The Prodigal Son's Happy Life - Chapter 130

[Chapter 130 Going to the Banquet]

After a while, Lu Si looked at Fang Xiu with a troubled face and said, “Master, a newspaper only costs one penny, and it also comes with a copy of “The Romance of the West Chamber”.”

Fang Xiu looked at him He glanced at it and said: “The gift of “The Romance of the West Chamber” is just to promote the newspaper, and it is limited to the first two days.

If this can promote the newspaper in the capital, the money is nothing.”

“But”

Lu Si lowered his head , whispered: “I don’t have any objections, I just feel that if this newspaper only sells for a penny, I’m afraid it may not even be able to make the capital.” Fang

Xiu thought for a while and asked: “Do you still remember when Zhuxuan Zhai was first founded? What did the young master say?” When Lu

Si

heard Fang Xiu mentioning this matter, his expression changed and he said, “Young master, I will always keep your words in mind and never dare to forget them.

The goal of Zhuxuanzhai is the entire Chu country.

In the future, one day, all the books read by Zhuxuanzhai, whether scholars or civilians, will be read by Zhuxuanzhai.”

Fang Xiu nodded and was about to say. Something, I saw Lu Si looking like he suddenly realized something.

Lu Si raised his head, looked at Fang Xiu, and said with shame: “Master, I understand. This newspaper is an opportunity to carry forward Zhuxuan Zhai.

A newspaper only sells for one penny. Although there is a loss, it is the same as “The West Chamber” Compared with the huge benefits brought by books such as “The Romance of the West Chamber”,

as long as this newspaper is promoted and the people in the capital are accustomed to reading this newspaper every day, Zhuxuanzhai will have a way to promote “The Romance of the West Chamber” in the future. “The opportunity to wait for the book.

Where there are newspapers, there will be The West Chamber, there will be Zhuxuanzhai, and there will be the young master.”

Fang Xiu said hurriedly: “Stop.”

Lu Sizheng was getting excited when he heard this, he couldn’t help but stop, and looked at it with his eyes. My young master blinked again and again.

Fang Xiu said: “Remember, where there are newspapers, it is the king’s land. That is the king’s land, and there is the glory of His Majesty. It has nothing to do with Zhuxuanzhai, and it has nothing to do with this young master.”

Lu Si was slightly startled, a little bit He didn’t understand what he meant, but he still nodded and said, “I remember it, little one.”

Fang Xiu then waved his hand and said, “Go down and try to print the newspaper in these two days. The first I will send someone to deliver the article in two days. “

Yes, Master!”

Lu Si looked excited, bowed respectfully, and left the courtyard.

…………

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was already evening.

In front of Prince Ning’s Mansion, there were bright lights and busy traffic.

Fiery red lanterns were hung on the trees and on the eaves.

With lanterns and colorful decorations, the Dragon Boat Festival has a bit of a Chinese New Year atmosphere.

There was an endless stream of guests coming and going.

They were all high-ranking officials, and Fang Xiu had met several of them in Yangxin Hall.

Today, Prince Kang’s Mansion did not hold any banquet.

Therefore, in addition to the cabinet bachelors and the six heavenly officials, most of the court’s Chinese, civil and military officials arrived, and they were all prepared with generous gifts.

Only Fang rests.

Standing in the crowd with empty hands, he looked a little dazzling.

In fact, Fang Xiu has thought about giving gifts.

However, after thinking about it, I felt that Prince Ning was definitely not short of this gift, so he was not prepared.

The most important thing was that there would be a pro-military review in a few days, and he had to save money to raise expenses.

After all, this year’s pro-military review is different from the past.

Now that the tickets have been sold, we can’t let all the people watching the ceremony stand. Therefore, there must be seats, which is a lot more money than expected.

In addition, there are two more items, the corner flag pole and the football, which all cost money, although they don’t cost much individually.

But all the zeros and zeros, when added together, the expenses are staggering.

In front of the door of Prince Ning’s Mansion, there are more than a dozen doors leading guests to the mansion.

Fang Xiu got off the carriage and just took two steps forward when a door came forward.

“Welcome, welcome.”

The disciple of Prince Ning’s Mansion had a signature smile on his face. When facing Fang Xiu, there was no respectful expression on his face.

Maybe it was because he had received too many nobles and had seen too much, so he became numb. He reached out to take the greeting card handed over by Fang Xiu, opened it and glanced at it.

General Zuo Zhonglang of the Yulin Guard, Fang Xiu.

After confirming his identity, Namenzi still had the careless expression on his face. He glanced behind him, his expression changed, and it was a bit strange.

After thinking for a while, he tentatively said: “General Fang Zhonglang, your salutations”

are as many as there are nobles and nobles.

Naturally, these salutations cannot be in the hands of nobles.

First of all, the nobles are all people with status and status, and it is impossible to hold the gifts in their own hands.

Secondly, except for some rare treasures, it is impossible to give only one gift. There are so many gifts that one hand cannot hold.

Therefore, there will be some servants following behind, bringing the salutations.

Servants are naturally not qualified to enter the gate of Prince Ning’s Mansion, so the servants are also responsible for receiving gifts.

“Salaaming?”

Fang Xiu looked a little stunned. He looked at the door and asked, “Without saluting, am I not allowed to go in?”

“No, there is no such rule.”

The door was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately shook his head. He shook his head and said.

Of course, there is no rule in Prince Ning’s Mansion that you can’t visit without paying homage.

But everyone is a person of status and status. It is the most basic etiquette to prepare a small gift when visiting the house, and it is also a sign of respect for His Highness Prince Ning.

“Fang Zhonglang will invite you.”

Namenzi thought in his heart, but couldn’t say it out loud, so he had no choice but to make an invitation gesture.

He knew that His Highness Prince Ning wouldn’t care about paying homage, but he was so ignorant as a guest?

Just as Fang Xiu was about to enter Prince Ning’s Mansion, he saw the doorman who had originally received him suddenly showed a flattering smile on his face and greeted a young man.

“Mr. Yang, please come in quickly.”

Fang Xiu turned around and looked.

Not far away, a handsome young man dressed luxuriously had just stepped out of the carriage.

Behind him, a servant handed a brocade box to the doorman and said: “This is the authentic work of Yan Gong. Knowing that His Highness Prince Ning likes Yan Gong’s calligraphy, Mr. Yang spent a lot of effort to find it.”

Hearing this .

At the word “Yan Gong”, Fang Xiu was slightly distracted for a moment.

There are not many people in Chu State who deserve the honorific title of Duke Yan. If nothing else, it is Yan Zhuang, the chief minister of the current cabinet.

I had heard before that Yan Zhuang, the chief minister of the cabinet, not only held a high status in the court, but also had excellent cursive writing. Throughout the ages, there were not many people who could compare with him.

He was able to get Yanzhuang’s cursive script, and he was treated like this by that disciple, calling him Mr. Yang.

Fang Xiu’s eyes subconsciously stayed on him for a few more seconds.

Mr. Yang seemed to have noticed something and looked in Fang Xiu’s direction.

The two people’s eyes met in mid-air, stayed for a moment and then separated.

Fang Xiu didn’t pay much attention, shook his head, and stepped into Prince Ning’s Mansion.

Yang Ming withdrew his gaze, glanced at the door, and asked casually: “Who was that person just now?”

(End of Chapter)