Chapter 712(1/2)
During the period when the Military Affairs Bureau was dominated by the harem, Cai Jing was as depressed as a dog who was struggling. Fortunately, the palace finally stopped making trouble, and his talent was useless.
Since Li Kui said that the glass mirror was the biggest opportunity to change the makeup box of women in the Song Dynasty, the target could only be a woman who spent money like water.
What glass mirror does an old woman who washes clothes on the street want?
There are only three types of people who can afford glass mirrors: noble ladies, not only the powerful ladies in the palace, but also the wives and concubines of officials; secondly, the wives and concubines of wealthy merchants. Neither of these two women can show up in public. Selling them to them can only gain popularity in a small circle. The promotion of glass mirrors is too slow and does not meet Cai Jing's wishes. Of course, Cai Jing also has difficulties. There is no female sales in the military command bureau, and it is not suitable for him to go to the house behind him. This sales method has been blocked.
Then there is only the last kind of woman left, the most famous courtesan and top brands among the Jiaosifang.
If these women were in future generations, they could beat all the first-line celebrities in the entertainment industry.
The graceful dance rhyme is just a small skill; the charm is long-lasting and singing skills are not elegant. It is good at music, can improvise, and even compose music, which is quite interesting.
What's even more amazing is that the talent of piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and essays is just a plus point bargaining chip for achieving "big people". Only with beauty, talent and both outstanding talents can you gain a great reputation.
From Li Kui's perspective, he looks charming, has a graceful figure, can sing and dance, can also know tea ceremony, calligraphy, and can recite poems and essays, and is talented... Such a woman has long been extinct, okay?
Such women have strong appeal in the minds of men in the Song Dynasty or women.
Cai Jing believed that using the courtesan from the Jiaofang as a gimmick would definitely reveal the true colors of the men in Kaifeng Prefecture. For this reason, he specially prepared several enhanced mirrors to be sold.
Logically speaking, Cai Jing should give it to him, but he didn't give it to him... The palace internal strife made him feel so heartbroken that he suffocated. He was afraid that his heart would not be able to bear it.
The Jiaofang is under the jurisdiction of the inner government, and the income is basically the emperor's small treasury.
The manager of the Natural Education Office is a middle-aged official. Now the manager of the Jiaofang is a young eunuch in the palace. He is not very old and is only sixteen or seventeen years old.
Cai Jing felt that it was a bit inappropriate for him to discuss with such a boy. So he simply found the boss of the senior official, the eunuch Hao Sui. He didn't say he gave it to Hao Sui, but asked Hao Sui to be the first distributor of Liulijing Jing. That is, Cai Jing took the mirror to Hao Sui to credit, and Hao Sui took it to sell it and brought the payment back.
If it were other eunuchs, they might not have given Cai Jing face. But Cai Jing was sure, and Hao Suihui agreed. It was not Hao Sui who gave him face, but Li Kui.
Hao's entourage was kicked out of the palace and returned to the palace again, and experienced an incredible journey of meritorious service. The friend he accompanied along the way was Li Kui. Everyone in the officialdom knew that Li Kui and Hao Sui had a good relationship, how good was?
Hao Sui once wanted to keep Li Kui at home to help...
Help a lot, about continuing the child's busyness.
Unfortunately, Li Kui refused such a beautiful thing.
This kind of thing is called borrowing seeds among the people.
In the group of eunuchs, call tenants.
He rented his wife to guests for free, including food, accommodation, entertainment, and red envelopes for nutrition when he left. The street rogues dreamed of such good things, but Li Kui refused.
Although people who are born in Jinshi are jealous, they will definitely not agree to such ridiculous things because of their face. Of course, ordinary people envy such opportunities, but eunuchs like Hao Sui will definitely look down on them.
Just like Zhang Dun once said that when he was young, he was deceived into a luxurious mansion. There were so many beauties in the mansion that made him happy all day long. But don’t you tell me who this master is?
But anyone with a discerning eye could see that Zhang Dun was a "tenant" at the time. If the woman in the mansion had not been kind-hearted and released him, she might have been exhausted...
I don’t know if it was the one who gave Hao Sui an idea, asking him to rent a yard next to the Imperial College and then seduce the Imperial students.
But even the censor was unwilling to deal with such things. He even laughed at Hao Sui as shameless. But Hao Sui's wives and concubines, in terms of their beauty, were definitely the most outstanding group in Kaifeng Prefecture. Who told Hao Sui to have been in charge of the Jiaofang, and to enrich his personal pockets, and to marry many Jiaofang courtesans. Such bad deeds did not make Hao Sui unlucky.
Because in the eyes of the censor, don’t the eunuch do such a frivolous thing?
If that eunuch wants to serve the country and the people, it is the time for the censors to worry.
Cai Jing found Hao Sui, but Hao Sui agreed without thinking, "I will make arrangements now."
Cai Jing's whole body was immediately clear, leaving behind a glass mirror, and left. His good friend just didn't ask the reason, and he was strong and money.
The manager of the Jiaofang was taken to Hao Sui's house. When they met, they knelt down and said respectfully: "Children pay tribute to his foster father."
"Shicheng, get up and talk." Hao Sui looked at Liang Shicheng and waved his hand to let him get up: "Let's ask you, who is the most famous and most popular in the sect now?"
Liang Shicheng looked at his adoptive father Hao Sui and thought that Hao Sui was going to take a concubine. After all, his adoptive father's wives and concubines were the top ten years ago and he might be older.
He said wisely: "Wouldn't it be better to go to the sect house and let all the girls come and let you choose casually?" After Liang Shicheng said in an extravagant way: "Everyone is a pure servant. Adopted father, you also know that once the women in this sect house have guests, they will be worthless."
Hao Sui didn't want to take a concubine at all. Now that he has a son, what else is he dissatisfied with?
Moreover, for eunuchs, they can only watch and not use it when they get married and take concubines. They are not interested if they have too many.
Especially the Qing Gongren, which made Hao Sui even more unhappy. The eunuch took a concubine and took it back as the Qing Gongren. When he died, he would still be a perfect jade. Can he bear such humiliation? But Liang Shicheng said nothing wrong. Qing Gongren is expensive. This is the case. If the Qing Gongren orders a tea seat and spends 100 cents of money on a tour, once the melon is broken, it will be worth ten cents. This is the market and no one can change it.
Hao Sui waved his hand and said, "Shi Cheng is not for his father's use. But Renjie, Lord Li."
"Brother Li!" Liang Shicheng suddenly remembered that when he was in Yingzhou, Su Shi was carrying him in a car, and Li Kui and Li Yun took him to the river to fish. Although it was only a few days, this was the happiest time in Liang Shicheng's life. How could he forget it? He immediately wanted to treat Li Kui with all his heart: "Brother Li wanted it, so he would choose the best courtesan, and he would take it home if he liked him, and he would not have money! The most popular one now is Qiao Zhier, and his son would send someone to Brother Li's mansion tonight."
Hao Sui was a little depressed. Is he a eunuch?
It would be better if he was regarded as a hungry ghost by his adopted son, but it would be inappropriate for him to have many wives and concubines.
And his good brother was also regarded as a hungry ghost in the sex scene. Could it be that Hao Sui couldn't do some elegant things?
Hao Sui scolded, "A hero is a civil servant, not a broken person like us. Don't think about it in the future."
"Yes, my son was wrong." Liang Shicheng was helpless and wanted to flatter him, but he failed.
Hao Sui wriggled his lips for a while and ordered, "Take Qiaozhier and take a look."
Liang Shicheng retreated with a smile.
Jiaofang, Qiaozhier looked at the bronze mirror with a frown, and her vision became blurry.
The madam pushed the door and smiled at her, "Daughter, you have a good life. You are attracted to Hao Duzhi. If you don't dress up, you will go to the prefect to serve this great nobleman."
When Qiao Zhi'er heard this, her face suddenly turned pale and she said in horror: "I'm attracted to him?"
"This is a high-level branch. What's wrong with you? Hao Eunuch is the old manager of our tutor. He is like a daughter who treats the girls..."
Hao Sui... Is he good to the Jiaofang girl like a daughter, and can he still marry her home?
After that, Qiao Zhier didn't hear a word clearly. She was served like a puppet, dressed in luxurious but charming clothes, and was sent to the car.
When he came to Hao Sui's home, he finally endured the sadness and was taken to Hao Sui. Hao Eunuch had no frivolous thoughts about women, and he had no conditions. This gave him a more vicious look at women. After Qiao Zhier appeared in front of him, the hall suddenly felt a bright light like light.
Hao Sui praised her heart: "What a charming woman, but her expression is a little dull, and she doesn't know what's going on? This kind of woman should be well cared for, but unfortunately I'm old..."
Of course, he couldn't do anything when he was young.
The eunuchs in the Song Dynasty could marry, but they would never be able to have a son by themselves. If such a scandal really happened, the emperor would have to clean up the eunuchs in the silkworm house. These old dogs are not good at skill. Even if they are not bad, what's the use of raising them?
"I heard that you are asking for a glass mirror?"
Jiaofang is rich, especially the top courtesan. The appearance fee is like a playful game, with hundreds or thousands of guan. She can share such appearance fee, and most of it is included in the Jiaofang’s accounts. This money is the rouge and pollen money of the nobles in the palace, and no one dares to be greedy. Even if she takes the small head, as long as she is hard, she can still save a considerable amount of private money.
Although the glass mirror is not sold on the market, everyone knows that there are always some bold and arrogant people who dare to steal and sell the treasures in the palace.
Generally, the officials and powerful families will not want such treasures, and buying them will cause disaster.
But the wealthy merchants couldn't help but buy them secretly and secretly. Then they gave them to the courtesan they liked to make the beauty smile. The emperor usually doesn't care, mainly because he suffered losses. During the Zhenzong period, a palace maid stole the treasures from the palace and secretly took them out of the palace to sell them. Then the treasures were bought on the market, but were discovered. When the palace was thoroughly investigated, the palace maid was scared and lit the palace where the treasures were collected, and then... the fire almost burned most of the palace.
With such a painful lesson, the emperor turned a blind eye to this situation.
The magic of the Glazed Mirror is not magical in the flower world. There is really a singer and dancer who gets such treasures to show off in private.
As a leader in the flower world of the Song Dynasty, Qiao Zhier did not. She felt so aggrieved that she wanted to cry.
But what surprised her then was that Hao followed up with a few glass mirrors and said to her: "These glass mirrors are mirrors that the Military Control Bureau is preparing to sell. Do you like them?"
Qiao Zhier was immediately attracted by the shiny mirror. She was not afraid, but excitedly picked up this and put down that one, but she couldn't make up her mind. Which one to want?
Hao Sui looked at Qiao Zhi'er and knew that this unknown courtesan had seen Liuli Jing for the first time.
He sighed in his heart: "The business is not up to standard! Isn't there a single financial owner who gave her a glass mirror? You know, there are too many stolen glass mirrors in the palace, and at least ten are there. No single financial owner who sent her?"
This is also a mistake for Qiao Zhier's financial owner. In fact, none of the courtesans and the top cards of the sect have ever received gifts such as Glass Mirror. The main reason is that this place is jointly governed by the Ministry of Rites and the inner government. The foolish gift of the treasures that must have been stolen from the palace to the courtesans. What is the difference between this and surrendering?
"I have thought about it, the big one is 800 guan and the small one is 500 guan. You are the first buyer of the first glass mirror in the capital. And I tell you that this glass mirror is different from a glass cup and will not be reduced. In the future, the capital will be sold at this price, and the whole Song Dynasty will also be sold at this price. Our family is the first distributor of the glass mirror in the capital, and you are the first customer in the capital."
"I want it all!" Qiao Zhier became bolder when she heard that it was a deal.
Qiao Zhier raised her head and looked at Hao Sui stubbornly. Hao Sui looked kind, but he was the leader of the eunuch in the palace. How could he be a kind person?
A cold light flashed in his eyes, and Qiao Zhier was so scared that she hurriedly lowered her head, not daring to look at people.
Hao Sui stared at Qiao Zhier interestingly and said with a smile: "Rise your head up."
Qiao Zhier suddenly felt a trembling heart, and she said softly, "Sir, little girl..."
Even if she falls into a low-class family, Qiao Zhier has thought about how she will marry in the future. The most common way she uses in her industry is to raise a young man, preferably a scholar, and then fund a young man to study and get a Jinshi... But the painful experience of her predecessors tells her a tragic fact that those who come to the school to visit the brothels are unfaithful men. Not to mention the identity of her wife, she has not even gained the identity of a concubine.
Otherwise, it would be a businessman, but the businessman was ruthless and it was common to give his wives and concubines to others for business, and it was not appropriate.
Perhaps marrying an official as a concubine is a way out.
Although it is difficult for a lowly woman to find a good home, the courtesan still has some hope. Although the hope is slim, it is better than being a concubine for an old eunuch?
Seeing this, Hao Sui said unhappily: "I don't eat people."
Qiaozhier said in her heart: If you don’t eat people, you won’t vomit bones when you eat people.
Hao Sui waved his hand and said, "You go back."
After a few days, the streets of the capital city had more discussions about the glazed mirror. It seemed that it had gained great attention from the capital city overnight. Hao Sui also relied on his identity as a dealer and made a lot of money.
Youdao is the source of water to remember, and Hao Sui thinks that he should invite his good brother Li Kui to his house and thank him very much.
"You are a great man, you are still in love and friendship, and you have never forgotten your brother." Hao raised the wine cup and said to Li Kui: "Brother, I am a broken person, just brother, you don't dislike your brother's identity, so I'll give you a gourd."
Li Kui was a little confused at first, but later he realized that Cai Jing gave Hao Sui the first sales quota for the Jingcheng Glass Mirror.
To be continued...