Outside Jinling City

Qinhuai River

Xu Mad came here to have fun, even if it is not dark yet, as long as you get the silver, then you can board the flower boat and get the balcony, don't think that those old mothers say: "The girl hasn't gotten up yet" is true, it is just to prevaricate the kind words of some benefactors who are not satisfied with the silver in their pockets!

Xu Mad shot is 5 taels of silver reward, and then ordered a lot of wine and food one after another, sitting in front of the most elegant window of the two-story ship, from here from a distance, you can vaguely see the Yue King's Palace, at this time the girl who accompanied the girl came out of two, one is called Cuicui, the other is called Honghong, both are pink eyebrows, frivolous clothes, it seems that the wind can blow these clothes off, although it is a fox look, but if you really talk about it, these two people are ordinary appearance!

"Uncle, why are you here......"

"yes......"

The two of them sat beside Xu Mad, Xu Mad's brows were slightly furrowed, his face was full of disgust, and he thought in his heart: I have never been to Jinling, you are familiar with money, right? Still coming? It makes me feel like I'm just soaking in the kiln every day without doing anything!

But then again, Wangbeilou also has this business, since the swallow building was burned, his office location promised to Luoyang's Wanhualou, saying that he is a frequent visitor to the Qinglou seems to be reasonable, occasionally Xu is bored and will chant poetry with those girls who don't know their identity, but also happy!

However, for the two girls leaning beside him to toast, Xu Mad instinctively leaned back, leaned against the railing of the wooden windowsill on the side, raised his right hand and said: "Two girls, I'm not here to ask for flowers and willows, I actually have the fate to sit with the two of them, so let's cheer up, how about it?" ”

"Pull home?"

Honghong hid her face and smiled, thinking that this was enough to charm a man, and said, "Oh, does Childe think that our sisters are not beautiful enough?" You, you are reserved, try to ask the benefactors who come to the Qinglou, they are either rich businessmen or sons of families, when they come, they have a long face, and there are also scribes like sons (Xu is dressed as crazy), what do you say only about poetry and not about Fengyue, but ah to the bed...... Hehe, don't mention how anxious it is......"

Honghong looked at Xu Mad with a smile, Xu Mad was very dissatisfied with this, maybe this is the difference between a folk prostitute and an official prostitute, at this time Cuicui also said: "Sister, what do you say?" Don't scare the son, in fact, our sisters still know some poetry and songs, if the son just wants to talk about the world, we can also be accompanied, see that the son is not a local, then why not the slave family for the son to introduce the customs of Jinling? ”

Xu Yan nodded and said, "Then there is Miss Lao!" But here's a question, didn't this Jinling City have a rebellion before January? And the king of Yue stationed here by Yunguo was also killed because of the coup d'état of the two families, but now I see the prosperity of Jinling, it doesn't look like it has been baptized by rebellion, this is too strange, right? ”

"That's what Childe said!"

Cuicui explained: "A month ago, there was a rebellion in Jinling, but after the empress ascended the throne, she granted amnesty to the world and opened up her voice, and the lady even asked for a one-year exemption from taxes. Much better than ever...... When customers inquire about this, do they want to do business? "110 eBooks

"Ah, yes!"

Xu Mad nodded and said: "The family is in the silk business, and the goods are broken, and I see that the court and the Yue Kingdom are fighting again, how can we businessmen live?" So it's not like you're here to see what's going on! ”

Xu Yan casually pulled a pretense, only to see the woman continue: "Do business? If that's the case, I'm afraid that Childe will come for nothing, and now the Cao Yun Dart Bureau to the north has almost stopped, and now the ordinary ships that are limited to merchants are still open, if you do business...... I guess it's enough! ”

"yes......"

Xu Mad nodded, but knew two things, one is that these people seem to be not disgusted with the rule of the Shangguan family and the empress Shui Xiangling, and the other is a means to increase production, reduce taxes and promote economic prosperity, only the people who are encircled here are active, people will not panic, but Xu Mad is not optimistic about the confrontation between Yue and the imperial court, although the Hefei battlefield is in full swing, but there is no food in Yue, if the imperial court blocks the various passes and sends troops to garrison in Zhejiang, the Anhui generation is strictly deployed, Stop them from expanding, don't even have to fight, surround for a year or two, the people of Jiangsu will run out of food, and the people will naturally rebel!

This is the best policy to win without a fight, in addition to the fact that the Yue country seems to be prosperous but is strong in the middle, they have low grain production here, but they are extremely rich, it can be seen that its economy is unbalanced, plus the Yue country relies on the Yangtze River moat, and the cities under its control are nothing more than some cities with docks for ships to dock, like a flat shoulder that has been erected, the city accounts for more than a dozen, but it is not a circle, as for those cities far away from the river may not have suffered from the war now, so the Yue country seems to attack rapidly, In fact, it is a useless white tofu in the block, and it will break when you shoot it!

This is a problem that even they can understand, I believe that a great talent like Shangguan Ziying must also understand, but they still choose to distribute the main forces, which is a bit intriguing, sending troops to Hefei is to conquer the city, and the big and far from Jinling sent troops to Xuzhou, just to defend against the sudden attack of Yun and Qi or simply to show off their muscles?

Xu Mad didn't know, and then casually asked a few irrelevant questions and then sent the two away, and then sat here alone to eat and drink, and the two women who thought they could earn him a sum of money by getting up early left with a straight face, and didn't forget to scold a few words after walking away: "Cut, I thought it was a high roller, I didn't come down if I knew it, so I rewarded two coins of silver, he was embarrassed?!" What's the business about? You deserve it! ”

Cuicui said: "Sister Hong, don't be angry, go up and play cards......"

So a quarter of an hour passed, Xu Mad was full of wine and food, looking for someone to settle the bill, this meal didn't cost much, but everything in the Qinglou was seven points more expensive, a pot of Xinghua Village can ask you for two dollars of silver, it can be seen how high the gold absorption ability of this Qinglou is, in fact, this is also the reason why Xu Mad has to pick upstairs, because on the first floor, it is really a prostitute, and the girls will accept everything, not so much as girls, but they are all half-aged who can't be sold for age, and they are expensive for a penny of silver. The cheap two or three hundred wen will be done, and the wine and food eaten will be even lower, two pots of water and a plate of peanuts, this is the life of the people at the bottom, living like ants, occasionally relaxing, complaining about the bits and pieces of life, will continue to devote all their attention to some things that have nothing to do with the right path, or for fun, or want to eat nonsense, they may have also had dreams, trying to accumulate wealth through hard work and tireless sweat, and then please this unparalleled life of suffering, But in fact it was all in vain......

Xu Mad is the same, he used to be full of hope, but the failure of the imperial examination again and again made him gradually begin to lose some interest, so he bought drunk all day long, and the family's savings were beyond his means, he was still in a relatively solid family, if he hadn't met Yun Xingyan, I was afraid that sooner or later he would be like those people on the first floor of the flower boat......

"Checkout!"

Xu Mad beckoned to the old bustard, and the man walked over with a smile shaking his fan and said, "The guest is leaving?" It's going to be dark soon, it's the time when our Qinhuai River is lively, your position is so good, wouldn't it be a pity to waste it? ”

"There's nothing to be sorry for, the so-called 'beautiful day, beautiful day, happy and happy in whose yard' is in the delicious flower wine, wait until the moment of dawn, you don't want to wake up, or just, how many silver taels?" Xu Mad looked at the old bustard with a sigh, and the old bustard smiled and said: "Hey, this guest is really special, but it's okay, it doesn't look like you're here to have fun, it's good to go back early, so as not to worry your family...... Two taels of wine and food, one tael of the girl's exit fee, a total of three taels of silver! ”