blue shirt oath

Chapter 244: Going to Fanlou in the Late Night

Fan Tower is located in Jingming Square outside the Donghua Gate of the Imperial Palace.

Facing north from the south, it faces Donghuamen Street in the west and Dahuo Street in the north.

Gu Yi and Du Qingshan came together, stood on the street, and looked at this magnificent building from a distance. As night fell, the Fanlou, with its ups and downs and interlaced eaves and corners, was lit up. The dim lights gave people a sense of warmth. feeling.

Gu Yidao: "The boss behind this fan building must be either named Bai or Fan?"

Du Qingshan shook his head with a smile: "The boss of Fan Lou is neither Bai nor Fan."

Fan Lou was originally named Baifan Lou, also known as Fan Lou.

It was originally a trading point for big merchants selling wine, meat and alum, so it was named Alum Building. Later, a smart businessman took a fancy to the superior location and built a restaurant here to brew and sell wine.

Foreigners who first arrived in Kaifeng, when they heard the name of Fanlou, took it for granted that "Fan" was the surname of the owner of the restaurant, but it was not.

"There are two big bosses behind Fan Lou, one with the surname Shi and the other with the surname Zhu, neither of which has anything to do with Fan's surname."

"Surname Zhu?" Gu Yi raised his eyebrows, "Could it be that the businessman who rented our courtyard, Zhu Kejiu?"

"Brother Gu is really the smartest person in the world." Du Qingshan said with a smile, "It is this Zhu Kejiu, he is a well-known wealthy businessman in Kaifeng Mansion, Brother Song actually has friendship with him, and I am very happy Surprised."

"It's not surprising. Since ancient times, merchants and officials have had extremely deep and secret connections—"

"Among the two guest officers, please—"

As soon as they stepped into the fan building, a smiling bartender Yin Yin came up and asked if the two of them wanted to take a seat on the ground floor or go upstairs to the pavilion.

The main corridor on the ground floor is scattered seats, which the restaurant industry calls "doorbed and horseway", which are scattered seats for customers to have a drink under the restaurant nowadays, and the grade is not high.

Most of the guests who are worth and have a history go upstairs to greet them.

The bartender saw that Du Qingshan and Du Qingshan were dressed in extraordinary clothes and their appearances were imposing, so he subconsciously led them upstairs. Gu Yi called him back and said, "The bartender doesn't need to be busy, let's just sit here for a while."

The bartender was not angry when he heard the words, but smiled and said: "Young master, please." After the two of them found a place to sit down, the bartender asked again, "Do you two need the company of a wine prostitute?"

It is fashionable in Bianjing to sit with wine prostitutes to accompany drinks. Hundreds of wine prostitutes gathered at the eaves of the main corridor with heavy makeup, waiting for the drinkers to call.

Gu Yi has just arrived, and he is a well-behaved scholar. Hearing this, he quickly waved his hands: "My brothers and I can have a drink here, and the bartender can go and get busy."

The bartender responded and backed away with a smile.

Du Qingshan calmly poured wine for the two of them, raised a glass and drank it down.

Gu Yi knew that he wanted to drink away his sorrows, so he didn't stop him, he just raised his glass and took a sip.

Fan Lou's "Mei Shou Wine" really deserves its reputation.

As night falls, the Fan Tower is brightly lit, the reeds are noisy, and the drums are playing loudly.

"Fan Lou is rich and honorable, but it is eye-opening."

The price of candles in the capital was much higher than that of oil lamps. Not to mention ordinary people, even ordinary bureaucratic families could not afford to light candles, so that the emperor often rewarded ministers with candles.

But this Fanlou is rich and powerful, candles have been lit layer by layer before the sky is completely dark.

When the drum music was suspended, a woman in crimson clothes came from the building. The woman came straight to Sanzuo Hall, held a rattle, knocked a few times, and began to talk about books in a manly voice.

"However, in the south of the Yangtze River, there is a chivalrous man named 'I Lai Ye'. This man is not amazing, and he is thin and thin, but he can fly over the walls and come and go freely.

(End of this chapter)