Chapter 407: Breaking the Feudal Decadence and Emancipating the Female Pioneers
The Liu family came by boat, and it was the head of the Liu family who came in person, of course, the purpose of this visit was not only to send money to Wang Xuan, but more importantly, he wanted to take advantage of Wang Xuan's line.
Bad things have happened, and for ordinary people, they will only get angry and complain and then give up on themselves, but for those who are capable, he will try to turn bad things into good things and use them to recover their losses.
Lao Tzu once said: Woe, blessing depends, blessing, misfortune lurks.
The Liu family can create such a big business, can kill a trade route on the sea, and can become a maritime merchant with a lot of influence in Ningbo, all relying on the Liu family master's hard work!
Although he was intimidated by Tian Boguang last time, the head of the Liu family also cleverly found that this was an opportunity, an opportunity for their family to take another leap forward.
The Liu family has been a maritime merchant for many years, but it has also reached a bottleneck, after all, the maritime trade of the Ming Dynasty is basically carried out with the Japanese and North Korea, and the development space of the two countries is so large.
But now, the Liu family has discovered such a big thick leg as Wang Xuan, if they can use Wang Xuan's power, they may not have the opportunity to break the current balance.
Therefore, this time the head of the Liu family came in person to meet Wang Xuan and see if he could persuade him to participate in the maritime trade of the Japanese Kingdom.
After spending six or seven days at sea, when he arrived at the waters of Fuzhou Prefecture, the Liu family master found that there were more ships than before, and when he entered the Fuzhou Fu port, the Liu family master who stood at the bow of the ship almost fell off his jaw in surprise.
The port was simply too big and too prosperous, with ships coming in and out of the sea, five long plank roads going straight into the sea, and at the very front of the plank road, towering towers, although he had never seen them, he could probably guess that they were used for direction and lighting at night.
I really can't imagine that he, as a maritime merchant, didn't know when Daming had such a huge port, it was simply bizarre!
After all, the Ming Dynasty is forbidden to the sea, even the limited opening of Ningbo Port is not so prosperous, after all, the sea trade is an underground transaction, it is not good to blatantly make it public, and the major families are also from their own private ports.
Those private ports are very poorly built, and many large ships cannot dock, and small boats need to be used to reverse goods back and forth.
No one dares to engage in maritime trade so arrogantly, including the Jiangnan region, where trade is the most developed, has intricate forces, and under mutual containment, development has fallen into a bottleneck.
"This, how dare this Wang Xuan, isn't he afraid that the court will come down to investigate?" The head of the Liu family muttered unconsciously, but there was a faint hint of joy in his heart.
He also knew that Wang Xuan had built a port, but he had never been here, and within two years, such a large port could be opened, so how huge the power it would have.
Only a person of such great strength can hold up that tight network of interests.
From the wharf to the new city, the head of the Liu family is like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, dazzling, not that he has not seen it, it is the most prosperous Nanjing in this era, and he has also been to both sides of the Qinhuai River where he is the most drunken and golden, but the feeling is completely different from here.
One is ancient and extravagant but decaying, and the other is new and vigorous, which is completely different from the feeling of other places in the Ming Dynasty, and he is also a businessman who has traveled all over the country, and this feeling is clearer.
Not to mention anything else, just when he arrived on the horse road, the head of the Liu family felt novelty and rules.
Standing on the road and looking at it for a while, he found that the whole middle of the street was dedicated to horse-drawn carriages, and all of them drove on the right, and absolutely no one crossed the line, and pedestrians walked on separate roads on both sides of the road.
The houses here are all made of brick and stone, and the lowest is two stories high, and he has not seen a single common wooden house.
The pedestrians on the street are very neatly dressed, even the most ordinary people, they are much better dressed than in Ningbo, there is not a single person with vegetables on the street, and everyone is in a hurry, as if they are very busy.
So many novel discoveries made him not visit Wang Xuan for the first time, but took a good stroll, he had a hunch that this would be a new starting point for the Liu family in the future.
I was wandering aimlessly, and I happened to see the tallest building on the side of the street, counting from the bottom to the top, there were five floors, and five large characters were erected on the high roof.
"Starlight Nightclub." The head of the Liu family read it out loud, but he was a little puzzled, he knew all the words, but he didn't know what it was for when it was combined.
Walking into some only to find that this building covers an area of about two acres, through the window on the first floor, he saw that there was a hall inside, which was neatly placed one by one tables, and it was just noon at the moment, and most of the tables already had diners.
The rich aroma of rice wafting out of the window, the head of the Liu family and the two guards, who had been shopping all morning, suddenly felt hungry.
"It's time for dinner, let's go in and have a meal!" The head of the Liu family greeted, and the three of them walked in, he was also a rich family, although he felt that it must be very expensive here, but he didn't feel that he couldn't afford it.
He didn't feel it from the outside, but he was surprised as soon as he walked in, it covered too much space, anyway, he had never seen such a large hall, at least, the wooden structure was difficult, and it needed too many supporting columns.
"Welcome, sir, are they three?" A crisp voice sounded in the ears of the head of the Liu family, and he found that there were several women with delicate faces and graceful bodies standing at the door, all of them in black and white skirts of a uniform style.
He had never seen the style of the skirt, half-sleeved, short-sleeved, snow-white lotus arms and most of the jade legs were exposed, which made people can't help but reverie when they see it, and there is an urge to lift the skirt and take a look again.
The head of the Liu family heard the sound of the two guards beside him swallowing saliva.
This made him slightly stunned, isn't this restaurant all shopkeepers, how can there be women?
The woman dressed like this and came out to show her head a little bit...... All right?
Possible...... Right?
But...... Pretty!
The head of the Liu family, who was accustomed to seeing Fengyue, was only slightly stunned, this new city made him have more novelties, "Yes, three." ”
"Sir, this way, please." After saying that, the woman twisted her waist and led the way inside.
The head of the Liu family gave a warning look at the two guards behind him, and then he stepped forward to follow, he was not familiar with the place, he didn't dare to let go of his subordinates to cause trouble, since people dared to wear it, they must have something to rely on.
It's just that he didn't know that these waitresses were all brought back by Wang Xuan, starting from the destruction of the Tang King, all the way to the Seven Great Families and the Commander of Wei or something, these super families have too many maids and servants and the like, especially these women, once they leave the main family, they basically have no ability to survive.
Wang Xuan, the most benevolent and good person in heaven and earth, how could he see so many women living in the dust or starving to death, so he could only bring them all back to Fuzhou, but he couldn't use so many people in his mansion.
In the end, there was really no way out, so he thought of the very promising job of a waitress.
Of course, this is not just a waitress, this represents a new measure to break the decay of feudal society, and the short skirt maid pretends to be responsible for representing the pioneer idea of female ***ism, which is ...... Anyway, saying a thousand things and ten thousand, Master Wang is great and correct......
The three of the Liu family heads sat down, ordered a banquet casually, and then threw out a small ingot of silver, which looked like it was enough for two taels, "Ask you something, answer well, this silver is yours." ”
This is still the biggest reward thrown out by the head of the Liu family when he asks about things, if it was before, it would be enough to throw dozens of copper plates or a small piece of broken silver, and this time it is also the environment of the new city and this super large restaurant that makes him feel a little uncomfortable, for fear of taking less to make people laugh.
The waitress just gave a simple glance, and her smile remained as good as ever, she had seen a lot of this kind of consumption, "Sir, what do you want to ask?" ”
"I want to buy a house in this city, but why don't I see a tooth shop?"
"Sir, there is no tooth shop in Xincheng, if you want to buy a house, please find a real estate agent, or trade goods, please go to the hall of the trading center."
"What are those patrolling the streets with knives and guns?"
"That's the army of the guard."
Is the Guard's Army so elite? The head of the Liu family was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "How can the Weisuo army patrol in the new city?" ”
"Of course, it is to maintain the law and order of the new city, and the Fujian Guards Army can be different from other places." The waiter smiled mysteriously, and the head of the Liu family had a little count in his heart, it seemed that this guard army had become Wang Xuan's private soldier at all.
"Why is this building called Starlight Nightclub? Why didn't you just take me upstairs? He was really puzzled about this, he had never eaten in the hall before, but the momentum here was too strong, and he didn't dare to make trouble easily.
"It's a nightclub, during the day, the upstairs is not open, and you eat during the day, only on the first floor."
"What do you mean by a nightclub? Isn't there anyone who can go up and eat during the day? "There are many more powerful people, and he really doesn't believe this.
"The nightclub only starts to open at night, eating, drinking and having fun, and this is Mr. Wuzhou's own industry, and no one dares to make trouble here!" The waiter said with the pride on his last face, and then added, "And there is no precedent for those who are making trouble here to get out alive." ”
A delicate little girl, there is nothing murderous when she says that she is crisp, but the head of the Liu family only has a cold breath on the back of her neck when she listens, damn, no wonder she dares to use a woman as a shopkeeper, and she is dressed as a ...... In this way, he thought that the Fujian people were so polite, and no one was rude to the waiter, but he was afraid of Wang Xuan's prestige so he didn't dare to be careless.
If it were him, he wouldn't dare!
I asked some more things that I didn't understand when I was wandering around for a long time, and then I sent the waitress away.