"Thank you for your correction, sister. Panpan has learned a lot!" Chao Maner, just wait!
It is always easy for women to make enemies.
Over the next few days, Chao Man'er and Hu Panpan argued at least three times a day. Hu Panpan often won verbally, but when Chao Man'er couldn't win, she resorted to fistfights. Hu Panpan then hired two highly skilled martial arts bodyguards to protect her.
The bet between Baili Tang and Ye Hongxue was over. They had certainly earned enough from the ten thousand taels. Du Jun's troupe was incredibly popular right now. They needed two days to rest and rehearse "Du Shiniang" before continuing their performance.
Tickets are still very expensive, but they are still hard to come by! The gap between the rich and the poor in ancient times was like this: some people could not earn ten taels of silver in a year, while others would spend ten taels of silver as if it were ten coins!
Hu Zhennan just reported back from the front that the Xue family had suffered a crushing defeat and Xue Fan had been captured alive! He was asking Baili Tang what to do with him!
Baili Tang asked them to take Xue Fan back to Beijing first!
Of the 100,000 taels of silver collected at Huixiang Tavern, Baili Tang gave 50,000 taels to the Hu family and the rest to Meng Fang. Unexpectedly, he could make another 50,000 taels this time!
The day after tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival!
Hu Panpan's poetry gathering had been canceled. She had also gone to test Zhang Dongzheng and discovered something was amiss—there were many things Zhang Dongzheng didn't know at all. And the idea that "all successful Jinshi scholars today are nearsighted" wasn't something Zhang Dongzheng had come up with. Zhang Dongzheng certainly didn't understand the meaning of "do-re-mi-fa-sola-si"...
Although Zhang Dongzheng looks handsome, for some reason, Hu Panpan doesn't seem to have much affection for him anymore - it would be better if they didn't meet!
There was only one possibility, that person wrote them all... She really wanted to ask him, but she found that since Liang Qiuyu appeared, only Liang Qiuyu and Eunuch Yang could get close to him... Even Prince An had difficulty meeting him.
On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Baili Tang asked Lord Zhang to arrange for "artists" to take a night cruise on the Daqin River and perform "Farewell My Concubine" for the people for free!
To set the record straight!!
Let the people of Qinhe Prefecture listen to what they did at Wuya Peak a few days ago!
Culture is soft power and spiritual civilization!
A nation cannot prosper without virtue, and a people cannot stand without virtue. However, virtue is not innate. Cultural soft power ultimately depends on the quality of its people, and the quality of its people is primarily moral.
But here, there are no newspapers, no radio or television... only word of mouth.
Baili Tang not only wants to guide these people's values through these positive and healthy works, but also wants Zhang Dongzheng to develop cultural careers!
For example, cultivate more opera troupes and make money by having them perform in various places.
This approach can also, to a certain extent, alleviate the conflict between people and land. In the era of the small peasant economy, where scholars, farmers, merchants, and artisans coveted a few plots of land, the ultimate struggle was over land. Feudalism, originally meaning the establishment of states, treated land as special wealth, and the right to use it as a special right, granted or conferred upon specific individuals.
Don't underestimate these small opera troupes; they not only bring culture but also promote related economic development. Take, for example, Fan Zhongyan's "work-for-relief" policy. Wherever the troupe goes, there are audiences. With audiences = consumers, there are small vendors...
The audience might initially be just the wealthy, but as the ticket prices gradually dropped, the crowd would naturally expand! After all, how many people could afford a ticket at ten taels?
In other words, Baili Tang has already helped Zhang Dongzheng to open this gap. Whether he can move forward smoothly depends on Zhang Dongzheng's personal ability.
Ordinary people might praise "Farewell My Concubine" while cursing the coy Sima Chuchu.
Someone as smart as Zhang Dongzheng should be able to figure out Baili Tang's true intentions.
This incident was caused by Sima Chuchu, but it allowed the people behind Huixiang Tavern to collect 100,000 taels, and also made Linjiang Tavern earn more than 10,000 taels.
Zhang Dongzheng has already smelled the scent of silver.
Not to mention cultural undertakings, the people who raise ducks in Qinhe Prefecture also found that the money in their pockets immediately became heavy as the crispy roast duck became popular!
The only thing that made him depressed was that he had to participate in the performance tonight... not just once, but several times!
When I get back to the capital, I'll seize the opportunity to discover relevant talents. That troupe is pretty good!
Before the performance began, unruly people like Chao Man'er and Hu Panpan hid in the boat early. They also prepared a crispy roast duck for each of them!
Ye Hongxue didn't come, she was on the shore.
The concert has begun!
Tens of thousands of people from different walks of life finally heard it!
I truly felt the charm of the authentic "Farewell My Concubine"!
Also including Zhang Zhilin, Liu Zhongqing and others!
"No wonder Brother Yu was so angry!" Dong Xiaoliu muttered as he blended in with the crowd. He had basically mastered the art of making crispy roast duck, and the shopkeeper had given him a raise of more than ten times his salary...
However, after entering the Hu family, he seemed to never see Brother Yu again!
It was only after a long time that they learned of Brother Yu's true identity...
Sima Chuchu did not leave. She also watched "Farewell My Concubine" tonight. Besides being shocked, she was also depressed - this matter absolutely could not be let go like this.
Her well-hidden spies had also told her that the one-eyed gentleman and the woman were actually the tyrant emperor of Jing State and Ye Hongxue in disguise!
In the crowd, an old man patted a beautiful woman on the shoulder and said, "Disciple, has your heart wavered?"
Ye Hongxue said sternly, "If I had known, I would have drowned him that night!"
Yes, her heart was in turmoil.
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Ten days later, at noon!
Baili Tang and his group returned safely to the capital - Jingyang City!
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