Jinmingchi was dug in the Taiping Xingguo period. It was originally a place for Kaifeng naval army training. Later, the military significance gradually weakened and entertainment became the mainstream. The pool and Qionglinyuan were opposite the avenue outside the Tianmen Gate. It is actually one and is the first scenic spot in Kaifeng City. It is open to visit from March to early April every year. No matter what the identity is, the official cannot help but enter. This more than a month is also the time when the people in the city are traveling for spring.

On the first day of March, the emperor brought his ministers to Jinmingchi to watch the naval army performance. This day was lively, but because the powerful people in the court were gathered here, ordinary people could not have fun. On the second day of the lunar month, the bureaucrats and scholars had free time and called their friends to drink banquets everywhere, which was a big fuss. People like the Xu family prefer to enter Jinmingchi from the third day of the lunar month. At this time, most of the official activities ended, which was a festival for the real people.

Lin Wensi also had a group of literati and officials in the capital. Since the end of February, he brought Lin Suniang and Suer to the capital. Because Xu Ping was busy with farming in the village, he arranged the farm work in the village until the second day of March that he brought Xiuxiu and a large group of farmers who were about to watch the fun.

The road to Shuntian Gate leads directly to Xinzheng, so it is mostly called Xinzheng Gate among the people, which is exactly the direction Xu Ping came. When they arrived, it was already evening. Before they arrived, they saw crowds of people all over the sky, carrying wine utensils, tables and chairs, etc., returning to the city. Xu Ping had never seen such a spectacular scene in his previous life.

At this time, the flowers are flying, the warm wind blows on the face, and the leaves are green and red. This is the best time of the year. The world has been peaceful for decades, and the wind of extravagance and enjoyment has gradually begun to replace the thrift in the early Song Dynasty. The whole society is filled with a glitz-like atmosphere, and Kaifeng Prefecture, the place where the best is.

Xu Ping wanted to avoid the crowd, and to say hello to Li Yong and his family, so he bypassed the crowd back to the city, crossed the floating bridge on the Bian River, and entered the city from Wanshengmen.

Li Yong and official business were surprisingly busy these two days, so Li Zhang stayed at home and watched his younger brother with Lao Duan’s yard, and was almost crazy. Seeing Xu Ping was like seeing a savior, regardless of it, he followed him back to his new home in Guanghuafang.

After setting up the shopkeeper who had brought the tour to the inn, it was dark when Xu Ping returned home. Li Zhang was playing games with Xiuxiu and Dou'er. When he saw Xu Ping, he shouted: "Brother, when will we go out of the city together tomorrow? Go to Jinmingchi first or Qionglinyuan first?"

Xu Ping was so tired after a day of busyness that he replied casually: "Let's talk about it tomorrow. Don't care about everything tonight. Eat and sleep well, and keep your energy in full!"

After dinner, Xiuxiu went to the Dou Nursery room to sleep, and Li Zhang squeezed into Xu Ping's bed.

Those who had never enjoyed the spring in the city all these two days seemed to have stopped everything else. Li Zhang's family happened to be on the Bian River outside the city, and they were itchy to see. They were going out to play tomorrow, and they couldn't sleep at night, so they kept making trouble in Xu Ping's ear.

Xu Ping has been very busy recently and has been traveling for more than half a day. How could he be in the mood to make trouble with him? He said a few words impatiently and asked him to rest early.

Li Zhang sat on the bed and was silent for a while, and suddenly sighed heavily: "Brother, since your family left the capital last year, I think you have grown up all at once and have no intention of playing with me anymore!"

Xu Ping said angrily: "People always grow up, can they play for the rest of their lives?"

Li Zhang sighed again: "Not! Last year, I envied you for being old and being able to take control of everything by yourself, hoping that I would grow up soon. Unexpectedly, when I got one year older, Grandpa Duan and Dad didn't care much about me anymore, but once I did things, I didn't have the heart to play!"

Xu Ping lay on the side for a while before saying, "What age does it mean to live? You should take advantage of the two years of young people and play all you want to play. There will be no chance in two years. Well, you have to get up early tomorrow and sleep well."

He was speechless all night, and early the next morning, Li Zhang woke up before dawn and pushed Xu Ping up.

Xu Ping was also impatient and muttered in a low voice: "I slept last night and you haven't fallen asleep yet. I got up so early. As expected, children don't have to sleep?"

After breakfast, everyone has already cleaned up.

Today, the whole family was on a trip, and even Xu Zheng’s fun was all about money. He put down the sugar shop business, put on new clothes and shoes, and waited in the hall early.

Dou'er and Xiuxiu had already prepared food and drinks. Some of them were driven out early in the morning. They also went out to buy a few dishes, put them in the food box together, and put a few bottles of wine in another basket, which was picked up by Baofu.

It is not appropriate to go out for a trip and drink liquor. Xu Ping originally wanted to bring only two jars of good yellow wine, but when he remembered who he might meet today, he brought two more small jars of white wine.

When I left, the sun had already revealed half of my head at the top of the city, and was covered with the red clouds in the sky.

Xu Zhengxi said: "Okay, today is a sunny day, you can have fun for a day."

After crossing Zhouqiao, the whole family boarded the East-West Road to Xinzheng Gate. Not long after walking, the road was already bustling, and everyone went out of the city to have fun. The wealthy families were carried by servants, carrying loads of wine and food, and ordinary families also carried baskets with food and drinks. There were even more wealthy people, riding horses and carriages, which was even more lively. Everyone was wearing new clothes, and many people had seasonal flowers on their temples.

Xu Ping was a little stunned. His previous life did not have such a grand occasion, and even the long holidays did not reach this level. Moreover, the big man wearing flowers made him feel a little confused.

After leaving the city gate, Xu Zheng said, "We will go to Qionglinyuan to see the flowers first. After noon, we will go to Jinming Pool to set up wine and tea and enjoy it."

Everyone applauded and entered Qionglin Garden on the south side of the main road.

This is the best time of spring, with flowers competing for prosperity and everything reviving. As the best in the royal garden, Qionglin Garden is even more beautiful.

Unfortunately, Xu Ping is not a literary youth. Seeing these scenery, he is a bit chewing peonies, but watching the fun in red and green is far less popular than others who exclaim. Li Zhang is by his side and is still very enthusiastic about which flower blooms well and which tree grows strangely. Xu Ping deals with it casually. After a few times, Li Zhang lost interest and joined with Xiuxiu and Dou'er to discuss it.

After walking around, I returned to the north gate of the garden and everyone was a little tired.

Xu Zheng said: "The sun is almost over the head, and when you leave again, you feel hot. Let's go to Jinmingchi and find a secluded place to drink and eat some fruit to fill your stomach."

Zhang Sanniang kept walking with her husband. Seeing that Xu Ping was not in high spirits, she asked, "Dalang, why did you feel unhappy when you see you? Is the scenery here not good?"

Xu Ping shook his head: "It's a good scenery, but what I care most about is that the garden is full of toon trees. The buds are tender at this time. No one picks them back to eat them?"

Zhang Sanniang cursed: "Those who are not promising can eat it! This is a royal garden, and anyone who is not very eye-catching dares to pick it randomly! It's fine to take a look, don't think about it!"

Xu Ping didn't care. This garden is really good, but it's just a park to go there. It's because of the royal family that makes the people feel at ease every year.

Zhang Sanniang looked at Xu Ping and said, "Dalang, every time the emperor invites a new Jinshi, he will be in this garden. When the imperial court opens a college, you will be able to win a Jinshi. Then the scenery will be the glory when you come in!"

Xu Ping smiled and said, "Thank you to my mother, if the imperial court opens a tuition this year, I will earn you a Jinshi next year and let you have a glory!"

Everyone laughed together, knowing that it is impossible to take the exam this year. After winning so many Jinshi last year, it would have to be another year later. Xu Ping said it was just nice.

After passing through the main road of Xinzheng Gate, you will reach Jinmingchi Gate. This place is not as good as Qionglin Garden, but it is the place that is truly set up for the people to visit. The gate is decorated with colorful buildings, which is extremely luxurious.

When I entered the door, the sound of gongs and drums came from afar. It was the naval army performances that were held in Jinmingchi every day, as well as various water shows for the water team, including various puppet performances. Listen carefully, there were also intermittent orchestral sounds, accompanied by the melodious and beautiful female voices.

At this time, it was a trend for people with status and status to take female prostitutes to travel, and literati with no money and literary talent even took it as a matter of face to accompany famous prostitutes to travel for free and eat and drink. Of course, most of the female prostitutes at this time refer to literary and artistic workers, which is similar to Xu Ping's previous life to invite female celebrity models to play with. The real famous art is like the big stars in his previous life. It is not something that can be invited by just having money. There has been no change in the inheritance of ancient and modern times.

In addition to the female prostitutes who were invited by privately, the government also set up many colorful platforms in the garden, allowing the official prostitutes to perform on them every day and every day, which is considered a charity performance of this era.

Since I asked for the money, Xu Zheng has been in a good mood these days. He walked on the road and couldn't help but look at the young girls performing everywhere. Zhang Sanniang had been on guard against this for a long time, but she was not good at saying anything in front of the two children of Xu Ping and Li Zhang, but just dragged Xu Zheng away from those beautiful occasions.

Jinming Pond is nearly ten miles in circumference and is extremely large. Even if everyone in the city comes here, it does not seem crowded. Not far away from the door, and before I saw the water in the pool, I saw the big dragon boat in the pool. This dragon boat was offered by the King of Wu and Yue when he returned to the Song Dynasty. It is more than twenty meters long and has several floors of towers. Xu Ping, in his previous life, was a native bun that grew up in the north. He had never seen the big scene in the water. At this time, he was amazed when he saw the dragon boat.

The dragon boat is the emperor's cruise ship, and ordinary people can only watch it, not get close to it. However, it has not been repaired in the water for decades, and the dragon boat is now a little corrupt. The emperor just puts a scene on it and can no longer watch the navy fighting on the dragon boat like the last emperor.

There are the most people by the pool near the gate, and there are also colorful platforms set up by the government to perform various programs. People are crowded with people, and hawkers selling food are all over the place. Since the Taizu Dynasty, they have been listing all over the country. The common people who carry baskets and carry loads and sell loads do not collect taxes, so there are generally many mobile hawkers and ants in Tokyo. In the past two days, the people in the city went out for a spring outing in the city, and they also traveled with the crowd.

To find a quiet place to enjoy wine and tea, Xu Ping's family walked west along the lakeside road. Not far away, there was a small sand hill in front of them, with a few flowers and trees planted sparsely, with only three or three tourists.

Xu Zheng looked at Xi and said, "It's quiet, so let's go to the post to rest."
Chapter completed!