Chapter 211 Tao Manwu walked hand in hand, Xu Fengnian lived in the tavern
The fat white shopkeeper spoke half white and half literary. Xu Fengnian quickly smiled and said some grateful and polite words. Although Tao Manwu, a little girl with a very good background, was afraid of life, she was not lacking in etiquette. Without Xu Fengnian’s words, she got up obediently and cleverly to move the bench for the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper felt more and more comfortable. After sitting down, she poured three cups of tea, and did not forget to give a sensible girl a portion. Tao Manwu looked at Xu Fengnian carefully. After seeing him nodding, he held the cup of tea and savored it carefully. The shopkeeper saw her skillful attitude and knew that this pair of people from all over the world who only regarded drinking tea as artifical, or perhaps a scholar who went out to visit relatives or went to study with his relatives in Longyaozhou. When doing business, people also pay attention to fishing big fish on a long line. The shopkeeper is well aware of this. The inn and restaurants can be used to stay alive and die in one breath because they rely on the support of regular customers who are not short of money but are very proud. Otherwise, his family would have gone to the northwest wind long ago. There are not many other things in Feihu City, but there are many green-skinned men. Any household that opens the door to make money and makes money, and it will be too painful to weigh it. However, the small business cannot withstand the six or seven forces and come to cut the flesh and pull out the hair every month. These difficult little guys who show off their power behind the King of Hell have to deal with it. If you don’t remember it, you will not remember it or remember it. If you don’t serve it well, you will have to work hard to cause trouble, which makes people annoyed. If you are a lawsuit, the God of Wealth said that you should make money with kindness. Who really has the courage and financial resources to deal with the cold-hearted and cold-hearted official. In the past, there was a restaurant run by outsiders on the street next door, which made money every day. Relying on a backer, it is said that it is the nephew of the nephew of the concubine of the sixth-rank guerrilla general on the border, and the like. The business is so good that he doesn’t want to pick up the pork between his teeth and take out the filial piety silver of more than ten taels a month. Later, dozens of bastards were squatting at the door every day. If guests could come to the restaurant owner, he was young and energetic, and went to the government to shout for justice. The people in Feihu City gathered to bask in the sun, but it was not illegal. Who would be happy to take care of you? Later, the restaurant owner and his family moved out of the city in shame, and were beaten by a group of masked men in sacks.
The shopkeeper took a sip of tea and asked with a smile: “I heard from the accent, the young master is not a local.”
Xu Fengnian nodded and said: “I came to Gusaizhou to visit. I said it was a study tour at home. In fact, I just found an opportunity to come out to see the world under the guise. There was no elder nagging around me. I heard that the name of Feihu City was so secretly coming over.”
The shopkeeper showed a knowing smile that a man knew. He probably was amused by the customer’s straightforwardness and said, “Ha, the young master is a person of temperament, not bad. There are four strange things in our Feihu City, one of which is the one. Feihu whore is very kind, and this is very rough, but it is also a big truth. There are at least seventy or eighty brothels in the city, all of which are bottomless caves for gold, but you get what you pay for. The romantic women in Feihu City are worthy of this price. We local men can never afford to go. Lao Sun, I have been to me a few times when I was young, and I have to live with face and almost lost all my money. If the young master goes, Lao Sun can recommend a few stores, and Jiangbo Tower is undoubtedly the best.Famous people are easy to make a hundred taels of gold and silver a night. The high-ranking officials and nobles in Longyaozhou like to drink there. When they encounter troubles, they are used to going there to wait for the government. If I want to say, the big brothels in Pingzi Lane of Jiaqing are more affordable. The women are beautiful, they are proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but their scores are small. The main reason is that they are not famous enough and they don’t have the confidence to shout out sky-high prices. Many young girls, as long as they have good lyrics and music, and if they have scholars to promote and create momentum, they may become celebrities in the storm building in a few years. I know an old brother. Six or seven years ago, forty taels and a young girl in Pingzi Lane had a night out all night. Young master, guess what? Now it is the red card of Fengbolou! Not to mention anything, it would cost ten taels of silver to just meet and listen to a group of people. Although my brother is well-off, he can’t afford her anymore. If a young master has an acquaintance, he will only cost twenty or thirty taels of silver a night. Hey, look at Lao Sun’s broken mouth, it will only cost twenty or thirty taels. In short, if the young master wants to go and return with all his energy, he will first choose Pingzi Lane. If he has roughly figured out the way here and has money, it will be more stable to go to Fengbolou. “
Xu Fengnian said with a smile on his face, “Brother Sun, just say these words to you. Don’t ask me for this pot of tea. I’m kind enough to receive it, but I’ll pay as much as possible, so I’ll be thinking that my brother has lost a lot of money for me. How much should I pay. “
The shopkeeper refused without hesitation, and stretched out his thumb and praised, “At first glance, the young master is a kind person. “
Xu Fengnian continued to ask, “Brother Sun, don’t call me a young master, you seem to be apart. If you don’t have your surname Xu, just call me Xiao Xu, your family is in the porcelain business, and you can also be considered as having sex with you, brother, and you are all businessmen. I didn’t dare to bring too much money when I went out. If I had lost my reputation and went to Fengbolou, I would probably have fallen into trouble. I would have wanted to walk to Dongjinzhou comfortably. By the way, my brother said that there are four strange things in Feihu City, and three more things are “
Manager Sun didn’t keep it a secret and said, “In addition to our local waters and soil, the women in the city are born with good fortune, and if the young master enters the city, you can see a Hanging Sword Pavilion. I heard that every Double Ninth Festival, you can hear hundreds of swords ringing together, but we can’t go to the top of the city, and we don’t know whether it is true or false. Anyway, that’s what you said. The third thing is to let Lao Sun reveal his own shortcomings. Feihu City, men are all at ease when they are rich and not good at it. After a hundred years of construction, there has never been a high-ranking official who can shine on the family. They are all small officials as big as sesame and mung beans. Look, it’s all because of the beauty of women. There are white and tender young wife lying in the bed at home. There are so many brothels outside the home. They are too busy to do anything at night. They don’t have the energy to compete for a job with outsiders during the day. Brother Xu, look at me, Lao Sun, and I have to keep this family business in peace and contentment. As long as I have no worries about food and clothing, I don’t have the heart to make a lot of money. I usually like to pick some good tea and taste it by myself, and then drink some wine with my brothers, and talk about the family affairs of the streets and alleys like women. What will happen? Outsiders say that we are not motivated and will not be wronged. ”
Xu Fengnian showed a clear smileLove nodded and said softly, “It’s good to be safe, and stability is a blessing.”
This Feihu City, from the layout of the city to the pavilions and pavilions, is all rare in Beimang’s exquisiteness. The women here are far superior to the rest of Longyao Prefecture. The girls nicknamed “Flying Hu’er” have both the graceful appearance of a woman from Jiangnan and the tough roots of Beimang, so they have neither the appearance of a romantic nor the dusty spirit. Even in the entire Beimang Eight Prefectures, they have long been famous. Even if they are the leading figures of Longyao in Feihu’s brocade, their value is far more than twice as expensive than their peers in other places. On the contrary, the man in Feihu City has always been in the military and political circles, and has always been ridiculed as a sissy, and is so flirtatious that he is so flirtatious. The weak man who is rafting on the harbor and watching fish can be seen all over the city, shaking the ancient sandalwood fan and drinking tea and discussing the truth. No one in Feihu City has become a frontier of the third rank or above, let alone a great minister who can go to the royal court to grab an embroidered seat and discuss matters with the empress.
It is hard to imagine that it is this feminine city without any heroism. It has a loft that has allowed nearly a hundred top swordsmen in the Spring and Autumn Period to retreat as hanging swords. Among them is the “Spring Go” hung on the ancestors by the Queen of the Sword of the Western Shu, and the famous sword Zhulong that once confronted Li Chungang’s wooden horse and cow. There is a custom of planting a row of Feng Shui trees at the southern village in the spring and autumn. I wonder if this Hang Jian Pavilion has this meaning of homesickness.
Shopkeeper Sun sighed: “Brother Xu’s eight words have made the principles of heaven thorough. He is worthy of being a scholar in a big family. Unlike us ordinary people who are savvy, who have lived for most of our lives, we can’t say such words.”
Xu Fengnian laughed it off and no longer took this kind of flattery seriously, but asked curiously: “Brother Sun seems to have missed a strange thing.”