Chapter 890 More businessmen, more sailors, less women
Puluo is a new city with more men and fewer women.
Merchants from other places and sailors on the boat were all men.
That is, there will be some women among the slaves of each family and those who have decided to settle in Pulu for a long time.
As a new city with such strong yang energy, there is huge space for the various industries in Pingkangfang here.
At the invitation of Yuchi Huan, whether it was Tianxiang Pavilion or Baixiang Tower, the boss behind them arranged people to come to Puluo and opened a brothel.
Of course, the largest brothel in Puluo is not the semicolon of Baixiang Building or the semicolon of Tianxiang Pavilion, but the newly opened Shuiyun Pavilion by Chunyu's family in Dengzhou.
The Chunyu family is now the largest "human resources company" in the Tang Dynasty. The family has long had fleets traveling between Japan, Silla, Nangoguryeo and other countries, connecting some young men and women who yearn for life in the Tang Dynasty to a country leading to happiness.
That night, Yang Qiwa was the host and invited Li Chengqian and his group to a banquet in Shuiyun Pavilion.
The night view in Puluo refreshed Li Chengqian's perception.
"Admiral Yang, is there no curfew in this Pulu?"
It was already nine o'clock in the evening, but there were still people coming and going on the streets outside, making a prosperous scene.
"The gates in Puluo will open at 6 am and close at 7 pm every day; but there is no curfew in the city, and all movements of people are free."
Yang Qiwa has no idea how many times he has answered this question, so he is not surprised by Li Chengqian's surprise at all.
As a major whaling industry that is as famous as Dengzhou, the number of whale oil candles and whale jerky produced in Puluo every year is no less than that in Dengzhou.
The most important thing is that the whaling industry here in Puluo started later than Dengzhou, but it developed faster.
The main reason is that the nobles of Chang'an City have entered this industry for the first time, and they usually go to the relatively mature Dengzhou. After all, Puluo is still too far away.
However, so many nobles have begun to enter this industry, and the difficulty of whaling around Dengzhou has immediately increased by one level, and the annual whale catch has entered a period of slow growth.
At this time, some people began to use Puluo as the stationing point of whaling fleets and began to hunt whales around the Southeast Asian Sea.
Slowly, more and more whaling ships came to Puluo, quickly supporting the development of the whaling industry in Puluo.
Since whale oil candles can be produced in large quantities locally, the price will naturally not be very high.
So even at night, lights and lights are decorated everywhere in Puluo Middle City.
Even some street lights were set up on the main roads in the city, which was a very avant-garde design.
These scenes subvert Li Chengqian's perception of Puluozhong.
"No wonder there are so many brothels here. Just not having a curfew at night is a huge boost for brothels."
The attic where Yang Qiwa hosted Li Chengqian had a good view and could easily see the scene on the street outside.
I saw a steady stream of people coming in and out at the entrances of various brothels, even better than Pingkangfang.
"There are many merchants, many sailors, few women, and unfilial piety, so there are naturally more brothels here. Take this Shuiyun Pavilion for example. You can not only find women from Japan, women from Silla, women from Goguryeo, and even women from Turks or Xueyantuo. Of course, if you have a unique taste, you can also see women from various countries such as Linyi."
As an industry with a long history, brothels are like Xiaoqiang, and no matter how they attack, they will never be able to destroy them.
Therefore, when Li Kuan arranged the plan for Puluo, he never thought of completely preventing the appearance of brothels.
It is better to be diluted than to block. Puluozhong directly planned a yard, which is specially used to open brothels.
There is even a regulation that all brothel women should go to the clinics in the market for physical examinations regularly every month, and only those who pass the examination can work.
Of course, the urban construction funds in Puluo have not been charged less from these brothels.
"Don't there be a Tangren woman?"
The Changsun Family beside him couldn't help but interject.
"The Chunyu family dare not sell Tang women to Puluo! So except for a few singers who came from Pingkangfang, Chang'an City, you can't find Tang women in the brothels in Puluo."
Although Yang Qiwa can understand that some women are forced to make a living in brothels.
But in his heart, he still didn't want to see a Tang Dynasty woman receiving merchants and sailors from Dashi, Tianzhu and other places.
Therefore, he supported the policy required by Li Kuan.
"Those barbarians are indeed not worthy of my Tang Dynasty women's service. Even the brothel women are also people of my Tang Dynasty. I support this regulation in Puluo."
Although Li Chengqian is no longer the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, his sense of identity with the Tang Dynasty has not decreased at all.
Even after leaving the Tang Dynasty, his sense of identity with the Tang Dynasty increased a little.
When he arrived in Australia, the first thing he planned was to build a ancestral hall and worship the ancestors of the Li family.
"The brothels and night markets in Puluo are all major features. If Li Langjun is interested, he can experience it."
"Forget it, I'll go to the night market later to take a walk."
What kind of beauty has Li Chengqian never seen?
Not to mention the brothels here, even the top brand in Tianxiang Pavilion, their attractiveness to him is very limited.
Besides, his wives and concubines were also demoted to Australia, and he was not like other crew members, and there were no women around him.
So he was not very interested in what Yang Qiwa said to see the brothels in Puluo.
Of course, if the sailors under his command want to see him, he will not stop him.
"If you go to the night market, there are two most famous streets here. One is the food street, which contains various specialty foods; the other is the shopping street, which sells goods from various countries in Southeast Asia and from all over the Tang Dynasty. No matter what you want to buy, as long as you have money, you can basically buy them."
Yang Qiwa is very familiar with every shop in Puluo, and naturally he is very knowledgeable.
"Are you special food? You have to go and see it. The durian this afternoon is very good."
Li Chengqian couldn't help but smile.
However, Changsun Jiaqing, who was standing beside him, looked a little unnatural.
"Li Langjun also likes to eat durian? Then you should go to the food street to take a look. There are at least a dozen ways to eat durian, which can definitely allow you to fully feel the charm of the King of Fruits."
When he heard Li Chengqian say that he liked durian, Yang Qiwa also had a little more smile on his face, and he was no longer so formalized social engagements.
Because Yang Qiwa is also a durian lover, he even doesn’t like it without durian.
In order to eat durian frequently, Yang Qiwa himself also invested in building a huge durian orchard. At that time, the durian output in Pulu might even reach a higher level.
"I'll go later! Admiral Yang, I heard that if the durian was picked from the tree before it was fully mature, it might not have broken down when transported to Lingnan. I think I can encourage merchants to give it a try so that the people of the Tang Dynasty can also try such delicious fruits."
Next, Li Chengqian and Yang Qiwa had a warm exchange about durian for more than ten minutes.
Then he said goodbye with mutual appreciation.
In the next few days, Li Chengqian wandered around Puluo and fully saw this different city.
After finally purchasing enough materials, the fleet left Puluo again and headed towards Australia.
Chapter completed!