Jiangshan is hired [rebirth]

Chapter 67

1 taels, even with the current prices in Liwen City, it is enough for a family to live comfortably for many years without any income. Even if someone can afford this money, you have to think about whether it is worth it. Especially now that the situation is so unstable, who can guarantee that when you don't urgently need to spend money to buy your life, is it stupid to spend so much money to support a prostitute?

Xu Wenkang paid 1 taels, and sure enough no one followed him anymore. The old man who had collected the rewards stood up again: "Ms. The reward is 200 taels, and the old man announced that this year's new oiran is—Miss Xianqinju Qinji!"

The audience on both sides of the strait applauded the venue very much, and the discussion has never stopped since the announcement of "Mr. Xu will pay 1 taels in total".Someone gave 1 taels of silver to support a prostitute. This is already a topic that people can talk about for a long time after dinner, but the person who paid this money is actually the young master of the Xu family. Is there anything more novel than this? ?

"The Xu family's family rules are notoriously strict. No one has seen the young master of the Xu family go in and out of the brothel for so many years. It is said that the young master was beaten at home for this, and he couldn't even get out of bed!"

At night, at a small food stall in an alley by the Liwen River, Yun Miaoqing and Huo Lan came here to eat wontons again a month after the Oiran Competition ended. He talked about this with the two of them vividly, as if he saw the young master being punished with his own eyes.

"I only heard that the son who praised that girl Qin Ji was surnamed Xu, but there are many people surnamed Xu, how do you know which son it is, and they say that the family rules are strict?" Yun Miaoqing was the same as last time Let Huo Lan find a place to sit first, and stand in front of the stall and wait for the wontons from the stall owner. Tonight, there are many more customers at the snack stall than the two of them. If you don't take a seat first, there may be no place to sit for a while.

"What's there to think about? There are quite a few people with the surname Xu, but who else can such a rich family with the surname Xu have? The only question is, which young master of the Xu family is willing to make such a big deal?" The stall owner is a person who likes to chat, otherwise he would not have caught Yun Miaoqing and the others chatting for so long last time, but this time this incident is much more interesting than those unscrupulous businessmen last time, not only did the stall owner describe it as if he was there in person , It will also create suspense to tantalize people's appetite.

Yun Miaoqing suppressed a smile and cooperated with the stall owner to show some curiosity, and asked him, "Then who is the young master of the Xu family?"

With such a caring audience, the stall owner became even more interested, and pretended to lower his voice mysteriously: "It is the third-ranked Young Master Wenkang of the Xu family. Someone heard from the students at the academy that he has not been there since the second day of the Oiran Competition." Been to school."

"It might be due to illness." Yun Miaoqing said.

"Hey! Why don't you believe me!" The stall owner was a little anxious, and said two more things to prove himself, "Someone met Master Xu a few times in Xianqinju later, and the young master's lips turned pale. It was very awkward to sit and sit, and the injury on his body was probably not healed. Another time, as soon as he entered the door, another young master of the Xu family led his ears and twisted them back in public. Many people saw him. "

"I heard you said that the person who voted for the oiran that night is really him?" Yun Miaoqing accepted it as soon as she saw it, and stopped questioning the stall owner. Parents, the story in the story book has come true."

The owner of the stall did not know a single word and had never read a storybook, but he set up a stall on the banks of the Liwen River all year round, and had heard many similar romantic stories, so he slapped his thigh when he heard the words: "That's right! It's inconvenient to go in and out of the city nowadays. , everyone lost a lot of fun. It’s rare that such an event happened, and many people wanted to watch the excitement. Look at Xianqinju, the business is more than ten times hotter than in the first half of the year. They didn't bring anything like this, they all went after Young Master Xu!"

"What are a group of big men running around with Young Master Xu?"

"You don't understand this, right? Who would want to see what he looks like if he can charm the young master of the Xu family even after being beaten several times? Is Young Master Xu wearing a green hat? That’s the young master of the Xu family. You women don’t understand the fun of it. Anyway, even the lobby of Xianqinju has to be reserved in advance. The young master of the family has made up his mind, like the eldest lady of the Xu family in the early years, desperately trying to get kicked out of the house, but also to redeem the body of the oiran and lead people away, isn't this excitement worth watching?"

The stall owner was talking enthusiastically with Yun Miaoqing, and the guests at the nearest table probably heard the conversation between the two of them and started talking about the legendary oiran.

"Hey, have you heard? The oiran came up with some new tricks from somewhere, but do you remember the dress she wore in the oiran competition last time? I heard it was called a shark, and she wore it that way This one is also embroidered with a lot of flowers to cover it up, but in private, other clothes are more attractive than that."

"Isn't it just a piece of clothing? Can it be more attractive than wearing it?"

"You don't understand that, do you? Which kiln sister can't take off, the key is the sentiment of looking at the flowers in the fog and looking at the moon in the water, which makes people greedy!"

The more the two talked, the more explicit they became. After all, Yun Miaoqing was born as a lady, so she didn't really listen to these dirty words, so she frowned slightly.

The stall owner had a good impression of the pretty girl in front of him who was willing to entertain him. Seeing that she hated the guests at this table, he hurriedly moved closer and whispered to him: "These are regular customers of the nearby brothel, what kind of mermaid is that?" Silk, after the oiran passed through, it became very popular. Several brothels gave their own girls one or two dresses. They want to go and see, and they don’t have money to order wine and food in other shops, so they come to me first. Eat half full here before going there."

Yun Miaoqing didn't show any face to the stall owner, but she smiled again after hearing his words: "If I don't have money, I still have to go to see it. Is the merman's silk really so popular?"

"Let me tell you this, now the brothels by the Liwen River, those with merman silk and those without merman's silk are the same. The ones with merman's silk are full of seats, and the ones without it are deserted. People Well, don’t you just like fresh ones, in terms of looks and figures, how big a difference can these girls in the brothel have, it’s hard to come up with a new thing after so many years, why don’t you all rush to it!”

After the wontons were cooked, the stall owner filled them up and served them to Yun Miaoqing. At the end, he smiled shyly at the two girls and clarified that he had never seen them before.

"How about it, did I win?" After the stall owner left, Yun Miaoqing took chopsticks and fiddled with wontons. A month ago, she made a bet with Huo Lan that within a month, the merman's silk would burn all over the Liwen River. And make it tenfold more expensive.

Although it sounds outrageous, since Yun Miaoqing said it, Huo Lan believed that she could do it.But it's a bet, how can you bet if both of them stand on one side?Yun Miaoqing, as the one who came up with the idea, definitely couldn't bet that she couldn't do it, so Huo Lan had no choice but to choose the other side against her will.

In order to make her daughter-in-law happy, she also took great pains.

Everything is going according to the plot that Yun Miaoqing has planned, but it is a pity that the stall owner also said, "You women don't understand the fun of it." If Yun Miaoqing hadn't figured out these men's thoughts, how could they have made a special trip? Involve Xu Wenkang.

While shaking his head in his heart, Huo Lan had to try his best to save himself, and said to Yun Miaoqing: "Now it's just burning the Liwen River, and you still have one thing that you haven't done."

Yun Miaoqing smiled: "At the beginning, it was said that only the first item would be included in one month, as for the latter item - soon, someone will not be able to sit still."

As she said, in a certain house in the city, a certain person was spitting all over the place, scolding another person bloody.

"What's going on here? Ah? Are you a fucking pig?" Yuan Honghou waved his account book and slammed the head of the head of the brothel shop, "I leave such a lucrative business to you, pig." They earn more than you!"

Facing his boss and dozens of other bosses who also came to Yuan's house to report accounts, the boss of the brothel lowered his head, his shoulders shivered, and let his boss beat and scold him, not daring to hide.

At the beginning, the boss asked him to manage the brothel business. Who would not be envious or jealous if he was in charge of the brothel? Who knows what is the most profitable thing in the city now, but now, the envy and jealousy in the eyes of these people are gone. One or two They all looked like they were enjoying the show, waiting to see his jokes.

But he can't be blamed for this, who would have thought that just letting the oiran fall into another family would bring down the business of more than a dozen brothels under their name and the other dozen brothels that cooperated with them?

"At the beginning, you didn't say that you had to keep the oiran in our hands... Besides, the young master of the Xu family has already paid [-] yuan, and you are not here. How dare I, I dare to be the master..." The manager concluded Stuttering to justify himself.

In order to prevent brothels from colluding with customers, intentionally asking customers to pay a high price and then refunding the money to the guests, so as to disrupt the oiran competition, the brothel guild in Liwen City has long stipulated that those girls who voted reward money are nominally awarded to the girls, but in fact the girls participating in the competition You can only get a little bit, and the rest will be divided between the guild and the government.

Some people say that this is a high-sounding reason for the guild and the government to make money. Regardless of whether it is true or not, regulations are regulations, and these regulations have been established for many years. Although Yuan's Commercial Bank is doing very well with the government of Silk Prefecture It's close, but they are two families after all. If the money is in the pocket of the government, can you expect them to spit it out for you?

"According to what you say, it's still my fault?" Yuan Honghou was so angry that he slapped the head of the officer again. When he mentioned the oiran, it reminded him of his inexplicable beating last month. All the notes thought that he had been kidnapped, and they reported to the officials and collected money. After a whole day and night, no one thought to search the mansion carefully. It was only when he woke up in the middle of the night and walked out that he realized that he was being tricked.

Knocking him out but not killing him seemed eerily familiar.Yuan Honghou suddenly thought of the two people who came to his house a few months ago, the little girl of the Yun family was planning the oiran contest, and the oiran contest was just today... The more Yuan Honghou thought about it, the more he felt that there was something wrong, so he asked someone to come Asked, sure enough, the oiran fell into someone else's house.

At that time, Yuan Honghou made a fuss, but he didn't take it too seriously. He was only troubled by the lack of defense in his own house, and he had no evidence to prove that those two people did it. It ended up with a superficial search and arrest, but no one could be caught.

It's just an oiran, I want to see how much trouble they can create, Yuan Honghou thought at the time.

Soon, the girl surnamed Yun showed him how big a storm could be caused by an oiran. It was so big that the profits of the brothel business in his hands were cut by more than half this month, and there was a tendency to continue to decline.

Although there are a large number of transactions related to people's livelihood, such as rice noodles, oil and grains, the profits of brothels are high, and in order to win over Wang Ao, Yuan Honghou promised Wang Ao half of the profits every month, and Wang Ao didn't care whether his profits fell this month or not. , Anyway, the money given to him can only be more or less.

Subtracting the money for Wang Ao and other state officials, this month's income is almost zero, which means that everyone has worked in vain.That's not to mention, the girl surnamed Yun made it clear that she wanted to confront him, and said that all the brothels and mermaid silk that Yuan's firm participated in would not be sold, and several of them had already sent people to test the tone of the manager. Inside and outside, there is a sense of wanting to leave Yuan's firm.

Interesting, very interesting!Yuan Honghou's seven orifices are full of smoke, and it was the little girl's father who caused him such a big stumble last time. Sure enough, he had a conflict with someone surnamed Yun, and nothing good will happen when he meets someone surnamed Yun.

"She won't sell it if she says she won't sell it? I don't know when she and her grandfather's family switched to the cloth business. The mermaid silk came out of the Sijin Pavilion. You don't know to go to the Sijin Pavilion. People talk?"

Hearing this, the manager was even more wronged: "Of course I went to talk about it, but they don't sell anything! And I heard that the young owner of Sijin Pavilion used to be Miss Yun's maid, and the relationship between the two is very good. Can you help us?"

"If you say you are a pig, you are really a pig!" Yuan Honghou was so angry that he threw the account book and kicked people, "Think about it with your pig's brain, her surname Yun used to be the daughter of the Xiangfu, but now she is a fugitive. That maid used to be a maid, but now she is the young owner of Sijin Pavilion. How can the relationship between the two get better? Wouldn’t it be better to provoke and provoke more money? There are so many people who can’t get along with money. You think everyone is Xu Bingchang Old stubborn?"

The man in charge was obedient, and Yuan Honghou became annoyed when he saw his cowardly appearance, and scolded him for more than an hour before letting him get out.

This is not going to work, Yuan Honghou walked up and down the room in boredom.Since the war, there have been too many people who hated him in the city and outside the city. Nothing happened because of Wang Ao's protection. If Wang Aobao fails to turn his back on him, he will be in danger.

He doesn't have a lot of living money in his hand, and a lot of hoarded things have not been sold. If he continues to make no profit or even lose money next month, he will soon be unable to satisfy Wang Ao's appetite.

Thinking of this, Yuan Honghou angrily swept the pen and paper on the table to the ground.Isn't it just a new kind of cloth? He went to talk to Sijin Pavilion himself!