Chapter 45: The Demon Lord of the World
However, Jingmingfang is Tokyo's premier pink and gentle township, with 36 brothels inside, which can be called Tokyo's sleepless sky, and the whole night is full of traffic, and it is also the highest gold cave in Tokyo's economic and trade exchanges.
At this time, the brothel was highly commercialized, eating, drinking and having fun, and the guests had to listen to music, compose lyrics, eat, drink, and sleep. Don't mention anything else, let's just say that the food and tableware in the brothel are made of gold and silver.
It's not an exaggeration, it's really a tableware made of gold and silver, but there is less gold and more silver, and the sparkling ones are placed on the table, holding all kinds of cold dishes. Wine jugs, wine glasses, all gold and silver. Don't say you're afraid of stealing, the people who can come here are all officials, and they are literati, and literati are the most important honors, where can they steal.
The brothel is also assured, even if it is to eat a skewer outside the store, want the cold dishes in the store, say hello, the little maid will bring the cold dishes to the silver plate, after eating the guests pay the bill, and someone will give the silver plate to the store.
The tableware is so high-end, the consumption is naturally not low, the same radish, in the East Fourth Lane fifty dollars can buy a car, here a plate of two, don't be too expensive, just the price of two runs, in fact, this is a free note, the premise is that the consumption of more than 100 taels.
Eat a meal, for four people, drink wine and listen to music, no matter what, you will get two hundred taels, if you want to spend the night, a thousand taels of silver is easy.
Just kidding, the girl who writes poems, songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting is so easy to sleep? People are all at a real level, they can sing, write, draw, and dance, and just pull out a performance artist who will be a master in later generations, is it expensive a thousand taels a night?
In later generations, those who don't have anything but face and fart are still 100,000 bills a night.
Wang Han entered Jingmingfang, his eyes were as big as eggs, and he couldn't see them everywhere, and he secretly thought in his heart: Obediently, this posture is no worse than that of heaven and earth.
But isn't it, all the eyes are sisters, the figure and posture are excellent, and the smile and soft words come to greet them, this official, which family, will stick it when it comes up, and rub it on it, and then pull and pull it, and then go inside.
It is said that official prostitutes can only be used for the entertainment of literati, but if you look closely, more than eighty percent of them are rich businessmen and magnates, and they are all children of scholars. It's no wonder that if you want to do business in Tokyo, there is no support from the gentry behind it?
Let's just say that this official prostitute place is not also a workshop industry? It's so expensive that it doesn't all end up going to the treasury?
Why did the conservatives of the Great Song Dynasty favor the provision of coins to the Liaoxia and Xia countries? It's because there is money in the treasury of the Great Song Dynasty. Let's say that during the Zhenzong period, Song Liao signed the alliance of Yuanyuan, and Song promised to give Liao 100,000 silver and 200,000 cloth every year, a total of 300,000.
Is this a lot? Of course, there are many, ordinary people can't use them up in their lifetime, but what about the income compared to the Great Song Dynasty? When Zhenzong took over the Great Song Dynasty, the annual income of the treasury was 20 million, and the annual income of the Lanyuan Alliance was 100 million.
With an annual income of 100 million, take out 300,000 and give it to Liao, so that the country and the people are safe, why not? What's more, the money given to Liao will eventually have to be earned back through bilateral trade, and there is no loss. More importantly, there is the issue of military spending.
Fighting a war not only costs people, but also costs money, and the military cost of the battle that shot and killed Xiao Tzulan, the general of the Liao State, was as high as 10 million, so the comparison is obvious. And what about the coins? A million dollars can save the people from war, so why not?
So in the eyes of conservatives, it is a mere coin, but in the eyes of Wufu Zhou Tong, it is a huge amount of money. Moreover, the prices in the Zhenzong period could not be compared with the Huizong period, and the prices were more than ten times higher at this time. What is the concept of 300,000?
300,000 is the overnight capital transaction volume of Jingmingfang, Tokyo. So it's not for nothing that those conservatives would rather pay money than go to war.
The literati of the Great Song Dynasty were the most calculating.
Wang Han found a relatively low price at the door of the house, and he only had fifty taels of gold on him, according to the current ratio, but eight hundred taels of silver, and he had to collect some flowers.
Wang Han was greeted by an old bustard when he entered the door, because his clothes were clean and tidy, like a big official, and Lin Lingsu was dressed in sackcloth, so he was naturally regarded as a servant.
The brothels of the Song Dynasty were almost the same as the nightclubs in the later generations, and there were also those who watched performances and drank in the lobby, and those who went directly to the private room to chat and talk about love, and how to play depended on the wishes of the guests.
The old bustard asked Wang Han if he was going upstairs or downstairs, Wang Han turned his head and asked Lingsu, "Dao... Where do you want to go? ”
Lingsu's face flushed, and he responded: "You go play, I'll just wait below." ”
Wang Han smiled and followed the bustard upstairs, and the spirit element also advised, "Go and go back quickly." ”
Waiting for Wang Han to go upstairs, Lingsu sat downstairs, full of embarrassment, and the little guy asked him if he wanted to drink wine and eat refreshments and dried fruits, but it was not good to do it. After a while, a girl came to pester him, making him panic and extremely unnatural. The performance on stage was explicit, he didn't dare to watch more, and finally he could only lower his head and sigh.
It's helpless, who let himself offend the devil?
But said that Wang Han was gone, Lingsu thought that he would be able to come down in more than half an hour, where did he think, after waiting for two hours, he still didn't see anyone, and he couldn't wait for him and was embarrassed to urge, so he could only hurry around.
was complaining, a Wei Wuzi came in outside the brothel, wearing a hat, making an inspection, locking on Lin Lingsu, and came up to say hello, "Senior brother!" ”
Lin Lingsu was overjoyed and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, "Senior brother has finally arrived, and he wants to annoy me." ”
The man didn't take off the hat, he sat down at the moment, and his own little guy stepped forward to ask what refreshments he wanted, and the man asked for two catties of mutton bones and two horns of wine, so he talked to Lin Lingsu and asked first: "Senior brother, why are you panicking, and you are sending people around to find me." ”
Lin Lingsu sighed, and said to a long story short, "It is the Demon Lord of World Destruction predicted by Zhao Tianshi at the beginning, and it has appeared in Tokyo. ”
The junior brother was taken aback, "Really? ”
Lin Lingsu clapped his hands and stomped his feet, "How can I lie to you?" He took away my dust whisk and the thunder in my palm, and now I only have a pair of immortals to defend myself. ”
When the junior brother heard this, he brushed his beard, but he was a middle-aged man with a black beard, in his forties, and he looked heroic. Don't panic at the moment, let Lin Lingsu speak slowly.
Lin Lingsu told him how the thief had entered the Lingxiao Pavilion that day, and how he had taken the magic weapon and disappeared in the palace.
The junior brother didn't understand much after hearing this, "It's just a thief, how can it be a demon lord?" ”
Lin Lingsu said something about Wang Han and Galen's martial arts competition, saying that the Demon Lord had the incorruptible body of King Kong, and in addition, the firearms he used were not much different from those described by Zhao Tianshi.
The more the junior brother listened, the more puzzled he became, so he asked, "Where is Wang Han now, why don't you ask him to come and ask together?" ”
Lin Lingsu said: "But it's upstairs to have fun." After speaking, he was curious, "Senior brother, when you came to Tokyo, didn't you hear the rumor that the Xuannu herself passed on the disciple to go down to the mortal world?" ”
The junior brother said: "Gongsun Sheng told me something, but I don't believe it, if Xuannu Niangniang really wants to choose a personal disciple, she should also choose among the disciples of the Heavenly Master, how can she choose a secular person?" ”
Lin Lingsu said: "I am also suspicious, but this person's martial arts are really extraordinary, and I almost lost." ”
The junior brother rolled his eyes twice, and then asked, "Senior brother, you said that this person is strong in martial arts, the best in the world, how does he compare with the demon lord?" Who's higher and who's lower? ”
Lin Lingsu said: "Judging from his narrative, he should be slightly better." ”
The junior brother asked, "Zhao Tianshi once said that the Demon Lord was born, and no one was invincible, how could anyone defeat the Demon King?" ”
Lin Lingsu said: "That's why it's weird, if it's not for the disciple of Xuannu's own martial arts, this matter can't be explained." ”
The junior brother stopped talking, frowned and pondered, knocked his fingers on the table, hesitated for a long time, and asked in a low voice: "Senior brother, have you ever thought that the disciple of the Xuannu is the same person as the Demon Lord of the World?" ”
Lin Lingsu immediately shook his head and was categorical, "There is no way, the Demon Lord of the World Destroying has divine skills to protect his body, and he can't get close to women." Xuannu's personal disciple is unhappy without a woman, how can the two be the same person? ”
It turns out that in the eyes of cultivators, anyone who has achieved great cultivation must be a child, and once he breaks the vows, he will be hopeless. Since the Demon Lord has the incorruptible body of King Kong, he is obviously a child.
Saying this, the junior brother dispelled his suspicions and said worriedly: "Could it be that it is really a disciple of Xuannu?" ”
Lin Lingsu said: "Why don't you go and meet the Heavenly Master and ask about it, so that I can have a response." ”
The junior brother nodded, "That's how it should be." He asked Lingsu again, "Since Senior Brother has provoked that Demon Lord, it is better to go back to Erxian Mountain with me for a while, and also meet the Heavenly Master together by the way." ”
Lin Lingsu said: "It's not good, the official family wants to invite Fu Zheng in the near future, I can't leave, for the time being, Wang Han is in and out with me, and I am not afraid of the demon king." ”
When the junior brother heard this, he didn't say much, and was about to say goodbye, when Wang Han, who was wearing a brocade robe upstairs, came down, and the clothes were not yet tied, standing next to him strangely, and asked Lingsu, "Who is this?" ”
Before Lingsu could answer, the junior disciple had already reported to his family, "Poor Dao Xuanzhen, it is the eldest disciple of the Purple Void Guan Luo Zhenren of Erxian Mountain in Jiugong County, Jizhou. ”
Wang Han was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and only said that this name is so long, and he also made a salute, "Good Taoist, I am Wang Han, I have heard the name of Dao for a long time, it is rare to see it, and I will be fortunate to meet it." ”
When Wang Han came, Xuan Zhen couldn't leave, sat down again, and asked Wang Han and Galen about the competition again, but he asked in more detail, including Galen's martial arts, boxing skills, and spearmanship, all of which had to be asked. After hearing this, Wang Han knew that this Xuan Zhen was different from Lingsu, and he was a real kung fu person.
After asking after some words, Xuan Zhen sighed, "This demon lord was born, and the world is in danger." ”
Wang Han wondered, "What is the origin of the Demon Lord?" Who said this prophecy? And on what basis does it conclude that the birth of this demon lord must be in danger in the world? ”