Chapter 256: It is advisable to be brave
Although Wu Waer can barely support it with the extensive contacts accumulated over the years, Liu Duoer has officially determined the status of fighting against Wu Waer with this battle.
Taking advantage of this east wind, Cui Dalang, who seems to have a mountain of gold at home, participated in the investment, Yang Hao began to build a large number of buildings in Pig Killing Alley, and a banner was also set up on the construction site to be built on the river: "A thousand gold and a smile." Five huge buildings are rising from the ground at a rapid speed, and with the slightly remodeled "such as the snow square" as the core, connected as a whole in mid-air, there is a great sense of competing with Fan Lou, the merchants who come and go on the Bianhe River every day, and the officials who go to Beijing and leave Beijing can all see it, and there is even a wharf for boats to be built on the river.
Even during such a period of construction, there was an endless stream of dignitaries and nobles who came and went to feast and drink with "Ruxuefang", and the social atmosphere at that time was that no matter the official and private banquets and the rich feasts, they had to get some powder-headed kabuki to accompany them. High-grade, status, want to hire popular famous prostitutes, and because there are many monks and few porridges, the simplest way is to have a relationship and contact with the real big bosses behind the scenes of this kind of industry, Yang Hao began to get acquainted with more and more officials and celebrities.
Cui Dalang hired enough craftsmen, there were pigs on the wharf, and those workers who traveled ships and transported goods, once they had nothing to do, they also rushed to the construction site to work as wrestlers and pay wages by the hour, so the manpower was very abundant, although the five high-rise buildings were built at the same time, the progress did not affect it at all.
News about "such as snow fang" spread daily in Bianliang City, "such as snow fang" invented a new way of fighting, I heard that there are mahjong, cards, billiards, roulette, which is the wind of the wind of fighting deep into all levels of society of Bianliang people, but it is a rare thing, but now people who have learned this way of gambling, only the guests who have been to such as Xuefang, virtually this improves their identity, many people who are fond of gambling money, but suffer from a single way of gambling, or go to learn these ways from people they are familiar with, Or simply rush to the "Ruxue Fang" to try these new things. Soon, they were mesmerized by these exciting new methods of slamming.
However, this time, "Ruxuefang" was like a market, but the hospitality manpower was very insufficient, so "Ruxuefang" made people post advertisements all over the city to recruit servants, servants, cooks and girls. At one time, several temporary recruitment offices were overcrowded and boiling.
The five high-rise buildings in the middle of the plum blossom shape will be "such as Snow Fang", each with its own function, and its East Building will be a special casino in the future, Yang Hao first taught many new entertainment methods to the people of Ruxue Fang, and then they taught them to the guests, in order to cultivate these people who are fond of Guan Bao in advance to master new gambling methods, and prepare for the opening of the East Building.
Yang Hao and Cui Dalang came to a recruitment office, only to see that there was a long queue of men, women and children, all of whom came to apply for employment in the catering industry. In fact, many owners of large restaurants are just landlords, such as Shi En and Jiang Menshen, who run hotels in this mode, and the people who operate wine and food are their customers.
This method is also an effective way for the future "Qianjin Yixiaolou", to cultivate, establish their own exclusive catering team is too difficult, so they only recruit those who have unique skills, unique taste, and enjoy a good reputation among the people of the restaurant operators, once the candidate is determined, they themselves can recruit a lot of familiar chefs, bartenders, tea doctors, small brokers and small second helpers, the most trouble-free.
When I arrived at another recruitment office, I saw Yingying Yanyan, a group of female porridge, as if the beauties of the entire Bianliang City were gathered here. Among the long human dragons, there are enchanting women in colorful clothes and jade ornaments, and pure girls in cloth clothes and hairpin skirts, all of whom came to apply. This recruitment office is much more complicated than the recruitment of restaurant owners, and there are three gates, and the last one is carried out in a densely enclosed curtain, so the speed is much slower.
Yang Hao and Cui Dalang rushed over, one of the mothers in charge of selecting people saw their big boss coming, and hurriedly greeted her, Yang Hao couldn't remember her name and surname for a while, Cui Dalang had the ability to never forget, so he smiled: "Mother Liu, the recruitment here is too slow, why are there so many people?" β
Mother Liu explained with a smile: "Two big officials, you don't know this, once these people are recruited, they will be the girls of our 'Qianjin Yixiaolou', they are directly waiting for guests, how can they not be cautious." β
Yang Hao looked at the women who had passed the first pass and walked towards the second and third passes, and asked curiously, "Then what did Mother Liu inspect?" β
Liu's mother said: "Actually, there is nothing special, it is the practice of other high-quality yards to recruit girls, but we have too many people here at once, so it seems to be a little busy." This first hurdle is mainly to check some things, the woman applying for the job must not be more than 17 years old, must not have any entanglement with officialdom, cannot have any adultery and criminal affairs, and so on.
This second level is the appearance, to have clear eyebrows, red lips and white teeth, pretty body, clear eyebrows is clear eyebrows, eyebrows can not go down, so as not to be born with a crying appearance, guests do not like to see it. Muxiu doesn't have to be how big and charming their eyes are, as long as they are thin and smooth, it doesn't matter if they are attractive, purple and black lips must not be wanted, such women are 'life-seeking appearance', and guests are very taboo. β
Yang Hao and Cui Dalang didn't understand the knowledge, and they didn't expect that Qinglou would also have so much attention to recruiting a girl, no wonder when they entered the courtyard, they were all beautiful and beautiful dolls, and it was rare to see an ugly one. The two looked at each other for a while, and then asked, "What else is there to test at the third level?" β
Mother Liu smiled and said: "Do you really want to hear about the affairs of those women, the two big officials really want to hear about it, I am afraid that the two big officials don't like to hear it." β
Cui Dalang's curiosity was also aroused, and he hurriedly said: "It's okay, just say that the building we built should always have some understanding of these things." β
Mother Liu said: "Yes, this third level is mainly to determine the grade of the selected girl." The two big officials, please look there, isn't it covered with a curtain, the girls who have passed the first two levels have to be tested with wide clothes, first of all, to see whether the figure is fat and thin, for example, the shoulder width is one foot six inches, and the buttocks are three inches less than the shoulder width. From the shoulders to the fingers, each length is two feet seven inches, and the fingers are four inches away from the palm.
In addition, it is necessary to observe the hair, which is fine and soft and not sparse, not red or yellow-brown, such a woman, the guests think that it is 'damaging the yang and hurting the body' and even causing trouble, if such a girl wants to stay, she can only do some things such as serving tea and water, and serving at the table, and they are not allowed to receive guests. Only if they pass all can they teach them piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, singing, dancing, poetry, and ...... manners."
Yang Hao sweated and said: "Mother Liu, don't be so cautious, you are here...... It seems to be the little sister of the East Building, as long as she is ingenious, she looks beautiful. β
Liu's mother smiled: "Not only that, we have to build this building, but also have to recruit many girls to come in, Miss Liu instructed the old body, take advantage of the large number of applicants, screen them out together, and cultivate them early. β
Yang Hao looked at some girls in cloth clothes and hairpin skirts in the team, and remembered that in the movie "The Legend of Deer and Ding", Wei Xiaobao went to the palace to recruit miscellaneous servants but stood in the team to recruit eunuchs because he was illiterate, and was almost cut and cut chickens, he couldn't help frowning, and said solemnly: "Mother Liu, then you must make it clear to them, I think some of the applicants should be from good families, and what to do after being hired, they must be voluntary, and they must not do anything wrong." β
Liu's mother said with a smile: "Don't worry, the old body is naturally saved, and the reluctant girl, the old body will not be forced, and these will be explained to them." Even those girls who are not from other yards actually hope to be selected, and no one will cry or be reluctant. β
Liu's mother is telling the truth, but Yang Hao's impression is wrong. In his original impression, all landlords were characters such as Nanbatian and Zhou Papi, but when he arrived in this era, he found that many small landlords were as thrifty and industrious as tenants and long-term workers, and most of the powerful big landlords were also gentry who built bridges and paved roads and maintained local areas.
However, as for the brothel of Qinglou, because of the lack of actual contact and the propaganda of later generations, he still has many bad impressions, thinking that this industry is from a humble position, and the woman who holds this cheap business is either promiscuous or promiscuous, or she is lazy and disgusting, or she must be a woman who has been abducted and trafficked, pushed into the fire pit, and has been devastated. In fact, in ancient times, the income of women in the Qinglou industry was relatively stable, and they could be in close contact with the upper class, in addition to quickly reversing the poverty situation of the family, many women also had the opportunity to climb the high branches and completely change their lives, so the majority of them still volunteered.
Yang Hao was still not at ease, so he rushed forward and warned again and again, and several mothers only chattered and said again. The girls who were standing in the row didn't know his identity, and when they saw that he was delaying their time there, they urged impatiently, and dozens of hundreds of Yingyan opened their mouths together, where did Yang Hao see such a scene, and immediately hugged his head with Cui Dalang.
"These girls are really powerful," escaped from the distance, Yang Haocai shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I still have to go back to the Yamen, see the progress of the demolition, and start to build fire shops in various alleys, and the matter here will be handed over to you. As for the membership card, it will be implemented when the dust settles on the 'Oiran selection'. β
Cui Dalang blinked and asked curiously, "Why?" Now there are a lot of guests with status, so why not launch it at the right time? The gold and silver cards you came up with are a symbol of status, and the person who gets this card must feel that it has a lot of face, and our momentum can be used to go to the next level. β
Yang Hao said with a smile: "Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, the gimmicks have to come one by one, always keep the news, and only then can you watch the attention, this is the only way to keep it popular." β
β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β» Yang Hao didn't bring any guards, so he walked alone towards Kaifeng Mansion.
turned out of Pig Killing Alley and went to the State Bridge.
The state bridge is the common name of the people of Bianliang, the official name is Tianhan Bridge, it is facing the royal street of the inner city, its pillars are all bluestone, the stone beam stone mortise and tenon rail, the two sides of the bridge body are carved with The Hague, the water beast, the flying clouds. The water under the bridge is rushing, people come and go on the bridge, the shops and restaurants on both sides of the strait are prosperous, stand at the head of the bridge to look at the Suzaku Gate in the south, look at the Xuande Building in the north, and there is a spacious royal street in the middle.
The bridge is the most spectacular of the thirteen bridges over the Bianhe River. Whenever the moon is bright, the two sides of the strait sandwich the song building, the sheng song is constantly extinct, the silver moon waves are overflowing, and the bright moon sinks and falls. It is a scene of Bianliang, called "the bright moon of the state bridge". When Yang Hao first arrived in Bianliang City, there was a night tour of the bright moon of the Zhou Bridge, and the bad taste of future generations attacked, and in the inconspicuous place on the side of the north bridge, he used a stone to draw the words "Yang Hao came here to visit" on the bridge, in fact, there was no hope in the subconscious that the traces of his survival had been passed on to his original era.
But when I got used to it, the original feeling of breeze and bright moon and poetic feeling was gone, and Yang Hao never looked at it when he hurried to the bridge.
When he reached the middle of the bridge, a flat boat had just disappeared under the bridge. Tianhan Bridge and Xiangguosi Bridge are relatively low bridges, and it is difficult to pass large boats below, but flat boats are fine. At this time, there was a girl in a black shirt sitting on the bow of the flat boat, and when the shadow of the bridge body was reflected on the bow of the boat, the girl sitting on her knees subconsciously raised her face and looked at the bridge, Yang Hao was walking in a hurry, striding in the middle of the state bridge.
The boat disappeared under the bridge, and the girl in the black shirt at the bow of the boat put her white and delicate chin on her lap and sighed softly. She didn't expect that Li Yu, the emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, would be such a short-sighted and unambitious lord of a country. What can be done if you are good at poetry and fine singing and dancing, for the lord of a country and the emperor of all peoples, it is just a small section. As a king, do you only know how to enjoy your wealth in that small world?
She pondered and meditated hard and struggled to contact Lin Huzi, gain his trust, and persuade him to accept her plan. Song's ambition for Tang has long been revealed, this plan is beneficial to Tang and harmless, even if it can't completely solve the Great Song Dynasty, at least it must be greatly damaged, at least within ten years, it will no longer be able to launch a big war against the outside world, but who knows that Li Yu is afraid of Song Yi.
Once the Song State solves the Southern Han Dynasty, the next one must take the Tang State, and the Tang State will be destroyed, Chen Hongjin and Wu Yue Qian will only obediently surrender to the Great Song Dynasty. If my brother's ambition is just to be a rich man, it will be easy to do, but my brother is obviously unwilling to hand over the foundation that his ancestors have worked hard for nearly two hundred years to others, as the daughter of the folding family, can she watch the family collapse?
She is not a man, she has no ambition to dominate the world, she just wants to protect herself, she just wants to protect her family, but what should she do now?
The boat sailed under the bridge, and the sun shone on her one day, but her heart was gloomy.
The lover has already said goodbye, the family is in crisis, she is just a daughter, why let her bear so much burden? She really wanted to find someone to cry about, to complain about her exhaustion and grievances, but she couldn't find that warm embrace that she could rely on...... A fork in the stream came, and the boat jolted a little, and when I looked up, I saw a large ship coming from the fork of the stream, with a very heavy hull and a deep draft, which was a ship carrying grain to the city. Millions of stone rice from the river, Huai, Lake, and Zhejiang, as well as the products of the southeast, all kinds of heavy money, and all kinds of food and materials used in Tokyo are all transported into Tokyo by this waterway...... Excerpt Ziyu swept it unintentionally, but Huo Ran turned around, and his eyes lit up sharply!
β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β»β» "Charming Fox Cave", Wu Waer's boudoir.
Wu Wa'er, Shen Rao, and Wen Xijun knelt down at the table.
Wen Xijun sighed lightly: "Sister, here in the past, there were many guests during the day, but now there are many fewer people. β
Wu Wa'er smiled bitterly: "I still underestimate the impact of her youth tour, those scholars have a wonderful pen to give birth to flowers, and her Liu Duoer boasts of the sky is rarely in the world, and many familiar guests here have heard the wind." Such a big daily expense, and if it goes on like this, alas, ......"
Shen Rao said hatefully: "'Meihu Cave' can be a guest, some sisters' benefactors are still nostalgic, my sister can still hold the faΓ§ade, you also know that my sister only entertains people with music, 'Ruxuefang' is a blockbuster, my sister is now a door, I can't afford to raise so many yard doors, coachmen, and slaves who serve wine, and if it goes on like this, I have to close the door." That Liu Duoer was shameless, she hooked up with Yang Hao to work for her, but she looked at him so closely that she didn't allow anyone to touch it at all. β
"Huh?" Wu Wa'er and Wen Xijun looked at her together, Wen Xijun couldn't hold it back, and blurted out: "Sister Rao has gone to Yang Hao in private?" β
Shen Rao's white face turned red, and she sighed lightly: "What nonsense are you talking about, how could I do such a job-hopping thing?" β
The term job-hopping originated from Qinglou, which means that the prostitute should not hold the pipa, just like a horse eating, and move to another slot. Later, it can also refer to the client who is tired of the old love and finds a new one. Now the meaning of the extension is broader, Shen Raoben is friendly with Wu Waer and Wen Xijun, if she has an affair with Yang Hao and turns her back on them, it will be a job hopping.
Wen Xijun was still unwilling, and asked again: "Then how do you know these things?" β
Shen Rao said: "Liu Duoer's poems, songs and dances are popular in Tokyo City in one fell swoop. Someone spent a lot of money to buy off the servant of 'Ruxuefang', and heard that 'Ruxuefang' recruited a poet monk from the Western Regions who was outstanding in poetry and could sing and dance, but this person was found by Yang Hao. In order to become famous with a song, they all wanted to find this strange monk, but they only wanted to move on Yang Hao, but Liu Duoer looked at Yang Hao very closely and made her her her own confiner.
The Xiang Concubine girl of 'Miaoyue Building' had hit Yang Hao's idea, but Liu Duoer deliberately bought the guards and maids around Yang Hao, whether it was Yang Hao's mansion or 'Ruxue Fang', he couldn't get close to him at all, I heard Xiang Fei's complaints, so I knew. How could I hide from you and do such a shameful thing. Sister Wa'er said that she wanted to fight him over, but how to start? Is it difficult to rob people on the street? β
"Rob people, rob people, what's the matter." Wu Wa'er raised her charming eyebrows and said, "If it goes on like this, we will have to close the door, and I will go to the street...... Grab him! β