As soon as he walked into the hall, Yu Chengchan felt a cool breeze blowing in his face, which made people feel very comfortable. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 He raised his head and took a closer look, and found that there were multiple wooden troughs above his head, and the wind was sent from the opening, and he didn't know where it came from, so that the people sitting in the hall could feel the feeling of natural wind, and it would not be hot at all.

"Where did this wind come from?" Yu Chenglong asked.

Yu Peng replied: "There are two machines at the back of the house that resemble a big grinding disc, and there are two donkeys pulling. The large plate turns, which drives the gears and the blast blades, as if the bellows of a blacksmith's shop, send the wind into the wooden trough and circulate it in the hall so that it does not get hot. ”

Yu Jackie Chan looked around the hall and found that the decoration of the hall was very luxurious, the floor was paved with polished marble, the pillars were also covered with a layer of marble, and glass oil lamps were lit around it, illuminating the brilliant lights in the hall.

An Annam woman dressed in gorgeous Hanfu performed on stage, winning bursts of applause from the sailors in the audience.

"These Annam women are some of the best in the world, and they can make a lot of money to go back when they come here. Most of the people with the best posture don't want to marry like this. Yu Peng told Yu Chenglong.

After the performance of the Annam women, it is the Tianzhu women wearing Indian costumes who perform on stage, and these Tianzhu girls are a group of women from Indian upper caste families with fair skin, good facial features and charming appearance. Originally, India was a patriarchal place, and it was impossible for these Tianzhu women to cross the ocean to perform on stage.

In India, the status of women is not as good as that of pigs and dogs, and men can divorce their wives and remarry at will, which is not in the Ming Dynasty. It is not a casual thing for Han people to divorce their wives, only if the wife violates the rule of seven outs, otherwise the wife will go to the county lord to sue the man, and the man's lawsuit will definitely be lost.

In large families, the status of the wife is very high, after the death of the mother-in-law, the wife has the highest status in the house, no matter what concubine, maid, housekeeper, slave, must obey the wife.

But in India, the status of women is almost as good as that of untouchables! Even the Brahmins, the women of the Kshatriyas, are as low as pigs and dogs.

Of course, there are exceptions, if the woman's family is particularly powerful, she can still protect her daughter.

In India, there was a custom of widow burial, and after the death of her husband, the widow was often burned to the death of her deceased husband.

In such a place, how could a woman casually come out and come to Singapore to make a living? However, because Britain, France and other countries colonized India, it also provided convenience for Nanyang Company to purchase Tianzhu women. The Nanyang Company colluded with the British and French colonists to kidnap and abduct a group of young girls from India.

The daughters of those families disappeared and were brought to the governor of the colony, but to no avail, and nothing was done. Anyway, in India, daughters are money-losers, and if they marry a daughter, they will have a lot of dowry money, and if their daughter is gone, they will be gone, and they will not feel distressed.

In this way, the evil colonists of the Nanyang Company and the British colonists had the same smell, abducted and kidnapped many Tianzhu girls, and sold them to Singapore.

But for these women, they came here to be free. It's better to be out there than to live in hell in India.

After the Indian singer danced, the Persian woman took the stage next.

Persia at that time, but not later Iran, although it has been greened, but still there is no extreme green religion later, the Persian women at that time wore colorful clothes, very bright, a bit similar to the women's clothing in Xinjiang. The Persian women, with thin veils over their faces and colorful gowns that exposed their navels, performed on the stage to their heart's content, winning the shouts of the white sailors.

Compared with the low-status Tianzhu women, the Persian women actually have a relatively high status and are also very open. Very early on, Persian orchids came to the East to dance, and there were all in the Tang and Song dynasties, and even in the Ming Dynasty, there were Persian orchids who came to the East, but not as many as in the Tang and Song dynasties.

Inviting Persian orchids to perform in Singapore is different from going to India to kidnap young girls, Persians are more active and developing, basically someone goes to lobby for it, and there are orchids who come here by boat.

Yu Chengchan found that the consumption of this place is not low, the drinks here are sold very expensive, and customers who come to play are not allowed to bring in drinks from outside, so they can only buy them inside. Sitting down at the table, a petite and beautiful waitress came up and greeted warmly: "What does the gentleman want?" ”

"Have a cold beer!" Yu Peng said.

After a while, the waitress came up with a beer and two glasses and served it to the table. Yu Peng took out the sachet, took out two dime coins from it and handed them over.

Yu Chenglong recognized this kind of coin, it was issued by the Nanyang Bank, two cents a beer, the price is not cheap, this kind of currency is almost equal to one or two silver, one or two silver is enough for an ordinary person to live for a year. And two cents a dozen beer, it's really not cheap.

"It's hot all year round, the ice is brought in from the far north by clippers, and the cost of cold beer is very high, so it's a little more expensive." Yu Peng said.

Yu Chenglong picked up the wine glass and took a sip, feeling that this thing called beer tasted very good, especially in the hot summer, every pore of the whole body felt cool after taking a sip. It's just that this kind of thing is too expensive, and the military salary of ordinary soldiers can only drink five zazai a month.

In the performance hall, there are also people holding trays, selling special offerings for ocean-going sailors.

Yu Chenglong felt that the special offerings seemed familiar, so he stopped the young man named the special offering: "Can you let me take a look?" ”

"Okay, please take a look!" The young man brought the plate up.

Yu Chenglong picked up a cigarette gun on the plate, flipped it in his hand a few times, and picked up the beautifully made copper box on the plate, and suddenly understood: "Isn't this a special offering of the Eight Flags?" Why is it called a special offering for ocean sailors here? ”

"Oh, it's the same thing, the noble banner man of the north can enjoy it, and of course the sailors of Taixi who come from afar can also enjoy this kind of good thing!" The young man said.

Yu Chenglong asked the young man to leave, and then lowered his voice and asked Yu Peng: "Didn't I hear that this thing is harmful to people?" The Eight Banners special offerings have made the flag people miserable! How can you sell this kind of thing? ”

Yu Peng lowered his voice and said, "What can't be sold?" It's okay to use this thing often, and the profit is very high, we can make a lot of money by selling this, which is much better than selling cigarettes! What's more, those ghosts are addicted to it! If they're addicted, we'll be better off selling. We only sell outsiders, not our own. (To be continued.) )