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Chapter 16 The Grand Opening of the Royal Entertainment Center

The delicious dishes were sent to the private room as the waiter sang loudly. The wine table culture in the Ming Dynasty had reached its maturity after the Song and Yuan dynasties. It was said that before the business was serious, it was all a matter of the rules.

King Zhu Qi of Liao was the boss and his status was the highest at this banquet. Naturally, everyone had to have a drink with King Zhu Qi of Liao.

Xu Miaoyun was wearing a maid dress, standing against the wall, carefully observing the Liao King Zhu Qi. She thought that this prince who wrote such a exquisite poem "Song of Drinking Under Flowers" in Xiaoxiang Pavilion was as unruly as Liu Sanbian, but at least she should be full of scholarly or talent.

But after reading for a long time, Li Jinglong was full of scholarly aura, speaking in a very literary way, and occasionally he would write a few lines of poetry, citing classics, etc.

As for King Zhu Qi of Liao, he looked pretty brilliant, but his conversation made Xu Miaoyun feel very strange.

After a round of food and drink, Zhu Qi, the King of Liao who had been drinking rice wine from beginning to end, stood up and raised his hand to signal the second generation of officials to calm down. Then he gave Zhu Di a look. Zhu Di quickly took out a small notebook and a small brush handed over by someone else, with a serious expression on his face.

When he saw Zhu Qi take out a speech that had been prepared for a long time, he said:

"I believe everyone knows the reason why the King of Japan and King of Yan are presenting everyone's banquet today. We two, no, are also considered the princes. The three brothers responded to the emperor's call and implemented the project of inheriting and developing China's excellent traditional culture. It is a major strategic task for building a cultural power in the Ming Dynasty. In order to inherit the Chinese cultural context and comprehensively improve the cultural literacy of the people, the three brothers actively prepared and invested 3,000 taels to create the Ming Dynasty Royal Entertainment Group. The first phase of the project is the Royal Entertainment Center..."

His Highness the King of Liao was reciting there, and the crowd was full of serious expressions. After reading, they just ordered one: I, King of Liao Zhu Qi, open a store and make money.

Then what else can they say? They applauded and expressed their opinions, saying that they were so good, we will definitely arrive.

I thought the business would end here, but I saw His Highness Liao take out another book and put it on the table, saying:

"This thing is called comic books. It is the first business launched by our Royal Entertainment Center. When we arrive at our Royal Entertainment Center, we only need a little admission fee to have a special seat and sit down quietly to read the comics."

A group of meritorious children have never heard of comic books. Look at the exquisite cover, the three capital letters "Mingshanhe" written by Zhu Qi!

What a good guy, is this the picture book drawn by His Highness the King of Liao?

Xu Miaoyun also stretched his neck and looked at the comic books on the table. He never expected that His Royal Highness of Liao was so talented that he could not only write poetry, but also draw. Unfortunately, he went to places like Xiaoxiang Pavilion at a young age and wrote poetry to girls there, which made people feel as if he was astray.

These meritorious children have read the paintings, and they have even seen them as adults, but it was the first time they read such exquisite things. Xu Zengshou was relatively close to him and took the lead in picking up the comic book and smiled.

Just because of this glance, I lost my whole life.

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Yingtian, the Duke of Wei State.

The servants of the Duke of Wei's Mansion thought it was very strange. Xu Zengshou, who liked to run outside whenever he had something to do, came back from outside and went into his study for the first time!

Good guy, since Xu Zengshou has not had the ability to take the imperial examination, and Duke of Wei no longer asks a teacher to educate Xu Zengshou, a place like a study room is an insulator for Xu Zengshou. Today, the sun is coming out to the west?

There are more than one strange thing. Since Xu Zengshou entered the study, several groups of people have come to visit the mansion. Without exception, the nobles and descendants all came to look for Xu Zengshou.

The servants naturally did not dare to stop them. After the notice, they invited them respectfully. They thought Xu Zengshou would go out with them, but after these noble children came, they immediately went into the study with Xu Zengshou!

Not only that, he was still blushing and full of energy when he left. When others asked, the noble children just said one sentence:

"Reading makes me happy."

Good guy, this is no longer a problem with the sun hitting the west. This is Houyi’s rebirth and is preparing to shoot the sun, right?

Xu Da, Duke of Wei, who was busy with official duties, was still very pleased that his son suddenly became fond of studying.

On this day, he was busy until very late. When he saw that the lights were still on in Xu Zengshou's study, Duke Wei's eyes turned red at that time and said to the people around him: "See, how hard my son is? It's time to go, and he is still reading at night with the lights. It's really a blessing for my Xu family!"

Xu Da was more moved the more he thought about it. He was afraid that Xu Zengshou would be hungry, so he asked someone to cook a porridge, and then he sent it in himself. Then he saw Xu Zengshou sitting on a chair, grinning at the book while his toes were bit by bit, and he looked very happy.

Xu Da was also very happy. He leaned over and wanted to give Xu Zengshou a surprise. When he got in front of him, Xu Zengshou had some insight and turned around, his face full of horror.

That night, Xu Zengshou was beaten so hard that he could not survive.

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Zhu Qi only sighed for three seconds after hearing about Xu Zengshou's beating for comic books, and the grand opening of the Royal Entertainment Center would not be affected by any impact.

On this day, the weather was clear and cloudless. The Royal Entertainment Center, which had been renovated for nearly twenty days, finally opened grandly.

Because it was its first opening, Zhu Qi did not have any opening ceremony. It was too grand. After setting off two strings of firecrackers at the door, he opened the door to welcome guests to do business.

The common people like to watch the fun. When they saw that the shop here, which had been renovated for more than 20 days, finally opened, and they all came around to watch the fun.

The people of Yingtian Prefecture are still well-informed and have never seen any kind of shop, but when I got closer, I saw that I really have never seen this shop!

I saw a few words [Royal Entertainment Center] hanging on the door. No matter the last four words, the first two words are enough to be grand. Royal! Is the store opened by Emperor Zhu’s house?

Looking at the decoration again, everyone was shocked.

There were two gravel roads in front of the door, and there was a trickle of water flowing through below, and there was a small rockery built next to it. A small windmill-like thing was mounted in front of the rockery, and it was dripping. The water flowed down from the rockery. The little thing at the door alone made many people stop and watch. It was fresh and had never seen it.

This is an artistic bonsai, of course I have never seen it before!

Although there were bonsai in ancient times, the popular bonsai at this time was just a very rigid plant. Zhu Qi, a bonsai that combines windmills, rockery and plants made by himself, was definitely an epoch-making thing.

Not to mention the mobile water system, the scene created like a small waterfall can be played all day with the child next door.

Of course, the most attractive thing for the people is the girls with red silk ribbons standing at the door. They all have beautiful facial features and beautiful appearances. Whenever someone comes in, the girls will shout: "Welcome."

What a good guy! Look at this hospitality attitude, it is better than the girls in Xiaoxiang Pavilion!

No need to ask, judging from this posture, this must be a new store opened by Jiaofangsi? But didn’t the emperor order that the staff in Fengyue Places would not be allowed to dress too charmingly? Forget it, the whole world is the territory of the Old Zhu family, so how can it be done is not the final say of the Old Zhu family?

The nobles who arrived early naturally paid the money to enter the venue as soon as possible, and the people even thought this was a place of love and mist. Otherwise, these nobles could run so fast? In addition to being such an attractive place of love and mist?

A wealthy businessman in thick veil clothes saw this posture and stopped disguising himself. He took out his money bag and walked in. He thought that a madam would come to lead him like Xiaoxiang Pavilion, but he didn't expect that after the gentle "welcome", a waiter who pretended to be like a calf came over and asked with a smile:

"Please be in the guest official, are you on the first floor or on the second floor?"

The rich businessman was stunned. He thought that the first floor would be a stage like the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and then there were tables and chairs, and there were tea surrounds for girls to accompany them. However, on this floor, he only saw tables and chairs and stages, but he did not see any girl or stages for accompanying them.

The rich businessman hesitated and asked:

"What is this floor, and what is the second floor?"

The waiter took out a sign with a detailed price list on it and said:

"This floor is an ordinary seat, one person costs two taels of silver, you can only read books, eat and play, and there are no other projects. The second floor is a member seat, and one person costs five taels of silver. In addition to reading, there is also a new comic book "Mingshanhe" launched by our store, and you can also listen to books and crosstalk!"

"Comic Book? Listen Shu Pavilion? Crosstalk?"

The rich businessman hesitated for a moment. Considering whether this was a new jargon for the romantic place, he still took out five taels of silver, obtained a membership card, and then went to the second floor with a nervous mood.

I saw small private rooms on the second floor, and some large rooms that I don’t know what to do. The waiter said that it was a place for crosstalk and storytelling, but crosstalk artists were still training, and there was only storytelling at present.

The rich businessman nodded after hearing this. He knew that the storytelling was really interesting, but what is crosstalk? Forget it, let's go to the small room first and have a girl having a drink of flower wine.

The rich businessman entered the small room with a calm expression and saw two books on the table. One was the first chapter of the comic book "Mingshanhe". The prince Zhu Biao personally approved it. The special craftsmen and craftsmen spent a month to print it. The other was the novel version of "Mingshanhe". There were 300 copies of each, which was enough.

At this time, he had the ability to print pictures and even printed them with great colors. He was a bit useless, but Zhu Qi only needed black and white paintings.

The rich businessman hesitated for a moment, thinking that he had to wait for the girl anyway, and the cover of this book was quite interesting, so he picked up the comic book and opened it to look.

This time I went through it for a whole day.

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