My queen does not compete for favor

Chapter 21

The layout of the imperial capital is a cross market, and Beishi is the closest to the imperial palace. It mainly deals in some elegant things, such as the four treasures of the study, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, antique bookstores and the like.Nanshi goes directly to the canal wharf, and mainly sells people's livelihood items transported by water, such as rice, grain, oil, salt, vegetables and meat.The West Market is relatively barbaric, selling people and horses, and a small number of wild horses from the wild mountains in the west are more unruly than the various steeds that abound in the north, and they are hard to find.Among the four cities, the most prosperous area is undoubtedly Dongshi.It mainly deals in all kinds of luxury goods, gold and silver jewelry, rouge embroidery workshop, romance, hotel business and so on.

Wan Qixiao strode towards Dongshi.Since they want to start a business, Dongshi should be the first choice.Either way, it's an excellent choice.However, since considering the need to monopolize the economic power and challenge Qin Xian, it is best to use industries with a larger passenger flow and a wider range of customers, preferably entertainment venues.The most expensive and most mixed entertainment venues are called nightclubs in modern times, and brothels in ancient times.

Wan Qixiao walked quickly to the most famous flower street in the imperial capital.

It is noon now, all the flower houses are in a half-rest state, the doors are ajar, and the gatekeepers are dozing off little by little with their heads down.Wan Chengxiao randomly picked the most shabby-looking flower house and walked in.

As soon as he entered the door, there was a row of flower girls coming up to say hello with handkerchiefs. Wan Chengxiao glanced at him, at best he could only be regarded as upright.She pushed them away lightly: "I...my wife wants to see the oiran."

The Hua girls looked at each other, and then giggled one by one: "Miss Siyu picked up the son of the Shangshu family yesterday, and now she is trying to catch up on sleep..."

Wan Chengxiao threw a gold ingot on the table.

Immediately, a flower girl quickly picked it up and stuffed it into her sleeve pocket, and she giggled and pulled Wan Chengxiao upstairs: "It turns out that it is Miss Siyu's benefactor, no wonder we vulgar fans can't get into yours." Eye! I'll take you there!"

Go to the first room on the left, which happens to be the side facing the street. At night, just open the window and sit by the window, and you can lean on the window to sell your smile and attract patrons.The flower girl barked for a long time before she opened the door, then she giggled and pushed Wan Qixiao in, and smiled at the maidservant who opened the door: "Mr. Jun is really picky, miss Feiyu!"

The servant girl looked Wan Qixiao up and down, then stepped aside, and said with a smile: "Young master, please wait a moment, the girl just got up and is washing up. She will be here soon."

Wan Chengxiao waved his hand: "It's okay, let's prepare the table for wine and food first. Call you who can take charge."

The servant girl responded and went.

Wan Qixiao sat down at the table by himself and looked around.Hanging gauze and paintings everywhere, arty.A mandarin duck screen divides the room into inner and outer rooms. The inner room should be a place to wash and rest. For singing and dancing.

generally.Wan Qixiao made a conclusion in his heart.Next, let's take a look at how the oiran is doing, confirm the standard of the brothel, and then check the boss's tone, if you can buy it, you can buy it and renovate it.It's not that she doesn't want to buy land and rebuild buildings, it's just that every inch of land in the capital is so expensive that everything is fully occupied, there is not even a place to stay, let alone a whole flower building.As a last resort, I had to choose to buy an old one and refurbish it.

After a while, there was the clanging sound of lifting the curtain, and the oiran Siyu walked out around the screen, thanking her body for her blessing, with a clear and sweet voice: "Siyu has met you, sir. I kept you waiting for a long time, and I will offer you a cup first." , Let’s apologize.” Then, Xian Xiansu poured two glasses of wine, handed one to Wan Chengxiao, picked up a glass to pay tribute to, then covered his sleeves and drank it, his little face was reddish with alcohol.

Wan Chengxiao looked at her while pinching his wine glass.The eyes are big, the face is slightly smaller, and it is very pitiful.More than handsome, not enough glamorous, being able to be an oiran can only show that the level of the brothel itself is average.

Wan Chengxiao had a calculation in his heart.

There was a knock on the door, and bustard was invited in by Si Yu's maidservant. She smiled so much that her eyes had only a slit, and she waved her handkerchief and leaned towards Wan Qixiao: "This young master came to look for Si Yu, and he called the old man What are you doing? Don’t tell me you want me to accompany you, eh? eh?” The bustard was teasing and teasing almost obscenely.

Wan Qixiao had goose bumps all over his body.She forcefully pushed away the octopus-like hand of the old bustard, made room for a seat at the back, asked the old bustard to sit down, and then said straight to the point: "I want to buy this building, mama, let me make a price." As long as the money can do it It's OK, it's not a problem.

Unexpectedly, when the old bustard heard this, he was stunned for a while, and suddenly he slapped the table and laughed loudly: "Oh...hehehehe...the laughter is so old...hehehe...someone wants to buy this building! Haha ..." The old bustard laughed so hard that tears came out, and the powder on his face fell down, and even Miss Siyu and her maid were looking at Wan Chengxiao and secretly smiling.

Wan Chengxiao's face changed, and he stood up with a bad expression: "What's the meaning of this, mother?"

It took a while for the old bustard to stop laughing, and sat down by Wan Chengxiao, and said something with a smile: "Young master, are you really a young master who is raised in a deep boudoir? I really think that with two money, you can use your emotions Ouch, hehe... Please forgive me... Hahaha... Seeing that you are also the young master of a noble family, so I will tell you clearly, this place in the capital city, at the foot of the emperor, there is no backstage for you to open What kind of store? You smashed it within two days of opening! Hehe... Look, look out of this window, one store after another, such a bustling street, so many stores, which store do you think? Don't you have an intricate background? Hahahaha... Although our building looks average, but do you know who is above our shop? Today's prime minister! There is Zuo's pressure In the end, although our building is the most inconspicuous on this flower street, our business is indeed the best! Haha, son, do you still want to buy this building now?"

When Wan Qixiao heard the words, all the anger and poisonous thoughts that had just arisen in his heart were all discouraged at once.Money, she has it; official, it is said that her queen's official is one level older than the prime minister, but the problem is, can you tell this bustard that I am the current empress, and now I want to buy your flower house... ... Can you say that?

Wan Chengxiao was driven out of Hualou after being ridiculed by the bustard and the girl, feeling a little frustrated.She underestimated the degree of dependence on officials and businessmen in this dynasty.Although the status of business has been improved a lot after the restructuring of the Empress Taizu, and some specialized business families have emerged, but after all, it is not as independent and powerful as modern business.Business in this era is more dependent on the powerful, especially in places like the imperial capital. The competition among peers is not only about operating income, but more about the background.It seems that commercial development in this era requires further liberation and independence.

(End of this chapter)