The word prostitute did not refer to sex workers in the Song Dynasty, its interpretation at this time should be female musicians, that is, literary and artistic workers, all those who say that they are female artists, and accompanying wine, singing and dancing, and laughing are also the work of literary and artistic workers in the Song Dynasty. In fact, many female artists in later generations basically took on this kind of work, and if they want to be on top, they have to laugh, and their scope of work must be much broader than that of the Song Dynasty, and they can basically reach the level of selling themselves without selling their art. This is also in line with their identity, in fact, in addition to being willing to sell and having a beautiful face, the word art really has nothing to do with them, let alone acting skills, and they don't have time to think about acting skills.

The ** of the Song Dynasty is an official title, even if you call them like this in front of people on the street, they will not think that you are insulting, at most they think that you are a little blunt. And as far as the Song Dynasty is concerned, a large part of ** is still state-run, called official prostitutes. This official prostitute has also been seen in other books, and the explanation is that it is a brothel managed by the government, which is dedicated to providing services to the ruling class or the rich. This interpretation is possible in other dynasties, but it is not possible to use it in the Song Dynasty at all. In the Song Dynasty, even if an official committed a crime, he would not implicate his family, and his family property could be confiscated, but his family was not guilty, let alone forced to be a **.

Official prostitutes in the Song Dynasty were all hired by the government, and they were contract workers, and they were not coercive. Their job is to accompany wine, singing, chatting, singing and dancing, etc., and the general workplace is this kind of restaurant with a layer of bamboo leaves covered with a red lantern at the door, called Qinglou! Comparatively speaking, a restaurant that only serves drinks and meals is called a red house. This kind of large restaurant is generally government-run, and in later terms, it is state-run, but the way of operation is slightly different.

What's the difference? This has to talk about another system made by the Great Song Dynasty, which is called "buying". This system is very similar to the bidding of later generations, and the subject of bidding is the state-owned enterprises of the imperial court. The amount of the bid is the amount of tax included in the future for a period of time in the enterprise, and the bidder only needs to indicate how much tax he can create for the country in the bid.

From this point of view, the business atmosphere of the Song Dynasty is still very strong, and the competition is very fierce, and if you don't do well, there are a lot of people waiting to kick you away. With this open bidding method, the Great Song Dynasty court not only avoided the loss of state assets, but also solved the problem that the government did not have suitable management personnel, and by the way, also protected the interests that the government should receive.

So what industries are state-run in the Great Song Dynasty? In fact, there are all walks of life, and the scale is generally very large, among which restaurants are the most obvious. Someone said that a national government deserves to perish if it is idle to run a restaurant to play! This sentence is a bit suspicious of not knowing the history of the Song Dynasty. In addition to selling food, the biggest profit of the restaurant is to sell wine! In the Song Dynasty, the right to brew wine was required to be run by the government, and like salt and iron, private operation was not allowed.

How did the Song government come to run the brewing industry? It's very simple, just like the telecommunications industry in later generations, buy licenses. N licenses will be issued every year, and restaurants that have purchased this license can not only sell liquor themselves, but also engage in wholesale and chain stores. You can take a look at the famous painting "Qingming Riverside Map" depicting Kaifeng City in the Song Dynasty, in which you can see that some restaurants are called XX Zhengdian, and some restaurants are called XX foot shops.

Zhengdian is a restaurant that has purchased a government liquor license, which is equivalent to a regional franchise in later generations, and the foot shop is not a license, it can't make liquor itself, and can only buy liquor from the main store for sale, which is equivalent to a dealer under the franchise. In this way, the Song government could generally control the tax revenue of the brewing industry throughout the country, and could also regulate the price of grain through the number of licenses. Winemaking is to use grain, and grain is one of the most important strategic materials in ancient countries, if the country can not control the wine-making industry, once the grain is consumed too much, the national strength will be greatly affected.

However, the Song Dynasty government did not beat the liquor industry to death, it only stipulated that it could not operate the liquor industry without an official license, but did not say that it was not allowed to make rice wine privately. If you're willing to make your own wine at home, no problem, as long as you don't sell it, no one will care about you. If you see the plot of making wine and selling it in the novel that travels through the Song Dynasty, it is nonsense, the government will come and copy you every minute, and you will have to be punished for a felony.

These official prostitutes are generally in charge of promotion in government-run restaurants, that is, accompanying wine, chatting, and singing, with the purpose of increasing the sales of alcohol, and then the state tax will be high. However, private restaurants can also pay a high price to hire official prostitutes to sit on the stage in their restaurants, official prostitutes are just a kind of work, not selling themselves, and whoever gives more money will work for whomever they want, which is very fair.

So how seductive are these official prostitutes? The first thing is to dress up. It is said that women in the Tang Dynasty were more bold and directly exposed their career lines, which is true, but they are all aristocratic women, and ordinary people generally do not wear them so much. In the Song Dynasty, the career line was not exposed, but the women of the Song Dynasty were not timid at all than the noblewomen of the Tang Dynasty, and they penetrated the costumes! That's right, it's the kind of transparent Rosa coat, which can see the flesh through the clothes, which is more in line with the ** temperament of the literati of the Song Dynasty.

The outside is a see-through suit, and if you wear a sportswear inside, it's also white see-through, which isn't a lie! So, see-through outfits are generally paired with more seductive underwear. The underwear of women in the Song Dynasty is very tempting, a belly pocket embroidered with flowers!

"Do not on the back, but on the breast." This is a description of women's underwear in the Song Dynasty, and this underwear is to be exposed. How to dew it? It is to put on a gown on the outside of the underwear, and the belly pocket is the regular dress of women in the Song Dynasty, which can be used to meet guests officially.

The gown is a long robe, the sides are split from the bottom of the ribs, there is no button in the front, only a tie at the waist, but it cannot be tied yet, it is a decoration. In other words, women in the Song Dynasty usually wore a robe with slits all the way to the armpits, and then wore an embroidered belly pocket and a skirt inside. This really doesn't reveal the career line, but the underwear is exposed, if it is a see-through outfit, even the entire back and shoulders can be seen, which is not weaker than the career line at all, but it is easier to exert a man's imagination.

Hong Tao has a good impression of this kind of clothes, but he disagrees with the hairstyles of Song Dynasty women, and their towering hairstyles always give Hong Tao the feeling of visiting geisha in Japan. The old Gao of the comb also made a small hat with a scarf, not to mention, it was also filled with all kinds of small combs, and the Hong Tao on the opposite side counted it for her, a full 7! Other small bits and pieces are not counted. How heavy is this, Hong Tao is afraid that their thin necks will suddenly break when they bow their heads.

Green House! When he went upstairs, Hong Tao saw that the big red lantern hanging in front of the door of the Ming Building was covered with a layer of green bamboo leaves. Luo Youde told himself that the lanterns hung in the restaurants where he ate were bare, called gardenia lanterns, and only in the restaurants with paid escorts did he hang this kind of lanterns wrapped in bamboo clothes. It seems that the people of the Song Dynasty are similar to later generations, and they pay attention to a dragon for treats, and they are indispensable for eating, drinking, and having fun.

After Luo Youde's introduction, Hong Tao realized that he had really made a lot of money today, and the three little ladies he invited to accompany the wine were all the top brands in this Ming Building, and this Ming Building was also the No. 1 in Guangzhou City, especially near the wharf, which was a first-class field. If it is said in this way, Hong Tao enjoys similar treatment to heaven and earth today, maybe a little inferior, because the most popular girl may not come out to accompany a businessman who sells lamp oil to eat, and if she wants to accompany her, she must be a lifter and a jinshi. Although the four people of the Great Song Dynasty were nominally equal, the scholars were still the highest, and equality was only relative.

This truth is easy to understand, and everyone is also said to be equal in later generations, but if you drive a Passat, that is, a small bag foreman, and go to heaven and earth to entertain guests, the top girl will not take care of you, unless you really shoot real gold and platinum on the spot, but do you dare to show off your power in that kind of place? But if you change to a sports star or a famous second-generation person, even if you don't give money, those top girls have to make up for your private room, and it doesn't hurt to be familiar with your face. Is it equal? There is certainly inequality, but this equality cannot be stipulated in law, and this is a matter of the value perception of the whole society.

The identities of the other two middle-aged men were similar to Hong Tao's guess, but they were a bit unexpected by Hong Tao, they were not only leaders, but also military leaders, and they were officers of the Guangzhou Bosihai Patrol Battalion. The older one is called Hou Fang, the word Mingyang, is a Wu Luolang, from the seventh grade, the 39th rank, and the official position is the head of the capital; The younger one is called Yan Wei, the character is flat, he is a martial arts man, from the seventh grade, the 40th rank, and the official position is the deputy capital.

Hong Tao is simply confused about the official position of the Song Dynasty, and he basically doesn't know about it, this is the first time he has been in contact with an official of the Song Dynasty, although he is a military attache who is not very popular, he is also an official. What the hell is Wu Luolang, Wu Jinglang, 39th order, and 40th order, Hong Tao doesn't understand. Luo Youde roughly introduced, these are official ranks, a total of nine grades and fifty ranks, a bit like the cadre level in later generations, not a real position, the head and deputy head of the back are real positions. The head of the capital is in charge of two coast guard bird boats, and the deputy head is his deputy, and he is also in charge of one. Hong Tao can only be understood as the commander and deputy commander of a detachment, and he also serves as a part-time captain, this is a mess.