The sound of the piano and the soft and gentle melody echoed in the boat.

The woman holding the pipa in her arms played the strings lightly, and several maids on the side also held their instruments to accompany the harmony, and the whole painting side was rippling with the moving singing of the woman, and in front of them, several women dressed in bright clothes danced with the music, and the melodious dance was particularly moving.

The music of the music girl is charming, and the danceable woman is even more sultry.

The dancing women were covered with a large red tulle gown, with a close-fitting main waist, half-covered and half-hidden dresses, trembling with their dancing postures, pointing directly to people's hearts.

The people in this painting boat are almost intoxicated...... This is also the first time in Shi Yiwen's life to enjoy the Yingge and Yan Dance of this era.

At the banquet, although everyone was tempted by the seductive dancing of the dancing girl, while drinking and having fun, Xu Weixin and Jiao Hong did not forget to introduce him to the later people, which seemed to be the communication of this era.

Of course, there is no shortage of alcohol. In the compliment of "long admiration", when the wine was drunk, Shi Yiwen also "composed" a few poems, although those poems copied from the Qing Dynasty were not good works in this era, but they could be regarded as suitable for the occasion, after all, even after the entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty for so many years, the regression of civilization can be seen from its poetry.

All this is similar to what Shi Yiwen guessed at the beginning, but it is a pity that there is no famous prostitute in this painting boat to amaze him. From morning to evening, even if Shi Yiwen thought that he had a good amount of wine, after soaking in the painting boat for a few hours, he stayed until the evening and left the painting boat, Shi Yiwen was already very drunk.

After saying goodbye to everyone, Shi Yiwen walked slowly on the streets of Nanjing, blown by the wind, this drunkenness also faded a lot, the noise in the market continued to come into the ears, unconsciously, walked to the Jubaomen, looked at the towering tower of the Jubaomen, he was downstairs, listening to the noise in his ears. Feel the prosperity of the southern capital.

Nanjing's market is so prosperous, bustling with people, lively market, all that comes into view is a peaceful and prosperous appearance.

"Is it really a peaceful and prosperous world?"

Standing on the side of the street, Shi Yiwen asked rhetorically in his heart.

It is indeed a peaceful and prosperous era, and during the Wanli period, it may be the last peaceful and prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the last swan song of this civilization.

Suddenly, a person blocked Shi Yiwen's whereabouts. It also stopped his emotion.

"You are?"

looked at the man in front of him in surprise, as if he was a little familiar. Hit that seen?

"Shi Gongzi, our young lady invites you to come over."

Miss?

Looking at the person in front of him in confusion, Shi Yiwen was a little puzzled.

"In Xia Tang Jiu."

Tang Jiu asked again.

"My young lady is upstairs in front, let the little one invite the son to come over."

Tang Jiu?

People from the Tang family?

Shi Yiwen smiled.

"Lead the way."

The building is the treasure building outside the treasure gate, and in the private room upstairs, Shi Yiwen put down the teacup in his hand and smiled at Tang Ziqi.

"Thank you, Miss Tang."

After thanking her, Shi Yiwen couldn't help but look at her again, still "covered with that thick veil", even when drinking tea, he turned sideways, and lifted the yarn in front of him with one hand, not giving people a chance to see her appearance at all.

O this man.

Huh, didn't speak?

Muttering in his heart, Shi Yiwen smiled.

"I wonder if Miss Tang is looking for me?"

"Shi Gongzi ......"

Putting down the teacup, Tang Ziqi said coldly.

"Thanks to the care of the original son, you and I agreed to take Huaihuang as the boundary and not disturb each other, but why, your family's unity soap was sold across the boundary, and it was directly sold to the capital and Tianjin!"

"Yo! Miss Tang, is this a teacher asking for guilt? ”

Putting down the teacup, Shi Yiwen put away his smile.

"If you want to say that it is your Tang family who crossed the line first!"

"You...... Nonsense! ”

Tang Yiqi replied coldly.

"Although I am a woman, but after all, I will say a letter, since I made an agreement with you, I will abide by it, if a piece of soap from the Tang family has been sold to Huang Huai, the little woman will ask her son for guilt!"

The delicate voice came from behind the veil, and although the delicate Wu Nong's soft words sounded soft, the tone was extremely resolute.

"The Tang family's soap was a bestseller in Nanjing earlier."

"Soap ......"

Hearing this, he was slightly surprised for a moment, and Tang Ziqi snorted coldly.

"Is soap soap?"

"Isn't soap soap?"

"Childe is really insightful, this soap is soap, and soap is soap, how can it be confused."

In the face of such quibbles, Shi Yiwen raised his head, looked at her, looked at the thick veil, and a thought appeared in his heart - will she blush?

Although she can't see her appearance, she can see her figure clearly, although she is wearing a goose yellow placket and a pleated skirt of water blue, it looks quite elegant, but it is still difficult to hide her figure, her figure is not the usual petite and thin of Jiangnan women, but she is extremely tall and well-proportioned, which makes Shi Yiwen can't help but take a few more looks.

"Childe is thinking about the little girl's quibble?"

Tang Ziqi's voice was still clear and cold, as if he didn't eat the fireworks in the world.

"Don't dare!"

Narrowing his gaze, the corners of Shi Yiwen's lips were lightly raised, and there was some sarcasm in his words.

"Actually, doesn't Childe think that from now on, soap and soap are two completely different things? The former is used for bathing and washing hands, while the latter is used for laundry, so naturally they cannot be confused. ”

Her words made Shi Yiwen stunned for a moment, this is indeed the direction of soap's later development, not to mention anything else, this insight alone surprised him again.

This woman really amazed him again and again. After all, she is not the average insight. It can even feel a little surprising.

"There are two kinds of uses, but things are always the same thing, it's still soap! There is no such thing as a fake. ”

"Oh? Childe blamed the little girl for breaking the agreement, but Childe sold the soap and soap to Nanjing, so wouldn't it be a flagrant violation of the original agreement, and how should Childe explain it? ”

She leaned back in her chair as she spoke, and although she couldn't see the look on her face, she could still feel her annoyance.

Tang Ziqi was indeed very angry, especially after receiving the letter from Jingshi, she had been suppressing the fire in her heart, and today it happened that when she looked out from upstairs, she saw Shi Yiwen walking on the street alone, so she asked the family to invite him up.

"Moreover, Gongzi went to great lengths to send soap to Beijing and Tianjin, and only sold it for 25 wen a piece, this business is really good!"

"Oh? I sold the soap to Kyoshi! Only sells for 25 Wen? Losing money and making money, right? ”

A hint of strangeness flashed in Shi Yiwen's eyes. Because this price is indeed very ingenious, to transport Nanjing's soap to the capital, you need to add freight and other expenses, the price is naturally much higher than Nanjing, and 25 Wen is just to maintain the border price without loss. But even so, it is five cents cheaper than the Tang family, what does this mean?

Who worked tirelessly to sell soap to the capital without making a penny?

He even thought of the Tang family's "Heavenly Soap", which was transported from Beijing thousands of miles away, and only sold for thirty wen in Nanjing, can it make money?

Thinking about it like this, Shi Yiwen found it interesting. The wine is also sober a lot, and something is strange!

"Then I'll have to ask you, Childe,"

"I said, I didn't do it, do you believe it?"

Tang Ziqi smiled and said lightly.

"Childe's methods, the little girl admires it very much!"

Shi Yiwen never thought that there were so many emotions hidden and so many meanings expressed in just a few words, "Childe" sounded like respect, but the "means" were sneering, and even the word "ah" was full of irony, which made Shi Yiwen feel annoyed.

"Admire ......"

With a sneer, Shi Yiwen took out a pencil casually, then wrote a few words on the paper, and then pushed it over with a sneer.

Looking at the content on the paper, Tang Ziqi's face was full of surprise.

"It's ......"