Take a plane to the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 389 Gathering Together

Above the Yangtze River, misty waves are vast, and the scorching sun is just rising.

Zhu Changyuan ordered people to open the big sails on the ship, blow the wind upstream, and take Chen Yuanyuan and his party of five to attend the literati gathering organized by Wang Ranming.

However, as soon as the boat left, Zhu Changyuan faced a rather embarrassing problem.

When the big ship went down the river from Xiangyang, it could be said to be smooth sailing, but now it wants to go up the river, even though it has a big sail, it is not an easy problem.

Although the masters who handle the sails are all skilled craftsmen, it is impossible for such a behemoth to fly upstream on the Yangtze River.

The big ship could only slowly zigzag upstream and sail towards the entrance of the Qinhuai River.

As a result, a lot of time was naturally delayed. It is estimated that he will not be able to catch up with the literati meeting that was originally scheduled to start around nine o'clock. Zhu Changyuan estimated that this time he will be at least half an hour later than originally planned.

But it doesn't matter, anyway, the organizer of this meeting is Lao Tzu, and if Lao Tzu doesn't come, I believe Wang Ranming will take care of it and wait for a while.

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The Qinhuai River is a tributary of the Yangtze River on the right bank near Nanjing. It is neither big nor small.

Since ancient times, no matter in the Tang, Song or Yuan and Ming Dynasties, this has been the most decadent and most lingering gold-selling cave in ancient society. Naturally, it is also a major landscape of Nanjing.

Li Bai, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote in a poem: "The Six Dynasties are more overlords, and the ruins can be seen in the capital city."Up to now, in the Qinhuai area, the etiquette and music are outstanding.What it depicts is the grand scene of the Qinhuai River.

If you come to Jinling, you have never been to the Qinhuai River, you have never been on a painted boat or drank flower wine, then you are not called to Jinling, it is just a passerby.

Just kidding, I didn't even play the most famous thing in Nanjing, come here to dry wool?
Of course, the reputation of the Qinhuai River is not blown out of it.It's the real thing, it's a fairyland on earth that makes people willing to throw away their homes and careers.

For example today.

From the mouth of the river to the south, looking all the way, there seem to be countless large and small painting boats leaning on the shore, and the red orchids and green all the way are dazzling.

In a section of the river about ten miles away from the mouth of the river, all the boats here were driven to other places, except for a huge wooden boat moored in the middle of the river. Laughter came from it.

On the boat, Wang Ranming squinted his eyes and looked at the swaying demeanor of many dancing girls on the deck in front of him. He was fascinated for a while, took a deep sip of wine, and his eyes could no longer leave the waists of these girls in front of him.

Beside Wang Ranming, a fair-skinned man in his fifties was sitting upright. Although the man was a little older, he had fair skin, bright eyes, and a sparse beard that flowed naturally. He was also watching with a smile on his face. The song and dance in front of you.

"Hehehe!" Wang Ranming asked the man beside him with a Huizhou accent, "Brother Muzhai, how are you?"

Qian Qianyi smiled slightly, picked up a glass of wine to greet Wang Ranming, and said, "Yingyingyanyan is so wonderful. Hehe, why is Brother Wang so elegant today that he invites Jinling talents and beauties to come here for a while?"

"Hehe!" Wang Ranming smiled mysteriously, and said: "I and Mu Zhai are life-and-death friends. I won't lie to you about this, but I can't tell you. You will understand in the future. My brother has fun! "

"Ok!"

Sure enough, Qian Qianyi stopped asking.

He's already half a century old, what scene hasn't he seen?When he and Wen Tiren fought for the head of the cabinet in front of the emperor, they were almost not afraid of fighting, how could they be afraid of today's scene?

"Duke Baoguo is here!"

Qian Qianyi and Wang Ranming were drinking and chatting when they suddenly heard a servant at the bow shout.

Wang Ranming said: "Mr. Baoguo is here, let's go to greet him!"

Qian Qianyi said: "Brother Wang, why did you invite him here?"

"I didn't invite, this really came uninvited." Wang Ranming spread his hands and said, "Let's go!"

Qian Qianyi had no choice but to order people to stop singing and dancing, and cleared a large area on the deck. When he walked to the bow, he happened to see a young man in his 20s coming with four men who were tall and rough.

"Duke Baoguo is here, it's a great honor!" Wang Ranming bowed and saluted.

Baoguo Gong Zhu Guobi, 25 or [-] years old, with a handsome and comfortable face, looked like a second-generation ancestor when he smiled, and said to Wang Ranming: "It's an honor, you boy didn't invite me, I didn't invite me Here we come, hehe!"

This guy is also very familiar with Wang Ranming, but just because he is not a talented man or a beautiful woman, he can be regarded as the second generation ancestor of a dude at best.

However, as a businessman, Wang Ranming would definitely not offend such royal relatives.

"Oh, my lord, you misunderstood me, I originally..."

"Okay, okay, okay!" Zhu Guobi didn't bother to listen to his explanation, he waved his hand and said: "Get me some tea to drink, I don't care about it with you."

Suddenly seeing Qian Qianyi behind Wang Ranming, he was startled and said, "Mr. Muzhai is here?" Then he smiled a little embarrassedly, and said, "I saw that my son is going to be arty this time, hehe, hey-hey!"

Qian Qianyi laughed it off, and didn't care too much about second-generation ancestors like Zhu Guobi.

Not long after Zhu Guobi arrived, the follow-up people began to board the ship one after another.

There are all kinds of literati who are now entrenched in Nanjing, and there are also many famous courtesans who are not famous.

Of course, these famous prostitutes are just the oirans of a certain brothel, or the sisters of a certain boat. Although they are famous, they are not so famous that they are famous in Jinling.

Naturally, they were not invited by Wang Ranming. These people came uninvited. The biggest purpose was to show their faces on such occasions, to enhance their sense of presence, and to make literati and poets remember them.Especially those great literati, after their publicity and packaging, it is expected that their worth will double.

No wonder, then, that so many beauties came aboard.

"Kou's on Chaoku Street, here we are!"

Hearing Menzi's shout, all the people who were whispering stopped and looked towards the bow of the ship.

"Oh!" Qian Qianyi, an old pervert, exclaimed, and said to Wang Ranming: "Brother Wang is not easy, even the heroine was invited."

The female chivalrous person is called Kou female chivalrous man, and the Qinhuai Bayan's Kou Baimen is also the same.

Wang Ranming smiled slightly, but a few drops of blood dripped from his heart. Qian Qianyi was surprised and praised that he was able to invite Kou Baimen over. In fact, who knows how much work he did behind the scenes and how much money he spent.

Although Zhu Changyuan didn't specifically arrange who he would invite, how dare he not set the highest standard?
"Crack! Crack!"

A woman with red makeup walked slowly from below to the deck by stepping on the ladder of the building, followed by two servants and two maidservants to the bow of the ship.

Kou Baimen has a magnificent appearance, with two long eyebrows almost reaching the temples, eyes as bright as autumn water, pink face and red lips, white teeth like snow.Coupled with her slender figure, she walked towards everyone in the slight river breeze, which turned all living beings upside down.

The only thing is that the corners of her eyes are slightly raised, showing a sharp look.

"Hello, Mr. Wang, Mr. Qian, and Mr. Gong!"

Kou Baimen saluted the three of them in turn, and the three of them also returned the salute.

Wang Ranming chuckled and said, "Miss Kou, please take your seat quickly, I am really lucky in my life."

Kou Baimen smiled slightly, looked at the river with a bright face, and sat on a seat near the side of the boat, and said nothing at the moment.

With a piggy smile on his face, Zhu Guobi leaned beside him and asked, "Miss Kou, don't come here without any problems."

Kou Baimen turned his head back with a smile, and said, "Naturally, you are all right." Suddenly he drew out a sword, pressed it against Zhu Guobi's body that was moving towards her, and said, "Come here again, I will chop off your leg with my sword!"

"Eh!" Zhu Guobi took a step back in embarrassment, and sat back in his original position.

At this moment, Menzi shouted loudly again: "Wu Jishan of Taicang and his brother pay a visit to Master Wang."

Wang Ranming was stunned for a while, and said, "I don't know this person!"

Qian Qianyi next to him said: "It doesn't matter if you don't know me, the old man does!" After speaking, he laughed and got up, and walked towards the bow, and he saw a tall man in his forties, with a 30-year-old The frail scholar came to the boat.

"Teacher!" Wu Jishan and his brother knelt down to Qian Qianyi at the same time, bowing in salute.

Qian Qianyi looked at the two of them, and said: "Very good, today is the right time for a meeting, and it is also a good time to see the beauty and talent of our talented scholars and beauties in Jinling. This trip must be worthwhile."

It turned out that Wu Jishan was going to Sichuan to be the county magistrate, but knowing that there was Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan, he was afraid that he would not be able to get any benefits from this trip, and he might even never return, so he came to visit his teacher.

Unexpectedly, Qian Qianyi happened to be invited by Wang Ranming to come to the Qinhuai River today, so he happened to follow along.

"Go, take a seat with me first!"

Qian Qianyi took the two brothers Wu Jishan to the upper part of the boat and told them to sit down.

The deck of the entire painting boat is very large, and besides the back room, there is nearly two hundred square meters of space.

On the deck, Wang Ranming asked someone to place a huge table, just like a conference table, with people sitting on both sides and at the same time enjoying the scenery along the entire Qinhuai River.

While speaking, a super huge sailing boat unexpectedly sailed across the Qinhuai River, even more than twice the size of Wang Ranming's painting boat.Everyone couldn't help but look at the big boat.

"Whose boat is this? So big?"

Discussions started among the crowd.

After all, those who came to the Qinhuai River generally drove their own private boats.

For example, in later generations, when you go to a banquet, it is acceptable to drive a sports car, sedan or even an off-road vehicle, but if you drive a bus, it is a bit out of character.

While talking, a small boat was lowered from the big boat, and two men and three women on the boat came towards the painting boat.

As for the big ship just now, it docked on the shore of the Qinhuai River.

Others didn't know who it was, but Wang Ranming knew it all too well. When the doorman wanted to speak, Wang Ranming pulled him behind and said to everyone in person: "Mr. Chang of Xiangyang, Mr. Li is here!"

(End of this chapter)