Chapter 223: Side Story

The children were in the boat behind, and Su You was with them.

Shi Wei hugged Muke: "Brother Xiaoyou, what's going on in front?"

Su You smiled and said: "Most likely they are trying to flatter Grandpa Zhang, don't care about them. The fruits on this boat are pretty good, Wei'er, don't just feed Mu Ke, eat some yourself."

Liu Si touched the gorgeous brocade mattress: "Young master, we are riding a big flower boat! This is just like a dream!"

Su You said: "You! Do you know that you sold yourself at a low price? You have worked so hard for so long, and it took only a short boat ride to get there. I would say it is not worth it..."

Liu Si said: "Would you like to draw the blueprint of this ship?"

This kid is now the top engineering drawing expert in the Tutu Temple. He has created a large number of drawings for the equipment chapter of the agricultural books. Whenever he catches something novel, he first wants to turn it into a blueprint.

Su You said contemptuously: "This is just a slow cruise ship. It's useless at all. What's the point of painting? Damn..."

After speaking, he pointed to the west: "Look, look, snow mountains!"

Today's air quality is not comparable to the stuffy smog in Chengdu in later generations. Half a day away, above the clouds, there is a long snow ridge stretching across it. Under the white ridge line, there are green and black mountains.

A group of children had never seen such a scene before, and they all rushed to the railing of the boat: "Ah, that's the snow mountain! It's so high!"

Su You waved to the steward on the ship: "Excuse me, what kind of mountain is that?"

The steward said: "I want the young man to know that it is Xiling. The snow on the top of the mountain never melts all year round. You can see it on a clear day in Chengdu."

Su You asked: "Can I go up there?"

The steward smiled and said: "I have never been there. It is said that it is in Dayi, two hundred miles west of Chengdu. I don't know about the rest."

Liu Si suddenly remembered: "The window contains the snow of Qianqiu in the Xiling Mountains, and the door is docked with ships thousands of miles away from Dongwu! Young Master, we learned this in the Tutu Temple!"

Shi Wei also remembered it, clapped her hands and said, "Yes! Fourth brother is so smart!"

The steward smiled and nodded: "Exactly, this is the mountain mentioned in the quatrains of the poet!"

As the cruise ship passed Baihua Pond, the steward pointed to a stone platform on the roadside and said: "That's where Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun used to sell wine and hang out. It is said that the couple often played the piano on the platform after selling wine. For the sake of fun, the merchants are so friendly that now the surrounding area is filled with Wase wine shops."

Su You smiled and said: "I'm afraid that if Wen Jun comes again, he will have to cover his nose and leave. He can't stand this tackiness."

The breeze is soft, the spring scenery is beautiful, and the golden flowers and green trees are on the shore.

There were many idle people in the city, and many of them had no boats to ride on, so they simply hired carriages and horses, and followed the fleet along the willow road along the river embankment, and there were many female relatives.

Su You sighed: "Chengdu people really love to play..."

The steward smiled and said: "It's not all just for fun. The brocade market is open today. In addition to brocade and silk, there are also silks, silks and linens. The weather is getting warmer now, and many women are rushing to buy materials with new patterns. Good. Sew new clothes."

Su You praised: "I am a woman from Shu who is very skillful, and the Shu brocade patterns are exquisite and beautiful. I heard my sister-in-law said that among the brocades in Sichuan, Chengdu Guanyuan is the best."

The steward was very proud: "That's it, I, Chengdu Guanjin Academy, produced eight haloes, six halos, dribbling balls, clusters of four golden eagles, sunflowers, green pond lions, and world music. They are all tributes. But there is one section. Mr. Young Master is wrong, these beautiful brocades are not made by women, the weavers of Guanjin Yuan are all men."

"Ah?" Su You felt very surprised and refreshed his views again: "Then I have to go and see it sometime. Hahaha, this is the first time I heard that there are men weaving..."

But it’s right to think about it. Men seem to be better at spatial thinking than women. The Sichuan brocade patterns are extremely complicated, and it seems that men are better at this.

The manager smiled and said: "Speaking of this official brocade, there was a public case a few years ago."

Su You asked: "Oh? Is there any story?"

The steward said: "Young Master, first of all, you must know that this official brocade is not something ordinary people can wear. Only those who are under Zhongshu's sect, privy ministers, relatives of the emperor, generals and above can make the world happy; three secretaries, bachelors,

Only the envoys of Zhongcheng, ministers, chamber masters and above can wear four-plate fine brocades; only the deputy envoys of the third ministers and palace magistrates can wear large yellow lion brocades... There are seven levels in total."

This is the first time Su You has heard of it. After all, Jin is too far away from his life: "Really? What if Xinjin tricks happen?"

The manager seemed to have heard a big joke: "How can the new brocade pattern be so easy to come up with... Let's not talk about that. Let's just talk about the joy of the world. This kind of brocade is also called Qingfengnian or Lantern Brocade. Because of this

The brocade pattern woven with gold threads into the shape of a lantern is named after it.”

"The main part of the pattern is a lantern, decorated with tassels and bees. The tassels represent grains, and the 'bee' of the bee, and the 'deng' of the lantern are homophonic to 'feng' and 'deng', which form the auspicious saying of 'a good harvest'

Already."

Su You nodded and said: "Hahaha, that's right. For example, if a monkey stands on a horse, it means he will be granted the title of marquis immediately; if an elephant carries a bottle, it means a peaceful and auspicious elephant."

The steward was delighted: "Young man is so awesome, these two patterns are so well arranged."

Shi Wei said: "Brother Xiaoyou, please don't interrupt. Listen to the story told by the steward."

The steward said: "It is rumored that the father of the official concubine Zhang Guifei was once a retainer of Wen Kuanfu's family. Concubine Zhang recognized Yao as her uncle and wanted the help of a scholar-bureaucrat, so she lured Wen Kuanfu into her home."

"It happened that Wen Kuanfu knew about Chengdu, and the imperial concubine, who was close to the Yuan Dynasty, ordered us to weave brocade of different colors. Wen Kuanfu then ordered the workers to weave gold thread lanterns with lotus flowers in them. The brocade pattern in the middle is also for the autumn migration. It is extremely exquisite."

"The imperial concubine made clothes and wore them to meet the officials. The officials were surprised and asked: 'Where did you get this brocade?'"

"Concubine Zhang said sternly: 'Yesterday I ordered Wen Yanbo from Chengdu to come and weave something with my concubine's father. How can I make it happen? Gai Yanbo is at your Majesty's ear.'"

The official family was very happy, and from then on they fell in love with Kuanfu. Kuanfu returned to the capital from Chengdu, and soon became a political advisor."

"The king of Beizhou rebelled, and the imperial court went to get it with a pickaxe. It was about to succeed, but the officials thought the rebel was very close to the capital and were very worried. One day he said in the palace: 'No one in power can serve the country.

What's the use of going to the temple every day but not having any intention of killing the thief?'"

"Concubine Zhang sent someone to whisper to Kuan Fu. Tomorrow he went to the palace and Kuan Fu begged to defeat the thieves. The officials were overjoyed and asked him to lead the army. When he arrived, Ming Hao had already put down the rebellion, and all the benefits were lost.

Wen Kuanfu took it out and paid homage to Tongping Zhangshi."

Su You touched his chin: "There is nothing new in the world. What is gained easily will be lost easily."

The steward clapped his hands: "Take that! Young Master is very knowledgeable! Later, the supervisory censor Tang Jie impeached Kuanfu and summoned Kuanfu to confront Qi Jin in the palace, which led to Kuanfu's discovery of Xuzhou. However, the Tang Yushi

He didn't even try to please him, so he was demoted to Chunzhou."

"In the second year of the Yuan Dynasty, an official wrote a poem: 'No one enters the lantern brocade, and the sycophant minister is remembered in the pink palace.' After hearing this, the officials laughed it off."

"The incident is related to the Chengdu Lantern Brocade, so it has been widely circulated here, almost becoming a legend. Everyone calls it the Jinqi Jinjin Brocade Case."

Su You looked at the steward up and down in a sullen manner: "Steward, do you have any money?"

The steward thought that Su You was joking with him and said, "There is a small silver coin. What does the young man use it for?" He took out the small silver coin.

Su You took the silver and said, "I'll give you a piece of silver and teach you a lesson: I'd rather talk about someone's fault in front of their face than talk behind their backs. Duke Wen has the reputation of the world, he goes out to generals and ministers, and he smiles at what he hears.

Just leave it alone, don’t make any arbitrary decisions."

"The so-called 'sycophant' you are talking about, there is news in the tabloids, and he is about to join the cabinet and regain his prime ministership! Don't say bad things about him again."

The manager was about to cry: "Young man, you are so treacherous... You took my boat, listened to my story, and asked me to give you money and thank you... If you were an honest person, you should have told me beforehand

It’s only right to inform..."
Chapter completed!