Chapter 689 Recruiting Old People

Huyuan is located in Chongyefang, and is located on the north side of Jianchunmen Street. In the peaceful years, it was once a prosperous place in Luoyang City. Nowadays, the people are sparse, and most of the population is gathered near the Henan Prefecture Office and on both sides of Huitong Bridge. In other places, houses are in decline and the population is very small, and some have even been reclaimed into farmland. There are several scattered households and few shops in Chongyefang.

The dormitory area built for calligraphers and painters has not been completed yet. Now they live in the nearby Anye, Xiuwen and Xiuye ​​Sanfang. If they live in a house without a owner, they will be Xiurong, the Henan Fudian Housekeeper will live here temporarily.

After leaving the dumpling restaurant, Li Tang and Li Di took Zhang Zeduan back to their residence in Xiuyefang.

This is a small courtyard with about half an acre, with three main floors and two ear rooms. A side room on the east side is a kitchen, and two side rooms on the west side are there. A few pomegranates and crabapples were planted in the yard, and a rest shed was built on the east side.

Li Tang said to Zhang Zeduan: "You have not lived in Luoyang City yet, so you will live here first. After two days, I will report to Zhang Tiju and ask you to come to the Calligraphy and Painting Academy."

Zhang Zeduan bowed: "I thank you so much. You are very clean here and I think it will cost a lot of money."

Li Di said: "Where do you need to spend money? This is a house found by the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting, so we can live here temporarily. In a few days, when our house is built, we will move over. Now, in Luoyang City, there is a comparison of the ownerless houses. The shop and housekeepers have checked for many days, but they still can't find out."

As he spoke, several people walked through the yard and arrived at the main house.

Li Tang said: "If Zhang Diezhao feels it is convenient, he will live with me first. If he wants to live by himself, he will clean up the west wing room."

Zhang Zeduan said: "As long as there is a place to shelter from the wind and snow, I can accommodate myself. People who are wandering around will not care about those things!"

Li Di shook his head repeatedly: "Attack, you used to wander around, but it will be different in the future. In a few years, more wealthy people in Luoyang will be sold for a lot of money! At that time, you will have to live in a high house and a deep courtyard, and you will not live in such a place."

Zhang Zeduan just shook his head, how could he dare to believe Li Di's words?

Li Tang said: "You should rest first, we will burn some water to wash you. Seeing that you are covered in dust, you must wash it well. After washing, take a rest. We will drink tonight and enjoy the moon and stop after we get drunk!"

Zhang Zeduan thanked me. He looked up and looked at the yard. He felt like he was dreaming. In recent years, he had been living in the east of the river, and he had a meal and had a meal. It was difficult to find a place to shelter in winter. How could you imagine that you actually have a living place now?

Li Di went to boil hot water, lifted it with a wooden pole, and sent it to the house. He found a few more pieces of his own clothes and asked Zhang Ze to take a bath inside.

After sitting down at the shed, Li Di took out the dishes he packed at noon today and the two kilograms of cooked beef I bought on the way. Li Tang went to the house, took out the good wine he brought from Xiangyang, and arranged it together, and sat down opposite Li Di.

Looking at the stars above his head, Li Di said: "Luoyang is all good, but it's too deserted now. If we are in Xiangyang, we will invite Zhang Dizhao out, whether it's the fireworks on earth and the storytelling in the restaurant, it will be much more lively."

Li Tang said: "It was only when Xuanfu was taken back to Luoyang at the beginning of the year. For a while, how many people were there? After waiting for two or three years, this place must be more lively than Xiangyang."

Li Di said: "This is natural. But the drooling days in the past two years are really hard to bear."

Li Tangyu said sincerely: "You are still young, don't just think about these things you play. You can only be your own family while Wang Xuanfu's peaceful years here. Besides, you are at the age of marriage and need to save more money."

Li Di said: "When it comes to making money, I remember something. I heard from Zhang Tiju that Xuanfu wanted to build a place specializing in making and selling pigments. The pigments here are not only for us to paint, but also for dyeing cloths. The people who paint the painting know the most. Tiju said that if we present the method of making pigments, we can get a reward."

After hearing this, Li Tang thought for a while and said, "Some of the painters used by the painters were bought, while others were made by themselves. Many were expensive. Whether to offer them is a good deal. In the third year of Zhenghe, Wang Ximeng painted thousands of miles of Jiangnan and used stone green and stone green. They are famous products. Where can I dare to use it if I don't have the royal family?"

Li Di said: "Dad, you also know that good pigments are available in the palace, and the things from the official family. Xuanfu made and sold pigments, which is naturally the official industry. What else did we have when we sold them? In the future, pigments can be bought at will, which is much more convenient for us painters."

While the two were talking, Zhang Zeduan came out of the house just after taking a bath. He changed his whole body into new clothes and became energetic.

After sitting under the shed, Li Di poured wine and the three of them raised their glasses to drink.

After drinking for three rounds, Zhang Ze said: "After the Jingkang Rebellion, there were still many painters who were wandering around like me. Wang Xuanfu restored Xijing and defeated the Jin army, and the Luoyang area was naturally settled. We should search everywhere and find the wandering painters."

Li Tang said: "Zhang Tiju had this intention. I heard that this was proposed by Xuan Fu and was going to send someone to do it. Emperor Daojun built a painting academy and studied painting. At that time, he was full of talents, so he was so prosperous. When he arrived in Jingkang, the Jin thieves came south. How could they know how good and bad paintings were? Everything was ruined!"

Zhang Zeduan said: "The painter's fate is good, and he will escape to the south, or as you do to Xuanfu. There are those who are unlucky, like me, and they fall into the hands of the Jin people. I don't know how many. The Jin people invaded the south and moved many people from Jingxi Road to the north, and many of them are wandering in Hedong. Now half of the Hedong Road has been in the hands of Xuanfu, and there must be many outstanding figures in it."

Li Di said: "This matter is not difficult. As long as you are willing to spend money, you will all gather in Luoyang within a year or two. In recent years, we have been in Xiangyang, and we are willing to spend money. The person who is the master of Xuanfu's painting academy is Xuanfu's brother-in-law. Are you still afraid of not having money?"

Li Tang smiled and said, "I forgot that our skills in calligraphy and painting are average, but our identity is extraordinary. In the future, even if we painters cannot compare to the prestige of Emperor Daojun, we will not be worse than that of Emperor Daojun."

After hearing this, Zhang Zeduan asked about Tiju’s identity.

Li Tang said: "This is a master who was born in an official family, and his father passed the Jinshi and became an official. When the Jin thief came, he moved south with his mother and fled to Xiangyang. He taught painting since he was a child. When he arrived in Xiangyang, he opened a calligraphy and painting shop to support his family. Later, he met his sister Xuan Fu, and both sides were attracted by it, so he decided to marry him. If he had the skills of painting, it would be average. But he was born with a wise eye. Whether calligraphy and painting is good or bad, he could tell at a glance, but he could not hide it from him."

Zhang Zeduan said: "It is appropriate to recommend the Art Academy for such a person. If we are an outsider, it will be difficult for us to do it."

Li Tang smiled and said, "There is nothing outsiders. As long as we don't oppress our painters, we are good. What we are afraid of is that we have to pretend to understand, which makes it difficult for us painters to be human. Xuanfuding's calligraphy and painting academy is half-official and half-people, and there are not many people who are in charge of them. If you paint well, you can make more money. Those who are not good at painting can only get the salary of the government, and the paintings cannot be sold. The painting academy is just about doing some government affairs, and what others do."

After hearing this, Li Di and Zhang Zeduan nodded together and said yes. According to the experience in Xiangyang, Wang Xiaoliu would not make things difficult for these people.
Chapter completed!