Ten miles away from Qinhuai, there are many wealthy businessmen, brothels and boats. It is the most prosperous place in the entire capital, the entire southern Zhili, and the entire Ming Dynasty. It was originally the gathering place of Jiangdong's big families in ancient times, and Wang Xie's family can be seen.
Gradually become colder.
However, after the founding of this dynasty, Emperor Taizu felt deeply that the state was lacking, so with a stroke of his ink pen, he circled both sides of the Qinhuai River and built a large courtyard. He personally wrote a couplet saying: This place has beautiful mountains and rivers, good winds and good moons.
There are also beautiful people and good deeds, which add to the story of the future; there are many crazy men and crazy women in the world, crazy dreams, and moreover, there are many crazy people with crazy love and crazy dreams, and they are generations of crazy people.
Zhao Ran doubted whether this couplet was written by Taizu, but then he thought, as long as it was written by him first, and he dared to sign it and no one claimed it, then it should be ignored. This is the case at all times and in all countries.
Yesterday was the Mid-Autumn Festival, today is the 16th, the so-called 15th day of the moon is sixteen round, and the festive atmosphere of the Qinhuai River tonight has not diminished at all. The streets and rivers are full of lanterns, the crowds are bustling, supporting the old and the young, dozens of brothels, and hundreds of boats.
The sound of silk and bamboo fluttering in the air is like a scene of a prosperous age.
Okay, it seems a bit strange to support the old and the young, but this is what Zhao Ran saw with his own eyes, not just by talking about it.
It would definitely be inappropriate to wear Taoist robes when visiting a place like this. Zhao Ran and Pei Zhongze changed into casual clothes, squeezed into the crowd, walked to the entrance of Wuyi Alley, and waited for the boat under Jinque Bridge.
The boatman was maneuvering the boat, carefully avoiding the floating river lanterns on the water, and accidentally knocked over a few lotus lanterns, which immediately caused laughter and curses on the bridge.
This is a painting boat that is more than two feet long. It is not the largest on the Qinhuai River, but it is not very small either. It is invisible among the boats. Li Dayin invited Zhao Ran and Pei Zhongze into the cabin. The interior was extremely luxurious.
Thick sheep blankets embroidered with Western style are spread on the cabin board, which is soft and very comfortable to step on. The large cabin windows on both sides are curtained with silk and satin, and more than ten octagonal palace lanterns are hung on the beams.
The night pearl of the East China Sea is light.
The boat girl's name was A Jiang. She looked less than thirty. She was full of charm when talking and laughing. She flirted with Li Dayin, and her words were very obscure, but full of fun. Pei Zhongze was a little uncomfortable at first, but he was attracted by this A Jiang.
After joking for a while, he gradually relaxed.
Ajaan then called his two daughters in. The three of them played the harp, talked about the pipa, and played the bamboo flute with great skill.
Li Dayin smiled and said: "A Jiang was also a famous courtesan in the Qinhuai River ten years ago. I paid for her to redeem her body, and she bought a boat here to make a living. Although she is just a small family, she is famous in the capital.
Extremely high people, except for high-ranking officials and celebrities, are not allowed to enter."
Zhao Ran was curious: "Why doesn't Li Fuyin accept her as a concubine?"
Li Dayin waved his hands and said: "I redeemed her so that she would not be angry and have a free body. If she were trapped in the house, Ajaan would no longer be the Ajaan of the past. What else would life be like? What does she want to do now?
Just do whatever she wants and no one else dares to bully her, isn't that great?"
Zhao Ran praised: "Li Fuyin is really a sentimental person. This is not a love between a man and a woman, but a love of interest."
Li Dayin raised his glass and the three of them drank together. While watching the lanterns and tourists on the shore, they tasted various snacks from the capital.
Li Dayin followed Zhao Ran's topic and said: "Abbot Zhao said it well, I am indeed a person who pays attention to fun, but living a fun life is not easy. Money is like running water. It flows away without realizing it. It's gone.
How can there be fun in money? So I invite you today, firstly to visit Qinhuai, and secondly to discuss important matters together."
Zhao Ran nodded and asked, "Is this the practice ball Li Fuyin mentioned?"
Li Dayin slapped the table and said: "It's exactly this! I want to imitate the move of the senior brother of your sect to test the swordsmanship of three provinces and four masters the year before last, hold a training ball competition in the capital, set up an arena, and invite monks from all over the world to participate. There is something I don't know whether to say or not.
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"Please tell me."
"Abbot Zhao, I'm not talking about you. You obviously have so many good ideas, but you don't use them on the right path. After taking them out easily, you just throw them aside. It's a waste of resources! In the former, a senior brother from the noble sect tried the sword, and now he has practiced
If we don’t take advantage of this opportunity to make some money during the football tournament, how will we use it to subsidize the expenses?”
Zhao Ran smiled and asked: "Li Fuyin plans to use the practice ball to open a gambling market?"
Li Dayin said: "Exactly! Once the practice ball competition starts and the betting is set, the money rolling behind will be hundreds of thousands or millions. As long as this competition continues, money will be rolling in! Let's take the worst possibility.
Think about it, even if you don’t make any money from gambling, the benefits are unimaginable by ordinary people.”
Even Pei Zhongze couldn't help but nod secretly. Indeed, as Li Dayin said, even if the gambling does not make money, the hundreds of thousands or millions of silver accumulated through passing transactions is a huge wealth in itself. Pei Zhongze is already a member of the Qingyun Pavilion
The designated successor began to take care of the general affairs of Qingyun Mountain. Even if he had never learned the knowledge of money, he had been exposed to it more and understood the truth - as long as he can use it, you don't care who the money belongs to?
The ownership of wealth is not the most important, the most important thing is the right to control its use.
Zhao Ran asked: "Li Fuyin has already thought about it, why are you still looking for me?"
Li Dayin was a bachelor and did not beat around the bush. He said frankly: "I want to use "Junshan Notes". Without the promotion of "Junshan Notes", the business would only be worth hundreds of thousands or one million."
Zhao Ran was a little surprised by Li Dayin's directness, but he was also relieved because of the other party's directness, and asked: "How to use "Junshan Notes", does Li Fuyin have regulations?"
"I need "Junshan Notes" to rectify the name for me, no, for the practice ball competition we organized together, so that monks all over the world understand that the practice ball competition we organize is the most authentic practice ball competition. Otherwise, I will hold one today
, you run one tomorrow, and everyone is fooling around together, this business will collapse in less than two days."
"It makes sense, please continue."
"Second, I need "Junshan Notes" to open the practice ball column. Our practice ball competition will be held at the same time as "Junshan Notes" to trigger the practice ball trend."
"Anything else?"
"Third, I have calculated that the investment in holding the training ball competition is too much. I don't want to spend this money. I need "Junshan Notes" to recruit people who will pay for me, just like the widely advertised column in every issue."
Zhao Ran was really surprised now and thought to himself that this person really has an idea. Pei Zhongze couldn't help but said: "Li Fuyin, you don't even have the money, so why should we hold this competition? We'll do it ourselves.
Wouldn’t that be great?”
Li Dayin smiled and said: "I am responsible for the operation! If Abbot Zhao and Abbot Pei want to hold this practice ball competition in Sichuan, just pretend that we have not talked about it today, but if you want to be in the capital, in Zhili, in the southeast, in the richest Ming Dynasty
This competition cannot be held without me, Li Dayin, I can guarantee you this!"