Chapter 91: The Sale Conference (please read more)
Fan Tower! Middle Tower!
"Zheng'er, how can you handle this matter so casually? When Zhang San comes, you should tell me immediately."
Fan Yong scolded his son Fan Zheng while quickly going down the stairs.
Fan Zheng said hurriedly: "I just found out about my child, and I think Brother Zhang is quite easy-going. Why is daddy so nervous?"
"easy going?"
Fan Yong snorted: "He is just a wolf in sheep's clothing. Chen Maoqian is ruthless enough. No one in the capital is afraid of him. But Chen Maoqian just signed a lease contract with Zhang San. That night
He was so frightened that he was not in the mood to pamper his newly adopted concubine."
"Why is this?"
"Do you even need to ask? If something goes wrong with the contract, Zhang San will have the final say on how much the compensation will be. Remember, the robbers are not as good as him."
"...?"
In Fan Yong's eyes, Zhang San has become the number one gangster in Tokyo.
After coming downstairs, I just came to the door of the east building when I heard someone shouting from inside: "Ten one, na na na, once you shout, it's not allowed to change."
"Eleven three."
"open!"
...
Fan Yong asked curiously: "What are they doing?"
Fan Zheng shook his head.
Fan Yong entered the east building, but saw that the table in the middle was full of people. The "lively" Ma Xiaoyi stood on the stool again, pointed at the people opposite and said: "You lose, drink! Drink!"
Fan Zheng frowned and said, "What are they playing at?"
Fan Yong had no intention of paying attention to this. He glanced around and his eyes almost popped out. He saw more than ten singing prostitutes sitting on a long table on the left, but there was only one man sitting there. This man was Zhang Fei.
What a little green among thousands of flowers!
Although there was Li Si standing next to him, his face was as red as a monkey’s butt. He was also red!
It happened that a bartender was walking by carrying an empty wine bottle. Fan Zheng immediately stopped the bartender and asked, "What are they doing?"
The bartender said: "Previously, the yamen called the villain to bring some dice, and then Zhang San taught them a new way to play, but it was interesting. After a while, many people came. During this period, Cao yamen had another meeting with the guy.
Mr. Han had an argument again, and now they are playing dice, whoever loses drinks."
Fan Yong asked: "Why didn't Zhang San play by himself?"
The bartender hurriedly said: "Zhang Sanlang also played for a while before, but when there were more people, he left. The villain brought a jar of wine, and Zhang San sat down with Sister Cai Shi and the others."
Fan Zheng nodded and said, "Go and do your work."
"yes."
After the bartender left, Fan Yong chuckled: "That's right, with his mouth, he's afraid that he won't be able to find a woman to talk to. Let's go! Let's go and learn."
Fan Zheng smiled and followed.
The personalities of these two father and son are not very similar. Fan Yong is more interesting, while Fan Zheng is more boring.
"Commander Fan is here!"
Seeing Fan Yong coming, Zhang Fei stood up immediately.
The singing prostitutes also stood up one after another, nodding or bowing.
Fan Yong said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Sanlang coming to my Baifen Tower would be like going to a hall. He would be so dazzling and attract everyone's attention."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Executive member, I don't like this metaphor. Besides, Caishi and the others are just asking me about legal matters."
Just now he taught Cao Dongdong how to play the dice, which immediately attracted everyone in the lobby. He invited a group of singing girls to sit down and taught him step by step. But as Han Pan and the others joined in, the civil and military battles began again.
It can also be said that it is the party of foreign relatives VS the party of civil servants.
Except for some old friends, most singing girls have no use.
Who the hell is talking about poetry and poetry?
It can be said that Zhang Fei single-handedly lowered the standard of the entire Bailun Tower.
Zhang Fei quietly took these geishas to sit at another table. These geishas were living in the dusty world and had many disputes. Zhang Fei prescribed the right medicine, and soon they became warm to each other.
"oh!"
Fan Yong asked one of the women: "Caishi, are you involved in a lawsuit?"
Zhang Fei was the first to say: "You don't have to have a lawsuit before you can consult me. I just talked about their contract with Cai Shi and the others. I think this is very unfair to them. They paid a lot but got too little, especially
Lack of legal protection.”
The geishas nodded one after another, with a hint of grievance on their pretty faces, but they were so charming.
"So that's what happened." Fan Yong laughed, and then said to Zhang Fei: "Sanlang is here today. I didn't say hello in advance. Please forgive me for my inconvenience. Come on, come on, I'll take you to my Baifan Building."
"
On this occasion, Zhang Fei didn't want to leave, so he winked fiercely, you two father and son should be smarter and go to the toilet quickly, don't stay here and be an eyesore.
"Are Sanlang's eyes uncomfortable?" Fan Yong asked with concern.
"Poof!"
Several geishas covered their lips and chuckled.
Zhang Fei glanced at Fan Yong awkwardly and stood up reluctantly, "Then I'll bother you."
Fan Yong took Zhang Fei for a walk, then went to sit down in the lounge on the second floor.
"Sanlang, to tell you the truth, I, Bai Fanlou, and those singing girls are just fish and water, formed naturally. I don't care how much more I make from them, but if you help them draw up a contract, it will also bring you a lot.
trouble."
Fan Zheng added: "Brother Zhang, this place of dust is also a place of right and wrong."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "The place of right and wrong is the place where we Erbi live. I am not afraid of trouble, and I am not afraid of not having trouble. Members should know that I will show off my talents next year."
Fan Yong smiled and nodded: "That's right, Saburo dares to guarantee taxes, and he is still afraid of this."
Zhang Fei said: "I believe that this business will be prosperous only under reasonable rules. If it is just based on big fists, it will be over soon, or at least it will stop. Besides, this person will die for money, and the bird will die for food.
Even if I die, I deserve to die."
Fan Yong laughed and said: "What a saying: Man dies for money, and bird dies for food. I'd like to toast Sanlang."
After chatting for a while, I suddenly heard someone shouting from downstairs: "Zhang San, Zhang San, are you upstairs?"
It's Cao Dongdong's voice.
"exist!"
Zhang Fei responded quickly.
Then I heard Ma Xiaoyi shout: "Third brother, come down quickly, we're going to start selling."
Fan Yong suddenly asked: "So Sanlang also came here for the widow?"
A widow again? Are young girls so unbearable? Zhang Fei wondered: "Then what is the background of the widow?"
Fan Yong said: "The widow's husband was originally a high-class farmer. At the beginning of this year, during his military service, he not only lost a batch of goods from the court, but also lost his own life. Therefore, his family was destroyed."
All his property was confiscated, including his wife. I have seen this widow. She was born like a fish and a wild goose, and many young men today came here because of her."
Zhang Fei asked curiously: "I even lost my life, so I still have to compensate the court?"
Fan Yong said: "Those are the goods of the imperial court. Someone has to be responsible for it. To make up for this account, he can only blame himself for his unlucky luck!"
"Right!"
Zhang Fei smiled and nodded.
Coming downstairs, I saw Ma Xiaoyi standing on a chair, waving to Zhang Fei: "Third brother, come here quickly, come here quickly."
Zhang Fei walked over, looked at Ma Xiaoyi's face flushed, and couldn't help asking: "How much did you drink?"
Ma Xiaoyi said hey, "I don't drink much. Look at Han Pan, his face is much redder than mine. Fortunately, he is still smart and can't be looked down upon by anyone. I think he is much stupider than me."
Zhang Fei turned his head and saw that Han Pan and Fu Zhishuang were sitting there taking a rest, seeming to be still complaining to each other.
Cao Dongdong stood up and hugged Zhang Fei, saying: "Zhang San, your new way of playing is so interesting."
This smell of alcohol!
"Ouch!"
Zhang Fei quickly broke away and sat next to Fu Shichun, "If you have something to say, don't get too close. Is it appropriate for two grown men?"
As he said that, he rolled his eyes and said, "Yameni, you are having so much fun today, why don't you buy a maid as a gift for me?"
Cao Dongdong immediately said: "That's not possible. I have to keep the money to help you buy a widow. I can't lose to Han Pan."
Zhang Fei asked curiously: "It's just a maid, how much can it cost?"
Fu Shichun chuckled and said, "The maids at the Baifanlou auction must have at least several hundred strings."
"Hundreds of strings?"
It was Li Si who spoke out, and he couldn't help but look at Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei immediately said: "Look at what I am doing, we are not in a master-servant relationship, we are just buddies."
After saying that, Zhang Fei asked Fu Shichun: "Is it so expensive?"
He really wanted to get a maid back.
Fu Shichun explained immediately.
It turns out that there are currently two main types of maids, one is selling oneself and the other is hiring.
The sales meeting in Baifanlou is mainly aimed at the latter, because selling maids, mainly human beings, is very cheap, while hiring maids, who sell their craftsmanship, is more valuable.
Although singing girls do not sell their bodies, they make more money than prostitutes.
The principle is the same.
The first floor of Baifenlou in Tokyo is also on the high-end route.
According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, the longest employment contract for a maid was ten years at most.
The auction mainly involves bidding for ten years of remuneration.
While chatting, he suddenly heard a shout. Zhang Fei looked up and saw an old woman with heavy makeup coming onto the stage, and a boy next to her was holding a gong and drum in her hand.
Fu Shichun introduced: "This old woman is our number one nanny in Tokyo, Aunt Gu. She was born as a palace maid. She is good at cooking, making medicine, making wine, needlework, and delivering babies. She trains all the maids in her hands.
The price is the most expensive in Tokyo."
Zhang Fei felt that it was an eye-opener. With the training schools now open, there were not many opportunities left for him as a time traveler to show off.
After a simple opening remarks, the next process was introduced.
It's very simple. The maids are sold first, and the prostitutes and concubines are sold later.
After the introduction, the sales meeting officially began. The first person to come on stage was a girl of fourteen or fifteen years old, with two pigtails, her face was flushed, and she kept her head lowered.
But Aunt Gu was bragging passionately, saying that this little girl was so clever and so good at needlework that even the patches were invisible, which was just short of being the best in the capital.
This is not a sales meeting. This is clearly a job application meeting. It was done in such a fashionable manner. Zhang Fei asked in a low voice: "Hey! This maid only sews and mends and doesn't do anything else?"
Fu Shichun said: "If he said that, he would do nothing else."
Zhang Fei said depressedly: "What kind of maid is this? She's not as good as Qingmei."
Ma Xiaoyi said: "My brother's family has dedicated maids who knead dough, and that's all they do."
Cao Dongdong chuckled: "It's not just about kneading dough, it's also about kneading people."
What the hell, is the division of labor so fine? Or poverty has lowered my horizons. Zhang Fei found it more and more incredible, and realized that he had only seen the tip of the iceberg in Bianliang, Tokyo.
Fu Shichun said: "This kind of maid is only suitable for a large family like Yanei, but it is not suitable for your family. There are only two people in your family, and there is not much needlework. Wait a minute, the third one is quite suitable for you."
Zhang Fei asked curiously: "How come Mr. Fu is so clear?"
Ma Xiaoyi said: "He stays here every day in the Baifan Building, how can you not be clear about it?"
After some bragging, Aunt Gu quoted the price, ten years, two hundred and fifty guan, the annual salary was almost 25 guan, but it also included food and accommodation.
In the world of maids, this is not considered low.
"Two hundred and fifty guan." Someone immediately raised his hand and said.
Zhang Fei looked up and saw a young boy. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly raised his hand and said: "Three hundred strings."
Cao Dongdong was startled, "Zhang San, do you like this maid?"
Zhang Fei said: "Don't you see that I pay great attention to appearance?"
Only one person was heard shouting, "My young master will give you three hundred and fifty strings."
Cao Dongdong turned his head and looked, and saw that it was Han Pan's servant who was bidding, and he couldn't help but said: "This guy is intentional, his family is not short of maids."
Zhang Fei raised his hand again and said: "Four hundred and fifty strings."
One hundred jumps?
There was an uproar in the hall.
Cao Dongdong, Fu Shichun, and Ma Xiaoyi all looked at Zhang Fei in shock.
Only Aunt Gu was extremely excited.
What a good start!
Ma Xiaoyi said excitedly: "Third brother, this maid is not worth so much money!"
Li Si grabbed Zhang Fei's sleeves with both hands, as if to say, Third brother, we don't have much money, so don't make a fool of yourself!
Zhang Fei lifted Li Si away, shrugged and said, "When I go out to play, I hate when others compare themselves to me."
You are a fellow person! Cao Dongdong said excitedly: "Zhang San, I support you."
Zhang Fei asked: "Should we share it equally?"
"There is no such rule." Cao Dongdong shook his head and said.
Then I heard someone shouting from the other side: "Five hundred strings."
Cao Dongdong hurriedly said: "Zhang Fei, you can't admit defeat and keep shouting."
Ma Xiaoyi also nodded vigorously: "Scream, scream, scream! Third brother, scream faster."
"You don't have to say that."
Zhang Fei raised his hand and accidentally touched the wine glass, and a few drops of wine fell on his clothes. He quickly got up, wiped it, and said: "Li Si, quickly bring a handkerchief."
Li Si quickly handed over a handkerchief.
After wiping for a long time, it was still not clean. Zhang Fei threw the handkerchief away and raised his hand, "Ah! Is it over so soon?"
Aunt Gu looked at Zhang Fei resentfully, "I've been waiting for you for so long, and you still have the nerve to complain."
Cao Dongdong also gave him a look of contempt, "It's so shameful to be so arrogant."