The Prosperous Era of Longwan

Wei Guangde's eyes were a little straightened, and he stared blankly at the slim figure.

The woman's upper body is a blue emerald smoked sweater, a pleated skirt with mist and green grass, and a light blue thin emerald smoke gauze.

Although it is common to see a hollow gold hairpin inserted diagonally in the fallen horse bun, decorated with purple jade, tassels are sprinkled on the black hair, the eyes are full of spring water, the clear waves are looking forward to, the mouth is full of vermillion, and every frown and smile touches the heart and soul.

As the woman came onto the stage, she put her right hand on her left hand toward the guests in the audience, made a light fist, and placed it on her abdomen. Then she bent her knees and said a blessing, then turned back to the Yao Qin that had been placed on the stage, and sat down slowly.

Except for the "Hail", the woman didn't make any sound. After sitting down, she began to adjust the strings slightly.

This is of course the girl they call Xiang Ning. From the time she came on stage to playing the piano, she could only see her clothes fluttering and her appearance looking forward to her.

Wei Guangde felt a little crazy when he saw Xiang Ning adjusting the strings.

"No wonder, it's really beautiful."

Wei Guangde, who came back to his senses, said to Zhang Hongfu and the others.

"That's right, Nanchang Mansion wants Miss Xiang Ning to go there, but they don't want to, haha."

A young man next to him said with a smile.

"I also went to a few places in Nanchang with a few people there, and I saw two top names. They are far apart."

Wei Guangde thought about the two courtesans he had seen in Nanchang before and felt that at this time, they were no longer suitable to be called court ladies.

Indeed, in a place, I am afraid only the most beautiful person can be called the oiran.

When Wei Guangde was talking, he saw several beauties at the table staring at the beauties on the stage, showing a portrait of Brother Pig. At this time, the melodious music of the piano had already sounded, and Wei Guangde consciously shut up and listened carefully.

Well, after listening to it for a while, Wei Guangde just thought the tune was good. It was just that he was uneducated and couldn't hear what was being played.

However, in the sound of the piano, Wei Guangde unconsciously thought of Bai Juyi's "Pipa Xing". The sentence "Noisy and mixed playing, big and small beads falling on the jade plate" is very appropriate.

It seems that "Pipa Xing" was written by Bai Juyi in Jiujiang Prefecture. The first sentence is "Send off guests on the first night of Xunyang River." Isn't Xunyang Jiujiang?

After that, the girl Xiang Ning played a few more songs, and the end of each song was bound to win endless cheers from upstairs and downstairs.

"Cousin, is this girl Xiang Ning a servant girl?"

Wei Guangde remembered what he had heard before and asked in a low voice.

"Why, you still want to sleep, haha."

Zhang Hongfu replied with a smile, causing several people around him to laugh.

"There are many people who have made plans, but I have never seen anyone succeed. You are really going to succeed. Then brother, I congratulate you."

The young man next to him answered with a smile.

"It's not worth it. If you really want to get started, if you don't spend thousands of taels of silver, I'm afraid you won't be able to touch it with your hands. It's better to just go ahead and take out 10,000 taels to redeem yourself and go back and play slowly."

"I'm afraid I won't let you go if I'm afraid."

"I don't think it's enough."

Soon, Wei Guangde just asked casually, and several people at the table began to discuss Miss Xiang Ning's net worth in low voices.

The prostitutes that Wei Guangde talks about are actually a type of women who make a living in brothels.

The brothels of the Ming Dynasty were actually different from the brothels of the Qing Dynasty and later generations.

Those who sell their bodies are prostitutes, those who do both are prostitutes, and those who do both are prostitutes.

In this era, most of the women in brothels were prostitutes who were prostitutes rather than prostitutes. There were also prostitutes, but the number was small, so the quality was relatively high. The ones they received were all dignitaries, romantic talents.

A brothel that only deals in skin and meat business is not very classy. The young men at this table would not go to that kind of place.

"Forget it, even if you can afford the money, they may not follow you, don't dream about it."

At this moment, after playing a few songs, Miss Xiang Ning had already stood up and left the stage, and the whispers there also stopped.

Wei Guangde felt something was wrong. In ancient times, weren't these young masters supposed to take things by force?

Since when did you start negotiating the price? Why not just grab it by force?

It felt different from the ancient times in his impression. Wei Guangde said curiously: "Whatever money you pay, can't you just take it back?"

"hiss"

What greeted Wei Guangde was a gasp of air from around him.

"Haha. It should be feasible in Madang Town."

Zhang Hongfu stared at Wei Guangde for a long time, wondering how someone so good at reading could think of going there.

"What, no?"

Wei Guangde continued to pretend to be confused.

"Go and try. The two tables over there are still your classmates. Let's see who dares to do it at the tables next to them."

Zhang Hongfu chuckled and shook his head, "Even if you really robbed someone, what do you think the boss behind Cui Xiu Tang will do?

This girl Xiang Ning is now the money tree here. Look how many people are coming downstairs here.

Stealing people's money is like killing your parents. With so many people afraid to take action, you should think that whoever takes action will be unlucky. "

"Also, there are many people here who have ideas for Miss Xiang Ning. If you take her away, think about what they will think. There are many wealthy families in Jiujiang Prefecture. Who doesn't have many people in the officialdom? Just say it. There will be people who will help inform Sir Tixue, not to mention that you are just a scholar with a reputation, even if you are the prefect of Jiujiang, you must guard against criticism from others."

"No one will say anything to you in person. They will come back to you later, and they will be accurate every time."

"Guangde, even if you become a local official in the future, you should clear up your relationship first, so as not to accidentally offend people and families you can't afford to offend. Men need to be able to bend and stretch, don't you think?"

"No matter how big a person is, what can he bend or stretch?"

The young men next to him immediately answered the conversation after Zhang Hongfu finished speaking. You said it one by one and I said it one by one. As for the performances in the audience, after Miss Xiang Ning stepped down from the stage, no one seemed to pay attention to them anymore.

Wei Guangde understood that in this era, every business has a backend. The bigger the business, the bigger the backend. These young men all know this truth.

In addition, it seems to be revealed that these days, no matter if you are an official or something else, you must assess the situation and the situation when doing things, and you cannot do whatever you want.

Well, what people are saying is that their personal ethics are bad.

After sitting for a while, Wei Guangde said a few words and then got up and went to the two tables next door. They were classmates from the Fu School. They also came here to play, watching the dancers' performances and playing horse cranes.

In the past few days, Wei Guangde had taken half a month's leave from school because he was moving. This time they met unexpectedly in Cuixiu Hall.

"Brother Shen, why didn't you see Senior Brother Lao when you came here?"

After sitting down, Wei Guangde watched them playing cards and asked.

The person he was asking was Shen Liangdong, a senior from the Fu School. Naturally, he also failed in this provincial examination. They came to Cuixiu Hall, but they didn't see Lao Kan coming.

In Nanchang City, Wei Guangde discovered that Lao Kan was quite proficient in brothels and gambling. It was hard to imagine a reason for him not to come.

"Hey, something happened to one of his classmates. He went over to help deal with it these two days."

Shen Liangdong replied.

At this time, a person next to him answered again: "It is a sin to take the scholar examination when you are over fifty."

"You can't say that. It's true that you are determined to study, but your family conditions are a bit poor."

As they talked, Wei Guangde learned that it was a former classmate of Lao Kan, an old boy in his fifties who failed the college entrance examination and finally chose to commit suicide because of high debts.