Business is booming, and of course there is something to celebrate.

Yang Qing proposed in person that he wanted Li Qian, the big proprietor, to be the boss and invite him to drink.

Li Qian naturally readily agreed, and asked him to send an entourage to the Shen family to deliver a message, inviting Shen Tianyou to come out for a gathering------ no matter what, he is the third largest shareholder, isn't he? How could he be absent for no reason at such an important moment?

It was decided in the afternoon that I wanted to go out for a drink and celebrate, and obviously there were not many places to choose from.

After all, many stores are about to close after dusk, and the night curfew system in Hangzhou is very strict. It's still open at night, and it's even more lively than during the day, except for the smoke street and willow lane, there seems to be no other good spot------ people, especially men, always have to find a good excuse for themselves when they go out, so that they can be at ease, right?

Since you are planning to celebrate, how can you miss the delicious food and wine and the singing and dancing of beautiful girls?

However, as to which one to go to tonight, Yang Qing and Shen Tianyou had a lot of disagreements.

Yang Qing proposed to go to Jinfeng Tower and find Oiran Begonia Red as a companion, on the grounds that Li Qian had not seen this Oiran yet. Shen Tianyou insisted on going to Chunfeng Yixiao Building, saying that he hadn't had a chance to meet Liu Ruyan, who had become famous recently, and he had long wanted to see him.

Li Qian doesn't have much to say about this, anyway, for him, it's the same wherever he goes. It's just that why is this kid surnamed Shen so insistent? Did he really not know that he had derogatory words about Liu Ruyan in person?

This kid ------ revenge mentality is quite strong, doesn't he want to see himself make a fool of himself?

The "dispute" between the two did not last long, Yang Qing compromised, and finally agreed to Shen Tianyou's proposal, and winked innocently at Li Qian, looking very helpless, meaning that I can't help it, you can do it yourself.

Li Qianruo glanced at him meaningfully, nodded and said, "The minority obeys the majority, since you insist on going to Chunfeng Yixiao Building, let's go there." ”

In the usual days, Li Qian was indeed reluctant to go to that family from the bottom of his heart, not because he was worried that he would make a fool of himself, but because he had no good impression of Liu Ruyan.

And since he met Liu Er by chance that day, his perception of Liu Ruyan has changed a lot. Of course, I can't call it a liking, after all, I am also a person who has a fiancée------ but at least, it is an indisputable fact that a kind-hearted woman is more likely to make a man feel good.

As for whether he will not be able to invite a beautiful woman to meet, Li Qian doesn't think it is possible.

After the last trouble, I believe that they will no longer dare not give themselves the face of this "No. 1 gentleman in Hangzhou", what if they are annoyed and angry after being rejected and blatantly smash the field?

After making a decision, Li Qian looked at Yang Qing and asked with some anxiety: "Do you bring guards with you when you go out today?" ”

"Brought it."

Yang Qing replied in a daze, and then woke up, looked at him and smiled: "I said that the surname Zhao made people knock on the stick, it turned out to be ------ haha, it seems that I guessed well, in the entire city of Hangzhou, there are really few people who dare to make a black hand against the son of the Zhao family!" ”

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On the way, Li Qian listened to Yang Qing talk about the Oiran Contest that was going on recently.

The Oiran of Hangzhou Prefecture is selected every three years, and the event is scheduled after the Duanyang Festival, which is generally divided into several rounds to select, and the final winner of the Oiran can get the title of Oiran.

This point is somewhat similar to the entertainment draft of later generations, with auditions, preliminary rounds, repechage rounds and finals. But in fact, the draft has existed since ancient times, and the most well-known one should be the palace draft.

The Oiran Contest is a kind of entertainment activity among the people. To be more precise, this is jointly organized by various well-known brothels in Qinglou, and it is a fun and elegant event for people with status and status to participate, and it is quite popular in the Jiangnan area.

In the competition, the literati can offer flowers and poems to praise the beauty, to achieve the effect of adding points to the girl they support, and the final factor that determines the winner is the number of flowers and poems, but the proportion of poetry here is not large, unless it is the kind that can be passed down to future generations as a famous article.

As the saying goes, there is no first, and it is indeed difficult to compare the quality of things in the literati world, if they are comparable, it is better to downplay them, so as not to anger some people who claim to be "talents", but the girls they support are regrettably defeated.

In general, this is a grand competition for money, because the price of each flower at the meeting is one or two silver, and some rich children often spend hundreds of thousands of flowers, this kind of courage to spend thousands of dollars is really amazing------ loser has lost to a new height?

Since this was still the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court advocated frugality, and this kind of event was destined not to make much noise, and the Hangzhou Mansion City, which was far away from Beijing, was only limited to small fights.

There is such a laity as Zhu Baba sitting on the dragon court, and no one dares to make this kind of elegant thing as lively as the New Year's Festival, otherwise Zhejiang's taxes may have to be added again------ compared with other regions, the taxes in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are indeed relatively heavy, and the taxes and grains of a province and a government are often equivalent to several times that of some provincial capitals, so the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang are inevitably prejudiced against the founding monarch.

This is also the reason why Li Qian has not heard about it until now, he doesn't go out much, but the news has not reached the level of occlusion. If it was really a popular event all over the city and known to everyone, it would definitely not reach his ears.

However, according to Yang Qing, the current competition is only in the warm-up stage, and the day of the final is the real highlight, and the grand occasion is unprecedented.

Li Qian obviously didn't believe it. If it was really as lively as he said, why didn't he have much impression of it in his memory? I only vaguely remember that there was such a thing.

"The strange thing is," Yang Qing frowned slightly, and said with a puzzled expression: "For some reason this year, the Zhao family suddenly became enthusiastic about this matter and vigorously supported Liu Ruyan to win the championship. ”

"How strange is that?" Li Qian pouted and said, "The Zhao family is rich and rich, isn't it normal to come out and join in the fun and support a certain red girl?" ”

"Brother Zhongqing doesn't know," Shen Tianyou explained in a timely voice: "This son of the Zhao family was a little interested in Qinglou women in his early years, but recently he has changed his taste------

"What flavor ------"

Li Qian subconsciously asked, but when he saw the two of them looking at him strangely at the same time, he was a little stunned, "Are you saying that he has long been tired of the big girl, and now he likes young and immature girls?" ”

Seeing the two nodding, Li Qian only felt a chill in his heart, isn't this the legendary obscene uncle?

From this point of view, the Zhao family's current behavior really seems quite strange.

"Could it be ------" Li Qian smiled and made an assumption, "Is it Zhao Yuanwai's own will?" It's hard to guarantee that he doesn't want the old cow to eat tender grass! ”

"Impossible!" Yang Qing shook his head resolutely and said: "Although, the Zhao family members have also accepted a few concubines, but there is no Fengyue woman, all of them are innocent families!" He himself, there are few romantic stories, the old ------ cough, a pear flower pressing begonia is true, but it seems that he has never heard of it, he has an affair with a girl in a green building. ”

"Come on, a pear blossom pressed begonia, don't they all mean the same thing?" Li Qian rolled his eyes helplessly, and then wondered, "Why is this?" Could it be that he is still worried that he will suffer from flower willows? ”

"Not for that reason." Shen Tianyou explained again: "I heard that the Zhao family is working up and down to dredge up and down the relationship, and plans to send Zhao Peng to Beijing to study Taixue, and its intentions are also well known." ”

"So what?"

Li Qian is very disdainful of this, so doesn't Zhao Yuanwai just want his son to become an official in the court, and how much does it have to do with whether he lives in prostitution now? Although the imperial court did have a rule prohibiting officials from staying in prostitution, it even wrote this article into the "Da Ming Law", which is expressly prohibited. Not only that, but even the children of officials and literati were subject to this kind of control.

But let's be honest, this one doesn't work a lot of the time, and the punishment is usually not too severe. A few officials who have been heavily punished for this crime, or even dismissed from office and transferred to the border, are actually drunkards who do not mean to drink, and it will never be the disorderly private life that really trips him.

And at the moment, Zhao Yuanwai is neither an official nor a literati, strictly speaking, he is the future official father------ that is to say, he does not have to abide by such regulations at all, even if he is a blatant prostitute, no one can do anything to him.

"That's all you know."

Yang Qing shook his head, put on an expression of 'you are still too young' to him, and said slowly: "Zhao Yuanwai is just a grain chief, and he can't be regarded as an official, so naturally he will not be restricted in this regard." It is precisely because the imperial court has many laws and regulations on officials that he is willing to be only a powerful and nameless grain chief, and does not want to enter the official ------"

"This is understandable, after all, he is a lot of old people, and he is not very comfortable being an official, but his son is different!" Saying that, Yang Qing took a sip of the wine glass, and continued: "Do you think, his son is not yet the age of a weak crown, if he can enter the court as a tribute, and their Zhao family has someone to take care of in the court, just mix it for ten or eight years, and you can also have a four- or five-grade official body, right?" This has to be delegated to the locality, to say the least, it will be a powerful observer, and if it is higher, it will be a provincial constitution! ”

"How much does this have to do with Lao Zhao?"

Li Qian saw that he was rambling for a long time, but he still didn't get to the point, and couldn't help but interrupt: "No, because one day someone sued Zhao Yuanwai that he had stayed with prostitutes in the past, so his son was going to be dismissed from office, right?" ”

"Not really." Yang Qing shook his head and said, "But the problem is, if he wants to be an official, the wind evaluation is also very important!" This is within the scope of the imperial court's assessment! Don't you look at it, what is the attitude of the saint towards the officials and prostitutes today, if it is really because of this, he has lost the opportunity? ”

Li Qian didn't expect that he, a businessman, would still see the affairs of officialdom so thoroughly, and couldn't help asking, "Where did you figure this out?" ”

"Isn't that easy? Why didn't Shen Butang let him enter and leave the land of fireworks, and Ling Zun's attitude was the same as that of the Shen family, didn't it mean that the two of you could become officials in the future? Yang Qing stretched out his hand and pointed at Shen Tianyou, then looked at him again, and smiled very confidently, "Don't look at businessmen and merchants are just small ways, in fact, whether it is official or business, or some other side ways, there is no difference in essence." Since it is the 'Tao', it will come from the same source, and the different paths will lead to the same end, but the word 'drill camp' will be heard! ”

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(PS: This chapter is made up yesterday, and there is another chapter today.) It's my fault for breaking it, but it's not my intention, it's all Kavin's fault, and I hope you will forgive me! ）