Mingshi

Chapter 728

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"I know what you want to say." Luo Xin put down his teacup, spread his hands together and said, "I took the county test, the government test, and the Dao test at the age of 12. I didn't expect to pass three tests in a row and become a scholar. You let me I'm a 12-year-old kid going to a brothel?

Although I became a scholar, I was only 12 years old.If it were you, would your parents allow you to travel? "

"This……"

"Besides, I thought that since I passed three tests in a row and passed the examination of scholar, why couldn't I pass the examination of Juren? Anyway, I was young and my parents didn't allow me to travel, so I stayed at home and studied behind closed doors. Then I was lucky enough to pass the examination of Juren. Afterwards, when the grassland happened, when I came back from the grassland, I was busy fighting with Yan Song again, just after the fight, I participated in the general examination, and then the palace examination. How can I have the opportunity to travel like other people?"

"That's right!" Song Danian recalled Luo Xin's experience, and he couldn't help but nodded and said: "After the palace examination, if you become an official, it's not easy to visit brothels. No, your life lacks a certain color."

Luo Xin rolled his eyes and said, "What do you mean by oiran just now?"

"Oh, that's it." Song Danian immediately cheered up and said, "Every August [-]th, Hangzhou will hold the Oiran Competition. Of course, not only Hangzhou, Suzhou, Nanjing and other places are also held. By the way, you know the Oiran Is it a contest?"

Luo Xin rolled his eyes and said, "Have you never eaten pork or seen a pig run?"

"No, how you describe it..." Song Danian stretched out his finger and pointed at Luo Dao, dumbfounded: "Vulgar!"

Luo Xin curled his lips. Seeing Luo Xin curl his lips, Song Danian seemed to be underestimated, and immediately began to popularize science for Luo Xin.

"No, don't have the idea of ​​looking down on those oirans. They are elegant people who sell their performances instead of their bodies. This time, our Hangzhou oiran competition is held in West Lake. You are not in Hangzhou, so you didn't see the lively scene.

do you know?

Since the day before yesterday, they have already started to set up high platforms and set up colorful sheds in Hangzhou.

The top names of various brothels in Hangzhou City won the top cards through this competition. This is the contest between the top names of various brothels.And it has a far-reaching impact. For example, we in Hangzhou have already regarded August 60th as a festival no less than the Spring Festival.This oiran competition is held every year and has been held for more than [-] years. You can imagine its impact. "

Luo Xin couldn't help but nodded, he knew that once a certain event was held more than ten times in a row, it would form a habit.And once something becomes a habit, it is a very remarkable thing.

"No, do you know how many people will watch the Oiran Contest then?"

"How many?"

"I dare not say that there are 5, but there are [-]."

"5 people?" Luo Xin couldn't help laughing and said: "So many people, what can they see?" Thinking of the distance occupied by 5 people, he said again: "I'm afraid most people can even hear the voices of those Huakui singing Can’t you? I think they’re just going to join in the fun.”

"You're right!" Song Danian clapped his hands and said, "It's just lively."

"No way!" Song Danian said coquettishly: "Although we are not easy to visit brothels after we become officials. But this oiran competition is the only exception. As officials, we are all invited, and it is regarded as an elegant thing. No way , shall we go together in the future? We are VIPs, sitting in the front, and we will definitely let you see and hear."

Luo Xin's curiosity was also aroused, he couldn't help but nodded and said: "Okay, I will go and see with Brother Song."

"Okay!" Song Danian stretched out his hand and patted Luo Xin's shoulder and said, "It's not a weapon, it's a waste of youth if you don't flirt!"

August fifteen.

When it was almost dusk, Hangzhou was completely bustling.Thousands of red lanterns illuminate the West Lake. Tens of thousands of people have gathered in the West Lake, and some people are rushing towards the West Lake one after another.

A high platform was built in the middle, and above that high platform was the performance venue.It’s not yet time for the top card to appear on the stage, but there is no free time either. There are musicians playing on it, and some brothel girls who are not the top card are performing. This is also an opportunity for them to let everyone know them. Also use them to warm up the field.

Off the field, there were countless small vendors gathered from all directions, holding a basket on their arm, which contained various fruits or small food for sale.

This grand event actually started in the afternoon. In the afternoon, various juggling performances were performed. At dusk, various brothels began to come out to warm up the scene.So many spectators were already hungry at this time, these hawkers were naturally very popular, and they spent money to buy them, and there was a lot of excitement on and off the stage.

There are painting boats docked on the West Lake, and this is the place for rich and honored people.Although the shore is lively, it is only a lively place for ordinary people. Although it is lively, it seems noisy and crowded.

But in the West Lake, there is no such crowding.

There are picturesque boats all over the West Lake. This is the big event in the brothel every year, and it is also the prosperous time in Hangzhou Mansion every year, and it is also the place where the rich and powerful people in Hangzhou Mansion show off.

On the rippling West Lake, there are picturesque boats lined up. The people on the picturesque boats are either rich or noble. On one of the picturesque boats, bringing the whole family, or inviting relatives and friends, you can experience the excitement and feel the excitement. You don't have to sweat all over the crowd, what's more important is to show your dignity in front of tens of thousands of crowded people, so that everyone in the boat will have a smug smile on their faces.

However, the merchants will not let go of these painting boats, so there are merchants who take small boats and shuttle between the painting boats, and these vendors shuttling between the painting boats are not small merchants, but serious stores in Hangzhou. People in the shops, they don't buy simple peanuts, melon seeds and the like, but serious pastries, fine wines, and even accessories, jewelry and other precious things.

Rich people have a tendency to compare themselves. To win the smile of a beautiful woman, spending some money is really nothing to these rich people.

There are also some jugglers, performing on the small boats, looking at the painting boats expectantly, expecting someone to let them perform on the painting boats, and the women in brothels who are not qualified to perform in the oiran competition also ride Shuttle between the painting boats in a boat, and promote himself to perform dances on the painting boats.

Therefore, whether it is on the shore or in the water, it is a lively scene, as if the century-old prosperity of the Ming Dynasty is concentrated in this small West Lake time and space.

Such a lively atmosphere, this is before the top names of the various brothels show up, one can imagine how enthusiastic the atmosphere will be once the oiran competition starts.

Whether it is the wealthy people on the painting boats or the people on the shore, they all look at the row of painting boats on the West Lake from time to time. The painting boats there are not as brightly lit and lively as other painting boats on the West Lake.On the contrary, it looks quiet in this lively atmosphere. A big red lantern is hung on the bow of each painting boat, and the name of the brothel is written on the big red lantern.

Not only the common people on the shore, but also the rich and noble people on the painted boats looked at the painted boats from time to time, pointing fingers, and some people with good eyes squinted their eyes to identify the writing on the lanterns on the painted boats, and then Then he shouted:

"I saw it. On the third painting boat from the left is Xiaofengxian..."

"I saw it too. On the second painting boat from the right is a drunken woman."

"........."

Just as these people were identifying the top lanterns of the brothels, boats sailed from the lake and headed for the nearest place where the brothel woman in the center was performing.

Although the shore of the West Lake has always been very crowded, that spot has always been empty. There is no boat to berth there. It turns out that the spot is reserved for these boats.

After the huge painting boats were moored, banquets were placed on the deck of the painting boats, and some people were sitting on the deck drinking and talking and laughing.Then someone with good eyesight shouted:
"That's the Lu family of the five great families!"

"That is the royal family of the five great families!"

"That belongs to the five great families..."

"........."

With the appearance of the people on the painted boats, the atmosphere reached a climax.Not only the five great aristocratic families have come, but also the big families around Hangzhou, and there are also businessmen from all over the world who come to Shibosi to do business and make a lot of money. Today is destined to be a shocking event. Days will be the most grand oiran competition in the past sixty years.

Because since the founding of the country by Taizu, the merchants of Ming Dynasty have never made money so happily, and never made so much money in such a short period of time.

Through the Shibo Department, through the Daming Maritime Trade Company and the merchants of the feudal kingdom, they all had an illusion.This is not making money at all, it is clearly stealing money.This money is too easy to earn, too much.

With this kind of mentality, just imagine, how many golden flowers will be given out in this Hangzhou Oiran Competition?

At the very least, there is absolutely no problem breaking the highest record in previous years. This will be a great excitement that will be passed down through the ages.How can this not make tens of thousands of people look forward to it?
At this time, another huge painting boat moored, and on this painting boat sat a group of the most distinguished people in Hangzhou Mansion, that is, those who were officials.

Song Danian, prefect of Hangzhou, and Luo Xin, prefect of Hangzhou, and other officials at all levels.

As the magistrate and co-prefect of Hangzhou, it is the duty of officials of the Ming Dynasty to attend various large-scale civil activities, so Song Danian told Luo Xin that this is a matter of elegance.

This big ship is the largest in Hangzhou, with a height of three floors.Not only the officials from the city of Hangzhou Prefecture, but even the county magistrates under the jurisdiction of Hangzhou Prefecture also came to watch the event.

It's just that whether it's the wealthy people on the boat or the people on the shore, they are not paying attention to Song Danian, the highest official in Hangzhou, but to Luo Xin, the prefect of Hangzhou, excitedly.

"Look, Lord Luo is here!"

"Master Luo is really romantic and unrestrained!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Master Luo wiped out tens of thousands of Japanese pirates, that should be wise and powerful."

"You are the one talking nonsense. Mr. Luo is the number one scholar, so he is naturally romantic and unrestrained."

"........."

There is even a woman looking at Luo Xin, holding a heart with both hands, and looking at Luo Xin like a nympho:
"So young!"

"So handsome!"

"Love is him!"

"........."

Luo Xin was sitting proudly on the bow deck. Now in the southeast, he has subdued the five great families. Although he did not put down the Japanese pirates, he still prevented the Japanese pirates from going ashore.What's more, the Japanese pirates are now fighting among themselves, Xu Hai and Wang Zhizheng are fighting fiercely, so Luo Xin's heart is very stable, at least for now, the southeast is stable, the southeast is peaceful, and the southeast is not in the slightest danger.

but……

Is it really so?

In a painting boat not far from Luo Xin's boat, a young man was sitting by the porthole, looking at Luo Xin's boat with great interest.This person is not only handsome, but also has a kind of nobility on his body.Sitting next to him was a middle-aged man in his forties who was also looking at Luo Xin on the deck.The noble young man said with a smile on his lips:
"I didn't expect that a little scholar at the beginning would become a climate."

The middle-aged man nodded and said, "My lord, this Luo Xin wiped out the Mongolian grassland forces in the north and has a high prestige in the north. Now he has subdued the five great families in the southeast and wiped out more than [-] Japanese pirates outside the city of Hangzhou, so that the Japanese pirates dare not go ashore. .So his reputation in the southeast is no less than in the north. If you give him a few more years of effort, his reputation in Daming will be unmatched. At that time, as long as he is around, we will not be able to achieve great things."

The handsome man also sighed: "If I knew he would become so popular, I should have killed him in the first place. I didn't expect that the person who would stand in the way was not Yan Song, not Xu Jie, nor Gao Gong, nor Ma Fang and Hu Zongxian, but It's him Luo Xin."

"My lord, is it possible to convince Luo Xin to join us?" the middle-aged man asked softly.

The handsome young man shook his head and said with a smile: "Tell him to join us? What can we give him? As long as he works in Daming step by step, sooner or later he will be above one person and below ten thousand people. At most we can only give him With his status, does it make them support him as their lord?"

The middle-aged man stared blankly, lowered his head and said, "My lord, it's my subordinates who missed the point."

The handsome young man waved his hand and said, "It's okay. As long as you kill him, there will be no threat."

The middle-aged man sighed and said, "It's a pity."

"Yes!" The handsome young man also sighed, "It's a pity. But he blocked my way."

"How are things going?"

"My lord, the arrangements have been made. Our people have already sneaked into the Hangzhou Mansion, which is nearby at this time. And Liu Hanyan has already made preparations."

That handsome young man was none other than that in Datong, Luo Xin met Zhang Shicheng's descendant, Zhang Daoyuan.At this time, Zhang Daoyuan looked at the figure of Luo Xin not far away, and his expression was a little dazed.After a while, he sighed and said:

"This Luo Xin is really a hero. The Ming Dynasty has already come to a time of decline. The Alatan Khan on the northern border is fierce, the Japanese pirates are rampant in the southeast, the natives of Bashu are restless, and natural disasters and man-made disasters have caused bandits to spread everywhere. As long as we climb up and shout, the Ming Dynasty will be in jeopardy.

However, he never expected that Luo Xin would kill Alatan Khan and Huang Taiji one after another, pacify the grassland, and bring the north into a period of peace.Now that it has come to the southeast, if this continues, the people of Ming Dynasty will live and work in peace and contentment, the trend of decline of Ming Dynasty will stop, and it will definitely be rejuvenated again. "

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