Chapter 51: Listening to the Song 2

"The business of this place in Nishang Lake is really good!" Looking at the endless stream of men at the entrance of the Qinglou and Goolan near Nishang Lake, I couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Yes! The money collected here is no less than millions of taels of silver every year, and this is only the income brought by the actors who listen to the opera and sing, not to mention the Qinglou who are in the leather business. Meng Ruolang nodded in agreement, and at the same time explained.

"Let's go, you lead the way, I haven't been to this place, but I don't know the rules here."

"Hey! What are the rules in this broken place, if you are rich, you are the master! It's just to note that although these women are all Qing people, they can't avoid having a skin and meat business, if you don't have much money in your hands, big brother, try not to have a relationship with these women, this is an official kiln after all. ”

"Oh? What is the name of the official kiln? Bi Yuntao stopped entering the door, looked at the figure of Meng Ruolang in front of him, and asked suspiciously.

"I'll let someone open a private room first, and we'll go up and talk about it in detail." Meng Ruolang also stopped and whispered in his ear.

The sharp-eyed old mother looked at Bi Yuntao and Meng Ruolang, who were dressed gorgeously at the door, and hurriedly came over to greet the guests. "Yo! Two masters! It looks like a hate, but it's the first time I've come? Do you want the slave family to introduce you to a good singer? Miss Xiaoli can ......"

"That's it! Calling Miss Fuchun over, my son misses it very much. Meng Ruolang saw that the old mother in front of him was still a little beautiful, smiled and pinched the old mother's buttocks, and took out a silver ingot and stuffed it into the snow white of the old mother's open chest.

Bi Yuntao was a little speechless when he saw Meng Ruolang's frivolous movements, this kid actually likes this kind of tone, this old mother is half old, and she does still have a little bit of posture, and the charm of her youth still has a little bit, but the slight wrinkles at the corners of her eyes clearly reveal her age, and her face is smeared with thick fat powder, with Meng Ruolang's frivolous action of stuffing silver, it makes her grin, this exaggerated action, the fat powder on her face falls straight down like sprinkling salt.

Looking at the obvious local snow in front of him, the corners of Bi Yuntao's mouth twitched, and he glanced at Meng Ruolang suspiciously, he wouldn't be lacking maternal love, right? ! I don't object to you liking mature women, but it's a bit too much to like this kind of mature woman who can be your mother, especially if there is a little snow in some places, how can you get your mouth out?!

Bi Yuntao hurriedly turned his head not to look at the two of them, endured his nausea and looked at the hall behind his mother, and saw that everyone in the hall was drinking tea and listening to music, so he was relieved, but how is this hook bar exactly the same as the mode of picking up customers in Qinglou? ! emmm, although I haven't been there, but it's been played like this in previous TV dramas.

"Yo! It's a pity! This son, the Fuchun girl has been booked, it's inconvenient, why don't the slave family change the two sons to a better one? The old mother squinted, took out the snowflake silver from her chest without a trace, and replied with a smile on her face.

"Oh?" Meng Ruolang stuffed another ingot of silver without a trace, and pinched the softness on his chest. "What about this time? I wonder if Miss Fuchun has time? ”

"Yo hehe! Of course, there is time, the two sons go to the private room for tea first, and the slave family will go and call the two sons. The old mother glanced at Meng Ruolang ambiguously, and then twisted her body to lead the way in front of her.

The twitching of the corners of Bi Yuntao's mouth did not stop, and he glanced at Meng Ruolang, who was obsessed with watching the old mother keep twisting her waist, her steps slowed down, and she took a few steps back quietly, next time you say why don't you come with him, it's really embarrassing.

Several people entered the private room one after the other, Bi Yuntao hurriedly drank a cup of tea to suppress the shock, and when he saw the old mother retreat, he asked the doubts in his heart, "I see that you are very familiar with this place, but I don't understand, why the way of welcoming guests here is similar to that of the Qinglou?" ”

"Some people's old mothers can't pick up customers in the Qinglou, so in order to further squeeze out their surplus value, they let them come out to greet guests at the door."

"In other words, they used to be Qinglou women?! Ruolang, your hobby is really special. Bi Yuntao pointed out secretly.

Meng Ruolang also heard that he was alluding to something, and explained disapprerovingly: "Hehe, big brother, you don't understand, although I also like young and beautiful women, but this battle-hardened old mother is the most painful." Although the figures of these old mothers are far inferior to those young and beautiful women, their initiative on the bed is incomparable to that of women. ”

"Ahem!" Listening to Meng Ruolang's crooked reasoning, he choked on a sip of tea, "You are crooked, don't impose your set of theories on me and shake my heart." I won't waver, I just like young and beautiful, flower-like 28 beauties. Bi Yuntao said this as if he was hypnotizing his heart and not letting his set of theories pollute his pure thoughts.

"Haha! Turnips and cabbages have their own love. Meng Ruolang shrugged his shoulders indifferently, and he didn't care.

"Ahem! Alright, let's continue with the topic we didn't finish at the door. Bi Yuntao hurriedly changed the topic, "What did you mean by the official kiln before?" ”

Meng Rulang took a sip of tea, and then said slowly: "I also said before I came, Goolan is divided into the East Courtyard and the West Courtyard, the East Courtyard is the Green Building, and the West Courtyard is the Goulan, although they are collectively called Goulan, but in fact, they are the relationship between the private kiln and the official kiln. ”

Bi Yuntao was speechless, isn't it just a kiln, it is so finely divided, and it is also divided into private kilns and official kilns.

Meng Ruolang didn't see the expression on Bi Yuntao's face, and continued to talk about it, "Both are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites, and the people who listen to the music in the private room here in Goolan are basically either rich or noble, or powerful, and naturally they will have a relationship with the girls here, and these courts are all acquiescing."

But if you have no money and no power, and you still have a relationship with a woman, if you are found out by the steward of the hook fence afterwards, the man will be sent to the government for questioning, after all, these women belong to the imperial court and are the tools used by the imperial court to collect money. ”

"Then as long as you hide it and don't report it, wouldn't it?" Bi Yuntao was puzzled, and asked tentatively: "Is there anyone who can't check it?" ”

"Huh! Of course, I said that these women are used by the court to collect money, and every week there will be old mothers who check their bodies, and if they are found to be lost and concealed and not reported, the consequences are very serious, and the fate of the women who are found will generally be very miserable, not only will the money be confiscated directly, but they will also be sent directly to the Qinglou. There are a lot of top brands and oirans who can sing and dance in the green building, and they all come out of here in this way. ”

"What about the meat business? If the investigation here is so serious, why is there still one? ”

"Of course, it is to serve the guests of the private room, with the acquiescence of the imperial court, the tea money of the private room contains these expenses, so it is generally the top cards to enter the private room to serve, these top cards are recorded by the stewards, allowing them to spend the Spring Festival with the guests, after all, the cost of these top cards is not small. And those girls who were named by the guests to come in to serve, spending the Spring Festival together is not much less than the cost of the first card, so generally unless there is a good match, it is basically called the first card to serve. Meng Ruolang drank a cup of tea, moistened his dry throat, and then pretended to be mysterious: "Do you know how much the tea money is spent in this private room?" ”

Bi Yuntao shook his head, "I don't know." ”

Meng Ruolang knew that he didn't know, and stretched out two fingers and shook them.

"Two hundred taels?" Bi Yuntao guessed tentatively.

"What! Two thousand taels. ”

"Poof!" Bi Yuntao squirted out a sip of tea, what the hell, are these girls gold-edged or diamond-inlaid? This is RMB 400,000, these big dogs are really rich, what's wrong with this money, just to come here to have a good time?!

Bi Yuntao wiped the tea stains from the corners of his mouth, "Then it seems that the Ministry of Rites is really rich, just now you threw two ingots of snowflake silver, although it is twenty taels of custom, but it is also a daily gold, I am very greedy to see it, I want to get a piece of the pie." ”

"Haha! Big brother, don't think about it, this is a business that belongs to the imperial court. Then he got up and looked around, and said in a low voice, "The emperor attaches great importance to this aspect, as long as it is corrupt, even if it is only one or two silver, it can't be eaten and walked, I heard that there was a Ministry of Rites Shangshu who was found to be corrupt, and the daughter was convicted, but everyone didn't know what her true face was." ”

Bi Yuntao nodded clearly, and suddenly, as if he had thought of something, put down the teacup, and said puzzledly: "Then the last time Jinling came to the flower boat, it cost fifty taels of silver to go in once, could it be that it was also instructed by the emperor behind his back?" ”

"Then I don't know, maybe the emperor is collecting money, but what I know is the Qinglou and Goolan are very fine in the capital, and the others have already been integrated with the Qinglou. The imperial court also turned a blind eye to this, after all, as long as the taxes were paid on time. ”

"Knock knock!" There was a knock on the door, ending the conversation between the two of them, and the old mother came in, with embarrassment and apology on her face, "Two sons, Miss Fuchun really can't come, or I'm looking for a better one for the two sons?" ”

Meng Ruolang showed displeasure on his face, this was the first time he invited his eldest brother to come out to play, but he didn't expect to suffer a dumb loss. "What? Isn't the money given by this son too much? Go ahead! How much does it cost for a Fuchun girl to come over?! ”

The old mother was embarrassed and said, "This ...... Son! It's not about money, it's about the other party's monstrous power, and I really can't afford to provoke it, or just forget it?! ”

"Humph!" Meng Ruolang slapped the table angrily and scolded, "The power is monstrous?!" You bring people over, Ben Gongzi wants to see who is so powerful, and he doesn't even give Ben Gongzi face! ”

When the old mother heard Bi Yuntao's tone, she knew that these two could not be provoked, but that was the eldest son of the Ministry of Rites, which made her in a dilemma for a while.

"Forget it! Ruolang, just a girl, just change it! Bi Yuntao didn't want to give birth to right and wrong because of this, if it made a big fuss, not only would the mother concubine nag, but it would only add to Ruoxi's ears.

"Big brother!" Meng Ruolang ignored Bi Yuntao's persuasion, "If you don't steam steamed buns to fight for breath, leave this matter to me!" ”

Looking at Meng Ruolang's serious face, he sighed, "Okay, I'll leave it to you to solve!" I'm here waiting for your good news. ”

Meng Ruolang nodded, and said to the old mother: "You take Ben Gongzi to that person's private room, I don't believe it, there are people whose power can be compared to Ben Gongzi's." ”

Bi Yuntao looked at the disappeared figures of the two, turned his head and squinted his eyes to look out the window, and fell into thinking, how should the situation be broken on the day of the banquet? It seems that some calculations need to be done.

(Ancient silver and modern RMB, divided into one tael, ten taels, twenty taels, fifty taels, one hundred taels, generally snowflake silver is one hundred taels of official silver, here the silver two quoted is the Qing Dynasty exchange ratio, 1:200.) By the way, according to the introduction in "Food and Goods Chronicles of the History of the Song Dynasty", according to the exchange ratio of 1:900-1800 during the Song Dynasty, the scene of Mr. Jin Yong's Guo Jing inviting Huang Rong to dinner used at least 13,000 or more than 30,000 yuan. Therefore, in ancient times, corrupt officials were all big dogs. T_T）