Nanjing was called Jinling and Jiankang in the Yuan Dynasty. It was called Jiqing Road. After Zhu Yuanzhang captured Jiqing, he changed it to Yingtian Prefecture and established the capital here. Zhu Di launched the Jingnan Campaign to seize the throne of Emperor Jianwen and moved the capital to Shuntian Prefecture, and changed Yingtian Prefecture to Liudu, also called Nanjing. It was one of the capitals of the Ming Dynasty, along with the capital Shuntian Prefecture and Zhongdu Fengyang Prefecture.

As the capital, Nanjing has been one of the largest cities in the world since the Eastern Wu period of the Three Kingdoms period. By the middle of the Ming Dynasty, it reached a population of 1.2 million, making it the largest capital in the world. Among them, the ten miles of Qinhuai was the most prosperous, with a river separated by one river. On one side is the Jiangnan Gongyuan, the general examination hall for the southern examination, and on the other side is the place where famous scholars gather in the southern schools. The most famous ones are the Old Courtyard and Zhucheng.

On this day, Zuixianju, the largest inn on Chenxiang Street in the old courtyard, welcomed a large group of guests. The leaders were four arrogant young men. There were no less than a hundred guards on the left and right, so they kept eight large sedans firmly in the middle. They didn't know what a remarkable person inside.

The shopkeeper on duty at Zuixianju was not panicked. As a large inn in Nanjing, they received more such big figures, let alone one or two hundred people, and he had seen thousands of people. Now there are more wealthy people in Jiangnan, and they often bring hundreds or thousands of guards and slaves to the Qinhuai River. The scale in front of him is quite small.

This group of people may have come to the courtesan conference at the end of the month. As soon as they came in, they booked a courtyard with a size of heaven, and they ordered it for half a month. Although the shopkeeper had not seen the main master yet, the guards could roughly guess the identity of this person. There were obviously some eunuchs who were innocent. The master was either the prince's son or the relatives of a prince.

Sure enough, after these people lived in the Tianzi compound, the four leading young men and a eunuch who looked like a housekeeper led a young man and a beautiful and inconspicuous 28 girl to Zuixianlou for dinner with more than ten guards.

But this young man is too young, but he is ten years old. The stunning girl beside him is not comparable to the vulgar rouge powder on the Qinhuai River. Could this be really here to visit the courtesan conference?

Who is this young master? Of course, it is our little emperor Zhu Cijing. It turns out that he was really bored in Fengyang Mansion. Luo Yangxing happened to come to report. He had almost checked the local wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River in Zhao Zhilong and his group. However, these people are usually busy everywhere and rarely get together. It is quite difficult to capture them in one fell swoop.

It just so happened that the end of the month is the annual courtesan conference in Jinling City. The leaders and minds of the Jiangnan family usually come to watch. After all, buying a courtesan is a very proud thing, and they have always enjoyed it. At that time, it would be too easy to catch people around Zuixianju.

Our little emperor Zhu Cijing became interested when he heard that there was a courtesan conference. There were too few entertainment activities in ancient times. Isn’t it a pity to not attend such a grand event? Although he can’t do anything, it’s okay to go to see the world, so he decided to attend it in person. He has watched the private visits of Kangxi several times and has long wanted to go to private visits.

Although Zhu Cijiu is only eight years old, his prestige has long been established. It is really a golden word. No one dares to object to such a ridiculous thing. He can only mobilize all the masters of the Dongchang and Jinyiwei to serve as his guards. Although there are only one hundred people, these people are all masters among the masters, and they can all fight against a hundred... Of course, it is unlikely, but it can be done with one block of ten or even dozens. In addition, Cao Huachun, Qin Gongming, Qin Yiming, and Qin Mingyue, these peerless masters, I am afraid that even if there are 100,000 troops, they will not be able to keep our little emperor.

There is no problem with safety. Our little emperor naturally ran to Nanjing City in a hurry. As soon as he moved into Zuixianju, he couldn't wait to go to Zuixianlou for dinner. It was not that he was hungry, but that he wanted to see how rich the rich these rich people in Jiangnan were.

Zuixian Tower is a two-story restaurant near the river, covering an area of ​​no more than thousands of square meters. There is also a large theater building with hundreds of square meters in front of the building. This is the venue for the Courtesan Conference. Of course, it is not yet time, and there are no courtesan competitions on it, and only some opera troupes are singing local songs.

Zhu Cijing and the others were about to find a place to sit down when the shopkeeper hurriedly ran up and persuaded them. It turned out that the shopkeeper was still divided into grades, with about dozens of taels of silver per table on the first floor, but hundreds of taels per table on the second floor. The shopkeeper had known that they were distinguished guests, and when he saw that they were going to sit down on the first floor, he naturally ran to stop him.

It is very contemptuous on the ground of Jinling. If you sit on the first floor, it means you are just a little person and cannot be on the table. Although this young man is young, he is a prince and noble. The shopkeeper naturally dare not let him sit on the first floor. If he is despised and starts to get angry, he may not be able to demolish the Zuixian Tower, but it is still very easy to demolish him, the little shopkeeper.

Zhu Cijing heard that there were still these rules and naturally he would go to the second floor. He was visiting the rich, not the villain.

The second floor is indeed much higher than the first floor, and there are more than ten tables near the theater. One side of the river is full of flower bonsai, and the layout is like a garden. At this time, there were only a few tables on the second floor. Zhu Cijiu casually found a table to greet everyone to sit down, and then picked up the menu on the table to look at it.

What a guy, I really don’t know if I don’t look at it. I was shocked when I saw it. A plate of vegetables costs more than ten taels of silver. What about crystal elbows, braised lion heads, and Dongpo pork with dozens of taels per serving. Jiangnan, it’s really not as rich as ordinary!

He was thinking about ordering something when a table next to him suddenly burst into laughter: "Hahaha, Mr. Zheng, I'm lucky to be happy, I'm still accustomed to staying in Jinling City. I've wanted to visit you for a long time, and I haven't had time, I'm ashamed."

Zhu Cijing frowned at the laughter, and asked Luo Yangxing next to him in a low voice, "Who is this? You're so arrogant."

Luo Yangxing whispered: "Go back to the emperor, Chen Zengyu, the son of Chen Bangfu, the Marquis of Si'en, and he has some influence in Jinling."

It turned out to be the prince of the Marquis' family. No wonder he was so arrogant, but who was he so polite to? Could it be a duke? Zhu Cijing couldn't help but look in the direction of bowing. He couldn't help but be stunned when he saw it. This person was not a duke, but a child younger than him!

He couldn't help but ask curiously: "Who is that kid?"

Luo Yangxing looked at the child carefully and couldn't help but blush. He didn't even recognize the child!

He couldn't help but angrily and said to the master Jinyiwei standing behind him: "Go and check it now, the faster the better."

A master of the Jinyiwei bowed his order and rushed downstairs. After a while, he came up and whispered to report: "Your Majesty, this child is Zheng Sen, the son of Fujian General Zheng Zhilong."
Chapter completed!