Suzhou Prefecture

Peach Blossom Dock

Suzhou Taohuawu since the Southern Song Dynasty began to build the plum garden, after the chapter garden, is the place where the rich businessmen and magnates build mansions and gardens, the peach blossom river in the dock flows, and the garden mansion of Hebei Province is the best for a while; Mansions and residences are lined up one after another, a scene of prosperity and prosperity.

There are more than 20 green buildings in the dock, flowers and branches are displayed everywhere, warblers sing and swallows dance all the time, the lights are red and green, and the paper is drunk and golden.

Among the many green buildings in Taohuawu, the most popular and most famous green building is the peach garden built in the north corner of the peach blossom river, which integrates bathing, talking about poetry, prostituting a dragon, and in the backyard of the peach garden, you can also enjoy the beautiful scenery of the peach blossom river.

The reason why Taoyuan can stand out in Taohuawu and become the largest and hottest Qinglou is only because of one woman, Chen Yuan, a famous prostitute in Suzhou, with small and round characters.

Chen Yuan is more than 20 years old, with excellent color and art, bright and outstanding, the best Jiangzuo, and his fame is far and wide. Ordinary literati and wealthy businessmen need ten taels of silver if they want to see each other; If you want to recite poetry and wine, if you are missing a hundred taels, you don't need to mention it; Even if she put a hundred taels in front of her, she had to be able to see it.

Fang Yuan and his entourage of thirty brocade guards rode into the street of Taohuawu on a tall horse, escorting the accompanying troika, in which sat the national father-in-law Tian Hongyu, as well as several famous prostitutes such as Gu Shou who purchased in Nanjing, and ten charming girls.

In order to hide their identities, Fang Yuan and Jin Yiwei were all dressed in civilian clothes.

Before Tian Hongyu got off the carriage, an old bustard with heavy makeup and a smile on his face greeted him, "Ouch, forgive the old man for being clumsy, whose distinguished guest has come to the door?" ”

A servant knelt under the carriage, Tian Hongyu stepped on the back of the servant and got off the carriage, taking the shelves of the emperor's relatives and relatives, "We are rich businessmen from the capital, and we have opened a new Qinglou in the capital, and we came to Suzhou Mansion to buy a few famous prostitutes to decorate the façade." ”

Seeing that he was behaving extraordinarily, the old bustard hurriedly giggled and said, "It turns out that you are a master from the capital, you really have found the right place, and we have hundreds of charming women in the peach garden to choose from." ”

Tian Hongyu ordered the two attendants to bring a box of silver ingots, which amounted to five hundred taels, and placed them in front of the old bustard, "We want twenty rooms for ten days." ”

Seeing that the big business was coming, the old bustard hurriedly ordered the servants in the garden to accept the silver ingots, and welcomed everyone into the peach garden with a happy face, and arranged their own rooms.

Entering the peach garden, led by the old bustard in front, Tian Hongyu and Fang Yuan walked side by side on the tree-lined path in the garden, followed by the brocade guard, the famous prostitutes bought, and the servants who carried the boxes.

Tian Hongyu turned his head to Fang Yuan and said, "Fang Zongqi, I have worked hard all the way, and I don't lose all the sergeants, all the expenses in the peach garden these days are paid by me, you just have to have fun." ”

Fang Yuan was stunned for a moment, and remembered Cao Huachun's instructions, if he got too close to his national relative Tian Hongyu, he would offend Queen Zhou. Moreover, Tian Hongyu said that it was paid by him, but in fact, the expenses of the whole process were all paid by the inner treasury of the palace, and he waved his hand so easily, at least a thousand taels of silver were squandered, and it was typical to use public funds to buy people's hearts.

As soon as Tian Hongyu opened his mouth like this, he accompanied him, and the dozen or so brocade guards led by Qin Zhan were happy, eating and drinking at public expense, and they could also prostitute themselves, which was quite comfortable.

Fang Yuan responded lukewarmly, "Our trip is to protect the country's father-in-law, as well as the safety of money and property, where the duty lies, as long as we have a place to live, we don't have to have fun." ”

He rejected Tian Hongyu's kindness in person, not only Tian Hongyu was stunned on the spot, but even the Jinyi guards behind the two of them looked at each other, showing a look of loss, but because of the awe of the other party's original decisive killing, he didn't dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction.

Tian Hongyu smiled embarrassedly, "Fang Zongqi is loyal to his duties, rare, really rare, when I return to the capital, I will definitely inform Your Majesty of your loyalty." ”

Fang Yuan returned to the prepared room, opened the wooden window of the room, and beyond the wooden window was a corner of the Peach Blossom River, and the oncoming river breeze still carried the fragrance of flowers, which was refreshing.

Night is approaching, looking across the Peach Blossom River, the whole peach garden is already lit up, the lights are bright, there is a faint fairy music fluttering, and the cheers of the literati, the sound of the warbler and the swallow language.

He remembered the impending disaster of the Ming Dynasty, and saw Tian Hongyu wantonly squandering a small amount of imperial silver, as well as the only remaining uprightness, while being angry and indisputable, he was deeply powerless, and couldn't help but whisper, "Outside the mountain, Qingshan Lou Wailou, West Lake singing and dancing when to rest, the warm wind smokes the tourists drunk, and Hangzhou is Bianzhou." ”

Qin Zhan didn't know when he ran into the house, and when he heard him reciting poetry, he said, "Boss, are you worried about the country and the people again?" ”

Fang Yuan saw him enter, returned to the table, and asked again, "Fourth, how much did Tian Guozhang spend to buy those women?" ”

Qin Zhan hurriedly whispered, "I have verified the deeds of sale of these women one by one, a total of three thousand gold, or fifteen thousand taels of silver. ”

1. The silver of 20,000 white flowers was spent like this, this is Fang Yuan's income for fifty years, and no matter how big the Ming is, he can't afford to lose so much!

After several days of hurrying, Fang Yuan's expression was already very tired, and Qin Zhanzhi continued to curry favor, "Boss, if you don't find a woman to serve you to sleep, we will pay out of our own pocket." ”

The women of the Ming Dynasty were not only original and not plastic surgery, but their makeup skills were far inferior to modern times, and the overall level of beauties was still not as good as before the crossing, at least the famous prostitute Gu Shou that Tian Hongyu bought was not Fang Yuan's dish.

These ** qin, chess, calligraphy and painting may be better, but Fang Yuan is ignorant of these literati and ink writers, and he is not interested.

Fang Yuan didn't have that idea or interest now, so he shook his head, "No need, you guys go play!" ”

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Fang Yuan, Tian Hongyu and his entourage stayed in Taohuawu for eight days, but they didn't even see the face of Chen Yuan, a famous prostitute in Suzhou.

According to Xu Hua, the owner of Taoyuan, Chen Yuan went to Nanjing to entertain nobles.

Tian Hongyu proposed to Xu Hua, the owner of the peach garden, more than once to buy the famous prostitute Chen Yuan to return to the capital, and the bid also reached a high price of 1,000 gold, but the owner of the peach garden, Xu Hua, was still too little and refused to let Chen Yuan go.

Taoyuan did not let go, and the deal was deadlocked for eight days, but there was still no progress at all.

Tian Hongyu was determined to win Chen Yuan, and he had no choice but to adopt the method of saving the country by curves, and invited Qian Qianyi, the former leader of the Donglin Party and who lived in seclusion in Yushan, Suzhou Prefecture after being demoted, to come as a middleman and continue to talk about the meat and skin deal.

In order to entertain Qian Qianyi, the leader of Donglin, Tian Hongyu chartered three large private rooms in the peach garden, and the five tables were filled with wine and delicacies.

The lobby was full of people, and ten singers danced, dancing gracefully, and the audience applauded.

In the VIP private room on the second floor, Tian Hongyu, Qian Qianyi, and representatives of the Yushan poetry school, Qu Shiyun, Qian Longti and others sat in the Tianzihao private room; In the private room on the left, some protégés of Qianmen were arranged, as well as some celebrities and literati from the south of the Yangtze River; In the large private room on the right, there are thirty brocade guards led by Fang Yuan.

As Fang Yuan, he should have accompanied him in the Tianzihao private room, but he was not interested in these poetry schools that still attached their affection to the mountains and rivers of Jiangnan at the time of the national disaster, and even had some disgust, so he assigned ten Jinyi guards to guard Tian Hongyu, and he stayed in the private room where Jinyiwei was, and drank wine and ate meat with Qin Zhan and a group of Jinyi Wei brothers, which was also happier than dealing with those literati.

Jing Jiesheng was a soldier and was not good at dealing with this kind of banquet, so he stayed in the room to rest.

After two rounds of drinking, everyone was talking and laughing, talking about how to win the great victory of the Golden Tartars after the annihilation of fifty Houjin Tartars with zero casualties, but they saw an old woman with heavy makeup and sharp beak and monkey cheeks enter the room.