong is indeed about to fall asleep at this time, obviously accustomed to the pop music of later generations, and he really can't appreciate the set in front of him.

The song was sung for nearly half an hour, and under the applause of I don't know who it was, Yang Chendong, who wanted to sleep, was awakened, and then when they raised their heads, the two girls had already bent down and bowed and retreated, replaced by a woman in her thirties with a beautiful face.

Looking at Yang Chendong's position, he could just see a trace of melancholy in the corner of the woman's eyes, and he guessed to himself, presumably it should be an accumulation of life. has spent many years in the joy of adulthood, and it is impossible to say that he has not suffered any grievances. On the contrary, any kind of person should be greeted with a smile, and any kind of person may bring you a face. But even if it is open to do business, then you can only wait with a smile and wait for a long time, and this melancholy will naturally merge with the soul.

"Fourth brother, this person is Cui Na'er, the bustard who is in charge here, she was very beautiful when she was young, and even now, there are many people who pursue her, but all along, she has been clean and self-conscious, and she has never had an affair with any man. Yang Yang on the side has a chance to perform, where will he be polite. In his heart, he envied his sister and sister, who could take a thousand taels a month from the sixth brother, but as brothers, they really had nothing.

This made him feel unfair at the same time, but also moved his mind, that is, to please his sixth brother and get more silver, at least like his sister and sisters, and get the silver. As for whether the fourth brother will be looked down upon because of this, he doesn't care. The heavens and the earth are big, and the silver is the biggest, isn't it?

"Also, Cui Naer is on the field, which proves that Xiang Niangzi is about to appear, she came up to reward money, which is also called begging, whoever gives more money after a while may be favored by Xiang Niangzi, if the opportunity is good, it is very likely to become a guest." Yang Yang was still chattering there, and at this time, someone had already thrown silver taels and copper coins on the stage.

It should be noted here that the Ming Dynasty does not have silver tickets, and even silver is very small.

The currency used by the people of the Ming Dynasty was treasure money in the early Ming Dynasty, but the treasure money depreciated very quickly, so that it was like waste paper, and no one was willing to use it. Private transactions mainly used copper coins and silver, but before the inflow of overseas silver in the late Ming Dynasty, the silver stock of the Ming Dynasty was limited, and the imperial court banned the mining of silver mines, so the silver circulating in the market was not full.

The first ticket number in China appeared about the first year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (after 1820), and the first ticket number, called "Rishengchang", also began to appear at that time.

There is no silver ticket, which also makes it very inconvenient for everyone to trade when traveling, and often need to bring a large amount of silver or copper coins to trade. Just like now, giving a reward money, wanting to attract the attention of the incense lady, for a while, the silver money flew to the stage like a sky.

Of course, it was only some small retail investors who threw money on the stage, and they gave too little, so they fished in troubled waters, just to prove that they were also generous, and they had such a method just because they were shy in their pockets. Like a really rich lord, there are turtles who come to the table with a plate and ask for it, and once they receive the money, they will sing and cheer loudly to praise the dignity of the rewarder's identity.

Naturally, such an approach can also lead to a competitive mechanism that allows more men to spend a lot of money here and make them more profitable.

Gui Gong began to act, walked to the table, the silver on the copper plate began to gradually increase, Yang Houdong was watching this scene with great interest, these are completely different from what he imagined in his mind, naturally he was a little curious.

While watching and imagining what kind of mechanism he was going to use when his restaurant opened, he suddenly woke up with a singing and drinking. "Prince Xie will reward fifty taels of silver!"