Chapter two hundred and eighty sixth incident
"Wang Huishou, little girl toast you." Lu Liu quickly came to her senses, smiled, walked to Fatty Wang, and poured him a glass of wine.
For the women in the brothel, they are just toys in the hands of men. They can do whatever they want, and there is no room for choice.[]
"You should toast Brother Huang for this first glass of wine. Without him, the matchmaker, there would be no such marriage." Fatty Wang stood up with a smile and took the wine from Lu Liu's hand. He did not drink it, but looked at Tan Zong with a smile.
"Young Master Huang!" Lu Liu then walked to Tan Zong, poured a glass of wine, held his hands, and looked at him affectionately, his eyes full of resentment.
"I'm not ashamed to be respectful." Tan Zong clearly felt the sorrow in Lu Liu's heart. He pretended not to see it, took the wine glass with a smile, raised it at Fatty Wang, and drank it all in one go.
Not to mention whether Lu Liu's grievances at this time were a scene, nor to say that he planned to use Lu Liu to win over Fatty Wang. Just because Aunt Mei is Xiao Zhengshan's online, Tan Zong did not dare to accept Lu Liu's tenderness. God knows whether this innocent and sweet girl was a spy trained by Aunt Mei. If she drugged herself and made me say something in her dream, it would be a big deal.
The so-called ** is worth a thousand gold. Not long after, amid the congratulations of Tan Zong and others, Fatty Wang hugged the green willows and happily went to the "new house" in the backyard to prepare for the wedding night.
The moment he walked out of the room, Lu Liu looked at Tan Zong again with great resentment, his eyes full of reluctance and loss. Fortunately, no one in the room noticed Lu Liu's small move, otherwise Tan Zong would have been in awkward.
After Fatty Wang and Lu Liu left, Tan Zong continued to drink and chat with the grain merchants in the house. These grain merchants had only heard of Tan Zong being generous before. When they saw him today, they realized that what they said was not false, and they threw out two hundred taels of silver at will. This kind of atmosphere was far beyond the reach of ordinary noble children.
It is natural for humans to be with the red top and white. Naturally, grain merchants flatter Tan Zong and compliment him very much.
"Dear men, the girls are serving you well?" As I was chatting and laughing, the door was pushed open, and Aunt Mei walked in with a smile.
"Aunt Mei, did you ask Miss Manluo to come? Our Master Huang is a distinguished guest?" A grain merchant with a beard reached out and pointed at Tan Zong, then looked at Aunt Mei and said with a smile.
Manluo is the top brand of Piaoxiangyuan. She was trained by Aunt Mei since childhood and was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, especially her qin art. She studied under the Yujiao of Suzhou Prefecture and was a master of Yangzhou City. She defeated many brothel candidates, including Yihonglou, at last year's Courtesan Conference, and won the courtesan in one fell swoop.
"Manluo was occasionally cold and had been resting in the backyard these two days. When she got better, I would definitely let her serve Mr. Huang." Aunt Mei smiled and said to the bearded grain merchant. Then she walked towards Tan Zong and picked up a glass of wine, "Mr. Huang, you are a rare guest. Please take care of me in the future."
"Mr. Huang must see the style of Miss Manluo another day." Tan Zong stood up, smiled and touched Aunt Mei's glass with a smile, and drank it all in one go, which was considered as a promise to Aunt Mei to come again next time.
"If this happens, I will ask Manluo to wait for the young master's fortune these days." Aunt Mei smiled slightly, drank the wine in the glass, and lit the bottom of the glass at Tan Zongliang.
At this moment, a maid suddenly hurriedly walked in, leaned over and whispered a few times in Aunt Mei's ear. Aunt Mei's expression changed slightly, and then smiled at Tan Zong and others, "I have a small matter to deal with, so I won't disturb you."
After saying that, Aunt Mei Fu took a moment, twisted her body and walked out.
"Master Huang, this girl Manluo is a wonderful person with a very high vision. It is said that no one has ever been her guest of the curtain." After Aunt Mei left, the bearded grain merchant said to Tan Zong with a smile, "Young master is extremely heroic. If he can be with her for a spring breeze, it will be a beautiful story."
"That's right." The grain merchants present nodded when they heard this. In this way, the grain merchants will stabilize the salt merchants.
"If Huang had a fate with Miss Manluo, it would definitely not disappoint you." Tan Zong smiled slightly and said leisurely. This Manluo might be a chess piece in Aunt Mei's hand. He could just use the trick and release some fake news to confuse Aunt Mei.
A few dozen minutes later, just as the people in the house were talking loudly about some things on the Fengyue Field, a grain trader who went out to scathed open the door and walked in, saying to everyone with some gloating pleasure, "The salt dealers seem to have had a fight with the people from Beijing."
"Who is in Beijing?" Hearing this, the bearded grain merchant suddenly became interested and asked.
"I don't know." The grain merchant shook his head and sat down in his seat. "It shouldn't be simple, otherwise it wouldn't be the turn of Master Bi to go on the battle himself."
He didn't know the specific situation. He just saw a yard that was very noisy and lively when he was passing by. He grabbed a maid and asked, and then he found out that Bi Dongcheng led people to conflict with some guests from Beijing.
The maid knew only so much, but she knew nothing about the others, so he ran back excitedly to report the news. If the people in the capital could make Bi Dongcheng defeated, that would be great.
As the eldest son of Bi Shijie, the chief manager of Yangzhou Salt Taxation Department, Bi Dongcheng plays the role of a coordinator and dispatcher among salt merchants. Any salt transported from Yangzhou Prefecture has something to do with him.
Because he had the power to distribute and dispatch salt, the salt merchants respectfully called him the "big young master". He was very powerful in Yangzhou and almost no one dared to cause trouble for him. Unexpectedly, there would be a conflict with others this time, which is really rare.
Tan Zong sat here quietly and savored the wine in his wine glass. He had already vaguely guessed the identities of those people who had a conflict with Bi Dongcheng. He thought that Master Bi, who was calling the wind and rain in Yangzhou City, would suffer a loss this time.
"Go and find out what's going on." The bearded grain merchant glanced at Tan Zong, and saw that he had no words, so he turned around and gave a maid standing beside him a small silver weighing 2 yuan and said.
The maid was covered in a blessed manner, thanked the bearded grain merchant, and walked out quickly with the silver.
"Master Huang, do you see if Master Bi can beat those guests in Beijing?" The bearded man turned to Tan Zong and asked with a smile. Everyone present also looked over when they heard this, waiting for Tan Zong's answer.
"I think there is so much danger." Tan Zong put down his wine glass, smiled slightly, and saw everyone's puzzled expressions, so he explained, "Young Master Bi is outside. Since the other party does not buy his account, he must have something to rely on."
When the bearded men and others heard this, they suddenly realized it. I thought that this eldest son Bi must have signed up for the title before. If the other party was afraid, the conflict would not have occurred.
In other words, the other party has a bigger background than Master Bi. In this case, wouldn’t there be a good show?
Sure enough, a moment later, when the bearded and others were whispering about the conflict, the maid who was inquiring about the news came back panting, "The guests from Beijing... the guests wanted to force Miss Manluo to accompany her... to drink, and Master Bi... stopped her... and stopped her, so she started arguing."
"What are the people in Beijing?" It turned out that they were jealous for women. Such things are common in brothels. The bearded grain merchant asked indifferently.
"I don't know, but it looks very stylish." The maid gasped and said, "It seems that even Aunt Mei was slapped in the face."
"Aunt Mei was beaten?" The bearded man was shocked and asked in surprise.
Those who can open brothels in Yangzhou City have more or less certain forces behind them. For example, the boss behind Yihonglou is the governor of Yangzhou Lu Weimin, and the boss behind Piaoxiangyuan is the governor of Yangzhou Gu Sinian. As long as someone who is in Yangzhou Prefecture, he will have to give them some shame.
Therefore, although some guests make trouble in Yihonglou and Piaoxiangyuan, they are almost all grudges between the guests. Even if there is a small conflict with Yihonglou and Piaoxiangyuan, it will be resolved soon. There has never been a person who blatantly beat Sister Hong or Aunt Mei like this.
The grain merchants in the house looked at each other in one's face at first, then showed joy. It seemed that Mr. Bi's misfortune was a sure thing this time.
"Let's go, take a look." Tan Zong felt something interesting, stood up, slammed the folding fan in his hand, and smiled and looked at the bearded grain merchants and others.
Tan Zong did not receive any news that there were powerful people in the capital coming to Yangzhou City. First, he wanted to see who the other party was, and second, since he encountered this matter, as the young master from the capital, he couldn't pretend to be deaf and ignore it.
The bearded grain merchant had long wanted to go to watch the fun. After hearing what Tan Zong said, he followed him whirlwindly and ran towards the backyard.
The backyard of Piaoxiangyuan, a delicate and elegant courtyard.
At this time, the gate of the courtyard was filled with guests, one by one, stretched his head and looked inside, whispering to each other, and whispering. Several puppets from the Piaoxiang Courtyard stood at the door, smiling, and blocked them outside the door.
"Give it, let it go." A grain merchant drove the road in front, and the bearded grain merchants and others surrounded Tan Zong, squeezed out the crowd, and walked towards the gate of the courtyard.
When they found out that it was a grain merchant coming, the guests along the way made way. In Yangzhou City, salt merchants and grain merchants were the largest business groups, and other business groups gave them three points.
Besides, everyone recognized it. The young man who was surrounded by the stars of the grain merchants was the young man Huang who spent 200 taels of silver to capture the first night of the green willow. Who was so full that he could block his way?
"Dear Master, I am handling some private matters inside. It's not convenient for you to go in. Please forgive me." Tan Zong and his group came to the front and back of the gate of the courtyard. A tall and thin guy nodded and bowed to them with a smile.
Chapter completed!