Hundreds of miles of smoke and clouds, not as good as the capital for a day, the capital is too prosperous, people living in the capital have a kind of innate pride, even the root of the city wall sunbathing in the sun beggars seem to be one above the other.
A glance at the streets, lined with the style of shops, the flow of people coming and going like a tide, and blonde blue-eyed Hu Shang manipulated the odd accent to do business, the capital’s prosperity is not ink can be depicted out.
Magnificent atmosphere, prosperous as smoke.
Zhu Pingan led the horse black horse into the Beijing city, look left and right, overwhelmed, like a bumpkin general. Just like this looking and strolling, I do not know is already more than four o’clock in the afternoon, dinner time is almost here, they have not eaten lunch, hunger frequently, Zhu Pingan leading the horse began to look for a place to stay and eat, but found that he has arrived in the inner city in front of the Chongren Gate!
Chongrenmen, which is now Dongzhimen, was known as Chongrenmen in the Ming Dynasty, and was used to transport firewood and charcoal carts across the street, called Chai Dao. The whole street is probably more than three miles long, the ground is paved with stone pavement, Zhu Pingan roughly counted, there are about close to more than two hundred buying and selling shops, past the mouth of the ice cellar, tea, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar, tea, as long as it is the people’s daily life necessary, whether it’s food, use, can be found in this street.
But since we’ve arrived at Chongren Gate, it would be better to go to the inner city to see what’s going on.
Ming Dynasty is not like the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, the inner city only live in the eight banners, but the Ming Dynasty, the inner city of the inner city allows the people to live, the Ming Dynasty, the Imperial City is the senior officials, royal relatives live, the inner city is the middle and lower level officials and people live.
The inner city of the capital was even more prosperous.
Zhu Pingan, who was looking for a place to stay and eat in the inner city, was suddenly attracted by an exceptionally prosperous inn not far away, which had a particularly eye-catching cloth sign hanging outside, at the top of which were four flowing and waving lines of calligraphy, followed by specific instructions in regular script: “Meeting friends with literature. This shop is here to meet friends through literature, and is offering six pairs of couplets. The right out of two, a day free of food and lodging (the number of people is not limited); the right out of three, three days free of food and lodging (the number of people is not limited); the right out of five, a decade free of food and lodging (limited to five people); the right out of six. For those who have made six couplets, they will be free of board and lodging for one month (limited to three persons).
Looking at this eye-catching cloth trick, Zhu Pingan slightly hooked the corner of his lips, this is a typical novel bridge ah, finally let himself also encountered a time.
However, this inn is also quite good at recruiting guests. Such a big cloth trick, will definitely make many readers come, the inn did not use much cost, it greatly made a name for itself. Really can’t underestimate the ancients ah.
The capital is so big, there are as many inns as there are hairs. This inn can stand out with such a cloth trick, this innkeeper is really a good businessman. This kind of marketing tactic is almost as good as the modern voucher marketing strategy.
As expected, Zhu Pingan approached the inn with his black horse, and just by standing at the entrance, he heard the sound of people inside the inn like a wave.
There are too many people in the inn, there are courteous and refined green shirt students, there are also not vulgar noble son, there are running to the free accommodation, there are running to make a name for themselves, there are also to play soy sauce. Older, younger, in the lobby of the inn looking at the hanging couplets, or whispering, or talk.
At this time there is a well-dressed young man tried to couplets, to half, but could not help but shake his head and retreated with a bitter smile.
“Wen Sheng, be satisfied, I just made two couplets, you have already made three couplets. These couplets. I still don’t know how long it took the shopkeeper to search them out from that few corners.”
Another teenager under the field who was dressed in equally unimpressive clothes, quite proud of his friend, smiled and patted the shoulder of the teenager who came off the field, half comforting and half showing off as he looked at the crowd.
That’s right. Indeed there was bragging capital, this teenager called Wensheng, was one of the few teenagers who could match three couplets today. In addition to this teenager, there are only three pairs of couplets. Most of the other people are looking at the couplets and sighing, only a few people can make a pair of couplets, like this teenager called Wen Sheng who made three pairs of couplets. There are only a few people who can make a pair, like this teenager called Wen Sheng who made three pairs. It was not easy for these to come up with a pair of couplets, but it was a pity that someone had already said it earlier.
These couplets have been hanging out for two days now, and the best record is to be able to come up with three couplets.
The people in the lobby of the inn, after the young man left the field, either stroking their beards in contemplation, or curiously asking the names of the two young men to make friends and exchange ideas, even the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper were all watching the person who solved the couplings in the lobby with great concentration.
Not a single person saw the dusty Zhu Pingan at the door of the inn.
“Ahem, which one, may I ask if there are any rooms left?”
Looking at the people who were concentrating, paying full attention and piling up, so lively that even the innkeeper and shop boy could not be found. Thus, Zhu Pingan had to cough and ask loudly towards the inn lobby.
The people who were concentrating on the couplets suddenly heard a loud enquiry and subconsciously turned their heads towards the door.
Then they saw a man and a horse at the door.
The person at the door of the inn was a naive teenager, a bit dark, wearing clothes that were white with pulp and two holes, holding a worn-out horse that looked like it was working in the fields.
The people who were concentrating on the couplets took a look and came to a conclusion: this was a poor boy who came down from the countryside to join his relatives.
Therefore, the people just swept a glance at Zhu Pingan, and then looked at the couplet party again, not putting Zhu Pingan in their eyes at all.
“Hehe, customer, I’m really sorry haha, this shop is already full, you can look for another place.” A shop boy squeezed out from the crowd reluctantly, looked at Zhu Ping An from afar and waved his hand and said.
Zhu Pingan sniffed and retreated out, leading the killer black horse.
The shop boy was quite satisfied that Zhu Pingan was so sensible, apologetically smiling to the crowd, apologising to the crowd for Zhu Pingan disturbing their literary thoughts just now, and promising that he would not disturb their literary thoughts again.
“Ahem, which one.”
The crowd had only just re-engaged themselves in a state of concentration when they heard the same voice as just now ringing once again at the doorway, and turning their heads, they saw that the person and horse that had just left probing in again.
“Ugh, what’s wrong with you people, didn’t you just say that it’s full?” The inn shopkeeper looked at the teenager at the door with some impatience.
“I just took another look, outside it is written that food and lodging are free, the number of people is not limited, there are still so many people here, there should be room.”
Zhu Pingan stood a step away from the doorway holding the killer black horse, reaching out and pointing at the cloth sign hanging above his head, asking with a slight smile.
“Which is reserved for the person who came up with the couplet, not for you, you’d better go to other inns and take a look.”
The inn shop boy waved his hand with some impatience, signalling Zhu Pingan to hurry up and leave, saving him from disturbing the literary thoughts of these lords in the shop, and if it was because of this poor country boy spoiling the inn’s business, he himself could not afford to be offended.
