Chapter 2168 Flower War (seventy-six)

The forty-first chapter of A Dream of Red Mansions, after coming out of the "Snow Cave" in Hengwuyuan, Grandma Liu and Mu Jia went to the Longcui An to drink tea. After drinking the tea, Mu Jia felt tired and went to Daoxiang Village to rest. People accompanied Grandma Liu to the archway of the "Shenqin Villa". Grandma Liu thought it was the archway of the "Jade Emperor Temple".

Grandma Liu didn't know if she was really illiterate here, or if she was deliberately amusing and making everyone laugh. Then she felt a rumbling in her stomach, and she hurriedly pulled a little girl and asked for two pieces of paper to go to the toilet, waiting for her to come out of the toilet. Afterwards, Jiujin was blown by the wind, and because of his age, he just felt dizzy and couldn't tell the direction.

Like someone from Wuling, she walked slowly along a stone road and came to the door of a house. After searching for a long time, she could not find the door. Later, after walking along the bamboo fence and flower barrier, she found the Moon Gate Walking in, there is another pool facing you, the water in it is clear, and there is a white stone on it.

   She stepped on the stone and walked over, and after turning two more corners, she saw a door, and a girl walked towards her with a smile on her face.

   Grandma Liu hurriedly said, "The girls left me, and I came across here."

   However, the girl didn't answer. Grandma Liu went to hold her hand, but it hit the wall, and her head hurt.

   She looked at it carefully for a long time, and it turned out to be a painting.

   She touched the left and looked at the right. This painting was different from the New Year pictures posted at her house. It looked three-dimensional, but it was flat to the touch.

   Then she turned her head and found a soft curtain. She opened the curtain and walked in, and found that the inside was golden and pearly, the walls were exquisitely carved, and even the bricks under her feet were emerald green and chiseled.

Grandma Liu was dazzled and wanted to go out, but there was no door. As soon as she turned out from behind a screen, she saw her own mother coming. Grandma Liu teased her, "You haven't seen the world, but the flowers in this garden are good, You didn't live in vain."

   Her in-laws didn't answer, and Grandma Liu thought, "I often hear people say that rich people have a kind of full-length mirror, so why don't I look in the mirror?"

   After she said that, she reached out and touched it, and sure enough, she found the carved red sandalwood panel with mirrors inlaid on it. There were also Western machine brackets on it, which could be opened and closed.

Walking away from the mirror, Grandma Liu found a bed. At this time, she was already seven or eight points drunk and tired of walking. She thought about which lady's bed was in the embroidery room. She only said thank you, but she Involuntarily, he slept on the bed.

  Everyone waited for Grandma Liu for a long time, but when they found that she didn't return, Ban'er burst into tears, but the others laughed, don't fall into the ditch.

After a long search, I finally found the sleeping grandma Liu in the Yihong Courtyard, where Baoyu lived. At this time, not only was the snoring loud, but there was also a stench of alcohol and fart, which made people afraid of being known. I sprinkled three or four handfuls of lily incense, covered it with a hood, cleaned it up a little, and it was clean. Fortunately, Grandma Liu didn't vomit, and then she took Grandma Liu back to everyone's side, as if nothing happened.

  The "masters" in the palace not only have to wear fur in winter, but also have a hand stove for heating, which is mostly made of copper, but instead of ordinary coal, incense charcoal is burned inside. The most used charcoal in the palace is Hongluo charcoal, which is produced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It is usually transported to the Hongluo factory outside Xi'an for storage.

This kind of carbon is resistant to burning, gray and non-explosive, not only less smoke, but also has a fragrance when burning, but this kind of carbon is actually not the best, just like the ink made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it does not seek merit, but seeks flawless . During the reigns of Kangxi and Yongzheng, the tribute ink was made by Cao Sugong of Huizhou, and during the reign of Qianlong, it became that of Wang Jinsheng and others.

   These two families have some origins. Cao Sugong also took the imperial examinations before. Later, he bought other people's shops and ink molds and opened his own ink shop. Wang Jinsheng has worked in the Cao family for many years. He started as an ink maker. After mastering all the production techniques and techniques of "Su Gong Mo" in the Cao family, he opened his own shop called "Jian Gu Zhai". They are all tributes paid by officials.

Hongluo charcoal is actually a low-grade incense charcoal. The harem in the Qing Dynasty was still simple, and there were other heating methods besides burning Hongluo charcoal. too much.

  Miaoyu said that she collected the water on the plum blossoms, which probably means that the water has the smell of plum blossoms, and a bunch of tongues who have just eaten big fish and meat may not really be able to taste it.

Water has no taste, and the most basic raw material of charcoal is also odorless. The Ministry of Internal Affairs took ordinary hardwood from Daxing, cut it into pieces, burned it into charcoal and put it in a vitex basket, and used red earth mixed with spices. Brush one layer.

  Wugang oak is used for good incense charcoal, which grows mainly in the Shenlongjia area. Take a piece of wood as round and fine as a lamb shank, grind it into powder, sieve the broken carbon powder, take a very fine carbon powder, then add the fragrant powder, mix the two evenly, and then add the paste boiled with glutinous rice, Knead into a mass, then beat and mix, and finally press the carbon mass into a carbon cake and put it into a mold to shape.

If the wood itself has a fragrance, it will have the smell of fragrant powder. In the Song Dynasty, there was a recipe called Plum Blossom Fragrance. Take a piece of agarwood, sandalwood, and clove, one-third of clove skin, one-third of camphor, and musk. A little, put all the spices except camphor and musk into a bowl and crush them, add four taels of charcoal and coal, and the fragrance is even. The musk, beat and mixed into a ball, pressed into a cake, and then put into an impermeable container. When using it, add some silver leaves or mica, and the smell of burning is the fragrance of plum blossoms.

  This is like the eggplant that Grandma Liu ate. Ten chickens made the taste, and there is no plum in the fragrance of plum blossoms. Even Heshen is not luxurious enough to use it for warmth.

  Wenyuan Pavilion is a replica of Tianyi Pavilion. Tianyi Pavilion takes "water from the sky and six inheritances from the earth", which is intended to prevent fire, so it is impossible to carry a brazier into the library.

  BJ's winter is very cold, and the ink will freeze. In this case, I add a little fragrant charcoal pressed into flowers in the warm inkstone. As for people, they can only wear more by themselves, but wearing too much is not conducive to activities, so the palace test is held in the Spring and Autumn Period.

   The salt merchants are rich enough to rival the country. They may be able to play with incense charcoal. The officials who raided their homes said that their expenses were comparable to that of emperors.

There is a saying that you don't have to worry if you have more debts, even if the Changlu salt merchants can't pay the interest, they are still borrowing. The more important thing is that the salt government Mu Teng said on the forehead that he would spread the debt in the salt, and the salt merchants have more money. Be fearless.

   He was down and down, but he sold his property to treat his parents.

The   Tian Brothers Association is a strict smoking organization, and those who join are not allowed to smoke big cigarettes, and Nick happened to have dealt with people from the East India Company.

It is not known how many people Harrock asked to survey and draw maps, and it is possible that the information leaked. The Timbers knew that he was looking for people to draw maps, so they thought Nick was a "hateful yellow-haired spy" and leaked their " confidential".

As early as when Li Shiyao was the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, the Timber Brothers Association was already active. They burned down the barracks and planned to burn the wharf. Taiwan and Siam are the main sources of Fujian rice. If the Guangzhou wharf is destroyed, then Siam It is difficult to unload rice here, and Fujian will rely more on Taiwanese rice.

   They are businessmen, and at the same time they are not so simple just for business. Legend has it that the Tiandihui was because Kangxi destroyed the Southern Shaolin. Several lay disciples founded the Tiandihui to launch an anti-Qing uprising.

   But when he was setting up a stall on the street, he heard people say that Tiandihui was because of a monk surnamed Hong, who lived in the Fenghua Pavilion in Houxi.

  Leaving the hair without leaving the head, leaving the head without leaving the hair, some people simply shave, but they do not become monks. Hongtong's "red", like "Zhu", represents the same color. Yan Yan is a personal name. He met the monk Hong Erfang in the Fenghua Pavilion, and then there was a "Yan Yan" brotherhood.

   In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, anyone with a different surname who worshipped a brother was given a hundred whips. Later, the punishment was even more severe. Those who swore blood as an alliance, burnt their oaths and worshipped their brothers, got the Fa-rectification.

   This is also related to the case of cutting braids in the 33rd year of Qianlong. It is a Han cultural custom to grow hair and worship people with different surnames. Koreans feel that the braids are ugly.

Later, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi also really went to look for it, and he really found and beat a monk Hong and a person surnamed Zhu, but after the interrogation, they did not do anything illegal, and the "Fenghua Pavilion" was also without any whereabouts, just like falling flowers. Blown away by the wind.

After Fukangan regained Taiwan, Yan Yan was caught. His public identity was the owner of a spicy condiment shop in Changhua. He was just a small trader. The meeting originated in Sichuan, and was started by a person surnamed Li and a monk surnamed Zhu.

   He revealed that monk Wan, Zhao Mingde, Chen Pi, and Chen Biao, who started the meeting in Guangdong, had three senior members of the Brotherhood Association. They spread the meeting in Zhangzhou, Huizhou and other places, but Yan Yan was only persuaded by Chen Biao to join the society.

   They have a secret saying: The three surnames are Jiewan, Li Taohong, and Jiulongshengtian is Li Zhuhong.

  Li Zhuhong is the general name of the founder.

   The "leader" currently active in Guangzhou is also surnamed Yan and his name is Yan Pinyu. Since Zhang's mother begged to burn down the military camp and was arrested by Li Shiyao for burning and robbing the salt field, Guangzhou has been very peaceful. As for whether this Yan Pinyu exists or not, it is only a rumor.

  Nick's only way out now is to rely on the government, that is, the Admiral. Juren's evaluation of him is that he is only a blessing, but he is not eager for justice and justice, and he deals too much.

   The common people like him because he doesn't loot. Do the officers and soldiers like him?

   "After being dizzy for so long, I finally have some unsightly features. Now I can taste it. The admiral is like Xining. He immediately resigned, but the next person to take over will be in big trouble."

   said with great concern, as if he cared about the city where he wandered, and it happened that the cuckoo bell rang at this time, which was also an imported product.

  Nick flipped through his picture book. He had been to many places, but he had not left much affection for any city. However, he felt that he would never forget Guangzhou.

   He hesitated whether to include the portrait of the young man who punched him.

He remembered the little man hurriedly walking towards him at dusk, the labyrinth-like alleys, and the reflection he saw in the bronze mirror on Mazu's birthday, when it was already dark, there were many beautiful lights around lanterns, the lights illuminated his face.

   If it was pitch black, Nick wouldn't be able to see him, and he wouldn't be remembering the fact that he recognized him.

   "Too heavy." Georgiana whispered.

   Bonaparte did not speak, he looked at the ceiling as if caught in some kind of memory.

   "Sorry, I shouldn't have read this book," she said softly.

   "You don't want to watch it?" he asked.

   "I thought it was a love story." She said sadly.

   "What you want to see is a love story without turmoil. Nick's current performance is a normal reaction of a person."

   She doesn't say what would have happened if Nick hadn't provided a portrait.

   That teenager should go to study instead of being a "bait" in such a dangerous thing.

   The sound of "brother" seemed to ring in her ears, and she was trembling all over, when she suddenly remembered that the firewood on the fireplace was not lit, no wonder it was so cold.

   He took her into his arms so she wouldn't tremble.

   But she still couldn't continue reading, she wanted to be silent for a while, although this might be a story, all of which were fake, she still wanted to mourn the passing of that young life.

   Even if she is not the sentimental type of Lin Daiyu who weeps when the flower fades and buries it.

   (end of this chapter)