marquis of jingan

Chapter 203 Meet the old friend again
The Qinhuai River dust industry is one of the pillar industries of Jiankang, and the fact that the ten-mile Qinhuai River was dyed into the Rouge River is not just talk.

Every autumn, when the heat wave is over and the autumn is clear, the Qinhuai River will hold an oiran meeting.

To put it bluntly, it's just a gimmick, come up with a so-called four big oirans, so-called Qinhuai eight beauties, to fool those princes and princes, and throw money into it.

But the hype is hype, the annual Oiran Conference is also very lively, there are countless brothels and Chu houses along the Qinhuai River, and there are flower boats and painting boats in operation, each of which has a few to tens of hundreds of girls. Let the girls under him become an oiran, and sometimes an oiran can save a business that is about to go bankrupt.

At the very least, it can make them a lot of money.

As for the specific organization of the Oiran Conference, it is jointly organized by the largest brothels along the Qinhuai River. In order to increase the value of the girls, it is very lively every year, especially in Jiankang. The wealthy people joined in, gradually becoming an annual prosperous event along the Qinhuai River.

Not only people from Jiankang will come to participate in this oiran conference, but even people from other places, and even people from Qi in the north will also come here to be famous, but the oiran conference has limited space after all, and there are not many places that can enter. The brothels jointly issued invitations, and only those who received the invitations were eligible to attend the meeting.

Of course, Shen Yi didn't have an invitation.

But Zhao Jizhou has it.

He is Zhao Shilang's second son, so of course he has a status in the capital, and although Zhao Shilang is not greedy, Mrs. Zhao's family is very rich. Zhao Er gets along very well with his grandfather's family. Lack of expenses, coupled with his family status, has become an indispensable guest at the annual Oiran Conference.

Zhao Er was very enthusiastic, and led Shen Yi all the way to the gate of "Chunyi Building", the largest brothel by the Qinhuai River, and pulled Shen Yi to the second floor.

At this time, there were already several boys guarding the door of Chunyi Building. After seeing Zhao Jizhou, they did not dare to stop them, but looked at Shen Yi behind Zhao Jizhou, with a bit embarrassed expression: "Second Young Master, you are a regular visitor now. , naturally know the rules, one invitation can only enter one person, if the rules are broken, the boss will beat the villain to death..."

Zhao Jizhou rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "This is my brother, bring him here to learn more, let us go in first, and then tell Boss Cui, if Boss Cui disagrees, when the time comes You just drive us brothers out together."

Hearing what Zhao Er said, the boy naturally didn't dare to stop him, and lowered his head to welcome the two of them in.

After entering the Chunyi Building, Zhao Er turned his head to look at Shen Yi, and his tone couldn't help but be a little more smug: "Brother, brother, brother, doesn't he look good?"

But Shen Yi was thoughtful, lowered his head and smiled: "It seems that the owner of this Chunyi Building has a strong background, even you, senior brother, have to follow the rules."

Zhao Er curled his lips: "It's not really a strong background, it's just a joint venture of a few noble families. My father and the others are not uncommon to touch this kind of place, and the husbands of Zhongshu don't even look at it." Eye-catching, it’s just that after all, we’re at someone else’s place, so there’s no need to play tricks on them.”

Chunyi Building has a total of three floors. In this building, which is basically made of wood, it is not easy to build up to three floors. Zhao Jizhou took Shen Yi all the way up to the second floor, and then came to a In the private room.

The architectural pattern of Chunyi Building is very ingenious. The rooms on the second and third floors form a circle, facing a stage-like place on the first floor of Chunyi Building. As long as you open the window, you can see the stage on the first floor.

Obviously, this is specially designed for the selection of oirans.

After entering the private room, Zhao Jizhou opened the window, pointed to the stage on the first floor, and said with a smile: "It's where the girls sing songs on weekdays. Occasionally, some people go there to tell stories, but these days, There will be girls they have just trained to compete for the crown."

He patted Shen Yi on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Qilang will open his eyes and take a good look. If there is anyone who is interested, just tell Brother Wei, as long as no one comes to grab it, which one do you like? Brother, send which one to your room today."

Shen Yi sat down in this private room by himself, and then smiled at Zhao Er: "Senior brother, although I have never been to this kind of place, I have heard of it, and I heard that the Qing people here are good at performing arts. Selling one's body, those who have been appraised by Huakui, wholeheartedly want to marry into a wealthy family as concubines, let alone kiss Fangze on weekdays, even if they meet and have a meal, it will cost hundreds or even thousands of taels of silver."

"Hey."

Zhao Er made a disdainful voice: "It's just nice to say, it's just to coax ordinary people, nothing else, this Chunyi Building is just a few generals behind the scenes as masters, if it's really a servant in the court Jiuqing is interested, and came here in person, not to mention Huakui, but let the shopkeeper here accompany him in person, it is just a matter of one sentence."

"Of course."

Zhao Er squinted his eyes and smiled: "At my father's level, most of these romantic affairs will not be taken seriously by them, so there are indeed many girls who sell their arts but not their bodies on the banks of the Qinhuai River. For example, out of the four oirans selected last year, there are still three who have not left the cabinet and are still waiting for a price in the Qinhuai River."

Regardless of whether it was the past or the present, this was the first time for Shen Yi to come to this kind of place. He was a little curious at the moment. He looked around in this private room, and suddenly saw a wooden box on the table, which was neatly arranged. There are paper flowers folded from red paper.

Shen Yi looked at these red flowers and asked, "Brother, what are these?"

"Ten taels of silver a flower."

Zhao Jizhou smiled at Shen Yi: "The oiran is the girl who gets the most flowers, all of which are won by real money."

Hearing this price, Shen Yi couldn't help being a little speechless.

He has been in Jiangdu these years, and he and his younger brother Shen Heng depend on each other for life. Ten taels of silver are almost enough for the two brothers to eat for a whole year!
But here, it is just a red flower for the oiran.

Look at the wooden box in front of Zhao Jizhou, there are hundreds of flowers, that is to say, this wooden box contains thousands of taels of silver!

I have to say that there are too many differences between people.

Shen has been working in Jiankang for more than half a year, so far his net worth will not exceed 3000 taels of silver, while Zhao Er will probably spend thousands of taels of silver just to cheer the girls in the brothel!
Seeing Shen Yi lost in thought, Zhao Er squinted his eyes and smiled, "I saved these for more than half a year, just for today, so that Miss Gu can be the oiran for another year."

At this moment, Zhao Er already seemed a little nympho.

"Maybe Miss Gu will be moved by me next year, and she will be willing to join my family as a concubine..."

Shen Yi was about to ask who Miss Gu was, when he suddenly looked up through the window and saw an acquaintance.

To be precise, he is a fellow from Jiangdu.

Fan Dongcheng!
At this time, Fan Dongcheng was in the private room opposite Shen Yi, with his head slightly lowered, talking to a young gentleman, the two were talking and laughing, obviously the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

In comparison, Fan Dongcheng's status is obviously much lower, and he looks quite submissive.

Seeing Shen Yi raised his head and looked towards the opposite side, Zhao Jizhou followed his gaze to look towards the opposite side, and after only one glance, Zhao Er's expression became a little unsightly.

"Zhao Zhuo!"

At this time, Shen Yi also recognized Zhao Zhuo in Zhao Jizhou's mouth.

When he was eating with Zhang Jian, he once encountered a quarrel between Zhang Jian and a young man surnamed Zhao, and Zhang Jian mentioned this name to Shen Yi later.

The son of the general of the Huaihe Navy, Zhao Zhuo!
People in Jiankang called... Mr. Zhao!

(End of this chapter)