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Chapter 171 Goulan Listening to Music (Ask for a Monthly Ticket!!!)
"If the villain gets the Yanyin, he will divide the Yanyin into ten shares and keep two for himself, and take [-]% of the profit from the rest, and distribute it to the nobles of Jinling City."

Shengwei has no lack of courage to make his business to today's level.

Zhao Yingce looked at Qin Hao and smiled, "Sure enough, Zihan saw the right person."

Then he said to Sheng Wei: "However, your vision is still a bit off. It's not the nobles of Jinling City, but the nobles of the entire Jiangnan East."

Sheng Wei looked at Zhao Yingce in surprise, and was stunned for half a minute before kneeling tremblingly: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your cultivation."

Zhao Yingce waved his hand: "Don't thank me in a hurry, do you know that you are on the opposite side with the Cao family?"

Sheng Wei's heart trembled, but there was no way out now, and he didn't want to retreat with a huge opportunity in front of him.

"Your Highness, please rest assured that the Cao family has been suffering for a long time. As long as you unite with all the nobles, the Cao family will not dare to risk the disgrace of the world against the court!"

Zhao Yingce nodded in satisfaction: "Then I will depend on your performance!"

Sheng Wei came out of the room, thinking he was dreaming for a moment, secretly pinched himself, grinning in pain, but couldn't hide the excitement on his face.

All the way home, Sheng Wei was still in an unreal state, so his wife should not ask curiously when she saw this.

"Master, what's the matter?"

Sheng Wei told what happened today, and his wife was overjoyed.

"Is what the master said true?"

Sheng Wei had come to his senses, and said with a straight face: "Of course it's true, how can my husband make fun of such a thing that concerns his family and life!"

"God has eyes, it seems that our eldest son of the Sheng family is going to make a big fortune this time!"

Sheng Wei said sternly: "This is all thanks to Changbai of Sanfang's family. If he hadn't had friendship with Jinghaihou, I wouldn't be able to fall on my head today."

"That's right, that's right, I heard that Minglan and Madam Jinghaihou are still close friends in the boudoir, it seems that we have to prepare a generous gift for Minglan to bring over on New Year's Day."

Sheng Wei nodded: "It should be, and Minglan's share must not be missed."

After finishing speaking, Sheng Wei said with emotion: "My third younger brother is still far-sighted, and the children in the family are also well educated. The eldest daughter married to the Earl's Mansion of Yongchang, and Changbai was a Jinshi in high school. In a few years, he took control of the key points of the Haiyun Yamen. Department, won His Majesty's trust, this Minglan married into the Ningyuanhou's residence, she is really full of wealth and honor."

"Yeah, if you don't say it, you have to be a scholar, but our family is getting better now. If His Royal Highness Prince Huan is our family in the future, he will be an imperial merchant."

Soon, the news spread that Sheng Wei got Yanyin, the East Road of Jiangnan. For a while, the front of Sheng's mansion became very lively. Some nobles who didn't look down on Sheng's family of merchants sent people to the door one after another.

The happiest one is naturally the eldest wife of the Sheng family. In the past, these honorable family members had their eyes high above the top and didn't look at her directly. Now they are holding her up one by one, so that she almost floats up.

Of course, under the prosperity, there are also dangers. Sheng Wei received an anonymous letter that night, and the letter was placed directly in his study.

Places like the study room are usually guarded by special personnel. However, Sheng Wei asked the servants, but no one entered the study room. Obviously, the other party was warning Sheng Wei that he had the ability to sneak into the study room of the Sheng family, and he also had the ability to take it. He is headed.

The content of the letter is very straightforward, asking him to hand over Yan Yin after King Huan left. As for who to hand it over, it didn't say anything.

After not sleeping all night, Sheng Wei reported to Zhao Yingce the next day.

Zhao Yingce didn't say anything, but handed the letter to Qin Hao.

"What do you think Zihan?"

After reading it, Qin Hao put the letter aside and smiled: "There are only two possibilities. This letter is either from the Cao family or from the Manichaeism."

Zhao Yingce nodded upon hearing the words: "What Zihan said is also what this king thinks, what should we do now?"

Qin Hao looked at Sheng Wei: "That depends on whether Sheng Shibo dares to take risks and cooperate."

Sheng Wei's heart skipped a beat, but he could only bite the bullet and say, "Sheng Wei would like to be ashamed to be able to serve His Highness."

Qin Hao patted Sheng Wei on the shoulder: "Don't worry, I've already taken over the Jinling Navy, the Cao family doesn't dare to act recklessly, as long as you get in touch with the other party, and wait for the other party to show their heads, you don't have to worry about other things gone."

Sheng Wei secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still a little apprehensive. This is something that will affect the whole family if he is not careful. How can he not be nervous?
After finishing speaking, Qin Hao cupped his hands at Zhao Yingce: "I just want to trouble Your Highness to leave Jinling for now and stay on the boat for a while."

"It's okay, as long as you can catch this group of rats, it will be worth a year or so on the boat." Zhao Yingce waved his hands nonchalantly.

Three days later, Qin Hao and Zhao Yingce boarded a boat and left Jinling. The nobles of Jinling City crowded the pier to the brim.

Zhao Yingce greeted everyone for a while, then disappeared from everyone's sight.

That night, Qin Hao boarded a small boat and returned to Jinling City.

Sheng Wei's home.

"Master Hou is wronged." Sheng Wei bowed and saluted.

Qin Hao helped him up: "The cost of this room may not be worse than that of the Hou's Mansion, so be careful."

"They are all folk things, how can they compare with the Hou's Mansion."

Qin Hao stopped the other party's flattery, and said sternly: "I have arranged two personal guards for you. If someone comes to meet with you, you just need to be vague and try to fool them as much as possible. They will track down the origin of the other party."

Sheng Wei was a little relieved, with two guards, his safety was somewhat guaranteed.

"Then there will be two adults, Lao Lao."

The two guards just stood behind Sheng Wei silently and did not answer.

After Sheng Wei left, Qin Hao smiled at Cui Zhi: "I heard that there are quite a few stunning oirans in Jinling City, come and see them with me in a few days?"

Cui Zhi chuckled: "It's only by following Lord Hou that you can see such stunning beauty, otherwise, with my status, I'm afraid I won't even be able to enter the door."

Qin Hao patted him on the shoulder: "Cui Hao is already a sixth-rank official. If he makes military exploits in the future, he might be able to be named a viscount or something. When the time comes, you can marry him a daughter of a scholarly family. Grab him." Children's education, making a Jinshi or something."

There is no way, this is the national conditions of the Song Dynasty, everything is inferior, but reading is high, and the first choice of many honorable families is to let their children study.

Cui Zhi was full of anticipation when he heard the words, and bowed deeply to Qin Hao: "Thank you, Lord Hou, for your cultivation."

Qin Hao waved his hand: "It's late at night, you don't have to watch over it anymore, go to sleep quickly."

The brothel culture in the Song Dynasty was very developed. According to historical records, as early as the early Northern Song Dynasty, there were tens of thousands of brothel women registered in Bianjing.When Su Shi was in Lin'an, whenever he had free time, he would invite many guests and friends to visit the lake. Sometimes he could gather more than a thousand brothel girls in one outing.

The so-called literati and poets are nothing more than that.

Jinling City, Yuehua Building.

When the lanterns first come on, lanterns of various colors are hung outside the Yuehua Building, giving people a sense of twilight and luxury.

"This nobleman, please, is there a girl you know?"

Yuehua Building is considered a relatively high-grade brothel in Jinling City, and there are no Yingying and Yanyan soliciting customers on the street, so naturally a lot of high-end customers come to the door on their own initiative.

Qin Hao winked at Cui Zhi, and Cui Zhi took out a silver ingot of five taels of silver from his cuff and threw it to the woman who picked up the guest: "Cuihuating, my son has reserved a seat."

As soon as the silver was in hand, the woman weighed the approximate weight, and quickly and respectfully brought Qin Hao to the box in Cuihuating.

"Young master, is this your first time here? Why don't Ruo Nu's family find a few girls who are both talented in sex?"

The women in the brothel don't say that they are performing arts or not selling themselves, but they just want to sell them for a good price.

Qin Hao smiled, and jokingly said to the woman: "Oh? Aren't you a girl? Why do you need to work for her?"

The woman smiled coquettishly: "Young master really knows how to make fun of others. The beauty of this servant is not worthy of serving you."

"Oh? I think the girl is nice, so stay here and have a drink with me." After Qin Hao finished speaking, Cui Zhi gave the girl another ingot of silver, which was worth ten taels.

The woman was a little dazed. A woman like her who was close to 30 years old was considered a marginal figure in the brothel. The people who came to her were all rough men who wanted to get cheap. How could anyone have received such a rich man like Qin Hao.

But the woman didn't think much about it, and quickly asked someone to prepare wine and food, and sat down by herself, pouring wine for Qin Hao.

Qin Hao naturally has no interest in women, but it is inevitable that he will feel a little less if he does not ask a girl to accompany him when he arrives at the brothel. After all, this is his first time to go to the brothel.

The window of the private room happened to be able to see the stage downstairs. At this time, a woman with a silk scarf on her face was playing a piece of pipa, which was also the most common piece played by women in ancient brothels.

Qin Hao didn't have much research on ancient rhythms, but after coming to the world of knowledge, his appreciation level has improved. The woman's skills are quite proficient. Judging from her figure, she is not very old, at most fifteen or sixteen years old. Being able to achieve such a level in modern times will definitely kill all the teachers of art colleges in seconds.

In fact, it is no wonder that the living environment of women in brothels in ancient times was quite harsh. Regardless of how literati and poets beautify it, this kind of colored industry has been the most exploited place since ancient times. Brothels often buy some beautiful girls to train them. As for these girls The origin is very complicated.

Some are daughters of officials and eunuchs, whose family fortunes have fallen and they are forced to sell themselves in brothels. That's it.

Moreover, young prostitutes were especially popular in ancient times, and many girls aged twelve or thirteen were about to come out to pick up customers, and those romantic poets were more or less a bit of lolicon, shameless.

The woman serving at the side saw that Qin Hao had been watching the piano playing downstairs, so she suggested: "Why don't I ask this sister to play a song for you alone?"

At this moment, the door of the room was pushed open, and the appearance of a person made the woman's eyes widen.

Qin Hao winked at Cui Zhi, and Cui Zhi led the woman out of the room.

Cui Zhi said in a low voice: "If a word of today's matter is revealed, it will be lost forever, don't make mistakes!"

The woman nodded her head tremblingly, her upper and lower teeth were chattering, she didn't know the noble man, but she had seen the prince of Xiangcheng who came in.

"Jinghaihou's move of Mingxiu plank road to cover Chen Cang secretly is really clever, and almost fooled me." Xiangchenghou laughed.

Qin Hao cupped his hands at the Marquis of Xiangcheng: "The matter is a bit complicated, and we have to make a bad move. Please forgive me, the Marquis of Xiangcheng."

"It should be. This matter is also related to the prosperity and disgrace of my Xiangcheng Hou Mansion. Be careful and make no big mistakes."

While talking, people came in one after another.

If the woman from just now was here, she would have fainted from fright on the spot. Almost all the powerful nobles in Jiangnan Dongdao were present.

Qin Hao cupped his hands at everyone, and cut straight to the point: "Everyone, the main reason for inviting you here today is about Yanyin. His Royal Highness King Huan has decided to divide the Yanyin in Jiangnan Dongdao into ten shares, and each of you here will have one share."

Everyone's faces couldn't help showing joy. Salt is a huge profit industry. Don't think that one person only has one share. In fact, the area of ​​Jiangnan Dongdao is terrifyingly large. This is a huge cake, as long as one share is enough to enjoy.

Of course, everyone also knows that it is impossible for the world's pie to fall directly on their heads, so they looked at Qin Hao and waited for the next article.

The expression on Qin Hao's face also became serious: "His Royal Highness Huan carried out the salt tax reform according to the government's order, but we encountered an assassination on the way. It may be the Manichaeism, or it may be the Cao family. Whether it is Anyone, this is a provocation to the imperial court, so I hope you can help the imperial court to get rid of this daring moth!"

Now everyone present knew that this piece of cake was not so delicious, Manichaeism was nothing more than a cult, it was just a cult, and it was just a matter of extermination, but after all, the Cao family was still standing behind the Queen Mother Cao.

Even the official family can't touch the Queen Mother Cao. If the Cao family offends the Cao family severely and the official family doesn't support them, it will be troublesome at that time.

Seeing that everyone hesitated, Qin Hao was not in a hurry. After waiting for a while, he said calmly: "Do you think that the guilds of the Manchu Dynasty would like to see the court turbulent and the military disasters continue?"

The reason why Zhao Zongquan was able to secure the throne was that on the one hand, Emperor Renzong left a succession edict before his death.
On the one hand, the civil official group reached an agreement on this matter, and the Song Dynasty cannot be chaotic.

Once the queen mother wants to establish a new monarch, the civil official group must be the first to oppose it. In the Song Dynasty, the emperor shared the world with the scholar-bureaucrats and it was not just talk.

This is also the reason why the Empress Dowager has never broken faces with Zhao Zongquan. If the salt tax reform had not completely shaken the foundation of the Cao family, the Empress Dowager Cao would not have intensified the conflict.

All the people present were smart people, and they all understood Qin Hao's meaning. After all, Empress Dowager Cao was old, and she couldn't abolish Zhao Zongquan and establish a new monarch. The final result was that Zhao Zongquan boiled her to death, and then took power completely.

"But listen to His Royal Highness King Huan's orders."

After looking at each other for a while, everyone bowed their hands.

Qin Hao also bowed and cupped his hands and said, "Then, on behalf of His Royal Highness Huan, I would like to thank you all for your great help."

With the support of these nobles, Qin Hao has confidence. After all, the Cao family has the backing of the Empress Dowager Cao, and Zhao Zongquan certainly doesn't want to make the situation too ugly with the Empress Dowager Cao.

It is unrealistic to go directly to the door to win people, and the confrontation is best carried out under the poker table.

And Qin Hao distributed the salt to these nobles in order to use their power to attack the power of the local Cao family. Now the Cao family is like a huge squid. Can clear its tentacles first, nibble away at its power little by little.

Soon, this trick had an effect. After the nobles from all over the country got the salt, they took the initiative to investigate the private salt for their own benefit, which involved a lot of forces from the Cao family. Qin Hao also followed the vine and led the Jinling navy to clear Qinhuai. Water pirates near the river.

These water thieves are also cunning, taking advantage of their familiarity with the local waterway environment, trying to escape into the waters of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.

However, Qin Hao was determined to exterminate them this time. Huan Wang Zhao Yingce had already ambushed on their only way, and directly fought out from the reed marsh, attacking them back and forth.

Ordinary water thieves faced the regular navy, including a thousand Mingzhou navy, and naturally they would be defeated at the first touch. However, when checking after the war, Qin Hao was surprised to find that these water thieves were actually equipped with five eight-ox crossbows.

King Huan Zhao Yingce's face was also extremely ugly, he gritted his teeth and said, "No one can give them so many crossbows except the Cao family. These people are simply insane!"

The Song Dynasty had very strict control over bows and crossbows, and the extremely destructive ordnance such as the eight-ox crossbow was a core secret. Once the two armies faced each other, once they were defeated, the first thing the bow and crossbowmen should do was not to flee, but to fight back. The eight-ox crossbow was destroyed.

If the enemy got the complete eight-ox crossbow, even if they fled back, they would die, and their family members would be harmed.

Five crossbows and eight oxen can already attack the city, and this has risen to the level of national security. It is no wonder that Zhao Yingce is so angry.

After interrogating the captives, Qin Hao discovered a very interesting thing.

Many of these water thief leaders are also followers of Manichaeism, and Zhao Yingce is also a little confused.

"So, are they from the Cao family or from the Manichaeism?"

Qin Hao thought for a while, and suddenly smiled: "Your Highness, maybe we are thinking too complicatedly. These water thieves are funded by the Cao family, but it does not prevent them from believing in Manichaeism!"

The scariest thing about religious belief is that it has a hidden attribute. These water thieves can completely collect money from the Cao family and become followers of Manichaeism at the same time.

Zhao Yingce also noticed the seriousness of the situation: "This Manichaeism has penetrated so deeply?"

Qin Hao's mood was also a little dignified. Originally, the Cao family was difficult enough to deal with, but now a Manichaeism appeared. His errand is really difficult!
After cleaning the battlefield and returning to Jinling, there was news from Sheng Wei that a mysterious person found him just last night and wanted to buy the Yan Yin in his hand.

Later, the guards arranged by Qin Hao found the meeting place of the mysterious man through tracking. To Qin Hao's surprise, the meeting place was actually in Yuehua Tower.

"Check out the proprietor behind Yuehua Tower." Qin Hao ordered.

"promise."

Two days later, the investigators came back to report.

"Master Hou, I found out that the proprietor behind Yuehua Tower is the Mansion of Yongyi Hou."

Qin Hao was taken aback for a moment: "Yongyi Hou's Mansion? Xu's?"

I vaguely remember that the old lady of the Sheng family seems to be the only daughter of Hou Yongyi from the previous generation.

"interesting!"

(End of this chapter)