How powerful the political brokers are, is not what Ji Ning can imagine, these political brokers may be local oligarchs, the value of their existence is to seek wealth or treasures, or even beauties and curios, and when the time is right, they will contribute these things to those powerful people in the court, they will get political protection, or the convenience of power, whether it is in the court or in the locality, black and white people must obey their command.

These people became the nominal helmsmen of the locality, and even the government, the Temple of Literature, and the forces in the rivers and lakes had to make way for them.

After Ji Ning finished talking to Tang Xie and the others, before the night completely fell, they walked together in the direction of the black market in the city.

The black market of Jinling City, in the most complex area in the south of the city, is surrounded by people of three religions and nine streams, and there are many theaters and small grass platforms around, just like Dashilar, many people from other places will also make a living here, and it is also the only way for ships to transport into the city, and it has become the distribution center for the transit and transportation of goods in Jinling City.

It is precisely because of this, it has also created the development of the Qinhuai River in Jinling City, Qinhuai River as an inconspicuous river in the south of the Yangtze River, just because his geographical location is in Jinling City, so that this river is injected into the elements of Fengyue, at night, the Qinhuai River carved columns and paintings are arranged one after another, many girls are standing on the bow of the boat to solicit guests, or there are famous Qinhuai famous prostitutes, once the boat comes, there will be a large number of romantic talents or people with financial strength to come forward to talk, Discuss the conditions of boarding with the owner of the ship or the maid sent by the girl, or offer their own prayers, and if they have the strength and luck, they will have the opportunity to get on the ship and spend the night with the beauty.

"If you don't want to go to the black market today to see the auction of oracle bones, you should really go to the Qinhuai River to enjoy the scenery, it is said that Tianxianglou has recently added two painting boats, Liu Ruis and other women will also go to the painting boat to feast guests, this is a grand event in Jinling City, Yongning has always been appreciated by Miss Liu, after this Zhongyuan understanding, I haven't had a chance to go to Tianxianglou to see her, right?" Tang Xie asked.

Ji Ning shook his head very frankly, and Tang Xie sighed: "That's right, a place like Tianxianglou, it costs a lot of money to go once, with Yongning's current financial resources, maybe it's not enough, go back and ask you to go with your brother, even if you can't spend a good night with Miss Liu, you can find one or two good girls to spend the night!" ”

Xie Tai smiled: "Brother Tang, if this matter spreads, I'm afraid that Miss Liu will not see us again in the future, right?" While coveting her, she is acting majestic on other women, and the women of Xianglou that day also have a temper! ”

Tang Xie smiled and said nothing, but the experienced Han Yu smiled: "You don't understand this, in Tianxiang Building, you only believe in talent and money, as for any temper, it is all a fraud of silver." Although Sister Yao loves to be pretty, the most important thing is to love silver, as long as we spend the silver on Miss Liu, she still doesn't look at us differently? If she doesn't take care of her business, how can she make money to support herself, how can she buy rouge gouache to dress herself, and how will she redeem herself in the future? Could it be that she will be a laughing woman in the green building for the rest of her life? ”

Ji Ning said: "It's too realistic. ”

Tang Xie waved his hand and said: "Yongning, in this real world, some things are better to be realistic, just like that Miss Liu, she is always a person in the wind and moon, you must not feel anything about it, it may be okay to act on the spot, but if you are emotional, you will be brought back as a concubine in the future, it will cause trouble, if Yongning is you are worried, you might as well take her out in the future to raise her as a foreign house, and occasionally go over to see it!" ”

Ji Ning has always been unable to agree with Tang Jie's values, but he also agrees with one thing, that is, the women of Qinglou are easy to mess with, because it is not said that you can get a sincere return if you pay sincerely, even if Liu Ru showed a certain interest in him before, it could only be that Liu Ru wanted to use his talent as a springboard, let him help compose lyrics and music, etc., it belonged to wanting to use his talent to improve his reputation.

"What Brother Tang said is extremely true!" Ji Ning didn't go to refute Tang Jie, and walked to the black market streets and alleys on the edge of the Qinhuai River.

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The black market is in Dengkou Street in Jinling City, where there are lanterns everywhere, and those who can open the Qinlou Chu Pavilion here are all operated by some big businessmen, and the ordinary Qinglou does not have this opportunity.

"Guest officer, there is a good wine and wealth in it, why don't you go in and try it?"

Perhaps because the off-season in September is about to pass, as the temperature in the south of the Yangtze River decreases, there are fewer merchants in Jinling City, and many merchants who go north return to their hometowns to escape the cold before the cold winter comes. The business of Qinlou Chu Pavilion is light, so he can only find some people to come out to attract guests.

"No, you don't have any top cards here, what are we going to do?" When Tang Xie passed by these people who came out to solicit guests, he would say in a very arrogant tone.

"Guest officer, do you want to go in and take a look, the girls here are no worse than the girls in those big places......"

Those people didn't care about their own face, and when they caught up and said something, a local snake who maintained order stepped forward and said, "What are you doing?" Are these guests something you can stop as well? I didn't see that these are all famous masters, and it is our blessing to be able to come to our Dengkou Street! ”

After all, the people who come here are all for consumption and fun, and they are the ones who spend money, and it is not good for the people of Dengkou Street to drive these people away.

When the group arrived at the place where the oracle bone inscription was auctioned that day, Ji Ning knew that it was just a small two-story building.

The door is not big, and after paying the entrance fee of two coins of silver, you can go inside to see, the courtyard inside is very spacious, and only those who have paid the silver are eligible to go up to the second floor. There weren't a lot of seats on the second floor, and along the outer corridor of the patio, there were about forty seats, and behind each seat sat one or three people, who were also there to compete for the oracle bone inscription.

Ji Ning, Tang Xie and others came early, and there were not many people upstairs, but they saw that many seats were empty.

"Yongning, this son is something I have already set, and the seat next to it is also, the five of us, sitting at two tables will not be crowded, let's see the situation later, if the price of the oracle bone inscription is right, we can also bid, but the final price may be beyond imagination!" Tang explained.

"What is the final price?" Xie Tai asked.

"It is estimated that it can reach tens of thousands of taels, or even hundreds of thousands of taels, and in the end, the sacrificial text of this oracle bone inscription will eventually fall to the capital!" Tang explained.