Yuan Jie turned around and smiled and said, "What's this name?"

Xu You calmed down and replied casually: "The opera can tell the distance; the sea can tell the vastness. Listening to the word "the opera" is like seeing Mr. Yuan!"

Yuan Jie laughed loudly, his tone was extremely refreshing, and pointed at him and said, "Qilang, Qilang!"

He had praised Xu You with Qunhong Xihai before, but then he asked what the name of "Xi Haiting" was actually intentional, not difficult, but more of a school exam. This is also a popular small game among scholars and officials. He likes to examine a person's words and deeds, talent and spirit in every question and answer of ordinary small things. If he asks cleverly and answers, he will immediately spread to all directions. This is the only way for elders to promote the backwards to become famous.

Of course, this depends on the social status and influence of the person asked. Otherwise, no matter how clever the question is or how wonderful the answer is, it will only be just a charming look for the blind man. Apart from a minor problem of squinting eyes, there is no practical benefit!

It is precisely because of the hidden mystery in this question that Xu Youzan is not right. Praise seems arrogant and not right. It is obvious that he is disrespectful to the Venerable. How to answer is really a dilemma.

The geese playing in the sea actually means that a group of geese play in the sea, which is often used to describe the vigorous and agileness of calligraphy. However, Xu You put aside the word "Gen Hong" and did not mention it. He just explained the literal explanation of the opera and the sea: the opera has the meaning of being unrestrained, so it is called it far away, and the sea is to accommodate all rivers, so it is called it broad and broad, and the connection between this word and calligraphy is stripped away. In this way, if the name "Xi Haiting" is well obtained, there will be no suspicion of Wang Po selling melons.

Being able to do this is enough to show Xu You's urgent talent, but he has a brilliant idea, and he actually linked the redefined word "Shi Hai" with Yuan Jie's character, and quietly took a fresh and refined flattery.

Yuan Jie naturally understood the truth, and loved Xu You both loved talent and benefited. After hesitating for a moment, he seemed to have made up his mind and said, "Since I think it's good, the plaque of the Xihaiting will be written by Qilang!"

Xu You was really shocked this time. The plaque was the lintel of the pavilion and the face of the owner. With Yuan's status, he was not a famous calligrapher of Gao Hua's family, so he was not qualified to write a plaque, let alone he was a clerk of Qimin?

"Duke Yuan..."

Xu You believed that he had some advantages in calligraphy, but he had no reputation and no scholarship. How could he dare to take the blame for the world? Just as he was about to refuse, he was interrupted by Yuan Jie, saying, "This matter is settled like this, Qilang doesn't need to say much. Let's go, write and enjoy the scenery, and then try the delicious food in Jinling. What's the regret in life at this point!"

Xu You smiled bitterly and said, "Can I refuse?"

"What do you think?"

The two looked at each other and laughed at the same time!

The chefs in Yuan’s mansion may have been stimulated by Feng Tong’s supervisor, and their cooking skills have exploded. They are stacked with delicious food and mixed dishes. The banquets in this high hall are mouth-watering. Xu You glanced over and saw that there were vinegar, goose and duck soup, fish and swallows, steamed pigs, Hu cannon meat, Yulu balls, Xianren Bay, Wuweijiao, etc., all of which are things that ordinary people cannot eat in their lifetime. For example, Wuweijiao, the method is very complicated. Generally, in October, the most tender venison is cut into strips, put into seasoning and crushed bones and boiled into soup, soaked for three days and nights, and then dried until half a wet, pinched it with hands. This repeated several times and wrapped with black bamboo leaves for half a year before it can be formed. In addition, this Hu cannon meat was introduced to China from Persia during the Wei Dynasty, and steamed pigs are steamed suckling pigs, and they are famous dishes with exquisite workmanship.

Xu You grabbed Feng Tong first and asked where to go to the autumnal equinox. He originally thought that he would be able to leave Yuan’s mansion immediately after writing a letter of departure, so he asked the autumnal equinox to wait outside. He didn’t want to get along with Yuan Jie until he went out to go up the mountain, but he didn’t see her figure. I think there would be no danger in this Yuan’s mansion. He should have been arranged by Feng Tong to another place.

Sure enough, Feng Tong saw that Xu You and Yuan Jie had a great chat, and knew that they would not be able to part for a while, so he brought the autumnal equinox to the nearby courtyard. At this time, he also delivered food and did not take her slowly.

Xu You nodded, thanked Feng Tong for a few words, and then stared at the dishes all over the table. His appetite was wide open, and he was too lazy to pay attention to his demeanor, so he had a lot of fun. Yuan Jie didn't eat much, and most of the time he always looked at Xu You and smiled, or asked the servants who served him to add vegetables and wine. All the harshness of the strict requirements of the family in the past disappeared. If Feng Tong hadn't known the inside story, he would have thought that this was a happy relationship between the father-in-law and son-in-law.

Fortunately, Yuan Jie also had to consider various factors in reality. This banquet was only for him and Xu You. If the children in the family really wanted to accompany him, he would have no reason to attract Xu You to see the scene of favoring one and being favored.

The guests and guests had a good time. After they cleaned their hands and mouths, Yuan Jie and Xu You returned to the original elegant house. Feng Tong had already prepared cinnabar and plaques and asked Xu You to write and write the inscription. Seeing that things had come to this point, Xu You could not refuse, let alone the short-speaking mouth of a man, he smiled and said, "Fortunately it is a wooden plaque. If it is a stone plaque, I would say anything that I should say... "

Yuan Jie knew the elegant meaning when he heard the string song, but he didn't say anything. Feng Tong was confused when he heard it. Seeing that the man was in a good mood, he was so happy to make fun of it and asked, "Why did you say this?"

Xu You silently outlined the size of the wooden plaque and the frame structure of the two words "Xihai" in his heart, and said: "There was a famous calligrapher in the previous dynasty, Wei Dan, who was the best at writing big characters. He wrote any new palaces in the palace. However, at that time, they were all stone plaques, and they needed to be hung up to write in the air after they were completed, which was very dangerous. Later, a new Lingyuntai was built, which was twenty-five meters high. Wei Dan was hung up and suffered a lot. After he came down, he was scared to his hair and hair. As soon as he got home, he warned his descendants that since then, Wei's family was not allowed to learn big characters, and was rumored to be laughed in the scholars."

Feng Tong heard what he said interestingly, and laughed: "This Wei Gong is really too timid..."

"It's not that timid. A good celebrity is hung around every day. It's really a shame for Wei Dan to have no choice!" After Xu You finished speaking, his expression calmed down, rolled up his sleeves and picked up his pen, and wrote the word "Shi Hai" in an instant, then threw the pen on the desk, sighing: "Today's interest is over!"

Yuan Jie stood beside the desk, admired it for a while, and sighed, "The pen is thin when it comes to ink, and the pen is fat when it comes to red. This is because of nature, so the plaques are often round and not strong enough. However, Qilang can do it the opposite, and both round and thin, and the brushwork is so strong that it makes people convinced." Then he instructed Feng Tong: "Go to find Jinling immediately... No, the best craftsman in Yangzhou carvings told him that no matter whether it is the font or the style, there must be no slight deviation. After carving, remember to paste gold foil. Also, when tomorrow morning, go to Chen, Yang, Qu, and Cui's four mansions to send me a famous post, and ask a few old friends to come and talk to him!"

When Feng Tong left the room, Yuan You looked a little tired, turned around and sat on the three screen couch, and said, "Do you know why I want you to write this plaque?"

"It's Mr. Yuan who is loving..."

"I love you, but I don't have any selfishness." Yuan Jie rubbed his eyebrows and said, "When the plaque is ready, I will invite the famous scholars from Jinling to come and have fun. I can guarantee that when they see the font of the plaque, they will definitely ask who wrote it..."

Xu You sighed and said, "I wanted to reject Mr. Yuan before, because I was worried about this section!"

"It's okay!" Yuan Jie's eyes suddenly showed a naughty look that only young people could, and said, "The more they asked, the less I was clear. I just said that I had hired a great hermit who did not want to be named. In this way, within a few months, the calligraphy skills that Qilang could be sufficient to trigger changes, coupled with this mystery, would definitely spread throughout Jiangzuo. At that time, people who wanted to see Qilang's calligraphy treasures would come in a row, and you just took this opportunity to silently cultivate your hope. When a year or two, there was a change in the court, or the right time, I would tell you about your origin. Wouldn't it be a world of fame in an instant?"

Xu You shuddered. Isn’t this the marketing planning technique in his world? He makes full use of human nature’s instinct to snoop. The more he hides it, the more he scratches the person’s heart, and then he can mobilize a huge spiral effect and spread it to more and more audiences.

Although Yuan Jie is a Confucian scholar, he is not the kind of corrupt scholar. There are quite a lot of little little people in his stomach. Xu You was involved in finance in his previous life. He was very familiar with these things and immediately understood the part that Yuan Jie did not say.

These are the benefits to Xu You, and of course it is also good for Yuan Jie himself, which is the selfishness he said. As long as he does not say Xu You's name for a day, Xi Haiting will become the most popular place in the entire Chu State. You can imagine that in addition to Jinling County, there are many literati and scholars from prefectures and counties who will gather here from thousands of miles away. When these people come, the Yuan Mansion naturally needs to entertain, so that they can make their families feel at home, and they will have friendships after a while. These people also have their own social relations, family members, relatives, and friends. After returning, they will briefly promote it, and everyone knows the name of Xi Haiting.

This is not only a reputation, but also a connection, but also a resource. It may not be of great benefit to the Yuan clan, but it has benefited a lot from Yuan Jie himself! You should know that in the Yuan clan, there are seventeen direct men of the same generation as Yuan Jie, four of whom are in high positions, far from being able to compare with him, the prefect of Jinling. The current head of the Yuan clan has retired and returned home, weak and sick, and will die at any time. If you can improve your reputation before this, even if you cannot compete for the position of the head of the family, at least your position in the family will not be weakened when the power changes, and you can even go further.

This is not an internal struggle in the clan, but a reasonable and reasonable effort to maintain one's own interests. It is understandable!

Xu You's eyes gathered slightly, and Yuan Jie could not see any scheming on the surface. Maybe he had set up such a big situation in the midst of chatting and laughing, and he realized it later. The high level was the real convincing person.
Chapter completed!