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Chapter 555: Nothing to do today, just listen to music on the hook (it’s so annoying to be blocked!)

The Qinhuai River, which was famous for later generations, is now very different.

Since the Ming and New Dynasties banned the brothels and Chu Guan, we can’t say they banned them. They just banned the flesh trade. They also banned the human teeth trade, lifted the slave status, and cooperated with the immigration system supported by the imperial court. Many men and women engaged in the sex industry immigrated to the north under the coordination of the government.

Most of these people went to Henan and Hebei to register and register, and only a small number went to Shandong.

Zhu Yijiong admitted that he took advantage of the ban on brothels and Chu guan to solve the problem of sparse population in the northern provinces. But there is no other way. The brothels and Chu guilds have been banned, and it is impossible to leave those men and women who have quit their citizenship and become good people.

Otherwise, these people will have to go back to the brothel in the end, and if they meet someone who is not afraid of death, they will have to continue the flesh and blood business, which will also waste a lot of people and labor. Moreover, allowing the proliferation of skin and meat trade will lead to another serious problem, which is affecting the fertility rate of the civilian population.

When the Manchus and Qing Dynasties took control of steppe Mongolia, although they only had one plan to reduce Ding to become a monk, it also caused another negative problem. That is, because too many Mongolians in the grassland became monks, many monks and grassland women began to have sex, which then caused the proliferation of sex on the grassland, which directly affected the increase in the population of the grassland.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the Manchus knew this would happen and did it deliberately.

The imperial court banned the brothels and the human teeth trade, regardless of other provinces. At least the Qinhuai River at the foot of the emperor had to be strictly inspected almost every one or two years.

Once anyone is found to be operating a skin and meat business in violation of the law, he will be directly sent into exile, especially to places like Heilongjiang where normal immigrants are unwilling to go.

They arrested and exiled several groups of people in succession, and basically all the brothel owners in the Qinhuai River area who were bold and not afraid of death were arrested. The rest will either give up and change careers, or completely transform their brothels into mere hook-and-mortar houses.

The so-called Goulan Washe has a relatively broad definition. Perhaps the most common one is "I have nothing to do today, so I go to Goulan and listen to music." Strictly speaking, it can also be understood as a comprehensive commercial and entertainment venue.

Inside, you can find shops selling food, clothing, jewelry, and even fortune tellers, all of which are collectively called vases. There are other professional performance venues and commercial entertainment areas, which are collectively called Goulan.

Overall, both have nothing to do with the flesh business.

Of course, there may be a relationship.

It all depends on whether it is formal or not, and adapts to the passenger flow.

The transformation of the Qinhuai River brothels into Goulan tile houses is not essentially a downgrade of consumption, but a manifestation of the economic development of the capital of Nanjing. Because more and more ordinary people have spare money, they can bring their wives and children to visit Goulan House, watch magic performances and buy goods.

Compared with those high-end consumption literati, these huge citizens who only earn three melons and two dates are the real big consumers and the permanent customer flow.

Anyway, since the first wave of owners who changed their businesses to Goulan Houses made money, all the brothels in Qinhuai River began to follow suit.

After all, the emperor no longer allowed flesh and blood business, and brothels were not very interesting. Not only were the old scholars coming less and less, but they were also not as frequent as before (actually this was because big clients were Exiled a lot).

As the number of career changers increases, involution inevitably begins.

From ticket prices to service levels, tea and fruits, including the gradual enrichment of performance content, and even the introduction of individual vendors to increase the diversity and accessibility of internal products.

Huang Dian, the Marquis of Yi, was deprived of his royal title and military power due to the Jiangxi case a few years ago, and was demoted to the rank of Second Marquis. He returned to the capital to rest. In the last imperial court, the grassland and Liaodong were pacified, and the Han Dynasty was unified, and he was promoted to Yizihou again.

By now, this guy had already looked away and understood that the emperor was not targeting him. And it is indeed time for him to retire and give more opportunities to those young officers and generals.

Even this Yihou was saying that the emperor had not forgotten the brotherly loyalty of the past, and was also warning Huang Dian not to make mistakes, and to be his new lord of the new dynasty honestly, and he would live a prosperous life.

Including Huang Dian, the old brothers who had sworn sworn brothers together in the uprising are still alive now, but their fate and future have long changed.

Zheng Dingrui, like Huang Dian, is a prince, but he still leads the army and is now in charge of Kangzang. Just in the spring of this year, the monks and nobles of Kangzang heard that the new Ming Dynasty was going to force the people to return to their native land, and they gathered troops to rebel. The Ming army of Kangzang, which had been well prepared, immediately sent troops to suppress it.

Now, counting the time, the news of the suppression of the rebellion is probably already being delivered to Nanjing.

After all, a group of Kangzang native soldiers who had lagged behind for hundreds of years and relied solely on religious beliefs to rebel could not defeat the Ming Dynasty's regular army, which was well prepared and equipped with advanced firearms.

After Huang Dian resigned from the Fourth Army, Li Yong first temporarily took over as general for half a year, and then because he violated military regulations and took the lead in drinking and gambling in the military camp, he was demoted back to deputy general, but his title was still there.

Wu Wai had worked as the commander of the Jinyiwei for several years and was already familiar with the Jinyiwei. The details of the trip to Mobei were his work. Although his title is not very high, his nephew is the prince, so there is no need to worry about his future.

As the Marquis of the new dynasty, Huang Dian cannot say that he has nothing to do every day, which is nonsense.

Naturally, the imperial court did not restrict the rights of these new dynasty nobles to participate in business. Even clan business was allowed in Zhu Yijiong's vision. Otherwise, according to his idea, the clan would have to reduce its hereditary status and continue to reduce it, or else the clan members would become commoners within a few generations. If we don't give them the right to do business or take imperial examinations, it will basically force the royal family to rebel on their own.

Although Huang Dian, the Yihou, had enough salary, he had no intention of sitting on his hands. Instead, he took advantage of the last train to open the sea in the new dynasty, invested in some maritime businesses, and made a lot of money. Moreover, this time the imperial court took the lead in sending a fleet to explore the Americas. This guy also participated in investing a sum of money, and he did so as a nobleman.

Nothing to do today, go hook up and listen to music!

It's not yet evening, and the Goulan tile houses on the Qinhuai River are already crowded with tourists.

Although the New Year has passed, the expected passenger flow has not subsided immediately. Huang Dian just walked among the crowd with his two followers. Coupled with the brocade clothes on his body, he looked like a wealthy man traveling alone... Master.

This Goulan House is not high-end, but it is not too low-end, so the flow of people is not too crowded. However, Huang Dian arrived a little late, and there were no empty seats in the auditorium on the stage.

Fortunately, the tickets are not expensive, and I happened to see an acrobatic performance as soon as I entered. I saw a man first take out a red silk cloth, spread it out to the audience, indicating that there was no mechanism, then took out a green silk cloth, repeated the operation, and then began to rub and rub, a pigeon flew out of thin air, attracting The audience in the audience exclaimed in surprise.

"it is good!"

Huang Dian also clapped his hands and cheered.

He stared at the juggler the whole time, but he couldn't see how the pigeons appeared out of thin air. After the man transformed into a dove, it wasn't over yet. He then picked up two empty buckets. It was still the same routine. After showing that there was nothing in the bucket, the next second he took out fruits and food from it and distributed them to the audience.

Then he took out new pigeons, cats, dogs and other animals, until finally, he suddenly pulled out a wine jar, as if he was exhausted.

Huang Dian watched with great enjoyment. Even though he was standing watching the performance, he cheered along with the audience, and he did not forget to throw the few Xinchao Tongbao in his pocket onto the stage.

After watching the sleight of hand performance, there was acrobatics, exciting content one after another, and the audience under the stage cheered and applauded from time to time.

"Man, let's have a cup of tea and a plate of peanuts."

"I want a plate of melon seeds."

"..."

"Brother, give me three bags of melon seeds, too." Huang Dian shouted casually. "okay!"

The waiter was very busy, walking back and forth delivering snacks to the spectators.

The melon seeds and peanuts sold in Wazi are more expensive than outside, but the spectators are so happy watching the performance that they naturally don't mind the price. Watching the performance while eating snacks is the way to enjoy life.

In addition to the food and tea provided by Wazi itself, there are also many imported vendors and lackeys. These people enter Goulan Washe to do business and are cooperating with Wazi. They need to provide rent, while Wazi provides business stalls. The two are mutually beneficial, but there are also cases where Wazi bullies vendors.

But it's generally rare, because most of them are just street vendors. If you can't do it here, go to other Wazi. At worst, you won't set up a stall in the Qinhuai River, but it's the same as setting up a stall outside to sell goods. Moreover, this will ruin the reputation of one tile house and easily scare away the vendors of other tile houses.

As time goes by and night falls, lights are also lit on the Wase side, and the passenger flow reaches its peak period.

Nowadays, with the use of steam engines to pump water in coal mines in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and the civil war has basically ended, the coal industry in various places has gradually recovered, and the use of fuel by people across the country has returned to the coal era.

After all, coal is much cheaper than charcoal, and the low price also means plenty of fuel at night.

Although the curfew in Nanjing City is still there, the time has gradually moved back, but it will not exceed twelve o'clock at the latest.

This has nothing to do with the economic prosperity of the society. The curfew in the prosperous Kaiyuan era was also to go to bed at nine o'clock.

The Goulanwashe on the Qinhuai River can only be opened until midnight. If anyone dares to open it particularly late, the patrol officers from Nanjing City will have to check it the next day.

However, the kind of truly exciting programs are not entirely lacking. After all, the emperor just doesn’t allow any more skinny business, but he doesn’t say that you can’t show off your attention (side note).

This kind is often found in the innermost part of Goulan tile houses, and can only be seen at night. Not only are there fewer people watching during the day, but it is not enough to arouse people's hearts, so that the male guests can reward them with more money.

Huang Dian watched the magic show and did not leave directly. Instead, he found a wine shop near the back of the house.

There was a stage next to the wine shop, so I ordered food and drinks inside. After eating for a while, I saw someone coming up to the stage.

It was said to be an exciting show, and there was a warm-up in advance. After the warm-up, a woman was introduced. It was said that she was a Hu girl from overseas.

In fact, they are Japanese women. Ironically, many of these Japanese "Hu women" were led by the Japanese shogunate and then packaged and sold to the Ming Dynasty.

At first, it was only the feudal lords who secretly trafficked people, and not only women, but also ronin. This can not only solve the problem of excess population, but also solve the unstable factors of too many wanderers in the domain.

You ask, wouldn’t those ronin resist after being sold?

Of course not, they have long been unable to survive in the country, and now that the feudal lord has given them shipping tickets to go abroad to work, every one of them is overwhelmed.

Many Southeast Asian countries and European colonists have Japanese ronin mercenaries. Moreover, their combat effectiveness is far stronger than that of the indigenous servant army, and their will to fight is also stronger.

It just so happened that the Ming Dynasty banned the flesh trade, so these famous Japanese people caught up with the trend and all made a lot of money. Originally it was just to deal with the excess population and ronin warriors in the domain, but now it has tasted the benefits.

The domestic audience market of the Ming Dynasty was generally composed of wealthy businessmen. Since the imperial court did not allow Chinese people to engage in flesh and blood business, then overseas "Hu women" could do it, right?

Moreover, these overseas "Hu women" are more open-minded than the women of the Ming Dynasty and can do whatever they are told, which brings a different kind of excitement to the wealthy businessmen.

The Japanese feudal lords made a lot of money from human trafficking, and it was naturally impossible for the Edo shogunate to just watch. Tokugawa Yoshimune finally compromised, realizing that it was impossible to solve the smuggling problem unless he defeated the Chinese navy.

If you definitely can't defeat them, then join directly. The Edo shogunate will take the lead and monopolize the domestic smuggling and human trafficking business.

It has to be said that under the monopoly led by the shogunate, the quality of Japanese "Hu Nu" has been significantly improved. The shogunate even specially dispatched general officers to teach "Hu Nu" Chinese.

Zheng Rui, the powerful general in the shogunate, was also appointed by Tokugawa Yoshimune to communicate with customers in Ming Dynasty China.

Japan's official organization of civilian women's unions is true since ancient times.

When the Japanese "hu girl" came on stage, she was wearing a rather revealing dress (compared to the ancients), which instantly attracted the attention of most of the male guests in the audience, especially with the veil covering her face.

A song and dance with an inexplicable tune sounded, and the "Hu Nu" began to dance to the music, with a large area of ​​white skin exposed.

Huang Dian didn't understand the specific dance, but he just thought it looked good. Especially those white flowers that were exposed from time to time along with the dancing, which attracted the attention of the male guests in the audience.

After all, women from the Ming Dynasty would not dress so revealingly and do such "large-scale" side dances to attract attention.

"it is good!"

Even before the dance was over, some spectators were throwing money wildly on the stage.

Huang Dian is also in his thirties this year, close to forty years old. Strictly speaking, he has not yet married a wife, but he does have two concubines: "She is indeed a Hu girl from overseas. She is really attractive, but I don't know where she came from?"

The onlooker at the next table casually added: "Where else can we start? Of course it is the Japanese island country next door!"

Huang Dian was stunned: "Japan? Didn't you say overseas barbarians?"

The scholar at the table next to him looked like a scholar. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Japan is also a vassal country, and it is also overseas. Aren't the girls in the country the overseas barbarians?"

Huang Dian was a little stunned: "Is this okay?"

"Haha, what a pity!"

The table next to him was still talking to himself: "I heard that these Japanese bearded girls were very cheap in the past few years, but in the past two years, the prices have suddenly gone up for some reason. It's just that what we see in Goulan House is all When others pick out the leftover goods, they can’t even speak complete Chinese. The really good goods have been bought in advance by those wealthy businessmen and gentry.”

"What a pity, she's just a Japanese bearded girl... not worth it, not worth it!"

Huang Dian shook his head after hearing this. Although he felt a little disdainful, he still insisted on watching the performance on stage. Then, with a hot body and mind, he went back home to talk to his concubine about life.

　Speaking of which, when I saw the anti-pornography campaign in Dongguan, the industry was actually involved... It was very shocking.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)