Taiping Inn

Putting aside the "Tianle Taoyuan", Dijing and Jinling Prefecture are the two places with the largest number of courtyards.

There is no need to say much about Jinling Prefecture, the world is famous for ten miles of Qinhuai. If Jinling Mansion mainly uses pleasure boats and towers, then the imperial capital mainly uses pavilions on the ground.

The courtyards in the imperial capital are roughly divided into four levels.

The names of first-class wards and second-class wards are mainly "court", "client", "ge" and "building". The names of third-class wards and fourth-class wards are mostly "room", "class", "store", and "underside". "name.

In the imperial capital, the first-class courtyards include: Huancai Pavilion, Jinmeilou, Manchun Courtyard, Jinfeng Building, Yanchun Building, Meixian Courtyard, Qingyuanchun, and Wutong Building. Second-class wards include: Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Meijin Pavilion, Xinfeng Pavilion, Fengming Pavilion, Xinyage Pavilion, Shihua Pavilion, Orchid Class, Songzhu Pavilion, Quanxiang Class, Qunfang Pavilion, and Meifeng Pavilion. The third-class wards include: Chahualou, Sanfu Class, Sihai Class, Guixi Academy, Guiyin Class, Yunliang Pavilion, Jinmei Inn, and Yixiang Academy. The fourth-class courtyards include: Jiuxiang Tea Room, Juqian Hospital, Guixiang Hospital, Shuangjinxia, ​​Quanlexia, Yuelaidianxia, ​​etc.

The first-class wards are mainly concentrated in the Zhengyangmen area, because on the same street, this street is also called Rouge Long Street.

Wutong Tower is located on the Long Yanzhi Street.

After Shangguan Wan entered the city, he first went to Taiping Money House to take a look at his residence, and then came to Yanzhi Long Street. Although Shangguan Wan was timid in front of Li Xuandu and even wanted to call him a senior brother, it was quite flattering, as long as it was not in front of several masters of immortality, Shangguan Wan was really not afraid of anything. Now her cultivation has improved greatly, making up for the previous disadvantage of being weak in foundation, and she has the power to fight against other experts in the realm of heaven and man. Few people can really defeat her. So Shangguan Wan simply did not change her clothes, but was still wearing women's clothes, and then used a little magical method to change her appearance. Most people who can see through her illusion can also see through her disguise. However, Shangguan Wan didn't think there would be any immortal master or the great master of creation hiding in this long rouge street. Not to mention the predecessors, at least the few immortal people who are alive in the world are all utilitarian. He is serious, either in front of the stage or behind the scenes, and he is disdainful to play those tricks of the world.

Shangguan Wan held a folding fan in his hand. To the eyes of others, she looked like a gentle young man with a slender figure, a jade-like face, and a robe with white teeth and a woven cloud pattern. She looked more calm. Obviously, she was not a rustic bun who had never seen the world. , but a noble young man who has seen the world.

People who can make money in the business of romance are all good at judging people, so they naturally understand that this is a potential customer. These first-class hospitals and these methods of attracting customers are just in front of this young master at his doorstep. Only when I stopped would someone come forward and whisper, but there would never be any move to pull my clothes. They were all dignified and polite, smiling. At first glance, this didn't look like a place of romance, but it seemed like it was entering. Which family of wealthy families, whether maids or servants, have great rules.

Shangguan Wan did not go to Wutong Tower directly, but stopped and even visited a first-class courtyard called Jinfeng Tower, and rewarded more than a hundred taels of silver inside. It was not until the moon was in the middle of the sky. Come to the wutong building that has already been lit. For this industry, this kind of scene-trip behavior is not uncommon. Some people come to Yanzhi Street at dusk and can change to several stores to play in one night. Finally, they will choose a store to spend the night at midnight.

The biggest difference between a first-class ward and a second-class ward is to be quiet in the noise. As the saying goes, winding paths lead to secluded places, covering a vast area, and deep courtyards. No matter how loud it is, it is difficult to hear, and it is natural and quiet. Moreover, all those who can come to the first-class courtyard are powerful people. These big names do not like too noisy environments. Otherwise, it would be said that buying a courtyard is a way to cultivate one's own character.

Shangguan Wan stopped in front of the door of Wutong Tower and gently waved the folding fan.

In front of the door of Wutong Tower was a woman and two teenagers. The woman was about thirty years old and her life was rare in the age of seventy. Not everyone is qualified to be set for a hundred years and placed in the present world. He has already completed half of his life at the age of thirty, especially in this industry, he is even older and has retreated to the second line. As for young people, they are not like servants, they should be specially welcomed guests like Longyang.

Seeing Shangguan Wan stopping, the woman walked forward in a few steps. While walking, her waist was like the wind swaying willows, and her old woman still had charm.

The woman whispered, "This young man looked at her face."

Shangguan Wan closed the folding fan in his hand and said, "A person from Qizhou."

"It sounds like the young master's accent doesn't look like a person from Qizhou." The woman covered her mouth and smiled, "A real official language looks like a local person from the imperial capital."

Shangguan Wan gently patted her palm with a folding fan, "If you want to say it seriously, my ancestors were indeed from the imperial capital, but later moved to Qizhou. Now it is considered a return to his hometown."

"So that's it." The woman chuckled and said, "I just saw the young master stopping in front of the door, but do you mean it?"

Shangguan Wan said: "Of course it was intentional, but I just arrived for the first time. I would like to introduce it to you."

While speaking, Shangguan Wan took out a silver ingot from her sleeve, about three taels.

The woman took the silver ingot and became more respectful, "Young Master is here at the right time. Today, Miss Wei's performance happened."

Before Shangguan Wan could ask, the woman began to introduce Miss Wei.

Whether it is "Tianle Taoyuan" or Jinling Qinhuai, there is a saying that the courtesan is selected. The so-called courtesan is the best among flowers. It is not self-proclaimed, but many literati and poets are invited to jointly select it. Not only the appearance is considered, but also the talent, from poetry and songs to chess, calligraphy and painting. The difficulty of being elected as the courtesan is really no less than being on the list of successful candidates. The reason why Li Xuandu and Hu Liang went to "Tianle Taoyuan" was because Hu Liang suggested that "Tianle Taoyuan" was selecting a courtesan, which was a rare and lively event. In fact, it is true. Selecting a courtesan can be regarded as an elegant thing, and it does not involve too many dirty things.

This Miss Wei was the previous courtesan. When she was at her peak, her reputation resounded throughout half of the imperial capital. Every time she performed, the children of all dignitaries came to support her. It really fulfilled the famous poem of the poet: "At the age of thirteen, I learned to play the pipa and became the best in the music hall. After the song, I taught Shancai to admire her. After putting on makeup, Qiuniang was jealous. The young men of Wuling competed to tie their hair, and I didn't know how many red silks were used for a song. The silver comb on her head was broken by the clapping, and the blood-red silk skirt was stained by wine." It's a pity that the courtesans in this industry are like a flash in the pan, and they can't last long. When the new generation replaces the old, who will hear the old cry? After this year's courtesan comes out, the old courtesan will become yesterday's flower, and will inevitably fall into the situation of "the door is deserted and the horses are few". Although the woman said it tactfully, Shangguan Wan still understood it, and sighed in his heart, wondering if these courtesans would "dream of youth in the middle of the night, cry in the dream, and the makeup is stained with tears"? But then again, the courtesan is still the courtesan after all. Even if she is a little out of fashion, she is still expensive, and there are still new and old customers coming to support her. The so-called "the door is deserted and the horses are few" is only compared to the past bustling. Compared with ordinary women of the moon, she is still very popular. Just to listen to a song, and to listen to the song together with a group of people, without doing anything, it costs 100 taels of silver. If you want to be a guest in the curtain, you can't do it without several thousand taels of silver.

Shangguan Wan knows the sufferings of the world. The annual salary of a prince is only 25,000 taels of silver. If you don't have the income from many fields and farms, you really can't afford such a place. Fortunately, Li Xuandu was generous and allocated 200,000 taels of silver to her for her activities in the imperial capital.

Shangguan Wan took out four more Taiping coins from his sleeve and said, "The extra ones are for you."

Thousands of years ago, Zulong ruled the world and unified the world's currency. The new coin weighed twelve zhu. Because one liang equaled twenty-four zhu, this kind of coin was called a half-liang coin. Taiping coins were cast in the style of half-liang coins, but the material used was changed to red gold. Each coin weighed one liang, and one red gold coin was one liang of red gold. The price of red gold is about three times that of ordinary gold. Now one liang of gold can be exchanged for nine liang and three qian of snowflake silver on the market. With the smelting cost, one liang of red gold can be exchanged for about thirty liang of silver.

Four Taiping coins are one hundred and twenty liang of silver.

The woman couldn't hide her joy on her face, and she personally led Shangguan Wan to Wutong Tower. For a woman like her who has retreated to the second line, her annual income is only four or five hundred liang of silver, and twenty liang of silver is not a small amount of money that can be ignored.