Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 4 May I ask how to get to the brothel?

In the capital, the biggest street is Desheng Street. This street runs across the entire capital, from the West Gate to the East City. Thirty years ago, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty personally conquered and swept the world. , so it was named Desheng Street.

   Since then, this street has become one of the symbols of the capital and the most prosperous street in the capital.

Although it has been snowing for three days, the outside of the city is still plain white, but there are not many traces left by the heavy snow on Desheng Street. After all, this is the capital, and the streets are usually cleaned by special people, and people come and go. Wherever you go, there are no traces of nature left.

   At this time, on the streets of Desheng Street, a young man who was not particularly tall, carrying a bamboo basket on his back, was walking on the street shrinking.

   This boy is naturally Li Xin.

  The reason why he flinched was not because of fear, but because of the cold.

   He now has only two shirts, a lining and a jacket. This is what he wears for autumn, and now it is the twelfth lunar month, and it will be the end of the year. The cold wind blows on him, making him shiver.

Fortunately, today is the sun, and the sun is shining on him, which finally made Li Xin feel more comfortable. He looked around on the street for a while, and then his eyes locked on a slightly fat middle-aged man with a mustache. On the body, Li Xin stepped forward and gently patted the middle-aged man on the shoulder.

   "Hello, eldest brother, I'm new to the capital, I have something to ask my eldest brother about."

The middle-aged man stopped and looked back at Li Xin. After seeing Li Xin in a single shirt, there was some contempt in his eyes, but as a commoner in the capital, he still had to carry his "identity", this The middle-aged man coughed and began to face Li Xin.

In his opinion, the young man in front of him probably came to the capital to seek marriage and wanted to ask him for directions, so he put his hands behind his back, looked at Li Xin with a smile, and said, "Little brother, if you have any questions, ask me? , Mr. Wu has lived here for decades, and there is no place in the capital that I am not familiar with."

  Li Xin bent over to thank him, and then asked solemnly, "Brother, where is the biggest brothel in the capital?"

   The smiling expression of the middle-aged man froze on his face. He stared blankly at Li Xin, and did not recover for a long time.

  This young man, his clothes are rude, he doesn't say anything, and there is still coal dust on his face. He looks like a poor family, and he speaks a foreign accent...why...just ask the brothel?

  The world is going down!

   What the **** is going on in this society? Could it be that someone like me, Wu, can't keep up with the times? All the young people today are like this?

  Li Xin was stunned when he saw him, thinking that this eldest brother didn't understand, so he added patiently: "The brothel is a brothel, a kiln."

   The middle-aged man twitched his eyelids and smiled stiffly: "Little brother, is it daytime... or morning... It's not appropriate to ask this, if you really have an idea, I can take you to some good places at night..."

   Having said this, he looked at Li Xin with a lot of affection, and obviously regarded Li Xin as a fellow.

   The reason why Li Xin chose this middle-aged man was because he looked at him with vain steps, his face was pale and bloodless, and his demeanor was wretched.

  Li Xin shook his head and said, "Big brother, I have something to do when I go to the brothel, I would like to ask big brother to make it easier..."

The middle-aged fat man frowned and smiled slyly: "A man goes to the brothel, isn't it just to do business? Everyone knows this, but the bigger buildings are not open at the moment. I'm in a hurry, Brother Yu can take you to a few smaller places..."

   Li Xin looked at this wretched fat man with a speechless expression.

   This guy is hopeless.

  In the end, after several entanglements, Li Xin finally asked the location of the brothel in the capital, or the location of the most expensive brothel in the capital.

   That is the Rouge River in the south of the city.

The Rouge River was originally called the Qinhuai River. On the river, there are boats and stairs. Every night, the Qinhuai River is brightly lit, because the young ladies in the brothel often wash the rouge by the river. Over time, the river is faintly scented. People call it the Rouge River.

   Li Xin said goodbye to this wretched middle-aged fat man after asking the way clearly, turned around and walked towards the Qinhuai River.

   What I have to say is that Li Xin simply asked him the way. This fat man knew him at first sight. He wished he could directly bow to Li Xin on the street. It took Li Xin a long time to get rid of this fat man's entanglement.

Before we parted, Fatty told Li Xin that his name was Wu Daoxing.

   But Li Xin doesn't have the heart to pay attention to this fat man now. He must rush to the Qinhuai River and sell the copycat version of the animal charcoal on his back.

He knew very well that the "beast charcoal" he carved would not be on the table. The real rich people were unwilling to buy them, and the poorer people would not be willing to spend much more than ordinary charcoal to buy them. Therefore, The best selling point for these cottage versions of charcoal is the brothel.

In this era, the status of charcoal in winter is roughly the same as that of air conditioners in later generations. That is to say, as long as you are in the service industry, you must burn charcoal in the room. After all, no one wants to spend money and be frozen, so for brothels In other words, charcoal is just needed and a necessity.

But there is another problem here, that is, ordinary charcoal, bamboo charcoal has no brand face when burned, and the real noble charcoal green house can't be burned. Very cheap charcoal…

   With this wish, Li Xin came to the largest brothel by the Qinhuai River.

   proud building.

The so-called spring breeze is very fast, and the proud building is the favorite place to come to after the students have won the jinshi. Although this is a brothel, it is relatively high-end. The shepherds of the Qing Dynasty, all of them read and read. If you want to get into them, it is not enough just to have money. You have to pursue it yourself.

This is the difference between the high end of the industry and the low end of the industry. This feeling of refusal and welcome is the favorite tone of those who study. Therefore, in the ten miles of Qinhuai, this building has the best business and the easiest to come to. money.

   It was morning, and the Dayi Building had not yet opened for business. Li Xin, carrying a basket of charcoal, gently knocked on the door of the Deyi Building.

The one who opened the door to greet Li Xin was a very thin maid. The maid looked only fourteen or fifteen years old. After looking up and down at Li Xin, she said crisply, "This son, we are coming to the proud building. You can only open the door at You Shi, if you want to come, come back at You Shi."

People who really know how to do business are often less likely to make things difficult for customers. After all, a smiling face, a polite word, and no cost, so the habit that this maid has cultivated over the years makes her face Li Xin. For courtesy.

  Li Xin untied the bamboo basket from his back, then picked out a piece of the most delicately carved tiger-shaped beast charcoal, put it in his hand, and handed it to the little maid.

   Li Xin's tone was polite.

   "Miss, I'm here to see your boss. Please tell me if I have charcoal for sale here..."

   Having said that, Li Xin paused and continued.

   "One hundred cents a piece."

   (end of this chapter)