In this way, you can see it at a glance.

"By the way, Dad, when the child came back today, I happened to see Erhu and they brought back another girl." Su Shaoyou asked, "How much do we have in our hands now?" ”

"What is this, you ask? Could it be that you want to fight some kind of ghost idea? Su Yimo frowned.

Su Shaoyou couldn't cry or laugh, knowing that what he did in the past was too unsuccessful, no wonder his father thought so, he lowered his eyebrows and said, "Dad, look at what you said, the child now has an idea in his heart." ”

"There are about forty of them, and they are all a little beautiful." Su Yimo said: "What the hell do you have ideas?" ”

Su Shaoyou looked at his father and said, "Dad, these Nizi, are you planning to sell them to the Qinglou brothel in Datong Mansion?" ”

"That's right."

Su Yimo said lightly: "Yangzhou is famous for thin horses, our Datong is not bad, there are many brothels in Datong Mansion, these goods in our hands are good-looking, and some of them are young, which is good to sell." ”

His voice was very smooth, without the slightest mood swing, as if he mentioned that he was not going to sell dozens of big people, but dozens of pigs and sheep.

"Daddy, that's what the kid thinks." Su Shaoyou said slowly: "Since we have so many people in our hands, why can't we open a brothel by ourselves?" ”

"Drive it yourself?" Su Yimo's brows immediately furrowed.

"yes, Daddy." Su Shaoyou persuaded: "Look, we have these Nizi in our hands now, our family has those two grain stores in Datong Town, don't we want to transport the grain out to the tax surnamed Feng?" In that case, it will be difficult for the inventory to support one, let alone two. So one of the storefronts can be completely changed, Dad, how good is the location of our storefront in Guandi Temple? If the brothel is changed, and we girls are all smart, after we open, let's get a few clear people to bid for everyone, and this fame will sound all of a sudden! ”

"As for those old bustards and turtles, as long as they use the silver, those teeth can immediately find all the people. The nursing home hired people directly from the industry, and the children were familiar with a few in Datong Mansion. There are stores, there are people, and all that remains is to stuff some silver into the county to dredge up the relationship. The child also knows a few people who can pull the door, and it won't take long to get it done. ”

Su Shaoyou agitated.

was said by his son, Su Yimo was really a little moved, if he sold these girls to the brothel Qinglou, it would be a one-shot deal, and if he sold it, he would sell it, and there would be no income in the future. But if you run it yourself, this silver will come in a steady stream!

He used to be reluctant to do this kind of business, which was embarrassing, but now the family's money is already very tight, and he has to deal with the surnamed Feng, and he can't care about anything.

Seeing that his father was still groaning, Su Shaoyou said another sentence, and this sentence made Su Yimo make up his mind.

"Dad, if we sell these Nizi, we will lose a lot! How much silver can we sell for a Nizi? Ten taels? Eight taels? That's a great price, isn't it? ”

"But what if we drive it ourselves? Just by opening the buds for a Qingqi person, ten taels of silver will come out! After that, if you can type out the name and get an Oiran or something, I'm afraid that the cost of spending the night will not be less than six or seven taels! Dad, this is a long stream of money! ”

Su Yimo can't listen to the silver of white flowers now, and as soon as he heard this, he immediately made a decision: "Cheng, you do this." Even if you let it go, if you have anything to do, just open your mouth. ”

"Yes, thank you, father." Su Shaoyou saw that his father recognized him, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly responded. (PS: About the value of prostitutes in the Ming Dynasty.)

The boundaries are different, the grades are different, and the prices are naturally different. "Plum Garden Yu Tan" mentions that prostitutes who set up private kilns outside the imperial city of Beijing can choose one as long as they invest seven dollars. This price is much lower than the cost in "Golden Vase Plum". For example, in the eleventh chapter of "Golden Vase Plum", it is written that when Ximen Qingchu arrived at Lichun Courtyard, he shot five taels of silver. The twentieth chapter wrote: "Zhu Shi said: 'What Second Brother Ying said is that you (referring to Ximenqing) are rain or shine every month, and you give him (Sister Li Gui) twenty silver bags, and if you don't go, he will be at ease. In the forty-ninth chapter, he said: The next morning, Cai Yushi and Dong Jiaoer took a tael of silver, sealed it in a big bag of red paper, went to the back, and took it to Ximen Qing to see. Ximen Qing smiled and said: "Civilian business, he has a lot of money with you!" This is the sign-up. Because of the confinement lady, each of them gave him five dollars of silver, and sent it out of the back door.

And all that.

The Ximen officials have a lot of money, so they are naturally not bad for money, but his price is already a lot of money, and it is not something that ordinary people in the market can consume.

During the Wanli period, the scribe Zhang Yingyu mentioned in the "Book of Deception" that there was a famous prostitute named Hua Bu, who was "quite valuable and did not associate with vulgarity, but with Haojun." Every night, Fei Yin is six or seven. ”

The third volume of Feng Menglong's "Xingshi Hengyan" has the story of "the oil seller monopolizes the Oiran". Hangzhou Oiran Wang Meiniang fourteen-year-old broken melon price is twelve taels of silver, after the night of the capital of ten taels, honest and thrifty oil seller so hard to sell oil, every day to earn a penny, every day to accumulate a penny or two cents, save for three years, finally can with the Oiran good night moment. It can be seen that the price of prostitution is very high, and most brothels are a place for the rich to relax.

The Ming Dynasty was extravagant, and there were many records about prostitutes, but in fact, it was still a very extravagant behavior for ordinary people. ）

……

Just when the father and son of the Su family were discussing how to make money, the ancestral village was already gloomy.

was robbed by Su Erhu with the Su family's family, and now the ancestral hall is like a bone that has been gnawed by a dog several times, it can be described as poor and white, and the things are clean.

From time to time, you can still hear bursts of crying, that is the daughter of the family who was snatched away, and the daughter of his own family fell into the mouth of the tiger, and I don't know if I can see each other in this life. It is said that you can redeem it with the silver grain, but the question is, where does the silver and grain come from? Even if there is no food to survive, where can I go to get silver and food?

"Father, mother! Daddy, mother! …… How can you leave like this? ”

Suddenly, there was a loud cry from a family in the west of the village, and the cry was miserable, and the small village was suddenly alarmed.

Many of the houses were left with people walking quickly in the direction where the crying came.

It was a courtyard at the westernmost end of the whole village, and compared to other houses in the village, perhaps the courtyard of this house could be called a courtyard. The adobe wall, the gatehouse of blue bricks and tiles, and a stone threshold. When I entered the courtyard, there were about two or three zhang square, and there were three main houses in front of me -- these three main houses were actually built of blue bricks.

This is really very rare in the village, if some wealthy villages are not enough, but in villages like Citouzhuang, the house is built of green bricks, and there are only two families if you count this family.

The owner of this family is surnamed Wu, and he was originally one of the richest in this ancestral village.

When the small river that flowed through the west of the village had not dried up, his family had 20 acres of watered land by the river, and produced a lot of land every year. Not only did the family build a brick house, but he was also able to send his son to Lingyidu's private school and read the books of sages. You know, the cost of reading a lot in those years, not to mention anything else, just say that the consumption of pen and ink is a great burden for ordinary people. Although papermaking was widespread in those days, paper was still expensive and a luxury for the poor.

Therefore, those who can read are generally not too poor, and often some scholars claim to be cultivating and reading heirlooms, cultivating and reading heirlooms. The so-called farming heirloom is definitely not an ordinary farmer, most of them are worthy of their own squire, and they are also small landlords.

At the beginning, the old lady of the Wu family was looking forward to his son being able to study and gain fame, get ahead, and glorify his ancestors. The idea is good, but there are so many people who read in the world, not to mention that they are the last to be promoted to the middle of the jinshi, even if they are in the middle of the show, some people can't do it.

For example, the one who was sent to a private school in the Wu family.

From his teens to his fifties, he never passed the exam, and finally became an old boy.

According to the regulations of the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty, all scholars who studied the profession, regardless of age, were called Tongsheng or Confucian children before they were admitted to the student that is, the qualification of Xiucai. Even if you're seventy, you're a child. However, it should be noted that children are not completely equivalent to students who have not been admitted to Xiucai, and only students who have passed the two assessments of the county examination and the government examination can be called children.

In fact, I didn't get into Xiucai, just a child, so it's nothing. At least he is literate and hyphenated, and he has a lot of knowledge, and in the township, he can also be regarded as an outstanding figure. If you don't want to farm, you can also go to the county to find a livelihood, the Ming Dynasty was prosperous, and countless merchants traveled all over the place. Many of these businessmen have wealth, but some of them have never read or read, and this is a great loss, and it is easy for people to be deceived. Therefore, many businessmen invite masters, and those scholars with merit and fame disdain to do this, and they want to be masters for wealthy businessmen or officials. Therefore, the masters of these small and medium-sized businessmen who are not big or small are basically the main force of these down-and-out literati.

As long as you are a good worker, not only do you not have to worry about food and clothing, but you can also get some money home every month, which is enough to feed the family. But the problem is that not only did he not pass the exam, but he seems to be stupid in his brain. He doesn't work in the fields, nor does he go out to make a living, and the whole day is to shake his head at home, read the books of sages and sages, and rely on Xiucai wholeheartedly. It's just that I haven't been admitted to the exam for so many years, in fact, it's not a matter of strength, the accumulation of knowledge is definitely enough, and what we should do is to reflect on other aspects.

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