Chapter 1593
A Different Party
Chapter 1593 A Different Party
Since Zhenhaimen came out of Danzhou City, the geographical location is very close to Danzhou Bay. Standing on a slightly higher ground, you can see the scene in the bay.The Fengming Villa mentioned in the notice is located not far from the coastline of Danzhou Bay, but there are actually no tall hills in this place, so the name of this "Villa" is somewhat misleading.Of course, Xun Pengcheng can also understand this. After all, naming it "XX Villa" sounds more elegant and imposing. If it is called Zhangzhuang, Lizhuang, Wangjiazhuang, it obviously does not conform to the style of the cultural circle.
Since he had the confidence to use the title "Villa" when naming it, the scale of the building is not small. Xun Pengcheng hadn't walked a few steps out of the city gate before he saw a tall archway standing beside the road ahead, and the archway Below is a flat stone road about Zhang Xu wide, the road condition looks even better than the official road, but this road is not long, twenty or thirty Zhang away is the very conspicuous gate of Fengming Villa.
There were several people standing under the archway, and when Xun Pengcheng came up to him, one person stood up and asked, "Your Excellency, are you here to attend the poetry club party?"
Xun Pengcheng nodded and said, "Exactly."
The man asked again: "Do you have an invitation from the poetry club?"
Xun Pengcheng replied: "There is no invitation card. I just saw the street notice and came here because of the name. Do you need an invitation card to participate?"
The man replied: "That's not true. My master posted the notice in the hope that more talented people will participate. But since you don't have an invitation card, you need to register before you can enter. Please forgive me."
Xun Pengcheng thought to himself whether you were talking about "talented" or "wealthy", which probably deserves to be studied. People without money may not be able to enter the gate of this villa.Although Xun Pengcheng came on foot and did not bring any entourage, he was dressed in an improved version of Haihan style custom-made in Sanya. The material is high-grade silk produced in Zhejiang, and the buckskin sandals are also the most famous shoes in Sanya. It's a new style that was released this summer, and this outfit can't be bought without spending two or three hundred.Anyone with a little bit of knowledge would naturally not treat him as an ordinary person.
The person in charge of greeting Xun Pengcheng obviously had a little discernment. He was very polite to Xun Pengcheng from the beginning to the end, and led him to the side. There was also a special table set up here. guest status.
Xun Pengcheng asked: "What needs to be registered?"
"Just tell me your name and where you're from."
Xun Pengcheng thought that this was simple, but he still had a lot of thoughtfulness, and did not directly report his real name, but changed his name to Cheng Peng, claiming to be traveling in Danzhou from Sanya.In case something happens here, using a pseudonym can give you a little more chance to escape.If the other party also asks to show his ID number plate to prove it, then he doesn't intend to go in.
Fortunately, this registration seemed to be just a formality. After the other party registered, they arranged for a servant to take Xun Pengcheng in.Xun Pengcheng saw that the registration process was loose and tight, and he didn't have any special precautions, so he felt relieved at the moment.
This Fengming Villa has white walls and green tiles, and the door is quite large, it really looks like the residence of a wealthy family.The rockery garden in the courtyard is very exquisite, even in Sanya, it is rare.There are already a dozen or so guests in the main hall of the villa, all of whom are young men. Judging from their attire, they should be Confucian scholars, but they are all quite ordinary clothes, and Xun Pengcheng's rather elegant clothes are particularly conspicuous among them up.
Those who arrived earlier than Xun Pengcheng seemed to know each other. When Xun Pengcheng came in, these people were chatting in twos and threes.However, Xun Pengcheng had worked as a field reporter in Sanya for so long, so he was not a shy person, so he went up to talk to them, hoping to learn more about the organizers and content of the event from the conversations of these people.
And these people didn't seem to be too surprised by the appearance of this stranger, Xun Pengcheng, nor did they reject his joining, and soon chatted with each other.Relying on the conversation experience he had accumulated in the past two years, Xun Pengcheng didn't take too long to figure out where the literati who attended the party came from.
What surprised Xun Pengcheng was that these men were not well-known figures in the local cultural circle, and most of them were just students of the local academy in Danzhou.And listening to the content of his conversation, it seems that he is not discussing the topic of poetry and poetry, but just chatting about some local current events in Danzhou.Xun Pengcheng inquired about the organizer of the event, but found that the organizer hadn't shown up yet, but these students were not in a hurry, they just advised Xun Pengcheng to stay calm and see the organizer after a while.However, Xun Pengcheng thinks that these people have reservations about themselves, because they all consider themselves members of the Haifeng Poetry Club, but deliberately not talking about the real content of the party, it is obviously something that is inconvenient for outsiders to know.
There are tea and cakes in the hall for self-use, and there are two full bookshelves against the wall for reading. People sit or stand, talk in low voices, or read books by themselves, and other needs are also available. Command the servants here.Although no owner has come out to greet them so far, the atmosphere is quite relaxed.Although the content of the event did not seem to be a poetry meeting, seeing that almost all the people gathered here were scholars, Xun Pengcheng felt much less uneasy.
Xun Pengcheng saw that he couldn't get any more news from the members of these poetry clubs, so he was not in a hurry for success at the moment, so as not to leave traces.Then he walked to the bookshelf by himself and looked at the books placed on it.What was a little different from his imagination was that the books on this bookshelf were not collections of classics and history or personal poetry collections, but some reference books related to vocational education. Xun Pengcheng picked out one at random and read it, and he knew all the characters in the book , but the content is not understandable.
Seeing this, a person next to him took the initiative to speak up and said: "This "Shipbuilding Notes" is written by Master Zhang of the Shengli Port Shipyard. The shipbuilding technology described in it is quite difficult to understand. Can you explain a thing or two to me?"
Xun Pengcheng thought in his heart that if I could understand this book, I would have joined the shipyard as an errand.Zhang Tiangui of the Shengli Port Shipyard is honored as "Master Zhang" in the industry, and Xun Pengcheng also knows it, but even people in the industry may not be able to fully understand this kind of highly professional work, and he is even further behind.
However, Xun Pengcheng was also embarrassed to admit that he could not understand the above content at all, so he just replied vaguely: "I have not fully understood Master Zhang's secret book, how dare I explain it indiscriminately and mislead my disciples!"
The man didn't think there was anything wrong with Xun Pengcheng's statement, so he shook his head and replied: "Your Excellency is right, Master Zhang's ability can only be learned by teaching his disciples... Then why don't you read the "Analysis of Hull Design" next to you ", is written by Minister Sun of the Ministry of Shipping. This book is only provided to the teachers of various academies, and it is not easy to buy in the market. It may be beneficial for you to read it."
Xun Pengcheng thought in his heart that I would know how to take a boat, and the shipbuilding should be avoided. He didn't want to talk nonsense with this guy anymore, so he stopped talking to him.The other party didn't realize that there was something wrong, and said a few more words, seeing that Xun Pengcheng didn't respond, he just pretended that he didn't hear anything after reading the book, so he took a copy of "New Research on the South China Sea Map" from the bookshelf. I went to the side and sat down to study knowledge.
Xun Pengcheng knew that his knowledge was limited, and if he tried to pretend to be an expert here, he might be exposed immediately, so he didn't read the book at the moment, lest someone come to strike up a conversation and discuss these knowledge that he didn't understand at all.
After waiting for a while, a few more people came, but like Xun Pengcheng, they were not invited by the host, but after seeing the notice, they couldn't hold back their curiosity to join in the fun.Xun Pengcheng paid attention to the clothes of these people, and they should all be people with good financial conditions.It is said that two of them also brought servants, but according to the rules of the party, the servants could not enter the venue and could only wait outside.
After waiting for another cup of tea, the event organizer with a big shelf finally showed up.
Xun Pengcheng also guessed the identity of the organizer before this. At first, he thought that since this was an activity of meeting friends through literature in the poetry society, the organizer must be a local elder with high moral character, or a well-known literati in the local area. .He had heard that Yan Mingjun, the former magistrate of Danzhou, stayed in Danzhou to preside over cultural affairs after he surrendered to Haihan. Maybe this gathering was called by him.
But later Xun Pengcheng felt that this poetry society was acting strangely in every way, and the way of organization was not like what local leaders should do, and judging from its daring to publicly post notices in Danzhou City, it might also have a relationship with the local government. I can't explain the unknown relationship.Of course, no matter what kind of person the organizer is, after entering this villa in person, Xun Pengcheng added another identity to him, that is, a rich man.
But Xun Pengcheng saw that this person did not look like a famous Confucianist in the mixed cultural circle, nor did he look like a schemer full of bad things, but he did have an expectation that fit the image of this person very well, that is, a rich man.This man was about 50 to [-] years old, and he looked like Maitreya Buddha in the temple. He greeted everyone with a smile on his face as soon as he came in. His figure was like a big wooden barrel, and he looked fatter in a white silk robe. This person probably has two hundred catties.
"Just now there is something I can't get away from, please wait for a long time!" The fat man bowed his hands and apologized to everyone in the hall.
And the people from Haifeng Poetry Club are obviously familiar with this fat man, and they all bowed their hands and said: "You are welcome, Mr. Zhang!" "It's just a moment, Mr. Zhang, don't mind!"
The fat man turned his eyes around the hall, and obviously noticed a few unfamiliar faces, and immediately greeted him: "It seems that there are new friends joining today, so let me introduce myself first... Your humble Zhang Jinbao, the owner of this room, is also a friend." Initiator of this meeting."
Xun Pengcheng couldn't help but asked aloud: "Excuse me, Mr. Zhang, the notice on the street said that this gathering is a poetry club meeting friends through literature. Why didn't such activities be arranged after we came here?"
Zhang Jinbao looked at Xun Pengcheng following the sound, and a person behind him immediately stepped forward and whispered something in his ear, Zhang Jinbao nodded and said, "This is Brother Cheng, is it his first time here? It doesn't matter if you have any questions, so let's arrange everyone to sit down. Allow me to explain how it works."
Since Xun Pengcheng came here out of curiosity, of course he had to figure out the answer, and it didn't look like there was any danger in this place, so he didn't intend to leave in a hurry, so he immediately took his seat in the venue arranged by everyone in the hall .But the arrangement of the meeting place is a little different from the layout of the poetry meeting in Xun Pengcheng's impression. All the positions are facing one direction, but this direction is a wall.When Xun Pengcheng came here, he noticed that there was a large rectangular black wall on this wall, which was almost exactly the same as the "blackboard" commonly seen in Haihan's official educational institutions.And the seating arrangement of this venue is indeed more like a classroom.
But if you come, you will be at ease, Xun Pengcheng randomly found an empty seat and sat down, so he wanted to see what kind of medicine was sold in this golden treasure gourd.
After everyone was seated, Zhang Jinbao really walked to the front of the venue, stood in front of the blackboard, and said in a deep voice: "Since there are a few new friends today, let me explain the reason for this opportunity. As everyone As you can see, the Sea Breeze Poetry Club is not actually a literary club in the traditional sense of reciting poems, and the gatherings of the Poetry Club have nothing to do with literature. But please don’t think that this is just a gathering of idlers. He is a leader in various local academies, and will definitely be a leader in all walks of life in the future!"
When Xun Pengcheng heard this, he felt that things were getting more and more interesting. If this golden treasure was not bragging, then he must have some great plan to organize the top students from various academies.
Someone asked aloud: "Since it has nothing to do with literature, what is the reason for the notice to make friends through literature? Isn't this deceiving people?"
Zhang Jinbao replied: "Since the Danzhou assassination case five years ago, the government has made a rule that any gathering of more than ten people must first be announced to the public, otherwise disciplinary measures will be taken. What we are discussing Although it is not illegal, but I don't want to be too ostentatious, so I set up a poetry club and posted a public announcement in the name of the literary club. I also specially stated that there will be a participation fee to prevent idlers from making trouble. It is possible to deceive people, but it may not necessarily be fooled , maybe if you sit down for a while, you will understand the significance of arranging this party."
The man said again: "Since you don't break the law, why don't you make it public?"
Zhang Jinbao said: "Although it is not against the law, if it is written truthfully, the government may not allow this party to continue. So I can only pretend to ask for a literary meeting. I hope this dear friend will forgive me. If you don't want to stay and waste time, you can come and go here Take it easy."
When Xun Pengcheng heard this sentence, he could come and go freely, and let go of most of the big stones hanging in his heart.Since you can leave at any time, of course you have to figure out what is going on in this place.Zhang Jinbao said that the government may not allow this gathering to be held. It must be that some content will make the government afraid, but it is not to the extent of violating the law.
(End of this chapter)
Since Zhenhaimen came out of Danzhou City, the geographical location is very close to Danzhou Bay. Standing on a slightly higher ground, you can see the scene in the bay.The Fengming Villa mentioned in the notice is located not far from the coastline of Danzhou Bay, but there are actually no tall hills in this place, so the name of this "Villa" is somewhat misleading.Of course, Xun Pengcheng can also understand this. After all, naming it "XX Villa" sounds more elegant and imposing. If it is called Zhangzhuang, Lizhuang, Wangjiazhuang, it obviously does not conform to the style of the cultural circle.
Since he had the confidence to use the title "Villa" when naming it, the scale of the building is not small. Xun Pengcheng hadn't walked a few steps out of the city gate before he saw a tall archway standing beside the road ahead, and the archway Below is a flat stone road about Zhang Xu wide, the road condition looks even better than the official road, but this road is not long, twenty or thirty Zhang away is the very conspicuous gate of Fengming Villa.
There were several people standing under the archway, and when Xun Pengcheng came up to him, one person stood up and asked, "Your Excellency, are you here to attend the poetry club party?"
Xun Pengcheng nodded and said, "Exactly."
The man asked again: "Do you have an invitation from the poetry club?"
Xun Pengcheng replied: "There is no invitation card. I just saw the street notice and came here because of the name. Do you need an invitation card to participate?"
The man replied: "That's not true. My master posted the notice in the hope that more talented people will participate. But since you don't have an invitation card, you need to register before you can enter. Please forgive me."
Xun Pengcheng thought to himself whether you were talking about "talented" or "wealthy", which probably deserves to be studied. People without money may not be able to enter the gate of this villa.Although Xun Pengcheng came on foot and did not bring any entourage, he was dressed in an improved version of Haihan style custom-made in Sanya. The material is high-grade silk produced in Zhejiang, and the buckskin sandals are also the most famous shoes in Sanya. It's a new style that was released this summer, and this outfit can't be bought without spending two or three hundred.Anyone with a little bit of knowledge would naturally not treat him as an ordinary person.
The person in charge of greeting Xun Pengcheng obviously had a little discernment. He was very polite to Xun Pengcheng from the beginning to the end, and led him to the side. There was also a special table set up here. guest status.
Xun Pengcheng asked: "What needs to be registered?"
"Just tell me your name and where you're from."
Xun Pengcheng thought that this was simple, but he still had a lot of thoughtfulness, and did not directly report his real name, but changed his name to Cheng Peng, claiming to be traveling in Danzhou from Sanya.In case something happens here, using a pseudonym can give you a little more chance to escape.If the other party also asks to show his ID number plate to prove it, then he doesn't intend to go in.
Fortunately, this registration seemed to be just a formality. After the other party registered, they arranged for a servant to take Xun Pengcheng in.Xun Pengcheng saw that the registration process was loose and tight, and he didn't have any special precautions, so he felt relieved at the moment.
This Fengming Villa has white walls and green tiles, and the door is quite large, it really looks like the residence of a wealthy family.The rockery garden in the courtyard is very exquisite, even in Sanya, it is rare.There are already a dozen or so guests in the main hall of the villa, all of whom are young men. Judging from their attire, they should be Confucian scholars, but they are all quite ordinary clothes, and Xun Pengcheng's rather elegant clothes are particularly conspicuous among them up.
Those who arrived earlier than Xun Pengcheng seemed to know each other. When Xun Pengcheng came in, these people were chatting in twos and threes.However, Xun Pengcheng had worked as a field reporter in Sanya for so long, so he was not a shy person, so he went up to talk to them, hoping to learn more about the organizers and content of the event from the conversations of these people.
And these people didn't seem to be too surprised by the appearance of this stranger, Xun Pengcheng, nor did they reject his joining, and soon chatted with each other.Relying on the conversation experience he had accumulated in the past two years, Xun Pengcheng didn't take too long to figure out where the literati who attended the party came from.
What surprised Xun Pengcheng was that these men were not well-known figures in the local cultural circle, and most of them were just students of the local academy in Danzhou.And listening to the content of his conversation, it seems that he is not discussing the topic of poetry and poetry, but just chatting about some local current events in Danzhou.Xun Pengcheng inquired about the organizer of the event, but found that the organizer hadn't shown up yet, but these students were not in a hurry, they just advised Xun Pengcheng to stay calm and see the organizer after a while.However, Xun Pengcheng thinks that these people have reservations about themselves, because they all consider themselves members of the Haifeng Poetry Club, but deliberately not talking about the real content of the party, it is obviously something that is inconvenient for outsiders to know.
There are tea and cakes in the hall for self-use, and there are two full bookshelves against the wall for reading. People sit or stand, talk in low voices, or read books by themselves, and other needs are also available. Command the servants here.Although no owner has come out to greet them so far, the atmosphere is quite relaxed.Although the content of the event did not seem to be a poetry meeting, seeing that almost all the people gathered here were scholars, Xun Pengcheng felt much less uneasy.
Xun Pengcheng saw that he couldn't get any more news from the members of these poetry clubs, so he was not in a hurry for success at the moment, so as not to leave traces.Then he walked to the bookshelf by himself and looked at the books placed on it.What was a little different from his imagination was that the books on this bookshelf were not collections of classics and history or personal poetry collections, but some reference books related to vocational education. Xun Pengcheng picked out one at random and read it, and he knew all the characters in the book , but the content is not understandable.
Seeing this, a person next to him took the initiative to speak up and said: "This "Shipbuilding Notes" is written by Master Zhang of the Shengli Port Shipyard. The shipbuilding technology described in it is quite difficult to understand. Can you explain a thing or two to me?"
Xun Pengcheng thought in his heart that if I could understand this book, I would have joined the shipyard as an errand.Zhang Tiangui of the Shengli Port Shipyard is honored as "Master Zhang" in the industry, and Xun Pengcheng also knows it, but even people in the industry may not be able to fully understand this kind of highly professional work, and he is even further behind.
However, Xun Pengcheng was also embarrassed to admit that he could not understand the above content at all, so he just replied vaguely: "I have not fully understood Master Zhang's secret book, how dare I explain it indiscriminately and mislead my disciples!"
The man didn't think there was anything wrong with Xun Pengcheng's statement, so he shook his head and replied: "Your Excellency is right, Master Zhang's ability can only be learned by teaching his disciples... Then why don't you read the "Analysis of Hull Design" next to you ", is written by Minister Sun of the Ministry of Shipping. This book is only provided to the teachers of various academies, and it is not easy to buy in the market. It may be beneficial for you to read it."
Xun Pengcheng thought in his heart that I would know how to take a boat, and the shipbuilding should be avoided. He didn't want to talk nonsense with this guy anymore, so he stopped talking to him.The other party didn't realize that there was something wrong, and said a few more words, seeing that Xun Pengcheng didn't respond, he just pretended that he didn't hear anything after reading the book, so he took a copy of "New Research on the South China Sea Map" from the bookshelf. I went to the side and sat down to study knowledge.
Xun Pengcheng knew that his knowledge was limited, and if he tried to pretend to be an expert here, he might be exposed immediately, so he didn't read the book at the moment, lest someone come to strike up a conversation and discuss these knowledge that he didn't understand at all.
After waiting for a while, a few more people came, but like Xun Pengcheng, they were not invited by the host, but after seeing the notice, they couldn't hold back their curiosity to join in the fun.Xun Pengcheng paid attention to the clothes of these people, and they should all be people with good financial conditions.It is said that two of them also brought servants, but according to the rules of the party, the servants could not enter the venue and could only wait outside.
After waiting for another cup of tea, the event organizer with a big shelf finally showed up.
Xun Pengcheng also guessed the identity of the organizer before this. At first, he thought that since this was an activity of meeting friends through literature in the poetry society, the organizer must be a local elder with high moral character, or a well-known literati in the local area. .He had heard that Yan Mingjun, the former magistrate of Danzhou, stayed in Danzhou to preside over cultural affairs after he surrendered to Haihan. Maybe this gathering was called by him.
But later Xun Pengcheng felt that this poetry society was acting strangely in every way, and the way of organization was not like what local leaders should do, and judging from its daring to publicly post notices in Danzhou City, it might also have a relationship with the local government. I can't explain the unknown relationship.Of course, no matter what kind of person the organizer is, after entering this villa in person, Xun Pengcheng added another identity to him, that is, a rich man.
But Xun Pengcheng saw that this person did not look like a famous Confucianist in the mixed cultural circle, nor did he look like a schemer full of bad things, but he did have an expectation that fit the image of this person very well, that is, a rich man.This man was about 50 to [-] years old, and he looked like Maitreya Buddha in the temple. He greeted everyone with a smile on his face as soon as he came in. His figure was like a big wooden barrel, and he looked fatter in a white silk robe. This person probably has two hundred catties.
"Just now there is something I can't get away from, please wait for a long time!" The fat man bowed his hands and apologized to everyone in the hall.
And the people from Haifeng Poetry Club are obviously familiar with this fat man, and they all bowed their hands and said: "You are welcome, Mr. Zhang!" "It's just a moment, Mr. Zhang, don't mind!"
The fat man turned his eyes around the hall, and obviously noticed a few unfamiliar faces, and immediately greeted him: "It seems that there are new friends joining today, so let me introduce myself first... Your humble Zhang Jinbao, the owner of this room, is also a friend." Initiator of this meeting."
Xun Pengcheng couldn't help but asked aloud: "Excuse me, Mr. Zhang, the notice on the street said that this gathering is a poetry club meeting friends through literature. Why didn't such activities be arranged after we came here?"
Zhang Jinbao looked at Xun Pengcheng following the sound, and a person behind him immediately stepped forward and whispered something in his ear, Zhang Jinbao nodded and said, "This is Brother Cheng, is it his first time here? It doesn't matter if you have any questions, so let's arrange everyone to sit down. Allow me to explain how it works."
Since Xun Pengcheng came here out of curiosity, of course he had to figure out the answer, and it didn't look like there was any danger in this place, so he didn't intend to leave in a hurry, so he immediately took his seat in the venue arranged by everyone in the hall .But the arrangement of the meeting place is a little different from the layout of the poetry meeting in Xun Pengcheng's impression. All the positions are facing one direction, but this direction is a wall.When Xun Pengcheng came here, he noticed that there was a large rectangular black wall on this wall, which was almost exactly the same as the "blackboard" commonly seen in Haihan's official educational institutions.And the seating arrangement of this venue is indeed more like a classroom.
But if you come, you will be at ease, Xun Pengcheng randomly found an empty seat and sat down, so he wanted to see what kind of medicine was sold in this golden treasure gourd.
After everyone was seated, Zhang Jinbao really walked to the front of the venue, stood in front of the blackboard, and said in a deep voice: "Since there are a few new friends today, let me explain the reason for this opportunity. As everyone As you can see, the Sea Breeze Poetry Club is not actually a literary club in the traditional sense of reciting poems, and the gatherings of the Poetry Club have nothing to do with literature. But please don’t think that this is just a gathering of idlers. He is a leader in various local academies, and will definitely be a leader in all walks of life in the future!"
When Xun Pengcheng heard this, he felt that things were getting more and more interesting. If this golden treasure was not bragging, then he must have some great plan to organize the top students from various academies.
Someone asked aloud: "Since it has nothing to do with literature, what is the reason for the notice to make friends through literature? Isn't this deceiving people?"
Zhang Jinbao replied: "Since the Danzhou assassination case five years ago, the government has made a rule that any gathering of more than ten people must first be announced to the public, otherwise disciplinary measures will be taken. What we are discussing Although it is not illegal, but I don't want to be too ostentatious, so I set up a poetry club and posted a public announcement in the name of the literary club. I also specially stated that there will be a participation fee to prevent idlers from making trouble. It is possible to deceive people, but it may not necessarily be fooled , maybe if you sit down for a while, you will understand the significance of arranging this party."
The man said again: "Since you don't break the law, why don't you make it public?"
Zhang Jinbao said: "Although it is not against the law, if it is written truthfully, the government may not allow this party to continue. So I can only pretend to ask for a literary meeting. I hope this dear friend will forgive me. If you don't want to stay and waste time, you can come and go here Take it easy."
When Xun Pengcheng heard this sentence, he could come and go freely, and let go of most of the big stones hanging in his heart.Since you can leave at any time, of course you have to figure out what is going on in this place.Zhang Jinbao said that the government may not allow this gathering to be held. It must be that some content will make the government afraid, but it is not to the extent of violating the law.
(End of this chapter)