Chapter 208: Fireworks City on the Sea
Seeing that he had arrived at the 'gate' of his home, he didn't go back, but only took Xie Susu to Jinjiang to meet his grandfather, and by the way, he went back to Shihu after seeing his mother there, and then continued to be busy with his great maritime business.
When I returned to Shihu again, there was news from Penghu: Wu Ping returned safely! Zhang Yue'e was rescued!
This is two happy news, both are worth celebrating, when he heard the first news, the east 'gate' celebration was publicly dancing, and when Zhou Dafu quietly told him the second news, the east 'gate' celebration was stunned, he thought about Xie Susu, but he didn't know how to tell her for a while.
There is a saying: paper can't hold fire! But Dongmen' Qing felt that it was not time to talk about this matter now. But on Yue'e's side, he always wants to see it, but in what name? Pregnant!
He remembered what Dai Tianchou had suggested to him two days earlier, and immediately ordered that all the high-ranking cadres of Qinghuaxiang in China's coastal areas be summoned to Penghu for a meeting, which he had originally planned to hold in Shihu, but then changed the place.
At this time, Yang Zhizhong was in Fuzhou, Zhang Wei was in Yuegang, and Yu Buqi was the farthest away - he was in Shuangyu, and it took a process for message transmission. In addition to planning with Dai Tianchou and East Gate' Kang how to build Shihu City, which is both practical and not attractive, he also did a major event that had a far-reaching impact on Fujian's entertainment industry - and even the entire entertainment industry in the eastern hemisphere: the establishment of a maritime fireworks 'flower' city.
The cause of this incident was purely accidental - before returning to Quanzhou, Dongmenqing repeatedly boasted to his subordinates how good Quanzhou was, he was a master of telling the ancients, and told a few paragraphs about his deeds of walking through the willow alleys on the 'flower' street, and then he heard a group of Ryukyu old roughs and Japanese hillbillies drooling, and begged the chief owner to let them see and understand after returning to Quanzhou.
The East 'Gate' Qingyou Cheng Court Training, deeply influenced by the way of Confucius and Mencius, has always been to "be happy alone is better than to be happy with everyone" as the wise saying! If there is any good thing, I am happy to share it with my subordinates, and this is also a benefit for my subordinates to be 'excited', which is the tradition of Qinghuaxiang! So when he was on board, he said yes. At that time, he just said to a few sailors next to him, but he didn't expect that this promise would be passed on to a hundred, and the men of the entire fleet knew about it in just one night, and they were all full of anticipation. And Dongmen' Qing was also embarrassed to say: "I only promised Zhang and Wang, not others." ”
At this point, Dongmen' Qingcai suddenly remembered that the imperial court was now engaged in a sea ban after all, although there were policies and countermeasures, but it was really a risky thing to ask hundreds of sea reckless men to enter Quanzhou City in groups, even if everyone was allowed to enter the city in batches, such entry and exit would easily cause local suspicion and uneasiness. In addition, after arriving at Shihu, the situation changed, and he proposed to find a 'woman' from the city to come out and let everyone get angry, who knew that his subordinates would not do it! Said: "We are here this time to see the scenery of Yanliu Lane, the world's first thorn Tong Port, but not just to put out the fire!" ”
In fact, their main purpose is to put out the fire, but the fire is not only physiological, but also psychological, and it is quite different to have a good time in a prosperous place in the market, and to find a random 'woman' to do it on the seaside in the countryside - the difference is still quite big. Therefore, the proposal of the East 'Gate' celebration was rejected by the subordinates, and they shouted one after another:
"You promised us, Master Shipper! No reversal! ”
In fact, this matter is just a casual promise of Dongmenqing on a whim, and it is not a matter of life and death like arrears of wages, even if Dongmenqing repents, this group of sailors will not rebel against him, but he doesn't want to spoil his subordinates too much, so he has to think of a way to get the best of both worlds.
This kind of thing can't be discussed with Xie Susu, go to ask Dai Tianchou, Dai Tianchou squinted at him, and asked Anthony, Anthony shouted: "God! Forgive the Lord, the 'lost' lamb! He also told the East Gate Qing to be careful that God sent down a fire to extinguish the fleet, and was scolded by the East Gate Qing and said: "He ***! I won't talk about you secretly preaching, but don't keep pulling your God out to your face to touch everyone's bad heads! It's the sea! Even if your god sends down a heavenly fire, there will be a sea dragon king to help me put out the fire! ”
When he was worried, there was an old man in Quanzhou City, but it was Lord Wei, the owner of Lidong Courtyard, who came to him from Dongmenqing to let him get a group of "women" to come out to fire his brothers, and he didn't want his subordinates to do nothing, but when Lord Wei heard that Dongmenqing was back, he still rushed to visit. There is also a sister who is over ten years old with him, and the east 'door' Qing recognized her for a while, only to recognize that she is Shuangshuang, which is much plumper compared to that year, and then look at her posture, figure, appearance, and expression, and guess that she has received customers in recent years.
Shuangshuang is the East 'Gate' Qing comb cage (package), it stands to reason that she shouldn't pick up other guests, after the East 'Gate' Qing was forced to go to sea, she also guarded for a few months, but it is not easy for ordinary people to stay alive and widowed, not to mention ***? Finally took on other guests for a living. At this time, when I saw the East 'Gate' Qingcai coming back in a bold manner, I couldn't help but regret that I hadn't kept it for the past few years.
Dong'men' Qing also saw these things very openly, and was not angry with her, only made a scene about the year, and laughed at Shuangshuang, Shuangshuang listened to his tone, and knew that he was neither angry nor kind, and his heart was gloomy for a while, and he said: "If I have guarded him for the past three years, and I come back this time, he may be able to let me enter the 'door' to be a small room for the sake of my bitterness for several years, but now it is hopeless." After hearing about the difficulties of the East Gate, he gave him an idea and said: "Qingguan, what your guys are greedy for is actually only fresh, and they don't have to go into the city." ”
"Oh?" Dongmen' Qing's eyes lit up and said, "That makes sense! But how can this 'flower' willow thing be fresh? After a pause, he said, "Also, don't forget that my buddies have hundreds of people!" Everything new costs money! Let them enter Quanzhou is to use local materials, and I don't have to pay out of my own pocket, but I am afraid that it will cost a lot of money to make a new thing by myself. This phrase has already made the meaning clear: not only to do good things, but also to save costs!
Lord Wei also felt that it was difficult, but Shuangshuang said: "Actually, I have saved some money in the past few years, and I already have a fresh plan: I want to learn from the sisters on the other side of the Qinhuai River and 'get' a painting boat to do business in the Luoyang River." It's not enough to ......."
Before she finished speaking, Dongmen' Qing's eyes lit up greatly, and she exclaimed, "Painting boat? Good idea! Good idea! ”
Lord Wei said: "Qingguan wants to 'get' a few painting boats? Then Luoyang River will be lively. ”
"What Luoyang River!" The east 'gate' Qing said: "That's too small! Don't do business with such a good scenery as Quanzhou Bay, but go to Luoyang River! ”
Lord Wei and Shuangshuang both exclaimed, "Quanzhou Bay? To open a kiln at sea? ”
Shuangshuang said: "It's good to be on the sea, but I'm afraid that the painting boat won't be able to withstand the 'waves'." ”
Dongmen' Qing laughed and said, "It depends on how big the boat is!" Then he said his own idea, and said that Lord Wei and Shuangshuang were all wonderful!
It turned out that the East Gate was going to redecorate the second-hand four-masted sailing ship bought in Japan, remove the goods, open the cabin door, and redecorate the cabin to make a super-large sea boat! Of course, such a large ship is no longer a painting boat, but a mobile sea fireworks city!
He said that he would do it, and on the same day he took Lord Wei and Shuangshuang to visit the giant ship, and after Shuangshuang provided some advice, Dongmenqing ordered the carpenter to do it. In order to maintain the mystery and avoid the loss of freshness of his subordinates, he hid the entire ship in another remote port to prevent his subordinates from knowing about it.
The capacity of this giant ship is huge, enough to accommodate hundreds of people! At this time, it is not a big deal, but the cabin is slightly adjusted to wash away the fishy smell, and it does not take much effort. Then the two people with all kinds of silk, paint, calligraphy and painting, 'color' paper, ornaments to decorate, and then the hull appearance was refreshed, the deck was planted with 'flowers', and the silk was erected on the tower, and it took more than half a month to complete the decoration. When Dongmenqing came to see it again, he couldn't recognize this giant ship anymore!
During this period of time, Lord Wei went to the neighboring prefectures and counties to search for prostitutes' daughters, he had eaten thoroughly in this line, and he didn't have to work hard, just put the news out, and offered a good price, prostitutes within a radius of 200 miles heard that there was a rich and far-reaching business to do and rushed to interview, Lord Wei 'fine' carefully selected, divided into upper, middle and lower three products: the lower grade is called Qunfang, and 56 people are obtained, which is used to deal with ordinary prostitutes in batches; Eighteen people are obtained, which is of a certain quality and expensive;
Dongmen' Qingdao: "My subordinates are used to being vulgar overseas, but they are not too picky, and when they enter this fireworks' city, most people are very happy to have an ordinary sister." Even those leaders, these medium-grade products are enough to satisfy them. ”
Lord Wei refused, and insisted: "No! The 'flower' is the 'door' face! Qingguan, do you think that if there was no 'flower' in Lidong Temple, would you enter the 'door'? A small Lidong Courtyard already needs a 'flower' pressure field, not to mention such an unprecedented sea fireworks 'flower' city! That's a big deal! Don't be sloppy! ”
Seeing his 'excited' look, Dong'men Qing clearly wanted to take this sea fireworks 'fireworks' city as his life's work, and smiled, so he let him.
Lord Wei was also really interested in this matter, and actually used extraordinary means to dig up the first brothel in Quanzhou City, the two famous prostitutes of Yizhi Xing, invited the famous prostitute Xiaohong 'Yan' in the provincial capital, and 'spended' a lot of money to rent a widow in Yuegang to make up the four 'flower' kui. He was able to get these four famous prostitutes in a short period of time, in addition to his own wide 'gate' road and the support of the east 'gate' Qing, it was also the four 'flower' who themselves were very interested in the new thing of the sea fireworks 'flower' city, and two of the 'flower' were even secretly running with the old bustard behind their backs and following Lord Wei's people.
Originally, Shuangshuang was also qualified to be in it, but Lord Wei considered that she was the one who 'served' the East 'Gate' celebration, and was afraid that the East 'Gate' celebration would be taboo, so he asked Shuangshuang to do behind-the-scenes work wholeheartedly and did not come forward to pick up customers.
Dongmen' Qing was just trying to find a way to entrap his subordinates, but he didn't expect things to come to this point. Lord Wei is clearly going to do business publicly! Dongmen' Qing is the 'daughter-in-law' of the Xie family, and Xie Susu is by his side, where is it good to open a brothel with great fanfare? I had to let Lord Wei come forward to be the boss, and I '' behind the scenes, and I got the profits, and I divided the accounts - Lord Wei was three, and the east 'door' was Qingqi.
Because Dongmenqing is a major shareholder, there is an unwritten rule before the opening of the sea fireworks 'flower' city: people who celebrate Huaxiang can get a 20% discount when they enter the sea fireworks 'flower' city.
When the monsoon came south, the East China Sea market was very good, the imperial examination had not yet arrived, the merchants had spare money, the scholars had leisure, and the men in a radius of hundreds of miles heard that there was such a gold cave in Quanzhou Bay, how could they not be interested? For a while, everyone talked about it, and everyone yearned for it. There is a saying: if you don't talk about fireworks and flowers, it's in vain to go all over Willow Lane!