I saw a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old, standing at the door of a teahouse, throwing his arms and shouting loudly to attract customers.

"What kind of teahouse is this?" Zhu Han has never seen this kind of teahouse soliciting customers.

In Zhu Han's impression, teahouses are very quiet and elegant places, and there will never be such a shouting to attract customers.

Chen Baodao was beside him, glanced at it and said with a smile.

"Palace, oh, the owner, this is our Yingtian emerging teahouse, there are storytellers and commentators, and there are also people who sell their performances with big tops, hehe, there are often white slaves sold by the Persians to dance, and the big white legs are swaying, tsk!" Chen Baodao said while drooling at the corners of his mouth.

A white female slave, all who meet Da Ming is of the highest appearance and figure, and she has to pay dozens of taels of silver to say the least.

Except for Zhu Hanzhi and other princes and nobles, ordinary people have little opportunity to get close and enjoy the game.

"This teahouse is a bit of a businessman." Zhu Han said with a smile.

"Yes, I heard that the most popular thing in Yingtian City now is to listen to the drama and watch the dance in this teahouse, and the brothels in the Qinglou are all some short Japanese women, who really don't look as good as these white slaves, and now the people call this kind of teahouse a music teahouse!" Chen Baodao said with a smile.

"What? Music café?" Zhu Han's face suddenly turned black.

It's a trivial thing, and there will be a tacit point at any time.

In the law of the Ming Dynasty, all the people of the Ming Dynasty are not allowed to be slaves, nor can they become prostitutes, and those who dare to shelter the people of the Ming Dynasty are the first to be beheaded for public display, and the rest of the followers are all confiscated to the South Seas.

In the face of this kind of severe punishment and strict law, the Qinglou of the Ming Dynasty has all become Goryeo women and Japanese women.

As long as the merchants of the Ming Dynasty show the price, many Koreans and Japanese people will take the initiative to send their sisters and daughters to the door, and even as long as the price is right, they will also take the initiative to sell their wives to the Ming merchants.

Most of the Goryeo and Wa women do not have the concept of chastity or unchastity, and they come to the Daming Qinglou to eat and drink well, and they can redeem themselves according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty after working for three or five years.

So now in the Qinglou courtyard of the Ming Dynasty, almost all of them have become Goryeo and Japanese women.

However, there are also a small number of women from Nanyang, Annam and other countries.

As for the high-priced white slaves, they naturally did not do this kind of retail, and they all became high-end goods for various big merchants and merchants.

After listening to Chen Baodao's introduction, Zhu Han also became interested in this kind of music café and wanted to go in and find out.

He had just raised his feet and walked forward when he heard a strange sound in front of him.

Zhu Han turned his head to look, only to see the crowd not far away gathered into a circle, letting out bursts of exclamations.

I don't know what kind of jugglers are there.

It's just a little strange that the traditional jugglers will let out bursts of cheers, and the crowd around them shakes their heads and sighs in addition to exclaiming.

"Let's go over there first!" Zhu Han was curious again.

….

He led Chen Baodao and the two approached.

Squeeze a slit out of the crowd and come to the front.

Zhu Han finally saw the scene inside.

A fat man introduced himself to the spectators in the middle of the field.

In the middle of the field were two children of eight or nine years old, covered in dirt and dirty, and it was impossible to tell whether they were male or female.

These two children look really scary.

One of them had no hands or feet, and his arms and legs slid on the ground like sticks.

The other child, covered in black hair, crawled on all fours on the ground like a dog, and made a barking sound from time to time.

At this time, the fat man standing in the middle was introduced again.

"This child is naturally pitiful, has no hands and feet, and I am the uncle

Yes, see him save his life, take him to the streets and alleys, let the big guy have a good time, you are happy to see it, and reward some money!"

"As for this child, it's the most strange thing in the world!"

"This child's mother, is a yellow flower girl in my hometown, when I went up the mountain to chop wood, I was targeted by a thousand-year-old wolf on the mountain, the old wolf became a fine, the scholar did bad things, this child gave birth to this wolf child after his mother came back, and then hanged himself, although it is a wolf child, but it is a life, you look at it pitifully, then I will reward a few dollars, and give our grandfather a meal to eat!"

After the fat man finished speaking, he scolded again, and the two children spun around in circles on the ground.

Such cruel entertainment really makes people feel weird and uncomfortable.

However, it is also said that there are many people who are generous.

The sound of all kinds of copper and silver coins on the ground is endless.

The fat man smiled and bowed and clenched his fists as he picked up the money on the ground.

"Old Chen, do you know what this thing is?" Zhu Han asked with a frown.

"Boss, didn't he just say that?" Chen Baodao looked confused.

Zhu Han snorted coldly, "Only a fool would believe this kind of nonsense!"

Like some kind of wolf children's nonsense, it is estimated that only people in ancient times can really believe it.

Not to mention Zhu Han among the people present, few of them believed it, but they didn't know the origin of this fat man, and they didn't want to expose his nonsense.

How could Zhu Han believe him.

"Send someone to keep an eye on them, and see where he goes in a while." Zhu Han said.

"Yes!"

I really didn't know that I sent a guard to stay here and keep an eye on it.

Zhu Han and Chen Baodao entered the music teahouse, and walked out after enjoying some singing and dancing.

I have to say that the white slave performances inside are still very exciting, and the owners of these teahouses will not be soft on the training of white slaves, and the talent presented is definitely of a very high level.

The guard sent by Chen Baodao to keep an eye on him was also waiting at the door.

"How's the tracking?" Zhu Han asked directly.

"Tell Your Highness, that fat man took his two children to the land temple in the south of the city, and his subordinates also saw that there were many beggars there, and it seemed that they were in a group, and his subordinates were afraid of startling the snakes, so they didn't go any further."

When Zhu Han heard it, he was really close to what he guessed.

….

The miserable performance just now, but I gained a lot of money, and I must find a safe place to put down the money before coming out to continue the performance.

"Chen Baodao's matter is handed over to you, go and explain to Ying Tianfu, and shoot more secret agents to investigate this matter." Zhu Han said.

As soon as Chen Baodao heard this, he immediately received the order and went to Yingtianfu.

Over the years, Daming has been focusing on the development of people's livelihood, and the living standards of the people have recovered very quickly, and it can even be said that it is not only restored, but greatly surpassed any previous dynasty.

The people are living a good life, and the spare money in their hands is gradually increasing.

For the street performing arts, it ushered in a new period of development.

However, snakes, insects, rats and ants are also easy to get mixed in.

Today, these two children who are selling miserably on the street to make money, Zhu Han feels that their origins must be unusual, most of them were abducted and trafficked, but the law of the Ming Dynasty does not allow the sale of human beings, so the fat man said that he was the child of his relative.

As soon as Chen Baodao arrived at Yingtianfu with Zhu Han's order, Yin Hu Weiyong of Yingtianfu immediately lined up the most capable spies to investigate this matter.

"Old Chen, what does Your Highness mean?" Hu Weiyong invited Chen Baodao to the upper seat and said.

Chen Baodao took a sip of tea and let out a sigh, "Your Highness attaches great importance to this matter, I am trotting all the way here, you have to let your subordinates cheer up the spirit, you must investigate this matter clearly."

Hu Weiyong nodded, and he immediately realized the importance of this matter.

He is now the third product Ying Tianfu Yin, this kind of big

The little eucalyptus needs to be taken care of by him, especially in such an important place as the foot of the Son of Heaven, and taming children into beasts is definitely a horrific evil.

"These Diao people, it seems that if they don't kill a few leaders, it is not enough to clean up the people!"

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Night falls.

In the south of Yingtian City, in a dilapidated land temple.

A few beggars dressed in tatters were sitting around a table, counting the piles of copper and silver coins on the table.

Among them, an old beggar, with a smile on his face, drank tea and ate snacks beside him.

"It's really getting better and better, and today's revenue is a lot more, right?" The old beggar asked.

"Helper, although it's not done yet, this is already more than yesterday's revenue." A fat-headed beggar said.

This beggar is exactly what Zhu Han saw during the day, the one who took children to sell their remnants to make money.

"Emperor Hongwu is good, you see that he was born as a beggar, and he has lived this life well, and he will not forget us beggars!"

The old beggar, who was called help by the fat man, said with a smile.

This old beggar's name is Hong Dafu, and his ancestors have been the beggar leaders here in Yingtian for three generations.

Yes, the beggar industry is a family tradition.

The Hong gang leader has no other skills, but he can manage a group of beggars of all sizes in an orderly manner, and can explore the potential of each beggar and find a suitable strategy for them.

In the past two years, Yingtian City has become more and more prosperous.

The dedication of the Hong gang leader is also getting stronger and stronger, and he is no longer satisfied with ordinary begging for food, but has begun to get involved in some gray area industries.

….

Among them, going to other places to buy some disabled children and let them sell them to make money is an emerging way.

It's just that there aren't many children with disabilities, so you can buy back some able-bodied children first, and then break your hands and feet to make "products" suitable for your own trading.

At that time, this trade was called harvesting and cutting.

Harvesting means buying fresh goods, and cutting is cutting goods into the shape you need, just like wood.

As for the goods, it's the poor children.

Gang Master Hong was not proficient in this craft, and he only obtained it after sending people to other sects to learn scriptures.

After this period of operation, the income can be described as very considerable.

The current Hong gang leader no longer lives in the slums, but has set up a three-entry mansion in Yingtian City, and the surrounding neighbors are either hundreds of households or rich businessmen.

Moreover, after the Hong gang leader counts his money here every day, he will also change into a clean and decent outfit and return to the city.

In the eyes of ordinary people, they didn't know that this brightly dressed person was actually the leader of the Ying Tian Beggars Gang.

After some counting, the Hong gang leader took the lion's share, and the remaining half was divided up by several leaders.

After the Hong gang leader took the money, he dressed decently, sat in a carriage, returned to the mansion in the city, and started a night life of fine wine and sex.

And the leaders under his command also took the money, and they all changed into clean clothes, went to the Qinglou, and each of them ordered one or two Goryeo women to be happy.

All of them were recorded one by one by the Ying Tianfu spies who were secretly watching.

The spies of the Ying Tianfu Yamen quickly reported the information they had found to Hu Weiyong.

As Ying Tianfu Yin, Hu Weiyong was not very satisfied with the information he obtained.

"This is the eucalyptus ordered by His Royal Highness himself, you will find out these furs, how can I explain to His Highness!"

Hu Weiyong asked sharply to the leaders of several spies under him.

In last year's reform of the military official system in the Ming Dynasty, all the court officials, large and small, became officials under unified management.

These spies originally belonged to small officials, and they originally had no hope of promotion, and they were the most good at getting the errands that the officials confessed.

But since they all became official officials, the original iron rice bowl has also faced large and small court assessments.

They all reined in their original ability to be the officials of the lake, and now when they heard Hu Weiyong's questioning, they were all very frightened.

"Master, it's not that the little ones don't check carefully, it's really those beggars who gather together, and if they get closer, they will startle the snake."

"Moreover, I heard that the Hong gang leader of this beggar gang is very familiar with several of our Ying Tianfu's priests, in case there are other eucalyptus involved, the little ones really can't afford it!"

The two spy leaders explained in harmony.

The spies in Ying Tianfu are of very low grade, and the charge they just said is the official in charge who holds real power in Ying Tianfu.

The various figures of the three religions and nine streams are often the local government, and the power of the ruling party is supplemented, and many secret personnel and intelligence are often exposed to the government through these people of the three religions and nine streams.

….

And the treasurers of the various classes of the government are the officials who have direct contact with these people.

"You two fools, I don't think you can tell the size apart, all the black gauze hats on our heads are available to the imperial court, His Royal Highness is half of the imperial court, the eucalyptus he explained, you don't have to check it, and you are worried about it, I think you are tired of living!" Hu Weiyong smiled coldly.

When the leaders of the two spies heard this, they immediately panicked, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Hu Weiyong again and again to plead guilty.

In Yingtianfu, the power of the priests is also very large, especially since they are now all official officials of the imperial court.

All appointments, dismissals and punishments must go through a formal process.

Originally, if the chief official of Tianfu wanted to punish them, he only needed one sentence.

But now if you want to punish an official at the level of a priest, you have to go through a formal process.

The purpose of this is naturally to prevent local officials from having too much power and turning the official palace of the imperial court into their own hall.

"Why don't you get out of here!"

Hu Weiyong waved his hand and drove these two unreasonable guys out.

The information handed over by these two spies is actually not very good, and it is clearly written that there are some shady deeds of this beggar gang.

Especially the Hong gang leader, who can collect so much money every night, and can spend all day drinking in the city, singing and dancing, it is definitely not something that can be done simply by asking his subordinates to beg for food.

After the two spy leaders ran out, they arranged for their subordinates overnight, and tried their best to get more detailed information.

Early the next morning.

Hu Weiyong's eucalyptus had a new stack of thick reports on his head.

For these new reports, Hu Weiyong is still quite satisfied.

Inky Gangnam