Chapter 290 This King Will Tell You a Story

"Are you Chen Honest?"

Sitting upright in the main hall, Xiao Ming's voice came from far away, Aster stood beside Xiao Ming, looking at Chen Xi'er with a smile on her face.

"Caomin is exactly." Chen Honestly said nervously.

In his heart, these actors are like ants in the eyes of these powerful people.

In the past, when the Wang family and the Qin family were there, they were often called to sing songs and the like. At that time, they would be beaten and scolded if they were not careful.

It is precisely because of this that the people in the troupe are very timid and act cautiously.

"You don't have to be nervous, His Highness asked you to come here just for drama, not to punish you." Aster's soft voice sounded.

This made everyone in the troupe heave a sigh of relief.

Xiao Ming brought Chen Laoshi and others here this time not for a heart-to-heart talk, but for the renaissance, so he needed a folk troupe to help him.

The last performance in Wangfuzhong was played by the singers of Wangfuzhong. They are not suitable for performing in the streets and alleys. After all, this involves the majesty of the Wangfu.

Although he has modern thinking, he can't take this prince too different when he follows the customs of the country.

"Aster is right, this king doesn't want to punish you, so you don't have to be so restrained, this time I asked you to come, this king wants you to do things for the king, but you can't say that you are the king's people. "

"Doing things for His Highness!" Chen Honest almost jumped up in shock, and he was trembling and didn't know how to answer.

At this moment, Chen Xi'er said, "Your Highness, you love the people like a son, and you have always treated the fiefs the same way. We all respect your Highness. Whatever your Highness commands, our troupe will do it."

"You are a clever girl." Xiao Ming smiled, no wonder Aster looked for Chen Xi'er, it turned out that the two had some similarities.

Chen Xi'er said with a smile: "The people's daughter is just telling the truth, Your Highness knows it."

Shaking his head, Xiao Ming said bluntly: "Chen honest, you are lucky to have such a daughter, and you are courageous enough."

Xiao Ming praised Chen Xier, and Chen Honest couldn't help laughing when he heard the words.

At this time, Xiao Ming continued: "Since this is the case, this king will stop talking, this king is going to build a special theater in Qingzhou, and this theater will be handed over to you to manage, but if this king asks you to act, you must act. "

"A theater? What is a theater?" Chen Xier asked.

"The theater is similar to the stage in Dongshi, but this stage is inside the house, but in the future you will only perform complex theatrical performances. The government office will allocate silver taels to pay monthly salaries to all of you, and the theater revenue and expenditure will be managed by the government office." Xiao Ming explained to Chen Xier.

"Pay us salaries?" Chen Xi'er was dumbfounded, and she was also in shock at this time.

And Aster also showed a very puzzled look, Xiao Ming is really too good for such an actor.

"His Royal Highness, the girl wants to know why?" Chen Xi'er calmly asked.

"It's not that this king doesn't say it, but that you don't understand it now. You will naturally understand in the future. Now you only need to say whether you agree or disagree, and this king will not make things difficult for you if you disagree." Xiao Ming said.

Chen honesty still didn't understand, Chen Xier said immediately: "We agree, we believe that His Highness will not treat us badly."

"Do you count?" Xiao Ming looked at Chen Honshi who was still confused.

Chen Xier said, "My father will definitely listen to me."

Xiao Ming frowned. Sometimes he felt that it was too difficult to communicate with people of this era. He said, "Well, go back and discuss it, and tell this king tomorrow."

After that, Xiao Ming waved his hand and let Chen Xier and others leave.

After everyone left, Ziwan said, "Why does Your Highness value this troupe so much?"

"It's not that this king values ​​them, but they are the only folk troupes in Qingzhou. It's not something anyone can do to show their faces, so it's more rare."

"His Royal Highness said that, especially this woman, there are few people who can show up like Chen Xi'er." Ziwan nodded.

"So, this king is too lazy to look for it, and when I was in Dongshi, this king also watched Chen Xier's drama, which is really good."

"That's a good lesson from slaves." Ziwan said suddenly witty.

Xiao Ming grabbed Aster's hand and rubbed it in the palm of his hand, and snorted, "Arrogant, right, since you taught Chen Xi'er, then you can teach it to the end, this textile workshop is left to Luluo to take care of, you are responsible for it. Regarding the theater, this king has a lot of dramas."

"Really? Is there a more exciting story than this, Your Highness?" Aster asked expectantly.

Xiao Ming laughed. He had a lot of technological knowledge and a lot of drama stories in his mind.

For him, the beginning of the Renaissance begins with drama. Through the form of drama, the thoughts he wants to express can be conveyed, which is a subtle change in thinking.

Therefore, even modern countries still attach great importance to literature and art, because a good drama can influence the thinking of a generation, and this is the terrible thing about literature and art.

When the play is completed, he will pass the new wave of thought through the play through the play troupe.

Of course, he will not be limited to one performance method. Songs and storytelling will all become theatrical performance items.

Looking at Aster's charming appearance, Xiao Ming said, "Why don't this king tell you about "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai"."

""Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", are these two people's names?"

Xiao Ming said solemnly: "Yes, this story is mainly about a private meeting between a woman and another man."

"Private meeting? This is not abiding by the three obediences and four virtues? Is there such a shameless woman in the world? Your Highness, Ziwan guessed that this woman must have been immersed in a pig cage." Ziyuan's eyes were full of innocence.

Xiao Ming opened his mouth awkwardly, "...It's almost there."

"Shit! As a woman, how can you not abide by the way of women, Your Highness, there are many such things in the Great Yu Kingdom. In the palace, the slaves often heard that the women of the people were immersed in the pig cage because they met men privately."

"Then do you think they should be soaked in pig cages?" Xiao Ming asked tentatively.

"Of course it should, private meeting a man is a major event that ruins the family style."

Xiao Ming swallowed and spit. His original intention was to tease Aster, but he didn't expect to involve Aster's deep-rooted feudal ethics. It seems that the resistance to the Renaissance will be very large. backfires.

With a helpless sigh, Xiao Ming said, "Then let's not tell this story."

"Then what story does His Highness want?" Aster looked expectant.

"Why don't I tell you about "Jin Ping Mei"..."