In the next few days, things were going on as usual, and the Star Fire Secret Camp also practiced as usual. However, since Yun Qing joined, several more trainings were added every day. One was the boxing technique improved by Yun Qing himself after Cao Yi learned, the other was the sword technique used on the battlefield, and the other was the formation practice. After all, marching and fighting were not against each other on the streets, but the structure and array were still important. After practicing for a few days, the formation practice became more and more sensible. It must have been better to train the square formation and military posture before, laying a solid foundation.

In Jiangning City, as the Little New Year approaches, the atmosphere of joy gradually becomes stronger. In addition to the closer the New Year, there will be a six-day event to be held. In other words, the Jiangning brothel industry takes advantage of the Little New Year meeting to hold a competition to decide the first and first courtesans of the eight major brothels in Jiangning City next year.

If the Mid-Autumn Festival Poetry Festival and Double Ninth Festival were more of a carnival for talented men, then the Spring Festival is a festival for talented men and beautiful women, and this final choice for the courtesan is a grand event for the beautiful people.

But this beauty refers to the beauty in the brothel, not the lady of a noble family. In this era, the reputation and status of the brothel's priest are quite good. If a talented man is involved with it, it will be considered elegant. If some heroic stories happen, they will be more widely circulated and even become beautiful stories.

In many festivals mentioned before, whether it is the Shangyuan Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, or the Double Ninth Festival, there are not many disputes of interest. It is nothing more than a competition of poetry talents who are not the best in literature. Although the talented men make friends with poetry, the government supports it behind the back, it is only necessary to maintain basic order.

But the courtesan competition is related to the reputation and interests of more than 100 brothels of all sizes in Jiangning City. If there is a brothel with a title of courtesan under its name, then the brothel will have a fortune by having a treasure pot directly. Therefore, this kind of competition is not just a false reputation of a talented man, but a real money. If there is any cheating or tricks in the competition or after the competition, there will be a dispute. Therefore, the government will come forward to serve as a fair judge in every brothel competition, and this year is naturally no exception.

In addition to providing the venue, the government also prepared bouquets of flowers, and each bouquet was ten taels of silver. In previous years, wealthy businessmen even gave 10,000 bouquets of flowers. In fact, there was no real 10,000 bouquets of flowers. It was just to spend money to buy a shout, and so on, who would give a hundred bouquets of flowers to someone. This is basically the case. As for the money to buy flowers, the girl who gave them to the end, 80% of the brothel belonged to the brothel, and the remaining 20% ​​was the cost of holding a courtesan competition for the government. So no matter who it was given to, as long as it was bought and sent out, the government would charge 20%, which was equivalent to ensuring income from drought and flood. In addition, every month

The profits and taxes are still calculated.

Therefore, every year at the end of the year and the twelfth lunar month, the government can add 20% of the courtesans to compete for flowers to buy flowers out of thin air, and the annual fee is still quite large, which is also an important reason why the government is willing to hold a courtesans competition.

The rules of the entire competition can be said to be very simple. Although it is selected based on the four categories of taste, rhyme, talent and color, the final score is calculated based on the bouquet given by others. Whether it is the head of the eight major banks or the courtesans, both talent and appearance are important, and making money is more important, so as long as you can attract people to spend money to support you. Even if you were unknown before, suddenly there are many rich people willing to give you money and open the way, and it is possible to directly send you to the courtesans.

The courtesan competition is not just one day in Xiaonian. However, the final competition for the courtesan selection in the final will be on the day of Xiaonian. If it officially begins, it should be the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month. In the first two days, more than 100 brothels of all sizes in Jiangning City joined forces to stir up the atmosphere. Everyone will continue to promote it with tacit understanding. Some even set up a terrace outside, or perform along the Qinhuai River on the pleasure boats on the Qinhuai River, just to attract more people's attention.

These two days are for the purpose of creating momentum for the final competition. The usual cost of ordering tea that must be charged is basically no longer charged, and the cost of alcohol is reduced by half. It can be said that it is to stimulate more people to come to support the show, and then let some women who are not very famous in the past perform. Some are just selling their skills, while others are selling their skills and their bodies. However, in any case, to perform on stage, you must have skills to suppress them.

If someone likes it, he will buy flowers and deliver them, which will prove how popular this woman is and how popular it is. During this period, there will be brothels who will make money to buy shouting, invite familiar benefactors, and promise to waive many alcohol expenses, or let the famous prostitutes he loves to have a banquet alone. If you give dozens or hundreds of bouquets of flowers when there are many people and many viewers, it will be aroused by the enthusiasm of other spectators. At that time, whether it is a good investment or a popular place to spread the flowers, at least this girl's reputation and popularity will be increased.

For example, let some talented men who are familiar with write poems and praise them, and package their own girls and add some elegant elements. What I love most in this era is the story of talented men and beautiful women. In this way, the value of girls can be increased.

Of course, the above all depends on the methods of each brothel. If there is a support from the financial owner, it will naturally be an unexpected surprise. However, even if it is not available, it can still gain a lot of popularity through the performances in the past two days.

After the first three days of the opening, the government will give more places based on the results of each brothel. At the beginning, each brothel will register for the most popular red cards in its building.

The courtesan competition. For the four brothels in Jiangning City, one to two more places will be given, so that they can have double insurance or even three insurances to compete with the head and courtesan of the eight major banks.

The next three days are the highlight of the entire courtesan competition. On the 21st day of the 12th lunar month, more than 100 people selected from more than 100 brothels in Jiangning City selected from more than 100 brothels of all sizes and sizes to select sixteen famous artists with both talent and appearance based on their talent performance, body shape and bouquets. On the 22nd night of the 12th lunar month, these sixteen people will show themselves to show themselves with the standards of quality, rhyme, talent and color. On the 23rd night, that is, the New Year's Eve, the strongest courtesans will be selected from the eight major banks. Most of the people who can participate in these three nights are famous talents or powerful people, because the courtesans are born frequently given flowers with their heavy money support.

In the past three days, Tan Yun had been eager to go to the street to watch the brothel performance that built an open-air stage. He didn't know what kind of mentality this little girl had. She was so passionate about the selection of courtesans. However, she had made up her mind when she was young and was still in the Golden Wind Tower. In the future, she must be a courtesan when she grew up, so that she could keep performing her skills. Even if she grew up, she could choose whether to accept customers according to her wishes, without being scared and obeying Li's mother's mercy, because her childhood goal had long been deeply penetrated into her heart and grew up with her. So even though she had been redeemed by Cao Yi, she still had an extraordinary persistence in the courtesans competition.

Because Tan Yun herself did not take any specific jobs in Zuixianlou, she usually wandered around, but it was just that some sister was busy and she was running errands. Cao Yi specially allowed a brothel near Zuixianlou to set up a stage performance. Tan Yun could run out to see it, but she absolutely could not bring Yunlan. It would be fine if Tan Yun was alone, and she could take care of herself. But with Yunlan, who was younger, there would definitely be many people watching the performance on the spot, and it was very likely that she would be separated or lost. The most important thing was that her brother Dan Tai Mingde would not allow Dan Tai Yunlan to go out to see any courtesan performance, so Tan Yun had to give up.

Tan Yun was very excited to see it on the first day before. When he came back, he told everyone that the girl from the brothel had received the flowers given by whom, which talented man wrote a few poems to which girl gave them on the spot, and which two rich young men were jealous and had a fight with each other...

The same was true on the second day, but after running out in the afternoon, he came back after only watching for a while, saying that he felt it was boring. Many brothel girls' singing and dancing performances were not even as good as hers. They felt bored after watching too many of them. It would be better to watch them comfortably in the Zuixianlou during the official competition in the next three days.
Chapter completed!