Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 115 The news of the Maruyama tour girl
It is said that the industry of wandering girls originated from the shrine maidens of the island country shrines.As the witches gradually left the shrine and wandered outside, performing songs and dances everywhere, providing services to men became a sideline for them.

After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the islanders who originally did not have a strong concept of racial differences in the Tang Dynasty believed that "China has perished."Therefore, the first overseas geography book of the island country published in the eighth year of Yuanlu (1695) was called "Huayi Tongshang Kao".This "Hua" refers to the island country itself, and China under the rule of the Qing court became a member of the "barbarians" in Confucian culture.

In response to this situation, those Maruyama wandering girls who provided services to Tang people in Nagasaki were also divided into a separate group.The service objects of Maruyama Girls are divided into islanders, Tang people, and Dutch people.Tour girls who serve the islanders will never serve the Chinese and the Dutch, because the latter two are "foreign barbarians".

The shogunate's regulations on this are, "Tang people are not allowed to go out at will, and women other than wandering women are not allowed to enter."

In the first month of the second year of Yuanlu (the 28th year of Kangxi), when the first batch of Chinese merchants moved into the house of the Tang Dynasty, dozens of Maruyama girls came to visit the next day.However, they did not come to do business that day, but organized a group visit to familiarize themselves with the environment.

With the successive arrival of Tang boats, Maruyama's business of traveling girls in Tang Dynasty grew rapidly.It is important to know that Tangren’s house can accommodate up to 3000 people staying at the same time. As a result, there are 2 Maruyama tour girls who enter Tangren’s house every year, and the highest number reaches 4.

It is said that in Maruyama Town, Nagasaki, there are two types of relationship between Younv and Younv’s house, one is a public-spirited Younv, and the other is a named Younv (the payment is hung under the name of the Younv’s house). "Shiqiu Younv" is a special group among the named Younv.

The reason why Shikier girls are special is that according to the customary rules, they can only serve one person in their life, and all her sources of income can only depend on that one person.

Lvyun is an official girl, she only serves Shen Jingdan.

In order to find out what the government's strategy was for the big ship, she took her maid Adong back to the "Yanghuashan Pavilion" in Maruyama Town early in the morning.In addition, she has another important matter to report to the Yanghua Mountain Pavilion.

This Yanghuashan Pavilion is the largest of the 74 girls' houses in Maruyama Town, covering an area of ​​19 pings (nearly 150 square meters). It has been nearly 1929 years since Kanei opened in [-] years (real history It didn’t close until [-], a proper time-honored brand.)
Because the boss Yamaguchi has something to go out, at this moment in the room on the second floor of Maruyama House, Lvyun is chatting with the proprietress.

"Adi, are you really pregnant? How long has it been?" the proprietress asked happily. "Green" was Shen Jingdan's name for her, and her flower name in Maruyama was Oginoto.

"I asked the doctor to take the pulse a few days ago. Calculated by the day, it has been more than two months."

The proprietress said enviously: "Boss Shen really loves you. Adi, you are blessed."

Shen Jingdan had always loved Luyun very much.Because he was pregnant with his own child, he applied to the Nagasaki Magistrate a few days ago to increase the "Yangdaiyin" (fee for traveling girls) to Luyun to a thousand catties of white sugar.At this time, the wholesale price of white sugar in the Nagasaki market was more than three taels of silver per catty, which was a lot of money.

The payment of travel expenses for women in the Tang Dynasty was strictly managed by the shogunate.

For example, Shen Jingdan cannot give Luyun money directly.He must first pay the silver slip (silver ticket) to the Nagasaki Magistrate, and then the Magistrate converts the silver slip into silver and distributes it to the Yanghuashan Pavilion. inside.

Another example is that when Shen Jingdan donated goods to Luyun, the goods must first be handed over to the enforcement office through the town officials, and the enforcement office would calculate the corresponding market price at that time, and then pay the money to Luyun.

It is said that there is no contraceptive technology in this era.And the merchants of the Qing Dynasty were trapped in the "Chinese compound" every day. Apart from drinking, eating and listening to theatre, they just had sex with Younv, so it was very common for Younv to become pregnant.

According to the rules, Lvyun has to report to the Nagasaki Enforcement Office through the Yanghuashan Hall. As long as Shen Jingdan agrees, the Enforcement Office will approve the birth of the child.Before the child is born, Luyun has to find a "nafu girl" who waits on the confinement to give birth to the child in a Tang Dynasty house.However, due to the underdeveloped medical technology in this era, the survival rate of babies is not high, and the love crystallization of some wandering girls and Tang people died young.

The shogunate forbids these mixed-race children to return to the country with their fathers. They are generally raised in the mother's house of a wandering girl. When they grow up, many of them take their mother's Japanese surname.

Lu Yun chatted with the proprietress, and the parents made a lot of short stories. During the period, people came and went, and some good friends also came to say hello.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Luyun felt that the preparation was almost done.At this time, there were only her and the proprietress left in the house, so she asked the proprietress, "Do you know what the Fenggong Office has to do with the big boat that came yesterday?"

"Is this what Boss Shen asked you to ask?"

"Yes, I heard that the big ship is on the waterway where the Tang boat leaves the port, and many Tang people are afraid of getting into trouble. My husband asked me to help find out, so we can make arrangements early."

The proprietress looked around, covered her face with her fan, and said in a low voice, "The guy who delivered the food this morning said that there are many officers and soldiers from outside the town, there must be thousands of people."

"what!"

While the two were talking, the barrier door was pulled open, and the boss, Yamaguchi, walked in.

"Ah, you're back, Adi."

At this moment, Luyun's worth is different from before. With the confidence of a thousand catties of white sugar, she can be good at any time after giving birth.So the boss and the proprietress were very polite to her, and didn't treat her like an ordinary girl.

After some courtesies, the proprietress talked about Boss Shen asking Luyun to inquire about the big ship outside the port.

The boss, Yamaguchi, pondered for a while before opening his mouth and said, "Adi, do boss Shen still have a lot of goods in Xinjizang?"

Luyun replied: "I heard from him that most of the goods purchased before were brought back by someone, and now there are only a few books left."

Yamaguchi nodded: "That's good."

The "Xindi Zang" mentioned by the two refers to the warehouse at Tangren Quay.Because it is an artificial island reclaimed from the sea, it is called Xin; the islanders call the warehouse "Tibet".

"Why do you ask this?" Luyun asked strangely.

"It's a coincidence that you came today. I just came back from the town hall. Starting tomorrow, all towns in the city will be under martial law."

After hearing this, the proprietress and Luyun thought for a while, and then asked in surprise: "Do you really want to expel them by force?"

Yamaguchi nodded heavily, and said in a low voice: "I heard that last night, the Saga Domain and the Fukuoka Domain have arranged most of the troops in the Bansho to the warehouse at the port and the new Jizo of the Tang Dynasty. This is to prepare Embark at any time for deportation."

Luyun was about to ask again, but the proprietress hurriedly asked: "I heard that the foreign ship is as big as a mountain, and the ship's side is scary. I'm afraid it will be difficult to fight?"

"You don't know. I heard that His Highness Izumomori has notified the surrounding feudal clans to send troops to assemble. The troops of the Omura and Isahaya feudal clans arrived outside the city last night. It is estimated that in two days, the navy of the Satsuma clan will also arrive. "

"How can there be such a big formation?"

Boss Yamaguchi got up and opened the barrier door, looked at it with his head, then closed the door and sat down, and said in a low voice: "I heard from Mr. Ikeda that the people on the big foreign ships are all descendants of Tang people, and they came here for an old incident 58 years ago. , I want to collect debts from the Changzhou Fan."

"Ah? Then why did they come to Nagasaki? They went directly to the Changzhou Domain."

"Cut~~ This is just one, and there is another. Master Ikeda told me quietly that the bow of the foreign ship said that they have rice, and I heard that it is still polished rice!"

The proprietress and Luyun were stunned immediately.How much rice does a large foreign ship like a mountain have to carry?

Boss Yamaguchi sighed, and said in a low voice: "Master Izumomori is the same, it would be great to find someone to buy food secretly in the open sea. Now people are starving to death everywhere in the city. Those foreigners have sold out the food, so naturally they will not I will stay here. As for the Changzhou Fan, it has nothing to do with us."

Don't look at the feasting and debauchery here in Maruyama Town, and the drunkenness and dreaming in the "Chinese Compound", many townspeople in Nagasaki City are struggling to die at this time.Now the price of food in the city has skyrocketed, and many people have run out of food at home.With famine comes infectious disease.

Nagasaki is a city formed by relying on sea trade. The shogunate adopted a state-managed trade system. It locked the only trading port in Nagasaki, so the locals had to work for the trade.And everyone's food and clothing also depends on the prosperity of the sea trade.

Because none of the Dutch merchant ships have arrived at the port in the past two years, the trade volume has dropped severely.In order to raise funds to be handed over to the shogunate, the Izumo Mamoru began to increase the tax on commodity transactions, increase the burden of labor, severely punish the private trading of trade goods, and immediately arrest and torture if there is any doubt, so that many townspeople and The merchants were in a panic.

The Lord Izumo also cut the salaries of the officials, and ordered the officials below to ban alcohol.But he himself privately asked the Dutch to provide red wine and various overseas luxuries for his own enjoyment, and indulged in wine and sex all day long.

(So ​​everyone knows why the citizens of Nagasaki lined up to urinate on his grave after the death of Toda Shimeng?)

At lunch, Mr. Yamaguchi specially ordered a simple version of "しっぽく饭" (Zhuoku cuisine) to celebrate Lvyun's pregnancy and fortune.

This thing is also unique to Nagasaki.People in Nagasaki appreciate the way of Tang people who sit around the Eight Immortals table, stretch their arms and legs, and then eat together with family and friends.So the Eight Immortals table was changed into a round shape, the legs of the table were shortened, the table top was dyed vermilion, and a tablecloth was spread on it; everyone sat around and ate.

Even Tang people's punching orders on the wine table are called "様quan", "Huoquan" and "thumb fighting" by the locals.Because these tricks were brought out by the wandering girls after they learned them from the "Chinese compound", they also use Chinese to speak.

In the menu of Zhuo burden cuisine in later generations, there must be a large platter, a Dongpo meat, stewed sea bream, plus various local delicacies and Chinese dim sum; such as peach steamed buns, cloud cakes, bean paste cakes, money cakes, Honey fruit and so on.

After hearing what Boss Yamaguchi said, Luyun began to worry about Shen Jingdan.He went to a foreign ship in the morning, and he didn't know what the situation would be.If this starts to be expelled by force, it may be implicated in some way.

So after lunch, she hurried back to Tangren's house with her maid.But when he got to the residence, he found that Shen Jingdan was not there, and neither was Shen Xuan.

After she sent her maid to find someone to inquire, she finally learned from Lao Huang that Ah Quan and Shen Jingdan got on the big boat together in disguise in the morning, and that the two actually stayed on the big boat and never came back.

This is bad!
(End of this chapter)