Chapter 69: Qin Huai's Eight Uniques
Ye Ling and the others began to look for the flower boat, it turned out that this boat was also exquisite, and it was divided into four levels.
The lowest level is the kind of small boat that can only accommodate a few people, which is basically "spending money to do things", the environment and conditions are the worst, and the bow of the boat is marked by a pink lantern.
Further up was the kind of boat that could accommodate dozens of people, with simple food and drink, and seven or eight rooms, where guests could eat and drink, and could choose from a few prostitutes of their choice, with a yellow lantern hanging from the bow.
Further up is the kind of big ship of one or two hundred people, which is very gorgeously arranged, all kinds of wine and food are very complete, and there is a hall in the middle with various performances, where guests can just eat, drink and enjoy the show, or choose a beautiful woman to serve, and the lantern hanging on the bow of the ship is red.
And the ships of the highest rank are powerful, in terms of scale, they are not inferior to the top warships, solid and stable, can accommodate three or five hundred people, and there are not only halls, but also various private rooms to provide special services.
If you want to drink, there is the best "drunk and exquisite" in Jinling City; If you want to eat famous dishes cooked by famous chefs, the taste is by no means inferior to the chef of the most luxurious winery in the city; You want to listen to books, listen to music,, play the piano, dance... Anyway, what you want is everything, even if you are not a woman, you don't have to worry about being cold, there must be something you like.
And the most powerful thing is that each such ship has an "Oiran" on it, and the so-called Oiran is a famous prostitute in Jinling City - everyone is a super stunner with unparalleled talents, and they are also the seed players of every Oiran competition, so they are qualified to sit on such a ship, otherwise even if there are more beauties of other levels, it will not work.
Of course, when it comes to the level of Oiran, famous prostitutes already have a lot of autonomy, they easily do not take customers, and at most they come out every night to show their faces, and it is good to sing a little song or play a song for the guests, sometimes they don't even come out when they are in a bad mood, and if you want to kiss Fangze, it is completely up to luck.
As for what you want to come to hard, such as a bully hard bow or something like that, it's a joke, you must know that this level of ship is an official ship, and behind it is actually the imperial court that is in charge, and there is an extremely strong escort force on it, and if you want to make trouble here it is almost the same as making trouble with the government, it is purely boring for yourself, or even for suicide.
And there are only eight ships of this level in the entire Jinling City, which corresponds to the eight people who stand at the top of the prostitution industry in the Qinhuai River - also known as the "Qinhuai Eight Uniques", and the subsequent Oiran competition was also held for them.
These ships are all hung with purple lanterns on the bow, and the name of the ship's owner is written on them, and these eight Oiran candidates themselves are all unique in appearance, and they all have their own specialties, such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and songs, and so on.
Of course, it is not easy to get on such a ship, either it is a powerful person, or you can obediently pay a hundred taels of silver "boarding fee", you must know that a hundred taels of silver is enough for ordinary people and a family for a year, here is just an entrance fee, even if you get on the ship, you can only give you an ordinary set meal of four dishes and one wine, enjoy regular performances in the hall, if you want better service, you have to continue to add money.
Seeing Ye Ling and a few of them walking by the river while looking at the big and small boats, one of them had already come over and accosted: "Villain Zhang Lao Wu, a few guests are here to play, which boat you want to go to and tell the villain, the villain sends the guests up, a few of them look like rich masters, they should be planning to get on the red boat, right?" Dozens of red boats here are all with their own characteristics, do you want the villain to help you introduce them? ”
It turns out that there are too many flower boats, except for a few by the river, most of them are in the river, and there must be a small ferry to send it over, and this person is doing this, and the boat fare is not used by the guests but is counted in the "flower boat consumption", and finally the flower boat and these ferry boats will be settled, so these people are actually also brokers.
And the more guests choose the boat with high consumption, the more they will get the boat fare, so he wants to recommend Ye Ling and them to get on the third-grade "red boat" and get a lot of tips.
He was just about to talk about the introduction, but was casually interrupted by Ye Ling: "Red boat? Aren't there still a few purple ships, what's the matter, can't you send us there? ”
Zhang Lao Wu was shocked at first, and then he was overjoyed, those who can get on the purple boat are all big customers, so they are not stingy with them on the flower boat, as long as they can bring a guest, they will give him a benefit fee of one or two silver, these four guests are four taels, he may not be able to earn so much for a month, today is really blessed by the God of Wealth, let himself meet the big money lord as soon as he comes up.
He suddenly ordered like a chicken pecking rice, and gave himself a slap: "A few masters are going to the purple boat, forgive the villain and the dog to see people low, don't blame you, this is naturally possible, please board the boat, please be careful, don't let my broken boat stain your old clothes, hehe." ”
Zhang Lao Wu was like serving his father, and he carefully let Ye Ling and the others on his boat, and then slipped away in the envious eyes of the peers around him, everyone wants to receive the top guests who go to the purple boat, but it all depends on luck, and the underground rules here are also extremely strict, if anyone dares to compete for the guests and cause the mood of the guests to be ruined, there will be a strict punishment.
The punishment is far more terrible than that of the White Dao Mansion, and the person who provokes the official government may be beaten and sent to prison for a few days to suffer, but if the person who provokes the underworld may die without knowing how he died!
Zhang Laowu introduced to Ye Ling and them while rowing a boat, these eight purple boats are the talking point of the entire Jinling City, and as a local, he is definitely familiar with this business.
It turns out that these eight purple boats don't come out every day, and the shelves of this "Qin Huai Bayan" are also very large, so if you are in a mood or unwell, you can simply rest, and the boats will not come out, on average, only two or three boats will come out every day.
But the guests not only will not be dissatisfied with this, but more flocking to it, this is actually the "hunger sales" method that was played by the two companies that sold mobile phones in later generations, but at this time it has long been understood by the businessmen here, but there is no such term.
And today, there are only two purple boats sailing, one is "Wordless" Liu Sisi, and the other is "Painting" Su Xiaobai.