Chapter 4 May I ask how to get to the brothel?
The largest street in the capital is Desheng Street. This street crosses the entire capital, from the West City Gate to the East City. Thirty years ago, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty personally fought and swept the world. When he returned to the court, he passed by this street when he returned to the court, so he 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 had been heavy snow for three days, the world was still white outside the city, but there were not many traces of heavy snow left on Desheng Street. After all, this is the capital city, and there are special people to sweep the streets, and there are no traces of nature where people come and go.
At this time, on the streets of Desheng Street, a young man, who was not particularly tall, was carrying a bamboo basket and was huddling on the street.
This young man is naturally Li Xin.
The reason why he shrank was not because he was afraid, but because he was cold.
He now only has two clothes, one in the inner clothes and the other in the outer clothes. This is the autumn dress. Now it is the twelfth lunar month, and it is about to end the New Year. The cold wind blows on him, making him tremble.
Fortunately, today it was the big sun, and the sun shining on his body finally made Li Xin feel more comfortable. He watched around the street for a while, and then his eyes were fixed on a middle-aged man with a slightly fat body and two beards. Li Xin walked up and gently patted the middle-aged man on the shoulder.
"Hello, brother, I'm here for the first time in Beijing. I have something to ask for inquire with you."
The middle-aged man stopped and looked back at Li Xin. After seeing Li Xin in single clothes, there was a hint of contempt in his eyes. However, as a commoner in the capital, he still had to hold his "identity". The middle-aged man coughed and began to look at Li Xin.
In his opinion, the young man in front of him was probably coming to the capital to visit his relatives and wanted to ask him for directions, so he put his hands behind him, looked at Li Xin with a smile, and said, "Little brother, please ask if you have any questions. Mr. Wu has lived here for decades, and there is no place I don't know about in this capital."
Li Xin bent over and thanked him, and then asked seriously: "Brother, where is the largest brothel in the capital?"
The middle-aged man's smiling expression froze on his face. He stared at Li Xin blankly, but he didn't recover for a long time.
This young man, not only has simple clothes, but also has a clean coal ash on his face. He looks like a poor family, and he is also speaking with an accent from other places... Why... he asked the brothel?
The world is declining!
What's wrong with this society? Could it be that I, Mr. Wu, can't keep up with the times? What's the current teenagers are like this?
Seeing that he was stunned, Li Xin thought the elder brother didn't understand, so he patiently added: "The brothel is a brothel, a kiln."
The middle-aged man's eyelids twitched, and his smile was very stiff: "Brother, is it in broad daylight now... or in the morning... Is this suitable? If you really have an idea, I can take you to a few good places tonight..."
Speaking of this, his eyes were already intimate when he looked at Li Xin, and he obviously regarded Li Xin as a fellow student.
The reason why Li Xin chose this middle-aged man was because he saw his steps were pale, his face was pale, and his expression was a vulgar. At first glance, he was an old client who often visited the kilns.
Li Xin shook his head and said, "Brother, I have something to do when I go to the brothel. I'll ask you for a convenience..."
The middle-aged fat man squeezed his eyebrows and smiled very obscenely: "Isn't a man going to a brothel just to do things? Everyone knows this, but the bigger buildings are not open at this moment. If you are really anxious, Brother Yu can take you to a few smaller places..."
Li Xin looked at this vulgar fat man speechlessly.
This guy is hopeless.
Finally, after several entanglements, Li Xin finally asked about the location of the brothel in the capital, or the location of the most expensive brothel in the capital.
That is the Rouge River located in the south of the city.
The Rouge River was originally called the Qinhuai River. There were boats and towers and towers on the river. Every night, the Qinhuai River was brightly lit. Because the ladies in the brothel often washed rouge by the river, over time, the river water emitted a faint fragrance, so it was called the Rouge River.
After Li Xin asked the way out, he bid farewell to the vulgar middle-aged fat man and turned around and walked towards the Qinhuai River.
It has to be said that Li Xin simply asked the way. This fat man hit it off at first sight and wanted to be a friend of Li Xin on the street. It took Li Xin a long time to get rid of this fat man's entanglement.
Before parting, the fat man told Li Xin that his name was Wu Daoxing.
However, Li Xin has no intention of paying attention to this fat man now. He must rush to Qinhuai River and sell the basket of copycat beast charcoal on his back.
He knew very well that the "beast charcoal" he carved was not on the table. Really rich families were unwilling to buy it, and slightly poorer families would not be willing to spend much more than ordinary charcoal to buy it. Therefore, the best selling point for these copycat charcoal is brothels.
In this era, charcoal was roughly the same as the air conditioning status of later generations in winter. That is to say, as long as you are in the service industry, you must burn charcoal in the room. After all, no one is willing to spend money and have to be frozen. Therefore, for brothels, charcoal is a necessity and a necessity.
But there is another problem here, that is, ordinary charcoal, bamboo charcoal is not available when it is burned, and real expensive charcoal brothels cannot be burned. If at this time, a charcoal that looks like animal charcoal but is very cheaper than animal charcoal...
With this wish, Li Xin came to the largest brothel by the Qinhuai River.
Deyi Tower.
The so-called "Spring Breeze is the place where the students like to come after they have passed the Jinshi. Although this place is a brothel, it is relatively high-end. There are basically few low-end services that directly sell themselves. The innocent people in Deyilou are all reading and literate. If you want to join them, it is not enough to have money alone, but you have to pursue it yourself.
This is the difference between high-end and low-end industries. This feeling of wanting to refuse but still waiting is the most popular theme for those who study. Therefore, in the ten miles of Qinhuai, this Deyi Building is the best business and the easiest to make money.
It's morning now, and Deyi Building has not opened its doors to do business. Li Xin carried a basket of charcoal and gently knocked on the door of 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 spoke frankly: "Young Master, our Deyi Tower will not be able to open the door until the hour of You. If you want to come, come again at the hour of You."
People who are really good at doing business often do not make things difficult for customers. After all, they have a smile on their face and a polite word without cost. Therefore, the habit that the maid has developed over the years makes her very polite when facing Li Xin.
Li Xin untied the bamboo basket from his back, then picked out the finest piece of tiger-shaped animal charcoal from it, put it in his hand, and handed it in front of the little maid.
Li Xin was kind tone.
"Miss, I'm here to meet your boss. Please tell me that there is animal charcoal here..."
Speaking of this, Li Xin paused and continued.
Chapter completed!