Unexpectedly, not long after Xiao Duozi walked out, he turned back and said breathlessly, "Young master...... Young master, next to the weaving mill...... Next to ......"

Ji Qingwen was taken aback when he heard this—he knew that the tribute-colored brocade produced in the weaving workshop under the weaving yamen was his most competitive and monopolistic commodity, and it was his lifeblood—so he quickly put down the documents in his hand and asked, "What's wrong next to the weaving mill?" You pant evenly! ”

Xiao Duozi swallowed his saliva, calmed his breath, and said, "Young master...... Next to the weaving mill...... A new brothel ......"

"Hey!" Ji Qingwen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "What's all the fuss about?" Suzhou is a very prosperous place, although it is not as good as the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, and brothels are not uncommon......"

Xiao Duozi said: "Young master, looking at the pomp and circumstance of this brothel, there are many people outside, and I don't know what rare things are inside!" ”

Ji Qingwen has been training a lot in the past few years, and after listening to Xiao Duozi's words, although he was also very curious, he was able to endure his temperament and said, "What rare things can be in the brothel?" It was probably the owner of the shop or the bustard's mother who dug up a flower country leader from somewhere, which naturally attracted the prodigal children to come and watch. It's not a big deal. ”

Although Xi'an is also a provincial capital, it is far worse than Suzhou in terms of prosperity.

Therefore, Xiao Duozi, who has lived in Xi'an for a long time, found this matter very interesting, so he begged: "Young master, there must be some interesting things here, young master, take me to see it!" ”

Ji Qingwen said, "Didn't I give you twenty taels of silver?" You have money in your hands, why can't you see the excitement? Go, go, go, I still have business to do, don't bother me. ”

Xiao Duozi still persevered: "Young master, if I can enter this flower building, I won't come to disturb you, young master." ”

"Yo, what do you mean by that? I have twenty taels of silver in my hand, and I can't enter this green building? Xiao Duozi's words finally aroused Ji Qingwen's curiosity, only to see him put down the documents in his hand, get up and say, "Let's go, take a look, I want to see what is famous here." ”

Saying that, Ji Qingwen took Xiao Duozi out of the weaving admiral's yamen, and made a left turn and came to Guanqian Street, where the weaving workshop was located.

After walking a few steps, I heard a bustling noise in front of me, and when I looked up, sure enough, as Xiao Duozi said, in front of a newly renovated three-story pavilion, it was full of people watching the excitement.

So Ji Qingwen turned his head and asked, "Xiao Duozi, is this what you are talking about?" ”

Xiao Duozi nodded, suddenly raised his hand, and said, "Young Master, who do you see that man in front of you?" ”

Ji Qingwen followed the direction of his finger, but saw that it was Huang Degong standing behind the crowd, and looked inside.

Ji Qingwen laughed secretly in his heart, stepped forward, slapped Huang Degong on the shoulder, and said, "Hey, Huang Degong, what are you looking at!" ”

Huang Degong is tall and strong, but his courage is smaller than the eye of a needle, and he was pushed by Ji Qingwen like this, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly turned around, and said in shock: "Oh, who was I at the time, it turned out to be the owner." Don't scare me like this in the future, people are scared to death. ”

Ji Qingwen waved his hand and said, "You don't talk to me about these useless things, let me ask you, don't you look at the treasury well, come here to see what?" ”

Huang Degong scratched his scalp and replied honestly: "I don't want to know what is in here, so I came here to take a look!" ”

Xiao Duozi covered his mouth and kept laughing, and said, "Degong, who are you bluffing?" Don't you see the three words 'Qianyun Tower' written on the signboard? It's a brothel! ”

Huang Degong was stunned when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Oh, I see." Then I'll go quickly, if the old lady knows that I've come to such a place, she won't kill me......" With that, he raised his leg and was about to leave.

Ji Qingwen grabbed him and said, "Man, husband, what's the big deal about coming to the brothel once in a while?" I was just about to go in and take a look, but there were too many people here. Credit, you separate the crowd for me, I'm going to go in and see......"

Huang Degong looked embarrassed and said, "Dongjia, I can't rely on you for this matter." You don't know, my mother's strip is amazing, and it is a blood mark when you smoke it...... If she lets her old man know that I'm here to visit the kiln, maybe it won't be over if I don't do it for a dozen or twenty hits......"

Ji Qingwen glanced at him and said, "I said Huang Degong, you just talk a lot of nonsense." Didn't your wife tell you to do everything I commanded? If you push back again, I'll go back and sue you, and see how much your wife beats you! ”

In fact, Huang Degong more or less had the idea of going into a brothel to see the world, and when he saw Ji Qingwen handing over the steps, he played a clever trick, pretending to be embarrassed, and said: "Well, if the old lady scolds, the owner will intercede for me." ”

"Got it, you're not bothered. Why don't you push everyone out of the way for me? Ji Qingwen said.

So Huang Degong agreed, and shouted again: "The owner is here, you guys get out of the way!" ”

While speaking, Huang Degong used the palm of the big fan to divide the spectators who were blocking the road in front of him, often on both sides - he was really born with divine power, and the people standing in front of him, none of them could resist his two big hands, although he was reluctant, he could only get out of the way, and let Huang Degong escort Ji Qingwen and Xiao Duozi through the crowd.

Walking through the crowd, Ji Qingwen really came to a three-story archway, raised his eyes to look at the signboard hanging on the archway, but saw that the three big characters of "Qianyun Building" were written with dragon flying and phoenix dancing, and the charm was extraordinary.

Ji Qingwen sighed with emotion, and was about to step into the door, but was stopped by an arm, and when he raised his eyes, he was a turtle man.

I saw this turtle man smile all over his face: "This lord, we don't enter this building casually. To enter, you have to pay thirty taels of silver. ”

Ji Qingwen was stunned when he heard it - there was such a rule in bars in later generations: men must pay an entrance fee when they enter the bar, and women can be exempted. In the face of such sexist unequal treaties, Ji Qingwen, as a straight man of steel, will never enter a bar that sets such rules - of course, the main reason is poverty.

But Ji Qingwen has now traveled to the end of the Ming Dynasty and become a big celebrity in front of Emperor Chongzhen, and he used his identity as a weaving admiral in Suzhou to expand production, build a seaport, and grasp the initiative in overseas trade.

Ji Qingwen, who got rid of the identity of Dick Si, naturally became a lot more courageous, and smiled contemptuously on his face: "Thirty taels of silver? Small money, there are three of us here, that's ninety taels of silver, ......"

As he spoke, he reached out and groped for the pocket of the clothes in his arms, and his face instantly became extremely ugly - it turned out that he was in a hurry, and he didn't have a tael of silver or a silver ticket with him!

When the turtle saw Ji Qingwen's embarrassment, his face immediately overflowed with a disdainful expression, and he sneered: "Oh, it seems that this master and silver have not brought enough!" Nothing~ nothing! If you are old, go back first and come back when you have saved up enough money...... But looking at your old posture, I don't know if you can save enough for these sixty taels of silver when the shop closes and can't continue to operate......"

This turtle has just arrived, and he doesn't know Ji Qingwen's origin and identity; But the people in Suzhou are very familiar with this weaving admiral.

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard someone in the crowd remind: "Hey, you dog-eyed thing that looks down on people, do you know who this is?" There are not many people in Suzhou who are richer than him! ”

Someone coaxed again: "It's just that your eyes are black, and you dare to come here to see the store?" Don't ask around, who is this master! ”

This turtle duke was also clear-sighted, and when he heard the noise of the spectators around him, he immediately guessed that the young man in front of him who was not amazing was either the son of an adult in the imperial court, or the son of a bigwig in the chamber of commerce - in short, he was not an ordinary person.

So this turtle man immediately changed his face, nodded and said: "This master, probably the villain was blinded by eating last night, and he didn't recognize your old driver, may I ask your old surname?" ”