Urban Alchemist

A group of people entered Zhongzhou City smoothly, and the city gate officials and guards did not dare to embarrass them.

Zhongzhou City is just a small city with a population of only 10,000+. It is not as large as a county on the earth, but it occupies a much larger area than a county.

The City Lord's Mansion alone takes up half the size of the city, which is much stronger than the county government!

After bidding farewell to Shen Qiang and others, Yang Tian planned to find an inn.Although he didn't have a common currency such as gold and silver in his hand, the money for staying in a hotel was not difficult for him.

I found a pawnshop, threw a glass to the pawnshop owner, and exchanged 500 taels of silver.Even though he knew that he was 'hacked' by the boss back then, Yang Tian didn't care about it. It's really hard to say who hacked who!

According to what the pawnshop owner said, Yang Tian found the most luxurious inn in Zhongzhou City.However, in a small city like Zhongzhou City, no matter how luxurious it is, it is only relatively speaking.

I asked for an upper house, the so-called upper house, that is, an independent house, plus a small courtyard of more than 40 square meters.

When he was in the Tianlong City of the Western Tianyu, he spent nearly half a month alone inquiring about the situation in the Western Tianyu, so he still had some experience in communicating with the 'ancient people'.After spending ten taels of silver, I quickly learned about the general situation of Zhongzhou City and its surroundings from the shopkeeper.

Zhongzhou City is the frontier fortress of Dayan Kingdom, and although there is only a Thunder Mountain between Honglong Kingdom and Honglong Kingdom, Lei Mountain is like a natural moat, completely cutting off the military front of the two countries.Although the distance between the two countries is only ten days away, the terrain around Leishan Mountain is rugged, and many mountain paths are too narrow, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are at least a dozen places like this.In the beginning, the two countries had friction with each other and occupied each other's territory, but slowly, both countries found that no matter who wins and who loses, they will suffer losses in the end. The winning country loses troops, while the losing country loses very little. part of the territory.Instead, the failed country took advantage of it a little!

It was an event five years ago that completely stopped the war between the two countries.At that time, the two countries had planned for a long time, and secretly accumulated a large number of troops in Leishan, but they did not expect that the intentions of the two countries were very similar.As a result, a battle of 40 people broke out in Leishan.The two sides have just fought for a quarter of an hour. It can be said that the fighting has just begun. Suddenly, the sky is overcast, hundreds of thousands of thunderbolts fall from the sky, and the 40 survivors are less than [-].Since then, this area has been called Leishan, and the two countries no longer dare to use weapons around Leishan.They thought that the war between them offended the heavens, and Leishan sent down thunder and lightning, which was a warning to them!

Since then, the two countries have never sent a single soldier to Leishan, even if bandits are rampant around Leishan.

There are four countries in this continent, they are Dayan Kingdom, Honglong Kingdom, Chu Kingdom, and Xiangtian Empire, and the Dayan Kingdom he is in now is only the smallest of the four countries.Including Honglong Kingdom and Chu Kingdom, the three countries combined are no opponents of Xiangtian Empire.However, the Xiangtian Empire also has its own enemies. In the north of the Xiangtian Empire, there are some nomadic peoples, just like the Turks and Khitans in ancient China.Although the Xiangtian Empire is powerful, it has nothing to do with these nomads. The two sides have been fighting for hundreds of years, and the Xiangtian Empire has always suffered.

As long as there are grasslands, there are nomadic peoples. Whether it is on the earth or here, in the ancient times when technology was not developed to a certain level and the level of productivity was low, the fertile land that could be cultivated was limited, and nomadism became a means of survival.And the contradiction between nomads and farmers is inevitable. Although everyone depends on the sky, the life of nomads must be a hundred times more difficult than that of farmers. When they can't survive, plunder is the way out.

"I'll take you to a good place today, let's go to the brothel to have fun." Yang Tian joked to the girls after returning to the inn.He just said that he didn't expect that the three girls would really go with him.After all, they are native-born modern people, and they are really curious about the ancient brothels.

The three women all dressed up a little bit, and the women disguised themselves as men, but no matter how much they looked like, the flaws were still obvious.

However, the social atmosphere of Dayan Kingdom is open, which is somewhat similar to the early Tang Dynasty in ancient China.Although the status of women is still very low, and they still belong to men's vassals, but that is only compared with modern society.

Women dressed in men's clothes can often be seen, most of them are young ladies from rich families, or children of official families.Women disguised themselves as men and entered brothels occasionally. Although brothels were men's domains, it didn't mean that brothels were only for skin and meat business.Not everyone goes to the brothel just to find a woman. Going to the brothel to drink tea, listen to ditties, or watch programs is one of the few recreational activities.

Even though the three women had already disguised themselves as men, they still did not hide their beauty. When they first entered the brothel, they still attracted the attention of most people.

Yicuiju, a very elegant name, if he didn't know that this is a brothel, Yang Tian would even think that this is the residence of some noble and refined scholar.

There are two types of people who come here, one is the people of the Jianghu, and the other is the so-called "talented scholars" who have read books and ink for several years.

"Four gentlemen, please come in quickly, Green Bamboo, if you haven't greeted the four guests, arrange a high-class private room for the four guests." A rather pretty middle-aged woman greeted several people, and then called A twelve or thirteen-year-old girl came and brought a few people into the private room.

Speaking of the ability to know people, these women have worked in brothels for many years and have dealt with all kinds of people.As soon as this woman saw Yang Tian and the three women, she first saw that the three women were disguised as men. Moreover, she also saw that the three women were all beauties selected in a million. To have such three women by her side, She can almost conclude that Yang Tian's status is either rich or noble.With such an identity, he naturally couldn't sit in the lobby with a group of Jianghu people, even if these Jianghu people knew a little bit of kung fu, but their status and status couldn't be compared with those young masters.

He took out all the silver taels on his body and threw them to the little girl who brought him in, and asked her to serve some food and drinks to himself according to the silver, and then he accompanied the third daughter Rumeng to watch the performance on the stage. singing and dancing.

Of course, the brothel does not rely on these singing and dancing performances for a living. These things are okay to watch once in a while, but after a long time, you will get tired of watching them.However, Zhengjiayi Cuiju is quite famous. Here, you don't have money to buy a 'lady' to serve you.It is not enough to have money alone, but also to have talent, and those with outstanding talent can even be exempted from overnight expenses.

"Everyone be quiet, it's time for the delisting that the guests are most concerned about. If you want to win the favor of the girls, it depends on everyone's performance." The middle-aged woman who had just welcomed a few people in said on the stage.

Then, sixteen little girls aged twelve or thirteen, two little girls each, held up a sign with a square of [-] to [-] centimeters, and walked onto the stage.Each sign depicts a young woman.

Before coming here, Yang Tian had inquired with someone that Yicuiju only had eight women to pick up guests every night, and each of these eight women would ask a question, and the people below could choose to answer one of the women's questions. If the answer can make a woman satisfied, then this woman will also make you 'satisfied' at night!Of course, not everyone can answer this question. Want to answer?Yes, but you need to pay, ten taels of silver each time!

And the person who was finally selected had to pay 100 taels for overnight stay.

"Haha, I'll come first, don't fight me with Wang Baoshan, I will sleep in Lan Yu's bed no matter what I say today, anyone who fights with me will have trouble with me!" A middle-aged man stood up first.

"Wang Baoshan, you are the only one who is worthy of Miss Lan Yu? Others can't provoke you, Wang Baoshan, but I'm not afraid!" A young man in white robes who was about 20 years old and holding a folding fan said disdainfully.

"San Shan, are you deliberately trying to get along with me!" Wang Baoshan said in a very angry manner.However, Wang Baoshan was also a bachelor, so he put down a few harsh words and left.He also knew that he would not be able to please him here. Although the Shan Laosan in his mouth was not learned or skilled, he could also recite a few lines of poetry, which was much better than him who could not read all the characters.And the topic here is poetry.If it was someone else, he could rely on his own power to force him, but although he didn't think highly of the Shan family, the Shan family was not something he could provoke.Instead of staying here and continuing to make a fool of yourself, it's better to just leave.

"Blue Rain's question is about orchids, Mr. Shan please answer." The woman said on stage.

Mr. Shan thought for about 5 minutes, and then came up with a four-line seven-character poem that could barely rhyme, with almost no poetic conception and meaning. No one competed with him. Naturally, he passed the test, and then he was introduced to Yicuiju backyard resting place.

After Mr. Shan left, the remaining seven women were all fiercely contested. One of the former oirans was occupied by Chu Xing who had just returned to Zhongzhou City, and no one dared to compete with him. , can't compete with him.Although Chu Xing was not in Yang Tian's eyes, but in terms of talent, he was quite a bit talented, and his martial arts were not bad, but he was good at both civil and military skills!

"Master, why don't you fight with them?" Rumeng asked with a smile.

"Your young master, what is my taste? With the three of you, can I still see the vulgar fans here?" Yang Tian said pretending to be disdainful, and at the same time flattered the three girls.

"The young master is not afraid of not being able to compete, is he? Their poems seem to be very pleasant to me, and they all look good!"

As soon as Rushi finished speaking, she heard the woman on the stage continue to say: "After an hour, the highlight of tonight will be staged. Our Miss Luoxi is going to choose her husband-in-law today. Everyone should give it their all. Who will Miss Luoxi's first night belong to?"

"It's still the old rules. However, even if Miss Luoxi is placed in the entire Great Yan Kingdom, she can't find a few women who can compare with her. I don't think everyone will be stingy, right? 5000 taels of silver per person. Have a chance!"

Yang Tian thought, listen to what they say, the entire Luoxi used to be the daughter of the prime minister of Dayan Kingdom, and she is a rare talented woman.Just because his father failed in the court, he was cut off by the emperor of Dayan Kingdom in a fit of anger.But Yicuiju did not know by what means, they were able to get Luoxi to sit here and become their cash cow.

Dayan Kingdom belongs to a feudal society, and here, unless forced to, no woman would willingly sell herself in a brothel.

The reason why he came here was that he was a little curious about this Luoxi, and wanted to see how beautiful this Luoxi, who had been called the number one talented woman in the Great Yan Kingdom, was. If possible, he wouldn't mind a heroic rescue.