Qinhuai River, the business of Fengyue has become more and more withered in recent years.

The reason is very simple, the common people are living a better life, and there are naturally fewer children and daughters. What's more, the imperial court severely cracked down on human trafficking, and was caught in exile or beheaded.

Even the girls who used to be in the Goulanwa were emigrated to the north in batches. In the northern provinces, where the population has plummeted, and the ratio of men to women is disproportionate, there are dozens of female immigration quotas on the banks of the Qinhuai River every year – almost semi-mandatory.

However, in the past two years, Nanjing's Fengyue industry has gradually begun to recover.

Diecui Building, business is full today.

An old prostitute, who still has charm, walked to the staircase and said to the guests in the lobby downstairs: "Today's daughter is married, thank you for coming to the party in your busy schedule." This first level, the question has been out for more than a month, and you must have already answered it. Please listen to the question, the towering ancient temple hides the mountains and forests, and I don't know how many monks there are in the temple. Three hundred and sixty-four bowls, see if you run them out. Three people eat a bowl of rice, and four people eat a bowl of soup together. May I ask Mr. Calculation, how many monks are there in the temple? ”

"I'm coming, I'm coming!"

"I'll do that too!"

“……”

The guests raised their hands one after another, and a very simple equation was announced, and it was announced a month in advance. Even if you don't know how to learn, you have already found someone to figure out the answer.

The old prostitute smiled and said, "Everyone, listen to this, to pass this level, you must not only say the answer, but also give the calculation process. Whether it is using the Ancient Heavenly Yuan Technique or His Majesty's equation, he must perform the calculation on the spot. ”

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar.

Many scholars who only read the Four Books and the Five Classics, as well as those merchants who did not learn or have no skills, complained that the old prostitutes were ruining the scenery.

But the more this is the case, the more lively the atmosphere becomes.

Wu Weiye said to Mao Bijiang: "Brother Bijiang, why don't you miss your skills? ”

"What kind of skill is this? Secondary school topics only. Mao Bijiang has some math foundation, he has been studying textbooks by himself for the past two years, he has obtained a primary school diploma, and is expected to graduate from middle school next year.

Many of the scholars in the wilderness, like the idea of breaking new ground, were stimulated by the standards of last year's examiners.

Examiners need a diploma, and future examiners will definitely need it. They have to get a diploma as soon as possible, and what if the policy continues to be tightened in the future and adults are not allowed to attend primary school?

The old prostitute began to hand out pen and paper and chips, which could be solved with equations or chips.

However, the answerer must pay a tael of silver!

This year, there has been a severe drought in several provinces, and grain output has been seriously reduced, and the price of rice in Nanjing has risen to 13 wen yuan per catty. The registration fee of one or two silver can buy about 50 catties of white rice, and you can buy more in a good harvest year.

But the on-site applicants took out the silver one after another and took the pen and paper from the old prostitute.

After some calculations, there were more than 60 passers.

The old prostitute smiled and said, "Tonight is a festive celebration, and there are many talented people gathered. As for this second question, please choose any one of the "Datong Collection: Three Original Chapters", write it down silently in a stick of incense, and the thirty people with the least mistakes can pass the test. ”

The audience fell silent, then noisy.

This question is not made in advance, and it doesn't give people time to prepare, who is serious about memorizing "Datong Collection"?

Seeing that there were too many complainers and protesters, the old prostitute could only explain with a wry smile: "Distinguished guests, it's not that the concubine intends to make things difficult. But yesterday, the government came to say, "In the future, there will be a song building and a dance pavilion, but if any daughter is married, she must bring "Datong Collection" when she takes the teaching test. ”

"Poof!"

Wu Weiye was tasting wine, and he squirted out when he heard the words.

"Ahem, ahem!"

Wu Weiye coughed for a while, wiped the wine stains from the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile: "This is really unheard of, and it is really holy today." ”

Mao Bijiang put down the wine glass, picked up the brush and began to write silently.

Recently, in addition to attending literary conferences, he has focused on self-study. "Three Plains" belongs to the content of middle school textbooks, and I memorized it a few days ago.

After a stick of incense, the second question was handed in, and thirty people were quickly recruited.

There are policies above, and there are countermeasures below.

The government only said that the question must be related to the "Datong Collection", but did not stipulate that it must be answered. The old prostitute then set a quota of thirty people, and the least mistake could be selected, and most of the selected ones only wrote two or three sentences silently.

The old prostitute smiled and said, "This third level is the pair." ”

"Good!"

Many scholars applauded and finally came to their traditional program.

After three passes, five finalists were selected.

After comparing talents, it is better than financial resources.

It took two hundred taels of silver to buy the girl's first night. Everyone is competing so much, it is purely because the girl has not yet come out of the cabinet, and her fame has already spread all over the Qinhuai River.

A Persian girl, who can speak Chinese, seems to have read books for a few years, and knows both Chinese and Persian musical instruments.

This is the secret of the revival of the Qinhuai River Fengyue industry, there is a shortage of domestic women, so introduce foreign women!

Among them, Japanese women are the most, North Korean women are second, and Nanyang women are again. The real best are the so-called Persian girls, but in fact, most of them are women from the Afghan region.

Persia and India, under the premise that Afghanistan has been at war for decades and slaughters cities at every turn, what is it to sell some women over?

The foreign slave trade began a hundred years ago.

First, the Portuguese, who bought Japanese slaves and resold them all over the world. Japanese women were also promoted as Chinese women and sold to brothels in Europe to make money.

In 1571, the Portuguese crown banned the Japanese slave trade for fear of angering the Japanese government, which in turn affected normal commerce and missionary activities.

But the order of the Portuguese royal family, it is clear that the fart is useless. A Portuguese missionary wrote in his diary in 1598 that Japanese women were sold to Portuguese merchant ships to meet the physical needs of black sailors.

Macao was the center of the slave trade in East Asia, and a large number of Japanese women were first transported to Macao and distributed to black and Malay slaves, and continued to produce and reproduce slave offspring. Teach these little slaves from an early age that they can get more gold and silver when they sell them, so that they can produce slaves in large quantities.

In other words, blacks, Malays, and Japanese slaves were all raised as pigs, and then sold after they had cubs.

By the time Japan closed itself, Macau had about 5,000 slaves, half of whom were underage slaves.

Chinese slaves were also available, but they were not numerous and expensive.

According to historical records, the first Chinese slave to be sold to Europe turned out to be a scholar. The time took place in 1540, that is, during the Jiajing period. This Chinese slave was engaged in translating Chinese materials into Portuguese......

By the way, most of the 5,000 slaves in Macau belonged to the Society of Jesus.

After Zhao Han expelled disobedient missionaries and Portugal cut off Jesuit funding, the Jesuits in Macau made a living by selling slaves. In particular, slave girls are the best-selling and sold to major brothels across the country, effectively filling the shortage of human resources in China's Fengyue industry.

Most of those slave girls are of mixed race, and there are black pearls of mixed Japanese and Malay blood.

Mao Bijiang pushed open the door, the red candles were swaying inside, and the girl was wearing a wedding copycat version of the phoenix crown.

Pick up the hijab, and it turns out to be a Persian beauty, and the exotic style is moving.

The Persian girl was a little nervous, and her fingers kept kneading the corners of her clothes.

Mao Bijiang didn't want to be abrupt and beautiful, so he chose to chat: "The girl is from Persia? ”

"Hmm." The Persian maiden replied.

In fact, the girl lied, she grew up in Makran, that is, the border between Pakistan and Iran. It was once occupied by Persia and now part of the Mughal Empire in India, and at the age of eleven she was sold by her uncle to the Dutch, who in turn sold him to Chinese merchants.

Mao Bijiang said: "The girl does not need to be afraid, if you don't want to, you will only play the piano and drink tonight." Can the girl play Persian instruments? ”

"Yes."

The Persian maiden brought a harp, a bit like a Chinese banhu, with four strings.

The girl pulled the strings, sang unknown exotic ballads, and closed her eyes in unison, so that she completely forgot anything else.

"Ahh

A terrible scream broke the beautiful music.

He went out to check the situation, but he didn't find anything unusual. When he returned to his room, he heard a copper whistle on the street, and immediately knew that something must have happened.

By the Qinhuai River.

A dark-skinned girl was scooped up wet all over. Looking at her complexion, you know that she has black blood, but I don't know how many generations she has been mixed, her facial features are more like Orientals, and her skin color is more similar to that of Nanyang natives.

The turtle and thugs of the Qinglou wanted to bring the girl back, but were stopped by a patrol officer.

There are two patrol officers, one who allows people to be released and the other who does not let people go.

The young patrol officer pushed away the silver dollar and reprimanded sharply: "There is an order from the imperial court, and you must not be forced to work." You forced the woman to commit suicide by jumping into the river, and tonight's events can't be covered, so you have to take them to the yamen to see the officials! ”

"Be quiet!"

The elder patrol officer reproached: "Xiaoliu, you just transferred to Qinhuai River, and you don't know anything about this place. Let me tell you the truth, today's Goolan Washer and Qinglou brothels have long stopped forcing the Chinese people. The woman in front of me knew at a glance that she was not a Chinese, and she must have bought it from Nanyang. Shangguan said that settling down is the people, and a foreign woman has no household registration, so where can she be counted as a citizen? ”

"I don't care if she has a household registration or not, since I have met her, I will definitely go to see the official in this matter!" The young patrol officer didn't eat it.

The thug of the Qinglou suddenly spoke up, and said with a sneer: "Where did you come from? Take the money honestly, don't toast and don't eat and drink. If you continue to make trouble, there is no silver, and you will still have to eat and hang up at Shangguan! ”

The young patrol officer heard the threat, and suddenly drew his sword out of its sheath: "Lao Tzu killed the Tartars in Liaodong last year, followed General Wang out of the Great Wall, and killed the Tartar puppet Wang Haoge to the ground. It's a tendon injury, and when you retire and come back to be a patrol officer, it's not something you bastard can bully! If you want to take this woman away, you have to ask me if I agree to the knife in my hand! ”

This young patrol officer is not only a veteran, but also a cavalryman from Datong.

Datong Xiao cavalry, while proficient in horsemanship, is also outstanding in martial arts.

The thugs of the Qinglou didn't dare to make a mistake in an instant, and the older patrol officer didn't dare to speak, watching the young patrol officer take the woman away.

After being stunned for a moment, the elderly patrol officer suddenly slipped away, and went to his boss in a hurry. The police in the Qinhuai River area, from the officials in charge to the patrol police, all received the benefits of the major brothels, and many people lost their positions when this matter became a big problem.

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