As a ship's clerk, Lu Zhenjiang usually has nothing to do during the voyage and can just idle on the deck every day. However, when he arrives at the port, he is busy. Therefore, although the manager who led the team gave him a day off, he still asked him to do it tomorrow.
He had to report back in the morning, but there was still a lot of things waiting for him later.
Of course, work was done during the day. As for after dusk, no one would care where Lu Zhenjiang wanted to go. It was normal for him to go to the green small building every night.
After Lu Zhenjiang finished his work, he said goodbye to the manager, and then left the warehouse area with two colleagues who had better fun on weekdays, and then entered the trade area of South Africa City.
His two colleagues, one is the accountant on the ship, surnamed Li, and the other is the chief engineer on the ship, surnamed Sun. In terms of status and income, these two people are better than him, Lu Zhenjiang.
However, there is a reason why these two people can become friends with Lu Zhenjiang, that is, among these three people, only Lu Zhenjiang is a serious scholar.
Accountant Li has a traditional apprenticeship and has never even gone to school. Of course, accounting is out of the question.
As for Captain Sun, he was born in the navy. When he was in the navy, he was just an ordinary engineer sailor. All the words he knew were learned in the navy's literacy class, but this did not affect his professional skills.
The current generation of talents who can maintain and repair shipboard steam engines are all high-end talents. The navy will not let go of these technical talents easily. However, Captain Sun is not a person who is dedicated to the military. He has been in the army for four years.
After serving in the army, he didn't even have the opportunity to become a professional non-commissioned officer. After retiring, he went to work for the Azure Trading Company and became the chief engineer of the Aqua Blue.
These two people have a higher status than Lu Zhenjiang on the Shuilan, but ordinary people these days have deep-rooted respect and admiration for scholars. In addition, although Lu Zhenjiang is a high-spirited person, he will not show it openly.
When I come out, I am still peaceful and peaceful on weekdays.
After going back and forth, these three people also interacted more.
After entering the trade area of South Africa City, the three people followed the usual practice of docking and entering the port and went straight to the small green building in the trade area!
Basically, ports these days are inseparable from the three words of sailors, wine and prostitutes. The more developed a city is in commerce, the more developed it is in this aspect, and some even rely exclusively on re-export trade or provide services to people along the way.
In ports where merchant ships provide supplies, service industries are still the mainstay of the local economy.
The city of South Africa is no exception. It also has a abnormally prosperous service industry.
Lu Zhenjiang and two colleagues casually found a small green building with a brighter appearance and walked in directly.
Although the ports of many of Datang's overseas territories are a mixed bag, especially those areas in the ports of these overseas territories that allow foreign merchants to enter, such as the port area in South Africa City, it is extremely chaotic.
However, some of the areas in these overseas territories that are specifically targeted at the people of the Tang Dynasty generally have good security. The service industries inside, whether they are restaurants, green houses, casinos and other places, all need to be approved, and can only be
Run by merchants who are subjects of the empire.
So there is nothing to worry about in terms of public security. As for the quality of service, of course the rich ones are the boss!
Once the money is in place, the quality of service will naturally improve.
The clients in the small green building are all people with excellent eyesight. Looking at the clothes and the tone of their voices, they immediately knew that they must be crew members from China.
There are dozens of ships moored in this port. In addition to the immigrant ships, the crew members on the merchant ships, especially the senior crew members, are all big financiers.
As long as they serve well, these people can spend dozens or even hundreds of dollars in one night.
Immediately, the guest sang loudly: "There is a distinguished guest, please line up quickly to welcome our distinguished guest!"
Soon, there was a charming young woman in the house, leading a group of gorgeous girls to the hall, and then lined up to welcome the master. Several experienced girls saw the clothes and expressions of these people, and immediately judged it.
After knowing the identities of these three people, before the other girls could react, they immediately twisted their waists and seemed to be walking slowly, but in fact they were running quickly, and in the blink of an eye they were surrounded by Lu Zhenjiang and the others.
In the blink of an eye, Lu Zhenjiang was already surrounded by two girls, both holding his arms, one on each side.
However, Lu Zhenjiang frowned habitually regarding the behavior of the two girls around him.
As a scholar, what matters is elegance, but the behavior of these two girls at this time made him feel that it was an insult to elegance.
In addition, there is another point, that is, as a traditional scholar, his aesthetics is relatively traditional.
As for the two girls in front of me, one has blond hair and blue eyes, and the other has black hair and black eyes, but her face is easy to tell, and she should be a Persian from West Asia.
When he was in Gohe Prefecture, India, Lu Zhenjiang had dealt with these foreign and West Asian girls, but he also found it quite fresh. But as the freshness passed, he felt that way, and in his heart he still appreciated his own girls more.
Women of the Tang Dynasty.
However, there are very few children of the Tang Dynasty working as prostitutes in overseas territories.
This is not because the Tang Dynasty banned this, but because of the number of overseas immigrants from the empire these days, most of them are concentrated in the Nanyang region. There are only a few in other overseas territories, and most of the immigrants migrate in family units.
past.
After moving to the local area, you can also obtain a large amount of land. Even if you are unwilling to invest in land locally, you can do any other job by virtue of your status as a citizen of the Tang Dynasty.
There is no need to go into these special professions.
Therefore, most of the women with special professions in the overseas territories of the Tang Dynasty were indigenous people. There were all kinds of indigenous people, including Westerners, West Asians, Indians, Southeast Asians, and even Africans.
As for those dark-looking women, there are women everywhere.
Lu Zhenjiang maintained his traditional aesthetics, and he was not without money, so he naturally looked down on these indigenous women. Lu Zhenjiang frowned. The staff here were all smart people, and they immediately realized that something was wrong.
The Fengyun woman who was leading the team immediately stepped forward and pulled the two women around Lu Zhenjiang away.
At this time, Captain Sun smiled and said: "Okay, bring all the good wine and food. As for our brother, he doesn't like these outsider women!"
As soon as she said this, the Fengyun woman smiled and said: "Okay, let the gentlemen go upstairs to the wing to cook first, and the food and wine will arrive soon!"
Then he glanced at Lu Zhenjiang and said: "If this gentleman doesn't like these outsider women, that's fine. A girl who has just come to our store to place orders, a serious Suzhou native, is just..."
Before she could finish her words, Captain Sun, who was next to her, said: "It's just nothing, money is not an issue!"
The Fengyun woman said: "The money is not a problem. The gentlemen can tell at a glance that they are not short of money. It's just that our Miss Chen is just a shepherd..."
This Fengyun woman knows that these three people are all crew members. These people have been at sea for several months. What good wine and food can be said now, but it is estimated that the food and wine have not been served yet.
Just start working directly.
But the girl who put up the order was actually a poor woman who only sold her art but not her body!
The customs industry management in Datang is very strict. There is no employment relationship between the business premises and the women who provide services, let alone ownership. In theory, as long as you apply for and obtain a license, conduct regular physical examinations, and obtain health permits, then
She is free to choose to work in any place with a special industry license.
Usually the model is divided into business locations.
And you are willing to leave at any time as long as you want, and the person running the place is not allowed to impose any restrictions.
When people come to place orders and act as stewards, they, the staff of the business premises, naturally cannot go against their wishes.
Whether this is sold or not is up to the girl to decide!
At this time, Lu Zhenjiang said: "No problem!"
No need to say much, everyone already knows what to do.
Soon, the three of them went to the wing on the second floor, but just as the Fengyun woman had expected, the food and wine had not even been served. Captain Sun and Accountant Li were already eager to rush there with the girl.
It is self-evident what to do in the next room.
Lu Zhenjiang, on the other hand, waited calmly for the food and wine to be served, then drank a few sips of wine and ate a few mouthfuls of food.
The food here is naturally much better than the food on the ship. Due to the limited conditions on the ship, the food is really not that good.
Regardless of whether they are senior crew members or ordinary crew members, they all eat poorly.
Now that I'm on shore, I naturally want to have a good toothpaste.
A quarter of an hour after eating, the door was pushed open and a young woman came in with a pipa in her arms.
Although it was already evening and the sky outside was a little dark, several thick candles were already lit in the room. Under the candlelight, Lu Zhenjiang could clearly see the woman's face.
She has a small oval face, a typical appearance of a local Jiangnan woman, and her figure is a bit thin, unlike those Western women with bulging chests. However, this is also the favorite figure of traditional scholars.
Influenced by tradition, today's scholars in the Tang Dynasty, although they have studied mathematics, physics and chemistry, still pride themselves on being traditional scholars. Their aesthetics are also very traditional, and they pay attention to the sharp corners of the lotus...
This woman's appearance and figure are in line with Lu Zhenjiang's aesthetic sense!
This woman's voice is also in line with Lu Zhenjiang's preferences.
When we sat down to talk, this woman was neither humble nor overbearing. Although she also poured wine and food, she was limited to that. She only sat next to Lu Zhenjiang for a while, then got up and went to the front, sat down again, and picked up the food.
He started playing the pipa and singing.
What I heard was Lu Zhenjiang shaking his head, mesmerized!
The woman in front of him made Lu Zhenjiang feel relaxed and happy, and his eyes towards this woman became more and more urgent.
But when the song ended and the woman in front of him asked him if he wanted to add a bell, Lu Zhenjiang came to his senses and waved his hand, telling the woman to go out directly!
As a scholar, Lu Zhenjiang pays attention to elegance.
This girl can only be watched once, and this song can only be listened to once!
However, the second time you look at it and listen to the second song, it is vulgar and vulgar!