The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 153

This evening, the sunset was as beautiful as a dream.

But in this dream, many people are terrified.

The people in Xingwangfu City had no intention of admiring this dreamlike sunset, they only felt panic, a panic of hunger, a panic of hopelessness for the future.

The market strike was raging. In just one day, 80.00% of the shops in Xingwangfu City were closed, and the shops that were not closed also raised their prices extremely high because there were only a few of them.

Panic struck, and no one could be spared. The night was getting late, and everyone could not sleep, as if they had fallen into a dream and had a nightmare.

The night is dark, there is a moon tonight, and the moon is shining brightly, but in this early summer season, it makes people feel cold.

In a mansion, a small light was on at this time.

A spy is telling what happened in Xingwang's mansion today.

"The shops are on strike, and the people are terrified. I'm afraid... I'm afraid that Prince Xing's mansion will be in chaos."

After the spy finished speaking, he stood aside, and after a long time, his master nodded slightly to signal him to leave.

After the spy left, Qiu Shuang let out a soft sigh: "This spy is unqualified, let him arrange other things to do."

Dong Yu was sitting next to Qiu Shuang. She was supposed to monitor Liu Wei, but Liu Wei rarely left the government office these days. More appropriate.

Of course, there is another reason, that is, if she doesn't monitor Liu Wei, she doesn't have to find a chance to kill Liu Wei, so that Qiu Shuang can't find out her tricks.

In her heart, she didn't want to kill Liu Wei.

At this time, Dong Yu was a little startled: "The information he snooped on didn't go wrong. Why does Sister Qiushuang think he's not suitable to be a spy?"

Qiu Shuang smiled slightly: "The spy only needs to listen to the news. He doesn't need to give advice to his master. He can easily mislead his master by doing so."

Dong Yu frowned, but didn't refute anymore, because Qiu Shuang's words were rarely wrong.

"So, Sister Qiushuang thinks that Xingwang's Mansion can't be messed up again?"

"Chaos?" Qiu Shuang chuckled, "Does Dong Yu think Liu Wei is easy to deal with? If he can't even solve this trivial matter, how can he play with Mr. in his hands? In my opinion, Xing Wangfu Not only will the city not be in chaos, I'm afraid that after this incident, the city of King Xing's Mansion will return to normal, and the five big families are short-sighted and against Liu Wei, they really don't know how to live or die."

Dongyu looked at Qiushuang, a little shocked. She had never seen Qiushuang praise a man like this before, not even her husband. She never thought that he was smart. She respected him just because of him. The four sisters were given a way to survive and trained them.

But now, Qiu Shuang praised Liu Wei lavishly, and she was not stingy with compliments.

The man I like, after all, is capable. Isn't it true that a man who can make Qiushuang think he is powerful?

Dong Yu was slightly happy, but there was no expression on his face.

"Then sister Qiushuang, do you know what Liu Wei will do next?"

Qiu Shuang pondered for a moment, then nodded: "Now that the store is closed, only strong measures can scare the five big families." Having said that, Qiu Shuang patted her chin lightly.

The applause fell, and someone came in from the outside.

"What is Miss Qiushuang's order?"

"Has our food been diverted?"

"It has already been transported to the winery purchased by Miss Qiushuang, and the winemaking can start in a few days."

Qiu Shuang nodded, and then waved for him to leave.

After the man left, Dong Yu was a little shocked: "Since sister Qiushuang knows what Liu Wei is going to do, why didn't she inform the five major families, we have a grudge against Liu Wei after all."

Qiu Shuang smiled and shook her head: "Although Liu Wei has enmity with us, we don't need to help the five major families. Besides, we are here to earn money for Mr. and then buy the dignitaries in the court. , What do we use to make money? The good time has passed, and if we want to make money in Xingwangfu City in the future, the more stable the Xingwangfu, the better."

Dong Yu's question just now was just to keep Qiu Shuang from being suspicious. Now that she heard Qiu Shuang's words, she felt more at ease. The Xing Wang Mansion is stable, and Liu Wei can be his official better.
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Baihua Lane is very lively tonight.

Baihua Lane, like Firework Lane in Beijing, is a place where brothels gather.

Although many shops in Xingwangfu City are closed, places like Baihua Lane where brothels gather will not be closed.

There will never be a shortage of rich people in this world, and rich men can't lack of women.

The brothel in Baihua Lane is a place isolated from ordinary people. Since the people of the five major families just want to disrupt the Xingwang Mansion, there is no need to close the brothel in Baihua Lane.

In the past, the business in Baihua Lane was rarely involved in the business of the five major families. After all, it was not a glorious business. However, after the fall of the Southern Han Dynasty, the business of many other industries declined. Good day, this made both Peng Jiu and Wen Lei focus on Baihua Lane.

After the fall of the Southern Han Dynasty, in just two days, Peng Jiu opened seven brothels in Baihua Lane, and Wen Lei opened eight brothels.

And the cost of opening a brothel is so low that it is unbelievable.

After a war in the Southern Han Dynasty, there were many homeless women, and many beautiful women who had no means of food and clothing. As long as they were given a place to live, clothes to wear, and then food and drink, they were willing to sell themselves. brothel.

In this world, evil is never lacking, as long as people are greedy, as long as the world is unfair.

Baihua Lane is very lively tonight, but the most lively place is Baihualou.

Baihualou is the largest brothel owned by Peng Jiukai. There are more than a hundred girls here, and there are many girls with long sleeves who are good at dancing and proficient in rhythm. Therefore, although Baihualou has only been established for a short month, there are already Ling However, the momentum on it.

But the reason why Baihualou is so lively tonight is not because there are any more girls here, but because the patriarchs of the five major families gather here. It is rare for the patriarchs of the five major families to sit together. Tonight, all the five patriarchs will be present , Naturally, it needs to be lively.

And when the five masters gather together, something big must happen.

The place where the five major families gather is the private room on the second floor of Baihua Building. The private room is so big that even if there are five women dancing together and two playing and singing, there is still room here.

The heads of the five major families sat in the middle of the private room, and the table was filled with delicious food and wine. Peng Jiu, as the host, got up first to toast.

"Now that our strike has achieved initial results, the people in Xingwangfu City have already felt panic. By tomorrow, Xingwangfu will be in chaos. At that time, let's see how Liu Wei will deal with this situation."

After Peng Jiu finished speaking, Jiang Jie immediately echoed him: "The purpose of inviting you here today is to celebrate our victory in advance. Although our five major families sometimes compete, we must not get confused in the face of the most fundamental interests. Or bring disaster to Xiao Qiang."

When he said this, Jiang Jie glanced at Qin Jun, but Qin Jun was tasting wine, as if he didn't take his words to heart at all, and after Qin Jun finished drinking a glass of wine, his expression was slightly sad, as if to That wine was not satisfactory.

This made Jiang Jie a little angry, but thinking that they still needed Qin Jun, he had no choice but to turn a blind eye.

Wen Lei should be in a good mood today, but when Peng Jiu insisted on setting the address of the banquet at Baihualou, he felt a little resentful, and he didn't like the name of Baihualou even more. This is Baihuaxiang However, Peng Jiu called this place Baihualou. People who didn't know the inside story thought that Baihualou was really the best brothel here.

And this is the most unacceptable part of Wen Lei. Since Wen Lei wants to get involved in Baihua Lane, he must be the boss here.

It's just that Wen Lei also knows that everyone is like grasshoppers on a rope, and it is not appropriate to have conflicts for the time being, otherwise Liu Wei will take advantage of it.

The five people had their own thoughts. Although they drank a lot of wine, they seemed to be in harmony with each other, and they couldn't talk together. After Peng Jiu found out this situation, in order to avoid conflicts after sitting down like this, he stood up and said with a smile: "today Everyone has come to Baihualou, how can we not have a good time and have a good time? Today, you can pick any girl here, and I will count it all on Peng Jiu's account."

Men like beauty, and they all like to be cheap. When they heard what Peng Jiu said, Jiang Jie, Zhuang Yan and the others immediately rejoiced, but Qin Jun got up and said, "Since you guys have talked about everything you need to talk about, Then I will take my farewell first."

After finishing speaking, Qin Jun bowed his hands slightly and left the private room, and walked downstairs. There was a lot of noise outside the private room, but the faces of the four people in the room all changed.

"I heard that Liu Wei is very close to Qin Jun. He must have been bribed." Jiang Jie had already disliked Qin Jun.

But Peng Jiu took the overall situation into consideration, and said, "Brother Jiang, don't say that. Our five families should work together now. Boss Qin may just be tired."

"I don't think I'm tired." Although Zhuang Yan is usually serious, he has his own uniqueness in analyzing things.

"Qin Jun is a drunkard. Ever since he drank Liuwei's Tanxiang wine last time, he has never forgotten Liuwei. If Liuwei likes him, I'm afraid it will not be difficult to bribe him."

Zhuang Yan is Wen Lei's man. After Zhuang Yan said this, Wen Lei couldn't help frowning slightly: "If this is the case, we have lured wolves into the house."

Hearing what everyone said, Peng Jiu was also a little shaken, but when he saw the self-righteous appearance of Wen Lei and Zhuang Yan, he felt very upset, so even if he wanted to agree with Wen Lei, he was not prepared to agree. .

"Everyone, don't make inexplicable guesses. Although Qin Jun is crazy about wine, he is not necessarily a Liu Wei person. Otherwise, why would he drink with us tonight? He is in such a hurry to go back. I think he is afraid of the tigress at home. .”

When several people heard Peng Jiu's words, they all burst into laughter. It was well known among them that Qin Jun was afraid of his wife.

After laughing like this, several people each found a few girls, and when they were so happy, danger was approaching quietly.

(End of this chapter)